GENERAL INDEX. 
47 
Bonney (Prof. T. G.), preliminary note on 
traverses of the western and of the 
eastern Alps made during the summer 
of 1887, 1887, 705 ; observations on the 
rounding of pebbles by Alpine rivers, 
with a note on their bearing upon the 
origin of the Bunter conglomerate, 721 
-on a boulder of granitoid gneiss or 
gneissoid granite in the Halifax Hard- 
bed coal, i 888 , 661 
- on the work of the Corresponding 
Societies Committee , 1889, 187 ; 1890, 55 
--- preliminary note on the alleged 
occurrence of fossils in the Crystalline 
Schists of the Lepontine Alps, 1889, 
571 ; the effects of pressure on Crystal¬ 
line limestones, ib. 
- on the collection , preservation , and 
systematic registration of photographs 
of geological interest in the United 
Kingdom , 1890, 429 
Bonwick (J.) on the extinct volcanoes of 
Australia, 1861, 109 
- on the origin of the Tasmanians, 
geologically considered, 1869, 129 
Boole (Prof. G.) on the differential equa¬ 
tion of dynamics, 1862, 3 
Boole’s ‘ Laws of Thought,’ R. L. Ellis on, 
1870, 12 ; Rev. R. Harley on, 14 
-mathematical analysis of logic, Rev. 
Prof. Harley on, 1866, 3 
Booth (Rev. Dr.) on an instrument for 
describing geometrical curves, invented 
by H. Johnston, 1862, 3 
*Bore, a natural, velocity of advance of, 
Sir W. Thomson on, 1886, 547 
* - a standing, artificial production 
and maintenance of, Sir W. Thomson 
on the, 1886, 547 
Boring and tunnelling, General Haupt on 
the application of machinery to, 1867 ,15 5 
--machine, Dr. C. Le Neve Foster on 
Bergstroem’s, 1867, 154 
Borneo, certain caves in, report of the 
Committee for exploring , 1879, 149 ; 
second quarterly report , by A. H. 
Everett 
-British North, W. B. Pryeron, 1886, 
733 
-British North, notes on the recent de¬ 
velopment, exploration, and commer¬ 
cial geography of, by A. Cook, 1889, 667 
-North, fire-making in, S. B. J. Sker- 
tchly on, 1889, 795 
-- the Dutch Indian exploring expedi¬ 
tion in, Carl Bock on, 1880, 661 
-North, E. P. Gueritz on, 1884, 805 
* -traps, on some, S. B. J. Skertchly 
on, 1889, 795 
Borness Cave, Kirkcudbrightshire, A. R. 
Hunt on the, 1883, 561 
Borns (Dr. H.) on the inconveniences of 
the present mode of quoting scientific 
journals, 1884, 65 
*Borrowdaile series of the Coniston flags 
of the North of England, Profs. Hark- 
ness and H. A. Nicholson on the strata 
and fossils between the, 1876, 90 
Bosanquet (R. H. M.) on the conditions 
of the transformation of pendulum- 
vibrations, with an experimental illus¬ 
tration, 1876 , 45 
Boscawen (W. St. C.) on the Hittites, 
1880, 632 
Boscovich’s theory, Sir W. Thomson on, 
1889, 494 
Bosjes pelvis, Prof. Cleland on the, 1887, 
902 
* -skulls, Dr. Knox on, 1876, 166 
Bosnia, land tenure in, Miss Irby on, 
1887, 837 
Bosphorus and Dardanelles, Dr. Car¬ 
penter on the undercurrents of the, 
1873, 41 
Bos primigenius , the direct descendants 
of, in Great Britain, some observations 
on, by G. P. Hughes, 1884, 772 
*Bostel (D. T.) on a modification of the 
earth-closet, 1872, 241 
*Boswellia , Dr. Birdwood on the genus, 
1869, 108 
Botanical bibliography of the Lesser 
Antilles, by W. B. Hems ley, 1888, 438 
-gardens for elementary schools, P. 
Sewell on, 1889, 648 
- station at Peradeniya , Ceylon, 
report on the steps taken for estab¬ 
lishing a, 1887, 96 ; 1888, 421 ; 1889, 
114 ; 1890,470 
Botany, fossil researches in, by J. Spencer, 
1881, 627 
-of Madagascar, J. G. Baker on the, 
1881, 663 
--materials of the Linnean and other 
herbaria, Prof. L. Radlkofer on the 
determination of the, 1885, 1080 
* - practical instruction in, Prof. 
Lawson on a course of, 1873, 105 
—— systematic, G. Bentham on the recent 
progress and present state of, 1874, 27 
- teaching of, the use of graphic 
representations of life-histories in the, 
Prof. F. O. Bower on, 1885, 1057 
* - the teaching of, discussion on, 
1890, 853 
Botany and Zoology, including Physio¬ 
logy, Addresses by the Presidents of 
the Section of :— 
Manchester, Prof. C. C. Babington, 
1861, 137 
Cambridge, Prof. T. H. Huxley, *1862 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Prof. Balfour, 
1863, 91 
Bath, Dr. J. E. Gray, 1864, 75 
Birmingham, Dr. T. Thomson, *1865 
At the Birmingham Meeting, 1865, 
the title of the Section was 
changed to Biology. 
