ABBEY MILLS, the Accident at, 30 Absorption Bands in the Spectrum, Mr. Adams, Professor, on What was done in 530 Aero-steam Engine, the Warsop, 140 Agassiz, Professor, Circular by, to the Natural History World, 278; Health of, 238, 417; Report on Deep-sea Dredgings in the Gulf Stream, 346; Sketch of, 318; a Work on Brazil by, 108 Agricultural College, Cirencester, Diploma awarded to Students of, 558 Diploma, no Candidates for, 439 Society, Royal, Annual Meeting of, 460; Examinations of the, 519; the Meeting in 1871, 160 Agriculture, a Chamber of for Cambridgeshire, 84 and Commerce, Department of for India, 380 in India, a Minister for, 318 -, Scientific, 240 Aid to Science, Government, 133 Albert Medal of the Society of Arts, 239 Mild," the British Ale, "Old" and " 438 -, Remains of Vegetation on, 478 Altitude, Influence of on Temperature, 53 of the Sun and the Chemical Intensity of total Daylight, on the Relation between, 349 Ambrosine, a new organic Mineral Substance, by C. U. Shepard, sen., 244 "American Entomologist and Botanist," the, 438 Institute, Lectures at the, 29 Ammonia Carbonate and Carbamate, Constitution of, Dr. Divers on, 279 in Atmospheric Air, on the Estimation of, by H. T. Brown, 311 Amoebae and Monads, a Notice of recent Observations on, by Richard Greef and L. Cienkowski, 361, 384, 404 Amorphous Silicic Acid, Property of absorbing Moisture from the Air, 325 Analysis, Quantitative, new Work on, 564 Anæsthesia, modern Agents for, by B. in Italy, 157 Lectures on at Cambridge, 56 F.R.S., 282 Beneden on, 382, 402, 425 Anthropological Society, of Berlin, Offi- 21 Antiquities, Collection of, acquired by Antozone, Ozone and, Dr. Allnatt on, Arboriculture at the Conservatoire des Art and Science, Collection of, at Dar- and Industry, Works of, Provision -, Fine and Industrial, International Society of, Activity of the, 82; Society, Royal, Proceedings of, 204, Auroral Appearances and their Connec- -, Western, Forrest's Journey in the Disney Professorship of Archæology, 83; Progress of, 187, 317 Inside a (illustrated), 11, 14 Barkas, T. P., F.G.S., on additional Dis- -, on Amphisaurus amblyodus, 95 on the British and American Coal- -, on Diplodus gibbosus, 17 on new, rare, and obscure Fossils -, on "What about the Mammalian W. J., on Velocipedestrianism, 389 in Insect Species, 169 Bayas, the (Nelicurvius), or Weaver- Belfast Natural History Societies, Pro- Bell, Jacob, Portraits of, 2 of, 2 Floated, 479 59 44, 71, 94, 121, 149, 173, 199, 225, 248, Bingham, Mr., the Photographer, Death Bird, how to describe a (illustrated), 326 Blood, Characters of in Poisoning by Blood-corpuscles, White, on the Origin Bogs, Moving, 135 Boston, U. S., the Rocks in the Vicinity tory, Proceedings of, 182, 232, 314, 334, Boston (U. S.) Society of Natural His375, 394, 399, 414, 435, 535 Botanic Garden, Rotterdam, to be closed, 518 1 Society, Royal, Proceedings of, 179, 259, 299; and the Royal Horticultural Society, 30; Summer Fête of, 558 Botanical Analysis, a System of, applied to the Diagnosis of British Natural Orders, 521 and Horticultural Society, Manchester, Receipts of the Recent Show, 539 Museum at Glasneven, 280; at Leyden, Catalogue of, 397 Society of Edinburgh, see Edinburgh Botanist, a Bouquet dissected by a, 525 of Canada and adjacent Parts of British America, Professor Lawson on the, 191 the Chair of, in the Royal College of Science, Dublin, 107, 150 the Journal of, Reduction of Price, 240 Photography in, 315 -, Professorship of, in the Dublin College of Science, Candidates for the, 2; Appointment of Professor Dyer, si -, Professor Oliver's Lectures on, 240, 258, 277 with reference to Farming, a Work on, 358 Bouquet, a, dissected by a Botanist, 525 tion? 27 Brayley, Prof., F.R.S., Death of, 134 Brazil, Book on, by Prof. Agassiz, 108 Breach of Faith of the Science and Art Department, 3 Brick Tea, what is? by W. Cochran, M.R.A.S., 300 Brighton Aquarian Company, the. 85 and Sussex Natural History Society, Proceedings of, 102, 180, 334, 434, 495, 513, 554 Brimstone Butterfly, the, R. Laddiman on, 262 Bristol Microscopical Society, Proceed. ings of, 23, 101, 205, 413, 474 British Association, who shall be President in 1871? 539; Sewage Committee, 517, 559; Sum voted to, 280, 298 Journal of Photography, the, Prize of, to Photographers' Assistants, 275 Medical Journal, the, erroneous statement of as to the Chemical News, 537 Museum, a Handy-book to the, 58; Opening of at Night, 277, 278, 338, 439; overcrowded Condition of, 187; why the Galleries are frequently closed, 4 Observatories, what was done in 1869 in, 280, 306, 324, 342 Brome, the late Captain, Subscription for the Family of, 440 Bronze Coinage, the, Cost of Material for, 259 Coins, Value of, 210 Broome, S., the Middle Temple Gardener, Death of, 84; Monument to, 279 Brother Jonathan, the, sunk at Liverpool, Attempt to raise, 539 Brown, R., on the Geographical Distribution of the Coniferæ, 220 Browning. J., on a Change in the Colour of the Equatorial Belt of Jupiter, 85 Bruniquel, the Cave of, 246 Burt, W. R., on the Variations in the Appearance of the Lunar Plain "Plato," 61, 437 Burcon, Captain, in Search of the "Mount of God," 56 Butter from the Thames Mud! 260 Butterflies and Moths of Folkestone, 213 Butterwort, Development of the Flowers of the, 255 Byrne, J. O., Treatise by, on the Irish Sanitary Lews, 499 Scientific Education for Women at, 134, 212 -, Sanitary Condition of, 519 University, Examiners for, 530; Lectureship vacant at, 539 Canada Natural History Society, Proceedings of, 454 Canal, Ship, from Manchester to Liverpool, 468 Subterranean, for the water of Lake Agano, 240 Candle-tree, the, in Australia, 11 Cantor Lectures, Society of Arts, 108, 212, 398 Caoutchouc Tubes, Permeability of, 105 Captain, the, Turret-ship, Departure from the Mersey, 110 Carbon and Hydrogen, Influence of Pressure on the Reaction between, 59 -Process, Chemistry of the, by J. W. Swan, 504 Carboniferous Sea, Depth of the, 280 Carlow College Magazine, the, 479 Carpenter, W. B., M.D., on the Tempera ture and Animal Life of the Deep Sea, 284, 301, 322, 341 Carving Machine, new, 221 Diseases of, the Royal Agricultural Channel Bridge, the, 355 Passage, the -Vessels and PiersAdmiral Sir E. Belcher on, 423; the South-Eastern Railway Company and the, 518 Chasles Documents, the, Proceedings against the Author of, 186 Chemical Equilibrium: Influence of Pressure on the Reaction between Carbon and Hydrogen, by M. Berthelot, 59 Intensity of Sunlight, 422 Society, the, Proceedings of, 48, 127, 178, 228, 333, 372, 410, 451, 491; proposed Officers of, 212 Society, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, see Newcastle-upon-Tyne Substances in the Stomach of the murdered Kinck, 108 "Chemist to the Mint," Appointment of Mr. W. C. Roberts, 108 Chemistry, Class for at Clerkenwell, 161; new Work on the History of, 79; Supplement to Watts's Dictionary of, 160 Chemists' Association, Liverpool, see Liverpool Ball, the, 2 Chili, Government Grants for Scientific Chiswick Garden, Portion retained by the Cinchona, the Culture of, 67 - the Jesuit's Bark Plant, on the Cultivation of in England, by J.E. Howard, F.L.S., 143 Ciprioni, Prof. Pietro, the Dignity of Senator conferred on, 213 Civil Engineers, Institution of, see Engineers, Civil Civilization, the Origin of, a new Work by Coal, a new Discovery of, 299; in Colorado, 536; in India, 105 Deposits, the Chanda, 135 -, a Lump of, Prof. Huxley on, 4 -, large Block of, 536 Naval Experiments with, 479 Smoke, on the Chemistry of, by W. R. Hutton, 78 Tar and its Products, E. J. Mills, F.C.S., on, 163 Coal-cutting Machine, for preventing Colliery Explosions (illustrated), 68 Coalfield, Shropshire, Experiments as to the Extension of, 519 Cobbold, Dr. T. Spencer, F.R.S., lectures on Geology by, 278 Cobra Question, the, in India, 194 Coccus Flocciferus, a new Insect, 261 Cochran, Wm., on What is Brick Tea, 300 Cockle, Sir James, elected a Corresponding Member of the Manchester Literary Society, 238 Colenterata, Histology of the, by Prof. Kölliker, 82 Coffee, Cultivation of in Jamaica, 478 Coin, a new, substituted for the Sovereign, 459 Coinage, International Conference on, 359, 399 Colburn, Zerah, biographical Sketch of the late, 458 College of Pharmacy of New York, new Honorary Members of, 280 of Science for Yorkshire, proposed, 260 of Surgeons, Royal, Meetings in, 214; the new Professor of Dermatology at, 30; Lectures at, ib.; Lectures for the present year, 459; Direct Representation of in the Medical Council of Education, 459 of Surgeons, Irish, Mr. Brady, M.P., honorary Fellow of, 239 Colliery Explosions, Prevention of by a Coal-cutting Machine (illustrated), 68 Colour and Music, the Harmony of, by W. F. Barrett, F.C.S., 39 Colours in Photography, Investigations of, 259 Cotton, Prof. H. E., on the Preservation of Iron, 162 Columbia, British, the Bunch Grass of (illustrated), 195 Combustion, Spontaneous, 245 Comet, the, of 1861, Oversight as to, 379 Comets and Meteors, Dr. Daniel Kirkwood on, 283, 304 Commission, the Royal Science, 237 Conic Sections, Dr. Salmon's Treatise on translated into French, 56 Coniferæ, Geographical Distribution of the, R. Brown, F.L.S., on the, 220 Conversazione, Scientific, 357 Convexity of Water painfully demonstrated, 377 Cooper, T. T., the Explorer, Return of, 238; Arrival of at Calcutta, 359; Departure of from Bombay for England 440, 477 Copper, improved Process for the Extraction of, 212 Copper-plate Engraving, the Revival of attributed to Prof. Schiödt, 3 Corals, new living, P. H. Gosse on, 421 -, of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of the Isthmus of Darien, Comparison of the, by Prof. A. E. Verrill, 32 Corinth, the Isthmus of, cutting of, 299 Cork, Cuvierian and Archæological Society, Proceedings of, 26, 181, 254, 374 Cornwall, Royal Institution of, Proceed. ings of, 493 Corradi, Dr. Giuseppe, Prize awarded to, 30, 559 CORRESPONDENCE: Action of Metallic Sodium on Acetic from C. S. Wake, 17 Amphisaurus amblyodus, from T. P. Barkas, F.G.S., 95 strepsodus, Ctenodus, &c., from T. P. Barkas, F.G.S., 369 Answer to "A Young Beginner," from P. W. Stuart Menteath, 329 Aurora Borealis, from T. G. Elger and J. J. Hall, 149 --, from T. G. Elger, 46 Balloon Ascents, the Physiology of, from W. de Fonvielle, 16 Botanical Analysis, Griffiths's System, 563 Changes on the Moon's Surface, suspected, from W. R. Birt, 449 Chair of Botany, the, in the Royal College of Science, Dublin, 150 Chemical Errors, 390 Coal-measure Fishes and Reptiles, British and American, from T. P. Barkas, F.G.S., 250 Coal Shales, additional Discoveries in, from T. P. Barkas, 470 Corals, new living, from W. S. Kent, 469 from P. H. Gosse, 509 Corona, the, from R. A. Proctor, 563 Danaans, Who are they? from Dr. Beddoe, 225 Deilephila Livornica at Brighton, from T. W. Wonfor, 510 Diplodus Gibbosus, from T. P. Barkas, F.G.S., 17 Earth, the, not a Globe, from R. A. Proctor, 71 Earthquakes, the annual Average of, 288 Electricity,remarkable Curative Effects of, 289 Emasculation in Animals, from Law. son Tait, 151 Eunuchs among Animals, 72, 122, 123, 201; from the Rev. W. Houghton, M.A., 122 Flight: Figure of 8 Wave Theory of Wing Movements, 469 Fungi, Relation betweea, and Pecu liarities of Soil, from W. C. Treve. lyan, 510 Geology, on the Value of Negative Evidence in, by "An Old Stager," 71, 151; by "A Young Beginner," 123 Rain of North-Eastern America, on the, from Prof. Sterry Hunt, 45 Glaisher's (Hall's Improved) Gauge, from J. J. Hall, 449 Haze and Dust, Dr. Tyndall's Lecture on, from "Rusticus," 122 from Dr. Tyndall, 122 Hemiopsia, transient, 226 Ichnology, Carboniferous and General, from T. P. Barkas, F.G.S., 811 Lelanché Battery, the, 329 Library of Reference, educational, from a Governess, 72 Mammalian Jaw, what about the, from T. P. Barkas, F.G.S., 150 Mandible, an unknown, from T. P. Barkas, F.G.S., 73 Martin's, Mr., "Microscopic Objects," from J. H. Martin, 46 Meteor Shower, the November, in Caraccas, from A, Ernst, 16 Reply, a late, from R. A. Proctor, 529 Royal Society, the, from Professor J. A. "Saturn," Mr. Proctor's, from R. A. Proctor, 529 Scientific Education for Women: a Society of Arts' Library, the, from W. Sodium and Iodide of Ethyl, Action of Sowerby, the Name of, from C. Springs, Hot, of Rotomahana, 249 Sun Spots visible to the naked Eye, Thomson, Sir Wm., versus Geology, from P. W. Stuart Menteath, 18, 270, 289, 309, 348 versus Mr. Menteath, 288; from "A Young Beginner," 46 Tyndall's, Professor, Researches on Heat, 271 Underground Temperature, 45, 174, Ursa Majoris, the Double Star, from Velocipedestrianism, on, 409; from W. J. Barkas, M.R.C.S., 389, 449 Volcano Fish, from G. Poulett Scrope, F.R.S., 200 Vorticella and Actinophrys, the developmental Relation cf, from S. Wake, F.A.S.I.., 429 Vulcan, the supposed Planet, from W. F. Denning, 289 Wallace, Mr., on Natural Selection, from H. H. Higgins, 450 Weather of March, 1870, the, from the Rev. F. B. Falkner, 409 Who first captured Plusia Ni? from H. Dorville, 17 Cotton, an Exhibition of in Guzerat, Bombay, 539 Wool Respirators, Mr. H. T. Brown on, 85 Coutts, Miss Burdett, elected a Member of the Highland and Agricultural Society, 109 Crag of Norfolk and Associated Beds, 153 Crime, the Physiology of, 8 Curtius, Professor, Director-General of Medicine, the Journal of, Discon- Cypripedium Lowii, the (illustrated), Drought, the, compared with that of 546, 547 DACIYLANTHUS TAYLORI, Description of illustrated), 347 Daily Telegraph, the, Scientific Ignor- Dangers of Petroleum Lamps, 29 Darwin, Mr., the Degree of D.C.L. conferred on, 559 Darwin's, Mr., Views supported by the President of the Botanical Society of France, 259 Davies, Herbert, M.D, on the Law which regulates the relative Magnitude of the Areas of the Four Orifices of the Heart, 330, 350, 370 Davy, Dr. E. W., elected Professor of Dawson, Dr. J. W., on the Pre-Carboniferous Floras of North-Eastern America, 471 Death of : Binger, Mr., the Photographer, 239 Broome, S., the Middle Temple Gardener, 84 Cadore, Duc de, 260 Galy-Calazat, French Engineer, 2 Gibbs, William, Antiquary, 279 Lamé, Professor, 435, 440 Lordat, Dr., Hon. Professor of Montpellier University, 418 1864, 539 Drowning, Death by, M. Labordette's Experiments, 359 Dualiu, the new Explosive Compound, 283 Dublin College of Science, Candidates for the Professorship of Botany in the, 2; Chair of Botany in, 107 Natural History Society, Proceedings of, 77; Officers for 1870, 158 Society, Royal, 516 University, Chair of Physical Science in, 108, 134 Duff, Grant, M.P., elected Lord Rector of Aberdeen University, 161 Dumfriesshire Society, Proceedings of, 51 Duncan, Dr. P. Martin, F.R.S., elected Professor of Geology in King's College, 82 Dunkirk Society for the Encouragement 299 Professor Tyndall's Lecture on, Dyer, Professor W. T., elected Professor Dynamite, the Use of, in Mines, 212, 240 East Kent Natural History Society, Pro- Easter Island, the Sculptured Images in, Eclipse of the Moon, 56 of the Sun, Remarks on, by J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S., 125 Economic Science, Lectures on, 212 Magnus, Professor, Physicist and Edinburgh Botanical Society, Proceed Chemist, 358 Maingay, Dr., 3 Nunneley, T., F.R.C.S., of Leeds, 500 Simpson, Sir J. Y., 420 Sowerby, Mr., Author of "Sowerby's Delaunay, M., Successor to M. Leverrier, Delpino, Federico, Remarks by on the Descartes, Sale of Autographs of, 238 Diamond, Dressing Millstones by the Use of (illustrated), 91 the ("Star of South Africa ") Matchless, 5:8 Diamonds in Australia, 108, 258, 376, 378 Diatomacea, British, a History of in the Press, 338 Dingle Bay, Inhabitants of the Rock pools and Caves of, 77 Discovery, important, at Jerusalem, 473 of Ancient Habitations at the Herefordshire Beacon, 478 Disease, Food and, by Professor J. Gamgee, 166, 193 -, Fungi and, 115 Diving Apparatus, 535 Dog-show, French International, opening of, 280 "Dogwood," the, of Gunpowder Manufacturers, Notes on by Mr. M'Nab, 115 Dolphin, Risso's, in British Seas, 296 Don, Thomas, appointed Superintendent of the Gardens of the Royal Botanic Society, 4 Dorville, H., on who first captured Plusia Ni, 17 Draper, Dr. J. C., on Plants in Sleepingrooms, 64 Dream, a Geological, on Skiddaw, by J. ings of, 14, 129, 230, 354, 453, 554 ―, the Burgh Schools of, 84 the, a new Ship for Telegraphy, 338 University Court, Appeals against Mr. Gladstone, Dr. Lyon Playfair, and Lord Provost Chambers, 187 Education Bill, Mr. Forster's, Size of, 213 in Calabria, 3 in the East of London, the Society of Arts and, 298 in Ireland, Report of the Commission on, 498 Mixed, in Ireland, 110 Physical, Claims of, 299 Educational Department of the Society of Arts, Inspector of, 3 Edwards, J. Baker, Ph.D., on Microscopic Accessories, 161 Electric Signals, Speed of, 515 Electrical Apparatus for Parliament, 85 Electricity, Atmospheric, and recent Phenomena of Refraction, Samuel Barber on, 446 in the French Emperor's Palace, curious, 478 of Plants, Experiments on the, by Edwin Smith, M.A., 35 Electro-magnetic Machines, 481 Electroplate Reproductions of Roman Plate, 277 Elger, T. G., Account of Aurora Borealis, 46 Elvins, A., on the Cause of the Periodicity of Solar Spots, 123, 289 Elwin, E. F., on how to Dissect a Rat, 483 Embryology of Articulates, recent Works on, 516 Engineering, skilful, 187 Engineers, Civil, Institution of, Increase of Members of, 479; Legacies to, 440; Proceedings of, 50, 101, 128, 154, 274, 334, 351, 373, 452, 476, 492 -, Society of, Meeting adjourned, 498 Entomological Society of London, Pro. ceedings of, 51, 128, 179, 229, 291, 312, 351, 433, 530; Prizes offered by the, 240 Entomology in America, State Appoint ments, 108; First Annual Report of Missouri, 238 Eozoon, Mr. A. McDowell's Find, 480 Ethnological and Anthropological Societies, Fusion of the, 3, 501 Ethnological Society, Proceedings of, 128, -, Great, new Building for, 240 184 FACULTY OF MEDICINE, Paris, M. Ball -, on the Meteorology of December, 1869, 46; of January, 1870, 174; of February, 249; of April, 450; of May, 528; on the Weather of March, 409 Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta Telegraph Company, Completion of Cable of, 398 Faraday, Error as to, in the "Life and 30 Memorial, the, Amount for reached, Fayrer, Dr., on the Influence of Snake "Felicitas," the new Asteroid, 110 Students of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 3 Students in the Edinburgh Univer- Fever, Intermittent, a new Remedy for, 458 Field Sports of Scientific Men, 498 Filtration of Town Sewage, 541 R. Greef and L. Cienkowski, 361, 384, 404 Frost, the, of Torquay, 214 " "Degrees of," Use of the Term, 134 Fungi and Disease, 115 and Epidemic Diseases, 258 Parasitic, the Rev. M. J. Berkeley on, 499 Future, our Past and, 1 GALTON, Capt. Douglas, Appointment o Gamgee, Professor J., on Food and Garden Plant, a new, by M. T. Masters, 212 Society, Royal, Proceedings of, 75, 128, 291, 333, 451; Successful Com petitors for Prizes of the, 478 Geological Society of London, Proceedings of, 19, 175, 152, 203, 252, 290, 332, 391, 432, 471, 511, 551; Anniversary Address, 211; of Liverpool, see Liverpool; of Italy, 418 Geologists' Association, and Students of University College, Visit of to Lewisham, 417 -, Proceedings of, 50, 179, 292, 433, 530 - Visits of, to the British Museum, 217, 317; to Aylesbury and Herne Bay, 517; to Folkestone, 564; to Hampstead Heath, 538; to Watford, 538, 557 Geology, Discoveries in, 459 in King's College, Dr. P. Martin Duncan elected Professor of, 82 Germ Theory, Dr. Tyndall and the, 491 -, Investigations by Dr. Bastian, 358 Glaciers, on the Descent of, by the Rev. H. Moseley, 548, 559 Fire, Appliances for the Protection of Glasgow Natural History Society, ProLife from, 109 Fire-escapes in New York, 399 Fish, Ovum, a peculiar, 318 ceedings of, 25, 180, 232, 354, 413, 514 Philosophical Society, Proceedings of, 51, 78, 207; Chemical Section, 207, 374 Gmelin's "Chemistry," Suggestion for completing, 58, 83 Fisher, O., on the Cause of Volcanic Goergs, Dr. W., Completion of Grammar Outbursts, 16 Fixative for Drawings, 235 Flora of Devon and Cornwall, Publica. tion of the, 213 Floras of North-Eastern America, precarboniferous, Dr. J. W. Dawson on, 471 Flower, Professor, Lectures on Mam- Shows at the Crystal Palace, 419 Fonvielle, W. De, on the Physiology of Food and Disease, Professor J. Gamgee of the Belgian Miners, 418 "Force v. Organization," 108, 397 Forest, a submarine, 464 Fossils, new, rare, and obscure, from the Northumberland Coal-measures, T. P. Barkas on, 400 440 , the late Mr. T. Smith's Collection, Foster, Dr. Michael, elected Prælector in Physiology, 459 Fowler, R. J., on Talbot's Aplanatic French Academy of Sciences, the, Pro- Dr. Mayer elected Correspondent in Physics in, 55 Return of the Secret Committee as to Officers of, 498 Fripp, Henry E., a Notice of Recent Ob. servations on Amoebae and Monads by of Science by, 439 Gold, Abyssinian, for Jewellery, 315 Currency for India, Report of Conferences as to, 397 found near the Falls of Foyers, 57 in Inverness, the Search for, 31 Nuggets and Gold Dust, Origin of, 320 Gordon, John Ramsay, on the Barra- Graefe, Herr von, Convalescence of, 260 Grass, the Bunch, of British Columbia Grasses, on the Fertilization of, by Dr. Guano, a new Bed of, 108 |