GENERAL INDEX. 
137 
Elliptic transcendent relations, J. W. L. 
Glaisher on some, 1874, 15 
* -transformation, the equation of the 
multiplier in the theory of, Prof. H. 
J. S. Smith on, 1881, 538 
Ellis (Alexander J.) on stigmatics, 1864, 
2 
-on plane stigmatics, 1866, 1 ; on 
practical hypsometry, ib. 
* -(H. S.), exhibited young ojsters, 
1865, S 6 
- on mapping the surface of the moon, 
I 860 , 286 ; 1866, 214 
-on some mammalian remains from 
the submerged forest in Barnstaple 
Bay, Devon, 1867, 59 
- (J. W.) on the decline of small 
farmers in Yorkshire and Lancashire, 
the cause and effect, 1870, 190 
--- on the Stump-Cross Caverns at 
Greenhow, near Pately Bridge, 1873 ,80 
- (Hon. Leopold Agar), report on 
steamship performance , 1862, 282 ; 
1863, 339 
-- (R. Leslie) on Boole’s ‘ Laws of 
Thought,’ 1870, 12 
-(W.) on the best means of comparing 
and reducing magnetic observations, 
1886, 64 ; 1887, 320 ; 1888, 28 ; 1889, 
49 ; 1890, 172 
--(W. H.) and Dr. H. A. Nicholson 
on a remarkable fragment of silicitied 
wood from the Rocky Mountains, 1874, 
88 
Ellmar (Rev. E. B.) on the earthquake 
and storm in Sussex of August 21, 
1864, 1864, 16 
Elm, M. Moggridge on a curious, 1872, 
129 
Elongation, measurement of, in test 
samples, J. H. Wicksteed on, 1890, 962 
Elsberc- (Prof. L.), note on the occur¬ 
rence of Bacteria on the surface of 
coins, 1884, 766 
Elsworth rock and the clay above it, 
Harry G. Seeley on the, 1861, 132 
Elton (Capt. F.) on the Limpopo expe¬ 
dition, 1871, 178 
El-Wed j, mission to, Capt. C. Surtees on 
the, 1888, 747 
Elwell (J. B.), remarkable occurrence 
during the thunderstorm of August 6 , 
1885, at Albrighton, 1885, 924 
Elwes (H. J.) on the relation of the 
Lepidoptera of Great Britain to those 
of other countries, 1880, 604 
-- (J. W.) on the classification of 
Oligocene strata in the Hampshire 
basin, 1882, 539 
* - (Capt. W. J.), a new route from 
India to Thibet, 1888, 741 
^Embankments, stoppage of the breaches 
in, and diverting rivers, the practice and 
principles of, C. Yignoles on, 1862, 196 
Embleton (Dr. D.) on certain parts of 
the anatomy of a young chimpanzee, 
1863, 113 
-on the spinal column of Loxomma 
Allmanni , Huxley, from the North¬ 
umberland Coal-field, 1889, 580 
Embroidery manufacture of Scotland and 
Ireland since 1857, John Strang on the 
altered condition of the, 1861, 243 
Embryological inquiries, preliminary re¬ 
port on terato -, 1872, 334 
Embryonic life, Samuel H. Parkes on 
the early development of organs in, 
1865, 109 
*Embryos, certain adaptations for the 
nutrition of, F. W. Oliver on, 1888, 710 
Emery (Rev. W.) on the expenses and 
social condition of university educa¬ 
tion, 1862, 193 
Emigration, assisted, Dr. R. J. Mann on, 
1869, 196 
-and immigration as affecting the 
increase of population in England and 
Wales, T. A. Welton on, 1870, 203 
* -female, Mrs. Burt on, 1884, 866 
* -female, Mrs. Joyce on, 1884, 866 
* -female, Miss M. Rye on, 1884, 866 
* -Irish, S. Tuke on, i884, 835 
Eminences, summits of, J. Van-Norden 
Bazalgette on the difficulty of obtain¬ 
ing local information after reaching 
the, from which extensive views are 
obtained, 1867, 152 
Emission, absorption, and reflection of 
obscure heat , Prof. G. Magnus on the , 
1869, 214 
Empire, British Home and Colonial, in 
its mutual relations, Lieut-Col. Ken¬ 
nedy on the, 1864, 169 
Employment of women, Lydia E. Becker 
on some maxims of political economy 
as applied to the, and the education of 
girls, 1871, 201 
Eucrinites from Clifton and from 
Lancashire, J. G. Grenfell on Car¬ 
boniferous, 1875, 65 
Encroachment of the sea on Exmouth 
Warren, G. Peacock on the, 1869, 166 
Encroachments of the sea at Torbay, W. 
Pengelly on the recent, 1861, 124 
Endemic disease, Dr. Moffat on geolo¬ 
gical systems and, 1870, 80 ; 1871, 107 ; 
1873, 84 
^Endowments, J. M. D. Meiklejohn on 
the economic use of, 1873, 196 
-of education and original research, 
C. E. Appleton on some of the econo¬ 
mical aspects of, 1873, 183 
Endurance of metals, the, under repeated 
and varying stresses, and the proper 
ivorhing stresses on railway bridges and 
other structures subject to varying 
loads, report on, 1886, 284 ; 1887, 424 
Energy lost by radiation from alternating 
