GENERAL INDEX. 
91 
Compass, the mariner’s, Sir W. Thomson 
on improvements in, 1874, 231 
-an unmistakable true north, G. J. 
Symons on, 1876, 49 
^Competition, the tendency of, to result 
in monopoly, Prof. H. S. Foxwell on, 
1888, 762 
Complexes of the second order, Dr. 
Pliicker on, 1866, 6 
Composite portraiture, the applications 
of, to anthropological purposes, F. 
Galton on, 1881, 690 
Compound steam engine, J. Richardson 
on the, 1886, 807 
Compressed air as applied to locomotion, 
Sir F. Bramwell on, 1882, 666 
Compton (P. N.) on the coasts of Van¬ 
couver’s Island, British Columbia, and 
Russian America, 1867, 114 
Comte, Auguste, J. Kaines on the an¬ 
thropology of, 1871, 153 
Comtist criticism of economic science , 
Her. IF. Cunningham on the , 1889, 
462 
Conario-liypophysial tract, the homology 
of the, or of the so-called ‘ pineal ’ and 
‘ pituitary ’ glands, Prof. R. Owen on, 
1881, 719 
Conchological inquiries, Dr. Morcli on 
the scope of, 1865, 91 
Concrete, Frederick Ingle on recent im¬ 
provements in the application of, to 
fireproof constructions, 1866, 145 
* -G. F. Deacon on the strength of, 
as affected by delay between mixing 
and placing in situ, 1876, 220 
Concretion balls, some curious, derived 
from a colliery mineral water, T. 
Andrews on, 1879, 312 
Concretionary structures in the Magne¬ 
sian Limestone of Durham, Prof. A. H. 
Green on the so-called, 1889, 597 
Concretions, H. B. Stocks on, 1886, 670 
Condenser for acids, the new, G. S. 
Hazlehurst on, 1879, 320 
Conder (Lieut. C. R.) on the survey of 
Palestine, 1874, 178 
* -• [Capt. C. R.], Bechuanaland, 1886, 
736 
- [Major C. R.], remarks on Mr. 
Tomkins’s paper on the geography of 
the region from the Nile to the Eu¬ 
phrates as known to the ancient 
Egyptians, 1888, 743 ; on the early 
races of Western Asia, 855 
Conduction of heat, abstract of papers re¬ 
lating to, and a list of authors’ names 
and writings on the subject , by J. T. 
Dunn , 1881, 139 
-A. Schuster on unilateral electrical, 
1874, 31 
- of electrolytes, T. C. Fitzpatrick on 
the application of alternating currents 
to the determination of the, 1886, 328 
Conduction of electrolytes, Prof. F. Kohl- 
rausch on the , 1886, 334 
-- of liquids and the polarisation of 
electrodes, F. Bouty on the electric, 
1886, 348 
- of liquids, Messrs. Bouty and Fousse- 
reau on the employment of alternating 
currents for measuring the, 1886, 356 
- of electrolytes, an analysis by Prof. 
O. Lodge of a, memoir on the, by S. 
Arrhenius, 1886, 357 
- and viscosity, Dr. S. Arrhenius on, 
1886, 387 
- of mixtures of aqueous acid solu¬ 
tions, Dr. S. Arrhenius on the electric, 
1886, 315 
Conductivity of metals, report on the, 
by Prof. P. G. Tait, 1869, 175 ; 1871,97 
-surface, for heat of a copper ball, 
D. M‘Farlane on experiments to deter¬ 
mine the, 1871, 44 
-- for heat of certain rocks, Prof. A. 
S. Herscliel and G. A. Lebour on the, 
1873, 223 
*. — of heat, determination of the, by 
water, J. T. Bottomley on the, 1876, 36 
Condy (H. B.) on disinfectants, 1863, 
40 
Confectionery and marmalade trade of 
Dundee, C. C. Maxwell on the, 1867, 
143 
Confederated homes and co-operative 
housekeeping, Mrs. E. M. King on, 
1873, 195 
^Congenital abnormalities in fishes, Prof. 
B. C. A. Windle on certain, 1889, 
616 
Conglomerate, quartzose, of the New Red 
Sandstone of the central portion of 
England, Edward Hull on the source 
of the, 1869, 91 
Conglomerates, trappean, of Middletown 
Hill, Montgomeryshire, G. Maw on the, 
1869, 96 
--J. Henderson on the age of the fel- 
stones and, of the Pentland Hills, 1871, 
101 
Congo, Capt. Burton on the river, 1864, 
140 
-a visit to Mr. Stanley’s stations on 
the, Id. H. Johnston on, 1883, 593 
-a visit to Diogo Cao’s 1 Padrao ’ at 
the mouth of the, R. E. Dennett on, 
1887, 799 
j- basin, recent explorations in the 
Southern, by Lieut. R. Kund, 1886, 
736 
f-region, recent French explorations 
in the Ogowai-, Major R. de Lannoy 
de Bissy on, 1886, 736 
* -l’etat independant du, notice sur, 
par M. van Eetvelde, 1887, 798 
* -below Stanley Pool, Lieut. Le 
Marinel on the, 1887, 798 
