GENERAL INDEX. 
149 
Festing (Gen.) on the absorption spectra 
of pure compounds, 1889, 227 ; 1890, 339 
Fetishism, the origin of, A. Lang on, 
1879, 396 
Fez, a visit to the holy city of, J. Stirling 
on, 1869, 168 
—— and Mequinez, a journey to, Dr. A. 
Leared on, 1878, 631 
Fibres in mixed fabrics, J. Spiller on the 
discrimination of, 1870, 64 
Fibrin, Dr. Goodman on, 1871, 72 
^Fibrous substances, S. C. Lister on the 
mechanical treatment of, 1873, 214 
Fichtelite, Prof. Mallet on the occur¬ 
rence in recent pine-timber of, a 
hydrocarbon hitherto only known in a 
fossil state, 1872, 79 
Field (Frederick) on a specimen of tin- 
ore hitherto undescribed, 1864, 27 
- (Rogers) on the rainfall of the 
British Isles , 1870, 170 ; 1871, 98 : 
1872, 176 ; 1873, 257 ; 1874, 75 ; 1875, 
91 ; 1876, 172 
-on an improved form of aneroid for 
determining heights, with a means of 
adjusting the altitude-scale for various 
temperatures, 1873, 46 
- on the datum-level of the Ordnance 
Survey of Great Britain, and the tabu¬ 
lation and comparison of other datum- 
marhs, 1877, 220 ; 1878, 219 ; 1879, 219 
- on self-acting intermittent siphons , 
and the conditions which determine the 
commencement of their action , 1879, 223 
•- on the phenomena of the stationary 
tides in the English Channel and the 
North Sea , and the value of tidal ob¬ 
servations in the North Atlantic Ocean, 
1880, 390 ; 1881, 160 
- on the best means of ascertaining the 
effective wind-pressures to which build¬ 
ings and structures are exposed , *1881, 
779 ; 1882, 315 
-and G. J. Symons on the determina¬ 
tion of the real amount of evaporation 
from the surface of water, 1869, 25 
Fielden (Col.) on the present state of our 
knowledge of the zoology and botany of 
the West India Islands , and on the 
steps taken to investigate ascertained 
deficiencies in the fauna and flora , 
1890, 447 
Field-vole, destruction of plantations at 
Drumlanrig by a species of, Dr. T. B. 
Grierson on the, 1867, 82 
- (Arvicola agrestis , L.), the habits 
of the, Sir W. Elliot on, 1878, 559 
Fifeshire, W. Carruthers on the vegetable 
contents of masses of limestone occur¬ 
ring in trappean rocks in, 1871, 94 
^Figures, numerical, for scientific instru¬ 
ments, and a proposed mode of en¬ 
graving them, Lieut.-Col. A. Strange 
on the best forms of, 1869, 53 
Figures, transformation of, by a finite 
twist and a stretch, Prof. Genese on 
the, 1888, 579 
*Fiji islands, J. E. Mason on the, 1886, 
73i 
Filaria in the blood, Dr. P. Manson on 
the destiny of the, 1882, 579 
- sanguinis hominis , Dr. Cobbold on, 
1882, 579 
Films, liquid, Sir D. Brewster on figures 
of equilibrium of, 1867, 6 
- of alcohol, volatile oils, and other 
fluids, Sir D. Brewster on the motion 
and colours upon, 1867, 8 
-of w r ater, experiments on thin, with 
regard to their absorption of radiant 
heat, Hon. F. A. R. Russell on, 1880, 490 
Filter-pump, T. E. Thorpe on an improved 
form of, 1872, 83 
-an improved vacuum, W. J. Lovett 
on, 1874, 65 
Filtering-sand, J. Lang on an apparatus 
for cleaning, 1876, 232 
Filtration of water through Triassic sand¬ 
stone , 7. Roberts on the, 1878, 397 
Fin and Magyar languages, H. Clarke on 
the Himalayan origin of the, 1875, 172 
Finch (F. G.) on the utilisation of blast¬ 
furnace slag, 1865, 29 
Findlay (A. G.) on the bed of the ocean, 
1865, 379 
- on the supposed influence of the 
Gulf-stream on the climate of North¬ 
west Europe, 1869, 160 
^Finland, Rev. J. Pattison on a journey 
across, from Ellenborg to Archangel, 
via Kemi, 1876, 183 
Finnmark in Norway, ethnology of, L. 
Daa on the, 1861, 193 
Fins of fish, the homological relation to 
one another of the, Prof. Humphry on, 
1870, 141 
Finsch (Dr. O.) on the biological results 
of the North-German exploring expe¬ 
dition, 1877, 101 ; on the German ex¬ 
pedition to Western Siberia, 146 
Fiords, R. Brown on the formation of, 
1868, 134 
*Fire, G. B. Galloway on the means of 
saving life from buildings which may 
be on, 1865, 150 
Fire-arms, elongated projectiles for rifled, 
T, Aston on, 1861, 253 
-—-- breech-loading, A. Wyley on recent 
improvements in, 1874, 232 
--- breech-loading, exhibited at Vienna 
in 1873, A. Wyley on the, 1874, 232 
-the bursting of, wflien the muzzle is 
closed with snow, earth, &c., Prof. G. 
Forbes on, 1879, 283 
*Fire-brick, J. Dunnachie on, 1876, 63 
Fire-clay goods, Joseph Cowen on, 1863, 
40 
*Fire-damp in mines, G. Ansell on an 
