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GENERAL INDEX. 
under the Straits of Dover, Prof. E. 
Hebert on the, 1875, 67 
‘ Challenger,’ the, Capt. J. E. Davis on 
the scientific voyage of, 1873, 167 
--researches into the physical condi¬ 
tions of the deep sea, Dr. W. B. 
Carpenter on the results of the, 1874, 
172 
* -some instruments used in the, J. Y. 
Buchanan on, 1876, 63 
* - Expedition, the progress of the 
official report of the, Sir C. Wyville 
Thomson on, 1878, 633 
--Expedition, exhibition of some of 
the zoological reports of the, by P. L. 
Sclater, 1880, 606 
Challis (Rev. J.) on the augmenta¬ 
tion of the apparent diameter of a 
body by its atmospheric refraction, 
1862, 12 ; on the zodiacal light, and 
on shooting-stars, ib .; on the extent 
of the earth’s atmosphere, 29 
-on the mathematical theory of 
atmospheric tides, 1871, 51 
Chalmers target, Capt. Douglas Galton 
on the, 1866, 145 
*Chaimeleon, the systematic position of 
the, and its affinities with the Dino- 
sauria, Prof. D’A. W. Thompson on, 
1885, 1065 
Chamberlain (H. T.), some account of 
the manufacture and refining of sugar 
in Bristol, 1875, 39 ; on the rise and 
progress of the sugar trade in Bristol, 
209 
Chambers (C.), rainfall, its variation 
with elevation of the gauge, 1870, 30 
-on magnetic induction as affecting 
observations of the intensity of the 
horizontal component of the earth’s 
magnetic force, 1877, 33 
- on magnetic observations, 1885, 85 
--- examples of the application of a 
modified form of Sabine's method of re¬ 
duction of hourly observations of mag¬ 
netic declination and horizontal force to 
a single quarter's registrations of the 
magnetographs at the Colaba Observa¬ 
tory , Bombay, 1886, 84 
- luni-solar variation of the vertical 
magnetic force at Bombay , 1887, 334 
-Ferret’s theory of the winds, 1890, 
745 
*—-—(Dr. R.), notice of an ‘Esker’ at 
St. Fort, 1867, 58 
Champain (Lieut.-Col. J. W. B.) on the 
various means of communication be¬ 
tween Central Persia and the sea, 1882, 
628 
Champernowne (A.) on the discovery 
of a species of starfish in the Devonian 
beds of South Devon, 1873, 77 
-on the succession of the Palaeozoic 
deposits of South Devon, 1877, 66 
Chandless (W.) on an ascent of the 
river Purus, 1865, 116 
Channel Island seas, R. A. Peacock on 
extensive and deep sinkings of lands 
in the, 1865, 70 
-- Islands, J. Gwyn Jeffreys on the 
occurrence of certain fossil shells in 
the sea-bed adjoining the, 1865, 62 
-—- Islands, Prof. D. T. Ansted on the 
climate of the, 1862, 138 
-- Islands, problems in the geology of 
the, Rev. E. Hill on, 1882, 550 
- Isles , report by J. Gwyn Jeffreys on 
dredging among the , 1865, 1 
- railway across the, J. F. Bateman 
and J. J. R&vy on a cast-iron tube for 
carrying a, 1869, 206 
.-railway, project for a, B. Leslie on a, 
1880,698 
* - steamer, J. White on a form of, 
1873, 219 
-tunnel, W. Topley on the, 1875, 253 
- tunnel, J. C. Hawhsharv on the , 1882, 
404 
-tunnel, a system of excavating the, 
by hydraulic machinery, T. R. Cramp- 
ton on, 1882, 664 
-tunnel, the geology of the, Prof. W. 
Boyd Dawkins on, 1882, 542 
-tunnel, the present state of the, 
and on the boring at Shakespeare Cliff, 
near Dover, Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins on, 
1887, 722 
- tunnels, the proposed, in their 
geological aspects, C. E. De Ranee on, 
1882, 544 
Characteristics, Prof. T. A. Hirst on 
Chasles’s method of, 1865, 6 
* Charcoal, E. C. C. Stanford on the re¬ 
tention of organic nitrogen by, 1871, 81 
-Dr. R. Angus Smith on the absorp¬ 
tion of gases by, 1868, 44 
* Charlesworth (Edward) on the new 
elevator gun, 1864, 185 
* -- on the substitution of hand for 
shoulder-guns, illustrated by an ex¬ 
planatory exhibition of an elevator 
hand-gun on the breech-loading prin¬ 
ciple, 1868,189 
Charley (W.) on the injurious effects of 
dew-rotting flax in certain cases, 1874, 
56 
*0harlton (W. H.), statistical account 
of the parish of Bellingham, 1863, 152 
Charmouth, Prof. Owen on a dinosaurian 
reptile ( Scelidosaurus Harrisoni) from 
the Lower Lias of, 1861, 121 
Charnock (R. S.) on Celtic languages, 
1863, 134 
--*on the origin of the Gipsies, 1865, 
117 ; on Cannibalism in Europe, ib. 
* -on the people of Andorra, 1866, 
96 , 107 
-on Le Sette Communi, a German 
