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the explosion of carbonic oxide and 
oxygen, 1882, 486 ; the velocity of ex¬ 
plosion of a mixture of carbonic oxide 
and oxygen with varying quantities of 
aqueous vapour, 487 
Dixon (H. B.) on chemical nomenclature, 
1883, 127 ; 1884, 39 ; 1885, 262 
* -explosion of carbonic acid gas—a 
demonstration, 1883, 459 
-on the incomplete combustion of 
gases, 1884, 671 ; on the velocity of 
explosions in gases, 688 
-the rate of explosion of hydrogen 
and oxygen, 1885, 905 
- on electrolysis in its physical and 
chemical hearings , 1886, 308 ; 1887, 
336; 1888,339; 1889,223; 1890,138; 
on the preservation of gases over mer¬ 
cury, 1886, 583 
- on the desirability of combined ac¬ 
tion for the translation of foreign me¬ 
moirs, 1887, 41 ; on standards of light, 
47 ; 1888, 39 
'* -explosion of a mixture of hydrogen, 
chlorine, and oxygen, 1889, 541 
* -and J. A. Barker on the action of 
light on dry hydrogen and chlorine, 
1889, 541 
-and J. A. Harker on the rate of ex¬ 
plosion of hydrogen and chlorine in the 
dry and moist states, 1890 , 776 
-and H. W. Smith, the incomplete¬ 
ness of combustion in explosions, 1888 , 
632 
* - (J.) on a process for utilising 
waste-products and economising fuel 
in the extraction of copper, 1881, 567 
* -(W. Hepworth) on the Great 
Prairies and Prairie Indians, 1868, 134 
* -on the Holy Islands in the White 
Sea, 1870, 169 
- onthe exploration of Mo ab, 1872 , 210 
Dobson (G. E.) on the geographical dis¬ 
tribution of the Chiroptera , 1878 , 158 
- report on accessions to our knowledge 
of the Chiroptera during the past two 
years (1878-80), 1880, 169 
* -on the digastric muscle, its modi¬ 
fications and its functions, 1881, 722 
-on the homologies of the long fiexor 
muscles of the feet of mammalia, 1882, 
574 
-ton the comparative variableness of 
bones and muscles, with remarks on 
unity of type in variation of the origin 
and insertion of certain muscles in 
species unconnected by unity of 
descent, 1884, 767 ; an attempt to 
exhibit diagrammatically the several 
stages of evolution of the Mammalia, 
768 ; on some peculiarities in the geo¬ 
graphical distribution of certain mam¬ 
mals inhabiting continental and oceanic 
islands, 770 
Dobson (Thomas), report on the explo¬ 
sions in British coal-mines during the 
year 1859, 1861, 236 
--on the general forms of the sym¬ 
metrical properties of plane triangles, 
1861, 2 
*-on a new correction to be applied 
to observations made with Hadley’s 
sextant, 1868, 8 
-on improved safety-apparatus for 
mine-hoists and warehouse-lifts, 1876, 
222 
*Dock, Sir E. Belcher on a navigable 
floating, 1869, 209 
Dock-and-quay-walls, foundations, &c., 
T. S. Hunter on, 1876, 225 
Dock-gates, R. A. Peacock on a new plan 
for hanging, 1863, 177 
*Dodd (Capt. C.) on a recent visit to the 
Suez Canal, 1869, 160 ; on the Bunn 
of Cutch, ib. 
-(W. H.) on the economic law of 
strikes, 1874, 201 
Dodo, the structure and arrangement of 
the feathers in the, Prof. H. N. Moseley 
on, 1884, 782 
Dog, Dr. T. S. Cobbold on the Entozoa 
of the, in relation to public health, 
1866, 72 
-Prof. W. H. Flower on the compo¬ 
sition of the carpus of the, 1871, 138 
--note on the intelligence of the, by 
Sir J. Lubbock, 1885, 1089 
*Dog-whelk, the egg-capsules of the, and 
their contents, Dr. W. B. Carpenter 
on, 1883, 540 
Dohrn (Dr. Anton) on the morphology 
of the Arthropoda, 1867, 82 
- on the foundation of zoological 
stations, 1870, 115 
- on the foundation of zoological sta¬ 
tions in different parts of the world, 
1871, 192 ; 1872, 47 ; 1873, 408 
Dolgelly, J. W. Salter’s explanation of 
a map of the faults in the gold district 
of, 1865, 73 
*Dolichocephalv, the rationale of bra- 
chycephaly and, Prof. Rolleston od, 
1877, 120 
*Dolichosaurus, H. Govier Seeley on the 
characters of, 1866, 67 
^Dolomites and limestones, the structure 
and origin of certain, T. S. Hunt on, 
1862, 195 
Dome of uniform stress, C. W. Merrifield 
on the determination of the form of 
the, 1874, 227 
Domestic animals of Europe, W. Boyd 
Dawkins on the origin of the, 1871, 149 
-motor, H. Davey on the, 1886, 806 
*- — service for gentlewomen, Mrs. R. 
M. Crawshay on, 1875, 209 
Domestication of animals, F. Galton on 
the, 1864, 93 
