INDEX to VOL. XL VII. 



ABNEY (W. de W.) and G. S. 

 Edwards, on the effect of the spec- 

 trum on the haloid salts of silver, 

 22, 249. 



Acton (E. H.) the assimilation of 

 carbon by green plants from certain 

 organic compounds, 150. 



Alloys of nickel and iron, magnetic pro- 

 perties of (Hopkinson), 23. 



the liquation of gold and platinum 



(Matthey), 180. 



Apteryx, observations On the anatomy 

 and development of (Parker), 454. 



Atomic weight, the relation of physio- 

 logical action to (Johnstone and 

 Carnelley), 21. 



Auroras and comets, comparison of the 

 spectra of nebulae and stars of groups 

 I and II with those of (Lockyer), 

 28. 



Bakerian lecture (Schuster), 300, 526. 



Ball, John, obituary notice of, v. 



Basset (A. B.) on the extension and 

 flexure of cylindrical and spherical 

 thin elastic shells, 45. 



Beevor (0. E.) and V. Horsley, an ex- 

 perimental investigation into the ar- 

 rangement of the excitable fibres of 

 the internal capsule of the bonnet 

 monkey (Macacus sinicus), 21. 



Berkeley, Rev. Miles Joseph, obituary 

 notice of, ix. 



Bidwell (8.) on the effect of tension 

 upon magnetic changes of length 

 in wires of iron, nickel, and cobalt, 

 469. 



Bile, observations on the secretion of, 

 in a case of biliary fistula (Robson), 

 499. 



observations regarding the excre- 

 tion and uses of (Robson), 129. ' 



Bonnet monkey (Macacus sinicus), an 

 experimental investigation into the 

 arrangement of the excitable fibres 

 of the internal capsule of the (Beevor 

 and Horsley), 21. 



Boys (C. V.) on the heat of the moon 

 and stars, 480. 



Brain of Clupea harengus, some stages 



in the development of the (Holt), 

 199. 



British Isles, preliminary note on sup- 

 plementary magnetic surveys of 

 special districts in the (Riicker and 

 Thorpe), 443. 



the variability of the tempe- 

 rature of the, 1869-1883 inclusive 

 (Scott) , 303. 



Bryan (Gr. H.) on the stability of a 

 rotating spheroid of perfect liquid, 

 367. 



Calorimeter, on the steam (Joly), 45, 218. 



Camphor, measurements of the amount 

 of oil necessary in order to check the 

 motions of, upon water (Rayleigh), 

 364. 



Camphoric acids, researches on the 

 chemistry of the (Marsh), 6. 



Candidates for election, list of, 276. 



Cannizzaro (Stanislao) elected, 1. 



Carbon, the assimilation of, by green 

 plants from certain organic com- 

 pounds (Acton), 150. 



Carbon flutings in the spectra of celestial 

 bodies, the presence of bright (Lock- 

 yer), 39. 



Carnelley (T.) and H. J. Johnstone, 



the relation of physiological action to 



atomic weight, 21. 

 Carus-Wilson (C. A.) the rupture of 



steel by longitudinal stress, 363. 

 Castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis), on 



the germination of the seed of the 



(Green) , 146. 

 Cervical ganglion, on the progressive 



paralysis of the different classes of 



nerve-cells in the superior (Langlev 



and Dickinson), 379. 

 Chauveau (Auguste) elected, 1. 

 Chree (C.) on the effects of pressure on 



the magnetisation of cobalt, 41. 

 Christie (W. H. M.) elected a member 



of council, 142. 

 Ciliary or motor oculi ganglion, on the 



development of the (Ewart), 287. 

 Clupea harengus, some stages in the 



development of the brain of (Holt), 



199. 



