ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
NOVEMBER 1873 to APRIL 1874
"To the solid ground Of Nature trusts the mind that builds for aye."-WORDSWORTH
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Adelaide; Philosophical Society, 391; University, 17
Admiralty Charts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans, 289
Adulteration of Food and Drink, 335
Adulterations of Food," by R. J. Atcherly, Ph.D., 342 Aeronautics in France and Italy, 457 Aeronautic Experiments, 427 Aeronautic Society, Paris, 373
Africa; Count d'Alviella's "Sahara and Lapland," 261; Fritsch's South African Races," 479; "The Heart of Africa," by Dr. Georg Schweinfurth, 340 (See Livingstone) Agassiz (Alex.) Radiata and Echinoderms, 53; Zoological Mu- seum, Cambridge, Mass., and Zoological School, Penikese, 350
Agassiz (Prof. L.), Obituary Notices of, 121, 130 Agave, Flowering, at Kew, 470
Apes; "Man and Apes," by St. George Mivart, 180 Aquaria; Brighton, 113, 451; Margate, 249; Central Park, New York, 243, 272; Liverpool, 272
Arctic Exploration, 17, 35, 37, 91, 97, 138, 240, 241, 272, 372.
'Argentine Pampas, Excursion to the," by Federico Leybold,
Argentine Republic; Flight of Locusts at Cordoba, 230 Cordoba Observatory, 264
Argyll (The Duke of, Pres. G.S.), "Physical Geography of Argyleshire," 90, 110; Address to Geological Society, 354 Flight of Birds, 381, 403
Arnott (Neil, M.D., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 364 Artistic Representation of Nature, 84 Astronomical Almanacs, 123, 210
Astronomical Society, 55, 136, 229, 415, 475 Astronomical Speculations in Relation to Geology, 388 Astronomy: at Oxford, 52; in the Argentine Republic, 264; Results of the Polaris Expedition, 404; Celestial Chemistry, by J. N. Lockyer, F. R.S., 411, 429; Quito University, France, 428
Atcherley (R. J., Ph.D.), "Adulterations of Food," 342 Atlantic Occan, Admiralty Chart of, 289
Agriculture at Rothamsted, Report on the Growth of Barley, Athenian Text-Books of Science, 298 317
Agriculture and Birds, 232
Agricultural Society, Committee on Potato Disease, 211 Air, Microscopic Examinations of, 330, 439, 485
Airy (Hubert), Microscopic Examination of Air, 330, 439, 485 Aitken (John), Photographing the Transit of Venus, 183 Alaska, Fur Seals, 471
Albany (U.S.) Institute, Transactions, 439
Alcohol, its effects on Warm-blooded Animals (Br. A.), 132; on Temperature, Pulse, and Respiration, 352
Algiers, French Map of the Coast, 313
Alglave (M.), Prof. of Law, Douai, suspended, 371, 512 Allman (Prof., F.R.S.), Results with the Towing net, South Coast of Ireland, 73; Royal medal awarded to, 91 Allward (M.), Puy de Dome Observatory, 470 Almanacs, Astronomical, 69, 123, 210 America; Academy of Science, California, 351; Albany Insti- tute, 439; Bahama Islands, 35; Museums in Brazil, 463; New York Aquarium, Menagerie, and Museum, 242, 272; Philadelphia, 116, 196, 256, 356, 435, 452; Baltimore, Aca- demy of Sciences, 396; Natural History Museum, New York, 9; Association for the Advancement of Science (Portland), 53; Peabody Academy of Science, 151; Alleghany, Cincin nati, Cordoba Rocky Mountains, and Washington Observa- tories, 93, 264, 313, 332, 394, 512; The Hoosac Tunnel, 170; Fluctuations in Lakes, 504; Exploring Expeditions, 192, 391; "North American Birds," 498; Academy of Science, St. Louis, 499; Scientific Enterprise, 243; Acri- dide of North America," by Cyrus Thomas, Ph.D., 299; Weather Reports for September 1872, 299; Exploration of the Amazons, 315; Cambridge (Mass.) Zoological Museum, Penikese Zoological School, 350; Dr. Hayden's Survey, 452; Harvard's University, Exposition at Philadelphia, 452; Andrews (Dr., F.R.S.), Ozone, 347, 364
Animal Locomotion, by Dr. J. B. Pettigrew, F.R.S., 221, 260, 301, 381, 403, 422, 440
"Animal Mechanics, Principles of," by the Rev. S. Haughton, F.R.S., 239
Anthropological Institute, 56, 95, 156, 195, 235, 275, 315, 354, 395, 434, 470, 495
Anthropological Society, The London, 95, 156
Atmosphere; Prof. Tyndall on its Acoustic Transparency and Opacity, 251, 267
Atmospheric Refraction and the Setting Sun, 20 Atmospheric Telegraph, 64, 83, 105
"Attraction, Mathematical Theories of," by J. Todhunter, M. A., F. R.S., 378, 399
Auroral Display, near Whitehaven, 303
Austria, Science in, 181, 184, 411 (See Vienna)
Australia; Adelaide University, 17; Ballarat School of Mines, 229; Magnetic Iron, 171; Sydney Museum, 249; Abori- ginal Artists, 322; Exploration in Western Australia, 331; in Queensland, 331; Botany of Brisbane, 452 "Axiom," The Word, 462
Axioms, Physical, 402, 420, 421, 461, 477, 484, 499 Axolotls Hatched at Brighton Aquarium, 451
Bastian (Dr. H. C.), Bacteria and Spontaneous Generation, 421, 482
Anthropology; the Todas of South India, 99; Remains of Beech pierced by a Thorn Plant, 441, 463 Petrarch, 171
Ants, Leaf-cutting, 219; Recent Researches on, 308
Bees, Power of Memory in, 484
Bees, Recent Researches on, 308; Habits of, by Sir John Lub- bock, Bart., F. R.S., 408; Visiting Flowers, 189 Beeton's "Science, Art, and Literature," 201 Beke (Dr.), Site of the true Mount Sinai, 312 Belfast, Naturalists' Field Club, 4; Queen's College, 350 Belgium, Academy of Sciences, 33, 394; Horticultural Society, 71; Science, 174, 428, 452, 453, 493
Bell (Alfred), Murchison Fund presented to, 354 Bell (Thomas, F. R.S.), British Quadrupeds," 437
Belt, (Thos., F.G.S.), "The Naturalist in Nicaragua," 218, 469 Bennett (A. W., F.L.S.), "How Flowers are Fertilised," 54; Use of Terms in Cryptogamic Botany, 323; Fertilisation of Fumariaceæ, 484; Pollen-grains in the Air, 485 Bentham (Geo.), Address on Inauguration of Linnean Society's Rooms, 30; his Resignation of the Presidency, 282, 331 Berkeley (Rev. M. J., F. L.S.), Potato Disease, 183; Weber- bauer's "Fungi of North Germany," 200
Berthelot (M.), New Remarks on the Chemical Elements, 231 Biblical Archæology, Society of, 116, 215, 376, 476 Bickmore (A. L., Ph.D.), Natural History Museum, New York, 9
Bigsby (Dr. J. J., F.R.S.), Murchison Medal awarded to, 353 Binz (Prof.), Effects of Alcohol on Warm-blooded Animals (Br. A.), 132
Biology, Elementary, 43
Birds and Agriculture, 232
Birds, Flight of; 5, 221, 242, 260, 301, 381, 390, 403, 422,
Botany; Botanic Garden, Cambridge, 427; Botanical Collec- tions, British Museum and Kew; Report of Science Com- mission, 397; Botanical Society, Edinburgh, 216; Journal of Botany, 314 474; "Botany of the Bible," by Frédéric Ham- il on, 101; Botany of Bermuda, 369; Botany of the Challenger, 450, 485; Results of the Polaris Expedition, 405; "Botany, Technical," by Dr. Julius Wiesner, 342; "Lindley's Treasury of, Botany," by Dr. Lindley (new ed.) 300, 344; Vine Disease, 427; Botany of Brisbane, 452; of Haarlem and Carlsruhe, 428
Bradley (S. M., F.R.S.), "Comparative Anatomy and Physi- ology," 120
Brain, Localisation of Cerebral Functions, 131 Brazil, National Museums in, 463
Bremen, Agricultural Exhibition, 373
Brewer (W. H.), Herbert Spencer's
Buffaloes slaughtered for their Hides, 373
Brighton Aquarium, 113, 451
British Association; Report of Committee on Units, 18; Brad- ford Meeting, 34; Arctic Exploration, 37
British Museum, its Administration, 1, 26, 53, 103, 114, 272, 277, 427, 512; Report of Science Commission, 397, 410 Brodie (Sir B. C. Bart., F.R.S.), Induction Tube of W. Siemens, 308; Synthesis of Formic Aldehyde, 315 Brontotheridæ," a new family of Fossil Mammals, 227 Broun (J. A., F.R.S.), Sun Spots and Terrestrial Magnetism, 154
Brown (Robt., M.A., Ph.D.), "The Races of Mankind," 279 Brown Institution, Lectures by Dr. Burdon Sanderson, 92 Brunton (Dr.), Effects of Alcohol on Warm-blooded Animals (Br. A.), 132; Poison of Indian Snakes, 294
Buchan (Alex.), Simultaneous Meteorological Observations, 343
Buck (E. C.), Optical Phenomenon, 183
Budd (W., M.D., F.R.S)., "Typhoid Fever,” 280 Buller (Dr. Walker L.), Rallus modestus, 5
Busk (Prof. Geo., F.R.S.), Human bone in the Settle Cave, 14, 70, 156
California, Academy of Sciences, 351
Callard (T. K.), Stalagmitic Deposits, 171
Calvert (Dr. Crace, F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 16 Cambridge; Science at, 16, 33, 53, 71, 92, 131, 151, 171, 272, 292, 350, 372, 411, 427, 511; Scholarships and Examinations for Natural Science, 209; Cavendish Laboratory, Jesus Col- lege, 410; Philosophical Society, 96; Ornithological Collec- tion, 312; Rede Lecturer, Sir Samuel Baker, 229; Physiology, 297; Natural Science Club, 213
Cambridge (U.S.) Zoological Museum, 389
Cameron (Lieut.), African Search Expedition, 318, 363 Canadian Geological Survey, 213
Carpenter (Dr. W. B., F.R.S.), Ocean Currents, 423; Swiney Lectures, 590; Eozoon canadense, 491
Carpenter (Dr. W. Lant), Specific Gravity of Sea-water,
Carpenter (Jas., F.R. A.S.), "The Moon, as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite," 358
Carrier Pigeons utilised in Paris, 373
Casella (Louis P.), Casella-Miller Thermometer, 5, 41, 62,
Caspian Sea, Fish of the, 171
Cathcart (Lord), his Prize for Essays on Potato Disease, 161 Cavendish Laboratory, Jesus College, Cambridge, 410 Cave at Settle, Human Remains, 14, 70, 156 Cave at St. Asaph, 156
Celestial Chemistry, J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S., on, 411, 429 Cephalopoda, Gigantic, 332, 430; Ink of the Cuttle-fish, 363 Cerebral Functions, Localisation of the, 131
Challenger Expedition; Notes from the, 92, 182, 304, 410, 423; Botany of Bermuda, 369; of Fernando Noronha, 388; of St. Vincent and Cape de Verde Islands, 450; of Tristan d'Acunha, 485
Chambers (Coote M.), Stick-fish and Habits of Sea-pens, 13 Charter House, Science Lecture at, 247
Chemistry: "Chemical Analysis, Quantitative," by T. E. Thorpe, Ph.D., 26; New Remarks on Chemical Elements, 231; Che- mical Equilibrium, 195; Chemical Society, 32, 36, 76, 115, 155, 235, 295, 335, 375, 415, 455, 494; Journal, Abstracts of Original Foreign Papers, 377; "Analytical Chemistry," by Pink and Webster, 278; Celestial Chemistry, by J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S., 411, 429; "Elements of Chemistry," by W. A. Miller, M.D., LL.D., 380; Industrial Chemistry, 370; "Inorganic Chemistry," by R. Meldola, 280; "Intro- duction to Chemistry," by Rev. A. Rigg, 342; Practical Continental Chemistry, 113; Text Book by M. Chrestomanos, Athens, 298; "Laboratory Guide," by A. H. Church, M. A., 420
Cheshire, Ornithology of, 132
Chisholm (H. W.), Weighing and Measuring, and Standards of Weight and Measure, 47, 87; Ancient Egyptian Balances, 122; Lavoisier's Work in the foundation of the Metric System, 185
Chisholm (Mrs.), "Perils in the Polar Seas," 241 Chrestomanos (Prof.); "Text-Book of Chemistry," 298 Christie (A. C.), Lakes with two Outfalls, 485, 500
Chudleigh (Augustine), Garrod's Theory of Nerve Force, 163 Church (Arthur Herbert, M. A.), "The Laboratory Guide,"
Cincinnati Observatory, 93
Civil Engineers, Institution of, 17, 135, 172, 355 Clark (J. Edmund), Meteor Shower at Heidelberg, 143 Clarke (W. Bruce), Stalagmitic Deposits, 171
Clerk-Maxwell (Prof.), his Laboratory at Cambridge, 297 Clifton College Scientific Society, 391 Climate of Scotland, Change in the, 72, 156
Clock, Electrical, for London, 351
"Clouds, Classification of," by Prof. A. Poey, 163
Coal, Appliances for its Economic Consumption, 272
Cobbold (г. S., F.R.S.), "Internal Parasites of Domesticated Animals," 4
Cold Treatment of Gases, 42 College of Physicians, 16 College of Surgeons, 54, 397
Comber (T.), Fertilisation of Fumariaceæ, 484
Comets, New, 72, 92, 331, 491
Comets; Orbits, 229; Spectra, 193
Dundee; Chamber of Commerce and Arctic Exploration, 37; Albert Institute, 72; Science in, 152, 453 Durham, Natural History Transactions, 351
Comparative Anatomy and Physiology," by S. M. Bradley, Duppa (B. F., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 33
Conservation of Energy, 198
Conchology, Bequest to Cambridge University, 92 "Constants of Nature," by Prof. F. W. Clark, 391 Convection Currents, Heating of Fluids by, 247
Cooke (G. W.), Vivisection, 202
Cooper (T. T., F.R.G.S.), "The Mishmee Hills," 438 Cope (Prof.), Fossil Mammals in Colorado, 294
Cordoba, Swarm of Locusts, 230; Observatory, 264 Corinth, Canal through the Isthmus, 172
Cowan (T. W.), Wealden Fossils, 241
Crewe Mechanics' Institution, Science Lectures for the People, 249
Croll (-), Ocean Currents, 423
Cryptogamic Botany, Use of Terms, 203, 323
Cuckoo and young Pipit, 123
Culley (R. S.), Atmospheric Telegraphy, 83; Telegraphing Ex- traordinary, 242
Cunningham (D. Douglas, M.B.), Microscopic Examinations of Air, 330
Currents; their Effect on Temperature, 213; Laughton's "Phy- sical Geography in Relation to Winds and Currents;' Jordan on "The Ocean, its Tides and Currents," 238 Curry (John), Stalagmitic Deposits, 122, 171 Cuttle-fish, 363; Gigantic, at Newfoundland, 382, 403 Cyclones: Notes on, by Mr. Meldrum, 213; Theory of, 221 Czermak (Johann Nepomuk), Obituary Notice of, 63
"Dahomey as it is," by J. A. Skertchley, 460 D'Albertis' (L. M.), Discoveries in New Guinea, 482, 490 D'Alviella (Count G.), "Lapland and Sahara," 261 Darwin (Chas., F. R.S.), Recent Researches on Termites and Bees, 308; Fertilisation of the Fumariaceæ, 460; Primroses destroyed by Birds, 482
"Darwin on Expression, Reviewed," by Alex. Bain, LL.D., 2 Darwinism; Barraude on Trilobites, 261
Darwin (Francis), Bees visiting Flowers, 189
Dyer (Prof. Thiselton), Flowers of the Primrose destroyed by Birds, 509
Dynamical Units, 18
Dysteology and Natural Selection, 361
Earth (The), its Rigidity, 103; Shrinking and Terrestrial Magnetism, 201
Earth-Sculpture, by Prof. A. Geikie, F.R.S., 50, 89, 110 Earthquakes; Turkey, Guatemala, 18; Asia Minor, San Salvador, 92; Turkey, Anatolia, Lima, 152; Argyleshire, 242; Asia Minor, European Turkey, 249; New Guinea, 263 ; Algeria. 451; St. Thomas, 483
Echo at Maidenhead, 242
Echoes, Harmonic, 6
Eclipse of 1871, Dutch Photographs of, 61; 102 Ecuador, University of Quito, 428
Edinburgh Botanical Society, 72, 216; Geological Society, 50, 87, 295, 376, 495; Museum of Science and Art, 34, 70, 131; Royal Physical Society, 275, 395, 476, 516; Royal Society, 96, 104, 195, 255, 316, 347, 355, 470; Scottish Meteorological Society, 335, 346; University, 53, 389, 451, 457, 501; Lectures by Prof. Tait, 312
Education: Female, 471; Medical, 21; Necessity for a Minister of, 271, 294; Workmen in Vienna, 17, in Germany and England, 217, in Sweden and Chili, 152; Prof. Tait on "Cram," 501
Egerton (Sir P. de M. Grey, Bart., F. R.S.), Letter to him from Prof. L. Agassiz, 121
Eggs of Siluroid Fishes, 272 Egyptian Balances, Ancient, 122
Electricity; Electric Clocks, 193, 351; Silent Electrical Dis- charges, 244, 308; Electric Experiment, 422; Electrical Phenomena in the leaf of Dionæà muscipula, 75; Electrical Units, 18; Siemens' Induction Tube, 308; Electro-torsion, 215
Elevation of Mountains, 61
Ellis (A. J., F.R.S.), Algebraical Analogues of Logical Rela- tions, 75
Dawkins (W. Boyd, F.R.S.), Northern Range of the Basques, Ellis (George E.), "Life of Count Rumford," 117 336
Dawkins (Geo.), Rainbow and its Reflection, 322 Dawkins (Geo. M., F.R.S.), Lakes with two Outfalls, 363
Dawson, (G. M.), Fluctuations of American Lakes, and Deve- lopment of Sun-spots, 504
Dawson (J. W., LL.D., F.R.S.), "Story of the Earth and Man," 180
Day (Surgeon-Major, F., F.Z.S.), "Freshwater Fish of India and Burmah," 159
Death, method of recognising, 171 -
De Candolle (M.), Medal Awarded to, 71
Deep-Sea Fauna, 15
Deep-Sea Soundings, 41, 150
Deep-Sea Temperature, 41, 62, 102, 387, 423, 445
Devonshire (The Duke of), Gift of Physical Laboratory to Cam- bridge University, 511
Deer, Prince Alfred's, Cervus alfredi, 390
De la Rue (Dr. Warren, F.R.S.), Gift of Astronomical Appa- ratus to Oxford University, 52, 91, 136
De la Rive (Prof. A.), Obituary Notice of, 143 Denning (W. F.), Shooting Star, 463
Derby (The Earl of, K.G.), Industry and Science, 217, 237, 271, 277
Deville (C. S.), Weather Prognostications, 445, 470
Endowment of Research, 71, 237, 272, 277, 337, 398 Equilibrium of Temperature of Gaseous Columns subjected to Gravity, 27
Ethnology; Ethnological Museum at Royal Albert Hall, 170; Tribes of Bengal, 233; Dr. Maclay's Researches among the Papuans, 328;~ Living Individuals of the Akka tribes, 231; Fritsch's South African Races," 479
Entomology: Killing of Specimens, 162; Ants, 219; Bees, 189, 308, 408; “Our Common Insects,” 498; Entomological Society, 95, 136, 255, 335, 354, 375, 416, 475 (See Fertilisation of Flowers by Insects)
Evapometer, Automatic, Prof. Hough's, 250
Everett (A. H.), Denudation of Limestone Hills of Sarawak, 162
Evolution applied to the Chemical Elements, 6
"Evolution of Living Things," by Rev. G. Henslow, 41 Experiments; Electric, 422; Experimental Illustrations, 323 Extermination of Marine Mammalia, 112
"Extinct Vertebrate Fauna of the United States," by Pro'. J. Leidy, 418
Famine in India, and Meteorology, 222
Faye's Theory of Sun Spots, 254
Fayrer (Dr.), Poison of Indian Snakes, 294
Dewar (Mr. J. and Dr. McKendrick), Physiological Action of Female Education, 471 Ozone, 104
Fenland Meteorological Circular, 391 Fernanda Noronha, Botany of, 388
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