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Cromlechs (See Sepulchral Monuments) 
Crookes (Wm., F.R.S.), Wagner’s ** Chemical Technology,” 4 
Cryptogams, Fossil, 267 
Crystal Palace: Aquarium, 15 ; School of Art, Science, and 
Literature, 35 
Curry (John), November Meteors at Rookhope, 85 
Curved Space, 282 
Cycles, Meteorological, 161, 262 (Sze Meteorology) 
Cyclone, Madras, May 2, 1871, 356 
Cyclopzedias, Misleading, 68, 162 
Dana (Jas. D., LL.D.), “ Corals and Coral Islands,” 119, 423 
Danks’s Rotating Furnace, 272 
Darwin (Chas., F.R.S.), Origin of Certain Instincts, 417; Per- 
ception in Animals, 360 ; Inherited Instinct, 281 ; Philosophy 
of Language, Prof. Max Muller on, 145 
Darwinism: Ixpression, 362, 351, 4333 German Works on, 
5; A Fact for Mr. Darwin, 462 (See Evolution Theory, 
Survival of the Fittest, Instinct) 
Davies (Wm.), Murchison Medal awarded to, 355 
Davy, his Work at the Royal Institution, 265 
Dawkins (W. B., F.R.S.), Settle Cave Exploration, 374 
Dawson (J. W., LL.D.), Post-pliocene Geology of Canada, 
240 
Day Aurora, 29 
De Candolle (Alphonse), Natural Selection, 277 
Deep Sea Dredging on board the Challenger, 430 
Deep Sea Soundings near the Equator, 404 
Deep Springs, 177, 283 
De La Rue (Dr. Warren, F.R.S.), donation to Laboratories of 
Royal Institution, 451 
Peres Assyrian Record of the, 55 ; Mr, Gladstone’s Speech, 
7 
De Morgan (A.), “ A Budget of Paradoxes,” 239 
Denning (W. F., F.R.A.S.), November Meteors, 185 ; Meteor at 
Bristol, 322; Meteorological Notes, 471; April Meteors, 482 
Denton (J. Bailey), Deep Springs, 177, 283 
Denza (Father), November Meteors in Piedmont, 122 
De Saussure (M.), Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872, 1, 3 
Diamonds, Combustion of, 456 
Diathermacy of Flame, 28, 46, 149, 201 
“ Diathermacy,” or “ Diathermancy?” 242 
“Diathermanous,” or “ Transfervent?” 341 
Diffusion of Gases, 9 ¢ 
~Dinoceras mirabilis, Prof, O.C. Marsh on, 366; and its Allies, 
481 
Dinocerata, Prof. O. C. Marsh on, 491 
Diosmotic Properties of Colloids, 152 
Dipterocarpez, Geographical Distribution of, 162 
Dogs, Inherited Instinct and External Perception in, 281, 322, 
349, 361, 377, 384, 409, 410, 411, 424 
Dolmen (See Sepulchral Monuments) 
Drach (S. M.), Eleven-year Rainfall Period, 161 
Draper (H. W.), Effect of Light on Selenium, 340 
Draper (J. W.), Deep-sea Soundings near the Equator, 404 
D (Col. H.), “The Useful Plants of India,” 340 
Dublin : Pathological Society, 133; Royal College of Science, 
370; Botanic Garden, 370; Royal College of Surgeons, 111 ; 
Royal Dublin Society, 332; Royal Geographical Society, 
454; Royal Geological Society, 456 ; Royal Irish Academy, 
375, 412, 431, 450, 494; Trinity College, 88, 331; Trinity 
College Observatory, 431; University, 54, 171; Zoological | 
Society, 456 
Dufour (Louis), Diffusion of Gases, 9 
Duncan (Prof., F.R.S.), Insect Metamorphosis (Br. A.), 30, 50; 
Dana on Corals, 119, 423 ; 
Dunker (Dr. W.) and Dr. K. A. Zittel, “ Paleeontographica,” 45 
Dutch Society of Sciences, 464 
Dyer (Prof. W. T. Thistleton), the, National Herbaria, 243 
Earth, Movement of its Surface, 221 
‘Barth, The,” and ‘“‘ The Ocean,” by Elisée Reclus, 421 @ 
Earthquakes: near Derby, 68; Vancouver's Island, Bogota, 
Sinde, Samos, 268 ; Pembrokeshire, 283; Lahore, Scinde, 
289; Constantinople, 290; India, Central America, Guaya- 
quil, Samos, 311; Samos, Smyrna, 332; Vienna, 336; 
Turkey, Tyre, Jerusalem, 351; Asia Minor, Mitylene, Central | 
| France: Bureau des Longitudes, 269 ; Institution for the Ex- 
America, India, 392; Samos, Asia Minor, Rhodes, 432 
Earthquake Waves, 385, 463 
Earthworms, 210 
Earwaker (J. P.), Meteor at Northwich, 322 
Echinoderms, Publications on, 350 ; found by the Challenger, 387 
Eclipse of 1870, Italian Report on, 308 
Eclipse Expedition of 1871, J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S., on, 57, 92 
Eclipses, Early, 47 
Edinburgh : Geological Society, 132 ; Museum of Science, 55 5 
Royal Botanic Society, 61, 78, 151, 214, 391, 4905 Royal 
Observatory, 451; Royal Physical Society, Naturalist’s Field 
Club, 154; Royal Society, 111; Scottish Meteorological 
Society, 375; University, 54, 164, 183, 431 ; Female Educa. 
tion, 71 
Education: International College at Zurich, 89 (See Female 
Education) 
‘Egypt, Birds of,” by G. E. Shelley, F.G.S., F.L.S., 178 
Egyptian Weight found in the Great Pyramid, 146 
rg Conductivity : Effect of Light on Selenium, 303, 349, 
361 
Electricity and Earthquakes, 162 
‘* Electricity and Magnetism,” by J. Clerk-Maxwell, M.A., 478 
Electrostatics and Magnetism, Papers by Sir W. Thomson 
D.C.L., 218 
Elephanta, Caves of, 72 
Elephas Americanus in Canada, 47 
Empedocles, Anticipation of Natural Selection, 402 
Endowments and Bequests in England and America, 97, 477 
Engineering : Class at the Crystal Palace, 35 5 College in Japan, 
439 
Entomological Society, 39, 75, 154, 195, 295, 315; 373s 415 
Ericsson (Capt.J.), Diathermancy of Hlame, 149 ; Radiant Heat, 
273 
Ernst (Dr. A.), November Meteors, 443 
Ethnology: “ Zeitschrift fiir Ethnologie,”,473 
Evaporation and Rainfall, 118 
' Everett (J. D.), Dr. Cohn’s Lecture on the Progress of Science, 
162; Atmospheric Refraction, 163 
Everett (A.), Cave-deposits of Borneo, 461 
Evolution Theory in Germany, 352, 433 
Exeter College, 169 
Faraday, his Work at the Royal Institution, 265 ; his Electrical 
Researches, 341 
Faroe Islands, Zoology, 105 ; Rainfall and Temperature, 245 
Fawcett (Thos.), November Meteors in Cumberland, 86 
Faye’s Comet, 291 
Fayrer (J., M.D.), ‘‘ The Thanatophidia of India,” 140 
| Female Education : Groningen, 15 ; Edinburgh University, 71 ; 
National Union, 89, 411; Cambridge, Paris, 111; Prize 
Essay of Netherlands Association, 132 ; Glasgow University, 
133 ; Edinburgh Field Club, 154; Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 
170; America, 452 
Fermentation and Putrefaction, 61, 78 
Figuier (M.) and the Origin of American Indians, 203 
Fiords and Glacial Action, 323 
Fire-ball near Slough, 146 ; 
Fish: Phosphorescence in, 47, 221; Lampris guttatis (Faroe 
Islands), 106; Classification of, 372 ; Propagation in America, 
491 
Fisher (Rev. O.), Perception in the Lower Animals, 410 
Fisheries of Michigan, 351 
Flame, Diathermacy of, 28, 46, 149, 201 
Flax, Prehistoric Culture of, 453 
Flight of Projéctiles, 341, 362, 404 
Flint Implements, 306, 328, 367, 373 
Florafof the Quantocks, 48 
Florence, Observatory at, 15 
Flower (Prof.), his Hunterian Lectures, 289, 310, 330, 348, 364, 
388, 408, 428 
Forbes (David, F.R.S.), Palmieri’s ‘‘ Vesuvius,”’ 259, 382 
Forestry in its Economical Bearings, 118 
“¢ Forest Zoology,” by Dr. Bernard Altum, 141 
Fossil Man of Mentone, 10, 71, 4435 Whales of Antwerp, 94 ; 
Cryptogams, 267, 403; Birds from Kansas, 310; Cephalo- 
pods, 94, 35° J 
Foster (M., F.R.S.), “Functions of Muscle and Nerve,” 440 
Fowls, Perception in, 444 
Fownes’s “ Manual of Chemistry,” by H. Watts, F.R.S., 179 
Fox (Howard), Will-o-the-Wisps, 222 
perimental Sciences, 485 (See Paris) 
