Jade Works in Western Yunan, 317 
Jamin (M.), Powerful Magnet, 452 
Janssen-Lockyer Application of the Spectroscope, 301, 380 
Janssen (Dr., and J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S.), Medal of, 54, 111 
Japan, Engineering College, 430; Science in, 371; Volcanic 
Mountain, 169 
Japanese Lepidoptera, 374 ‘ 
Japanese Medical Student at Berlin, 89 
Jebb (G. R.), Perception in the Lower Auimals, 410 
Jeremiah (J.), Sociability of Cats, 425 
Jesse (W., C.M.Z.S., and H. M. Labouchere, F.Z.S.), Dr. 
Brehm’s ‘‘ Bird Life,” 121 
Jevons (Prof. W. S., F.R.S.), Maupertuis on the Survival of 
the Fittest, 341, 402 — ? y 
Jones (Dr. Bence), Testimonial to, 390 ; on the New Physiolo- 
gical Laboratories, Berlin, 405 ; his Death, 489 
Journal of Botany, 453, 494 
Judd (J. W., F.G.S.), Wollaston Donation Fund given to, 355 
Kant on the Retarded Rotation of Planets and Satellites, 241 
Kant’s Antinomies, 262, 282, 302 
Katipo or Venomous Spider of New Zealand, 29 
Kensington Entomological Society, 290 
Kent (W. Saville, F.R.S.), Phosphorence in Fish, 47; Ap- 
pointed Curator of the Brighton Aquarium, 209, 451 
Kew Gardens, 71 ; Moreton Bay Plants, 370 ; Ipecacuanha Culti- 
vation, 83; Herbarium, 5, 45, 26, 103; Memorial to Mr. 
Gladstone, 212; his Reply, 243 ; Prof, Dyer on, 243 
Kingfisher, its Feeding Habits, 362 
Kingsley (Rev. Canon), Perception in Horses, 340 
Kirk (Dr.), Testimonial to, 451 
Kirkwood (Prof. Daniel), November Meteors in Indiana, 123 
Klein (E., M.D.), ‘‘ Handbook for sthe Physiological Labora- 
_ tory,” 438 
Laboratories of the Royal Institution, New and Old, 223, 263 
Laboratories, Physiological, at Berlin, 405 
Labouchere (H. M., F.Z.S., and W. Jesse, C.M.Z.S.), Dr. 
Brehm’s ‘‘ Bird Life,” 121 
Lakes, Fresh and Salt, Lectures by Prof. Ramsay, F.R.S., on, 
312, 333 
Lampris guttatis taken at Faroe, 106 
Lankester (E. Ray), De Novo Production of Living Things, 
104, 123; Hemoglobin, 133; Dr. Burdon Sanderson’s Ex- 
periments ; Production of Bacteria, 242; Dr, Bastian’s Ex- 
periments, 261 
Laughton (J. K.), The Greenwich Date, 105 ; Perception in the 
Lower Animals, 410 
Lava of Mount Vesuvius, 2 
Leaf-Arrangement, by Dr. H. Airy, 341, 442; [Rev. G. Hens- 
low, F.L.S., 403 
Leeds, Medical Society, 111 ; Naturalists’ Field Club, 155, 214, 
232 
Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, 491 
Leidy (Prof.), Crustacean from Salt Lake, Utah, 215 
Lewes (G. H.), Adaptation to External Conditions, 4o1 ; Per- 
ception in the Lower Animals, 410, 437 
Liebig (Baron), his Death, 489 
Light, its Effect on the Conductivity of Selenium, 33, 340, 361 ; 
Reflected and Transmitted, 481 
Lindsay (Lord), his Preparations for the Transit of Venus, 109 
Linnean Society, 39, 75, 154, 372 
Lisbon, Notes on Zoology and Botany, 229 
Livingstone (Dr.) and H. M. Stanley, 35, 38; his Discoveries, 
70, 169, 231, 251, 110; ‘‘ How I found Livingstone,” by H. 
M. Stanley, 79 ; Congo Expedition, 110 (See African Explo- 
ration); Gold Medal from the Italian Government, 110 
Lockyer (J. N., F.R.S.), on the Eclipse Expedition, 1871, 57, 
92; Meteorclogy of the Future, 142 ; The Spectroscope and 
its Applications, 125, 166, 226, 246, 345, 406, 466 ; Spectrum 
Analysis, Spectrum of the Sun, 174; Medalof, 54, 111; 
(and G. M. Seabroke), New Method of Viewing the Chromo- 
sphere, 313; (and Dr. Janssen), their Application of the 
Spectroscope, 301, 381 
Logarithmic Tables, 222 
London Institution, 15, 190, 251 
London University, 88, 310 
Lord (J. K.), Obituary Notice of, 110 
Lowe (E. J., F.R.S.), Earthquake near Derby, 68 
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INDEX 
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Lubbock (Sir Juo., Bart., M.P., F.R.S.), Bill for Preservation 
of National Monuments, 297; Death of his Wasp, 391; Ex- 
istence of Man in the Miocene, 401, 443; Origin and Meta- 
morphoses of Insects, 446, 48 
Lucae (Prof. J. C. G.), The Mammalian Skull, 460 
Lunar Calendars, 47 
‘* Machinery, Theory of,” by Dr. F. Grashof, 45 
MacLaren (Archibald), Dr. Morgan’s “ University Oars,” 397, 
418, 458 
McClure (Robt. ), Meteor at Glasgow, 28 
McNab (Prof. W. R.), Flowering of Welwitschia, 202; Fossil 
Cryptogams, 367, 403 
Madan (H. G., M.A.), Wilson’s “ Inorganic Chemistry,” 441 
Madras Cyclone, May 2, 1871, 356 
Magnetic Survey of Belgium, 295 
‘* Magnetism and Electricity,” by J. Clerk-Maxwell, 478 
Magneto-electric Light, 349 
Mailly (Ed.), his Astronomical Works, 23 
Mallet (R., F.R.S.), Theory of Volcanic Energy, 382 
Mallock (A.), Treble Rainbow, 46 
Mammalian Skull, The, 460 
Man, Antiquity of, 401, 443 
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 135, 296, 315, 
374, 415, 455, 475; Natural History Society, 151 ; Science 
in, I 
Manitoba Observatory, 425 
Marine Animal, Supposed new, 67 
Marlborough College Natural History Society, 311 
Marsh (Prof. O. C.), his Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 
209; Fossil Birds from Kansas, 310; Dinoceras mirabilis, 
366; Dinocerata, 491 
Massey (H. D.), A Fact for Mr. Darwin, 462 
Mathematical Society, 95, 154, 235, 334) 415, 474 
Maupertuis on the Survival of the Fittest, 341, 402 
Mauritius, Royal Society, 71 ; Meteor at, 221, 233; November 
Meteors at, 232; Metorological Observatory, 243 ; Meteoro- 
logical Society, 250 
Maury (Capt. M. F.), Obituary Notice of, 390 
Maxwell (Prof. Clerk, F.R.S.), Action at a Distance, 323, 341 
Mayer (John, F.C.S.), Geological Exhibition, Glasgow, 128 ; 
The late Prof. W. J. M. Rankine, 204 
Medical Microscopical Society, 210 
Medical Record, 189 
Meldrum (C.), November Meteors at Mauritius, 232 
Mentone, Skeletons at, 401, 443 
Merlin (C. H. W.), Moon’s Surface, 221 
eae of Insects, by Prof. Duncan, F.R.S., 30, 
50, 
Meteorites : Vienna Collection, 55, 210 
Meteorology: Committee of the Board of Trade, Ocean Ob- 
servations, 43; Organisation Abroad, 89; Society, 95, 255, 
49, 355, 455 ; of the Future, by J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 
98, 123, 142, 161, 283, 443; Sherman Astronomical Expe- 
dition,107 ; Observatory at Mauritius, 243; Rainfall and 
Temperature of North Western Europe, 245; Cycles, 161, 
262 ; Observations for Hobart Town, 320; Temperature of 
February, 1873, 371 ; American Signal-office, 371 (Sze Rain- 
fall) ; Scottish Meteorological Society, 375; E. J. Stone, 
F.R.A.S., 443 ; Meteorological Notes, 471 
Meteors : Shower of Nov. 27, 1872; Observations at Stonyhurst, 
Dublin, Lampeter, Rainhill, Malpas, Glasgow, Durham, 
Birkenhead, Bristol, Cumberland, St. Andrew’s, 84 85 ; Bun- 
tingford, Brancepeth, Wisbeach, Birmingham, York, Glas- 
gow, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Rothbury, 104; Prof. A. S. 
Herschel, F.R.A.S., on, 103; France and Italy, 112; Yale 
College (U.S.), Piedmont, Washington, 122; Indiana, Liver- 
pool, Pau, 123; Bermuda, 181 ; Summary, with Maps, by 
Prof, A. S. Herschel, F.R.A.S., 185, 211; Gottingen, Dant- 
zig, Athens, 211 ; Mauritius, 232 ; New Brunswick, 217, 251, 
443; Shower in 1838, 203; Glasgow, 28; Blackpool, 29 ; 
Bristol, 71 ; at King’s Sutton, Banbury, 112; South Pacific, 
242; St. Thomas, 262; Stourbridge and Manchester, 262, 
290, 315, 322; Cape Matapan, 443; April 19 and 20, at 
Bristol and Bath, 482 ; and Comets, Connection between, 468 
Metric Commission, International, 197, 237 f 
Microscopic Fungi, 78 
Microscopic Preparations, 83 
Microscopical Society, 154, 315, 374, 395, 455 
Microscofical Fournal, 294, 454 
