784 



INDEX. 



•Animism of the Indians of British 



Guinea, E. F. im Thurm on the, 699. 

 Anthropology, Address by Prof. W. H. 



Flower to the Department of, 682. 

 Anthropometric Committee, report of 



the, 225. 

 Antimonized cellular carbon galvanic 



battery, W. Symons on an, .557. 

 Archffiopteryx, on a restoration of the 

 skeleton of, with some remarks on the 

 differences between the Berlin and 

 London specimens, by Prof. H. G. 

 Seeley, 618. 

 Arctic research, the progress of, since the 

 foundation of the British Association, 

 C. E. Markham on, 743. 

 Areas, the description of, a theorem 

 relating to. Prof. W. W. Johnson on, 

 536. 

 *Armstrong (Prof. H.E.) on certain points 

 in modern progress in chemical know- 

 ledge, 589. 

 Armstrong (Sir W.), Address by, to the 



Mechanical Section, 767. 

 Articulations of the metacarpal and 

 metatarsal bones in man, the corre- 

 spondence between the. Prof. Struthers 

 on, 721. 

 Artificial flight, F. W. Brearey on, 545. 

 Asterosmilia Eeedi, a new species of 

 coral from the oligocene of Brocken- 

 hurst, Hants, Prof. P. M. Duncan on, 

 618. 

 Astromyelon and its root, notes on, by J. 



Spencer, 628. 

 Atchison (A. T.) on patent legislation, 



222. 

 Atkinson (Prof. R. W.) on brewing in 

 Japan, 585. 



and H. Yoshida on peppermint - 



camphor (menthol) and some of its 

 derivatives, 585. 

 Atmospheric electricity, observations of, 

 at the Kew Observatory during 1880, 

 G. M. Whipple on, 443. 

 Automatic sounder, J. Dillon on the, 774. 

 Axon (W. E. A.), corn or cattle : a com- 

 parison of the economic results of 

 agriculture and cattle-raising in re- 

 lation to national food-supply, 749. 

 Ayrton (Prof. W. E.) on experiments to 

 determine the thermal conductivities 

 of certain rocks, 126 ; on standards for 

 use in electrical measvirements, 423. 



and Prof. J. Perry on a dynamometer 



coupling, 553. 



Bacilli, the influence of, in the production 

 of disease, a contribution to the ques- 

 tion on, by Prof. J. C. Ewart, 717. 



Baden-Powell (G.), protection in young 

 communities : recorded results in Vic- 

 toria and New South Wales, 760, 



Baily (W. H.) on the tertiary flora of the- 



North of Ireland, 152. 

 Baker (J. G.) on the botany of Mada- 

 gascar, 663. 

 Balfour (Prof. B.) on the island of 



Socotra, 482. 

 Balfour (F. M.) on the Scottish zoological 

 station, 177 ; on the occupation of a 

 table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 178 ; on the pronephros of 

 teleosteans and ganoids, 721. 

 Ball (Prof. R. S.) on observations of 

 luminous meteors during the year 

 1880-81, 290 ; on the elucidation of a 

 question in kinematics by the aid of 

 non-Euclidian space, 535 ; on the ex- 

 tension of the theory of screws to the 

 dynamics of any material system, 547. 

 Banking law, a general, for the United 



Kingdom, by W. Westgarth, 751. 

 ♦Bankruptcy in its economic bearings, by 



J. Macdonell, 765. 

 Barlow (W. H.) on patent legislation^ 



222. 

 Barometric pressure, the influence of, on 

 the discharge of water from springs, 

 B. Latham on, 614. 

 Bate (C. Spence) on the marine fauna of 

 the southern coast of Devon and Corn- 

 wall, 198. 

 Becker (Miss L. E.) on the manner in 

 which rudimentary science should be- 

 taught, and how examinations should 

 be held therein, in elementary schools, 

 148. 

 Beddoe (Dr.) on the work of the An- 

 thropometric Committee, 225 ; on the 

 stature of the inhabitants of Hungary^ 

 689. 

 Bedson (Dr. P. P.) on the method of 

 determining the specific refraction of 

 solids from their solutions, 155. 

 *Bell (I. Lowthian) on the occlusion of 

 gaseous matter by fused silicates at 

 high temperatures, and its possible 

 connection with volcanic agencies, 580. 

 Bell (Dr. R.) on the commercial impor- 

 tance of Hudson's Bay, -with remarks- 

 on recent surveys and investigations, 

 745. 

 *Bell and Tainter's recent researches, 

 some of, and their consequences, W. 

 Lant Carpenter on, 531. 

 Bennett (A. W.) on the colours of spring 

 flowers, 666 ; on the constancy of in- 

 sects in their visits to flowers, 667. 

 *Bertin (G.) on the origin and primitive- 

 home of the Semites, 699. 

 Bevan (E. J.) and C. F. Cross on cellulose 



and coal, 603. 

 Bidwell (S.) on telegraphic photography,. 



777. 

 Binaural audition. Prof. S. P. Thompson, 

 on : Part III., 565. 



