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INDEX 



[Nalute, Nov. 21, 1878 



Names and Scientific Terms, 479; on the Measuring of 



Crania, 481 

 " Huxley's Anatomy," Spengfel's German Translation of, 298 

 Hydrated Iron Ores, the Influences of Microscopic Vegetable 



Organism in the Production of some, 476 

 Hydrocarbons, Formation of, by the Action of Water on Man- 

 ganese Iron Alloys containing Carbon, 337 

 Hydrogen : Peroxide of, E. Schone's Researches on, 318 ; 



Spontaneous Ignition of, by finely-divided Zinc, 679 

 Hydrogeological Survey of England, Joseph Lucas, 494 

 Hydroids of the Gulf Stream, Dr. G. J. Allman, F.R.S., 326 

 Hydro-Incubation, 542 ; the Tournament of Hydro-Incubators, 



629 

 " Hydrostatics and Pneumatics," Philip Magnus, 693 

 Hygiene : Societe Fran9aise d'Hygiene, 424 ; the Congress of, 



at Paris, 504 

 Hyperion, the Saturnian Satellite, 426, 669 

 Hypnotism, Geo. J. Romanes, 492 



Iceland, Fall of Volcanic Ash from; 199 



Immersion Paraboloid, Dr. J. Edmunds, 278 ; John Mayall, 



Incubators, the Tournament of, 629 



Indexes, a Subject-Index to Scientific Periodical Literature, 251, 

 279 ; " What is an Index ?" 632 



India : the Great Trigonometrical Survey of, 180 ; Indian Rain- 

 fall, S. A. Hill, 193 ; Meteorology of, in 1876, 199; Farming 

 in, 219 ; the Size of the Indian Tiger, Sir J. Fayrer, F.R.S., 

 219; new Geological Map of, 475; Ethnological Objects 

 from, 478 ; Indian Elephants, 552 ; Indian Building Timber, 

 317 ; Col. R. Benson, 569 ; Stanford's Map of Indian and 

 Afghan Frontiers, 647 



Indians, the Tribe of Nez Perces, 632 



Indigo, Synthetic Preparation of, 251 



Inductive Metrology, W. M. Flinders Petrie, no 



Industrial Chemistry, Pay en's, 218 



Inflorescence of Senebiera didymOf Vtof. Alex. Dickson, 508 



Ingleby (Dr. C. M.), the SeaSerpent Explained, 541 



Innspruck, Earihquake at, 466 



Insects : Corroborative of the Nativity of Certain Plants, Dr. 

 Buchanan White, 278 ; Smell and Hearing in. Consul E. L. 

 Layard, 301 ; the Humming of, 536 ; the Hearing of, Alfred 

 Simjon, 540 ; Dr. W. L. l3udley, 568 ; the Microphone and 

 the Hearing of, 652 



Inside Out, C. J. Munro, 116 



Institution of Civil Engineers, 49, 56, in, 136, 244 



Insulating Stand, a New, Prof. M. E. Mascart, 144 



Interior of the Earth, Sir George B. Airy, F.R.S., 41 



Intra-Mercurial Planet, 495, 520, 552, 569 ; Sir G. B. Airy, 

 P'.R.S., 380, 495 ; Prof. J. C. Watson, 433, 495^ 616;- Lewis 

 Swift, 539 



Invariants, Dr. Wright's Tract on, 6S3 



Ireland : Extinct and Recent Irish Mammals, Prof. A. Leith 

 Adams, 141 ; Prof. Boyd Dawkins, 169 ; Hull's Geology and 

 Geography of. Prof. Arch. Geikie, F.R.S., 354; the Geo- 

 logical Survey of, 476 ; Prehistoric Monuments of, 478 ; 

 1* lint Factories in, 478 ; Recent Additions to Irish Lepidoptera, 

 483 ; the Rainfall of, G. J. Symons, 484 ; the Influence 

 of Strike on the Physical Features of, Edward T. Hardiivan, 

 506 



Iron and Mercury, Specific Heats of, 679 



Iron and Steel Institute at Paris, 502, 553, 574- 



Island Volcano, Metals on, 238 



Jsobaric Charts of the Globe, Dr. Wojeikof, 288 



Isoetes echinospora. Exhibition of Plants of, 508 



Isomeric Bodies, Heat Evolved in the Formation of, 336 



Isomorphous Salts, Change of Indices in- Mixtures of, 336 



Isthmus of Darien, Proposed Canal Across, 238 



Italian Geographical Society, 521 



Ithaca, the Ancient "Capital of, 590. 



Jablochkoff Electric Light; 6S2"; itf Paris; 317 ; Spectrum of, E. 



Walker, 384 

 Jacobsen (J. C), his Brewery Laboratory, 503 

 Jiihresbericht der Chemie, 105 

 Jamieson (James), the Respiration of Plants, 539 

 Jamieson (T. F.)^ the Distribution of Ice Diiring the Glaeiial 

 . Period, 187 



Janssen's New Method of Solar Photography, H. F. Blanford, 643 



Japan : Kerosene Oil in, 23 ; Manufacture of Boots in, 49 ; 

 Copper Smelting in, 105 ; the Forests of, 181 ; Earthquakes 

 in, 182 ; Telegraphy in, 182 ; Japanese Astronomers in 

 Europe, 205; Proposed Harbour and Canal in, 228; Calendar 

 of the Tokio College of Engineering, 263 ; Permanent Exhi- 

 bition in, 292 ; the Timber of, 317 ; Railways in, 344 ; Engi- 

 neering Works in, 344 ; Records of Earthquakes in, 373 ; 

 Brewing in, R. W. Atkinson, 521 ; the Flora of, 534; 

 Harbour, Dredging in, 6co ; Japanese Black Teas, 705 



Java, Bees in, 238 • 



Jeffi-eys (J. G., F.R.S.), the Norwegian Arctic Expedition, 568 



Jena, the Observatory of, 392 



Jenkin (Prof. Fleeming, F.R.S.), and Prof. J. A. Ewing, the 

 Phonograph and Vowel Theories, 167 ; on the Phonograph 

 and Vowel Sounds, 340, 394, 454 



Jevons (Prof. Stanley, F.R.S.), the Pedetic Action of Soap, 

 440 ; on the Periodicity of Crises, 483 



Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 63S ; Summer Labo- 

 tory, 181 



Johnston (Keith), Expedition to Lake Nyassa, 646 



Jones (Capt. W. A.), American Exploration, 667 



Jones (Rev. Frank), Life of Sir Martin Frobisher, il 



Jordan (Prof. D. S.), Vertebrates of the Northern United States, 

 167 



Joule (R. St. J. B.), oii a Remarkable Flash of Lightning, 260 



Joule (Dr. Prescott), Civil Pension to, 316 



Journal de Physique, 214, 350, 560, 687 



Journal of Physiology, 377 



Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 636 



Joiu-nal of the Franklin Institute, 636 



Journal of the Russian Chemical and Physical Societies, 400 



Judd (Prof. J. W., F.R.S.), American Geological Surveys, 538 



Julius (V. A.), the Microphone as a Receiver, 642 



Jura, the, Marshall Hall, 221 



Karat ej in, the District of, 289 



Kekule (Prof. Aug.), the Scientific Aims and Achievements of 



Chemistry, 210 

 Keller (Dr. Ferdinand), Lake Dwellings of Switzerland, 664 

 Kempe (A. B.), a Kinematic Problem, 149 

 Kent (W. Saville), the Origin and Distribution of Organic 



Colour, 523 

 Kentish Boring Exploration, 469 

 Kent's Cavern, the Exploration of, 468 

 Kentucky, Remarkable Cave in, 575 

 Kepler and Anthelm's "Temporary Stars," 281 

 Kepler's Manuscripts and Relics, 20 

 Kerosene Oil in Japan, 23 

 Kew Gardens: Botanical Museum opened on Sundays, 194, 220; 



Report, 370 

 Kiel, Meeting of German Anthropologists, 466 

 Kiepert's Map of Cyprus, 520 

 Kinematic Problem, A. B. Kempe, 149 

 Kinetic ITieory of Gases, the View of the Propagation of Sound 



demanded by the Acceptance of, S. Tolver Preston, 253 

 King (Clarence), American Geological Surveys, 538 

 King (Prof. W.), the Crystalline Rocks of Donegal, 478 

 Kirchhoff" (Prof.), on Submarine Cables, 106 

 Kitchener (Lieut.)-, on a Survey of Galilee, 483 ; his Survey of 



Palestine, 521 ; appointed to survey Cyprus, 521 

 Klenke's Work on the Adulteration of Food, 106 

 Knapton (H. P.), Taunton College School, 357 

 Knowles (W. J.), Flint Factories at Port Stewart, &c., 478 

 Kola Peninsula, Exploration of, 697 

 Konigsberg, Schriften der physikalisch-okonomischen Geseil- 



schaft, 24S 

 Kosmos, 399, 584 



Krebs (Dr. G.), on the Conservation of Energy, 706 

 Krefft (Gerard) and the Trustees of the Australian Museum, 575 

 Krukenberg's " Mikrographie der Glasbasalte von Hawaii: 



petrographische Untersuchung," 248 

 Kriimmel (Dr. Otto), the Rainfall of Europe, 287 

 Kruttschnitt (Julius), Rayons de Crepuscule, 540 

 Kurz (S.), Forest Flora of British Burmah, 517 



Laboratory, a School, W. A. Shenstone, 347 

 Liaboratory Notes, Prof. J. G. McKendrick, 240 



