INDEX II. 



229 



•Eddystone lighthouse, J. N. Douglass 

 on the, 202. 



•Electric block telegraphs, F. II. Varley 

 <m, 219. 



'Electricity, the mode of stating some 

 elementary facts in, Prof. G. C. Fos- 

 ter on, 34. 



Elliptic integrals, the variation of the 

 modulus in, Dr. D. B. de Haan on, 

 23. 



England, the Devonian system in, and 

 in Belgium, G. Dewalque on, 69. 



Ethnological h nts afforded by the sti- 

 mulants of the ancient and modern 

 savages, by Miss. A. W. Buckland, 

 115. 



Ethnology of West Cornwall, Eev. W. 

 S. Lach-Szyrma on the, 121. 



Euler's constant to 260 places of deci- 

 mals, the value of, Prof. J. 0. Adams 

 on, 14. 



*Evans (Capt.) and Sir W. Thomson on 

 the tides of Port Louis, Mauritius, 

 and Fremantle, Australia, 40. 



(J.) on some palaeolithic imple- 

 ments found in the Axe valley, 

 116. 



Ewing (J. A.) and J. G. MacGregor 

 on the volumes of solutions, 40. 



Factory Acts, a proposed reduction to 

 system of the " modifications," or 

 privileges to work overtime, which 

 are granted to particular trades under 

 the, Sir G. Young, Bart., on, 18-5. 



*Fairley (T.) on hydrogen peroxide 

 and some uranium compounds, 51 ; 

 *on the thermo-chemistry of oxygen, 



Farr (Dr.) on some doctrines of popula- 

 tion, 174. 



Fatty oils, the action of various, on 

 copper, W. II. Watson on, 53. 



Fauna, the flora and, of prehistoric 

 times, Prof. Rolleston, on, 120. 



Fermanagh, the exploration of some 

 caves m the limestone hills in, T. 

 Plunkett on, 70. 



Finsch (Dr. O.) on the biological results 

 of the North-German exploring ex- 

 pedition, 101 ; on the German ex- 

 pedition to Western Siberia, 146. 



•Flight of projectiles, experiments illus- 

 trative of the, by P. Braham, 40. 



•Flint flakes from Cornwall and the 

 Scilly Isles, Dr. Barham on, 114. 



* hammer from the western coast 



of New Guinea, exhibition and expla- 

 nation of the uses of a, by Prof, Rol- 

 leston, 121. 



Flora and fauna of prehistoric times, 

 Prof. Rolleston on the, 120. 



Flowering plants, the classification of, 

 considered phytogenetically, Prof. 

 M'Nab on, 104. 



Floyer (E. A.) on Bashakard in Western 

 Baluchistan, 143. 



Fortescue (the Rt. Hon. the Earl), 

 Address by, to the Section of Econo- 

 mic Science and Statistics, 151. 



*Fossil flora of the arctic regions, Prof. 

 Heer on the, 72 ; *106. 



Fossils, the post-tertiary, procured in 

 the late Arctic expedition, J. Gwyn 

 Jeffreys on, 72. 



Foster (C. Le Neve) on some of the 

 stockworks of Cornwall, 70 ; on some 

 tin-mines in the parish of Wendron, 

 Cornwall, 70 ; on the great flat lodo 

 south of Redruth and Camborne, 71. 



(Prof. G. C), Address by, to the 



Mathematical and Physical Section, 

 1 ; *on the mode of stating some ele- 

 mentary facts in electricity, 34. 



Fox (Col. Lane) on some Saxon and 

 British tumuli near Guildford, 116. 



*Fremantle, Australia, the tides of, 

 Capt. Evans and Sir W. Thomson on, 

 40. 



*Froude (W.) on the resistance of ships, 

 as affected by length of parallel 

 middle body, 202 ; *on a new dyna- 

 mometer for large marine engines, 

 202. 



•Furnace, a new mechanical, used in 

 the alkali manufacture and for cal- 

 cining purposes generally, J. Mactear 

 on, 52 ; 217. 



•Gallium, some properties of, Dr. Odling 

 on, 53. 



Galton (Capt. D.) on the works now 

 in course of execution for improving 

 the navigation of one of the mouths 

 of the Mississippi, under the direc- 

 tion of Mr. James Eads, C.E., 202; 

 *on the jetties of the Mississippi, 

 206. 



* (F.), Address by, to the Depart- 

 ment of Anthropology, 94. 



Galvanoscope, an improved lantern, S. 

 P. Thompson, on, 37. 



Geographical Section, Address by Adm. 

 Sir E. Ommanney to the, 122. 



•Geological periods, a new method of 

 calculating the absolute duration of, 

 Prof. Haughton on, 31. 



Section, Address by W. Pengelly 



to the, 54. 



* significance of the boring at 



