INDEX. 



565 



Mechanical equivalent of heat, new de- 

 termination of the (Joule), 38. 



Metallic vapours, on the .reversal of the 

 lines of (Liveing and Dewar), No. I, 

 132 : No. II, 350 ; No. Ill, 494. 



Metalloids, spectra of. Spectrum of oxy- 

 gen ("Schuster), 383. 



Metals, electrodynaniic qualities of : 

 Part VII. Effects of stress on the 

 magnetization of iron, nickel and co- 

 balt (Thomson), 439. 



Micrococcus, the life-history of Bacte- 

 rium termo and (Ewart), 474. 



Micropbone (Hughes'), 365. 



Moseley, (H. N.), on the structure of the 

 Stylasteridee, a family of the hydroid 

 stony corals, 141. 



Moss (E. L.), observations on Arctic sea- 

 water and ice, 446, 544. 



Muller (H. W.) and W. De La Rue, 

 experimental researches on the electric 

 discharge with the chloride-of-silver 

 battery : Part II. The discharge in 

 exhausted tubes, 374. 



Napierian logarithms of 2, 3, 5, 7, and 

 10, on the values of the (Adams), 88. 



Nebulae, note on the bright lines in the 

 spectra of stars and (Lockyer), 50. 



Nervous system in vertebrate animals, 

 contributions to the anatomy of the 

 central : Part I. Ichthyopsida. Sec- 

 tion I. Pisces. Subsection I. Teleostei 

 (Sanders), 415. 



of aurelia aurita, observations on 



the (Schafer), 16. 



Nuclei, on the action of ozone on (Tom- 

 linson), 290. 



Obituary notice : — 



Karl Ernst von Baer, i. 



Objectives, method of determining the 

 ratio of the dispersions of glasses in- 

 tended for (Stokes), 485. 



Organic matter, on putrescent, in potable 

 water (Bischof), 258. 



Osteology of Poly odon folium (Bridges), 

 454. 



Oxidation, the acceleration of, caused by 

 the least refrangible end of the spec- 

 trum (Abney), 291 ; Note II, 451. 



Oxygen, spectrum of (Schuster), 383. 



Ozone, on the action of, on nuclei (Tom- 

 linson), 290. 



Page (E. J. M.) and J. B. Sanderson, 

 experimental results relating to the 

 rhythmical and excitatory motions of 

 the ventricle of the heart of the frog, 

 410. 



Parasitic isopoda, on the development 



of the (Bulbar), 284. 

 Parker, (W. K.) on the structure and 



development of the skull in the com- 

 mon snake ^Tropidonotus natrix), 13. 



Pedler (A.) on cobra poison, 17. 



Perry (J.) and 'W. E. Ayrton, contact 

 theory of voltaic action : Parts I and 

 II, 196. 



■ , on the viscosity of dielectrics, 



No. I, 238. 



Perry (Rev. S. J.), magnetic observa- 

 tions taken during the transit of Venus 

 expedition to and from Kerguelen 

 Island, 1. 



Photography (eclipse), on the use of the 

 reflection grating in (Lockyer), 107. 



Photometry of the magneto-electric 

 light (Abney), 157. 



(electro), preliminary note on 



experiments in (Dewar), 354. 



Placentation of the apes, with a com- 

 parison of the structure of their pla- 

 centa with that of the human female 

 (Turner), 271. 



Poison, on cobra (Pedler), 17. 



, note on the effect of various 



substances in destroying the activity 

 of (Brunton and Fayrer), 465. 



Poisonous principle of Urechites sube- 

 recta on the physiological action of 

 the (Bowrey), 309. 



Polyodon folium, osteology of (Bridge), 

 454. 



Prague observatory, on the variations of 

 the diurnal range of the magnetic 

 declination as recorded at the (Stewart) 

 389. 



Presents lists of, 141, 273, 402, 503. 

 Priestley (J.), contributions to the 



physiology of batrachian lymph-hearts, 



137. 



, and Dr. Gamgee, concerning the 



effects on the heart of alternate stimu- 

 lation of the vagi, 94. 



Putrescent organic matter in potable 

 water (Bischof), 258. 



Q/uantics, a tenth memoir on (Cay ley), 

 452. 



(binary), on the limits to the order 



and degree of the fundamental in- 

 variants of (Sylvester), 11. 



Eadiation, on repulsion resulting from : 

 Part V (Crookes), 29. 



Beflection grating, on the use of the, in 

 eclipse photography (Lockyer) , 107. 



Bepulsion resulting from radiation : 

 Part V (Crookes), 29. 



Respiration at various altitudes, sum- 

 mary of an experimental inquiry into 

 the function of iMarcet), 293. 



Roberts (S.) elected, 447 ; admitted, 447. 



Robinson (Rev. T. R.) on the determi- 

 nation of the constants of the cup- 



