Index 



275 



Kew Observatory, electrical and 

 meteorological observations at, 

 115 ; graduation of thermometer 

 and barometer tubes, 116. 



Khartum, steamer from, explores 

 part of river Sobat and of White 

 Nile, 161. 



Kidney, study of the human, during 

 life, 167. 



Kilimanjaro, partial ascent of, by 

 Mr. New, and plants from, 1 89 ; 

 district, botany and zoology of 

 the, 227, 228. 



Kinchinjunga, height of, 102 ; Dr. 

 Hooker's winter visit to, 106 ; 

 geology of, 107. 



King, Capt. R. P., on discovery of 

 remains of Leichart's party, 

 128. 



King and Rowney, objections to 

 foraminiferal origin of Eozoon 

 Canadense, 174, 177. 



Kirchoff, G. R., on results of 

 spectrum analysis, 151. 



Kolliker, on physiological action of 

 solutions, 129. 



Krafft, Mr., obtains a fish inter- 

 mediate betv/een Lepidosiren and 

 the Ganoids from an East Queens- 

 land river, 1 86. 



Krakatoa eruption, atmospheric 

 disturbances caused by the, 225. 



Land continuity (former) between 



Spain and Ireland, 107. 

 Landon, Joseph, discovers palaeolith 



in the Rea gravels, 251. 

 Langley, J. N., election of, 93 ; 



biographical note on, 94. 

 Larmor, J., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 93. 

 Lartet, M., discovery of human 



bones and flint implements in 



Southern France, 156. 

 Layard, A. H., communication 



from, and note on, 1 12. 

 Lea, Dr., on fossil bone of reptile 



near Philadelphia, 122. 

 Leaf-bearing trees and the darkness 



of an Arctic winter, 176. 

 Lebanon, moraines in the, 151. 

 Lefroy, Sir J. H., election of, 72 ; 



biographical note on, 73 ; com- 



munications from, 221, 222, 226 ; 

 retirement of, 83. 



Leichart, some remains of his party 

 discovered, 128. 



Length, standards of, 121. 



Lenses, effect of resinous compounds 

 on, 1 1 8. 



Lepidosiren, its relation to Ganoid 

 fishes maintained by Huxley, 

 186. 



Light, spectrum of, and gamut of 

 sound, 185 ; polarized, and strain 

 in viscous fluids, 193 ; electric, 

 from Edison's lamp, 208 ; velo- 

 city of, new experiments on the, 



215- 



Limmer's Hotel, place of dining, 

 86. 



Lind's wind gauge, a modification 

 of, 137. 



Lindley, J., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 51 ; resigna- 

 tion of, 57. 



Linnaeus, autograph letters by, 

 225. 



Linnean Society, 27, 28, 30. 



Liquids, the conditions of readiness 

 to assume spheroidal condition, 

 139. 



Lithium, chloride of, rapidly ab- 

 sorbed by living animals, 170, 

 171. 



Living tissues and frozen carbonic 

 acid, 202. 



Livingstone, Dr., plans of, for a 

 journey in Africa, 137 ; steamer 

 for, 147 ; rumoured death of, 

 1 66 ; projected expedition to 

 East Central Africa, 170 ; at 

 Bombay, preparing expedition, 

 173 ; search expeditions for, 

 from Zanzibar by Tanganyika 

 and from the west coast by the 

 Congo, 191. 



Lloyd, H., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 30; placed 

 on supernumerary list, 72. 



Logan, Sir W., specimen of Eozoon 

 Canadense brought by, 177. 



London, University of, and its 

 accommodation, 47, 50. 



Loom, Jacquard's, improved by 

 Mr. Bonelli, 125. 



