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INDEX 



[Nature, May 30, 1878 



Aurora Australis, Spectrum of, Commander J. V. Maclear, 1 1 

 Aurora Borealis, Extent and Principal Zone of the, 373 

 Australia : C. H. Eden's " Fifth Continent with the Adjacent 



Islands," 121 ; Exploration of, 271 ; Meteorology of Western, 



363 ; Bees in, 372 ; Australian Monotremata, E. P. Ramsay, 



401 

 Austria : the Austrian Comet Medal, 129 ; Education in, 155 ; 



University Libraries of, 374 

 Autopsy, the Society of Mutual, 490 

 Avalanches in Styria, 273 

 Aveling (E. B.), Physiological Tables, 5 

 Azimuth Instrument, a New, 308 



Babylonia, the Primitive Culture of, 415 



Bacteria: Prof. J. Burdon Sanderson, F.R.S., 84 ; Prof. Tyndall 



on, 134 ; in Water, G. F. Dowdeswell, 323 ; in Oxygen, 393 

 Bal<er (J. G.), "The Flora of Mauritius and Seychelles," 77 

 Balfour (Prof.) Proposed Portrait of, 393 

 Balloon, the Tuileries Captive, 330, 454, 491 ; Balloons and 



Arctic Exploration, 171 

 Ballot (Dr. Buys), on the Mean Atmospheric Pressure of 



Europe, 15 

 Baltic and German Oceans, Physiography of, 41 1 

 Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University, Anniversary of, 459 ; 



Fellowships at, 517 

 Barkas (T. P.), the Daylight Meteor of March 25, 1878, 467 

 Barnard and Mayer, the Sources and Reflection of Light, 405, 427 

 Barometric Oscillation, 135 

 Barrett (Prof, W. F.), a Cheap Telephone, 193 ; New Form of 



Gasholder, 253; Early Electric Telephony, 510 

 Bary (Dr. Erwin von). Death of, 71 

 Baryta, Lime, and-Strontium, Crystallisation of, 372 

 Bashforth (Rev. Francis), Trajectories of Shot, 401, 506 

 Batchelor's Patent Working Drawings — Trunk Engine, 160 

 Bathing-Place at Harrow School, Arthur G. Watson, 487 

 Beachbury, Earthquake at, 212 

 Becquerel (Antoine Cesar), Obituary Notice of, 244 

 Beer, Adulteration of, 251 

 Bees killed by Tritoma, Alfred R. Wallace, 45 ; Bees and 



Flowers, John B. Bridgman, 102 ; and Gentiana csclepiadea, 



F. M. Burton, 201 ; Apiculture at the Paris Exhibition, 309 ; 



Australian Bees, 372, 411 

 Beetles of St. Helena, E, C. Rye, 338 

 Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 39 

 Belgrand (M.), Death of, 473 

 Bell (Prof. Graham), on the Telephone, 135 

 Bell (I. Lowthian, F.R.S.), Separation of Phosphorus from 



Pig-iron, 459 

 Bell (Prof. T., F.R.S.), " White's Natural History of Selborne," 



399 

 Bentham's "Flora Australiensis," 212 

 Bergen, proposed University at, 95 

 Berlin : Death of Pongo at the Aquarium, 70 ; Geographical 



Society of, 91, 194, 271, 409, 411 ; New Polytechnic at, 155 ; 



University Intelligence, 175, 214, 254; the University 



Library, 194 ; the Telegraphs in, 251 ; Academy of Science, 



252 ; Arms and Weapons at the Royal Museum, 330 ; Anthro- 



pologische Gesellschaf t, 350; " Commers " at, 393 ; Botanical 



Specimens in, 454 

 Berliner astronomisches Jahrbuch and the Minor Planets, 507 

 Bermudas, the Fauna of the, 18 ; Bermuda Lizard, G, Brown 



Goode, 425 

 Bern, University Statistics, 374 

 Bernard (Claude), Obituary Notice of, 304 ; Funeral of, 329 ; 



Monument to, 370, 409 

 Bessemer (Henry), Glass for Reflectors, 241 

 Bettany and Parker's "Morphology of the Skull," 3 

 Biggs-Wither (T. P.), "Pioneering in South Brazil," 423 

 Binary-Star Castor, the, 105 



Biological Notes, 127, 221, 289, 344, 382, 433, 508 

 Birchall (Edwin), the Insects of Chili and New Zealand, 221, 



260 

 Birds : the Protection of, in Germany, 251 ; Mimicry in, 361, 



.380, 438 ; Poaching, 509 

 Birkbeck Institution, 334, 393 

 Bismarck (Prince) and the Telephone, 91 

 Bison, the American, 127 

 Blackbirds, Exportation of, from Corsica, 309 

 Blakesley (J. H.), Phoneidoscopic Representation of Vov.-els 



and Dipthongs, 486 



Bland (Thos.), Great Waterfalls, 361 



Bleeker (Dr. P.), Obituary Notice of, 286; his "Atlas," 309 



Blood Corpuscle, the Structure of, 20 



Bolivia, Capt. Musters on, 90 



Bona via (Dr. E.), Contribution to the Sun-spot Theory of Rain- 

 fall, 61 ; Nocturnal Increase of Temperature with Elevation, 

 loi 



Bone, Transformation of Cartilage into, 345 



Bonomi (Joseph), Death of, 370 



Bonn, Prof. Kekule's Address on Chemistry, 55 



Booth (Rev. James, LL.D., F.R.S.), Death of, 513 



Boracic Acid, Origin and Formation of, 150 



Borneo, Volcanic Phenomenon in, A. H. Everett, 200 



Bosanquet (J. Whatman), Death of, 212 



Botanical Exchange Society at Buda-Pesth, 437 



Botanical Specimens in Berlin, 454 



Botany : in Germany, 158 ; Prizes in, for Young Women, 314 



Boulders, Preservation of, in France, 391 



Bournemouth, the Eocene Flora of, J. S. Gardner, 47 ; Fossil 

 Hunting at, J. S. Gardner, 369 ; the Bournemouth Beds, 395 



Brahe (Tycho), Star of 1572, 129 



Brain of a Fossil Mammal, 222 ; Prof. O. C. Marsh on, 340 



Brake, the Westinghouse, 410, 507 



Brandeis (Dr. Richard C), Philadelphia Diplomas, 221 



Braun (Alex.), Sale of his Herbarium, 410 



Brazil, Mr. H. H. Smith's Exploration of, 308 



Brazil, Pioneering in South, T. P. Biggs- Wither, 423 



Breaks, the Telephone as a Means of Measuring the Speed of 

 High, J. E. H. Gordon, 424 



Brehm (Dr. A. E.), Thierleben, " Die Saugethiere," 41 



Breslau, University Statistics, 374 



Bridgman (John B. ), Bees and Flowers, 102 



Brisbane, Hailstorm at, 455 



Bristol : Museum and Library, 16 ; University College, 20, 134 ; 

 Naturalists' Society, 193, 292, 311 



British Archseological Association, 350 



British Association, 1879 Meeting, 192, 232 



British Channel Tunnel, 109 



British Flora, the Future of our, A. Craig-Christie, 62 



British Medical Association, Grants of the, 90 



British Museum, the Salaries of the Officers in the, 197 



Broun (J. Allan, F.R.S.), the Sun's Magnetic Action at the 

 Present Time, 183 ; Sun-spots and Terrestrial Magnetism, 

 262, 280 



Broun (Prof. W. Le Roy), Terrestrial Magnetism, 281 



Browning's Absorption Bands Apparatus, 513 



Briiggemann (Dr. F.), Death of, 473 



Brunswick, New University Buildings at, 75 



Brussels, the Royal Observatory, 288 



Bryce (James, LL.D.), "Transcaucasia and Ararat," 25, 205 



Bryozoa, the Shell of the, 355 



Buchan (Alex.), Sun-spots and Rainfall, 505 



Buda-Pesth, Centenary of the University, 195 ; Botanical Ex- 

 change Society at, 437 



Buddhism, T. W. Rhys Davids, 239 



Buchanan (J. Y.), Oxygen in Sea- Water, 162 



Burbidge (F. W.), " Horticulture," 142 



Burial- Ground, Discovery of a Prehistoric, near Berlin, 391 



Burton (Capt.), Exploration of the Land of Midian, 53, 132 



Burton (F. M.), Insects and Artificial Flowers, 162; Gentiana 

 asclepiadea and Bees, 201 



Bushman Drawings, Prof. G. Fritsch on, 350 



Butterflies in Iceland, No, 243, 260 



Byrne (Oliver), the Geometry of Compasses, 199 



Byssus in the Mussel, 289 



Cairo, Geographical Society, 468 



Callao, Waterspouts in, 372 



Calmy (Dr.), Eucalyptus, 283 



Cambridge : University Intelligence, 39, 74, 95, 134, 154, 294, 

 393; Science at, 39; Philosophical Society, 96, 416; the 

 Mathematical Tripos, 275 ; Science Exhibitions, 334 ; Wood- 

 wardian Geological Museum, 354 ; Report of the University 

 Commission, 415; Report on the Teaching of the University, 



497 

 Cameron (J.), Sound and Density, 507 

 Canada, Extraordinary Rain-storm in, 490 

 Cape of Good Hope Observatory, 269 

 Capello (Joas), Sun-spots and Terrestrial Magnetism, 488 



