Nature, Ncn>. i6, 1876J 



INDEX 



Abbay (Rev. R.), Periodicity of the Fresh-water Lakes of 

 Australia, 47 ; Coffee in Ceylon, 375 



Abbott (Dr. Chas. C), American-Indian Stone Tubes and 

 Tobacco Pipes, 154 



Abney (Capt., F.R.S.), Photographic Processes, 239, 255 



Academy, Natural History of the Royal, 105 



Ackroyd (W. ), Selective Absorption, 163 



Acoustical Phenomena, S. P. Thompson, 149 



Acoustical Researche?, Mayer's Recent, 318 



Adair (H. M.), Freezing Phenomena, 271 



Adelaide, Gift to University of, 61 ; Botanic Gardens, 279 



^olian Formation on the Lancashire Coast, William Gee, 450 



Aeronautical Society, 159 



Aeronautics, W. de Fonvielle's Work on, 8 



Africa : Stanley's Expedition, 279, 373 ; Largeau and Say's 

 Exploration of, 300 ; Map of the Lake Region, 374 ; South 

 African International Exhibition, 443 ; The Italian Expedi- 

 tion, 444 ; Capt. Cameron's Journey through, 489 ; Col. C. 

 Chaille Long's Travels in Central, 521 ; Mr. Lucas' Exploration 

 of, 561 ; Dr. E. von Bary's Expedition, 582 ; Gerhard 

 Rohlfs' Expeditions in, 582 



Agassiz (A.), Changes in the Pacific, 217 



Agricultural Weather Warnings in France, 266 



Agriculture, Experimental Station of, in Connecticut, 419 ; The 

 French School of, 419, 561 



Air/ (Sir G. B., F.R.S.), The Sun-spot of April 4, 1876, 533 ; 

 on Sumner's *' Method at Sea," 559 



Airy (Hubert), Visual Phenomena, 392, 525 



Aitken (John), The Dry River-beds of the Riviera, 148 



Alai Expedition, General Skobelefl's, 560 



Albert Nyanza, Lake, 200 ; Gesse's Circumnavigation of, 260 



Alcohol, the Action of, on the Brain, 486 



Aldini Medal, 320 



Alexandria, Meteorological Station at, 16 



Algse, Prof. Agardh's Work on, 418 



Algebra, Mimn's Elementary, 147 



Algeria, Rainfall of, 300 



Alkali Waste, a Means of Suppressing, 455 



Allmann (Dr. Geo. J., F.R.S.), The Basking Shark, 368 



Alma Mater, the New School Journal, 496 



America : American Association, 463 ; American Journal of 

 Science and Art, 81, 162, 262, 321, 362, 491 ; American 

 Naturalist, 80, 161 ; American Mocking Bird, 29 ; American- 

 Indian Stone Tubes and Tobacco Pipes, Dr. Chas. C. Abbott, 

 154; International Congress of Americanists, 355. See also 

 United States, Philadelphia, &c. 



Amphioxus, Langerhans on, 298 



Anatomia dell' Ape, 139 



Anatomy, Quain's, Eighth Edition, 129 



Anderson's University, Proposed Incorporation of, 518 



Andrews (Dr., F.R.S.), on Certain Methods of Chemical Re- 

 search, 12; Opening Address as President of the British 

 Association, 393 



Anemometer, the Cmp, 61 



"Angling Idylls," G. C. Davies, 270 



Aniline and Chinoline, Prof. Dewar on, 455 



Animal Movements, Apparatus for Measuring, 214 



" Animal Morphology," Part I., Prof. Macalister's, 25 



Animals, Dr. B. W. Richardson's Abstract Report to Nature 

 on Experiments on, for the Advance of Practical Medicine, 

 149, 170, 197, 250, 289, 339, 369 



Antedated Books, 309, 330, 351, 369, 392, 424, 474 



Anthropological Institute, 18, 82, 243, 263 



Apiary, a Model, in Paris, 260 



Appalachian Mountain Club, 299 



Apparatus for Measuring Animal Movements, 214 



Aquariums, Westminster, 80, 159 ; Rothesay, 218; New York, 516 



Arabs, Life with the Hamram, A. R. Myers, 190 



Aralo-Caspian Region, 66 



Archaeology, Convention at Philadelphia, 120 



Archebiosis, Dr. Charlton Bastian on, 220 



Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, 182, 262, 519 



Arctic Expedition, 36 ; Mails for, 61 ; The FatiJora, 120 



Arctic Fossil Flora, Dr. Heer's, 336 



Are we Drying Up ? 527 



Argo, The Cruise of the, Rev, H. H. Iliggins, 48 



Argyll (Duke of). The Physical Structure of the Highlands in 

 Connection with their Geological History, 435 



Arlberg Tunnel, Dr. G. A. Koch on the, 304 



Asia, Central, Col Prejevalsky's Exploration of, 60 



Asia, Russian Exploration of, 534 



Asiatic Bats, G. E. Dobson, 472 



Astronomical Column, 10, 29, 49, 71, 91, 131, 152, 192, 210, 

 231, 257, 277, 291, 311, 337, 357, 378, 417, 424, 450, 474, 

 507, 533, 545. 570 



Astronomical Predictions, Method of Distributing, Charles de 

 Littrow, 149 



Astronomical Society, 163, 203, 299 



Athens, Observatory at, 92 



Atlantic Expedition, the Norwegian, 337, 441 



Atlantic Ocean, Temperature of, 490 



Atmosphere, Guldberg and Mohn on the, 561 



August Meteors, 292 



Australia, the Flora of South, 27 ; Fresh-water Lakes of, 47 ; 

 Gift to Adelaide University, 61 ; W. Harcus on, 90 ; Todd's 

 Observatory and Climate of, 536 ; Mr. Giles' Journey 

 across, 560. See alio New South Wales, Melbourne, Vic- 

 toria, &c. 



Auvergne, Rev. W. S. Symondson Ancient Glaciers in, 179 



Aveling's Botanical Tables, 348 



Axolotl, G. S. Boulger on the, 209 



Axolotls at the Crystal Palace Aquarium, 36 



Backhouse (Thos. Wm. ), Visual Phenomena, 474 



Bahama Islands, the Natural History of, 561 



Baird (CapL A. W.), Tidal Operations in the Gulf of Cutch, 



480 

 Baird's Annual Record of Science and Industry, 543 

 Balloon, Radiometer in a, W. de Fonvielle, 508 

 Balloon Ascents and Meteorology, 517 

 Barometric Pressure, The Semi-diurnal Oscillations of, 314,350, 



526 

 Barometric Variations, John Allan Broun, F.R.S., 162, 572 

 Barrett (Prof. W. F.), Spring Dynamometers,- 29 

 Basking Shark, Dr. E. Perceval Wright, 313 ; Dr. Gea J. 



Allman, F.R.S., 368 

 Bastian (Dr. Charlton, F.R.S.), Evolution and the Origin of 



Life, 44 ; Physico- Chemical Theory of Fermentation, 220 ; 



Fermentation of Urine and the Germ Theory, 309. 

 Bath, Meteorological Observations at, 219 

 Bats of Asia, Dobson's, 472 

 Beaumont (Elie de). Statue of, 300 

 Beechy (F. S. ), Electro-Telegraphy, 524 

 Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 201 

 Belgium, Hailstorm in, 210; Congress of Scientific Societies at 



Brussels, 259 

 Bennett (A. W.), the Pollen of the Cherry, 28 

 Bentley and Trimen's " Medicinal Plants," 139 

 Berlin Aquarium, death of the Orang-utang, 496 

 Berlin, German Chemical Society, 39, 63, 144, 183, 244, 283 

 Bermudas, Fishes of the, 261 

 Beryllium, Dr. Emerson Reynolds on, 455 



