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Fisher (Rev. O., F. G.S.), Relation of Man to the Ice-sheet, 43;
Elevation of Mountains, 61

Flight of Birds, 5, 221, 242, 260, 301, 381, 390, 403, 422, 440
Florence, International Horticultural Show, 427

Flower (Prof.), Fossil Sirenian, 13

Flowers, Fertilisation of, by Insects (See Fertilisation),
Flowers of Primrose destroyed by Birds, 509
Fluctuations of American Lakes, 504

Fog, Destruction of Sound by, 215; Prof. Tyndall on the
Acoustic Transparency and Opacity of the Atmosphere, 251,
267

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Fonvielle (W. de), Sale of "Les Ballons du Siège pro-
hibited, 293; Aeronautical Experiment, 427; Deville's
Weather Prognostications, 445

Forbes (D.)., Volcanic Theory, 141
Forbes (Geo.), Transit of Venus, 487
Formic Aldehyde, Synthesis of, 315

Fossil Bird, New, 151; Brontotherida, 227; Colorado River,
273; Sirenian, from Suffolk, 13

Foster (Dr. Michael), his Laboratory at Trin. Coll., Cambridge,
297

Foster (Prof. M., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of J. N. Czermak,
63; Effects of Temperature on Reflex Action, 83, 101
Fox (C.), Spinous Shark, Intellect of Porpoises, 42
Fox, The, Collective Instinct, 5

France; Commission of Commercial Geography, 332; School
of Horticulture, 193; Association for the Advancement of
Science, 497 (See Paris)

Frankfort Natural History Society, 273

Frankland (Prof.), Report on Pollution of Rivers, 197
Frankland (F. W.), Physical Axioms, 484, 500

Franklin Expedition, 131, Franklin Institute, 94, 153, 234,
514

Frewer (Ellen E.), Schweinfurth's "Heart of Africa," 340
Fritsch (Dr. Gustav), "South African Races," 479

"Frog, Common," by St. George Mivart, F.R.S., 10, 28, 67,
107, 147, 186, 264, 305, 367, 406

Fry (Edw.), Moraines of Ancient Glaciers, 103
Fuel, Economy of, Exhibition in Manchester, 17
Fumariaceæ, Fertilisation of the, 423, 460, 484
Fungi, Exhibition of, 151

"Fungi of Northern Germany," by O. H. Weberhauer, 200
Fungus, New, 470

Galabin (Dr.), Theory of the Pulse, 125

Galileo's Work in Acoustics, 169

Galton (F., F.R.S.), Men of Science, and a Proposed Statistical
Scale, 342, 344

Galton (John C.), Dr. Maclay's Researches among the Papuans,
328

Garnier (F.), Assassinated in Tonquin, 213
Garrett (Andrew), "Fishes of the Pacific," 120

;

Garrod (A. H.), Pettigrew's "Animal Locomotion," 221, 281
the Heart and the Sphygmograph, 327, 362; Flight of Birds,
301, 382; Moon's Want of Atmosphere, 382; Theory of
Nerve Force, 163; New Classification of Birds, 290
Gaseous Column subjected to Gravity, its Temperature, 27
Gases, Cold Treatment of, 42

Geikie (Prof. A., F.R.S.), Earth Sculpture, 50, 89; Southern
Uplands of Scotland, 81; "Science Primers-Geology,"
181; Metamorphism and Volcanic Action, 295

Geikie (J.), "The Great Ice-age and the Antiquity of Man,"
318, 339, 383

Geography; Geographical Society, 16, 37, 92, 113; "Physical
Geography, in relation to Winds and Currents," by J. K.
Laughton, M. A., F.R.A.S., 238; Swiney Lectures, 490;
Geological Magazine, 374; Geological Society, 55, 94, 234,
275, 335, 374, 434, 475, 515; Presentation of Medals, 248,
353
Geology; Astronomical Speculations, 388; Canadian Survey,
213; Denudation of Limestone Hills of Sarawak, 162; Earth-
Sculpture, by Prof. Geikie, F. R.S., 50, 87, 110; "Geology,"
by Prof. Geikie, 181; Influence of Geological Changes on the
Earth's Rotation, 345; Microscopic Petrography, 79;
Nicaragua, 220; Post-Tertiary; "The Great Ice-Age and
the Antiquity of Man," by Prof. Geikie, 318, 339; Results
of the Polaris Expedition, 405; Southern Uplands of Scot-
land, 22, 57, 81; Vienna Institute, 176, 256, 496; Geologists'
Association, 95, 155, 172, 235, 376, 416

"Geometrical Conic Sections," by G. Richardson, M.A., 101

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Glaciation, Polar, 515

Glaciers in Hindostan, 63

Gladstone (Dr. J. H.), Flowers or the Primrose destroyed by
Birds, 509, 512

Glaisher (J. W. L.), Continued Products and Continued Frac-
tions, 234

Glasgow; Philosophical Society, 71 Geological Society, 96,
312, 316, 345, 456; Society of Field Naturalists, 435; Uni-
versity, 273, 490

Godeffroy (Caesar), his Museum at Hamburg, 120
Goodenough (Capt. Jas. E., R.N.), Rain-Gauge at Sea, 63
Gore (Geo., F R.S.), Electro torsion, 215

Göttingen, Royal Society of Sciences, 176, 275, 496

Gould (Dr.), Swarm of Locusts at Cordoba, 230; Astronomy in
the Argentine Confederacy, 264

Grasses and Fodder Plants of South Australia, 512
Gray (Dr. J. E., F.R.S.), Stick-fish and Sea-pens, 13
Gray (Stephen), Lecture by Dr. Richardson on, 247

Green (A. H.), "The Great Ice-Age and the Antiquity of Man,"
by J. Geikie, 318, 339, 383

Greenwood (Col. George), Lakes with two Outfalls, 441, 500;
Beech pierced by a Thorn Plant, 463, 501

Griffin (J. J., F.C.S.), "Scientific Handicraft," 201

Gulf Stream, Limits of the, 343, 383

Günther (Albert C. L. G.), Garrett's "Fishes of the Pacific,"

120

Günther (Dr. Albert, F.R.S.), Day's "Freshwater Fish of India
and Burmah," 159

Guthrie (T.), Cold Treatment of Gases, 42

Haeckel (Prof. Ernst), Infusoria, 247; Biography of Prof. T. H.
Huxley, F.R.S., with Portrait, 257;

Haeckel's "Creation of Organised Beings," 470
Haileybury Natural Science Society, 274
Hall (A.), Genesis in Borneo, 163

Hamilton (Frédéric), "La Botanique de la Bible," 101

Hancock (the late Albany), Obituary Notice of, 43 Memorial
to, 130

"Handicraft, Scientific," by J. J. Griffin, F.C.S., 201

Hausemann (G.), Temperature of Gaseous Column subjected to
Gravity, 27

Harkness (Prof. R., F.R.S.), Southern Uplands of Scotland, 22,
57, 81

Harmonic Echoes, 6

Harrow School, Management of, 34

Hartwig (Dr. G.), "The Sea and its Wonders,” 40
Harvard University (U.S.), 452

Harvey (Dr. William), Memorial Window in Folkstone Church,
471

Haughton (Rev. S., F.R.S.), "Principles of Animal Mechanics,"
289

Hayden (Dr.), his American Survey, 72, 452

Hayward (R. B.), Spencer and à priori Axioms, 499

Hearder (Dr. J. N., F.C.S.), Physiological Effects of Ozone,

182

Heart (the), and the Sphygmograph, Lecture by A. H. Garrod,
327, 362

Heer (Prof.), Wollaston Gold Medal presented to, 353
Helmholtz (Prof.), Copley Medal awarded to, 91; Direction of
Balloons, 312

Henderson (Geo., M.D., and A. O. Hume), "Lahore to Yar-
kund," 3

Henessy (H.), Internal Condition of the Earth, 103

Henslow (Rev. G.), "Theory of Evolution of Living Things,"

41

Herschel (A. S., F. R.A.S.), Spectra of Shooting Stars, 142
Hibberd (Shirley), "Amateur's Greenhouse and Conservatory,"4
Hicks (Henry), Barrande and Darwinism, 261
Highton (E.), Black Rain and Dew Ponds, 43;
Hitzig (Dr.), Functions of the Brain, 249

Hoey (Mrs. Cashel), Count D'Alviella's "Sahara and Lapland," Köpper (Dr. W.), Temperature Cycles, 184
261

Holland (Sir Henry), Obituary Notice of, 8

Holton (Prof. J. H.), Obituary Notice of, 349

Krefft (Gerard), Tooth of Ceratodus, 293; Aboriginal Aus-
tralian Artists, 322

Hooker (Dr. J. D.), Elected President of Royal Society, 91, 502 "Lahore to Yarkand," by G. Henderson, M.D. and A. O.
Hoosac Tunnel, The, 170

Horsham Iguanodon, 242

Horticultural Show at Florence, 427

Horticultural Society, 95, 151, 155, 295, 354, 395, 435, 475,
515

Howard Medal, for Essay on the State of Prisons, 293
Howorth (H. H.), Distribution of Volcanoes, 141; Shrinking
of the Earth and Terrestrial Magnetism, 201, 322; Ross's
Zones of Parallel Lines of Elevation, 380

Houzeau (M.), Tubes for Silent Electrical Discharges, 244, 308
Sa Huemul, The, Dr. Burmeister on, 82

14 Hughes (W. R., F.L.S.), Marine Excursion of the Birmingham
Natural History Society, 253; Ink of the Cuttle-fish, 363
Huizinga (Prof.), Abiogenesis, 422

Hull (Thos. A.), Limits of the Gulf Stream, 383
Hume (A. O., and G. Henderson, M.D.),
Yarkund," 3

Hume, 6

Lake Superior, Fluctuations of Level, 230
Lakes with two Outfalls, 363, 441, 485, 500

Lankester (E. Ray), Destructive Effect of Heat on Bacteria,
421, 482

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

Laughton (J. K., M.A., F. R.A.S.), "Winds and Currents," 238
Lavoisier's work in the foundation of the Metric System, 185
Lawes (J. B., F.R.S., F.C.S.), Experiments on the Growth of
Barley, 317

Leaf-cutting Ants, 219

Le Conte (Prof. Jos.), Flight of Birds, 5

Lecture Experiments, 247, 323, 344

Lectures at Public Museums; Report of Science Commission,
397

"Lahore to Leeds; Birkbeck Scientific Lectures, 34; Naturalists' Field
Club, 152, 492; College of Science, 157

Hunterian Lectures on the Vertebrate Skull, 424
Hutton (Capt. F. W.), Rallus modestus, 5; Elevation of Moun-
tains and Volcanic Theories, 62

Huxley (Prof. Thos. Henry, F.R.S.), Biographical Notice with
Portrait, 257; Address at Aberdeen University, 337;
Medical Curriculum, 21, 121; his Practice of Vivisection, 202,
242, 243

India; Science in, 152, 159, 191, 214, 233, 390, 453; New,
Indian Museum, 211; Admiralty Chart of Indian Ocean,
289; Indian Snakes, 163, 203, 261, 294
Induction Tube of W. Siemens, 308

Industrial Chemistry, 370

Industry and Science, Lord Derby on, 217, 237, 271, 277
Ingleby (Dr. C. M.), Vivisection, 243

Inglis (James C.), Transmission of Light in a Squall, 363
Ink of the Cuttlefish, 36

Insects, Fertilisation of Flowers by (See Fertilisation)

Insects (See Entomology)

Instinct, Collective, 5

Instinct of Monkeys, 243

Intellect of Porpoises, 42

International Exhibition of 1874, 170

Ireland; Products of the Towing Net on the South Coast,
(Br.A.), 73

Iron in Australia, 171

Italian Association of Men of Science, 34

Jackal, The, Collective Instinct, 5

Japan; Science in, 114; College of Engineering, Tokei, 373;
German Natural History Society, 427; Professorship of
Chemistry, Yeddo, 312; Japan Lacquer-work, 512; Japanese
Paintings, 428

Javan Rhinoceros at the Zoological Gardens, 364

Jennet (Prof.), Chemical Equilibrium, 195

Jevons (Prof. W. Stanley, F.R.S.), Management of the British
Museum, 26

Jodrell (Phillips), Endowment of Biology, University College,

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Jonah, Belgian Controversy on, 33

Journal of Botany, 314, 474

Kaiser (Prof.), the Planet Mars, 287, 309

Kelland (Prof. P., F. R.S., and Prof. P. G. Tait), "Introduc-
tion to Quarternions," 137

Kent (W. Saville, F.L.S.), Newfoundland Cuttle-fish, 403;
Aquarium, Central Park, New York, 244, 272

Kew, Botanical Collections and Gardens; Report of Science
Commission, 397; Palm House, Flowering Agave, 470
Key (Rev. H. C.), Flowers of the Primrose destroyed by Birds,
509

Kiddle (Capt. Wm. W.), Limits of the Gulf Stream, 343, 383
Kinetic Theory of the Dissipation of Energy, 441

Kirby (Mary and Elizabeth), “Chapters on Trees," 4

Knobel (Edw. B.), Planet Mars, 383, 463

Kohlraush (Dr. F.), “Physical Measurements," 160
Königsberg, Science in, 172

Leidy (Prof. Jos.), "Extinct Vertebrate Fauna of the United
States," 418

"Lepidoptera," by Herman Strecker, 114

Leverrier (M.), his Scientific Soirée at Paris, 470, 513

Lewes (Geo. H.), Sensation in the Spinal Cord, 83, 101, 121;
Vivisection, 144

Leybold (Federico), "Excursion to the Argentine Pampas,"
59

Liege, Science in, 232

Light, its Transmission in a Squall, 363

Light; Polarisation of, by W. Spottiswoode, Treas. R.S., 127,
167, 203, 282, 323, 383, 464, 507; Refraction, mechanically
illustrated, 158

Lightning, Bursting of Trees by, 96
Lightning Strokes, 236

Lindley's "Treasury of Botany," 344

Linnean Society; Inauguration of New Rooms, 30; Proceed-
ings, Resignation of the President, 36, 75, 76, 115, 154, 234,
282, 331, 334, 357, 374, 415, 455, 470, 494
Liverpool; Free Public Library and Museum, 411; Geological
Society, 316

Livingstone (The late Dr.), Search Expeditions, 17, 193, 363;
his Death and Funeral, 248, 293, 311, 318, 363, 389, 410, 423,
451, 463, 486; Russian Tribute to his memory, 349; his Work
in Africa, 54, 213, 444; his Instruments, 491; Provision for
his Family, his Correspondence, Memorial, 512
Local Scientific Societies, 24, 38, 72, 97, 162
Lockyer (J. N., F. R.S.), Researches in Spectrum Analysis, 133;
Quantitative Analysis of Alloys by the Spectroscope, 135;
Elected Correspondent of the French Academy of Sciences,
170; "The Moon," by J. Nasmyth, C.E. and Jas. Car-
penter, F. R.A.S., 358; Celestial Chemistry, 411, 429
Locomotion, Animal (See Flight of Birds)
Locusts, Swarm of, 230

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Logarithms, Elements of," by Prof. J. M. Peirce, 179
Login (T., F.R.S. E.), Famine in India and Meteorology, 222
Lombardy, Royal Institution of Science, 394
Londonderry Scientific Association, 249

London University, 92

Lubbock (Sir John, Bt., F.R.S.), Habits of Bees and Wasps,
408; Bill for the Peservation of Ancient Monuments, 491
Lunar Rainbow, 34

McAndrew (the late R., F.R.S.), bequest of Shells to Cambridge
University, 92

McFarlane (D.), Electric Experiment, 422

Maclaren (A.), "Training in Theory and Practice," 401

Maclay (Dr. von Miklucho), Researches among the Papuans,
328

McLachlan (R., F. L.S.), Venomous Caterpillars, 6
McLeod (Prof. H., F.C.S.), Miller's "Elements of Chemistry,"
380

McNab (Jas.), Change of Climate in Scotland, 72, 156
Maedler (Johann H.), Obituary Notice of, 410

Magnetism, Terrestrial, and Sun-spots, 154, 201; Results of
the Polaris Expedition, 405

Mallet (R., F.R.S.), Volcanic Theories, 62, 141
Mallock (Arnulph), Harmonic Echoes, 6

Man, his Relation to the Ice-sheet, 14; Settle Cave, 70; "The
Great Ice-Age and the Antiquity of Man," 42, 318; "Story
of the Earth and Man," by J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.
R.S.; "Man and Apes," by St. George Mivart, 180; "Races
of, Mankind," by R. Brown, M.A., Ph.D., 279
Manchester; Science in, 72; Owen's College, 490, 512, 513;
Geological Society, 275; Literary and Philosophical Society,
20, 56, 96, 175, 215, 296, 315, 336, 396, 455, 495; Lectures
for the People, 249; Students' Association, 34, 249
Marey (M.), Flight of Birds, 390

Margate Aquarium, 249

Marine Mammalia, Extinction of, 112

Marine Excursion of Birmingham Natural History Society, 253
Markham (Clements R., C.B., F.R.S.), "Threshold of the
Unknown Region," 138

Marlborough College Natural History Society, 120

Mars, The Planet, Prof. Kaiser on, 287, 309, 383, 463
Marsh (Prof. O. C.), Brontotherida, New Fossil Mammals,
227; Fossil Equine Forms, 390; Extinct Vertebrates, Colo-
rado River, 273; Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 294
Maritime Meteorology, Conference for, 461

Marshall (W. E., Lieut. Col.), The Todas of South India, 99
Marseilles Observatory, 513

Mathematical Methods; Quaternions, 137

Mathematical Society, 75, 154, 234, 334, 395, 399, 494
"Mathematical Theories of Attraction," by J. Todhunter, M.A.,
F.R.S., 378

Maury (Capt.), Memorial to, 372

Measuring, and Standards of Measure, 47, 87
"Mechanics," by J. A. Skertchley, 61

Medical Curriculum, Prof. Huxley on the, 21, 121, 141, 337
Meldola (Raphael), "Inorganic Chemistry," 280
Meldrum's Notes on Cyclones, 213

"Men of Science," Lecture by F. Galton, F.R.S., 344
Mental Science, Journal of, 93

Meteorology; Meteorological Congress, Vienna, 33; Meteoro-
logical Journal, 374; Simultaneous, Meteorological Observa-
tions, 300, 343; Meteorological Society, 95, 114, 155, 255,
335, 415, 495; Sections of the Atmosphere, 103; Fenland
Meteorological Circular, 391; Indian Famine, 222; Ma-
gellan Straits, 471; Maritime, 461; Modification of Fitzroy's
Signals, 390, 410; Ocean, 469: Prof. Hough's Evapometer
and Rain-gauge, 250; Publications of Committee of Board
of Trade, 311; Results of the Polaris Expedition, 405;
Observations of Sea-temperatures, 346; France and Den-
mark, 372; Temperature Cycles, 184; Weather Reports for
September 1872, 299; West Indies, 468 (See Observatories)
Meteors; Durham, Hereford, 8; California, 172; of January 2,
272; Donegal, 313; Feb. 5, 322; Bristol, 463; Heidel-
berg, 143

Metric System; Lavoisier's Work in its Foundation, 185; in
Germany, 315

Mexico, Results of French Scientific Mission, 260

Meyer (Dr. A. B.), "Expedition to New Guinea," 77, 102, 131,
263, 482; Shooting-stars in the Red Sea, 123
Microscope, Limit of its Capability, 191
Microscopical Journal, 19, 55, 194, 214

Microscopical Societies, London, 36, 116, 215, 295, 375, 455;
Victoria, 216; Vienna, 250

Microscopic Examination of Air, 439, 330, 485

66

Microscopic Petrography," by H. Rosenbusch, 79

Milk, Impurity of, 516

Miller-Casella Thermometer, 5

Miller (Hugh), Lakes with two Cutfalls, 500

Miller (W. A., M.D., LL.D.), "Elements of Chemistry," 380
Milne-Edwards (M.), Results of French Scientific Mission to
Mexico, 260; "Mission Scientifique au Mexique," Remunera-
tion of the Contributors, 301

Mimicry in the Animal world, 219, 470

"Mind and Body, Theories of their Relation," by Prof. Alex.
Bain, LL.D., 178

Minister for Science, Proposed 271, 277, 294, 397, 398
"Mishmee Hills, The," by T. T. Cooper, F.R.G.S., 438
Mivart (St. George, F.R.S.), "The Common Frog," 10, 28, 67,
107, 147, 186, 264, 305, 367, 406; Man and Apes, 180;
"Fertilisation of the Fumariaceae," 423

Moggridge (J. Traherne), Fertilisation of the Fumariaceæ,423,
460

Mollusca of the Bahama Islands, 35

Monkeys, Instinct of, 243

Moon, Map of the, by Dr. Schmidt, 272
Moon, The, as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite," by J
Nasmyth, C.E., and Jas. Carpenter, F. R.A.S, 358
Moon, The, its Want of Atmosphere, 382
Moore (Thos.), Lindley's "Treasury of Botany," 344
Moore (S.), Fertilisation of Fumariaceæ, 484
Moraines of Ancient Glaciers, 103, 202

Morton (J. C.), Report on Pollution of Rivers, 197
Moscow, Société Impériale des Naturalistes, 333
Moseley (H. N.), Botany of the Challenger, 388, 451, 488
Moss (Dr. E. L.), New Marine Animal, 183

Müller (Dr. Hermann), Fertilisation of Flowers by Insects, 44,
164; Fertilisation of the Fumariacex, 460
Müller (Fritz), Termites and Honey-bees, 308
Murchison Medal and Fund, 353

Murphy (J. J. F.G.S.), Moraines, 202; Theory of Volcanoes,
322; The Great Ice Age, 383; Beech pierced by a Thorn
Plant, 441, 463, 501

Museums; National, 1, 26, 53, 103, 114, 272, 277, 427, 512
Public; Report of Science Commission, 397, 410; in Brazil,
463

Myer (A. J., Brigadier-Gen. U.S.A.), Simultaneous Meteorolo
gical Observations, 300

Naples; Zoological Station, 70

Nasmyth (J., C. E.), "The Moon as a Planet, a World, and a
Satellite," 358

National Museums and the Government, (See State Aid to Sciencel
Natural Selection and Dysteology, 361

Natural History, 228, 241; South Kensington, Museum, 41,
512; Museum of East India Company, 427; of New York, 9
"Natural Philosophy," by J. A. Skertchley, 61

Negretti (H.), Deep-Sea Thermometers, 62, 102; New Ther-
mometer, 387

Nerve Force, Thermo-electric Theory of, 163
Nest-building Frogs, 265

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Chemical Society, 113, 435; College of
Physical Science, 130

New Comets, 72, 92, 331, 491

New Guinea; Dr. Meyer's Expedition to, 77, 131; Papers on,
92; Earthquake in, 263; Dr. Maclay's Researches, 328;
Sig. D'Albertis' and Dr. Meyer's Discoveries, 452
New Marine Animal, 183

New Planets, 390

Newton (Prof. Alfred), Extermination of Marine Mammalia,

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Oudemanns (J. A. C.), Dutch Photographs of Eclipse of 1871,
61

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.,
ion, 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

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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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

Payfair (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

Poggendort'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

Rosenbusch (H.), "Microscopic Petrography," 79

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, 513

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

X

Secondary

Sphygmograph (The), and the Heart, 327, 514;
Sanderson (Dr. J. B., F.R.S.), Electrical Phenomena in the Spherical Motion, its Conversion into Plane Motion, 16
Waves in Trace of Pulse beat, 125
Leaf of Dionea muscipula, 75; Bacteria, 421
Sarawak, Denudation of Limestone Hills, 162

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

Seals of Alaska, 471

Sea water, Specific Gravity of, 183, 282

Sedgwick (Prof.), Memorial to, 92, 389

Sensation in the Spinal Chord, 83, 101, 121

Sensitive Flames and Reflection of Sound, 223, 241

Setting Sun and Atmospheric Refraction, 20
Settle Cave, Human Bone in the, 14, 70

Shark, Spinous, 42

66

Sharp (David), Zoological Nomenclature," 258

Sharpey (Prof.), Civil List Pension granted to, 349
Sheffield, Field Naturalists' Club, 228

Shooting-stars, 123, 142

Siemens (W.), his Induction Tube, 308
Silent Electrical Discharges, 244, 308

Simmonds (P. L.), "Waste Products and Undeveloped Sub-
stances," IOI

Sinai, Mount, identified by Dr. Beke, 312

Sirenian Fossil, 13

Skertchley (J. A.), "Natural Philosophy," 61; "Dahomey as
it is," 460

Smith (Hermann), Variability of the Node ia Organ-pipes,
301

Smith (Sir Francis Pettit), Obituary Notice of, 312

Smith (Worthington, G., F.L.S.), Potato Disease, 161, 223
Snakes, Indian, 163, 203, 261, 294

Societies, Local, 72, 97, 162

Society of Arts, 53, 71, 151, 190, 293, 370, 451

Sociology, Study of," by Herbert Spencer, 477

66

Somerville (Mary),

Personal Recollections and Correspond-

ence," 417

66

Sorby (H. C., F.R.S.), Study of Natural History, 228; Astro-
nomical Speculations in Relation to Geology, 338

Sound its Destruction by Fog, 215; Sensitive Flames, 223,
241; Motion and Sensation of, 206; Acoustic Transparency
and Opacity of the Atmosphere, 251, 267

South Kensington Museum, its Administration, 1, 41; Report
of Science Commission, 397

South Sea Islands, 54

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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

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Tait (Prof. P. G., and Prof. P. Kelland, F.R.S.), " Introduc-
137; Todhunter on Experimental
tion to Quarternions,'
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-
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Sea Temperatures, 387

Thomas (Cyrus Ph.D.), "Acridida 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

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

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