INDEX I. 



257 



Monmouthshire rainfall iu 1870 and 



1871, 200. 

 Moatgomery rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 



201. 

 Myhie (E. AV.) on the rainfall of the 



British Isles, 17(3. 



Napier (J. R.) on a uniformity of weights 



and measm-es, 25. 

 Newton (Prof.) on the desirability of 



establishing a "close time" for the 



preservation of indigenous animals, 



320. 

 Norfolk rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 192. 

 Northampton rainfall iu 1870 and 1871, 



190. 

 Northcote (the Eight Hon. Sir S. H.) 



on a imiformity of weights and 



measures, 25. 

 Northumberland rainfall in 1870 and 



1871, 199. 

 Nottingham rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 



195. 



Oils, essential, report on the chemical 



constitution and optical properties of, 



311, 313. 

 Oldham (J.) on tidal observations, 355. 

 Optical properties of essential oils, report 



on the chemical constitution and, 311, 



313. 

 Orkney rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 207. 

 Oxfordshire rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 



191. 



Parkes (William) on tidal observations, 

 3o5. 



Peebles rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 202. 



Pembroke rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 

 200. 



Pengelly (William) on the exploration 

 of Kent's Cavern, 28 ; on underground 

 temperature, 128. 



Penn (John) on steam-boiler explosions, 



. 57. 



Perth rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 205, 



Phillips (Prof.) on the exploration of 

 Kent's Cavern, 28; on underground 

 temperature, 128 ; on the rainfall of 

 the British Isles, 176. 



Plane moving through water, experi- 

 ments on the surface-friction experi- 

 enced by a, 118. 



Planimeter, Amsler's, F. J. BramweU 

 on, 401. 



Plymouth, list of fishes taken off, 49. 



Pole (Dr.) on the rainfall of the British 

 Isles, 176. 



Pyrometer, Siemens's electrical-resist- 

 ance, report of the committee ou, 134. 



Queen's county rainfall iu 1870aud 1871, 

 209. 



Radnor raiufeU in 1870 and 1871, 201. 



Rainfall of the British Isles, report on 

 the, 176. 



Ramsay (Prof.) on underground tem- 

 perature, 128. 



Rankine (Prof.) on instruments for mea- 

 suring the speed of ships and currents, 

 176 ; on tidal observations, 355. 



Rawlinson (Rev. Prof.) ou the explora- 

 tion of Moab, 210. 



Renfrew rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 202. 



Reynolds (Prof.) on constructing and 

 printing catalogues of spectral rays 

 arranged upon a scale of wave-num- 

 bers, 53. 



Richards (Admiral) on tidal observa- 

 tions, 355. 



Rigby (S.) on steam-boiler explosions, 

 57. 



Roberts (E.) on the extension, improve- 

 ment, and harmonic analysis of tidal 

 observations, 355. 



Roscommon rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 

 208. 



Ross and Cromarty rainfall in 1870 and 

 1871, 206. 



Roxburgh rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 202. 



Russell (W. H. L.), report ou recent 

 progress in elliptic and hyperelliptic 

 functions, 335. 



Sanford (W. A.) on the exploration of 

 Kent's Cavern, 28. 



Schofield (Thomas) on steam-boiler ex- 

 plosions, 57. 



Scotland, report of the committee on 

 earthquakes in, 240. 



Selkirk rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 202. 



Sewage, fourth report on the treatment 

 and utilization of, 135 ; deodorization 

 of, and precipitation of solid matters, 

 as carried ou under the patent of 

 Messrs Weare & Co. at Stolie Union 

 Workhouse, 136 ; deodorization of, 

 and precipitation of solid matter, and 

 conversion of solids into cement at 

 Ealing, 138; treatment of Ealing, 

 by upward filtration, 139 ; on the 

 analysis of, and effluent water from 

 Ealing, 141 ; Whitthread patent, 142 ; 

 on the dry-earth system, 143. 



Sewage-farms, Earlswood, 144 ; Tun- 

 bridge WeUs, 144; Merthyr Tydfil, 

 146 ; Breton's farm, 151. 



Shetland rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 207 



Ships, on instruments for measuring the 

 speed of, 176. 



