INDEX II, 
Colossi, J. S. Phené on an age of, 157. 
Columella auris in the Amphibia, Prof. 
- vremed on the development of the, 
41. 
*Compass, Sir W. Thomson on the effect 
of the rolling of ships on the, 32. 
——,, the mariner’s, Sir W. Thomson on 
improvements in, 231. 
Compensating apparatus for distant 
signal-wires of railways, G. W. Bey- 
non on, 220. 
Conder (Lieut. R.) on the survey of 
Palestine, 178. 
*Confirmation of the nebular origin of 
the earth, by G. J. Stoney, 22. 
Contributions to the report on mathe- 
matical tables, by Prof. B. de Haan, 
16. 
Conversions of motion, H. Hart on some, 
17. 
Coomassie, Surgeon-Major 8. Rowe on 
Sir John Glover's expedition from the 
Volta to, 175. 
*Cooper (W. J.) on the composition of 
certain kinds of food, 57. 
Crowe (G. R.) on the compilation of 
statistics, illustrated by the Irish 
census returns, 198. 
*Cunningham (Prof.) on Atya spinipes, 
and on an undescribed Pontonia, 
137. 
Curtis (Prof.) on certain applications of 
Newton’s construction for the dis- 
turbing force exerted by a distant 
body, 10; on extraordinary reflection, 
5 
Cyanogen, carbonic acid and, I. L. Bell 
on the joint action of, on oxide of iron 
and on metallic iron, 51. 
——,, Dr. T. L. Phipson on the presence 
of, in commercial bromine, and ameans 
of detecting it, 66. 
Cyclones, I. Ashe on the cause of the pro- 
gressive motion of, and of the seasonal 
variations in their paths, 34. 
Cystiphyllum from the Devonian rocks 
of North America, descriptions of new 
species of, by Dr. H. A. Nicholson, 91. 
Deacon (G. F.) on the differentiating 
waste-water meter, 221. 
*Debus (Prof.) on spontaneous genera- 
tion from a chemical point of view, 57. 
Degeneracy of man, Rey. J. Edkins on 
the, 150. 
De La Rue (Mr. W., F.R.S8.), notice, by 
R. H. Scott, of an anemometer de- 
signed by, to furnish information of 
the occurrence of strong winds, 37, 
*Delffs (Prof.) on an aspirator, 57, 
241 
Demarcation of the international boun- 
dary between Canada and the United 
States (1872-73), Capt. S. Anderson 
on the, 172. 
Derivations, J. W. L. Glaisher on par- 
titions and, 11. 
Determination of the form of the dome 
of uniform stress, C. W. Merrifield on 
the, 227. 
*Dewar (Dr. J.) on the latent heat of 
gases, 22; *on the latent heat of 
liquefied gases, 57. 
"Dickson (Prof.) on the embryogeny of 
certain species of Tropeolum, 133; 
*on anabnormality in Chrysanthemum 
leucanthemum, 133. 
Differentiating waste-water meter, G. 
F.. Deacon on the, 221, 
Distant signal-wires of railways, G. W. 
Beynon on compensating apparatus 
for, 220. 
Distribution of the races of men inhabit- 
ing the Jummoo and Kashmir terri- 
tories, F. Drew on the, 147, 
Dodd (W. H.) on the economic law of 
strikes, 201. 
Dome of uniform stress, C. W. Merrifield 
on the determination of the form of 
the, 227. 
Donnell (Prof.) on the Ulster tenant- 
right, 202. 
*Doomsday Book, giving the value of 
governmental property, further sug- 
gestions, by F. P. Fellows, for esta- 
blishing a, 204, 
Drew (F.) on the distribution of the 
races of men inhabiting the Jummoo 
and Kashmir territories, 147. 
Drunkenness among the working classes, 
Rey. W. Caine on the increase of, and 
the causes of it, 193. 
Dundalk Harbour, J. Neville on the 
means adopted for the improvement of 
the outer navigable channel of, 228, 
*Ear, Prof. Crum Brown on some points 
in the physiology of the semicircular 
canals of the, 138. 
*Earth, the, confirmation of the nebular 
origin of, by G. J. Stoney, 22. 
* , the internal, Dr. Vaughan on the 
physics of, 22, 95, 
East-African expedition, extracts from 
Lieut. Cameron’s journal, 176, 
Eclipsing-apparatus constructed for the 
lighthouse on the Holywood Bank, in 
penta Lough, W. Bottomley on the, 
Economic law of strikes, W. H. Dodd 
on the, 201. 
