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GENERAL INDEX. 
Alkali manufacture, an improved system 
of, J. Mactear on, 1877, 52 
* -by the Mactear process, J. 
Mactear on the regeneration of sulphur 
employed in the, 1877, 52 
.-A. E. Fletcher on the present 
position of the, 1887, 638 
-- waste, Dr. Ludwig Mond on the 
manufacture of sulphur from, in Great 
Britain, 1868, 40 
* -waste, W. Weldon on the means of 
suppressing, 1876, 70 
Alkalimetrjq new method of, L. Siebold 
on a, 1878, 509 
Alkaloids of the aconites, G. H. Beckett 
and Dr. C. R. A. Wright on the, 1875, 37 
--of the aconites, Dr. C. R. A. Wright 
on the, 1876, 71 ; *1877, 54 
—.— from Japanese aconite, preliminary 
account of the, by Dr. B. H. Paul and 
C. T. Kingzett, 1877, 52 
- report on the chemistry of some of the 
lesser known, especially veratria and 
bebeerine, 1878, 105 ; 1879, 133 
Alkyl nitrites, the reduction-products of 
the, Prof. Dunstan and T. S. Dymond on, 
1887, 649 
Allan (F. H. T.) on a safe and rapid 
evaporating-pan, 1876, 61 
*Allen (A. H.) on the detection of adul¬ 
teration of tea, 1873, 62 
-- on the estimation of potash and phos¬ 
phoric acid , 1875, 24 
* -- on a method of effecting the solu¬ 
tion of difficultly soluble substances, 
1875, 37 
.-a lecture experiment in illustration of 
the Hollway process of smelting sul¬ 
phide ores, 1879, 300 ; on the presence 
of nitrogen in steel, 302 ; on petroleum 
spirit or ‘benzoline,’ 318 
-on the specific rotatory power of 
cane and invert sugar, 1880, 541 ; fur¬ 
ther notes on petroleum spirit and 
analogous liquids, 547 ; *on the so- 
called ‘ normal ’ solutions of volumetric 
analysis, 549 
--on the separation of hydrocarbon 
oils from fat oils, 1881, 589 
-*an apparatus for determining the 
viscosity of oils, 1885, 992 ; *on the 
action of water on lead, 993 
--on the utilisation of blast-furnace 
creosote, 1887, 640 
-- (A. J. C.) on some problems in the 
conduction of electricity, 1879, 261 
--(Edward) on a remarkable human 
skull found near York, 1881, 704 
-(E. E.) on the importance of econo¬ 
mising fuel in iron-plated ships, 1862, 
182 
--(J. Fenwick) on the alloys of copper, 
tin, zinc, lead, and other metals with 
manganese, 1870, 50 
Allen (J. R.) on the prehistoric sculp¬ 
tures of Ilkley, Yorkshire, 1878, 580 
Allenheads and other lead-veins of York¬ 
shire, Charles Moore on the organic 
contents of the lead-veins of, 1863, 83 
Allhusen (Lieut.-Col. Henry C.) on the 
volunteer force; its comparative cost, 
development, j)resent state, and pro¬ 
spects, 1863, 150 
*Alliott (Miss F. S.) on the Dutch in 
South Africa, 1886, 834 
Allium carinatum exhibited by the Rev. 
M. J. Berkeley, 1868, 89 
Allman (Dr. G. J.) on an early stage in 
the development of Comatula, and its 
palaeontological relations, 1862, 65 ; on 
the generative zooid of Clavatella, 100 ; 
on the structure of Corymorplia nutans, 
101 ; on some new British Tubularidm, 
ih. 
--- report on the present state of our 
knowledge of the reproductive system in 
the Hydroida , 1863, 351 
--- on the structure of certain hydroid 
Medusas, 1867, 77 
--on the structure of Coppinia arcta , 
1868, 87 
--- on the structure and development 
of Mitraria, 1872, 129 ; on some points 
in the development of Vorticellid®, 
130 ; on the structure of Noctiluca, 
131 ; on the structure of Edwardsia, 
132 ; on the structure of Cyphonautes , 
*33 
- Address to the Biological Section, 
1873, 94 ; on some recent results with 
the towing-net on the south coast of 
Ireland, 106 
--on some points in the histology of 
Myriothela phrygia, 1874, 135 
- Presidential Address at Sheffield, 
1879, 1 
-- on palaeontological and zoological 
researches in Mexico, 1880, 254 
•- on the Scottish Zoological Station, 
1881 , 177; 1882,282; 1883,233 
- on the occupation of a table at the 
Zoological Station at Naples, 1881, 178 ; 
1882, 288 ; 1883, 234 
—— on the researches on food-fishes at 
the St. Andrews marine laboratory, 
1888, 141 
Allotments, small holdings and, F. Impey 
on, 1886, 755 
-—- Lord Onslow on, 1886, 765 
Alloy of silver and copper, W. C. Roberts 
on the molecular arrangement of the, 
employed for the British silver coinage, 
1871, 80 
A lloys. Dr. A. Matthiessen on the variation 
of the electrical resistance of, due to 
change of temperature, 1862, 136 ; 1863, 
127 
-- Dr. A. Matthiessen on the chemical 
