Index 



273 



Glaisher, Mr., balloon ascent to 

 great height, 165. 



Glass bottles on Siberian coast, 122 ; 

 explanation of them, 123. 



Globigerina ooze, remarks on, 196 ; 

 Dr. Carpenter's criticisms, id. ; 

 Dr. Wallich's notes, id. 



Glossopteris flora, occurrence of the, 

 at Otago, 1 66 ; in India, Aus- 

 tralia, South Africa and South 

 America, 247. 



Glover, Lieutenant, recovers some 

 of Mungo Park's manuscripts, 



139. 



Godman, F. du C., election of, and 

 biographical note on, 84 ; death 

 of, 262. 



Goodsir, J., biography of, n ; 

 communication from, no. 



Government buildings and Scientific 

 Societies, 28, 32, 35, 37, 40. 



Gower, cave in, its evidence of 

 change in the level of the land, 

 140. 



Graham, T., biography of, n ; 

 death of, 62. 



Graphite, discovery of, on a tribu- 

 tary of the Yenesei, 160. 



Graves, J. T., biography of, 12 ; 

 communication from, 101. 



Gray, Dr. Asa, small fish and leaves 

 in underground springs, 214 ; on 

 pine-forest near Ravenna, 215. 



Green, J. H., biography of, 24. 



Green, C. (the aeronaut), and 

 meteorology, 120. 



Greensands, casts of foraminifera 

 in the, 135 ; their geological 

 value, id. 



Grey, Sir George, forwards new 

 form of lizard from New Zealand, 

 181. 



Grove, W. R., biography of, 26 ; 

 the first Treasurer, 3 ; com- 

 munications from, 101, 1 06, 113, 

 114, 115, 116, 118, 121, 126, 129, 

 131, 133, 136, 137. 138, 145, 156, 

 180, 185, 199, 201, 203, 205, 208, 

 219, 234 ; presents new Minute 

 Book, 75 ; placed on supernume- 

 rary list, 89 ; death of, 91. 



Guests, modification of rule about 

 admitting, 84. 

 p.c. 



Giinther, A. C. L. G., election of, 

 and biographical note on, 67 ; 

 communications from, 196, 198, 

 201, 226, 231, 243. 



Gutta-percha, discovered in Hindu- 

 stan, 131. 



Haarlem, Lake of, absence of 



human bones from its bed, 



147. 

 Haast, Julius von, on New Zealand 



glaciers, 167 ; restorations of 



Dinornis, 180. 



Habits, change of, in London, 



95- 



Haecker, Dr. Wolfgang, magnets 

 from, 115. 



Haidinger, Dr., dissections of ner- 

 vous system photographed by, 

 158. 



Hannay, T. B., claims to have made 

 diamonds, 211. 



Harris, W. S., biography of, 12 ; 

 communications from, 101, 137. 



Harvey, William, facsimile of two 

 letters written by, 197, 198. 



Hay ward, Mr., travels in Kaschgar, 

 Yarkand and Pamir, 185. 



Hector, Dr., sends bones of embryo 

 Moa chick, with flakes, from New 

 Zealand, 179 ; discovers there 

 a new form of lizard, 181 ; 

 describes some wind-worn stones, 

 183. 



Heliopolis, obelisk of, pits sunk 

 near, 118. 



Heliostats, method of giving flat 

 surfaces to, 193. 



Heraklea, discovery of coal at, 124. 



Herne Bay, discovery of palaeoliths 

 at, 154. 



Herschel, J. F. W., biography of, 

 12 ; communication from, 99 ; 

 resignation of, 56. 



Himalayas, establishment of ipeca- 

 cuanha plant in the, 191. 



Hippopotamus, once abundant near 

 Maccagnono Cave, 145 ; remains 

 of H. amphibius found at Barring- 

 ton, 242. 



Hirst, T. A., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 59 ; death of, 



