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INDEX II. 



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MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE 



SECTIONS. 



\An asterisk (*) signifies that no abstract of the communication is given.'] 



Abel (Prof.), Address by, to the Chemi- 

 cal Section, 43. 



*Abney (Capt.) on a method of show- 

 ing the sun's rotation by spectrnm- 

 photography, 31. 



Ackroyd (W.) on the colour of animals, 

 100. 



Aconite, Japanese, preliminary account 

 of the alkaloids from, by Dr. B. H. 

 Paid and C. T. Kingzett, 52. 



* alkaloids, Dr. C. E. A. Wright 



on the, 54. 



Adams (Prof. J. C.) on the calculation 

 of Bernoulli's numbers up to B 62 by 

 means of Staudt's theorem, 8 ; on the 

 calculation of the sum of the recipro- 

 cals of the first thousand integers, and 

 on the value of Eider's constant to 

 200 places of decimals, 14 ; on a simple 

 proof of Lambert's theorem, 15 ; *on 

 some recent advances in the lunar 

 theory, 31. 



Africa, Central, proposed stations in, as 

 bases for future exploration, Com- 

 mander V. L. Cameron on, 141. 



*Agatkocles, the solar eclipse of, consi- 

 dered, in reply to Prof. Newcomb's 

 criticism on the coefficient of accele- 

 ration of the moon's mean motion, by 

 Prof. Haughton, 31. 



Agricultural statistics, W. Botly on, 164. 



Albumen of commerce, C. T. Kingzett 

 and M. Zingler on the, 52. 



'Alexander (Maj.-Gen. Sir J. E.) on 

 the supposed true site of Mount 

 Sinai, 141. 



Alkali manufacture, a new mechanical 

 furnace used in the, and for calcining 

 purposes generally, J. Mactear on, *52 ; 

 217. 



, an improved system of, J. 



Mactear on, 52. 



* by the Mactear process, J. 



Mactear on the regeneration of sul- 

 phur employed in the, 52. 



*Alkaloids, the aconite, Dr. C. B. A. 

 Wright on, 54. 



from Japanese aconite, preliminary 



account of the, by Dr. B. H. Paul and 

 C. T. Kingzett, 52. 



Analysis, some circular tables for, S. P. 

 Thompson on, 53. 



Anatomy and Physiology, Address by 

 Prof. A. Macalister to the Depart- 

 ment of, 87. 



— — , transcendental, or a geometrical 

 investigation of the best possible num- 

 ber of limbs for terrestrial and aquatic 

 animals, Eev. Prof. Haughton on, 111. 



Ancient people and irrigation-works of 

 Ceylon, B. F. Hartshorne on the, 117. 



Animals, the colour of, W. Ackroyd on, 

 100. 



Anthropology, Address by F. Galton to 

 the Department of, 94. 



Anticipatory inheritance in plants, espe- 

 cially with reference to the embryology 

 of parasites, notes on, by Ch S. Boul- 

 ger, 104. 



*Antiparos, the island of, some peculiar 

 stalactitic formations from the, J. S. 

 Phene on, 76. 



