GENERAL INDEX. 
341 
Radiation, the dynamical theory of, 
Prof. A. Schuster on, 1881, 561 
* -a law concerning, Prof. A. Schuster 
on, 1885, 905 
* - experiments on, with Prof. Hertz’s 
mirrors, F. T. Trouton on some, 1889, 
5io 
* -total, the dependence of, on tempe¬ 
rature, Sir W. Siemens on, 1883, 425 
* - total, at high temperatures, the 
law of, Prof. J. Dewar on, 1884, 623 
*Radiolarians, some deep sea, SirWyville 
Thomson on, 1878, 571 
- and diatoms of the Carboniferous 
rocks, the supposed, Prof. W. C. Wil¬ 
liamson on, 1878, 534 , *564 
Radiometer, W. Crookes on the influence 
of the residual gas on the movement 
of the, 1876, 30 
—— the curve of polarisation stress as 
determined by Mr. Crookes’s measures 
with the, G. J. Stoney on, 1879, 256 
Radiometric record of sun-heat from 
different parts of the solar disc, W. E. 
Wilson on a, 1890, 760 
^Radius vector in the absolute orbit of 
the planets, Prof. Gylden on the de¬ 
termination of the, 1886, 542 
Radlkofer (Prof. L.) on the structural 
peculiarities of certain sapindaceous 
plants, 1868, 109 
* - on the application of the anato¬ 
mical method to the determination of 
the materials of the Linnean and 
other herbaria, 1885, 1080 
Rae (E.) on Kairwan, 1883, 591 
* - (Dr. J.) on the Esquimaux, 1865, 
191 
* -on the Saskatchewan valley, 1871, 
189 
- on the geographical distribution 
and migrations of birds, &c., on the 
northern shores and lands of Hudson’s 
Bay, 1878, 558 ; *on the best route to 
attain a high northern latitude, or the 
Pole itself, 636 
- on overland expeditions to the 
Arctic coast of America, 1885, 1133 ; 
on the best and safest route by which 
to attain a high northern latitude, 
1136 
- on the depth of the permanently 
frozen soil in the Polar regions , 1886, 
271 ; 1887, 152 
-- proposed new route to the great 
prairie lands of North-west Canada, via 
Hudson’s Strait and Bay, 1886, 728 
Rag ox A (Prof.) sur la calculation des 
phenomenes periodiques, 1880, 466 ; 
*on the laws of the change of speed 
and direction of the wind, 467 
Paia, the genus, the presence of a ‘ tym¬ 
panum’ in, G. B. Howes on, 1882, 
577 
Ra'ian, Ain, the desert from Dahshur to, 
Capt. C. Surtees on, 1887, 801 
Basin, explorations in the, C. 
Whitehouse on, 1886, 730 ; 1888, 746 
- Canal, Cope Whitehouse on the, 
3 890, 955 
- Moeris, projected restoration of 
the, and the province, lake, and canals 
ascribed to the Patriarch Joseph, C. 
Whitehouse on, 1885, 1127 
- Moeris, Cope Whitehouse on the, 
1887, 799 
- project for the storage of Nile 
flood, Cope Whitehouse on the, 1888, 
799 
-reservoir, the feasibility of the, Col. 
Ardagh on, 1887, 800 
Rail, W. D. Gainsford on an invention 
for the purpose of attaining greater 
adhesion between the driving-wheel 
and the, 1866, 143 
Railway accidents, Dr. G. Arnott on, 
from trains running off the rails, 1861, 
252 
-accidents, the prevention of, J. 
Sewell on, 1862, 186 
- accidents, the prevention of, and 
automatically recording the move¬ 
ments of the points and signals and 
other apparatus of railways, W. Smith 
on, 1874, 229 
- accidents, statistical account of, 
for the year 1881, by Rev. Dr. Ace, 
1882, 630 
-accounts for 1868 just issued by the 
Board of Trade, J. Patterson on the, 
with suggestions for railway reform, 
1870, 197 
—— across the Malay peninsula, H. Wise 
on a proposed, 1861, 201 
-administration, J. S. Jeans on some 
defects in English, 1886, 768 
- amalgamation, W. Symons on a 
plan for, with Government control, 
1872, 251 
*- appliances, R. R. Harper on im¬ 
provements in, 1876, 225 
- axles and other portions of ma¬ 
chinery subjected to rapid alternations 
of strain , F. J. Bramwell on the influ¬ 
ence of form considered in relation to 
the strength of, 1869, 422 
-axles, Bowater’s patent for manu¬ 
facturing, A. Bowater on, 1870, 210 
-between the coasts of England and 
France, John F. Bateman and J. J. 
Revy on a proposed cast-iron tube for 
carrying a, 1869, 206 
- brake, sledge, James Higgin on a, 
1861, 262 
- brakes, an apparatus for recording 
the results of experiments with, Sir F. 
J. Bramwell on, 1882, 677 
-carriages, R. Pickwell on continu- 
