R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
BREAD STREET HII.L, E. C.
Adams (Prof. Leith, F.R.S.), Remarkable Colour-Variation in Ammonia, the Manufacture of, 398 Lizards, 53
Aërated Bread, Prof. A. H. Church, 174
Aeronautics, New Society in Paris, 395; see also Balloons Afghan War, the Scientific Aspect of, 396 Afghanistan, 40; Dr. Chavanne's work on, 222 Africa: the Tanganyika Expedition, 15; Keith Johnston's East African Expedition, 43, 204; the Utilisation of the African Elephant, 54, 99, 516; Rev. J. P. Farler on Usambara, 76; the Italian Expedition, 78; Road-making at Lake Nyassa, 77; the Portuguese Expedition, 78, 100, 438, 471, 556; the C.M.S. Nyanza Expedition, 99, 100, 542; M. Soleillet's Exploration of, 124; Sudden Change in Temperature in the Transvaal, 131; a South African Folk-Lore Society, 206; the German Scientific Expedition, 323; the Position of Blantyre, 324; T. J. Coomber on the District of Mount Cameroons, 348; Proposed Central African Railway, 247, 348; Ladein's Tour through Central, 349; Berlin African Society, 395; the French Missionary Expedition, 422, 584; Dr. Buchner's Ex- pedition, 422; Lake Nyassa, 438; the French Expedition to Central Africa, 438, 556; Madagascar Forms in, 470, 527; the Belgian African Expedition, 470, 491; the Algerian Ex- pedition, 471; New Telegraphic Lines in, 516; "L'Afrique Centrale en, 1522," 556
Afridee Family, Description of, 376
Agassiz (Prof. Alex.), his New Zoological Laboratory, 317 Agassiz (Louis), Notice of (with Portrait), 573 Agricultural College, Cirencester, 453, 544 Agricultural Colleges in Japan, 425
Agricultural Society, Journal of, 312 Agriculture in France, 160
Air-Temperature, its Distribution and Range, J. H. Laughton, 177
Airy (Sir G. B.) on the Study of Mathematics at Cambridge, 497 Alaghir, Earthquake at, 446
Albertis's Exploration of New Guinea, 43
Amu-Daria, the Exploration of, 556 Anarrhichas lupus, 556
Anatomy and Physiology, Journal of, 87
Aneroid Barometers, Experiments with, in the Giffard Balloon, 17 Angola, New Birds from, 585
Aniline Black, the Use of Vanadium in making, 280 "Animal Chemistry," C. T. Kingzett, 358 Animal Electricity, Dr. L. Hermann on, 561 Anisoplia austriaca, Destruction of Crops at Taganrog by, 182 Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 66, 185, 259, 330, 426, 521 Annular Eclipse of January 22, 1879, 99 Anthropological Institute, 91, 163, 331, 356, 403, 451, 499, 547, 595; Legacy to, 374 Anthropological Exhibition at Moscow, 280, 300, 375 Anthropometry, a Manual of, Charles Roberts, 29, 73 Ants, Termites kept in Captivity by, Henry O. Forbes, 4 Ants, Sir John Lubbock, F.R.S., on, 377 Antwerp Geographical Society, Bulletin, 583 Aphides, American, 585
Appleton (Dr. C. E.), Death of, 374; Obituary Notice of, 386 Archibald (E. D.), Locusts and Sun-Spots, 145; American Weather, 266; Rainfall of the World, 305
Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, 306, 546, 570 Arcimis (Augusto T.), Earthquake at Cadiz, 555
Arctic Exploration: 123; the Use of Balloons for, 18; Capt. Tyson's Expedition, 123; Nordenskjöld's Expedition, 77, 102, 222, 247, 270, 298, 349, 373; Capt. Howgate's Proposed Colony, 349, 584; Mr. Gordon Bennett's Expedition, 422; the Dutch Willem Barentz, 542
Arctic Ocean, the Temperature and Density of the Water of,
Arctic Regions, are the Fossil Floras of the, Eocene or Miocene, and the Causes which enabled them to exist in High Latitudes, J. Starkie Gardner, 124
Aleurone Grains, the Chemical Composition of, S. H. Vines, Arequipa, Earthquake at, 423 235
Aleutian Isles, Volcanic Eruptions in, 45
Algae of the Caspian Sea, 319; Fossil Calcareous, Prof. E. Perceval Wright, 485; Discosporangium, 584; Halosphæra, a New Genus of, 584
Algebraischen Gleichungen, Theorie der, Dr. Jul. Petersen, 3 Algeria, Proposed Railway from, to Senegal, 395
Algol: the Variable-Star, 298; the Companion of, 365
Argentine Scientific Society, Anales of, 232 Argyll (Duke of), a Carnivorous Goose, 554 Arithmetic, Muir's Text-Book of, 30 Aroid, Discovery of a New Gigantic, 45
Art, Unscientific, John W. Buck, 460; Chas. Coppock, 484 Arvonian, Pre-Cambrian, Rocks, 427 'Ascension," Mrs. Gill, 240
Asclepiadaceæ, Sensitive Organs in, 155
Allen (Grant), the Colour-Sense, 32, 120; Colour in Nature, 580 Ashby (Henry, M.B.), "Notes on Physiology for the Use of Alligators in China, 351
Amazon, Decrease of the River, 324
Amazonian Devonian, Fossils of the, 469
America: American Journal of Science and Arts, 66, 185, 209, 378, 400, 520; American Jurassic Dinosaurs, 70; American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 140, 211, 428, 547; Ameri- can Microscopical Journal, 145; American Surveys and Ex- plorations, Prof. Arch. Geikie, F.R.S., 213; Ripley and Dana's "American Cyclopædia," 264; American Weather,
Asia: Col. Prjvalsky's Exploration of, 323; Russian Expeditions to Central, 271, 349, 438, 515
Asiatic Fishes, New, 245
Asiatic Society of Japan, Transactions, 583 Asparagin in Plants, 390 Aspiorhynchus prjvalskii, 389
Association Scientifique de France, Lectures of, 232 Astrakan, the Plague in, 325 359
Astronomy: M. Houzeau on certain Phenomena of, 447; Dr. A. Sawitsch's Work on Geographical Astronomy, 94; Our Astro- nomical Column, 14, 42, 74, 99, 122, 154, 204, 221, 245, 268, 298, 347, 365, 388, 420, 437, 468, 484, 510, 531, 555, 582
Atlantic Cable, Duplexing the, 38; Herbert Taylor, 52 Atmosphere in the Moon, a Question raised by the observed Absence of, S. Tolver Preston, 3
Atmospheric Electricity, G. M. Whipple, 220
Atmospheric Pressure, Sun-Spots, and the Sun's Heat, J. Allan Broun, F.R.S., 6; S. A. Hill, 432; Joao Capello, 506 Auerbach (Dr. F.), the Phonograph and Vowel Sounds, 122; on Undertoner, 183
Australia: Marsupials of, Henry Weld Blundell, 528; Aus- tralian Fossil Corals, 469; Australian and Tasmanian Races, R. Brough Smith, 549 Austrian Tourist Club, 326
Ayrton (Prof. W, E.), the Mirror of Japan and its Magic Quality, 539
Ayrton and Perry (Professors), on the Music of Colour and Mo- tion, ror; Magic Mirror of Japan, 186; the Contact Theory of Voltaic Action, 498
Baber (Mr.) Journey in Szuchuen, 298
Back (Admiral Sir Geo.), Legacy to the Royal Geographical Society, 43
"Bacon's Novum Organum," edited by Prof. T. Fowler, G. F. Rodwell, 262
Raer (K. von), Proposed Monument to, 278, 375 Bailey (M.), his New Electric Spark Pen, 60 Bain (Prof. Alex.), "Education as a Science," 457
Balance, J. H. Poynting on using the, and its Employment to determine the Mean Density of the Earth, 115 Balfour (Dr. I. B.), on Halophila, 584
Ball (Prof. R. S.), Speculations on the Source of Meteorites, 493
Balloons: the Rapid Inflation of, 18; Giffard's Captive Balloon, 46, 493, 517, 560; the Académie des Ascensions Météorolo- giques, 560; Adoption of, for War Purposes, 592
Balnacara, N.B., Earthquake at, 131
Baltimore, Report of the Johns Hopkins University, 66 Barker's Cave in Queensland, 423
Barometers: Experiments with Aneroid, in the Giffard Balloon, 17; Diurnal Oscillations of, J. Allan Broun, F.R.S., 366 Barometric Pressure, Prof. Bert on, 569
Barraud and Lund, Synchronised Clocks, 55
Barrett (Prof. W. F.), the Telephone, its History, and Recent Improvements, 12, 56; History of the Speaking Telephone,
Beccari (Dr.), Discovery of a New Gigantic Aroid, 45 Beer, Brewing of, in Japan, 397
Beerbohm (Julius), "Wanderings in Patagonia," 217
Bees' Sting, 289; Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, 314; W. Radford, 340; J. P. Jackson, 385; E. W. Pringle, 410
Beetle, Destruction of Crops at Taganrog by Anisoplia austriaca, 182
Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 165
Belgium, African Expeditions, 491
Bert (Prof.), on Barometric Pressure, 569 Bessel's Nebula in Perseus, 555
Bibliography: Friedländer's Catalogues, 325; "Naturæ Novi. tates," 376; a Universal Catalogue, 585
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Buller (Samuel), Life and Habit, 477
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Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique, 22, 306, 354, 475, 594;
Bunsen Flame a Sensitive Flame, W. W. Haldare Gee, 122 Burgess (A. Hutton), Storm Warnings, 313
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Cannibalism in Japan, 474
Canoe, a Prehistoric, 473
Cape, the, Mr. David Gill appointed Astronomer at, 388
Cape Diamonds, B. G. Jenkins, 582
Capello (Joao), Atmospheric Pressure, 506
Carbon Process of Photography, Dr. Paul E. Liesegang, 362
Carbon Telephone, the, 12, 68
Carbonic Acid in Blood, 474
Chauffod (M.), Death of, 376
Chavanne (Dr. J.), "Die Sahara," 100; his Work on Afghan- istan, 222
Chelone midas, the Skull of the, Prof. Parker, F.R.S., 593 Chemistry: Roscoe and Schorlemmer's Treatise on, 169; Dr. Wettstein's Work on the Chemistry of Plants, 93; Chemical Equivalence, 330; Chemico-Agricultural Station in Italy, 390; American Chemical Journal, 592; Chemical Society, 67, 90, 210, 282, 355, 426, 451, 522, 571, 591; Research Fund Grants, 491; Annual Meeting, 516
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Chevreul (M.), Resignation of, 374 Chilian Butterflies, 246
China: Statistics of the Plague in, 61; Trade-Routes in, 123; the Telegraph in, 131; Overland Route to, 157; Mines in, 159, 181; the Grand Canal of, 181: Baber's Journey in Szuchuen, 298; Coal Mining at Kaiping, 325; the Cultivation of Opium in, 327; the Alligators of, 351; Cotton Growing in Shantung, 351; Woollen Manufactory at Lanchow-fu, 446; Map of Part of, 542; John Milne's Journey Across, 583 Chinchona : Cultivation in the Wynaad, 181; Cultivation of, in Ceylon, 397
Chords, a Method of Showing the Vibratory Movement of, 396 Christy (Thos.), "New Commercial Plants," 265 Chromospheric Lines, Preliminary Note on the Substances which produce the, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 292 Church (Prof. Å. H.), Aërated Bread, 174; Prison Bread, 387 Church (John A.), on the Combustion of Different Kinds of Fuel,
Circulating Decimals, J. W. L. Glaisher, F.R.S., 208 Cirencester, Royal Agricultural College, 453, 544
Citrus, the Genus, Prize for Essay on, 422
City Companies and Technological Education, 354
Clark (Latimer), Time and Longitude, 220
Clark's South America, 312
Clarke (Hyde), the Drought, 53
Clarke (Lieut. George S.), the Microphone for Military and Tonometric Purposes, 72
Claypole (E. W.), the Black Rat, 581
Carboniferous Epoch, did Flowers Exist during the? R. Clegram (W. B.), Tides at Chepstow, 481
McLachlan, F.R.S., 554; A. R. Wallace, 582 Carey-Hobson (M.), Equine Sagacity, 147 Carnivorous Goose, Duke of Argyll, 554
Carpenter (F. Herbert), Colour-Variation in Lizards, 122; Pre- liminary Report on the Comatula of the Challenger Expe- dition, 450
Carrier-Pigeons, Thomas Stevenson, 5
Caruel (Prof. T.), Quarantine in Italy (the Phylloxera), 408 Carus (Prof. J. Victor), "Zoologischer Anzeiger," 118
Caspian Sea the Road to Merv from the, 271, 297; Algæ,
319; Crustaceans of the, 446
Cassell's Popular Natural History, 345
Cassini (Jean Dominique), Notice of, 122 Catalepsy, the Production of, 351
Catalogue, a Universal, 585
Caucasus the Snow-Limit in the, 159; Natural History of the, 319
Caves: Styrian, 161; Barker's Cave in Queensland,4 23; Cave- Research in Borneo, 352
Caylloma, Discovery of Silver Ores at, 423
Cecil (Henry), the Power of Stupefying Spiders Possessed by Wasps, 54
Cerium, Didymium, and Lanthanum, Prof. Cossa on the Occur- rence of, 424
Ceylon: Cultivation of Cinchona in, 397; the Birds of, Capt. Legge, 505; Australian Trees in, 516 Chadwick's Magic Lantern Manual," 327
Challenger: Moseley's Notes by a Naturalist on the, 415; the Brittle Stars of the, 319
Chalmers (Rev. Jos.), Journeys in New Guinea, 351
Chambers (Charles, F.R.S.), "Meteorology of the Bombay Presidency," 293
Chappell (Wm.), Speaking-Trumpets, 5; Molecular Vibrations,
Cleopatra's Needle and the Wind Pressure, 25 Cleveland Institution of Engineers, 280
Clifford (Prof. W. K.), his State of Health, 256; Arrival at Madeira, 278; Proposed Testimonial to, 349; Death of,
422; Obituary Notice of, 443; Funeral of, 491; his Posthu mous Works, 543
Clouds and Weather Signs, Rev. W. Clement Ley, 178
Clouds, Measuring the Height of, J. F. Wilke, 148,
"Coal and Coal Mines," Thomas's Work on, 405
"Coal and Iron in all Countries," M. Pechar, 336
Coal-Dust, on the Influence of, in Colliery Explosions, W. Galloway, 546
Coal in New Zealand, Discovery of a New Seam, 131 "Coal: its History and Uses," 238
Coal Measures, Organisation of the Fossil Plants of the, Prof. W. C. Williamson, F.R.S., 521
Coal Mine Commission, 357
Coal Mining in China, 325
Coal, Wiltshire's History of, 407
Cobb (Francis), Sun-Spots and the Nile, 299 Coffee Planters, the Training of, 591 Coffee-Tree, the Leaf Disease in, 423
Collie Dog, Heredity in a, 234
Colliery Explosions, the Influence of Coal-Dust in, W. Galloway, 546
Cologne, Earthquake in, 160
Colorado River and Plateaus, the Geological History of, Capt. C. E. Dutton, 247, 272
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Colour-Variation in Lizards, Remarkable Local, Alfred R. Wallace, 4; Prof. Leith Adams, 53; J. Wood-Mason, 53; Dr. Henry Hillyer Giglioli, 97; P. Herbert Carpenter, 122 Columbus (Christopher), Letters of, 323
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Copernican Society at Thorn, 516
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Corea, Japanese Relations with, 298
Corsican Herpetology, Dr. H. Hillyer Giglioli, 97
Dog, Intelligence in a, 458
Donax fossor, 470
Donnelly (Col. J. F. D.), Migration of Birds, 289 Dorthesia, Plague of, in America, 396
Double Stars: Flammarion on, 216; South, 190, 583 Dove (Heinrich Wilhelm), Obituary Notice of, 529
Cossa (Prof.) on the Occurrence of Cerium, Didymium, and Doyle (Pat.), Deltaic Growth, 506
Lanthanum, 424
Cotopaxi, the Volcano, 17
Cotton Mills in Japan, 61
"Countries of the World," Dr. Robert Brown's, 554
Cowper (E. A.), Telegraphic Writing Machine, 323
Crace Collection of Maps, &c., of London, 351
Craig Christie (A.), Shakespeare's Colour-Names, 221 """Cram" Books, 51
Crane (A.), "Survival of the Fittest," 197
Crannog, Discovery of a, in Ayrshire, Dr. Buchanan White, 32; Robert Munro, 54
Crayfish, Physiology of the Nervous System of, James Ward, 451; Action of the Heart of the, 470
Crevaux (Dr. Jules), Exploration of French Guiana, 298, 395, 515
Crocodile, the Skull of the, L. C. Miall, 383 Crocodiles, Dwarf, 91
"Crónica Cientifica," 232
Crookes (Wm., F.R.S.), on Repulsion from Radiation, Part VI., 88; Experimental Researches on the Repulsion arising from Radiation, 511, 533; Experiment with a Vacuum Tube, 458 Crustaceans of the Caspian Sea, 446
Crystal Palace, Proposed Permanent Exhibition at, 18 "Crystallography," H. P. Gurney's, 171
Cumberland Association of Literature and Science, 132 Cunnington (H. A.), Experiment with a Vacuum Tube, 458 Cyclones and Anticyclones, Inclination of the Axes of, Rev. W. Clement Ley, 275
Cyclopædia, Ripley and Dana's American, 264
Darien Isthmus, Proposed Canal Across, 516, 542 Darwin (Chas., F.R.S.), Fritz Müller on a Frog having Eggs on its Back-on the Abortion of the Hairs on the Legs of Certain Caddis-Flies, &c., 462; Rats and Water-Casks, 481; the Darwin Memorial Fund, 445
Darwin (G. H.), on a Theory of the Viscosity of the Earth's Mass, 292; the Formation of Mountains and the Secular Cool- ing of the Earth, 313
Davies (William), Geological Climate and Geological Time, 33 Davy (Sir Humphrey), Centenary of his Birth, 59; Celebration of, at Penzance, 374
Dawson (George M.), Salmon in Rivers of the Pacific Slope, 528 Decimal Weights and Measures, 207
Declination Magnet, Notes on the Inequalities of the Diurnal Range of the, as Recorded at Kew Observatory, 259 De La Rue's Diaries, &c., 181
Dragon Cave," Mixniz, Styria, 161
Drainage and Sewerage, Alfred S. Jones, 53
Draper (J. C.), Oxygen in the Sun, 352
Draper (Dr. J. W.), "Scientific Memoirs," 25; and the Electric Light, 242
Dresden Mittheilungen of the Zoological Museum, 553; Edu- cational Exhibition in, 591
Drought, the, Hyde Clarke, 53
Dry Ground, the Gas-Absorption of, 544
Dublin, Science at Trinity College, 234
Duncan (Prof. Martin), "Popular Natural History," 345 Dundee: Naturalists' Society, 85; the Free Library of, 352 Duplexing the Atlantic Cable, 38; Herbert Taylor, 52 Dutch Geographical Society, 44
Dutton (Capt. C. E.), the Geological History of the Colorado River and Plateaus, 247, 272
Dyer (Prof. W. T. Thiselton), Madagascar Forms in Africa, 527 Dynamics, Blaikie's Elements of, 30 Dynamite, Major Majendie on, 473
Eagle, Golden, and Goslings, 554
Ear Affection, 315; Dr. G. L. Wallich, 340; Dr. W. Ainslie Hollis, 364; Dr. Urban Pritchard, 364; John Harmer, 365 Earth, the Secular Cooling of the, and the Formation of Moun- tains, G. H. Darwin, 313
Earth's Mass, Viscosity of the, G. H. Darwin, 292 Earthquakes: 560; at Buir, in Prussia, 17; at Sierra Leone, 60; at Jucuapa, 85; at Suram and Borjom, 108; at Balna- cara, N.B., 131; in Cologne, 160; at Seefeld, 207; in France, 256; in Switzerland, 352; in Shetland, 396; at Are- quipa, 423; at Alaghir, Caucasus, 446; Southern Austria, 446; in Persia, 493; in North Wales, 555; at Cadiz, 555; in France, 591
Eastern Yucatan, Dr. A. Woeikof, 554 Eccentric Anomalies, Calculation of, 14 Echini, Spines of, 319; New Species of, 389 Echinoderms, the Morphology of, Dr. Ludwig's Work on, 406 Eclipses: the Solar, of July 19, 1879, 42; the Total Solar, of January 11, 1880, 74; the Annular, of January 22, 1879, 99; Dr. Hayden's Party's Observation of the Solar Eclipse of July 29, 1878, 159
Edinburgh: Botanic Garden, 445; Royal Society, 116, 260, 283, 379, 571; Keith Medal of the Royal Society of, 346 Edison's Electric Light Inventions, 44, 60, 517, 532; his Micro- tasimeter and Carbon Telephone, 68; his Invention for Mea- suring the Electric Current, 107; his Telephone, 471 "Education as a Science," Prof. Alex. Bain, 457
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