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Felkin (W.) on the lace and hosiery

trades of Nottingham, 128. Fell (J. B.) on locomotive engines and carriages on the central rail system for making steep gradients and sharp curves, as employed on the Mont Cenis, 143.

*Fellows (F. P.) on certain errors in the

received equivalent of the metre, &c., 2. Fish, Dr. Stevenson Macadam on the poisonous nature of crude paraffin oil, and the products of its rectification upon, 41.

Fishes, Dr. W. H. Ransom on the conditions of the protoplasmic movements on the egg of osseous, 92.

*Flame, N. P. Burgh on the action and effect of, in marine boilers, 140. *Flint flakes of Devon and Cornwall, C. Spence Bate on an attempt to approximate the date of the, of Devon and Cornwall, 50.

Flint implements in the gravel of the Little Ouse Valley, Henry Brigg, jun., on the occurrence of, 50.

Flora of North Greenland, Prof. Oswald Heer on the miocene, 53.

*Flora, North European, in the west of Ireland, H. Hennessy on the probable cause of the existence of a, 74. *Flower (J. W.) on a Kjökkenmödding in the island of Heron, 96. Fluid, Prof. John H. Jellett on a, possessing opposite rotatory powers for rays at opposite ends of the spectrum, 12. Fluorine, Walter Weldon on a proposed

use of, in the manufacture of soda, 45. Fossils, Henry Alleyne Nicholson on some, from the graptolitic shales of Derbyshire, 63.

Foster (Dr. B. W.) on an addition to the sphygmograph, 91; on a peculiar change of colour in a mulatto, 91. Foster (Dr. C. Le Neve) on a curious lode or mineral vein at New Rosewarne Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall, 52. Foster (Dr. F. M.) on the discovery of ancient trees below the surface of the land at the western dock now under construction at Hull, 52. Friction, Prof. W. J. M. Rankine on the

theory of the influence of, upon the mechanical efficiency of steam, 147.

Gainsford (W. D.) on an invention for the purpose of attaining greater adhesion between the driving-wheel and the rail, 143; on a newly invented system of ordnance, 144.

*Galloway (G. Bell) on inventors and inventions, 131.

Galton (Capt. Douglas) on the Chalmers target, 145.

Galton (Francis) on an error in the usual method of obtaining meteorological statistics, 16; on the conversion of wind-charts into passage-charts, 17. Gamgee (Dr. A.) on the action of carbonic oxide on the blood, 91. Garner (R.) on the power which some rotifers have of attaching themselves by means of a thread, 73.

Gasterosteus Leiurus, Dr. W. H. Ransom on the structure and growth of the ovarian ovum in the, 77. Gestation, Prof. W. Turner on a remarkable mode of, in an undescribed species of Arius, 79.

Gibb (Dr. George Duncan) on the great arterial blood-vessels, 73. Gilbert (Dr. J. H.) on the accumulation of the nitrogen of manure in the soil, 40; on the sources of the fat of the animal body, 41.

Gladstone (Dr. J. H.) on dispersion-equivalents, 10; on the refraction- and dispersion-equivalents of chlorine, bromine, and iodine, 37.

Glaisher (James), experiments off Ventnor with Mr. Johnson's deep-sea pressure-gauge, 24.

Godwin-Austen (Capt. H. H.) on the district of Lake Pangong, in Tibet, 100. Goldsmid (Col. F. J.) in Eastern Persia and Western Beeloochistan, 110. Greenland, Prof. Oswald Heer on the miocene flora of North, 53.

Greensand, lower, of Bedfordshire, J. F. Walker on the, 67.

"Groom-Napier (O.) on the food and economical value of British butterflies and moths, 76; on the variation in the eggs of British birds, 77. Grove (G)., report of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 110.

Gunn (Rev. G.) on the Anglo-Belgian

basin of the forest-bed of Norfolk and Suffolk, and the union of England with the Continent during the glacial period, 52. Gwinear, Cornwall, Dr.C. Le Neve Foster on a curious lode or mineral vein at New Rosewarne Mine, 52.

Harley (The Rev. Prof. R.) on differential resolvents, 2; on Tschirnhausen's method of transformation of algebraic equations, and some of its modern

extensions, 2; on Boole's mathematical analysis of logic, 3. Harrison (J. Park) on the heat attained by the moon under solar radiation, 20.

*Haughton (E. P.) on the land Dayas of Upper Sarawak, 96. Hawksley (Thomas), Address as President of Section G, 139.

*Heat evolved by electric currents, J. P. Joule on the mechanical equivalent of the thermal unit by experiments on the, 12.

*Heart, Dr. Sibson on the movements, structure, and sounds of the, 92. Hebrides, Henry B. Brady on the rhizopodal fauna of the, 69.

Dr. Carpenter on marine animals from the, 72.

Rev. A. Merle Norman on the Crustacea, Echinodermata, Polyzoa, and Coelenterata of the, 77. *Hedley (Edward) on the sinking of Annesley Colliery, 52.

Heer (Prof. Oswald) on the miocene flora of North Greenland, 53. *Hennessy (Prof.) on meteoric showers considered with reference to the motion of the solar system, 21; on the diurnal period of temperature in relation to other physical and meteorological phenomena, 21.

*Hennessy (H.) on the probable cause

of the existence of a North European flora in the West of Ireland, 74. Heywood (James) on the subjects required in the classical tripos examination in the Trinity College Fellowship examination at Cambridge, 131. *Hieroglyphs, W. Bollaert on Central American, 96.

Hind (J. R.) on the variable star lately discovered in Corona Borealis, 8. Hitchcock (Prof. C. H.) on the geological distribution of petroleum in North America, 55.

*Hoare (John) on the oyster fisheries in Ireland, 74.

Hofmann (M.) on a new telemeter; a new polarimeter; a new polarizing microscope; and various spectroscopes,

27.

İlogg (John) on the ballast-flora of the coasts of Durham and Northumberland, 74.

Holmes (N. J.) on the North Atlantic telegraph, 27.

Hooper (W.) on the electrical and mechanical properties of Hooper's india

rubber insulated wire, 13; for submarine cables, 145.

Hopkins (E.) on the depolarization of iron ships, to prevent the deviation of the compass, 13.

Howorth (Henry H.) on some new facts in Celtic ethnology, 111. Hughes (G. O.) on rotary engines, with special reference to one invented by W. Hall, 145.

Hull, Dr. F. M. Foster on the discovery of ancient trees below the surface of the land at the western docknow under construction at, 52.

Humphry, Professor, Address as President of Subsection D, 81.

Hunt (Dr. J.) on the cranial measurements, &c. of modern Norwegians, 96.

on the principle of natural selection applied to anthropology, 96. *Hutchinson (Consul T. J.) on the Indians of the Paraná, 96.

Huxley (Professor) on two extreme forms of human crania, 96.

Hyperelliptic functions, W. H. L. Russell on the, 6.

Hypsometry, Alexander J. Ellis on practical, 1.

*India, Clements R. Markham on the cinchona cultivation in, 75.

Colonel Sykes on the statistics of the charitable, educational, industrial, and public institutions founded by the native gentry of, during the last five years, 133. India-rubber insulated wire for submarine cables, W. Hooper on the electrical and mechanical properties of, 145.

Indus, Col. Tremenheere on the physical geography of the Lower, 117.

Ingle (Frederick) on recent improve

ments in the application of concrete to fireproof constructions, 145. Insects at Barrow, the Rev. P. B. Brodie on the remains of, 51. Insulated wire, india-rubber, W. Hooper on the electrical and mechanical properties of, 13. Intoxicating liquors consumed by the people of the United Kingdom in 1865, Mr. Wilkinson on the, 137. *Inventors and inventions, G. Bell Galloway on, 131.

Iodine, J. H. Gladstone on the refractionand dispersion-equivalents of, 37. *Ireland, John Hoare on the oyster fisheries in, 74.

*Irish Lake dwelling, W. Tennant on the traces of an, 79.

Irish, Dr. J. Beddoe on the stature and bulk of the, 94.

Iron stone, Dr. T. L. Phipson on an extraordinary, 43.

Janssen (Dr. J.), spectroscope de poche, 10; sur le spectre atmosphérique terrestre et celín de la vapeur d'eau, 11. Jellett (Prof. John H.) on a fluid posses

sing opposite rotatory powers for rays at opposite ends of the spectrum, 12. Jenkin (Fleeming) on a new arrangement for picking up submarine cables, 145.

Johnson's (Mr.) deep-sea pressure-gauge
experiments off Ventnor with, by
James Glaisher, 24.
Johnson's (W. H.) explorations from
Leh, in Cashmere, to Khotan, in
Chinese Tartary, 111.

Jones (H. Bence), Address as President of Section E, 28; on the chemical action of medicines, 38.

*Joule (J. P.) on the mechanical equivalent of the thermal unit by experiments on the heat evolved by electric currents, 12,

Joyce (J. G.) on the practicability of employing a common notation for electric telegraphy, 131.

Kaffirs of Natal, Dr. R. J. Mann on the, 112.

Kura, Dr. Beke on the lake, of Arabian

geographers and cartographers, 104.

Lace and hosiery trades of Nottingham,
W. Felkin on the, 128.
*Lagneau (M. G.) on the Saracens in
France, 96.

*Lahore, Prof. Leitner on papers from, 96.

Lamp, H. Larkin on a magnesium, 40. Lands, waste, Frederick Wilson on the occupation and ownership of, 137. Languages, John Crawfurd on the invention and history of written, 108. Lankester (E. Ray) on the asexual reproduction and anatomy of Chatogaster vermicularis, 74. Larkin (H.) on a magnesium lamp, 40. Lawes (J. B.) on the accumulation of the nitrogen of manure in the soil, 40; on the sources of the fat of the animal body, 41.

*Lead, white, Peter Spence on a new process in the manufacture of, 44. Leh, in Cashmere, explorations from, to

Khotan, in Chinese Tartary, by W. H. Johnson, 111. Leichhardt, Sir R.I. Murchison, Bart., on the reported discovery of the remains of, in Australia, 114.

*Leitner (Prof.) on papers from Lahore, 96.

*Lemna arrhiza, W. Moggridge on the

occurrence of, in Epping Forest, 76, Lenses, A. Claudet on a variable diaphragm for telescopes and photographic, 23.

*Levi (Professor Leone) on the state and prospects of the rate of discount with reference to the recent monetary crisis,

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Liverpool, the Rev. William Caine on

the free licensing system in, during the last four years, 124.

Logic, the Rev. Prof. Harley on Boole's mathematical analysis of, 3.

Lord (J. K.) on the Indians of Vancouver Island, 75.

*Lower greensand of Bedfordshire, J. F. Walker on a phosphatic deposit in the, 45.

Macadam (Dr. Stevenson) on the poisonous nature of crude paraffin oil, and the products of its rectification upon fish, 41.

Mackie (Samuel J.) on zinc sheathing for ships, 146. *Madagascar, notes on, by T. Wilkinson,

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Manchooria, Colonel Sykes on modes of banking in, 134.

*Mann (Dr. Robert) on the mental and moral characteristics of the Zulu Kaffirs of Natal, 96.

Mann (Dr. R. J.) on the Kaffirs of Natal, 112; on the physical geography and climate of Natal, 113.

Manure, J. B. Lawes and Dr. J. H. Gilbert on the accumulation of nitrogen of, in the soil, 40. *Markham (Clements R.) on the cinchona cultivation in India, 75.

on the Aleppy mud bank, 113. *Marvar tribes of India, Dr. J. Shortt on the habits and manners of the, 97. *M'Gauley (J. M.) on the nature and properties of ozone and antozone demonstrated experimentally, 38. M'Intosh (Dr. W. C.) on a new molluscoid animal allied to Pelonaia, 75; list of Turbellaria and Annelida of North Uist, 76; on a rare molluscoid animal (Pelonaia corrugata), 76. Mechanics' Institutions, E. Renals on the influence of science classes in, 131. Medicines, Dr. H. Bence Jones on the chemical action of, 38.

Dr. William Sharp on the physiological action of, 38. Meridian, W. J. Macquorn Rankine on a table of pairs of stars for approximately finding the, 21.

Meteorological observations, Dr. BuysBallot on the method adopted at Utrecht in discussing, 16. Meteorological statistics, Dr. Buys-Ballot on an error in the usual method of obtaining, 16.

*Metre, F. P. Fellows on certain errors in the received equivalent of the, 2. Mineral vein at New Rosewarne Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall, Dr. C. Le Neve Foster on a, 52.

*Moggridge (W.) on the occurrence of Lemna arrhiza in Epping Forest,

76.

on the zones of the coniferæ from the Mediterranean to the crest of the maritime Alps, 76.

Mont Cenis, J. B. Fell on locomotive engines and carriages on the central rail system for working steep gradients and sharp curves, as employed on the,

143.

Moon, J. Park Harrison on the heat attained by the, under solar radiation, 20.

*Mosquito territory, John Collinson on the Indians of the, 96.

*Mosses in Great Britain and Ireland, John, Shaw on the distribution of, 79.

Mulatto, Dr. B. W. Foster on a peculiar change of colour in a, 91. *Multiples and submultiples, G. J. Stoney on a nomenclature for, 6. Murchison (Sir Roderick I., Bart.) on the parts of England and Wales in which coal may and may not be looked for beyond the known coal-fields, 57; on the reported discovery of the remains of Leichhardt in Australia, 114.

*Mushet (R.) on the treatment of melted cast iron and its conversion into iron and steel by the pneumatic process,

147.

Natal, Dr. R. J. Mann on the Kaffirs of, 112; on the physical geography and climate of, 113.

*National bank and payment of the national debt, F. J. Wilson on, 137. Negro tribes of Central Africa, Sir S. W. Baker on the character of the, 104. Nicholson (Sir Charles, Bart.), Address as President of Section E, 98. Nicholson (Henry Alleyne) on some fossils from the graptolitic shales of Dumfriesshire, 163.

Nile, Dr. Beke on the possibility of turning the waters of the, into the Red Sea, 105.

Sir W. S. Baker on the relations of the Abyssinian tributaries of the, and the equatorial lakes to the inundations of Egypt, 102.

Nitrogen of manure in the soil, J. B. Lawes and Dr. J. H. Gilbert on the accumulation of the, 40. *Nomenclature, scientific,

Thomas

Brown on the application of the Greek and Latin languages to, 70. Norfolk and Suffolk, Rev. J. Gunn on the Anglo-Belgian basin of the forestbed of, 52.

John E. Taylor on the upper and lower crags in, 67. *Norman, Rev. A. Merle on the Crustacea, Echinodermata, Polyzoa, and Coelenterata of the Hebrides, 77. North Uist, Dr. W. C. M'Intosh on Turbellaria and Annelida of, 76. Norwegians, Dr. J. Hunt on the cranial measurements, &c. of modern, 96. Nottingham, Joseph White on the statistics of the General Hospital, 135.

Nottingham, W. Felkin on the lace and hosiery trades of, 128.

Oakes (James) on a peculiar denudation of a coal-seam in Coates's Park Colliery, 64.

Oil, Dr. J. Attfield on the assay of coal, &c. for crude paraffin, 33.

Dr. Stevenson Macadam on the poisonous nature of crude paraffin, and the products of its rectification upon fish, 41.

*Optics of photography, Antoine Claudet on, 9.

Ordnance, W. D. Gainsford on a newly invented system of, 144.

Capt. Wynant on barytic powder for heavy, 148.

Oxford, Dr. Daubeny on the number of graduates in arts and medicine at, for the last two centuries, 127. Oyster cultivation, F. Buckland on, 70. fisheries in Ireland, John Hoare

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on the, 74.

*Ozone and antozone, J. M. M'Gaulay on the nature and properties of, demonstrated experimentally, 38. Ozone, Dr. Daubeny on, 37.

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*Paraná, Consul T. J. Hutchinson on the Indians of the, 96. Payne (Rowland William) on

the

Transvaal district of South Africa,
114.

Peach (Charles W.) on the list of fossils

found in the boulder-clay of Caithness,
N.B., 64.

Peacock (R. A.) on the change of form.
and position of land on the south end
of the Isle of Walney, 66.
Pelonaia, Dr. C. M'Intosh on a new
molluscoid animal allied to, 75, 76,
Pengelly (W.) on raised beaches, 66.
*People, F. J. Wilson on classification
of the various occupations of the,
138,

1866.

*Pera, Southern, W. Bollaert on ancient engravings on stone from, 96.

Persia, Col. F. G. Goldsmid in Eastern, 110. *Petroleum, Prof. Ansted on intermittent discharges of, in the Valley of Pescara, Italy, 50.

North America, Prof. C.H. Hitchcock on the geological distribution of, 55.

Phipson (Dr. T. L.) on an extraordinary iron stone, 43.

Photographic lenses, A. Claudet on a variable diaphragm for telescopes and, Photography, optics of, Antoine Clau23.

det on, 9.

*Plant (J.) on human remains from Poole's Cavern, 97.

Plants, John Crawfurd on the migration of cultivated, with reference to ethnology, 107.

Playfair (Dr. Lyon) on the origin of muscular force in animals, 43. *Plesiosaurus, Govier Seeley on some

characters of the brain and skull in, 66. Plücker (Dr.) on complexes of the second order, 6.

*Pneumatic process, R. Mushet on the treatment of melted cast iron and its conversion into iron and steel by the, 147.

propulsion, M. Bergeron on a system of, 140.

*Polariscope, demonstrating, J. F. Taylor on a defect in the, with a simple and effective remedy, 28.

Pontoon trains, G. Fawcus on improvements in, 143.

*Poole's Cavern, J. Plant on human remains from, 97.

*Poor man's garden, N. B. Ward on the, 79.

Population, the Rev. A. Worthington on the disproportion between the male and female, of some manufacturing and other towns, 138.

Pronghorn, Dr. P. L. Sclater on the systematic position of the, 77.

Property, real, Thomas Browne on the transfer of, 124.

Proportion-table, Prof. J. D. Everett on a new, 2,

Rail, W. D. Gainsford on an invention for the purpose of attaining greater adhesion between the driving-wheel and the, 143.

Ramsay (Professor A. C.), Address as President of Section C, 46.

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