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endosmose and other allied phenomena , 
and on the existence of a sliding co¬ 
efficient for a fluid in contact with a 
solid , 1887, 495 
Lamb (Prof. H.) on the desirability of in¬ 
troducing a uniform nomenclature for 
the fundamental units of mechanics , 
1888, 27 
-(John) on the reduction of the 
death-rale in Gateshead by sanitary 
measures, 1863, 156 
Lambert’s proof of the irrationality of 
7 r, J. W. L. Glaisher on, 1871, 12 
-—— theorem, a simple proof of, Prof. 
J. C. Adams on, 1877, 15 
Lame's differential equation , Prof. F. 
Lindemann on, 1883, 351 
Lamellibranchiata, British fossil, J. L. 
Lobley on the distribution of the, 
1869, 96 
- of the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton, 
Portage, Chemung, and Catshill groups 
(equivalent to the Lower, Middle, and 
Upper Devonian of Europe), Prof. J. 
Hall on the, with especial reference to 
the arrangement of the Monomyaria, 
and the development and distribution 
of the species of the genus leptodesma, 
1884, 726 
t Lamina immersed obliquely in a fluid 
stream, Lord Rayleigh on the forces 
experienced by a, 1876, 31 
Laminaria bulbosa, the development of 
the bulb in, C. A. Barber on, 1888, 710 
Lamp giving a constant light, A. Vernon 
Harcourt on a, 1883, 426 
-standard, A. Vernon Harcourt on a, 
1887, 617 
—— H. Larkin on a magnesium, 1866, 40 
- R. Lavender on a new form of, 
1876, 229 
Lamplugh (G. W.) on the Bridlington 
and Dimlington Glacial shell-beds, 
1881, 616 
- on an ancient sea-beach near Brid¬ 
lington Quay , 1888, 328 ; 1889, 70 ; 
1890, 375 
- on a new locality for the Arctic 
shell-beds of the basement Boulder 
Clay on the Yorkshire coast, 1889, 590 
-on the boulders and glaciated rock- 
surfaces of the Yorkshire coast, 1890, 
797 ; East Yorkshire during the Glacial 
period, 798 ; on the Speeton clays and 
their equivalents in Lincolnshire, 808 
^Lamport (Charles) on naval efficiency 
and dockyard economy, 1871, 212 
Lanarkshire, James Thomson on certain 
reptilian remains found in the Carbon¬ 
iferous strata of, 1868, 79 
Lancashire, age of the Middle Sands of, 
S. V. Wood and F. W. Harmer on the 
palaeontological aspects of the Middle 
Glacial formation of the East of Eng¬ 
land, and their bearing upon the, 
1870, 90 
Lancashire, the anthropology of, Dr. J. 
Beddoe on, 1870, 143 
--coal-field, A. H. Green on the faults 
of a portion of the, 1861, 113 
-the increase of wealth and popula¬ 
tion in, W. E. A. Axon on, 1887, 852 
-pauperism and mortality of, F. 
Purdy on the, 1862, 165 
-F. Purdy on the mortality of, during 
the year ended Midsummer 1863, 1863, 
159 
-operatives, Dr. E. Smith on the 
dietary of the, 1863, 123 
-North, a comparison of, in 1836 and 
1883, by Hyde Clarke, 1883, 631 
-West, correlation of certain Post- 
Glacial deposits in, C. E. De Ranee on 
the, 1877, 68 
Land, elevations and subsidences of the. 
Rev. J. Gunn on the alternate, and the 
oider of the succession of strata in 
Norfolk and Suffolk, 1868, 66 
-Rev. J. Gunn on the agency of the 
alternate elevation and subsidence of 
the, in the formation of boulder-clays 
and glaciers, and the excavation of 
valleys and bays, 1871, 100 
-and water, the alternations of level 
of, Rev. J. Gunn on the formation of 
boulder-clays and, 1870, 72 
* - physical causes which have pro¬ 
duced the unequal distribution of, and 
water between the hemispheres, J. W, 
Reid on the, 1869, 100 
— surfaces, Carboniferous and other, 
H. Woodward on relics of the, 1871,. 
1 13 
* - the creation of a public commis¬ 
sion to purchase, for resale to occupiers 
in Ireland, F. Nolan on, 1878, 662 
-depreciation of, as caused by recent 
legislation, C. C. Prance on, 1887* 
835 
-laws, E. de Laveleye on, 1884, 862 
——- municipalisation of the, Sir Geo, 
Campbell on the, 1885, 1158 
-- policy of the United States, the 
public, W. C. Ford on, 1886, 761 
-privileges over, wrongly called pro¬ 
perty, Sir G. Campbell on the, 1874, 195 
■- question, the condition of small 
farmers, and their position with refer¬ 
ence to the, M. O’Brien on, 1878, 661 
-question, agricultural statistics and 
the, W. Botly on, 1880. 668 
- Society, Coventry Freehold, C. H. 
Bracebridge on the, 1863, 151 
-Societies of Birmingham, G. J. John¬ 
son on the Benefit Building and Free¬ 
hold, 1865, 154 
- tax in India, Hyde Clarke on the; 
distinction between rent and, 1869, 1 S 1 
