GENERAL INDEX 
201 
metry, and on the syllabus drawn up by 
the Association for the improvement of 
geometrical teaching, 1876, 8 
*Henry (Prof. J.) on the rainfall of the 
United States, 1870, 36 
Henshaw (G. H.) on the formation of 
frasil ice, 1884, 644 
Hepper (Major A. C.) on the erosion of 
the coast at Deal , 1885, 440 
Herapath (Dr. W. Bird) on a new 
method of detecting arsenic, antimony, 
sulphur, and phosphorus, by their hy¬ 
drogen compounds, when in mixed 
gases, 1864, 31 
-on the pedicellariae of the Echino- 
dermata, 1864, 95 ; on the genus Sy- 
napta , 97 ; on the occurrence of indigo 
in purulent discharges, 124 
^Herbert (R.) on the statistics of live 
stock, 1864, 167 
Hercules, the burial-place of, Berber and 
Guanche tradition as to, R. G. Hali- 
burton on, 1887, 914 
Herdman (Prof. W. A.) on the definition 
of the area of the British Marine Fauna 
and Flora , 1887, 95 
-on the exploration of Liverpool Bay 
and the neighbouring parts of the Irish 
Sea by the Liverpool Marine Biology 
Committee, 1887, 733 
- on improving and experimenting 
with a deep-sea tow-net for opening and 
closing under water , 1889, 111 ; 1890, 
471 
--— on the structure and function of 
the dorsal papillm in Nudibranchiata, 
1889, 630 ; on the electric light as a 
means of attracting marine animals, 633 
^Hereditary transmission of endowments 
and qualities of different kinds, G. 
Harris on the, 1871, 151 
.-transmission of abnormal conditions 
due to accidental causes, Dr. Brown- 
Sequard on the apparent, 1870, 134 
*Hereditism, the doctrine of, Rev. F. 0. 
Morris on, 1890, 969 
^Heredity, discussion on ‘Are acquired 
characters hereditary ? ’ 1887, 754 ; 
1889, 620 
-F. Galton on feasible experiments 
on the transmission of acquired charac¬ 
ters, 1889, 620 
-Prof. H. H. Osborn on the palaeon¬ 
tological evidence for the transmission 
of acquired characters, 1889, 620 
-in cats with an abnormal number 
of toes, E. B. Poulton on, 1883, 543 ; 
1886, 692 
Hering’s theory of colour-vision, J. Ten¬ 
nant on, 1886, 526 
Hermite (Ch.) sur Velimination des fauc¬ 
tions arbitraires, 1872, 233 
-- sur l’irrationalite de la base des 
logarithmes hyperboliques, 1875, 22 
Herring fishery, statistics of the, 1861, 
156 
-migration of the, J. M. Mitchell on 
the, 1861, 149 
Herschel (A. 8 .), report on observations 
of luminous meteors, 1862, 1 ; 1863, 209 ; 
1864, 1 ; 1865, 57 ; 1866, 16 ; 1867, 288 ; 
1868 , 344 ; 1869 , 216 ; 1870 , 76 ; 1871, 
26 ; 1872, 57 ; 1873, 349 ; 1874, 269 ; 
1875, 199 ; 1876, 119 ; 1877 , 98 : 1878, 
258 ; 1879, 76 ; 1880, 39 ; 1881,290 
-[Prof. A. S.j, notes of some experi¬ 
ments on the thermal conductivities of 
certain rocks, 1873, 40 ; on a new form 
of pendulum for exhibiting superposed 
vibrations, 48 
- description and results of the experi¬ 
ments to determine the thermal con¬ 
ductivities of certain rochs, 1874, 128 ; 
1875, 54 ; 1876, 19 ; 1877, 90 ; 1878, 
133 ; 1879, 58 ; 1881, 126 ; 1889, 35 
- on underground temperature, 1876, 
204 ; 1877, 194 ; 1878, 178 ; 1879 , 40 ; 
1880, 26 ; 1881, 90 ; 1882, 72 ; 1883, 
45 ; 1885, 93 
- on meteoric dust, 1883, 126 ; 1884, 
38 ; 1885, 34 
- on a differential gravity meter , 1886, 
141 ; 1887, 41 ; 1888, 72 
-and G. A. Lebour on some experi¬ 
ments on the conducting-powers for 
heat of certain rocks, with remarks on 
the geological aspects of the investiga¬ 
tion, 1873, 223 
- and Prof. C. Piazzi Smyth on the 
use of bisulphide of carbon prisms for 
cases of extreme spectroscopic disper¬ 
sion, and their results in gaseous 
spectra, 1885, 942 
- (Sir John) on mapping the surface 
of the moon, 1865 , 286 ; 1866 , 214 ; 1867, 
I; 1868, 1 ; 1869, 76 
- on the establishment of magnetic ob¬ 
servations on the Kew system at the 
Observatory of Tifiis, 1865, 313 
- meteorological and physical observa¬ 
tions in three balloon ascents made in 
1865 and 1866, 1866, 367 
Hertz’s solution of Maxwell’s equations, 
an episode in the life of J., Prof. G. 
F. FitzGerald on, 1890, 755 
Hervey Islanders, some traditions of the, 
Rev. W. W. Gill on, 1875, 174 
Herzegovina, land tenure in the, Miss 
Irby on, 1887, 837 
Hesse-Wartegg (E. von), the Spanish 
territories of North America, 1882, 627 
*Hessian of a cubic surface, Prof. H. J. 
Stephen Smith on a property of the, 
1868, 10 
Hessian fly, the, or American wheat- 
midge, Cecidomyia destructor (Say), 
and its appearance in Britain, Prof. 
W. Fream on, 1887, 767 
