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INDEX. 



the ultimate distribution of nerves to 

 the epidermis and subepidermic lym- 

 phatics, 289. 



Homologues and isomers, the physical 

 properties of (Brown), 238. 



Hooker (Sir J. D.), President's address, 

 427. 



Hopkinson (J.), refractive indices of glass, 

 290. 



, electrostatic capacity of glass, 298. 



Horse and dog, suprarenal bodies of the 

 (Creighton), 500. 



Huggins (W.) on the inferences to be 

 drawn from the appearance of bright 

 lines in the spectra of irresolvable ne- 

 bulas, 179. 



Hull (E.) on the nature and origin of the 

 beds of chert in the upper carbonife- 

 rous limestones of Ireland, 163. 



Human body, on the temperature of the, 

 in health (Ringer and Stuart), 186. 



Hyperjacobian surfaces and curves (Spot- 

 tiswoode), 226. 



Induction, on magneto-electric, in li quids 

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



Induction-coefficients of magnets, on the 

 temperature-correction and (Whipple), 

 218. 



Integrals, on certain definite (Russell), 

 359. 



Iron and steel, on certain molecular 

 changes which occur in, during the 

 separate acts of heating and cooling 

 (Norris\ 127. 



Isomers, the physical properties of homo- 

 logues and (Brown), 238. 



Janssen (J.), photograph of the sun on 



glass presented by, 504. 

 Jar-discharge, stratified and unstratified 



forms of the (Spottiswoode), 90. 

 Jenkin (F.) and J. A. Ewing on friction 



between surfaces moving at low speeds, 



93. 



Judd (J. W.), admitted, 288. 



Kerguelen, magnetic observations at 

 (Perry), 95. 



Kew committee, report of the, 1877, 461. 



Kew observatory, description of the pro- 

 cess of verifying thermometers at the 

 (Galton), 84. 



, magnetic observations made at 



the, 1876-77, 470. 



■ , meteorological observations 



made at the, 1876-77, 476. 



, on the variations of the daily 



range of the magnetic declination as 

 recorded at the (Stewart), 102. 



Kirchhoff (Gr. R,), Davy medal awarded 

 to, 450. 



Kolbe (A. W. H.) elected foreign member, 

 504. 



Leuckart (B.) elected foreign member, 

 504. 



Leucoline, transformation of, into aniline 

 (Dewar), 65. 



Lewis (B.), the relationships of the nerve- 

 cells of the cortex to the lymphatic sys- 

 tem of the brain, 326. 



Life composition of £40, repeal of the 

 statute relating to the, 325. 



Light, researches on the effect of, upon 

 Bacteria and other organisms (Downes 

 and Blunt), 488. 



Limestones (upper carboniferous) of Ire- 

 land, on the nature and origin of the 

 beds of chert in the (Hull), 163. 



Lines in the spectra of irresolvable star- 

 clusters, on a cause for the appearance 

 of bright (Stone), 156, 517. 



in the spectra of irresolvable nebulas, 



on the inferences to be drawn from the 

 appearance of bright (Huggins), 179. 



Liquids and gases, on magneto-electric 

 induction in (Fleming) : Part I., 40. 



Lymphatic system of the brain, the rela- 

 tionships of the nerve-cells of the cor- 

 tex to the (Lewis), 326. 



Lymphatics of the mammalian skin, on 

 the minute structure and relationships 

 of the (Hoggan), 289. 



Machines, a new method for determining 

 the speed of (M'Leod and Clarke), 

 157. 



M'Lachlan (R.), admitted, 288. 



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

 figures exhibiting the motion of vi- 

 brating bodies, and on a new method 

 for determining the speed of machines, 

 157. 



Madras, on the alleged correspondence of 



the rainfall at, with the sun-spot period 



(Stracbey), 249. 

 Madreporaria, on the rapidity of growth 



and variabilitv of some, on an Atlantic 



cable (Duncan), 133. 

 Magnetic declination, on the variations of 

 . the daily range of the, as recorded at 



the Kew observatory (Stewart), 102. 

 Magnetic observations at Kerguelen 



(Perry), 95. 

 made at the Kew observatory, 



1876-77, 470. 

 Magneto-electric induction in liquids and 



gases (Fleming) : Part I., 40. 

 Magnets, on the temperature-correction 



and induction-coefficients of (Whipple), 



218. 



Magnifying-power (on the) of the half- 

 prism as a means of obtaining great 

 dispersion (Christie), 8. 



Mallet (J. W.) on the density of solid 

 mercury, 71. 



Malta, on the tides at (Airy), 485. 



Marshall (A. M.), note on the early stages 



