INDEX to VOL. XXVIII. 



Abdominal circulation, forces concerned 

 in (Hicks), 489. 



Acoustics, studies in : I. On the syn- 

 thetic examination of rowel sounds 

 (Preece and Stroh), 358. 



Aleurone grains, on the chemical compo- 

 sition of (Vines), 218. 



Anatomy of the skin, on some points 

 connected with the (Thin), 251. 



Anniversary meeting, 30th November, 

 1878, 42. 



Astacusfiuviatilis, physiology of nervous 



system (Ward), 379. 

 Auditors, election of, 1 ; report of, 42. 

 Auwers (A.), elected, 461. 

 Ayrton (W. E.) and Perry (J.). The 



magic mirror of Japan. Part I, 127. 

 — , the contact theory of voltaic 



action : No. Ill, 421. 



Balance, on a method of using the, with 

 great delicacy, and on its employment 

 to determine the mean density of the 

 earth (Poynting), 2. 



Balance-sheet, 70. 



Blunt (T. P.) and Downes (A.) on the 

 influence of light upon protoplasm, 

 199. 



Bonney (Rev. T. Gh), admitted, 1. 



Bottomley (J. T.) on the thermal con- 

 ductivity of water, 462. 



Brongniart (A. T.), obituary notice of, iv. 



Butlin (H. T.) on the nature of the fur 

 on the tongue, 414. 



Candidates for election, list of, 6th 

 March, 1879, 378. 



Carpenter (P. H.), report on the Coma- 

 tula of the " Challenger " expedition, 

 383. 



Cartilage, on hyaline, and deceptive 

 appearances produced by reagents, as 

 observed in the examination of a car- 

 tilaginous tumour of the lower jaw 

 (Thin), 257. 



" Challenger " expedition : report on 

 Comatulce (Carpenter), 383. 



Charcoal, absorption of gases by (Smith) , 

 322. 



Chelone Midas, 329. 



Chemical composition of aleurone grains 

 (Vines), 218. 



Chemical equivalence, researches on : 

 Part I. Sodic and potassic sulphates 

 (Mills and Walton), 268 ; Part II. 

 Hydric chloride and sulphate (Mills 

 and Hogarth), 270. 



Chromospheric lines, preliminary note 

 on the substances which produce the 

 (Lockyer), 283. 



, Young's list of, discussed, 



No. I (Lockyer), 432. 



Clarke (Gh S.)'and McLeod (H.) on the 

 determination of the rate of vibra- 

 tion of tuning-forks, 291. 



Clarke (Rev. W. B.), obituary notice of, i. 



Coal-dust, its influence in colliery explo- 

 sions, No. II (G-alloway), 410. 



Coal-measures, organisation of the fossil 

 plants in (Williamson), 445. 



Cockle (Sir J.) admitted, 102. 



Colliery explosions, influence of coal- 

 dust in. No. II (Galloway), 410. 



Comatulce of the " Challenger " expedi- 

 tion, report on (Carpenter), 383. 



Conroy (Sir John), some experiments on 

 metallic reflexion, 242. 



Contact theory of voltaic action : No. IV 

 (Ayrton and Perry), 421. 



Convoluta Schultzii, physiology and his- 

 tology of (Geddes), 449. 



Copley medal awarded to J. B. Bous- 

 sinsault, 13. 



Crayfish, physiology of the nervous sys- 

 tem (Ward), 379. 



Cremona (L.) elected, 461. 



Crookes (W.) on repulsion resulting 

 from radiation : Part VI, 35. 



, on the illumination of lines of mole- 

 cular pressure and the trajectory of 

 molecules, 103. 



, on electrical insulation in high 



vacua, 347. 



, contributions to molecular physics 



in high vacua, 477. 



Cross (Right Hon. R. A.) elected, 461 ; 

 admitted, 483. 



Cupric (ammoniated) test for sugar 

 (Pavy), 260. 



