INDEX. 



567 



of development of the nerves in the 

 chick, 47. 



Maskelyne (N. S.) and W. J. Eussell, an 

 attempt to form double salts of nitrate 

 of silver and other nitrates, 357. 



Medals, presentation of the, 446. 



Mercury, on the density of solid (Mallet), 

 71- 



Meteorological observations made at the j 

 Kew observatory, 1876-77, 476. 



Mills (E. J.) on electrostriction, 504. 



Molecular changes, on certain, which oc- | 

 cur in iron and steel during the sepa- 

 rate acts of heating and cooling (Nor- 

 ris), 127. 



Moseley (H. N.), admitted, 410. 



Motion of vibrating bodies, on some 

 figures exhibiting the (M'Leod and 

 Clarke), 157. 



Motor nerves, further observations on the 

 modification of the excitability of, pro- 

 duced by injury (Eomanes), 211. 



Miiller (H. W.) and W. De La Eue on the 

 length of the spark from a voltaic bat- 

 tery in different gases at ordinary atmo- 

 spheric pressures, 227. 



on the length of the spark 



between two spherical surfaces of the 

 chloride-of-silver battery, 324. 



, experimental researches on the 



electric discharge with the chloride-of- 

 silver battery, 519. 



Muscle, correction of statement in the 

 note on the electromotive properties of 

 (Sanderson), 322. 



Nebulae, on the inferences to be drawn 

 from the appearance of bright lines in 

 the spectra of irresolvable (Huggins), 



, see Stone. 



Nerve-cells of the cortex, the relationships 

 of the, to the lymphatic system of the 

 brain (Lewis), 326. 



Nerves, further observations on the modi- 

 fication of the excitability of motor, 

 produced by injury (Eomanes), 211. 



in the chick, note on the early 



stages of development of the (Marshall), 

 47. 



, on the ultimate distribution of, to 



the epidermis and subepidermic lym- 

 phatics (Hoggan), 289. 



Newcomb (S.) elected foreign member, 

 504. 



Nitrate of silver, an attempt to form 

 double salts of, and other nitrates 

 (Eussell and Maskelyne), 357. 



Niven (W. D.) on the calculation of the 

 trajectories of shot. 268. 



Norris (E.) on certain molecular changes 

 which occur in iron and steel during 

 the separate acts of heating and cooling. 

 127. 



Obituary notices of Fellows deceased : — 

 Dr. Sibson, i. 



J. B. A. L. L. Elie de Beaumont, iv. 

 Octave, on the Hindoo division of the 



(Bosanquet), 372. 

 Optical properties of doubly refracting 



crvstals, on some hitherto undescribed 



(Sorby), 384. 

 Organic bodies, note on the electrolytic 



conduction of some (Gladstone and 



Tribe), 2. 



Organic matter, on putrescent, in potable 

 water (Bischof), 152. 



Organisms, further researches on the de- 

 portment and vital resistance of putre- 

 factive and infective (Tyndall), 228. 



Otheoscope, preliminary note on the 

 (Crookes), 176. 



Ovary, points of resemblance between 

 the suprarenal bodies of the horse and 

 dog, and certain occasional structures 

 in the (Creighton), 500. 



Paraffins, on the normal (Schorlemmer) : 



Part II., 325. 

 Pavy (P. W.), the phvsiology of sugar in 



relation to the blood, 314 ; No. 2, 346. 

 Pedro II., Emp. of Brazil, admitted, 288. 

 Periodicity, on the true criterion of, in a 



series of variable quantities (Strachey), 



249. 



Perry (Eev. S. J.), magnetic observations 

 at Kerguelen, 95. 



Photographic image of stratified discharges 

 (Spottiswoode), 323. 



Phvsical geology, notes on (Haughton), 

 Nos. I. & II., 51 ; No. III., 401, 534. 



Physical properties of homologues and iso- 

 mers (Brown), 238. 



Phvsiology of sugar in relation to the 

 blood (Pavy), 314; No. 2, 346. 



Plants (fossil) of the coal-measures, on 

 the organization of the : Part IX. (Wil- 

 liamson), 411. 



Port Kennedy in Bellot Strait, tides of, 

 final discussion (Haughton), 63. 



Potable water, on putrescent organic mat- 

 ter in (Bischof), 152. 



Potential, on the difference of, produced 

 by the contact of different substances 

 (Clifton), 299. 



Presents, list of, 121, 181,262, 363, 479,555. 



President's address, 427. 



Prism (half-), on the magnifying-power 

 of the, as a means of obtaining great 

 dispersion (Christie), 8. 



Protoplasmic filaments, on the protrusion 

 of, from the glandular hairs of the com- 

 mon teasel (Darwin), 4. 



Putrefactive and infective organisms, fur- 

 ther researches on the deportment and 

 vital resistance of (Tyndall), 228. 



Putrescent organic matter in potable 

 water (Bischof), 152. 



