INDEX. 



501 



Light, on the amount of, reflected by 

 metallic surfaces (Conroy), 26. 



on the measurement of (Preece), 



359. 



Limiting thickness of liquid films (Rei- 



nold and Riicker) , 149. 

 Line spectra of boron and silicon 



(Hartley), 301. 

 Liquid films, on the limiting thickness of 



(.Remold and Riicker), 149. 

 List of candidates for election, 66. 



selected candidates, 178. 



of presents, 100, 232, 360. 



Lithium lines, note on the order of 



reversibility of the (Liveing and 



Dewar), 76. 

 Liveing (Gr. D.) and J". Dewar, notes on 



the absorption of ultra-violet rays by 



various substances, 71. 

 note on the reversal of 



hydrogen lines : and on the outburst 



of hydrogen lines when water is 



dropped into the arc, 74. 

 note on the order of reversi- 

 bility of the lithium lines, 76. 

 Lockwood (C. B.) on the development of 



the great omentum and transverse 



mesocolon, 279. 

 Lowne (B. T.) on the structure and 



functions of the eyes of Arthropoda, 



140. 



MacMunn (C. A.), observations on the 

 colouring-matters of the so-called bile 

 of invertebrates, and those of the bile 

 of vertebrates, and on some unusual 

 urine pigments, <fcc., 132, 370. 



Magnetic latitude, on the changes which 

 take place in the deviations of the 

 standard compass in iron armour- 

 plated, iron, and composite-built ships, 

 on a considerable change of, 77. 



susceptibility, experimental deter- 

 minations of, in absolute measure 

 (Shida), 404. 



Magnetism, preliminary note on a theory 

 of (Hughes), 19. 



theory of, based upon new experi- 

 mental researches (Hughes;, 178. 



Mallock (A.) on curves circumscribing 

 rotating polygons with reference to 

 the shape of drilled holes, 319. 



Mammalian heart, preliminary note on 

 the innervation of the (Wooldridge), 

 226. 



Manganese, on the atomic weight of 



(Dewar and Scott), 44. 

 Maximum magnetisation, experimental 



determinations of, in absolute measure 



(Shida), 404. 

 Measurement of liffht, on the (Preece), 



359. 



Metallic reflection, some experiments on. 

 No. 3 (Conroy), 26. 



Meteorite, examination of the, which fell 

 on the 16th February, 1883, at Alfia- 

 nello, in the district of Yerolannova, in 

 the province of Brescia, Italy (Flight), 

 258. 



Molecular weights of the substituted 

 ammonias. No. 1. Triethylamine 

 (Dewar and Scott), 347. 



Moon, the principal cause of the large 

 errors at present existing between the 

 positions of the, deduced from Han- 

 sen's tables and observation (Stone), 

 135. 



Motion of a hollow vortex, on the steady, 

 (Hicks), 304. 



of water, an experimental investi- 

 gation of the circumstances which 

 determine whether the, shall be direct 

 or sinuous (Reynolds) , 84. 



Motor roots of the brachial plexus, note 

 on the (Ferrier), 229. 



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

 experimental researches on the electric 

 discharge with the chloride of silver 

 battery, 292. 



Muscle, preliminary note on the action 

 of calcium, barium, and potassium on 

 (Brunton and Cash), 63. 



Newt and frog, on the action of certain 

 reagents upon the coloured blood- 

 corpuscles of the (Stirling and Rannie), 

 114. 



Number of electrostatic units in the 

 electromagnetic unit of electricity, on 

 the determination of the (Thomson), 

 346. 



Obituary Notices : — 



Balfour (Francis Maitland), xx. 



Jevons (William Stanley), i. 



Wohler (Fredrich), xii. 

 Orbitolites, on an abyssal type of the 



genus (Carpenter), 276. 

 Order of reversibility of the lithium 



lines, note on the (Liveing and 



Dewar), 76. 

 Outburst of hydrogen lines, note on the, 



when water is dropped into the arc 



(Liveing and Dewar), 74. 

 Owen (Prof.) on the affinities of Thyla- 



coleo, 19. 



pelvic characters of Thylacoleo 



carnifex, 163. 



Parallel channels, an experimental in- 

 vestigation of the law of resistance in 

 (Reynolds), 84. 



Pavy (F. W.), introductory note on com- 

 munications to be resented on the 



