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INDEX to VOL. XVI, 
AbNEY (Capt.) on the relations 
between radiation, energy, and 
temperature, 224. 
Actino-electric properties of quartz, 
on the, 194. 
Air, on the velocity of sound in, 447. 
Alcohol, on the congelation of, 75. 
Alloys, on the electromotive force of, 
435. 
Atmospheric currents, on Ferrel's 
theory of, 13, 142, 264, 464. 
Ayrton (Prof. W. E.) on the mea- 
surement of the electrical resistance 
of liquids, 132. 
Baily (W.) on an illustration of the 
crossing of rays, 58. 
Basalt-glass of the Western Isles of 
Scotland, on the, 69. 
Blaikley (D. J.) on the velocity of 
sound in air, 447. 
Blake (Dr. L. I.) on the production 
of electricity by evaporation, and 
on the electrical neutrality of va- 
pour from electrified still surfaces 
of liquids, 211. 
Bonney (Prof. T. G.) on some rocks 
in the neighbourhood of Beaumaris 
and Bangor, 69 ; on the geology of 
the South Devon Coast, 455. 
Books, new: — Dr. Veitch's Sir Wil- 
liam Hamilton, 66; Greenhill on 
the Motion of a Projectile in a 
resisting Medium, ib. ; Cremona 
et Beltrami, Collectanea Mathe- 
matica, 233; Hospitalier's For- 
mulaire pratique de l'Electricien, 
316. 
Browne (W. R.) on the reality of 
force, 387. 
Callaway (Dr. C.) on the age of the 
Phil. Mag. S. 5. Yol. 16. No. 
newer Gneissic rocks of the North- 
ern Highlands, 67. 
Capillarity, on Laplace's theory of, 
309, 339. 
Carbon disulphide, on the congelation 
of, 75. 
Carbonic oxide, on the liquefaction 
of, 76. 
Charging-piles, on dry, 159. 
Chemical affinity, on the determina- 
tion of, in terms of electromotive 
force, 25. 
change, on lines of no, 429. 
Climatology, on some controverted 
points in geological, 241, 320. 
Cole (G. A. J.) on the basalt-glass of 
the Western Isles of Scotland, 69. 
Coral-reefs, observations on, 319. 
Crispations of fluid resting upon a 
vibrating support, on the, 50. 
Croll (Dr. J.) on some controverted 
points in geological climatology, 
241, 320; the ice of Greenland 
and the Antarctic continent not due 
to the elevation of the land, 351. 
Crosby (W. O.) on the elevated coral- 
reefs of Cuba, 319. 
Crystals, on the dilatation of, on 
change of temperature, 275, 344, 
412. 
Dewar (Prof. J.) on sun-spots and 
terrestrial elements in the sun, 401. 
Dielectricity, on the constant of, 1. 
Diffraction-gratings, on curved, 377. 
Diffusion, on an apparatus to illus- 
trate the production of work by, 
375. 
Diller (J. S.) on the geologv of the 
Troad, 157. 
Edgeworth (F. Y.) on the law of 
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