GENERAL INDEX. 
31 
Barlow (C.) on the endurance of metals 
under repeated and varying stresses, and 
the proper working stresses on railway 
bridges, <$'c., 1886, 284 ; 1887, 424 
-(Peter W.) on the power required 
to overcome the vis inertias of railway 
trains, 1864, 184 
-(W.), a theory of the connection 
between the crystal form and the atom 
composition of chemical compounds, 
1885, 983 
-on atom-grouping in mystals, 1890, 
754 
-(W. H.), Address to the Mechanical 
Section, 1873, 200 
- on the upward jets of Niagara, 
1877, 199 
-- on the use of steel for structural pur¬ 
poses, 1878, 157 
- on patent legislation, 1880, 318 ; 
1881, 222 ; 1882, 310 ; 1883, 316 ; 1884, 
293 ; 1885, 695 
-on the mechanical properties of 
aluminium, 1882, 668 
- on the best means for facilitating the 
adoption of the metric system of weigh ts 
and measures in Great Britain, 1884, 27 
-- on the endurance of metals under re¬ 
peated and varying stresses, and the 
proper working stresses on railway 
bridges, S)C., 1886, 284 ; 1887, 424 
--(W. H., jun.) on the Lisbon steam 
tramways, 1873, 210 
Barnes (Rev. H. F.) on the practicability 
of establishing ‘ a close time ’ for the 
protection of indigenous animals, 1870, 
13 ; 1871, 197 ; 1872, 320 ; 1873, 346 ; 
1874, 264 ; 1875, 184 ; 1876, 63 ; 1877, 
207 ; [Rev. H. F. Barnes-Lawrence], 
1878, 146 ; 1879, 165 ; 1880,257 
-(J. W.), exploration of Beloochistan 
and Western Scinde, with a view to 
examining the subterranean supply of 
water, 1867, 113 
♦Barnett (J. D.), the anthracite burning 
locomotive of America, 1884, 890 
*- (P. M.) on the Spey Bridge at 
Garmouth and the river Spey, 1885, 
1203 
Barnstaple Bay (Devonshire), H. S. Ellis 
on some mammalian remains from, 
1867, 59 
-Beds, W. Pengelly on the relative 
age of the Petherwin and, 1861, 124 
Barometer, mercurial, description of a, 
by P. J. Livsey, 1861, 64 
-John Ball on the determination of 
heights by means of the, 1862, 28 
-Isaac Ashe on some improvements 
in the, 1862, 28 
-J. Glaisher on a new, used in the 
last balloon ascents, 1862, 31 
-aneroid, G. J. Symons on the per¬ 
formance of a very small, 1862, 35 
♦Barometer, aneroid, a new self-record¬ 
ing, F. Martin on, 1869, 51 
♦ -M. Naudet on a metallic or holo- 
steric, 1863, 24 
-the Abbe Jeannon’s free air, the 
Abbe Moigno on, 1863, 24 
- W. Symons on a new marine and 
mountain, 1863, 27 
-Alfred King on the self-registering, 
at the Liverpool Observatory, 1865, 18 
--W. Symons on an improved standard, 
1865, 21 
-Maury, a new instrument for mea¬ 
suring altitudes, F. T. Mott on the, 
1869, 51 
♦ -Marriotti, description of the new, 
by M. Telford, 1872, 62 
Barometric predictions of the weather, 
F. Galton on, 1870, 31 
♦ - pressure, the diurnal and semi¬ 
diurnal harmonic constituents of the 
variation of, Sir W. Thomson on, 1877,43 
- pressure, the influence of, on the 
discharge of water from springs, B. 
Latham on, 1881, 614 ; 1883, 495 
Baron (Rev. R.) on the flora of Madagas¬ 
car, 1888, 724 
Barr (Prof. A.) and Prof. W. Stroud 
on some new' telemeters or range-finders, 
1890, 499 
- on the use of the lantern in class¬ 
room work, 1890, 727 ; ♦exhibition of a 
mechanism, 962 
Barracks and other public buildings in 
India, Stewart Clark on the ventilation 
of, 1863, hi 
Barrels, the manufacture of slack, by 
machinery on the English and Ameri¬ 
can systems, A. Ransome on, 1886, 817 
Barrett (Lucas), Prof. T. R. Jones and 
W. K. Parker on some recent and fossil 
Foraminifera collected in Jamaica by 
the late, 1863, 80 
-(W. Fletcher) on a simple method 
of exhibiting the combination of rect¬ 
angular vibrations, 1868, 13 ; on sources 
of error in determinations of the ab¬ 
sorption of heat by liquids, 14 
♦ - on a condition affecting the 
spheroidal state of liquids, and its 
probable effect on certain boiler ex¬ 
plosions, 1872, 48 
♦ -on the molecular changes that 
accompany the magnetisation of iron, 
nickel, and cobalt, 1873, 40 ; fon the 
relationship of the magnetic metals, 
iron, nickel, and cobalt, ib. 
- on the teaching of physics in schools, 
1874, 71 
♦ -on the teaching of practical physics, 
1874, 22 ; *on an apparatus for show¬ 
ing the interference of sound, 41 
♦ -on the effects of heat on the mole¬ 
cular structure of steel wires and rods, 
