334 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Preece (W. H.) on the best means for 
facilitating the adoption of the metric 
system of weights and measures in Great 
Britain, 1884, 27 
-on the law regulating the connection 
between current and intensity of in¬ 
candescence of carbon filaments in 
glow lamps, 1884, 654 ; *the watt and 
horse-power, 893 ; ^secondary batteries, 
ih. ; ^domestic electric lighting, ib. 
- on the strength of telegraph poles, 
1885, 853 
-on the relative merits of iron and 
copper wire for telegraph lines, 1885, 
907 ; on domestic electric lighting, 
1197 
-on electric induction between wires 
and wires, 1886, 546 ; on a magnetic 
experiment, ib. ; multiplex telegraphy, 
812 ; a portable electric lamp, ib. 
- on the desirability of combined action 
for the translation of foreign memoirs, 
1887,41 
- on the specific resistance of com¬ 
mercial iron, 1887, 609 ; on induction 
between wires and wires, 611 ; on the 
co-efficient of self-induction in tele¬ 
graph wires, 612 ; on copper wire, 874 ; 
fast speed telegraphy, ib. ; on the Brit¬ 
ish Association standard screw gauge, 
884 ; *on an improved railway reading- 
lamp, ib. 
- discussion on lightning-conductors, 
1888, 591,613 
-on the C.G.S. units of measurement, 
1888, 616 ; Address to the Mechanical 
Section, 781 
- on the development of graphic me¬ 
thods in mechanical science , 1889, 322 
--- on the relative effects of steady and 
alternate currents on different conduc¬ 
tors, 1889, 513 ; telephonic communi¬ 
cation between London and Paris, 744 
-on the character of steel used for 
permanent magnets, 1890, 752 ; on the 
form of submarine cables for long¬ 
distance telephony, 959 
-and Gf. Forbes, a new thermometric 
scale, 1889, 514 
-and H. R. Kempe on a new scale 
for tangent galvanometers, 1886, 546 
Pre-glacial contours and Post-glacial de¬ 
nudation of the North-west of England, 
C. E. De Ranee on the, 1880, 590 
-man in North Wales, evidence of, 
Dr. H. Hicks on, 1886, 839 
-man, the migrations of, Dr. H. Hicks 
on, 1887, 912 
Prehistoric civilisation, indications of re¬ 
trogression in, in the Thames valley, 
H. Stopes on, 1890, 979 
-and Anthropological Congress, Sir 
R. I. Murchison on the International, 
1867, 126 
Prehistoric culture in India and Africa, 
Hyde Clarke on, 1875, 171 
- inhabitants of the British Islands, 
the localities in which evidences of the 
existence of, are found, report of tho 
Committee for ascertaining and record¬ 
ing, 1887, 168 ; 1888, 289 ; 1889, 318 ; 
1890, 548 
-intercourse between East and West, 
facts suggestive of, Miss A. W. Buck- 
land on, 1884, 916 
-man in Manitoba, C. N. Bell on re¬ 
mains of, 1886, 845 
- maps, J. Evans on a new code of 
international symbols for use on, 1875, 
173 
- monuments of Cornwall as com¬ 
pared with those of Ireland, Miss A. 
W. Buckland on the, 1878, 578 
- names of weapons, H. Clarke on, 
1873, 141 ; 1875, 172 
-objects at Portstewart, W. J. Know¬ 
les on the find of, 1874, 155 ; 1876, 166 
-otter and beaver traps, Dr. R. Munro 
on, 1890, 978 
- race in the Greek Islands , report on 
the, 1886, 284 ; 1887, 200 ; 1888, 99 
-relations of the Babylonian, Chinese, 
and Egyptian characters, language, and 
culture, and their connection with sign 
and gesture language, Hyde Clarke on 
the, 1878, 590 ; 1880, 635 
-remains of Britain, the minor, local 
science societies and, R. Meldola on, 
1883, 571 
-remains on Dartmoor, C. S. Bate on, 
1877, 114 
* - remains in the deposits of the 
Bovey Basin, South Devon, W. Pengelly 
on, 1882, 607 
-remains, Dr. J. G. Garson on recent 
explorations made by Gen. Pitt-Rivers 
at Rushmore, 1887, 912 
-sculptures of Ilkley, Yorkshire, J. R. 
Allen on the, 1878, 580 
--times, the flora and fauna of, Prof. 
Rolleston on, 1877, 120 
- times in the North of Ireland, a 
glimpse of, W. J. Knowles on, 1874, 155 
-times in the Valley of the Rhine, 
Prof. Schaaffhausen on, 1880, 624 
Prejevalski’s travels in Mongolia and 
Northern Tibet, E. D. Morgan on, 1875, 
194 
* -Richthofen, and Lake Lob, E. D. 
Morgan on, 1878, 629 
■*-travels in Tibet, E. D. Morgan on, 
1886, 734 
* Prentice (Manning) on the progress 
of the manufacture of gun-cotton, and 
its application to mining, military, and 
sporting purposes, 1865, 34 
Pressigny le Grand, J. Evans on the 
worked flints of, 1865, 120 
