CONTENTS. Vll. 



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BOTTOMLEY, James, D.Sc, B.A., F.C.S. — On the discovery of a direct 

 combination of Nickel and Carbonic Oxide by Mr. Ludwig 

 Mond and others i 



Brockbank, William, F. L.S., F.G.S. — On the discovery of Esi/ierm 

 minuta, var. Brodieana oi Prof. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., by Mr. 

 C. E. de Ranee, F.G.S., in the Lower Keuper sandstone of 

 Alderley Edge 12 



On a cutting, 12 feet in length, bearing numerous tubers and flowers, of 

 Boussingaultia basselloides, Humb. et Kunth, from a plant which 

 he had had growing for about six years, and which had only 

 flowered in the preceding month ... ... ... ... ... 13 



Additional note on the discovery of Estheria minuia, var. Brodieana 



by Mr. de Ranee, F.G.S 31 



Additional Note on the occurrence of the Permians, Spirorbis Lime- 

 stones, and Upper Coal Measures at Frizington Hall, in the 

 Whitehaven District .. . ... ... ... 353 



Supplementary Note on the Annelida and Entofiiostraca in the 



Levenshulme Limestones .. ... ... ... ... ... 353 



De Range, C. E., F.G.S., &c.— On the late George Waring Ormerod ... 178 

 On deep borings in the Keuper Marls ... ... 181 



Dixon, H. B., F.R.S.— On the discovery of Nickel Carbonic Oxide by 



•Mr. Ludwig Mond and others ... 10 



On Glacier Motion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 



On the Authorship of the Law of Equal Dilation of Gases known on 

 the Continent as that of Gay Lussac and in England and 

 America as that of Charles ... ... ... ... ... ... t^() 



Faraday, F. J., F.L.S., F.S.S.-— On the order of rarity of the Metals ... 16 



On the Phenomena of Protective Vaccination and Non-recurrent Disease 1 8 1 



On a specimen of Crystallised Bismuth presented by Mr. George 



Freemantle ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 353 



On the value of Gold in terms of Labour 413 



Gee, W. W. Haluane, B.Sc, &c. — On two electrical platinum ther- 

 mometers, for use in the exact determination of temperatures as 

 high as the boiling point of mercury ... ... ... ... 15 



GwYTHER, R. F., M.A. — On the discovery in Canada of a large deposit 



ofNickel 16 



HowoRTii, H. H. M.P., F.S.A.— On the Path of Migratory Birds ... 36 



