A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE VOLUME IV APRIL 1871 to OCTOBER 1871 "To the solid ground London and New York MACMILLAN AND CO 1871 INDEX Abbe (Cleveland) on Sunspots and Earth Temperature, 133 Aberdeen, Aurora at, Lord Lindsay on, 347, 366; Meteoro- Acland (H. W., F. R.S.) on National Health, 463 Adipose Tissue, the Nucleus of, Dr. L. S. Beale on, 367 Aerolitic Shower in Sweden, 398 Affinities of the Sponges, H. J. Carter and W. S. Kent, F.Z.S., Africa: Dr. Hooker's Expedition, 11, 89, 129, 149, 168, 196 “Africa (Tropical), Flora of,” 287 Agassiz (A.) on Cotteau's "Echinides de la Sarthe," 220 Agriculture in America, 286; Government Department of, 302 Aiken (J.) on Moss Lochs, 144; Is Blue a Primary Colour? 465 Airy (Hubert), on Pendulum Autographs, 310, 370 Allen (A. H., F. C.S.), Lecture Experiments on Colour, 346 America: Department of Agriculture, 286, 302; Earthquakes America, Central, Ruined Cities of, 466 America, South, Botany of, 52 American Annual of Scientific Discovery, 239 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Meeting at Indianapolis, 373 American Coleoptera, M. Boucard on, 50 American Geology, Report by Dr. Hayden, 24 American Polar Expedition, 309, 349 Anatomy and Physiology at the Br. A., 357 Anatomy at Edinburgh University, 168 Anatomy, Human, by Dr. Lionel S. Beale, 343, 367 Liquid and Gaseous States of Matter," 186 Andrews (Prof., F. R.S.), on Chemical Science (Br. A.), 273 Anthropological Institute, Journal, &c., of, 115, 196, 229, 379 Anthropology and Archæol gy, Congress at Bologna, 244, 306 Anthropology at the Br. A., 289, 317, 334, 357, 378 Anthropology, Prof. Allen Thomson on (Br. A.), 294 Ants of Panama, 245 Antwerp, Congress of Geographical Science, 286 Ape, the, and Man, Capt. Wake on (Br. A.), 335 Aquaria, Rockwork in Tanks, 507 Aquarium at Brighton, 394; at the Crystal Palace, 469 Archæology, Endowment by Mr. Yates at Univ. Col., 260 Arctic Expeditions: American, 309, 349; German, 395, 439, 513 Arctic Scenery, Paintings by W. Bradford, 210 Argus, Observations of, and its surrounding Nebulæ, 478 Armstrong (Dr.) his "Manual of Organic Chemistry," 50 Artesian Wells in America, 32; in India, 89 Asaphus platycephalus, its supposed legs, 152, 254 "Asiatic Cholera, Treatise on," by C. Macnamara, 302 Asiatic Society, Bengal, Proceedings of, 32, 89, 339 Astronomy in Constantinople, 128 Astronomy, Klein and Klinkerfues on, 24 Astronomy, Visitation of the R. Observatory, Greenwich, 50, 103 Atmosphere, Circulation and Distribution of, by Prof. Everett, 353 August Meteors, J. Edmund Clark on, 304 Aurora Australis and Borealis, their Correspondence, 213 Aurora, Spectrum of the, 280; T. W. Backhouse on, 66 Auroras, are they Periodical? by Prof. D. Kirkwood, 505; Austrian Meteorological Society, Journal of the, 502 Babbage, Charles, his death, 512 Backhouse (T. W.), on the Spectrum of the Aurora, 66; on the Baillon (Prof. H.), his "Histoire des Plantes," 199 Barometers, Self-registering, at Washington, by Prof. G. W. Barometer, Standard, by J. Green, New York, 412 Bastian (H. Charlton, M.D., F.R. S.), on Protoplasmic Life, 59; Beaumont, M. Elie de, on the Scientific Use of the Mont Cenis 65288 iv Bee Orchis, its Fertilisation, 222 Beet, Cultivation of, 90 66 'Beginning, The; its When and its How," by M. Ponton, 321 Bennett A. W., F.L.S.) on Hybridisation, 46; on the Fer- 240; on British Mosses, D. Moore, F. L.S., on, 487 Bromine, Action of Heat on, by Dr. Andrews (Br. A) 316 Brown Trust for Treatment of Sick Domestic Animals, 190, 210 Buchan (Alexander), on Great Heat in Iceland, 202; on Raiz- Burder (Dr. George F.), on Daylight Auroras, 84; on a Lunar Burgoyne (Sir John F., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 476 Butter, Adulteration of, 90 "Butterflies, British, Natural History of," by E. Newman, Beswick-Perrin (J.) on an Additional True Rib in the Human Butterflies, Migration of, 12, 487, 494 Bhyscuppra, an Indian Saurian, 514 Biblical Archæology, Society of, 19, 39, 104, 215, 374 Bickerton (A. W., F. C.S.) on Conversion of Heat in the Steam Billings, on the Supposed Legs of Asaphus, 254 Biogenesis, Sir Wm. Thomson on the Law of, Remarks by E. "Birds of Europe," by Sharp and Dresser, 308 Birds of the Lesser Antilles, Dr. P. L. Sclater, F. R. S., on, 473 Blake (C. Carter), Cave Lion in the Peat, 27 Bland (Thos.), Conchology of the West Indies, 307 Blood, its Constitution, Dr. Marcet on, 57 Blood Spectrum, H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., on, 505 Boettcher (Dr. Arthur) on the Structure of the Ear, 64; on Defective Vision, 140 Bolide seen at Marseilles, 339, 454, 503 Bolivia, Silver, Coal, and Gems in, 418 Bond (Dr. Francis T.), on Degrees for Engineering Students at Bonney (Rev. T. G., F.G.S.) on Dr. Tyndall's "Hours of Ex- ercise in the Alps," 198; on Ice Fleas, 467 Botanical Department of the British Museum, 286 Botanical Exchange Club, 32 Botanical Science, its Study in England, 193 'Botany, Domestic," by John Smith, A.L.S., 301 Botany at the Br. A., 317, 355, 377 "Botany, First Catechism of," 12 Botany, Journal of, 77, 108, 233, 359, 399, 453, 498 "Botany, Manual of Structural," by M. C. Cooke, 44 Botany of Africa, 11, 447; of India, 90; of Queensland, 349 ; Boucard (M.), his proposed work on American Coleoptera, 50 Brazil, Scientific Research in, 299 Brighton Aquarium, 394 Brine (Capt. L., R.N.,) on the Ruined Cities of Central Bristol Observing Astronomical Society, 175, 359, 440 66 'Britain," Name of, 7, 27 British Archæological Association, 324, 374 British Association, Arrangements for Meeting at Edinburgh, British Association and Local Scientific Societies, 242 "British Insects," by E. F. Staveley, 22 British Museum, Sponges added to its Collection, 50; the Natural Butterflies of North America, 11 California Academy of Sciences, 419 Cambridge, Science at, 11, 32, 72, 107, 129, 555, 210, 261, 452, Cambridge, Philosophical Society, 39, 155 "Carboniferous Epoch, Fauna of the," by Henry Woodward, 59 446, 468; on Deep Sea Explorations. 73, 107; on Deep Se Cave of Aurignac, 208; at Wyandotte, 514 Cayley's Report on Abstract Dynamics, Sir Wm. Thomson, Celebes, Vis. Walden on its Ornithology, 37 ; Volcano near, 286 Central America, Ruined Cities of (Br. A.), 358 Ceratodus, Discovered in Queensland, 406, 428, 447 Changes in the Habits of Animals, 489, 506 Charlesworth (E.). Recommended to Survey the Wealden, 493 Chelsea Botanic Gardens, Lectures at, 89 Chemical Analysis," Wm. Crookes, F. R.S., on, 81 Chemical Dynamics, J. H. Gladstone, F. R. S., and Alfred Tribe on, 195; (Br. A.), 291 Chemical Papers, Published Abstracts of (Br. A.), 331 Chemical Society, its Journal, 2, 38, 95, 134, 359 Chemical Society, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 284 Chemical Science at the Br. A. (Section B), Opening Address, 273; Sectional Proceedings, 291, 316, 331 "Chemistry in the United States" (Br. A.), 292 Chemistry, Investigations by the late Prof. Payen, 261 Chemistry, Italian Journal of, 73; Literature of, 2 Chemistry of Milk, 96 "Chemistry, Manual of Organic," by Dr. Armstrong, 50 China, Science in, 43 China, Fatal Earthquakes in, 145; Cultivation of the Poppy, 230 Cholera, Jno. Murray on, 350 Christ's Hospital, Science at, 11, 130 Claparède (Prof. E. R.) on Chatophorus Annelides, 36; Clark (F. Legros) on the Mechanism of Respiration, 95 Clark (A.), his Telescope for Washington Observatory, 433 Climate and Health of the Mauritius, 51 Clifton College Scientific Society, 51; Conversazione at, 148; Clock Tower, Westminster, Magneto-Electric Light for, 107 Coal in Bolivia, 418; in India, 514; in Panama, 309; (Br. A.), Coal Plants, Exogenous Structures in (See Williamson, Prof. W. C.) Cobbold (Dr. T. Spencer, F.R.S.) on Entozoa, 479; on the Coleoptera of America, M. Boucard on, 50; of New South Coles, Emily, Civil Service Pension to, 260 College of Physical Science, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 21, 189, College of Physicians, Scheme of Examination, 73, 168 Collins (J. H.)," Western Chronicle of Science," 220, 243, 338 Comet, Futtle's, its Ephemeris, by J. R. Hind, F.R.S., 374; Comets, Observations by J. Birmingham, 359; Sir W. Thomp- Compass, Transparent, 366 Compound Prism for Spectrum Microscope, 511 Comte (M.), and Anthropology, 466 Conchology of Polynesia, 37; of the West Indies, 307 Constantinople, Astronomy in, 128 Cook (Captain), Monument to, in New South Wales, 271 Cooke (M. C, M. A.), his "Manual of Structural Botany," 44; his "Handbook of British Fungi," 321 Cooley (W. D.) on Elemetary Geometry, 485 Cooper's Hill, Indian College of Civil Engineering, 244 Corfield (Prof.) on Sewage, 287 Corona, Remarks on the, 42, 121, 160; its Radial Appearance, 46; Prof. Serpieri on, 99; A. C. Ranyard, F. R. A.S., on, 466 Cornwall Institution, 375 Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 169, 287 Corrosion of Copper-plates by Nitrate of Silver (Br. A ). 353 Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club, 32 Cotton-wool Respirators, 126, 164 Coutts (Baroness Burdett) her Prize for Essay on The Balance Spring," 229 Coventry Institute, Science Classes at, 493 Crace Calvert (F., F. R.S.), on "Protoplasmic Life," 57 Cramming for Middle Class Examinations, 202, 285 Crinoids, Palæozoic, Prof. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S., on their Crocodiles at Greytown, 27 Coll (Jas.) on the Age of the Earth Crookes (William, F.R.S.), his "Chemical Analysis," 81; on Psychic Force," 237, 278 Crotch (G. R., F. L.S.) on Geographical Distribution of Insects, Cryptogamia in Coal Measures, Classification of, Prot. W. C. Cundurango Tree, 514 Cunningham (Major.-Gen. A., R.E.) "The Ancient Geography Cycloid, the, Note by R. A. Proctor, F. R. A. S., 465, 487 Cyclones, Converging of Wind in, 254; Low Barometer in, Czermak (Prof.) his Electric Double Lever, 5 Dallas (W. S., F.L.S.) on "Newinan's British Butterflies," 219 Dall (W. H.) on Striated Muscular Fibre in Gasteropoda, 114; Dana (Jas. D.) on the supposed Legs of Asaphus platycephalus, Danger and Storm Signal Light, inextinguishable, 49 Darwin (Charles, F. R.S.) on a New View of Darwinism, 180 Dase's Tables of Prime Numbers, 6 Davidson (Thomas) Memoir of, in Geological Magazine, 36 Davis (A. S.) on the Aurora, 385 Davis (Barrett) his Tables of Prime Numbers, 6 Davy (Sir Humphrey) Statue to, at Penzance, 307 Dawson (Principal, F.R.S.) on Hydrous Silicate in Fossils, 162; Day (St. John V,, CE.) " Papers on the Great Pyramid," 303 Deep Sea Explorations, 73, 87, 167, 290; in America, 233; in De Fonvielle (W.) on Aerostation, 3 Delaunay (M.) on the Thickness of the Earth's Crust, 28, 45, Denbighshire, Discoveries of Platcycnemic Men in, 388 De Notaris (Dr. G.), “Epilogo della Briologia Italiana,” 383, Derry, Natural History Society of, 51 Deschanel (A. Privat), Elementary Treatise on Natural Philo- Desert of the Tih, Report by C. F. Tyrwhitt Drake on, 33, 52 Dickson (Alex., M.D.) " Suggestions on Fruit Classification" Diving Bell, Photographic Apparatus for use in the, 477 Donegal, Geology of, 234 Doubleday (Thomas), "Matter for Materialists," 321 Drake (C. F. T.) his Report on the Desert of the Tih, 33, 52 Dredging of the Gulf Stream, 87 Dublin: Geological Society, 135; Natural History Society, 36, Durham University and College of Science at Newcastle, 21, Dust and Smoke, Prof. Tyndall on, 124 Dyer (Prof. W. T. T.), his Lectures on Botany, 107; on Mimicry Dymond (W. P.), on the Irish Fern in Cornwall, 8 Dynamics, Stokes's Theory, Sir William Thomson, F. R.S., on Dynamite, Dr. Guyot on, 156 Ear, the, Dr. Arthur Boettcher on its Structure, 64 |