INDEX 



[JValun, A''ov. i8, 1875 



Industrial Exhibition at Manchester, 54 



Infusoria, Dr. AUman, F.R.S., on the, 136, 155, 175 



Ingleby (C. M.), Hay Crop of 1875, 272 



Inland Water and Vegetation of Shorelands, 262 



Insectivorous Plants : J. W. Clark on, 528 ; Prof. E. Morren's 



Experiments on, 503 ; Dr. Lawson Tait, 25 1 

 Insects: Fertilisation of Flowers by, 11. Miiller, 50, 190; of 



Missouri, U.S., Riley's Report on, 195; Noxious, and Tobacco 



Meal, 154; Riley on Curious Habits of, 527 

 Instinct and Acquisition : G. J. Romanes, .553 ; D. A. Spalding, 



507 

 " Instinct" and " Reason," James Hutchmgs, 330 

 Internal Heat of the Earth, Prof. Mohr on, 545 

 International Astronomical Society, 298 

 International Congress of Physicians at Brussels, 461 

 International Meteorology, 493, 560 

 Inundations in France and Cork Mattresses, 280 ; Loss caused 



by, 299 ; Prof. V. Raulin on, 426 

 Iowa, U.S., Rainfall Observation of, 483 ; " Weather Review, '.' 



564 

 Ipecacuanha, Cultivation of, 446 

 Irby's Ornithology of the Straits of Gibraltar, 364 

 Ireland, Snakes in. Dr. J. Fayrer, 495 

 Irish Cave Exploration, G. S. Boulger, 212 

 Irish Fisheries, Report on for 1874, 392 

 Inninger (Admiral E.) on the Greenland Arctic Current, 104 

 Iron, Sir W, Thomson on the Effects of Stress upon the Mag- 

 netism of, 374 

 Iron and Steel Institute, 28, 358, 426, 432 

 Iron and Steel, U.S. Government Board for Testing, 94 

 Isothermals of the Solar Disc : Mayer's Method of obtaining, 



497 ; New Method of obtaining, 301 

 Italy : Italian African Expedition, 1 53 ; Geographical Society, 



135 ; Geographical Society and African Exploration, 562 ; 



Scientific Association, Congress at Palermo, 387 



"Jagor's Travels in the Philippines," English Translation of, 77 



Jahrbuch derKais-Kon. Geologischen Reichs-Anstalt, 118, 488 



" Jahrblicher fiir Wissenschaftliche Botanik," 302 



James (Sir Henry), Retirement from Ordnance Survey, 300 



Janssen (M.), head of French Physical Observatory, 279, 446, 

 459 ; the Eclipse of April 1875, 404 ; Magnetic Observa- 

 tions on the Gulfs of Siam and Bengal, 405 ; Mirage at Sea, 

 405 ; Transit of Venus Expedition to Japan, 405 



Jardin des Plantes, Paris, Reptile House in, 54 



Jevons (Prof. W. S., F.R.S.), "Comte's Philosophy," 491; 

 " Holland's Fragmentary Papers," 181 



Jones (T. Rupert, F.R.S.), Arctic Manual, 81 



Jourdanet (D.), "Influence de la pression de I'air sur la vie de 

 I'homme," 472 



Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, 138, 219, 546 



Journal of Anthropological Society, 300 



Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal, 299 



Journal of Botany, 283, 528 



Journal of Chemical Society, 16, 467,' 528 



Journal d' Hygiene, 542 



Journal of Mental Science, 282 



Journal de Physique Theorique et Appliquee, 37, 97, 198, 428, 

 566 



Journal of Scottish Meteorological Society, 280 



" Jummoo and Kashmir,"^F, Drew, 550 



Jupiter, the Mass^of, 455 



Kangaroos, Prof. Mivart on, 129 



" Kashmir and Jummoo," F. Drew, 550 



Keen (Dr. W. W.), Chloral as a Preservative of Anatomical 



Objects, 484 

 Kepler's Nova Star, 1604, Prof. Winnecke on, 292 

 Kerguelen's Island, Natural History of, 35 ; Sea Elephants from, 

 f- at Berlin, by J. Willis Park, 366 

 Kerner (Prof. ), appointment at|^Vienna, 541 

 Keswick Natural History Society, Museum of, 426 

 Kew Gardsns : Report for 1874, 445 ; appointment of Assistant 



Director, 152 

 Kew yi\x%eMra : Uydnophytutii formicarium at, 196; Oliver's 



Official Guide to, 270 

 Kiddle (Capt. W. W., R.N.), Weather on Lhe Atlantic, 311 

 Kinahan (G. H.), Faults and the Features of the Earth, 146 

 King (George), Report of Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, 541 



Kingsley (W. T.), Plummet for Sounding Lakes, 40 ; " Wolf " 



in the Violoncello, 40 

 Kingston (Prof.), Magnetic and Meteorological Observations at 



the Observatory, Toronto, 474 

 Kingzett (C. T.), the Oxidation of Essential Oils, 465 

 Kirkwood (Prof. D.), the Distribution of the Asteroids, 444 ; 



Meteors of November 14, 85 

 Kirtland (U.S.), School of Natural History, 446, 484 

 Klein (Dr.), Report on the Contagion of Variola ovina, 471 ; 



Report on the Lymphatic System and Tubercle, 471 

 Klinkerfues (Prof), Comet of December 1872, 67 

 Knop (Dr.) on the Rivers Danube and Aach, 116 

 Koch (Dr.) on Contemporaneity of Man and Mastodon, 96 

 Kongl. Vetenskaps Akademiens Fordhandlingar, 323 

 Krliper (Dr.) on the Birds of Greece, 193 

 Kuliaba and Hissar Rivers {See Hissar) 



Laboulaye (M.), Report to French Assembly on Free Uni- 

 versities, 116 

 Lake District, Mr. J. Clifton Ward on Rocks of, 263 

 Lakes, W. T. Kingsley on a Plummet for Sounding, 40 

 Lancaster (M. A.) on Dryness of Spring of 1875, ^96 

 Landslip at Clermont-sur-Lanquet, 220 

 Langley (Prof. S. P.) on the Solar Surface, 443 

 Language, Life and Growth of, 225 



Language and Race, paper on, by Rev. A. H, Sayce, 59 

 Lankester (E.R., F.R.S.) on Amphioxus, 175, 242; Cams and 



Gerstaecker's Handbuch der Zoologie, 247 

 Largeau (M.), Expedition to Rhadames, 562 

 Lasaulx (Dr. A. von). Translation of " Mallet's Volcanic Heat 



and Energy" into German, 76 

 Lassell, Discovery of Ariel and Umbriel, 515 

 "Latouche's Travels in Portugal," 135, 185 

 Laussedat (Capt.), Method of Photographing the Sun, 275 

 Laws of Storms, Faye on the, 400, 457, 497, 535 

 Lawson (J. A.), "Wanderings in the Interior of New Guinea," 



83 ; Dr. A. B. Meyer on, 153 

 Leaf Glands, M. J. Chatin on Interior, 424 

 Leclanche's Cell, S. A. Saunder on a New Fonn of, 564 

 Lecky (Mr.) on Two Ancient Astronomical Instruments, 140 

 Ledger (Rev. E.), appointed Gresham Professor of Astronomy^ 



261 

 Lee (R. J.), the Sliding Seat, 533 



Leeds, Inauguration of the Yorkshire College of Science, 501 

 Leeds Naturalists' Field Club, 547 

 Lefort (M. T.), paper on Logarithmic Tables, 220 

 Lefroy (J. W. N.), Lunar Rainbow (?), 329 

 Leicester : Diarrhoea at, 427 ; Philosophical Society, Rep«r? of, 



447 ; Town Museum, Third Report of, 447 

 Leidy (Prof ), 75 ; on Algje, 100 

 Leitner (Dr.), Travels in Central Asia, 465 

 Lepidoptera, Hermann Strecker's Work on, 280 

 L'Escluse (C. de). Prof. Morren's Biography of, 527 

 Leverrier (M.) and the French Meteorological Atlas, 485 ;- Ws!Si 

 of Jupiter, 455 ; Observations on Small Planets, 53 ; Plan for 

 connecting the Public Clocks of Paris, 298 ; Tables of Saium 

 used for Nautical Almanack, 460 ; Theory of Saturn, &c.,^ 7'5, 



331. 397 

 Lewis's Exploration of Australia, 135 



Leyden, Meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft at, 386 

 Lias, the, about Radstock, 119 

 Lichens, P. Magnus on, 78 

 Liddel, River, Geology of, 60 



Liege, Memoirs of the Royal Society of, vol. iv., 359 

 '* Life and Growth of Language," Whitney's, 225 

 Light: Curious Phenomenon of, W. M'Laurin, 26; Velocity of, 



Prof. Cornu on, 59 

 "Light and Photography," Dr. Vogel's, 105 

 Lighthouses, Optical Arrangement for Azimuthal Condensing 



Apparatus for, T. Stevenson, 333 

 Lightning Conductors : Dr. R, J. Mann on, 80 ; M. de Fon- 



vielle's Pamphlet on, 358 ; French Report on, 358 

 Lightning Figures : C. Tomlinson. 9 ; C. F. Varley, ii 

 Lille Academy and Colleges, M. Wallon at, 15 

 Lille Catholic University, Proposed School of Medicine at, 461 

 Linnean Society, 33, 38, 98, 139, 179; Transactions of the, 546 

 Lion and Tiger, Strength of. Prof. S. Ilaughton, F.R.S., 495 

 Liquid, Vibration of a, in a Cylindrical Vessel, Lord Rayleigh, 



251 

 Liquids, W. J. Wilson on Electric Resistance of, 179 



