INDEX 



Abbe (Prof. Cltveland), Structure of the Corona, 367 



Actinic Po*er of the Electric Light, 444, 462 



Adami'e-, The, 195, 442, 460, 4S0, 500 



Adams (A. L., M.B ), Natural History of Egypt and Malta, 



2S0 

 Adams (Prof. W. G.), Study and Teaching of Mechanics, 389 

 Adaptive Colouration of Mollusca, Prof. K. T. Morse on, 408, 



443 



Admiralty Manual of Scientific Inquity, 260 



Adulteration of Food, 225 



Aerial Navigation, 334 



Agassiz ( Prof. ), bis Exploring Expedition, 152, 170, 194, 272, 

 333, 342, 370. 48S, 489 ; elected Associate of the Academic 

 des Sciences, 369 



Agassiz (Elizabeth and Alexander), " Seaside Studies in Natural 

 History,"' 19S 



Agriculture, United .States Pep.irlment of, 197 



Airy (Pruf. G. B.), Encke's Comet, 76; Computed Length of 

 Waves of Light, 93 ; his Address as President of the Royal 

 Society, 110, 11 1; Treatise on Magnetism, 120 ; elected 

 Associate of the Academie des Sciences, 369 ; on a Proposed 

 Physical Observatory, 497 



Alcohol and Tobacco Consumed in France, 89 



" Alcohol, On the Elimina:ion of," by A. Dupre, 274 



Alder Memorial Fund, 272 



Aidis (T. S., M.A.), "Text Book of Geometry," 23; Species 

 Viewed Mathematicaily, 134 



Algre of Rhode Island, 250 



Allbutt (T. C, M.A , M.D.), " On the Use of the Ophthalmo- 

 scope," 3 



Allen (J. A. ), " Mammals and Winter Birds of Florida," 58 



Alimentation, Economical, during the Siege of Paris, 45 



Amber, Unripe, 132 



America : Mammals and Winter Birds of Florida, 58 ; Dr. 

 Habel's Explorations, 68 ; Academy of Sciences, Havana, 

 69 ; Harvard University, 34S ; Academy of Sciences, Chicago, 

 68, 232 ; Academy of Natural Science, Columbia, 70 » 

 Frankbn Institute, Philadelphia, 85, 133, 391, 453, 492 ; 

 Chicago Museum, 68, 88 ; Report on Mines and Mining, 112 ; 

 Microscopical Society of Illinois, 131 ; Report on Patents, 

 132; Prof. O. C. Marsh's Explorations, 152; Museum of 

 Natural History, New York, 152, 2IO; Morelet's Travels, 

 159; Prof. E. P. Cope's Explorations, 170; Government 

 Iiepartment of Agriculture, 197 ; Rock Inscriptions in Ohio, 

 212 ; Or. Wah-h's Entomological Collection, Chicago, 250; 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences, 271 ; Lehigh University, 

 Penn., 349; Science in, 191, 251, 293. 391, 411, 412, 492, 

 510; Scientific Intelligence from, 414, 489 : Medical Society 

 of New York, 232 



American Asso iation for the Advancement of Science ; Meet- 

 ing at Inriiarapolis, 13, 15, 153, 171, 212, 233, 252, 293 ; 

 Pi of. Hunt's Address, 329 



American Deep-^ea Soundings, Cruise of the Mercury, 311, 

 324 



American Journal of Science and Art, 273 



American Eclipse Expedition, 322 



American Naturalist, 313, 372, 473, 510, 513 



American War-Office Reports, 47S 



Aitacharis drutzdc'usis, 204 



Ana'olia, Vestiges of the Glacial Period, 444 



Anatomy, Comparative, W. M. Ord, M.B., on, 79 



Anatomy, Comparative, by E. O. Schmid', 298 



Anatomy and Physiology, Journal of, 293 



** Anatomy of Vertebr '.ted Animals, Manual of the," by Prof. 

 T. H. Huxley, LL.D., F.R.S., 245 



Annulosa, Segmentation of, 442 



Anthropological Institute, 55, 94, 134, 174, 195, 23r, 315, 374, 

 396, 4'5,"'442 



Ant' Topological Institute of New York, 250 



Anthropometiy, by Ad. Quetelet, 25S 



Antimony, Phenomenon in a Compound of, 31 



Appalachian Mountains, Geognosy of the, by Prof. T. Sterry 

 Hunt, 14, 32, 50 



Aquarium at the Crystal Palace, 50, 518; at Naples, 437; at 

 Brighton, 44S ; at Manchester (proposed), 4S7 



Ararat, Ascent of, 190 



Archseology, Peabody Museum, 32 {And Set Biblical Archaeo- 

 logy) 



Arctic Exploration, C. R. Markham, F.R.G.S., on, 77; by 

 Capt. Hall, 88, :i2 ; Dr. John Rae, F.R.G..S., on, no, 165 ; 

 Changes in Circumpolar Lands, 162, 225, 242 



" Arithmetic, Methods of Teaching," by J. G. Fitch, 99, 191 



Arithmetic and Mensuration, by C. W. Merrifield, F.R.S., 299 



Armstrong (Frank), the Typhoon of Sept. 2, 1861, 166 



Artesian Wells in London and Paris, 432, 453 



Artificial Milk, 45 ; W. M. Williams, F.C.S., on, 129 



Asia Minor, Geography of, 430 



Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching, 401, 

 430 



Association for the Advancement of Science, a French, 357 



Astronomical Society, 76, 310, 497 ; President's Address, 433 



Astronomy, Lectures and Examinations at Rugby, 448 



" Astronomical Phenomena in 1872," by W. F. Denning, 261 



" Astronomische Tafeln und Formeln," by Dr. C. F. W. Peteri, 

 240 



Atmosphere, its Spectrum, 341 



Atmosphere, Luminous Matter in the, 304 



Atmosphere, Universal, 5 



Aurort of Feb. 4, 1872, as seen at Edinburgh, Rugby, Shanklin, 

 Ireland, Glouces er, Tottenham, Dublin, Barnstaple, Guild- 

 ford, 282-285 ; France, Wales, Scotland, Alexandria, Turkey, 

 Egypt, 292 ; Hereford, Twickenham, Cumberland, 302 ; Hay, 

 Guildford, St. Leonards, Stonyhurst, Chambery, 303 ; Ire- 

 land, 304; Berlin, 324; India, 371, 450; Nashville, U.S., 

 400 ; Cape of Good Hope, 443 ; Ohio, 444 ; Iceland and 

 Faro, 461 ; St. Thomas, Alabama, 461 ; J. 1'. Earwaker on, 

 322 ; Prof Respighi on, 511 ; J. T. Bottomley on, 326 ; Re- 

 port by C. Meldrum, F.R.A.S., Mauritius, 392; CoL G. 

 Greenwood on, 400 ; Magnetic Dis'urbances, 356 



Aurora of Feb. 4, 1871, and Earth Currents, W. H. Preece on, 

 368 



Aurora Borealis of Nov. 9 and 10, 1871, 43, 61 ; at Montreal, 

 431 ; Douglas, Isle of Man, 155; New Haven, 172; Pinner, 

 251 ; Bedlord, 4S1 



Aurora Borealis, its Spectrum, 172, 326 



Auroras, Height of, T. W. Backhouse on, 422 



Auroral Statistics, Prof C. P. Smyth, F.R.S., on, 301 



Aurora Islands, New Hebrides, S. J. Whirmee on, 365 



Austria ; Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 32 ; Imperial Geological 

 Institution, Vienna, 176, 216, 276, 376, 498 



Austraba ; Royal Society, Victoria, 32 ; Observatory, Victoria, 

 191 ; Melbourne University, 348 ; Dr. Krefft on its Natural 

 History, 349; Clouds of Locusts, 411 ; Kangaroo Rats, 70; 

 Eclipse F.xperii.ion, 205, 290, 351 ; Fossil Mammals of, 503 ; 

 Scientific Researches by the Eclipse Expedition, 351 



Australian Spiders, 262 



Avebury, Diuidical Circle at, 347 



Babbage (Charles, F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 28 



Backhouse (T. W.), Is Blue a Primary Colour? 25 ; Height of 



Auroras, 422 

 Eaily (W. H., F.G.S.), "Figures of British Fossils," 151 ; the 



Kiltorcan Fossils, 224 

 Baird (Dr. W.. F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 271, 291 

 Ball (J., F.R.S.), Chance of Survival of New Varieties, 263 

 Balloon Navigation, Dupuy de Lome on, 334 

 Barker (G. F.), Spectrum of the Aurora, 172 

 Baiometer, Low Pressure in Polar Regions, 102 

 Barometric Depressions, Development of, 343, 364, 382, 4C0, 



422, 461 



