132 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Electricity, atmospheric, at Madeira, 
report on, 1879, 63 
- atmospheric, Prof. C. M. Smith on, 
1885, 899 
- atmospheric, observations of, by 
Prof. L. Weber, 1887, 592 
- conduction of, A. J. C. Allen on 
some problems in the, 1879, 261 
-conduction of, through gases, Prof. 
A. Schuster on, 1887, 580 ; 1889, 740 
*—— contact, Sir W. Thomson on, 1876, 
45 
--- contact, a method of measuring, 
Prof. Sir W. Thomson on, 1880, 494 
-contact, in common air, vacuum, 
and different gases, J. T. Bottomley 
on, 1885, 901 
-- crystallisation of metals by, P. 
Braham on the, 1871, 67 ; *1875, 39 
* - development of, from the rays 
of the sun and other sources of light, 
H. Keevil on the, 186-4, 14 
* -the discharge of, through gases, 
the influence of magnetism on, Prof. 
A. Schuster on, 1884, 633 
- discharge of , the influence of the 
silent, on oxygen and other qases, report 
on, 1886, 213 ; 1887, 42 ; 1889, 54 ; 1890, 
Q 
-on distributing, by transformers, by 
C. Zipernowsky, 1886, 816 
-j--the distribution of, from accumu¬ 
lators, by Major-Gen. Webber, 1889, 
740 
* -elementary facts in, Prof. G. C. 
Foster on the mode of stating some, 
1877, 34 
- helpfulness of chemical affinity, 
heat, and, in producing the decompo¬ 
sition of water, Dr. J. H. Gladstone 
and A. Tribe on the mutual, 1872, 75 
-- illumination of beacons and buoys 
by, conveyed through submarine wires 
connected with the shore, T. Stevenson 
on the, 1867, 14 
--- lecture experiments in, Prof. G. C. 
Foster on some, 1869, 46 
- localisation of a bullet in a wound 
by, W. H. Preece on, 1881, 531 
f-- the measurement of, in a house-to- 
house supply, W. Lowrie on, 1888, 814 
-mechanical theory and application 
of the laws of magnetic induction and, 
J. B. Thompson on the, 1864, 15 
-as applied to mining, F. Brain on, 
1888, 815 
-in relation to physiology, W. K. 
Bridgman on, 1869, 119 
* -surfaces charged with, Prof. Lord 
Rayleigh on the equilibrium of liquid¬ 
conducting, 1882, 447 
-the theory of, W. G. L. Russell on, 
1861, 9 
-the transference of, within a homo¬ 
geneous solid conductor, Prof. Sir W. 
Thomson on, 1888, 570 
^Electricity, the transmission of power 
by, J. X. Shoolbred on, 1881, 779 
-to the working of a 20 -ton travel¬ 
ling crane, W. Anderson on the appli¬ 
cation of, 1888, 808 
Electrification, T. T. P. Bruce Warren on. 
1869, 47 
-of air by combustion, by M. Maclean 
and M. Goto, 1889, 506 
- the discharge of, by flames, A. J/. 
Worthington on, 1889, 225 
Electro-calorimetry, a null method in r 
by Prof. W. Stroud and W. W. H. Gee r 
1887, 581 ; 1888, 565 
Electro-centrifugal machine, a, for la¬ 
boratory use, A. Watt on, 1885, 991 
Electro-chemical decomposition of oils 
and other non-conducting liquids, W. 
Symons on a new method for the, 1874. 
3i 
* - solution of metals, Prof. S. P. 
Thompson on a phenomenon in the, 
1889, 512 
- thermodynamics, Prof. J. Willard 
Gibbs on, 1886, 388 ; 1888, 343 
Electro-chemistry and electrolysis, report 
on the present state of our knowledge in, 
by IF. N. Shaw, *1889, 510 ; 1890, 185 ; 
*Electro-deposition of alloys, Prof. S. P. 
Thompson on the, 1887, 590 
-—- of copper and brass, W. H. Walenn 
on the, 1870, 67 
-—- of iron, H. M. Jacobi on the, 1869, 67 
* -of platinum, the industrial, Prof. 
S. P. Thompson on, 1887, 590 
Electrodes, sur la polarisation des, et sur 
la conductibilite des liquides, E. Bouty, 
1886, 348 
- small, the polarisation of, in dilute- 
sulphuric acid, Dr. F. Richarz on, 1888 r 
350 
Electro-dynamometer, an, with extremely 
light-moving coil, for the measurement 
of small alternating currents, Dr. W. H. 
Stone on, 1884, 654 
'•'Electro-ergometer, Prof. Sir Wm. Thom¬ 
son on an, 1881, 554 
Electrolysis, Prof . 0. J. Lodge on, lS85 r 
723 
-- in its physical and chemical bearings, 
report on, 1886, 308 1887, 336 ; 1S88,. 
339 ; 1889, 223 ; 1890, 138 
Contents of the first report, 1886 :— 
f On silver and copper voltameters, by 
Thomas Gray, 308 
f On electrolytic conduction and residual 
affinity, by Prof. H. E. Armstrong, 308 
|On ozone formed in electrolysis , by 
Prof. H. McLeod, 308 
On Ohm's law in bad conductors, by 
Prof. J. J. Thomson, 308 
