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Cunningham (Major Allan), Roorkee Hydraulic Experiments, I;
the Indian Survey, 97

Cunningham (J. T.), Zoological Station in Naples, 453
Currie (James), Flamingoes and Cariamas, 389

Cutting Tools worked by Hand and Machine, Robert H. Smith,
577

Cyprus, Earthquake in, 497

Dachstein Glaciers, Decrease of, 42
Dairy Industry in France, 90

D'Arrest's Comet, 324, 567, 589, 618

Darwin (Charles), on Tower-like Dejections made by Worms,
20; Enthusiasm in Sweden on the Memorial to, 275; Darwin
and Copernicus, Prof. E. du Bois Reymond, 557; Hostile
Criticism in Germany of the Address on, 565

Darwin (Prof. G. H., F.R.S.), Numerical Estimate of the
Rigidity of the Earth, 22; Elected Plumian Professor of
Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge, 275;
Formation of Mudballs, 507

Darwinism, Dr. Le Conte on, 275

Dary (Georges), on Electric Navigation, 41, 42
Davis Lectures for 1883, 565

Dawkins (Prof. W. Boyd), Channel Tunnel, 338

Dawson (Capt.), Notes on Circumpolar Expedition from Letters
of, 103, 242, 484

De La Rue's Diaries, &c., 161

De Morgan (Augustus), Memoir of, R. Tucker, 217
Death, Chinese Definition of, 160

Deaths from Snake Bite in Bombay, Sir Joseph Fayrer, F.R.S.,
556

Dechevrens (Father Marc), a Curious Halo, 30

Deductive Biology, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F. R.S., 554

Deep-Sea Exploration, French, 587

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Deneholes at Blackheath, 324

Denmark: Oyster Fisheries of, 346; Glacial Phenomena in,
Prof. John-trup, 373

Denning (W. F.): Transit of Venus, 158; Markings on Jupiter,
365; Amateurs and Astronomical Observation, 434; the
Large Meteor of March 2, 1883, 461

Denning's Comet, 348

Deprez's Electrical Theories, 399

Derby Free Library, Reference Catalogue, 62

Desborde (Col.), on Banks of Niger, 424

Dewar (Prof.) and Prof. Liveing, Origin of Hydrocarbon Flame
Spectrum, 257

Diamond in its Matrix, a, 90

Dickert (Herr Thomas), Death of, 399

Dickson (Dr. Oscar): his liberality in aiding Scientific Research,
444; Account of Swedish Expedition to Greenland, 541
Dier (Prof.), Shadows after Sunset, 150

Dijmphna, Search Expedition for the, 64

Diluvial Mammals, Discovery of Remains of, on Wolga, 373
Dip-Circle, Goolden's Simple, 127

Direct-Vision Prisms, 182

Distant (W. L.): an Urgent Need in Anthropology, 101;
"Rhopalocera Malayana," 444

Diurnal Variation in the Velocity of the Wind, E. Douglas
Archibald, 461

Djighit (the), Domojiroff's Anemometric Observations on, 445
Doberck (Dr. W.): the Comet 1882 6, 129; Transit of Venus,
158; appointed to the Hong Kong Observatory, 565
Dobson (J. L.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 87
Doe with Horns, 209

Dogs, Age of, R. Cordiner, 79

Dolmen, Discovery of, at St. Pierre Quiberon, 540

Domojiroff's Anemometric Observations on board the Djighit, 445
Doradus, Supposed Variable μ, a Spurious Star, 498
Double Stars, Measures of, 182

Douglas (Robert K.): China, 221; Coroners' Science in China,
612

Draper (Prof. Henry): Death of, 88; Obituary Notice of, 108
Dredging Implement, a New: Prof. A. Milnes Marshall, II;
W. A. Herdman, 54

Dreyer (J. L. E.), Transit of Venus, 158

Dublin: Royal Society of, 235; Experimental Science Associa-
tion, 571; Aurora at, 589

Dumas (J. B. A.): Presentation to, 132; his Address at the Com.
memoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of his Membership of
the Paris Academy, 174; the Dumas Medal, 227; Illness of, 346
Duncan (Prof. P. Martin, F. R.S.), Heroes of Science, 76
Dust Showers in Norway, 496

"Dutton (Capt. C. E.), a Monograph by," Tertiary History of
the Grand Cañon District, Dr. Arch. Geikie, F.R.S., 357
Dyer (W. T. Thiselton, F.R.S.): Influence of "Environment"
on Plants, 82; the Sacred Tree of Kum-Bum, 224; Deductiv
Biology, 554

Dynamics, Introductory Treatise on Rigid, W. Steadman Aldis
265

Dynamo, Thomson's Mouse-Mill, J. T. Bottomley, 78
Dynamo Machine, Elphinstone-Vincent, 516

Dynamo-electric Machine with Continuous Induction, Prof
Pfaundler the Inventor of, 517

Dynamo-electric Machines, Recent, 58

Earth, Numerical Estimate of the Rigidity of the, Prof. G. H
Darwin, F. R.S., 22

Earth Currents during Magnetical Perturbations, 89
Earth's Crust, Physics of the, Rev. O. Fisher, 76
Earth's Surface, Causes of Elevation and Depression of, W. F
Stanley, 523

Earthquakes: in the Northern part of the Balkan Peninsula, 19
at Cascia, 63; in Perugia, 90; in the Valais, 181; in Greed
and Panama, 248; at Murcia, in Spain, at Archena, &c., 277
at Halifax, Prof. Geo. Lawson, 293; Clifton, Geo. I
Burder, 293; Hastings, R. H. Tiddeman, 293; at Cassing
299; at Agram, 348; at Freiburg-im-Breisgau, 374;
Silesia and Bohemia, 400; in Hungary, 423; at Bologn
445; in Japan, Proposed Study of, 469; in Cyprus, 497
at Amsterdam, 517; in Hungary and Italy, 540; at Peda
in Sicily, 567

Earthslip in Switzerland, 209

Earthworms in New Zealand, 91

Eastlake (F. W.), Geology of Hong Kong, 177

Eclipse, Total Solar, of May 6, 1883, 111, 248; the Englis
Observers, 346, 398, 556, 567

Eclipse, Solar, Total, of May 17, 1901, 424

Eclipses, Solar, the Recent Coming and Total, J. Norma
Lockyer, F.R.S., 185

Edinburgh: Royal Society of, 168, 283, 307, 403, 428, 452, 54
571, 595; Mathematical Society of, 346, 500, 595
Education: Foreign Education in China, 90; of our Industri
Classes, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 248; A. J. Mundel
on, 276; Prof. Huxley on, 396; Minister of, 495; in Japan, 61
Edwards (E. W. W.) and Higgins (C.), the Electric Lighti
Act, 1882, 410

Eggs, Effect of Railway Transport on, 444
Egyptian Exploration Fund, 401

Elastiche Nachwirkung, M. Hesehus, 183
Electricity International Electrical Conference, 18; Tricycl
propelled by, 19; Electric Illumination of a Railway Brid
over the Ticino, 20; Electric Lighting, Sir C. W. Siemer
F.R.S., 67; Electric Lighting at Society of Arts, 133; El
tric Light in China, 209; Electric Illumination," Conr
Cooke, &c., 264; Priority in Photographing with Elect
Light, 276; Public Electric Lighting, 384; Electric Lighti
Act, 1882, C. Higgins and E. W. W. Edwards, 410; El
tric Light at Savoy Theatre, 418; Electric Lighting in Swi
erland, 497; in Paris, 516; Some Points in Electric Lighti
Dr. John Hopkinson, F.R.S., 592; Electric Navigatio
Georges Dary, 41, 42; M. Tresca's Papers on Electric
Measures, 62; Electrical Transmission of Force and Stora
of Power, Sir C. W. Siemens, F.R.S., 67, 518; Electri
Disturbances in Sweden and Norway, 89; Electrical Exhi
tion at the Crystal Palace, 180; Electric Reaction, Pr
Melde, 183; Electrical Phenomena, 199; Electric Railway
Prof. W. E. Ayrton, 255; Electricity," by Robert
Ferguson, 264; Electrical Exhibition at Vienna, 373, 44
Electricity," a New Hungarian Journal, 299; Il Potenti
Elettrico nell' Insegnamento Elementare della Elettrostati
Prof. A. Serpieri, 312; Electric Railways, 338; "Electri
Resistance of Carbon Contacts," Shelford Bidwell, 376; El
trical Theories, Deprez's, 399; Light-Phenomena of Elect
Discharges, Dr. Hertz, 403; Influence of Vacuum on El
tricity, A. M. Worthington, 434; Electro-technical Soci
formed at Vienna, 469; Successful Trial of an Electrical
moved Tram-car, 470; Electricity as a Motive Power
Balloons, Napoli, 517; Proposed Electric Railway fr
Charing Cross to Waterloo, 566

66

Electrolytic Balance of Chemical Corrosion, Dr. Gore, F.R.
326

Electromotive Force and Resistance of Batteries, Effects
Temperature on, W. H. Reece, F.R.S., 426

Electromotive Force of Galvanic Combinations, Kittler's Normal Fishes, the Skeleton of Marsipobranch, W. K. Parker, F.R.S.,
Element of, 325
330

Electronomie Industrie, Manuel d', R. V. Picou, 146
Electroscope, a Modification of the Gold Leaf, F. J. Smith, 102
Elephant in Italy, Discovery of Fossil, 181; Threatened Ex-
tinction of the, E. E. Prince, 509

Elger (P. G.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 85
Elphinstone Vincent Dynamo Machine, 516

Elwes (H. J.), Marshall and Nicéville's Butterflies of India,
Burmah, and Ceylon, 50

Emu, Nesting Habits of, A. W. Bennett, 530
Encyclopædic Dictionary, 423

Enemies, Natural, of Butterflies, Henry Higgins, 338

Energy in the Spectrum, Distribution of, Lord Rayleigh,
F.R.S., 559

Energy, Transmission of, on Marcel-Deprez System, 372
Engineering Laboratory, University College, 160

"Ensilage in America," Prof. James E. T. Rogers, Prof.
Wrightson, 479

Entomological Society, 451, 500

"Environment on Plants, Influence on, W. T. Thiselton Dyer,
F.R.S., 82; Howard Fox, 315

Eocene Section, the Lower, J. Starkie Gardner, 331
"Episodes in the Life of an Indian Chaplain," 99

Epping Forest and the Railway Companies, 399; Prof. G. S.
Boulger, 455; Conservation of, from the Naturalist's Stand-
Point, 447

Equal Temperament of the Scale, C. B. Clarke, 240

Ergot, Poisonous Principle of, 517

Eridani, Binary Star p, 589

Ernst (Dr. A.), Abnormal Fruit of Opuntia Ficus-Indica, 77
Essex County, Mass., Flora of, 173

Essex Field Club, 298, 347

Ether, the, and its Functions: Prof. Oliver Lodge, 304, 328;
S. Tolver Preston, 579

Ethnographical Exhibition at Stockholm, Dr. A. B. Meyer, 370
Ethnology, Aino: Dr. J. J. Rein, 365; Prof. A. H. Keane, 389
Ethnology of North Africa, Prof. A. H. Keane, 408
Etna (Mount), Eruption of, 422, 496, 515, 539
Evans (C.), Palæolithic River Gravels, 8

Evolution of the American Trotting Horse, W. H. Brewer, 609
Evolution, Hypothesis of Accelerated Development, by Primo-
geniture and its Place in the Theory of, Prof. A. A. W. Hubrecht,
279, 301

Explosive Waves, Berthelot and Vielle on, 301

Eye, Internal Reflections in the, H. Frank Newall, 376

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Fig and the Caprifig, on the Relations of the, W. Botting
Hemsley, 584

Fingal's Cave, Is, Artificial? F. Cope Whitehouse, 285
Finland, New Lyceums in, 42; Auroral Experiments in, S.
Lemström, 389

Finsbury Technical College, 318; Opening of, 425

Finsch (Dr. Otto), his Exploration of New Guinea, 43; his
Report of his Travels, 181

"Fire-Fountains," Miss Gordon Cumming, 525
Fires in Russia, Forest, 113

Fi-h, New Deep-Sea, from Mediterranean, Dr. Giglioli, 198

Fish Culture Association, National, 323

Fisher (Rev. Osmond), Physics of the Earth's Crust, 76
Fisheries Exhibition, the International, 322, 389, 468, 496, 516
536

Fisheries, Herring and Salmon, 442

Fishes of Switzerland, Victor Fatio, 220

Fissures, on the Movements of Air in, and the Barometer, A.
Strahan, 375, 461

Fitch (Oswald), Benevolence in Animals, 580
Flames in Coal Fire, 103

Flamingoes and Cariamas, James Currie, 389
Flegel (Robert), News of, 230

Fleische (E. von), Wartmann's Rheolyzer, 127

Flora of Essex County, Massachusetts, John Robinson, 173
Flora, Siberian, 445

Flora, Vernal, Origin of our, J. E. Taylor, 7

Flower (Prof W. H.), Lectures on Anatomy of the Horse, 372
Flower, Two Kinds of Stamens with Different Functions in the
same, Dr. Hermann Müller, 30; Dr. Fritz Müller, 364
Flowers, Double, Dr. M. T. Masters, 126

Flowers, Insects Visiting, 498

Flückiger (F. A.), “Die Chinarinden in Pharmakognostischer
Hinsicht dargestellt," 287

Foamballs, J. Rand Capron, 531

Föhn, the, A. Irving, 605

Fonvielle (W. de), "Les Passages de Venus," 132

Food Adulteration Act of 1881, 301

Foraminifera in British Museum, Catalogue of Fossil, Prof. T.
Rupert Jones, 173

Forbes (H. O.), Forbes' Visit to Timor-Laut, 159

Forbes (W. A.), Zoological Expedition up the Niger, 14;
Letters from Shonga, 276; Death of, 614

Force, Transmission of, by Electricity, Dr. C. W. Siemens,
F.R.S., 67

Forecasts, Weather: Bishop of Carlisle, 4, 51; Rev. W.
Clement Ley, 29; C. W. Harding, 79

Forel (Prof.), Recent Rhone Glacier Studies, 183
Forest Fires in Russia, 113

Formic and Acetic Acid in Plants, 91

Forms of Leaves, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 605

Forth Bridge, New, 62, 89; Sir Geo. B. Airy on the, C. S.
Smith, 99, 131; Herbert Tomlinson, 147; B. Baker, 222
Fossil Elephant in Italy, Discovery of, 181

Fossil Souslik in Northern Germany, Dr. Blasius, 247
Fountain (J. M.), the Weather, 32

Fox (Howard), Influence of "Environment" on Plants, 315
France Annual Meeting of Institute of, 18; Dairy Industry
in, 90; Heavy Rains in, 229; French Mission to Cape Horn,
344; Annual Meeting of French Learned Societies, 539
Frankland (Lr. E., F. R.S.): Smoke Abatement, 407; Chemistry
of Storage Batteries, 568

Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Earthquake at, 374

Freshwater Lakes, Pelagic Fauna of, 92

Friele (Hermann), "Der Norske nord-hass-expedition, 1876-
1878," Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., 457

Frisby (Prof. E.): Elements of the Great Comet 1882 b, 226;
Ephemeris of it, 415; Transit of Venus, 266
Fritsch (Prof.), On the Torpedo, 403

Fulgurite found near Warmbrunn, 540

Galloway (William), Hovering of Birds, 336

Galton (Francis, F.R.S.), Hydrogen Whistles, 491

Galvanometers, on the Graduation of, for the Measurement of
Currents and Potentials in Absolute Measure, Andrew Gray,
32, 105, 319, 339; New Torsion, 620
Gambetta's Body, Autopsy of, 247

Gardner (H. Dent), Britten's Watch and Clockmaker's Hand-
book, 76

Gardner (J. Starkie), the Lower Eocene Section between Recul-
vers and Herne Bay, 331

Garman (S.): Scream of Young Burrowing Owl like Warning
of Rattlesnake, 174; a Possible Cause of the Extinction of
the Horses of the Post-Tertiary, 313

Garrod (Dr. A. B., F.R.S.), on Uric and Hippuric Acid, 451
Gases, Action of Gravity on, Kraevitsch, 324
Geestemünde, Aurora at, 374

Geikie (Dr. Arch., F.R.S.): a Search for "Atlantis" with the
Microscope, 25; Recent Researches in Metamorphism of
Rocks, 121; "Geological Sketches," G. K. Gilbert, 237, 261;
"Text-Book of Geology," G. K. Gilbert, 237, 261; Tertiary
History of the Grand Cañon District, 357

Geikie (Prof. James, F.R.S.), Aims and Method of Geological
Inquiry, 44, 64

Geodetical Operations, Norwegian, 224, 341

Geographentag, Third German, 447

Geographical Notes, 21, 43, 63, 92, 161, 400, 424, 541, 589
Geography in Schools, 209

Geography of the Caucasus, 470

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Geology Railway Geology-a Hint, 8; Aims and Method of
Geological Inquiry, Prof. James Geikie, F.R.S, 44, 64;
Geological Society, 71, 118, 215, 282, 331, 355, 426, 474,
5co, 547; Distribution of Medals, 427; Geology, Part 1,
A. H. Green, 98; Geology of Hong Kong, F. W. Eastlake,
177; "Geological Sketches at Home and Abroad,' Arch.
Geikie, LL.D., F.R.S., G. K. Gilbert, 237, 261; "Text-
Book of Geology," Arch. Geikie, LL.D., F.R.S., G. K.
Gilbert, 237, 261; New Appointments for the Geological
Survey of Scotland, 246; Geologists' Association, 523
Geometrical Teaching, the Association for the Improvement of,
246, 299, 580

German Aeronautical Society, Meeting of, 348

German African Expedition, Drs. Wissmann and Pogge, 92
German African Society, Report of, 92

German Fishery Society, 276

German North Polar Expedition, 43

German Ornithological Society, Annual Meeting at Berlin, 19
German Society for Prevention of Pollution of Rivers, &c., 89
Gibney (Robert Dwarris), the Zodiacal Light (?), 605
Giglioli (Dr.), New Deep-Sea Fish from Mediterranean, 198
Gilbert (G. K.), Arch. Geikie's "Geological Sketches at
Home and Abroad," and "Text-Book of Geology," 237, 261
Gill (H. C.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 85
Glacial Formations of Russia, 497

Glacial Phenomena in Denmark, Prof. Johnstrup, 373
Glacier Motion, Solar Radiation and, Rev. A. Irving, 553
Glacier Studies, Prof. Forel on Recent Rhone, 183
Glaciers, Decrease of the Dachstein, 42

Gladstone (Dr. J. H., F.R.S.), Chemistry of the Planté and
Faure Accumulators, 583

Glaisher (J. W. L., F.R.S.), Mathematics in America, 193
Glazebrook (R. T., F.R.S.): a Common Defect of Lenses, 198;
Physical Optics," 361

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Goddard (A. F.), Intra-Mercurial Planets, 148

Gold-leaf Electroscope, a Modification of the, F. J. Smith, 102
"Gold Coast, to the, for Gold," Richard F. Burton and Verney
L. Cameron, 335

Good (S. A.), Extraordinary Lunar Halo, 150
Goolden's Simple Dip Circle, 127

Gore (Dr., F.R.S.): Electrolytic Balance of Chemical Corro-
sion, 326; Chemical Corrosion of Cathodes, 374

Gorham (John), Novel Experiment in Complementary Colours,

294

Gorkom (Karel Wessel van), Handbook of Cinchona Culture,
287

Göttingen, Royal Society of Sciences of, 48, 452
Gould (Dr. B. A.), Comet 1882 6, 267

Gout and Rheumatic Patients, an Algerian Winter Resort for, 113
Govi (Prof.), Expansion of Bulbs of Liquid Thermometers, 209
Granite, Metamorphic Origin of, Duke of Argyll, 578
Gratings, Concave, Prof. Rowland's, 95

Gravels, Palæolithic River: C. Evans, 8; Wm. White, 53;
T. K. Callard, 54; Worthington G. Smith, 102

Gray (Andrew), on the Graduation of Galvanometers for the
Measurement of Currents and Potentials in Absolute Measure,
32, 105, 319, 339

Gray (Prof. Asa), Natural Selection and Natural Theology, 291,
527

Gray and Milne's Seismographic Apparatus, 547

Greece, Earthquake in, 248

Greek Archipelago, Volcanic Phenomena in, 445
Green (A. H.), Geology, Part i., 98

Green (John Richard), Obituary Notice of, 462

Greenland, New Danish Expedition to, 446; Nordenskjöld's
Expedition, 424, 496; Dr. O. Dickson on, 541

Grenfell (J. G.), Geological Traces of Great Tides, 222; 'In-
telligence in Animals, 292; Holothurians, 508
Gre-ham Funds, the, 292

Grey, (F. W.), Snow Rollers, 507

Griffith (J. W.) and A. Henfrey, Micrographic Dictionary, 603
Griffith (R. W. S.), a Meteor, 434

Grocers' Company, the Scheme of the, for the Encouragement
of Original Research in Sanitary Science, 574

Groneman (Dr. H. J. H.): Remarks on and Ob-ervations of
the Meteoric Auroral Phenomenon of November 17, 1882,
296; the Auroral Meteoric Phenomena of November 27,
1882, 388

Ground, Observations of Periodic Movements of the, 300
Gudvangsören, Landslip at, 423

Guns, Wire, James A. Longridge, 11, 35, 53

Guppy (Surgeon-Major H. B.): Coral-eating Habits of Holo-
thurians, 7; Habits of Scypho-Medusa, 31; Anthropological
Notes in the Solomon Islands, 607

Gwynne (Bertram), Curious Case of Ignition, 580
Gyrostatics, Sir William Thomson, 548

Hagen (Dr. H. A.), Invertebrate Casts, 173
Håkonson-Hansen's (Herr), Observations of the November
Auroral Displays, 347

Halo, a Curious, Father Marc Dechevrens, 30; Rev. W.
Clement Ley, 53; Rev. Gerard Hopkins, 53; a Lunar Halo,
J. Rand Capron, 78; T. P. Barkas, 103; S. A. Good, 180
Hammam R'Irha, an Algerian Winter Resort for Gout and
Rheumatic Patients, 113

Hammond, Kinetic Theory of Che nical Actions, 183

Hannay (J. B., F.R.S.), Natural Selection and Natural Theo-
logy, 362

Harding (C. W.), "Weather Forecasts," 79

Hire, Baird's, and its Habits, 241; T. Martyr, 266
Harkness (Prof.), on the Transits of Venus, 114
Harnett (W. L.), Meteor, 103

Harrison (J. Park), Projection of the Nasal Bones in Man and
the Ape, 266, 294

Hart (Samuel): the Late Transit of Venus, 483; a Remarkable
Phenomenon-Natural Snowballs, 483

Harting (J. E.), Incubation of the Ostrich, 480
Hatton (Frank), Death of, 515

Hawk Moth Larva, Surgeon-Major Johnson, 126
Heating by Acetate of Soda, 344

Heen (De), Relations between Physical and Chemical Properties
of Simple and Compound Bodies, 422

Heilprin (Prof. Angelo), on the Value of the "Nearctic" as
one of the Primary Zoological Regions, 606
Helix pomatia, L., Rev. L. Blomefield, 553
Heloderm, the Sonoran, 153

Hemsley (W. Botting): Botany of the Challenger Expedition,
462; on the Kelations of the Fig and the Caprifig, 584
Hefrey (A.), J. W. Griffith and, Micrographic Dictionary, 603
Henson (Samuel), on a Fine Speci nen of Apatite from Tyrol,
lately in the possession of, 608

Herdman (W. A.), a Dredging Implement, 54
Heresies, Scientific, in China, 342

Heroes of Science, Prof. P. Martin Duncan, F.R.S., 76
Herring and Salmon Fisheries, 442

Herschel (Prof. A. S.), The Matter of Space, 458, 504
Herschel (Major J.): the Comet 1882 b, 4, 101; Soda Flames
in Coal Fires, 78; the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 87;
Ignition by Sunlight, 531

Hertz (Dr.): Pressure of Saturating Vapour of Mercury, 183;
Light-Phenomena of Electric Discharges, 403

Hesehus (N.): Elastische Nachwirkung, 183; Physics in
Russia during the last ten years, 567

Hicks (Henry), Metamorphic Rocks of Ross and Inverness, 474
Hickson (Sydney J.), "Zoological Record," 366

Higgins (C.) and E. W. W. Edwards, "The Electric Lighting
Act 1882," 410

Higgins (Henry), Natural Enemies of Butterflies, 338
Higginson (Walter), the Comet 1882 6, 29

High Tides, Abnormal, River Thames, J. B. Redman, 6
Hildebrandsson (Prof.), on the Ben Nevis Observatory, 18
Hippopotamus, Death of the old Female, 247

Histology, Vegetable, Tables of D. P. Penhallow, 458
Hofmann (Prof.), Lecture Experiments, 301

66

Holden (Prof.), Figure of Nucleus of Comet of 1882 (Gould), 246
Holley (G. W.), Niagara and other famous Cataracts," 146
Holothurians, Coral-eating Habits of, Surgeon Major H. B.
Guppy, 7; W. Saville Kent, 433; J. G. Grenfell, 508
Holub's (Dr. Emil), New African Expedition, 542
Home (D. M.), Ben Nevis Observatory, 411

Hong Kong, Geology of, F. W. Eastlake, 177; Observatory
Scheme, 565

Hopkins (B. J.), the Comet 1882 6, 62, 78

Hopkins (Rev. Gerard), a Curiou Halo, 53

Hopkinson (Dr. John, F.R.S.), Some Points in Electric Light-
ing, 592

Hornblendic and other Schists of the Lizard District, Prof. T. G.
Bonney, F.R.S., 71

Hornstein (Dr. Carl), Death of, 247

Horse, Anatomy of the, Prof. Flower's Lecture on, 372
Hosack (James), Waterspout on Land, 79
Houghton (Rev. W.), "The Microscope," 173

Hovering of Birds, 366; Dr. Hubert Airy, 294, 336, 388, 412;
Rev. W. C. Ley, 412; Duke of Argyll, 312, 387; H. T.
Wharton, 312; Henry Cecil, 388; David Cunningham, 336;
Dr. J. Rae, F.R.S., 337, 434; William Galloway, 337;
C. T. Middlemiss, 337; W. Larden, 337; the Soaring of
Birds, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 534; Dr. Hubert Airy, 590
Hubrecht (Prof. A. A.), Hypothesis of Accelerated Develop.
ment by Primogeniture and its Place in the Theory of Evolu-
tion, 279, 301

Huggins, (Dr. William, F.R.S.), Photographing the Corona,

199

Human Morphology, vol. i., H. A. Reeves, 124

Hungary: Silk Culture in, 209; Earthquake in, 423, 540
Hunterian Oration, the Biennial, 298

Hutton (F. W.), "Catalogues of New Zealand Diptera, Orthop-
tera, and Hymenoptera," 399

Huxley (Prof. T. H., F.R.S.), on Education, 396
Hydraulic Experiments, Major Allan Cunningham, I

Hydra, Chlorophyll Corpuscles of, Prof. E. Ray Lankester,
F.R.S., 87

Hydrocarbon Flame Spectrum, Origin of, Profs. Liveing and
Dewar, 257

Hydrocarbons, Pollution of the Atmosphere by, J. J. Murphy,

241

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Incubation of the Ostrich, J. E. Harting, 480; Geo. J. Romanes,
483

India: The Indian Survey, Major Allan Cunningham, 97;
Episodes in the Life of an Indian Chaplain, 99; Destruction
of Life by Poisonous Snakes in, Sir J. Fayrer, F.R.S., 205;
Destruction of Life by Wild Animals in, Sir J. Fayrer, F.R.S,
268; Indian Archegosaurus, R. Lydekker, 411
Indiarubber, Action of Light on, Prof. H. McLeod, F.R.S., 312
Industrial Education, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 248
la fustrial Society of Berlin, Prizes offered by, 346
Infra-Red of the Spectrum, Work in the, Capt. W. de W.
Abney, F.R.S., 15

Intusoria, a Manual of the, &c., W. Saville Kent, Prof. E. Ray
Lankester, F.R.S., 601

Ingersoll (Ernest), Oyster Industry of the United States, 39
Ingleby (Miss C. R.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 86
Ingram (William), the Recent Cold Weather, 530

Inhibition (of Structural Functions) and Action of Drugs thereon,
Dr. T. L. Brunton, F.R.S., 419, 436, 467, 485
Inland Sea Canal, Lessep's Surveying Expedition for, 516
Insects, Common British, Rev. J. G. Wood, 124

Insects Injurious to Field Crops, Diagrams of, Miss E. A.
Ormerod, 146

Insects Vi iting Flowers, 498

"Insekten nach ihren Schaden und Nutzen, Die," Prof.
Taschenberg, 172

Institution of Civil Engineers, 95, 143, 168, 355, 403, 428, 475,
595

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 247, 351, 611
Institution of Naval Architects, 469

Intelligence in Animals: J. G. Grenfell, 292; J. Birmingham,
337; Dr. J. Rae, F.R.S., 366; D. Pidgeon, 366
Intermittent Spring in the Jachère, 63

International Electrical Conference, 18

International Fisheries Exhibition, 322, 389, 468, 496, 516, 536
Invertebrate Casts versus Algæ in Paleozoic Strata, 46; Dr. H.
A. Hagen, 173

Irish Antiquities, Forged, W. J. Knowles, 54
Iron, Schirmwirkung of, Prof. Stephan, 325
Iron and Steel Institute, Annual Meeting of, 587

Irving (Rev. A.): Solar Radiation and Glacier Motion, 553;
the Fohn, 605

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Jews, Anthropology of the, B. Blechmann, 113
Johns Hopkins University Circulars, 180

Johnson (Surgeon-Major), Hawk Moth Larva, 126

Johnstrup (Prof.), Glacial Phenomena in Denmark, 373

Jones (Prof. T. Rupert), Catalogue of Fossil Foraminifera in
British Museum, 173

Jones (W. M.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 87

Joule (Dr., F. R.S.), Lime as a Purifier of Products of Com.
bustion of Coal Gas, 496

Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, 93, 426
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 71, 473
Journal of the Franklin Institute, 143, 281, 306, 473
Journal of Physiology, 23

Journal de Physique, 24, 143, 282, 353

Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 47, 426
Journal of Royal Society of New South Wales, 93

Journal of the Russian Chemical and Physical Society, 143, 521
Jupiter: Herr Kortazzi's Observations on, 209; Markings on,
W. F. Denning, 365

Käfer Westfalens, Die, F. Westhoff, 239
Kayer (Dr.), Death of, 447

Keane (Prof. A. H.): Kreitner's "Im Fernen Osten," 170;
Krao, the "Human Monkey," 245; "Wanderings in Balu-
chistan," Major-General Sir C. M. MacGregor, K.C.B., 359;
"Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian during the
years 1879-81," Edmond O'Donovan, 359; Aino Ethnology,
389; Dr. G. Nachtigal's "Sahara und Sudan," 408
Keller (Prof.), Animal Migrations due to Suez Canal, 181
Kenin (Mt.), Expedition, Departure of Geographical Society's,

161

Kent (W. Saville), Supposed Coral-eating Habits of Holothu-
rians, 433; "A Manual of the Infusoria," &c., Prof. E.
Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 601

Kentucky, Ferns of, John Williamson, 336

Kew Gardens, Visitors to, 230; Report for 1881, 322
Kharkoff, Science at, 213

Kiel Observatory, the Centre for Astronomical Telegrams, 276
Kinematics, Prof. G. M. Minchin, 239

Kinetic Theory of Chemical Actions, Hammond, 183

Kittler, "Normal Element" of Electromotive Force of Galvanic
Combination, 325

Knörlein (Josef), Death of, 422

Knowles (W. J.), Forged Irish Antiquities, 54
Kobell (Dr. F. Ritter von), Death of, 88
Koenig (Dr.), on the Leukoscope, 95

Kohlrausch (Prof.), Electric Conductivity of Salts of Silver
Haloid, 182

Kortazzi (Herr), Observations of Jupiter, 209

Kraevitch (M.): Electricity of Air, 183; Action of Gravity on
Gases, 324

Krao, the "Human Monkey," 579; A. H. Keane, 245
Krause (Drs. Arthur and Aurel), Return of, 92
Kreitner's "Im Fernen Osten," A. H. Keane, 170

Kum-bum, the Sacred Tree of, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S.
224

Lakes, Pelagic Fauna of Freshwater, 92

Lake Dwellings, Ancient Scottish, by Dr. Munro, Sir John Lunar Halo, A, J. Rand Capron, 78; T. P. Barkas, 103; S. A.
Lubbock, F.R.S., 145

Lambeth Field Club, Report of, 90
Lamp, Lever's Arc, 274

Lamprey, the Skeleton of the, Prof. W. K. Parker, F. R.S., 330
Lampride, the Trachea in, 231
Landslip at Gudvangsören, 423

Langdon (Prof. R.), Transit of Venus, 159; Transit of Venus,
1882, British Expeditions, 179

Lankester (Prof. E. Ray, F.R.S.): Chlorophyll Corpuscles in
Hydra, 87; "A Manual of the Infusoria," W. Saville Kent,

601

Larden (W.), Hovering of Birds, 337

Latent Heats, Specific Heats, and Relative Volumes of Volatile
Bodies, on a Relation existing between, F. Trouton, 292
Lavoisier, Priestley, and the Discovery of Oxygen, G. F. Rodwell,
8, 100; C. Tomlinson, F.R.S., 53, 147

Layard (Consul E. L.), a Correction, 78; a Blue Meteor, 531;
Lead Ore discovered in China, 588

Leaves, the Shapes of, Grant Allen, 439, 464, 492, 511, 552;
F. O. Bower, 552

Leaves and their Environment, Grant Allen, 604

Leaves, Forms of, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 605

Ledger (Rev. E.), the Sun, its Planets, and their Satellites, 309
Lecky (James), Singing, Speaking, and Stammering, 580
Lemström (Prof.), Experiments with Aurora Borealis, 322;
Auroral Experiments, 389

Lena, Meteorological Expedition to the Mouth of the, 43, 372,
423, 496

Lenz (Prof. R.): Electric resistance of Mercury, 182; on Cos-
mical Dust collected by Marx, 422

"Lepidoptera of Ceylon," L. Reeve and Co., 150
Lepidoptera, Porritt's Yorkshire List of, 540

Leprosy in Norway, 423

Lessep's Surveying Expedition for Inland Sea Canal, 516
Leukoscope, Dr. Koenig on the, 95; Prof. Helmholtz's, 277
Lever's Arc Lamp, 274

Ley (Rev. W. Clement): "Weather Forecasts," 29; Magnetic
Arrangement of Clouds, 53; A Curious Halo, 53; Hovering
of Birds, 412

Libraries, Reference Catalogue of Derby Free, 62
"Light," Lewis Wright, 75

Lighting, Electric, Sir C. W. Siemens, F.R.S., 67
Lightning Conductors, the Efficacy of, 48

Liquid Films, Condensation of, on Wetted Soli ls, J. W. Clark,
370

Liquids, Arrangement for Measuring the Refractive Index of,
Pittschikoff, 325

Lime as a Purifier of Products of Combustion of Coal Gas, Dr.
Joule, F. R.S., 496

Lime water, Protection of Oxygen, &c., from Admixture of
Acid Vapour by, Dr. Loewe, 373

Linnean Society, 94, 118, 167, 259, 354, 379, 451, 523, 547, 619
Linnean Society of New South Wales, Proceedings of, 93, 215
Lion at Rest, 584

Listing (Prof. Johann Benedict): Death of, 228; Obituary
Notice of, 316

Lithium Lines, on the Reversibility of, Profs. Liveing and
Dewar, 499

Liveing (Prof.) and Prof. Dewar on the Origin of the Hydro.
carbon Flame Spectrum, 257; on the Reversibility of the
Lithium Lines, 499; Absorption of Ultra-Violet Rays by
Various Substances, 521

Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S.), Recent and Coming Total Solar
Eclipses, 185; Hermann W. Vogel on Lockyer's "Dissocia-
tion Theory," 233; the Education of our Industrial Classes, 248
Lodes, Origin of Metalliferous, Prof. Sandberger, 90
Lodge (Prof. Oliver), the Ether and its Functions, 304, 328
Loewe (Dr.), Protection of Oxygen, &c., from Admixture of
Acid Vapour by Lime water, 373

London Mathematical Society (see Mathematical Society)
London, Paleolithic Implements of North-East, Worthington
G. Smith, 270

London School Board, 346

Longridge (James A.), Wire Guns, 11, 35

Lovett, Lieut. Col. Beresford, Itinerary Map from Teheran to
Astrabad, &c., 323

Lubbock (Sir John, F.R.S.), The Senses of Bees, 46; Munro's
"Ancient Scottish Lake Dwellings," 145; Forms of Leaves,

605; on the Sense of Colour amongst some of the Lower
Animals, 618

Good, 150

Lupton (Sidney), Elementary Chemical Arithmetic, 76
Lydekker (Richard): Siwalik Carnivora, 293; Indian Arche-
gosaurus, 4II

Macdonald (Rev. D.), "Africana," 526
McEwen (J. P. M.), Comet 1882 6, 52

MacGregor (General Sir C. M.), "Wanderings in Baluchistan,"
Prof. A. H. Keane, 359

McIntosh (J. G.), Waterspouts on Land, 103

McKendrick (Prof. J. G.), Lectures on Physiological Discovery,
496

McLachlan (R., F.R.S.): Early Coltsfoot, 266; Obituary Notice
of Prof. P. C. Zeller, 535

McLeod (Prof. H., F.R.S.), the Aurora, 99; Action of Light
on Indiarubber, 312

Madan (H. G.), Complementary Colours at Niagara Falls, 174
Madras, Agriculture in, 607

Madrid, Snow in, 161, 229

Magnetic Arrangement of Clouds, C. H. Romanes, 31
Magnetic Storm and Aurora: W. H. M. Christie, F.R.S.
Prof. C. P. Smythe, G. M. Whipple, J. R. Capron, R. H.
Tiddeman, J. E. Clark, H. C. Gill, H. Robinson, A. M.
Worthington, T. G. Elger, Miss C. R. Ingleby, C. H.
Romanes, E. Brown, F. Stapleton, Rev. S. H. Saxby, Dr.
H. Airy, Major J. Herschel, A.S.P., H. D. Taylor, T. P.
Barkas, W. M. Jones, G. R. Vicars, Prof. O'Reilly, J. L.
Dobson, 82 to 87

Magnetical Perturbations, Earth Currents during, 89
Magnetisation of Metals, M. Berson, 183

Main (Dr. J. F.), Practical Mechanics, John Perry, 456
Maklay (M. Mikluho), Russian Imperial Grant to, 92
Malay Archipelago, Meteorology of the, 79
Mammoth Skeleton found at Belgrade, 63

Man, Primitive, Prof. Owen on, Giant Allen, 31

Man and the Ape, Projection of Nasal Bones in, J. Park
Harrison, 266, 294

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 234, 524
Manilla, Hurricane at, 63

Manning (B.), the Comet, 29

Manures, Inquiry into Degree of Solubility requisite in, 325
Marcel-Deprez System, Transmission of Energy on, 372
Marcet (Prof. Francis), Death of, 587

Marine Surveying, a Treatise on, Kev. J. L. Robinson, 289
Mars, Rev. T. W. Webb, 203

Marshall (A. Milnes), New Dredging Implement, II

Marshall (Major) and Nicéville (L. A.), Butterflies of India,
Burmah, and Ceylon, 50

Marsipobranch Fishes, the Skeleton, W. K. Parker, F.R.S., 330
Martin (H. Newell) and W. A. Moule, Handbook of Verte-
brate Dissections, 335

Martini (Signor), Sound produced by Outflow of Water, 183
Martyr (J.), Baird's Hare, 266

Marx, on Cosmical Dust Collected by, 422
Masheder (Thomas), Meteors, 483

Masters (Dr. M. T.), Double Flowers, 126

Mathematical Society, 71, 190, 282, 379, 499, 595; Annual
Meeting, 19

Mathematical Society of Edinburgh, 346, 500, 595
Mathematics in America, J. W. L. Glaisher, F.R.S., 193
Mathematics in Scandinavia, 343

Matter of Space: Charles Morris, 349; Prof. A. S. Herschel,
458, 504

Maxwell (J. Clerk), the Life of, with a Selection from his Cor-
respondence and Occasional Writings, and a Sketch of his
Contributions to Science, Lewis Campbell, LL.D., 26
Mechanical Subjects, Papers on, Sir J. Whitworth, 208
Mechanics, Practical, John Perry, Dr. J. F. Main, 456
Mechanics, Teaching of Elementary, 580
Medicine in Russia, Popular, Dr. Slunin, 62
Medioscribed Circle, 607

Mediterranean, Italian Exploration of, Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys,
F.R.S., 35; New Deep-Sea Fish from, Dr. Giglioli, 198
Megalania prisca, Prof. Owen, F.R.S., 118

Melbourne, Observatory at, 497

Melde (Prof.), Electric Reaction, 183

Meldola (R.), Difficult Cases of Mimicry, 481

Meliola, on the Genus, H. Marshall Ward, 234

Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles de
Bordeaux, 362

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