INDEX. 



xix 



methods. First part, including the 

 saturation method and the chemical 

 method, and dew-point instruments, 

 333. 



Shell, the small free vibrations and 

 deformation of a thin elastic (Love), 

 352. 



Skeleton of the Apteryx, preliminary 

 note on the development of the 

 (Parker), 391. 



second preliminary note on the 



(Parker), 482. 



Skull of a new species of Pterosaurian, 

 on the (Newton), 436. 



of birds, on remnants or vestiges 



of amphibian and reptilian structures 

 found in the (Parker), 397. 



Soil, on some new and. typical micro- 

 organisms obtained from water and 

 (Frankland and Frankland), 414. 



Solar Physics Committee, researches on 

 the spectra of meteorites, a report to 

 the (Lockyer), 117. 



Sound in metals, the velocity of, and a 

 comparison of their moduli of torsional 

 and longitudinal elasticities, as deter- 

 mined, by statical and kinetical 

 methods (Tomlinson) , 88. 



Sovereign, privilege of presenting ad- 

 dresses to the, 268. 



Specific inductive capacity (Hopkinson), 

 156. 



Spectra of meteorites, researches on the 



(Lockyer), 117. 

 of the elements, on the ultra-violet 



(Liveing and Dewar), 430. 

 Spectrum of a base from urine, on the 



absorption (Hartley), 529. 

 of the aurora, notes on the 



(Lockyer), 320. 

 of the oxy hydrogen flame, on the 



(Liveing and Dewar), 347. 

 Sphere, on the motion of a, in a viscous 



liquid (Basset), 174. 

 Spratt (Vice- Admiral T. A. B.), obi- 

 tuary notice of, xi. 

 Stainton (H. T.) elected an auditor, 



117. 



Starfish, the emigration of amoeboid 

 corpuscles in the (Durham), 327. 



Stress and strain, the influence of, on 

 the physical properties of matter. 

 Parti. Elasticity {continued). (Tom- 

 linson), 88. 



Sudeley (Lord) elected, 436. 



Symons (Gr. J.) elected an auditor, 117. 



on the detonating bolide of 



November 20th, 1887, 263. 



Teeth, true, in the young Ornithorhyn- 



chus paradoxus (Poul'on), 353. 

 Temporal and occipital lobes of the 



monkey's brain, the function of tho 

 (Brown and Schafer), 276. 



Ti'ieriodesmus phylarchus (Seeley), on 

 parts of the skeleton of (Seelev), 172. 



Thompson (0.) and C. R. A. Wright, 

 note on the development of feeble 

 currents by purely physical action, 

 and on the oxidation under voltaic 

 influences of metals not ordinarily 

 regarded as spontaneously oxdisable, 

 268. 



on the voltaic circles pro- 

 ducible by the mutual neutralisation 

 of acid and alkaline fluid-, and on 

 various related forms of electromotors, 

 489. 



Tidal currents in the ocean, on 

 (Buchanan), 340. 



Tomlinson (JET.) the influence of stress 

 and strain on the physical properties 

 of matter. Part I. Elasticity [con- 

 tinued). The velocity of sound in 

 metals and a comparison of their 

 moduli of torsional and longitudinal 

 elasticities as determined by statical 

 and kinetical methods, 88. 



Torpedo marmorata, further observa- 

 tions on the electromotive properties 

 of the electrical organ of (Gfotch), 

 418. 



Triassic rocks of Klipfontein, Fraserberg, 

 South Africa, on parts of the skeleton 

 of a mammal (Theriodesmus phyl- 

 archus, Seeley), from (Seelev), 172. 



Tropical and extra-tropical cyclones, on 

 the relation between (Abercromby), 



Trust funds, 200. 



Turner (H. H.), report of the observa- 

 tions of the total solar eclipse of 

 August 29, 1886, made at Orenvide, 

 in the island of Grenada, 428, 



Ultra-violet spectra of the elements, on 

 the (Liveing and Dewar), 430. 



Urine, on the kreatinin of, as dis- 

 tinguished from that obtained from 

 flesh kreatin (Johnson), 493. 



[ ] appendix (Hartley), 529. 



Vegetation, on the present position of 

 the question of the sources of the 

 nitrogen of (Lawes and Gilbert), 

 108. 



Veins, the . early development of the 



pericardium, diaphragm, and great 



(Lockwood), 273. 

 Vertebral chain of birds, on the 



(Parker), 465. 

 Vertebrated animals, contributions to the 



anatomy of the central nervous system 



in (Sanders), 420. 



