INDEX. 



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Matthey (E.) on the liquation of metals 

 of the platinum group, 447. 



Max^ell-Boltzmann doctrine regarding 

 distribution of kinetic energy, on a 

 decisive test-case disproving the 

 (Kelvin), 397. 



Mendeleeff (Diniitri Ivanovitch) elected 

 a foreign member, 485. 



Metabolism, the influence of the kidney 

 on (Bradford), 25. 



Metals of the platinum group, on the 

 liquation of (Matthey), 447. 



Mosso (A.) the temperature of the 

 brain, especially in relation to psychi- 

 cal activity. — Croonian lecture, 83. 



Nageli (Carl Wilhelm von) obituary 

 notice of, xxvii. 



Nerve-roots of the lumbo-sacral plexus, 

 note on the functional and structural 

 arrangement of efferent fibres in the. 

 Preliminary communication (Sher- 

 rington), 67. 



which enter into the formation of 



the brachial plexus of the dog, experi- 

 mental investigation of the (Russell), 

 22. 



Newton (Hubert Anson) elected a 

 foreign member, 485. 



Nova Auriga?, on (Huggins and Hug- 

 gins), 486. 



Numbers, on the residues of powers of, 

 for any composite modulus, real or 

 complex (Bennett), 452. 



Obituary notices of Fellows deceased : — 

 Airy, Sir Greorge Biddell, i. 

 Becquerel, Edmond, xxi. 

 Bennett, Sir James Risdon, xli. 

 Carpenter, Philip Herbert, xxxvi. 

 Devonshire, Duke of, xxxviii. 

 Hunt, Thomas Sterry, xxiv. 

 Nageli, Carl "Wilhelm von, xxvii. 

 Sabine, Sir Edward, xliii. 



Paterson (A. M.) the human sacrum, 

 521. 



Perry (J.) transformers, 455. 

 Photometry, stellar (Dibdin), 404, 

 Platinum group, on the liquation of 



metals of the (Matthey), 447. 

 Powers of numbers for any composite 



modulus, real or complex, on the 



residues of (Bennett), 452. 

 Presents, lists of, 40, 46, 81, 85, 116, 



439, 453, 484, 525. 



Royal Society, on the probable effect of 

 the limitation of the number of 

 ordinary Fellows elected into the, to 



fifteen in each year on the eventual 

 total number of Fellows (Strachey), 

 463. 



Russell (J. S. R.) an experimental in- 

 vestigation of the nerve-roots which 

 enter into the formation of the 

 brachial plexus of the dog, 22. 



the abductor and adductor fibres 



of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, 102. 



Sabine (Sir Edward) obituary notice of, 

 xliii. 



Sacrum, the human (Paterson), 521. 



Safety-lamp, on the application of a 

 hydrogen flame in an ordinary, to the 

 detection and measurement of fire- 

 damp (Clowes), 90. 



on the application of the, to the 



detection of benzoline vapour and 

 other inflammable vapours in the air 

 (Clowes), 95. 



lamps, an improved apparatus for 



ascertaining the sensitiveness of, when 

 used for gas-testing (Clowes), 87. 



Sauropterygia, on the shoulder girdle in 

 Ichthyosauria and (Hulke), 471. 



the nature of the shoulder girdle 



and clavicular arch in (Seeley), 119. 



Seeley (H. GT.) the nature of the 

 shoulder girdle and clavicular arch in 

 Sauropterygia, 119. 



Sherrington (C. S.) note on the func- 

 tional and structural arrangement of 

 efferent fibres in the nerva-roots of 

 the lumbo-sacral plexus. Preliminary 

 communication, 67. 



Skinner (S.) and R. T. Gflazebrook, on 

 the Clark cell as a standard of elec- 

 tromotive force, 60. 



Sponges, note on excretion in (Bidder), 

 474. 



Stellar photometry (Dibdin), 404. 



Strachey (Lieut.-G-en.) on the probable 

 effect of the limitation of the number 

 of ordinary Fellows elected into the 

 Royal Society to fifteen in each year 

 on the eventual total number of 

 Fellows, 463. 



Sunlight through the earth's atmo- 

 sphere, transmission of. Part II. 

 Scattering at different altitudes 

 (Abney), 444. 



Thomson (J.) on the grand currents of 



atmospheric circulation. — Bakerian 



lecture, 42. 

 Transformers (Perry), 455. 

 Turacin, an animal pigment containing 



copper, researches on. Part II 



(Church), 399. 



