INDEX. 



535 



Quatrefages (J. L. A. de), elected, 461. 

 Quincke (G. H.), elected, 461. 



Radiation, repulsion resulting from : 



Part VI (Crookes), 35. 

 Rayleigh (Lord), influence of electricity 



on colliding water-drops, 406- 

 Reade (T. M.), limestone as an index of 



geological time, 281. 

 Reflexion (metallic), some experiments 



on (Conroy), 242. 

 Repulsion resulting from radiation : 



Part VI (Crookes), 35. 

 Respiration at various altitudes in Tene- 



riffe (Marcet), 498. 

 Reversal of lines, phenomena attending 



the (Lockyer), 428. 

 Reynolds (O.) on certain dimensional 



properties of matter in the gaseous 



state : Parts I, II, 304. 

 Rivers, on the flow of water in uniform 



regime in, and other open channels 



(Thomson), 114. 

 Rodwell (a. ¥.) and Elder (H. M.) on 



the effect of heat on the di-iodide of 



mercury Hgl 2 , 284. 

 Romanes (G. J.), concluding observa- 

 tions on the locomotor system of Me- 

 dusa?, 266. 

 Royal medal awarded to J. Allan Broun, 



65 ; to Dr. A. Giinther, 66. 

 Rumford medal awarded to A. Cornu, 



67. 



Schafer (E. A.), admitted, 1. 



Schwann (T.), elected, 462. 



Siemens (C. W.), on certain means of 

 measuring and regulating electric cur- 

 rents, 292. 



Skin, on some points connected with the 

 anatomy of the (Thin), 251. 



Skull and its nerves in the green turtle, 

 on the development of the (Parker), 

 329. 



Smith (R. A.), absorption of gases by 

 charcoal : Part II. On a new series 

 of equivalents or molecules, 322. 



Sodic and potassic sulphates, researches 

 on chemical equivalence : Part I : 

 (Mills and Walton), 268. 



Spectral phenomena in the arc produced 

 by a Siemens' machine (Lockyer), 428. 



Spectroscope, direct vision (Liveing and 

 Dewar), 482. 



Spectrum analysis, researches in, in con- 

 nexion with the spectrum of the sun 

 (Lockyer), 157. 



of the electric discharge, note on 



an experiment on the (Grove), 181. 



, researches on the absorption of 



the ultra-violet rays of the, by organic 

 substances (Hartley and Huntington), 

 233. 



Spheroid (viscous), on the precession of 

 a, and on the remote history of the 

 earth (Darwin), 184. 



, problems connected with the 



tides of a (Darwin), 194. 



Spinal cord, on the effect of strong in- 

 duction currents upon the structure 

 of the (Ord), 265. 



Spottiswoode (W.) , elected President, 69. 



Sprengel (Dr. P. H.), admitted, 113. 



Stas (J. S.), elected, 462. 



Stewart (B.), note on the inequalities of 

 the diurnal range of the declination 

 magnet as recorded at the Kew ob- 

 servatory, 241. 



and Morisabro Hiraoka, a com- 

 parison of the variations of the diurnal 

 range of magnetic declination as re- 

 corded at the observatories of Kew 

 and Trevandrum, 288. 



Strain (torsional) which remains in a 

 glass fibre after release from twisting 

 stress (Hopkinson), 148. 



Stroh (A.) and Preece (W. H.), studies 

 in acoustics : I. On the synthetic ex- 

 amination of vowel sounds, 358. 



Sugar (physiology of) in relation to blood 

 (Pavy), 520. 



, volumetric estimation of, by an 



ammoniated cupric test, giving reduc- 

 tion without precipitation (Pavy), 260. 



Sun, researches in spectrum analysis in 

 connexion with the spectrum of the 

 (Lockyer), 157. 



Teneriffe, respiration at various altitudes 

 (Marcet), 498. 



Thin (Gr.) on some points connected 

 with the anatomy of the skin, 251. 



, on hyaline cartilage and deceptive 



appearances produced by reagents, as 

 observed in the examination of a car- 

 tilaginous tumour of the lower jaw, 

 257. 



Thomson (J.) on the flow of water in 

 uniform regime in rivers and other 

 open channels, 114. 



Thomson (Sir W.) , on a machine .for the 

 solution of simultaneous linear equa- 

 tions, 111. 



Thuillier (Major- General H. E. L.), 



admitted, 358. 

 Tides of a viscous spheroid, problems 



connected with the (Darwin) , 194. 

 Tongue, nature of the fur, 484. 

 Torsional strain which remains in a 



glass fibre after release from twisting 



stress (Hopkinson), 148. 

 Trajectory of molecules (Crookes), 103. 

 Trust funds, 72-74. 



Tumour (cartilaginous) of the lower jaw, 

 examination of (Thin), 257. 



