424 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Thomson [Sir W.] on an illustration of 
contact electricity presented by the 
multicellular electrometer, 1890, 728 ; 
on alternate currents in parallel conduc¬ 
tors of homogeneous or heterogeneous 
substance, 732 ; on anti-effective copper 
in parallel conductors or in coiled 
conductors for alternate currents, 736 ; 
on a method of determining in abso¬ 
lute measure the magnetic suscepti¬ 
bility of diamagnetic and feebly mag¬ 
netic solids, 745 ; *a new electric 
meter; the multicellular voltmeter; 
an engine-room voltmel er ; an ampere 
gauge ; a new form of voltapile, useful 
in standardising operations, 956 
* - and Capt. Evans on the tides of 
Port Louis, Mauritius, and Fremantle, 
Australia, 1877, 40 
-on the tides of the southern 
hemisphere and of the Mediterranean, 
1878, 4 77 
- and J. Hopkinson on methods of 
giving distinctive characters to light¬ 
houses, 1875, 253 
-and J. T. Bottomley on the illu¬ 
minating powers of incandescent 
vacuum lamps with measured potentials 
and measured currents, 1881, 559 
* - and Profs. Ayrton and Perry, 
electrometric determination of 4 v’ 
1888, 616 
- (Prof. W.), Fleeming Jenkin on 
an electric-resistance balance con¬ 
structed by, 1864, 14 
—— the influence of cohesion in relation 
to the experiments of, on the thermal 
effects of elastic fluids in motion, J. 
Croll on, 1862, 21 
-[Sir Wm.] the portable electrometer 
of, Prcf. C. M. Smith on atmospheric 
electricity and the use of, in the 
tropics, 1889, 507 
- correction of the ordinary equili¬ 
brium theory of the tides by, Prof. J. 
C. Adams on, 1886, 541 
-improved Wheatstone’s rheostat by, 
J. T. Bottomley on, 1886. 547 
-- (W.) on the decomposition of eggs, 
1874, 143 
-on apparatus and modes of examina¬ 
tion for the source of polluted air, 
1875, 45 
-on the growth of mildew in grey 
cloth, 1876, 70 
* -on a method of excluding germs 
from rooms used for surgical opera¬ 
tions, 1877, 114 
-on the estimation of mineral oil or 
paraffin wax when mixed with other 
oils or fats, 1878, 508 
-on a sample of Fuller’s earth, found 
in a fullonica recently excavated at 
Pompeii, 1879, 321 
Thomson (W.) on the determination of 
the loss of heat in steam boilers arising 
from incrustation, 1880, 549 ; on the 
identification of the ink used in writing 
letters and documents as evidence in 
cases of libel, forgery, &c., ib. 
* - on the incrustation of steam 
boilers, 1880, 703 
-on some phenomena which appear 
to be of the nature of chemico-mag- 
netic action, 1881, 590 
-on the development of crystals from 
transparent glass by the action of 
solvents upon it, 1888, 471 ; on certain 
molecular movements in the vicinity of 
thin iron plates, 472 
-on a new apparatus for readily de¬ 
termining the calorimetric value of fuel 
or organic compounds by direct com¬ 
bustion in oxygen, 1886, 599 
-on the antiseptic properties of some 
of the fluorine compounds, 1887, 667 
- on the vulcanisation and decay of 
indiarubber, 1890, 785 ; on the unburned 
gases contained in the flue-gases from 
gas-stoves and different burners, 786 
* -(Prof. C. Wyville) on the develop¬ 
ment of Synapta inlicerens, 1861, 162 
--on the successful dredging of H.M.S. 
‘Porcupine,’ 1869, 115 
- *on Hyalonema and some other 
vitreous Sponges, 1870, 128 ; *on some 
of the Echinoderms of the expedition 
of H.M.S. ‘ Porcupine,’ ib. 
* -on the structure of Crinoids, 1871, 
134 ; *on the palaeontological relations 
of the fauna of the North Atlantic, 
ib. 
- on the foundation of zoological sta¬ 
tions , 1872, 47 ; 1878, 408 
- on science lectures and organisation , 
1873, 495 , 507 
-*[Prof. Sir C. Wyville] on the genus 
Holopus, 1878, 571 ; *on some deep 
sea radiolarians, ib. ; Address to the 
Geographical Section, 613 ; *on the 
progress of the official report of the 
k Challenger ’ expedition, 633 
- on the occupation of a table at the 
zoological station at Naples , 1879, 165 ; 
1880, 161 ; 1881, 178 
-on the cruise of the ‘ Knight Errant,’ 
1880, 603 
- on the Scottish zoological station, 
1881, 177 ; 1882, 282 
Thoracic and pelvic limbs in Mamma¬ 
lia, comparison of the, by R. Garner, 
1870, 137 
Thorax of living birds, Dr. James Murie 
on the development of fungi within 
the, 1871, 129 
Thorburn (Rev. W. R.), Co-operative 
Stores, their bearing on Athenaeums, 
&c., 1861,248 
