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INDEX. 



Anderson (Dr. T.), an improved helio- 

 graph or sun signal, 461 ; improved 

 apparatus for the objective estimation 

 of astigmatism, 463. 



Annuities, diminishing, F. N. Newcome 

 on, 675. 



Anthracite coal and coal-field of South 

 Wales, C. H. Perkins on the, 220. 



Anthropological colour phenomena in 

 Belgium and elsewhere. Dr. Beddoe 

 on, 629. 



Anthropology, Address by F. W. Rudler 

 to the Department of, 609. 



Anthropometric Committee, report of 

 the, 120. 



Astigmatism, improved apparatus for the 

 objective estimation of, by Dr. T. 

 Anderson, 463. 



Astronomical clocks, on the question of 

 improvements in, first report, 56 ; 

 second report, 58. 



Atchison (A. T.) on patent legislation, 

 318. 



*Atomic volumes of certain elements 

 and the heats of formation of some 

 of their compounds, some relations 

 between the, W. Weldon on, 503. 



*Australian autochthony, W. Forster on, 

 620. 



*Autochthony, Australian, W. Forster on, 

 620. 



Ayrton (Prof. W. E.) on devising and 

 constructing an improved form of high 

 insiTlation key for electrometer work, 

 29; on accurately measuring the speci- 

 fic inductive capacity of a good Spren- 

 gel vacuum, and the siaecific resistance 

 of gases at different pressures, 197. 



Baden-Powell (G.) on protection in the 

 United States and its lessons, 671. 



Baily (W. H.) on the Tertiary (Miocene) 

 flora, &c., of the basalt of tlie North of 

 Ireland, 107. 



Balearic Islands, an examination of the. 

 Dr. Phene on, 663. 



, the geology of the, Dr. Phen4 on, 



585. 



Balfour (Prof. Bay ley), report on the 

 natural history of Socotra, 212. 



Balfour (F. M.) on the occupation of a 

 table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 161 ; Address by, to the De- 

 partment of Anatomy and Physiology, 

 636. 



and W. N. Parker on the develop- 

 ment of Lepidosteus, 599. 



Ball (Prof. K. S.) on observations of 

 luminous meteors during the year 

 1879-80, 39 ; notes on non-Euclidian 

 geometry, 476. 



*Bamfield (J.) on the spontaneous com- 

 bustion of coals in ships, 696. 



Barlow (W. H.) on patent legislation, 

 318. 



Barnes-Lawrence (Rev. H. F.) on the 

 Ijossibility of establishing a close time 

 for indigenous animals, 257. 



*Barrows, long, the structure of, Prof. G. 

 Rolleston on, 623. 



* , round, the structure of, Prof. G. 



Rolleston on, 623. 



Bate (C. Spence) on the exploration of 

 the marine zoology of South Devon, 

 160; on the j)resent state of our 

 knowledge of the Crustacea : Part V. 

 On fecundation, respiration, and the 

 green gland, 230 ; on the possibility of 

 establishing a close time for indi- 

 genous animals, 257. 



Beddoe (Dr.) on the work of the Anthro- 

 pometric Committee, 120 ; on anthro- 

 pological colour phenomena in Belgium 

 and elsewhere, 629. 



Bennett (A. W.) on the classification of 

 cryptogams, 599. 



and G. Murra}', a reformed system of 



terminology of the reproductive organs 

 of thallophytes, 600. 



Bi-lingual seal in Cuneiform and Khita, 

 the discovery of a, Hyde Clarke on, 

 633. 



Biological Section, Address by Dr. Giin- 

 therto the, 591. 



Birds, the classification of, P. L. Sclater 

 on, 606. 



, the migration of, and Messrs. 



Brown and Cordeaux's method of ob- 

 taining systematic observations of the 

 same at lighthouses and lightships, A. 

 Newton on, 605. 



Bismuth, fluid, the density of, W. C. 

 Roberts and T. Wrightson on, 543. 



Blanford (W. T.) on the geological age 

 and relations of the Siwalik and Pi- 

 kermi vertebrate and invertebrate 

 faunas, 577. 



Bleaching powder residue, F. W. Hodges 

 on, 560. 



Bock (Carl) on the Dutch Indian Go- 

 vernment exploring expedition in 

 Borneo, 661. 



Bolton (Prof. H. C.) on the apialication 

 of organic acids to the examination of 

 minerals, 505. 



Bonney (Prof. T. G.) on the 'Geological 

 Record,' 87 ; on the erratic blocks of 

 England, Wales, and Ireland, 110. 



Borneo, the Dutch Indian exjaloring ex- 

 pedition in, Carl Bock on, 661. 



Boscawen (W. St. C.) on the Hittites, 

 632. 



Botly (W.), agricultural statistics and 

 the land question, 668. 



Bottomley (J. T.) on secular experiments 

 on the elasticity of wires, 61 ; * on tlie 

 elasticity of wires, 494. 



