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INDEX. 



Coal-gas of difEerent qualities, report on 

 the best means for the development of 

 light from : Part II., 241. 



*Coal seams of the eastern portion of the 

 South Wales basin, tlie, and their 

 chemical composition, J. W, Thomas 

 on, 534. 



Coal-tar colours, the identification of the, 

 J. Spiller on, 542. 



* Coals in ships, the spontaneous com- 

 bustion of, J. Bamfield on, 696. 



Coast-line directions represented by 

 great circles on the globe and the 

 localities marked by earthquakes in 

 Europe, the relation to be established 

 between. Prof. J. P. O'Keilly on, 576. 



Collins (J. H.) on the fault systems of 

 Central and West Cornwall, 584 



♦Combined elliptical, pai'allel, and an- 

 giTlar motion. G. Fawcus on, 69Jt. 



Contact electricity, a method of measur- 

 ing. Prof. Sir W. Thomson on, 494. 



Copper, a peculiar behaviour of, W. H. 

 Preece on, 470. 



contained in copper ores and regu- 



luses, a new process for separating 

 silver from, W. Henderson on, 546. 



*Coppinger (E. W.) on a visit to Skyring 

 Water, Straits of Magellan, 665. 



Cork, West, the hiatus said to have been 

 found in the rocks of, G. H. Kinalian 

 on, 574. 



Cornwall, Central and West, the fault 

 systems of, J. H. Collins on, 584. 



Crosskey (Rew H. W.) on the circulation 

 of underground waters, 87 ; on the 

 erratic blocks of England, Wales, and 

 Ireland, 110. 



Crustacea, report on the present state of 

 our knowledge of the : Part V. On fe- 

 cundation, respiration, and the green 

 gland, 230. 



Crj-ptogams, the classification of, A. W. 

 Bennett on, 599. 



*Crystals of mercury, P. Braham on, 

 544. 



Curves of the declination magnetographs 

 at Kew, Stonjhurst, Coimbra, Lisbon, 

 Vienna, and St. Petersburg-, comparison 

 of the, by Prof. W. G. Adams, 201. 



Dalton (W. H.) on the range of the lower 

 tertiaries of East Sitflolk, 575. 



*Dara Nur, Northern Afghanistan and its 

 inhabitants, Lieut.-Col. H. C. B. Tanner 

 on the, 665. 



Darwin (G. H.) on the measurement of 

 the lunar disturbance of gravity, 25. 



Darwin (H.) on the measurement of the 

 lunar disturbance of gravity, 25. 



Davey (H.) on the expansion of steam in 

 non-rotative pumping engines, 697. 



Dawkins (Prof. W. Boyd) on the explo- 

 ration of Kent's Cavern, 62 ; on the 



mode of reproduction of certain species 

 of Ichthyosaurus from the lias of 

 England and Wiirtemberg, 68 ; on the 

 erratic blocks of England, Wales, and 

 Ireland, 110; on the exploration of 

 the caves of the South of Ireland, 209 ; 

 on the action of carbonic acid on lime- 

 stone, 573. 

 Dawson (G. M.), sketch of the geology of 



British Columbia, 588. 

 Day (R.) on the implements found at 



Carrigagower, Co. Cork, 211. 

 Day (St. J. V.) on patent legislation, 



318. 

 Deacon (G. F.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 26. 

 Deacon (J. F.) 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, 390. 

 Deaf, the German and other systems of 

 teaching the, to speak, report on, 216. 

 Deane (I>r.) on the erratic blocks of 



England, Wales, and Ireland, 110. 

 *De Fonveille (W.) on an electro-mag- 

 netic gyroscope, 500. 

 Delany (Rev. W.) on the appointment 

 of H. M. inspectors of elementarj' 

 schools, 219. 

 De Ranee (C. E.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 87 ; on the pre- 

 glacial contours and post-glacial de- 

 nudation of the north-west of England, 

 590. 

 Dewar (Prof.) on the present state of 

 our knowledge of spectrum analysis,. 

 258. 

 Dew-Smith (Mr.) on the occupation of a 

 table at the zoological station at Naples- 

 161. 

 Dickinson (J.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 26. 

 Dittmar (Prof.) on the best means for 

 the development of light from coal- 

 gas, 241. 

 Dixon (H. B.) on the influence of water 

 on the union of carbonic oxide with 

 oxygen at high temperatures, 503. 

 Dobson (G. E.) report on accessions tO' 

 our knowledge of the Chiroptera during 

 the past two years (1878-80), 169. 

 Doncaster (C.) on the German and other 

 svstems of teaching the deaf to speak, 

 216. 

 *Double malar bone, Prof. G. Rolleston 



on the, 604. 

 Dresser (H. E.) on the possibility of 

 establishing a close time for indige- 

 nous animals, 257. 

 Drew (F.) on the ' Geological Record, '^ 



87. 

 ' Drumming ' of the snipe, Capt. W. V» 

 Legge on the, 604. 



