344 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Ramsay (Prof. W.) on picoline and its 
derivatives, 1876, 67 
- summary of investigations on the 
pyridine series, 1878, 511 ; on some of 
the derivatives of furfurol, 512 ; exhibi¬ 
tion of Victor Meyer’s apparatus for 
taking vapour densities of substances 
with high boiling points, 517 
- on the conditions under which ordi¬ 
nary sedimentary materials may he 
converted into met amorphic rocks, 1882, 
239 
-the application of bisulphide of car¬ 
bon to the scouring of wool, 1883, 462 
-on molecular volumes, 1884, 676 
--- on the investigation of certain phy¬ 
sical constants of solution, especially 
the expansion of saline solutions, 1885, 
261 ; 1886, 207 ; 1887, 48 ; on vapour 
pressures and refractive indices of salt 
solutions , 1885, 284 ; 1886, 204 
--on some actions of a Grove’s gas- 
battery, 1885, 965 
■- on the influence of the silent dis¬ 
charge of electricity on oxygen and other 
oases, 1886, 213 ; 1887 , 42 ; 1889, 54 ; 
1890, 338 
——- on electricity in its physical and 
chemical hearings , 1886, 30 S : 1887, 
336 ; 1888 , 339 ; 1889, 223 ; 1890,138 
- on the nature of solution, 1887, 55 ; 
1888, 93 
--- on the bibliography of solution, 1887, 
57 ; 1888, 54 ; 1889 , 53 : 1890, 310 
-—— *on the behaviour of water under 
great provocation from heat, 1888, 562 
—— on the action of light on the ky dr acids 
of the halogens in presence of oxygen, 
1889, 59 ; 1890, 263 
-- on the properties of solutions , 1889, 
93 ; 1890, 310 
-- discussion on the theory of solution, 
1890, 325 
-*on the adiabatic curves for ether, 
gas, and liquid, at high temperatures, 
1890, 746 
--and J. T. Oundall on the non-exist¬ 
ence of gaseous nitrous anhydride, 
1885, 965 
*-—- and Prof. McKendrick on the 
physiological action of the substitution 
compound of chinoline and pyridine, 
1877, hi 
--- and Dr. S. Young on the van our- 
JL 
pressure of a substance in the solid 
and liquid states at the same tempera¬ 
ture, 1884, 622 ; on evaporation and 
dissociation, 675 
--and Dr. S. Young on a means of 
obtaining constant known tempera¬ 
tures, 1885, 928 ; on certain facts in 
thermodynamics, ih. 
—— and Dr. S. Young on the nature of 
liquids, 1886, 579 
‘•’‘Ramsay’s (Prof.) method of determining" 
specific volumes, Prof. L. Meyer on. 
1887, 653 
Randall (John) on the denudation of 
the Shropshire and South Staffordshire 
coalfields, 1869, 100 
*Randell (J.) on the position in the 
Great Oolite, and the mode of work¬ 
ing, of the Bath freestone, 1864, 66 
It angc-finders, or telemeters, some new. 
Profs. A. Barr andW. Stroud on, 1890, 
499 
Rankin (A.) on the thermal windrose at 
the Ben Nevis Observatory, 1887, 595 
--(B. D. J.) on the Zambezi Delta., 
1889, 666 
- (Rev. T.), meteorological observa¬ 
tions registered at Huggate, Yorkshire, 
1861, 73; 1862, 34 ; *1863, 25 
Rankine (Prof. W. J. Macquorn), report 
on steamship performance, 1861, 1907 
1862, 282 ; 1863, 339 
-on the resistance of ships, 1861, 263 , 
264 
-on the exact form and motion of 
waves at and near the surface of deep 
water, 1862, 5 
--Address to the Section of Mathe¬ 
matics and Physical Science, 1863, 1 ; 
an investigation on plane water-lines,. 
1 So 
*-on the proportions of ships of least 
skin resistance for a given speed and 
displacement, 1863, 192 
- report on the uniformity of weights 
and measures, 1864, 102 ; 1865, 375 ; 
1866, 352 ; 1867, 468 ; 1868, 484 ; 1869, 
308 ; 1870, 232 
--on the properties of certain stream¬ 
lines, 1864, 20 ; on some of the strains 
of ships, 187 ; on units of measure, 188 
- on the resistance of water to floating 
and immersed bodies, 1865, 56 ; 1866, 
148 
--on the second law of thermodyna¬ 
mics, 1865, 13 
-on a table of pairs of stars for ap¬ 
proximately finding the meridian,. 
1866, 21 ; on the experiments of the 
Committee upon the resistance of water 
to floating and immersed bodies, 147 ; 
on the theory of the influence of fric¬ 
tion upon the mechanical efficiency of 
steam, ib. 
■ - on the analysis and' condensation of 
the reports of the ‘ Steamship Perform¬ 
ance ’ Committee, and other sources of 
information on the same subject, 1867, 
58 ; 1868, 114 
--on the approximate drawing of cir¬ 
cular arcs of given lengths, 1867, 5 ; 
Address to the Mechanical Section, 149 ' 
- on tidal observations, 1868, 489 
1870,i2o; 1871,203; 1872,355 
