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GENERAL INDEX. 
of improving tlw methods of instruction 
in, and on the syllabus drawn up by 
the Association for the improvement of 
geometrical teaching, 1876, 8 
Geometry of four dimensions, E. T. 
Dixon on, 1888, 618 
* - inverse figures in, Prof. H. J. S. 
Smith on, 1880, 476 
_non-Euclidian, notes on, by R. S. 
Ball, 1880, 476 
* _Prof. Plucker on a new method in, 
1865, 7 
* _ an unexplained contradiction in, 
W. K. Clifford on, 1870, 12 
George (C.) on a self-replenishing arti¬ 
ficial horizon, 1871, 1 7$ 
_(Rev. H. B.) on the promotion of 
the study of geography, 1887, 158 
Gerard (Jules), exploration dans l’Af- 
rique centrale, de Serre-Leone a Alger, 
par Timbuctu, 1862, 146 
Gerland (Dr. B. W.) on the action of 
sulphurous acid, in aqueous solution, 
on phosphates and other compounds, 
1870, 56 ; on the occurrence of vana¬ 
dium, 57 
German, Celt, and Slavonian, the words, 
their misinterpretation, and its results, 
Dr. R. G. Latham on, 1883, 567 
German Arctic expedition, Dr. Copeland 
on the second, 1871, 175 
_expedition to Western Siberia, Dr. 
O. Finsch on the, 1877, 146 
* _explorations in Africa, Prof. Erman 
on, 1879, 440 
___ Ocean, C. B. Rose on some mamma¬ 
lian remains from the bed of the, 1862, 
91 
--- speech and lip reading system of 
teaching the Deaf, G. Buxton on the, 
1879, 474 , . 
Germanic and Rhaetian elements, the, m 
Switzerland, Dr. J. Beddoe on, 1883, 
574 
Germans, the profile of the Danes and, J. 
Park Harrison on, 1881 ,703 
^Germany, central, the diluvial and allu¬ 
vial deposits of, Dr. K. von Seebach on 
the, 1862, 195 
Germ-life, the development of, Dr. F. 
Crace-Calvert on, 1870, 131 
_F. Crace-Calvert on the action of 
heat on, 1871, 122 
__in the atmosphere, J. Samuelson on, 
1863, 123 
* Germ-theory of disease, the antiseptic 
treatment of contagia as illustrated by 
the, W. Hope on, 1870, 140 
_of disease, the, considered from the 
natural history point of view, Dr. W. 
B. Carpenter on, 1883, 529 
* _of putrefaction, Dr. J. Dougall on 
the relative powers of various sub¬ 
stances in preventing the generation 
of animalcules, or the development of 
their germs, with special reference to 
the, 1871, 124 
Germ-theory, protoplasm and the, Dr. 
G. W. Child on, 1870, 131 
*-spontaneous evolution and the, by 
Dr. N. Carmichael, 1876, 146 
*Germs, a method of excluding, from 
rooms used for surgical operations, W. 
Thomson on, 1877, 114 
*Gerstl (R.) on different spectra of one 
chromium salt, 1868, 38 
Gervais (Paul) sur les dents du Alacrau- 
chenia , et leur mode de remplacement. 
1872, 136 
Gestation, Prof. W. Turner on a remark¬ 
able mode of, in an undescribed species 
of Arius, 1866, 79 
Geysers of the Rotorua district, North 
Island of New Zealand, E. W. Bucke 
on the, 1886. 644 
*Giant’s Causeway, Prof. J. Thomson 
on the jointed prismatic structure of 
the, 1874, 93 
Gibb (Dr. G. D.) on the arrest of puparial 
metamorphosis of Vanessa Antiopa or 
Camberwell beauty, 1861, 143 
-on the normal position of the epi¬ 
glottis as determined by the laryngo¬ 
scope, 1862, 128 ; 1863, 114 ; on the 
physiological effects of the bromide of 
ammonium, 1862, 128 
- report on the physiological effects of 
the bromide of ammonium, 1863, 81 
——- on voluntary closure of the glottis, 
independently of the act of breathing, 
1863, 115 
-on the difference between the larynx 
of the negro and that of the white 
man, 1864, 94 ; on the various forms 
assumed by the glottis, 122 ; on the 
action of the bromides of lithium, 
zinc, and lead, 123 
— refutation of the view recently p>ro- 
pounded that the food comes into 
contact with the vocal cords in de¬ 
glutition, 1865, 107 
-on variations in the great arterial 
blood-vessels, 1866, 73 
-on vocal and other influences upon 
mankind from jiendency of the epi¬ 
glottis, 1867, 101 
- [Sir G. D.] on the paucity of 
aboriginal monuments in Canada, 1869. 
133 ; on an obstacle to European 
longevity beyond 70 years, ib .; on a 
cause of diminished longevity among 
the Jews, 134 
-on the uses of the uvula, 1871, 139 ; 
on some abnormalities of the larynx, 
ib.; on centenarian longevity, 151 ; on 
a fat woman exhibiting in London, 
152 
— on a pata-patoo from New Zealand, 
