GENERAL INDEX. 
199 
Heat of the earth, the, as influenced by- 
conduction and pressure, Rev. A. Irving- 
on, 1886, 657 
t-of stars, W. Huggins on the, 1869, 
18 
-of the sunshine at the Kew Obser¬ 
vatory, as registered by Campbell’s 
method, Profs. H. E. Roscoe and Bal¬ 
four Stewart on the, 1883, 414 
-on the sun’s surface, J. J. Murphy on 
the distribution of, and the currents in 
its atmosphere, 1863, 9 
* -of August 2nd-4th, 1868, A. Buchan 
on the great, 1871, 232 
- generated in the blood during the 
process of arterialisation, report on the, 
1871, 137 
-F. Crace-Calvert on the action of, 
on germ-life, 1871, 122 
-and electricity, Dr. J. H. Gladstone 
and A. Tribe on the mutual helpful¬ 
ness of chemical affinity, in producing 
the decomposition of water, 1872, 75 
-and electricity, an analogy between, 
Prof. G. F. FitzGerald on, 1884, 652 
-engine, a new, A. W. Bickerton on, 
1870, 208 
*Heath (Rev. D. J.) on the anthropoid 
and mute origin of the European races, 
versus the theory of migration from an 
external source, 1865, 191 
- (T.) on the supposed change of 
climate in the British Isles within re¬ 
cent years, 1885, 922 
*Heating buildings by steam from a 
central source, J. H. Bartlett on, 1884, 
891 
* -of conductors by electric currents, 
Prof. G. Forbes on the, 1884, 894 
-and power supply, central station, 
Boston, U.S. (Prall’s system), by W. W. 
Phipson, 1889, 749 
Heaton (Dr. J. D.) on certain simula¬ 
tions of vegetable growths by mineral 
substances, 1867, 83 
- on dendroidal forms assumed by 
minerals, 1869, 127 
^Heavenly bodies, the tendency of a 
system of, to centralise and applanise, 
if subject to resistance in their mo¬ 
tions, F. G. Landon on, 1877, 31 
*Heavens, R. A. Proctor on the construc¬ 
tion of the, 1871, 34 
*Hebert (E.) on some of the Oolitic 
strata seen at Dundry, 1864, 57 
—— on the Chalk of the Paris basin, 1872, 
104 
- on the undulations of the Chalk 
in the North of France, and their pro¬ 
bable existence under the Straits of 
Dover, 1875, 67 
Hebrides, J. Gwyn Jeffreys on dredging 
among the, 1866, 186 
-- Rev. A. Merle Norman on exploring 
the coasts of the, by means of the dredge, 
1866, 193 ; (also Shetland, 1867, 437 ; 
1868, 247 , 341 ) 
Hebrides, Henry B. Brady on the rhizo- 
podal fauna of the, 1866, 69 
* -Dr. Carpenter on marine animals 
from the, 1866, 72 
* - Rev. A. Merle Norman on the 
Crustacea, Echinodermata, Polyzoa, 
and Ccelenterata of the, 1866, 77 
- British tumuli and monuments in 
the, and on the Western Coast of Scot¬ 
land, J. S. Phene on a recent examina¬ 
tion of, 1870, 155 
-and WeM, Highlands, J. S. Phene on 
an expedition for the special investi¬ 
gation of the, in search of evidences of 
ancient serpent worship, 1871, 158 
Hectocotylisation of the Cephalapoda, 
note on the, by W. E. Hoyle, 1887, 768 
Hector (Dr. J.) on the capabilities for 
settlement of the central parts of 
British North America, 1861, 195 
-on the geology of the Province of 
Otago, New Zealand, 1864, 54 
* -on the geology of New Zealand, 
1875, 69 ; *on the occurrence of moa- 
bones in New Zealand, 161 
Hederic acid and resin of scammony, C. 
T. Kingzett on, 1877, 52 
Hedgehog, the structure of the intestine 
in the, Dr. J. A. McWilliam on, 1885, 
1078 
Hedges (K.), fire risks of electric light¬ 
ing, 1883, 653 
- a new form of secondary battery, 
1887, 882 
-precautions to be adopted when the 
electric light is supplied by means of 
transformers, 1889, 740 
*Hedley (Edward) on the sinking of 
Annesley Colliery, 1866, 52 
Heer (Prof. Oswald) on the Miocene 
flora of North Greenland, 1866, 53 ; 
*74 
- on the fossil plants collected by Mr. 
Whymper in North Greenland, 1869, 8 
* -note on the fossil flora of the Arctic 
regions, 1877, 72 , *106 
Heights, John Ball on the determination 
of, by means of the barometer, 1862, 
28 
* -M. Moggridge on an easy mode of 
measuring, 1864, 4 
Heine (Gen. W.) on lines for a ship-canal 
across the American isthmus, 1870, 
170 
Heis (Prof.) on the heights of shooting- 
stars, 1868, 386 ; list of radiant-points 
of meteoric showers, 405 
Heisch (Charles) 011 a simple method of 
taking stereomicro-photographs, 1862, 
46 
Helicidse, the capreolas (of Lister) or the 
