INDEX 
Kinetic Theory of Gases, 67, 85, 298 
King’s College, London, 230 j 
Kingsley (Rev. Canon), Jacamar shot near Gainsborough, 120 
Kirkwood (Prof. Daniel), Biela’s Comets, 4 
Kitchener (F. E.), Fertilisation of the Pansy and Ground Ivy, 
143 ia he 
Koninck (Dr. L. L. de,), ‘‘ Chemical Analysis and Assaying, 
180 
Kraus (Dr. Gregor), ‘‘ Chlorophyll Colouring- Matters,” 202 
Lacerda (Dr. De), ‘* The Lands of Cazembe,”’ 429 
Lacustrine Dwellings near Leipsic, 405 
Ladiguin (A.), Lighting by Electricity, 372 
Lakes of the North-eastern Alps, 18 
Lakes with Two Outfalls, 304, 382 
Lancelet, from Naples, in the Crystal Palace Aquarium, 12 
Landslip at Lima, 372 
Langdon (R.), Prominences seen with a Common Telescope, 
262 
Lankester (E., M.D.), Condensed Milk, 97; Cookery at South 
Kensington, 178 ; ‘‘ Half-hours with the Microscope,” 503 
Lankester (E. Ray), Development of Bacteria, 504 
Lanyon Quoit, Cornwall, 346 
Larvee of Membracis supplying Milk to Bees, 201 
Lassell (J. and C.), ‘‘ Life of Alex. von Humboldt,” 238 
Laughton (J. K.), Proposed New Barometer, 6 
Lebour (G. A.), Whin Sill of Northumberland (Br.'A.), 476 
Lecturing, Scientific, Faraday on, 524 
Leeds, Naturalists’ Field Club, 36, 110, 335, 493, 5143 Philo- 
sophical and Literary Society, 153 
Leifchild (Rev. J. R.), Papers on Coal, 372 © 
Leipzig, Meteorological Conference at, 114, 341 
Leith-Adams (A., F.R.S.), ‘* Field and Forest Rambles,” 320 
Lesseps (Ferdinand de), elected Member of the French Academy 
of Sciences, 270 
Leverrier (M.), appointed Director of French National Observa- 
tory, 152 
Levi (br: Leone), Resources of Paraguay, 130 
Liebig (Justus), Obituary Notice of, 27 ; proposed Monument to, 
3, 74 
Tes Meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute at, 333, 354 
Light, its Action on the Electrical Resistance of Selenium, 134 ; 
Physiological Action of, 204; Velocity of, M. Cornu’s Ex- 
periments, 184 
Lightning, Colour of, 383 
Lightning Conductors at St. Paul’s Cathedral, 294 
“Light Science for Leisure Hours,” by R. A. Proctor, 243 
Lima, Great Landslips, 372 
Lindsay (Dr. J. Lauder), Mind in the Lower Animals, 91 
Linnean Society, 175, 252, 499; President’s Address, 171 
Lister (Prof. Jos., F.R.S.) Germ Theory of Putrefaction, 212, 
232 
Liverpool Naturalists’ Field Club, 272 
Livingstone (Dr.), Expeditions to aid hint, 13, 170, 313 ; Statue 
at Edinburgh, 35 ; Pension, 170; supposed News of, 492 
Lloyd (W. A.), Crystal Palace Aquarium, 532 
Lobsters, Young Brood in Brighton Aquarium, 231 
Local Scientific Societies, 523 
Lockwood (Prof. Dr. S.), Hyalonema, 393 
Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S.), The Spectroscope and its Ap- 
plications, 10, 87, 104; Researches in Spectrum Analysis, 
153, 156 
Loewy (B., F.R.A.S.), Sun-spots, 234 
Lombardy, Royal Institution, 315 
London University, 192, 210 
Loschmidt (Prof.), Experiments on Diffusion, 298 
Lovén (Prof.), on Echinoderms, 104 ; 
Lowe (E. J., F.R.S.), Hailstorm at Highfield Observatory, 121 
Lowne (B. T.), ‘‘ Philosophy of Evolution,” 242 
Lubbock (Sir J., Bart, M.P.), Ancestry of Insects, 249; “‘ Mono- 
graph of the Collembola and Thysanura,” 482 ; Preservation 
of Public Monuments, 333 ; Silbury Hill bought by him, 191; 
Insects (See Origin and Metamorphoses of) 
Lucae (Dr. C. G.), Anatomy of Seal and Otter, 222 
Lump-fish, Variation of Colour in, 25 
Lydekker (R.), Origin of Nerve Force, 465 
Lyell (Sir C.), “ Antiquity of Man,” 462 
Lyons, Meeting of the French Association for the Advancement 
of Science, 270, 349, 370, 468 
Maack (Dr. G. A.),'Death of, 514. 
McLachlan (Robt.), Venomous Caterpillars, ror 
McLeod (H., F.G.S.), Dr. Miller’s Elements of Chemistry, 260 
Maclure (Sir R., C.B.), Death of, 557 
McKendrick (Dr.), Physiological Action of Light, 204 
McKichan (Dugald, M.A.), Electrical Measurement, 134 
Madrid, proposed Exhibition of Indistry, 314 
Magnetic Survey, Middle States of America, 112 
Magnetism and Eclipses, 113 
*“‘Magnetism and Electricity,” by Prof. Fleeming Jenkin, 
F.R.S., 42 
Magnetism ; Demagnetisation of Needles, 102 
Magnetite. Artificial (Br. A.), 475 : 
Matkins (G. H.), *‘ Manual of Metallurgy,” 302 
Mallet (R., F.R.S.),:‘* Chemical Analysis and Assaying”, by De 
Koninck and Dietz, 180; Translation of Palmieri’s 
“*Vesuvius,” 362, 528; D. Forbes’ Criticism of his Volcanic 
Theory, 485, 528, 549 
Maltese Fossil Flephants (Br. A.), 497 
Maltzan (Baron von), Travels in Arabia, 395 
Mammoth, Contemporary Representation of the, 58 
Mammoth, Living, in Siberia, 393 
Man, Antiquity of, 392, 462 ; 
“* Man in Early Times,” by Edw. Clodd, F.R.A.S.. 99 
‘Man, Physiology of,” by A. Flint, jun., M.D., 98 
Manchester : ‘‘ Science Lectures for the People,” 558 ; Literary 
and Philosophical Society, 19 ; Owens’College, 75, 506, 538 
Manila described by F. Jagor, 139 
Marine Animal, New, from Washington, 487 
Markham (Capt.), Plants from Smith’s Sound, 457 
Markham (Clements, R., C.B.), Arctic Exploration, 83 
Marsh (Prof.), Mammalia from the Rocky Mountains, 76 
Marsh-gas and Formic Acid, 164 
Mason (Sir Josiah), his Scientific College, near Birmingham, 93 
Massachusetts, State Board of Health, 211 
Mathematical Science (.Sze British Association, Sec. A) 
Mathematical Society, 58, 154 
Mathematical Teaching, Prof. Henrici on, 492 
Maupertius, his Anticipation of Natural Selection, 163, 
Mauritius, Society of Arts and Sciences, 211 ; Observatory, 440 
Maury (Commodore), Monument to, 35 
Maury (Prof. T. B.), Law of Storms Developed, 124, 147, 164 
Mayer (H. A. and R. Mobius), ‘‘ Fauna der Kieler Bucht,” 3 
Mayer (John), J. Thomson, C. E., LL.D, Professor of Engi- 
neering, 49 
Mayne (Capt. Ashton), Sidereal Dial, 366 
Messing and Standards of Measure, 268, 307, 327, 367, 386, 
409, 552 
Mechanical Combination of Colours, 262 
Mechanical Science (See British Association, Sec. G) 
Medals awarded by French Societies, 55 
Medical Studies, 461 
Melbourne, Botanical Garden,'334 ; Microscopical Society, 558 
Meldrum (C.), Periodicity of Cyclones, Rainfall, and Sun-spots, - 
194, 547, (Br. A.) 495 
Melsheimer (F. E., M.D.), Obituary Notice of, 236 
Mental Science, Journal of, 233 
Merrill (G. C.), Motion ina Circle, 77 
“* Metallurgy, Manuai of,” by G. H. Makins, F.C.S., 302 
Metamorphoses of Insects (.Sze Insects) 
Meteor at Tiverton, 487 
Meteors, November, 1872, 385 
Meteorology: Flammarion’s ‘* Atmosphere ” by Glaisher, 22 : 
Law of Storms Developed, 124, 147; in Havanna, 294; in 
Japan, 111; proposed Stations in China, 389; Registers of 
H.M.S., Avebus and Terror, 514; Symons’ ‘British Rainfall 
for 1872,” 231; United States’ Signal Office, 35, 112, 124; 
Congress at Leipsic, 341 ; at Vienna, 468 ; Meteorological In- 
fluence of Trap Rocks, #81 ; Meteorological Soc., 19, 114, 175 
Metric Commission, International, 403 ; Casting the New 
Metre, 75 
Metric System of Weights and Measures, 386 
Meyer (Dr, A. B.), his Expedition to New Guinea, 535 
Mica Mines, Prehistoric, in North Carolina, 14 
Michez (Dr.), Eclipses and Magnetism, 113 
** Microscope, Half Hours with the,” by E. Lankester, M.D., 
593 . 
Microscope, New Slide, 79 
Microscopes, Power of Objectives, 102 
Microscopical Journal, 79, 153, 234, 296, 499, 519 
Microscopical Society, 59, 135, 500 
Microscopical Society, Birmingham, 469 
