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Lake Dwellings, Ancient Scottish, by Dr. Munro, Sir John 
Lubbock, F.R.S., 145 
Lambeth Field Club, Report of, 90 
Lamp, Lever’s Arc, 27. 
Lamprey, the Skeleton of the, Prof. W. K. Parker, F.R.S., 330 
Lampridz, the Trachez in, 231 
Landslip at Gudvangs6ren, 423 
Langdon (Prof, R.), Transit of Venus, 159; Transit of Venus, 
1882, British Expeditions, 179 
Lankester (Prof. E. Ray, F.R.S.): Chlorophyll Corpuscles in 
Hydra, 87; ‘‘ A Manual of the Infusoria,” W. Saville Kent, 
601 
Larden (W.), Hovering of Birds, 337 
Latent Heats, Specific Heats, and Relative Volumes of Volatile 
Bodies, on a Relation existing between, F. Trouton, 292 
Lavoisier, Priestley, and the Discovery of Oxygen, G. F. Rodwell, 
8, 100 ; C. Tomlinson, F.R.S., 53, 147 
Layard (Consul E. L.), a Correction, 78 ; a Blue Meteor, 531 ; 
Lead Ore discovered in China, 588 
Leaves, the Shapes of, Grant Allen, 439, 464, 492, 511, 552; 
F. O. Bower, 552 
Leaves and their Environment, Grant Allen, 604 
Leaves, Forms of, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 605 
Ledger (Rey. E.), the Sun, its Planets, and their Satellites, 309 
Lecky (James), Singing, Speaking, and Stammering, 580 
Lemstrom (Prof.), Experiments with Aurora Borealis, 322 ; 
Auroral Experiments, 389 
Lena, Meteorological Expedition to the Mouth of the, 43, 372, 
423, 496 
Lenz (Prof. R.) : Electric resistance of Mercury, 182; on Cos- 
mical Dust collected by Marx, 422 
“Lepidoptera of Ceylon,” L. Reeve and Co., 150 
Lepidoptera, Porritt’s Yorkshire List of, 540 
Leprosy in Norway, 423 
Lessep’s Surveying Expedition for Inland Sea Canal, 516 
Leukoscope, Dr. Koenig on the, 95 ; Prof. Helmholtz’s, 277 
Lever’s Arc Lamp, 274 
Ley (Rey. W. Clement): ‘‘ Weather Forecasts,” 29; Magnetic 
Arrangement of Clouds, 53 ; A Curious Halo, 53 ; Hovering 
of Birds, 412 
Libraries, Reference Catalogue of Derby Free, 62 
‘*Light,” Lewis Wright, 75 
Lighting, Electric, Sir C. W. Siemens, F.R.S., 67 
Lightning Conductors, the Efficacy of, 48 
Liquid Films, Condensation of, on Wetted Soliis, J. W. Clark, 
370 
Liquids, Arrangement for Measuring the Refractive Index of, 
Pittschikoff, 325 
Lime as a Purifier of Products of Combustion of Coal Gas, Dr. 
Joule, F.R.S., 496 
Lime-water, Protection of Oxygen, &c., from Admixture of 
Acid Vapour by, Dr. Loewe, 373 
Linnean Society, 94, 118, 167, 259, 354, 379, 451, 523, 547, 619 
Linnean Society of New South Wales, Proceedings of, 93, 215 
Lion at Rest, 584 
Listing (Prof. Johann Benedict): Death of, 228; Obituary 
Notice of, 316 
Lithium Lines, on the Reversibility of, Profs. Liveing and 
Dewar, 499 
Liveing (Prof.) and Prof. Dewar on the Origin of the Hydro- 
carbon Flame Spectrum, 257; on the Reversibility of the 
Lithium Lines, 499; Absorption of Ultra-Violet Rays by 
Various Substances, 521 
Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S.), Recent and Coming Total Solar 
Eclipses, 185; Hermann W. Vogel on Lockyer’s ‘‘ Dissocia- 
tion Theory,” 233 ; the Education of our Industrial Classes, 248 
Lodes, Origin of Metalliferous, Prof. Sandberger, 90 
Lodge (Prof. Oliver), the Ether and its Functions, 304, 328 
Loewe (Dr.), Protection of Oxygen, &c., from Admixture of 
Acid Vapour by Lime-water, 373 
London Mathematical Society (see Mathematical Society) 
London, Palolithic Implements of North-East, Worthington 
G. Smith, 270 
London School Board, 346 
Longridge (James A.), Wire Guns, 11, 35 
Lovett, Lieut.-Col. Beresford, Itinerary Map from Teheran to 
Astrabad, &c., 323 
Lubbock (Sir John, F.R.S.), The Senses of Bees, 46 ; Munro’s 
“Ancient Scottish Lake Dwellings,” 145; Forms of Leaves, 
605 ; on the Sense of Colour amongst some of the Lower 
Animals, 618 
Lunar Halo, A, J. Rand Capron, 78; T. P. Barkas, 103; S. A. 
Good, 150 
Lupton (Sidney), Elementary Chemical Arithmetic, 76 
Lydekker (Richard): Siwalik Carnivora, 293; Indian Arche- 
gosaurus, 411 
Macdonald (Rey. D.), ‘* Africana,” 526 
McEwen (J. P. M.), Comet 1882 2, 52 
MacGregor (General Sir C. M.), ‘‘ Wanderings in Baluchistan,” 
Prof. A. H. Keane, 359 
McIntosh (J. G.), Waterspouts on Land, 103 
McKendrick (Prof. J. G.), Lectures on Physiological Discovery, 
496 
McLachlan (R., F.R.S.) : Early Coltsfoot, 266 ; Obituary Notice 
of Prof. P. C. Zeller, 535 
McLeod (Prof. H., F.R.S.), the Aurora, 99; Action of Light 
on Indiarubber, 312 : 
Madan (H. G.), Complementary Colours at Niagara Falls, 174 
Madras, Agriculture in, 607 
Madrid, Snow in, 161, 229 
Magnetic Arrangement of Clouds, C. H. Romanes, 31 
Magnetic Storm and Aurora: W. H. M. Christie, F.R.S. 
Prof. C. P. Smythe, G. M. Whipple, J. R. Capron, R. H. 
Tiddeman, J. E. Clark, H. C. Gill, H. Robinson, A. M. 
Worthington, T. G. Elger, Miss C. R. Ingleby, C. H. 
Romanes, E. Brown, F. Stapleton, Rev. S. H. Saxby, Dr. 
H. Airy, Major J. Herschel, A.S.P., H. D. Taylor, T. P. 
Barkas, W. M. Jones, G. R. Vicars, Prof. O'Reilly, J. L. 
Dobson, 82 to 87 
Magnetical Perturbations, Earth Currents during, 89 
Magnetisation of Metals, M. Berson, 183 
Main (Dr, J. F.), Practical Mechanics, John Perry, 456 
Maklay (M. Mikluho), Russian Imperial Grant to, 92 
Malay Archipelago, Meteorology of the, 79 
Mammoth Skeleton found at Belgrade, 63 
Man, Primitive, Prof. Owen on, Giant Allen, 31 
Man and the Ape, Projection of Nasal Bones in, J. Park 
Harrison, 266, 294 
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 234, 524 
Manilla, Hurricane at, 63 
Manning (B.), the Comet, 29 
Manures, Inquiry into Degree of Solubility requisite in, 325 
Marcel-Deprez System, Transmission of Energy on, 372 
Marcet (Prof, Francis), Death of, 587 
Marine Surveying, a Treatise on, Key. J. L. Robinson, 289 
Mars, Rev. T. W. Webb, 203 
Marshall (A. Milnes), New Dredging Implement, 11 
Marshall (Major) and Nicéville (L. A.), Butterflies of India, 
Burmah, and Ceylon, 50 
Marsipobranch Fishes, the Skeleton, W. K. Parker, F.R.S., 330 
Martin (H. Newell) and W. A. Moule, Handbook of Verte- 
brate Dissections, 335 
Martini (Signor), Sound produced by Outflow of Water, 183 
Martyr (J.), Baird’s Hare, 266 
Marx, on Cosmical Dust Collected by, 422 
Masheder (Thomas), Meteors, 483 
Masters (Dr. M. T.), Double Flowers, 126 
Mathematical Society, 71, 190. 282, 379, 499, 595; Annual 
Meeting, 19 
Mathematical Society of Edinburgh, 346, 500, 595 
Mathematics in America, J. W. L. Glaisher, F.R.S., 193 
Mathematics in Scandinavia, 343 
Matter of Space: Charles Morris, 349 ; Prof. A. S. Herschel, 
458, 504 : 
Maxwell (J. Clerk), the Life of, with a Selection from his Cor- 
respondence and Occasional Writings, and a Sketch of his 
Contributions to Science, Lewis Campbell, LL.D., 26 
Mechanical Subjects, Papers on, Sir J. Whitworth, 208 
Mechanics, Practical, John Perry, Dr. J. F. Main, 456 
Mechanics, Teaching of Elementary, 580 
Medicine in Russia, Popular, Dr. Slunin, 62 
Medioscribed Circle, 607 
Mediterranean, Italian Exploration of, Dr, J. Gwyn Jeffreys, 
F.R.S., 35 ; New Deep-Sea Fish from, Dr. Giglioli, 198 
Megalania prisca, Prof. Owen, F.R.S., 118 
Melbourne, Observatory at, 497 
Melde (Prof.), Electric Reaction, 183 
Meldola (R.), Difficult Cases of Mimicry, 481 
Meliola, on the Genus, H. Marshall Ward, 234 
Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles de 
Bordeaux, 362 
