ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
NOVEMBER 1882 to APRIL 1883
"To the solid ground Of Nature trusts the mind which builds for aye."—WORDSWORTH
London and New York: MACMILLAN AND CO.
R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, BREAD STREET HILL, E.C.
"Another Book of Scraps," C. M. Adamson, 480 Antarctic Expedition, New Italian, 230
Adamson (Chas. Murray), " Another Book of Scraps principally Annonay Montgolfier Celebration, 517 relating to Natural History," 480 Aerolite near Alfianello, 496 Aeronautics, see Balloons
Africa: Joseph Thomson's Expedition, 21; H. M. Stanley's Report of his Expedition, 21; Milan Society's Expedition, 230; Lieut. Wissmann's Expedition, 348; Wissmann and Pogge's Expedition, 401: Central and West, H. Capello and R. Ivens, 391; Ethnology of North, Prof. A. H. Keane, 408; Afrika's Ströme und Flüsse," Dr. J. Chavanne, 447; Africana," Rev. D. Macdonald, 526; Dr. Emil Holub's New Expedition, 542
Agram, Earthquakes at, 348
Agricultural Students' Gazette, 230
Agriculture in Madras, 607
Anthropology, an Urgent Need in, W. L. Distant, 101; of the Jews, B. Blechmann, 113; Anthropological Institute, 119, 191, 215, 307, 332, 426, 475; Anthropo-Geographie, Dr. F. Ratzel, 125; Notes in the Solomon Islands, H. B. Guppy, 607 Antinori (Marchese O.), Death of, 132 Apatite, on a Fine Specimen of, from Tyrol, lately in the pos- session of Mr. Samuel Henson, 608 Arabians, Nautical Matters among Medieval, 42 Aradas (Prof. Andrea), Death of, 160 Arc Lamp, Lever's, 274
Archegosaurus, Indian, R. Lydekker, 411 Archene, Earthquake at, 277
Aino Ethnology, Dr. J. J. Rein, 365; Prof. A. H. Keane, 389 Archibald (E. Douglas): Shadows after Sunset, 77; Increase in Ainos, Bear Festival among the, 19
Air, Elasticity of, M. Kraevitch, 183
Air, on the Movements of, in Fissures and the Barometer, A. Straban, 375, 461
Air-pump, Double-action Mercury, Serrawalle, 324
Airy (Sir G. B., F.R.S.), on the proposed Forth Bridge, 131; C. S. Smith, 99; B. Baker, 222
Airy (Dr. Hubert), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 86; Hover- ing of Birds, 294, 336, 388, 412; Soaring of Birds, 590 Albuminous Bodies, on the Isomerism of, Shigetaké Sagiura, 103
Aldis (Prof. W. Steadman), "Introductory Treatise on Rigid Dynamics," 265; the Sea Serpent, 338
Avetia xylina in United States, Hibernation of, Dr. C. V. Riley,
Aleutian Islands, Fauna and Flora of, 520
Alfianello, Aerolite near, 496
Algæ in Paleozoic Strata, Invertebrate Casts versus, 46 Alge, Fossil, Marquis de Saporta, 514
Algeria, Projet de Mer Intérieure dans l', 133; an Algerian Winter Resort for Gout and Rheumatic Patients, 113; Heavy Rains in, 229
Allen (Grant), Prof. Owen on Primitive Man, 31; the Shapes of Leaves, 439, 464, 492, 511, 552; F. O. Bower, 552; Leaves and their Environment, 604
Almanac, the Churchman's, for Eight Centuries, 386 Altai Exploration Expedition, 161
Altitude and Weather, Dr. Woeikoff, 223 Aluminium, New Method of Producing, Morris, 183 Amateurs and Astronomical Observation, W. F. Denning, 434 America: American Naturalist, 24, 189, 450; American Jour- nal of Science, 71, 450, 521; American Journal of Forestry, 89; Mathematics in, J. W. L. Glaisher, F.R.S., 193; Ame. rican Researches on Water Analysis, 211; American Antiqui- ties, Prof. F. W. Putnam, 277; Ensilage in, Prof. James E. T. Rogers, Prof. J. Wrightson, 479; Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 501; Evolution of the American Trot- ting Horse, W. H. Brewer, 609; see also United States, &c. Amsterdam, Earthquake at, 517
Arcient Scottish Lake Dwellings," by Dr. Munro, Sir John Lubbock, M. P., F.R.S., 145
Arcient Monuments, Worthington G. Smith, 182
Andernach, Discovery of Remains of Prehistoric Animals at, 445
derson (Dr. J., F.R.S.), Catalogue of Mammalia in Calcutta Museum, 172
nemometric Observations on the Djighit, Domojiroff, 445
al Intelligence, Dr. Fritz Müller, 240; J. G. Grenfell, 292; J. Birmingham, 337; Dr. J. Rae, F.R.S., 366; D. Figeon, 366
Velocity of Wind with Altitude, 243; Diurnal Variations in the Velocity of the Wind, 461; Stevenson's Observations on Increase of Velocity of the Wind with the Altitude, 506 Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, 93, 143, 306, 473
Arctic Expedition, New Swedish, 400
Arctic Voyaging, Season of 1882 exceptionally adverse to, 372 Argentine, Description Physique, de la République, d'après des Observations Personnelles et Étrangères, Dr. H. Burmeister,
Argyll (Duke of): Mimicry in Moths, 125; Transit of Venus, 156; Hovering of Birds, 312, 387; Metamorphic Origin of Granite Prehistoric " Giants," 578
Arithmetic, Elementary Chemical, Sidney Lupton, 76 Armour-plate Experiments, Recent, 405 Asia (Central), Dr. Regel's Explorations in, 446 Asphyxiation in Rapid Falling, 62
Association for Improvement of Geometrical Teaching, 246, 299, 580
Astronomy: Astronomical Column, 20, 43, 161, 210, 248, 300, 324, 348, 374, 400, 424, 445, 497, 517, 540, 567, 589, 617; Methods employed in Astronomical Physics, M. Wolf, 372; Amateurs and Astronomical Observation, W. F. Denning, 434; Astronomical Photography, Edward C. Pickering, 556 Athens, Dr. Schliemann's proposed Excavations at, 276 "Atlantis,' a Search for, with the Microscope, Dr. Arch. Geikie, F.R.S., 25
Atmosphere, Pollution of the, J. J. Murphy, 241; H. A. Phillips, 127, 266
Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei, 354 Auden (A. W.), "The Vampire Bat," 411 Auerbach, Sound-Vibrations of Solid Bodies (glass cylinders) in Contact with Liquid, 325
Aurora Borealis : Prof. Lemström's Experiments with, 322; Sophos Tromholt, 394; in Sweden, 496 Aurora: C. L. Wragge, 54; Prof. Herbert McLeod, Rev. C. J. Taylor, Rev. S. H. Saxby, 99; A. Batson, 99; J. Rand Capron, 149, 413; J. J. Murphy, 434; at Gastemünde, 374 ; Swan Lamp Spectrum and the, J. Kand Capron, 149; Swan Lamp Spectrum and, J. Munro, 173; Aurora of November 17, Admiral Ommanney, F.R.S., Prof. Tacchini, J. R. Capron, W. M. F. Petrie, H. D. Taylor, E. Pollock, J. F. Cole, A. Batson, F. R. Clapham, T. W. Backhouse, Prof. L. G. Carpenter, 138 to 142; T. W. Backhouse, W. M. F. Petrie, Dr. H. Muirhead, 315; Auroræ in Sweden, 113; in Belgium, 160; Aurora and its Spectrum, Hon. R. Aber- cromby, 173; J. R. Capron, 198; the Heights of Auroras, T. W. Backhouse, 198; Auroral Meteoric Phenomena of November 17, 1882, Dr. Groneman, 388; T. W. Backhouse, 412; A. Batson, 412; Auroral Experiments in Finland, S. Lemström, 389; Rowell's Experiments on Auroræ, 443
Avalanche in Western Switzerland, 181 Ayrton (Prof. W. E.), Electric Railways, 255
Bacillus of Tuberculo-is (Koch), Preliminary Note on the, J. W. Clark, 492; Watson Cheyne's Report on, 563 Backhouse (Thos. W.), Comet 1882 b, 52, 338; Aurora of November 17, 1882, 141, 315, 418; the Heights of Auroras, 198 Baillie-Grohman (W. A.), "Camps in the Rockies," 551 Baird's Hare and its Habits, 241; T. Martyr, 266 Baker (B.), Sir Geo. Airy on the Forth Bridge, 222 Balkan Peninsula, Earthquake in the Northern Part of, 19 Ball (Dr. R. S.), Transit of Venus, 157; Great Tides, 201 Balloons Centenary of the Discovery of, 277; Tissandier's Electromagnetic Engine for directing, 323; Extraordinary Run of a small Hydrogen, 400; Electricity as a Motive Power for, Napoli, 517
Baltic, Seals in the, 133
Baluchistan, Wanderings in, Major-General Sir C. M. Mac- Gregor, Prof. A. H. Keane, 359
Barfoot (W.), the Sea-Serpent, 338
Barkas (T. P.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 87; an Extra- ordinary Lunar Halo, 103
Baro-manometrical Experiments, Kraevit-ch, 324
Barometer, on the Movements of Air in Fissures and the, A. Strahan, 375, 461
Batson (A.), Auroral "Meteoric Phenomena" of November 17, 1882, 100, 141, 412
Bavaria, Lower, Discoveries of Gold and Silver in, 399 Baxter College in Dundee, 247
Bear Festival among the Ainos, 19
Bees, Senses of, 46
Beetles, "Die Kafer Westfalens," F. Westhoff, 239
Belgrade, Skeleton of Mammoth found at, 63
Bellesme (Prof. J. de), on Claude Bernard, 317
Benevolence in Animals, Oswald Fitch, 580; Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 607
Ben Nevis, Meteorological Observatory on, 18, 39, 175, 399, 411, 487
Bennett (A. W.), Nesting Habits of the Emu, 530
Berlin: Physical Society of, 95, 143, 216, 236, 284, 380, 403, 476, 571, 620; Physiological Society of, 120, 191, 216, 355, 379, 403, 452, 524, 595; Berlin Agricultural Museum, 180 Bernard (Claude), Prof. J. de Bellesme on, 317 Berson (M.), Magnetisation of Metals, 183
Bertillon (Dr.), Death of, 444
Bhamo, Colquhoun's Journey to, 63
Bidwell (Shelford), "Electrical Resistance of Carbon Contact:," 376
Binary Star, Cancri, 424 Binary Star, Eridani, 589 Binary Stars, 518
Biology in Italy, 46; Biological Notes, 91, 230; New Lantern Slides for Illustrating Biology, 276; Deductive Biology, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 554
Bird of Paradise, New Species of, 276 Bird-track by Sea-shore, apparent, 91
Birds, a History of British, Part xv., Wm. Yarrell, 98 Birmingham (John), Transit of Venus, 1882, British Expeditions, 180; Intelligence in Animals, 337
Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical Society, 587 Bischoff (Dr. T. L. W. von), Death of, 180 Blackheath, "Denehole" at, 324
Bowditch (Dr. H. P.), Optical Illusions of Motion, 183 Bower (F. O.), Mr. Grant Allen's Articles on The Shapes Leaves," 552
Braces or Waistband? 531, 553, 580
Branfill (B. R.), an Extraordinary Meteor, 149
Brassey (Sir Thomas), "The British Navy; its Strength, Re sources, and Administration," W. H. White, 549 Brault on Isanemones, 20
Brewer, Distiller, and Wine Manufacturer, 311
Brewer (W. H.), Evolution of the American Trotting Horse 609
British Association, Proposed Visit to Canada, 41, 88, 299, 398 538, 546, 587; Protest against Meeting in Canada, 209; an Local Societies, 132
British Birds, a History of, Part xv., Wm. Yarrell, 98 British Circumpolar Expedition, Capt. Dawson, R.A., 484 "British Navy; its Strength, Resources, and Administration, Sir Thomas Brassey, W. H. White, 549
Britten (F. J.), Watch and Clockmaker's Handbook, H. De Gardner, 76
Brocklehurst (T. U.), “Mexico To-day,” 503
Bronze Hatchets Discovered at Salez, 540
Brown (E.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 86; Meteor, 50 the Zodiacal Light (?), 605
Brown (J. Campbell), Practical Chemistry, 75
Brunton (Dr. T. Lauder, F.R.S.): on Inhibition (of Structu Functions) and Action of Drugs thereon, 419, 436, 467, 48 Action of Calcium, &c., on Muscle, 450
Brussels Observatory, 445.
Buchan (A.), Diurnal Variation of Wind on Open Sea and no and on Land, 413
Buckley (Arabella), Winners in Life's Race, 51 Buenos Ayres, the Comet 1882 b at, 62
Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Belgique, 281, 473
Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Péte bourg, 94
Bulletin de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, 214 Bulletin de la Soc. Imp. des Naturalistes de Moscou, 47, 189 Burmah, Colquhoun's Journey to, 92
'Burman, The," Shway Yoe, 5; Dr. E. B. Tylor, F.R.S., Burmeister (Dr. H.), Description Physique de la Républi Argentine d'après des Observations Personnelles et gères," 28
Burton (Richard F.) and Verney Cameron, "To the Gold C for Gold," 335
Burton (F. M.), Sap-flow, 530
Butterflies, Natural Enemies of, Henry Higgins, 338
Butterflies of India, Burmah, and Ceylon, Marshall and N ville's, H. J. Elwes, 50
Cacao: How to Grow and How to Cure it, D. Morris, 566 Cacciatore (Prof.), Transit of Venus, 180
Calcium, Lockyer's Dissociation Theory of, Hermann Vogel, 233
Calcium, Barium, and Potassium, Action of, on Muscle, Do Brunton and Cash, 450
Calcutta: Report of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 114; Catal of Mammalia in the Museum, Dr. Anderson, F.R.S., Proposed Exhibition in, 209
Callard (T. K.), Paleolithic River Gravels, 54
Cambridge: New Professorships at, 469; Philosophical Soc 62, 119, 143, 403
Cameron (Verney), Richard Burton and, "To the Gold for Gold," 335
Campbell (Lewis, LL.D.), the Life of James Clerk Maxwe Camps in the Rockies," W. A. Baillie-Grohman, 551 Canada, Proposed Visit of the British Association to, 41 299, 398, 538, 546, 587; Protest agai st, 209 Candolle (A. de), Origine des Plantes Cultivées," 429 Cape Horn, French Mission to, 344
Capello (H.) and Ivens (R.), Central and West Africa, 39 Caprifig and Fig, Relations of the, W. B. Hemsley, 584
Capron (J. Rand) : a Lunar Halo, 78; the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 83; Shadows after Sunset, 102; Aurora of Novem- ber 17, 139, 149; Swan Lamp Spectrum and the Aurora, 149, 198; the Weather, 198; Foam-balls, 531 Carbo-hydrates in the Animal System, Physiology of, Dr. F. W. Pavy, F.R.S., 618
Carbon Contacts, Electrical Resistance of, Shelford Bidwell, 376 Carboniferous Vertebrate Palæontology, Notice of some Dis- coveries recently made in, T. Stock, 22 Cariamas, Flamingoes and, James Currie, 389 Carlisle (Bishop of), Weather Forecasts, 4, 51 Carlsruhe, Meteor at, 540
Carnivora, Siwalik, Richard Lydekker, 293 Carpathian Club, 162
Carpenter (Prof. L. G.), Aurora of November 17, 141 Cascia, Earthquake at, 63
Cash (Dr.), Action of Calcium, &c., on Muscle, 450 Caspian, Changes of Level of, 541
Cassell's Encyclopædic Dictionary, 423
Cassell's Natural History, 367
Cassine, Earthquake at, 299
Cassini Division of Saturn's Ring, 374 Cassowary, the One wattled, 153
Cathodes, Chemical Corrosion of, Dr. Gore, F R.S., 374 Caucasus Volcanic Eruption in the, 63; Geography of the, 470; Administration of Public Instruction of, 497; Geogra- phical Society of, 424; Bulletin of Society for History and Archæology, 497
Cecil (Henry): Comet 1882 6, 52; the Transit of Venus, 159; Hovering of Birds, 388; Meteors, 483
Central Asia, "Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian during the Years 1879-81, including Five Months' Residence among the Tekkés of Merv," Edmond O'Donovan, Prof. A. H. Keane, 359
Ceraski's Variable Star, U Cephei, 424
Cesati (Baron V.), his Botanical Collection, 20 "Ceylon, Lepidoptera of," L. Reeve and Co., 150
Challenger Expedition, Botany of the, W. Botting Hemsley, 462
Challenger Reports (Zoology, ii., iii., and iv.), 73
Challis (Prof. James, F.R.S.), Death of, 132 Chambery, Phylloxera in, 133
Chandler (Prof.), the Comet, 81
Changy on Incandescent Lamps, 209
Channel, Mountainous Seas in Calm Weather, 540
Channel Tunnel, Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., 338 bavanne (Dr. J.), "Afrika's Ströme und Flüsse," 447 Chemistry: the Chemical Society, 47, 118, 191, 234, 306, 402, * 426, 522, 570, 595; Recent Chemical Synthesis, 49; Prac- tical Chemistry, J. Campbell Brown, 75; Elementary Che- mical Arithmetic, Sidney Lupton, 76; Principles of Che- mistry, Prof. Mendeléeff, 113; Chemical Notes, 301; Electrolytic Balance of Chemical Corrosion, Dr. Gore, F.R.S., 326; Properties (Physical and Chemical) of Simple and Compound Bodies, De Heen, 422; Chemistry of the Flanté and Faure Accumulators, Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F. R.S., ari Dr. A. Tribe, F.R.S., 583
Chevreul (M.): nominated President of the French Société Nationale d'Agriculture, 277; his long Scientific Career, 422 Cheyne (Watson), the Bacillus of Tubercle, 563 Kina: Foreign Education in, 90; Chinese Definition of Death, 150; the Electric Light in, 209; R. K. Douglas on, 221; Comets as Portents in, 229; "Chinarinden in Pharmakognos- tischer Hinsicht dargestellt, Die," F. A. Flückiger, 287; Scientific Heresies in, 342; Chinese Educational Mission, 566; Miss Dr. Howard's Success in, 567; Lead Ore dis- covered in, 588; Telegraph Extension in, 588; Waste Paper in, 588; Coroners' Science in, Robert K. Douglas, 612 Dorophyll Corpuscles of Hydra, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 87
Christie (W. H. M., F.R.S ), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, $2
Cinchona Culture, Handbook of, Karel Wessel van Gorkom, 157
Circle, Medioscribed, 607
Lampolar Expedition: Notes from Capt. Dawson's Letters, 103 242, 484; Dr. Rae, F.R.S., on, 508
Service Examinations, Natural Science in, 321 Lasham (F. R.), Aurora of November 17, 141 Lark (J. E.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 84 Larke (C. B.), Equal Temperament of the Scale, 240
Colours, Complementary, 78; J. J. Murphy, 8; C. R. Cross, 150; at Niagara Falls, H. G. Madan, 174; 'Natural" Ex- periment in, E. J. Bles, 241; Chas. T. Whitmell, 266; Novel Experiment in, John Gorham, 294 Colquhoun (A. R.): Journey through Yunnan to Burmah, 92; Journey to Bhamo, 63
Colt-foot, Early, R. McLachlan, F.R.S., 266
Comets: Schmidt's Cometary Object, 20; the Great Comet 1882 b, 4, 21, 43, 56, 80, 161, 210, 300, 349, 400, 446, 540, 589; Major J. Herschel, Geo. M. Seabroke, Arthur Watts, 4; Spectroscopic Observations of, 24, 42; C. J. B. Williams, 29; W. J. Millar, 29; W. Higginson and B. Manning, 29; seen at the Paris Obervatory, 42; J. P. McEwen, 52; T. W. Backhouse, 52, 338; G. M. Seabroke, 52; H. Cecil, 52; B. J. Hopkins, 62, 78; at Buenos Ayres, 62; J. K. Rees, Prof. Chandler, 81; "Anomalous of, Rev. T. W. Webb, 89; Major J. Herschel, 101; Commander Sampson, U.S.N., Dr. C. J. B. Williams, F.R.S., 108; Division of the Nucleus of the, 113; W. C. Winlock, 128; Dr. Doberck, 128; A. Ainslie Common, 150; F. Stapleton, 150; Photograph of, 180; during last November and December, C. J. B. Williams, F.R.S., 198; Elements of, Vice-Admiral Rowan, Prof. E. Frisby, 226; J. P. McEwen on, 247; W. T. Sampson, 266; Dr. B. Ä. Gould, 267; E. Ristori, 314; Orbit of, E. Ristori, 388; Ephemeris of, Prof. Frisby, 415; Prof. Schiaparelli on the, Francis Porro, 533; Comet 1882 c, 161, 248; Comets as Portents in China, 229; Figure of the Nucleus of Comet of 1882 (Gould), Prof. Holden, 246; D'Arrest's Comet, 324, 567, 589, 618; Reported Discovery of a Comet, 324; Denning's Comet, 348; Comet of 1771, 374; Comet 1883 a, 445, 517; Comet of 1812, 498 Common (A. Ainslie), the Comet, 150 Complementary Colours, 78; J. J. Murphy, 8; C. R. Cross, 150; at Niagara Falls, H. G. Madan, 174; a Natural Experiment in, E. J. Bles, 241; Chas. T. Whitmell, 266: Novel Experiment in, John Gorham, 294 Condensation of Liquid Films on Wetted Solids, J. W. Clark, 370
Congo (Upper), Departure of Belgian Expedition for, 182 Coniferæ, Female Flowers in, 231
Conte (Dr. Le), on Darwinism, 275
Cooke (Conrad), &c., "Electric Illumination," 264 "Cookery, the Rudiments of," A. C. M., 323
Cooley (W. Desborough), Death of, 469
Copernicus, Darwin and, Prof. E. du Bois Reymond, 557 Coral-eating Habits of Holothurians, Surgeon-Majër H. B. Guppy, 7; Saville Kent, 433; J. G. Grenfell, 508 Cordiner (R.), Age of Dogs, 79
Corona, Photographing the, Dr. W. Huggins, F.R.S., 199 Coroners' Science in China, Robert K. Douglas, 612 Corpuscles, Red Blood, Prof. Quincke on, 355
Cosmical Dust collected by M. Marx, Prof. Lenz, 422 Cothenius Medal, 540
Cowan (Mr. D.), Explorations in Madagascar, 372 Crombie (J. M.), Function of Membrana Flaccida of Tympanic Membrane, 129
Cross (C. R.), Complementary Colours, 150 Crystal Palace Electricity and Gas Exhibition, 180
Cryptogamic Flora of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Mary P. Merrifield, 385
Cryptophyceae, a New Genus of, 230
Cumming (Miss Gordon), "Fire Fountains," 525 Cunningham (David), Hovering of Birds, 336
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