Murray (John) on the Distribution of | Obituary Notices-continued—
Volcanic Debris over the Floor of
Neill Prize for the triennial period
1874-77 awarded to Dr Traquair,
549.
Nerve Cords in Marine Annelids, 372.
Newman (David) on some Physical
Experiments relating to the Func-
tion of the Kidney, 648.
Nichol (J. W.) on the Volcanoes of
the Hawaiian Islands, 110.
Nicholson (Professor Alleyne) on
New Forms of Paleozoic Corals,
149.
Nickel, The Electric Conductivity of,
by C. Michie Smith and J. Gordon
MacGregor, 120.
Note.-Periodic Variation of Intensity
of Musical Note, 736.
Logan (Sir Wm. Drummond), 9.
Login (Thomas), 205.
Lyell (Sir Charles), 6.
Macdonald (Professor William),
22.
Mackenzie (Donald, Lord), 23.
Meldrum (Edward), 4.
Motley (John Lothrop), 508.
Neaves (The Hon. Lord), 503.
Pictet (Adolphe), 227.
Remusat (Charles, Comte de), 4.
Russel (Alexander), 219.
Sinclair (Archdeacon John), 24.
Talbot (W. H. Fox), 512.
Tweeddale (George, Marquis of),
Wheatstone (Sir Charles), 11.
Ocean.-Distribution of Volcanic De-
bris over the Floor of the Ocean, by
John Murray, 247.
On the Manganese Nodules
found in the bed of the, by J. Y.
Buchanan, 287.
On Relative Percentages of the
Atmosphere and the Ocean, which
would flow into a given Rent in
Earth's Surface, 333.
Ocean Circulation, by John Aitken,
394.
Ocean Water, Note on the Specific
Gravity of, by J. Y. Buchanan,
283.
See Sea-Water.
Oligoclase, 393.
Operations, Note on an Infinitude of,
by Thomas Muir, 359.
Orthoclase, 393.
Orthogonal Isothermal Surfaces, by
Professor Tait, 170.
Ossian.-Is the Gaelic Ossian a Trans-
lation from the English? by Pro-
fessor Blackie, 151.
Paleozoic Corals. See Corals.
Paton (Mr), Potentials required for
Sparks of a Holtz Machine, 170,
332.
Perigon Versor, On the Properties of
the, by G. J. P. Grieve, 149.
Phonograph.-Letter from H. E.
Rosevelt, Esq., to the President,
describing the Phonograph, 548.
Remarks on the Phonograph,
by Professor Fleeming Jenkin and
Mr J. A. Ewing, 579, 582, 714.
Pictet (Adolphe), Obituary Notice of,
Placentation of the Cetacea (Monodon | Rigidity produced by Centrifugal
Monoceros), by Prof. Turner, 103.
Plarr (Gustav) on the Roots of the
Equation V pop, 237.
Addition to Paper on Princi-
ples of Quaternions, 402.
Playfair (P. M.) on the Disruptive
Discharge of Electricity, 721.
Polyodon Gladius, Anatomy of, by Dr
P. D. Handyside, 660.
Potentials required for Sparks of a
Holtz Machine, by Alex. Macfarlane,
170, 332.
Powders -On the Effect of Heat on
Infusible Palpable Powders, by Pro-
fessor Tait, 298.
Precautions in using and recording
Original Computations, by E. Sang,
Prevost (Dr E. W.) on Ammonia-
Cupric Zinc Chloride, 302.
Prizes.-Makdougall-Brisbane Prize,
presented to Alexander Buchan,
M.A., 319.
Neill Prize, presented to Dr
Traquair.
Progressive Movement of Barometric
Depressions or Storms, by Mr
Robert Tennent, 570.
Proportions.-Can the Law of Mul-
tiple Proportions be Demonstrated
from Analytical Data? by W.
Dittmar, 536.
Quartz, Specimen of Auriferous, 338.
Refractive Index of, 567.
Auriferous, of Wanlockhead,
579.
Quaternions, addition to Paper "On
the Establishment of the Element-
ary Principles of," by G. Plarr, 402.
Quincke (Professor) on the Refractive
Indexes of Glass and Quartz, as
tested by Reflection from the Sur-
face, 567.
Remusat (Charles, Comte de), Obitu-
ary Notice of, 4.
Rhizodopsis, The Cranial Osteology
of, by Dr R. H. Traquair, 403, 444,
658.
Rhizodus, The Structure of, by Dr R.
H. Traquair, 403, 444, 657.
On the genus Rhizodus, 657.
Hibberti, 658.
Rhombohedral Carbonates, by Pro-
fessor Heddle, 144.
Robinson (G. Carr) on the Solid
Fatty Acids of Cocoa-nut Oil, 537.
on the Crystallisation of Iso-
morphous Salts, 732.
New Method for Separation of
Yttrium and Erbium from Cerium,
Lanthanum, and Didymium, 734.
on Some New Bases of the
Leucoline Series, 732.
Rosevelt (H. E.), Letter as to the
Phonograph, 548.
Rotation (Diamagnetic), by Professor
George Forbes, M.A., 85.
Ruff (Machetes Pugnax), by Professor
Duns, 272.
Russel (Alex.), Obituary Notice of, 219.
Rutherford (Professor) on the Biliary
Secretion, with Reference to the
Action of Cholagogues, 334, 718.
Salmon, Fungus Disease affecting, 726.
Salt, Note on the Flame produced by
putting Common Salt into a Fire,
by C. Michie Smith, 133.
Salts (Isomorphous), The Crystallisa-
tion of, 732.
Sang (Edward) on the Curves pro-
duced by Reflection from a Polished
Revolving Wire, 302.
on the Construction of a
Canon of Sines for Decimal Divi-
sion of Quadrant, 343.
on Precautions in Recording
and Using Records of Original
Computations, 349.
Toothing of Unround Disks
intended to roll upon each other, 393.
Canon of Sines for each
2000th Part of the Quadrant to 33
Places, and True to the 30th
Figure, 536.
on the Tabulation of All
Fractions whose Values are be-
tween Two Prescribed Limits, 536.
on Arrangement of Tables of
Ballistic Curves, and their Applica-
tion to Gunnery, 637.
Saprolegnia, affecting Salmon, 730.
Sea-Water, The Air Dissolved in, by
J. Y. Buchanan, 412.
Compressibility of, by J. Y.
Buchanan, 565.
See Ocean-Water.
Series. Transformation of Infinite
Series into Continued Fractions, by
Thomas Muir, M.A., 117.
Serpentinous Change, by Professor
Heddle, 595.
Silver Wires, Electrical Conductivity
of, by J. G. M'Gregor, M A., 79.
Simpson (R. J. S.) on the Discharge
of Electricity through Turpentine,
Sinclair (Archdeacon John), Obituary
Notice of, 24.
Sines. On the Construction of a
Canon of Sines for Decimal Division
of Quadrant, by Edward Sang, 343.
Canon of, for each 2000th
Part of the Quadrant to 33 Places,
by Edward Sang, 536.
Smith (C. Michie), on the Zodiacal
Light, 110.
on the Flame Produced by
Putting Common Salt into a Fire,
133.
on the Electric Conductivity
of Nickel, 120.
on the Thermo-Electric Pro-
perties of Cobalt, &c., 170, 421.
Smyth (Professor Piazzi) contributes
Obituary Notice of Urbain Jean
Joseph Le Verrier, 489.
on Colour in Practical Astro-
nomy, 721.
Sounder to Call Attention from one
Telephone to another, by R. H.
Bow, C.E., 707.
Sounds, Wave-Forms of Articulate, by
Professor Fleeming Jenkin, 582,
714, 723.
Sounds of very great Intensity, by
Professor Tait, 737.
Specific Gravity. See Gravity.
Spionidæ, On the Structure of the
Body-wall in the, by Dr W. C.
M'Intosh, 123.
Stark (Dr), on the Defoliation of the
Coniferæ, 85.
Steam Engine, The Efficiency of,
Determined by the Graphic Me-
thod, by Professor Fleeming Jen-
kin, 563.
Stevenson (David), V.P., On Works
for the Improvement of the Danube,
Designed by Sir Charles A. Hartley,
142.
on Earthquake Shocks in
Argyllshire, 403.
Contributes Obituary Notices
of Mr Thomas Login, 205; and
Professor Lewis D. B. Gordon, 212.
Stewart (Professor Balfour) elected an
Honorary Fellow, 536.
Stirling (A. B.) on the Fungus
Disease Affecting Salmon, 726.
Stokes (Professor) on Certain For-
mulæ in the Calculus of Operations,
Storms. See Barometric Depressions.
Struve (Otto), Elected an Honorary
Fellow, 536.
Sunbow, Notes on a White, by Sir
Robert Christison, Bart., Professor
Tait, Mr J. Christison, Mr Buchan,
and Dr Ferguson, 542-48.
Sunspots.-On the Decennial Period in
Sunspot Frequency, by J. A. Broun,
155.
Surface of a Body in Terms of a
Volume-Integral, by Prof. Tait, 415.
Suspension, Solution and Chemical
Combinations, by William Dickson,
Tabulation of Fractions. See Frac-
tions.
Talbot (W. H. Fox), Obituary Notice
of, by Professor Kelland, 512.
His Proof of Theorem, as to
Properties of Two Sets of Three
Concentric Circles, which have the
Same Common Difference of Radii,
and which Intersect one another,
533.
Tait (Professor) on the Linear Dif-
ferential Equation of the Second
Order, 93.
Mechanism for Integrating
the General Linear Differential
Equation of the Second Order, 118.
on Orthogonal Isothermal Sur-
faces, 170.
on Vector Conditions of In-
tegrability, 527.
Note on a Geometrical Theo-
rem, as to Properties of Two Sets
of Three Concentric Circles, which
have the same Common Difference
of Radii, and which Intersect one
another, 533.
Note on the Surface of a Body
in Terms of a Volume-Integral,
541.
Tait (Professor) on the Measure of Telephone. -An Account of Some Ex-
Beknottedness, 289.
on Knots, 306.
on Links, 321.
on Sevenfold Knottiness, 363.
on a New Method of Investi-
gating the Properties of Knots, 403.
Additional Remarks on Knots,
on a Possible Influence of
Magnetism on the Absorption of
Light, 118.
on the Origin of Thunder-
storms, 136.
on some Recent Atmospheric
Phenomena (5th June 1876), 170,
on the Relative Percentages
of the Atmosphere and of the Ocean
which would Flow into a Rent in
the Earth's Surface, 333.
Note on a White Sunbow, 544.
Note on the Thermo-Electric
Position of Cobalt, 138.
on Effect of Heat on Infusible
Impalpable Powders, 298.
periments on the Telephone and
Microphone, by James Blyth, 711.
On the Theory of the Tele-
phone, by Prof. George Forbes, 555.
Some Experiments with the
Telephone, by Professor John G.
M Kendrick, 558.
Indications of Molecular
Action in the Telephone, by Dr R.
M. Ferguson, 615.
On the Splitting up of Electric
Currents, as detected by the Tele-
phone, and the Founding thereon of
a Sounder to call attention from one
Telephone to another, by R. H. Bow,
C.E., 707.
Tennent (Robert), Why the Baro-
meter does not always indicate real
Vertical Pressure, 412.
on Progressive Movement of
Barometric Depressions or Storms,
570.
Thermal Conductivity of Gas Coke,
by Messrs Knott and Macfarlane,
333.
on Some Effects of Heat on Thermal Conduction, by Prof.Tait, 615.
Electrostatic Attraction, 302.
Thermal Conductivity, Measurements
of, by Professor Tait, 581, 718.
Thermo-Dynamic Motivity, by Sir
William Thomson, 144.
on Thermal Conductivity, 581.
Note on Electrolytic Conduc-
Note on Thermal Conduction,
on the Electric Conductivity
of the Bars Employed in his
Measurements of Thermal Con-
ductivity, 718.
on the Strength of the Cur-
rents Required to Work a Tele-
phone, 535, 551.
exhibits a Double Mouth-
piece, by means of which Two
Players can Produce Chords from a
French Horn, 536.
on Certain Effects of Periodic
Variation of Intensity of a Musical
Note, 736.
Note on a Mode of Producing
Sounds of very great Intensity, 737.
Telephone.-On the Strength of the
Currents required to work a Tele-
phone, by Professor Tait, 535, 551.
Mr Blyth substitutes Copper-
plate, Wood, India-rubber, &c., for
the Iron Disk of Receiving Tele-
phone, 535.
Experiments with the Tele-
phone, by James Blyth, 553.
Thomson (Sir C. Wyville) on the
Structure and Relations of the
genus Holopus, 405.
His Address on delivering the
Neil Prize to Dr Traquair, 549.
Thomson (James, F.G.S.) on New
Forms of Palæozoic Corals, 149.
Thomson (James, C.E.), Notice of
death of, 488.
Thomson (Professor James), Applica-
tion of his Integrator to Harmonic
Analyses of Meteorological, Tidal,
and other Phenomena, and to the
Integration of Differential Equa-
tions, by Sir Wm. Thomson, 138.
Thomson (Sir William) on Vortex
Statics, 59.
on Two-Dimensional Motion
of Mutually Influencing Vortex
Columns, and on Two-Dimensional
Approximately Circular Motion of
a Liquid, 98.
on Vortex Theory of Gases,
Condensation of Gases, and the
Continuity between the Gaseous
and Liquid State, 144.
on Vortex Vibrations, and
on Instability of Vortex Motions,
613.
Thomson (Sir William), Mechanical
Illustration of the Vibrations of a
Triad of Columnar Vortices, 660.
Application of Prof. Jas. Thom-
son's Integrator to Harmonic Analy-
ses of Phenomena, and to the Integ
ration of Differential Equations, 138.
His Address on Presenting
the Makdongall-Brisbane Prize to
Mr Alex. Buchan, M.A., 319.
on Thermo-Dynamic Motivity,
on Beats of Imperfect Har-
monies, 602.
Thunder (with Lightning), Lightning
(only), Hail and Snow at Oxford,
by Alex. Buchan, M.A., 135.
Thunderstorms, On the Origin of, by
Professor Tait, 186.
Toothing of Unround Disks intended
to roll upon each other, by E. Sang,
393.
Transformation of Infinite Series into
Continued Fractions, by Thomas
Muir, M.A., 117.
Traquair (Dr R. H.) on New and
Little-Known Fossil Fishes from
the Edinburgh District, No. 1, 262;
No. 2, 275; No. 3, 394, 427.
on the Cranial Osteology of
Rhizodopsis, and Structure of
Rhizodus, 403, 444.
on the genus Rhizodus, 657.
Awarded the Neill Prize for
the Triennial Period 1874-77, 549.
Trimethyl-Sulphine, On the Action
of Sulphuretted Hydrogen on the
Hydrate and on the Carbonate of,
by Professor Crum-Brown, 319.
On the Action of Heat on
some Salts of Trimethyl-Sulphine,
by Professor Crum-Brown and J.
Adrian Blaikie, B.Sc., 565, 712.
Turpentine, Discharge of Electricity
through, 579.
Turner (Professor) on the Placenta-
tion of the Cetacea (Monodon Mo-
noceros), 103.
Tweeddale (George, Marquis of),
Obituary Notice of, 225.
Two-Dimensional Motion of mutually
influencing Vortex Columns, and
Two-Dimensional approximately
Circular Motion of a Liquid, by Sir
William Thomson, 98.
Upsala, Report of the Deputation to,
by Alex. Buchan, M.A., 521.
Vector Conditions of Integrability, by
Professor Tait, 527.
Vignal (M.) on the Biliary Secretion
and Cholagogues, 334, 718.
Volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands, by
J. W. Nicol, 113.
Volcanic Debris, Distribution of, over
the Floor of the Ocean, by John
Murray, 247.
Volcanic Eruptions of Iceland in 1874
and 1875, by Captain Burton, 44.
Volume-Integral.-Note on the Sur-
face of a Body in terms of a Volume-
Integral, by Professor Tait, 541.
Vortex-Columns.-On Two-Dimen-
sional Motion of mutually influ-
encing Vortex-Columns, by Sir Wm.
Thomson, 98.
Vortex Core, by Sir Wm. Thomson, 69.
Vortex Filament, by Sir William
Thomson, 70.
Vortex Motions, Instability of, by Sir
William Thomson, 613.
Vortex Statics, by Sir Wm. Thomson,59.
Vortex Theory of Gases, by Sir
William Thomson, 144.
Vortex Vibrations, by Sir William
Thomson, 613.
Vortices (Columnar), Illustration of
the Vibrations of a Triad of, by
Sir William Thomson, 660.
Water, Compressibility of, by J. Y.
Buchanan, 565.
Watson (Rev. R. B.) on Dredging in
Madeira, 153.
Wave-Forms of Articulate Sounds, by
Professor Fleeming Jenkin and Mr
Wedgwood (Mr) on Origin of Language,
J. A. Ewing, 582, 714.
Wheatstone (Sir Charles) Obituary
Whitney (Professor) on Origin of
Notice of, 11.
Language, 100,
Wilson (Rev. John) on Parallel
Motions, 161.
Wires. See Electric Currents.
Zodiacal Light, Observations on the,
by C. Michie Smith, 110.
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