INDEX 



[Nature, Nov. i8, 1875 



Astronomical Column, 7, 26, 48, 67, 87, 113, 126, 147, 167, 188, 

 213, 232, 256, 272, 292, 312, 330, 367, 397, 435, 455, 476, 496, 



534, 554 



Astronomical Instruments, Two Ancient, 140 



Astronomical School at Montsouris, 502 



Astronomical Society, Royal, 140 



Astronomische Gesellschaff, Meeting of, at Leyden, 298, 386 



Astronomy of the Babylonians, by A. H, Sayce, 489 ; Cometary, 

 27; Observation of Inter-Mercurial Planets, 115; Observa- 

 tion of Small Planets, 53 ; Proposed Museum of, Physical, 



' 97 ; School of, at Montsouris, 298 



Athabasca-Mackenzie Region, Abbe E.Tetitot on the Geography 

 of, 319 



Atlantic Islands, Bibliography of the Zoology of, 375 



Atlantic, Weather on the, by Capt. W, W. Kiddle, R.N., 311 



Atlases, Faunthorpe's Elementary, 85 



"Atlas Meteorologique,'' Progress of, 241 



Atmosphere, influence of Pressure of, on Human Life, 472 



Atmospheric Currents, Hildebrandsson on, 123 



Atmospheric Pressure and Velocity of Wind, 98, 118 



Attraction and Repulsion caused by the Radiation of Heat, 6, 

 125 



Audubon, his Library, 153 



Aurora Australis, 397 



Australia : Aborigines, Life of a Frenchman with, 242 ;' Biblio- 

 graphy of the Zoology of, 410 ; J. Forrest's Journey in, 174 ; 

 E. Giles's Exploration of, 135, 194; Mr. Lewis's Exploration 

 of, 135 ; Vegetation of, 33 ; Geological Exploration of, 115 ; 

 Western, Interior of, by Warburton, 46, 77 



Australian and North American Vermin-hooks, 554 



Axes, Haematite, from West Virginia, Dr. C. C. Abbott, 478 



Azimuthal Condensing Apparatus for Lighthouses, T. Steven- 

 son, 333 



Babbage's Analytical Engine, 437 



Babylonians, The Astronomy of the, by A. H. Sayce, 489 



Backhouse (T. W. ), A Lunar Rainbowr ? 397 



Baeyer (Prof.), appointed Professor at Munich, 135 



Baines (Thomas), Death of, 154 



Baird's "Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1874," 310 



Baker (J. G.), " Elementary Botanical Geography," 532 



Balfour (Dr. I. Bayley) on the Flora and Geology of the Masca- 



rene Islands, 441 

 Balfour (F. M.), on the Development of Vertebrates, 242 

 Balfour (Dr. T. A. G.) on Dioncea musctpula, 154 

 Balfour (Prof.), Rare Plants from Scotland, 442 

 Ballooning, 13, 52, 153, 298 

 Bamboo as a Paper Material, 565 

 Bancroft's " Races of the Pacific States," 529 

 Barff (F. S.), "Elementary Chemistry," 185 

 Barker (Prof, G. F. ) on the Broken Lines of Metallic Spectra, 



445 

 Barnard (Prof. W. S.), The Development of the Opossum, 445 

 Barometric Fluctuations, 78, 80, 159 

 Barrett (Prof. W. F.), Heat and the Molecular Structure of 



Steel Wires and Rods, 374 

 Barrington (R. M.), Scarcity of Birds, 213, 241 

 Barents, Discovery of the Journal of, 483 

 Basset (G. L.), Prizes in Mining, 460 

 Bastie (De la). Hardened Glass, 125, 135 

 Bauerman, on Electric Conductivity of Carbon, 99 

 Bazin (M.), Apparatus for Raising Wrecks, 446 

 Beaumont (Elie de), his Scientific Library, 35 ; Life of, by M. 



J. Bertrand, 219 

 Bedfordshire Natural History Society, 34 

 Bees, Ants and, Josiah Emery, 25 

 Bees, Manuals of, 395 



Beke Testimonial Fund, Application of, 55 ' 

 Belgian Society of Dredging and Marine Exploration, 115 

 "Belgique Horticole," 116, 547 

 Belgium : Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences, 566 ; Exhibition 



of Sanitary and other Apparatus, 1 75 ; Tide Gauges on the 



Escault, 484 

 Bell (Lowthian) on Mines and Iron Works in the United 



States, 29 

 Bellavitis's " Calcul des Equipollences," 32 

 Belomancy and Rhabdomancy, 443 



Bengal : Journal of Asiatic Society of, 299 ; Scalping in, 496 

 Bennett (A. W.), Darwin's Insectivorous Plants, 206, 228; De- 

 hiscence of the Capsules of Collomia, 514 



Bennett (A. W.) and Dyer (W. T.), Translation of " Sachs' 

 Botany," 62 



Bentley and Trimen's " Medicinal Plants," 527 



Beothucs of Newfoundland, 99 



Berlin, German Chemical Society, 19, 60, 120, 179, 284, 303, 

 324 



Bert (Paul), Experiments on the Influence of the Pressure of the 

 Atmosphere on Human Life, 472 ; and French Aeronautical 

 Society, 53 ; Prize for Discoveries on the Effects of Oxygen, 

 526, 562 



Bertrand (M. J.), Life of Elie de Beaumont, 219 



Besque (M. le). Death of, 153 



Bessels (Dr.) on Results of the Polaris Arctic Expedition, 49 



Bezold (Von) on Thunderstorms, 127 



Bidie (Geo., M.B.), Report on the Neilgherry Loranthaceous 

 Parasitical Plants Destructive to Exotic Trees, 453 



Biela's Comet, 67 



Binary Stars, 26, 48, 126, 292, 312, 313, 435 



Biological Department of the British Museum, 74 



Biology, Huxley and Martin's Elementary, 530 



Birds : Destruction of Flowers by, 7, 26 ; of Europe, Biblio- 

 graphy of, 376 ; of Greece, 193 ; of Paradise, in Europe, by 

 Dr. A. B. Meyer, 434; "Bird Preservers and Game Pre- 

 servers," by Capt. Morant, 395 ; Prof. E. S. Morse on the 

 Bones of Embryo, 443 ; Scarcity of, 213, 241, 272, 534; "Birds 

 and Seasons of New England," by Wilson Flagg, 2H 



Birmingham Free Libraries, Report of, 220 



Bishop's (Mr.) Observatory at Twickenham, Removal of, 526 



" Black Saturday," Eclipse of 1598, 167 



Blackbirds : and Cats, 330 ; Domestic Economy of, 272 ; Scarcity 

 of, 272 



Blake (C. Carter), "Zoology for Students," 553 



Blanford (H. F.), Solar Heat and Sunspots, 147, 188 



Blue Gum Tree, its Cultivation in London, 445 



Boa, Large, at Reptile House, Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 54 



Body Temperature during Mountain Climbing, 132, 165, i86 



Boiling Lake in Dominica, 173 



Boisbaudran (M. L. de), Discovery of Gallium, 459 



Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias exactas en la 

 Universitad de Cordova, 488 



Bonavia (E. ), Natural History of the Wolf of Northern India, 67 



Bone-cave in Creswell Crags, 222 



Bone-formation, Strelzow and Stieda on, 457 



Bonn Observatory, appointment of Prof. Schbnfeld, 297 



Bonney (T. G.), "Cambridgeshire Geology," 45 



Booth (Mr.), his Museum at Brighton, 542 



Boreau (M.), Death of, 502 



Botany : American Papers on, "427 ; Cryptogamic, School of, in 

 United States, 33 ; Journal of, 283, 528 ; of Kerguelen's 

 Island, 35 ; Phenogamic School of at Cambridge, U.S., 33 ; 

 Rev. Mr. Lowe's Collection of Madeira Plants, 34 ; Prof. 

 Sachs' History of, 54, 107 ; Prof. Sachs' Text-book of Botany, 

 62 ; in Victoria, Baron Miiller's Report on, 33 ; Botanical 

 Column, 48, 88, 196, 253, 302, 565 ; Botanical Exchange Club, 

 Report of, 503 ; Garden, Adelaide, 253 ; Gardens, Calcutta, 

 Report of, 541 ; Geography, Baker's Elementary Lessons in, 

 532 ; Society of France, 502 



Eowditch, Dr. H. P., U.S.), on the Nerves Fibres in the Spinal 

 Cord, 460 



Bradley (Prof.), Geology of Southern Appalachians, 196 



Brady (Sir A,), his Collection of Remains of Elephants, &c. 

 from the Thames Valley, 427 



Brady (H. B.) on New Micro-photographs, 417 



Braham (P.), Crystallisation of Metals by Electricity, 463 

 Brain, Dr. Thudichum on the Chemical Constitution of the, 471 

 Brazil : Bibliography of the Zoology of, 408 ; Geological Survey 

 of, 14, 196 ; Collection of Skulls, 75 ; Production of Silk in, 



527 

 Braune (W. and W. His), Zeitschrift fiir Anatomic und Ent- 



wickelungsgeschichte, 115 

 Brighton : Aquarium, Sea Lions at, 502, 526, 542 ; Mr. Booth's 



Museum at, 542 ; Social Science Congress, 541, 542 

 Briot and Bouquet's "Theory of Elliptic Functions," 32 

 Bristol : British Association Meeting (See British Association) ; 

 Geology of, 350 ; Guide to, 329 ; Naturalists' Society, Pro- 

 ceedings of, 323 ; and Portsmouth, Sanitary Condition of, 396, 

 435 ; Proposed University College for, 426 

 British Archaeological Association, Meetings of, 262, 319, 358 

 British Association, Bristol Meeting, 95 ; Preliminary Arrange- 

 ments, 115 ; Officers and General Arrangements, 279, 335, 



