INDEX. 



725 



Moss (R. J.) on apparatus employed in 

 researches on Crookes's force, 489; on 

 spheroidal drops, 489. 



, G. J. Stoney, and G. F. Fitzgerald 



on the support of spheroidal drops and 

 allied phenomena, 441. 



* Motion of a free pendulum in vacuo, a 

 new method of maintaining the, D. Gill 

 on, 486. 



— of two cylinders in a fluid, W. M. 

 Hicks on the, 475. 



Motions produced by dilute acids on 

 some amalgam surfaces, R. Sabine on, 

 435. 



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

 pometric Committee, 152. 



*Mount Caburn, Lewes, Sussex, exca- 

 vations at, Maj.-Gen. Lane Fox on, 

 580. 



Muirhead (Dr. H.) on left-handedness, 

 582. 



Multiplication of determinants, elemen- 

 tary demonstration of the theorem of, 

 by M. Falk, 473. 



Muscular contraction, the theory of, G. F, 

 Fitzgerald on, 601. 



Naegele's obliquely contracted pelvis, the 

 aberrant form of the sacrum 1 connected 

 with, Dr. A. Thomson on, 605. 



*JVaiadaeea>, Dr. I. B. Balfour on, 570. 



Napier (J. R.) on patent legislation, 157 ; 

 on instruments for measuring the speed 

 of ships, 219; on the effect of pro- 

 pellers on the steering of vessels, 

 419. 



Nectar of flowers, A. S. Wilson on the, 

 567. 



*Nervous system of the Medusa?, G. J. 

 Romanes on the, 601. 



Neville (J.) on movable and fixed weirs, 

 with reference to the improvement of 

 the navigation, mill power, and drain- 

 age of flood waters of rivers, with 

 especial notice of the River Shannon, 

 691. 



*Neville (P.) on the Dublin Waterworks, 

 712. 



Newmarch (Mr.) on patent legislation, 

 157 ; on a common measure of value 

 in direct taxation, 220. 



Newton (Prof.) on the possibility of es- 

 tablishing a " close time " for indige- 

 nous animals, 146. 



Nicol (Prof. J.) on Erihollia Markayi, a 

 new fossil from the Assynt quart zite in 

 the North- Western Highlands of Scot- 

 land, 545. 



Nitric acid : its reproduction from the 

 lower oxides of nitrogen, B. C. Molloy 

 on, 512. 



Nitrogen, the excretion of : Part II., By 

 the skin, J. B. Power on, 602. 



Nitroprussides, the action of chlorine 

 upon the, Prof. E. W. Davy on, 505. 



*Nolan (F.) on the creation of a public 

 commission to purchase land for resale 

 to occupiers in Ireland, 662. 



Nolan (J.) on the ancient volcanic dis- 

 trict of Slieve Gullion, 527 ; on the 

 metamorphic and intrusive rocks of 

 Tyrone, 536. 



*North Polar ice, the geographical sig- 

 nificance of, Dr. E. L. Moss on, 636. 



Wales, some new areas of pre- Cam- 

 brian rocks in, Dr. H. Hicks on, 536. 



Northampton Sands, some fossils from 

 the, J. Evans on, 534. 



Numerical science, some verbal expres- 

 sions in, Prof. J. Thomson on, 451. 



O'Brien (M.) on the condition of small 

 farmers, and their position with re- 

 ference to the land question, 661. 



Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, second 

 report of the Committee appointed to 

 consider the datum level of the, with 

 a view to its establishment on a surer 

 foundation than hitherto, and to tabu- 

 late and compare other datum-marks, 

 219. 



O'Reilly (Prof. J. P.) on the correlation 

 of lines of direction on the globe, and 

 particularly of coast lines, 547. 



Oscillation-frequencies of solar rays, ca- 

 talogue of the, 37. 



Osteology of an infantile gorilla skeleton, 

 Dr. A, Thomson on some points in the, 

 597. 



Paraffin wax, the estimation of mineral 

 oil or, when mixed with other oils or 

 fats, W. Thomson on, 508. 



Parsons (Hon. R. C), a system of venti- 

 lation by means of fans and punkahs 

 worked by compressed air, for use in 

 hospitals and barracks in India and 

 other tropical climates, 710. 



Patent legislation, report of the Com- 

 mittee appointed to watch and report 

 to the Council on, 157. 



Pauper children, the boarding-out of, 

 Miss I. M. Tod on, 659. 



Pedetic action of soap, Prof. W. S. Jevons 

 on the, 435. 



Pengelly (W.) on the exploration of 

 Kent's Cavern, 124 ; on underground 

 temperature, 178; on the erratic blocks 

 of England, Wales, and Ireland, 185 ; 

 on the circulation of underground 

 waters, 382 ; on the relative ages of 

 the raised beaches and submerged 

 forests of Torbay, 531. 



Periodicity of commercial crises, the, and 

 its physical explanation, by Prof. W. S. 

 Jevons, 666. 



