GENERAL INDEX. 
345 
Rankine (Prof. W. J. Macquorn) on a 
probable connection between the re¬ 
sistance of ships and their mean depth 
of immersion, 1868, 194 
_ on the stability, propulsion, and sea¬ 
going qualities of ships, 1869, 10 ; 1870, 
44 
- on the lams of the flow and action of 
mater containing solid matter in sus¬ 
pension, 1869, 402 ; on agricultural 
machinery, 404 
- on the thermodynamic theory of 
waves of finite longitudinal disturb¬ 
ance, 1869, 14 
--an investigation of the mathemati¬ 
cal theory of combined streams, 1870, 
18 ; on the thermodynamic acceleration 
and retardations of streams, ib. 
- on instruments for measuring the 
speed, of ships and currents, 1872, 176 
- and J. R. Napier on the use of 
movable seats for slide-valves, 1867, 
156 
Ransom (Dr. W. H.) on the occurrence 
of Felis Lynx as a British fossil, 1866, 
66 ; on the structure and growth of the 
ovarian ovum in the Gasterosteus 
Leiurus, 77 ; on the condition of the 
protoplasmic movements in the egg of 
osseous fishes, 92 
Ransome (A.), the manufacture of slack 
barrels by machinery on the English 
and American systems, 1886, 817 
-(Dr. A.), ^apparatus for the examina¬ 
tion of air, 1887, 672 ; phthisis centres 
in Manchester and Salford, 852 
—— (F.) on recent improvements in the 
manufacture of artificial stone, and the 
application of such stone to construc¬ 
tive and other purposes, 1872, 248 
--improvements in the manufacture 
of Portland cement, 1887, 864 
Ranunculus aquatilis, abnormal petals 
on flowers of, T. Gibson on, 1870, 115 
- radians (Revel) as a British plant, 
W. P. Hiern on, 1865, 80 
Raoult’s method, an application of, to 
alloys, C. T. Heycock and F. H. Ne¬ 
ville on the molecular weights of the 
metals, 1889, 534 
Rapistrum rugosum, All., W. P. Hiern on 
the occurrence of, in Surrey, Kent, and 
Somersetshire, 1869, 114 
Rath (G. vom), the crystallographic 
system of leucite, hitherto supposed to 
be regular, is quadratic, 1872, 79 ; on a 
remarkable block of lava ejected by 
Vesuvius at the great eruption, April 
1872, which proves the formation of 
silicates through sublimation, 120 
Ravenstein (E. G.) on Dr. G. Nachti- 
gall’s explorations in Africa (1869-74), 
1874, 175 
■- onthePalestine explorations, 1875 ,81 
Ravenstein (E. G.) on the Royal Geo¬ 
graphical Society’s map of Eastern 
Equatorial Africa, 1882, 623 
-on the Somali and Galla countries, 
1883, 595 
- on maps of Central Africa down to 
the commencement of the seventeenth 
century, 1884, 803 ; object lessons in 
geographj^, 806 
- on bathy-hypsographical maps, with 
special reference to a combination of 
the Ordnance and Admiralty surveys* 
1885, 1140 
- on the combination of the Ordnance 
and Admiralty surveys, and the pro¬ 
duction of a bathy-hypsographical map 
ofthe British Isles, 1886, 277 ; 1887, 160 
-- on the promotion of the study of 
geography, 1887, 158 
- a plea for the metre, 1887, 805 
* - Dr. Livingstone and Lake Bang- 
weolo, 1888, 745 
f- geographical co-ordinates in the 
valley of the Upper Nile, 1889, 668 
* -on the lands of the globe still avail¬ 
able for European settlement, 1890,. 
S93 
Rawlinson (Rev. Prof. G.) on the ex¬ 
ploration of Moat), 1872, 210 
- on the ethnography of the Cimbri* 
1875, 178 
--(Sir H. C.) on the direct overland 
telegraph from Constantinople to Kur- 
rachee, 1861, 197 
- on the Russian frontiers in Central 
Asia, 1865, 128 
- on the site of the terrestrial para¬ 
dise, 1870, 172 ; early traditions re¬ 
garding the river Oxus, 174 
- on the morh of the Anthropometric 
Committee, 1876, 266 ; 1877, 231 
Rawnsley (Rev H. D.), manual training* 
an experiment at Keswick, 1887, 846 
Rawson (Sir R. W.) on the morh of the 
Anthropometric Committee, 1876, 266 ; 
1877, 231 ; 1878, 152 ; 1879, 175 ; 1880,. 
120 ; 1881,225: 1882, 278 ; 1883,253; 
1884, 279 
- report of the Corresponding Societies 
Committee, 1885 , 708; 1886 , 285 ; 1887 * 
459 5 1888,255; 1889,187; 1890 , 55 
-- on the effects of di fferent occupations 
and employments on the physical deve¬ 
lopment of the human body, 1888, 100 ; 
1889 ,186 
--(R.) on criticoids, 1887, 604 
— (W. S.), comparison of the Harcourl 
and Methven photometric standards, 
1886, 535 
Ray (Lieut. P. H.), Arctic experiences at 
Point Barrow, 1884, 808 ; habits and 
customs of the Inu of the western shore 
and Point Barrow, 919 
Ray-curvatures, brachistochrones, and 
