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REPORT — 1878. 



♦Creation of a public commission to pur- 

 chase land for resale to occupiers in 

 Ireland, F. Nolan on the, 622. 



Crookes's force, apparattw employed in 

 researches on, R. J. Moss on, 489. 



Cross-fertilisation of- plants by insects, 

 some mechanical arrangements sub- 

 serving, A. S. Wilson on, 568. 



Crosskey (Rev. H. W.) on the erratic 

 blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, 

 185; on the exploration of the Settle 

 Caves (Victoria Cave), 377 ; on the 

 circulation of underground waters, 

 382. 



Crustacea, report on the present state of 

 our knowledge of the : Part IV., On 

 Development, by C. S. Bate, 193. 



, the Willemcesia group of the, C. S. 



Bate on, 561. 



♦Crystalline rocks, the origin of,.T. S. 

 Hunt on, 536. 



* of Donegal, the age of the, Prof. 



W. King on, 547. 



*Ctenodm (Agassiz), the genus, Dr. R. 

 H. Traquair on, 571. 



Cubic surface referred to a pentad of 



• co-tangential points, H. M. Jeffery on 

 a, 491. 



Cunningham (Dr. D. J.) on the intrinsic 

 muscles of the mammalian foot, 599. 



♦Cyprus,. Major Wilson on, 637. 



the acquisition by England of, Dr. 



J. S. Phene on, 634. 



Dall (W. H.) on the characteristic 

 features of the Alaska, as developed 

 by the U.S. Survey, 633. 



Darwin (G. H.) on the precession of a 

 viscous spheroid, 482. 



Datum-level of the Ordnance Survey of 

 Great Britain, second report of the 

 Committee appointed to consider the, 

 with a view to its establishment on a 

 surer foundation than hitherto, and to 

 tabulate and compare other datura- 

 marks, 219. 



Davidson (Mr.) on the Kentish boring 

 exploration, 380. 



Davis (J. W.) on the occurrence of certain 

 fish remains in the coal measures, and 

 the evidence they afford of their fresh- 

 water origin, 539. 



Davy (Prof. E. W.) on the action of 

 chlorine upon the nitroprussides, 505 ; 

 on the action of heat on the selenate 

 of ammonium, 509. 



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

 ploration of Kent's Cavern, 124 ; on 

 the erratic blocks of England, Wales, 

 and Ireland, 185 ; on the examination 

 of two caves near Tenby, 209 ; on the 

 exploration of the Settle Caves (Victo- 

 ria Cave), 377. 



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

 157. 



Deacon (J. F.) on the datum-level of the 

 Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, and 

 the tabulation and comparison of other 

 datum-marks, 219. 



Deane (Dr.) on the erratic blocks of 

 England, Wales, and Ireland, 185. 



De La Rue (Dr.) on the oscillation-fre- 

 quencies of solar rays, 37. 



De Ranee (Mr.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 382. 



and Capt. Feilden on the geological 



results of the late British Arctic Ex- 

 pedition, 548. 



Desirability of simultaneous and iden- 

 tical legislation for England and Ire- 

 land, H. L. Jephson on the, 673. 



*Dewar (Prof. J.) on the condensation 

 of the gases hitherto called permanent, 

 517. 



Dew-Smith (Mr.) on the occupation of 

 a table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 149. 



Diagonal eyepiece for certain optical 

 experiments, Prof. G. Forbes on a, 449. 



Diatoms, the supposed radiolarians and, 

 of the carboniferous rocks, Prof. W. 

 C. Williamson on, 534. 



Dickinson (J.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 178. 



Dickson (Prof. A.) on the stipules of 

 Sperijularia marina, 568 ; on the in- 

 florescence of SeneMera didi/ma, 569 ; 

 on the six-celled glands of Cephalotus, 

 and their similarity to the glands of 

 Sarracenia purpurea, 569 ; exhibition 

 of specimens of Isoetes eokinospora, 570. 



Dillon (Capt.) on the work of the An- 

 thropometric Committee, 152. 



Dillon(J.)on the effect of river or arterial 

 drainage works upon river floods, 687. 



Dillon (T. A.) on a new ship-raising ma- 

 chine, 713. 



Dimensional equations, Prof. J. Thomson 

 on, 451. 



Dimorphic plants, A. S. Wilson on some, 

 568. 



Disruptive discharge in air, the effect of 

 variation of pressure on the length of, 

 J. E. H. Gordon on, 433. 



Distant (Mr.) on the work of the Anthro- 

 pometric Committee, 152. 



Dittmar (Prof.) on the best means for 

 the development of light from coal- 

 gas, 108. 



Dobson (G. E.) on the geographical dis- 

 tribution of the Chiroptera, 158. 



♦Donegal, the age of the crystalline 

 rocks of, Prof. W. King on, 547. 



Drainage of the fenland,the, consideredin 

 relation to the conservancy of the rivers 

 of Great Britain, W. H. Wheeler on, 

 603. 



