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INDEX, 



Agriculture in India, the recent progress 

 of, by C. L. Tupper, 532. 



Alcohol and ether, the surface tension of, 

 at different temperatures, by Prof. W. 

 Ramsay, 505. 



♦Alkaline hj'pochlorites, the action of 

 heat on, by Prof. H. M'Leod, 609. 



*Allea (A. H.), the reaction of glycerides 

 with alcoholic potash, 613. 



Allison (Mrs. S. S.), account of the 

 Similkameen Indians of British Co- 

 lumbia, 815. 



Alloys, the electrolysis of, note on, by 

 H. C. Jenkins, 613. 



Alloys of gold and tin, the existence of a 

 compound in, A. P. Laurie on, 607. 



Aluminium, a latent characteristic of, by 

 Dr. A. Springer, 583. 



Ammonites jnrensiH in the ironstone of 

 the Northampton sands, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Northampton, B. T. New- 

 ton on the occurrence of, 655. 



Ainmn?iifc-zoncs of Dorset and Somerset, 

 S. S. Buckman on certain, 655. 



Anatomical nomenclature, Prof. W. 

 Krause on, 682. 



Anderson (Dr. T.) on the collection, pre- 

 servation, and sj'stematic registration 

 of photographs of geological interest 

 in the United Kingdom, 321. 



Anderson (Dr. W.) on the investigation 

 of the action of waves and currents on 

 the beds and foreshores of estuaries by 

 means of working models, 386 ; on the 

 revolving purifier for the treatment of 

 water by metallic iron, 762. 



Antarctic exploration, by E. D. Morgan, 

 719. 



• Anthropological Notes and Queries,' re- 

 port of the Committee for editing a 

 new edition of, 404. 



Anthropolooical Section, Address by 

 Prof. F. Max Muller to the. 782. 



Anthropometric laboratory, report of the 

 Committee for carrying on the work of 

 the, 405. 



Anthropometric method of identifying 

 criminals, the, by Dr. J. G. Garson, 

 813. 



Antiquity of man, the relation of the 

 glacial period in North America to the, 

 recent discoveries concerning, by Prof. 

 G. F. Wright, 647. 



. , the relation of the lava beds of 



California and Idaho to the, by Prof. 

 G. F. Wright, 651. 



Apparatus, a simple, for the cultivation 

 of small organisms in hanging drops, 

 and in various gases, under the micro- 

 scope. Prof. M. Ward on, 678. 



Appendicularian ' haus,' new form of, by 

 G. Swainson, 701. 



Archaean gneiss of the North-west High- 

 lands, some recent work of the Geo- 



logical Survey iu the. Sir A. Geikie on, 

 634. 



Arlidge (Dr. J. T.) on the data available 

 for determining the best limit (physic- 

 ally) for hours of labour, 746. 



Armstrong (Prof. H. E.) on electrolysis 

 in its physical and chemical bearings, 

 122 ; on isomeric naphthalene deriva- 

 tives, 265 ; on the direct formation of 

 haloid compounds from pure materials, 

 274 ; on the absorption spectra of pure 

 compounds, 275 ; on the teaching of 

 science in elementary schools, 383. 



Art of observing, the, by J. Coles, 714. 



Assam, the natives of, the ' morong ' and 

 other customs of, S. E. Peal on, 801. 



*Auburtin (F.), Le Play's method of sys- 

 tematic observation, 747. 



""Axon (W. E. A.), the increase of food 

 and population, 747. 



AjTton (Prof. W. E.) on standards for 

 use in electrical measurements, 152. 



and Prof. Eiicker on the magnetic 



field in the neighbourhood of the South 

 Loudon electrical railway, 581. 



Bacteria, nuclear structure in the, H. 

 Wager on, 681. 



Badger (E. W.) on the disappearance of 

 native plants from their local habitats, 

 359. 



♦Bakhtiari countr}', the, and the Karun 

 river, by Mrs. Bishop, 722. 



Balfour (Prof. B.) on the steps taken for 

 establishing a botanical laboratory at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, 358. 



Ball (Sir R.) on a geometrical illustration 

 of a dynamical theorem, 566 ; the cause 

 of an ice age, 645. 



Ball (Dr. V.) on the collection, preserva- 

 tion, and sj'stematic registration of 

 photographs of geological interest in 

 the United Kingdom, 321. 



Bamford (H.) on the investigation of the 

 action of waves and currents on the 

 beds and foreshores of estuaries by 

 means of working models, 386. 



Barbaric elements in ancient Greece and 

 Italy, by Prof. G. H. Jones, 803 



Barlow (W.) on the connection between 

 the crystal form and the chemical 

 composition of bodies : the symmetry 

 of crystals accounted for by the appli- 

 cation of Boscovich"s theory of atoms 

 to the atoms of the chemist, 581. 



Barrett (Prof.) on the various phenomena 

 connected with the recalescent points 

 in iron and other metals, 147. 



Barrington (R. M.) on making a digest 

 of the observations on the migration of 

 birds, 363. 



Bar-subtense survey, by Col. H. Tanner, 

 718. 



