ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES IN COLOURS AND TINTS, AND NUMEROUS
ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD

LIBRARY

Leland Stanford, Jr.,

UNIVERSITY

HABBILD, PRINTER, LONDON.

151102 Hames

CONTENTS.

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THE MEXICAN ZODIAC. BY WILLIAM BOLLAERT, F.R.G.S., Correspond-

With a Tinted Plate......

ing Member of the University of Chile, etc.

GEOLOGICAL WORK OF FROST AND FIRE...

PHOTOGRAPHY_AT GREENWICH OBSERVATORY. BY THOMAS W. Burr,

F.R.A.S., F.C.S.

LUNAR DETAILS.-COLOURS OF STARS. By the Rev. T. W. WEBB, A.M.,

19

12

F.R.A.S.

28

AN EXCURSION TO THE CRAG DISTRICT. BY HENRY WOODWARD, F.G.S.,

F.Z.S., of the British Museum. With a Coloured Map.

RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE KEW OBSER-

VATORY. By G. M. WHIPPLE.

33

42

AIDS TO MICROSCOPIC INQUIRY. No. VI.-THE ILLUMINATION OF

OBJECTS

48

THE PLANET SATURN

54

IS LIGHT IMPONDERABLE?

68

"SNAIL LEECHES," WITH A MONOGRAPH OF THE BRITISH SPECIES.

the Rev. W. HOUGHTON, M.A., F.L.S. With Two Plates...

THE EXHIBITION OF MINIATURES AT SOUTH KENSINGTON. By W.

ROSSETTI...

By

81

M.

91

THE WEATHER. By A. S. HERSCHEL, B.A..

AIDS TO MICROSCOPIC INQUIRY.-NO. VII.-HAIRS OF PLANTS

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHY.

100

111

By RICHARD BITHELL, B.SC., PH.D. With

Five Illustrations

115

COMETS: AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE COMETS WHOSE ORBITS HAVE NOT

BEEN CALCULATED. By G. F. CHAMBERS

125

THE CATTLE PLAGUE AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION

127

CELESTIAL PHOTOGRAPHY.-ENGELMANN ON DOUBLE STARS.-CRIMSON

CHACORNAC ON THE VOLCANOES OF THE SUN.

THE EXHIBITION OF MINIATURES AT THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.

By W. M. ROSSETTI. (Concluded.)

166

169

CHANGE OF PLUMAGE IN THE COMMON CROSSBILL (LOXIA
CURVIROSTRA), WITH A FEW REMARKS ON THEIR BREEDING AND
OTHER HABITS. By "AN OLD BUSHMAN."

REMARKS ON THE STRUCTURE AND ACTIONS OF THE IRIS OF THE EYE

IN SOME SPECIES OF FISHES. By JONATHAN COUCH, F.L.S., etc....... 180

NOTES ON FUNGI.-No. IV. By the Rev. M. J. BERKELEY, M.A., F.L.S.

ROSE-SPORED MUSHROOMS. With a Coloured Plate

ON THE

183

188

A NEW ANGLE MEASURER. By the Rev. N. T. HEINEKEN. With an

Illustration

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CLUSTERS AND NEBULE.-DOUBLE STARS.-OCCULTATIONS. By the Rev.

T. W. WEBB, A.M., F.R.A.S.

PRECIOUS STONES

207

216

COMETS: AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE COMETS WHOSE ORBITS HAVE NOT

BEEN CALCULATED. By G. F. CHAMBERS

FISHES OBSERVED AT NICE, 1865.-THE CHIMERA AND THE ALEPOCE-

PHALUS. By RICHARD DEAKIN, M.D. With a Coloured Plate ......

224

241

THE WINDS. By A. S. HERSCHEL, B.A.

246

A BRIEF HISTORY OF A MARINE TANK. By SHIRLEY HIBBERD.

PLEASANT WAYS IN SCIENCE.-No. I.-CURIOSITIES OF MOTION

CHAIN SUSPENSION ROOFS. By Sir JOHN HERSCHEL, Bart., K.H., etc.,

etc. With a Facsimile of the Original Sketch

259

266

275

ON THE SIZE OF TELESCOPIC STAR DISKS. By the Rev. W. R. DAWES...

RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE KEW OBSERVA-

276

TORY. By G. M. WHIPPLE......

278

OPINIONS ON EPIDEMICS AND EPIZOOTICS

284

THE LUNAR MARE SERENITATIS.-DOUBLE STARS.-OCCULTATIONS. By

the Rev. T. W. WEBB, A.M., F.R.A.S.

292

THE SPECTROSCOPE AND THE MICROSCOPE.

With an Illustration

301

COMETS: AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE COMETS WHOSE ORBITS HAVE NOT

BEEN CALCULATED. By G. F. CHAMBERS

305

SHIELD-BEARING CRUSTACEA (RECENT AND FOSSIL). By HENRY WOOD-

WARD, F.G.S., F.Z.S: With a Coloured Plate

321

CYCLONES. By A. S. HERSCHEL, B.A.

329

PLEASANT WAYS IN SCIENCE.-No. II.-EQUILIBRIUM AND REPOSE.

With a Diagram .....

342

ON THE SPECTRA OF PIGMENTS. By HENRY J. SLACK, F.G.S.

348

THE FLINT TOOLS OF NORTH DEVON. By TOWNSHEND M. HALL, F.G.S.

With Two Plates...

350

NEW EXPERIMENTS WITH SOAP BUBBLES. By JOHN BROUGHTON, B.SC.

With Three Illustrations

358

MR. HIGHLEY'S CONDENSER.

With Two Illustrations.

368

M. CHACORNAC ON THE MOON.-OCCULTATIONS. By the Rev. T. W.

WEBB, A.M., F.R.A.S.

370

AIDS TO MICROSCOPIC INQUIRY.-No. VIII.—HONEY.

376

HEART MOVEMENTS GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYED. By M. MARCY

378

COMETS: AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE COMETS WHOSE ORBITS HAVE NOT BEEN

CALCULATED. By G. F. CHAMBERS..

379

GOLDEN NETTED-LEAVED ORCHIDS. By SHIRLEY HIBBERD.

With a

Coloured Plate

401

ON MUD VOLCANOES AND SALT Lakes in the CriMEA. BY PROFESSOR D.

T. ANSTED, M.A., F.R.S.

409

A CLEPSYDRA FOR DRIVING TELESCOPES. BY FREDERICK BIRD

421

ON THE WELWITSCHIA MIRABILIS, HOOK., FIL. By JOHN R. JACKSON.

With a Tinted Plate

424

A NEW SPECIES OF CICADA FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS. By J. K.

LORD, F.Z.S.

428

OUR FUTURE COAL FIELDS. By JOHN JONES, F.G.S...

435

HOT SPRINGS AND OTHER NATURAL FEATURES OF THE PYRENEES. By A.

S. HERSCHEL, B.A.

439

A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE POSITION MICROMETER. By CHARLES GROVER. 447

SOLAR PHYSICS

450

OPPOSITION OF CERES-OCCULTATION. By the Rev. T. W. WEBB, A.M.,

F.R.A.S.

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PLEASANT WAYS IN SCIENCE.-No. III.-IDENTITY AND CHANGE

OPAQUE ILLUMINATORS FOR HIGH POWERS..

LITERARY NOTICES.-Browne's "Ice Caves of France and Switzerland,”

58; Tyndall "On Radiation," 59; Brande's "Dictionary of Science,

Literature, and Art, 59, 148, 389; Ritter's "Comparative Geography,"

60; "Anthropological Review," 60; "Enterprise and Adventure," 61;

Mona Bellair's " Hardy Ferns," 61; Notcutt's "Handbook of British

467