INDEX ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY, Duncan's Herbarium presented to, 252 Acetous Fermentation, A. Herzen on, 86 Ackroyd (Wm.), Lecture Representation of the Aurora Borealis, Acoustical Constant, Note on an, W. J. Grey and J. T. Dunn, Acoustics in China, John Fryer and Dr. W. H. Stone, 448 Adams (Prof. W. Grylls, F.R.S.), Scientific Principles involved Aeronautical Society's Annual Report, 20 Afghan Campaign, Geographical Results of, Capt. T. H. Africa: Dr. Holub's Proposed Journey across, 22; Rev. T. J. Agricultural Chemistry of Japan, Contributions to,” 456 Agricultural Communism in Greece, W. Mattieu Williams, 579 Alcoholic Liquids, Freezing Points of, M. Raout on, 85 Algiers Observatory, M. Tripier appointed Director of, 107; Algol in 1880, Minima of, 255, 517 | Animal Life, Natural Conditions and, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, Anthropology: Anthropological Institute, 96, 162, 212, 331, Ants, Bees, and Wasps, Observations on, Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., Apprenticeship Schools in Paris, 321 Appulse, near, of Jupiter to a Fixed Star, 158; J. Birmingham, 170 Archeopteryx macrura, 276 Archibald (E. Douglas), Average Height of Barometer in London, Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, 71, 235, 283, Arctic Exploration, Commander Cheyne's Scheme, 134 Armstrong (Prof. Henry E.), Chemistry of the Future, Sir B. C. Artificially Digested Food, on the Digestive Ferments, and on Astronomy: Astronomical Column, 21, 43, 65, 85, 114, 158, "Atlas of Physiological Botany," Dr. Dodel-Port's, 157 "Atomic Theory," Ad. Wurtz, Translated by E. Cleminshaw, 5 Alkali and Sulphuric Acid, Prof. Lunge, Prof. H. E. Roscoe, Attwood's (Geo.) "Practical Blowpipe Assaying," Dr. C. Le Allen (J. A.), North American Pinnipeds, 261 Allman (Dr. Geɔ. J., F.R.S.), Hailstorm in Dorsetshire, 146 106 Neve Foster, 191 Aurora Display of, 42; Height of the, H. T. H. Groneman, Ball (V.), on the Identity of some Ancient Diamond Mines in 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. Lubbock, Beetles, Birds, and Fishes, Food of, 494 Belgian Entomological Society, 62 Belgium, Geological Survey of, 184 Bell's (Prof. Graham) Photophone, 15 Bells, Vibration of, with Liquids in them, 278 Bendery, Skeleton of a Mammoth discovered at, 371 Bennett (Alfred W.), Natural Science for Women, 195 Bergsö (Herr V.), on the Habits of the Tarentula, 84 Berichte über die Verhandlungen der naturf. Gesells. zu Frei- Berlin: Geographical Society, 87, 188, 284, 399, 420 Berne: Second International Conference at, 233; Earthquake Berthoud Borel and Co., New Discovery in Practical Telegraphy Beryllium, Atomic Weight of, 57, 374 Bibliography, a New Medical Catalogue, 28 Bibliothèque Belge, 64 Bidie (Dr. G.), Australian Plants in India, 555 Bidwell (Shelford), the Photophone, 58; Tele-Photography, Bigsby (Dr. J. J.), Death of, 389 Biological Notes, 158, 276, 494, 543 Biology of Plants, 310 Bird (Isabella L.), Unbeaten Tracks in Japan," 12 Birds: Soaring of, S. E. Peal, 10; W. Larden, 77; European and Brescia, Earthquake at, 205 Bressa Prize, 540 Brewster (Sir David), Centenary of the Birthday of, 614 Briggs (T. R. Archer), Flora of Plymouth, 74 Brighton Aquarium, Death of the Male Sea-Lion in, 253 British Animals, Extinct, Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., 431 British Birds, Prof. Alfred Newton, F.R.S., 287 British Butterflies, Colours of, J. Innes Rogers, 435; Rev. W. British Columbia, Prof. Whitney on the Glaciation of, Geo. M. British Earthquakes, 117; Prof. J. P. O'Reilly, 170 British Medical Association, Annual Meeting for 1881 at Ryde, British Museum, John Millar's Botanical Drawings at, 83; the Brodie (Sir Benjamin C., F. R.S.), Death of, 106; Obituary Brorsen's Comet in 1842, 298 Broun (Allan D), Flying-Fish, 508 Broun (Dr. J. Allan, F. R.S.), Periodic Oscillations of Barometric Brown (Horace T.), Electrical Thermometer for Determining Brownell (J. T.), a Case of Fascination, 314; Ice-Casts of Bucharest, Curious Result since the Recent Earthquake at, 253 E. Armstrong, F.R.S., 141; Nature of the Chemical Ele- Cheques, Bankers', New Process for making, 373 Cheshire Subsidences, Landslips, T. Mellard Reade, 219 Chio, Earthquake at, 541, 564 Chlorophyll in the Epidermis of Plants, 158 Chlorophyll, William Carter, 388; Sydney H. Vines, 561 "Chrysanthemum," New Japanese Magazine, 371 Ciamician (G.), Influence of Pressure and Temperature on Cinchona Bark, Importations of, from Jamaica, 132, 157 Citania, Rev. R. Burton Leach, 363 City and Guilds of London Institute, 473, 614 Clairvoyance, an Article in Scribner's Monthly on, 19 Cambrian Sandstones near Loch Maree, Curious Impressions Clark (Edwin), Distance of Clouds, 244 Cambridge Philosophical Society, 163 Campbell (Sir Geo.), on Indian Agriculture, 541 Canoe, Discovery of, in the Marshes of Corcellettes, 106 Cape Catalogue, the New, 276 Capillarity, Volkmann's Experiments in, 133 Capron (J. Rand), Condition of Jupiter, 34; Aurora of November Carbon, on the Spectrum of, 313; Dr. W. M. Watts, 197, 265, Carbon, the Estimation of, 615 Cardamoms, a New Work on, 347 Classification of Statures, 494 Claypole (Prof. E. W.), Minerva Ornaments at Troy, and Net- Climate of Vancouver Island, Capt. Edmund H. Verney, 147; Climates, Geological, Prof. Samuel Haughton, F.R. S., 8, 98. Clouds, on estimating the Height of, by Photography and the Carnelley's (Dr.) Hot Ice, Dr. Oliver J. Lodge, 264; Experi- Clouds, Distance of, Edwin Clark, 244 ments on Ice under Low Pressures, 341 Carnot (M.), proposed Statue to, 439 Carpenter (W. Lant), Falls of Niagara in Winter, 511 Carr (G. S.), "Syno, sis of Elementary Results in Pure and Carter (William), Chlorophyll, 388; Concealed Bridging Con- Carvalho (S. N., jun.), Chalk, 193 Casamicciola in the Island of Ischia, Earthquake at, 439, 468, Cassell's Natural History, 317 Cave, the Schipka, 296 Cave Animals and Multiple Centres of Species, D. Wetterhan, Census of 1881, 540 Census of the Indian Empire, 419 Centipedes, Phosphorescent, B. E. Brodhurst, 99 Cephei, Ceraski's Variable Star J, 21, 43, 255, 322 Ceraski's Circumpolar Variable Star, 21, 43, 255, 322 Cetonia inda, 65 Ceylon, the Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya, 65 Challenger, Volume I. of the Publications of the, Prof. T. H. Chambers (Fred.), Abnormal Variations of Barometric Pressure Chambers's Handbook of Astronomy, 418 Charts and Maps, Recent, of Curves of Equal Magnetic Varia- Chasles (Michel), Death of, 174; Obituary Notice of, R. Tucker, Chatel (M.), Dust, Fogs, and Smoke, 436 Chemistry Chemical Society, 47, 95, 161, 211, 306, 403, 425, Clouds, Measuring the Height of, Dr. C. Braun, 458 Clouds, Fogs, Dusts, &c., John Aitken, 195, 384; W. H. Coal-Dust, Colliery Explosions and, Hon. Rollo Russell, 193 Cod, on the Red Colour of Salt, 543 Coffee, Cultivation of, in Gaboon, 299; Liberian, 541; Coffee- Collett (Col. H.), Occultation of 73 Piscium, 458 Colliery Explosions, Mr. Plimsoll's Cure for, W. Galloway, 170 Colour, the Eye and Intensity of, 543 Comets of 1812 and 1815, 21, 542; Discovery of a Comet, Communism, Agricultural, in Greece, W. Mattieu Williams, 579 Congress of the French Learned Societies, 619 Coniferæ, a Chapter in the History of the, J. Starkie Gardner, Conifers, Dimorphic Leaves of, Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, 267 Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, 294 Constable (F.C.), Jelly Fish, 170 Constant, Acoustical, Note on an, W. J. Grey and J. T. Dunn, Contact Electricity, on a Method of Measuring, Prof. Sir Continents always Continents, Prof. James D. Dana, 410 A 2 Convolutions in a Human Brain, Concealed Bridging, W. Carter, Coppinger (Dr. R. W.), Rapidity of Growth in Corals, 53; Coral Reefs and Islands, Joseph Le Conte, 77 Corals, Rapidity of Growth in, Dr. R. W. Coppinger, 53 Corean Archipelago, Notes on the Geology of, H. B. Guppy, 417 Corfield's (Prof.) Lectures on Health to Ladies, 231 Corn, Feeding a Gull with, W. A. Forbes, 483 Cornu (Maxime), Phylloxera in France, 127 Cortambert (M. Eugène), Death of, 439 Cossa (Dr. Luigi), Political Economy, 97 Crabs and Actinia, Col. H. Stuart-Wortley, 529 Crannog, Submarine, at Ardmore, 42 Crawford (Consul), at Oporto, on the Disease in the Port Wine Crimea, Prehistoric Anthropology of the, N. Mereshkovsky on, Crookes (W., F.R.S.), Heat Conduction in Highly Rarefied Cure for Smoke, the New, J. A. C. Hay, 386 Cutler's Company's Hall, Lectures at, 85 Cycles, Barometric, Prof. Balfour Stewart, 237 Dalzell's (Sir John), Anemone, 495 Dana (Prof. James D.), Continents always Continents, 410 Dana's (Edward S.), Text-book of Mechanics, 552 Darwin (Charles F.R.S.), Sir Wyville Thomson and Natural Selection, 32; Homage to, 57, 393; Black Sheep, 193; Movement of Plants, 409; on Vivisection, 583; Movements Darwin (Francis), Physiology of Plants, 178; Alpine Flowers, Darwin (G. H., F.R.S.), on Tidal Friction in Connection with Dawkins (Prof. W. Boyd, F.R.S.), Prehistoric Europe, 309, Dawson (Dr. Geo. M.), Prof. Whitney on the Glaciation of Davy (M.), Analysis of the Air at Montsouris, 63 Dewar (Prof.), on Atoms, at the Royal Institution, 181 Diamond Mines in India, on the identity of some, especially Dimorphic Leaves of Conifers, Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, 267 Hera ann Müller, 337 Disease in Italy, Statistics of, 543 Distance of Clouds, Edwin Clark, 244 Dobbie (James J.), Oxidation of Quinine, 243 Dodel-Port's (Dr.) "Atlas of Physiological Botany," 157 Dorsetshire, Hailstorm in, Dr. Geo. J. Allman, F.R.S., 146 Double Stars, Cincinnati Measures of, 396; Herschel 3945, 591 Dudgeon (Dr. R. E.), Temperature of the Breath, 10, 76 Duncan (Prof. P. Martin, F.R.S.), Geological Climates, 145; elected President of the Royal Microscopical Society, 418 Duncan's (Stewart) Conscious Matter, Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., Duncombe (Cecil), Squirrels Crossing Water, 484 Earth Currents-Electric Tides, 424 Earthquakes: at Valparaiso, 20; Shock, in Southern Austria, 42; in Austria, 63; Shock in the Tyrol, 83; at Agram, 63, 83, 106, 132, 156, 182, 253, 297, 419, 439, 492, 516; Prof. v. Hochstetter on the, 106; Prof. Szabo on, 530; in Scotland and North of Ireland, 106; at Dortmund, 106; British Earthquakes, 117; Prof. J. P. O'Reilly, 170; Dr. Novak on Earthquakes, 156; Prof. Rudolph Falb on, 156, 205; in Germany, 156; at Wiesbaden, 156; in Banjaluka (Bosnia) and in Agram, 182; at Charleville, Ireland, 182; at Brescia, Schloss Trakostyan, and Smyrna, 205; in Rou- mania, Transylvania, Hungary, &c., 232; at Rousdorf, 253; at Bucharest, 253; Shock at Burmah, 253; at Peshawur, 275; in Switzerland, January 27, 320; in Bologna, Florence, Venice, Padua, Ferrara, &c., 320; at Berne, 348, 396; in the Swiss Jura, information of, 369; at St. Petersburg, 370; at St. Michael's in the Azores, 419; St. Ivan-Zelina, Agram, &c., 439; at Casamicciola in the Island of Ischia, 439, 468, 492, 516; in Switzerland, 468; in Ischia, H. J. Johnston- Lavis, 497; at Chio, 541, 564; Earthquake Warnings, 529; Eaton's "Ferns of North America," J. G. Baker, 479 Ebonite, Measuring the Index of Refraction of, Professors Echinodermata, the Locomotive System of, G. J. Romares, Eclipse, Solar, of December 31, 65 Edinburgh Royal Society, 212, 451, 475, 500, 571, 595 Edison Electric Light in New York, 614 Education in Science, Mr. Mundella on, 134 Education, Introduction of Hypotheses in School, Dr. Herman Egerton (Sir Philip de Malpas Grey), Death of, 541; Obituary Elasticity of Wires, J. T. Bottomley, 281 Electricity: Electric Lighting at London Railway Stations, 64; Incandescent Electric Lights, 104; the Maxim Light, 131; and Navigation on the Rhine, 132; Lighthouses illuminated by Electricity, 347; New Method of Dividing Electric Light, 373; Electric Lighting in the City, 440; Scientific Principles involved in Electric Lighting, Prof. W. Grylls Adams, F.R.S., 580, 605; Electric Light in New York, 614; New Discovery in Electric Induction, 85; Electric Dust Figures, 208; on the Thermic and Optic Behaviour of Gases under the Influence of the Electric Discharge, Dr. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 258; a New Electric Motor, 278; Trial of Electric Railways at the Electrical Exhibition, Paris, 296; Electric Discharges in Gases, 397; Electric Tides in Telegraphic Circuits, 346; Electric Tides, Earth Currents, 424; Electrical Thermometer for Determining Temperatures at a Distance, Horace T. Brown, 464; Future Development of Electrical Appliances, Geo. Rayleigh Vicars, 528; Herr Hoorweg on Electricity, 43; Behaviour of Electricity in Gases, Herr Narr, 43; Place du Carrousel to be Lighted with, 254; the Relation between Electricity and Light, Dr. O. J. Lodge, 302; Pro- posed International Exhibition of Electricity, 84, 320, 347; Seeing by Electricity, 423; a New Mode of obtaining Electri- city by Friction, 441; on a Method of Measuring Contact Electricity, Prof. Sir William Thomson, F.R.S., 567; Elec- tricity and Gas as Heating Agents, C. W. Siemens, F.R.S, |