INDEX. 
Acctnthodrilus neglectus , 156. 
dissimilis, distinguished from, 
157. 
novce-zelandice , 157. 
Addresses : — 
Introductory Address, by John 
Murray, on Opening Session 
1886-87, 2. 
Address on Processes of Refri- 
geration, by J. J. Coleman, 38. 
Closing Address of Session 
1886-87, by Chairman (Sheriff 
Forbes Irvine), 446. 
Address to the Queen on the 
completion of the 50th year of 
her reign, 451. 
Affinity, Chemical, by W. Durham, 48. 
Aitken (John), Thermometer Screens, 
Pt. IV., 53, 428. 
Note on Solar Radiation, 118. 
Note on Hoar-Frost, 121. 
Albumen : its Discharge from the 
Kidneys of Healthy People, by 
Professor Grainger Stewart, 240. 
Alexander (P.), Expansion of Func- 
tions in terms of Linear, Cylindric, 
Spherical, &c. , Functions, 37. 
Alpine Lakes, their Origin, by Pro- 
fessor Federico Sacco, 271. 
Alternants. — On the Quotient of a 
Simple Alternant by the Difference- 
Product of the Variables, by Dr 
Thomas Muir, 125, 433. 
Alternating Functions, by Dr 
Thomas Muir, 121. 
On the Summation of certain 
Series in Alternants, by A. H. 
Anglin, 194. 
Alternants which are Constant 
Multiples of the Difference-Products 
of the Variables, by A. H. Anglin, 
313. 
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Alums (Cobaltic), by Hugh Marshall, 
203. 
Anglin (A. H. ) on the Summation of 
certain Series in Alternants, 194. 
— Alternants which are Constant 
Multiples of the Difference-Product 
of the Variables, 313. 
Anguilla vulgaris, Bacilli found in 
Body- Cavity of, 263. 
Anodonta cygnea , Renal Organs of, 
232, 237. 
Antarctic Ocean, the Distribution of 
Temperature in, by J. Y. Buchanan, 
147. 
Astacus fluviatilis, Renal Organs of, 
232, 236, 237. 
Astronomical Tables for facilitating 
the Computation of Differential Re- 
fraction for Latitudes 56° and 57°‘30, 
by the Hon. Lord M‘Laren, 21. 
Astronomical Notes, by Dr Ralph 
Copeland, 110. 
Bacillus subtilis , 101. 
tuberculosis , 104. 
Bacteria, their presence in the Lymph, 
&c., of Living Fish and other 
Vertebrates, by Professor J. C. 
Ewart, 252. 
Bacterium aeruginosum , 100. 
Beddard (Frank E.), Observations on 
the Structural Characters of certain 
new or little-known Earthworms, 
156. 
on the Minute Structure of 
the Eye in certain Cymothoidse, 381. 
Ben Nevis Observatory. — Tempera- 
tures at Different Heights above 
Ground at Ben Nevis Observatory, 
by R. T. Omond, 24. 
Blood. — Some Experiments which 
show that Fibrin-Ferment is absent 
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