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^Azerbaijan, Keith E. Abbott on the 
province of, 1864, 136 
Azimido-compounds, Drs. Noelting and 
Abt on the constitution of the, 1887, 
642 
Azorean archipelago, the recent volcanic 
structure of the, Osbert H. Ilowarth 
on, 1888, 671 
Azores, Dr. Bu} t s Ballot on the import¬ 
ance of the, as a meteorological station, 
1871, 49 
Babbacombe, South Devon, W. Pengelly 
on whale-remains washed ashore at, 
1869, 116 
Babbage (the late Charles), mechanical 
arrangements of the analytical engine 
of, Maj.-Gen. H. P. Babbage ou the, 
1888, 616 
-(Maj.-Gen. H. P.) on Babbage’s 
analytical engine, 1888, 616 
Babbage's analytical machine, report of 
the Committee appointed to consider 
the advisability, and to estimate the 
expense of constructing , and of printing 
tables by its means, 1878, 92 
Baber (E. C.), curiosities of travel on 
the Tibetan frontier, 1883, 599 
Bacilli, the influence of, in the produc¬ 
tion of disease, Prof. J. C. Ewart on, 
1881, 717 
Bacteria, Dr. B. Sanderson and Dr. Per¬ 
rier on the origin and distribution of, in 
water, and the circumstances which de¬ 
termine their existence in the tissues 
and liquids of the living body, 1871 ,125 
-on the surface of coins, note on the 
occurrence of, by Prof. L. Elsberg, 
1884, 766 
- the culture of usually aerobic, 
under anaerobic conditions, Prof. M. 
M. Hartog and A. P. Swan on, 1886, 
706 
-the power of certain, to form or¬ 
ganic compounds from inorganic 
matter, R. Warington on, 1890, 866 
* Bacterium, E. Ray Lankester on a 
peach-coloured, 1873, 116 
*Badakolan, report on, by Pandit Man- 
phal, 1871, 184 
Baden-Powell (G.) on protection in the 
United States and its lessons, 1880, 671 
- protection in young communities : 
recorded results in Victoria and New 
South Wales, 1881, 760 
Badger (E. W.) on the disappearance of 
native plants from their local habitats , 
1887, 130 ; 1889, 435 ; 1890, 465 
*Baeyer’s synthesis of indigo, a short 
account of, by Prof. J. E. Reynolds, 
1878, 517 
Bagdad to Bushire, a journey by land 
from, W. S. Blunt on, 1879, 440 
Bagshot leaf-bed of Studland Bay, G. 
Maw on the insect-remains and shells 
from the Lower, 1869, 97 
* -peat-beds, W. S. Mitchell on the, 
1876, 94 
-sands of Hordwell Cliff, Hampshire, 
E. B. Tawney on the Upper, 1881, 
663 
Bahamas, the fora of the, report on, 1888, 
361 
Bahia, Brazil, the Rev. C. G. Nicolay on 
the geology of the Chapada Diaman- 
tina in the province of, 1868, 74 
fBabr Yusuf, Capt. R. H. Brown on the, 
1887, 801 
fBabrein Islands in the Persian Gulf, 
J. T. Bent on the, 1889, 668 
Baikie (Dr.) on the Manatus Vogelii, 
1864, 88 
Bailey (C.), Juncus alpinus , Will., as 
new to Britain, 1887, 745 
- (Major F.), the Indian forest 
school, 1885, 1104 ; the Indian forest 
survey, 1121 
-(Dr. G. II.), an apparatus for main¬ 
taining constant temperatures up to 
500°, 1886, 599 
■- the atomic weight of zirconium, 
1887, 636 ; the absorption spectra of 
rare earths, 654 ; the absorption spectra 
of the haloid salts of didymium, ib. ; 
1890, 7 73 
--and J. C. Cain, a method of quan¬ 
titative analysis, 1890, 772 
-and A. A. Read, the behaviour of 
the more stable oxides at high tem¬ 
peratures, 1890, 773 
* -- (J.), an account of the Veddahs of 
Ceylon, 1862, 195 
* -- (L. W.) on the Acadian basin in 
American geology, 1884, 717 
515 -(S.) on the economic value of the 
various Measures of coal and ironstone 
in the South Staffordshire coalfield, 
1865, 48 
-(T. G.) and Prof. A. Schuster on 
the absorption spectrum of didymium 
chloride, 1883, 400 
*Baily’s experiments on the mean density 
of the earth, some irregularities de¬ 
pending on temperature in, Prof. W. M. 
Hicks on, 1884, 632 
Baily (W. H.), palaeontological remarks 
upon the Silurian rocks of Ireland, 1861, 
108 
—— on a new species of Plesiosaurus 
from the Lias near Whitby, Yorkshire, 
1862, 68 
-on some new points in the structure 
of Palcechinus, 1864, 49 ; on the occur¬ 
rence of fish-remains in the Old Red 
Sandstone at Portishead, near Bristol, 
ib. 
- on some fossils from the Old Red 
