A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE VOLUME VII. NOVEMBER 1872 to APRIL 1873 "To the solid ground O Nature trusts the mind that builds for aye."-WORDSWORTH London and New York: 1873 INDEX African Exploring Expeditions, 35, 36, 70, 79, 169, 189, 251, Agassiz (Prof.), The Hassler Expedition, 111, 230; Sub-marine "Air and Water, Hygiene of," by W. Proctor, M.D., F.C.S., Air-Battery, Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., 472 Airy (Hubert, M.D.), Leaf Arrangement, 341, 403, 442 Alabama, Climate of, 231 Algæ, M. de Brebisson's Collections, 332 Algeria, Geodetic Operations in, 450 Alleghany Observatory, 251 Aloes, American, 335 Altum (Dr. Bernard), "Forest Zoology," 141 America: Aeronautics, in, 413; Penikese Island given to Prof. American Museum of Natural History, 332 American Scientific Intelligence, 56 American Signal Service, 484 American Survey and Geological Survey, 370, 371 American Indians, their Origin, 203 Anderson (J., M.D.), "Expedition to Western Yunan," 317 Anderson (J. F.), November Meteors at Pau, 123 Animals: Instinct, Inherited Instinct, and Perception in, 281, Ansted (Prof.), Accident to, 452 Anthropological Institute, 39, 75, 135, 175, 208, 213, 249, 255, 267, 295, 310, 373, 395, 415, 455 Antinomies of Kant, 262, 282 Ants, Perception in, 443 "Ants, Harvesting," by J. T. Moggridge, F.L.S., 337, 453. Aquatic Articulata, 469 Arachnida, Hints on collecting, 163 (See Trap-door Spiders) Aristotle, Anticipation of Natural Selection, 402 Asbestos, Manufacture and Application of, 210 Assyria, Daily Telegraph Exploration, 151, 210 Atlantic Telegraph, Free Transmission of Astronomical Obser- Atmosphere, its Blue Colour, 132 Attwood (F. L.), Physics for Medical Students, 7 Aurora, Spectrum of, 182, 201, 242, 463; Polarisation of, 201 Australia and Tasmania, Geological Map, 249 "Australian Mechanic and Journal of Science," 274 Babbage (the late Chas., F. R.S.), Sale of his Mathematical Babinet (M.), Obituary Notice of, 53 Backhouse (T. W.), Day Aurora, 29; The Zodiacal Light, 341; Bacteria (See Bastian, H. C., M.D., Beginnings of Life) Bagehot (Walter), "Physics and Politics," 277 Baillon (H.), "Natural History of Plants," 320 Baird (Wm. M.), Obituary notice of, 89 Baker (Sir S. and Lady), Reported Murder of, 489 Barber (Samuel), November Meteors at Liverpool, 123 Barrett (W. F., F.C.S.), Prof. Tyndall's Researches on Radiant Barrington (R. M.), Phosphorescence in Wood, 464 Barrows, in Cornwall, 378; near Beverley, 452 Bartlett (A. D.), Silver Medal to him on the rearing of the Hip- Bastian (H. C., M.D., F.R.S.), his Experiments, 123, 180, Bath Natural History Society, 151 Baumhauer (E. H. von), Dutch Society of Sciences, 464 66 'Beginnings of Life," Dr. H. C. Bastian, F.R.S., on, 26; Belgian Academy, 369 Belgian Contributions to Astronomy, 23 Belgium, Magnetic Survey of, 295 Belgium, Report on Botanical Science, 320, 334; Science in, Bentham (Geo., F. R.S.), Our National Herbarium, 26; Carex Bennett (A. W., F.L.S.), Pollen-eating Insects, 202; External Berlin University, 89; Professorship of Photography, 88; African Berne, Scientific Society, 235 65291 Bessemer (Mr.), his Saloon Steamer for the Channel Passage, Capron (J. Rand), Spectra of Aurora and Zodiacal Light, 182, Biblical Archæology, Society of, 87 Biela's Comet, 163 201 Carruthers (Wm., F.R.S.), Our National Herbarium, 26, 103 "Bird Life," by Dr. Brehm, translated by Labouchere and Catlin (George), Obituary Notice of, 222 Birds: Yarrell's "British Birds," by Newton, 461 “Birds (British), Handbook of," by J. E. Hartwig, F.L.S., ΙΟΙ Birds, Instinct of Tumbler Pigeons, 387, 417; Ceylon Pigeon Birds, Fossil, in Kansas, 310 "Birds of Egypt, Handbook to the," 178 Birmingham School Natural History Society, 269 Black (W. J.), Gauges for Ocean Rainfall, 202 Blake (Prof. Jas.), Supposed new Marine Animal, 67 Blind Fish of the Wyandotte Cave, 12 Blue Colour of Sky and Water, 132 Bolton Literary and Scientific Society, 15 Bordeaux, Science at, 190; Scientific Association, 70 Borlase (W. C., B.A.), "Sepulchral Monuments of Cornwall," Borneo, Cave-deposits, 461 Cats: Sense of Smell, 303, 322; Perception, 360; Inherited Cayley (Prof.), Presentation Portrait of, 349 Ceylon, Science in, 42; Pigeon Express, 351; Land Planarians, Charing Cross Hospital, 15, 54, 123, 168 Chemical Society, 39, 75, 134, 175, 231, 235, 295, 335, 373, "Chemical Technology, Handbook of," by R. Wagner, Ph. D., 4 "Chemistry, Manual of," by Fownes, revised by H. Watts, "Chemistry, Organic," by W. G. Valentin, F.C.S, 160 Boston (U.S.), Academy of Arts and Sciences, 214; the Great "Chemistry, the Birth of," by G. F. Rodwell, F.C.S., 36, 90, "Botanists' Pocket Book," by W. R. Hayward, 360 Breslau, Silesian Society for National Culture, 137, 158, 162 Brewer (W. H.), Sense of Smell in Animals, 360, 410; Mau- Bright Lines in the Solar Spectrum, Prof. C. A. Young on, 17 Bristol, Meteors at, 85, 322 Bristow (H. W., F.R.S.), "Table of British Strata," 452 British Museurn, Herbarium, 5, 26, 45, 103; Memorial to Mr. Brodie (Sir B. C., Bart., F.R.S.), Scientific Research and Uni- Brough (the late J. C.), Subscription for his Family, 35, 470 Brunton (T. L., M.D.), "Physiological Chemistry," 441 Buckland (A. W.), Perception in Fowls, 444 Buenos Ayres, Burmeister's Annals of the Public Museum, 240 Burmeister (G., M.D.), "Annales del Museo Publico de Buenos Burwash (N.), Elephas Americanus in Canada, 47 Butterflies, Perception in, 444 Butterflies of North America, 412 Cacciatore (Prof. Cav. G.), Report on the Eclipse of 1870, 308 Cambridge, Science at, 14, 53, 88, 110, 169, 189, 190, 209, 104, 206, 285, 393, 492 Chester, Society of Natural Science, 55; Science at, 432 Chisholm (H. W.), International Metric Commission, 197, Chromosphere, (New Method of viewing the), 313 Civil Engineers, Institution of, 16, 210, 255, 455, 474 Clarke (Hyde), The Phoenician Vademecum, 462; Earthquake Clarke (Prof. F. L.), the Hawaiian Volcano, Mauna Loa, 124 Clerk-Maxwell (Prof. J.), Action at a Distance, 323, 341; Clifford (Prof. W. K.), Kant's Antinomies, 262, 282, 302 Climate of Alabama, 231 Clouds: "Forms of Water," by Prof. J. Tyndall, F.R.S., 400 Coal Question, Sir W. Armstrong, C. B., on the, 270, 291 Cohn (Prof. Ferdinand), Lecture on the Progress of Natural Colorado River, 290 Coloured Stars about Kappa Crucis, 130 Cometary Star-Shower, 77 Comets, their Tails, 105; and Meteors, Connection between, 468 Cook (Captain), his South Polar Explorations, 22, 139 Cope (Prof. E. D.), Wyandotte Cave and its Fauna, II; Pro- "Corals and Coral Islands," by Jas. D. Dana, LL.D., 119, 423 66 Cornwall, Sepulchral Monuments of," by W. C. Borlase, B. A., Corona Line, Prof. C. A. Young on the, 28 Cox (E. W., Serjeant-at-Law), Animal Instincts, 424 De La Rue (Dr. Warren, F. R.S.), donation to Laboratories of Deluge, Assyrian Record of the, 55; Mr. Gladstone's Speech, De Morgan (A.), "A Budget of Paradoxes," 239 Denning (W. F., F.R.A.S.), November Meteors, 185; Meteor at Denza (Father), November Meteors in Piedmont, 122 Diathermacy of Flame, 28, 46, 149, 201 Diathermacy," or "Diathermancy?" 242 "Diathermanous," or "Transfervent?" 341 Diffusion of Gases, 9 Dinoceras mirabilis, Prof. O.C. Marsh on, 366; and its Allies, Dinocerata, Prof. O. C. Marsh on, 491 Diosmotic Properties of Colloids, 152 Dipterocarpe, Geographical Distribution of, 162 Dogs, Inherited Instinct and External Perception in, 281, 322, Dolmen (See Sepulchral Monuments) Drach (S. M.), Eleven-year Rainfall Period, 161 Draper (J. W.), Deep-sea Soundings near the Equator, 404 Drury (Col. H.), "The Useful Plants of India," 340 Society, 456 Dufour (Louis), Diffusion of Gases, 9 Duncan (Prof., F.R.S.), Insect Metamorphosis (Br. A.), 30, 50; Dunker (Dr. W.) and Dr. K. A. Zittel, "Palæontographica," 45 Dyer (Prof. W. T. Thistleton), the National Herbaria, 243 Earth, Movement of its Surface, 221 "Earth, The," and "The Ocean," by Elisée Reclus, 421 Earthworms, 210 Earwaker (J. P.), Meteor at Northwich, 322 Eclipse Expedition of 1871, J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S., on, 57, 92 Edinburgh: Geological Society, 132; Museum of Science, 55; Education: International College at Zurich, 89 (See Female Egypt, Birds of," by G. E. Shelley, F.G.S., F.L.S., 178 Electric Conductivity: Effect of Light on Selenium, 303, 340, Electricity and Earthquakes, 162 "Electricity and Magnetism," by J. Clerk-Maxwell, M.A., 478 Elephas Americanus in Canada, 47 Elephanta, Caves of, 72 Empedocles, Anticipation of Natural Selection, 402 Endowments and Bequests in England and America, 97, 477 Entomological Society, 39, 75, 154, 195, 295, 315, 373, 415 Ernst (Dr. A.), November Meteors, 443 Ethnology: "Zeitschrift für Ethnologie," 473 Everett (J. D.), Dr. Cohn's Lecture on the Progress of Science, Everett (A.), Cave-deposits of Borneo, 461 Faraday, his Work at the Royal Institution, 265; his Electrical Faroe Islands, Zoology, 105; Rainfall and Temperature, 245 Fayrer (J., M.D.), "The Thanatophidia of India," 140 Fermentation and Putrefaction, 61, 78 Figuier (M.) and the Origin of American Indians, 203 Fire-ball near Slough, 146 Fish Phosphorescence in, 47, 221; Lampris guttatis (Faroe 491 Fisher (Rev. O.), Perception in the Lower Animals, 410 Flame, Diathermacy of, 28, 46, 149, 201 Flight of Projectiles, 341, 362, 404 Flower (Prof.), his Hunterian Lectures, 289, 310, 330, 348, 364, Forbes (David, F. R.S.), Palmieri's "Vesuvius," 259, 382 "Forest Zoology," by Dr. Bernard Altum, 141 Fossil Man of Mentone, 10, 71, 443; Whales of Antwerp, 94 ; Foster (M., F. R.S.), "Functions of Muscle and Nerve," 440 Fownes's "Manual of Chemistry," by H. Watts, F.R.S., 179 France: Bureau des Longitudes, 269; Institution for the Ex- |