INDKX. 



789 



now and fifty years ago, by F. Qalton, 

 738. 



Erratic blocks of England, "Wales, and 

 Ireland, ninth report on the, 204. 



♦Evans (Capt. Sir F. J.) on oceanic or 

 maritime discovery, exploration, and 

 research, 742. 



Evans (Dr. John) on the exploration of 

 the caves of the South of Ireland, 

 218. 



Evaporation and eccentricity as co- 

 factors in glacial periods, Kev. E. Hill 

 on, 631. 



Everett (Prof.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 90. 



Ewart (Prof. J. C), a contribution to the 

 question on the influence of bacilli in 

 the production of disease, 717. 



*Ex-focal light, the advantages of, in 

 first order dioptric lighthouses, by 

 J. K. Wigham, 776. 



Fairley (T.) on the blowing wells near 

 Northallerton, 544 ; analyses of the 

 water and gas therefrom, 601. 



Farr (Dr.) on the work of the Anthro- 

 pometric Committee, 225. 



Fauna, the, inhabiting British India and 

 its dependencies, our present know- 

 ledge of, W. T. Blanford on, 677. 



Faure's accumulator, some uses of, in con- 

 nection with lighting by electricity. 

 Prof. Sir Wm. Thomson on, 526. 



Fellows (F. P.) on the work of the An- 

 thropometric Committee, 225 ; on the 

 present appropriation of wages and 

 other sources of income, 272. 



Ferric sulphate, the action of zinc and 

 magnesium on acidified solutions of. 

 Prof. T. E. Thorpe on, 595. 



Field (R.) on the phenomena of the 

 stationary tides in the English Channel 

 and the North Sea, and the value of 

 tidal observations in the North Atlantic 

 Ocean, 160. 



Flight (Dr. W.) on observations of 

 luminous meteors during the year 

 1880-81, 290. 



Flint implements, the discovery of, in 

 stratified gravel in the Nile Valley, near 

 Thebes, Major-Gen. Pitt-Rivers on, 693. 



' Flots,' J. R. Dakyns on, 634. 



Flower (Prof. W. H.), Address by, to the 

 Department of Anthropology, 682. 



*Fluid density of certain metals, Prof. 

 W. C. Roberts and T. "Wrightson on 

 the, 582. 



Foot of birds, P. M. C, Kermode on the, 

 670. 



Forbes (Prof. G.) on the measurement of 

 the lunar disturbance of gravity, 93. 



Forbes (W. A.) on the anatomy and 

 classification of the petrels, based 



. upon those collected by H.M.S. ' Chal- 



lenger,' 671 ; on a little-known cranial 

 difference between the catarrhine and 

 platyrrhine monkeys, 718; observations 

 on the incubation of the Indian python 

 (^Python molurus), 723. 



Fordham (H. G.) on the erratic blocks of 

 England, Wales, and Ireland, 204. 



*Forme biquadratique binaire ayant une 

 meme Jacobienne, les faisceaux de, 

 C. Stephanos sur, 534. 



Formule des piles, representation gra- 

 phique de la, par le Prof. C. M. Gariel, 

 556. 



Fossil botany, researches in, by J. 

 Spencer, 627. 



Fossil fishes, a discovery of, in the 

 New Red Sandstone of Nottingham, E. 

 Wilson on, 637. 



Fossil polyzoa, second report on, 161. 



Fossil stem from the Halifax coal- 

 measures, T. Hick and W. Cash on a, 

 679. 



Foster (Dr. C. Le Neve) on underground 

 temperature, 90. 



Foster (Prof. G. C.) on an investigation 

 for fixing a standard of white light, 

 126; on the present state of our 

 knowledge of spectrum analysis, 317 ; 

 on standards for use in electrical 

 measurements, 423 ; account of pre- 

 liminary experiments on the deter- 

 mination of electrical resistances in 

 absolute measure, 426, 



Foster (Dr. M.) on the Scottish zoological 

 station, 177 ; on the occupation of a 

 table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 178. 



*Fox (H. C), some laws which regulate 

 the succession of mean temperature 

 and rainfall in the climate of London, 

 544. 



Free public libraries of Manchester and 

 Netting Hill, London, J. Heywood on 

 the, 762. 



Freshwater fisheries, the improvement 

 of, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. E. Alexander 

 on, 680. 



Fundamental invariants of algebraic 

 forms, the calculation of tables of 

 the, report on, 55. 



Galloway (W.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 90 ; on colliery explosions, 598. 



Galton (Capt. D.) on the phenomena of 

 the stationary tides in the English 

 Channel and the North Sea, and the 

 value of tidal observations in the 

 North Atlantic Ocean, 160; on patent 

 legislation, 222 ; on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 309. 



Galton (F.) on the work of the Anthro- 

 pometric Committee, 225 ; on the 

 application of composite portraiture 

 to anthropological purposes, 690 the 



