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Earthquakes in Columbia, 51; Hawaiian Islands, 51; Peru,
51, 74, 169, 230, 418; Salvador, Valparaiso, 51; Celebes,
85; China (fatal), 145; Chile, 150, 230, 418, 454; the
Himalayas, 150; Mexico, 169; America and Canada, 169;
India, Hayti, 212; Hawaiian Islands, 230; New York
State, 230; Himalayas, Cashmere, near New York, 287;
China, 309; in Scotland, Report on, (Br. A.), 317; Simla,
325; Boston, U.S., 326; at Worthing (alleged), 349, 385;
Panama, 350; Australia, 350; New England, 373; West
Indies, Philippine Islands, 375; Jamaica, 387; Madeira, 436;
Callao, 494; Constantinople, 494

Earwaker (J. P.) his Collection of Fossils, 96; on“ Psychic Force,
278

Eastbourne Natural History Society, 190

Echini, Cotteau and Triger on, 228

Echinoderms, Prof. Wyville Thomson on (Br. A.), 334
Eclipse at Darmstadt, 1699, alarm caused by it, 418
Eclipse, Solar, of 1868, 399

Eclipse, Solar, of Dec. 22, 1870; photographs of, 85; J. Norman
Lockyer, F.R.S., his Lecture at Royal Society on, 230, 241
Eclipses, the Recent and Coming, by J. N. Lockyer, F.R. S. (Br.
A.), 352

Eclipse, Solar, of Dec. 12, 1871: Preparations to observe it,
128, 197, 210, 228, 259, 290, 348, 373, 394, 435, 445, 492;
Map of Shadow Path over India, 258; Government Aid to
Observation, 324; Suggestions to Observers, by A. C. Ran-
yard, F.R.A.S., 327; Lieut.-Col. J. F. Tennant, R. E.,
F.R.S., on, 339, 486; M. Janssen on (Br. A.), 352; French
Expedition, 373; Sailing of the English Expedition,_512;
"Instructions for Observers at the English Goverment Expe-
dition," 516

Eclipses, J. R. Hind, F. R.S., on Total Solar Eclipses Visible
in England in 1954 and 1999, 260
Eclipse Photography, 121, 160, 327, 367, 445

Economic Science and Statistics at the Br. A. (Section F), Open-
ing Address, 298; Sectional Proceedings, 336
Edinburgh Meeting of the British Association at (See British
Association); its Medical School, 288; Prof. A. Geikie,
F.R.S., on its Geology, 277; (Br. A.) 315; Botanical Society,
51; its Flora (Br. A.), 356; Naturalists' Field Club, 10;
Royal Physical Society, 39; University, Prof. W. Thomson's
Introductory Lecture, 74, 90; Anatomy and Physiology at,
168; Botanical Class, 374; Science at, 452, 514
Edmonds (Richard) on the name “Britain, 3, 27
Education in Science: Lectures and Teaching for the People,
81, 101, 120, 141, 192, 211, 281; Science in Schools, 243,
257, 285, 308, 314, 296, 349, 417, 421, 452, 437, 461; Prof.
Allen Thomson on (Br. A.), 296; G. F. Rodwell on, 455,
Report of London School Board, 198, 192; Prof. Huxley on
the Duties of the State, 495; Education for Farmers, 66,
89, 101 (See Female Education, Technical Education)
Edwards and Kidd, Illustrations of the Heliotype Process, 85
Eel's Skull, its structure, W. K. Parker, F.R.S., on, 146
Egyptian Antiquities, Mr. R. Hay's Collection, 130
Elastrus dolosus in the Azores, 162
Electric Double Lever, by Czermak, 5
Electricity, Animal, 29

Elementary Examination Papers, their Defects, 202, 285
Ellery (Robert J.), on the Spectrum of the Aurora, 280
Elliot (Sir Walter) on Provincial Museums (Br. A.), 377
Embryology, Prof. Allen Thomson on (Br. A.), 295

Encke's Comet, 394; Observations by J. R. Hind, F.R. S., 435,
492; by M. Stephan, 492, 499

Engelman (Dr. R.), Light of Jupiter's Satellites, 442

Engineering, its Study at the London University, 67
Entomological Society, Proceedings, 39, 154, 215
Entomology, its Study in Great Britain, 194
Entomology at the Br. A., 333

Entomology of America, 30; of New South Wales, 436; of New
Zealand, 40; of Palestine, 55; of Texas, 51

Entozoa, Dr. F. Cobbold on, 479; Stephanurus in Hogs, 508,
Eozoon Canadense, John B. Perry on, 28; Notes on, 72, 85
Ericsson (J.), the Temperature of the Sun, 204, 449
Ernst (A.), Yellow Rain in New Granada, 68

Erskine (Lieutenant Vincent), "Meteorology at Natal," 305
Essex Institute, Salem, U.S., Proceedings of, 43, 501
Ethnological Classifications, 56

Ethnological Society, Journal of, 76

Ethnology in America, 12, 32, 89, 154; at the Br. A., 289; of
the Coasts of Behring's Sea, 519; of Palestine, 34, 53; of
South Wales, 261

Euclid, a Substitute for (See Geometry, Elementary)
Evans (Colonel Albert S.), "Our Sister Republic; a Gala Trip
through Tropical Mexico," 322

Everett (Prof. J. D., D. C. L.), on Units of Force and Energy,
6; 353; his Translation of Deschanel on Natural Philosophy.
343, 425, 505; on Wet and Dry Bulb Formulæ 353; Cir-
culation and Distribution of the Atmosphere (Br. A.), 353;
Report on Underground Temperature (Br. A.), 396
Exogenous Structures amongst the Stems of Coal Measures (See
Williamson, Prof. W.C., F.R.S.)

Examination Tests, Use and Abuse of, 467
"Experimental Mechanics," by R. S. Ball, 510
Exploration of Palestine, 33, 52, 215

Explosion (?) on the Sun, 488

Fairlie, R., on the Gauge of Railways (Br. A.), 337
Falmouth, Meteorological Observatory at, 247, 248
Fawcus, George, on a Transparent Compass, 366

Fawcett (Thomas), on Science Lectures for the People, 101; on
Drainage as a Cause of Drought, 386

Fellowes (Lieut. John, R.N.), on Steam Lite Boats, 181
Ferrel (W.), Low Barometer in Polar Regions and Cyclones, 226
Fertilisation of the Bee Orchis, 222

Finnis (M. M.), on Meteors in South Australia, 345
Fish, as affected by Fresh and Salt Water, 245, 339
Fish and Fisheries, New York Commission, 244
Fish, Fossil, in the British Museum, 77

Fish of Nicaragua, 207; of North America, 33
Fish, Phosphorescence in, 287

Fish-Crow of Oregon and Washington, 287

Fixed Stars, Method of Estimating their Distances (Br. A.), 396
Flammarion, Camille, on Aërostation, 3

Flamsteed (John), his Ghost, on the Sun's Parallax, 503
Fletcher (A. E., F. C.S.), on the Rhysimeter (Br. A.), 338
Fletcher (L. E., C. E.), on Steam Boiler Legislation (Br. A.), 397
Flight, Recent Researches on, 516; of Butterflies, 487, 494
Flint, Hawkins Johnson, F. G. S., on, 154; Formation of, 223, 243
"Flora of Mentone and the Riviera," 502
"Flora of Tropical Africa," 287

Flower (Prof., F.R.S.), on Rib Variations, 188

Fluid State of Matter, Speculations on its Continuity (Br. A.), 291
Forbes (David, F.R. S. )," On the Nature of the Earth's Interior,'
28; on the Thickness of the Earth's Crust, 65; on News-
paper Science, 406, 464

Force and Energy, Units of, 6; Correspondence on, 69; Prof.
Everett on (Br. A.), 353

Foreign Scientific Associations, 43
Formosa, Birds and Beasts of, 44

Forth, Estuary of the, its Geology, 422

Fossiliferous Boulder in Northumberland, 386, 467

Foster (Dr. M.), his Physiological Class, Cambridge, 107; on
the Action of Codeia Derivatives, 174

Foliage, the Various Tints of, 341

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Frankland Institute, Journal of the, 211, 229, 452

Fraser (George) on Scientific Lectures for the People, 120; on
'Psychic Force," 279

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Frigate Bird at the Zoological Gardens, 394

Freke (H.), on " Dependence of Life on Decomposition," 422
French Recent Zoological Discoveries, 369
Freshwater Bathybius, Dr. R. Greef on, 49

"Fruit Classification, Suggestions on," by Alex. Dickson, M.D.
(Br. A.), 347, 475

Fruit, International Exhibition at the Horticultural Society, 394
Fungi, New and Rare, 240

Fungi in Living Birds (Br. A.), 356

Fungi, Exhibition at the Horticultural Gardens, 476, used for
food in China, 494

Futtle's Comet, Ephemeris of, 374

Galton (Francis), on Pangenesis, 5, 25

Ganoid Fish discovered in Queensland, 406, 428, 447

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'Gaseous and Liquid States of Matter," Dr. Andrews on, 186
Gasteropoda, Striated Muscular Fibre in, 144; Auditory Organ,
518

Geikie (Prof. Archibald, F.R.S.) Opening Address at Geo-
logical Section, 277; Geological Survey of Scotland, 292
Geneva, Natural History Society of, 36

Geographical Distribution of Insects, G. R. Crotch on, 65
Geographical Surveys in India, 418

Geographical Society, Proceedings, 37, 50, 72, 129, 195, 211;
its Memorial to Oxford and Cambridge Universities, 244
"Geographisches Jahrbuch," by E. Behm, 44

Geography at the Br. A. (Section E), Opening Address, 297;
Sectional Proceedings, 335, 358

Geography: International Congress at Antwerp, 168; Lectures
at Maidstone, 417; St. Martin's Année Géographique, 44
Geological Atlas of England, by W. Stephen Mitchell, 373
Geological Magazine, 36, 76, 194 254, 453

Geological Society, Proceedings, 18, 37, 77, 115, 153, 234
Geological Society, Dublin, 135

Geological Survey of Scotland (Br. A.), 292

Geologists' Association, 10, 73, 95, 154, 168, 211, 229, 254
Geology in America, 12; American, by Dr. Hayden, 24
Geology at Christ's Hospital, 130; at Oxford, 485

Geological Science, at Br. A. (Section C), Opening Address,
277; Sectional Proceedings, 317, 332, 354, 376
Geology: Endowment by Mr. James Yates at University College,
260; of Edinburgh and Neighbourhood (Br. A.), 315; Glou-
cestershire, 32; Estuary of the Forth, 422; Thames Valley,
157; the Ural and Caspian Sea, 417

Geometry, Elementary Practical; J. M. Wilson on Teaching,
387; a Substitute for Euclid, 366, 404, 505; R. Wormell on
425; W. D. Cooley and Thomas Jones on, 485, 486
"Geometry, Elements of Plane and Solid," by H. W. Watson,
Geometry, Practical and Plane," by J. W. Palliser, 484
Geometry, The Axioms of, Prof. Helmholtz on, 481

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Germ Theory, Dr. Bastian on, 178, 458; Notes on, 125, 165, 378
German Arctic Expedition, 439, 513

Germany, Science in, 60, 108, 169, 170, 229, 234, 439, 453, 477,
493

Gibraltar Current, Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F. R.S., on, 468
Ginsburg (Dr.), his Expedition to Moab, 492

Glacial Fossils at Finchley, 514

Glacier Ice, the Bending of, Prof. Tyndall on, 447
Glacier Sculpture, 198

Gladstone (John Hall, F.R.S., and Alfred Tribe), on Chemical
Dynamics, 195; (Br. A.) 291; on the Corrosion of Copper-
plates by Nitrate of Silver (Br. A.), 353

Glaisher (James F.R.S.), his "Travels in the Air," 3; on Day
Auroras, 209

Glaisher (J. W. L.), on Tables of Prime Numbers, 6

Glasgow: Anderson's University, 190; Meteorological Observa-
tory, 256; Geological Society, Transactions, 443

Glass, Researches on, by Rev. W. V. Harcourt (Br. A.), 351
Gold at Penang and New Grenada, 419

Gould (John), on a New Humming Bird, 77

Government, the, and Prof. Sylvester, 324, 326

Harkness (Prof. R., F.R.S.), Ancient Rocks of South Wales, 77
Harris (John), "Kuklos," 25

Harrison (William H.) on the Heliotype Process, 85
Hartley Institution, Southampton, 350, 453
Hartman (Dr.), "History of Domestic Animals," 253
Hartog (N. E ), Senior Wrangler, his Death, 148

Hartt (Prof. C. F.), his Expedition to Brazil (Br. A.), 299
Haughton (Rev. Prof.), Lectures on "The Principle of Least
Action," 177

Hayden (Dr.), on Geology of America, 24, 109; his Expedition,
213, 293, 387

Hayward (George), Murdered in Kashmir, 297
"Health, National," H. W. Acland, F. R.S., on, 463
"Heat," A. P. Deschanel on, 343, 405, 426
Heat in August 1871, 325; in Iceland, 202
Heat, its Action on Protoplasmic Life, 57
Heat, Mechanical Equivalents of, 27, 68

Hector (Dr. James, F.R. S.), on Recent Remains of the Moa,
184, 228, 306, 324

Heis (Dr. Edward), Correspondence of Aurora Australis and
Borealis, 213

Heliotype Process, 85

Helmholtz (Prof.,) Axioms of Geometry, 481

Henle (Prof.), "Handbuch der Systematischen Anatomie," 101
Hennessy (H., F.R.S.), Internal Structure of the Earth, 182
Herschel (Prof. A. S.) on the Marseilles Meteorite, 503

Herschel (Sir John) on Ocean Currents, 71; Deep Sea Tempe-
rature, 98; his Death, 50; Obituary Notices, 69, 73, 89; re-
marks on, by Sir W. Thomson, F. R.S. (Br. A.), 262
Highton (Rev. H.), Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, 27, 68
on Thermodynamics, 46

Hincks (Rev. W., F.L.S.), Obituary Notice of, 436

Hind (J. R., F.R.S.,) on Total Solar Eclipses visible in
England, 260; Observations of Encke's Comet, 435, 492
Hinrichs (Prof. Gustavus, A.M.), "Elements of Physical Science
and School Laboratory," 421

"Hippocrateaceae of South America," by J. Miers, F.R.S., 135
Hippopotamus, Skeleton of, 37

His (Prof.) "Theories of Sexual Generation," 114
Histology, Prof. Allen Thomson on (Br. A.), 294
Hodge (George), Obituary Notice of, 387

Hofmann (Dr. F.R.S.), on the Royal College of Chemistry, 16
Holmes (N. J.) on Submarine Telegraphs, 8

Holmes (N.), his Inextinguishable Storm Signal Light, 49
Home (D. M.), "The Estuary of the Forth," 422
Homoplastic Agreements in Plants, 507

Hooker (Dr. J. D.), his African Expedition, 11, 89, 129, 149,
168, 196; his Report on Kew Gardens, 210

Government aid for Observing the Eclipse of December 12, 1781, Hopkins (W.) on the Thickness of the Earth's Crust, 28, 45,,

and Transit of Venus, 324

Government aid to Science, 462, 495

Gratz, Physiological Researches at, 402

Gravitating Currents in Relation to Auroras, 497

Gravitation, Sir W. Thomson, F. R. S., on the Law of, Remarks

by E. Ray Lankester, F.L.S., 368

"Great Pyramid Papers," by Sir John Vincent Day, C.E.,

66

Plan and Object of its Construction," 303

Greeff (Dr. R.), Freshwater Bathybius, 49

Green (A. H., F.G.S.), Thickness of the Earth's Crust, 45, 383;
the Geology of Donegal, 234

Green (Jas.), his Standard Barometer, 412

Green Light for Ships, Prize Offered for, 418
Greenwich, Visitation to the Observatory, 50, 103

Greytown Noises at Sea, 26; Crocodiles, 27; its Climate,
View of the Harbour, 206

Grierson (Dr.), on Provincial Museums (Br. A.), 377

Grote (George), his Illness and Death, 107, 148; Legacy to Uni-
versity College, 260

Gulf Stream, Dredging of the, 87

Gun Cotton Explosion at Stowmarket, 309, 518

Günther (Dr. A., F.R.S.), New Ganoid Fish (Ceratodus) dis-
covered in Queensland, 406, 428, 447

Hackney Scientific Association, 379

Hæmatite Ores, Thos. Ainsworth on (Br, A.), 292
Hairy Family in Burmah, 454, 477

Hall (Capt.), his Polar Expedition, 309, 349
Hall (Marshall), Education for Farmers,
Aquaria, 507

Halley's Magnetic Chart Discovered, 103
Halo in the Zenith, 160

65, 141, 182, 383

"Horses," by Amateur, 321

Horological Institute, 229

Horticultural Society, 210; International Exhibition, 1866, 307;
Exhibition of Fungi, 476

Hospital for Domestic Animals, 210

Hough (Prof. S. W.), Self-registering Barometer and Meteoro-
graph, 410, 430

Howorth (Henry H.), "A New View of Darwinism,” 161, 180,
181, 200, 221, 240

Huggins (Dr. William, F.R.S.), on the Spectrum of Uranus,
88; of a Comet, 95

Hulk (J. W., F.R.S.), Fossil Vertebrata from Kimmeridge Bay,

153

Hunt (Dr. T. Sterry, F.R.S.), on Paleozoic Crinoids, 72; on
Hydroussilicate in Fossils, 162

Human Anatomy and Physiology, edited by Dr. L. S. Beale, 343
"Human Locomotion," by Prof. B. G. Wilder, 437
Humphry (Prof.), his Anatomical Classes, Cambridge, 107;
his Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, 359

Huxley (Prof.), on the Duties of Civil Engineers, 12; on
Ethnology, 76; at the Br. A., 290; his Instruction to Science
Teachers at South Kensington, 325, 361; Paleontological Ex-
cavations at Lossiemouth, 417, 436; State Aid to Scientific
Teaching, 462; Duties of the State, 495

Hybridisation, A. C. Ranyard on, 26, 46; R. Meldola and Dr.
L. S. Beale on, 46

89; Sea-Water Hydraulic Buffer for Heavy Guns, 105

Harcourt (the late Rev. W. V.), Researches on Glass (Br. A.), 351

Hydrobromic Acid, C. R. A. Wright on, 174
Hydrocarbons, by C. Schorlemmer, 95
Hylobates Ape, 6

Ice for India, 325

and Currents, 162, 183, 223, 243; "A Plane's Aspect?" 466
Lea, Isaac, LL.D., "Synopsis of Unionidæ," 119

Ice Fleas, Prof. E. F. Frankland, F. R.S., on, 426; Rev. C. A. | Laughton (J. K.) on West Winds, 8; on Ocean Temperature
Johns, F.L.S., 446; Rev. T. G. Bonney, F.G.S, 467
Ice, Glacier, the Bending of, Prof. Tyndall on, 447
Iceland, Great Heat in, 202

Ichthyosaurus from Kimmerridge Bay, 153

Im Thurn (Everard F.), on the Irish Fern in Cornwall, 68
India: Cotton Cultivation, 33; Geographical Survey, 418;
Science, 32, 89, 150, 192, 212, 287, 307, 325, 418, 437, 514;
Snake Bites, 74; Tea Cultivation; 169; "Ancient Geo-
graphy," by Major-General A. Cunningham, R.E., 381;
Wheat Cultivation, 108

Indian Education, Jiram Row on (Br. A.), 336

Indianapolis, Meeting of the American Association for Advance-
ment of Science, 373

India-rubber, Collection and Manufacture of, 207
Inextinguishable Storm and Danger Signal Light, 49

Ingleby (Dr. C. M.), on Lee Shelter, 183; on Recent Neolo-
gisms, 201, 242, 385

Insects of Missouri, Official Report on, 302

Institution of Civil Engineers, 12; of Naval Architects, 149
Intellectual Qualities, Transmissibility of, 154
Iowa State University, 229, 308, 421

Irish Fern in Cornwall, 8, 68

Iron and Steel, W. M. Williams on, 226

Iron and Steel Institute, Meeting at Dudley, 348, 361
Iron-paper Making, 494

Iron Telegraph Poles, 287

Italian Journal of Chemistry, 73

Italian Mosses, Dr. de Notaris on, 383

Italy, Science in, 98, 153, 254, 468

Jack (R. L.) on Thunderstorm near Glasgow, 202

James (Sir Henry), "Notes on the Great Pyramid," 303
Janssen (M.) on the Eclipse of December 12, 1871 (Br. A.),
352; appointed to Observe it, 373

Jardin d'Essai, Algier, 447

Japan: Science, 44; Typhoon, 375: Meteorological Notions, 435
Jeffreys (J Gwyn, F.R.S.) on Dr. Lea's “Synopsis of Unionidæ,'

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119; Dall's "Brachiopoda of the United States Coast Survey,"
238; his Visit to America, 418, 512

Jenkin (Prof. Fleeming, F.R.S.), Opening Address on Mecha-
nical Science (Br. A., Section G), 318

Jeremiah (John) on Daylight Auroras, 7, 47, 142; on Yellow
Rain, 160

Jevons (Prof. W. Stanley), "Helmholtz on the Axioms of Geo-
metry," 481

Johns (Rev. C. A., F.L.S.) on Ice Fleas, 446

Johnson (M. Hawkins, F.GS) on Flint, 154, 223

Johnston (Alex. Keith, LL.D.), medal of Geographical Society
awarded to, 108; his Death, 210; Obituary Notice, 225
Jones (T.) on Science in Schools, 243, 285; on Elementary
Geometry, 486

Joseph (D.), Velocity of Sound in Coal, 487

Joule (Dr. J. P., F.R.S.), Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, 68.
Journal of Botany, 77, 108, 233, 359, 399, 453

Jupiter, Drawings of its Bands, 32; Observations of, 175
Jupiter's Satellites, Light of, 442

Kaines (J.), on Anthropology and M. Comte, 466

Kea (Nestor notabilis), Progress of Development in, 489, 506
Kent (W. S. F.Z.S.), on Affinities of the Sponges, 184, 201;
Dredging Expedition of Spain and Portugal (Br. A.) 456.
Kent's Cavern Explorations (Br. A.), 332

Kew Gardens, Dr. J. D. Hooker's Report on, 210

Kew, Meteorological Observatory, 247, 248, 289; Sir W. Thom-

son (F.R.S.) on (Br. A.) 263

Key (Rev. Henry Cooper) on Daylight Aurora, 121

Kinetic Theory of Gases, Sir William Thomson, F. R.S., on
(Br. A.), 265

King (Prof. William) on Eozöon Canadense, 85

Kingsley (Rev. Canon) on the Colours of the Sea, 203;

"At

Last a Christmas in the West Indies," 282; Cyclone in the
West Indies, 464

Kirkwood (Prof. Daniel), Great Sun Spot of June, 1843, 172;
"Are Auroras Periodical?" 505

Klein (Von H. J.) on Astronomy, 24

Klinkerfues (Dr.), his Theoretical Astronomy, 24
Kropotkine (P.), Arctic Auroras, 142
Lake (John J.), Colours of the Sea, 305

Lamp (New) for Street Lighting, 477

of Biogenesis, and the Law of Gravitation," 308
Latham (R. G.) on the word "Prolificness," 324
La terade (M.) "Theory of Two Suns," 216

Lead, Metallurgy of, 218

Lecocq (M. Henri), his Bequests for Scientific Purposes, 512
Le Conte (Prof. John A.), Velocity of Meteoric Stones, 398
Lecture Experiment on Colour, 346

Lectureships at London Medical Schools, 1, 61
Lee (Alec), "Romance of Motion," 45

Lee (Edwin, F. L. S.) on Black Rain, 161
Leicester Literary and Scientific Society, 211

Leighton (Rev. W. A., F.L.S.), "The Lichen Flora of Great
Britain," 482

Lepidosiren, its Characteristics, 406

Leslie (A., C. E.), on Salmon Ladders for Reservoirs (Br. A.), 337
Leyden, Science at, 31

"Lichen Flora of Great Britain," Rev. W. A. Leighton,
F.L.S, on the, 482

Liebig (Baron), on the Scientific Men of France, 190

"Life, its Dependence on Decomposition," H. Freke, M.D., 422
Lifeboats, Steam, John Fellowes on, 181

Light, Prismatic Analysis of, Sir W. Thomson, on (Br. A.), 266
Light of Jupiter's Satellites, 442

Lighthouses, New Reflector for (Br. A.), 396

Lima, International Exhibition at, 418

Lindley Library, at the Horticultural Society, 307
Lindsay (Dr. W. L., F.R.S.E.) on Mind in the Lower Animals,
169; on Leighton's" Lichen Flora of Great Britain," 482
Lindsay, Lord, Aurora at Aberdeen, its Spectrum, 347, 366; his
Aid to Observing the Eclipse of December 12, 1871, 435.
Linnean Society, Proceedings, 11, 19, 36, 72, 39, 135; Anni-
versary Address by Bentham, 92, 110, 156, 170, 192
"Liquid and Gaseous States of Matter," Dr. Andrews on, 186
Little (W.), on Technical Education for Farmers, 66
Liverpool Naturalists' Field Club, 211

Livingstone (Dr.), Intelligence of, 31, 195, 297, 349, 417
Lloyd (W. A.) on the Crystal Palace Aquarium, 469
Local Scientific Effort, Organisation of, 281
Local Societies, Duties of, 141, 463

Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S.), on R. A. Proctor's Treatise on
the Sun, 83; on Observations of the Solar Eclipse of Dec. 12,
1871, 197; Lecture "On the Solar Eclipse of Dec. 1870,"
230, 248; "The Recent and Coming Solar Eclipses," 352
"Loess," a Chinese Clay Deposit, 38; M. Engelhardt on, 134
Login (T.), Cotton and Wheat Cultivation in India, 33, 108
Lombardy, Royal Institution of Science, 99

London Institution, Educational Lectures at, 107; Proceedings,
148, 452, 514

London Medical Schools, 1, 324

London University: Lectureships at, 2; Proceedings, 11, 31, 73,
168, 349; Degrees for Engineering Students, 67; Female
Students at, 50, 89; Physiological Scholarship, 189; the
Brown Trust, 190, 210; Sharpey Scholarship, 210, 260; Ex-
aminations, 229; Proposed Mathematical Chair, 259; Elec-
tion of President and Professors, Legacies to, 260; Slade
Professorship, 50

Longet (M.), Obituary Notice of, 12

Low (D.), on Daylight Auroras, 121

Lowne (B. F., F. R.C.S.), on Mr. Howorth's New View of
Darwinism, 221, 240

Lubbock (Sir J., F.L.S.), on Scientific Teaching, 461
Lucas (John), on Day Auroras, 183, 305
Ludlow Natural History Society, 418

Luminous Meteors of 1870-71, Observations of (Br. A.), 350
Lunar Halo seen at Clifton, 33

Lunar Objects suspected of Change, Report on (Br. A.), 352
Lunar Rainbow at New York (Br. A.), 300; in Cheshire, 466
Lynn (W. T., F. R. A.S), on Prof. Newcomb and Mr. Stone, 465
McLeod (Herbert), on Red and Blue, 122

McMaster (Lt. Col. W.), on the Colours of the Sea, 203
McNab (Dr. W. R.), on Prof. Williamson's Classification of
Vascular Cryptogams, 426, 504; on the Classification of
Fruits, 475

Macnamara (C.), “Treatise on Asiatic Cholera," 302
Madreporaria (See Corals)

Magnetic Storms in Higher Latitudes, 441

Magnetism, Discovery of Halley's Magnetic Chart, 103

Magnetism, Terrestrial, Sir Wm. Thomson, F. R.S., on, 264
Magneto-electric Light, for the Clock Tower at Westminster, 107

Magnus (Dr. Hugo), on the Bones of the Head of Birds, 364
Maidstone Natural History Society, 308, 417

Maitland (Edward), a "Vital Question," 386
Manatee, the, 27, 207
Manchester; Scientific Students' Association, 51; Science Lec-
tures for the People, 81; Owens College, Distribution of
Prizes, 190; Literary and Philosophical Society, 155; Grammar
School, 374; Mechanics' Institute, 452; Geological Society,
Transactions, 479

Marcet (Wm., M.D., F. R.S.), "Constitution of the Blood," 57
Marlborough College, Botanic Garden, 31; Science at, 129;
Lecture by G. F. Rodwell, F. C.S., on Science Teaching, 437,
455, 514; Natural History Society, 476

Mars, Observations of, 175

Marseilles Meteorite, 454, 503

Marsh (Prof.), his Expedition to the Far West, 244
Mathematical and Physical Science at the Br. A.: Opening
Address, 270; Sectional Proceedings, 291, 315, 352, 375, 396
Mathematical Society, Proceedings of, 78, 154

"Matter for Materialists," by Thos. Doubleday, 321

Mauritius, Climate and Health of, 51; Meteorological Soc. 254
Maury (T. B.) on Meteorology in America, 390, 410, 430, 466
Maxwell (Prof. Clerk, F. R.S.,), on Saturn's Rings, 159,
Measurement, Minute and Accurate, Sir Wm. Thomson, F.R.S.,
on (Br. A.), 265

Mechanical Drawing, 467

Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, 261

Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, 27; Rev. H. Highton and
Dr. James P. Joule on, 68

Mechanical Science at the Br. A. (Section G), Opening Address,

318; Sectional Proceedings, 337

"Mechanics, Experimental," by R. S. Ball, 510
Medical Schools, Lectureships at, 1, 61

Medicine, Practical, Dr. Dobell's Report on, 140
Medicine, State, Remarks on, 137, 148

Meinicke (Prof.) on the Population of the Indian Islands, 254
Meldola (R., F.C.S), on Pangenesis, 46

Mental Philosophy, at University College, Endowment by the
late Geo. Grote, 260

Mentone, Flora of, 230, 502

Metals, Thermal Conductivity of, Report on (Br. A.), 352
Meteorograph, by Prof. G. W. Hough, 410, 430, 431

Meteorograph from Sweden in the International Exhibition, 466
Meteorological Magazine, Symon's, 359

Me eorological Observatories, 245; Phenomenon, 466
Meteorological Society, 189; of Austria, its Journal, 502; of
Mauritius, 254; of Scotland, 251

Meteorology, Balloon Observations, 3; Errors of Amateurs, 253
Meteorology in America, 390, 410, 430, 466; in Canada, 349;
in India, 150; in Nova Scotia, 32, 235; in South America, 109;
at Natal, 305

Meteorology, Japanese Ignorance of, 435; Lieut. A. M. Davies,
F.R.A.S., on, 159; Observations at Greenwich, 104; Rain
after Fire, 83; Storm-Atlas for Norway, 63 (See Rainfall)
Meteoric Stone found in Australia, 212

Meteoric Stones, their Maximum Velocity, 398
Meteoric Theory of Saturn's Rings, by Lieut. A. M. Davies, 159
Meteors in the Isle of Man, 385; in Lima, 56; at Marseilles,
454, 503; at Panama, 149; in Peru, 169; in S Australia, 345
Meteors of 1870-71, Observations of (Br. A.), 350
Meteors, August, J. Edmund Clark on, 304

Metric System, 120, 286

Mexico, Tropical, by Col. Albert S. Evans, 321

Meyer (Dr. A. B.), his Natural History Collections in Celebes,
50; on Aurora Australis, 84; on a Volcano near Celebes, 286
Microscopical Science, Quarterly Journal of, 498
Microscopical Society, 479

Miers (J., F.R.S.), "On South American Hippocrateacea," 135
Migration of Quail, 447

Milk, Chemistry of, 96

Miller (Prof. W. A., F.R.S.), Proposed Memorial to, 244

Mimicry in Plants (Br. A.), 355

Mind in the Lower Animals, 169

Mineral Statistics of Victoria, 365

Mines, Royal School of, 259

Mirage seen from a Balloon, 3; in Scotland, 89

Missouri, Official Reports on Insects affecting Agriculture, 302
Mitchell (W. Stephen). his Geological Atlas of England, 373
Mivart (St. George, F. R.S.), on the Vertebrate Skeleton, 36;
on Rib Variations, 188

Moa, the, Recent Remains of, in New Zealand, 184, 228, 306, 324
Moab, Expedition to, 492

Moffatt (Dr.) on Ozonometry (Br. A.), 292

Moggridge (J.T., F. L.S.), "Flora of Mentone and the Riviera,"
502

Mohn (M.), Storm Atlas for Norway, 63

Molecular Theory of the Properties of Matter, Sir W. Thomson,
F.R.S., on (Br. A.), 265

Mont Cenis Tunnel, its Temperature, 36, 349 ; Opening of, 415;
its Scientific use, 434

Montreal Natural History Society, 210
Moon, Inequalities of its Motion, 85

Moore (D., F. L.S.), on British Mosses, 487

66

Moore (Thomas), his Lectures at Chelsea Botanic Gardens, 89
Morgan (N.), Phrenology, and how to use it in Analysing
Character," 422

Morris (Rev. F. O.) on Encroachments of Sea in Yorkshire, 336
Moscow, "Bulletin de la Société I. des Naturalistes," 194;
International Exhibition at, 393

Moss Lochs, John Aitken on, 144

Mosses of Italy, Dr. de Notaris on, 383, 446
Moth, Rare, 446

"Motion, Romance of," by Alec Lee, 45

Mouse's Ear, as an Organ of Sensation, 253

Müller (Prof. Max) on General Cunningham's "Ancient Geo-
graphy of India," 381

Murchison (Sir R. J.), his Retiring Address at the Geographical
Society, 72, 89, his Death, 512

Murie (Dr., F.Z.S.), on Fungi in Living Birds (Br. A.), 356;
Recent Researches on Flight, 516

Murphy (J. J., F.G.S.) on the Sensation of Colour, 27; on
West Winds, 102; on Alpine Floras, 162; on the Origin of
Cyclones, 305; on a Meteorological Phenomenon, 66
Murray (Andrew, F. L.S.) on the Blight of Plants, 210
Museum of Strasbourg, described, 123

Museums of the Country, 367

Museums, Provincial, Dr. Grierson and Sir Walter Elliot on
(Br. A.), 377

"Mycological Illustrations," New and Rare Fungi, 240
Myers (H. M.), his Scientific Expedition, 307

Natal Diamond Fields, 190, 418; Meteorology at, 305
"National Health," H. W. Acland, F.R. S., on, 463
Natural History Museum at Kensington, 181
Natural History Societies, Local, Duties of, 141
Naval Architects, Institution of, 149

Nicholson (N. A.), on the Conservation of Force, 47
Neaves, (Lord) his Opening Address on Economic Science and
Statistics (Br. A.), 298

Neologisms, Recent, 201, 222, 242; R. G. Latham on, 324; J.
M. Wilson, 367; C. M. Ingleby, 385; R. A. Proctor, 385
Nepenthes, Pitcher of, 44

Nerve Endings in Glands, 10

Nervous Atmosphere, Dr. Richardson's Theory, 29
Newbury District Field Club, 395

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, College of Physical Science 21, 189, 284,
416, 435, 493

Newcomb (Prof. S.), on Père Secchi and R. A. Proctor's Work
on the Sun, 41; on the Inequalities of the Moon's Motion, 85;
on the Solar Parallax, 160, 183; on the Temperature of the
Sun, 204, 322; on the Phenomena of Contact, 423; R. A.
Proctor on Prof. Newcomb and Mr. Stone, 465, 487

New Dynameter, Rev. T. W. Webb, F. R. A.S., on, 427, 446
Newman (Edward, F. L.S.), his "Natural History of British
Butterflies," 219

Newspaper Science, 406, 425, 446, 464

Newton (Prof.), Edition of Yarrell's "British Birds," 89, 403
New Zealand, Wellington Philosophical Society, 39, 380;
Acclimatisation, 51; Recent Specimens of the Moa, 184
22, 324; Maori Cooking Ovens, 185; Progress of Develop-
ment in the Kea (Nestor notabilis), 489

Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, 245
Northumberland, Natural History Society, Transactions of, 108
Nottingham Literary and Philosophical Society, 513

Nova Scotia, Inst. of Natural Science, 32, 78, 235; Science in, 74
Ocean Cables, Injuries to, 436

Ocean Currents, Sir J. Herschel on, 71; Dr. Carpenter on, 97,
183 (Br. A.), 315, 435, 446, 468; Jas. Croll on, 304; J. K.
Laughton on, 162, 223; Richd. A. Proctor on, 121, 243; R.
Russell on, 122

Oldham School of Science and Art, 130, 476

Oliver (Lieut. S. P., R.A.), on Noises at Sea, 26; on Elaterida
in the Azores, 162; Description of Greytown and Adjacent
Country, 206

Optical Phenomena, Thos. Ward on, 68

Organic Chemistry, Prof. Allen Thomson on (Br. A.), 295
Organisation of Local Scientific Effort, 281

Origin of Life, Dr. C. Bastian, F.R.S., on (Br. A.), 378; Sir
W. Thomson, F.R.S., on (Br. A.), 269, 305, 386; Mungo
Ponton, F. R.S. E., on, 321

Orme (T. A), on Cramming for Examinations, 285
Ornithology; at the Br. A., 333; Brown on the Anatomy of
Birds, 32; Californian Vulture, 52; of the Island of Celebes,
37; Chinese Notions about Pigeons, 44; of the Lesser
Antilles, 473; of New Zealand, 51; of Palestine, 54;
Magnus (Dr.) on the Bones of the Heads of Birds, 364
Ornithosauria, H. G. Seeley on, 100

Otago, Acclimatisation Society of, 51

"Our Sister Republic" (Mexico), by Col. Albert S. Evans, 322
Owen (Prof., R., F.R.S.), on the Fossil Mammals of Australia,
173; his suggested Survey of the Sussex Wealden Deposits, 493
Oxford, Science at, 31, 129, 149, 244, 263, 349, 453, 476, 485,
488, 493, 513

Ozone, Dr. Debus, F.R.S., on, 134

Ozonometry, Dr. Moffatt on (Br. A.) 292

Paget (Sir James, F. R.S.), his Retirement from Bartholomew's
Hospital, 10; appointed Consulting Surgeon, 107

Paleolithic Stone Implements, 50

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Palæontographica," Fossil Plants of the German Wealden, 35
"Palæontographica," by Drs. Dunker and Zittel, 195

Paleozoic Crinoids in New Brunswick, 72; Prof. Wyville
Thomson, F. R. S., on their Structure, 496

Palestine Exploration Fund, its Quarterly Journal, 33

Palestine, Flora of, 215

Palliser (J. W.)," Problems in Practical and Plane Geometry," 484
Palmer, E. H., his Explorations in Palestine, 33
Panama, Coal in, 309; (Br. A.), 332

Pangenesis, 5; Dr. L. S. Beale on on, 25; R. Meldola on, 46;|
A. C. Ranyard on, 69

Pankhurst (E. A.), on the Supposed Earthquake at Worthing, 385
Paper-making, New Plant for, 494

Parasites, Disease Produced by, 125, 165

Parfitt (Edward), on Affinities of the Sponges, 201

Paris Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 156, 255;
Académie des Sciences, 11, 40, 59, 73, 80, 116, 136, 155,
176, 215, 236, 255, 300, 339, 360, 380, 400, 419, 440, 480,
498, 519; Académie des Sciences, Morales, et Politiques, 196,
235; Association Scientifique de France, 320; National Library,
32; Observatory Injured by the Communists, 120, 155; the
Conflagrations, 87; Science in, 73, 129, 130, 152, 189, 325,
338, 373, 395, 417, 436, 439, 453, 492; Société d'Acclimata-
tion, 374; Society of Civil Engineers, 307; Vendôme
Column, 89

Parker (W. K., F. R.S.) on the Structure of the Eel's Skull, 146
Patagonia, Geology of, 115; Ethnology of, 116

Payen (M.), Speech at his Funeral, 136; his Chemical Works
and Investigations, 260

Peabody (Francis), his Death, 374

Peat Lochs, John Aitken on, 144

Pendulum Autographs, Hubert Airy on, 310, 370; W. Swan

and S. M. Drach on, 365, 366

Pengelly (Wm, F.R.S.) on Rainfall, 169

People's University, Proposed, 41

Percival (Rev. J.), and Clifton College School, 329

Percy (John, M.D., F.R.S.) on the Metallurgy of Lead, 218
Perkins (Thos.) on Sun Spots, 224

"Permanent Commission on State Science Questions," proposed
by Lt. Col. Strange, F. R.S., 130
Perry (John B.), on Eozoon Canadense, 28
Perthshire, Lepidoptera of, 190

Peru, Earthquakes in, 51, 74, 169, 230, 418; Inundations in, 51;
Electric Phenomena in, 56

Pflüger on Nerve-endings in Glands, 10

Phenomena of Contact, Prof. S. Newcomb and R. A. Proctor,
F.R. A. S., on, 423, 445

Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 480, 499, 519;
American Philosophical Society, 236, 256; Franklin Institute,
211, 229, 452

Phosphorescence in Fish, 287

Photographic Apparatus for Use in the Diving Bell, 477
Photographs of Transit of Venus, Government Grant for, 107
Photographs of the Solar Eclipse of 1870, 85

Photography, Eclipse, A. Brothers, F. R. A. S., 327, 367, 445
Phrenology, by Nicholas Morgan, 422

Physics, Applied, proposed Chair at Glasgow, 190

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Physics, Experimental," by Adolph F. Weinhold, 158

Physiological Classes at Cambridge, 107

Physiological Researches at Gratz, 402

Physiology and Anatomy of Man, by Dr. L. S. Beale, 343, 367
Physiology at Edinburgh University, 168
Pilgrim (Thos.), Obituary Notice of, 476
“Plants, Natural History of," by Prof. Baillon, 199
Plane's Aspect, Position, or Slope, 466, 506
Platycnemic Men, Discoveries in Denbighshire, 388
Plymouth, Science and Art Schools at, 89

Poey (Prof. André), on a New Form of Cloud, 489
Ponton (Mungo,), The Beginning; its When and its How," 321
Poppy, its cultivation in China, 230

Population, the Laws of, by Nathaniel Allen, M. D., 462, 463
Potts (Thos. H.), Progress of Development in the Kea, 489, 506
Pow (J. Brough, F.G.S.) on the Dinnington Boulder, 386, 467
Poynter (E. J.,) Slade Professor at University College, 50
Pratt (Ven. Archdeacon, F. R.S.) on the Thickness of the
Earth's Crust, 28, 45, 65, 141, 182, 344, 383

Prime Numbers, Tables of, 6

"Primitive Culture," by Edward B. Tylor, 117, 138
Prism, Compound, for Spectrum Microscope, 511

Proctor (R. A., F.R. A.S.) on Recent Neologisms. 385; on
Ocean Currents, 121, 183, 243; on Phenomena of Contact,
445; on Saturn's Rings, 223, 346; on the Cycloid, 465, 487;
on the Solar Parallax, 183, 424; on the Sun, 41, 83, 322; on
Mr. Stone and Prof. Newcomb, 346, 487; on Elementary
Geometry, 404; on Mr. Todhunter's Solution of a Geometrical
Problem, 464; on a Plane's Aspect, Slope, or Position, 506
Progress of Development in the Kea (Nestor notabilis), 489, 506
Psychic Force," W. Crookes, F.R. S., on, 237, 278, 518
Pterodactyls, H. G. Seeley, F.G. S. on, 100
Quail, Migration of, 447

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Quarterly Journal of Science, 338

Quekett Microscopical Club, 229, 261, 418

Queensland Botanical Expedition, 349; New Ganoid Fish
(Ceratodus) discovered in, 406, 428, 447
Radford (W. T.), a Hint to the Longsighted, 142
Rain after Fire, G. P. Serocold on, 83; Chicago, 494
Rain, Black, Edwin Lee, F. R.S., on, 161
Rain, Yellow, J. Jeremiah, on, 68, 161

Rainfall, A. Buchan on (Br. A.), 358; W. Pengelly, F.R.S., on,
169; in Bombay, 375; in Calcutta, 514; in Chile, 418; in
Scotland (Br. A.), 398

Ranyard (A. C., F.R.A.S.), on Hybridisation, 26; on Coronal
Rifts, 27; on Pangenesis, 69; Suggestions to Observers of the
Eclipse of Dec. 12, 1871, 327; on the Corona, 466
Rawlinson (Sir H.), Elected President of theGeographical Soc., 72
Regnault, on the Conversion of Heat in the Steam Engine, 203
Respighi (Prof.) on Stellar Scintillation, 99

Respiration, Mechanism of, 95

Respirators of Cotton Wool and Charcoal, 126

Reynolds (Dr. J.) on the "Chemistry of Milk," 96

Reynolds (Prof. Osborne), Radial Appearance of the Corona, 46
Rhysimeter, the, A. E. Fletcher, F. C. S., on (Br. A.), 338
Richardson (Dr.), his Theory of Nervous Atmosphere, 29; on
Writers on Science, 144

Riga, Society of Naturalists, 236

Riley (Chas. V.) Official Report on the Insects of Missouri, 302
Riviera, Flora of the, 502

Roberts (W. M.) on Thunderstorm, Aug. 13, 1871, 305
Robertson (Prof. G. C.) on Taine's "De l'Intelligence," 62
Robinson (W.), his "Sub-Tropical Garden," 159
Rock Carvings, Mode of Obtaining fac-similes, 233
Rock-Inscriptions in Brazil, 114

Rodwell (G. F., F.C.S.) on the Study of Science in Schools,
437, 455

Rolleston, Prof., F. R.S., on Saxon Pagan Remains, 56
Rollett (Dr. Alexander), Physiological Researches at Gratz, 402
"Romance of Motion," by Alec Lee, 45

Roscoe (Prof. H. E., F.R.S.), Proposed People's University,
41; Science Lectures for the People, 81

Ross (Dr. J.), Howorth's New View of Darwinism, 221, 240, 242
Royal Commissions, on Coal, 148; on Scientific Instruction, 107,
130

Royal Institution, Proceedings, 18, 36, 107, 115, 195, 453
Royal Society, Election of Fellows, 13; Proceedings, 17, 57, 85
95, 173, 195; its Origin and Early Proceedings, 439
Rugby School Natural History Society, 32, 149
Ruined Cities of Central America, 466

Rushton (Wm.) on "Science in Plain English," 142, 166

Russell (R.) on Ocean Currents, 122; Obituary Notice of, 394

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