Index. 
559 
Moray Firth, its Temperature and 
Salinity, by Dr H. R. Mill, 250. 
Muir (Dr Thomas), Determinants. 
Part I. Determinants in General, 
Hindenburg (1784) to Reiss (1829), 
118, 452. 
on a Class of Alternating 
Functions, 121. 
on the Quotient of a Simple 
Alternant by the Difference-Product 
of the Variables, 125, 433. 
Murray (John, Ph.D.), Opening Ad- 
dress, Session 1886-87, 2. 
the Total Rainfall of the 
Land of the Globe, and its Rela- 
tion to the Discharge of Rivers, 48. 
on the Height of the Land of 
the Globe above Sea- Level, by John 
Murray, Ph.D., 110. 
on the Mean Height of the 
Land of the Globe, by John 
Murray, 381. 
Mya arenaria, Renal Organs of, 233, 
237. 
Myxine , the Blood of, by Professor 
D’Arcy W. Thompson, 221. 
Neodrilus monocystis, 158. 
Nerve- Polarization, Effect of Stimula- 
tion on, by G. N. Stewart, 205. 
Nicholson (Professor Shield), Varia- 
tions in the Value of the Monetary 
Standard, 129. 
Noise, the Physics of, by Professor 
Crum Brown, 219. 
Nyctiphanes norvegica, the Lumi- 
nous Organs of, by J. T. Cun- 
ningham and Rupert Vallentin, 351. 
Oligochseta, their Problematical Or- 
gans, by Dr A. B. Griffiths, 230. 
Omond (R. T.), Temperatures at dif- 
ferent Heights above ground at Ben 
Nevis Observatory, 24. 
Glories, Halos, and Coronae 
seen from Ben Nevis Observatory, 
314. 
Open Structures, Cases of Instability 
in, by Dr E. Sang, 106. 
Oscillations of a Uniform Flexible 
Chain hung by one End, by Dr 
Edward Sang, 283. 
Oven (Sterilising), Mrs Griffith’s Form 
of, 105. 
Peddie (William) on Increase of 
Electrolytic Polarization with Time, 
107, 221. 
Transition Resistance at Sur- 
face of Platinum Electrodes, and the 
Action of Condensed Gaseous Films, 
221 . 
Peltier Effect, its Direct Measurement, 
by Mr Albert Campbell, 387. 
Penicilium glaucum, 101. 
Pennatulida dredged by H.M.S. 
“ Porcupine,” 359. 
Perea fiuviatilis, Bacilli found in 
Body- Cavity of, 263. 
Pericheeta antarctica, 175. 
australis, 173. 
coxii, 173. 
newcombei , 170. 
upoluensis, 174. 
Periplaneta orientalis, 232, 234, 235, 
237. 
Plants. — The Influence of certain 
Rays of the Solar Spectrum on Root- 
Absorption and the Growth of 
Plants, by Dr A. B. Griffiths and 
Mrs A. B. Griffiths, 125. 
Plarr (Dr G.) on the Determination 
of the Plane Curve which forms the 
Outer Limit of the Positions of a 
certain Point, 415. 
Platessa Jlesus, Bacilli found in, 265. 
vulgaris, Bacilli found in, 265. 
Platinum Electrodes, Resistance at 
Surface of, by W. Peddie, 221. 
Points in Space. — On Even Distribu- 
tion of Points in Space, by Profes- 
sor Tait, 37. 
Polarization.— See Electrolytic Polar- 
ization. 
Polarization of Nerve by Stimulation, 
by G. N. Stewart, 205. 
(Electrolytic) ; its Increase 
with Time, by W. Peddie, 221. 
Potassium, Chloroplatinate Methods 
for the Determination of, by Pro- 
fessor Dittmar and John M ‘Arthur, 
428. 
Prize. —Minute of Meeting of Special 
Committee on the Victoria Jubilee 
Prize, 27th June 1887, 449. 
Protococcus pluvialis, 103. 
— — - — vulgaris, 103. 
Paia batis, 265. 
Rainfall of the Land of the Globe, 
and its Relation to Discharge of 
Rivers, by John Murray, Ph.D. ; 48. 
Rankine (A.), the Thermal Wind- 
rose at the Ben Nevis Observatory, 
416. 
Rankine’s Formula for Retaining 
Walls, Improvement in, by A. C. 
Elliott, 48, 85. 
Rattray (John), a Diatomaceous De- 
posit from North Tolsta, 220. 
Readman (J. B.) on a Furnace cap- 
able of Melting Nickel and Cobalt, 
240. 
