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INDEX. 



physiology of the carbohydrates in the 

 animal system, 145. 



Pelvic characters of Thylacoleo carnifex 

 (Owen), 163. 



Photography, remarks on spectrum, 

 in relation to new methods of 

 quantitative chemical analysis. Part I 

 (Hartley), 359. 



Physiological action and antagonism, 

 contributions to our knowledge of 

 the connexion between chemical con- 

 stitution and (Brunton and Cash), 

 324. 



Physiology of the carbohydrates in 



the animal system ; introductory 



note (Pavy), 145. 

 Pickering (E. C), circular concerning 



astronomical photography, 260. 

 Potassium, action of, on muscle ; 



preliminary note (Brunton and Cash) , 



63. 



Preece (W. H.), the effects of tem- 

 perature on the electromotive force 

 and resistance of batteries, 48, 250. 



on a new standard of illumination 



and the measurement of light, 359. 



Preliminary note on a theory of mag- 

 netism based upon new experimental 

 researches (Hughes), 19. 



Presents, lists of, 100, 232, 360. 



Pressure, influence of, on the tem- 

 perature of volatilisation of solids 

 (Ramsay and Young), 308. 



Protoplasm, on the continuity of the, 

 through the walls of vegetable cells 

 (G-ardiner), 163. 



Pulse rate, influence of, upon the 

 work done by the heart (Howell 

 and Donaldson), 271. 



Quantitative chemical analysis, remarks 

 on spectrum photography in relation 

 to new methods of. Part 1 (Hartley), 

 359. 



Radiant matter spectroscopy (Crookes), 

 262. 



Radiation, note on terrestrial (Tyn- 

 dall), 21. 



on the dependence of, on tem- 

 perature (Siemens), 166. 



Ramsay (W.) and S. Young, influence 

 of pressure on the temperature of 

 volatilisation of solids, 308. 



Rannie (A.) and W. Stirling on the 

 action of certain reagents upon the 

 coloured blood-corpuscles. Part I. 

 The coloured blood- corpuscles of the 

 newt and frog, 114. 



Rays of high refrangibility, measure- 

 ments of the wave-lengths of, in 

 the spectra of elementary substances 



■ (Hartley and Adeney), 148. 



Reflection, some experiments on metallic. 



No. 3 (Conroy), 26. 

 Reinold (A. W.) and A. W. Rticker 



on the limiting thickness of liquid 



films, 149. 

 Resistance of batteries, the effects of 



temperature on (Preece), 48, 250. 

 Reversal of. hydrogen lines, note on the 



(Liveing and Dewar), 74. 

 Reversibility of lithium lines, note on 



the order of (Liveing and Dewar), 



76. 



Reynolds (J. E.), note on the atomic 

 weight of glucinum or beryllium, 

 248. 



Reynolds (O.), an experimental investi- 

 gation of the circumstances which 

 determine whether the motion of 

 water shall be direct or sinuous, and 

 of the law of resistance in parallel 

 channels, 84. 



Rhizopoda, arenaceous, note on Syrin- 

 gammina, a new type of, 155. 



Rotating polygons, on curves circum- 

 scribing, with reference to the shape 

 of driUed holes (Mallock), 319. 



Riicker (A. W.) and A. W. Reinold 

 on the hmiting thickness of liquid 

 films, 149. 



Salts, on the solubility of, in water 

 at high temperatures (Tilden and 

 Shenstone), 345. 



Schuster (A.) and Capt. W. de W. 

 Abney, on the total solar eclipse of 

 May 17, 1882, 151. 



Scott (A.) and J. Dewar, on the atomic 

 weight of manganese, 44. 



on the molecular weights 



of the substituted ammonias. No. 1. 

 Triethylamine, 347. 



Secular acceleration in the moon's 

 mean motion, the cause of an 

 apparent increase in the, required by 

 Hansen's tables (Stone), 135. 



Sextants, apparatus employed at the 

 Kew Observatory for the examination 

 of the dark glasses and mirrors of 

 (Whipple), 42. 



Shida (R.), experimental determinations 

 of magnetic susceptibility and of 

 maximum magnetisation in absolute 

 measure, 404. 



Siemens (Sir W.) on the dependence 

 of radiation on temperature, 166. 



Silicon and boron, on line spectra of, 

 (Hartley), 301. 



Simultaneous thermometric and hygro- 

 metric observations at heights of 4 

 and 170 feet, and of Siemens' elec- 

 trical thermometer at 260 feet above 

 the ground, note on the establishment 

 and first results of (Symons), 310. 



