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Temperature of the Deep Sea, Dr. Carpenter on, 97, 162 
Temperature of the Earth, 133 
Temperature of the Sun, 42, 82, 204, 268, 384, 449, 487 
Tennant (Lt.-Col.) on the Total Eclipse of Dec. 12, 1871, 339 
Terrestrial Magnetism, Sabine’s Report on (Br. A.), 264 
Tests, Use and Abuse of, 467 
Texas, Entomology of, 51 
Therapeutics, Dr. T. K. Chambers on, 168 
Thermal Equivalents of Oxides of Chlorine (Br. A.), 291 
Thermo-Dynamics, Sir W. Thomson, F.R.S., on (Br. A.), 268 ; 
Rev. H. Highton on, 46 
Thermo-Electricity, Prof. Tait on (Br. A.), 396 
Thermometer, Self-Registering, 430; Observations, 467 
Thickness of the Earth’s Crust, 28, 45, 65, 141, 344, 306, 383 
Thomson (Prof. James). ‘Continuity of the Fluid State of 
Matter” (Br. A.), 291 ; Water in Frost (Br. A.), 331 
Thomson (Prof. Allen), Opening Address on Biology (Br. A.), 293 
Thomson (Prof. Wyville, F.R.S.), Lecture on Natural History at 
Edinburgh, 32, 74,(90; Temperature in the North Atlantic, 251; 
on Echinoderms (Br. A.), 334; on the Fauna of the North 
Atlantic (Br. A.), 377; on Paleozoic Crinoids, 496 
Thomson (R. W.), on Road Steamers (Br. A.), 337 
Thomson (Sir Wm., F.R.S.), his Inaugural Address at the 
British Association, 262; Remarks thereon by E. Ray Lan- 
kester, F.L.S., 368; on the Origin of Life, 305 ; on Ocean 
Circulation, 316 ; Report of the Tidal Committee, 375 
Thorpe (Prof. T. E.), on Crookes’s “* Chemical Analysis,” 81 
Thunderstorms, at Calcutta, 287 ; near Glasgow, June 20, 1871, 
202; of August 13, 1871, 335 
Thunderstorms, Rev. C. A. Johns, F.L.S., on, 367 
Tidal Committee (Br. A.), Report by Sir W. Thomson, 375 
Tih, Desert of the, Report by C. F. Tyrwhitt Drake on, 33, 52 
Time-signals, 74, 103 
Tissandier, Gaston, on Aérostation, 3 
Tobacco, a Poison for Snakes, 494 
Todhunter (I., F.R.S.), Solution of a Geometrical Problem, 444 
Tornado in Ohio, 308 
Transparency, a Cause of, Prof. Zenger on (Br. A.), 354 
Transparent Compass, 366 
Transit Instrument at Greenwich, 103 
Transit of Venus, 12, 103, 107 ; Preparations for Observations 
at Greenwich, 260 ; Government Aid to Observation, 324 
Tribe (Alfred), on Chemical Dynamics, 195 (Br. A.), 291 
Trinidad, Scientific Association of, 43 
Trout, Tailless, in Scotland (Br. A.), 333 
Tunnel through Mont Cenis, Opening of the, 415 
Turnbull (W. P.), Obituary Notice of, 394 
Turmer(W., M.D), Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, 359 
Twisden (Rev. J. S.), on Ball’s “ Experimental Mechanics,” 510 
“Two Suns, Theory of,” by M. Latterade, 216 
Tyler (T.), on H. Howorth’s New View of Darwinism, 221 
Tylor (Edward B., F.R.S.), on “ Primitive Culture,” 117, 138 ; 
German Translation of his “ Primitive Culture,” 436 
Tyndall (Prof, F.R.S.) on Dust and Smoke, 124, 164; “Hours 
“of Exercise in the Alps,” 198; on the Colours of the Sea, 
203 ; “ Fragments of Science,” 237 ; ‘‘ Notes of Nine Lectures 
on Light,” 284; on the Bending of Glacier Ice, 447 
Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, 149 
Typhoon in Japan, 375 
Ullyett (Henry), on the Duties of Local Nat. Hist. Societies, 142 
Underground Temperature, Report of Committee of Br, A., 396 
“* Unionide, Synopsis of,” by Isaac Lea, LL.D., 119 
Universal Atmosphere, 457 
Uarnus, Spectrum of, 88 
Utrecht, Science at, 31 
Valencia, Meteorological Observatory at, 245 
Vapour of Iodine, Dr. Andrews on (Br. A.), 316 
Vascular Cryptogams, Classification of (See Williamson, Prof.) 
Venus (.See Transit of Venus), Observations of, 360 
Vertebrate Skeleton, Mivart St. George, F.R.S.,on the, 36 
Vesuvius, Eruption of, 308 
Victoria Institute, 50, 148 
Vision, Defective, Dr. Boettcher on, 140 
Vital Force, Prof. Allen Thomson on (Br, A.), 295 
Volcanic Region of Cotapaxi, 212 
Volcano in America, 56; near Celebes, 286 ; Pacific Islands, 169 
Volcano Island, Santa Cruz, 212 
Voelcker (Dr.) on Soils and Drainage, 38 
Walden (Viscount) on the Birds of Celebes, 37 
Wales (Capt. Douglas) “On the Converging of the Wind in 
Cyclones,” 254 

Walker (Henry) on ‘‘Saturday Afternoon Rambles Round 
London,” 157 
Wallace (Alfred R., F.Z.S.) on Staveley’s British Insects, 22 ; 
on ‘* Dr. Bastian’s Work the Origin of Life,” 178; on 
““H. Howorth’s New View of Darwinism,” 181, 200, 201, 
240, 221, 222; on Recent Neologisms, 222, 242; on the 
‘Population of the Indian Islands,” 254 ; on Canon Kingsley’s 
“ At Last: a Christmas in the West Indies,” 282 
Waller (W. E.) on a Rare Moth, 466 
Ward (Thos.) on Optical Phenomenon of Colour, 68 
Washington, Signal Office at, 390, 410; Telescope of the 
National Observatory, 493 
Waterspouts in Cork Harbour, 325 ; in Southern India, 287 ; in 
Switzerland, 375 ; at Constantinople, 212 
Watson (H. W.), “ Elements of Plane and Solid Geometry,” 364 
Weather Map of the War Department, Washington, 411 
Webb (Rev. T. W., F.R.A.S.) on Aurora by Daylight, 27 ; on 
a New Dynameter, 427; on Dr. Engelman’s Work on the 
Light of Jupiter’s Satellites, 442 
Weinhold (Adolp. F.) his ‘‘ Experimental Physics,” 148 
«* Western Chronicle of Science,” 220, 243 é 
West India Islands, Ornithology of, 473 ; Conchology, 
Cyclone, 417, 454, 464; Hurricane and Earthquake, 
West Wind, Prevalence of, 8; J. J. Murphy on, 102 
Wet and Dry Bulb Formule (Br. A.), 353 
Wheat Cultivation in India, 108 
Wheeler (Prof.) on “ Chemistry in the United States,” 292 
Whirlwind in Buckinghamshire, 324 
White (Dr. J.B.), Lepidoptera of Perthshire, 190 
Whitney (Prof.), Geological Survey of California, 420 
Whitworth Scholarships, Science and Art Department, 
286 ; on Eclipse Photographs, 85, 160 
Wild (Prof.), his Self-Registering Barometer, 432 
“ Wild Flowering Plants,” by Thos. Baxter, 245 
Wilder (Prof. B. G.), “ Human Locomotion,” 437 
Williams (W. Mattieu, F.C.S.), on Science in Italy, 100, 468 ; 
on Technical Education, 176 ; Iron and Steel, 226; An Offer 
to the London School Board, 285 3 
Williamson (Prof. W. C., F.R.S.) on the Fossil Plants of the 
Coal Measures, 173 ; on the Classification of Vascular Crypto- 
gamia (Br. A.), 357, 426, 490, 504; on Exogenous Structures 
amongst the Stems of Coal Measures, 408 
Wilson (J. M.) on Neologisms, 367; “Some Speculations on 
the Aurora,” 372; Meteor in the Isle of Man, 385 ; Teaching 
Elementary Geometry, 387, 404; ona Plane’s Aspect, 506 
Winchester College Natural History Society, 169 
Winstanley (D.) on Daylight Auroras, 280 
Wirtgen (Dr. P. H.), ‘Flora der Preussichen Rheinlande,” 211 
Woodward (Henry, F.G.S.) ‘4,0n the Fauna of the Carboniferous 
Epoch,” 59; on Ornithosauria, 100; on the Coal Period 
(Br. A.), 354 ; Arachnidz from the Dudley Coal-field, 376 
Woolhope Naturalists’ Club, 284 
Working Men’s Club and Institute Scientific Classes, 211 
Working Men’s College, 416 
Working Men’s University, Proposed, 41 
“Workshop, The,” by Prof. Baumer and others, 179 
Worthing, Alleged Earthquake at, 349, 385 
Yarkand, its Longitude solved, 35 
Yarrell’s “ British Birds,” Revised Edition of, 89, 403 
Yates (Jas., F.R.S.), Legacies to University College, 260, 307 
“Year Book of Facts,” Timbs’s, 239 
Year Book of Science Advocated by Sir W. Thomson, 264 
Yellow Rain in New Granada, 68; J. Jeremiah on, 161 
Young (Prof. C.A.) on the Solar Aurora Theory, 345; on the 
Solar Spectrum, 445 ; on an Explosion (?) on the Sun, 488 
Young (John) on Carboniferous Fossils in West Scotland, 443 
Yule (Col. H., C.B.), his Opening Address on Geography 
(Br. A.), 297; on Rainfall (Br. A.) 358 
Zenger (Prof.) ona Cause of Transparency (Br. A.) 354 
Zodiacal Light, 42 
Zollner (Prof.), his New Theory of Sun-Spots, 163 
‘* Zoological Record,” 88 
Zoological Results of Dredging Expedition off Spain and Portugal 
(Br. A.), 456 5 
Zoology at the Br. A., 317, 377 
Zoology, its Study in Great Britain, 193 
Zoological Society, Frigate Bird at Gardens, 394; New Species 
of Cassowary, 436; Proceedings, 36, 77, 134, 175, 513; New 
Tapir from Panama, 417 
Zoology of New Zealand, 51 ; of Nova Scotia, 32; of P ahi) 2 
Zoology, Recent French Discoveries, 369 pa ba ia 
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