GENERAL INDEX. 
147 
48 ; report on the marine zoology, 1879, 
165 ; 1880, 160 ; 1881, 198 
Fauna and flora, on the definition of the 
Area of the British, Marine, 1887, 95 
-fresh-water, the origin of, Prof. W. 
J. Sollas on, 1881, 760 
-of the Louisiade and d’Entre- 
casteaux Islands, notes on the, by B. 
H. Thomson, 1889, 615 
--of Magellan and Western Patagonia, 
R. 0. Cunningham on the terrestrial 
and marine, 1870, 114 
-of the Red Crag, Alfred Bell on 
some molluscan, 1868, 59 
-Pacific, W. Harper Pease on the 
principal divisions of the, 1863, 101 
-- Pacific, Philip P. Carpenter on the 
connection between the Crag forma¬ 
tions and the recent North, 1861, 52 
-of Persia, W. T. Blanford on the, 
1873, no 
-Pliocene, of the caverns and river- 
deposits of Somersetshire, W. Boyd 
Dawkins on the newer, 1861, 53 
-of prehistoric times, Prof. Rolleston 
on the flora and, 1877, 120 
-of the Red Sea and Mediterranean, 
the cause of the extreme dissimilarity 
of the, Prof. E. Hull on, 1885, 1068 
*-■ ■ - of the Seychelle group of islands, 
Prof. E. P. Wright on the flora and, 
1868, in 
- of St. Andrews, Dr. McIntosh on 
the invertebrate marine, 1867, 92 
Faure’s accumulator, some uses of, in 
connection with lighting by electricity, 
Prof. Sir. Wm. Thomson on, 1881, 526 
-battery, C. Becker on, 1870, 24 
Favistella stellata and Favistella calicina, 
Dr. H. A. Nicholson on, with notes on 
the affinities of Favistella and allied 
genera, 1871, 89 
Fawcett (Henry) on the method of Mr. 
Darwin in his treatise on the origin of 
species, 1861, 141 ; on the economic 
effects of the recent gold discoveries, 
* 1861 , 269 ; *1862, 196 ; 1*63, 192 
-on the causes which produce the 
present high rate of discount, 1861, 
-Address to the Section of Economic 
Science and Statistics, 1872, 217 
- on the economic effects of combina¬ 
tions of labourers and capitalists, 1871, 
266 
-(J. W.), notes on the religion of the 
Australian aborigines, 1890, 969 ; notes 
on the aborigines of Australia, 970 
Fawcus (George) on improvements in 
waggons and gun-carriages, 1863, 172 ; 
on a new method of constructing 
boats, ib. 
-on suggested improvements in doors, 
1861, 186 
^Fawcus (George) on improvements in 
scaling- and other ladders, 1861, 186 
-on improvements in blocks for 
lowering ships’ boats and for improve¬ 
ments in boats, 1865, 184 
-on improvement in pontoon trains, 
1866, 143 
* -on the stowage of ships’ boats, 
1867, 154 
-on improvements in the packing of 
boats, life-boats, and pontoons, 1868, 
189 
f-on a new method of isometrical 
drawing, 1871, 222 
* - on combined elliptical, parallel, 
and angular motion, 1880, 699 
Fayum and Raian basins, Cope White- 
house on the, 1888, 746 
Fedchenko (A.), topographical sketch 
of the Zerafshan valley, 1870, 169 
Feddersen (Dr. W.) on some peculiari¬ 
ties in the electric discharge from a 
Leyden jar, 1871, 27 
Feet of Mammalia, the homologies of 
the long tiexor muscles of the, G. E. 
Dobson on, 1882, 574 
Feilden (Capt.) and C. De Rance on 
the geological results of the late British 
Arctic Expedition, 1878, 548 
Fells brevirostris, Dr. R. Laing on the 
discovery of an extinct Pleiocene feline, 
new to Great Britain, 1889, 582 
- Lynx, W. H. Ransom on the occur¬ 
rence of, as a British fossil, 1866, 66 
Felkin (Dr. R. W.), Can Europeans be¬ 
come acclimatised in tropical Africa ? 
1886, 729 
- on the normal temperature of 
Soudanese, Negroes, and Europeans in 
tropical Africa, 1889, 787 ; on the 
differences of sensibility between 
Europeans and Negroes, and the effects 
of education in increasing the sensi¬ 
bility of Negroes, ib. 
-(W.) on the lace and hosiery trades 
of Nottingham, 1866, 128 
Fell (J. B.) on locomotive engines and 
carriages on the central rail system 
for making steep gradients and sharp 
curves, as employed on the Mont Cenis, 
1866, 143 
-on the application of the centre-rail 
system to a railway in Brazil and to 
other mountain lines; also on the 
advantages of narrow-gauge lailways, 
1870, 216 
-on the Euphrates Valley railway, 
1883, 632 ; on the construction and 
working of Alpine railways, 633 
-on the experiments made at the 
camp at Aldershot with a new form of 
military field-railway, for rapid 
construction in war-time, 1876, 223 
Fellows (F. P.) on a uniformity of 
