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GENERAL INDEX. 
tion of steam for electrical purposes, 
1883, 652 
Biggs (C. H. W.) and W. H. Snell, dis¬ 
tribution by transformers and alternate 
current machines, 1887, S 78 
Bilbao, the iron mines of, J. Head on, 
1887, 861 
Bile, J. H. Bennett on new investiga¬ 
tions to determine the amount of, se¬ 
creted by the liver, and how far this is 
influenced by mercurials, 1867, 98 
- secretion of, report by J. Hughes 
Bennett on the action of mercury on 
the , 1868, 187 ; precious researches to 
determine (1) the amount of bile secreted 
by dogs, and the circumstances which 
influence it, 188 ; ( 2 ) the influence exer¬ 
cised by mercury on the biliary secre¬ 
tion, 195 ; description of the mode of 
operating for biliary flstulce, and of 
collecting the bile, practised by the 
Committee, 198 ; observations to deter¬ 
mine horn far dogs are subject to the 
action of mercury, 201 ; the action of 
mercury in dogs as a cholagogue, 203 ; 
observations with calomel, 207 ; observa¬ 
tions with corrosive sublimate, 216 ; 
influence of partial starvation , 221 ; 
observations on podophyllin and ta¬ 
raxacum as cholagogues, 224 ; influence 
of purgation, 229 ; relation of biliary 
secretion to consumption of food, ib.; 
relation between biliary secretion and 
weight of animal, 230 ; effect of loss of 
bile upon the health of the animal, 231 ; 
effect of muscular movements upon the 
flow of the bile, ib. 
- Dr. Thomas Andrews on the ab¬ 
sorption-bands of, 1869, 59 
-the rate of secretion and constitu¬ 
tion of the, the effect of various sub¬ 
stances upon, by Dr. W. J. Collins, 
1888, 728 
Bilharzia, the haematozoon, the embryo¬ 
nal development of the, Dr. Cobbold 
on, 1870, 135 
*Biliary concretions, Dr. G. Harley on 
the, 1884, 783 
Bilobites, Prof. T. McK. Hughes on, 1886, 
653 
*Bimetallism, J. S. Nicholson on, 1887, 
852 
‘Bi-metallists ’ and ‘mono-metallists,’ E. 
Atkinson on, 1887, 849 
Binaural audition, S. P. Thompson on, 
1877, 37 ; 1878, 601 ; 1881, 565 
Binder (Dr.) and Dr. Noelting on the 
constitution of the mixed diazoamido- 
compounds, 1887, 643 
Bing (Louis) on actinometry, 1868, 17 
Binney (E. W.) on the geological features 
of the neighbourhood of Manchester, 
1861, 109 
- on the rate of increase of under¬ 
ground temperature, 1868, 510 ; 1869, 
176 ; 1870, 29 ; 1871, 14 
Binney (E. W.) on the circulation of 
underground waters, 1875, 114 ; 1876, 
95 
Binnie (IV.), account of experiments to 
determine the variations in size of 
drops with the interval between the 
fall of each, 1890, 731 
Binns (J. A.) on benefit building societies, 
1873, 185 
Binocular lustre, Sir David Brewster on, 
1861, 29 
- vision, some abnormal effects of, 
W. S. Davis on, 1873, 36 , *126 
-and monocular vision, the relative 
apparent brightness of objects in, S, P. 
Thompson on, 1877, 32 
* -microscope for high powers, J. T. 
Taylor on a, 1877, 32 
^Binomial theorem, proof of the, by the 
late James Lindsa} r , 1867, 5 
-simplified proofs (after Euler) of the, 
(i.)foranypositive fractional exponent; 
(ii.) for any negative exponent, by T. 
Woodcock, 1889, 501 
*Binz (Dr.) on the action of alcohol on 
warm-blooded animals, 1873, 124 
Biological results of a cruise in H.M.S. 
‘Valorous’ to Davis Strait in 1875, 
J. Gwyn Jeffreys on the, 1876, 147 
-— results of the North German ex¬ 
ploring expedition, Dr. 0. Finsch on 
the, 1877, 101 
-science, Edward B. Tylor on language 
and mythology as departments of, 1868, 
120 
Biological Section, Addresses by the 
Presidents of the :— 
Nottingham, Prof. T. H. Huxley, 
*1866 
Dundee, Prof. Sharpey, 1867, 74 
Norwich, Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 1868, 
S3 
Exeter, C. Spence Bate, 1869, 104 
Liverpool, Prof. Rolleston, 1870, 91 
Edinburgh, Dr. Allen Thomson, 1871, 
H4 
Brighton, Sir John Lubbock, 1872, 
123 
Bradford, Prof. Allman, 1S73, 94 
Belfast, Prof. Redfern, 1874, 96 
Bristol, P. L. Sclater, 1875, 85 
Glasgow, A. R. Wallace, 1876, 100 
Plymouth, J. Gwyn Jeffreys, 1877, 
79 
Dublin, Prof. W. H. Flower, 1878, 
549 
Sheffield, Prof. St. G. Mivart, 1879, 
354 
Swansea, Dr. Gunther, 1880, 591 
York, Dr. R. Owen, 1881, 651 
Southampton, Prof. A. Gamgee, 1882, 
554 
