2 ' 
x 
Standard Yard, 391 
Stanley (H. M.) and Dr. Livingstone, 38; ‘‘ How I found 
Livingstone,” 79, 190 
Stars (Coloured) about Kappa Crucis, 130 
Stars, Twinkling of the, 222, 262 
Star Shower, Cometary, 77; in 1838, 203; of Nov. 27 (Sve 
Meteors) 
State Aid to Science ; Speech of Mr.,Gladstone, Arctic Explora- 
tion, 117, 157, 170, 188, 208, 310, 452; Kew Herbarium, 243 
Steamer for the Channel Passage, 41 
Stearn (C. H.), Spectrum of Nitrogen, 463 
Steel, Gold Medal offered for best Specimens, 151 
Stewart (Prof. Balfour, F.R.S.), on Arctic Exploration, 157 ; 
Jensen Lackyee Application of the Spectroscope, 301, 320, 
381 
Stockholm, Academy of Natural Science, 268 
via Implements of the Troglodytes of the Vézére, 306, 328, 
397, 373 
Stone (E. J., F.R A.S.), Meteorology of the Future, 443 
Stricker (S.), “ Medizinische Jahrbucher,” 478 
Striped Muscular Fibre, Structure of, 489 
Sub-Wealden Exploration, 288, 404 
Survival of the Fittest, theory of Maupertuis, 341, 402; Prof. 
Agassiz on, 404 
Swan (W.), November Meteors at St Andrews, 86 
Swedish Academy of Sciences, 153, 173 ; Arctic Expedition, 171 
Swiney Lectureship, 310 
Swiczerland, Great Map of, 470; Science in, 54, 235 ; Society 
of Natural Sciences, 8 
Symonds (Rev. W. S., F.G.S.), Salmonidze of Great Britain, 
162; ‘‘ Records of the Rocks,” 461 
Symons (G. J.), Ocean Meteorological Observations, 68, 123 ; 
Periodicity of Rainfall, 143, 161; International Book Con- 
veyance, 161 ; Ocean Raintall, 183 
Tait (Prof. Lawson), Polydactylous Cat, 323 
Tait (Prof. P. G., and Prof. Sic W. Thomson), “Elements of 
Natural Philosophy,” 399 
Taylor (J. E.), Skeletons of Wild Animals, 46 
Technical Education, 351 
Telegraph, Atlantic, Free Transmission of Astronomical Obser- 
vations, 250 
Telegraph Engineers Society, 152, 210 
Telegraphic Journal, $8 
Telegraphy, Double Messages on Single Wire, 171 
Temperature and Rainfall of North Western Europe, 245 
Terrestrial Magnetism ; Motion of the North Magnetic Pole, 
142; Rev. S. J. Perry, F.R.A.S., on, 171, 193 
“ Thesaurus Ornithologiz,” by Dr. C. J. Giebel, 44 
Thierfelder (Dr. Albert), ‘‘ Pathologische Histologie,” 200 
Thompson (Dr. Symes), Contagious and Infectious Diseases, 283 
Thomson (Sir W., D.C.1.), Papers on Electrostatics and Mag- 
netism, 218 
Thomson (Prof. Sir W., and Prof. P. G. Tait), ‘‘ Elements of 
Natural Philosophy,” 399 
Thomson (Prof. Wyville, F.R.S.), Fermenta ion and Putrefac- 
tion, 65, 78 (See Challenger) 
Thunderclouds, height of, 143 
Tin Oie in Queensland, 59 
Torquay Natural History Society, 190 
Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Metamorphosis of, 30 
Trades’ Guild of Learning, 490 
**Trausfervent” or * Diathermous,” 341 
Transit of Venus, Lord Lindsay’s Preparations, 109 ; America, 
169; India, China, 371; New South Wales, 431; Berlin, 
451 
‘**Trap-door Spiders,” by J. T. Moggridge, F.L.S., 337, 453 
Travelling Notes, 362 
Troglodytes of the Vézére, 305, 326, 366, 426 
Troubelot (L.), Meteorology of the Future, 283 
Tuckwell (Rev. W., M.A.), Flora of the Quantocks, 48 ; Uni- 
versity Local Examinations, 71 
Tumbler Pigeons and Inherited Instinct, 378 
Tunnel through the Hcosac Mountains, 189 
Twinkting of the Stars, 222, 262 
Tyndall (Prof. J., F.R.S.), his Lectures in America, 34, 54, 
150, 190, 224, 249, 268, 370, 445, 490; Banquet to him at 
New York, 303; his Return, 349; his Work at the Royal 
Institution, 265; Researches on Radiant Heat, 66; Effect of 
Resistance in Modifying Spectra, 384; “Forms of Water, 
400; Reflected and Transmitted Light, 481 
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Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, 268 
United States Coast Survey, 189 
University College, 88, 190 
University Endowments, 
Endowments and Scientific Research, 97; Local Exami- 
nations, 71 
*¢ University Oars,” by J. E. Morgan, ‘M.A., 397, 418, 458 
Valentin (W. G., F.R.S.), ‘Introduction to Organic Chemis- 
try,”’ 160 ’ 
Venice, Royal Institute of Science, 54 
Venus, Occultation of, 72 ; 
371, 431, 451 . 
Venomous Snakes of India, 140 
Venomous Spider of New Zealand, 29 
Verney (E. H., Com. R, N.), Meteor off Cape Mataplah, 443 
Verrill (Prof. A. E.), Fauna of New England, 365; Dana on 
Corals, 423 - 
‘*Vesuvius : The Eruption of 1872,” by Prof. Palmieri, 1, 259 
Vézere, Troglodytes of the, 305, 326, 336, 426 
Victoria : Coalfields, 200 ; Reports of Mining Surveyors, 201 ; 
Society of Arts, 351; Exhibition at Melbourne, 452; Zoolo- 
logical and Acclimatisation Society, 484 : 
Vienna : Observatory, 34; Exhibition, 150; Imperial Academy 
of Sciences, 155; I. R. Geological Institute, 175, 336, 442, 
476, 495; Geological ‘‘Jahrbuch,” 320; Meteorites in Im- 
perial Museum, 210; International Patent Congress, 412 
Vierordt (Dr. K), *‘Die Anwendung des Spectralapparate,” 
401 
Vine Disease, 131 
Vogel (Dr.), Professor of Photography at Berlin, 111 
Volcanic Energy, Mr. Forbes on, 259; Mr. Mallet’s Theory, 
Volcanoes: Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872, 1; Mauna Loa, the 
Hawaiian Volcano, 124; Japan, 169 ; Central America, 268 ; 
Chili, 312 ; Rangitoto, 423; Ascent of Cotopaxi, 449; Skap- 
tar Jokull, 470 
Volpicelli (Prof.), Atmospheric Electricity, 9 
Wagner (R., Ph.D.), ‘‘ Handbook of Chemical Technology,” 4 
Wallace (A.R., F.Z.S.), Misleading Cyclopzdias, 68, 162; 
Modern Applications of the Doctrine of Natural Selection, 
277; “Harvesting Ants and Trap-door Spiders,” by J. T. 
M. Moggridge, F.L.S., 337; Instinct and Perception in Ani- 
mals, 322, 340, 360, 377, 384, 409; Cave Deposits of Borneo, 
6 
461 
Walters (J. H.), Sight in Dogs, 361 
Water, its Blue Colour, caused by Silex in Solution, 132 
‘‘ Water, Forms of, in Clouds, Rivers, Ice and Glaciers,” by 
Prof. J. Tyndall, F.R.S., 400 
Water; ‘‘ Hygiene of Air and Water,” by W. Proctor, M.D., 
F.C.S., 318 
Water-Air-Pump, its Invention, 241 
Water-beetles, 47 
Watts (H., F.R.S.) Fownes’s “ Manual of Chemistry,” 179 
Webb (Rev. T. W., M.A., F.R.A.S.), Scar Shower in 1838, 
203 ; Earthquake ‘n Pembrokeshire, 283 
Weight, Ancient Egyptian, 146 
Weiss (Prof.), November Meteors, 211 
Wells, Deep, 177, 283 
Welwitschia, Prof. W. R. McNab on, 154, 202 
Wes minster Clock Tower, Illuminated, 349 
Weiterham (J. D.), Perception in Butterflies, 444 
Whales, Fossil, 94, 350 3 
Wheatstone (Sir C., F.RS.), Ampére Medal awarded to, 451 
Wheeler (Lieut. G. M.), Explorations in Nevada, 431 
Whirlwinds, in Ireland, and near Banbury, 112 
Whitmee (S. J.), Meteors in South Pacific; the Greenwich 
Date, 242 ; , 
Whitwo-th Scholarships, 370 
Waymper (Edw.), Researches in Greenland, 8, 35 ; 
Wilkinson (T.T.), authorship of ‘* Treatise on Probability,” 
12 : 
WillenoesSuten (Rud. v.), Zoology of the Faroe Islands, 105 
Williams (R. A), ‘* Notes on River Basins,” 122 
Wilams (W. M., F.C.S.), Diathermacy of Flame, 46, 149, 
291; Scence in Italy, 234; Radiant Heat, 273 - 
Williamson (Prof. W, C., F.R.S.), Fossil Cryptogams, 403 
Wi |-o’-the- Wisps, 222 
Speech of Mr. Gladstone, 150; 
Transit of, Preparations, 109, 169, — 
