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GENERAL INDEX. 
Braham (P.) and J. W. Gatehouse on 
the dissociation of nitric acid, 1874, 55 
Brahmaputra, the Upper Irarvadi, and 
the Yang-tse-Kiang, repoH of a Com¬ 
mittee on the desirability of an explo¬ 
ration being made of the distmct be¬ 
tween the, 1868, 430 
-or Tsanpo, the lower course of the, 
Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen on, 
1877, 144 
-river, the upper course of the, C. E. 
D. Black on, 1879, 433 
Brain (F.), electricity as applied to 
mining, 1888, 815 
^Brain’s system of mining by means of 
boring-machinery, dynamite, and elec¬ 
tric blasting, S. Davis on, 1873, 213 
*Brain of an aboriginal Australian, Prof. 
A. Macalister on the, 1886, 692 
-arteries of the base of the, Prof. B. 
C. A. Windle on, 1887, 753 
-convolutions of the, T. S. Prideaux 
on the occasional definition of the, on 
the exterior of the head, 1869, 225 
-development of the, in the different 
races of man, Robert Dunn on the 
influence of civilisation upon the, 1865, 
119 
* -disturbance, some effects of, on the 
handwriting, Dr. W. H. Stone on, 1883, 
544 
-in extinct animals, the size of the, 
Prof. 0. C. Marsh on, 1885, 1065 
-functions and human character, the 
relations between, B. Hollander on, 
1889, 792 
*-—— growth, the influence of domestica¬ 
tion on, W. F. C. Browne on, 1879, 404 
-heart and, Dr. J. M. Fothergill on, 
1873, 127 
-localisation of function in the, Prof. 
D. Ferrier on the, 1873, 126 
-localisation of function in the cortex 
of the, the evidence of comparative 
anatomy with regard to, A. Hill on, 
1885, 1054 
-- in man and quadrumana, Prof. Owen 
on the, 1862, 116 
-mammalian, R. Garner on the, 1861, 
166 
- marginal convolution of the, Y. 
Horsley and Prof. E. A. Schafer on the 
functions of the, 1884, 777 
-the morphology of, and the function 
of hearing, preliminary notice of an 
inquiry into, by Prof. J. Cleland, 1874, 
141 
-of a Negro, Robert Garner on the, 
1869, 132 
-skull-sutures in connection with the 
superficies of the, Robert Garner on 
the, 1862, 126 
-the topography of the, in relation 
to the external surface of the head, a 
new method of illustrating, by Prof. 
Fraser, 1889, 794 
Brain, weight of the, Dr. Edwards Crisp 
on the relative, and on the external 
form of this organ, in relation to the 
intelligence of the animal, 1865, 84 
*Brains of insane people, Dr. Tuke and 
Prof. Rutherford on morbid appear¬ 
ances noticed in the, 1871, 144 
*Brake problem, J. Steel on the, 1876, 
233 
-railway, James Higgin on a sledge, 
1861, 262 
- the simplex, W. B. Marshall on, 
1890, 950 
Brakes, the effect of, on railway trains, 
general results of experiments on fric¬ 
tion at high velocities made in order to 
ascertain, Capt. D. Galton on, 1879, 508 
Bramwell (F. J.) on weldless tyres, 
circular rolling, and railway wheels, 
1865, 173 
- on steam-boiler explosions , 1869, 47 ; 
1870, 1 ; 1871, 166 ; 1872, 57 
- on agricultural machinery , 1869, 
404 ; on the influence of form considered 
in relation to the strength of railway 
axles and other portions of machinery 
subjected to rapid alternations of strain, 
422 
-account of some experiments upon 
a ‘ Carr disintegrator ’ at work at 
Messrs. Gibson & Walker's flour-mills, 
1871, 229 
- on instruments for measuring the 
speed of ships and currents , 1872, 176 ; 
on claims for reward for inventions 
adopted' by Government , 243 ; report on 
Amsler's planimeter , 401 
——- Address to the Mechanical Section, 
1872, 227 ; 1884, 875 
-- on dynamical and electrical units, 
1873, 222 ; 1874, 255 
-- on the treatment and utilisation of 
sewage, 1873, 413 ; 1874, 200 ; 1875, 65 ; 
1876, 225 
- on science lectures and organisation, 
1873, 495 , 507 
-on Huggett’s system of manufac¬ 
turing horse-nails, 1873, 210 
- on instruments for measuring the 
speed of ships, 1874, 255 ; 1878, 219 ; 
1879, 210 
- on the circulation of underground 
waters, 1875, 114 
- on the water supply of London, 
1877, 173 ; *on the circulation of hot 
water in buildings, 201 
- on the use of steel for structural 
purposes, 1878, 157 
■- on secular experiments on the elas¬ 
ticity of wires, 1878, 103 ; 1879, 33 ; 
1880, 61 
- on patent legislation, 1878, 157 ; 
