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INDEX 

Ice Fleas. Prof. E. F. Frankland, F.R.S., on, 426; Rev. C. A. 
Johns, F.L.S., 446; Rev. T. G. Bonney, F.G.S, 467 
Ice, Glacier, the Bending of, Prof. Tyndall on, 447 
Iceland, Great Heat in, 202 
Ichthyosaurus from Kimmerridge Bay, 153 
Im Thurn (Everard F.), on the Irish Fern in Cornwall, 68 
India: Cotton Cultivation, 33; Geographical Survey, 418; 
Science, 32, 89, 150, 192, 212, 287, 307, 325, 418, 437, 514; 
Snake Bites, 74; Tea Cultivation; 169; ‘* Ancient Geo- 
graphy,” by Major-General A. Cunningham, R.E., 381; 
Wheat Cultivation, 108 
Indian Education, Jiram Row on (Br. A.), 336 
Indianapolis, Meeting of the American Association for Advance- 
ment of Science, 373 
India-rubber, Collection and Manufacture of, 207 
Inextinguishable Storm and Danger Signal Light, 49 
Ingleby (Dr. C. M.), on Lee Shelter, 183 ; on Recent Neolo- 
gisms, 201, 242, 385 
Insects of Missouri, Official Report on, 302 
Institution of Civil Engineers, 12 ; of Naval Architects, 149 
Intellectual Qualities, Transmissibility of, 154 
Towa State University, 229, 308, 421 
Trish Fern in Cornwall, 8, 68 
Tron and Steel, W. M. Williams on, 226 
Tron and Steel Institute, Meeting at Dudley, 348, 361 
Tron-paper Making, 494 
Tron Telegraph Poles, 287 
Italian Journal of Chemistry, 73 
Italian Mosses, Dr, de Notaris on, 383 
Italy, Science in, 98, 153, 254, 468 
Jack (R. L.) on Thunderstorm near Glasgow, 202 
James (Sir Henry), “Notes on the Great Pyramid,” 303 
Janssen (M.) on the Eclipse of December 12, 1871 (Br. A.), 
352; appointed to Observe it, 373 
Jardin d’Essai, Algier, 447 
Japan : Science, 44 ; Typhoon, 375 : Meteorological Notions, 435 
Jeffreys (J Gwyn, F.R.S.) on Dr. Lea’s “Synopsis of Unionide,” 
119; Dall’s “ Brachiopodaof the United States Coast Survey,” 
238 ; his Visit to America, 418, 512 
Jenkin (Prof. Fleeming, F.R.S.), Opening Address on Mecha- 
nical Science (Br. A., Section G), 318 
Jeremiah (John) on Daylight Auroras, 7, 47, 142; on Yellow 
Rain, 160 
Jevons (Prof. W. Stanley), “ Helmholtz on the Axioms of Geo- 
metry,” 481 
Johns (Rev. C. A., F.L.S.) on Ice Fleas, 446 
Johnson (M. Hawkins, F.G S ) on Flint, 154, 223 
Johnston (Alex. Keith, LL.D.), medal of Geographical Society 
awarded to, 108; his Death, 210; Obituary Notice, 225 
Jones (T.) on Science in Schools, 243, 285 ; on Elementary 
Geometry, 486 
Joseph (D.), Velocity of Sound in Coal, 487 
Joule (Dr. J. P., F.R.S.), Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, 68. 
Journal of Botany, 77, 108, 233, 359, 399, 453 
Jupiter, Drawings of its Bands, 32 ; Observations of, 175 
Jupiter’s Satellites, Light of, 442 
Kaines (J.), on Anthropology and M. Comte, 466 
Kea (Nestor notabilis), Progress of Development in, 489, 506 
Kent (W. S. F.Z.S.), on Affinities of the Sponges, 184, 201 ; 
Dredging Expedition of Spain and Portugal (Br. A.) 456. 
Kent’s Cavern Explorations (Br. A.), 332 
Kew Gardens, Dr. J. D. Hooker’s Report on, 210 
Kew, Meteorological Observatory, 247, 248, 289 ; Sir W. Thom- 
son (F.R.S.) on (Br. A.) 263 
Key (Rev. Henry Cooper) on Daylight Aurora, 121 
Kinetic Theory of Gases, Sir William Thomson, F.R.S., on 
(Br. A.), 265 
King (Prof. William) on Eozdon Canadense, 85 
Kingsley (Rev. Canon) on the Colours of the Sea, 203; “ At 
Last : a Christmas in the West Indies,” 282 ; Cyclone in the 
West Indies, 464 
Kirkwood (Prof. Daniel), Great Sun Spot of June, 1843, 172; 
“ Are Auroras Periodical?” 505 
Klein (Von H. J.) on Astronomy, 24 
Klinkerfues (Dr.), his Theoretical Astronomy, 24 
Kropotkine (P.), Arctic Auroras, 142 
Lake (John J.), Colours of the Sea, 305 
Lamp (New) for Street Lighting, 477 
of Biogenesis, and the Law of Gravitation,”’ 308 
Latham (R G.) on the word ‘‘ Piolificness,” 324 
La terade (M.) ‘* Theory of Two Suns,” 216 

Laughton (J. K.) on West Winds, 8; on Ocean Temperature 
and Currents, 162, 183, 223, 243; ‘A Plane’s Aspect?” 466 
Lea, Isaac, LL:D., “Synopsis of Unionide,” 119 
Lead, Metallurgy of, 218 
Lecocq (M. Henri), his Bequests for Scientific Purposes, 512 
Le Conte (Prof. John A.), Velocity of Meteoric Stones, 398 
Lecture Experiment on Colour, 346 
Lectureships at London Medical Schools, 1, 61 
Lee (Alec), “ Romance of Motion,” 45 
Lee (Edwin, F.L.S.) on Black Rain, 161 
Leicester Literary and Scientific Society, 211 
Leighton (Rev. W. A., F.L.S.), “The Lichen Flora of Great 
Britain,” 482 
Lepidosiren, its Characteristics, 406 
Leslie (A., C.E.), on Salmon Ladders for Reservoirs (Br. A.), 337 
Leyden, Science at, 31 
“Lichen Flora of Great Britain,” Rev. W. A. Leighton, 
F.L.S, on the, 482 
Liebig (Baron), on the Scientific Men of France, 199 
‘Life, its Dependence on Decomposition,” H. Freke, M.D., 422 
Lifeboats, Steam, John Fellowes on, 181 
Light, Prismatic Analysis of, Sir W. Thomson, on (Br, A.), 266 
Light of Jupiter's Satellites, 442 
Lighthouses, New R-flector for (Br. A.), 396 
Lima, International Exhibition at, 418 
Lindley Library, at the Horticultural Society, 307 
Lindsay (Dr. W. L., F.R.S.E.) on Mind in the. Lower Animals, 
169 ; on Leighton’s “ Lichen Flora of Great Britain,” 482 
Lindsay, Lord, Aurora at Aberdeen, its Spectrum, 347, 366 ; his 
Aid to Observing the Eclipse of December 12,1871, 435 
Linnean Society, Proceedings, 11, 19, 36, 72, 39, 135 ; Anni- 
versary Address by Bentham, 92, 110, 156, 170, 192 
“ Liquid and Gaseous States of Matter,” Dr. Andrews on, 186 
Little (W.), on Technical Education for Farmers, 66 
Liverpool Naturalists’ Field Club, 211 
Livingstone (Dr. ), Intelligence of, 31, 195, 297, 349, 417 
Lloyd (W. A.) on the Crystal Palace Aquarium, 469 
Local Scientific Effort, Organisation of, 281 
Local Societies, Duties of, 141, 463 
Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S.), on R. A. Proctor’s Treatise on 
the Sun, 83 ; on Observations of the Solar Eclipse of Dec. 12, 
1871, 197 ; Lecture ‘On the Solar Eclipse of Dec. 1870,” 
London Institution, Educational Lectures at, 107 ; Proceedings, 
148, 452, 514 
London Medical Schools, 1, 324 
London University: Lectureships at, 2 ; Proceedings, 11, 31, 73, 
168, 349; Degrees for Engineering Students, 67; Female 
Students at, 50, 89; Physiological Scholarship, 189 ; the 
Brown Trust, 190, 210; Sharpey Scholarship, 210, 260; Ex- 
aminations, 229; Proposed Mathematical Chair, 259 ; Elec- 
tion of President and Professors, Legacies to, 260; Slade 
Professorship, 50 
Longet (M.), Obituary Notice of, 12 
Low (D.), on Daylight Auroras, 121 
Lowne (B. F., F.R.C.S.), on Mr. Howorth’s New View of 
Darwinism, 221, 240 : 
Lubbock (Sir J., F.L.S.), on Scientific Teaching, 461 
Lucas (John), on Day Auroras, 183, 305 
Ludlow Natural History Society, 418 
Luminous Meteors of 1870—71, Observations of (Br. A.), 350 
Lunar Halo seen at Clifton, 33 
Lunar Objects suspected of Change, Report on (Br, A.), 352 
Lunar Rainbow at New York (Br. A.), 300; in Cheshire, 466 
Lynn (W. T., F.R.A.S), on Prof. Newcomb and Mr. Stone, 465 
McLeod (Herbert), on Red and Blue, 122 
McMaster (Lt. Col. W.), on the Colours of the Sea, 203 
McNab (Dr. W. R.), on Prof. Williamson’s Classification of 
Vascular Cryptogams, 426, 504; on the Classification of 
Fruits, 475 
Macnamara (C.), *‘ Treatise on Asiatic Cholera,” 302 
Madreporaria (.Sze Corals) 
Magnetic Storms in Higher Latitudes, 441 
Magnetism, Discovery of Halley’s Magnetic Chart, 103 
Magnetism, Terrestrial, Sir Wm. Thomson, F.R.S., on, 264 
Magneto-electric Light, for the Clock Towerat Westn inster, 107 
Magnus (Ir. Hugo), on the Bones of the Head of Birds, 364 
Maidstone Natural History Society, 308, 417 
