GENERAL INDEX. 
9 
Alcohol, vinylic, II. E. Armstrong on the 
nature of Berthelot’s, 1875, 37 
*_-. and water combinations, Prof. 
MendelGeff on, 1887, 647 
- metliylic , Dr. Richardson on the phy¬ 
siological action of , 1867, 49 ; on the 
physical changes of blood produced by, 
1868, 174 
-Dr. Francis E. Anstie on certain 
effects of, on the pulse, 1868, 111 
* -Dr. Binz on the action of, on warm¬ 
blooded animals, 1873. 124 
-the action of, on the brain, C. T. 
Kingzett on, 1876, 154 
-the taxation of, S. Bourne on, 1882, 
637 
-the taxation of, the revenue from, 
G. B. Powell on, 1882, 636 
Alcoholic drinks, the effect of, on length 
of human life, W. B. Robinson on, 1883, 
620 
-liquors, a new and rapid method of 
testing, Dr. W. Bott on, 1887, 660 
Alcohols , J. A. Wariklyn on isomerism 
among the , 1866, 455 
Alcyonarla, the polymorphism of, Prof. 
M. Marshall on, 1883, 529 
Aldeby, C. B. Rose on the Crag at, 1868, 77 
Aldehyde, cyanhydrate, Dr. M. Simpson 
and Dr. A. Gautier on, 1867, 40 
- Dr. T. Emerson Reynolds on the 
action of, on the two primary ureas, 
1871, 76 
Alder (Joshua), descriptions of new 
British Polyzoa, with remarks on some 
imperfectly known species, 1863, 97 
- notices of some invertebrata in con¬ 
nection with the report of Mr. Gwyn 
Jeffreys on dr edging among the Hebrides , 
1886, 206 
Aldershot camp, Sergeant Arnold on the 
climate of, 1866, 15 
Alecto and Hlppothoa from the Lower 
Silurian rocks of Ohio, description of 
species of, with a description of Aulo- 
pora arachnoldea, by Dr. H. A. Nichol¬ 
son, 1871, 90 
Aleppy mud bank, C. R. Markham on the, 
1866, 113 
Alexander (Sir James Edward) on the 
Maories of New Zealand, with sugges¬ 
tions for their pacification and preser¬ 
vation, 1864, 136 
* -on the effects of the pollution of 
rivers, 1866, 89 
* - on the preservation of fishing- 
streams, 1867, 77 
* -on the effects of the pollution of 
rivers on the supply of fish, 1870, 109 
-on sanitary measures for Scottish 
villages, 1871, 200 
* -on the pollution of rivers, 1872, 220 
-on the use and abuse of peat, 1873, 
*83 
^Alexander (Sir James Edward) on 
the probable cost and propriety of re¬ 
moving to England the fallen obelisk 
of Alexandria, 1875, 204 
* -on the oldest woman in Scotland, 
1876, 164 
* -on the supposed true site of Mount 
Sinai, 1877, 141 
- on the preservation of fish and 
preventing the pollution of rivers, 1880, 
672 
--- on the improvement of freshwater 
fisheries, 1881, 680 
-onthe'evils arising from the pollution 
of rivers, 1883, 605 
-(Stephen) on the augmentation of 
the apparent diameter of a body by its 
atmospheric refraction, 1863, 3 
* -(Dr. B. W.) on the physiology of 
therapeutics of the chloral hydrate and 
anaesthetics generally, 1884, 785 
^Alexandria, the fallen obelisk of, Sir J. 
E. Alexander on the probable cost and 
propriety of removing to England, 1875, 
204 
*Algse, parasitic, W. Archer on, 1873, 104 
* - the fucaceous, Prof. P. M. Duncan, 
on the motion of protoplasm in, 1873, 
126 
-■ from Jersey, Dr. C. J. B. Williams on 
specimens of marine, 1874, 134 
-fossil, some supposed, from Carbon¬ 
iferous rocks, Prof. W. C. Williamson 
on, 1883, 493 
-supposed fossil, Sir J. W. Dawson 
on Canadian examples of, 1886, 651 
Algebra of logic, the fundamental prin¬ 
ciples of the, A. Macfarlane on, 1879, 
262 
^Algebraical equations, Rev. Prof. R. 
Harley on finite solutions of, 1867, 4 
-expansions, of which the fractional 
series for the cotangent and cosecant 
are the limiting forms, J. W. L. Glaisher 
on, 1880, 482 
- polynomials, J. J. Walker on the 
conditions of the resolvability of homo¬ 
geneous, into factors, 1863, 3 
^Algeria, Colonel L. Playfair on the hy¬ 
drographical system of the freshwater 
fish of, 1871, 134 
-western, a journey in, in May 1886, 
by Col. Sir L. Playfair, 1886, 735 
-Sir L. Playfair on some remarkable 
monuments near Tiaret in, 1889, 668 
Algin, a new substance obtained from 
seaweed, E. C. C. Stanford on, 1883, 464 
* Alizarine, artificial, W. H. Perkin on, 
1870, 61 
Alkali manufacture, the history of the, 
W. Gossage on, 1861, 80 
-a new mechanical furnace used 
in the, and for calcining purposes gene¬ 
rally, J. Mactear on, 1877, *52, 217 
