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INDEX 

Bee Orchis, its Fertilisation, 222 
Beet, Cultivation of, 90 
‘Beginning, The ; its When and its How,” by M. Ponton, 321 
Behm (E.), his ‘‘ Geographisches Jahrbuch,” 44 
Beke (Chas. Tilson), Civil Service Pension to, 260 
Belfrage (C. H.) on the Entomology of Texas, 51 
Belgium, Royal Academy of Sciences, 379 
Bennett A. W., F.L.S.) on Hybridisation, 46; on the Fer- 
tilisation of the Bee Orchis, 222 ; on New and Rare Fungi, 
240 ; on Newspaper Science, 425 ; on Winter Fertilisation, 506 
Bennett, Prof., his Graduation Address at Edinburgh, 288 
Bentham (G., F.R.S.) his Anniversary Address to the Linnean 
Society, 92, 110, 150, 170, 129 
Berkeley (Rev. M. J., F.L.S.), Reviews of Books, 240; on 
Dr. De Notaris’ Work on Italian Mosses, 383, 446 
’ Berthon (Rev. M. L.), his New Dynameter, 427, 446 
Bessemer Bombs, 123 
Beswick- Perrin (J.) on an Additional True Rib in the Human 
Subject, 188 
Bhyscuppra, an Injian Saurian, 514 
Biblical Archzeology, Society of, 19, 39, 104, 215, 374 
Bickerton (A. W., F.C.S.) on Conversion of Heat in the Steam 
Engine, 203 
Billings, on the Supposed Legs of Asaphus, 254 
Biogenesis, Sir Wm. Thomson on the Law of, Remarks by E, 
Ray Lankester, F.L.S., 368 (See Origin of Life) 
Biology, Prof. Huxley’s Instruction at S. Kensington, 168, 325 
Biology at the Br. A. (Section D.), Opening Address, 292 ; Sec- 
tional Proceedings, 332, 355, 377 
‘* Birds of Europe,” by Sharp and Dresser, 308 
Birds of the Lesser Antilles, Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., on, 473 
Birmingham (J.) on Snn-spots, 102; on Prof. Zéllner’s New 
Theory of Sun-spots, 164; Observations of Comets, 359 
‘‘ Birmingham Saturday Half-holiday Guide,” 225 
Black Rain, Edwin Lee, F.L.S , on, 161 
Blake (C. Carter), Cave Lion in the Peat, 27 
Bland (Thos. ), Conchology of the West Indies, 307 
Blood, its Constitution, Dr. Marcet on, 57 
Blood Spectrum, H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., on, 505 
Boettcher (Dr. Arthur) on the Structure of the Ear, 64; on 
Defective Vision, 140 
Bolide seen at Marseilles, 339, 454, 503 
Bolivia, Silver, Coal, and Gems in, 418 
Bond (Dr. Francis T.), on Degrees for Engineering Students at 
London University, 67 
Bonney (Rev. T. G., F.G.S.) on Dr. Tyndall’s ‘ Hours of Ex- 
ercise in the Alps,” 198; on Ice Fleas, 467 
Boston (U.S.) Natural History Society, 373 
Botanical Department of the British Myseum, 285 
Botanical Exchange Club, 32 
Botanical Science, its Study in England, 193 
Botany at the Br. A., 317, 355,377 
“Botany, Domestic,” by John Smith, A.L,S., 301 
“Botany, First Catechism of,” 12 
Botany, Journal of, 77, 108, 233, 359, 399, 453, 498 
** Botany, Manual of Structural,” by M. C, Cooke, 44 
Botany of Africa, 11, 447 ; of India, 90; of Queensland, 349 ; 
of South America, 62 
Boucard (M.), his proposed work on American Coleoptera, 50 
Bradford (W.), his Paintings of Arctic Scenery, 210 
Brazil, Rock Inscriptions in, 114 
Brazil, Scientific Research in, 299 
Brighton Aquarium, 394 
Brine (Capt. L., K.N.,) on the Ruined Cities 
America (Br. A.), 358 
Bristol Observing Astronomical Society, 175, 359, 440 
*< Britain,” Name of, 7, 27 
British Archeological Association, 324, 374 
British Association, Arrangements for Meeting at Edinburgh, 
of Central 

148, 229, 244; Remarks on the Meeting, 261, 313 ; Address | 
by the Presid-nt, 262; Opening Addresses in each Section, 
270, 273, 277; 293, 297, 298, 315; Sectional Proceedinys, 291, 
292, 313, 315, 316, 317, 331, 352, 376, 377, 396; Grants 
for Scientific Purposes, 314 
British Association and Local Scientific Societies, 242 
‘* Beitish Fungi, Handbook of,” by M. C. Cooke, M.A., 321 
“ British Guiana, Geology of, 115 
‘* Bri ish Insects,” by I. F. Staveley, 
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British Museum, Sponges added to its Collection, 50 ; the Natural | 
Hlistory Collections, 181 ; Report on Botanical Department, 
286, 452 
British Mosses, D. Moore, F.L.S., on, 487 
Bromine, Action of Heat on, by Dr. Andrews (Br. A ) 316 
Brothers (A., F.R.A.S.) on Coronal Rifis, 66; on his Eclipse 
Photography, 121, 327, 367 
Brown Trust for Treatment of Sick Domestic Animals, 190, 210 
Browning (John, F.R.A.S.), on a Universal Atmosphere, 487 
Brussels Museum, Geological Collection at, 76 
Aa ee ae Great Heat in Iceland, 202; on Rain- 
all in January and July (Br. A.), 358; on the Rainfall of 
Scotland (Br. A), 308 a ie 
Burder (Dr. George F.), on Daylight Auroras, 84 ; ona Lunar 
Halo seen at Clifton, 33 : 
Burgoyne (Sir John F., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 476 
Burmah, Hairy Family in, 454, 477 
Butter, Adulteration of, 90 
“Butterflies, British, Natural History of,’ by E. Newman, 
F.L.S., 219 
Butterflies, Migration of, 12, 487, 494 
Butterflies of North America, 11 
Calcutta, New Museum at, 89 
California Academy of Sciences, 419 
California Vulture, 52 
Cambridge, Science at, 11, 
476, 488, 493, 513 
Cambridge, Philosophical Society, 39, 155 
Cambridge, Woodwardian Museum, 100 
Canada, Meteorology in, 349 
Canine Madness in a Horse, 308 
Carbolic Acid for Snake Bites, 229 
‘* Carboniferous Epoch, Fauna of the,” by Henry Woodward, 59 
Carboniferous Fossils of West Scotland, 443 
Carpenter (Dr. W. B.) on Ocean Currents, 71, 183, 243, 435 
446, 468 ; on Deep Sea Explorations. 73, 107 ; on Deep Se 
Temperature, 97 ; Elected President of Br. A. for 1872, 290 
Carruthers (Wm., F.R.S.) on “‘ Suoposed Vegetable Fossils,” 234 
Carter (H. J.) on Affinities of Sponges, 184 
Cassowary, New Species of, 436 
Cave of Aurignac, 208 ; at Wyandotte, 514 
Cayley’s Report on Abstract Dynamics, Sir Wm. Thomson, 
F.R.S., on (Br. A.), 264 
Celebes, Vis. Walden on its Omithology, 37 ; Volcano near, 286 
Cellulose, M. Payen on, 59 
Central America, Ruined Cities of (Br. A.), 358 
Ceratodus, Discovered in Queensland, 406, 428, 447 
Changes in the Habits of Animals, 489, 506 
Charcoal Respirators for use in Smoke, 127 
Charlesworth (E.). Recommended to Survey the Wealden, 493 
Cheese Factories, Scientific Value of, 104 
Chelsea Botanic Gardens, Lectures at, 89 
“Chemical Analysis,” Wm. Crookes, F.R.S., on, 81 
Chemical Dynamics, J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., and Alfred Tribe 
on, 195; (Br. A.), 201 
Chemical Papers, Published Abstracts of (Br. A.), 331 
Chemical Society, its Journal, 2, 38, 95, 134, 359 
Chemical Society, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 284 
Chemical Science at the Br. A. (Section B), Opening Address, 
273 ; Sectional Proceedings, 291, 316, 331 
“* Chemistry in the United States” (Br. A.), 292 
Chemistry, Investigations by the late Prof. Payen, 261 
Chemistry, Italian Journal of, 73 ; Literature of, 2 
Chemistry of Milk, 96 
2, 72; 107, 129, 5555 210, 261, 452, 
. ** Chemistry, Manual of Organic,” by Dr. Armstrong, 50 
Chestnut-tree of Mount Etna, 166 
China, Science in, 43 
China, Fatal Earthquakes in, 145 ; Cultivation of the Poppy, 230 
China, Fungi used for Food, 494 
Cholera, Jno. Murray on, 350 
Christ’s Hospital, Science at, If, 130 
Chronometers, their Defecis, 103 
Cinchona Cultivation in India, 245 
Civil Engineers, Institution of, 73, 417 
Civil Service Pensions, 260 
Claparéde (Prof. E. R.) on Chzetophorus Annelides, 36; 
Obituary Notice of, 224 
Clark (F. Legros) on the Mechanism of Respiration, 95 
Clark (J. Edmund) on August Meteors, 304 
Clark (A.), his Telescope ior Washington Observatory, 433 
Clark (Hyde), on the Derivation of the word “ Britanni:,” 7 ; | 
“*On the Tramissibility of Intellectual Qualides,” 154 
| Classification of Fruits, 347, 475 
Climate and Health of the Mauritius, 51 
