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INDEX. 



supplementary (Riicker and Thorpe), 

 443. 



Magnetisation of cobalt, on tlie effects 

 of pressure on the (Chree), 41. 



Mallet (J. W.) on a second case of the 

 occurrence of silver in volcanic dust, 

 namely, in that thrown out in the 

 eruption of Tunguragua, in the 

 Andes of Ecuador, January 11th, 

 1886, 277. 



Mammalian spinal cord, on outlying 



nerve-cells in the (Sherrington), 144. 

 Marsh (J. E.) researches on the 



chemistry of the camphoric acids, 6. 

 Matthey (E.) the liquation of gold and 



platinum alloys, 180. 

 Mersey, investigations into the effects of 



training walls in an estuary like the 



(Yernon-Harcourt), 142. 

 Metals, the discharge of electricity from 



glowing (Stanton), 559. 

 Michell (J. H.) the theory of free 



stream lines, 129. 

 Milk dentition in Orycteropus, a 



(Thomas) , 126, 246. 

 Moon and stars, on the heat of the 



(Boys), 480. 



Napier of Magdala, Lord, obituary 

 notice of, ii. 



Nebula in Orion, preliminary note on 

 photographs of the spectrum of the 

 (Lockyer), 189. 



of Orion, note on the spectrum of 



the (Lockyer), 189. 



Nebula?, on the chief line in the spec- 

 trum of the (Lockyer), 129. 



and stars of groups I and II, 



comparison of the spectra of, with 

 those of comets and aurora? (Lockyer), 

 28. 



Nerve-cells, on the progressive paralysis 

 of the different classes of, in the supe- 

 rior cervical ganglion (Langley and 

 Dickinson), 379. 



in the mammalian spinal 



cord, on outlying (Sherrington) , 144. 



Nickel and iron, magnetic properties of 

 alloys of (Hopkinson), 23. 



Nickel, cobalt, and iron, on the effect of 

 tension upon magnetic changes of 

 length in wires of (Bidwell), 469. 



the internal friction of, 



studied by means of magnetic cycles 

 of very minute range (Tomlinson), 

 13. 



Nickel steel, physical properties of 

 (Hopkinson), 138. 



Nitrifying process and its specific fer- 

 ment, the (Frankland and Frankland), 

 296. 



Nitrogen, new experiments on the 



question of the fixation of free. Pre- 

 liminary notice (Lawes and Gilbert), 

 85. 



Obituary notices : — 

 Ball, Jchn, v. 



Berkeley, Rev. Miles Joseph, ix. 



Cobbold, Dr., iv. 



Hunt, Robert, i. 



Kane, Sir Robert John, xii. 



Napier of Magdala, Lord, ii. 

 Oil, measurements of the amount of, 



necessary in order to check the 



motions of camphor upon water 



(Rayleigh), 364. 

 Organic compounds, the assimilation of 



carbon by green plants from certain 



(Acton), 150. 

 Orion, note on the spectrum of the 



nebula of (Lockyer), 189. 

 preliminary note on photographs 



of the spectrum of the nebula in 



(Lockyer). 189. 

 Orycteropus, a milk dentition in 



(Thomas), 126, 246. 



Paralysis of the different classes of nerve- 

 cells in the superior cervical ganglion, 

 on the progressive (Langley and 

 Dickinson), 379. 



Parker (T. J.) observations on the ana- 

 tomy and development of Apteryx, 

 454. 



Photographic method for determining 

 variability in stars, on a (Roberts), 

 137. 



Photographs of the spectrum of the 

 nebula in Orion, preliminary note on 

 (Lockyer), 189. 



Photometer, a compound wedge (Spitta), 

 15. 



Physical properties of matter, the in- 

 fluence of stress and strain on the. 

 Part III. Magnetic induction {con- 

 tinued) (Tomlinson), 13. 



Physiological action, the relation of, to 

 atomic weight (Johnstone and Car- 

 nelley), 21. 



Plants, assimilation of carbon by green, 

 from certain organic compounds 

 (Acton), 150. 



fossil, of tbe coal-measures, on the 



organisation of the. Part XVII (Wil- 

 liamson), 294. 



the relations between host and 



parasite in certain epidemic diseases 

 of, — Croonian lecture (Ward), 213, 

 393. 



Platinum and gold alloys, the liquation 



of (Matthey), 180. 

 Pneumatic analogue of the Wheatstone 



bridge, on a (Shaw), 462. 



