Nature, Xoi: 15, 1877] 



IlyJrographic Survey of the Baliic, 460 

 Hyperion, the Saturnian Satellite, 169, 460,1552 

 Ilypopes, 133 a 



Ice-age in Shetland, 501 



Ice-work in Labrador, 52 



Iceland, Notes on the Weather of, 89; the Volcanoes of, 105 



Illiniani, Ascent of, 297, 446 



Inaudible Mbrations, the Effect of, on Sensitive Flames, Prof. 

 W. !•■. Barrett, 12 



India : Droughts and Famines in Southern, 14 ; Indian Rainfall 

 and Sun-spots, 171 ; Prof. Balfour Stewart, F.R.S , 161 ; E. 

 D. Archibald, 267, 396, 438 ; Riinfall in South, J. Allan 

 Broun, F. R.S., 333 ; Russian Account of Scientific Progress 

 in, 425 ; Indian Famine and Meteorology, Alex. Buchan, 

 425 ; the Famine and the Monsoons, 465 ; Indian Rainfall 

 •Statistics, 519 



Indians, North American, Casts of. 335 ; the Nez Perce.s, 335 



Indians, the Ilidatsa, Ethnography an 1 Philology of the, 33S 



India-Rubber Toys, 113 



Individual Variations in Animals, 147 



Infant Mor ality in Tasmania, 90 



Infectious Diseases, Prof. Tyndall on, 9 



Infinitesimal Calculus, James G. Clark, 21 



Inlh-xUilc, the, 201, 221 ; Dr. Joseph Woolley, 247 



Ingleby (Dr. C. M.), Does Sunshine Extinguish Fire? 477 



Inorganic Acids, Complex, 254 



Inorganic Chemistry, Fownes, edited by Watts, 6 



Insanity, Statistics of, 32 



Insects: Our Insect Foes, 104; Injurious Insects, 113; Fer- 

 tilisation of Flowers, by Dr. Hermann MiiUfr, 265, 507 ; 

 Mayer's " Organismus der Insekten," 41S; Selective Dis- 

 ciimination of, 522; Stamping Out Noxious Insect Life, 207 



Insectivora, American, 504 



Insectivorous Plants, 364 ; Spontaneoui Movements in, 364 



Institute of Civil Engineers, 20, 116 



Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Annuil Meeting, 256 



Institution of Naval Architects, 411 



International Geological Congress, 1S78, 513 



Invertebrated Animals, Hu.xley's Anatomy of, 517 



Iowa WeatheT Report, 169 



Ipswich Museum, the Crag Fossils in the, 351 



Ireland, Queen's University, 516 



Iris, the Approaching Opposition of, 477 



Iron, Floating Cast, W. J. Millar, 23 ; Prevention of the Cor- 

 rosion of. Prof. Barff, 37S 



Iron and Steel, Molecular Changes in, during Heating and 

 Cooling, 55 



Iron and Steel, Direct Process in the Production of. Dr. C. W. 

 Siemens, F.R.S., 467 



Iron and Steel Institute, 426, 433, 446 



Irrigation in Ceylon, Restoration of the Ancient Tank System, 

 Rev. R. Abbay, 509 



Isomers and Plomologues, the Physical Properties of, 175 



Italy, Meteorology in, 51 



Ivy, Wine-coloured, J.J. Murphy, 551 



Jablochkoff Electric Light, 91, 113, 131, 152, 422 



Jack (K. L. ), Geological Survey of Canada, 40 



Jahrbuch der k.k. geologischen Reichsanstalt, 154 



Jainism ; or, the Early Faith of Asoka, by E. Thomas, F.R.S. , 



329 

 Jamaica, The Botanic Gardens and Public Plantations of 73 

 James (Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry), Death of, 152 

 Janssen (Dr.), his Observatory, 556 

 Japan ; Exploration of, 32 ; Engineering Education in, 44 ; 



War Balloon, 297 

 Japanese Mirrors : R. W. Atkinson, 62 ; Samuel Highley, 



132; R. D. Darbishire, 142; S. P. Thompson, 163; J. 



Painell, 227 

 Jeans (L.), Science Lectures in London, 329 

 Jeffreys (J. Gwyn, F.R.S.), Opening Address in Section D at 



the Meeting of the British Association at Plymouth, 323 ; On 



Deep-Sea AloUusca, 323 ; the Fossils and MoUusca brought 



home by the late Arctic Expedition, 37S 

 Jenissei, the Natural History of the, 367 

 Jenkins (B. G.), Lumicre Cendiee, 502 

 Jeula (Henry), Sun-Spots and Wrecks, 447 

 Johnston (A. Keith), General Gazetteer, 82 



Jones (Prof. Rupert, F.R.S.), New Edition of "Dixon's Geology 



of Sussex," 91 

 Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, 299 

 Journal of Forestry, 153 

 Journal de Physique, 18, 134, 218, 432, 566 

 Judd (Prof. J. W., F.R.S.), Deep Well-Borings in London, 2 

 "Jukes Family," Francis Galton, F.R.S., on the, 347 

 Julius (Dr. V. A.), on Time, I2>, 420 

 July Shooting Stars, W. F. Denning, 286 

 Jupiter's Satellites, 522 



Kalocsa, Observatory at, 112 



Karrer (Felix), Geology of the Vienna Water Supply, 282 



Karsten (Dr. Hermann), Death of, 513 



Kay-Shuttleworth (Sir James), Death of, 94 i 



Kazan, Arch.Teological Congress at, 3S9 



Keeping (Walter), Meteors, 551 



Kempe (A. H.), How to Draw a Straight Line, 65, 86, 125, 145 



Kennedy (Prof. A. B. W.), Centroids and their Application to 



some Mechanical Problems, 48 

 Kent's Cavern, the Exploration of, 372 

 Kew Gardens, Report for 1S76, 246 

 Key (Rev. Henry Cooper), the Satellites of Mirs, 457 

 Kibalchich (M.), Discovery of Caves, Implements, &c., at Kief, 



132 

 Kief, Discovery of Cave Remains, &c., at, 132 

 Kilburn, Severe Thunderstorm at, 218 

 Kinahan (G. H.), Hog- Wallows and Prairie Mounds, 7 

 "Kinetic Theory of Gases," Watson's, Prof. Clerk MaxAeU, 



F.R.S., 242 

 King's College, London, .Science at, 298 

 Kingsley Memorial Prizes, 557 

 Kingzett (C. T.), the Alkali Trade, 180; Hederic Acid and 



Resin of Scammony, 378 

 Kingzett and Zingler on Albumen of Commerce, 37S 

 Kiikwood (Prof. Daniel), Meteoric Fire-Balis in America, 143 

 KischeneflT, Discovery of Skeletons near, 17 

 Konig's Tuning-Forks, 162, 227 ; and the French Diapason 



Normal, Alex. J. Ellis, 85 

 Kolab and Hissar, the Land of, 144 

 Kosmos, 44 



Kosseu-, Climate of, 268 



Kropotkin (P.), Researches on the Glacial Period, 161 

 Kryptogamien Flora von Schlesien, 543 

 Kurl, Exploration of, 113 

 Kiirz (Sulpice), the Forests of Pegu, 58 



" Laboratory Guide," Prof. Church's, 160 



Labrador, Ice- Work in, 52; Thermometric Observations in, 431 



Ladies' Educational Association, 566 



Lagout(E.), "Takimetry," Translated by W. Gwynne, 226 



Lagrange (M. C), the Influence of the Form of Bodies on their 



Attraction, 4S8 

 Laing (S., .M.P.), the Glacial Geology of Orkney and Shetland, 



414, 418 

 Langley (Prof. S. P.), Proposed New Method in Spectrum 



Analysi?, 150 

 Lankester (Prof. E. Ray, F.R.S.), Dealers in Zoological Speci- 

 mens and Models, 521 

 Laslett and Barlow's Determination of the Strength of Timber, 6 1 

 Latham's English Dictionary, 3 

 Laticiferous Vessels in Plants, 288 

 Lauiloch, the Grotto, 29S 

 Lavoisier Medal, Award of the, 334 

 Lawless (E.), on a Fish-Sheltering Medusa, 227 

 Leading Articles, the Manufacture of, II. Baden Pritchard, 24S 

 Leaf-Beds, Tertiary, of Colorado, 14S 

 Leamington, Sanitary Congress at, 5 [4 

 Lebour (G. A.), Geology of the Vienna Water Supply, 2S2 

 Leeds, Yorkshire College of Science : Distribution of Prizes, 



173 ; Proposed Incorporation of, 355 ; Calendar of, 496 

 Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, 152, 411 

 Lepidoptera, North American, 147 

 Level, the Ordnance Datum, 371 

 Leverrier (M. Urban J. J.): lU-heahh of, 71, 351, 428; and 



Meteorological Stations, 91 ; Obituary Notice of, 453 ; Prof. 



Adams on his Planetary Theories, 462, 478 

 Lewes (G. H.), " Physical Basis of Mind," 32, 261 

 Lewis (Bevan), on the Nerve Cells of the Cortex, 355 

 Leyden Jars, 18 

 Librarians, the Conference of, 457, 4^7 



