1866.] 
College of Chemistry, Foundation of 
the, 67. 
Colours, Extinction of, by Artificial 
Lights, 296. 
Comatule, Specimens of, from the 
Hebrides, 544. 
Comet, Spectrum Analysis of Light 
from a, 256. 
Congelation of Animals, 124. 
Considerations on the Loss of the 
‘London,’ 177. 
Copper, Improved Prospects of Trade 
in, 422. 
Corals, New Species of, 101. 
Corrs, BERNHARD V., Treatise on Litho- 
logy, 425 
Crania, Two Extreme Forms of Human, 
550. 
Cretaceous Rocks, Correlations of the, 
in South-east and West of England, 
281. 
Crocodile, Anatomy of Hind Leg of, 126. 
Crott, Mz., Speculations on Cosmical 
Changes of Temperature and the 
Submergence of the Northern Hemi- 
sphere during the Glacial Period, 
414, 
Crookes, W., F.R.S.,'on Disinfection, 
531, 561. 
—— a New Era in Illumination, &c.,500. 
— Plan for producing Low Tempe- 
ratures, 436. 
Crustacea, Larvee of Marine, 442. 
D. 
Darwin and his Teachings, 151. 
Dauseny, C., M.D., &., on the Antiquity 
of the Voleanos of Auvergne, 199. 
Davprée, M., Synthetical Researches 
relative to Meteorites, 389. 
Davarne, M., on the Rotting of Fruits, 
575. 
Dawetns, W. B., M.A., on the Habits 
and Conditions of the Two Earliest 
Known Races of Men, 333. 
Dead Sea, Level of the, 93. 
Decken, Baron von der, Murder of, 410. 
—— Expedition to the Luba River, 272, 
275. 
De 1a Rue and Celestial Photography, 
358. 
Devonian Rocks of North Devon, 591. 
Dhurmsalla Meteoric Stone, Analysis 
of, 566. 
Discon, M. E., Influence of Electro- 
Negative Elements on the Spectra of 
Metals, 119. 
Diamond, a Yellow, 429. 
Diatoms, Apparatus for keeping them 
alive, 131. 
Index. 
613 
Dicsim, Dr., Dimorphism in Eriophorum 
angustifolium, 83. 
Didymium, Absorption Spectrum of, 
518. 
Diluvium, Fossils in North German, 586. 
Disinfection, 531, 561. 
Dissociation of Compound Gases at 
High Temperatures, 433. 
Drainage Water, Necessity of storing, 
250. 
Droster, Dr., Functions of Air-cells 
and the Mechanism of Respiration in 
Birds, 441. 
Dv Cuan, M., Second Expedition to 
Western Equatorial Africa, 274. 
Dvucuartre, M., Influence of Light on 
Plants, 396. 
Duncan, Dr., on Echinodermata from 
the South-eastern Coast of Arabia, 105. 
Dupont, M., Explorations of Caves and 
Quaternary Deposits of the Valleys 
of the Lesse and Meuse, 587. 
E. 
Earth, Retardation of Rotation of the, 
519. 
supposed Changes in the Axis of 
Rotation of the, 416. 
Earth’s Orbit, Ellipticity and Eccen- 
tricity of the, 514. 
Electricity (Chronicles), 125, 299, 437, 
599. 
Electro-Magnetic Machine, 438. 
Electro-Negative Elements, Influence 
of, on the Spectra of Metals, 119. 
Entomological Society 92, 270, 406, 582. 
Entomology (Chronicles), 90, 269, 405, 
581. 
Eozoon, Literature of, 585, 589. 
Eriophorum  angustifolium, 
phism in, 83. 
Escarpments, Origin of, 281. 
Evans, Mr. Joun, on the Cause of the 
supposed Changes in the Earth’s 
Axis of Rotation, 416, 
Dimor- 
F. 
Farrpatrn, W., C.E., F.R.S., Considera- 
tions on the Loss of the ‘ London,’ 177. 
Fatconer, Dr., and Mr. Busk, on Fossil 
Remains in the Gibraltar Caye, 105. 
Farm Stock, Returns of, 250. 
Feathers, Coloration of, 442. 
Felspars, Researches on, 290. 
Fever, Cryptogamie Origin of Inter- 
mittent, 572. 
Frox, Dr, A., on Cell Life, 235. 
Field Experiments (Agricultural), the 
proper Conditions of, 386. 
