GENERAL INDEX. 
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1879,223; 1880,318; 1881,222; 1882, 
310 ; 1883 , 316 ; 1884, 293 ; 1885,695 
Bkamwell [Sir F. J.] on some of the 
developments of mechanical engineering 
during the last half-century , 1881, 494 
- on the best means of ascertaining 
the effective wind pressures to which 
buildings and structures are exposed, 
*1881, 779 ; 1882, 315 
*-on the Society of Arts Patent Bill, 
1881, 780 
- on the determination of a gauge for 
the manufacture of various small 
screws, 1882, 311 ; 1883, 318 ; 1884, 
287 
- *on an arithmetical model, 1882, 
478 ; on compressed air as applied to 
locomotion, 666 ; an apparatus for re¬ 
cording the results of experiments 
with railway brakes, 677 
- on the endurance of metals under 
repeated and varying stresses, and the 
proper working stresses on railway 
bridges , Sgc., 1886, 284 ; 1887, 424 
——- on the advisability and possibility 
of establishing in other parts of the 
country observations upon the prevalence 
of earth tremors similar to those now 
being made in Durham, 1888, 522 
—— Presidential Address to the Associa¬ 
tion at Bath, 1888, 3 
-- (H.), notes on the coast between the 
rivers Tyne and Wear, 1888, 905 
-(Lord), Address to the Section of 
Economic Science and Statistics, 1888, 
749 
Branchipus or Cliirocephalus in a fossil 
state, the occurrence of, in the upper 
part of the Fluvio-marine series 
(Middle Eocene) at Gurnet and Thor- 
ness Bays, near Cowes, Isle of Wight, 
H. Woodward on, 1877, 78 
Brandis (Dr.) on the geographical dis¬ 
tribution of forests in India, 1872, 
205 
Brandon (Raphael), some statistics of 
railways in their relation to the public, 
1869, 180 
Branfill (Col. B. R.), notes on the 
physiography of Southern India, 1885, 
1124 
Brass, Dr. J. D. Everett on the results 
of experiments on the rigidity of, 1867, 
153 
- and copper, the electro-deposition 
of, W. H. Walenn on, 1870, 67 
Brassey (T.) on combinations of capital 
and labour, 1875, 146 
Brayley (E. W.), report on observations 
of luminous meteors, 1862, 1 ; 1863, 209 ; 
1864, 1 ; 1865, 57 ; 1866, 16 ; 1867, 
2 S 8 ; 1868, 344 ; 1869, 216 
- inferences and suggestions in cos- 
mical and geological philosophy , new 
theory of the origin and formation of 
meteorites, 1865, 132 
^Brazil, G. R. Rumney on a coal-field in, 
1865, 73 
-the Rev. C. G. Nicolay on the geo¬ 
logy of the Chapada Diamantina, in 
the province of Bahia, 1868, 74 
-C. Mackenzie on, 1885, 1105 
-the physical geographical features 
of, in relation to their influence upon 
the development, or otherwise, of the 
industrial and commercial interests of 
the country, J. W. Wells on, 1890, 893 
- the valley of the Rio Doce, W. J. 
Steains on, 1887, 804 
*Bread plants, the geography of, M. 
Michelsen on, 1862, 196 
Brearey (F. W.) on aerial navigation, 
suggested by Mr. Glaisher’s late bal¬ 
loon ascents, 1865, 17 
*-on flight and its imitations, 1879, 
292 
-on artificial flight, 1881, 545 
*Breech-loading firearms, C. F. Dennet 
on, 1872, 242 
- small arms, A. Wylie on the pro¬ 
gress of invention in, during the past 
twenty years, 1872, 252 
Breguet (A. N.), notes of experiments 
on the electric currents produced by the 
Gramme magneto-electric machine, 
1874, 33 
*Brewer (F.), underground electrical 
work in America, 1887, 882 
Brewing in Japan, Prof. R. W. Atkinson 
on,1881, 585 
Brewster (Sir David) on photographic 
micrometers, 1861, 28 ; on the com¬ 
pensation of impressions moving over 
the retina, 29 ; on the optical study of 
the retina, ib. ; on binocular lustre, ib. 
■ - meteorological and physical observa¬ 
tions in three balloon ascents made in 
1865 and 1866, 1866, 367 
-on the alleged correspondence be¬ 
tween Pascal and Newton, 1867, 1 ; on 
figures of equilibrium of liquid films, 
6 ; on the colours of the soap- 
bubble, ib. ; notice respecting the 
enamel photographs executed b} r Mr. 
M‘Raw, 8 ; on the motion and colours 
upon films of alcohol, volatile oils, 
and other fluids, ib. ; on the radiant 
spectrum, ib. ; on a hay-stack struck 
by lightning, 19 
Bridge (R.) on the great earthquake at 
Mendoza (March 20, 1861), 1861, 187 
-(Prof.) on the herds of wild cattle 
in Chartley Park and other parks in 
Great Britain, 1887, 135 
Bridge, cantilever, T. C. Clarke and C. 
Macdonald on the Louisville and New 
Albany, 1886, 799 
-design, mechanical pathology con- 
