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Labyrinthodont Amphibia at Jarrow Colliery, Kilkenny, 475 



Labyrinthodont from the Trias, 48 



Ladd (W.), Edmunds' Electrical Phonoscope, §06; 6n Byrne's 



Battery, 506 

 Lady Franklin's Sound, Capt. Tyson's Jotirney to, 521, ^51 

 Lake, a Poisonous Australian, Geo. Francis, n 

 " Lake-Dwellings of Switzerland," Dr". Ferdinand Keller, 664 

 Lake-Dwellings in Bavaria, 601 

 Lamprey, the Fertilisation of Eggs of the, 227 

 Lancashire, the Superficial Geology of South- West, C. E. De 



Ranee, 56 f 

 Lancet, the, on State Aid to Science, 62^ 

 Landrails, Charles Dixon, 116 

 Lang (R. Hamilton), Cyprus, 693 

 Langethal (Prof., C.E.), Death of, 435 

 Lankester ^Prof. E. Ray, F.R.S.), Balfoiu^s " Elasmobi'anch 



Fishes," 113; on the Endowment of Research, 610 

 Laplace, Portrait of, 575 

 Lapp Languajje, Dictionary of, 238 

 "Lardner's Mechanics," 247 

 Laridas, Geographical Distribution of the, 83' 

 Lawes (Rev. W. G.), Exploration of New Guinea, 289 

 Lawrence (E. J.), Remarkable Form of Lightning, 278 

 Layard (Consul E. L.), Smell and Hearing in Insects, 301 

 Lead and Thallium, Prof. H; E. Roscoe on the Spetific Gravity 



of the Vapours of the Chlorides of, 214 

 Lead, Chloride, and Bees'-Wax, Electrical Properties of, 294 

 Leaves of Trees, the Falling of, 512 

 Leaves, the Physical Functions of, 672 

 Lebour (G. A.), " Illustrations of Fossil Plants," 35 ; "Nomen- 



clator Stratigraphicus," 344 

 Le Conte (Prof. Joseph), Geological Climate and Gfcological 



Time, 668 

 Lecky (Robert J.), Physical Sdience fof Artists, 116 

 Lecture Experiments, Francis E. Nipher, 94; Prof. McKen- 



drick, 240 

 Lee (John Edward), Translation of Dr. Keller's Lake Dwellings 



of Switzerland, 664 

 Leeds, the Yorkshire College of Science, 241, 350 ; Calendar, 



635 

 Lees (F. Arnold) and J. Davis' "West Yorkshire," 276 

 Lens, Carl Zeiss's "Oil Immer-sion," 240 

 Lepidoptera, how they Escape from their Cocoons, 226 

 Lepidoptera, Irish, Recent Additions to, 483 

 Lepper (C. H.), Attempted Overland Journey to China, 599 

 Lesquereux (L.), Tertiary Ftora of North America, J. S. 



Gardner, 189 

 Lesseps (M.), Lectures on Africa, 237 

 Letts (Prof, E. A.), on the Thetines, 474" 

 Leverrier, Portrait of, 575 

 Lewes, Excavations at Mount Caburn, 

 Lewis (A. L.), on the Evils arising from the Use of Historical 



National Names and Scientific Terms, 479 

 Ley (Clement), Weather Maps, 287 

 Leymarie (M.), Death of, 652 

 " Leyton Observations," the, 225 

 Lichen Gonidia Question, Marcus M. Hartog, 302" 

 Liebig Monument, 503 

 Liebreich (Dr.), "School Life in its Influence on Sight and 



Figure," 534 

 Light : Velocity of, Albert A. Michelson, 195 ; the Influence of, 



on Bioplasm, 398 

 Lightning : Phenomenon, H. J. Staples, 67 ; a New Protection 



from, 133 ; Remarkable Flashes of, R. St. J. B. Joule, 260; 



E. J. Lawrence, 278; B. Woodd Smith, 302; Effect of, on 



an Aspen Tree, 533 ; Compound Lightning Flashes, E. H. 



Pringle, 587 

 Lightning Conductors, Richard Anderson, 554 

 Lim Fjord, New Bridge Acro.-s, 5^55 



Limbs, the Genesis of, St. George Mivart, F.R.S., 282, 309, 331 

 Limbs, the. Prof. G. M. Humphry, F.R.S., 427 

 " Limburg," Discovery of Prehistoric Remains near the, 555 

 Lindley and Hutton's IllastratiDns of Fossil Plants, 35 

 Link- Work, Prof. Kennedy on, 83 



Links of the Animal World, Prof. Boyd Dawkins,^ F.R.S., 537 

 Linna:an Society : 83, 1 10, 294 ; Foreign Members, 75 ; Annual 



Meeting, 270 

 Linnaeus : the Statue to, 48 ; his " Systema Naturae," 419 

 Liquefaction of Gases, M. de Cailietet's Apparatus for, 46 

 Lisbon, Earthquake in, 182 



Liskeardite, a New Mineral, 426 



Lissajous' Figures, Improved Method for Projecting, on the 

 Screen, 24 



Liveing and Dewar (Professors) on the Reversal of the Lines of 

 Metallic Vapours, icg, 321 



Liver, Action of Drugs on the. Prof. Wm. Rutherford, F.R.S., 

 268 



Liverpool, Literary and Philosophical Society of, 105 



Lloyd (F. G.), the Electro-Magnet a Receiving j elephone, 4SS 



Loch Fyne, Manganese Nodules in, J. Y. Buchanan, 628 



Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S.), Physical Science for Artists, 29, 

 58, 87, 122, 154, 223; an Eclipse Spectroscope, 224; his 

 Observation of the Solar Eclipse, 353, 394, 401, 457 



Locomotive, Super-heated Water for, 106 



Lodge (Oliver J.), on a Simplification of Graphic Formula?, 472 



" Loess," the. Formations of the Danube in Moravia, 207 



Logical Machine, the Stanhope "Demonstrator," 506 



Lommer(E.), on Fluorescence, 107 



London, University of, 82 ; Supplemental Charter, 559 



London Mathematical Society, see Mathematical 



London, the Geology of, 235 ; Geological Map of, 235 ; Geo- 

 logy of the London Basin, 350 



Longitude and Time, Latimer Clark, 40; Ca^f. J. P. Maclear, 

 66; Rev. S. J. Whitmee, 220 



Loomis (Prof.), Winds in the United States, 198 ; on Storms, 

 288 



Loschmidt (J.), Cosmical Results of the Modern' Heat Theory, 

 184 



Low Temperatvu-es, Use of Methyl Chloride for the Production 



of' 337 

 Lubbock (Sir John, F.R.S.), on the HaVts of Ants, 482 

 Lucas (Joseph), Hydrogeological Survey of England, 494 

 Lugger (Mr.), Exploration of the West Indies, 49 

 Luminous Meteors, B.A. Report on, 505 

 Lunar Crater, a New, 197, 220 

 Lunar Eclipse of August 12, 385 



Lunar Rainbow, Secondary, W. J. Nobld, 67; R. Walker, 618 

 Lundy Island, the Climate of, 295 

 Lyall (Wm.), Albinism in Birds, 5^ 

 Lyons Observatory, 553 

 Lyrje (a), Companion to, 434 



McCarthy (John), Journey through China, 681 



Macdonald (Dr. J. D., F.R.S.), on the Anatomy of the Organ 



of Hearing in Relation to the Discovery of th^ Principles of 



the Microphone and Magnophone, 285 

 McDonnell (Dr. R., F.R.S.), Address in the Department of 



Anatoifty and Physiology at the British Association, 445 

 McKendrick (Prof. J. G.), Laboratory Notes, 24O 

 McLeod and Clarke on the Telephone, 1 1' 

 •Maclay Coast, the Papuans of the, 387 

 Maclear (Capt. J. P. ), Time and Longitude, 66 

 Magnetic Declination, Diurnal Range of, at the Trevandrum 



Observatory, 25 ; Variations of the Diurnal Range of the, as 



Recorded at Prague Observatory, Prof. Balfom: Stewart, 



F.R.S., 242 

 Magnetic Observatory at Pavlovsk, 316 

 Magnetic Storm, May 14, 1878, Rev. S. J. Perry, F.R.S., 617 ; 



WiUiam Ellis, 641 ; W. H. Preece, 668 

 Magnetic Survey of Washington, 466 

 Magnetisation : the Influence of Stress on. Sir Wm. Thomson, 



F.R.S., 215 ; the Tasimeter and, Aiwirew and Thomas Gray, 



329^ 

 Magnetism, " La Revue Magnetique,'*^6i5 

 Magnetism and Electricity, Catalogue of Works on, 393 

 "Magnetism and Electricity," George Porter, 615 

 Magneto-Telephone, 392 

 Magnets : Floating, Sir William Thomson, F.R.S., 13 ; A. M. 



Mayer, 258 ; C. S. Pierce, 381 

 Magnophone, its Relatibn to the Organ of Hearin?, 285 

 Afagnas (Philip), "Hydrostatics and Pneumatics," 693 

 Main (Rev. Robert, F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 72 

 Malaguti (Faustinus J. M.), Obituary Notice of, 15 

 MaFay Peninsula, 68 

 Mallory Propeller, the, 465 



Mammoth, the Epoch of the, G. James C. Southwell, 245 

 Mammoth in Siberia, the Extinction of, H. H. Howorth, 483 

 Man, Prof. Daniel Wilson on the Evolution of some Varieties 



of, 479 - ^ 



