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tions and employments on the physical 
development of the human body , 1888, 
ioo; 1889, 186 
Bloxam (G. W.) on the nomad tribes of 
Asia Minor , 1889, 176 ; 1890, 535 
- on the anthropological 'measurements 
tahen at Bath , 1889, 423 
- on the natives of India , 1890, 547 ; 
on the anthropological measurements 
tahen at Newcastle (1889), 549 
-and Dr. J. G. Garson, observations 
made in the anthropometric laboratory 
at Manchester, 1888, 854 
-and C. Roberts on the physical 
characters and proportions of the 
Zulus, 1881, 702 
-(Thomas) on the influence of clean 
and unclean surfaces in voltaic action, 
1871, 47 
Blue-colouring matter, a, found in cer¬ 
tain wood undergoing decomposition 
in the forest, preliminary notes on, by 
Prof. G. P. Girdwood and J. Bemrose, 
1884, 689 
* Blumenbachia hieronymi, Urban, the 
contrivances for the seed protection 
and distribution in, W. Gardiner on, 
1888, 716 
Blunt (W. S.) on proposed Indo-Medi- 
terranean railways, with an account 
of a journey by land from Bagdad to 
Bushire, 1879, 440 
*Blyth (C.) on an improved machine for 
drawing-off, measuring, and cutting 
cloth and other materials for manu¬ 
facturing purposes, 1868, 188 
-(Prof. J.) on anew form of galvano¬ 
meter, 1885, 939 
-on a new form of current-weigher 
for the absolute determination of the 
strength of an electric current, 1886, 
521 ; exhibition and description of 
Miller’s portable torsion magnetic 
meter, 556 
-on a new form of current-weigher, 
1889, 511 
Boarding-out of pauper children in 
England, W. Tullack on the, 1876, 
209 
-of pauper children, Miss I. M. Tod 
on the, 1878, 659 
- as a method of pauper education 
and a check on hereditary pauperism, 
Miss W. L. Hall on, 1886, 753 
Boas (Dr. F.) on the Indians of British 
Columbia , 1888, 233 ; 1889, 801 ; 1890, 
562 
^Boat-lowering apparatus, E. J. Hill on, 
1872, 246 
Boats, George Fawcus on a new r method 
of constructing, 1863, 172 
- G. Fawcus on improvements in 
blocks for lowering ships’, and for im¬ 
provements in boats, 1865, 1 S 4 
Boats, G. Fawcus on improvements in 
the packing of, 1868, 189 
-&c., the disengaging of, E. J. Hill 
on, 1888, 807 
Bock (Carl) on the Dutch Indian Go¬ 
vernment exploring expedition in 
Borneo, 1880, 661 
^Bodies, natural, a new physiological 
principle for the formation of, Prof. C. 
Jessen on, 1887, 783 
* - of man and animals, a new geo¬ 
metry for the, Prof. Jessen on, 1887, 783 
Bodily efficiency , the advisability of as¬ 
signing marhs for, in the examination 
of candidates for the public services, 
F. Galton on, 1.889, 471 
- exercise, influence of, on the elimi¬ 
nation of nitrogen, report on the , 1880, 
159 ; 1882, 269 ; 1883 , 242 ; 1884, 265 
Body, interim report on the effects of dif¬ 
ferent occupations and employments on 
the physical development of the human, 
1889, 186 
*Bogg (E. B.) on fishing Indians of Van¬ 
couver’s Island, 1866, 96 
*Bohuslan district, the upper tertiary 
strata of the, Dr. A. W. Malm on, 1863, 
191 
*Boiler Committee of the Admiralty, the 
experiments of the, Capt. Aynsley on, 
1877, 199 
Boiler explosions, G. B. Airy on steam- y 
1863, 686 
- report of the Committee appointed to 
consider and report how far coroners T 
inquisitions are satisfactory tribunals 
for the investigation of, and how these 
tribunals may be improved, 1869, 47 ; 
1870, 1 ; 1871, 166 
* -Lavington E. Fletcher on Govern¬ 
ment action with regard to, 1869, 210 
-E. B. Marten on, 1870, 222 ; 188b", 
823 
* -W. F. Barrett on a condition affect¬ 
ing the spheroidal state of liquids and 
its probable effect on certain, 1872, 48 
Boiler for generating steam of high pres¬ 
sure, Dr. F. Grimaldi on a, new marine, 
1862, 186 
-incrustation, Dr. Aug. Voelcker on 
the composition of a marine, 1865, 39 
- incrustation and corrosion, F. J. 
Rowan on, 1876, 229 
Boilers, the design and use of, F. J. 
Rowan on, 1878, 712 
- pipes, and cylinders of steam- 
engines, W. Smith on Mr. James 
* Spence’s invention of a novel method 
of covering, for the prevention of the 
radiation of heat, 1863, 187 
Boiling-point of the saturated solutions 
of various salts by boiling with steam 
of 100° C., P. Spence on an attempt to 
determine the, 1870, 64 
