INDEX to VOL, XXVI. 



ABEL (F. A.), royal medal awarded to, 

 447. 



Air, tlie examination of the (R. A. 



Smith), 512. 

 Airy (Sir G. B.) on the tides at Malta, 



485. 



Alps, observations on hermetically-sealed 



flasks opened on the (Tyndall), 487. 

 Ani (sphincter), automatic action of the 



(Gowers), 77. 

 Aniline, transformation of leucoline into 



(Dewar), 65. 

 Anniversary Meeting, Nov. 30, 1877, 426. 

 Annual Meeting for election of Fellows, 



June 7, 1877, 288. 

 Arctic seas, on the tides of the : Part VII. 



Tides of Port Kennedy, in Bellot Strait 



(Haughton), 63. 

 Asia and Europe, on the probable age of 



the continent of ( Haughton), 401. 

 Atlantic cable, on the rapidity of growth 



and variability of some Madreporaria 



on an (Duncan), 133. 

 Attraction and repulsion of bubbles by 



heat (Hartley), 137. 

 Auditors, election of, 410 ; report of, 426. 

 Automatic action of the sphincter ani 



(Gowers), 77. 



Bacteria, remarks on the attributes of the 

 germinal particles of (Burdon Sander- 

 son), 416. 



, researches on the effect of light 



upon, and other organisms (Downes and 



Blunt), 488. 

 Bakerian Lecture, on the organization of 



the fossil plants of the coal-measures 



(Williamson), 411. 

 Balance-sheet, 452. 

 Barkly (Sir Henry), admitted, 288. 

 Beds of chert in the upper carboniferous 



limestones of Ireland, on the nature 



and origin of the (Hull), 163. 

 Bert helot (M.), elected foreign member, 



504. 



Beryls, researches on emeralds and : Part 

 II. (Williams), 165. 



Bischof (G.) on putrescent organic matter 

 in potable water, 152. 



Blood, the physiology of sugar in relation 

 to the (Pavy), 314 ; No. 2, 346. 



Blunt (T. P.) and A. Downes, researches 

 on the effect of light upon Bacteria and 

 other organisms, 488. 



Bosanquet (R. H. M.) on the Hindoo 

 division of the octave, with some addi- 

 tions to the theory of systems of the 

 higher orders, 372. 



Brain, the relationship of the nerve-cells 

 of the cortex to the lymphatic sys- 

 tem of the (Lewis), 326. 



Brazil, Emperor of, admitted, 288. 



Brown (F. D.), the physical properties of 

 homologues and isomers, 238. 



Bubbles, on attraction and repulsion of, 

 by heat (Hartley), 137. 



, on the constant vibration of minute 



(Hartley), 150. 



Bunsen (R. W.), Davy medal awarded 

 to, 450. 



Candidates for election, list of, March 1, 

 1877, 1. 



Carboniferous limestones of Ireland, on 

 the nature and origin of the beds of 

 chert in the upper (Hull), 163. 



Chert, on the nature and origin of the 

 beds of, in the upper carboniferous 

 limestones of Ireland (Hull), 163. 



Chick, note on the early stages of deve- 

 lopment of the nerves in the (Marshall), 

 47. 



Chinoline series, studies in the : I. Trans- 

 formation of leucoline into aniline 

 (Dewar), 65. 



Chloride-of-silver battery, experimental 

 researches on the electric discharge 

 with the (De La Rue and Miiller), 

 519. 



, on the length of the spark between 



