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INDEX 



[Nalurc, Nov. 15 



Geikie (Prof. A., F.R.S.), " Tliysical Geography," 1 58 ; the 

 Glacial Geology of Orkney and Shetland, 414 ; Zirkel's 

 Microscopical retrography, 473 



Geikie (Dr. Jamef, F. R.S.), Antiquity of Man, 141 



Gelada, the, 504 



Geneva : Physical and Natural History Society, 136, 391, 568 ; 

 Medical Coiigre=s al, 296 ; Earthquake at, 513 



(jeodetic Congress, the International, 279, 297 



(jeography : Geographical Society, see Royal ; Geographical 

 Work in Russia daring 1S76, 209 ; Geographical Society of 

 Paris, 556 ; Geography and War Maps, 16 



Geology : German Geological Society, 53 ; Geological Map of 

 lielgium, 51 ; Geological Notes, 51, 147, 235, 254; Geological 

 Society, 19, 35, g6, 134, 199, 239 ; Geological Survey of the 

 United Kingdom, 235 ; Geological Survey of Canada, 235 ; 

 International Geological Congress, 513 



(ieometrical Meihods for approximating to the Value of tt. Rev. 

 Cr. Pirie, 22O 



(icometry : Aikin's Elements of, 226 ; Mault's Natural, 455 



Germany: German Anthropological Society, 53°! German 

 Astronomical Society, 2i5, 428; German Geological Society, 

 S3 ; German Geological Society, Annual Meeting at Vienna, 

 529 ; German Geological Surveys, 254 ; Meeting at Munich 

 of German Naturalists, 3S9, 42S, 491 ; German Society for 

 Mental Work, 556 



" Gezetzmaszigkeit im Gesellschaftsleben," Dr. Georg Mayr, 

 500 



Gessi (Capt. R.), Exploration of Lake Nyanza, 72 



Gilchrist Trust Funds, 74 



Gill (Mr. ), Expedition to Ascension, 14 



Gill (Prof. Theo.), Fish Commensals.of Medus.-e, 362 



Glacial Geology of Orkney and Shetland, Prof. A. Geikie, 

 F.R.S., 414; .S. Laing, M.P., 418 



Glacial Period, Kropotkin's Researches on the, 16 1 



Glacial Periods and Fossil Floras, J. W. Dawson, 67 



Glaciers, the Ancient, of New Zealand, J. C. Russell, 100 



Gladstone (Prof, F.R.S.), on Changes in Candles produced by 

 Long Exposure to Sea-Water, 377 



Giaisher (James, F.R..S.), Guillemin's "World of Comets," 5 ; 

 Nocturnal Increase of Temperature with Elevation, 450 



Glandular Origin of Contagious Diseases, Dr. B. W. Richardson, 

 F.R.S., 4S0 



Glands, Nectar-Secreting, Thomas Belt, 122 



Glasgow, Meteorological Observations at, 16 ; University Intel- 

 ligence, 55 ; University Bursaries, 516 



Gloucestershire, Proposed Flora of, 35 1 



Godwin-Austen (R. A. C, F.R.S. ), the Boring at Meux's 

 Brewery, 380 



Gold in Carboniferous Conglomerate, D. Iloneyman, 62 



Gold Mining in Russia, 133 



"Golden Bough," Henry T. Wharton, 24 



Gombi Arrow Poison, 504 



Gore (G., LL.D., F\R.S.), "The Art of Electro-Metallurgy," 

 263 



Gorilla, the, at the Westminster Aquarium, 249 



Gossage (William, F.C.S.), Death of, 16 



Gbttingen, Academy of Sciences, 496 



Graber (Prof Vitus), "Die Insektcn," 418, 489 



Grand'Eury (C.) Carboniferous I'lora of Central France, 13S 



Grape, Chemistry of the, 71 



Great Guns, 25 



Great Queenslnnd, the Loss of the, 256 



Greening of Oysters, Prof Thiselton Dyer, 397 



Greenland Foehn, 294 ; J. J. Murphy, 340 ; W. Hoffmeyer, 361 



Greenland Seal F'ishery, Thomas Southwell, 42 



Greenwich as a Meteorological Station, H. S. Eaton, 7 ; Green- 

 wich Observatory Report, 109 



Greenwood (Col. George), " River Terraces," 181 



Griffin (J. J), "Chemical Handicraft," 285 



Grove (Dr. John), Origin of Contagious Diseases, 547 



Guillemin's " World ot Comets," J. R. Hind, F.R.S., 5 



Guns, Great, 25 



Gwynne (W., M.D.), Translation of Lagout's Takimetry, 226 



Gymnasium Swing, Proper Length of the, F. E. Nipher, 90 



Haeckel (Prof), Present Position of the Evolution Theory, 492 



Haemoglobin in Red Blood Corpuscles, 336 



Hall (Prof Asaph), tbe Rotation of Saturn, 363 



Hall (Capt. C. F.), Narrative of the Feliris Expedi'ion, 221; 



Hall (Marshall), Edtlwelss, 329 



llamberg (Dr. II. E.), Temperature and Humidity of the Air at 



Different Heights, 369 

 Hamburg, Astronomical Institute for, 334 

 Hammock, Seydel's Pocket, 209 

 Hankel (M.), Photo-EIectricity of Fluor-Spir, 558 

 Ilaplomitrium Iwokeri, Henry H. Iliggins, 41 

 Harris (Dr. G.), "The Nature and Constitution of Man," 303 

 Harrison (I. Park), Ancient Characters at Cissbury, 8 

 Hart (W. E.), Phyllotaxis, 248 

 Hartley (W. Noel, F.R.S E.), the Constant Vibration of Minute 



Bubbles, 34 ; Report on the Conditions under which Liquid 



Carbonic Acid exists in Rocks and Minerals, 371 

 Harvard College (U.S.) : Resignation of Prof M'Crady, 31 ; 



Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of, vol. xiii., 6a ; 



Report of the Peabody Museum, 335 

 Hatchetolite and .Samarskite, Chemical Constitution of, 442 

 Haughton (Prof. Samuel, F.R.S.), Soldiers' Rations, 207; 



Tidal Obseivations by the late Arctic Expedition, 405 ; on 



the best possible Number of Limbs for an Animal, 407 ; th;; 



Solar Eclipse of Agathocles, 563 

 Hartlaub's Birds of Madagascar, 49S 

 Havre, F'rench Association at, 279, 351, 383, 409 

 Head, the Segmentation of the, 288 

 Heat Phenomena Accompanying Muscular Action, 451 ; A. R. 



Molison, 477 

 Hederic Acid and Resin of Scammony, C. T. Kingzett, 37S 

 Heidelberg, Bunsen Festival at, 299 

 Heis (Prof Edward), death of, 213 

 Helvetic .Society of Natural Science, 152 

 Henslow (Rev. Geo.), Migration of Swiss Miocene Flora, lot ; 



Reproduction by Conjui^ation, 397 

 " Herefordshire Pomona, " proposed, 514 

 Ilerschel (A. S.), Visibility of the Ultra Violet Rays of the 



Spectrum, 22 

 Herschelian Companion of Aldebaran, 266 

 Ilertwig (Oscar), the Phenomena of Fertilisation, 147 

 Heuglin (Th. v.), Projiosed Monument to, 280 

 Hevelius, Comets observed by, 93 

 Hibernation of Swallows, 43 ; of Birds, 61 

 Hidatsa Indians, the Ethnography and Philology of the, 33S 

 Iliggins (Clement), Treatise on the Pollution ot Rivers, 225 

 Higgins (Henry H.), Passage of Plants across the Atlantic — 



Ilaplomitrium Hookcri, 41 

 IIiggs(Dr. Paget), the Telephone, 359 

 Ilighley (Samuel), Japanese Mirrors, 132 

 HUl (E.), the Rocks of Charnwood Forest, 8 

 Hill (S. A.), Solar Radiation and Sun-spots, 505 

 Hind (J. R., F.R.S.), Guillemin's " World ot Com-ts," $ 

 Hissar and Kolab, the Land of, 144 

 Hoffmeyer (W.), the Greenland Foehn, 361 

 Hog- Wallows, Wm. M. Gabb, 1S3 

 Hog-Wallows and Prairie- Mounds, W., Mattieu Williams, 7; 



G. H. Kinahan, 7 : Jas. Durham, 24 

 Holden (Prof. E. S.), List of the Principal Telescopes, 33 

 Holland, Meteorology of, 89 

 Ilollis (W. Ainslie), Meteors, 266 

 Home (David Mdne), are there no Boulders in Orkney and 



Shetland ? 146 

 Homologues and Isomers, the Physical Properties of, F. D. 



Brown, 175 

 Iloneyman (L). ), Gold in Carboniferous Conglomerate, 62 

 Hooker (Sir J. D., F.R.S.), his Tour in America, 445 ; Notice 



of, by Prot. 'Asa Gray (with Portrait), 537 ; Notes on the 



Botany of the Rocky Mountains, 539 

 Iloppe-Seyler (Mons.), on Zoological Classification, 30 

 Horner (A. C), on Respiration in Frogs, 30 

 Hornstein (Prof), Sun-spots and Wind, 352 

 Hotel Dieu, Paris, 335 



How to Draw a Straight Line, A. B. Kempe, 65, 86, 125, 145 

 Howard Medal of the Statistical Society, 557 

 Howorth (Henry H.), a Proposed New Museum, 226 

 Huelin (D. Emilio), " Cronicon Cientiftco Popular," 41S 

 Hugo (Leopold), " La Theorie Hugo decimate," 359 

 Hull (Prof E., F.R.S.), on a Middle Carboniferous Group, 38 

 Human Remains in a Raised Beach, 52 



Humidity and Temperature of the Air at DitTerent Heights, 369 

 Hunter (Dr. W. W.), Droughts and Famines in Southern India, 



14; Relations between Sun and Earth, 359; the Cycle of 



Sun-spots and Rainfall, 455 

 Huxley (Prof T. H., F.R.S.), on Elementary Instruction in 



Physiology, 233 ; " Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals," 517 



