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REPORT — 1878. 



FitzGerald (G. F.) G. J. Stoney, and R. 

 J. Moss on the support of spheroidal 

 drops and allied phenomena, 441. 

 Fletcher (A. B.) on instruments for 



measuring the speed of ships, 219. 

 Flight (W.) on observations of luminous 

 meteors during the year 1877-78, 

 258. 

 Flint factories at Portstewart and else- 

 where in the North of Ireland, W. J. 

 Knowles on, 579. 

 Flood waters of rivers, on movable and 

 fixed weirs, with reference to the im- 

 provement of the navigation, mill 

 power, and drainage of, with especial 

 notice of the River Shannon, by J. 

 Neville, 691. 

 Flow of water in uniform regime in 

 rivers and in open channels generally, 

 Prof. J. Thomson on the, 434. 

 Flower (Prof.) on the work of the An- 

 thropometric Committee, 152; Address 

 by, to the Biological Section, 549 ; 

 methods and results of measurements 

 of the capacity of the human crania, 

 581. 

 Fog signals, a short description of two 



kinds of, by J. R. Wigham, 437. 

 Forbes (Prof. G.) on arrangements for 

 taking certain observations in India, 

 and observations on atmospheric elec- 

 tricity at Madeira, 103 ; on observa- 

 tions of luminous meteors during the 

 year 1877-78, 258; on a diagonal eye- 

 piece for certain optical experiments, 

 449 ; on a clock with detached train, 

 449 ; on an instrument for indicating 

 and measuring the fire-damp in mines, 

 449 ; on the mutual action of vortex 

 atoms and ultramundane corpuscles, 

 498. 

 Fossils from the Northampton Sands, J. 

 Evans on some, 534. 



in the North-West Highlands of 



Scotland, report on the, 130. 



, Irish, some new species of, W. H. 



Baily on, 535. 

 Foster (Dr. C. Le Neve) on underground 



temperature, 178. 

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

 table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 149. 

 Fox (Major-Gen. Lane) on the work of 

 the Anthropometric Committee, 152 ; 

 on the examination of two caves near 

 Tenby, 209 ; *on excavations at Mount 

 Caburn, Lewes, Sussex, 580. 

 Froude (W.) on the elasticity of wires, 

 103 ; on the phenomena of the sta- 

 tionary tides in the English Channel 

 and the North Sea, and the value of 

 tidal observations in the North Atlantic 

 Ocean, 217 ; on instruments for mea- 

 suring the speed of ships, 219 ; on the 



effect of propellers on the steering of 



vessels, 419. 

 Fuller (Prof.) on Babbage's analytical 



machine, 92. 

 Furf urol, some of the derivatives of, Dr. 



W. Ramsay on, 512. 



Gages (A.) on the influence that micro- 

 scopic vegetable organisms have had 

 on the production of some hydrated 

 iron ores, 545. 



Galilee, the survey of, Lieut. H. H. 

 Kitchener on, 622. 



Galloway (Mr.) on underground tempe- 

 rature, 178. 



Galton (Capt. D.) on patent legislation, 

 157 ; on the use of steelfor structural 

 purposes, 157 ; 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, 217 ; on the 

 datum-level of the Ordnance Survey 

 of Great Britain, and the tabulation 

 and comparison of other datum-marks, 

 219 ; on the circulation of underground 

 waters, 382 ; general results of some 

 recent experiments upon the co-efficient 

 of friction between surfaces moving 

 at high velocities, 438. 



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

 metric Committee, 152. 



Gas for lighthouses, a new application 

 of, by J. R. Wigham, 436. 



*Gases hitherto called permanent, the 

 condensation of, Prof. J. Dewar on, 

 517. 



Ganssin's warning regarding the slug- 

 gishness of ships' magnetism, Sir Wm. 

 Thomson on, 496. 



Geikie (Prof.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 178. 



Geographical distribution of the Chi- 

 roptera, G. E. Dobson on the, 158. 



distribution and migrations of birds, 



&C., on the northern shores and lands 

 of Hudson's Bay, Dr. J. Rae on the, 

 558. 



distribution of the tea plant, A. 



Burrell on the, 638. 

 - Section, Address by Prof. Sir C. 



Wyville Thomson to the, 613. 

 significance of North Polar ice, Dr. 



E. L. Moss on the 636. 

 variations on the coast of France, 



Dr. J. S. Phene on some, 628. 

 Geological map of India, the new, V. 



Ball on, 532. 



relations of the atmosphere, 



T. S. 

 Hunt on the, 544. 

 — results of the late British Arctic 

 Expedition, Capt. Feilden and Mr. De 

 Ranee on the, 548. 



