INDEX to 



VOL. XXXIX. 



AIRY (G. B.), results deduced from the 

 measures of terrestrial magnetic force 

 in the horizontal plane at the Royal 

 Observatory, Greenwich, from 1841 to 

 1876, 255. 



Ammonium carbamate, on the limited 



hydration of (Fenton), 38G. 

 Anderson (J ohn) admitted, 362. 

 Anniversary meeting, 277. 

 Atkinson (A. S.) on the total solar 



eclipse of September 9, 1885. 211. 

 Auditors elected, 208. 

 report of, 277. 



Baeyer (Adolf) elected, 362. 



Baird (A. W.) and Gr. H. Darwin, re- 

 sults of the harmonic analysis of tidal 

 observations, 135. 



Bakerian lecture (Huggins), 108. 



Balance sheet, 302—305. 



Basalts (tertiary) of the north-east 

 Atlantic, second report on the evi- 

 dence of fossil plants regarding the 

 age of the (Gaidner), 412. 



Bee (honey), on the geometrical con- 

 struction of the cell of the (Hennessy), 

 253. 



Blyth (A. W.), study of disinfectants 



by new methods, 259. 

 Bodily labour, influence of, upon the 



discharge of nitrogen (North), 443. 



Cerebral physiology, experimental re- 

 searches in. II. — On the muscular 

 contractions which are evoked by 

 excitation of the motor tract (Horsley 

 and Schafer) , 404. 



Chlorophyll, contributions to the 

 chemistry of (Schunck), 348. 



Cobra (Indian), venom of the ( Wolf en - 

 den), 436. 



Council, election of, 301. 



Darwin (Gr. H.) and A. W. Baircl, 

 results of the harmonic analysis of 

 tidal observations, 135. 



Davidson (Thomas), obituary notice, 

 viii. 



Declination, preliminary results of a 

 comparison of certain simultaneous 



fluctuations of the, at Kew and at 



Stonyhurst during 1883 and 1884, 



(Perry and Stewart), 362. 

 Disinfectants, studies of, by new methods 



(A. Wynter Blyth), 259. 

 Donation fund, account of grants from 



the, 313. 



Drosera dichotoma, on the phenomena 

 accompanying stimulation of the 

 gland cells in the tentacles of (Gar- 

 diner), 229. 



Eclipse of September 9, 1885, on the 



total solar (Atkinson), 211. 

 on the total solar (Hector), 



208. 



Election of Auditors, 208. 



Council, 301. 



foreign members, 362. 



oflicers, 301. 



Electrical conductivity (Tomlinson), 503. 



Elgin, on the relation of the reptiliferous 

 sandstone of, to the upper old red 

 sandstone (Judd), 394. 



Evaporation and dissociation, on (Ram- 

 say and Young), 228. 



Fellows deceased, list of, 277. 



elected, list of, 278. 



Fenton (H. J. H.) on the limited 



hydration of ammonium carbamate, 



386. 



Financial statement, 302 — 305. 

 Foreign members elected, 362. 

 Frog, on variations in the amount and 



distribution of fat in the liver- cells of 



the (Langley), 234. 



Gardiner (W.) on the phenomena 

 accompanying stimulation of the 

 gland-cells in the tentacles of Drosera 

 dichotoma, 229. 



Gardner (J. S.), second report on the 

 evidence of fossil plants regarding 

 the age of the tertiary basalts of the 

 north-east Atlantic, 412. 



Gemmell (J. ~W.) on the magnetisa- 

 tion of steel, cast iron, and soft iron, 

 374. 



Glass (devitrified), on the microscopic 



