4 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Aconitine, a new process for the prepara¬ 
tion of, J. Williams on, 1887, 665 
*Acoustic analogues to motions in the 
molecules of gases, G. J. Stoney on, 
1876, 31 
-phenomenon at Jebul Magus, in the 
Peninsula of Sinai, Capt. H. S. Palmer 
on an, 1871, 188 
^Acquired characters, are they heredi¬ 
tary? discussion on, 1887, 755 ; 1889, 
620 
__*the supposed transmission of, E.B. 
Poulton on, 1889, 620 ; feasible experi¬ 
ments on the possibility of transmit¬ 
ting acquired habits by means of 
inheritance, F. Galton on, ib. 
- the paleontological evidence for 
the transmission of, Prof. H. F. Osborn 
on, 1889, 621 
Acrylic series, Dr. Frankland on the 
constitution of the acids of the, 1865, 
30 
Actinic power to the illuminating power 
of the magneto-electric light, Captain 
Abney on the ratio of the, 1875, 25 
Actinium, the new element, Dr. T. L. 
Phipson on, 1881,603 
Actinometer, a new form of self-regis¬ 
tering, Dr. A. Richardson on, 1889, 540 
Actinometry, Louis Bing on, 1868, 17 
Active substances, report on the anta¬ 
gonism between the action of, 1872, 124 
Adam Smith’s theory of rent, W. D. 
Henderson on, 1878, 677 
Adami (J. G.) and Prof. Roy on the 
physiological bearing of waist-belts 
and stays, 1888, 704 
Adams (A. Leith), Maltese caves , report 
on Mnaidra Cave, 1865, 257 
- on Maltese fossiliferous caves, 1866, 
45 s 
*-on newly-discovered species of 
fossil elephants, 1870, 69 
-- on the Maltese fossil elephants , 1873, 
185 
--on gigantic land-tortoises and a 
freshwater species from the Maltese 
caverns, with observations 011 their 
fossil fauna, 1876, 145 
- on the exploration of the Fermanagh 
caves , 1878, 183 
-- on excavations at Portstercart and 
elsewhere in the North of Ireland, 1879, 
171 
- on the exploration of the caves of the 
South of Ireland, 1880, 209 ; 1881, 21 S 
——- on explorations in caves of Carboni¬ 
ferous Limestonein the South of Ireland, 
1882, 240 
-and R. J. Ussher on the discovery 
of a bone cave near Cappagh, co. 
Waterford, 1879, 338 
-(F. D.) on the occurrence of the 
Norwegian ‘ apatitbringer ’ in Canada, 
with a few notes on the microscopic 
characters of some Laurentian amphi¬ 
bolites, 1884, 717 
Adams (F. D.) on the coal-bearing rocks 
of Canada, 1886 , 639 ; on the anorthosite 
rocks of Canada, 666 
-(Prof. J. C.) on tidal observations , 
1868, 489 ; 1870, 120 ; 1871, 203 ; 1872, 
355 ; 1876, 275 
* - on the rainfall of the British Isles, 
1869 , 383 ; 1870, 170 ; 1871 , 98 ; 1872, 
176 ; 1873, 257 
-- on the calculation of Bernoulli’s 
numbers up to B fi2 by means of Staudt’s 
theorem, 1877, 8 ; on the calculation 
of the sum of the reciprocals of the 
first thousand integers, and on the 
value of Euler’s constant to 260 
places of decimals, 14 ; on a simple 
proof of Lambert’s theorem, 15 ; *on 
some recent advances in the lunar 
theory, 31 
- on the harmonic analysis of tidal 
observations, 1883, 49 ; 1884, 33 ; 1885, 
35 ; 1886, 40 ; *1889, 488 
* -note on Mewton’s theory of astro¬ 
nomical refraction, and on his expla¬ 
nation of the motion of the moon’s' 
apogee, 1884, 645 
--on Sir W. Thomson’s correction of 
the ordinary equilibrium theory of the 
tides, 1886, 541 
* -some notice of a new computation 
of the Gaussian constants, 1887, 600 
- (R. C.) on the phosphate industry of 
Canada, 1884, 853 
* -(W. B.) on the division of labour, 
1865, 135 
-(Prof. W. G.) on science-lectwes and 
organisation, 1873, 495 , 507 
- on the teaching of physics in schools, 
1874, 71 ; on the selection and nomen¬ 
clature of dynamical and electrical 
units, 255 
--on a new form of polariscope, 1878. 
486 
- on the progress of the chief branches 
of mathematics and physics, 1879, 37 ; 
on an instrument for detecting fire¬ 
damp in mines, 131 
- on an investigation for the purpose 
of fixing a standard of white light, 
1880, 119 ; 1881 , 126 ; 1882, 38 ; 1883, 
127 ; 1885, 61 ; 1886, 39 ; 1887, 47 ; 
1888, 39 ; comparison of curves of the 
declination magnetographs at Few, 
Stony hurst, Coimbra, Lisbon, Vienna , 
and St. Petersburg, 1880, 201 ; Address 
to the Section of Mathematics 1 nd Phy¬ 
sical Science, 1880, 447 
- on magnetic disturbances and earth 
currents, 1881, 463 
- on standards for use in electrical 
measurements, 1881, 423 ; 1882, 70 ; 
