INDEX. 



XXX111 



Mammalian heart, on the electromotive 

 changes connected with the beat of 

 the, and of the human heart in parti- 

 cular (Waller), 331. 



on the rhythm of the 



(McWilliam), 206. 



teeth, on the nature and limits of 



reptilian character in (Seeley), 129. 



Marcet (W.) a new form of eudiometer, 

 383. 



Meldrum's rules for handling ships in 

 the Southern Indian Ocean, on (Aber- 

 cromby), 314. 



Mercury, on the specific resistance of 

 (Grlazebrook and Fitzpatrick) , 379. 



Metals, effects of different positive, 

 upon the changes of potential of 

 voltaic couples (G-ore), 368. 



Micro-organisms in air, a new method 

 of determining the number of (Car- 

 nelley and Wilson) , 455. 



' Minimum - point ' and change of 

 potential of a voltaic couple in water, 

 influence of the chemical energy of 

 electrolytes upon the (G-ore), 300. 



Minimum-point of change of potential 

 of a voltaic couple (Oore), 294. 



Mirrors of different focal lengths, capaci- 

 ties, in respect of light and photo- 

 graphic action, of two silver on glass 

 (Pritchard) 168. 



Monckman (J.) on the effect of occluded 

 gases on the thermo-electric pro- 

 perties of bodies and on their resist- 

 ances ; also on the thermo-electric and 

 other properties of graphite and 

 carbon, 220. 



Monkey (Macacus sinicus) note on some 

 of the motor functions of certain 

 cranial nerves (V, VII, IX, X, XI, 

 XII), and of the tbree first cervical 

 nerves in the (Beevor and Horsley), 

 269. 



Motor functions of certain cranial 

 nerves, and of the three first cervical 

 nerves in the monkey {Macacus 

 sinicus), note on some of the (Beevor 

 and Horsley), 269. 



Movement, on the origin and the causa- 

 tion of vital (Kiihne), 220, 427. 



Movements in man, muscular, and their 

 evolution in the infant (Warner), 329. 



Muscular movements in man, and their 

 evolution in the infant : a study of 

 movement in man, and its evolution 

 (Warner), 329. 



Nerve-centres, inferences as to the pro- 

 perties of, and their modes of action 

 in expressing thought (Warner), 

 329. 



Nerves in the monkey, note on some of 



the motor functions of certain cranial, 



and of the three first cervical (Beevor 



and Horsley), 269. 

 Nickel, magnetic properties of an impure 



(Hopkinson), 317. 

 magnetic qualities of (Ewing and 



Cowan), 204. 

 supplementary paper (Ewing) , 



377. 



Nitrogen of vegetation, on the present 

 position of the question of the sources 

 of the (Lawes and Gilbert), 205. 



Obituary notices of Fellows deceased : — 



Curling, Thomas Blizard, xxv. 



Darwin, Charles Robert, i. 



Grosse, Philip Henry, xxvii. 

 Occluded gases, on the effect of, on 



the thermo-electric properties of 



bodies, and on their resistances 



(Monckman), 220. 

 Oxidation, on the development of voltaic 



electricity by atmospheric (Wright 



and Thompson), 182. 



Parker (T. Jeffery) elected, 268. 

 Parsons (Hon. C. A.) experiments on 



carbon at high temperatures and 



under great pressures, and in contact 



with other substances, 320. 

 Pfliiger (Eduard F. W.) elected a foreign 



member, 220. 

 Photographic action, report on the 



capacities in respect of light and, of 



two silver on glass mirrors of different 



focal lengths (Pritchard), 168. 

 Photometric intensity of the coronal 



light during the solar eclipse of Aug. 



28-29, 1886, on the determination of 



the. Preliminary notice (Abney and 



Thorpe), 392. 

 Photometry, colour. Part II. The 



measurement of reflected colours 



(Abney and Festing), 237. 

 Physiology of the invertebrata, further 



reseai'ches on the (Griffiths), 325. 

 Pipes and channels, hydraulic problems 



on the cross-sections of (Hennessv), 



101. 



Placentation of the lemurs, an addi- 

 tional contribution to the (Turner), 

 277. 



Plants of the coal-measures, on the 



organisation of the fossil. Part XV 



(Williamson), 367. 

 Plasticity of glacier and other ice, on 



the (McConnel and Eidd), 331. 

 Potential of a voltaic couple, on the 



change of, by variation of strength of 



its liquid (Gore), 296. 

 the minimum-point of change 



of (Gore), 294. 



