INDEX. 



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Liechti, Mr., xsxviii. 

 Liege, Iron and Steel Association at, 672. 

 Life in the Mediterranean, 213. 

 Light, actinic power of, 175. 



and selenium, 127. 



for stables, 391. 



action of, on the electric cnrrent,150. 



pohirization of, by reflection, 141. 



velocity of, 128. 

 Lightning, analysis of a flash of, 127. 



and lightning-conductors, 111. 

 dangers of, 90. 

 strokes, causes of, 113. 

 Lilford, Lord, 336. 

 Lime, chloride of, as a disinfectant, 649. 



sulphite of, prevents acidification, 

 4S2. 

 Limet, Mr., 571. 

 Limit of perpetual snow, 85. 

 Limousin, Mr., 633. 



Limulus, position of, in the animal king- 

 dom, 291. 

 Lincolu, Mr., 436. 

 Lindeman, Dr., 458, 619. 

 Lippman, Mr., 165. 

 Liquefaction of gases, 1ST. 

 Lisbon, transit instrument at, 57. 

 Lissajous' phonoptometer, 142 

 Lithium in plants, 366. 

 Liver, the, during lactation, 325. 

 Liverpool Observatory, new, 19. 

 Livingstone, Dr., Ixxiii., 672. 

 Lloyd, Mr., 104. 

 Lobsters and oysters, cxiv. 

 Local deviation of the plumb-line, 91. 

 Locke, Dr. John, 205. 

 Lockwood, Mr. G. M., 254. 

 Lockyer, Mr., 100, 123, 153, 174. 



& Meldrura, Messrs., xxxi. 

 Loess, nature of, 201. 

 Loew, Dr. Oscar, 254. 

 Logarithmic tables, 24. 

 Loiseau, Mr. E. F., cxxiii. 

 London, baby hippopotamus in, 284. 

 bird collections, 336. 

 Zoological Gardens, 267. 

 Longitudes in South America, telegraphic, 



IS. 

 Longworth, Mr. Nicholas, 16, 35. 

 Loomis, Prof., xxxiv., xxxv., 46, 47. 

 Lord, Mr., 207. 

 Louvrie, Mr., 172, 533. 

 Lovering, Prof., xxxv. 

 Lubbock, Sir John, 277, 279, 292. 

 Lubricants, patent wagon, 4S8. 

 Luce,Mr.E. T., 251. 

 Ludwig, Duke of Wiirtemberg, 313. 

 Lull, Commander E. P., 256. 

 LuUiia's experiment, 133. 

 Lupton, Mr. Sidney, 183. 

 Luschan,Mr.,2S0. 

 Luther, Dr., 49. 

 Liitken, Dr., xcviii. 

 Lyell, Lady, 684. 

 Lyman, Col. Theodore, 656. 

 Lyons Institution for the Advancement of 

 Experimental Science, 608. 



M. 



Maack, Dr. G. A., 6S4. 

 Macario, Dr., 651. 

 Macdonald,Dr.,295. 

 McCleur, Mr.,lxxi. 

 M'Clintock, Sir Leopold, 226. 



M'Clure, Vice-Admiral Sir Robert, 684. 

 M'Cormick, Mr., xxv. 

 M'Coy, Prof., 308. 

 M'Georo:e,Mr.,31. 

 M'Nab,^Dr.W. R., 301, 370. 

 M'Quinn, Capt. John M., 461. 

 Machine for art models, 611. 



for small wooden boxes, 610. 

 Machines, motor for small, 530. 

 Madden, Sir Frederick, 084. 

 Madder, adulterations of, 573. _ 

 the growing of, cxxvii. 

 Maggi,Mr.,307. 



Magnesia, preparation of carbonate of, 614. 

 Magnet, Mr. M.M., 253. 

 Magnetical variation, secular, 174. 

 Magnetism and polarization, 148. 



and temper of steel, 148. 



auroras, and solar spots, 46, 47. 



in ships, 146. 

 Magneto-electric machine of Gramme, 531. 

 Magnus, Dr. Hugo, 548, 615. 

 Maine Commissioners of Fisheries, sixth 



report of the, 436. 

 Malaguti, Mr., 179. 

 Mallassez, Mr., 303. 



Malleable iron, direct manufacture of, 523. 

 Mallet, Mr., xxvi., 94, ISO. 

 Mammal, new eocene, 285. 

 Mammals of Florida, 286. 

 Man in the miocene of Turkey, 279. 

 Manganese, alloys of, 613. 



a substitute for nickel, 591. 

 Manganophyl, a new mica, 193. 

 Mansfield, Col. Jared, 659. 

 Manufacture of malleable iron, direct, 523. 

 Manures, effect of, on weeds, 417. 



on opium production, 386. 

 on the growth of plants, 410. 

 Maoris, origin of the, 275. 

 Marasi, Mr., 570. 

 Marble, imitation of, 512. 

 Marchand, Mr., 186, 504. 

 Marche, Mr., Ixxiii. 

 Marezzo marble, 511. 

 Marggrof, Mr., 406. 

 Marie-Davy, Prof., 15. 

 Marine vegetation on ccast-land, 214. 

 Marion, Mr. A. F., xciv., 575. 

 Mariotta, Mr., 477. 



IMaritime fisheries of France, 1871, 453. 

 Markham, Capt., Ixii., 378. 



Mr. Clements R., Ix., 226. 

 Marryatt, Mr.Wm.W., 252. 

 Mars, recent observations of, 32. 



Schroeter's observations of, .31. 

 Marsh, Prof., Ixix., 286, 288, 316, 320, 349. 

 Marshall, Lieut.Wm. L., 253. 

 Martin, Mr. Adolph, 541, 574. 

 Marvine, Mr. A. R., 251. 

 Mascart, Mr.,141, 151. 

 Maskelyne, Mr.,120. 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, report 



of the, 418. 

 Ma8ters,Mr. M. T.,354. 



& Gilbert, Messrs., 410. 

 Matches without sulphur, 490. 

 Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Hy- 

 giene, 615. 

 Mathematics and Astronomy, 1. 

 Mather, Prof. W. W., 205, 434, 448, 463. 

 Mathieu, Vice-Admiral, 23. 

 Mathis,Mr. G., 611. 

 Matteuci, Mr.,134. 



