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INDEX 



INattrc, Nov. l8, 1875 



" Faults and the Fissures of the Earth," by G. H. Kinahan, 146 



Fawcett (Prof.), Address at Birmingham, 540 



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



Fayrer (J., M.D.), " The Royal Tiger of Bengal," 474 ; Snakes 



iti Ireland, 495 

 Feet, the R6le of, in the Struggle for Existence, 7, 34 

 Feilden {Capt. R. A.), his Observations in Palaeontology and 



Ornithology, 32 

 Felspar, Mr. Rutley on Structure of, 119 

 Fertilisation of Cereals, A. S. Wilson on, 270 

 Fertilisation of Flowers, 50, 190,444 

 Ferula alliacea, 302 



Field Clubs, a Plea for, by Dr. Page, 97 



Fiji, our New Province in the South Seas, by J. H. de Ricci, 5 

 Fisher (Rev. O. ) on Mallet's Theory of Volcanic Energy, 79, 



222 ; Sources of Volcanic Energy, 434 

 Fisheries, Irish, Report for 1874, 392 

 Fishes, Prof. Newberry on some new Fossil, 444 

 Fiske's "Cosmic Philosophy," D. A. Spalding, 267 

 Flagg (Wilson), " Birds and Seasons of New England," 211 

 Fleming (J. A.), the Decomposition of an Electrolyte by 



Magneto-Electric Induction, 374 

 Fleuriais (M.), Report on Transit Expedition to Pekin, 32 

 Flint Scalping-knives in New Jersey, \>y Chas. C. Abbott, 368 

 Floods in France, 258, 261, 299 ; Texas, 483 

 " Flora of Clackmannan," Drummond's, 503 

 Flora of Eastbourne, 290 ; Liverpool, 262 

 Flower (Prof. F.R.S.) on Elephants, 114 ; Monograph on the 



Musk Deer, 461 

 Flowers, Destruction of, by Birds, 108 ;'H. George Fordham, 7 ; 



R. A. Pryor, 26 

 Flowers, Fertilisation of i^See Flowers) 



Flowers, the Sleep of: G. S. Boulger, 513 ; M. C.i^Royer, 484 

 Fluorine and Phosphorus, a new Compound of, 464 

 Fluviatile and Maritime Exhibition in Paris, 298 

 Fly, The House, a Query, 126, 167,1397 

 Fontenay, M. Janssen's Observatory at, 279, 459 

 Fonvielle (W. de). Balloon Ascent, 298 ; Icicles observed in 

 Balloon Ascent, 219 ; the " Ville de Calais" Balloon Ascent, 

 13 ; Ballooning and Science, 52 

 Forbes (D., F.R.S.), Report on Iron and Steel Industries, 461 

 Fordham (H. George), Destruction of Flowers by Birds, 7, 108 ; 



Primroses and Cowslips, 7, 87, 108 

 Forel (Dr.) on the Temperature of the jBody during Mountain 



Climbing, 132, 165 ; on the Seiches of Lake Geneva, 134 

 Forestry, Du Pont and De la Grye on, 512 

 Forests of Denmark, Statistics of, 484 

 Forrest (John), Journey across Western Australia, 174 

 " Fortschritte des Darwinismus," Spengel's, 460 

 Fossil Crustacean, a New, 447 

 Fossil Fishes, Prof. Newberry on some New, 444 

 Fossils, Prof. Hall's (U.S.) Collection of, 299 

 Foster (Prof. G. C.) on Prof. Everett's System of Units, 223 

 Fox (Col. Lane), American Indian Weapons, 125 ; Excavations 



in Cissbury Camp, Worthing, 418 

 Fraas (Dr. Oscar), his arrival at Beyrut, 116 

 France : Education in, 77, 117 ; Utilising Rivets of, '96 ; Meteoro- 

 logy in, 154 ; Large Map of, 174 ; Storms in, 219, 564 ; Floods 

 ■ in, 258,261, 299; Reforms in Public Intruction, 388; Geogra- 

 phical Distribution of celebrated Persons in, 502 ; Aeronautical 

 Society, 53 ; Annual Scientific Congress, 318 ; Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, 77, 219 ; Meeting at Nantes, 298, 

 318, 358, 387, 423 ; Geographical Society— Bulletin of, 134, 

 299, 319, 502, 541 ; Distribution of Prizes, 241 ; Library, 261 ; 

 Institute, 526, 562 ; Meteorological Atlas, 483 ; Meteorolo- 

 gical Regions, 502; National University, changes in, 241 ; 

 Recent Mathematical Publications, 32 ; Transit Expedition to 

 New Caledonia, 53 

 Franklin Institute, Journal of, 77, 221, 323 

 Franklin (Lady), Obituary Notice of, 240 

 Franklin (Sir John), his Monument, 280 

 " P'reiburg Naturforschende Gesellschaft, " 221 

 French (Andrew), Acoustic Phenomena, 46 

 Frog, Impregnation of the, 457 

 Froude, on Stream Lines, 406 

 Fusion-point and Thermometry, Dr. Mills on, 99 



Gaboon Expedition, The French, 562 

 Galabin (Dr.) on Cardiographic Tracings, 275 

 Galapagos, Bibliography of the Zoology of, 409 



Galle (Prof.) on the Sun's Parallax, 113 



Gallium, discovery of, 459, 481 



Galvano-Pyreon, Mr. Yeates', 35 



Galvanometer, Mr. Pirie on, 60 



"..Game Preservers and Bird Preservers," by Capt. Moratit, 395 



Garonne, Inundation of the River, 241 



Garrod iViol. A. H.), Antelopes and their Allies, 68; Camels 

 and Llamas, 92 ; the Cardiograph Trace, 275 ; the Deer 

 Tribe, 27 



Gases : Equilibrium in, 26, 67, 107 ; Mendeleef and Kirpetschoff 

 on the Compressibility of, 502 



Gasteropoda of Canada, by Prof. Nicolson, 223 



Gatehouse (Mr.) on Silver Nitrate, 463 



" Gazetta Chimica Italiana," 78, 98, 221, 323, 428 



Gegenbaur (Carl), his "jMorphologisches Jahrbuch," 115 



Geikie (Prof. A., F.R.S.), American Geological Surveys, 265 ; 

 Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison, I. 21 ; Obituary Notice of 

 Sir William Edward Logan, 161 ; Memoir (with Portrait) of 

 Sir Charles Lyell, 325 



Geneva : Congress of French Geological Society at, 426 ; Hail 

 and Thunderstorm at, 219 ; Dr. Forel on the Seiches of the 

 Lake of, 134 ; Society of Arts, Prizes of, 525 



Geodesical Congress at Paris, 501 



Geographical Congress at Paris, 14,95, Ii7> ^54> "74) 219, 240, 

 257, 261, 278, 293, 316, 358 



"Geographical Magazine," 117, Il8, 198, 299, 303, 527 



Geographical Society, Royal : Report of, 76 ; papers presented 

 to the Arctic Expedition, 103; Seyyid of Zanzibar at, 174 



Geographical Society in Cairo, 133 ; of France, 96, 562 ; of 

 Rome, Banquet to Dr. Nachtigal, 75 ; in Roumania, 54 



Geographical Zoology, Dr. Sclater's Address on, 374 



Geography, Progress of, 134 



Geology : Geologists' Association, 18, 77, 220, 243, 484 ; Geo- 

 logical Fault in Scotland, Exploration of, 93, 146 ; Geological 

 Magazine, 546, 565 ; Geological Society, 18, 38, 79, 119, 158, 

 222, 242, 263 ; Geological Society of France, Congress at 

 Geneva, 426 ; Geological Society of Manchester, Transac- 

 tions of, 37 ; Geological Surveys of America, Prof. A. Geikie, 

 F.R.S. ,265; Geological Survey of U.S., 97, 299, 359; Geo- 

 logische Reichsanstalt, 468 ; Geology in America, Prof. N. S. 

 Shaler, 5; "Geology of Cambridgeshire, " by T. G. Bonney, 

 45 ; Geology of Canada, G. M. Dawson's Report on, 504 ; 

 "Geology of London and the Neighbourhood," by Wm. 

 Whittaker, 452 ; Geology of North America, by G. M. Daw- 

 son, 242 ; Geology of River Liddell, Dumfriesshire, 60 



Germain (M. A.) on a Common Meridian, 241 



Germany : " German Abyssinian Company," 279 ; German 

 Arctic Society, 241 ; German Chemical Society, Berlin, 19, 

 60, 120, 179, 284, 303, 324; German Scientific and Medical 

 Association, 318, 460 ; German Seewarte at Hamburg, 525 ; 

 the Baths of, 175; Meeting of Ornithologists at Brunswick, 

 116; Science in, 88, 115, 127, 152, 168, 189, 213, 316, 331, 



457, 557 



Gerstaecker and Carus's " Handbuch der Zoologie," 247 



Girard (M.) on the Embryogeny of the Ascidians, 424 



Gibraltar, Ornithology of the Straits of, 364 



Gilbert (G. K.), Geological Report (U.S.), 299 



Gilchrist Lectures on Physical Geography, 542 



Giles (E.), Exploration of AustraUa, 135, 194 



Gill (Rev. W.) on the Origin of the South S.a Islanders, 466 



Gillman (Hy.), President of Hopkins University, U.S., 457 



Giraud (M. Jules), paper on the Coast of France, 541 



Glacial Period, papers and Discussion on, 407 . 



Glaciation of North America, 299 



Glacier and other Ice, J. J. Murphy, 167 



Glaciers, Motion of, 316 



Gladstone (Dr. J. H., F.R.S.), Acids and Bases in a Mixture of 

 Salts, 464; on the Copper-zinc Couple, 464; Discovery of 

 New Compound, 96 



Glaisher (J), Report on Luminous Meteors, 437 



Glasgow : British Association Meeting at, in 1876, 240; Geolo- 

 gical Society of, 60 ; Proceedings of the Natural History 

 Society of, 547 ; Science Lecture Association, Programme, 

 542 ; tjniversity of, Promotion of Experimental Investigation 

 at, 33 



Glass, Electric Conductivity of, by W. Whitehouse, 139 ; Hard- 

 ened, 87, 117, 125, 135 



" Globigerina Ooze," 174 



Gloucester Philosophical Society, 96 



Gold Assays, W. C. Roberts' Report on, 437 



