GENERAL INDEX. 
465 
Zambesi River, letter from Dr. Living¬ 
stone to Sir R. I. Murchison, from the, 
1862, 146 
-T. Baines on Victoria Falls of the, 
1865, 112 
-and its probable westernmost source, 
T. Baines on the, 1866, 101 
-the native races of the head-waters 
of the, Major Serpa Pinto on, 1879, 
393 
Zambezi Delta, B. D. J. Rankin on the, 
1889, 666 
fZambezia, E. A. Maund on, 1890, 892 
Zaparos (in Ecuador), notes on the, by 
A. Simson, 1877, 121 
Zenger (Prof. C. V.) on a new automatic 
telegraph apparatus, 1868, 21 
-on the nutoscope, an apparatus for 
showing graphically the curve of pre¬ 
cession and nutation, 1871, 36 ; on a 
new steam-gauge, 45 ; on a new k$y 
for the Morse printing telegraph, 48 
-on the velocity of light in the chemi¬ 
cal elements and on their crystalline 
form, 1872, 46 ; on the spiral top, 62 
* -on the tangential balance and a 
new saccharometer, 1872, 63 
*—— on the correlation between specific 
weight and specific heat of cbemical ele¬ 
ments, 1873, 40 ; on symmetric conduc¬ 
tors and the construction of lightning 
conductors, 41 
Zenner (Dr.) on impurities in lead, and 
molecular motion, 1863, 58 
Zerafshan Valley, topographical sketch of 
the, by A. Fedchenko, 1870, 169 
Zero of thermometers, methods of pre¬ 
venting change of, by age, G. M. Whip¬ 
ple on. 1885, 938 
Zetland, J. Gwyn Jeffreys's report on deep 
sea dredging in, 1861, 178 
* Zeiplodon, British fossil, H. G. Seeley on 
the occurrence of a, at Barton, Hants, 
1872, 122 
Zinc, the action of, on acidified solutions 
of ferric sulphate, Prof. T. E. Thorpe 
on, 1881, 595 
-alloys of, copper, tin, lead, and other 
metals with manganese, J. Fenwick 
Allen on, 1870, 50 
-bromide of, Dr. G. D. Gibb on the 
action of the, 1864, 123 
* -D. Swan on, 1876, 69 
- manufacture of, in the Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne District, T. Sop with and T. 
Richardson on the, 1860, 715 
-and magnesium, the reducing action 
of, on vanadium solutions, Prof. H. E. 
Roscoe on, 1881, 596 
- metallurgic treatment of complex 
ores, E. A. Parnell on a new process for 
the, 1880, 544 
-^nickel, and cobalt in the Cleveland 
ironstone, J. Pattinson on, 1863, 49 
Zinc sheathing for ships, S. J. Mackie on, 
1866, 146 
ZiNGLER (M.) and C. T. Kingzett on the 
albumen of commerce, 1877, 52 
Zipernowsky (C.) on distributing elec¬ 
tricity by transformers, 1886, 816 
Zirconia, Jargonia and, H. C. Sorby on, 
1869, 75 
Zirconium, the atomic weight of, Dr. G. 
H. Bailey on, 1887, 636 
Zodiacal light, Rev. Prof. Challis on, 1862, 
12 
Zoological bibliography of the Lesser An¬ 
tilles, by D. Sharp, 1888, 438 
-literature, record of, for 1864, ex¬ 
hibited by Dr. E. P. Wright, 1865, 94 
- literature, report on the record of, 
* 1879 , 369 ; *1881, 661 ; 1882, 589 ; 
*1883, 539 ; *1884, 761 ; 1885, 1056 ; 
1886, 688 
- nomenclature, report of a Committee 
on the rules of , 1865, 25 
-nomenclature, Dr. P. P. Carpenter on 
the regard due to usage and utility, as 
well as mere priority in fixing, 1865, 83 
*-nomenclature, W. A. Lewis on a 
proposal for a modification of the strict 
law of priority in, 1871, 133 
—— and palaeontological researches in 
Mexico, report of the Committee for 
conducting, 1880, 254 
-provinces, Sir J. Richardson on, 1862, 
118 
—— reports of the ‘ Challenger ’ expedi¬ 
tion, exhibition of some of the, by P. 
L. Sclater, 1880, 606 
- results of the dredging-expedition 
of the yacht ‘ Norna,’W. S. Kent on 
the, off the coast of Spain and Portugal, 
1871, 132 
-- stations, Dr. Anton Dohrn on the 
foundation of, 1870, 115 
——- observatories, P. L. Sclater on a 
favourable occasion for the establish¬ 
ment of, 1871, 134 
—— stations in different parts of the 
world, report of the Committee for pro¬ 
moting the foundation of, 1871, 192 ; 
1872, 47 ; 1873, 408 
- station at Naples, report on the, 1875, 
18 
——- - report of the Committee ap¬ 
pointed to arrange with Dr. Dohrn for 
the occupation of a table at the, 1877, 
228 ; 1878, 149 ; 1879, 165 ; 1880, 161 ; 
1881, 178 ; 1882, 288 ; 1883, 234 ; 1884, 
252 ; 1885, 466 ; 1886, 254 ; 1887, 77 ; 
1888, 150 ; 1889, 95 ; 1890, 449 
- report on the occupation of a 
table at the, 4 
by W. P. Sladen, 1879, 167 
by A. W. Waters, 1880, 163 
by Allen Hawker, 1881, 178 ; by F. 
G. Penrose, 183 
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