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Economic Science and Statistics, Address 
by the Rt. Hon, Lord O’Hagan to the 
Section of, 185, 
Edkins (Rey. J.) on the degeneracy of 
man, 150, 
Education as ascience, Mrs, W. Grey on 
the study of, 204, 
Eggs, W. Thomson on the decomposition 
of, 143. 
Elasmobranch fishes, F, M. Balfour on 
the development of the, 138. 
*Eleock (C.) on a new method for pro- 
moting the sanification of our cities, 
203. 
Electric currents produced by the 
gramme magneto-electric machine, 
notes of experiments on the, by A. 
N. Breguet, 33. 
—— discharge from a Leyden jar, Dr. 
W. Feddersen on some peculiarities in 
the, 27. 
Electrochemical decomposition of oils 
and other non-conducting liquids, W. 
Symons on a new method for the, 31. 
Electrolytic experiments on some me- 
tallic chlorides, by Prof. Gladstone 
and A. Tribe, 58. 
*Electromagnetic units of resistance and 
of electromotive force, suggestions for 
a redetermination of the absolute, by 
Prof. G. C. Foster, 30. 
Elementary Education Act, 1870, Miss 
L. E. Becker on some practical diffi- 
culties in working the, 192. 
Elliptic-transcendent relations, J. W. L. 
Glaisher on some, 15. 
Ellis (W. H.) and Dr, H. A. Nicholson 
on a remarkable fragment of silicified 
wood from the Rocky Mountains, 88. 
Engineers, J. Head on a higher educa- 
tion for, 223. 
*English nomenclature in systematic 
biology, E. Ray Lankester on, 137. 
* Eozoon Canadense, further researches on, 
by Dr. W. B. Carpenter, 73, 136. 
*Equatorial clocks, H. Grubb on im- 
__ provements in, 41. 
Ethnological migrations, modern, in the 
British Isles, Dr. Beddoe on, 145. 
Etruscan, Hyde Clarke on Circassian 
and, 147, 
Everett (Prof.) on statical and kinema- 
tical analogues, 11 ; on a new applica- 
tion of quaternions, 11, 
*Experiments at high pressures, Prof. T, 
Andrews on, 22, 
Heponential functions, Prof. F. W. 
ewman on the calculation of, 19, 
Facing-point lock, Luke’s patent safety, 
REPOR?T—1874. 
for securing railway facing-points, R. 
Luke on, 224. 
Fairley (T.) on chlorine, hypochlorous 
acid, &c., and peroxide of hydrogen, 
57 ; on perchloric acid, 58. 
Favistella stellata and Favistella calicina, 
Dr. H. A. Nicholson on, with notes on 
the affinities of Fuvistella and allied 
genera, 89. 
*Fawcus (G.) on a new method of iso- 
metrical drawing, 222. 
Feddersen (Dr. W.) on some peculiari- 
ties in the electric discharge from a 
Leyden jar, 27, 
Fellows (I. P.) on political economy 
and the laws affecting the prices of 
commodities and labour, and on strikes 
and lock-outs, 205; on governmental 
accounts, with further suggestions for 
establishing a Doomsday Book, giving 
the value of governmental property, 
204. 
Filter-pump, an improved vacuum, W. 
J. Lovett on, 65. 
Firearms, breech-loading, A. Wyley on 
recent improvements in, 232, 
; , exhibited at Vienna in 1873, 
A. Wyley on the, 232. 
Flax, W. Charley on the injurious ef- 
fects of dew-rotting, in certain cases, 
56. 
*Flints, rudely worked, in the counties 
of Antrim and Down, W. Gray on 
the character and distribution of, 
153. 
Flowers, the fertilization of, A. W. Ben- 
nett on the form of pollen-grains in 
relation to, 133. 
*Food, Prof. Redfern on the influence 
of, and the methods of supplying it to 
plants and animals, 143. 
, W.J. Cooper on the composition 
of certain kinds of, 57. 
*Fossilization, Dr. W. B, Carpenter on 
the replacement of organic matter by 
siliceous deposits in the process of, 
56 
* 
Fossils of the posttertiary deposits of 
Tveland, Rey. Dr. Grainger on‘the, 73. 
Foster (Prof. G. C.), geometrical illus- 
trations of Ohm’s law, 28; *sugges- 
tions for a redetermination of the 
absolute electromagnetic units of re- 
sistance and of electromotive force, 
30. 
*Foster (P. le Neve, jun.) on coal- 
mining in Italy, 222. 
Four-pendulum apparatus, 8. C, Tisley 
on a, 44, 
*Frossard (M, Emilion), Sir. W. Jones, 
