Frankland (E., F. R.S.), his Work at the Royal Institution, 265
Fraser (Thos. R., M.D.), Physostigma and Atropia, 69
Frere (Sir Bartle, C. B.), his Anti-Slavery Expedition, 70, 189
Fungi, Fermentation and Putrefaction, 61, 78

Garrod (A. H.), Dinoceras and its Allies, 481

Gasometer on Fire, 312

Gauges for Ocean Rainfall, 123, 202

Geikie (Prof., F. R.S.), Introductory Murchison Lecture on Geo-
logy, 164, 183; Deep Springs, 177; "Physical Geography,"
359

Geikie, (Jas.), Scottish Coal Fields, 14

Geodetic Operations in Algeria, 450

Geographical Society, 35, 36, 70, 117, 157, 208, 276
Geography, Geikie's "Physical Geography," 359
Geological Science in Switzerland, 10; Society, 59, 115, 134,
175, 354, 372, 414, 454; Exhibition at Glasgow, 112, 128;
Magazine, 133, 173, 234; Institute, Vienna, 175, 336, 442,
476, 495; Survey of India, 281; "Jahrbuch," Vienna, 320;
Survey of America, 370

Geologists' Association, 75, 154, 214, 295, 334, 349, 395, 412,
474, 494

Geology of Iowa, 16; Subjects taught at the College, New-
castle-on-Tyne, 102; the Rising of Australia, 129; Prof.
Geikie's Introductory Murchison Lecture, 164, 183; Glacial
Action, 287, 323, 351, 362, 374; Election of Woodwardian
Professor, 331

"Geology: Post-pliocene of Canada," by J. W. Dawson,
LL.D., 240

Geometry; Prof. Clifford and Dr. Ingleby on Curved Space,
282

Giebel (Dr. C. G.), "Thesaurus Ornithologiæ," 44
Giggleswick Grammar School, 230

Glacier Motion, 287, 323, 351, 362, 374

Glaciers; "Forms of Water," by Prof. J. Tyndall, F.R.S., 400
Gladstone (Dr. J. H.), an Air-Battery, 472

Gladstone (Rt. Hon. W. E.), his Speech on the Assyrian Record
of the Deluge, 87; Memorial to him on the National
Herbaria, 212; his Reply, 243

Glasgow, Geological Exhibition, 112, 128; Geological Society,
56, 255, 475; Society of Field Naturalists, 412; Technical
College, 151; University, 131, 392; University, Female
Education, 133

Gold produced in Victoria, 201

Göppert (Prof. H. K.), Inscriptions in Trees, 83
Gottingen, Royal Society of Sciences, 155

Government and the Arctic Expedition, 157, 170, 188, 208;
Kew Herbarium, 243

Grandy (Lieut.), and the "Livingstone Congo Expedition," 110,

Health Society, National, 131

Heat in Thibet, Senegal, Calcutta, &c., 170

Heer (Prof. O.), Murchison Fund awarded to, 355; Prehistoric
Culture of Flax, 453

Hegelian Calculus, 442

Helminths, Growth and Migrations of, 265

Helvetic Society of Natural Sciences, 8

Henslow (Rev. G.), Leaf-arrangement, 403, 442

Herbaria at Kew and British Museums, 5, 26, 95, 103; Memo-
rial to Mr. Gladstone, 212; his Reply, 243; the National,
Prof. W. T. Thiselton Dyer on, 243

Herschel (Prof. A. S.), the November Star Shower, with Maps,
185; Auroral Display at Carlisle, 481
Hibberd (Shirley), "The Ivy," 198

Higgins (Rev. H. H.), November Meteors at Rainhill, 84
Himalayan Ferns, 321

Hippopotamus born at Zoological Gardens, 15, 55; Liberian,
392

Hobart Town, Meteorological Observations for, 320
Hooker (Dr. J. D., C. B., F.R.S.); his treatment by Mr. Ayrton,
71, 168; Herbaria of Kew and the British Museum, 5, 45,
103; Memorial to the Premier, 212; his Reply, 243; Kew
Gardens, Ipecacuanha Cultivation, 83; Possession Islands,
384; View of Possession Islands, 486

Hope (W.), Flight of Projectiles, 362; Deep Wells, 283
Horses, Perception in, 340, 360, 361, 384, 410

Horticultural Society, 335, 374, 415, 474; and International
Exhibition, 331

Higgins (Dr. W., F. R.S.), Inherited Instinct and Perception,
281, 377; Spectroscope, 320, 381

Huizinga (Prof. D.), Experiments on Abiogenesis, 380
Hull (E. W. D., F. R.S.), "Coal-fields of Great Britain," 319
"Human Physiology, First Principles of," by W. T. Pilter, 25
Hunterian Lectures by Prof. Flower, 281, 310, 330, 348, 364,
388, 408, 428

Hutton (F. W.), Movement of the Earth's Surface, 221
Huxley (Prof.) elected Lord Rector of Aberdeen University,

131, 250

Hydro-carbon Gas, Mr. Ruck's Process, 329

66

Hygiene of Air and Water," by W. Proctor, M.D, F.C.S.,
318

Iceland, Rainfall and Temperature, 245; Eruption of the
Skaptar Jokull, 470

India; Dr. Fayrer on Venomous Snakes, 140; Hailstorm, 392;
Science in, 15, 133, 162, 169, 290, 432; "The Useful Plants
of," by Col. H. Drury, 340; Stray Feathers," a Calcutta
journal, 350; Travelling Notes in, 322; Trigonometrical
Survey, 281

India Office, Zoological Collections at the, 457, 481
Indices of Journals, 464

Infectious Diseases, 283

Ingleby (Dr. C. M.), Kant's Antinomies, 262, 282, 302; Curved
Space, 282

Inherited Instinct (See Instinct)

Inorganic Chemistry," by the late Geo. Wilson, M.D., 441
Inscriptions in Trees, 83

Insects of the Wyandotte Cave, 12; Metamorphosis, by Prof.
Duncan, F.R.S. (Br. A.), 30, 50; Mimicry of Colour in,
113; Pollen-eating, 132, 161, 202; Origin and Metamorpho-
ses of, by Sir John Lubbock, Bart, M. P., 446, 486
Instinct or Reason? 47

Instinct and Perception in Animals, 281, 303, 322, 340, 360,
371, 377, 409, 415, 417, 424, 437, 443, 444, 463, 483
International Book Conveyance, 161; Metric Commission and
Institution, 197, 237; Exhibition and Horticultural Society,
331

Intonation in Music, 275

Iowa, Geology of, 16

Ipecacuhana Cultivation at Kew, 83

Italian Geographical Magazine, 291; Report on the Eclipse of
1870, 308; Geographical Society and Journal, 452
Italy, Science in, 234; R. Accademia del Lincei, 335
"Ivy, The," by Shirley Hibberd, 198

Japanese Lepidoptera, 374

Japanese Medical Student at Berlin, 89

Jebb (G. R.), Perception in the Lower Animals, 410
Jeremiah (J.), Sociability of Cats, 425

Jesse (W., C.M.Z.S., and H. M. Labouchère, F.Z.S.), Dr.
Brehm's "Bird Life," 121

Jevons (Prof. W. S., F.R.S.), Maupertuis on the Survival of
the Fittest, 341, 402

Jones (Dr. Bence), Testimonial to, 390; on the New Physiolo-
gical Laboratories, Berlin, 405; his Death, 489
Journal of Botany, 453, 494

Judd (J. W., F.G.S.), Wollaston Donation Fund given to, 355

Kant on the Retarded Rotation of Planets and Satellites, 241
Kant's Antinomies, 262, 282, 302

Katipo or Venomous Spider of New Zealand, 29
Kensington Entomological Society, 290

Kent (W. Saville, F.R.S.), Phosphorence in Fish, 47; Ap-
pointed Curator of the Brighton Aquarium, 209, 451
Kew Gardens, 71; Moreton Bay Plants, 370; Ipecacuanha Culti-
vation, 83; Herbarium, 5, 45, 26, 103; Memorial to Mr.
Gladstone, 212; his Reply, 243; Prof. Dyer on, 243
Kingfisher, its Feeding Habits, 362

Kingsley (Rev. Canon), Perception in Horses, 340
Kirk (Dr.), Testimonial to, 451

Kirkwood (Prof. Daniel), November Meteors in Indiana, 123
Klein (E., M.D.), "Handbook for the Physiological Labora-
tory," 438

Laboratories of the Royal Institution, New and Old, 223, 263
Laboratories, Physiological, at Berlin, 405

Labouchere (H. M., F.Z.S., and W. Jesse, C.M.Z.S.), Dr.
Brehm's "Bird Life," 121

Lakes, Fresh and Salt, Lectures by Prof. Ramsay, F. R. S., on,
312, 333

Lampris guttatis taken at Faroe, 106

Lankester (E. Ray), De Novo Production of Living Things,
104, 123; Hæmoglobin, 133; Dr. Burdon Sanderson's Ex-
periments; Production of Bacteria, 242; Dr. Bastian's Ex-
periments, 261

Laughton (J. K.), The Greenwich Date, 105; Perception in the
Lower Animals, 410

Lava of Mount Vesuvius, 2

Leaf-Arrangement, by Dr. H. Airy, 341, 442; Rev. G. Hens-
low, F.L.S., 403

Leeds, Medical Society, 111; Naturalists' Field Club, 155, 214,
232

Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, 491

Leidy (Prof.), Crustacean from Salt Lake, Utah, 215

Lewes (G. H.), Adaptation to External Conditions, 401; Per-
ception in the Lower Animals, 410, 437

Liebig (Baron), his Death, 489

Light, its Effect on the Conductivity of Selenium, 33, 340, 361;
Reflected and Transmitted, 481

Lindsay (Lord), his Preparations for the Transit of Venus, 109
Linnean Society, 39, 75, 154, 372

Lisbon, Notes on Zoology and Botany, 229

Livingstone (Dr.) and H. M. Stanley, 35, 38; his Discoveries,
70, 169, 231, 251, 110; "How I found Livingstone," by H.
M. Stanley, 79; Congo Expedition, 110 (See African Explo-
ration); Gold Medal from the Italian Government, 110
Lockyer (J. N., F.R.S.), on the Eclipse Expedition, 1871, 57,
92; Meteorology of the Future, 142; The Spectroscope and
its Applications, 125, 166, 226, 246, 345, 406, 466; Spectrum
Analysis, Spectrum of the Sun, 174; Medal of, 54, 111;
(and G. M. Seabroke), New Method of Viewing the Chromo.
sphere, 313; (and Dr. Janssen), their Application of the
Spectroscope, 301, 381

Logarithmic Tables, 222

London Institution, 15, 190, 251
London University, 88, 310

Lord (J. K.), Obituary Notice of, 110

Lowe (E. J., F.R.S.), Earthquake near Derby, 68

Lubbock (Sir Juo., Bart., M. P., F. R.S.), Bill for Preservation
of National Monuments, 297; Death of his Wasp, 391; Ex-
istence of Man in the Miocene, 401, 443; Origin and Meta-
morphoses of Insects, 446, 486

Lucae (Prof. J. C. G.), The Mammalian Skull, 460
Lunar Calendars, 47

"Machinery, Theory of," by Dr. F. Grashof, 45

MacLaren (Archibald), Dr. Morgan's "University Oars," 397,
418, 458

McClure (Robt.), Meteor at Glasgow, 28

McNab (Prof. W. R.), Flowering of Welwitschia, 202; Fossil
Cryptogams, 367, 403

Madan (H. G., M.A.), Wilson's "Inorganic Chemistry,” 441
Madras Cyclone, May 2, 1871, 356
Magnetic Survey of Belgium, 295

Magnetism and Electricity," by J. Clerk-Maxwell, 478
Magneto-electric Light, 349

Mailly (Ed.), his Astronomical Works, 23

Mallet (R., F.R.S.), Theory of Volcanic Energy, 382
Mallock (A.), Treble Rainbow, 46

Mammalian Skull, The, 460

Man, Antiquity of, 401, 443.

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 135, 296, 315,
374, 415, 455, 475; Natural History Society, 151; Science
in, 16

Manitoba Observatory, 425

Marine Animal, Supposed new, 67

Marlborough College Natural History Society, 311

Marsh (Prof. O. C.), his Expedition to the Rocky Mountains,
209; Fossil Birds from Kansas, 310; Dinoceras mirabilis,
366; Dinocerata, 491

Massey (H. D.), A Fact for Mr. Darwin, 462
Mathematical Society, 95, 154, 235, 334, 415, 474
Maupertuis on the Survival of the Fittest, 341, 402

Mauritius, Royal Society, 71; Meteor at, 221, 233; November
Meteors at, 232; Metorological Observatory, 243; Meteoro-
logical Society, 250

Maury (Capt. M. F.), Obituary Notice of, 390

Maxwell (Prof. Clerk, F. R.S.), Action at a Distance, 323, 341
Mayer (John, F.C.S.), Geological Exhibition, Glasgow, 128;
The late Prof. W. J. M. Rankine, 204

Medical Microscopical Society, 210

Medical Record, 189

Meldrum (C.), November Meteors at Mauritius, 232
Mentone, Skeletons at, 401, 443

Merlin (C. H. W.), Moon's Surface, 221

Metamorphoses of Insects, by Prof. Duncan, F.R.S., 30,
50, 86

Meteorites: Vienna Collection, 55, 210

Meteorology: Committee of the Board of Trade, Ocean Ob.
servations, 43; Organisation Abroad, S9; Society, 95, 255,
49, 355, 455; of the Future, by J. Norman Lockyer, F. R. S.,
98, 123, 142, 161, 283, 443; Sherman Astronomical Expe-
dition, 107; Observatory at Mauritius, 243; Rainfall and
Temperature of North Western Europe, 245; Cycles, 161,
262 Observations for Hobart Town, 320; Temperature of
February, 1873, 371; American Signal-office, 371 (See Rain-
fall); Scottish Meteorological Society, 375; E. J. Stone,
F. R. A.S., 443; Meteorological Notes, 471

:

Meteors Shower of Nov. 27, 1872; Observations at Stonyhurst,
Dublin, Lampeter, Rainhill, Malpas, Glasgow, Durham,
Birkenhead, Bristol, Cumberland, St. Andrew's, 84 85; Bun-
tingford, Brancepeth, Wisbeach, Birmingham, York, Glas-
gow, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Rothbury, 104; Prof. A. S.
Herschel, F. R.A.S., on, 103; France and Italy, 112; Yale
College (U.S.), Piedmont, Washington, 122; Indiana, Liver-
pool, Pau, 123; Bermuda, 181; Summary, with Maps, by
Prof. A. S. Herschel, F. R. A.S., 185, 211; Göttingen, Dant-
zig, Athens, 211; Mauritius, 232; New Brunswick, 217, 251,
443; Shower in 1838, 203; Glasgow, 28; Blackpool, 29;
Bristol, 71; at King's Sutton, Banbury, 112; South Pacific,
242; St. Thomas, 262; Stourbridge and Manchester, 262,
290, 315, 322; Cape Matapan, 443; April 19 and 20, at
Bristol and Bath, 482; and Comets, Connection between, 468
Metric Commission, International, 197, 237
Microscopic Fungi, 78

Microscopic Preparations, 83

Microscopical Society, 154, 315, 374, 395, 455
Microscopical Journal, 294, 454

Moore (T., F.L.S., and G. Jackman, F.R.H.S.), "The Cle-
matis as a Garden Flower," 102

Moreton Bay Plants at Kew, 370

Morren (E.), Botanical Science in Belgium, 320, 334
Morgan (J. E., M. A.), "University Oars," 397, 418, 458

Moseley (H. N.), Notes on Zoology and Botany in Lisbon, 229;
Anatomy of Land Planarians, 353

Mott (Albert J.), Periodicity of Rainfall, 161

Muller (Prof. Max) on Darwin's Philosophy of Language, 145,

412

Murchison Medal awarded, 355

Murie (Dr.), Testimonial to, 430

Murphy (J. J., F.G.S.), Water-beetles, 47; The Meteorology
of the Future, 142; Fiords and Glacial Action, 323, 362; Me-
chanical Analogy to Perception in Animals, 483

Naresia cyathus, found by the Challenger, 387
National Monuments, Preservation of, 297
"Natural History, Anecdotal and Descriptive," 198

Natural History Museums, South Kensington and New York,
350

"Natural Philosophy, Elements of," by Profs. Thomson and
Tait, 399

Natural Selection, Modern Applications of the Doctrine, 277
(See Darwinism)

Naval Architects' Institution, 431, 432

Navy (The) and Science; Royal Naval College, Greenwich,

217

"Nervous system, Exalted States of the," by R. H. Collyer,
M.D., 360

Neumayer (Dr.), South Polar Exploration," 21, 62, 138

New Cross Microscopical Society, 231

New England, Fauna of, 365

New Guinea, 362

New Planets, 35, 132, 169, 189, 331, 491

Newton (A., F. R.S.), Yarrell's "British Birds," 461; Zoologi-

cal Collections at the East India House, 481

Newton (Prof., H. A.), November Meteors at Yale College, 122
New York, Statistics of Education, 152

New Zealand; Venomous Spider, 29; New Zealand Institute,
132; Wellington Philosophical Society, 135

Nichols (T. L., M.D.), "Human Physiology," 261

Nicoll (W. R.), Inherited Instinct in Dogs, 340; Nitrogen,
Spectrum of, 463 ·

Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, 76

North Magnetic Pole, its Motion in the last two Centuries, 142
North Polar Exploration (See Arctic Exploration)

Northumberland and Durham, Natural History Transactions,

221

"Observatories of Great Britain," 232

Observatories; on Mount Vesuvius, 2; Florence, 15; Alle.
ghany, 16; Central Asia, 71; France, 111; Vienna, 34;
Sydney, 130; Mauritius, 243; Alleghany, 251; Manitoba,
289; Cape of Good Hope, 311; Paris, Montsourris, Mar-
seilles, 331; Leyden, 350; Pera, 351; Madras, 371; Wash-
ington, 412; Manitoba, 425; Stonyhurst, 431; Trinity Col-
lege, Dublin, 431; Edinburgh, 451

Ocean Meteorological Observations, 43, 68, 123; Rainfall, 183,

202

Occultation of Venus, 72

Octopus, Gigantic, 210

Old Change Microscopical Society, 231

"Organic Chemistry," by W. G. Valentin, F.C.S., 160
Organisation of Academical Study, 72
Ornithologists' Union, 392

Ornithology, "Stray Feathers," an Indian Journal, 350;
"Thesaurus Ornithologiæ," by Dr. C. G. Giebel, 44
Orton (James), Ascent of Cotopaxi, 449

152, 412

Palgrave (W. Gifford), Auroral Phenomena at Trebizond, 181
Palmieri (Prof.), "The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872," 1, 259
"Paradoxes, A Budget of," by A. De Morgan, 239

Paris: Academy of Sciences, 20, 40, 59, 96, 115, 136, 176,
195, 216, 236, 256, 296, 316, 356, 376, 396, 416, 436, 452,
496; Award of Prizes, 86, 88; Jardin d'Acclimatation, 112,
351; Observatory, 331

Pathological Society, 189

Pavy (M.), his Arctic Expedition, 231, 270, 311
Pearson (Rev. Jas.), The Greenwich Date, 68

Penikese Island given to Prof. Agassiz for Scientific Purposes,
445, 471, 477

Perception in the Lower Animals, 340, 360, 361, 371, 377, 384,
409, 415, 438, 443, 444; a Mechanical Analogy, 483; in
Men and Animals, 463, 483

Periodicity of Rainfall, 98, 143, 161

Perrier (Capt.), Geodetic Operations in Algeria, 450

Perry (Rev. S. J., F.R.A.S.), November Meteors at Stony-
hurst, 84; Terrestrial Magnetism, 171, 193; "Magnetic
Survey of Belgium," 295

Persia, Science in, 15

Pigeons, Inherited Instinct, 378, 417; protected from Rapacious
Birds in China, 371

Pigott (E. V.), November Meteors at Malpas, 85

Pitter (W. T.), "First Principles of Human Physiology," 25
Planarians of Ceylon, Anatomy of, 353

Planets, New, 35, 132, 169, 189, 331, 491; and Satellites, Re-
tarded Rotation of, 241

"Plants, Natural History of," by H. Baillon, 320

Plateau (Felix), Aquatic Articulata, 469

Pogson (N. R.), Hints on Collecting Arachnida, 163
Pollen-eating Insects, 132, 161, 202, 242

Popular Science in 1872, 142

Portsmouth, U.S. Exploring Ship, 268

Possession Islands, R. H. Scott and Dr. Hooker, C. B., on, 384;
View of, 486

Potato Disease, 151, 171

Prehistoric Culture of Flax, 453

Priestley (Dr.), Statue of, 210

Pringle (E. H.), Height of Thunderclouds, 143

Pringle (E. W.), Reflected Sunshine, 162; Spectroscopic Ob-
servations, 222

Proctor (H. R.), Aurora Spectra, 242; Spectroscope, 381
Proctor (W., M.D., F.C.S.), "Hygiene of Air and Water,"
318

Progress of Science in the last Twenty-five Years, 137, 158,

162

Projectiles, Flight of, 362, 404

X

Standard Yard, 391

Stanley (H. M.) and Dr. Livingstone, 38; "How I found
Livingstone," 79, 190

Stars (Coloured) about Kappa Crucis, 130
Stars, Twinkling of the, 222, 262

Star Shower, Cometary, 77; in 1838, 203; of Nov. 27 (See
Meteors)

State Aid to Science; Speech of Mr. Gladstone, Arctic Explora-
tion, 117, 157, 170, 188, 208, 310, 452; Kew Herbarium, 243
Steamer for the Channel Passage, 41

Stearn (C. H.), Spectrum of Nitrogen, 463

Steel, Gold Medal offered for best Specimens, 151

Stewart (Prof. Balfour, F.R.S.), on Arctic Exploration, 157;
Janssen-Lockyer Application of the Spectroscope, 301, 320,
381

Stockholm, Academy of Natural Science, 268

Stone Implements of the Troglodytes of the Vézère, 306, 328,
367, 373

Stone (E. J., F. R A.S.), Meteorology of the Future, 443
Stricker (S.), "Medizinische Jahrbucher," 478

Striped Muscular Fibre, Structure of, 489

Sub-Wealden Exploration, 288, 404

Survival of the Fittest, theory of Maupertuis, 341, 402; Prof.
Agassiz on, 404

Swan (W.), November Meteors at St. Andrews, 86

Swedish Academy of Sciences, 153, 173; Arctic Expedition, 171
Swiney Lectureship, 310

Switzerland, Great Map of, 470; Science in, 54, 235; Society
of Natural Sciences, 8

Symonds (Rev. W. S., F.G.S.), Salmonidæ of Great Britain,
162; "Records of the Rocks," 461

Symons (G. J.), Ocean Meteorological Observations, 68, 123;
Periodicity of Rainfall, 143, 161; International Book Con-
veyance, 161; Ocean Rainfall, 183

Tait (Prof. Lawson), Polydactylous Cat, 323

Tait (Prof. P. G. and Prof. Sir W. Thomson), "Elements of
Natural Philosophy," 399

Taylor (J. E.), Skeletons of Wild Animals, 46
Technical Education, 351

Telegraph, Atlantic, Free Transmission of Astronomical Obser-
vations, 250

Telegraph Engineers Society, 152, 210

Telegraphic Journal, 88

Natural Philosophy," 399

tion, 61, 78 (See Challenger)

Thunderclouds, height of, 143

Tin Ore in Queensland, 59

Torquay Natural History Society, 190

Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Metamorphosis of, 30

Trades' Guild of Learning, 490

"Transfervent" or

"Diathermous," 341

Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, 268

United States Coast Survey, 189
University College, 88, 190

University Endowments, Speech of Mr. Gladstone, 150;
Endowments and Scientific Research, 97; Local Exami-
nations, 71

"University Oars," by J. E. Morgan, M.A., 397, 418, 458

Valentin (W. G., F.R.S.), "Introduction to Organic Chemis-
try," 160

Venice, Royal Institute of Science, 54

Venus, Occultation of, 72; Transit of, Preparations, 109, 169,
371, 431, 451

Venomous Snakes of India, 140

Venomous Spider of New Zealand, 29

Verney (E. H., Com. R. N.), Meteor off Cape Mataplan, 443
Verrill (Prof. A. E.), Fauna of New England, 365; Dana on
Corals, 423

"Vesuvius: The Eruption of 1872," by Prof. Palmieri, 1, 259
Vézère, Troglodytes of the, 305, 326, 336, 426

Victoria: Coalfields, 200; Reports of Mining Surveyors, 201;
Society of Arts, 351; Exhibition at Melbourne, 452; Zoolo-
logical and Acclimatisation Society, 484

Vienna: Observatory, 34; Exhibition, 150; Imperial Academy
of Sciences, 155; I. R. Geological Institute, 175, 336, 442,
476, 495; Geological "Jahrbuch," 320; Meteorites in Im-
perial Museum, 210; International Patent Congress, 412
Vierordt (Dr. K.), "Die Anwendung des Spectralapparate,"

Wagner (R., Ph.D.), "Handbook of Chemical Technology," 4
Wallace (A.R., F.Z.S.), Misleading Cyclopædias, 68, 162;
Modern Applications of the Doctrine of Natural Selection,
277; "Harvesting Ants and Trap-door Spiders," by J. T.
M. Moggridge, F. L.S., 337; Instinct and Perception in Ani-
mals, 322, 340, 360, 377, 384, 409; Cave Deposits of Borneo,
461

Walters (J. H.), Sight in Dogs, 361

Water, its Blue Colour, caused by Silex in Solution, 132
"Water, Forms of, in Clouds, Rivers, Ice and Glaciers," by
Prof. J. Tyndall, F.R.S., 400

66

Water; Hygiene of Air and Water," by W. Proctor, M.D.,
F.C.S., 318

Water-Air-Pump, its Invention, 241
Water-beetles, 47

Watts (H., F.R.S.) Fownes's "Manual of Chemistry," 179
Webb (Rev. T. W., M.A., F. R. A.S.), Star Shower in 1838,
203; Earthquake in Pembrokeshire, 283

Weight, Ancient Egyptian, 146

Weiss (Prof.), November Meteors, 211

Wells, Deep, 177, 283

Welwitschia, Prof. W. R. McNab on, 154, 202

Westminster Clock Tower, Illuminated, 349

Wetterham (J. D.), Perception in Butterflies, 444

Whales, Fossil, 94, 350

Wheatstone (Sir C., F.RS.), Ampère Medal awarded to, 451
Wheeler (Lieut. G. M.), Explorations in Nevada, 431
Whirlwinds, in Ireland, and near Banbury, 112

Whitmee (S. J.), Meteors in South Pacific; the Greenwich
Date, 242

Whitworth Scholarships, 370

Whymper (Edw.), Researches in Greenland, 8, 35

Wilkinson (T. T.), authorship of "Treatise on Probability,"
124

Wille moes-Suhm (Rud. v.), Zoology of the Faroe Islands, 105
Williams (R. A), "Notes on River Basins," 122

Wi hams (W. M., F.C.S.), Diathermacy of Flame, 46, 149,
201; Sc ence in Italy, 234; Radiant Heat, 273
Williamson (Prof. W. C., F.R.S.), Fossil Cryptogams, 403
Will-o'-the-Wisps, 222