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INDEX. 



Foster (Dr. C. Le Neve) on underground 

 temperature, 40. 



Foster (Prof. G. C.) on the progress of the 

 chief branches of mathematics and 

 physics, 37. 



Foster (Dr. M.) on the occupation of a 

 table at the zoological station at Na- 

 ples, 165. 



Fox (H. C.) on synchronism of mean 

 temperature and rainfall in the climate 

 of London, 277. 



Fox (Major-Gen. Lane) on the explora- 

 tion of certain caves in Borneo, 149 ; 

 on excavations at Portstewart and else- 

 where in the North of Ireland, 171 ; on 

 the work of the Anthropometric Com- 

 mittee, 175. 



Francq's (Leon) fireless locomotive, C. 

 Bergeron on, 501. 



Franks (A. W.) on the exploration of 

 certain caves in Borneo, 149. 



French (A.) on lead fume, with a de- 

 scription of a new process of fume con- 

 densing, 301. 



Friction at high velocities, general results 

 of experiments on, made in order to 

 ascertain the effect of brakes on rail- 

 way trains, by D. Galton, 508. 



Friction of water upon water at low ve- 

 locities, a short account of some expe- 

 riments made to determine the, by Rev. 

 S. Haughton, 275. 



Frosts of 1860-1 and of 1878-9, compa- 

 rison of the effects of the, by E. J. 

 Lowe, 377. 



Fruits and seeds, Sir J. Lubbock on, 

 370. 



Fuller's earth, a sample of, found in a 

 fullonica recently excavated at Pom- 

 peii, W. Thomson on, 321. 



Fundamental invariants of algebraic 

 forms, the calculation of tables of the, 

 report on, 66. 



Gaboon and Ogowe, the native races of, 

 Comte 8. de Brazza on, 394. 



♦Galla country, the southern, Rev. J. 

 Wakefield on, 440. 



Galloway (Mr.) on underground tempe- 

 rature, 40. 



Galton (Capt. D.) on the phenomena of 

 the stationary tides in the English 

 Channel and the North Sea, and the 

 value of tidal observations in the North 

 Atlantic Ocean, 71 ; on the circulation 

 of underground waters, 155; on the 

 datum-level of the Ordnance Survey of 

 Great Britain, and the tabulation and 

 comparison of other datum-marks, 219 ; 

 on patent legislation, 223 ; general 

 results of experiments on friction at 

 high velocities made in order to ascer- 

 tain the effect of brakes on railway 

 trains, 508. 



Galton (F.) on the work of the Anthro- 

 pometric Committee, 175. 



Galvanometer for demonstrating the in- 

 ternal current transmitted through the 

 liquid within a voltaic cell, C. W. 

 Cooke on a, 280. 



Geikie (Prof.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 40. 



Generic images, W. C. Thomas on, 253. 



Geographical Section, Address by C. R_ 

 Markham to the, 420, 



explorations, present Italian, Prof. 



G. D. Vedova on, 436. 



studies and works in Italy, Prof. G. 



D. Vedova on, 456. 



Geological age of the rocks of West 

 Cornwall, J. H. Collins on the, 347. 



episodes, J. F. Blake on, 335. 



evidence as to the antiquity of man,. 



Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins on the, 399. 



facts observed in Natal and the 



border countries, Rev. G. Blencowe on,. 

 349. 



Section, Prof. P. M. Duncan's Ad- 

 dress to the, 326. 



♦German explorations in Africa, Prof.. 

 Erman on, 440. 



' German ' speech and lip reading system- 

 of teaching the deaf, D.Buxton on the,. 

 474. 



Giglioli (Prof.) on Italian explorers in 

 New Guinea, 457. 



Gilbert (Dr. J. H.) on some points in 

 connection with agricultural chemistry,. 

 315. 



*Gill (D.), on the question of improve- 

 ments in astronomical clocks, 131. 



*Gimingham (C. H.) on the question of 

 improvements in astronomical clocks, 

 131. 



Girishk, the country between Kandahar 

 and, Capt. R. Beavan on, 445. 



Gladstone (Dr. J. H.) on elementary 

 natural science in the board schools of 

 London, 475. 



*Glaeocapsa, a spore-producing, from the 

 great conservatory at Chatsworth,. 

 Prof. M. A. Lawson on, 377. 



Glaisher (J.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 40 ; on mathematical tables, 46 ; 

 on observations of luminous meteors 

 during the year 1878-79, 76 ; on the 

 circulation of underground waters, 

 155. 



Glaisher (J. W. L.) on mathematical ta- 

 bles, 46 ; on the enumerations of primes 

 of the forms 4ra + 1 and in, + 3, 268 ; on 

 formulas in elliptic functions, 269 ; 

 summation of a class of trigonome- 

 trical series, 269. 



Godwin-Austen (Col. H. H.) on the 

 capreolus (of Lister) or the spermato- 

 phore of some of the Indian species of 

 the Helicidas, 377. 



