GENERAL INDEX. 
337 
labour in, as associated with the re¬ 
formation of criminals, 1867, 135 
I'ritchard (Rev. C.) on mapping the 
surface of the moon , 1867, 1 ; 1868, 1 ; 
1869, 76 
- on tidal observations, 186S, 4 S 9 ; 
1870, 120 
-on the nature of the photographic 
star-discs and the removal of a diffi¬ 
culty in measurements for parallax, 
1887, 580 
-(Dr. U.) on the termination of the 
nerves in the vestibule and semicircular 
canals of mammals, 1876, 156 ; * *on a 
microscope adapted for showing the 
circulation in the human subject, 158 
^Probabilities, Prof. Price on some ap¬ 
plications of the theory of, 1865, 7 
-Prof. Sylvester on a special class of 
questions on the theory of, 1865, 8 
^Probability function, J. E. Hilgard on 
the verification of the, 1872 , 21 
Probyn (L. C.), the effects on Indian 
exports of the fall in the gold price of 
silver, 1888, 768 
Proctor (Barnard S.) on the focal ad¬ 
justment of the eye, 1863, 16 
-(Rev. J. L.) on the Marganza, 1863, 
146 
- (R. A.) on the laws of star-grouping, 
1870, 24 
*-on the construction of the heavens, 
1871, 34 
^Profits, division of the employer's, 
amongst the workpeople, the practica¬ 
bility of a, Dr. Watts on, 1862, 196 
Progress of the English and Scottish 
population, as shown by the census of 
1861, J. Strang on the comparative, 
1861, 243 
Progression, Prof. R. W. Genese on the 
sum of the nth. powers of the terms of 
an arithmetical, 1886, 540 
Projectiles with cycloidal rotation, R. W. 
Woollcombe on oblate, 1862, 187 
141 -flight of, experiments illustrative of 
the, P. Braham on, 1877, 40 
- mechanical properties of iron, at 
high velocities, W. Fairbairn on the, 
1862, 178 
- proper form of, for penetration 
under water, Joseph Whitworth on the, 
1868, 195 
Projection of a sphere, transformation of 
the stereographic equatorial, by means 
of a certain form of the Peaucellier 
cell, Prof. A. W. Phillips on, 1884, 
649 
Proneomenia, the affinities of, Dr. A. A. 
W. Hubrecht on, 1881, 673 
Pronephros of Teleosteans and Ganoids, 
F. M. Balfour on the, 1881, 721 
Pronghorn, Dr. P. L. Sclater on the 
systematic position of the, 1866, 77 
Propeller, an oblique, Prof. Osborne 
Reynolds on, 1870, 222 
Propellers, the effect of, on the steering of 
vessels, report on, 1876, 66 ; 1877, 200 ; 
1878,419; 1880,699; *1881, 779 (see 
1875, 141 ; 1876, 70 ) 
Property, the law of succession to, Dr. 
W. N. Hancock on, 1877, 176 
-real, Frederick Purdy on local taxa¬ 
tion and, 1862, 162 
-real, Thomas Browne on the transfer 
of, 1866, 124 
Proportion-table, Prof. J. D. Everett on a 
new, 1866, 2 
Proportions of the human body, a port¬ 
able scale of, W. F. Stanley on, 1885, 
1206 
Propulsion, stability, and sea-going quali¬ 
ties of ships, report on the existing 
hnowledge on the, 1869, 10 ; 1870, 44 
Protagon, Dr. Hughes Bennett on, in 
relation to the molecular theory of 
organisation, 1867, 97 
Protandry and protogyny in British 
plants, A. W. Bennett on, 1870, 111 
’'"'Protection of buds against the sun, M. 
C. Potter on the, 1889, 648 
Protection and free trade, the battle be¬ 
tween, in Australia, W. Westgarth on, 
1887, 833 
-in the United States and its lessons, 
G. Baden-Powell on, 1880, 671 
- in young communities, recorded 
results in Victoria and New South 
Wales, G. Baden-Powell on, 1881, 760 
Protective value of colour and markings 
in insects, further experiments upon 
the, by E. B. Poulton, 1887, 763 
*Proteids of serum, W. B. Halliburton 
and E. A. Schafer on the, 1884, 785 
Protogyny and protandry in British 
plants, A. W. Bennett on, 1870, 111 
^Protoplasm and adipocere, D. J. Good¬ 
man on, 1875, 167 
-the continuity of the, through the 
w r alls of vegetable cells, W. Gardiner 
on, 1883, 534 
-and cell wall, the relations of, in 
the vegetable cell, F. O. Bower on, 
1883, 535 
--- a chemical difference between living 
and dead, Dr. O. Loew on, 1885, 1075 
* -motion of, in the fucaceous Algae, 
Prof. P. M. Duncan on the, 1873, 126 
-and the germ theory, Dr. Child on, 
1870, 131 
* -living, the state of the water in, 
Prof. M. M. Hartog on, 1889, 645 
Protoplasmic continuity in the Flori- 
dere, 'T. Hick on, 1883, 547 
-and fungus life, Dr. Crace-Calvert 
on the relative power of various 
substances in preventing putrefaction 
and the development of, 1872, 69 
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