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INDEX 
TO THE 
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, 
Series A, 
FOR THE YEAR 1897 (VOL. 189). 
A. 
Aberration Problems—Aberrational Effect due to Rotation (Lodge), 149-16(;. 
Alloys, Binary, Containing Silver or Copper with another Metal, Complete Freezing-point Curves of (Heycock and 
Neville), 25-70. 
B. 
Barnett (R. E.). On the Preparation of Ethers, 103-107. 
C. 
Capacity (Specific Inductive) of Castor Oil, Glass, Glycerine, Ice, Oil of Lavender—Variation with Temperature and Time 
(IIopKiNSON and Wilson), 109-136. 
Capacity (Specific Inductive) of Plate-glass, Ebonite (Rutherford), 1-21. 
Cole (R. S.) and Worthington (A. M.). Impact with a Liquid Surface, studied by the Aid of Instantaneous Photo¬ 
graphy, 137-148. 
Condensation of Water Vapour in presence of Dust-free Air, Colour Phenomena attending—Effect of Rontgen Rays on— 
Supersaturation necessary (Wilson), 265-307. 
Conductivity of Castor Oil, Glass, Ice, Oil of Lavender, Water—Variation with Temperature and Time (Hopkinson and 
Wilson), 109-136. 
E. 
Eclipse of Sun, August 9th, 1896—Preliminary Report on Results obtained in Novaya Zemlya with Prismatic Camera 
(Lockyer), 259-263. 
Elasticity, Adiabatic, of Ethyl Oxide (Pbrman, Ramsay, and Rose-Innes), 167-188. 
Electrical Discharges, Oscillating—Absorption of Energy by Conductors; Investigation by Magnetized Needle; Magneti¬ 
zation by (Rutherford), 1-24. 
Electromagnetic Waves in Air, Detection of, by Magnetized Needle (Rutherford), 1-24. 
Esters, Viscosity of (Thorpe and Rodger), 71-107. 
