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INDEX. 



two spherical surfaces of the (Be La ; 

 Eue and Muller), 324. 



Christie (W. H. M.) on the magnifying- j 

 power of the half -prism as a means of j 

 obtaining great dispersion, and on the j 

 general theory of the half-prism spec- < 

 troscope, 8. 



Clarke (G. S.) and H. M'Leod on some 

 figures exhibiting the motion of vibra- 

 ting bodies, and on a new method for 

 determining the speed of machines. 

 157. 



Clifton (B. B.) on the difference of po- 

 tential produced by the contact of diffe- 

 rent substances, 299. 



Coal-measures, on the organization of j 

 the fossil plants of the : Part IX. Latest | 

 researches on the plants of the British 

 coal-measures, especially of the Cala- I 

 mites and Lepidodendra (Williamson), 

 411. 



Coleridge (Lord), elected, 210 ; admitted, 

 325. 



Conduction (electrolytic) of some organic 

 bodies (Gladstone and Tribe), 2. 



Contact of different surfaces, on the differ- 

 ence of potential produced by the 

 (Clifton), 299. 



Copley medal awarded to J. B. Bana, 

 446. 



Cortex, the relationships of the nerve-cells 

 of the, to the lymphatic system of the 

 brain (Lewis), 326. 



Council, list of, 416, 451. 



Creighton (C), points of resemblance be- 

 tween the suprarenal bodies of the horse 

 and dog, and certain occasional struc- 

 tures in the ovary, 500. 



Crookes (W.)on repulsion resulting from 

 radiation : preliminary note on the 

 otheoscope, 176. 



Crystalline plate, on the foci of lines seen 

 through a (Stokes), 386. 



Crystals, on some hitherto undescribed 

 optical properties of doubly refracting 

 (Sorby), 384. 



Carves, on hvperjacobian surfaces and 

 (Spottiswoode), 226. 



Baily range of the magnetic declination, 

 on the variations of the, as recorded 

 at the Xew observatory (Stewart), 

 102. 



Bana (J. B.), Coplev medal awarded to, 

 446. 



Barwin (F.) on the protrusion of proto- 

 plasmic filaments from the glandular 

 hairs of the common teasel {Dipsacus 

 sylvestris), 4. 



Bavv medal awarded to B. W. Bunsen 

 and G. E. Kirchhoff, 450. 



Becaisne (J.) elected foreign member, 

 504. 



Beclination (magnetic), on the varia- 



tions of the daily range of the, as re- 

 corded at the Kew observatorv (Stew- 

 art), 102. 



Befinite integrals, on certain (BusselB, 

 359. 



Be La Eue (W.) and H. W. Muller 

 on the length of the spark from a voltaic 

 battery in different gases at ordinary 

 atmospheric pressures, 227. 



on the length of the spark be- 

 tween two spherical surfaces of the 

 chloride- of -silver batten*, 324. 



experimental researches on the 



electric discharge with the chloride-of- 

 silver battery, 519. 



Bensity of solid mercury (Mallet), 71. 



Bentine, on the structure and develop- 

 ment of vascular (Tomes), 43. 



Bewar (J.), admitted, 288. 



, studies in the chinoline series: I. 



Transformation of leucoline into ani- 

 line, 65. 



Dipsacus sylvestris, 4. 



Bischarges, on stratified : IV. Stratified 

 and unstratified forms of the jar-dis- 

 charge (Spottiswoode), 90. 



( ). photographic image of (Spot- 

 tiswoode), 323. 



Bispersion, on the magnifying-power of 

 the half-prism as a means of obtaining 

 great (Christie), 8, 



Bog, suprarenal bodies of the horse and 

 (Creighton), 500. 



Bonation Fund, account of grants from 

 the, 1876-77, 457. 



Bownes (A.) and T.P. Blunt, researches on 

 the effect of light upon Ba teria and 

 other organisms, 488. 



Bu Bois-Eeymond (E.) elected foreign 

 member, 504. 



Buncan (P. M.) on the rapidity of growth 

 and variability of some Madreporaria 

 on an Atlantic cable, with remarks upon 

 the rate of accumulation of Foramini- 

 feral deposits, 133. 



Election of Fellows, 288. 



Electric current, on the increase in resis- 

 tance to the passage of an, produced on 

 wires by stretching (Tomlinson), 401. 



discharge with the chloride-of-silver 



batterv, experimental researches on the 

 (Be La Eue and Muller), 519. 



Electrolytes, distribution of the radicals 

 of, upon an insulated metallic conductor 

 (Tribe), 222. 



. production of induced currents in 



(Fleming), 40. 



Electrolytic conduction of some organic 

 bodies, note on the (Gladstone and 

 Tribe), 2. 



Electromotive properties of muscle, cor- 

 rection of statement in the note on the 

 (Sanderson). 322. 



