INDEX. 



565 



Electrostatic capacity of glass (Hopkin- 



son), 298. 

 Electrostriction, on (Mills), 504. 

 Elie de Beaumont (J. B. A. L. L.), obi- 

 tuary notice of, iv. 

 Emeralds and beryls, researches on: Part 



II. On some of the processes employed 



in the analysis of emeralds and beryls 



(Williams), 165. 

 Epidermis and subepidermic lymphatics, 



on the ultimate distribution of nerves 



to the (Hoggan), 289. 

 Evans (Jobn), presentation of a portrait 



of Sir John Herschel, 410. 

 Ewing (J. A.) and E. Jentin on friction 



between surfaces moving at slow speeds, 



93. 



Excitability of motor nerves, further ob- 

 servations on the modification of the 

 (Bomanes), 211. 



Fayrer (Sir Joseph), admitted, 288. 

 Fellows elected, 288, 427 ; deceased, 427 ; 



number of, 451. 

 Ferments and germs, note on Dr. Burdon 



Sanderson's latest views of (Tvndall), 



353. 



Ferrers (Eev. N. M.j, admitted, 288. 



Filaments, on the protrusion of proto- 

 plasmic, from the glandular hairs of 

 the common teasel (Darwin), 4. 



Fleming (J. A.) on magneto-electric in- 

 duction in liquids and gases : Part I. 

 Production of induced currents in 

 electrolytes, 40. 



Foci of hues, on the, seen through a crys- 

 talline plate (Stokes), 386. 



Foraminiferal deposits, remarks upon the 

 rate of accumulation of (Duncan), 133. 



Foreign members, election of, 504. 



Fossil plants of the coal-measures, on the 

 organization of the : Part IX. (Wil- 

 liamson), 411. 



Fraser (Dr. T. E.), admitted, 325. 



Frere (Sir EC. Bartle E.), elected, 210. 



Friction (on) between surfaces moving 

 at low speeds (Jenkin and Ewing), 93. 



Galton (F.), description of the process of 

 verifying thermometers at the Eew ob- 

 servatory, 84. 



Gases, on magneto-electric induction in 

 liquids and : Part I. (Fleming), 40. 



, on the length of the spark from a 



voltaic battery in different, at ordinary 

 atmospheric pressures (De La Bue and 

 Midler), 227. 



Geology (physical), notes on (Haughton), 

 Nos. I. & H. 3 51 ; No. in. On the pro- 

 bable age of the continents of Asia and 

 Europe, and on the absolute measure of 

 geological time, 401 ; No. III. On anew 

 method of finding limits to the duration 

 of certain geological periods, 534. 



VOL. XXVI. 



i Germinal particles of Bacteria, remarks 

 on the attributes of the, in reply to Dr. 

 Tyndall (Burdon Sanderson), 416. 

 Germs, note on Dr. Burdon Sanderson's 

 latest views of ferments and (Tyndall), 

 353. 



Gladstone (J. H.) and A. Tribe, note on 

 the electrolytic conduction of some 

 organic bodies, 2. 



Glandular hairs of the common teasel, 

 on the protrusion of protoplasmic fila- 

 ments from the (Darwin), 4. 



Glass, refractive indices of (Hopkinson), 

 290. 



, electrostatic capacity of (Hopkin- 

 son), 298. 



Government fund of £4000, account of 

 appropriations from the, 1877, 458. 



Government grant of c£1000, account of 

 the appropriation of the, 1877, 457. 



balance-sheet, 458. 



Gowers (W. B.), the automatic action of 

 the sphincter ani, 77. 



Half-prism, on the magnifying-power of 

 the, as a means of obtaining great dis- 

 persion, and on the general theory of 

 the " half-prism spectroscope " (Chris- 

 tie), 8. 



Haller (A. von), portrait of, presented by 

 Dr. Sharpey, 411. 



Hardman (E. T.), chemical notes on Mr. 

 Hull's paper on the beds of chert, 163. 



Hartley (W. N.) on attraction and re- 

 pulsion of bubbles by heat, 137. 



on the constant vibration of minute 



bubbles, 150. 



Haughton (Bev. S.), notes on phvsical geo- 

 logy : Nos. I. &IL, 51 ; No. III. On the 

 probable age of the continent of Asia and 

 Europe, and on the absolute measure of 

 geological time, 401; No. III. On a new 

 method of finding limits to the dura- 

 tion of certain geological periods, 534. 



on the tides of the arctic seas : Part 



VII. Tides of Port Kennedy, in Bellot 

 Strait (final discussion), 63. 



Heat, on attraction and repulsion of 

 bubbles by (Hartley), 137. 



Heating and cooling, on certain molecular 

 changes which occur in iron and steel 

 during the separate acts of, 127. 



Heer (Oswald), royal medal awarded to, 

 449. 



Hermetically-sealed flasks, observations 

 on, opened on the Alps (Tyndall), 487. 



Herschel (Sir John), portrait of. presented 

 by J. Evans, 410. 



Hindoo division of the octave (Bosan- 

 quet), 372. 



Hodgson (B. H.), admitted, 416. 



Hoggan (G. and. F. E.) on the minute 

 structure and relationships of the lym- 

 phatics of the mammalian skin, and on 

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