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INDEX. 



Council, nomination of, 18. 

 election of, 75. 



Darwin (G. H.) on the figure of equili- 

 brium of a planet of heterogeneous 

 density, 158. 



on the formation of ripple -mark 



in sand, 18. 



Dawson (Capt. H. P.), report on the cir- 

 cumpolar expedition to Fort Rae,173. 



on the mean diurnal variation of 



magnetic declination, from hourly 

 observations at Fort Rae, 422. 



De Bary (Anton) elected, 225. 



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

 experimental researches on the elec- 

 tric discharge with the chloride of 

 silver battery, 151, 206. 



Dewar (J.) and Gr. D. Liveing, spectro- 

 scopic studies on gaseous explosions. 

 No. 1, 471. 



Dioncea muscipula, on the changes in the 

 gland cells of, during secretion (Gar- 

 diner), 180. 



Dobbie (J. J.) and T. and A. Gray on 

 the relation between the electrical 

 qualities and the chemical composi- 

 tion of glass and allied substances. 

 Part I, 488. 



Dock iEcidiuin, life history of the, 

 (Plowright), 47. 



Donation Fund, account of grants from 

 the, 86. - 



Dynamics of a rigid body in elliptic 

 space (Heath), 219. 



Echidna Ramsagi, Ow., evidence of, 

 from the Wellington Breccia Cave, 

 N.S.W. (Owen), 4. 



Election of Council, 75. 



of foreign members, 225. 



of officers, 75. 



Electric and other measuring instru- 

 ments, on a new form of spring for 

 (Ayrton and Perry), 297. 



■ currents, on the heating effects 



of (Preece), 464. 



on the production of 



transient, in iron and steel conductors 

 by twisting them when magnetised 

 or magnetising them when twisted 

 (Ewing), 117. 



discharge, experimental researches 



on the, with the chloride of silver bat- 

 tery (De La Rue and Miiller), 151, 

 206. 



Electricity, on a new method of generat- 

 ing (Kendall), 208. 



Electro-chemical equivalent of silver, on 

 the (Rayleigh), 448. 



Electrolysis of dilute sulphuric acid 

 and other hydrated salts (Gladstone 

 and Tribe), 215. 



Electrolytes, some relations of heat to 



voltaic and thermo-electric action of 



metals in (Gore), 50. 

 Electromagnetic field, on the transfer of 



energy in the (Poynting), 186. 

 Electro-motive force of Clark cells, on 



the absolute (Rayleigh), 448. 

 Elgar (F.), the variation of stability with 



draught of water in ships, 434. 

 Elliptic space, on the dynamics of a 



rigid body in (Heath), 219. 

 Eruption, extracts from a report on the 



volcanic, in Sunda Strait (Yereker), 



198. 



Ewart (J. C.) on the natural and arti- 

 ficial fertilisation of herring; ova, 450. 



Ewing (J. A.) on the production of 

 transient electric currents in iron and 

 steel conductors by twisting them 

 when magnetised or by magnetising 

 them when twisted, 117. 



Fellows deceased, 59. 



elected, 60. 



number of, 75. 



Ferment, on a "rennet," contained in 

 the seeds of Withania coagulans 

 (Lea), 55. 



Ferrier (D.) and G. F. Yeo, the effects of 

 lesions of different regions of the 

 cerebral hemispheres. 222. 



Fertilisation of herring ova, on the 

 natural and artificial (Ewart), 450. 



Fibrin ferment, on the origin of the 

 (Wooldridge), 417. 



Figure of equilibrium, on the, of a 

 planet of heterogeneous density (Dar- 

 win), 158. 



Financial statement, 76-78. 



Fluid, on the motion of, part of which 

 is moving rotationally and part irro- 

 tationally (Hill), 276. 



Fluids, on the surface forces in (Wor- 

 thington), 351. 



Foreign members elected, 225. '' 



Frost (Rev. Percival) admitted, 1. 



Fry (Sir Edward) elected, 139. 



admitted, 167. 



Galvanometer, on a new reflecting, of 



great sensibility (Gray), 287. 

 Galvanometers, astatic, on new forms of 



(Gray), 287. 

 Gardiner (W.) on the changes in the 



gland cells of Dioncea museipula 



during secretion, 180. 

 on the continuity of the protoplasm 



through the walls of vegetable cells, 



182. 



Gaseous explosions, spectroscopic studies 

 on. .No. I (Liveing and Dewar), 471. 

 Gegenbaur (Carl) elected, 225. 

 Gill (Dr. David) admitted, 276. 



