554 
KitTon, F., ‘‘Half-Hours with the 
Microscope ”’ (review), 253 
Kein, C., optical characters of the 
epidote of Sulzbach, 266 
KirkaLpy,D.,experiments on Swedish 
steel, 121 
— ‘Experimental Enquiry into the 
Mechanical Properties of Steel” 
(review), 398 
Kwnop, Dr., description of horbachite, 
123 
Know es, H., method of converting 
cast-iron into malleable iron or 
Steel, 122 
| Wikio basins, origin of, 271 
Larpn_er, D., ‘‘ Handbook of Natural 
Philosophy ” (review), 531 
LatuaM, B., ‘‘ Sanitary Engineering” 
(review), 110 
LAWRENCE, J., remarks on 
408 
Lesour, G. A., and HERSCHEL, ex- 
periments on the conducting 
power for heat of certain rocks, 
iron, 
12 
e Leatires on Light” (review), 98 
Lectures upon systems of fire, 
burglar, and other alarms, 133 
‘Legal Responsibility in Old Age” 
(review), 400 
LESPEYRES, artificial crystals of me- 
tallic antimony, 408 
Life-history of monads, 273 
Life, loss of at sea, 465 
Lighthouse, Great Basses, 270 
“Light, Lectures on” (review), 98 
‘‘ Light Science for Leisure Hours” 
(review), 105 
Lignites and American coals, age of, 
06 
a wie Hydraulic Cements, and 
Mortars, Practical Treatise on” 
(review), 112 
List of projets for consideration at 
the Private Bill Office, 126 
Livingstonite, mineral, 540 
Lockyer, J. N., ‘‘Spectroscope and 
its Applications” (review), 102 
Loess, description of, 126 
Loewy, B., ‘‘ Handbook of Natural 
Philosophy” (review), 531 
“Long-Span Bridges” (review), 118 
Luspock, Sir J., ‘‘ Origin and Meta- 
morphoses of Inseéts” (review), 
115 
Luminiferous 
matter, 180 
“ Lunacy, Manual of’ (review), 250 
ether and atomic 
INDEX. 
[Oétober, 
Lunar atmosphere and its influence 
on lunar questions, 492 
Lurny, R., valves suitable for work- 
ing hydraulic machinery, 542 
Vea J., mechanical 
arrangement for shipping, 543 
MACFARLANE, J., coloured 
280 
Machinery, coal-cutting, 262 
MackinTosH, J., Iowa and Illinois 
tornado, 339 
MACKENZIE, J., report on the coal 
fields of Victoria, 262 
Magic lantern slides for geology, 417 
Magnetic ore separation, 539 
‘Magnetism and Eledtricity” (re- 
view), 107 
Maintenance and construction of 
Braye Bay harbour, 123 
Manufacture of permanent beer, 280 
“ Manual of Lunacy” (review), 250 
Maunper, S., ‘* Treasury of Natural 
History ” (review), 404 
MarsHAtL, W.,  ‘ Phrenologist 
Amongst the Todas” (review), 
204 
Mat, M. pe, alarum signals, 419 
Matériel, British artillery, recent 
changes in, 40 
Mechanical puddling, advance of, 407 
“ Medical Ele@ricity, Theoretical and 
Practical, and its Uses in the 
Treatment of Paralysis, Neuralgia, 
and other Diseases’ (review), 117 
Mep.uicott, H. B., Narbada, or 
Satpura coal basin, 262 
Memoir of the Caspian Sea, 127 
‘Merchant Ships and Ironclads” 
(review), 396 
Metallurgy of bismuth, 408 
Metals and minerals of 
Burmah, 139 
— elasticity of, 264 
— tests of, 264 
‘‘ Metamorphoses and Origin of In- 
sects”’ (review), 115 
Meteoric stone which fell at Barratta 
Station, 123 
Method of converting cast-iron into 
malleable iron or steel, 122 
— — preventing tampering with the 
Davy lamp, 262 
— — recording barometric and 
thermometric observations, I19 
Meyer, J.C.C., patent high-pressure 
boilers, 125 
“‘ Microscope, Evenings at” (review), 
254 
‘* Microscope, Haif-Hours with .the ” 
(review), 253 
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