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INDEX. 



preliminary note on the continuity of 

 the (Ramsay and Young), 3. 

 Liquids, conduction of heat in (Chree), 

 300. 



which are bad conductors of 



electricity, on the rate at which elec- 

 tricity leaks through (Thomson and 

 Newall), 410. 



' Liver ' of Patella vulgata, on the 

 nephridia and (Griffiths), 392. 



Liversidge (Archibald) admitted, 343. 



Lockyer (J. 1ST.), further discussion of 

 the sun-spot observations made at 

 South Kensington, 37. 



Lodge (Oliver Joseph) elected, 352. 



Logarithms of 2, 3, 5, 7, and 10, supple- 

 mentary note on the values of the 

 Napierian, and of the modulus of 

 common logarithms (Adams), 22. 



Low (W.) and J. A. Ewing on the 

 magnetisation of iron in strong fields, 

 230. 



Macacus sinicus, a further minute 

 analysis by electric stimulation of 

 the so-called motor region of the 

 cortex cerebri in the monkey (Beevor 

 and Horsley), 483. 



Mackay (J. Y.) , the development of the 

 branchial arterial arches in birds, 

 with special reference to the origin of 

 the subclavians and carotids, 429. 



Magnetic induction (Tomlinson), 224. 



Magnetisation of iron in strong fields, 

 on the (Ewing and Low) , 200. 



Magnetising iron, electrochemical effects 

 on (Andrews), 459. 



Main (J. F.), note on some experiments 

 on the viscosity of ice, 329, 491. 



Mallet (J. W.) on the occurrence of 

 silver in volcanic ash from the erup- 

 tion of Cotopaxi of July 22nd and 

 23rd, 1885, 1. 



Marsupialia and monotremata, the em- 

 bryology of. Part I (Caldwell), 177. 



Martin (S.), the proteids of the seeds of 

 Abrus precatorius (jequirity), 331. 



Massee (G.) on Gasterolichenes, a new 

 type of the group Lichenes, 370. 



Mathematical form, note to a memoir 

 on the theory of ('Phil. Trans.,' 

 1886) (Kempe), 193. 



Matthey (E.), contributions to the 

 metallurgy of bismuth, 89. 



Mechanism, problems in, regarding 

 trains of pulleys and drums of least 

 weight for a given velocity ratio 

 (Hennessy), 134. 



Meiolania platyceps (Ow.), on parts of 

 the skeleton of (Owen), 297. 



Metallurgy of bismuth, contributions to 

 the (Matthey), 89. 



Metals, velocity of sound in, and a com* 

 pari son of their moduli of torsional 

 and longitudinal elasticities as deter- 

 mined by statical and kinetical me- 

 thods (Tomlinson), 362. 



in cyanide solutions, notion the 



electrodeposition of alloys and- on the 

 electromotive forces of (Thompson), 

 387. 



Micro-organisms in air, further experi- 

 ments on the distribution of, (by 

 Hesse's method) (Frankland and 

 Hart), 267. 



■ obtained from air, studies of some 



new (Frankland and Frankland), 150. 



Microscope, on a perspective (Burch), 

 49. 



Milne (John) elected, 352. 



Monkey {Macacus sinicus), a further 

 minute analysis by electric stimula- 

 tion of the so-called motor region of 

 the cortex cerebri in the (Beevor 

 and Horsley), 483. 



Monotremata and marsupialia, the em- 

 bryology of. Part I (Caldwell), 177. 



Morphology of birds, on the (Parker), 

 52. 



Motor region of the cortex cerebri, a 

 further minute analysis of the so- 

 called, in the monkey {Macacus 

 sinicus) (Beevor and Horsley), 483. 



Mucilage cells of Blechnum occidentale 

 (L.) and Osmunda r eg alis (L.) , on the 

 structure of the (Ito and Gardiner),. 

 353. 



Muscle, action of caffein and theineupon 

 voluntary (Brunton and Cash), 238. 



Muscle plasma, on (Halliburton), 400. 



Mustelus antarcticus, note to a paper 

 on the blood-vessels of (' Phil Trans.,' 

 1886) (Parker), 437. 



Nephridia and ' liver ' of Patella vul- 

 gata, on the (Griffiths), 392. 



c New force ' of M. J. Thore, on the 

 supposed (Crookes), 345. 



New all (H. F.) and J. J. Thomson on 

 the rate at which electricity leaks 

 through liquids which are bad con- 

 ductors of electricity, 410. 



Nitrogen of vegetation, on the present 

 position of the question of the sources 

 of the, with some new results, and 

 preliminary notice of new lines of in- 

 vestigation (Lawes and Gilbert), 

 483. 



Obituary notices of fellows deceased : — 

 Boileau, John Theophilus, i. 

 Elliot, Sir Walter, viii. 

 Thomson, Allen, xi. 

 Whitworth, Sir Joseph, ix. 



