INDEX 



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Lichtenstein (Maurice), Gresham Lectures, 28 



" Liebig's Contributions to Experimental Chemistry," Lecture 



by Dr. A. W. Hofniann, 41 1 

 Light, Velocity of, 134, 274, 373 

 Lightning Conductors, 17 

 "Lightning, Struck by," 405 

 Lincecum (Dr. G.), Obituary Notice of, 237 

 Lingwood (Geo.), Decomposition of Iron Pyrites, 269 

 Linnean Society, 58, 77, 78, loi, 1 19, 159, 179, 258, 298, 337, 



378, 417, 45S, 500 

 Livingstone's " Last Journals," 142, 183 

 Liverpool Geological Society, 155 



Lizards ; the Tock-Tay, or Large House Lizard of Bengal, 272 

 Lloyd (Humphrey, D.D.), "Treatise on Magnetism," 221 

 Loan Collection of Scientific Instruments, 301, 355 

 Lobsters in Cans imported from America, 93 

 Lockyer (J. Norman, F. R.S.), Rumford Medal awarded to, 55, 



156 : New Map of the Solar Spectrum, 238 ; Lectures on 



Spectrum Analysis, 254 

 Loewy (B., F.R.A.S.), Weinliold's "Experimental Physics," 



482 

 Logarithmic Tables, 424 

 London University, 27, 236, 254, 373 

 Lubbock (Sir John, Bart., F.R.S.), Scientific Education, 21 ; 



Bees, Wasps, and Ants, 159 ; " Origin of Civilisation," 401 ; 



Ancient Monuments Bill, 48 1 

 Lyell (Sir Charles, Bart., F.R.S.), Obituary Notices of, 332, 



341 



M'Coy (Frederick, F.G.S.), Geological Survey of Victoria, 



iSi 

 M'Farlane (D.), a Gyrostat Problem, 385, 424 

 Maclay (Dr. Von M.), Travels in Tabore, 413 

 M'Leod (Herbert), Meteor at Orleans, 427 

 M'Nab (Prof.), " Movements of Water in Plants," 62 '"' 

 M'Nab (W. R.), Cunningham on Fungi in Opium Blight, 424 

 " Magnetism, Treatise on, ' by H. Lloyd, D.D., 221 

 Magnus (Philip), London University, 27 

 " ftlalacca, Indo-China, and China," by J. Thomson, F.R.G.S., 



207, 248 

 Malta, Tertiary Deposits, 516 

 "Mammals," by H. and A. Milne- Edwards, 463 

 Mammoth Cave, 256 



"Man, Descent of," by Charles Darwin, F.R.S., 305 

 " Man and Nature," by G. P. Marsh, 82 

 "Mankind, Races of," by Robert Brown, M.A., 128 

 Manchester : Aquarium, 36 ; E.xhibition at, 175 ; Geological 



Society, 395, 416 ; Literary and Physical Society, 19, 79, 99, 



136, 180, 279, 319, 340, 418, 459 ; Owens College, 241 

 Marcoy (Paul), "Travels in South America," 241, 262 

 Marine Boulder Clay, 306 



Marine Strata, Calcareous and Siliceous Remains, 186 

 ■^Markham (Commander A. H., R.N.), appointed to the Arctic 



Expedition, 92, 1 14, 293, 474 ; " Whaling Cruise to Baffin's 



Bay," 404 

 XMarkham (Clements R., C.B., F.R.S.), Dr. Petermann and 



Arctic Exploration, 85 ; "The Countess of Chinchon," 383 

 Mars, 3S7 



Marsh (G. P.), "Man and Nature," 82 

 Marsh (Prof. O. C), Exploration of the Rocky Mountains, 237 ; 



New Order of Eocene Mammals, 368 

 Maskelyne (Prof. N. S., F.R.S.), Lectures on Crystallography, 



34, 56; Morphology of Crystals, 1 87 

 Mason (Sir Josiah), Birmingham College of Science, 331 

 Massachusetts, Survey of, 497 

 Mastodon, Examination of the Stomach of a, 237 

 Mathematical Society, 60, 139, 258, 337, 398, 478 

 Mathieu (L.), Obituary Notice of, 372 

 Mayer (John), Science Lectures at Glasgow, 233 

 Medical Microscopical Society, 279 

 Medusida?, Locomotion of, 29 

 Melbourne; Great Telescope, 94; Science at, 21S; University, 



333 

 Meldrum (C. ), Periodicity of Rainfall, 327 

 Melliss (G. C, F.G.S.), "St. Helena," 501 

 Mental Science, Journal </, 19 



Meridian, International Commission for Measuring the, 273 

 Metal Glass, 474 



"Metallurgy, Elements of," by J. A. Phillips, C.E., 266 

 Meteorological Observations in the Pacific, 405 ; in the Pyrenees, 



369 



Meteorological Society, 78, 160, 259, 339, 417 



Meteorological Telegrams, 394 



Meteorology : Arctic, 434 ; Climate of Scotland, 329 ; Indian, 



145 ; in England, 446 ; Scottish Meteorological Society, 456 

 Meteors, 154; Bengal, 295; Paris, 334; Oleron, Orleans, 396, 



427 ; France, 413, 497 

 Meteor Shower, a.d. 855, 407 

 Metrical System, International Conference, 356 

 Metric Commission, International, 54 

 Metropolitan Scientific Association, 36 

 " Mexico, A Peep at," by J. L. Geiger, F.R.G.S., 84 

 Meyer (Dr. A. B.), New Bird of Paradise, 208 ; Rhinoceros in 



New Guinea, 268 ; his Critics, 506 

 Mice of North America, 273 

 "Micographic Dictionary," 267, 286, 307, 328 

 "Microscope audits Revelations," by W. B. Carpenter, M.D., 



F.R.S., 283 

 Microscopical Science, yountal of, 218 

 Microscopical Society, 40, 120, 220, 300, 379, 480 

 Microscopical Researches on Cholera, 444 

 Microscopy ; Hoplophora decumana, 364 

 Migration of Birds, 5, 135, 149, 234 



Milne-Edwards (H. and A.), New Work on Mammals, 463] 

 Mirage, by Prof. J. D. Everett, D.C.L., 49, 69 

 Moas of New Zealand, 289 



Moggridge (J. T., F.L.S.), Obituary Notice of, 114; "Har- 

 vesting Ants and Trap-door Spiders," 245 

 Molecular Constitution of Bodies, Dynamical Evidence of, 357, 



374. 486 

 MoUusca, Development of, 48 

 Molluscs, Accidental Importation of, 427 



Moore (S. W., F.C.S.), Physiological Chemistry, 283; Mor- 

 ■ phology of Crystals, 1S7 

 Morse Code, 32S 



Moss (R. J.), The Arctic Expedition, 348 

 Mott (F. T.), Insects and Colour in Flowers, 28 

 Mud Banks in the Indian Ocean, 135 ; on Malabar Coast, 187 ; 



Columnar Formation in, 285 

 Miiller (Dr. Hermann), Fertilisation of Flowers by Insects, 32, 



no, 169 

 Munro (J.), Natural Phenomena in South America, 329 

 Muiphy (J. J.), Insects and Colour in Flowers, 28; Origin of 



Bright Colour in Animals, 148, 208 

 Muscular Mechanical Work done before Exhaustion, 256, 276, 



426, 464, 488 

 "Music, History of," by W. Chappell, F.S.A., 123, 20S 

 Music, Science in, 88 



Nachtigal (Dr.), his Travels in the East, 216 



Nares (Capt., R.N.), and the Arctic Expedition, 114, 134, 293 



Naples, Zoological Station, 333, 496 



Naval Architects, Institution of, 394, 408 



Nebula, Variable, 489 {See Stars) 



Nerves, Electric Conductivity of, 247 



Nest of young Fish, 48 



Neumayer (Dr. G.), Manual of Scientific Inquiry, 321 



New (Rev. C), Obituary Notice of, 475 



Newcastle, College of Physical Science, 75 



New Guinea, Rhinoceros in, 24S, 26S 



Newton (Prof. Alfred, F.R.S.), Migration of Birds,"5 ; Zoology, 



305 ; Phenological Phenomena, 408 

 New Zealand : Introduction of English Birds and Bees, 35 ; 



Institute, 135 ; Acclimatisation of Salmon, 209 ; Plants for 



Paper Making, 212; Salmon Eggs and Birds expiirted to, 



217; Timbers, Durability of, 254; Remains of iloas, 2S9 ; 



Kauri Gum, 414 ; Wellington Philosophical Society, 419 

 Nichols (R. C, F.S.A.), Alpine Club Map of Switzerland, 8; 



Dynamical Evidence of Molecular Constitution, 487 

 Nipher (F. E.), Muscular Mechanical Work done before Exhaus 



tion, 256, 276 

 Nitro-glycerine, action of its explosion on Fish, 76 

 Nova Zembla, Natural History of, 22 



Observatories : Algiers, Bordeaux, Toulouse, 496 ; Greenwich, 

 New Standard Sidereal Clock, 431 ; Paris, 36, 134, 154, 272, 

 2/0. 294> 373.457, 476; Pola, 394 ; Pyrenees, 173; Ric 

 Janeiro, 395 



Ocean, Vertical Distribution of Temperature in the, 157 



Ocean Waves, ^w 



Oliver (D., F.R.S.), Lessons in Elementary Botany, 226 



Olive Oil in Tunis, 35 



