GENERAL INDEX. 
1883, 41 ; 1884, 2Q ; 1885, 31 ; 1886, 
145 ; 1887, 206 ; 1888, 55 ; 1889, 41 ; 
1890, 95 
Adams (i J rof. W. G.) on the lest means of 
comparing and reducing magnetic ob¬ 
servations, 1886, 64 ; 1887 , 320 ; 1888, 
28 ; 1889, 49 ; 1890, 172 
- on the desirability of introducing a 
uniform nomenclature for the funda¬ 
mental units of mechanics, 1888, 27 
-(W. M.) on the mensurator, a new 
instrument for the solution of triangles, 
1872, 59 
Adam’s Leak in Ceylon, Hon. R. Aber- 
cromby onthe peculiar sunrise shadows 
of, 1886, 528 
Adamson (S. A.), notes on the discovery 
of a large fossil tree in the Lower Coal- 
measures at Clayton, near Bradford, 
1886, 628 
- on the collection, preservation, and 
systematic registration of photographs 
of geological interest in the United 
Kingdom, 1890, 429 
Adams-Reilly (A.) on a recent survey 
of the chain of Mont Blanc, 1865, 128 
*Adansonia digitata, J. J. Monteiro on 
the application of the fibre of, 1875, 
158 
-‘Adantean race of Western Europe, J. 
W. Jackson on the, 1871, 153 
Adderley (Right Hon. C. B.), report on 
the uniformity of weights and measures, 
1864, 102 ; 1865, 375 ; 1866, 352 ; 1867, 
468 ; 1868, 484 ; 1869, 308 ; 1870, 
232 ; 1871, 198 ; 1872 , 25 ; 1874,359 
Addresses presented to the Association in 
Canada, 1884, 925 
Adelphotaxy, an undescribed form of 
irritability, Prof. M. M, Hartog on, 
1888, 702 
* Adiabatic curves for ether, gas, and 
liquid, at high temperatures, Prof. W. 
Ramsay on the, 1890, 746 
*Adipocere, D. J. Goodman on protoplasm 
and, 1875, 167 
* Adler (M. 1ST.) on the almanac, 1861, 12 
Admiralty estimates, Frank P. Fellows 
on the scheme of Mr. C. Seely, M.P., 
and F. P. Fellows for, and ‘ finance,’ 
‘ expense,’ ‘ manufacturing,’ and other 
accounts, &c., recommended for adop¬ 
tion by the Committee of the House of 
Commons on Naval Monies, and now 
being introduced, 1868, 159 
-monies and accounts, F. P. Fellows 
on, 1880, 668 
Adolescence, Dr. J. Beddoe on the mor¬ 
tality of, 1875, 205 
Adulteration Act, the, in so far as it 
relates to the prosecution of milk- 
sellers, E. H. Cook on, 1878, 506 
* Aerial currents, Prof. Colding on, 1871, 
53 
Aerial navigation, F. W. Brearev ort,, 
1865, 17 
-navigation, C. A. Bowdler on, 1872, 
241 
f-vibration, an instrument for mea¬ 
suring the intensity of, Prof. Lord 
Rayleigh on, 1882, 477 
Aerolite, Dr. A. Neumayer on the recent 
fall of an, at Krahenburg in the Palati¬ 
nate, 1869, 20 
Aerolites, an attempt to account for the 
physical condition and the fall of 
meteorites upon our planet, by W. 
Plaidinger, 1861, 15 
--R. P. Greg on W. Haidinger’s com¬ 
munication on the origin and fall of, 
1861, 13 
-Prof. N. S. Maskelyne on, 1862, 1 S 8 
- See ‘ Meteorites.’ 
Aerorthometer, the, an instrument for 
correcting the measure of a gas, by A. 
Vernon Harcourt, 1882, 499 
JEsculus hippocastaneum, Dr. John Davy 
on the, 1864, 121 
AEther, queries respecting, by C. Brooke, 
1870, 36 
- Sir W. Thomson on the Vortex theory 
of luminiferous, 1887, 486 
- See ‘ Ether.’ 
vEthereal friction, Prof. B. Stewart on, 
1873, 32 
Afghan War :—W. Simpson on the Jellal- 
abad region, 1879, 443 ; Capt. G. Mar¬ 
tin on the Kuram valley, 445 ; Capt. 
R. Beavan on the country between 
Kandahar and Girishk, ib. ; Lieut. 
St. G. C. Gore on the Pishin valley, 
446 ; Major Campbell onthe Shorawak 
valley and Toba plateau, 447 ; Capt. 
T. H. Hildich, new routes to Candahar, 
ib.; Major Rogers on surveys round 
Kandahar, 448 
*- frontier, C. E. D. Black on the, 
1886, 734 
Africa, Dr. J. E. Gray on the crocodiles 
of, 1862, 106 
-the United University Mission to, 
proceedings of the, Rev. II. C. Scuda¬ 
more on, 1862, 196 
- J. Hogg on some old maps of, 1863, 
13 S 
- P. B. Du Cbaillu on the physical 
geography and tribes of western equa¬ 
torial, 1866, 107 
-J. J. Pratt on the colony of New 
Scotland in, 1867, 128 
-Prof. Henri Coquand on the paral¬ 
lelism of the Cretaceous strata of 
England and the north of France with 
those of the west, south-west, and 
south of France and north of, 1868, 
61 
-extracts from the official despatches 
of Dr. Livingstone, 1872, 211 
