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INDEX. 



Tension of vapours near curved surfaces 

 of their liquids, G. F. Fitzgerald on 

 the, 255. 



Tertiary (Miocene) flora, &c, of the basalt 

 of the North of Ireland, report on the, 

 162. 



Thermal conductivities of certain rocks, 

 sixth report on experiments to deter- 

 mine the, showing especially the geo- 

 logical aspects of the investigation, 

 58. 



Thomas (W. C.) on generic images, 253. 



Thompson (Prof. S. P.) on the retardation 

 of phase of vibrations transmitted by 

 the telephone, 254 ; on the pseudo- 

 phone, 255 ; on the action of magnets 

 on liquid jets, 257 ; on a law of retinal 

 activity, 404 ; on apprenticeship schools 

 in France, 469. 



Thomson (Sir C. Wyville) on the occupa- 

 tion of a table at the zoological station 

 at Naples, 165. 



Thomson (Prof. J.) on instruments for 

 measuring the speed of ships, 210. 



Thomson (J. M.), an account of some 

 recent experiments on supersaturated 

 solutions, 317. 



Thomson (Prof. Sir W.) on the elasticity 

 of wires, 33 ; on the mechanical equi- 

 valent of heat, 36 ; on underground 

 temperature, 40; on mathematical ta- 

 bles, 46 ; on atmospheric electricity at 

 Madeira, 63 ; on the phenomena of the 

 stationary tides in the English Chan- 

 nel and the North Sea, and the value 

 of tidal observations in the North 

 Atlantic Ocean, 71 ; on instruments for 

 measuring the speed of ships, 210 ; 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. 



Thomson (W.) on a sample of Fuller's 

 earth, found in a fullonica recently 

 excavated at Pompeii, 321. 



Tibet, the trade routes from Bengal to, 



Lieut.-Col. T. H. Lewin on, 432. 

 Tidal observations at Madeira or other 

 islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, on 

 the value of, 71. 

 Tiddeman (B. H.) on the erratic blocks 



of England, Wales, and Ireland, 135. 

 Tides, stationary, in the English Channel 

 and the North Sea, report on the phe- 

 nomena of, 71. 

 Toba plateau, Major Campbell on the, 



447. 

 Tower (B.) on the physical aspects of 



Zululand and Natal, 442. 

 Town water supplies, the temperature of, 



B. Latham on, 499. 

 Trade routes from Bengal to Tibet, 



Lieut.-Col. T. H. Lewin on the, 432. 

 transformation of series, a theorem 



relating to the, Bev. S. Earnshaw on, 

 291. 



Trigonometrical series, summation of a 

 class of, by J. W. L. Glaisher, 269. 



Tristram (Bev. Canon) on the possibility 

 of establishing a close time for the pro- 

 tection of indigenous animals, 165. 



Tuke (Dr. D. H.) on the Cagots, 379. 



Turcomans between the Caspian and the 

 Merv, Prof. A. Vambery on the, 402. 



Two-prism automatic motion, a simple, 

 G. J. Stoney on, 292. 



Tylor (A.) on certain inventions illus- 

 trating the working of the human 

 mind, and on the importance of the 

 selection of types, 396. 



Tylor (E. B.), Address by, to the Depart- 

 ment of Anthropology, 381. 



Underground temperature, some broad 

 features of, Prof. J. D. Everett on, 345. 



, twelfth report on the rate of increase 



of, downwards in various localities of 

 dry land and under water, 40. 



Underground waters in the Jurassic, New 

 Bed Sandstone, and Permian forma- 

 tions, fifth report on the circulation of 

 the, 155. 



* Upper Silurian of Ohio, a fossil tree 

 from the, E. W. Claypole on, 343. 



*Urea, crystallisation of, in presence of 

 a colloid, Dr. W. M. Ord on, 418. 



Urua, Central Africa, the manners and 

 customs of the people of, Commander 

 Cameron on, 392. 



Ussher (R. J.) and Prof. A. Leith Adams 

 on the discovery of a bone cave near 

 Cappagh, Co. Waterford, 338. 



Vambery (Prof. A.) on the Turcomans 

 between the Caspian and the Merv, 

 402. 



*Vapour densities, Prof. Dewar on, 293. 



of ferrous chloride and iodide of 



potassium, J. A. Wanklyn on the, 308. 



Vapour density methods, the various, a 

 historical sketch of, by J. T. Brown, 

 304. 



Vedova (Prof. G. D.) on present Italian 

 geographical explorations, 436 ; on geo- 

 graphical studies and works in Italy, 

 456. 



Veratria, report on the chemistry of, 133. 



Veth (Prof. P. J.) on the Dutch expedi- 

 tion to Central Sumatra, 434. 



Vibrations transmitted by the telephone, 

 the retardation of phase of, Prof. S. P. 

 Thompson on, 254. 



Vine (G. B.) on carboniferous polyzoa and 

 palaocorynse, 350. 



Visual phenomenon, a, and its explana- 

 tion, W. Ackroyd on, 419. 



Vital statistics of Sheffield, T. W. Hime 

 on the, 488. 





