596 



INDEX. 



Heat, on the effects of, on some chloro- 



brom-iodides of silver, 4, 292. 

 Hindoo division of the octave, on the, 

 with some additions to the theory of 

 the higher orders, 540. 

 Hogg (J.) on the odontophore of Bucci- 



niun gmyilandicum, 201. 

 Hoggan (H. and F. E.) on lymphatics and 



their origin in muscular tissues, 550. 

 Hopkinson (J.) on the residual charge of 

 the Ley den jar : II. Dielectric proper- 

 ties of various glasses, 496. 

 Huggius (W.) on the photographic spectra 



of stars, 445. 

 Hydrographer of the Admiralty, report 

 to the, on the voyage of the ' Challen- 

 ger ' from the Falkland Islands to 

 Monte Video, and a position in lat. 

 32° 24' S., long. 13° 5' W., 92. 

 Hydrozoa of the 'Yalorous' cruise, 1875, 

 223. 



India, on simultaneous variations of the 

 barometer in, 24 ; supplementary note, 

 39. 



Inflammation, on the changes of the fixed 

 corpuscles of the cornea in the process 

 of, 492. 



- — , on the connective tissue of the 

 tongue in, 272, 390. 



Infusions, on the development of organisms 

 in organic, 503. 



Integrals, on certain definite, 176, 507. 



Iodide, chloride, and bromide of silver, on 

 the efi'ect of heat on the, 4, 280. 



Iodine and bromine monochloride, on the 

 absorption-spectra of, 4. 



, on absorption-spectra of, 46. 



, on the polarization of light by crys- 

 tals of, 51. 



Janssen (P. J. C. ), Rumford medal awarded 

 to, 358. 



Jefii-eys (J. G-.), preliminary report of 

 the biological results of a cruise inH.M.S. 

 ' Yalorous ' to Davis Strait in 1875, 177. 



Kew Committee, report of the, 1876, 

 370. 



Observatory, on the variations of the 



daily range of atmospheric temperature 

 as recorded at the, l."6, 577. 



Klein (E.) on the mycelium described in 

 his paper on small-pox in sheep, 259. 



Land-tortoises, description of the living 



and extinct races of gigantic : Parts III. 



and lY. The races of the Aldabra group 



and Mascarene Islands, 506. 

 Lane-Fox (A. H.), admitted, 92. 

 Leaf-arrangament of crowberrv, on the, 



158. 



Leaf of DioncBa muscipula, on the me- 

 chanical effects and on the electrical 



disturbance consequent on excitation of 

 the, 411. 



Leyden jar, on the residual charge of the: 

 II. Dielectric properties of various 

 glasses, 496. 



Light, on the action of, on selenium, 113. 



, on the polarization of, by crystals of 



iodine, 51. 



, on the rotation of the plane of po- 

 larization of, by reflection from the pole 

 of a magnet, 447. 



Lines of equal barometric pressure, on 

 the mean directions and distribution of 

 the, and then* relations to the mean 

 direction and force of the wind over 

 the British Isles &c., 515. 



Liquids, on the forms assumed by drops 

 of, falling vertically on a horizontal 

 plate, 261 ; 2nd paper, 498. 



Liquor potassa, on the influence of, and 

 an elevated temperature on the origin 

 and growth of Microphytes, 454. 



Lockyer (J. N.), researches in spectriun 

 analysis in connexion with the spectrum 

 of the sun: jS'o. Y., 546. 



Locomotor system of Medusfe, observa- 

 tions on the, 464. 



Lowne (B. T.) on some phenomena con- 

 nected with vision, 487. 



Lyell (Sir C), obituary notice of, xi. 



Lymphatics, on the origin of, in muscular 

 tissues, 550. 



M'Intosh (W. C.) on the Annelida of the 

 * Yalorous ' cruise, 1875, 215. 



on the structure of Magelona, 559. 



Madreporaria, on some Thallophj-tes para- 

 sitic within recent, 17, 238. 



Magelona, on the structure of, 559. 



Magnetic force, on the diurnal variation 

 of the earth's, 556. 



needle, on a simultaneous disturb- 

 ance of the barometer and of the, 90. 



observations made at Stonyhurst 



College observatory from April 1870 

 to March 1876, 314. 



Magnetism, contributions to terrestrial, 

 148, 168. 



Mammalia, on the comparative anatomy 

 of the auditory ossicles of the, 101. 



Mascarene Islands and Aldabra group, on 

 the living and extinct races of gigantic 

 land-tortoises of the, 506. 



Medals, presentation of the, 356. 



Medusa?, on the locomotor system of. 

 ! 464. 



Meeting, anniversary, November 30, 1876, 

 337. 



, annual, for election of Fellows, 



June 1, 1876, 92. 

 I Metals, on electricity produced by differ- 

 I ent, 258. 



I Meteorology of the Bombay Presidency, 

 I on the, 539. 



