176 
GENERAL INDEX 
Gilson (Prof. G.), the spermatogenesis 
of the acarians and the laws of sper¬ 
matogenesis in general, 1887, 75^ 
-the odoriferous apparatus of Flaps 
mortisaga, 1888, 727 
-the secretion of silk by the silkworm, 
1889, 628 
__on secreting cells, 1890, 861 
*Gimingham (C. H.) on a modification 
of the Sprengel pump, and a new form 
of vacuum-tap, 1876, 49 
_ on improvements in astronomical 
clocks, *1879, 131 ; 1880, 56 
Ginsburg (Rev. Dr.) on the relation of 
the ancient Moabites to neighbouring 
nations, as disclosed in the newly-dis¬ 
covered Moabite stone, 1870, 149 
* -further disclosures of the Moabite 
stone, 1871, 179 
- on the exploration of Southern Moab , 
1872, 210 
Gipsies, John Crawfurd on the origin of 
the, 1863, 135 
* -Dr. Charnock on the origin of the, 
1865, 117 
-Dr. Charnock on Roumanian, 1872, 
177 
- B. C. Smart on the English, and 
their dialect, 1861, 199 
-and an ancient Hebrew race, in Sus 
and the Sahara, R. G. Haliburton on, 
1887, 908 
Gipsy dialect called ‘ Sim,’ Dr. Charnock 
on the, 1872, 177 
Girder bridges , the design of, some points 
for the consideration of English engi¬ 
neers with reference to, W. Shelf or d 
and A. II. Shield on, 1886, 472 
Girders, wrought-iron, Wm. Fairbairn's 
experiments upon, 1861, 286 
-- J. L. Stothert and Robert Pitt on a 
machine for testing, 1864, 189 
Girdlestone (Rev. Canon) on the con¬ 
dition of the agricultural labourer, es¬ 
pecially in the west of England, 1868, 
l6 5 
--on the maintenance of schools in 
rural districts, 1869, 191 
Girdwood (Prof. G. P.) and J. Bemrose, 
preliminary notes on a blue-colouring 
matter found in certain wood under¬ 
going decomposition in the forest, 1884, 
689 
Girishk, the country between Kandahar 
and, Capt. R. Beavan on, 1879, 445 
Girls, Lydia E. Becker on statistics re¬ 
garding the attendance and education 
of, in the elementar\ schools of Man¬ 
chester, 1872, 220 
Glacial action, Rev. P. B. Brodie on the 
Drift in part of Warwickshire, and on 
the evidtnce which it affords of, 1865, 
49 
-action in tropical In liain Palasozoic 
(or the oldest Mesozoic) times, W. T. 
Blanford on some evidence of, 1873, 76 
Glacial beds, Acadian and Scottish, points 
of dissimilarity and resemblance be¬ 
tween, R. Richardson on, 1884, 722 
-deposits at Montrose, Dr. How T den 
on the, 1885, 1040 
-deposits of West Cumberland, J. D. 
Kendall on the, 1881, 617 
-Drift in the Shetland Islands, C. W. 
Peach on traces of, 1864, 59 
- epoch, John Curry on the general 
conditions of the, 1871, 95 
-erratics of Leicestershire and War¬ 
wickshire, Rev. W. Tuckwell on the, 
1886, 627 
-formation, the middle, of the east 
of England, the palaeontological aspects 
of, and their bearing upon the age of 
the Middle Sands of Lancashire, S. V. 
Wood and F. W. Harmer on, 1870, 90 
--- geology of central Wales, W. Keep¬ 
ing on the, 1881,648 
-markings noticed on sandstone con¬ 
glomerates at Skelmorlie and Aberfoil, 
Prof. J. Thomson on features in, 1882, 
537 
- motion, William Hopkins on the 
theories of, 1861, 61 
-motion in 1883, some measurements 
of, Prof. A. Schuster on, 1883, 432 
--movements in the vicinity of Mount 
St. Elias, Sir E. Belcher on, 1861, 186 
- origin of lake basins, Dr. A. R. C. 
Selwyn on the, 1884, 721 
- period, W. Boyd Dawkins on the 
relation of the Quaternary mammalia 
to the, 1871, 95 
-period, Rev. J. Brodie on the action 
of ice in what is usually termed the, 
1875, 63 
-period, Dr. C. Ricketts on the cause 
of the, with reference to the British 
Isles, 1875, 79 
*-period, Rev. \V. S. Symonds on 
changes of climate during the, 1875,82 
—— period in Great Britain, a former, 
existing under similar meteorological 
conditions to those that rule at the 
present time, W. F. Stanley on pro¬ 
posed conditions to account for, 1885, 
1020 
--- period, further evidence of the ex¬ 
tension of the ice in the North Sea 
during the, by B. N. Peach and J. 
Horne, 1885, 1036 
-period, Prof. Otto Torell on the ex¬ 
tension of the Scandinavian ice to 
Eastern England in the, 1887, 723 
- period, G W. Lam pi ugh on East 
Yorkshire during the, 1890, 798 
-periods, evaporation and eccentricity 
as co-factors in, Rev. E. Hill on, 1881, 
631 
