Barometric Variations, Fixed, 407

Barrett (W. F., F.C.S.), Colour of a Hydrogen Flame, 461;
Phenomena associated with it, 482

Barry (Philip), New Form of Sensitive Flame, 29

Bastian (Prof. H. C., F. R.S.), Origin of Monads, &c., 454
Batavia, Volcano at Ternate, 272

Beale (Dr. Lionel S., F.R.S) Difficulties of the Darwinian
Theory, 63, 142, 183; on the Relation of Nerves to Pigment,
373

Beet-root Sugar, 32

Bekul, Eclipse Observations at (With Ilustrations), 265

Belfast Natural History Society, 31

Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 211

Belgium; Royal Academy of Sciences, 173, 391; Coalfields,
491

Belgrand (M.), "Le Bassin Parisien aux Ages Antéhistoriques,"
377

Bell (Rev. W. R.), the word "Whin," 383

Bennett (Prof.), Physiology for Women, 73

Bennett (A. W., F.LS), Homoplasy and Mimicry, 12; Aurora
Borealis of Nov. 9 and 10, 1871, 61; Darwin's "Origin of
Species," 318

Benson (W.), Is Blue a Primary Colour? 25

Berkeley (Rev. M. J., F.L.S.), Alternation of Generation in
Fungi, 122

Berthon Dynamometer, Rev. T. W. Webb, F. R. A.S, on, 6
Biblical Archaeology, Society of, 55, 134, 214, 315, 396, 495
"Bird Life," by Dr. A. E. Brehm, 180

Birds' Wings, Mechanism of Flexion and Extension in, 233, 244
Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution, 210

Blackie (G. S., M.D.), Aurora of Feb. 4, 1872, 400

Blind Animals of the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, 445, 484

Blind Fish (Amblyopsis spelaus), 305

Blood Crystals, 393

Blood Spectrum, 7

Blue, the Colour, 25

Botany as a Branch of Education, 263

Botany, Professorship at the Horticultural Society, 331
Botany, Speke and Grant's African Collection, 391

Bo he (Dr. Ferdinand), "Physikali-ches Repititorium," 141
Bottomley (J. T., F.R.S. E.), Melting and Regelation of Ice,
185; Aurora of Feb. 4, 1872. and New Declinometer, 326
Brazil, Discoveries by Prof. C. F. Hartt, 391

Brehm (Dr. A. E.), "Bird-Life," 180

Camphor Group, Compounds of the, 393
Cancer, Use of Condurango in, 243
Cane Sugar, 170

Cape of Good Hope; Flora Capensis, 311

Capron (T. R.), Aurora Borealis of Feb. 4, 1872, 284, 303
Ceteosaurus in the Great Oolite near Oxford, 148

Chance of Survival of New Varieties, by J. Ball, F.R.S., 263
Change of Habits in Animals and Plants, 262
Changes in Circumpolar Lands, 162, 225, 242
Cheironectes pictus, 501

"Chemical Notes," by T. Wood, Ph. D., F.C S., 398

Chemical Society, 173, 195, 213, 256, 296, 335, 373, 395, 468,
474, 492, 513, 514

Chemistry, Inorganic, Class-Book, by D. Morris, B.A., 283
Chemistry, Waynflete Professorship at Oxford, 291
Cherbourg Society of Natural Sciences, 394

Chesney (Colonel, F. R. S.) Obituary Notice of, 291
Chester Society of Natural Science, 40

Chicago, Destruction of the Academy of Sciences and Museum,
68, 88, 232; Dr. Walsh's Entomological Collection, 250;
Observatory, 320

China, Typhoon of Sept. 2, 1871, 166

Christison (Prof. Sir Robert, Bart.), Notice of, 49
Christ's Hospital, 312, 449

Chromosphere, Catalogue of Bright Lines in its Spectrum, 312
Cinchona Plantations in India, 349

Circumpolar Lands, Changes in, 162, 225, 242

Circumpolar Lands, J. J. Murphy, F.G.S., on, 285; G. Hamil
ton on, 321; H. H. Howorth on, 420

Civil Engineers, Institution of, 50

Classification of Fruits, 6-

Clifton College Museum, 190; Scientific Society, 371
Climate of Ceylon, 412

Climate of Uckfield, 419

Climbing Plants, 192

Close (Rev. M. H.), Aurora Borealis of Feb. 4, 1872, 284
Cloud, New Form of, 7

Clouds, Formation of, 398, 462

Coal, in Chile, 171, 412; Ireland, 162; Costa Rica, 211

Coal Measures and Coal Supply, 470, 490

Cobra and Mongoose, Fight between, 204, 305

Colding (Prof.) on the Laws of Currents, 71, 90, 112

Coleoptera of Scandinavia, 99

College of Surgeons and Physicians, Conjoint Examination
Scheme, 9, 170, 209

Bromkerg (F. G.), Aurora of Feb. 4, 1872, 461

Colouring Matters found in Fungi, 298

Comet, Great, of 1861, 304

Comets, their Collision with the Earth and Planets, 310
Comparative Anatomy, 79, 298

Brown Institution for Diseases of Animals, 138, 202, 292

Buchan (A.), Aurora of Feb. 4, 1872, 461

Budd (J.), Beautiful Meteor seen at Waterford, 382

Buff (Dr. Heinrich) on Mechanics, 41

Bulls, Influence of Violet Light on their Development, 268

Burton (Capt. Richard F.), Zanzibar," 338

Butterflies, Flight of, 101

Butterflies of North America, 490

Calcutta, Sanitary Improvements in, 150

Catile, Dometic Breeds of, 155

Cannisarro (Prof.), Faraday lecture b", 468
Carboniferous Forest (With Illustration), 306

Carpenter (Dr. W. B., F.R.S.), Oceanic Circulation, 59, 143,
161

Carpenter, Dr., and Dr. Mayer, by Prof. J. Tyndall, F.R.S., 143
Carpenter (J., F.R.A.S.), Preparations for the approaching
Transit of Venus, 177

Carpenter (W. L.), Deep-Sea Soundings, 341
Carruthers (W., F.R.S.), Kiltorcan Fossils, 184, 242, 254
Cambridge, Science at, 9, 49, 81, 131, 151, 231, 269, 290, 310,
370, 429, 487, 510; Geology of the neighbourhood, 314;
Philosophical Society, 310, 416, 515; R. R. Webb, Senior
Wrangler, 271

Campbell (Dr.), Natural History of Eastern Thibet, 406

Conscious Mimicry, 480

'Consumption," by H. M'Cormac, M.D, 459

Contact, Phenomena of, 182

Contact of Surfaces, 334

Cooke (M. C.), Alternation of Generations in Fungi, 108
Cope (Edw. D., A.M.), "On the Origin of Genera," 21; Laws
of Organic Development, 252; Survival of the Fittest, 363
Copernicus (Nicholas), Celebration of his Birthday, III, 151
Copley Medallist of 1870 (Dr. J. P. Joule), by Prof. J. Tyndall,
F. R.S., 137

Copley Medallist of 1871 (Dr. J. R. Mayer), by Prof J. Tyndall,
F.R.S., 117

Corals, Deep-Sea, Count de Pourtales on, 121
Coral Islands in North Pacific Ocean, 212

Cordoba, Argentine Republic, Observatory at, 272, 309
Cornwell (Jas., Ph.D.), and J. G. Fitch, M. A., Their Works
on Arithmetic, 99

Dall (Wm. H.), his Survey of Alaska, 332

Dana (Prof. J. D.), Prof. Hunt's Address to the American
Association, 329: Wollaston Medal awarded to, 365; Sup-
posed Legs of Trilobites, 393

Danks's Rotary Iron-puddling Machine, 317, 430, 468
Darmstadt Polytechnic School, 368
Darwin (Chas., M. A., F.R.S.),
318

Origin of Species," 6th edition,

Darwinian Difficulties, 63, 101, 142, 183
Davis (A. S.), Origin of Species, 161

Davis (Henry), Eclipse Photography, 321

Davis (Capt. J. E., R.N.), Deep-Sea Thermometers, 124
Davison (W.), New Zealand Forest Trees, 84

Dawkins (Wm. Boyd, F.R.S.), Origin of our Domestic Breeds
of Cattle, 155

Dawson (George), Germ Theory of Disease, 84

Dawson (Lieut., R. N.), Leader of the Livingstone Expedition, 250
Day (Dr. G. E., F.R.S.), Obituary Notices of, 290, 383

Day (E. C. H.), The Foundation of a Technological Education,233
De Chaumont (F.), Etymology of "Whin," 399
Declinometer, New Form of, 326

Deep Sea Corals, 121

Deep-Sea Dredging, 8, 103, 204, 272, 343, 430, 449

Deep-Sea Soundings, from the American School-ship Mercury,
324; W. L. Carpenter on, 341

Deep-Sea Thermometers, Captain J. E. Davis, R.N., on, 124
De Fonvielle (W.), Aerostation, 156, 196, 235
Denning (Wm. F., F.R.A.S.), The Pianet Venus, 100;
tronomical Phenomena in 1872," 261

"As-

De La Rue (Warren, D.C.L., F.R.S.), Periodicity of Sun-Spots,
192; Planetary Influence on Solar Activity, 423; Solar
Physics, 493

De Lome (Dupuy), Aerial Navigation, 334

Dunster (Rev. H. P.), "Young Collector's Handy Book of
Botany," 201

Descartes' "Animated Machines," 62

Deschanel's Natural Philosophy, by Prof. Everett, 339
Destruge (Dr. A.), The Condurango Plant, 243
Development of Barometric Depressions, 364, 382
Deviation of the Compass in Iron Ships, 479

Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society, 191
Diamond Fields of South Africa, 74

"Differential Equations, New Method of Integrating," by S.
Earnshaw, M.A., 199

"Discovery of a New World of Being," 380

Dissipation of Energy, 322

Dix (S.), Aurora of Feb. 4, 1872, 461

Dohrn (Dr. Anton), The Foundation of Zoological Stations, and
the Aquarium at Naples, 277, 437

Drach (S. M.), Jewish Lunar Calendar, 204

Draper (Henry, M.D.), Deep-Sea Soundings from the School-
ship Mercury, 324

Dredging (See Deep-Sea Dredging)

Dublin: Trinity College, 49; Royal Horticultural Society, 50;
Royal Geological Society, 95, 176, 315, 514; Royal Geo-
graphical Society, 173; Zoological Society, 176; Royal
Dublin Society, 156; Royal Irish Academy, 95, 156, 175,
332, 375; Royal College of Science, 271, 448; Natural
History Society, 394, 456.

Dudgeon (Dr.), Optical Construction of the Eye, 155
"Dudley Observatory, Annals of the," 250

Dumb Madness in Foxhounds, 132

Duncan (Prof. P. M., F. R.S.), Lectures to Women on Physio-
graphy, 49

Dunkin (Edwin, F.R.A.S.), Chicago Observatory, 320
Dupré (A.), Elimination of Alcohol, 274

D'Urban (W. S. M.), Eagle Ray taken in Torbay, 103
Dyer (Prof. W. T. Thiselton, F. L.S.), Structure of Lepidoden-
dron, 25, 45; Mayer and De Saussure, 181; Natural Science
at Oxford, 301; Appointed Professor of Botany at the Royal
Horticultural Society 331; Lectures on Flowers and Fruits, 429
Dynamo-Electric Light, 172

Eagle Ray taken in Torbay, 103

Earnshaw (S., M. A.), "Partial Differential Equations," 199
Earth: The Elevation of Mountains and Volcanic Action, 381;
Constitution of its Crust, 81; Its Internal Fluidity, 257; Its
Magnetic Force at Bombay, 274; Its Rigidity, 223, 242, 288
Earth Currents and the Aurora of Feb. 4, 1872, 368
Earth Currents and Telegraphy, 212

:

Earthquakes In Burmah, 7; Constantinople, Peru, 14;
Philippine Islands, 84; Bombay, 89; Panama, 90; Smyrna,
Macedonia, Nicaragua, 132; New Jersey, 152; Valparaiso,
Salvador, North Chile, 211; Celebes, 225; Oran, 251;
Caucasus, Chile, India, 349; Saxony, 391; Valparaiso, Peru,
Patna, Broossa, Darjeeling, Ahmedabad, Guayaquil, 412;
Philippine Islands, 422; Salvador, Simla, Macedonia, Iquique,
Malaga, 511; America, Dresden, Antioch, 511
Earthquake in Cachar, its Secondary Effects, 513
Earthquake Phenomena, Robert Mallet on, 261

"Earthquakes of New England," by W. T. Brigham, A. M.,
A.A.S., 240

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountain Building," by J. D.
Whitney, 240

Ears, Prof. Laycock's Lecture on, 411

Farwaker (J. P.), on the Aurora of Feb. 4, 1872, 322
Eastbourne Natural History Society, 70

Eccentricity of the Earth's Orbit, 422

Eclipse, Solar, of Dec. 12, 1871: Instructions for Observers,"
18; The English Expedition, 30, 68, 88, 130, 150, 163, 169:
French Expedition, 190; Observations in Batavia, 190;
Australian Expedition, 205, 290, 351; Observations of R. N.
Taylor, 222; J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 217, 259, 265;
Captain Maclear, R. N., 219; M. Janssen, 231, 249; Prof.
L. Respighi, 237; Magnetic Disturbances, 269, 285; Obser-
vations at Ootacamund, 300

Eclipse, Solar, American Expedition, 322

Eclipse Photography, Henry Davison on, 321
Economical Alimentation during the Siege of Paris, 45

Edgar (J. H., M. A., and G. S. Pritchard), Solid or Descriptive
Geometry, 80

Edinburgh Industrial Museum, 310; Museum of Science and
Art, 169; Botanical Society, 169; Naturalists' Field Club,
116; Royal Observatory, 191, 317; Royal Physical Society,
214, 315, 375, 515; Royal Society, 335, 515; School of Art,
411; Royal College of Surgeons, 50; University, 50, 68, 73,

97, 131, 210, 292

Edmonds (J. W.), Mongoose and Cobra, 305

Egypt, Natural History of, by A. L. Adams, M. B., 280
Egypt, a Trilingual Stone found at, 412

Electrical Eel, 315

Electric Currents, 354

Electric Light during the Siege of Paris, 131; South Foreland
Lighthouse, 251; Actinic Power, 444, 462

"Electric Telegraph, Description of an," by Sir Francis Ronald,
F.R.S., 59

Electro-Magnetism. (See Mayer, Dr. J. R., and Joule, Dr. J. P.)
Electrophysiologica, by Dr. C. B. Radcliffe, 186, 206, 226
Elger (T. G. E.), Aurora seen at Bedford, 481

Ellery (Rob. L. J., F.R.S.), Australian Eclipse Expedition, 205
Elliott Brothers, on Tide Gauges, 501

Ellis (J.), Eccentricity of the Earth's Orbit, 422
Embryology, Study of, 279

Encke's Comet, Observations at Rugby, 30; at Bedford, 45; at
Greenwich, 76

Encke's Comet and the Supposed Resisting Medium, 174
Engraving by Sand, 292

Entomological Society, 39, 94, 134, 214, 275, 315, 350, 374,
415, 475

Entomology: "Insects at Home," by the Rev. J. G. Wood,
M.A., 65; Origin of Insects, 27, 101, 183; Parthogenesis
among the Lepidoptera, 149; Centre of Gravity in Insects,
297; Scandinavian Coleoptera, 99; Swedish Ichneumonidæ,
100; Dr. Walsh's Collection, Chicago, 250; Kirby's Cata-
logue of Lepidoptera, 281; Pupa of Papilio Machaon, 204;
Spiders of Australia, 262

Ericsson (Captain J.), Solar Atmosphere and Heat, 287, 344, 505
Ethnology; Peabody Museum, 32
Ethnology of Behring's Sea, 92
Ethnology and Spiritualism, 343, 363

Everett (Prof. J. D.), Plane Direction, 63; Ocean Currents, 243;
Deschanel's Natural Philosophy, 339

Exogenous Structures in Coal Plants (See Williamson, Prof. W.C.,
F.R S.)

Fawcett (T. W.), Aurora Borealis of November 9 and 10, 1871,
44; on the Aurora Borealis of February 4, 1872, 302; on a
Meteor, 501

Female Education in Science: at Newcastle College, 13; at
South Kensington, 49, 57, 370; College for Women, Hitchin,
49, 57; Examinations at Cambridge University, 56, 81; Lec-
tures at London University, 56, 232; at Edinburgh University,
57, 131, 210; Physiology for Women, by Prof. Bennett, 73;
in Germany, 92

Female Education, Sir W. Stirling-Maxwell on, 292

Fergusson (Jaз3., D. C. L., F.R.S.), Rude Stone Monuments, 386
Ferrel (W.), Ocean Currents, 384, 399

Fight between a Cobra and Mongoose, 204

Fire Engines, Improvements in, 90

Fisher (Rev. O., F.G.S.), Rigidity of the Earth, 242; “Eleva-
tion of Mountains and Volcanic Action," 381

Fish-culture in Tasmania, 14

Fisheries of the Gulf of Naples, 348

Fitch (J. G., M. A.) and J. Cornwell, Ph. D., their Works on
Arithmetic, 99

Flamsteed (John), his Ghost, on the Sun's Parallax, 61
Fleming (F. A.), Solar Eruptions and Magnetic Storms, 243
Flexion of Bird's Wings, 233, 244

Flight of Butterflies, Ior

Floods of the Humber and the Thames, 285

"Florida, Mammals and Winter Birds of," by J. A. Allen, 58
Flower (Prof. W. II., F.R.S.), Ziphoid Whales, 103
Flower (Prof.), his Hunterian Lectures, 221

"Flower Garden, The Amateur's," by Shirley Hibberd, 363
Flowers and Fruits, Lectures by Prof. Thiselton Dyer, 429
Fluid and Gaseous States of Matter, Continuity of, 106
Food, Adulteration of, 225

"Food of Plants," by Cuthbert C. Grundy, F. C.S., 24, 84
Folkestone Natural History Society, 70
Foraminifer, an Aberrant, 83

Foraminifera of the family Rotalinæ in Cretaceous Rocks, 294
Forbes (D., F. R.S.), Review of Scrope on Volcanoes, 440
Fossil Birds discovered by Prof. Marsh, 348

Fossil Mammals of Australia, Prof. Owen, F.R.S., on, 503
Fossil Plants of the Coal Measures, 394

Foul Air in Mines, by Prof. J. Tyndall, F. R.S., and J. E. Gibbs,
365

France, Science in, 13, 70, 170, 250, 429, 489; Association for
the Advancement of Science, 357 (And See Paris)
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 85, 133, 391, 453, 492
Freshwater Lakes without Outlets, 203

"Friction, Theory of," by J. H. Jellett, B. D., 460

Friswell (R. J., F.C.S.), Aurora Borealis, February 4, 1872, 283
Frog-supper at Perth, 450

Fruits and Flowers, Lectures by Prof. Thiselton Dyer, 429

Fungi, Alternation of Generations in, 108, 122, 142; Study of,
142, 162, 184

Fungi, Colouring Matters found in, 298

Galloway (W.), Colliery Explosions and Weather, 504

Ganot's "Eléments de Physique," 285

Gas, Improvements in Illuminating Power, 89
Gasteropoda, their Auditory Nerves, 143

Gaucho Trees in Guayaquil, 273

Geikie (Prof. A., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of Sir. R. I. Murchi-
son, 10, 68; Scottish School of Geology, 37, 52; his Edition of
Jukes's Manual of Geology, 179

Geognosy of the Appalachian Mountains, by Prof. T. Sterry
Hunt, 14, 32, 50

Geographical Society, 48, 69, 75, 114, 155, 274, 310, 335, 347,
430, 509

Geography, Physical, Lectures by Prof. Hughes, F. R. G.S., 312
Geological Magazine, 173, 234, 394, 415, 513, 454

Geological Society, 74, 114, 154, 213, 254, 294, 354, 355, 373,
435, 414, 513; Sir R. Murchison's Bequest, 130; Wollaston
Medal, 310, 355; President's Address, 431, 451, 470, 490

Geological Time, Prof. Tait on, 161

Geologists' Association, 55, 134, 234, 314, 411, 475, 495
Geology of the Nile Valley, 281

Geology, Error in Humboldt's Cosmos, 479

Geology, Diamond Fields of South Africa, 74

Geology, "Le Bassin Parisien aux Ages Antéhistoriques,” by M.
Belgrand, 377

Geology, Letters and Addresses of J. B. Jukes, M. A., F.R.S.,
98

"Geology, Principles of," by Sir C. Lyel!, Bart., 466
Geology, Prof. A. Geikie, F.R.S., on the Scottish School of,
37, 52

Geology, Prof. A. C. Ramsay, F.R.S., on the Recurrence of
Glacial Phenomena, 64

Geology, Prof. O. C. Marsh's Explorations, 153

"Geology, Rudimentary Treatise on," by Ralph Tate, A.L.S.,
F.G.S., 121

"Geology, The Student's Manual of," by J. Beete Jukes,
F.R.S., 179

Geology as a Branch of Education, 263
Geology of Greenland, 136

Geology, Dr. Hayden's Expedition, 31, 251, 272, 348, 370, 489
Geometrical Teaching, Report of the Association for its Im-
provement, 401, 430

Geometry, Prof. A. S. Herschel on the Proof of Napier's Rules,
24, 123, 141

Geometry, Descriptive, J. H. Edgar, M. A., and G. S. Pritchard,
on, 80

Geometry, Prof. Helmholtz and Prof. Jevons, by J. L. Tupper,

66

202

Geometry, Text-Book of," by T. S. Aldis, M. A., 23
Geometry, W. Spottiswoode, M. A., on the Contact of Surfaces,
354

Geometry at the Universities, R. A. Proctor, F. R. A.S., on, 8
"Geometry, Plane, Elements of," by R. P. Wright, 282
Germ Theory of Disease, 84

Gibbs (J. E.), Foul Air in Mines, 365
Gilchrist Education Trust, Lectures, 169
Ginsburg (Dr.), his Expedition to Moab, 410
Glacial Drifts of North London, 27, 134

Glacial Period in North-Eastern Anatolia, 444

Glacial Phenomena, their Recurrence during great Continental
Epochs, 64

Glacier Movement in America, 93

Gladstone (Dr. J. H., F.R.S.), Action of Oxygen oa Copper
Nitrate, 493

Glasgow; Geological Society, 40, 94, 136, 215, 235, 275, 390,
456, 514; University, 88, 97

Gmelin-Kraut's Handbuch der Chemie, 261

Gold in Bolivia, Natal, and Manitoba, 412

Goldstücker (Prof. Theodor), Obituary Notices of, 369, 400
Gordon (J. E. H.), Aurora Borealis of Nov. 9 and 10, 1871, 44
Gould (Prof.), Address on the Inauguration of the Observatory
at Cordoba, 309

Grant (Col.), his Botanical Collection from Tropical Africa, 391
Granville (Dr. A. B., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice, 390
Gray (J.), Waterspout in Wales, 501
Graptolites, British, 418

Graptolites, Migration of, 373
Grasshoff (Johannes), his death, 249

Greenhill (A. G.) on Potential Energy, 382

Greenland, Exploration of, 90; its Physical Geology and Fossil
Flora, 136; Meteorites in, 214; Old Stone Houses in, 348
Greenwood (Col. George), Floods of the Humber and Thames,
285; Aurora of February 4, 1872, 400

Gresham College Lectures, 231

Grisebach's Vegetation of the Globe, 458

Grove (W. R., Q.C.), his Appointment as a Judge, III

Grundy (C., F.C.S.), "Notes on the Food of Plants," 24, 84
Guano in the Lobos Islands, 191

Gulliver (G., F.R.S.), Objects and Management of Provincial
Museums, 35

Gun Cotton, Committee of Inquiry, 30
Guthrie (Prof., F. R.S.), Lectures to Women on Physics and
Chemistry, 49

Guy's Hospital, Sir Astley Cooper's Triennial Prize, 510

Hall (A.), on the Etymology of "Whin," 399
Hall (Capt.), his Polar Expedition, 88, 112
Hall (Charlotte), a Shadow on the Sky, 25

Hall (J. J., F.M.S.), Aurora Borealis of February 4, 1872, 300;
Dr. Theorell's Printing Meteorograph, 327; Rainfall of
1871, 481

Hall (Marshall), Hints to Dredgers, 204

Halsted (Major Chas.), Earthquake in Burmah, 7

Hamilton (G.), Circumpolar Lands, 242, 321

Hamilton (H. M., F.Z.S.), and W. Jesse, C.M.Z.S., Translation

of Brehm's "Bird-Life," 180

"Hardy Flowers," by W. Robinson, F. L. S., 4

Harris (Sir W. Snow), Magnetism, 363

Harris (W. W.), Solar Halo in Norway, 123

Hartt (Prof. C. F.), Discoveries in Brazil, 391

Indian Rock-cut Temple, Ajunta (With Illustration), 307
Indianapolis, Meeting of the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, 153, 171, 212, 233, 252, 293

Ingleby (Dr. C. M.), A Plane's Aspect, Slope, or Position, 7;
Creators of Science, 62, 81; Leibnitz and the Calculus, 122;
A Mock Sun, 243

Inoculation forbidden in India, 232

"Insects at Home," by the Rev. J. G. Wood, F. L.S, 65
Insects, Centre of Gravity in, 297

Insects in the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, 445, 484
International Exhibition of 1872, 151, 448, 508
Ireland: Coal Measures, 162; Oyster Culture, 128
Iron and Steel Institute, 391, 468

Hartley Institution, Southampton, 69

Hartwig (Dr. George), "The Subterranean World," 305

Harvard College, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 121, 131, 348
Havana, Magnetical and Meteorological Observations at, 347
Hayden (Dr.), his Geological Expedition, 31, 251, 272, 348,
370, 489

Hayward (Robert B.), A Plane's Position, 26

"Heat, Theory of," by J. Clark Maxwell, LL.D., F. R. S., 319
Heer (Prof. Oswald), Kiltorkan Fossils, 254

Helmholtz (Prof.), his Lectures, 23; J. L. Tupper on Helm-
holtz and Jevons, 202

Hennah (T. H.), Deep-sea Dredging, 103, 204

Hennessey (Prof. H., F.R.S.), Rigidity of the Earth, 288
Henslow (Rev. G., F.L.S.), Cause of Specific Variation, 123;
Conscious Mimicry, 480

Herschel (Capt. J., F.R.S.) Spectroscopic Nomenclature, 499
Herschel (Sir John, F.R.S.) his Grave Stone, Westminster
Abbey, 272

Herschel (Prof. A. S., F. R. A.S.), Proof of Napier's Rules, 24,
141; Solar Halo, 81

Hibberd (Shirley), "The Amateur's Flower Garden,” 363
High Wycombe Natural History Society, 13

Higgins (Rev. H. H.), Pupa of Papilio Machaon, 204; Snow at
the Mouth of a Fiery Furnace, 321, 341

Hilgard (Dr. T. C.), Numeric Relations of the Vertebrate
System, 171

Hippopotamus born at Zoological Gardens, 210; its Death, 232
Hirst (Dr. T. A., F. R.S.), a Plane's Aspect, Slope, or Position,
7; the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching, 401

Hitchin College for Women, 40

Hofmann (Dr. A. W., F.R.S.), Phosphorus Bases, 473
Holmgren (A.E.), Ichneumonidae of Sweden, 100
Homoplasy and Mimicry, A. W. Bennett, F.L.S., on, 12
Horticultural Society, Botanical Professorship at, 331
House Construction, 157

Howorth (Henry H.), Changes in Circumpolar Lands, 162,

420

Hudson's Bay Company Fur Trade, 171, 240

Hughes (Prof., F.R.G.S.), Lectures on Physical Geography,
312

Hughes (T. McK., F.G S.), on a Paraselene, 82; Lyell's "Prin-
ciples of Geology," 466

Human Hair, 349

Humboldt's Cosmos, Error in, 479

Humphry (Prof., F. R.S.), on Sleep, 328

Hunt (Prof. T. Sterry), Geognosy of the Appalachian Moun-
tains, 15, 32, 50; his Address to the American Association,
329
Huxley (Prof., LL.D., F.R.S.), Lectures to Women on Biology,
49; Oxford Local Examinations, 89; "Manual of the
Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals," 245; Retirement from
the London School Board, 310; Illness, 370, 390, 448, 468
Hydrogen Flame, its Colour, 444, 461, 481, 501; Phenomena
associated with it, 482

Hydrography, Admiralty Manual, 260

Janssen (M.), The Solar Eclipse, 190, 231, 249, 259
Japan, Tattooing in, 211

Jay (Dr. John C.), his Conchological Collections, 152
Jellett (J. H., B.D.), "Theory of Friction," 460
Jenkins (B. G.), A Safety Lamp, 382; the Adamites, 480
Jeremiah (John), Aurora Borealis of Nov. 9 and 10, 1871, 44;
Aurora of Feb. 4, 1872, 283; Etymology of "Whin," 399
Jerusalem, Drawings by W. Simpson, 510

Jesse (W.), Translation of " Bird Life," by Dr. Brehm, 185
Jevons (Prof. W. S.), Encke's Comet and Supposed Resisting
Medium, 174

Jevons (Prof.) and Prof. Helmholtz; J. L. Tupper on, 202
Jones (Dr. Bence, F. R.S.), History of the Royal Institution, 397
Jones (J. M.), Pelagic Floating Fish Nest, 462

Joule (Dr. J. P., F.R.S.), Electro-Magnetism, 137, 457, 483
Joule, (Dr. J. P., F.R.S.), the Copley Medallist of 1875, 137
Journal of Botany, 169, 173, 313, 454, 373
Joy (C. A.), Science in Plain English, 371

Jukes (J. Bete, M.A., F.R.S.), his Letters and Addresses, 98;
"The Student's Manual of Geology," 179
Jupiter, Present Appearance of, 303

Kangaroo Rats, 70

Kessler (Chas.), Obituary Notice of, 332
Kentucky, the Mammoth Cave of, 445, 484
Kew Observatory, III

Key (Rev. H. C.), Aurora Borealis of Nov. 9 and 10, 1871,
61; Aurora of Feb. 4, 1872, 300

Kilkenny Historical and Archæological Association, 356
Kiltorkan Fossils, 184, 224, 242, 254

Kinahan (G. Henry, F.G.S.), Coal Measures of Irelan1, 162
King Crab (American), Prof. Owen, F.R.S., on its Anatomy,
174, 254

Leipsic: Dr. Klemm's Ethnological Collection, 210
Leifchild (John R.), "The Higher Ministry of Nature," 499
Lepidodendron Stems in Coal Plants, 25, 45
Lepidoptera, Parthenogenesis in, 149

Lepidoptera, Catalogue of, by W. F. Kirby, 281

Ley (W. Clement), "Laws of the Winds of Western Europe,"
200; Development of Barometrical Depression, 340, 382
Liebreich (Dr. R.), Lecture on the Vision of Turner and Mul-
ready, 404, 449, 500

"Life Science, Thoughts on," by E. Thring, M. A., 160
Lindsay (Dr. W. Lauder, F.R.S. E.), New Zealand Forest
Trees, 123

Linnean Society, 39, 94, 134, 173, 174, 254, 295, 335, 395,
494, 514

Linnean Relics, Photographs of, 89
Liverpool Geological Society, 175

Livingstone (Dr.), Government Grant to his Children, 48;
Mr. Stanley's American Expedition, 75, 115; Search Ex-
pedition by Geographical Society, 131, 250, 274, 310, 335,
347, 509; Meeting at the Mansion House, 271

Lockyer (J. Norman, F. R.S.), Lecture on board the Mirsapore,
30; his Observations of the Eclipse, 217, 259; Lectures on
Solar Physics, 369

Locusts in South Australia, 411, 475

Loewy (Benjamin, F.R.A.S.), Periodicity of Sun-Spots, 192;
Planetary Influence on Solar Activity, 423; Solar Physics,

493

Logan Chair of Geology, Montreal University, 448

Pro-

Masters (Dr. M. T., F.R.S.), Classification of Fruits, 6
Mathematics: Earnshaw's Differential Equations, 199;
fessorship at Cooper's Hill College, 331; Peirce's "Tables of
Logarithmic and Trigonometric Functions," 200
Mathematical Society, 75, 174, 181, 255, 315, 455, 514
Maw (Geo.), Geology of Marocco and the Great Atlas, 254
Maxwell (J. Clerk, LL.D., F.R.S.), "*' Theory of Heat," 319;
Electric Currents, 354

Mayer (Dr. Julius Robert), Copley Medallist of 1871, his
Scientific Labours, 117, 137, 161, 181

Mechanics, New Works on, 41, 63, 102,

Mechanics, Prof. W. G. Adams on Study and Teaching, 389
Meehan (Thos.), Monocotyledon the Universal Type of Seeds,
153

Meeze (A. J.), Colour of a Hydrogen Flaine, 444, 481
Megalosaurus from the Oxford Clay (With_Illustrations), 145
Melbourne: University, 348; Industrial and Technological
Museum, 469

Meldrum (C., F.R.A.S.), Aurora of February 4, 1872, 392
Melia (Pius, D.D.), "Hints and Facts on the Origin of Man,”
320

Menteath (P. W. Stuart), Prof. Tait on Geological Time, 161
Mercury Photographs, 230

Merrifield (C. W., F.R.S.), Arithmetic and Mensuration, 299
Merton College, 310

Meryon (Lieut. J. E., R. N.) on "An Odd Fish," 462;
Cheironectes pictus, 501

Metaphysics, True and Spurious, 62, 81

M. Peirce, 200

London University, 13, 30, 88, 138, 202, 232

Meteoric Collection at Massachusetts, Catalogue of, 292
Meteoric Iron in Greenland, 74

Low Barometrical Pressure, Cause of, 102

Low Conductivity of Copper Wire, 462

Lowe (E. J., F.R.S.), on a Paraselene (With Diagram), 24
Lowne (B. T., M. B.), Origin of Insects, 101, 142, 183

Lubbock (Sir John, Bart., F. R.S.), Site of Druidical Temple at
Avebury, purchased by, 347; on Fergusson's "Rude Stone
Monuments," 386

Luminous Matter in the Atmosphere, 304

Lunar Calendars, 123, 204

Lyell's "Principles of Geology," 466

Lying-in Institutions, Miss Nightingale on, 22

MacCormac (H., M.D.) on Consumption, 459

Maclear (Com. J. B., R.N.), Progress of the Eclipse Expedi-
tion, 163; his Observations of the Eclipse, 219; Aurora
Borealis, February 4, 1872, 283; Spectrum of the Atmo-
sphere, 341

McIntosh (Dr. W. C., F.Z.S.), Adaptive Coloration, Phos-
phorescence, &c., 443

McClure (R.), Aurora Borealis of November 9 and 10, 1871, 43
Mad Elephant in India, 90, 412

"Magnetism, Treatise on," by G. B. Airy, F.R.S., Astronomer
Royal, 120

Magnetism," by Sir W. Snow Harris and H. M. Noad, 363
Magnetism; Deviation of the Compass in Iron Ships, 479
Magnetic Disturbances during the Solar Eclipse, 269, 285
Magnetic Disturbances before the Aurora of February 4, 1872,
356

Magnetic Force of the Earth at Bombay, 274
Magnetic Observations at Havana, 347
Magnetic Storms, 243

Mahaffy (Rev. J. P.) on Descartes' “Animated Machines," 62
Main (Rev. Robert, M. A., F.R.S.), Admiralty Manual of
Scientific Inquiry, 260

"Malta, Natural History of," by A. L. Adams, M. B., 280
"Mammals of Florida," by J. A. Allen, 58

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, 445, 484

Man, the Science of, Quetelet on, 358

Manchester Grammar School, 88; Popular Science Lectures,
70, 151; Literary and Philosophical Society, 134, 155, 170,
174, 356, 374, 510, 514; Proposed Aquarium, 487

Marine Zoology, 184

Markham (C. R., F.R.G.S.), Arctic Exploration, 77
Marocco and the Great Atlas, Geology of, 254

Marsh (Prof. O. C.), his Geological Explorations, 152, 414;
Discovery of a Fossil Bird, 348

Martens, Scarcity of, 240

Meteors in Madras, 171; at Hay, 400; Kew Observatory,
481; New Haven, Conn., III; Ireland, 382; Cumberland,
501

Meteorological Committee, Daily Weather Charts, 391
Meteorological Observations at Chiswick Gardens, 391
Meteorological Observations at Havana, 347

Meteorological Office, Quarterly Weather Report, 441
Meteorological Phenomena, 203

Meteorological Society, 124

Meteorology, from December 1871 to March 1872, 448, 469
Meteorology in the Arctic Ocean, 251

Meteorology: Rock Thermometers at the Edinburgh Observa-
tory, 317

Meteorology of Scotland (1856-1871), 479; Scottish Meteoro-
logical Society, 332

Meteorology and Colliery Explosions, 504

Meteorology (see Barometric Depressions and Observations)

Meyer (Dr. A. B.), Earthquakes in Celebes, 225; in the Philip-
pine Islands, 422

Microscopical Journal, 212, 273

Microscopical Science, Quarterly Journal of, 114, 234
Microscopical Society, 39, 311

Microscopy, Monthly Journal of, 153

Microscopy in America, 131

Microscopy, Notes on, 244

Microscopy: "The Lens" (Chicago), 492

Middlesex Hospital, Lectureship on Botany at, 347

Miers (John, F.R S., F.L.S.), "Contributions to Botany," 42
Migration of Graptolites, 373

Military Engineering, School of, 465
Milk, Artificial, 45, 129

Millard (Mr.), his Bequest to Trinity College, Oxford, 332
Mimicry and Homoplasy, A. W. Bennett, F.L.S., on, 12, 480
Mines, Foul Air in, by Prof. Tyndall and J. E. Gibbs, 365
Mining, West of the Rocky Mountains, Report on, 112
Moa, Recent Examples in New Zealand, 216
Moab, Dr. Ginsburg's Expedition to, 410
Mock Sun, 243

Mollusca, Adaptive Coloration of, 408
Monads, Origin of, 454

Mongoose and Cobra, Fight between, 204, 305

Monck (W. H. S.) Fixed Barometric Variations, 407, 461
Monocotyledon, the Universal Type of Seeds, 153
Mont Cenis Tunnel, 13

Montreal University, 448

Moon, The, E. J. Lowe, F.R.S., on a Paraselene, 24
Moon, The, Photographs by Mr. Rutherford, 31
Moore (J. Carrick), Error in Humboldt's Cosmos, 479