INDEX 
Absorption of Light by Magnetism, 
by Professor Tait, 118. 
Acetylene, Action of Chlorides of 
Iodine upon, 588. 
— Preparation of, 590. 
Adamantine Boron, 721. 
Aitken (David), D.D., Obituary Notice 
of, 14. 
Aitken (John), Experiments illustrat- 
ing Rigidity produced by Centri- 
fugal Force, 73. 
— on Ocean Circulation, 394. 
Albert (Prince), Remarks by, 31. 
Albite, 393. 
Alexander (Rev. Dr W. Lindsay) 
delivers Opening Address for Ses- 
sion 1876-77, 204. 
■ contributes Obituary Notices 
of Sir George Harvey, Dr J. War- 
burton Begbie, Mr David Bryce, 
Mr George Stirling Home Drum- 
mond, Mr Alexander Russel, Pro- 
fessor Laycock, George Marquis of 
Tweeddale, M. Adolphe Pictet, M. 
A. T. Brongniart, and M. C. G. 
Ehrenberg, 205-231. 
Ammonia-Cupric Zinc Chloride, by 
Dr E. W. Prevost, 302. 
Amphicheiral Forms and their Rela- 
tions, 391. 
Annelids, Great Nerve Cords in 
Marine, by W. C. MTntosh, M.D.. 
372. 
— An unnamed Palaeozoic Anne- 
lid, by Professor Duns, 352. 
Arch. — On a Stable and Flexible Arch, 
by Professor Fleeming Jenkin, 151. 
Arrangements, On a Problem of, by 
Professor Cayley, 338, 402. 
Professor Tait’s Problem of, 
by Mr T. Muir and Professor Cayley, 
382, 388, 402. 
Asia, Physical Observations in Nor- 
thern, by Professor George Forbes, 
161. 
Atmosphere. — On the Percentages of 
the Atmosphere and the Ocean, 
which would flow into a Rent on 
the Earth’s Surface, by Professor 
Tait, 333. 
Atmospheric Phenomena, by Profes- 
sor Tait, 170, 425. 
Augite, by Professor Heddle, 595. 
AuriferousQuartzofWanlockhead,579. 
Bacon (Lord), his New Atlantis, 474, 
475. 
liis Influence in promoting 
Experimental Philosophy, by Sir 
Alex. Grant, 484, 485. 
Appreciation of his Literary 
and Scientific Writings, by Sir 
Alex. Grant, 485. 
Balance. — On a NewFormof Precision 
Balance, by William Dittmar, 144. 
Balfuur (Professor) contributes Obitu- 
ary Notice of the Rev. D. T. K. 
Drummond, 518 ; also, Obituary 
Notice of William Keddie, 518. 
Ballistic Curves, Tables of, and their 
application to Gunnery, by E. Lang, 
637. 
Barometer, its Diurnal Oscillations, 
by Alex. Buchan, M.A., 410. 
Why the Barometer does not 
always indicate real Vertical Pres- 
sure, byR. Tennent, 412. 
Barometric Depressions (or Storms), 
Progressive Movement of, by Mr 
Robert Tennent, 570. 
Beats of Imperfect Harmonies, by Sir 
William Thomson, 602. 
Begbie (Dr James Warburton), Obitu- 
ary Notice of, 209. 
