INDEX 



Hall (A.), on the Etymology of " Whin," 399 



Hall (Capt.), his Polar Expedition, 88, 112 



Hall (Charlotte), a Shadow on the Sky, 25 



Hall (J. J., F.M.S.), Aurora Borealis of February 4, 1872, 300 ; 

 Dr. Theorell's Printing Meteorograph, 327 ; Rainfall of 

 1871, 481 



Hall (Marshall), Hints to Dredgers, 204 



Halsted (Major Chas.), Earthquake in Burmah, 7 



Hamilton (G. ), Circumpolar Lands, 242, 321 



Hamilton (II. M., F.Z.S.), and W.Jesse, C.M.Z.S., Translation 

 ofBrehm's "Bird-Life," 180 



"Hardy Flowers," by W. Robinson, F.L.S., 4 



Harris (Sir W. Snow), M.agnetism, 363 



Harris (W. W.), Solar Halo in Norway, 123 



Hartt (Prof C. F.), Discoveries in Brazil, 391 



Harting (J. E., F.L.S.), "Hints on Shore-shooting," 5; "Or- 

 nithology of Shakespeare," 160 



Hartley Institution, Southampton, 6g 



Hartwig (Dr. George), " The Subterranean World," 305 



Harvard College, Museum of Compai-ative Zoology, 121, 131, 348 



Havana, Magnetical and Meteorological Observations at, 347 



Hayden (Dr.), his Geological. Expedition, 31, 251, 272, 34S, 



370, 4S9 , , . . 



Hay ward ( Robert B.), A Plane s Position, 26 

 "Heat, Theory of," by J. Clark Ma.xwell, LL.D., F.R.S., 319 

 Heer (Prof Oswald), Kiltorkan Fossils, 254 

 Helmholtz (Prof ), his Lectures, 23; J. L. Tupper on Helm- 



holtz and Jevons, 202 

 Hennah (T. H.), Deep-sea Dredging, 103, 204 

 Hennessey (Prof H., F.R.S.), Rigidity of the Earth, 28S 

 Henslow (Rev. G., F.L.S.), Cause of Specific Variation, 123; 



Conscious Mimicry, 4S0 

 Herschel (Capt. J., F.R.S.) Spectroscopic Nomenclature, 499 

 Herschel (Sir John, F.R.S.) his Grave Stone, Westminster 



Abbey, 272 

 Herschel (Prof A. S., F.R.A.S.), Proof of Napier's Rules, 24, 



141 ; Solar Halo, 81 

 Hibberd (Shirley), "The ."Ymateur's Flower Garden," 363 

 High Wycombe Natural History Society, 13 

 Higgins (Rev. H. H.), Pupa of Papilio Machaon, 204 ; SnoA^ at 



the Mouth of a Fiery Furnace, 321, 341 

 Hilgard (Dr. T. C. ), Numeric Relations of the Vertebrate 



System, 171 

 Hippopotamus born at Zoological Gardens, 210 ; iis Death, 232 

 Hirst (Dr. T. A., F.R.S.), a Plane's Aspect, Slope, or Position, 



7 ; the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching, 401 

 Hitchin College for Women, 40 



Hofmann (Dr. A. W., F.R.S.), Phosphorus Bases, 473 

 Holmgren (A. E.j, Ichneumonidse of Sweden, 100 

 Homoplasy and .Mimicry, A. W. Bennett, F. L.S., on, 12 

 Horticultural Society, Botanical Professorship at, 331 

 House Construction, 157 

 Howorth (Henry H.), Changes in Circumpolar Lands, 162, 



420 

 Hudson's Bay Company Fur Trade, 171, 240 

 Hughes (Prof, F.R.G.S.), Lectures on Physical Geography, 



3'2 



Hughes (T. McK., F.G S.), on a Paraselene, 82 ; Lyell's " Prin- 

 ciples of Geology," 466 



Human Hair, 349 



Humboldt's Cosmos, Error in, 479 



Humphry (Prof, F.R.S.), on Sleep, 32S 



Hunt (Prof T. Sterry), Geognosy of the Appalachian Moun- 

 tains, 15, 32, 50; his Address to the American Association, 



3-9 



Huxley (Prof, LL.D., F.R.S.), Lectures to Women on Biology, 

 49; O.tford Local Examinations, 89; "Manual of the 

 Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals," 245 ; Retire nent from 

 the London School Board, 310; Illness, 370, 390, 448, 468 



Hydrogen Flame, its Colour, 444, 461, 481, 501 ; Phenomena 

 associated with it, 482 



Hydrography, Admiralty Manual, 260 



Icebergs, 251 



Ice-making in the Tropics, 189 

 Ice, Melting and Regelation of, 1S5 

 Ichneumonidre of Sweden, 100 



"Index of Spectra," by W. M. Watts, D.Sc, 442 

 India, Science in, 14, 32, 89, 131, 150, 171, 211, 232, 274, 

 291. 349. 371, 412, 450. 469, S'o 



Indian Rock-cut Temple, Ajunta ( With lilustratian), yi-j 



Indianapolis, Meeting of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, 153, 171, 212, 233, 252, 293 



Ingleby (Dr. C. M. ), A Plane's Aspect, Slope, or Position, 7 ; 

 Creators of Science, 62, 81 ; Leibnitz and the Calculu«, 122 ; 

 A Mock Sun, 243 



Inoculation forbidden in India, 232 



"Insects at Home," by the Rev. J. G. Wood, F. L. S , 65 



Insects, Centre of Gravity in, 297 



Insects in the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, 445, 4S4 



International Exhibition of 1872, 151, 448, 50S 



Ireland: Coal Measures, 162; Oyster Culture, 128 



Iron and Steel Institute, 391, 46S 



Jackson (John R., A.L.S.), New Zealand Forest TriC5, 27 



Jaffna, Observations of the Solar Eclipse a% 259 



Janssen (M.), The Solar Eclipse, 190, 231, 249, 259 



Japan, Tattooing in, 211 



Jay (Dr. John C), his Conchological Collections, 152 



JelletKj. H., B.D.), "Theory of Friction," 460 



Jenkins (B. G.), A Safety Lamp, 3S2 ; the Adamites, 480 



Jeremiah (John), Aurora Borealis of Nov. 9 and 10, 1871, 44; 



Aurora of Feb. 4, 1S72, 2S3 ; Etymology of "Whin," 399 

 Jerusalem, Drawings tiy W. Simpson, 510 

 Jesse (W.), Translation of" Bird Life," by Dr. Brehm, 1S3 

 Jevoni(Prof W. S.), Encke's Comet and Supposed Resisting 



Medium, 174 

 Jevons (Prof) and Prof. Helmholtz; J. L. Tapper on, 202 

 tones (Dr. Bence, F.R.S.), History o' the Royal Institu'.ion, 3J7 

 Jones (T- M.), Pakgic Floating Fish Ne,t, 462 

 Joule (Dr. J. P., F.R.S.), Electro-Magnetism, 137, 457, 48^ 

 Joule, (Dr. J. P., F.R.S.), the Copley Medallist of 1870, 137 

 Journal of Botany, 169, 173, 313, 454, 373 

 Joy (C. A.), Science in Plain English, 371 

 Jukes (J. B;ete, M.A., F.R.S.), his Letters and Add.esses, 98 ; 



"The Student's Manual of Geology," 179 

 Jupiter, Present Appearance o'', 303 



Kangaroo Rats, 70 



Kessler (Chas.), Obituary Notice of, 332 



Kentucky, the Mammoth Cave of, 445, 4S4 



Kew Observatorc, in 



Key (Rev. H. C), Aurora Borealis of Nov. g and 10, 1871, 



61; Aurora of Feb. 4, 1872, 300 

 Kilkenny Historical and Archaeological Association, 356 

 Kiltorkan Fossils, 184, 224, 242, 254 



Kinahan (G. Henry, F.G.S.), Coal Measures of IrcUnl, 162 

 King Crab (American), Prof Owdn, F.R.S., on its .\:ia:omy, 



174, 254 

 King's College, 331 



Kingsley (Rev. Canon, F.L.S.), Study of Natural History, 413 

 Kirby (\V. F.), "Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera," 2S1 

 Kitchener (F. E.), Instruction in Science for Women, 81 

 Klemm (Dr. Gustavus), his Ethnological Collection, 210 

 Ko;h (Dr. L.), Australian Spiders, 262 

 Kraut (Dr. Karl), his Edition of Gmelin's "Ilandbuch der 



Chem.e," 261 

 Krefft (Dr. Gerard), Natural History of Au3tr.\Iia, 349 



Lake Dwelling in Aberdeenshire, 14 



Lakes of North America, Fauna o^, 170 



Lake Villages in SwilzerUnd, 369 



Landslips at Northwicb, 250, 2S9 



Langton (J.), Ripples and Waves, 241 



Lanke^ter (E. R.), Auditory Nerves of Gasteropoda, 143 ; Dr. 

 Morse's "Terebratulina," 221 ; Science Stations, 399 ; Seg- 

 mentation of Annulos-i, 442 



Lankester (Edwin, M.D., F.R.S.), "Practical Physiology," 



497 



Lissell (Wm., F.R.S.), Pro^. Schiaparelli's Researches 433 



Laughton (J. K.), A Plane's Aspect, Slope, or Position, 7 



Laugier (M.), Obituary Notice of, 488 



Law of S'ariation, 462 



Lead in Jersey, 14 



Leather, Waterproof, 429 



Leckenby (Mr.), his Fossils purchased for the Cambridge Mu- 

 seum, 151 



Legs of Tnlobites, 393 



Liecestet Literary and Philosophical Society, 468 



Leibnitz and the Calculus, 122 



