348 
GENERAL INDEX. 
surfaces, Lord Rayleigh on the, 1886, 
52 7 
Reflection, metallic, Prof. G. G. Stokes on 
a phenomenon of, 1876, 41 
- of obscure heat, Prof. Magnus on 
emission, absorption, and, 1869, 214 
Reflector, paraboloidal, for lighthouses, 
T. Stevenson on a, 1871, 37 
* Reform in the work of the medical pro¬ 
fession, Miss Beedy on, 1887, 192 
Reformatory and industrial school sys¬ 
tem, its evils and dangers, H. M'Mordie 
on the, 1874, 210 
* - punishment, F. T. Mott on, 1879, 
478 
* - Sheriff Cleghorn on the Welling¬ 
ton, 1871, 211 
Refraction, astronomical, G. Forbes on, 
1872, 36 
-- atmospheric, Rev. Prof. Challis on 
the augmentation of the apparent 
diameter of a body by its, 1862, 12 
- atmospheric, Stephen Alexander 
on the augmentation of the apparent 
diameter of a body by its, 1863, 3 
- atmospheric, Prof. J. Thomson on, 
of inclined rays, and on the path of a 
level ray, 1872, 41 
■ -and dispersion of light by liquids, 
Dr. J. H. Gladstone on the specific, 
1881, 591 
- dispersion, and magnetic rotation 
of carbon compounds, Dr. J. H. Glad¬ 
stone and Dr. W. H. Perkin on 
molecular, 1889, 515 
- and dispersion in certain metals, 
H. E. J. G. du Bois and H. Rubens on, 
1890, 728 
—— double, report on, by Prof. G. G. 
Stokes, 1862, 253 
* -double, A. R. Catton on the theory 
of, 1867, 10 ; 1868, 17 
-double, a point in the theory of, 
R. T. Glazebrook on, 1885, 929 
—— equivalent of carbon, Dr. J. H. 
Gladstone on the, 1865, 11 
- and dispersion equivalents of 
chlorine, bromine, and iodine, Dr. J. 
H. Gladstone on, 1866, 37 
—— equivalent of diamond and the 
carbon compounds, Dr. J. H. Gladstone 
on the, 1880, 535 
* - equivalents and chemical theories, 
Dr. J. H. Gladstone on, 1868, 37 
. equivalents, the present state of 
our knowledge of, Dr. J. H. Gladstone 
on, 1884, 674 
■ - of fluorine, G. Gladstone on the, 
1885, 970 
--goniometer, the value of the, in 
chemical work, Dr. J. H. Gladstone on, 
1885, 970 
* - of liquid waves, W. S. Davis on 
the, 1873, 43 
Refraction, magnetic double circular, Dr. 
De W. B. Brace on, 1885, 931 
- molecular, of substances in solution. 
Dr. J. H. Gladstone on the, 1890, 322 
—— of salt solutions, report on, 1885. 
284 ; 1886, 204 ; 1887 , 48 
* - and solar spots, J. H. Brown on. 
1872, 36 
- of solids, report on the method of 
determining the specific, from their 
solutions, 1881, 155 
- spectrum without a prism, Prof. 
Everett on a, 1873, 37 
Refractive energy, Dr. J. H. Gladstone 
and Rev. T. P. Dale on specific, 
1863, 12 
- energies and the combining pro¬ 
portions of metals, Dr. J. H. Gladstone 
on the relation between the specific, 
1869, 22 
- indices and vapour-pressures of salt 
solutions, rtport on, 1885, 284 ; 1886, 
204 ; 1887, 48 
Degenerative gas-furnace, C. IF. Siemens 
on his, 1868, 63 ; working results of the, 
compared with the ordinary f urnace, 
67 ; analysis of an inferior English pig 
iron before and after being puddled in 
the, 69 
Regianic acid, Dr. Phipson on, 1871, 76 
Registration districts of England and 
Wales, a proposed rearrangement of, 
for the purpose of facilitatiDg scientific 
inquiry, A. Haviland on, 1870, 193 
-Act, Scottish, George Seton on 
certain cases of questioned legitimacy 
under the operation of the, 1871, 217 
Reichenbach (0.), freezing as an aid to 
the sinking of foundations, 1886, 799 
Reid (A. S.) on the collection, preser¬ 
vation, and systematic registration of 
photographs of geological interest in 
the United Kingdom, 1890, 429 
- (C.) on the junction of the Lime¬ 
stone and Culm-measures near Chud- 
leigh, 1877, 76 
-- on an ancient sea-beach near Brid¬ 
lington Quay, 1888, 32 S; 1889, 70 ; 
1890, 375 
-- on the Higher Eocene beds of the 
Isle of Wight, 1889, 89 
- and H. N. Ridley, fossil Arctic 
plants from the lacustrine deposit at 
Hoxne, in Suffolk, 1888, 674 
* - (J. W.) on the physical causes 
which have produced the unequal dis¬ 
tribution of land and water between 
the hemispheres, 1869, 100 
- (Peter), statistics of the herring 
fishery, 1861, 156 
Reinold (Prof. A. W.) on the present 
state of our knowledge of spectrum 
analysis, 1880, 258 ; 1881, 317 ; 1882, 
120 ; 1884, 295 
