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Nipher (Frank E.), The Glacial Period, 467
Nitrogen, Spectrum of, 161

Noble (Capt. A.), Brazilian Order conferred on, 292
Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, 100

North London, Glacial Drifts of, 287
Notornis of Lord Howe's Island, 350
Nottingham, Science Lectures at, 536
Norwich, Social Science Congress, 472
November Meteors, Brazil, 385

Obermeier (Dr. Otto), Obituary Notice of, 371
Observatories: Washington, 35, 253; Cincinnati, 54; Cor-
doba (Argentine Republic), III, 252; Paris, 110; Highfield
House, 121; Campideglio, Cambridge, 131; Columbia (U.S.),
193; St. Petersburg, 273; Cuba, 294; Vienna, Marseilles,
371; Albany (U.S.), 389; Mauritius, 446; J. G. Barclay's,
473; Sydney, 547

"Ocean Highways," 39, 76, 541

Octopus, Young, bred in Brighton Aquarium, 171, 192, 313
Oldham School of Science, 314

Oliver (Capt. S. P., R.A.), Cromlechs and Dolmen Mounds,
344

Orchids, Fertilisation of, 121

Order of Intellectual Merit, proposed by Earl Stanhope, 177;
the late J. B. Jukes on, 223; Foreign Orders, 481, 549
Oreodon Remains in Woodwardian Museum, 309, 385
Organ Pipes and Reeds, 26, 45

Oriental Caligraphy, Bequest to British Museum, 232
Oriental Research as a Means of Education, 538, 559
Orme (Temple), Hensley's "Scholar's Arithmetic," 280
Ormerod (G., F.R.S.), Death of, 514

Ornithology (See Birds)

Otter and Seal, Anatomy of the, by Dr. C. G. Lucæ, 222
Oudeman (Dr.), Photographs of Solar Eclipse of 1871, 175
Owen (Prof. R., F.R.S.), appointed C. B., 74

Owens College, Manchester, Opening of the New Building, 75,
506; Address by Prof. Roscoe, 538

Oxford: Biological Fellowship at Magdalen College, 464, 513;
Natural Science Fellowships and Scholarships, 535, 506, 528,
549; Scientific Education at, 71; Report of Science Com-
mission on, 337; Science at, 21, 55, 130, 170, 171, 404, 436,
464

Ozone Generator, Improved, 146

Packard (A. S.), Ancestry of Insects, 249

Page (D., J.L.D.), "Text Book of Physical Geography," 458
Paladilhe (Dr.), Instinct and Perception in Animals, 284
Palmieri's "Incendio Vesuviano," 362, 549

Pansy, Wild, Fertilisation of, 49, 121, 143, 202
Paper manufactured from Jute, 192

Paraguay, Commission on the Resources of, 130
Parasites of the House Fly, 263

Paris Academy of Sciences, 20, 40, 60, 80, 96, 116, 136, 156,
176, 196, 209, 216, 236, 256, 270, 276, 296, 316, 336, 376,
396, 405, 480, 500, 520, 542, 562; Acclimatisation Society,
57, 194, 234, 275; Anthropological Society, 113; Bureau
des Longitudes, 110; Geographical Society, 214; Gold Medals
awarded by Societies, 55; Jardin des Plantes, 557; Labora-
tories of Natural History Museum, 226; Physical Society, 73
Parker (W. K., F.R.S.), Researches on the Anatomy of Fish, 74
Peccary, Internal Nose of, 488

Penikese Island (See Agassiz, Alex.)

Perception in the Lower Animals, 6, 65, 67, 77, 282, 284, 302,
322

Periodicity of Rainfall, 194, 245, 547

Perry (John), Oxford Science Fellowships, 506, 528, 549
Perthshire Society of Natural Science, 294

Peterman (Dr.), on the Polaris Expedition, 271, 313
Pettenkofer (Dr. Max von), "Air; its Relations to Clothes,
Houses, and Soil," 483

Phanerogamic Vegetation, Northern Limit of, 487
Pharmaceutical Society, 404

Pheasants, Suppression of Scent in, 48

Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 19, 59, 115, 156,
276, 500, 520, 541; Centennial Exhibition 1876, 355; Philo-
sophical Society, 216; Zoological Garden, 55

Phillips (Prof. John, F.R.S.), Opening Address, Sec. C, Br. A.,
419; Wealden Boring, 487
Phosphorescence in Wood, 46, 103

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Physics, History o'," by F. Hoefer, 320

Physics, Mathematical Principles of," by Prof. Rev. J. Challis,
F.R.S., 279

"Physikalis he Technik," by Dr. J. Frick, 62

Physiology (See Briti-h Ass ciation, Sec. D)

"Physiology of Man." by A. Flint. jun., M.D., 98

66

'Physiology of the Eye," by S. H. Salom, 322

Peirce (Prof. B.), Rotation of the Planets, 392
Pigeon, Ingenuity in a, 324

Pigs, Internal Nose o', 488
Placentation of the Sloth, 96

Plaice, Variation of Colour in, 25, 46, 101

Planets, New, 192, 371, 493

Pane's, Rotation of the, 392

Plants, Acquired Habits in, 7, 46

Playfair (Dr. Lyon), Scotch and English Universities, 41

Pogson (Miss), Appointed Assistant Astronomer at Madras,
513

Poison and Venom, Venomous Caterpillars, 7, 44, 101
Polaris Exploring Ship (See Arctic Exploration)
Polarisation of Light in the Rainbow, 466

Pollen, Natural Pro ection of, III

"Pollenize" or "Pollenate," Use of the Word, 121, 143, 244

Polynesia, New Port and Harbour Discovered, 314
Pombeiros, Te, their Journey Acro-s Africa, 429

Population, Statistics of Increase, 172

Riga, Society of Naturalists, 356, 520
Rigi Railway, 39

Right and Left, 396

Rock Inscriptions of Brazil, 46

Rocks, their Power of conducting Heat (Br. A.), 540
Rocky Mountains, Fossil Mammalia, 76

Rodwell (G. F., F. C.S.), Space of Four Dimensions, 8; "T:
Birth of Chemistry," 56; "Notes on Natural Philosophy,
100; Ho-fer's " History of Physics and Chemistry," 32:
Memorial to Galile at Florence, 329

Rogers (Prof. W. A). Safety in Navigation, 394
Rörs (J. H.), The Glacial Period, 283 5c6

Romanes (Geo. J.), Permanent Variation of Colour in Fish, 10:,
Curious Rainbow, 224: Instinct in Animals, 282

Rome, Roval Academy, 562

Ronald- (Sir Francis), Obituary Notice of, 313

Roscoe (Prof. H. E., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of Liebig, 27:
"Juior Course of Practical Chemistry," 242; Original Re
search as a Means of Edoca ion, 538, 559

Rose (Gustav). Obituary Notice of, 251, 277

Rotation of the Planets, 392

Royal Commission on Science, 197, 317, 414

Royal Institution, 55

Royal Society, 18, 34, 96, 134, 151, 153, 173, 194, 214, 234;
Croonian Lecture, 132; Sirée, 12

Rudimentary Structures, C. Darwin, F.R.S., on, 431
Rugby School Natural History Society, 160

Russel (H. C.), Meteorological Phenomena, 547
Russell (Prof. J. L.), Death of, 514

Russell (W. J., F.R.S.), Opening Address, Sec. B, Br. A.,
417

Rus ia, Expeditions for observing the Transit of Venus, 35, 271
Russian Exploration of New Guinea, 75

Porpoises Intellect of, 163, 229; at Brighton Aquarium, 229, 405 Rutherford (P.of.), Respiration of the Rabbit, 210; Opening
Portland (See American Association)

Potato Disease, New, 12

Potential Energy, 35

Preece (W. H.), Demagnetisation of Needles, 102

Prehistoric Art, 6; Man in America, 14

Pringle (E. H), Relics of the Pyramids, 263; Canarese Snakes,
303

Pritchard (H. Baden), Bichromate Photographs, 67
Probosces of Moths of Extraordinary Length, 223
Procter (H R.), Or gi of Nerve Force, 324, 362

Proctor (K. A., B.A.). "Light Science for Leisure Hours," 243
"Projectiles, the Motion of," by F. Bashforth, B.D., 503
Prominences, Solar, seen with a Common Telescope, 262
Psychology, Popular, by S rj, E. W. Cox, 179
Pulse, the, and the Sphygmrh, 330, 464, 486
Putrefaction, Germ Theory of, 212, 232

Pye-Smith (Dr. P. H.), "History of Zoology," by Prof. J. Victor
Carus, 118

Pyramids, Relics of the, 263

Quatrefages (M. de), Address to French Association, 349
Queckett Microscopical Club, 275

Rabbits, Wild, Habits of, 77

Rae (John), Arc ic Exploration, 102

Rainbow, Curious, 224; Reflected, 361, 432, 465; Polarisation
of Light in the, 466

Rainfall, Cyclone and Sun-spot Periodicity, 194, 245, 547 (Br. A.),
495

Rainfall, Symons' "British Rainfall for 1872," 231

Rawson (Governo ), Periodicity of Rainfal, 245

Rayleigh (Lord, F.R.S.), Harmonic Echoes, 319 528

Ray So iety: Lubbock's " Monograph of the Collembola and
Thy-anura," 482; Report of Council, 488

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Reade (Winwood), African Sketch Book," 429

Rede Lecture, 86, 122

Reflected Rainbows, 361, 432, 466

Reis (Dr. Paul), Handbook of Physics, 120, 381

Research, Endowment of (See Endowment of Research)

Re earch, Original, as a Means of Education, 538, 559

Respighi (Prof. L.), Eclipse of May 26, 1873, 131; his Method
of Spectroscopic Observation, 162

Richardson (B. W., M.D., F.R.S.), Muscular Irritability after
Syst-mic Death, 132

Riemann (Bernhard), The Hypotheses which lie at the Bases of
Geometry, 14, 36

Address, Sec. D, Br. A., 454

St. Andrew's University, 272

St. David's Rocks (Br. A.), 497

St. Lawrence, Gu f of, Deep Sounding and Dredging, 112

St. Paul's Cathedral, Lightning Conductors at, 294

St. Petersburg Observatory, 273

Sale (Lieut.), Action of Light on the Electrical Resistance of
Selenium, 134

Salmon, Growth of, 285

Salom (S. H.). "Physiology of the Eye," 322
Samoan Islands, Earthquakes in the, 325

Sanderson (J. Burdon, M. D., F.R.S.), his Experiments on
Archebiosis, 141, 161, 181, 199. 213, 232, 275, 478, 485, 504,
548; Electricity of Dionea muscipula (Br. A.), 478; Aadress
on Physiology, 304.

San -storms and Cyclones, 405

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Sanitary Progress, Prof. Corfield, M.D., on. 517
Sanitary Science, "The Sanitarian (New York), 14
Sars (G. O.), Deep-sea Resarch, Forms of A imal Life, 189
Scent, Suppression of, 48, 78

Schafarick (Prof.), Constitution of Silicates (Br. A.), 475
Schlesinger (Dr. Robert), Microscopic Examination of Textile
Fabrics, 252

"Scholar's Arithmetic," by L. Hensley, M. A., 280

Schuster (Dr. Arthur), Spectrum of Nitrogen, 161; Effect of
Pressure and Temp-ratur: on Spectra of Gases (Br. A.), 496
Schweinfurth (Dr. G.), Vocabularies of Central Africa, 17:
Monbuita Tribes of Central Africa. 374

Science and Art Department, South Kensington, Instruction to
Science Tea hers, 93, 210, 333, 371; Queen's Medallists,
390; Examination in Biology, 550

Scientific Instruction, Royal Comm ssion on, 197, 317, 414
Scientific Res arch, Prof. C. A. Joy on, 13

"Scientific Research, National Importance of," by G. Gore,
F.R. S., 354

Scientific Societies, List of, 521. 523

SCIENTIFIC WORTHIES (With Portraits), I. Faraday, 397

Sclater (P. L., F. R.S.), The Huemul, 302; New Bird of Para-
dise, 305; New Marine Animal, 487

Scotland: Society of Antiquaries, 54; Highland and Agricul
tu al Society, 210

Sea-fish, Distribution of, 192

Seals, Are they Fish or not? 55

Seal an Otter, Anatomy of the, by Dr. J. C. G. Lucae, 222
Secchi (P. A.), his Method of Spectroscopic Opservation, 162;
and the Royal College of Anatomy, 558

Sedgwick Memorial, 171

Seedling Plants, Growth or Evolution of Structure in, 373
Settle Cave, W. Boyd Dawkins, on (Br. A.), 476, 540
Shairp (Principal J. C.), Forbes and Tyndall, 84
Shooting Stars observed at Bristol, 385,

Sidereal Dial, designed by Capt. Ashton Mayne, 366
Siemens (Dr., F.R.S.), Fuel (Br. A.), 441
Signal Office, Washington, 35, 112, 124

Silbury Hill bought by Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., 191
Silicates, Constitution of (Br. A.), 475

Simple Diffraction Experiment, 550

Smet (Rev. P. J. de), Obituary Notice of, 355
Smith (Archibald), Obituary Notice of, 183

Smith (A. Percy), Instinct of Dogs, 6

Smith (E., M.D., F.R.S.), "Foods," 301

Smith (F. J.), Mechanical Combination of Colours, 262
Smith (Geo.), Assyrian Expedition, 75, 271, 333, 436

Smith (Hermann), Approach caused by Velocity and Resulting

in Vibration, 26; Errors respecting Organ-pipes, 45; Har-
monic Causation and Harmonic Echoes, 383

Smith (J. H., M.A.), "Treatise on Arithmetic," 159
Smith (W. G.), Phosphorescence in Wood, 46
Smith (W. R.), The Hegelian Calculus, 26

Smithsonian Institution, 389

Snakes, Canarese, 303

Sneezing, Physiology of the Phenomenon, 76

School of Mines, 210

Social Science Congress, Norwich, 472

Societies, Scientific List of, 521; Publication of Transactions,
550

Society of Arts, 110, 112, 371, 492; Memorial to Premier on
National Museums, 543

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Sociology, Principles of," by Herbert Spencer, 93
Sociology, Descriptive," by Herbert Spencer, 544

Somersetshire Archæological and Natural History Society, 333,
354

Sorby (H. C.), Chlorophyll Colouring-Matters, 202, 224
South African Museum, 352

South Kensington Museum, Cookery at, 178; H. Cole, C. B.,
on, 534

Space of Four Dimensions, 8

Spalding (Douglas A.), Flight of Birds not acquired, 289
Spectra of Gases, Effect of Pressure and Temperature on (Br. A.),
496

Spectra of the Limb and Centre of the Sun, 77

Spectroscope, The, and its Applications, by J. Norman Lockyer,
F.R.S., 10, 87, 104

Spectroscope, Improved, 172

"Spectrum Analysis, Researches in," by J. N. Lockyer, F. R.S.,
153, 156

Spectrum Lines of Iron, Calcium, and Titanium, 46
Spectrum of Nitrogen, 161

Spencer (Herbert), Principles of Sociology," 93; "De-
scriptive Sociology," 544

Sphygmograph, and the Pulse, 330, 464, 486

Spicer (Rev. W. W.), Etymology of Aphis, 103

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Sun Comparison of Spectra of its Limb and Centre, 77; Coro-
nal Atmosphere of the, 127, 149; Prof. G. A. Young on the,
393

Sun-spots and Rainfall, Periodicity of, 194, 245, 495, 547
Sunday Lecture Society, 558

Sundevall (Prof. C. J.), Classification of Birds, 131

Suppression of Scent in Pheasants, 48; in Rabbits, 78
Survival of the Fittest, Prof. L. Agassiz on, 34, 283

Swallows, Young, Flight of, 289

Switzerland, Helvetic Society of Natural Sciences, 561

Tait (Prof. P. G.), Rede Lecture on Thermo-electricity, 86, 122;
Heating of a Disc by Rotation in vacuo, 173; Tyndall and
Forbes, 381, 399, 431

Tarry (M.), Cyclones and Sand-storms, 405

Tasmania: Royal Society, 172; Geological Map of, 352

Taunton College School, Science at, 171

Taylor (J. E.), "Half hours in the Green Lanes," 361

Taylor (Mrs. R. B.), "The A B C of Chemistry," 260
Technical Education, Meeting at Marlborough House, Deputa-
tion to Privy Council, 293, 314, 513

Tegetmeier, Suppression of Scent in Pheasants, 48

Telegraphic Communications (Transatlantic) of Astronomical
Discoveries, 389

Telescope for Washington Observatory, 253
Telescope Tube for Celestial Photography, 284

Telescope: Webb's "Celestial Objects for Common Tele-
scopes," 199

Tempel's Comet, 153

Temperature and Pressure, 200

Temperature of the Deep-sea, 29, 52, 266, 347, 403, 529; Im-
proved Thermometers, 195

Thermo-electricity, Rede Lecture at Cambridge, by Prof. P. G.
Tait, 86, 122

Thermometers, Discussion on, 19; Miller-Casella, broken in
Deep-sea Soundings, 109; Deep-sea, 529

Thomé (Dr. O. W.), "Lehrbuch der Zoologie," 198

Thomson (James, C. E., LL.D.), Professor of Engineering at
Glasgow, his scientific Career, 49

Thomson (Prof. Wyville, F.R.S.), Notes from the Challenger,
28, 51, 109, 246, 266, 347, 400; Ventriculidæ, 484

Thorell (T., Ph.D.), "European Spiders," 378

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Thysanura, Monograph of the," by Sir J. Lubbock, Bart.,
M.P., 482

Tiddeman (R. H.), Settle Caves Report, 529

Timbs' "Year Book of Facts," 44

Tissandier (M. G.), Aërial Spectres seen from a Balloon, 227

Topley (W., F.G.S.), Whin Sill of Northumberland (Br. A.),
476; Sub-Wealden Exploration (Br. A.), 497

"Spiders, European, Synonyms of," by T. Thorell, Ph.D., 378 Tornadoes, 126

Spiller (J., F.C.S.), Artificial Magnetite (Br. A.), 475

Sponge, New, dredged by the Challenger, 29

Sporer (Prof. D.), Observations on the Sun, 391
Sprengel (C. K.), Fertilisation of Flowers, 49

Standards of Weight and Measure, 268, 307, 327, 367, 386, 489,

552

Stanhope (Earl), Proposed Order of Intellectual Merit, 177
Star-Fishes, 104, 107

Stars, Southern, Catalogue of, 94

Toulmin Smith (Lucy), Dr. Wyville Thomson a the Ven-
triculidæ, 484

"Trades Guild of Learning," 151, 171, 293, 494

Transit of Venus (See Venus)

| Trap Rocks, their Meteorological Influence, 181

Triangulation of Europe, 192

Turin Industrial Museum, 152
Turkish Scientific Periodical, 13
Tuscan Memorial to Galileo, 329

State Aid to Science, 21, 41, 54, 157, 177, 197, 217, 237, 257, Tylor (E. B., F. R.S.), Clodd's "Childhood of the World," 99;

261, 262, 297, 317, 337, 354, 377, 414, 543

Statistical Congress, International, 54

Stembergia, Modern, Pith of the Balsam-Fir, 53

Stevenson (Thos.), Meteorological Influence of Trap Rocks, 181
Stewart (Prof. B.), Heating of a Disc by Rotation in vacuo, 173;
Sun-spots, 234; Ethereal Friction (Br. A.), 494
Stewart (Dr. J. L.), Death of, 514.

Stirling (J. H.), The Hegelian Calculus, 26; "Philosophy of
Law," 241; Hegel's Philosophy, 382

Stone (Livingstone), Fish Acclimatisation in California, 171
Stone Implements found at New Jersey, 13

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Morality and Religion in Early Civilisation, 498; Spencer's
"Descriptive Sociology," 562

Tyndall (Prof. J., F.R.S.), Principal Forbes and Glacial The-
ories, 64, 84, 381, 399, 431; Swedish Order conferred on,
292; Reflected Rainbows, 361, 423

Typhoid Epidemic in London, 343, 466, 514

Ule (Dr. Otto and A. Hummel), "Physikalische und Chemische
Unterhaltungen," 44

Universities, English, their Future; a Voice from Cambridge,
an Echo from Oxford, 71

Universities and Science, Prof. C. A. Joy cn, 13

Universities, English and Foreign, Science 2, 21

Universities and Science, 41, 157, 197, 237, 243. 257, 261, 262
297, 354, 377, 414, 433; Report of the Science Commission,
317, 337

Uranus, Prof. Newcomb's Tables of its Motions, 54

Weighing and Standards of Weight, 268, 307, 327, 367, 386, 489,
552

Wellington College Natural History Society, 260
Westerly Progress of Cities, 102, 182
West Kent Natural History Society, 131

Valentin (W G., F.C.S.), “Qualitative Chemical Analysis," 199 Wharton (C. Bygrave), Motion in a Circle, 77
Variation of Colour in Fish, 101, 46

Variations of O gas, 505

Velocity and Vibration, 25

Velocity of Light, A. Cornu's Experiments, 184

Venom and Po son, 7, 44, IOI

Venomous Cate pilrs, 7, 44, 101, 303, 466, 487
Venomous Reptiles of South America, 214

Ventricu idæ, 484

Venus, Transit of, Observations of Jeremiah Horrox, 117, 137
Venus, Transi of, 1874, Recommendat oos of Board of Visitors,
Greenwich O se va ory, 129; German Ob ervations, 271;
Ross an Exe it ons, 35, 271

Verreaux (JP), Obituary Notice of, 535, 537

Wheatstone (Sir Charles), Grand Medal of French Society of
National Industry, 74; Elected Associate of the French
Academy Sciences, 209, 251

Whewell (Dr., lite Master of Trinity), Proposed Life of, 151
Whin Sill of Northumberland (Br. A ). 476

Whitmee (S J.) Earthquakes in the Samoan Islands, 325
Whi worth Scholarships, 335, 395

Wild Birds Pro ection Act, 1, 209

Willemoes-Suhm (Dr. von), Deep-Sea Dredging on Board the
Challenger, 28, 51

Willett (H.), Sub- Wealden Exploration (Br. A.), 497
Williams (Greville, F. R.S.). Emeralds and Beryls, 254, 284
Wiliams (Rev. S. E., M.A.), "Arithm-tic and Algebra," 159

Vesuvios: Pnin's Incendio Vesuv ano," 362; Mallet-Pal- Wiliams (W. Mattieu, F.C.S.), Spectrum Lines of Iron Cal-
miei', D. Fo bes. F. R.S., on, 528, 549

Vézère, Prehis oric Remais, 58

Victo ia Cave Exploration, W. B yd Dawkins, F.R.S, on, 19
Victori: Climate of, 152; Mineral Statistics, 335; Mining
Department of, 352

Victoria Institute, 334

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Wacherer (Dr. Otto). Obituary Notice of, 535
Wagner (Moritz), "The Dar vinin Theory," 180
Walker (C. V, FR.S.), Carbon Battery Plates. 529
Walker (Henry, F.G.S.), Glacial Dritts of North London, 287
Wallace (Alfred R., F.Z.S.), Natural History Collections in
the East India Museum, 5; Collection of Birds from the
Malay Archipelago, Bought for the British Museum, 54; Per-
cep ion and Instinct in the Lower Animals, 65, 302; Dr.
Page's "Text-book of Physical Geography," 358; Works on
African Travel, 429; Lye ls "Antiquity of Man," 462
Wallis (Dr.), his Latin Translation of the MSS. o Jeremiah
Horrox, 137

Wal-ingham (Lord), Oreodon Remains from Upper Oregon,
385

Ward (J. Clifton), Glaciation of the Lake D'strict, 154
Washburn (G.), An iquity of Man, 392

Washington, Naval Observatory at, 35, 253; Signal Office,
35. 112, 124

Waves and Earthquakes, 547

Wave Lengths, Variations in, 393

Wave Motion, Me hod of Stu lying, 506

Wealden Bring, 487, (Br. A.) 497

Webb (Rev. T. W.), Celestial Objects for Common Tele-
scopes," 199

cium and Titanium, 46; Science in Italy, 113; Intellect of
Porpoises, 163; Mr. Tay or's "A B C or Chemistry," 260;
Autumnal Typhoid Epidemics, 466

Williamson (Prof. A. W., F.R.S.), Inaugural Address at British
Association, 406

Williamson (Prof. W. C., F.R.S.), Coals and Coal Plants (Br.
A ), 446

Wills (Thos.), New Ozone Generator, 146
Wilson (Henry S), Venomous Caterpillars, 45
Winchester College, Natural History Society, 282; Scientifc
Soce y 484

Winters and Summers, 182

Wires used to Correct Echo, 120

Wise (Prof.), his propos-d Balloon Voyage from America to
England, 364, 389, 436
Wood (Wal ace, M.D.),
graphy," 259

"Chronos: Mother Earth's Bio-

Wood, Phosphorescence in, 46, 103
Woodward (C. J), Wave Motion, 506

"World of Ato ns," by Marc. Antoine Gaudin, 81
Wyandotte Cav-, 229

Wyoming, Geology of, Prof. Cope on, 19, 93, 116, 156, 390
Yale College, Scientific School, 252, 322
Year-book of Facts," 44

Yellowstone Exploring Expedition, 331
Young (Prof. C. A.), Improved Spectroscope, 172; Crust of
the Sun, 393

Zittel (Prof. Dr. K. A ),
"Aus der Urzeit," 547
Zodiacal Light, Maxwell Hall on, 7, 181
Zool gv Zoological Gardens, Cranes, 383; Additions to, 14,
35, 36, 55, 76, 113, 131, 153, 173, 193, 211, 232, 253, 273,
294 315, 335, 356, 372, 39, 405, 436, 473, 494, 515, 536,
559; Grien, Calcu ta, 34; Ga den, Philadelphia, 55; Zoo-
lo ical Mythology," by Prof. D G berna is, 43; Zoological
Record, 54, 527; Society, M-etings, 18, 58. 95, 135, 195,
231; Society. Vienna, 180; S'ation at Naples, 34, 81, 454;
Zoolorist. The, 335, 395; "Zoology, His ory of," by Prof. J.
Victor Carus, 118; Thomé's "Lehrbuch der Zoologie," 198.
(See British Association, Sec. D)

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