INDEX. 



533 



Government grant of 1,0002., account of 

 the appropriation of, in 1878, 75. 



Grove (Sir W. R.), note of an experi- 

 ment on the spectrum of the electric 

 discharge, 181. 



Hannay (J. B.) on the microrheometer, 

 279. 



Hartley (W. N.) and Huntington (A. K.), 

 researches on the absorption of the 

 ultra-violet rays of the spectrum by 

 organic substances, 233. 



Haughton (Rev. S.), note in correction 

 of an error in his paper, " Notes on 

 Physical Geology, No. V," 154. 



Heat, effect of, on the di-iodide of 

 mercury, Hgl 2 (Rodwell and Elder), 

 284. 



Hicks (J. B.), supplementary forces con- 

 cerned in abdominal circulation in 

 man, 489. 



, auxiliary forces concerned in the 



circulation of the pregnant uterus in 

 woman, 494. 



Hogarth (J.) and Mills (E. J.), re- 

 searches on chemical equivalence : 

 Part II. Hydric chloride and sul- 

 phate, 270. 



, researches on lactin, 273. 



Hooker (Sir J. D.), President's address, 

 43 ; resignation, 63. 



Hopkinson (J.) on the torsional strain 

 which remains in a glass fibre after 

 release from twisting stress, 148. 



Huntington (A. K.) and Hartley (W. N.), 

 researches on the absorption of the 

 ultra-violet rays of the spectrum by 

 organic substances, 233. 



Huxley (T. H.) , characters of the pelvis in 

 mammalia and conclusions respecting 

 the origin of mammals, 395. 



Hyaline cartilage, on, and deceptive ap- 

 pearances produced by reagents, as 

 observed in the examination of a carti- 

 laginous tumour of the lower jaw 

 (Thin), 257. 



Hydric chloride and sulphate, researches 

 on chemical equivalence : Part II 

 (Mills and Hogarth), 270. 



Induction-currents, on the effects of 

 strong, upon the structure of the 

 spinal cord (Ord), 265. 



Infusions (organic), note on the influ- 

 ence exercised by light on (Tyndall), 

 212. 



Jackson (Dr. J. H.), admitted, 1. 

 Japan, magic mirror of : Part I (Ayr- 

 ton and Perry), 127. 



Kerr (Dr.) on an extension of the pheno- 

 mena discovered by (Gordon), 346. 

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Kew committee, report of the, 80. 



Kew observatory, magnetic observations 



made at, 1877-78, 89. 

 , note on the inequalities of 



the diurnal range of the declination 



magnet as recorded at the (Stewart), 



241. 



Kew and Trevandrum observatories, a 

 comparison of the variations of the 

 diurnal range of magnetic declination 

 as recorded at (Stewart and Morisabro 

 Hiraoka), 288. 



Lacertilia, on the structure and develop- 

 ment of the skull in the : Part I. On 

 the skull of common lizards (Parker), 

 214. 



Lactin, researches on (Mills and Ho- 

 garth), 273. 



Light, electromagnetic theory of the 

 reflection and refraction of (Fitz- 

 gerald), 236. 



, influence exercised by, on organic 



infusions (Tyndall), 212. 



influence of, upon protoplasm 



(Downes and Blunt), 199. 



Limestone as an index of geological time 

 (Reade), 281. 



Lindsay (Lord), admitted, 102. 



Linear equations, machine for the solu- 

 tion of simultaneous (Thomson), 111. 



Lines of metallic vapours, on the re- 

 versal of the (Liveing and Dewar) : 

 No. IY, 352 ; No. V, 367. 



of molecular pressure, on the illumi- 

 nation of (Crookes), 103. 



Liveing (G. D.) on the unknown chro- 

 mospheric substance of Young, 475. 



and Dewar (J.) on the reversal 



of the lines of metallic vapours : 

 No. IY, 352 ; No. Y, 367 ; No. VI, 

 471. 



• ■ , on a direct vision spectro- 

 scope, 482. 



Lizards, on the skull of the common 

 (Parker), 214. 



Lockyer (J. N.), researches in spectrum 

 analysis in connexion with the spec- 

 trum of the sun, 157. 



, preliminary note on the sub- 

 stances which produce the chromo- 

 spheric lines, 283. 



, some spectral phenomena observed 



in the arc produced by a Siemens' 

 machine, 425. 



, on some phenomena attending the 



reversal of lines, 425. 



, discussion of " Young's List of 



Chromospheric Lines :" No. I, 432. 



Locomotor system of Medusas, conclud- 

 ing observations on the (Romanes), 

 266. 



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