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GENERAL INDEX. 
A. W. Williamson on the composition 
of the gases evolved by the , 1805, 381 
Bath waters, Prof. Roscoe on the exist¬ 
ence of lithium, strontium, and copper 
in the, 1864, 41 
* -the vital and commercial statistics 
of, F. Norfolk on, 1888, 780 
Bathometer, C. W. Siemens on a, 1861, 
73 
*.-- description of the, by Dr. C. W. 
Siemens, 1876, 31 
*Baths and washhouses, J. Parry on, 
1870, 197 
Bathy-hypsographical maps, E. G. Raven- 
stein on, with special reference to a 
combination of the Ordnance and 
Admiralty surveys, 1885, 1140 
- map of the British Isles , report on 
the combination of the Ordnance and 
Admiralty surveys , and the production 
of a, 1886, 277 ; 1887, 160 
fBathy-orographical map of Scotland, 
Dr. H. R. Mill on a, 1887, 804 
Bats, Prof, van Beneden sur les chauves- 
souris de l’epoque du mammouth et 
de l’epoque actuelle, 1871, 135 
Batten (J. H.) on the cultivation of tea 
in the British Himalayan provinces of 
Kumaon and Gurhw&l, 1877, 163 
Battery, a constant, F. H. Varley on, 
1870, 26 
-constant galvanic, Latimer Clark on 
a new form of, 1871, 47 
-Faure’s, C. Becker on, 1870, 24 
-secondary, K. Hedges on a new form 
of, 1887, 882 
-Byrne’s compound plate pneumatic, 
W. Ladd on, 1878, 448 
- See 1 Electrolysis,’ ‘ Electricity,’ &c. 
* Bauer (Dr.) on the action of chlorine 
on amylene, 1866, 33 
Bauerman (H.) on ice as an agent of 
geologic change , 1869, 171 
- on claims for reward for inventions 
adopted by Government , 1872, 243 
- on the volcanic phenomena of Vesu¬ 
vius and its neighbourhood , 1885, 395 ; 
1886 , 226 ; 1887 , 226 ; 1888 , 320 ; 1889, 
283 ; 1890, 397 
Baumhauer (Prof, von) on the applica¬ 
tion of the diamond to mineralogical 
and chemical analysis, 1882, 489 
Baxendell (Joseph) on Mr. Chrimes's 
rain-gauge experiments , 1866, 2 S 4 
- on science-lectures and organisation, 
1873, 507 
Baxter (R. Dudley) on national debts, 
1870, 187 
- on a uniformity of plan for the 
census of the United Kingdom, 1871, 57 
Baynes (R. E.) on the desirability of 
introducing a uniform nomenclature for 
the fundamental units of mechanics, 
1888, 27 
Bazalgette (J. V.) on the difficulty of 
obtaining local information after reach¬ 
ing the summits of eminences from 
which extensive views are obtained, 
1867, 152 
- on a uniformity of weights and mea¬ 
sures, 1868. 484 ; 1869,308; 1870,232; 
1871, 198 ; 1872, 25 
Bazley (Thomas), a glance at the cotton 
trade, 1861, 206 
Beach, raised, Prof. E. Hull on the, of 
the north-east of Ireland, 1872, 113 
- ancient sea-, near Bridlington Quay, 
report on, 1888, 328 ; 1889, 70 ; 1890, 
375 
Beaches, W. Pengelly on raised, 1866, 66 
-of Portland, the modern and ancient, 
W. Pengelly on, 1870, 84 
Beacons and buoys, T. Stevenson on the 
illumination of, by electricitjq 1867, 14 
*Beal (Rev. Prof.), exhibition and de¬ 
scription of a soapstone image from 
Pekin, 1877, 115 
-(C.) on the basalt of Rowley Regis, 
1886, 665 
Beale (Prof. L. S.) on the structure and 
growth of the elementary parts (cells) 
of living beings, 1861, 164 
-an attempt to show that every living 
structure consists of matter which is 
the seat of vital actions, and matter in 
which physical and chemical changes 
alone take place, 1862, 122 
* -on life, 1865, 101 
Beams, strains in the interior of, G. B. 
Airy on the, 1862, 82 
-the resistance of, when strained 
beyond the elastic limit, W. R. Browne 
on, 1883, 648 
Bean, the nitrogenous nutrition of the, 
Dr. S. H. Vines on, 1887, 741 
*Beardmore (E.), anthropological notes 
collected at Mowat, Daudai, New 
Guinea, 1889, 786 
*Beaugrand (H.), remarks on a curious 
album of maps illustrative of the his¬ 
tory of Montreal, 1886, 731 
*Beauly basin, the geographical features 
of the, J. Y. Buchanan on, 1885, 1138 
* Beaumont (Major) on the Sub-Wealden 
exploration, 1876, 87 ; *on the removal 
of subaqueous rocks by the diamond 
rock-borer, 1876, 219 
--(Commr. L. A.) on Arctic research, 
1879, 451 
-(W. W.) on a new system of me¬ 
chanism for imparting and recording 
variable velocity, 1886, 818 
-the efficiency of steam at high pres¬ 
sures and the Carnot theorem, 1888, 820 
- and C. H. W. Biggs, secondary 
batteries and the economical genera¬ 
tion of steam for electrical purposes, 
loS3, 652 
