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GENERAL INDEX. 
on a deposit in the gas-tubes of the, 
1863, 48 
Blast-furnaces, E. A. Cowper on the 
effect of blowing, with blast of very 
high temperatures, 1865, 177 
Blasting agent, A. Nobel on dynamite, a 
recent preparation of nitro-glycerine, 
as a, 1868, 194 
Blastoderm in the ova of birds, B. T. 
Lowne on the ciliated condition of the 
inner layer of the, 1871, 140 , 242 
Blastoidea, the structure and classifica¬ 
tion of the, P. H. Carpenter on, 1881, 
634 
Bleaclving-powder, Drs. E. Schunck , E. 
A. Smith , and H. E. Eoscoe on the 
'manufacture of, 1861, 109 
* - H. Deacon on Deacon’s chlorine 
process as applied to the manufacture 
of, on the larger scale, 1871, 69 
--residue, F. W. Hodges on, 1880, 560 
Eleclinum spicant, A. Stars field on, 
collected in 1860 and 1861, 1861, 159 
Bleek (Dr.) on the position of the Aus¬ 
tralian languages, 1870, 144 
--Bushman researches of, H. Clarke 
on the report concerning, 1873, 142 
Blencowe (Rev. G.) on certain geo¬ 
logical facts observed in Natal and the 
border countries during nineteen years’ 
residence, 1879, 349 
>;: Bles (E. J.) and Prof. A. M. Marshall 
on variability in development, 1890, 
861 
Blight in man and in the animal and 
vegetable world, Dr. R. King on, 1870, 
141 
*Block signalling on railways, R. R. 
Harper on, 1875, 217 
^Blood, albuminoid substances of the, 
Prof. Heynsius on the, 1S6S, 117 
-albuminous substances contained 
in the, of vertebrate and invertebrate 
animals, a comparative view T of the, by 
Dr. W. D. Halliburton, 1885, 1077 
-- ammonia in, Dr. J. Davy on the 
presence of, as a normal constituent, 
1863, 112 
-ammonia in, Dr. A. Gamgee on ex- 
jDeriments confirmatory of those of 
Kiihne on the non-existence of, 1865, 
107 
i!: -ammonia and its homologues in 
the, W. L. Scott on the presence of, 
1866, 92 
-- carbonic oxide on the, Dr. A. 
Gamgee on the action of, 1S66, 91 
-capillary circulation of the, in 
mammals, Dr. R. Strieker and Prof. J. 
Burdon Sanderson on a new method of 
studying the, 1870, 142 
-- circulation of the, Dr. George 
Robinson on the study of the, 1862, 
134 
*Blood, circulation of the, Prof. A. Ru¬ 
therford exhibited a model of the, 
1871, 141 
-circulation of the, Prof. A. Buchanan 
on the pressure of the atmosphere as 
an auxiliary force in carrying on the, 
1871, 137 
-— coagulation of the, in relation to its 
cause. Dr. John Davy on the, 1862, 125 
* -coagulation of the, Dr. W. B. 
Richardson on, 1867, 103 
-coagulation of the, E. A. Schafer on 
the, 1872, 155 
-- coagulation of the, Prof. H. N. Mar¬ 
tin and W. H. Howmll on the, 1884, 774 
-- of the common earthworm, Dr. 
John Davy on the, 1862, 124 
- corpuscle, Dr. Edwards Crisp on 
the size of the, in relation to the size 
of the animal, its swiftness and powers 
of endurance, 1864, 121 
* -corpuscles, white, Dr. Beheir on the 
generation of, 1868, 112 
* -corpuscles, E. Ray Lankester on the 
action of some gases and. vapours on 
the red, 1870, 142 
--corpuscles, L. C. Wooldridge on the 
stroma of mammalian red, 1879, 418 
- heat generated in the , during the 
process of arterialisation , 1870, 228 ; 
1871, 137 
--of Limulus polyphemus, F. Gotch 
and J. P. Laws on the, 1884, 774 
* -magnetic and diamagnetic pro¬ 
perties of the, Dr. A. Gamgee on the, 
1871, 138 
- muscle, nerve, and. Dr. E. Norris on 
muscular irritability and the relations 
which exist between, 1866, 157 
-toxic conditions of the, illustrated 
by the action of hydrocyanic acid, T. 
S. Ralph on some, IS82, 577 
——vessels, Dr. G. D. Gibb on variations 
in the great arterial, 1866, 73 
Blowing wells near Northallerton, the, 
T. Fairley on, 1881, 544 ; analyses of 
the water and gas therefrom, by T. 
Fairley, 601 
Blowpipe analysis, Lieut.-Col. Ross on a 
new system of, 1881, 59 S 
Bloxam (G. W.) on the exploration of 
New Guinea, 1885, 690 ; on the scientific 
examination of the country in the vi¬ 
cinity of Mount Eoraima, in Guiana, 
ib .; on the North-western tribes of the 
Dominion of Canada, 1885, 696 ; 1886, 
285 ; 1887, 173 ; 1888, 233 ; 1889, 797 ; 
1890, 553 
- on the prehistoric race in the Greek 
islands, 1886, 284 ; 1S87, 200 ; 1888, 99 
- on racial photographs from the an¬ 
cient Egyptian pictures and sculptures, 
1887, 439 
- on the effects of different occupa - 
