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Owen (Prof. R.F.RS.), New Fossil Bird, 151
Owens College, Manchester, 490, 512, 513

Oxford, Science at, 16, 52, 91, 113, 151, 292, 294, 372, 390, 491
Ozone, Physiological Action of, 182 104; Dr. Andrews, F.R.S.,
on, 175, 347, 364

Pacific Ocean, Admiralty Chart, 289
Paladilhe (Dr. A.), Collective Instinct, 5
Palæotherium, Complete Specimen, 285

Palgrave (W. G.), Meteorology of the West Indies, 468
Palmieri (Prof.), Activity of Vesuvius, 273
Paraguay, Inquiry into its Natural Resources, 17
"Parasites, Internal, of Domesticated Animals," by T. S.
Cobbold, F.R.S., 4

Paris; Academy of Sciences, 20, 36, 56, 76, 136, 156, 170, 176,
196, 211, 216, 229, 236, 256, 273, 275, 292, 296, 313, 316, 336,
356, 373, 376, 391, 396, 416, 436, 456, 471, 476, 516;
Aeronautical Society, 373; Association for the Advancement
of Science, 497; Bureau des Longitudes, 451, 428; English
Members of the French Institute, 170; Geographical Society,
33, 411; Société d'Acclimitation, 19, 332, 394, 452;
Meteorological Society, 372; Museum of Natural History,
Complete Specimen of Palæotherium, 285; Museum of Phy-
sical and Mechanical Science, 190; New Bridge across the
Seine, 373; Observatory, 491, 512, 513; Utilisation of Velo-
cipedes and Carrier Pigeons, 373

Parker (Prof.), Hunterian Lectures on the Vertebrate Skull, 424,
467

Parkes (E. A., M.D., F. R.S.), Effects of Alcohol, 352
Pascoe (Francis P.), Zoological Nomenclature, 321

Pasteur (M.), Pension to, 451

Pastorelli (P.), The Miller-Casella Thermometer, 5

Patent Museum, its administration, 1, 218

Peabody Academy of Science, 151

Peaucillier (M.), Conversion of Circular into Rectilinear
Motion, 33

Pengelly (W., F.R.S., F.G.S.), Presentation to, 427
Penikese Zoological School, 350

Pendulum Observations in India, 214

Perception in Lower Animals, 261

Periodicity of Rainfall, 27, 184

Perthshire Society of Natural Science, 271, 293, 372

Peru, Explorations in, 332

Petrarch, Anthropological Examination of his Remains, 171
Pettigrew (J. Bell, M.D., F.R.S.), "Animal Locomotion," 221,
260, 261, 301, 381, 403, 422; Action of the Heart, 362
"Pheasants for Coverts and Aviaries," by W. B. Tegetmeier,
F.Z.S., 161

Philadelphia; Academy of Natural Science, 116, 196, 256, 356,
435; Exposition at, 452

Polar Glaciation, 515

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Polarisation of Light, by W. Spottiswoode, Treas. R. S., 127,
167, 233, 282, 323, 383, 508

Packard (A. S., jun.), Our Common Insects," 849
Phillips (Prof. John), Obituary notice of, 510, 512
Pollen-grains in the Air, 485, 507

Pollution of Rivers, Report of Commissioner, 197
Porpoises, Intellect of, 42

Potato Disease, 131, 161, 183, 211, 223
Post Office Library; Soirée, 192

Potter (Capt.), Relics of the Franklin Expedition, 131

Procter (H. R. and T. H. Waller), Kohlrausch's " Physical
Measurements," 160

Pozzo (Prof. E. Dal.), "Lezioni di Fisica," 140
Primroses destroyed by Birds, 482

Pringle (E. H.), Zodiacal Light, 42; Indian Snakes, 163, 203;
Perception in Lower Animals, 261

Prisons, Prize Essays on 293

Pritchard (Baden, F. C.S.), Photographic Society, 280, 303
Proctor, (R. A.), "Borderland of Science," 140
Pulse Beat, Sphygmograph Trace of, 125, 327, 514
Puy de Dome Observatory, 470

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"Quantitative Chemical Analysis," by T. E. Thorpe, Ph.D., 26
'Quaternions, Introduction to," by Prof. P. Kelland, F.R.S.,
and Prof. P. G. Tait, 137

Quetelet (J. and L.), Obituary notice of, 403, 410
Quicksilver Mine at Exeter, 470
Quito, University, 428

Rainbow and its Reflection, 322
Rainfall, Periodicity of, 27

Rain-gauge at Sea, 63

Rain-gauge, Prof. Hough's, 250

"Races of Mankind," by R. Brown, M.A., Ph.D., 279

Ramsay (Prof. A. C., LL.D., V.P.R.S.), Physical History of
the Rhine, 315, 471

Ranyard (A. Č., F.R.A.S.), Photographs of the Eclipse of 1871,

102

Reflex Action, Effects of Temperature on, 101
Refraction of Light mechanically illustrated, 158
Refraction of Sound, 513

Regel (Dr. E.), Origin of the Vine, 192

Research, Endowment of (See Endowment of Research)

Reynolds (Prof. O., M.A.), Bursting of Trees by Lightning,
96; Destruction of Sound by Fog, 215; Refraction of Sound,
513

Rhine, Physical History of the, 315, 471

Rhinoceri (One-horned), Arrangement of the Skin-folds, 446
Rhinoceros at Zoological Gardens, Death of, 215

Rhinoceros, Javan, at Zoological Gardens, 364

Richardson (G., M. A.), "Geometrical Conic Sections," 101
Richardson (Dr.), Science Lecture at the Charterhouse, 247
Riga Society of Naturalists, 235, 496

Phillips (Dr. John, F.RS.), Freedom of the Turner's Company Rigg (Rev. A.), “Introduction to Chemistry," 342
presented to, 469

Philosophical Society, Junior, 17

Photographic Society, 156, 315; its Organisation, 263, 280,
303

Photography; Early history, 470; Diffraction Spectrum, 224;
Eclipse of 1871, 102; Transit of Venus, 183
Phrenology; the Todas of South India, 99
Phronima, Anatomy and Habits of, 314

Physical Society, South Kensington, 113, 175, 435, 516
"Physical Measurements," by Dr. F. Kohlraush, 160
Peirce (Prof. J. M.), "Elements of Logarithms," 179

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Pink (William W. and G. E. Webster), Analytical Chemistry,"
278

Plane and Spherical Motion, conversion of, 16
Planets, New, 390

Playfair (Dr. Lyon, C.B, F.R.S.), appointed Postmaster-
General, 54; Necessity for a Minister of Education, 511
Plummer (John J.), Meteor Cloud of Feb., 322

Prestwich (Jos., F.R.S.), Tunnel between England and France,
135

Pneumatic Tube, Post-Office; 64, 83, 105

Poey (Prof. André), "Classification of Clouds," 163
Poggendorf's Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 469
Poison of Indian Snakes, 294

Polar Exploration (See Arctic Exploration)

Polaris, Voyage of the, 17; its Scientific Results, 404

Rivers, Pollution of, Report of Commissioners, 197
Rocky Mountains, Barometrical Observations, 72, 273
Rodwell (G. F., F.C.S.), Ancient Egyptian Balances, 8, 122;
Athenian Text-books of Science, 298

Romanes (Geo. J.), Collective Instinct, 5; Natural Selection
and Dysteleology, 361; Rudimentary Organs, 440
Roscoe (Prof. H. E., F.R.S.), Ruthenium in the Chromo-
sphere, 5; Royal Medal to, 53, 91
79

Rosenbusch (H.), "Microscopic Petrography,"

Ross (Angus), "Zones of Parallel Lines of Elevation," 380
Rosse (Earl of, F.R.S.), Wasps, 161

Rothamsted, Agricultural Investigations at, 317
Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction, 237, 397
Royal Institution, 91, 113, 272, 471

Royal Society, 37, 53, 75, 91, 117, 127, 133, 153, 175, 195, 215,
294, 314, 334, 352, 395, 414, 433, 454, 502, 511, 513, 514
Rudimentary Organs, 440

"Rumford (Count), Memoir of," by Geo. E. Ellis, 117, 514
Russia, Imperial Geographical Society, 349

Russian Expedition to the Amu Darm, 5.3

Ruthenium in the Chromosphere, 5

"Sahara and Lapland," by Count G. D'Alviella, 261

St. Andrew's University, 389

Sanitary Science: "What a House should be," by W. Bard-
well, 60

Sanderson (Dr. J. B., F. R.S.), Electrical Phenomena in the Spherical Motion, its Conversion into Plane Motion, 16
Leaf of Dionea muscipula, 75; Bacteria, 421
Sarawak, Denudation of Limestone Hills, 162

Sphygmograph (The), and the Heart, 327, 514; Secondary
Waves in Trace of Pulse beat, 125

Schorlemmer (C., F.R.S.), "Chemistry of the Carbon Com- Spinal Cord and Sensation, 83, 101

pounds," 458

Schmidt (Dr.), Map of the Moon, 272

Schweinfurth (Dr. Georg), "The Heart of Africa," 340
Scientific Societies, Local, 24, 38, 162

Science and Art Department, 192, 43, 312, 372
Science and Industry, 217, 277, 237, 271
Scientific Instruction, Royal Commission on, 53
SCIENTIFIC WORTHIES II.-Thomas Henry Huxley, With
Portrait, 257

Sclater (P. L., F. R.S.), Transfer of South Kensington Museum,
41; Lectures on Zoological Gardens, and the Geographical
Distribution of Mammalia, 489, 490, 503

Scotland, Southern Uplands of, 22, 57, 81; Change of Climate
in, 72, 156

Scott (A. W., M. A.), Marine Mammalia, 112

Scott (R. H., F.R.S.), Deep-Sea Thermometers, 102; Simul-
taneous Meteorological Observations, 300; Conference for
Maritime Meteorology, 461

Scottish Meteorological Society, 172

Swiney Lectures on Geology, 490

"Sea and its Wonders, The," by Dr. G. Hartwig, 40

Sea-pens, Habits of, 13

Stebbing (T. R.), Flowers of Primrose destroyed by Birds,
509

Sea Temperatures, Observations of, 346

Seals, Protection of, 112

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South Sea Islands, 54

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Spitzbergen, Voyage to," by Capt. J. C. Wells, R. N., 240
Spoeror (Prof.), Faye's Theory of Solar Spots, 254
Sponge, New, in Brighton Aquarium, 113

Spontaneous Generation, 482

Spottiswoode (W., Treas. R.S.), Polarisation of Light, 127, 167,
233, 282, 323, 383, 508

Stalagmitic Deposits, 122, 171

Standards of Weight and Measure, 47, 87

Stars, Shooting, 123

State Aid to Science, 1, 26, 37, 53, 91, 92, 97, 103, 114, 237,
240, 271, 272, 277, 294, 337, 372, 397, 427, 512
Statistical Society, Howard Medal, 293

Statistical Scale, Proposed, 342, 344
Steam-Hammer at Woolwich Arsenal, 145

Stebbing (Thos. R. R.), Barrande and Darwinism, 261
Stevenson (Thos.), Meteorologic Sections of the Atmosphere,
103, 335; Earthquake in Argyleshire, 242, 335; Sea Tempe
ratures, 346

Stewart (Prof. Balfour, LL.D., F.R.S.), "Energy and its Laws,"
198

Stick-fish (Osteocella), 13

Stingless Honey-bees, 308

Storks, White, in the Zoological Gardens, 229

Storm Warnings, 390, 410

Strachan (R.), Specific Gravity of Sea-Water, 183

Strange (Col.), Minister for Science, 277

Strickland (Miss Frances), Endowment of Curatorship of Orni-

thological Collection, Cambridge, 312

Stroumpos (M.), Text-Books of Science, 298

Struthers (Prof. J.), Medical Curriculum, 141; Diverticulum of
the Small Intestine, 82

Sub-Wealden Exploration, 171, 451

Sun, Spectroscopic Observations, by E. Gautier (Geneva), 494
Sundew, Sensitiveness of its Leaves, 332

Sun-spots, 53, 254, 154, 504

Sweden, Science in, 350

"Swimming, Walking, and Flying," by Dr. J. B. Pettigrew,
F.R.S., 221

Switzerland, Science in, 174

Sydney Museum, 249

Sylvester (Prof.), Conversion of Spherical into Plane Motion, 16,
33

Symons (G. J.), Periodicity of Rainfall, 27

Tahiti, Hieroglyphic Inscriptions in, 351
Tait (Lawson), Lecture Experiment, 323

Tait (Prof. P. G., and Prof. P. Kelland, F.R.S.), "Introduc-
tion to Quarternions," 137; Todhunter on Experimental
Illustrations. 323; Herbert Spencer versus Sir Isaac Newton,
402, 420, 461; “Cram,” 501

Tate (Ralph, F.G.S.), Murchison Fund presented to, 353
Taylor (Sedley), Galileo's Work in Acoustics, 169

Tegetmeier (W. B., F.Z.S.), "Pheasants for Coverts and
Aviaries," 161

Telegraph, Atmospheric, 64, 83, 105

Telegraphic Engineers, Society of, Address by Sir W. Thom-
son, 269

Telegraphing Extraordinary, 211, 242

Temperature, Cycles, 184; Effect of Currents, 213; Maximum
and Minimum Sea-Temperatures, 346; Deep-Sea, 423
Termites, Recent Researches on, 308

Terrestrial Electricity, Sir W. Thomson on, 269
Terrestrial Magnetism, 201

Thelwall (W. B.), Lakes with two Outfalls, 485

Spalding (D. A.), Prof. Bain's "Relation of Mind and Body," Thermometers; Miller-Casella, 5, 41, 602, 102; New, for Deep-
178

Specific Gravity of Sea-Water, 282

Spectra of Comets, 193

Spectra of Shooting Stars, 142

Spectroscope, Quantitative Analysis of Alloys by the, 135

Spectroscopic Observations of the Sun, by E. Gautier (Geneva),

494

Spectroscopic Science in Italy, 474

Spectrum Analysis, Researches in, by J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S.,
133

Spencer (Herbert), 402, 420; versus Sir I. Newton, 421, 461,
477, 484, 499; Study of Sociology, 477

Sea Temperatures, 387
Thomas (Cyrus Ph.D.),

"Acrididae of North America," 299
Thomson (Prof. James, LL.D.), Gaseous, Liquid, and Solid
States of Water-Substance, 392

Thomson (Prof. Sir W., F.R.S.), Address to Society of Tele-
graphic Engineers, 269; Influence of Geological Changes on
the Earth's Rotation, 345; Kinetic Theory of the Dissipation
of Energy, 441

Thorpe (T. E., Ph.D.), “Quantitative Analysis," 26
Tiddeman (R. H., F.G.S.), Relation of Man to the Ice-sheet,

14

Todas (The) of South India, 99

Todhunter (J., M.A., F.R.S.), Experimental Illustrations, 323; Wallace (Dr. William), Endowment of Research, 71
"Mathematical Theories of Attraction," 378, 399

Toulouse Observatory, 513

Topham, (John), Power of Memory in Bees, 484

Trades Guild of Learning, 213, 249.

"Training, in Theory and Practice," by A. Maclaren, 401

Transit of Venus, 117, 183, 230, 350, 389, 403, 447, 452, 487

"Treasury of Botany," 344

"Trees, Chapters on," by Mary and Elizabeth Kirby, 4
Trilobites, Joachim Barrande on, 228

Tristan d'Acunha, Botany of, 485

Waller (T. H., and Procter, H. R.), Kohlrausch's "Physical
Measurements," 160

Water-substance, Gaseous, Liquid, and Solid States of, 392
Ward (James), Flight of Birds, 260, 381, 403, 440

Wasps, Habits of, 161, 408

"Waste Products and Undeveloped Substances," by P. L.
Simmonds, IOI

Watson (W. H.), Auroral Display, Whitehaven, 303
Wave-lengths of Ultra-violet Rays, 224
Wave Motion, 43

Tucker (R.), Tedhunter's "Mathematical Theories of Attrac- Waves, Observations on their Motion, 17
tion," 378, 399

Tunnel under the Mersey, 54

Tunnel between England and France, 135

Turner (Prof.), Localisation of External Functions, 131

Turners' Company, Freedom presented to Dr. John Phillips,
F.R.S., 469

Tuscany, Museum at Massa Marritima, 115

Tylor (Edw. B., F.R.S.), Col. Marshall's "Todas of South India,"
99; Refraction of Light Illustrated, 158; Fritsch's "South
African Races," 479

Tyndall (Prof. J., LL.D., F. R.S.), Acoustic Transparency and
Opacity of the Atmosphere, 251, 267; Motion and Sensation
of Sound, 206.; Sensitive Flames, 223; Refraction of Sound,
513

"Typhoid Fever,” by W. Budd, M.D., F.R.S., 280

Units, Dynamical and Electrical, of, 18

Units; Report of British Association, 312

Wealden Fossils, 241

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"Wild Animals, Life and Habits of," by J. Wolf, 84

Universities; Scientific Education at, 337; their Adaptation to Willemoes-Suhm (R. v.), Amphipod, and Willemoesia dredged

the wants of the Age, 457

University College, Biological Endowment, 371, 490

Uranus, Satellites of, 332, 344

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on board the Challenger, 182

Williams (W. M., F. C.S.), Ellis's "Life of Count Rumford,"

117; Killing Entomological Specimens, 162

66

Wilson (J. M., M.A.), Solid Geometry and Conic Sections,"

66

Elementary Geometry," 81; Volcanic Eruptions, 382

Wind Pressures in the Human Chest during Performance on
Wind Instruments, 516

Winds and Currents; Laughton's "Physical Geography,"
Jordan on "Ocean Tides and Currents," 238
Wood (T. W.), Skin-folds of the Rhinoceri, 446
Woodward (C. J.), Lecture Experiment, 344
Wolf (Dr. Rudolphe), Sun-spots, 53

Wolf (J.) "Life and Habits of Wild Animals,” 8.ţ
Wollaston Gold Medal and Donation Fund, 353
Woolwich Arsenal, Steam Hammer at, 145

Yellowstone Expedition (U.S.), 92

Young (Prof.), Ruthenium in the Chromosphere, 5
Yorkshire College of Science, Leeds, 157
Yorkshire Oolites, 155

Zodiacal Light, 42

Zoological Gardens, Additions to, 34, 54, 72, 93, 115, 132, 152,
172, 193, 214, 229, 231, 250, 274, 294, 313, 333, 351, 373,
391, 411, 428, 453, 471, 492, 515; Death of the Chimpanzee,
372; Death of Rhinoceros, 131; Javan Rhinoceros at, 364;
Lectures, 487, 490, 503; Visit of Duke and Duchess of Edin-
burgh; Prince Alfred's Deer, 390

"Zoological Nomenclature," by David Sharp, 258, 321
Zoological Society, 35, 76, 115, 215, 253, 295, 334, 375, 415,
515

Zoological Station, Naples, 70
Zoology; Bell's "British Quadrupeds," 437; Results of the
Folaris Expedition, 405

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Jones' labours, already said to be ill-remunerated, will be increased, and his well-known powers of organisation sorely taxed. If there be two things which nature puts

THE GOVERNMENT AND OUR NATIONAL in ferocious antagonism one to another, it is two public

MUSEUMS

officers under different responsibilities. No envy, hatred,

WE referred last week to the intention of the Govern- or malice like that between two public officers. How

ment to transfer one of the Metropolitan Museums under the control of a responsible Minister of the Crown, to the fifty irresponsible Trustees of the British Museum, this step being contemplated without referring the question either for the opinion of the Science Commission, now inquiring into these subjects, or for the authority of Parliament. We have learnt since that the measures for effecting this change are in active progress. Lord Ripon and the Trustees of the British Museum having agreed that the transfer was to be made if practicable, Sir Francis Sandford, Mr. MacLeod, and Major Donnelly, on behalf of the Science and Art Department; and Messrs. Winter Jones, Franks and Newton, on behalf of the Trustees of the British Museum; are now busy as Commissioners to find out if the transfer be practicable, and they have been exploring the South Kensington Museum for this purpose during the last week, taking notes of its contents, inspecting its refreshment rooms, its waiting rooms and the like.

What the Commissioners will propose as practicable is of course known only to themselves, if it be known even to them. Thus much, however, is known: the South Kensington Museum must remain the head-quarters of Science and Art Teaching, unless that too is to be put under the Archbishop of Canterbury and his co-Trustees, and if not, then there must be a dual Government in one and the same building, unless Mr. Lowe's project be abandoned. Now the dual Government means that one officer will represent the Archbishop of Canterbury and his co-forty-nine trustees in the Museum, and another the Lord President of the Council. The officer representing the Department will take orders from the Lord President. The officer representing the Trustees must from time to time go to Mr. Winter Jones to ascertain what the fifty Trustees have decided, and to receive his instructions how their decision is to be interpreted. Mr. Winter VOL. 1X.-No. 210

every officer adores the Treasury! how the Audit Office loves the Treasury! what models of civil Letters the Treasury always writes to the Officer of Works, and so on.

The public has had already a specimen of this kind of dual Government at the South Kensington Museum, which has had disastrous results for Science. When the "Boilers" were first erected in 1856, the Commissioners of Patents had assigned to them a portion at the south end of the building for exhibiting those Mechanical and Scientific objects, which under a fiction were supposed to have derived their origin in "Patents." It was necessary that the visitors to all parts of the "Boilers" and to the Picture Galleries should pass through the "Patent Division." The Lord President made sensible rules for admitting the public on three days, open from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M., and three days called "Students' days," when persons not students paid sixpence each, or ten shillings a year, the object being to have three days free from crowds and kept quiet for study. After a while the Commissioners of Patents were scandalised at thus receiving public money (they are the instruments for taking seventy thousand a year from Inventors and misapplying it to General Taxation) and they said they preferred crowds every day as the most convenient public arrangement. The authorities came to open discord on the point, and the matter could only be resolved by separating the "Patent" from the other collections. So the Patent Commissioners built a separate entrance for themselves. What has been the result? About eight millions of visitors to the South Kensington Museum who would otherwise have seen the "Patent Museum" have not done so, and the Commissioners have deprived themselves and their museum of the moral support of these great numbers. And what has been the result of this? The Chancellor of the Exchequer has been allowed

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