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INDEX. 



architectural features of the ruined 

 temples of Masbonaland, 816. 



Swinton (A. A. C), photographs of elec- 

 trical discharges, 641. 



Symington (Dr. J.) on the cerebral com- 

 missures in the marsupialia and mono- 

 tremata, 787. 



Symons (G. J.) on the work of the Cor- 

 responding Societies Committee, 29 ; 

 on the application of photography to 

 the elucidation of meteorological phe- 

 nomena, 77 ; on underground tem- 

 perature, 129 ; on the best methods of 

 recording the direct intensity of solar 

 radiation, 158 ; on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 264 ; on the ad- 

 visability and possibility of establish- 

 ing observations upon the prevalence 

 of earth tremors, 343 ; on the climato- 

 logical and hydrographical conditions 

 of tropical Africa, 367. 



♦Syntheses with the aid of butane and 

 pentane tetra-carboxylic ethers, by 

 Prof. W. H. Perkin, jun., 680. 



Tait (Prof. P. G.) on the glissettes of an 

 ellipse and of a hyperbola, 646. 



♦Tanner (Col. H. C. 0.), photography as 

 a means of surveying, 814. 



Taxation of buOding land, by M. David- 

 son, 843. 



Taylor (H.) on standards for use in elec- 

 trical measurements, 132. 



Teall (J. J. H.) on the volcanic pheno- 

 mena of "Vesuvius and its neighbour- 

 hood, 338 ; *the sequence of gneissose 

 rocks, 723! 



Teleostean development, E. W. L. Holt 

 on, 772. 



Teleosteans, the formation of argenteous 

 matter in the integument of. Prof. E. 

 E. Prince on, 772. 



Temperature and protoplasmic move- 

 ments, natural relations between, by 

 Dr. J. Clark, 760. 



Temple (Sir R.) on the teaching of 

 science in elementary schools, 368. 



Thermal conductivities, a method of 

 determining, C. H. Lees on, 647. 



♦Thibet, Lesser, travels in, by Mrs. 

 Bishop, 812. 



Thin films, specific conductivity of, by 

 Profs. A. W. Reinold and A. W. Riicker, 

 639. 



Thiselton-Dyer (W. T.) on the steps taken 

 to establish a botanical laboratory at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, 363. 



Thomas (J. W.) on the proximate consti- 

 tuents of the various kinds of coal, 264. 



Thomas (T. H.) on proposals for the 

 legislative protection of wild birds' 

 eggs, 366 ; on the prehistoric and 

 ancient remains of Glamorganshire, 

 644. 



Thompson (Prof. S. P.) on electrolysis in 

 its physical and chemical bearings, 

 72 ; on standards for use in electrical 

 measurements, 132 ; on the teaching of 

 science in elementarj' schools, 368 ; 

 *on the physics of the voltaic arc, 657. 



Thomson (J.), rainfall in Formosa and 

 some of the effects on the island and 

 mainland of China, 811. 



Thomson (Prof. J. J.) on electrolysis in 

 its physical and chemical bearings, 

 72 ; on standards for use in electrical 

 measurements, 132. 



Thomson (J. M.) on electrolysis in it.s 

 physical and chemical bearings, 72. 



Thorpe (Prof. T. E.) on the action of light 

 upon dyed colours, 263. 



Thwaite (B. H.) on the design of steam 

 generators especially adapted for high 

 pressures, 877. 



Tiddeman (R. H.) on the cave at Elbol- 

 ton, 266 ; on the erratic blocks of 

 England, Wales, and Ireland, 267 ; 

 on the collection, preservation, and 

 systematic registration of photographs 

 of geological interest in the United 

 Kingdom, 290. 



Tilden (Prof. W. A.) on electrolysis in its 

 physical and chemical bearings, 72 ; 

 on the best method of establishing an 

 international standard for the analysis 

 of iron and steel, 186 ; on isomeric 

 naphthalene derivatives, 191 ; on the 

 bibliography of solution, 261 ; on the 

 nature of solution, ih. 



Toba Indians of the Gran Chaco, exhi- 

 bition of photographs, weapons, &c., 

 of, by J. G. Kerr, 900. 



Tonga, the past and present condition of 

 the natives of, R. B. Leefe on, 903. 



Topley (W.) on the work of the Corre- 

 sponding Societies Committee, 29 ; on 

 the circulation of underground waters, 

 264. 



Torridon sandstone, the still possible 

 Cambrian age of the, J. F. Blake on, 

 713. 



Tow-net, a deep-sea, for opening and 

 closing under water, report of the 

 committee for improving and experi- 

 menting with, 366. 



Town air, the impurities of, by Dr. G. H. 

 Bailey, 679. 



♦Transformers, the efficiency of, by Prof. 

 W. E. Ayrton and W. E. Sumpner, 638. 



♦ , the registration of. Prof. W. E. 



Ayrton and E. W. Smith on, 638. 



*Transpiration of hydrogen through pal- 

 ladium, the, by Prof. W. Ramsay, 679. 



Trench (Col. C. C.) and Prof. W. R. 

 Hodgkinson on the action of dry 

 ammonia gas on sulphates, 675. 



Trepanning the human skull in pre- 

 historic times, Dr. R. Munro on, 912. 



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