INDEX. 



563 



the scale value of a Thomson's quad- 

 rant (Whipple), 356. 



Electro-photometry, preliminary note on 

 experiment in (Dewar), 354. 



Elliot (Sir Walter), elected, 447; ad- 

 mitted, 447. 



Elliptic functions, addition to memoir 

 on the transformation of (Cayley), 

 177. 



Equation different ielle du 3me ordre, sur 



une (Brioschi), 126. 

 Equations of circles ; second memoir 



(Casey), 417. 

 Ethylidene, on the formation of chlor- 



iodide and brom-iodide of (Simpson), 



424. 



Etiology of infectious diseases, experi- 

 mental contribution to the (Klein), 

 101. 



Euler's constant, note on the value of 



(Adams), 88. 

 Eyes of insects, on the modifications of 



the simple and compound (Lowne), 



261. 



Ewart (J. C), the life-history of Bac- 

 terium termo and Micrococcus, with 

 further observations on Bacillus, 474. 



and P. Geddes, on the life-history 



of Spirillum, 481. 



"Facility of production" of chemical 



combinations (Brodie), 51. 

 Fayrer (Sir J.) and T. Lauder Brunton, 



note on the effect of various substances 



in destroying the activity of cobra 



poison, 465. 

 Fellows elected, 447. 

 Films under the action of sonorous 



vibrations, experiments on the colours 



shown by thin (Taylor), 71. 

 Fog-signals, recent experiments on 



(Tyndall), 245. 

 Frog, experimental results relating to 



the rhythmical and excitatory motions 



of the ventricle of the heart of the 



(Sanderson and Page) , 410. 



Gamgee, (A.) and J. Priestley, concern- 

 ing the effects on the heart of alternate 

 stimulation of the vagi, 94. 



Gases, on stresses in rarefied, arising 

 from inequalities of temperature 

 (Maxwell), 304. 



Geddes (P.) and J. C. Ewart, on the 

 life-history of Spirillum, 481. 



Geological time, on Professor Haughton's 

 estimate of (Darwin), 179. 



Geology (physical) , notes on (Haughton), 

 291. 



, No. Y. Mr. George H. 



Darwin's comments on, note No. Ill 



(Haughton), 447. 

 Germinal matter of the air, on Schulze's 



mode of interceping the (Tyndall), 

 99. 



Glasses intended for objectives, method 

 of determining the ratio of the dis- 

 persions of (Stokes), 485. 



Glazebrook (R. T.), an experimental 

 investigation into the velocities of 

 normal propagation of plane w r aves 

 in a biaxal crystal, with a comparison 

 of the results with theory, 496. 



Gordon (J. E. H.), measurements of 

 electrical constants ; No. II. On the 

 specific inductive capacities of certain 

 dielectrics ; first series, 270. 



Gore (G.) on the thermo-electric pro- 

 perties of liquids, 272, 513. 



Greenwell (Canon W.), elected 447 ; ad- 

 mitted, 447. 



Greenwich and Kew observatories, on 

 the comparison of the standard ba- 

 rometers of (Whipple), 76. 



Gregory (Bight Hon. Sir W. H.) elected, 

 94 ; admitted, 129. 



Harmonic analvzer, shown and explained 

 by Sir W. Thomson, 371. 



Haughton (Rev. Samuel) , notes on physi- 

 cal geology, 291. 



, No. V. Mr. George H. Darwin's 



comments on Note No. Ill, 447. 



, on his estimate of geological time 



(Darwin), 179. 



Hawksley (T.) elected, 447 ; admitted, 

 447. 



Head, experimental researches on the 

 temperature of the (Lombard), 166 : 

 Parts II, III, IV, 457. 



Head-kidney, on the existence of a rudi- 

 mentary, in the embryo chick (Balfour 

 and Sedgwick), 443. 



Heart, concerning the effects on the, of 

 alternate stimulation of the vagi 

 (Gamgee and Priestley), 94. 



of the frog, experimental results 



relating to the rhythmical and exci- 

 tatory motions of the ventricle of the, 

 and of the electrical phenomena which 

 accompany them (Sanderson and 

 Page), 410. 



Hearts (batrachian lymph-), contribu- 

 tions to the physiology of (Priestley), 

 137. 



Heat, new determination of the me- 

 chanical equivalent of (Joule), 38. 



Hopkinson (J.), elected, 447; admitted, 

 447. 



Hughes, (D. E.) on the action of sonorous 

 vibrations in varying the force of an 

 electric current, 362. 



Ice, some experiments on conductive 

 properties of, made in Discovery Bay, 

 1875-6 (Coppinger), 183. 



