GENERAL INDEX. 
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Ammonia, Dr. Daubeny on the evolution 
of, from volcanos, 1861, 77 
-W. Marriott on the separation of, 
from coal-gas, 1861, 86 
* -the formation of, from nitrogen in 
the atmosphere, W. L. Scott on, 1865, 
191 
* -P. T. Main and A. E. Catton on a 
new synthesis of, 1867, 40 
—— from gas-liquor, Frederick Braby on 
the extraction of, 1869, 63 
* -a new method of recovering, from 
sewage, by J. B. Kinnear, 1883, 474 
-from shoddy and allied substances, 
a method of obtaining, W. Marriott 
on, 1882, 500 
*Ammoniacal salts, the action of, on 
metallic sulphides, M. de Clermont on, 
1879, 309 
Ammonias, the substituted, the molecular 
wmights of, Prof. J. Dewar and Dr. 
A. Scott on, 1883, 460 
Ammonia-soda process, recovery nf the 
ammonia and chlorine in the, F. Bale 
on, 1888, 638 
*Ammonic seleniocyanide, Dr. Cameron 
on, 1876, 63 
Ammonites, Dr. Thomas Wright on the 
development of, 1861, 73 
-and aptychi, C. Moore on, 1879, 
34i 
-Rev. J. F. Blake on the Yorkshire 
Lias, and the distribution of its, 187), 
90 ; list of, in the author's cabinet, 91 
Ammonitic spiral, Prof. Phillips on the, 
in reference to the power of flotation 
attributed to the animal, 1873, 85 
-septa, Prof. Phillips on the, in rela¬ 
tion to geological time, 1873, 86 
Ammonium, Dr. George D. Gibb on the 
plivsiological effects of the bromide of, 
1862, 128 
- Dr. George D. Gibb on the physiolo¬ 
gical effects of the bromide of, 1863, 81 
—— sulphocyanide of, Dr. T. L. Phipson 
on, 1868, 41 
* Amp elide oe, Prof. Lawson on structural 
peculiarities of the, 1874, 134 
*Amp£re gauge, Sir W. Thomson on an, 
1890, 956 
Amphibia, Columella auris in the, Prof. 
T. H. Huxley on the development of 
the, 1874, 141 
* -anurous, in the Jurassic deposits of 
America, Prof. 0. C. Marsh on the dis¬ 
covery of, 1885, 1033 
Amphibious animals, F. Galton on the 
vision of, 1865, 10 
Ampullae in MiUepora murrayi (Quelch), 
the meaning of the, Dr. S. J. Hickson 
on, 1890, 863 
Amsler'splanimcter, F. J. Braimvell on, 
1872, 401 
Amsterdam, Dr. P. L. Sclater on the 
birth of a young hippopotamus in the 
Zoological Society’s Gardens at, 1865, 
93 
Amygdaloids of the Tynemouth Dyke, 
J. J. H. Teall on the, 1889, 572 
*Amyl, the nitrite of, Dr. B. W. Richard¬ 
son on the physiological properties of, 
1864, 191 
- nitrite of, report by Dr. B. W. 
Bichardson on the physiological action 
of, 1864, 120; physical effect on dead 
organic matters, ib .; physiological 
effects on living organisms, 121 ; patho¬ 
logical effects, 127 ; comparison of its- 
effects with those of other amyl-com¬ 
pounds and other bodies, ib. ; ivhy it 
exalts the rapidity of the circulation , 
ib. 
* -- compounds, 1865, 272 ; amylene, 
ib.; amylic alcohol, 276; acetate of 
amyl, 277; iodide of amyl, ib .; prac¬ 
tical conclusions, 279 
- and ethyl compounds, 1866, 172 ; 
nitrite of amyl as a remedy, 174; the 
amyls as antiseptics, 176; oxide of 
ethyl, 177; acetate of ethyl and hydro¬ 
fluoric ether, 178; nitrite of ethyl , 
'ib. 
-alcohol, the action of nitrous gases 
upon, J. Williams and M. 11. Smith on, 
1885, 992 
Amylacetonamine, F. Guthrie on, 1868, 38 
* Amylene, Dr. Bauer on the action of 
chlorine on, 1866, 33 
* Anaesthesia, local, physiological demon¬ 
strations of, by Dr. B. W. Richardson, 
1866, 92 
-Dr. Kidd on the physiology of sleep 
and of chloroform, 1869, 125 
Anaesthetics, the direct action of, on the 
frog-heart, J. McGregor Robertson on, 
1885, 1057 
Analyse spectrale, l'application de V, d la 
mecanique molcculaire, et sur les spec¬ 
tres de Voxyyene, Dr. J. Janssen sur , 
1888, 547 
Analysis, chemical, some circular tables 
for, S. P. Thompson on, 1877, 53 
Analytical engine of the late Charles 
Babbage, F.R.S., the mechanical ar¬ 
rangements of the, Major-Gen. H. P. 
Babbage on, 1888, 616. ( See ‘Bab¬ 
bage.’) 
- forms called trees. Prof. Cayley on 
the, rcith application to the theory of 
chemical combinations, 1875, 257 
-called factions, Prof. Cavlev 
on the, 1875, 10 
Anatomical method, the application of 
the, to the determination of the mate¬ 
rials of Linnean and other herbaria. 
Prof. L. Radlkofer on, 1885, 10S0 
-variations, Prof. F. J. Shepherd on, 
1884,779 
