Abel (Prof.), Experiments with Gun-cotton, 534 
Aberdeen University, Prof. Huxley and Ciassical Studies, 12 
Abiogenesis, Huizinga’s Experiments, 85 (Br. A.), 478, 504 
_ Acclimatisation Society of Paris, 57 
Acoustics, Organ-pipes and Reeds, 26 
Acquired Habits in Plants, 7, 46 
Adams (Dr. A. L.), Maltese Fossil Elephants (Br. A.), 497 
Adelaide, Botanic Garden at, 35 7 
Aérial Spectres, 227 
Aéronautical Society, 192 
Africa : East Coast Livingstone Expedition, 13, 170 ; Drawings 
by Bushmen, 6; Schweinfurth’s Vocabularies, 17; West 
Coast Livingstone Expedition, 170; Central Exploration by 
Dr. Nachtigal, 75, 313; Schweinfurth on the Monbutta 
Tribes, 374 ; S. African Museum, Cape of Good Hope, 352 
*€ African Sketch Book,” by Winwood Reade, 429 
African Travel, Publications of the Geographical Society, 429 
Agassiz (Alex.), Originators of Glacial Theories, Claims of Agassiz 
and Forbes, 24, 44, 222 ; ‘‘ Revision of the Echini,” 103 
Agassiz (Prof. Louis): Penikese Island, Anderson School of 
Natural History, 12, 34, 230, 271, 314, 404, 454; Lectureson 
Animal Life, 210 ; Survival of the Fittest, 34 
Agency for British Naturalists, Proposed, 513 
Agricultural Society’s Journal, 211 
“ Air, its Relations to Clothes, Houses, and Soil,” by Dr. Max 
von Pettenkofer, 483 
Airy (Sir G, B., K.C.B.), Transit of Venus, 129 
Airy (Hubert), Flight of Birds, 362 
Albany (U.S.), Dudley Observatory, 389 
Albert Gold Medal of Soc. of Arts, awarded to M. Chevreul, 110 
Almanacs, Astronomical, 311, 350, 529 
America (See Albany, Baltimore, Bermudas, Buffalo, Cincinnati, 
Cordoba, Cuba, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Para- 
guay, Philadelphia, Washington) 
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Meeting 
- at Portland, Maine, 354, 389, 472, 392, 512 
American Exploring Expeditions, 169, 231, 331, 385 
American Signal Office, 35, 112, 124 
Ammonites in Margate Cliffs, 155 
Anatomy (See British Association, Sec. D) 
* Anatomy, Elementary,” by St. George Mivart, F.R.S., 221 
Anatomy of Fish, 74 
Anderson (J. F.), Geological Subsidence and Upheaval, 223 
Anderson School of Natural History (Sve Agassiz, A.) 
Andrews (Jas. B.), Perception in Dogs, 6 
Animals, Instinct in, 6, 65, 67, 78, 252, 284, 302, 322 
Ant, Honey-making, 116, 250 
Anthropological Institute, 19, 58, 79, 135, 195 
Anthropological Society, Berlin, 17 ; Society, Paris, 113 
Antiquity of Man, Discussion at American Association, 392 
** Antiquity of Man,” by Sir C. Lyell, Bart., F.R.S., 462 
Ants, Habits of, 244, 303 
Aphides and Bees, 201, 263 
** Aphis,” Etymology of, 103 
Appendix Vermiformis and the Evolution Hypothesis, 509 
Appleton (Dr. C. E.), Endowment of Research, 262 
Approach Cansed by Velocity, 25 
April Meteors, Observations by W. F, Denning, 6 
Aquarium, Brighton, 25, 171, 191, 229, 231, 313, 372, 473; 
Additions to Collection, 36, 55, 76, 94, 113, 131, 173,193, 
232, 273, 294, 473 ; Official Guide-book, 160 ; Description by 
W. S. Kent, F.Z.S., 531 
Aquarium, Crystal Palace, 12, 131, 230, 532 
Arabia, Travels in, 395 
Archeological Association, Meeting at Sheffield, 333, 354 
Archeological Institute, Meeting at Exeter, 270, 289 
Archeology, Leciureship in Scotland, 54 
Archebiosis, Bastian, Sanderson, and Huizinga’s Experiments, 
85, 141, 161, 181, 199, 200, 212, 232, 273, 478, 485, 504, 548 
Arctic Exploration, 83, 102, 192, 211, 370, 472, 487, 492, 514; 
Voyage of the Polaris, 54, 75, 131, 171, 214, 217, 271, 313, 
355, 494, 435, 515, 535, 558 
| Aurora, Spectrum of the, 
INDEX 
Argentine Republic, Observatory at Cordoba, It, 252 
Aristotle, his Knowledge of Zoology and Physiology, 119 ; Trans- 
lation by Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire, 152 
Arithmetic, Recent Works on, 159, 280 
Arithmometer, The, 325 
Arrowsmith (John), Death of, 54 
Association for the Organisation of Academical Study, 71 
Assyrian Expedition, Mr, G. Smith’s, 75, 271, 333, 430 
Assyrian Inscriptions, 112, 115 
Astronomical Almanacs, 311, 350, 529 
Astronomical Society, 174 
** Astronomy, Romance of,” by R. K. Miller, 140 
Atmosphere of the Sun, 127, 149 
Atomic Theory, 407 
Atoms and Ether, 322, 361 
** Atoms, World of,” by Marce- Antoine Gaudin, 8 
Audas (T.), Mode of Deposit of Cuckoos’ Eggs, 182 
6 
Australia, Geological Map at 352; Exploration in the Interior, 
94; Science in, 389 (See Adelaide, Melbourne, Victoria) 
Ayrton (F.), Bequest of Oriental Caligraphy to Brit. Museum, 232 
Babington (Prof. C. C., F.R.S.), Acquired Habits in Plants, 7 
| Backhouse (T. W.), Zodiacal Light, 181 
Bacteria, Dr. Bastian’s Experiments, 85, 141, 161, 181, 199, 200, 
212, 232, 273, 478, 485, 504, 548; Temperature at which they 
are killed, 273 ; their Development in Organic Infusions, 504 . 
Baker (Sir Samuel), Safety of his Party, 75, 131; Arrival at 
Khartoum, 192, 209 ; Return to England, 472, 492, 513, 5353 
Illness, §57 ; on Lakes Tanganyika and Albert Nyanza, 313 
Balfour (F. M.), Scientific Endowments, 25 
Ball (R. S., F.R.S.), Dynanometers (Br. A.), 497 
Balkwill (F. H.), A Difficulty for Darwinists, 252, 395 
Balloon, Voyage from America to England, 364, 389, 436, 513 
Balloons, Aérial Spectres seen from, 227 
Balsam Fir of Canada, Structure of its Pith, 53 
Baltet (C.), ‘‘ Grafting and Budding,” 180 
Baltimore, Peabody Institute, 253 
Baptista (P. J.), Journey across Africa, 429 
Barlow (W. H.), Opening Address, Sec, G, Br. A., 426 
Barometer, Proposed New, 6 
Barometers, Discussion on, 19 
Barrett (W. F., F.C.S.), Flammarion’s ‘* Atmosphere,” by 
Glaisher, 22 ; Westerly Progress of Cities, 102 
Bashforth (F., B,D.), ‘‘ The Motion of Projectiles,” 593 
Bastian (Prof. A.), Worship of the Heavenly Bodies, 17 
Bastian (Dr. H. C.), (See Archebiosis, Bacteria) 
Batavian Society of Experimental Philosophy, 557 
Bath Natural History Socicty, 153 
Beadle (B.A.), Journey of the Pombeiros across Africa, 429 
| Beddoe (John, F.R.S.), Opening Address, Sec. D, Br. A., 457 
Bedwell, F. A., Ammonites in Margate Cliffs, 155 
Bees and Aphides, 201, 263 
Beke (Dr. C. T.), African Travels, 429 
Belfast Natural History Society, 503 
Belgium Royal Academy of Science, 130, 275, 375; Records of 
hundredth Anniversary, 4 ; 
Bell (Lowthian), Address to the Iron and Steel Institute, 34 
Bengal, Asiatic Society of, 111 
Bennett (Alfred W.), Fertilisa:ion of Wild Pansy and Ground Ivy, 
49, 121, 143 ; Research at the Universities, 433 ; Movements 
of Glands of Drosera (Br. A.), 479 
Benson (Col. R., F.R.S.), Venomous Caterpillars, 303 
Bentham (G.), Address to the Linnean Soc,, 171; Composite, 352 
Berlin: Anthropological Society, 17, 272 ; Chemical Society, 
80, 135, 176, 236, 256, 316 ; Geographical Society, 195 
Bermudas, Geoloyical Peculisrities 01, 267 
| Berwickshire Natu alists’ Club, 141 
Beryls and Emeralds, Researches on, 254, 284 
Bessemer, Mr., and the Iron and Steel Inst tute, 54 
Bettany (G. T., B.Se.), Orceudon Remains in Woodwardian 
Museum, 309, 385 
