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INDEX. 



Deep-sea tow-net, for opening and 

 closing under water, report of the 

 Committee for improving and experi- 

 menting with a, 382. 



De Eance (C. E.) on the erratic blocks 

 of England, Wales, andlreland, 276 ; on 

 the circulation of underground waters, 

 300 ; note on the discovery of Estheria 

 Mhutta (var. Brodieand) in the new 

 red sandstone, 044. 



Desmidiaceae, non-sexual formation of 

 spores in the, by A. W. Bennett, 678. 



Destitute and pauper children, the up- 

 bringing of, by Rev. J. O. Bevan, 745. 



Detrital tourmaline, the occurrence of, 

 in a quartz-schist west of Start Point, 

 South Devon, by A. R. Hunt, 643. 



Dewar (Prof.) on researches on the ultra- 

 violet rays of the solar spectrum, 147 ; 

 on the preparation of a new series of 

 wave-length tables of the spectraof the 

 elements and compounds, 161. 



Diastase in pollen. Prof. J. R. Green on 

 the occurrence of, 696. 



Diastatic ferment in green leaves, the 

 presence of, by Prof. S. H. Vines, 697. 



Diatoms with pseudopodia, some species 

 of, J. G. Grenfell on, 680. 



Dicotyledons, internal phloem in the, 

 notes on, by Prof. D. H. Scott, 696. 



Didymium from ditferent sources, Prof. 

 C. M. Thompson on, Gil. 



Differences, the alleged, in the wages 

 paid to men and women for similar 

 work, by S. Webb, 742. 



Differential equations, the duality of, the 

 transformations used in connection 

 with, E. B. Elliott on, 568. 



Differential resolvent, the transformation 

 of a. Rev. R. Harley on, 566. 



Disappearance of native plants from 

 their local habitats, fourth report on 

 the, 359. 



Discharge of electricity from points, 

 report on the, 139. 



Dixon (E. T.) on the importance of the 

 conception of direction in natural 

 philosophy, 572. 



Dixon (Prof. H. B.) on electrolysis in its 

 physical and chemical bearings, 122. 



*Dobson (G.), the Volta river, 722. 



Domestic industries, the survival of, by 

 Prof. Gonner, 740. 



Double lines in spectra, the cause of, Dr. 

 G. J. Stoney on, 574. 



Double salt, the relation between the 

 composition of a, and the composition 

 and temperature of the solution in 

 which it is formed, A. Vernon Harcourt 

 and F. W. Humpliery on, 608. 



Douglas (Prof. R. K.), the social and 

 religious ideas of the Chinese, as illus- 

 trated in the ideographic characters 

 of the language, 790. 



Douglass (Sir J. N.) on the investiga- 

 tion of the action of waves and currents 

 on the beds and foreshores of estuaries 

 by means of working models, 386. 



Drift, notes of a section of, at Levens- 

 hulme, Manchester, by P. F. Kendall, 

 650. 



Druce (G. C.) on the disappearance of 

 native plants from their local habitats, 

 359. 



Dry gases, a simple apparatus for storing, 

 by W. iSymons, 609. 



Duggleby ' Howe,' Yorkshire, human re- 

 mains from, Dr. J. G. Garson on, 806. 



Dunstan (Prof. W. R.) on the direct 

 formation of haloid compounds from 

 pure materials, 274. 



Dyed colours, the action of light upon, 

 interim report on, 263. 



Dynamical theorem, a geometrical illus- 

 tration of a, Sir R. Ball on, 56G. 



Earth tremors, the prevalence of, report 

 on the advisability and possibility of 

 establishing in other parts of the coun- 

 try observations upon, similar to those 

 now being made in Durham in connec- 

 tion with coal-mine explosions, 333. 



Earthquake and volcanic phenomena of 

 Japan, eleventh report on the, 123. 



Earthquakes, phenomena which might 

 be observable if the hypothesis that they 

 are connected with electrical pheno- 

 mena be entertained, Prof. J. Milne on, 

 583. 



East central African customs, by Rev. 

 J. Macdonald, 809. 



Echidna aciileata, some young specimens 

 of, exhibition of, and remarks upon, 

 by Prof. W. N. Parker, 693. 



Economic aspects of life assurance, J. M. 

 McCandlish on some, 739. 



Economic Science and Statistics, Address 

 (nationalism and cosmopolitanism in 

 economics) by Prof. W. Cunningham 

 to the Section of, 723. 



Edmunds (Dr. L.), the taxation of in- 

 ventors, 743. 



Elbolton, near Skipton, the cave at, 

 report of the Committee to complete 

 the investigation of, in order to ascer- 

 tain whether remains of paleolithic 

 man occur in the lower cave earth, 351. 



♦Electric firedamp indicators, N. Watts 

 on, 773. 



Electric motors, recent progress in the 

 use of, by Prof. G. Forbes, 771. 



♦Electrical evaporation of metals and 

 alloys, W. Crookes on the, 607. 



Electrical measurements, report of the 

 Committee for constructing and issuing 

 practical standards for use in, 152; 



