GENERAL INDEX 
427 
and the North Sea, report on the 
phenomena of, 1878, 217 ; 1879, 71 ; 
1880, 390 ; 1881, 160 
*Tidy (Dr. C. M.) on the action of 
drinking-water on lead, 1886, 583 
Tientsin, Capt. G. Fleming on a journey 
from, to the capital of Mantchu Tar¬ 
tary, 1863, 136 
Tietkens (W. H.), an account of the 
latest expedition across Central Aus¬ 
tralia, 1877 ,150 
Tilden (W. A.), researches on the cry¬ 
stalline constituents of aloes, 1875, 46 
* -on the nitroso derivatives of the 
terpenes, 1876, 70 ; ^preliminary note 
on a new isopurpurine, ib. 
--- hydrocarbons of the formula (C s H g ) n , 
1882, 494 
-- on isomeric naphthalene derivatives , 
1883 , 132 ; 1884, 74 ; 1886 , 216 ; 1887, 
231 ; 1888, 96 ; 1889, 172 
• - on some phenomena of solution, 
illustrated by the case of sodium sul¬ 
phate, 1884, 675 
-- on the investigation of certain physi¬ 
cal constants of solution, especially the 
expansion of saline solutions, 1885, 261 ; 
1886, 207 ; 1887, 48 ; on vapour pres- 
sures and refractive indices of salt 
solutions , 1885, 284 ; 1886, 204 
——- on the molecular weights of solids 
and salts in solution, 1885, 990 
- on electrolysis in its physical and 
chemical bearings, 1886, 308 ; 1887, 
336 ; 1888 , 339 ; 1889, 223 ; 1890, 138 ; 
on the phenomena and theories of solu- 
tion, 1886, 444 
—— onthe desirability of combined action 
for the translation of foreign memoirs, 
1887, 41 ; on the influence of silicon on 
the properties of steel, 1887,43; 1888, 
69 ; 1889, 267 ; 1890, 262 ; on the 
nature and properties of solutions, 
1887, 55 ; 1888, 93 ; 1889, 53 ; 1890, 
310 ; on the bibliography of solution, 
1887, 57 ; 1888, 54 ; 1889, 53 ; 1890, 
310 
Till (W.) on the Birmingham, Tame, and 
Rea district drainage, 1886, 499 
Till, fluxion-structure in, H. Miller on, 
1884, 720 
- or Lower Boulder-clay, in several 
of the glaciated countries of Europe, a 
comparative study of the, H. Miller on, 
1887, 694 
Timber-trees of India, Dr. Hugh Cleg- 
horn on the distribution of the princi¬ 
pal, and the progress of forest conser¬ 
vancy, 1868, 91 
*Time, S. Fleming on the conventional 
division of, now in use, and on the 
desirability of adopting common time 
over the globe for railways and steam¬ 
ships, 1876, 182 
*Time gun, the Newcastle, Prof. C. P. 
Smyth on, 1863, 191 
--moduli of dissipative systems, a 
theorem relating to the, Lord Ray¬ 
leigh on, 1885, 911 
-reciprocal decomposition with refer¬ 
ence to, J. H. Gladstone on, 1870, 57 
--signal, the electric, at Port Eliza¬ 
beth, description of, by S. A. Yarley, 
1870, 27 
- uniflcation of and the adoption of a 
universal prime meridian, report on the 
proposals of M. Tondini de Quarenghi 
relative to the, 1889, 49 
Timor, some customs prevalent among 
the inhabitants of, H. O. Forbes on, 
1883, 565 
Timor-laut, report on the natural history 
of, 1881, 197 ; 1882, 275 ; 1883, 224 ; 
1884, 263 
-the cranial characters of the inhabi¬ 
tants of, Dr. J. G. Garson on, 1883, 566 
*Tims (T. D.), Dominion savings banks, 
1884, 835 
' :: 'Tin, block, D. Fritsche’s notes on struc¬ 
tural changes in, 1869, 67 
- compounds of, Drs. E. Schuncli, R. A. 
Smith, and H. E. Roscoe on the manu¬ 
facture of, 1861, 119 
--copper, zinc, lead, and other metals, 
alloys of with manganese, J. F. Allen 
on, 1870, 50 
-and gold of the ancients, the locali¬ 
ties from whence the, were derived, C. 
O. Groom-Napier on, 1875, 177 
——- lode, C. Le Neve Foster onthe Great 
Flat, south of Redruth, 1877, 71 
- -mines in the parish of Wendron, 
Cornwall, C. Le Neve Foster on some, 
1877, 70 
—— -ore, Frederick Field on a specimen 
of, hitherto undescribed, 1864, 27 
—— -ore, C. Le Neve Foster on the de¬ 
posit of, at Park of Mines, St. Columb, 
Cornwall, 1875, 64 
- sources of the supply of, for the 
bronze tools and weapons of antiquity, 
John Crawfurd onthe, 1864, 142 
- stock works of Cornwall, C. Le 
Neve Foster on some of the, 1877, 70 
*Tinamou, the caeca of a, F. E. Beddard 
on, 1889, 616 
Tinne (John A.) on the exploration of 
Moab, 1872, 210 
- on science-lectures and organisation, 
1873 , 495,507 
Tipton district, the drainage of the, E. 
Terry on, 1886, 824 
Tisley (S. C.) on a compound pendulum 
apparatus, 1873, 48 
-on a form of Spottiswoode's triple 
combination of double-image prisms 
and quartz plates applied to the table 
polariscope, 1874, 26 ; on a new and 
