INDEX. 



693 



Baumgarteu reflection-tone?, 226. 

 Banmhaaer, E. H. von, 309. 

 Bavaria, Meteorological Bureau for, 12S. 

 Baziu's discussion on velocity in a chan- 

 nel, 160. 

 Beal, Prof. W. J., 507, 508. 

 Bean, Dr. T., 413, 45S. 

 Beccari, 524. 

 Beceari's Malesia, 511. 

 Becke 276. 



Becke'r,~Dr. G. F., S3, 194. 

 Becquerel, Prof. A. C, 246, 535, 620. 

 Bedbugs in swallows' nests, 454. 

 Beddome, R. H., 472. 

 Beets, mangolds, and potatoes, 554. 

 Beetz, 250. 

 Behra, Dr., 344. 



and Wagner, 399. 

 Behn, Prof. W. F. G., 620. 

 Beijerinck, 579. 

 Beitrage zur Biologie, 522. 

 Belgium, maps from, 353. 

 Belgraud, 176, 620. 

 Belknap, Captain, 113, 316. 

 Bellessure, Jousset de, 447. 

 Belli, 152. 



Bell's telephone, 1S7. 

 Belt, 295, 304. 

 Belt, Thomas, 3S2, 620. 

 Bendire, C, 47S. 

 Benecke, B., 472. 

 Bengal meteorology, 130. 

 Benjamin, Simeon, 56. 

 Bennett, A.W., 511, 514. 

 Bentham, George, 510. 

 Benzene, luminosity of, 268. 

 Benzoic acid in birds, 268. 

 Berendt, Dr. G., 020. 

 Berg, Dr., 399. 

 Berggren, Dr.,51S. 

 Berkeley, 51S. 

 Berlin, A. F., 382. 

 Berlin Geographical Society, 337. 



Observatory of the Academy of 

 Sciences (Germany), S3. 

 Bermudas, researches in, 413. 

 Berthelot, 201, 230, 258, 259, 3SS, 52S. 

 Bertillon,Dr.,39S. 

 Bertram, 212. 

 Bertran,T.,16S. 



Beryllium, specific gravity, etc., 262. 

 Bessel, F.W.,42, 162. 

 Bessel-Repsold, 111. 

 Bessels, Dr., 118, 425. 

 Bessemer, Henrv, 3S. 



rail, 607. 



steel industry, 608. 

 Bessey, Prof. C. E., 507. 

 Bettany, 499. 



Bezold, Von, and Eugelhardt, 240. 

 Biblical archaeology, 3S8. 

 Bibliographical works, 147. 

 Bibliography, astronomical, 39. 

 Bibra, Baron von, 601. 

 Bickueli, Edwin, 426. 

 Bikle, Prof. Philip M., 64. 

 Bill of the puffin, 480. 

 Binary stars, 8. 

 Biopalla, 304. 

 Biot, 274. 



Birch, Dr. Samuel, 388. 

 Birds, 477. 

 Birmingham, J., 7. 

 Birt, W. R., 45. 



Bischoff, 423. 



Bischofscheim, 130. 



Bismuth minerals, 278. 



Blackmore, Wm., 621. 



Blaikley, 222. 



Blake, 226, 309, 382. 



Blanford, II. F., 130, 133, 134, 137, 150, ISO. 



Blast-fnrnaces in October, 1S7S, 606. 



Blasting-srelatiue, 602. 



Bleeker, Dr. Peter von, 458, 621. 



Blister-beetles, the, 451. 



Blomelield, Rev. L., 140. 



Blomstraud, C. W., 2S0. 



Blomstrandite, 2S0. 



Blood-corpuscles, structure of the colored, 



372. 

 Bloxam, Rev. Andrew, 148, 621. 

 Blue Ridge, the, 293. 

 Bobretsky, 432, 438. 

 Boddam-Whetham, 33S. 

 Bodfish, S. H.,334. 

 Boettger, 599. 

 Bohm, 267. 



Boiling-points, determining, 22S. 

 Boldon colliery, 92. 

 Bolivia, bismuth minerals in, 27S. 



map of, 339. 

 Bolivite, 280. 



Bologna, municipality of, 311. 

 Bolton, 277. 



Bombay, barometric pressure at, 193. 

 Bonaparte, 4S1. 

 Bonavia, Dr. E., 192. 

 Bond, G. P., 33, 44. 



Bonn University Observatory (Germany), 

 S4. 

 university of, 257. 

 Bonney, 291, 292. 

 Bonomi, Joseph, 021. 

 Booth, Rev. James, 621. 

 Bordier, Dr., 3S9, 392, 398, 402. 

 Boreogobius, the, 466. 

 Borneo, Island of, 96. 

 Bornstein, 252. 

 Borzi, 515, 517. 

 Boss, Prof. Lewis, 22, 45, 89. 

 Botanical Gazette. 503. 

 Botaniska Notiser, 506. 

 Botany, 501. 



and zoology, 201. 

 Botrychium simplex, 505. 

 Boucard, A., 412, 47S. 

 Bougarel, 265. 

 Bourjot, 311. 



Boussingault, 196, 230, 600 

 Boutigny, 30. 

 Bouvier^ A.,4S3. 

 Bove, Lieutenant, 323. 

 Bowers, 601. 

 Boys, 142. 

 Bradley, 293. 

 Brady, H. B., 36S. 

 II. P., 427. 

 Bragga, 342. 

 Brain of insects, 44S. 

 Branchville, Conn., 279. 

 Braudegee, T. S., 503, 506. 

 Brauer, 154. 



Braun, Alexander, 170, 512, 514. 

 Bravaisite, 2S0. 

 Brazil, rainfall in, 193. 

 Bredichin, Prof., 4, 5, 87. 

 Breguet's novel telephone, 255. 

 Brehm, 481. 



