Index. 
549 
Determinants, The Theory of, in the 
Historical Order of its Develop- 
ment, by Dr Thomas Muir, 481. 
Pt. I. Determinants in General, 
481 ; Gergonne (1813), 501 ; 
Wronski (1818), 503 ; Desnanot 
(1819), 503 ; Cauchy (1821), 515 ; 
Scherk (1825), 517 ; Schweins 
(1825), 525. 
Dialyte Telescope, by Lord McLaren, 
F.R.S.E., 367. 
Dickie (Adam) on the Chemical Com- 
position of the Water composing 
the Clyde Sea Area, Part II., 283. 
Dielectrics, On the Constitution of, by 
W. Peddie, F.R.S.E., 129. 
Diffusiometer and other Apparatus for 
Liquid Diffusion, by J. J. Coleman, 
F.K.S.E., 249. 
Diff'usivity, Determination of, by Sir 
William Thomson, Fres. R.S.E., 
256. 
Dott (R. B. ), F.R.S.E., and Ralph 
Stockman, M.D., The Formula of 
Morphine, 131. 
Dust Particles in the Atmosphere, 
The Number of, by John Aitken, 
F.R.S.E., 1.58. 
e^= - 1, by Dr Gustav Plarr, 93. 
Ear. — Semicircular Canals of the In- 
ternal Ear, by Professor Crum 
Brown, Sec. R.S.E. , 149. 
Earthquakes in Scotland since 1882, 
by Charles A. Stevenson, F.R.S.E., 
259. 
Election of Office-Bearers, Session 
1887-88, 1. 
Electric Resistance of Liquids, by W. 
Peddie, F.R.S.E., 259. 
Equations in Variables of the ^^th 
Degree, by Lord M ‘Laren, F. R. S. E. , 
467. 
Equatorial (the Edinburgh) in 1887, 
by C. Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer- 
Royal for Scotland, 11. 
Euphausiidse, Metamorphosis of, by 
George Brook, F.R.S.E., and W. 
E. Hoyle, F.R.S.E., 414. 
Firth of Forth Water. See Mill (Dr 
Hugh Robert), F. R.S.E. 
Fishes obtained by Mr John Murray 
on the North-West of Scotland, 
1887-88, by Dr A. Gunther, 205. 
Flint (Rev. Professor) delivers Closing 
Address of Session 1887-88, 476. 
Fog-Bows. — On Mr Omond’s Obser- 
vations of Fog-Bows, by Professor 
Tait, Sec. R.S.E., 129. 
Fossil Fishes from the Pumpherston 
Oil Shale, by Dr Ramsay Traquair, 
F.R.SS. L. & E., 410. 
Fossil Flora of the Staffordshire Coal- 
Fields, Part L, by Robert Kidston, 
F.R.S.E., 135. 
Fossil Plants in the Ravenhead Col- 
lection in the Liverpool Museum, 436. 
Fresnel’s Kinematics of Double Re- 
fraction, by Sir William Thomson, 
21 . 
Froude (William) on the Soaring of 
Birds, 256. 
Gadus esmarMi (Norway Pout), 212. 
morrhua (Cod), 212. 
Gas, Permeability of, by Differential 
Mass-Motion, by Professor Tait, 
Sec. R.S.E., 249. 
Geikie, Archibald, F.R.SS. L. & E., 
The History of Volcanic Action 
during the Tertiary Period in the 
British Islands, 344. 
Glass, Compressibility of, at different 
Temperatures, by Prof. Tait, Sec. 
R.S.E., 226. 
Globes with Internal Cavities 
produced during Cooling, by J. T. 
Bottomley, 108. 
Gohius Jeffrey sii (Jeffreys’ Goby), 210. 
minutus (Polewig), 210. 
Griffiths (Dr A. B.), F. R.S.E., Re- 
searches on Micro-Organisms, in- 
cluding New Method for their De- 
struction in certain Contagious 
Diseases, 33. 
and Alexander Johnstone, 
F.G.S. , on the Malpighian Tubes 
and the “Hepatic Cells” of the 
Araneina ; and also on the Diver- 
ticula of the Asteridea, 111. 
on the Malpighian Tubules of 
Lihellula depressa, 401. 
on a Fungoid Disease in the 
Roots of Cucumis saliva, 403. 
Gunther (Dr A.), F.R.S., Report on 
the Fishes obtained by Dr John 
Murray on the North-West of Scot- 
land, 1887-88, 205. 
Guppy (H. B.), M.B., A Criticism 
of the Theory of Subsidence as ex- 
plaining the Origin of Coral Reefs, 
84. 
Hart (Dr D. Berry), F. R.S.E., The 
Mechanism of the Separation of the 
Placenta and Membranes during 
Labour, 427. 
Hay craft (Prof. John Berry), F. R.S.E., 
and E. W. Carlier, on a new Method 
for Preserving the Blood in a Fluid 
State outside the Body, 130. 
