GENERAL INDEX. 
161 
on the calculation of e (the base of 
the Napierian logarithms) from a, 
1871, 16 
^Fraction expansions for series, T. Muir 
on the relation between two continued, 
1876, 28 
Fractionation, chemical, W. Crookes on 
the methods of, 1886, 583 
--of yttria, W. Crookes on the, 1886, 
587 
^Fractions, continued, Prof. H. J. S. 
Smith on, 1875, 21 
*Fraipont (J.), systematique du genre 
Polygordius, 1885, 1098 
France, Colonel Sykes on the report upon 
the state of the empire of, presented lo 
the senate and legislative body, 
February 1867, 1867, 145 
-Prof. H. Coquand on the parallelism 
of the Cretaceous strata of England and 
the north of, with those of the west, 
south-west, and south of France and 
the north of Africa, 1868, 61 
-the late inundations in. Dr. J. C. 
Brown on, 1875, 189 
Francis (J. B.) on the temperature of 
the interior of a block of melting ice, 
1884, 657 
Francq’s (Leon) tireless locomotive, C. 
Bergeron on, 1879, 501 
^Frankincense plants. Dr. Birdwood on 
the geography of the, 1869, 159 
Frankland (Prof. E.), report on the ap¬ 
plication of gun-cotton to warlike pur¬ 
poses, 1863, 63 ; 1865, 264 
-on the constitution of the acids of 
the acetic, lactic, and acrylic series, 
1865, 30 
- on a uniformity of weights and 
measures, 1866, 352 ; 1867 , 468 ; 1868, 
484 ; 1869, 308 ; 1870 , 232 ; 1871, 198 ; 
1872, 25 ; 1874, 359 
- Address to the Chemical Section, 
1868, 31 ; on the combustion of gases 
under pressure, 37 
- on the gases existing in solution in 
well-waters, 1869, 55 ; on the provision 
now existing in the United Kingdom for 
the vigorous prosecution of physical 
research, 213 
- on the publication of abstracts of 
chemical papers, 1871, 59 ; 1873, 451 ; 
1875, 184 
- on chemical nomenclature, 1883, 127 ; 
1884, 39 ; 1885, 262 
-on the chemical aspect of the 
storage of power, 1884, 673 ; chemical 
changes in their relations to micro¬ 
organisms, 681 
- on electrolysis in its physical and 
chemical bearings, 1886, 308 ; 1887, 
336 ; 1888, 339 ; 1889, 223 ; 1890, 
138 
—— on forming a uniform system of 
recording the results of water analysis, 
1889, 55 
Frankland (Grace C.), Prof. P. F. 
Frankland, and J. J. Fox on the 
study of pure fermentations, 1889, 544 
-(Dr. P. F.), the multiplication and 
vitality of certain micro-organisms, 
pathogenic and otherwise, 1886, 702 ; 
the distribution of micro-organisms in 
the air of town, country, and buildings, 
704 
-[Prof. P. F.] on forming a uniform 
system of recording the results of water 
analysis, 1889, 55 
-(Dr. P. F. and Mrs.), studies on some 
new micro-organisms obtained from 
air, 1887, 745 
Franks (A. W.) on anthropological notes 
and queries for the use of travellers, 
1873, 482 ; 1874, 214 
- on the exploration of certain caves in 
Borneo, 1879, 149 
Fraser (Dr. A.) on the early develop¬ 
ment of certain rodents, 1882, 574 
- [Prof A.] on photography as an aid 
inanatomical, histological, and embryo- 
logical work, 1889, 639 ; on a new 
method of illustrating the topography 
of the brain in relation to the external 
surface of the head, 794 
-(Rev. J. E.), notes on the spawning 
of the Anguilke, 1890, 866 
-(Dr. John) on a moss, Amblystegium 
confervoides , new to Britain, 1867, 82 
—-—- on a new British moss, Hypnum 
Bambergeri, 1868, 96 
--- (Dr. P.), archaean characters of the 
rocks of the nucleal ranges of the 
Antilles, 1888, 654 ; on a specimen of 
quartz from Australia and three speci¬ 
mens of oligoclase from North Carolina 
exhibiting curious optical properties, 
655 
- (Dr. T. R.) on the action of mercury 
on the secretion of bile, 1868, 187 
- on the connection between chemical 
constitution and physiological action, 
1869, 209 
- on the antagonism between the action 
of active substances, 1872, 124 
--- on the physiological action of 
crystalline aconitia and pseudo- 
aconitia, 1873, 128 
-(Dr. W.) on natural co-ordination, 
as evinced in organic evolution, 1884,, 
772 
Frasil ice, the formation of, G. H. Hen- 
shaw on, 1884, 644 
Fratercula arctica, note on a point in the 
structure of, by F. E. Beddard, 1887,, 
77 1 
Fream (Prof. W.), the position and 
prospects of British agriculture, 1884 v 
847 
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