87G 



REPORT 1897. 



Aldeidge (J. G. \V.) on the present 



tendencies of electric tramway traction, 



761. 

 *Allen (H.) on a modern power gas 



jjlant working in a textile factory, 



767. 

 (J. Eomilly) on an cthnograpMcal 



sxirvey of the United Kingdoin, 452 

 Alps, the glacial formations of the, Prof. 



A. Penck on, 647. 

 Alternating currents. Demonstrations on 



the form of, by Prof. F. Braun, 570. 

 Amblyopsidfe, the blind fish of America, 



Dr. C. H. Eigenmann on, 685. 

 American aborigines, the hut-burial of 



the, E. S. Hartland on, 794. 

 *American- Asiatic contact. Discussion of 



evidences of, 795. 

 Ami (Dr. H. M.) on the state of the 

 j}rincipal miiseuvis in Caiiada and 



Nenfoxmdland, 62. 

 on some new, or hitherto little 



known, Palteozoic formations in North- 

 eastern America, 657. 

 Amides and aldehydes, condensation pro- 

 ducts of. Dr. C. A. Kohn on, 622. 

 *Anjesthetics, the action of on cardiac 



muscle, Miss Welby on, 822. 

 ♦Andaman Islands, adze-making in the. 



Prof. A. C. Haddon on, 797. 

 Anderson (H. K.) on the functional 



activity of nerve cells, 512. 

 (Dr. Joseph) on an ethnographical 



survey of the United Kingdom, 452. 

 (Dr. Tempest) on the collection 



of jihotographs of geological interest 



in the United Kingdoin, 298. 

 Andrews (Prof. W. W.) on reform in 



the teaching of chemistry, 601. 

 on the plaster of Paris method in 



blowpipe analysis, 625. 

 *Annelids, musculo-glandular cells in. 



Prof. G. Gilson on, 695. 

 *Antherozoids, the existence of motile, 



in Dictyolacece, J. L. Williams on, 866. 

 of Zamia integrifolia, H. J. "Webber 



on, 864. 

 Anthropology, Address by Sir W. Turner 



to the Section of, 768. 

 Anthropometric measurements in schools. 



Report on, 451. 

 *Antlers of the red deer, a particularly 



large set of, G. P. Hughes on, 698. 

 Appalachians, the former extension of 



the, across Mississippi, Louisiana, and 



Texas, J. C. Branner on, 64.3. 

 Argon, the behaviour of, in X-ray tubes. 



Prof. H. L. Callendar and K N. Evans 



on, 553. 

 * and helium. Demonstration of the 



spectra of, by Prof. W. Ramsay, 611. 

 Arisaig series of Nova Scotia, a fish tooth 



from the Upper, J. F. Whiteaves on, 



656. 



Armstrong (Prof . H. E.) onthe teaching 

 of science in elementary schools, 287. 



071 the investigation of isomeric 



naphthalene derivatives, 292. 



on the production of haloids from 



jnire materials, 295. 



* on diagrams illustrating the result 



of fifty years' experimenting on the 

 growth of wheat at Rothamsted, 865. 



Army worm (^Leucania nnipuncta), the 

 appearance in 1896 of the, in the pro- 

 vince of Ontario, Prof. J. Hoyes Pan ton 

 on, 695. 



Isar (Eskers) of Finland, Prince Kr©- 

 potkin on the, 648. 



Astronomical research, the atmosphere ia 

 its efl'ects on, Percival Lowell on, 585. 



Atkinson (George F.) on some pre- 

 liminary experiments with theRontgen 

 rays en plants, 873. 



Atlantic, the plankton collected con- 

 tinuously during a traverse of the, in 

 August, 1897, Prof. W. Herdman on, 

 695. 



* , the North, the surface plankton of, 



AV. Garstang on, 691. 



Atmosphere in its effects on astronomical 

 research, Percival Lowell on, 5<S5. 



Atomic weight of thorium. Prof. B. 

 Brauner on the, 609. 



weights of nickel and cobalt, Prof. 



T. W. Richards, A. S. Cushman, and 

 G. P. Baxter on the, 609. 



At WATER (Prof. W. ) and Prof. E. B. 

 Rosa on an apparatus for verifying the 

 law of conservation of energy in the 

 human body, 583. 



Australia, Western, some spearheads 

 made of glass from. Sir W. Turner on, 

 796 



'Australian natives, the brains of, Prof. 

 A. Macalister on, 790. 



Ayrton (Hertha) on the relations between 

 the electric arc curves and crater ratios 

 with cored positive carbons, 575. 



(Prof. W. E.) on practical electrical 



standards, 206. 



and Prof. J. V. Jones on a deter- 

 mination of the ohm made in testing 

 the Lorenz apparatus of the McQill 

 University, Montreal, 212. 



* and J. Mather on the use of a 



constant total current shunt with 

 ballistic galvanometers, 588. 



* on short v. long galvano- 

 meters for very sensitive zero tests, 

 588. 



* on the sensibility of galvano- 

 meters, 588. 



Bailey (Lieut.-Col. F.) on forestry in 



India, 714. 

 (L. W.) on some typical sections in 



south-western Nova Scotia, 640. 



