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GENERAL INDEX. 
Atkinson (Prof. R. W.) on brewing in 
Japan, 1881, 585 
-- and H. Yoshida on peppermint- 
camphor (menthol) and some of its 
derivatives, 1881, 585 
^Atlantic, fauna of the North, Prof. 
Wyville Thomson on the palaeonto¬ 
logical relations of the, 1871, 134 
* -geological age of the North, Prof. 
E. Hull on the, 1883, 494 
-- objects of natural history lately 
obtained from the bottom of the, Prof. 
W. King on some, 1862, 108 
f,-North, Prof. T. H. Huxley on some 
organisms which live at the bottom of 
the, in depths of 6,000 to 15,000 feet, 
1868 ,102 
--physical geography of that part of 
the, which lies between 20° N. and 
10 ° S., and extends from 10 ° to 40° 
W., Capt. H. Toynbee on the, 1875, 
196 
--Ocean, temperature obtained in the, 
during the cruise of H.M.S. 4 Challen¬ 
ger,’ Staff-Commander Tizard on the, 
1876, 185 
.- telegraph cable, William Fairbairns 
preliminary investigation of the me¬ 
chanical properties of the proposed, 
1863, 408 
--telegraph cable, North, N. J. 
Holmes on the, 1866, 27 
* -telegraph cable, C. F. Varley on 
certain phenomena which presented 
themselves in connection with the, 
1866, 14 
Atlas, chain of the Great, John Ball on 
the orography of the, 1872, 203 
* - Mountains, notes from the, by 
Joseph Thomson, 1888, 745 
-- range, Dr. J. D. Hooker on the 
ascent of the, 1871, 179 
-- ranges in the Empire of Morocco , 
report on the geography and geology of 
the, 1889, 165 ; report to the Committee 
by J. Thomson, ib.; on the geology, by 
G. Sharman and E. T. Newton, 167 ; 
list of pla'its, drawn vp at Kew, 168 ; 
list of Coleoptera, by B. G. Nevinson, 
171 
Atlas and axis, A. Macalister on the 
homologies and comparative anatomy 
of the, 1868, 117 
^Atmosphere, constitution of the, Dr. S. 
Mossman on the, 1864, 36 , 146 
--currents of the, J. K. Laughton on 
the great, 1870, 170 
-extent of the earth’s, Rev. Prof. 
Challis on the, 1862, 29 
-general circulation and distribution 
of the, J. D. Everett on the, 1871, 54 
—— dioptric and actinic quality of the, 
at a high elevation, Prof. C. Piazzi 
Smyth on a proof of the, 1863, 25 
Atmosphere, geological relations of the. 
T. Sterry Hunt on the, 1878, 544 
* -impurities in the, E. M. Dixon on 
an apparatus for the analysis of, 1876, 
63 
--life in the, J. Samuelson on, 1863. 
123 
--- lines of the solar spectrum due to 
the terrestrial, Dr. J. H. Gladstone on 
the means of observing, 1862, 43 
-movements of the, A. Buchan on 
the great. 1870, 169 
-ozone in the, John Smyth, jun., on 
an apparatus for the determination of 
the, and experiments made therewith 
by means of the aspirator, 1865, 37 
-storms and vertical disturbances of 
the, Prof. Hennessy on the connection 
between, 1861, 61 
-- movements of the, report on the ver¬ 
tical, considered in connection with 
storms and changes of the weather , 
1862, 165 
-pressure of the, Prof. A. Buchanan 
on the, as an auxiliary force in carry¬ 
ing on the circulation of the blood. 
1871, 137 
* Atmospheric air, Stewart Clark on an 
apparatus for estimating the organic 
impurities in, 1864. 26 
- air, Dr. J. Davy on the influence of, 
on vital action as tested by the air- 
pump, 1867, 100 
- electricity, observations of, at the 
Ecw Observatory during 1880, G. M 
Whipple on, 1881, 443 
-- electricity at Madeira, report on 
arrangements for taking observations 
of, 1878. 103 ; 1879, 63 
-electricity, Prof. C. Mitchie Smith 
on, 41882, 476 ; 1885, 899 
2 -electricity, Prof. L. Weber on, 1889. 
506 
-electricity and the use of Sir Wm. 
Thomson’s portable electrometer in the 
tropics, Prof. C. Mitchie Smith on, 
1889, 507 
* - gas machine, J. R. Wigham on a 
new, 1878, 437 
* -- hammer, W. D. Grimshaw on an, 
1865, 191 
-lines of the solar spectrum in high 
latitudes, George Gladstone on the, 
1868. iS 
-ozone, Dr. H. Cook on the registra¬ 
tion of, in the Bombay Presidenc}', 
and the chief causes which influence 
its appreciable amount in the atmo¬ 
sphere, 1869, 64 
- pressure, the influence of, on the 
discharge of water from springs, B. 
Latham on, 1881, 614 ; 1883, 495 
-railways, W. Smith on an improved 
valve and apparatus for, 1863, 188 
