Nature, Not: 15, 1877] 



Tiger Cubs and Newfoundland Dog, 54 



Timber, Barlow and Laslett's Determination of Strength of, 61 



Time, Dr. V. A. Julius, 122, 420 ; J. J. Murphy, 182 



Tithornis emuinus, 298 



Tomlinson (C, F.R.S.), the Supposed Influence of Light on 

 Combustion, 521 



Tornado at Mount Carmel, U.S., 112 



Torpedo, the History of the, 513 



Towering of Wounded Birds, Sir J. Fayrer, F.R.S., 550 



Toys, India-Rubber, 113 



Transit of Venus, French Medal to Commemorate, 1 1 



Trees, Temperature of, 2SS 



Trees and Shrubs of South France, Origin of, 14S 



"Tri-linear Co-ordinates," Rev. W. Wright, 82 



Tubingen, University of, 259 ; 400th Anniversary of, 336 



Tucker (R., M.A.), Mathematics in America, 21 



Tuckwell (Rev. W.), English Names of Wild Flowers and 

 Plants, 3S5, 439 



Tuning-Forks, Koenig's, 162, 227 



Turbine.«, Compound, Prof. Osborne Reynolds, F.R.S., 3S2 



Turkey and Russia, Population of, 174 



Tycho Brahe, the Portrait of, Dr. Samuel Crompton, 501 



Tylor (E. B., F.R.S.), Sound-Vibrations of Soap-Film Mem- 

 branes, 12 ; Squier's Peru, 19 1 



Tyndall (Prof., F.R.S.), On the Spread of Disease, 9 ; Spon- 

 taneous Generation, 127 



Tynemouth Aquarium Winter Garden, 410 



Ultra-violet Spectra of Gases, Photographic Reproduction of, 33 

 United Kingdom, Geological Survey of the, 235 

 United States : Meteoric Fireballs in, 143 ; National Academy 

 of Sciences, 14S; List of Elevations in the, 218; the Euca- 

 lyptus in the, 2S8 ; Tenth Report of the Peabody Museum, 

 335 ; the New Building for the Peabody Museum, 352 ; the 

 Fish and Fisheries Commission, Part IIL , 395 ; School of 

 Mining at Columbia College, 41 1 ; Report of Geological 

 Survey, 437 S:e also New York, Philadelphia, &c. 

 Universities and National Life, 114 

 Universities' Bill, i, 77, 114 

 University College, Bristol, 336 

 University Education, 4S6 



University and Educational Intelligence,' 33, 54, 74, 94, 114, 

 133. 153. 172, 198, 21S, 239, 259, 298, 336, 354, 431, 452, 

 496, 515. 535. 565 

 Upsala, the 400th Celebration of the University of, 431, 535 

 UrsK Majoris, o, and Arcturus, the Colours of, 330 

 Urticating Organs of Planarian Worms, H. N. Moseley, 475 



Variable Stars, 143, 287, 42S ; Mira Ceti, 256 



Variations in Animals, 147 



Vatna JokuU, Across the, 106 



Velocity of Light, 229 



Venus, Transit of, French Medal to Commemorate the, 1 1 ; 



Transit of 1882, 144 

 Verbenas, Purple, A. M. Darby, 163 

 Verhandlungen der k.k. koologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in 



Wien, 154 

 Vernier-Microscope, Prof. A. Meyer's, 151 

 Versammlung deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte, 295 

 Vertebrate Life m America, Prof. O. C. Marsh, 44S, 470, 4S9 



4S9 

 Vertebrated Fishes of Spain, Seiior Calderon, 140 

 Vertebrates, the Development of the Nerves in, 364 ; the Body- 

 Cavity in the Head of, 399 

 Vesuvius Observatory, 467 



Vibrations, the Effect of Inaudible, upon Sensitive Flames, 12 

 Vibrations, Sound, of Soap-Film Membranes, E. B. Tylor, 12 

 Victoria Cave, Exploration of the, 373 

 Victoria Institute, 116, 155 

 Vienna : Academy of Sciences, 200, 220, 240, 300, 391 ; the 



Scientific Club of, 112 ; Geology of the Water Supply, G. A. 



Lebour, 282 

 Violet Rays of the Spectrum, Visibility of the Ultra, A. S. 



Herschel, 22 

 Virchow (Prof. Rudolf), the Liberty of Science in Modern State 



Life, 492 

 Visibihty of the Ultra- Violet Rays of the Spectrum, A. S. 



Herschel, 22 

 Vision, Defective, in the French Army, 279 



Vision, on the Relative Apparent Brightness of Objects in Bino- 

 cular and Monocular, Silvanus P. Thompson, 374 

 Vogel (Herr), the Spectrum of Nova Cygni, 400 

 Volcanoes of Iceland, 105 



Volumes of Solutions, J. A. Ewing and J. G. Macgregor, 376 

 " VolumetricJAnalysis," Fleischer's, 497 



Wachsmuth (Charles), Palaeozoic Corals, 515 



Wallace (A. R.) and Reichenbach's Odyle, W. B. Carpenter 



F.R.S., 546 ; Zoological Relations of Madagascar and Africa, 



548 

 War, Electricity in, H. Baden Pritchard, 28 1 

 War Maps, 92 ; and Geography, 16 

 War and Science, H. Baden Pritchard, 37, 57 

 V/ater, Report on the Underground Waters of England, 374 

 Water in Plants, the Movement of, 409 

 Waters (A. W.), Museum Reform, 141 ; on the Influence of the 



Position of Land and Sea upon a Shifting of the Axis of the 



Earth, 406 

 Watson's Kinetic Theory of Gases, Prof. Clerk Maxwell, 242 

 Watson (Charles), Does Sunshine Extinguish Fire ? 341 

 Watson (W. H.), the Action of Various Fatty Oils upon Copper, 



377 



Watts (Dr. John), Pyrocatechin and Tannic Acid, 378 



Watts (W. L.), "Across the Vatna JokuII," 106 



Watts (Wm.), Natural History Museums, l6l 



Wave-Motion Apparatus, a Simple, W. Jesse Lovett, S3 



Waves: Prof. Osborne Reynolds, F.R.S., Paper at the British 

 Association on, 343 ; Reduction of the Height of, by Break- 

 waters, 423 



Weather Maps in Australia, 90 



Weather Warnings, Sunday, 51 



Weighing Machines, 557 



Weisbach's " Mechanics of Engineering," P. A. Dove, 81 



Weka Pass Ranges, Discovery of Rock- Paintings in, 175 



Weil-Borings in London, Prof. J. W. Judd, F.R.S., 2 



Wellington (New Zealand), Philosophical Society, 567 



West Indies, the Natural History, &c., of the, 515 



Westminster Aquarium : Maritime and Piscatorial Exhibition at 

 the, 112 ; Large Tank at, 429 ; the White Whale at, 4S6 



Whale in the Mediterranean, 399 



Whale at the Westminster Aquarium, 4S6 



Whatton (Henry T. ), a " Golden Bou^h," 24 



Whetham (J. W. Boddam), " Across Central America," 339 



White Light, the Compound Nature of, Wm. Terrill, 42 



Whitehaven Scientific Association, 529 



Whitfield Collection of Implements, &c., 352 



Wiener (Mons.), Ascent of Illimani, 446 



Willemoes-Suhm (Dr. R. von), " Chjillenger-Briefe," 556 



Williams (Dr. C. T. ), Influence of Climate upon Pulmonary Con- 

 sumption, 59 



Williams (W. Mattieu),iHog-Wallows and Prairie- Mounds, 7 ; 

 New Electric Lights, 459 



Williamson (John), Death of, 236 



Williamson (Prof. W. C, F.R.S.), Grand' Eury's Carboniferous 

 Flora of Central France, 138 



Willis (J. ), English Names of Wild Flowers and Plants, 439 



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



Wind and Sun-spots, Prof. Hornstein on, 352 



Winds of the South Atlantic, 267 



Winslow (Dr. Charles F.), Death of, 430 



Winter, the Coming, Prol^. Piazzi Smyth, 475 



Wires, the Elasticity of, 371 



Woburn, Agricultural Experiments at, 129 



Wojeikof (M.), Exploration of Japan, 32 ; Scientific Progress in 

 India, 425 



Woods (E., C.E.), on Railway Brakes, 347 



Wood-Mason (J.), Stridulating Organs in Scorpion;, 565 



Woodpecker, the, 30 



Woodward (H. B.), Devonian Rocks near Newton Abbot and 

 Torquay, 379 



Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, 466 



Woolley (Dr. Joseph), the Infiexible, 247 



Working Men's College. 466 



Worth (R. N.), the Palceontology of Plymouth, 380 



Worthington (A. M.), on Drops, 165 



Wrecks and Sunspots, 447 



Wright (Prof. E. Perceval), Basking Shark, 61 



Wright (Prof.), Metallic Films on Glass Tubes, 430 



Wright (Rev. W. ), Trilinear Co-ordinates, 82 



