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REPORT 1876. 



*Stoney (CI. J.) on tlie amplitude of 

 waves of light and heat, 31 ; *on 

 acoustic analogues to motions in the 

 molecules of gases, .31 ; *on the 

 atomicity of oxygen and on the con- 

 stitution of basic salts, U9. 



Strath-Ei-rick, Lough Ness, Dr. J. Bryce 

 on the granite of, 87, 



*Stroudley (W.) on communications 

 between passengers and guards in 

 railway trains, 2-33. 



*Struthers (Prof.), an account of finger- 

 muscles found in the Greenland right 

 whale, 163 ; *an account of dissec- 

 tions of the supposed rudimentary 

 hind limb of the Greenland right 

 whale, 163. 



"Subaqueous rocks, Major Beaumont 

 on the removal of, by the diamond 

 rock-borer, 219. 



*Sub-Wealden exploration, Major Beau- 

 mont on the, 87. 



• , H. Willett on the, 97. 



*Sugar, T. L. Patterson on, 67. 



refining, J. A. R. Newlands on 



the alum process in, 66. 



*Sun, the eclipse of the, observed at 

 Siam in April 1875, Dr. J. Janssen 

 on, 40. 



*Surface-water of the ocean, on the 

 specific gravity of the, as observed 

 during the cruise of II.M.S. 'Challen- 

 ger,' by J. Y. Buchanan, 181. 



Surnames, the Anglicizing and Gaelici- 

 zing of, H. Mactean on, 167. 



*Swan (D.) on zinc, 69. 



•Symons (G. J.) on a new form of 

 thermometer for observing earth tem- 

 perature, 49 ; on an unmistakable 

 true north compass, 49. 



Systemes de points materiels, V. Cerruti 

 sur les mouvements ap^riodiques des, 

 12. 



de spheres et les systemes de 



droites. Prof. L. Cremona sur les, 12. 



Tait (Prof. P. G.), general theorems 



relating to closed curves, 29. 

 (P. M.) on the theory and practice 



of accident insurance by sea and land, 



208. 

 *Taylor (J. E.) on the age, fauna, and 



mode of occurrence of the phosphorite 



deposits of the South of France, 96. 

 Telescopes, equatorial, H. Grubb on 



recent improvements in, 37. 

 Temperature, the decrease of, with 



height on the earth's siu'face. Prof. 



Hennessy on, .39. 

 the" distribution of, over the 



British Islands, Prof. Hennessy on, 

 39. 



Terpenes, C. T. Kingzett on the limited 

 oxidation of, 64. 



* , Dr. W. A. Tilden on the nitroso 



derivatives of the, 70. 



*Tertiary basalt-rock dykes in Scotland, 

 R. L. Jack on, 92. 



Testings of large objectives, H. Grubb, 

 on the, 36. 



Theory of functions, elementary demon- 

 stration of a fundamental principle of 

 the, by Prof. P. Mansion, 26. 



Thermoelectric phenomena, 0. J. Lodge 

 on a mechanical illustration of, 43. 



*Thermometer, a new deep-sea, J. Y. 

 Buchanan on, 81. 



* for observing earth temperature, 



a new form of, G. J. Symons on, 

 49. 



Theta function as a definite integral, J. 

 W. L. Glaisher on a series summa- 

 tion leading to an expression for the, 

 15. 



•Thomson (Dr. AUen) on two skulls 

 from the Andaman Islands, 169. 



* (Prof. J.) on a theorem in the 



mensuration of certain soHds, 30 ; ex- 

 perimental illustration of the origin of 

 windings of rivei's in allu'\ial plains, 

 31 ; on metric units of force, energy, 

 and power, larger than those on the 

 centimetre-gram-second system, 32 ; 

 *on ridgy structure in coal, with sug- 

 gestiiins for accounting for its origin, 

 96 ; *rurther illustrations of the jointed 

 prismatic structure in basalts and other 

 igneous rocks, 96. 



* (Rev. R.) on the prevention of 



the pollution of rivers, 70, 210. 



(Prof. Sii- W.), Address by, to the 



Mathematical and Physical Section, 1 ; 

 on tlie precessional motion of a liquid, 

 33 ; *secular illustration of the laws 

 of the diftusion of liquids, 35 ; *on a 

 new case of instability of steady 

 motion, 35 ; *on the nutation of a 

 solid sheU containing liquid, 35 ; *on 

 compass correction in iron ships, 45 ; 

 'effects of stress on the magnetization 

 of iron, 45 ; *on contact electricity, 

 45 ; *on a practical method of tmiing 

 a major third, 48 ; on a new form of 

 astronomical clock with free pendulum 

 and independently governed uniform 

 motion for escapement-wheel, 49 ; 

 •physical explanation of the mackerel 

 sky, 54 ; *on navigational deep-sea 

 soundings in a ship moving at high 

 speed, 54 : *on naval signalling, 233. 



