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GENERAL INDEX. 
Brown (William) on the claims of ar¬ 
boriculture as a science, 1867, 79 ; 
1868, 90 
*-—— (Prof.) on the application of scien¬ 
tific and practical arboriculture in 
Canada, 1884, 855 
-and Cordeaux’s (Messrs.) method 
of obtaining systematic observa¬ 
tions of the migration of birds at 
lighthouses and lightships, A. Newton 
on, 1880, 605 
Brown-Sequard (Dr.) * on various 
alterations of nutrition due to nervous 
influence, 1870, 134 ; * on apparent 
transmission of abnormal conditions 
due to accidental causes, ib. 
Browne (Sir B.), apprenticeship in the 
engineering and shipbuilding trades, 
1889, 709 
-(Rev. G. F.) on the prismatic for¬ 
mation of ice in certain ice-caves and 
glaciers, 1864, 24 , *52 
-(R. G. M.), as to certain alterations 
in the surface-level of the sea off the 
south coast of England, 1890, 824 
■-(R. S.) on the relative distances of 
the planets from the sun, 1863, 5 
-(Thomas) on the transfer of real 
property, 1866, 124 
*- (W. F. C.) on the influence of 
domestication on brain-growth, 1879, 
404 
-(W. R.) on Roberts’s patent com¬ 
municator for railway trains, 1875, 
243 
- on the resistance of beams when 
strained beyond the elastic limit, 1883, 
648 
Browning (J.) on a new form of spec¬ 
troscope, in which direct vision is ob¬ 
tained with a single prism, 1864, 9 
-on some recent improvements in 
astronomical telescopes with silvered 
glass specula, 1866, 22 
-on an induction coil especially 
arranged for use in spectrum analysis, 
1870, 25 ; on a spectroscope in which 
the prisms are automatically adjusted 
for the minimum angle of deviation 
for the particular ray under examina¬ 
tion, 52 
Bruce (Rev. W. S.) on the flora of 
Banffshire, 1885, 1087 
Bruff (P. S.) on the erosion of the sea- 
coast from the Deben to the Colne, 1886, 
851 
Brunel (H. M.) on instruments for mea¬ 
suring the speed of ships, 1874, 255 ; 
1878, 219 ; 1879, 210 
Brunlees (J.) on the Bristol Port and 
Channel dock at Avonmoutli, near 
Bristol, 1875, 244 
- Address to the Mechanical Sec¬ 
tion, 1883, 635 
Brunlees (J.) on patent legislation, 1884, 
293 ; 1885, 695 
Brunton (Dr. L.) on physiological re¬ 
searches on the nature of cholera, 1873, 
124 
- on intestinal secretion and move¬ 
ment, 1874, 54 ; 1875, 339 ; 1876, 308 
Bruton (L.) on the trade and commerce 
of the city and port of Bristol, 1875, 
207 
Bryan (G. H.), the buckling of plates, 
1890, 742 ; on the pulsations of a ro¬ 
tating bell, 743 
Bryce (J.) on earthquakes in Scotland, 
1870 , 48 ; 1871, 197 ; 1872, 240 ; 1873, 
194 ; 1874 , 241 ; 1875 , 64 ; 1876, 74 
-on the matrix of the gold found in 
the Scottish gold-fields, 1870, 70 
* -on certain fossils from the Durine 
limestone, N.W. Sutherland, 1871, 94 
- on fossils from Portli-western Scot¬ 
land, 1873, 412 ; 1874, 74 
- on erratic blocks or boulders, 1873, 
188 
--- on the granite of Strath-Errick, 
Lough Ness, 1876, 87 
* - on the earthquake districts of 
Scotland, 1876, 88 
Bryham (W.), observations of under¬ 
ground temperature, 1870, 30 
Bryozoa, Cyclostomatous, from Australia, 
A. W. Waders on, 1885, 660 
- fossil Cheilostomatous, from Aldinga 
and the river Murray cliffs, South 
Australia, 1885, 664 
--- See Polyzoa 
Bryson (Alexander) on the aqueous ori¬ 
gin of granite, 1861, no 
-- on artificially produced quartzites, 
1863, 67 
Buccleuch (the Duke of), * Presidential 
Address at Dundee, 1867; on agricul¬ 
tural machinery , 1869, 404 
Buchan (Alex.) on the great movements 
of the atmosphere, 1870, 167 
-on the rainfall of Scotland, 1871, 232 
*--- on the rainfall of the northern 
hemisphere in July, as contrasted with 
that of January, with remarks on at¬ 
mospheric circulation, 1871, 232 ; on 
the great heat of August 2nd-4th, 
1868, ib. 
- on the rainfall of the British Isles, 
1872, 176 ; 1873, 257 
-on the deep-water temperatures of 
Lochs Lomond, Katrine, and Tay, 
1872, 207 
- on the influence of forests on the 
rainfall, 1873, 4 S 8 ; on science lectures 
and organisation, 507 
-*on the isothermals of the British 
Isles, 1881, 544 ; *on the diurnal period 
of hailstorms, ib. 
- on making meteorological observations 
