INDEX. 



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Basalt, the specific heat of, Profs. W. C. 

 Roberts-Austen and A. W. Riicker on, 

 610. 

 Bauerman (H.) on the volcanic pheno- 

 mena of Vesuvius and its neighbour- 

 hood, 312. 

 Beaumont (W. W.) on the internal and 

 external work of evaporation, 777 ; on 

 a new system of screw propulsion with 

 non-reversible engines, 779. 

 Beddoe (Dr.) on editing a new edition 

 of 'Anthropological Notes and Queries,' 

 404. 

 Bedford (J. E.) on the collection, preser- 

 vation, and systematic registration of 

 photographs of geological interest in 

 the United Kingdom, 321. 

 *Bell (Dr.), Colorado, 720. 

 Ben Nevis, meteorological observations 

 on, report of the Committee for co- 

 operating with the Scottish Meteoro- 

 logical Society in making, 140. 

 Benier(M.), the Benier hot-air engine, 775. 

 Bennett (A. H.) on the telephoning of 

 great cities, 769; an electrical parcel 

 exchange sj'stem, 774. 

 Bennett (A. W.), con-sexual formation 



of spores in the Desmidiaceaj, 678. 

 Berbers, the Morocco, by J. E. B. 



Meakin, 80J. 

 Bevan (Rev. J. 0.) on the upbringing of 



destitute and pauper children, 745. 

 Bibliography of solution, fifth report on 



the, 273. 

 Bibliography of spectroscopy, third report 



on the, 264. 

 Bidwell (S.) on electrolysi.s in its phj'sical 



and chemical bearings, 122. 

 Biological Section, Address (on growth- 

 curvatures in plants) by F. Darwin to 

 the, 660. 

 *Bishop (Mrs.), the Bakhtiari country 



and the Karun river, 722. 

 Blandford (Dr.) on the present state of 

 our knowledge of the zoologj' of the 

 Sandwich Islands, and on the steps 

 taken to investigate ascertained defi- 

 ciencies in the fauna, 357. 

 Bles (E. J.) on the occupation of the 

 table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 372. 

 Bloxam (G. W.) on the work of the 

 anthropometric laboratory, 405 ; on 

 the North-Western tribes of the 

 Dominion of Canada, 407. 

 Boas (Dr. F.) on the Indians of British 



Columbia, 408. 

 Bolton (H.), note on boulders at Darley, 



near Matlock, Derbyshire, 650. 

 Bonney (Prof. T. G.) on the work of the 

 Corresponding Societies Committee, 

 41 ; on the erratic blocks of England, 

 Wales, and Ireland, 276 ; on the col- 

 lection, preservation, and systematic 



registration of photographs of geolo- 

 gical interest in the United Kingdom, 

 321. 

 Botanical laboratory at Peradeniya, 

 Ceylon, fifth report on the steps taken 

 for establishing a, 358. 

 Botany and zoology of the West India 

 Islands, fourth report on the present 

 state of our knowledge of the, 354. 

 Bothamley (C. H.) on the direct forma- 

 tion of haloid compounds from pure 

 materials, 274 ; *the interpretation of 

 certain chemical reactions, 612. 

 Bottomley (J. T.) on electrolysis in its 

 physical and chemical bearings, 122 ; 

 on standards for use in electrical 

 measurements, 152. 

 Boulders at Darley, near Matlock, Derby- 

 shire, notes on, by H. Bolton, 650. 

 Bourne (S.) on the teaching of science 



in elementary schools, 383. 

 Bower (Prof.) on the steps taken for 

 establishing a botanical laboratory at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, 358. 

 Bramwell (Sir F. J.) on the advisability 

 and possibility of establishing obser- 

 vations upon the prevalence of earth 

 tremors, 333. 

 Bright streaks on the moon, the probable 

 nature of the. Dr. R. Copeland on, 576. 

 British fossils, the registration of all 

 the type specimens of, second report 

 on, 299. 

 Brown (Prof. A. Crum) on electrolysis in 

 its physical and chemical bearings, 

 122 ; on meteorological observations 

 on Ben Nevis, 140. 

 Brown (J.) on electrolj-sis in its physical 

 and chemical bearings, 122 ; on Clau- 

 sius' theory of electrolytic conduction, 

 and on some secret evidence for the 

 dissociation theory of electrolysis, 564. 

 Brown (M. W.) on the advisability and 

 possibility of establishing observations 

 upon the prevalence of earth tremors, 

 333. 

 Brown (T. F.) on the coal question, 736 ; 

 address to the Mechanical Section by, 

 749. 

 Browne (M.), notes npon Colohodus, a 



genus of mesozoic fossil fishes, 644. 

 Bryan (G. H.) on the present state of 

 our knowledge of thermodynamics, 

 specially with regard to the second 

 law, 85 ; researches relating to the 

 connection of the second law with 

 dynamical principles, ih. ; on a simple 

 mechanical representation of Carnot's 

 reversible cycle, 558. 

 Buclian (Dr. A.) on meteorological obser- 

 vations on Ben Nevis, 140 ; on arrang- 

 ing an investigation of the seasonal 

 variations of temperature in lakes, 

 rivers, and estuaries, 454. 



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