Balance, a New, 42 Ball (V.), on the Identity of some Ancient Diamond Mines in Banks of the Yang-tse at Hankow, H. B. Guppy, 507 Barfoed's (Dr. Chr. Th.), "Lehrbuch der Organischen Qualita- Barometer, Average Height of, in London, E. Douglas Archi- Barometric Cycles, Prof. Balfour Stewart, 237 Barometric Pressure, Abnormal Variations of, in the Tropics, Barometric Pressure, Periodic Oscillations of, Dr. J. Allan Barometric and Solar Cycles, S. A. Hill, 409; Prof. Balfour Barometric Gradient, Abnormal, between London and St. Bateman (Arthur W.), Notes on the Mode of Flight of the Baynes (Robert E.), Critical Temperature of Ethylene, 186 Bees, Ants, and Wasps, Observations on, Sir. J. 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