INDEX. 



XXI 



Germination of the seed of the castor- 

 oil plant {Ricinus communis), on the 

 (Green), 146. 



Gilbert (J. H.) and Sir J. B. Lawes, 

 new experiments on the question of 

 the fixation of free nitrogen. Pre- 

 liminary notice, 85. 



Gnezda (J.) a cyanogen reaction of 

 proteids, 202. 



Gold and platinum alloys, the liquation 

 of (Matthey),180. 



Green (F. W. E.) See Edridge-Green. 



Green (J. R.) on the germination of the 

 seed of the castor-oil plant {Ricinus 

 communis) , 146. 



Haloid salts of silver, on the effect of 

 the spectrum on the (Abney and 

 Edwards), 22, 249. 



Harcourt (L. F. V.) See Vernon- 

 Har court. 



Heat of the moon and stars, on the 



(Boys), 480. 

 Holt (E. W. L.) some stages in the 



development of the brain of Clupea 



harengus, 199. 

 Hopkinson (J.) magnetic properties of 



alloys of nickel and iron, 23. 

 physical properties of nickel steel, 



138. 



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

 perimental investigation into the ar- 

 rangement of the excitable fibres of 

 the internal capsule of the bonnet 

 monkey {Macacus sinicus), 21. 



Host and parasite, the relations between, 

 in certain epidemic diseases of plants, 

 — Croonian lecture (Ward), 213, 393. 



Hughes (T. McKenny) admitted, 1. 



Hunt (Robert) obituary notice of, i. 



Internal capsule of the bonnet monkey, 

 an experimental investigation into the 

 arrangement of the excitable fibres of 

 the (Beevor and Horsley), 21. 



Iron and nickel, magnetic properties of 

 alloys of (Hopkinson), 23. 



Iron, nickel, and. cobalt, on the effect of 

 tension upon magnetic changes of 

 length in wires of (Bid well), 469. 



the internal friction of, 



studied by means of magnetic cycles 

 of very minute range (Tomlinson), 

 13. 



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

 relation of physiological action to 

 atomic weight, 21. 



Joly (J.) observations on the spark dis- 

 charge, 67. 



on the steam calorimeter, 45, 218. 



Kane (Sir Robert John) obituary notice 

 of, xii. 



Langley (J. N.) and W. L. Dickinson, 

 on the progressive paralysis of the 

 different classes of nerve cells in the 

 superior cervical ganglion, 379. 



Lawes (Sir J. B.) and J. H. Gilbert, 

 new experiments on the question of 

 the fixation of free nitrogen. Pre- 

 liminary notice, 85. 



Lea (A. S.) A comparative study of 

 natural and artificial digestions. Pre- 

 liminary account, 192. 



Light, remarks on Mr. A. W. Ward's 

 paper on the magnetic rotation of the 

 plane of polarisation of, in doubly 

 refracting bodies (Wiener and Wed- 

 ding), 1. 



Liquation of gold and platinum alloys, 



the (Matthey), 180. 

 Liquid, on the stability of a rotating 



spheroid of perfect (Bryan), 367. 

 Liquid surfaces, on the tension of 



recently formed (Rayleigh), 281. 

 Lockyer (J. comparison of the 



spectra of nebulae and stars of groups 



I and II with those of comets and 



aurorae, 28. 

 note on the spectrum of the 



nebula of Orion, 189. 

 on the chief line in the spectrum 



of the nebulae, 129. 

 preliminary note on photographs 



of the spectrum of the nebula in 



Orion, 189. 

 the presence of bright carbon 



flutings in the spectra of celestial 



bodies, 39. 



Macacus sinicus, an experimental inves- 

 tigation into the arrangement of the 

 excitable fibres of the internal capsule 

 of the bonnet monkey (Beevor and 

 Horsley), 21. 



MacMahon (P. A.) memoir on the 

 symmetrical functions of the roots of 

 systems of equations, 176. 



Magnetic changes of length in wires of 

 iron, nickel, and cobalt, on the effect 

 of tension upon the (Bidwell), 469. 



induction (Tomlinson) , 13. 



properties of alloys of nickel and 



iron (Hopkinson), 23. 



rotation of the plane of polari- 

 sation of light in doubly refract- 

 ing bodies, remarks on Mr. A. W. 

 Ward's paper on the (Wiener and 

 Wedding), 1. 



surveys of special districts in the 



British Isles, preliminary note on 



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