GENERAL INDEX. 
143 
*Evans’s (Prof.) method of solving cubic 
and other trinomial equations, Rev. R. 
Harley on, 1873, 22 
Evaporating-pan, a safe and rapid, F. 
H. T. Allen on, 1876, 61 
Evaporation and dissociation, Prof. W. 
Ramsay and Dr. S. Young on, 1884, 675 
- and eccentricity as cofactors in 
Glacial periods, Rev. E. Hill on, 1881, 
631 
-: L. Kessler, on a new system of 
evaporating liquids, 1863, 44 
-from the surface of water, Rogers 
Field and G. J. Symons on the deter¬ 
mination of the real amount of, 1869, 
25 
* -and temperature, S. B. J. Skertchly 
on experiments on, made at Wisbeach, 
1873, 44 
Everett (A. H.) on the exploration of 
certain caves in Borneo , 1879, 149 
-(Prof. J. D.) on a new proportion- 
table, equivalent to a sliding-rule 
13 ft. 4 in. long, 1866, 2 
- on the results of observations of 
atmospheric electricity at Kew Obser¬ 
vatory and at Windsor, Nova Scotia, 
1867, 20 ; on the results of experiments 
on the rigidity of glass, brass, and 
steel, 153 
■- on the rate of increase of under¬ 
ground temperature , 1868, 510 ; 1869, 
176 ; 1870, 29 ; 1871, 14 ; 1872, 128 ; 
1873 , 252 ; 1875, 14 , 156 ; 1876, 204 ; 
1877, 194 ; 1878, 178 ; 1879, 40 ; 1880, 
26 ; 1881, 9 p; 1882, 72 ; 1883, 45 ; 
1885,9 3 ;1889,35 
- summary of results contained in the 
first fifteen reports of the Underground 
Temperature Committee, 1882, 74 
-resume of experiments on rigidity, 
1868, 8 
-on a scale for computing humidity, 
1870, 31 
-on units of force and energy, 1871, 
29 ; on the general circulation and 
distribution of the atmosphere, 54 ; on 
wet- and dry-bulb formulas, ib. 
* - on focal lines, 1872, 36 ; on a 
difficulty in the theory of aberration, 
ib. ; on mirage, ib. 
- on dynamical and electrical units , 
1873, 222 ; 1874, 255 
-on the kinematics of a rigid body, 
1873, 28 ; on a refraction-spectrum 
without a prism, 37 
■■ ■ on the teaching of physics in schools , 
1874, 71 
-on statical and kinematical ana¬ 
logues, 1874, 11 ; on anew application 
of quaternions, ib. 
* -on the calculus of motors, 1875, 11 
- on Ohm's law , 1876, 36 
-- on arrangements for tailing certain 
observations in India, and observations 
on atmospheric electricity at Madeira, 
1878, 103 ; 1879, 63 
Everett (Prof. J. D.) on the progress of 
the chief branches of mathematics and 
physics , 1879, 37 
-- on some broad features of under¬ 
ground temperature, 1879, 345 
■ - on standards for use in electrical 
measurements, 1882, 70 ; 1883, 41 ; 
1884, 29 ; 1885, 31 ; 1886, 145 ; 1887, 
206 ; 1888, 55 ; 1889, 41 ; 1890, 95 
■ - on the desirability of introducing a 
uniform nomenclature for the funda¬ 
mental units of mechanics, 1888, 27 
- on the relations between orbits, 
catenaries, and curved rays, 1888, 581 
-on the relations between ray-curva¬ 
tures, brachistochrones, and free paths, 
1889, 498 
Everill (Capt. H. C.), recent explora¬ 
tion in New Guinea, 1886, 730 
Evidence in courts of law, report on tech¬ 
nical and scientific, 1862, 373 ; 1866,456 
Evolution of sex in the vegetable king¬ 
dom, G. S. Boulger on the, 1876, 142 
* -the Rev. J. T. Gulick on diversit} r 
of, under one set of external conditions, 
1872, 136 
Evolutionary history, abnormal and ar¬ 
rested development as an indication 
of, Dr. J. G. Garson on, 1885, 1226 
Ewan (Dr. T.) on the condensation of 
dibenzylketone with oxalic ether, 1890, 
788 
Ewart (Prof. J. C.), a contribution to 
the question on the influence of Bacilli 
in the production of disease, 1881, 717 
- on the establishment of a marine 
biological station at Granton, Scotland, 
1885, 474 ; 1886, 251 ; 1887, 91 
- on the researches on food-fishes and 
invertebrates at the St. Andrews' marine 
laboratory, 1886, 268 ; 1888, 141 
- on the occupation of a table at the 
zoological station at Naples, 1889, 95 ; 
1890, 449 
* - *on the modifications of electric 
organs in elasmobranch fishes, 1889, 
627 ; ^observations on the migration 
of fishes, ib. 
■ - (W.), report on the uniformity of 
weights and measures, 1864, 102 ; 1865, 
375 ; 1866, 352 ; 1867 , 468 ; 1868,484 
* . (Miss) on floral contrivances in the 
genus Thesium, 1889, 649 
Ewing (Prof. J. A.) on the magnetic sus¬ 
ceptibility and retentiveness of soft 
iron, 1883, 402 
-on the measurement of the move¬ 
ments of the ground, with reference to 
proposed earthquake observations on 
Ben Nevis, 1885, 920 ; *on a new form of 
high-speed friction driving gear, 1203 
