“Wl 
East India Museum, Natural History Collections, 5 
East Kent Natural History Society, 131 
Echinoderms, Recent Works on, 103 
Echo corrected by the Use of Wires, 120 
Echoes, Harmonic, 319, 383, 487 
Ecker (Dr. Alex.), “ Convolutions of the Human Brain,” 526 
Eclipses, Solar: Dec. 12, 1871, Dr. Janssen on the Coronal 
Atmosphere, 127, 149; Dr. Oudemans’ Photographs, 175 ; 
May 26, 1873, 131 
Eclipses and Magnetism, 113 
Eden (C.), Venomous Caterpillars, 466 
Edinburgh : University, 251 ; Museum of Science and Art, 313; 
School of Arts, 191 ; Scottish Meteorological Society, 256; 
Veterinary College, 473 
Education : in Germany, 536; in Italy, 558 (Sze Universities) 
Edwards (H.), Honey-making Ant of Texas, 250 
Eels, Hermaphroditism of, 113 
Eggers (A.), proposed International Coinage, 229 
Egypt, Cotton Cultivation, 194 
Egyptian Inscriptions, 112 
Electric Decomposition of Carbonic Oxide, 164 
Electrical Illumination, New Method of, 372 
Electrical Measurement, 134 
“ Electricity,” by R. M, Ferguson, Ph. D., 63 
“Electricity and Magnetism,” by Prof. Fleeming Jenkin, F.R.S., 
42 
Electricity, Flammarion on, 24 
Elias (Ney), Western Mongolia, 114 
Emeralds and Beryls, Researches on, 254, 284 
Endowment of Research, The, 157, 197, 237, 243, 257, 261, 262, 
297; 317, 337; 354) 377; 414, 433 
Engineering School at the Crystal Palace, 294 
Entomological Society, 19, 59, 195, 215 
Entomology : North American Moths, 193 ; Origin and Meta- 
morphoses of Insects, by Sir J. Lubbock, Bart. M.P., F.R.S., 
31, 70, 107, 143, 167, 207 
Entromostraca, collecting and preserving, 68 
Equilibrium of Temperature of Gaseous Column subjected to 
Gravity, 527 
Ether and Atoms, 322, 361 
Ethereal Friction (Br. A.), 494 
Ethnology : Aleutian Islands and Alaska, 112 ; Berlin Anthropo- 
logical Society, 272 ; ‘‘ Zeitschrift fiir Ethnologie,” 17 
“‘ European Spiders,” by T. Thorell, Ph.D., 378 
European Weeds and Insects ia America, 202 
Evolution Theory, 37, 509 
“Evolution, The Philosophy of,” by B. T. Lowne, 242 
Evolution of Structure in Seedling Plants, 373 
Exeter, its Place in English History, 289 
“Eye, Physiology of the,” by S. H. Salon, 322 
Faraday, Lessons of his Life (With Portrait), 397 ; on Scientific 
Lecturing, 524 
Farrer (T. H.), Fertilisation of Lotus corniculatus, 162 
Fauna of Kiel Bay, 3 
Faye’s Comet, 389 
Fayrer (Dr.), Snake Poison, Venomous Caterpillars, 44 
Female Education : Certificates granted in London University, 
130; London University, 210; Miss Pogson appointed As- 
sistant Astronomer at Madras, 513; Bequests by John Stuart 
Mill, 371 
Ferguson (R. M.), ‘‘ Electricity,” 63 
Ferrier (Prof.), Localisation of the Functions in the Brain (Br. 
A.), 468, 477 
Fertilisation of Flowers by Insects, 49, 59, 121, 143, 161, 162, 
187, 202, 205, 223, 244, 433, 541 : 
Festing (A. M.), Venomous Caterpillars, tor 
Feuchtwanger (Prof.), Existence of Live Mammoths, 393 
*‘ Field and Forest Rambles,” by A. Leith-Adams, F. R.S., 320 
Field Clubs, List of, 521 
Finlay (Geo,), Polarisation of Light in the Rainbow, 466 
Fish, W. K. Parker’s Researches on their Anatomy, 74; dis- 
tinguished by their Action, 263 ; Fish, Variation of Colour in, 
25, 46, 1o1 ; Fish-Acclimatisation in California, 171 
Fisheries of New England and New York, 55 
*‘ Fishes, British, Familiar History of,” by Frank Buckland, 261 
E; Sea Company, Grant for Research on the Anatomy of 
ish, 74 
Fison (F. W.), Process for Purifying Coal Gas (Br, A.), 475 
Flammarion (Camille), ‘The Atmosphere,” 22 
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Fleming (G.), Chauveau’s ‘‘ Comparative Anatomy of Domesti 
cated Animals,” 158 c 
“Flies and Fly-fishing,” by Captain St. John Dick, 220 
Flight of Birds, 89, 222, 324, 362 
Flint (A., jun., M.D.), “* Physiology of Man,” 89 
Flora of Hampshire, 129 
Florence, Memorial to Galileo, 329 ; International Horticultural 
Exhibition at, 557 
Flounder, Variation of Colour in the, ror 
Flower (Prof. W. I., F.R.S.), Paleontology, 192; Pay of 
Scientific Men, 243 ; . 
Flowers, Fertilisation of, by Insects (See Fertilisation) 
Flycatcher’s Nest, 263 
‘* Foods,” by E. Smith, M.D., F.R.S., 301 vy? 
Forbes (W. A.), Fertilisation of Orchids, 121 i ee 
Forbes (David, F.R.S.), Mallet-Palmieri’s ‘* Vesuvius,” 362, 
528 ; his Criticism on Mallet’s ‘‘ Volcanic Theory,” 485, 549 
Forbes (Prof. George), Claims of Forbes and Agassiz on Glacial 
Theories, 44, 64, 84, 222 7 
Forbes (W. A.), Grus vipio, 164 
Foreign Orders of Merit, 481, 549 
Formic Acid and Marsh-gas, 164 ya 
Fossils : Carnivora from Wyoming, 93 ; Elephants (Br. A.), 4973 
Plants collected by Dr. Goppert, 271 ; Skeleton of Guada- 
loupe, 122; in the North-westem Highlands (Br. <A.), 
476 
Foster (Dr. Michael), Elementary Biology, 54 
France : Association for the Advancement of Science, 468; 
Meeting at Lyons, 270, 349, 370. (See Paris) Rae 
Freeman (E. A., D,C.L.), “The Place of Exeter in English 
History,” 289 
Fresenius, Anniversary of his School of Chemistry, 74 
Frick (Dr. J.), * Physikalische Technik,” 62 / 
Frog, the Common, by St. George Mivart, F.R.S., 470, 510 
Fryer (C. E.), Growth of Salmon, 285 : 
Fuel, Dr. Siemens on (Br. A.), 441 
Fungi, Edible, 100; Parasitic, Collections of, 94 
Fungus Shows at Horticultural Society, 493 
Galileo, Memorial to, 329 
Galton, (J. C.), Dr, Ecker’s ‘‘Conyolutions of the Brain,” 
2 
6 
52 
Galloupe (C. W.), Presentation of a Yacht to the Anderson 
School, Penikese Island, 230, 271 
Gamitto (M.), Journey in Africa, 429 
Garrod (A. H.), Origin of Nerve Force, 265, 324, 362, 465; 
The Sphygmograph, 486 
Gassendi, his Anticipation of Natural Selection, 162 
Gaseous Column subjected to Gravity ; its Temperature, 486, 527 
Gases, Kinetic Theory of, 67, 85, 298 : 
Gases, Clerk-Maxwell’s Theory of, 85 
Gastaldi (Sig. B.), Glacier-erosion in Alpine Valleys, 18 
Gaudin (Mare Antoine), ‘‘L’Architecture du Monde des 
Atomes,” 81 . 
Gentry, Fertilisation of Flowers by Insects, 541 ; 
Geographical Society, 114 ; Medals, 13, 94; Works on African — 
Travel, 429 ; 
Geographical Society, Berlin, 195 é 
“Geography, Physical Text-book of,” by D. Page, LL.D., 
F.R.S., 358 + 
Geology: Geological Map of Australia and Tasmania, 3523 
Geological Society, 18, 58, 95, 154, 174, 196, 215 ; Geological 
Society, Glasgow, 39, 79; Geological Subsidence and Up- 
heaval, 223; Geological Survey of Indiana, 228 ; Geologists’ 
© Association, 58, 155, 235, 335, 3713 “Lyell’s Antiquity of 
Man,” 462. (See Br. A., Sec. C) 
Geometry, Elementary, Report on Instruction in (Br, A.), 
452 ; The Hypotheses which lie at its Bases, by Bernhard Rie- 
man, 14, 36 ‘ 
Germ Theory of Putiefraction, 212, 232 
German African Expedition, 313 ‘ 
Germany, Development Theory in, 37 ; Education in, 536 
Giles (Ernest), Exploration in Australia, 94 
Gill (C. H.), ‘* Chemistry for Schools,” 160 
Gillander (A.), Venomous Caterpillars, 466 
Glacial Drifts of North London, 287 : 
**Glacial Epoch, The Last,”” by Lieut.-Colonel Drayson, 301 _ 
Glacial Epoch, Climate of Europe during the, 113 
Glacial Period, The, 283, 467, 506 1) 
Glacial Theories, Originators of (See Agassiz, Forbes, Tyndall) 
