INDEX. 



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Comets, the capture of by planets, espe- 

 cially their capture by Jupiter, Prof. 

 ir. A. Newton on, 511. 



Comparative values of various substances 

 used as non-conducting coverings for 

 steam boilers and pipes, W. H. Collins 

 on the, 780. 



Comparison, a, between the rocks of 

 South Pembrokeshire and those of 

 North Devon, by Dr. H. Hicks, 641. 



Comparison of eje and hand registration 

 of lines in the violet and ultra-violet 

 of the solar spectrum, against photo- 

 graphic records of the same, with the 

 same instrument, after a lapse of several 

 years, by Dr. C. P. Smyth, 573. 



Compound principle in the transmission 

 of power by compressed air. Prof. A. C. 

 Elliott on the, 7G5. 



Conception of direction, the importance 

 of the, in natural philosoph}-, E. T. 

 Dixon on, 572. 



Confocal conies, the geometry of, by 

 Prof. T. C. Lewis, 570. 



*Consumption, the cure of, in its econo- 

 mic aspect, by G. W. Hambleton, 747. 



Copeland (Dr. R.) on the probable nature 

 of the bright streaks on the moon, 57(). 



Cordeaux (J.) on making a digest of the 

 observations on the migration of birds, 

 363. 



Corresponding Soraetics Committee, re- 

 port of the, 41. 



Cosmopolitanism and nationalism in eco- 

 nomics, by Prof. W. Cunningham, 723. 



' Couvade,' by H. L. Roth, 800. 



Cowper (E. A.) on the advisability and 

 possibility of establishing observations 

 \ipon the prevalence of earth tremors, 

 333. 



Creak (Commander) on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic ob- 

 servations, 149. 



Crick (V\'. D.) on the very fossiliferous 

 transition bed between the middle and 

 upper lias in Northamptonshire, 334. 



Criminals, tlie anthropometric method of 

 identifying, by Dr. J, G. Garson, 813. 



Crook (H. T.), suggestions for the revision 

 and improvement of the large scale 

 maps of the Ordnance Survey, 718. 



Crookes (VV.) on electrolysis in its phy- 

 sical and chemical bearings, 122 ; *on 

 the electrical evaporation of metals 

 and alloys, G07. 



Crosskey (Dr. H. W.) on the erratic 

 blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, 

 276; on the circulation of underground 

 waters, 300 ; on the teaching of science 

 in elementary schools, 383 ; notes on 

 the glacial geology of Norway, 647. 



Crystal form, the, and the chemical com- 

 position of bodies, the connection be- 

 tween, \V. Barlow on, 581. 



Crystallogohiiis Allssonii, Gill, distribu- 

 tion of, by J. T. Cunningham, 687. 



Crystals, the symmetry of, accounted for 

 by the application of Boscovich's 

 theory of atoms to the atoms of the 

 chemist, b}^ W. Barlow, 581. 



Cunningham (D.) on arranging an inves- 

 tigation of the seasonal variations of 

 temperature in lakes, rivers, and es- 

 tuaries, 454. 



Cunningham (J. T.) on the growth of 

 food-lishes and their distribution at 

 different ages, 685 ; the reproduction 

 of the pilchard, 686 ; observations of 

 the larvaj of Palhinrvs riilgaris, 687 ; 

 distribution of Crystallogobius Nils- 

 sonii. Gill, ib. 



Cunningham (Prof. W.), Address (na- 

 tionalism and cosmopolitanism in 

 economics) to the Economic Science 

 and Statistical Section by, 723. 



Danks (Rev. B.), burial customs of New 

 Britain, 802. 



Darwin (F.), Address (on growth-curva- 

 tures in plants) to the Biological Sec- 

 tion b}-, 660. 



and D. F. M. Pertz on the artificial 



production of rhythm in plants, 695. 



Darwin (Prof. G. H.) on the best means 

 of comparing and reducing magnetic 

 observations, 149; on the advisability 

 and po-ssibility of establishing observa- 

 tions upon the prevalence of earth 

 tremors, 333. 



Davey (H.), sinking wells and shafts, 766. 



Davis (J. W.) on the collection, preserva- 

 tion, and systematic registration of 

 photographs of geological interest in 

 the United Kingdom, 321 ; on the cave 

 at Elbolton, 351 ; on the prehistoric 

 inhabitants of the British Islands, 449. 



Davison (C.) on the advisability and pos- 

 sibility of establishing observations 

 upon the prevalence of earth tremors, 

 333. 



Dawkins (Prof. W. Boyd) 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 geologi- 

 cal interest in the United Kingdom, 

 321 ; on the prehistoric inhabitants of 

 the British Islands, 449 ; on the dis- 

 covery of the south-eastern coal-field, 

 637. 



Dawson (Dr.G. M.) on the North-western 

 tribes of the Dominion of Canada, 407. 



Deacon (G. F.) on the investigation of 

 the action of waves and currents on the 

 beds and foreshores of estuaries bj 

 means of working models, 386. 



