418 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Thermal waters of Bath, Dr. Daubeny on 
the, 1864, 26 
- and mineral maters, British, a list 
of n'orhs referring to, by W. H. Dalton , 
1888, 859 ' 
_ winclrose at the Ben Nevis Observa¬ 
tory, A. Rankin on the, 1887, 595 
^-Thermo-chemistry of oxygen, T. Fairley 
on the, 1877, 51 
Thermodynamic acceleration and retar¬ 
dation of streams, J. W. Macquorn 
Rankine on the, 1870, 18 
- efficiency of thermopiles, Lord 
Rayleigh on, 1885, 898 
-theory of waves of finite longitu¬ 
dinal disturbance, W. J. Macquorn 
Rankine on the, 1869, 14 
Thermodynamics, certain facts in, Prof. 
W. Ramsay and Dr. S. Young on, 1885, 
928 
-- of the general oceanic circulation, 
Dr. W. B. Carpenter on the, 1871, 51 
—— second law of, W. J. Macquorn Ran¬ 
kine on the, 1865, 13 
Thermoelectric current in iron, the tem¬ 
porary, F. T. Trouton on, 1889, 517 
- currents in circuits of one metal, 
Fleeming Jenkin on permanent, 1861, 
39 
- currents in circuits of one metal , 
Fleeming Jenkin on , 1862, 173 
* - currents, double neutral points in, 
Prof. P. G-. Tait on, 1872, 52 
- phenomena, 0. J. Lodge on a me¬ 
chanical illustration of, 1876, 43 
Thermoelectricity, Prof. P. G. Tait on, 
1871, 48 
-Prof. H. Stroud on the E.M.F. pro¬ 
duced by an abrupt variation of tem¬ 
perature at the point of contact of two 
portions of the same metal, 1889, 504 
Thermograph, Bowkett’s, W. Lant Car¬ 
penter on, 1881, 604 
Thermometer, air, Abbe Jeannon’s free, 
the Abb 6 Moigno on the, 1863, 24 
-the comparison of the mercury with 
the hydrogen, Prof. J. M. Crafts on, 
1882, 449 ^ 
-deep-sea, James Glaisher on a, in¬ 
vented by Henry Johnson, 1861, 58 
* -deep-sea, J. Y. Buchanan on a new, 
1876, 81 
-deep-sea and recording, H. Negretti 
on a, 1874, 43 
* - for observing earth temperature, 
G. J. Symons on a new form of, 1876, 49 
* - electric resistance, for observing- 
temperatures at inaccessible situations, 
C. W. Siemens on an, 1861, 44 
-maximum, with a new index, W. 
Symons on a, 1863, 27 
-mechanical self-registering, A. Mal- 
lock on a, 1882, 477 
- minimum mercurial, proposed by 
Mr. Casella, Balfour Stewart on a new. 
1861, 74 
Thermometer, minimum, Rutherford's, 
devised and constructed by James 
Hicks, G. M. Whipple on a new form 
of, 1873, 50 
- platinum, comparison of a, with 
some mercury thermometers at low 
temperatures, E. H. Griffiths on a, 1890, 
130 
— - - solar-radiation, Negretti and Zam- 
bra’s test-gauge, G. J. Symons on, 1873, 
47 
-telegraphic, Prof. C. Wheatstone on 
a new, 1867, 11 
- of translation, T. Stevenson on a, 
for recording the daily changes of 
temperature, 1871, 241 
- for the Underground Temperature 
Committee , Sir W. Thomson on a , 1870, 
37 
- in vacuo , Prof. H. McLeod on the 
black bulb, 1889, 505 
Thermometers, -wet- and dry-bulb, Prof. 
J. D. Everett on formulas for, 1871, 54 
-calibration of mercurial, by Bessel’s 
method, Profs. T. E. Thorpe and A. W. 
Rucker on the, 1881, 540 
— calibration of mercurial, the methods 
employed in the , report on, 1882, 145 
—— differing in size, shape, or material. 
G. J. Symons on the relative sensitive¬ 
ness of, 1874, 41 
—— mercury, some accurate charts of 
Kew corrections for, W. N. Shaw on, 
1888, 590 
- methods of preventing change of 
zero of, by age, G. M. Whipple on, 1885, 
938 
ThermomMre, un nouveau, destine a 
prendre les temperatures de la surface 
des eaux marines ou fiuviales, Dr. 
Janssen sur, 1872, 59 
Thermometric observations in the Alps, 
John Ball on, 1862, 363 
-scale, a new, G. Forbes and W. PI. 
Preece on, 1889, 514 
^Thermopile and galvanometer combined, 
Prof. G. Forbes on a, 1886, 527 
•{•Thermopiles, thermodynamic efficiency 
of, Lord Rayleigh on the, 1885, 898 
^Thermostat, a simplified, M. W. Williams 
on, 1883, 470 
*Thesium, the genus, floral contrivances 
in, Miss Ewart on, 1889, 649 
Theta function as a definite integral, J. 
W. L. Glaisher on a series summation 
leading to an expression for the, 1876, 
15 
Thetines, Prof. E. A. Letts on the, 1878, 
5ii 
*Thin (Dr. G.) on the use of opium 
among the Chinese, 1870, 157 
-on the nucleus in the frog’s ovum, 
