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Nature, Fune 21, 1883] 
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ABERCROMBY (Hon. R.), the Aurora and its Spectrum, 173 
Abney (Capt. W. de W., F.R.S.), Work in the Infra-red of 
the Spectrum, 15 
Acetate of Soda, Heating by, 344 
Acta Mathematica, 180 
Adamson (Chas. Murray), “ Another Book of Scraps principally 
relating to Natural History,” 480 
Aérolite near Alfianello, 496 
Aéronautics, see Balloons 
Africa: Joseph Thomson’s Expedition, 21; H. M. Stanley’s 
Report of his Expedition, 21; Milan Society's Expedition, 
230; Lieut. Wissmann’s Expedition, 348; Wissmann and 
Pogge’s Expedition, 401 : Central and West, H. Capello and 
R. Ivens, 391; Ethnology of North, Prof. A. H. Keane, 
408; ‘‘ Afrika’s Strome und Fliisse,” Dr. J. Chavanne, 447 ; 
“ Africana,” Rev. D. Macdonald, 526; Dr. Emil Holub’s 
New Expedition, 542 
Agram, Earthquakes at, 348 
Agricultural Students’ Gazette, 230 
Agriculture in Madras, 607 
Aino Ethnology, Dr. J. J. Rein, 365; Prof. A. H. Keane, 389 
Ainos, Bear Festival among the, 19 
Air, Elasticity of, M. Kraevitch, 183 
Air, on the Movements of, in Fissures and the Barometer, A. 
Strahan, 375, 461 
Air-pump, Double-action Mercury, Serrawalle, 324 
Airy (Sir G. B., F.R.S.), on the proposed Forth Bridge, 131 ; 
C. S. Smith, 99; B. Baker, 222 
Airy (Dr. Hubert), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 86 ; Hover- 
ing of Birds, 294, 336, 388, 412; Soaring of Birds, 590 
Albuminous Bodies, on the Isomerism of, Shigetaké Sagiura, 
103 | 
Aldis (Prof. W. Steadman), “Introductory Treatise on Rigid | 
Dynamics,” 265 ; the Sea Serpent, 338 
Aletia xylina in United States, Hibernation of, Dr. C. V. Riley, 
214 
Aleutian Islands, Fauna and Flora of, 520 
Alfianello, Aérolite near, 496 
Algze in Paleozoic Strata, Invertebrate’ Casts verses, 46 
Algze, Fossil, Marquis de Saporta, 514 
Algeria, Projet de Mer Intérieure dans I’, 133; an Algerian 
Winter Resort for Gout and Rheumatic Patients, 113; Heavy 
Rains in, 229 
Allen (Grant), Prof. Owen on Primitive Man, 31; the Shapes | 
of Leaves, 439, 464, 492, 511, 552; F. O. Bower, 552; | 
| Athens, Dr. Schliemann’s proposed Excavations at, 276 
Leaves and their Environment, 604 
Almanac, the Churchman’s, for Eight Centuries, 386 
Altai Exploration Expedition, 161 
Altitude and Weather, Dr. Woeikoff, 223 
Aluminium, New Method of Producing, Morris, 183 
Amateurs and Astronomical Observation, W. F. Denning, 434 
America: American Naturalist, 24, 189, 450; American Jour- | ! 
| Auerbach, Sound-Vibrations of Solid Bodies (glass cylinders) in 
nal of Science, 71, 450, 521; American Journal of Forestry, 
89 ; Mathematics in, J. W. L. Glaisher, F.R.S., 193; Ame- 
rican Researches on Water Analysis, 211; American Antiqui- 
ties, Prof. F. W. Putnam, 277; Ensilage in, Prof. James E. 
T. Rogers, Prof. J. Wrightson, 479; Proceedings of the 
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Prof. 
T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 501 ; Evolution of the American Trot- | 
ting Horse, W. H. Brewer, 609 ; see a/so United States, &c. 
Amsterdam, Earthquake at, 517 
“Ancient Scottish Lake Dwellings,” by Dr. Munro, Sir John 
Lubbock, M.P., F.R.S., 145 
Ancient Monuments, Worthington G, Smith, 182 
Andernach, Discovery of Remains of Prehistoric Animals at, | 
445 
Anderson (Dr. J., F.R.S.), Catalogue of Mammalia in Calcutta 
Museum, 172 
Anemometric Observations on the Djighzt, Domojiroff, 445 
Animal Intelligence, Dr. Fritz Miiller, 240; J. G. Grenfell, 
292; J. Birmingham, 337; Dr. J. Rae, F.R.S., 366; D. 
Pidgeon, 366 
Animals, Protection of, International Congress for, 444; Bene- 
volence in, Oswald Fitch, 580; Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 
607 ; on the Sense of Colour amongst some of the Lower, 
Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 618 
Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 143, 281, 330, 450 
Annonay Montgolfier Celebration, 517 
‘¢ Another Book of Scraps,” C. M. Adamson, 480 
Antarctic Expedition, New Italian, 230 
Anthropology, an Urgent Need in, W. L. Distant, ror ; of the 
Jews, B. Blechmann, 113; Anthropological Institute, 119, 
191, 215, 307, 332, 426, 475; Anthropo-Geographie,. Dr. F. 
Ratzel, 125; Notes in the Solomon Islands, H. b, Guppy, 607 
Antinori (Marchese O.), Death of, 132 
Apatite, on a Fine Specimen of, from Tyrol, lately in the pos- 
session of Mr. Samuel Henson, 608 
Arabians, Nautical Matters among Medizval, 42 
Aradas (Prof. Andrea), Death of, 160 
Arc Lamp, Lever’s, 274 
Archegosaurus, Indian, R. Lydekker, 411 
Archene, Earthquake at, 277 
Archibald (E. Douglas) : Shadows after Sunset, 77 ; Increase in 
Velocity of Wind with Altitude, 243; Diurnal Variations in 
the Velocity of the Wind, 461; Stevenson’s Observations on 
Increase of Velocity of the Wind with the Altitude, 506 
Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, 93, 143, 306, 
473 
Arctic Expedition, New Swedish, 400 
Arctic Voyaging, Season of 1882 exceptionally adverse to, 372 
Argentine, Description Physique ,de la République, d’apres des 
Observations Personnelles et Etrangeres, Dr. H. Burmeister, 
28 
Argyll (Duke of): Mimicry in Moths, 125 ; Transit of Venus, 
156; Hovering of Birds, 312, 387; Metamorphic Origin of 
Granite—Prehistoric ‘‘ Giants,” 578 
Arithmetic, Elementary Chemical, Sidney Lupton, 76 
Armour-plate Experiments, Recent, 405 
Asia (Central), Dr. Regel’s Explorations in, 446 
Asphyxiation in Rapid Falling, 62 
Association for Improvement of Geometrical Teaching, 246, 
299, 580 ; 
Astronomy: Astronomical Column, 20, 43, 161, 210, 248, 300, 
324, 348, 374, 400, 424, 445, 497, 517, 540, 567, 589, 617; 
Methods employed in Astronomical Physics, M. Wolf, 372; 
Amateurs and Astronomical Observation, W. F. Denning, 
434; Astronomical Photography, Edward C., Pickering, 556 
** Atlantis,” a Search for, with the Microscope, Dr. Arch. 
Geikie, F.R.S., 25 
Atmosphere, Pollution of the, J. J. Murphy, 241 ; 
Phillips, 127, 266 
Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei, 354 
Auden (A. W.), ‘‘ The Vampire Bat,” 411 
Wale. wae 
Contact with Liquid, 325 
Aurora Borealis: Prof. Lemstrém’s Experiments with, 322; 
Sophos Tromholt, 394 ; in Sweden, 496 
Aurore : C. L. Wragge, 54; Prof. Herbert McLeod, Rey. C. 
J. Taylor, Rev. S. H. Saxby, 99; A. Batson, 99; J. Rand 
Capron, 149, 413; J. J. Murphy, 434; at Gastemiinde, 374 ; 
Swan Lamp Spectrum and the, J. Rand Capron, 149; Swan 
Lamp Spectrum and, J. Munro, 173; Aurora of November 
17, Admiral Ommanney, F.R.S., Prof. Tacchini, J. R. 
Capron, W. M. F. Petrie, H. D. Taylor, E. Pollock, J. F. 
Cole, A. Batson, F. R. Clapham, T. W. Backhouse, Prof. 
L. G. Carpenter, 138 ¢o 142; T. W. Backhouse, W. M. F. 
Petrie, Dr. H. Muirhead, 315 ; Aurore in Sweden, 113; in 
Belgium, 160; Aurora and its Spectrum, Hon. R. Aber- 
cromby, 173; J. R. Capron, 198; the Heights of Auroras, 
T. W. Backhouse, 198; Auroral Meteoric Phenomena of 
November 17, 1882, Dr. Groneman, 388; T. W. Backhouse, 
412; A. Batson, 412; Auroral Experiments in Finland, S. 
Lemstrom, 389; Rowell’s Experiments on Aurore, 443 
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