Nature, June 3, 18 



Kent, Borings in, 190 



Keratosa, Report on the, N. Polejaeff, 409 



Kew Gardens, 105 



Kew : Thermometer-Testing at, G. M. Whipple, 93 ; Magneto- 

 graphs at, 262 



Khorassan, Natural History of, 326 



Kilima-Njaro, Prof. A. H. Keane, 322 



Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia, W. Robertson Smith, 

 Andrew Lang, 529 



Kirghis, the, 524 



Kite- Wire Suspended Anemometers, some Results of Observa- 

 tions with, up to 1300 feet above the Ground, in 1S83-85, E. 

 Douglas Archibald, 593 



Klein (Dr., F. R.S. ), Bacteriological Research, 405 



Klement and Renard (MM.), Micro-chemical Reactions, 566 



Knott (Mary), Intelligence of Dogs, 418 



Koch (Dr.), on Cholera, 97 



KoUiker (Prof. A.), Histological Studies of Batrachian Larvae, 



473 

 Konig (Dr.), Colour-Blindness, 288 ; Photometers, 480 

 KonovalofT's Researches on Contact Actions, 350, 351 

 Krakatao : Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis, 6; " Bishop's Ring," 



Edward F. Taylor, 533 ; Mr. Verbeek on, 560 ; Dust-Glows 



of 1883-84, 483 ; E. Douglas Archibald, 604 

 Kraus (Dr. Ernst), Charles Darwin, Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 

 ,147 

 Krystallographie, Physikalische, P. Groth, 316 



La Coste on Van Meyer's Apparatus for Determining Densities, 



63 



La Nuova Scienza, 62 



Laboratories, Distribution of Driving- Power in, 248 



Laboratory Practice, Physical, First Course of, A. M. Worth- 



ington, 580 

 Lacaze-Duthiers (M. le), on a Curious Optical Phenomenon in 



a Parrot, 136 

 Lachlan (R.), on Systems of Circles and Spheres, 572 

 Lacouperie (Prof. T. de), the Languages of Indo-China, 40 

 Lagrange (Ch.), Solution of Wrouski's Universal Problem, 



332 

 L.ake-Balls in the Engadine, 465 

 Lake of Como, Breeding of Fish in, 396, 496 

 Lake Constance, Investigation of Depths of, 567 

 Lake-Dwellings, British, Dr. R. Munro, 334 

 Lakes : Changes of Level of, Prof. Forel, 184 ; German Alpine, 



Temperature of, 375 

 Lalande's Element, 528 



Lamellibranchiata, Report on the, Edgar A. Smith, 410 

 Lamont's Zones, Observations of Neptune occurring in, 498 

 Lamplugh (G. W.), Notes on the " Muir Glacier " of Alaska, 



299 ; Glacier Bay in Alaska, 461 ; Glacial Shell-Beds in 



British Columbia, 621 

 Lancaster (A.), Tableaux-Resumes des Observations Meteorolo- 



giques faites a Bruxelles, 390 

 Lancaster (M.), an Astronomical Directory, 538 

 Lang (Andrew), Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia, W. 



Robertson Smith, 529 

 Langley (J. N., F.R. S.), on Variations of Fat in the Liver- 

 Cells of Frog, 164 

 Langley (Prof. S. P.), Researches on Solar Heat, 105 ; on the 



Temperature of the Surface of the Moon, 210, 211 ; Invisible 



Heat-Spectra, 332 ; on the Emission-Spectra of Bodies at 



Low Temperatures, 426 

 Language, French, in Canada, 497 

 Laukester (Prof. E. Ray, F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of Dr. 



Carpenter, C.B., F.R.S., 83 ; Royal Medal Awarded to, 87 ; 



Pleomorphism of the Schizophyta, 413 

 Lanoline, Prof Liebreich on, 216 

 Lapland, Russia, Chas. Rabot, 280 

 Lasaulx (Dr. A. K. P. F.), Death of, 347 

 Latex, Proteid Substances in, J. R. Green, 382 

 Latitude, Distribution in, of Solar Phenomena, 498 

 Lavis (Dr. H. J. Johnston-), Supposed Fall of an Aerolite in 



Naples, 153 

 Law of the Resistance of the Air to the Motion of Projectiles, 



Rev. F. Bashforth, 604 

 Leangen, Meteor Observed at, 397 



Least Squares, Method of, a Text-Book on the, Mansfield 



Merriman, 51 

 Leaves, on the Bloom of, F. Darwin, 404 

 Leaves, Flowers, Fruits and, Sir John Lubbock, Dr, Maxwell 



T. Masters, 601 

 Le Conte (Prof. John), Do Young' Snakes take Refuge in the 



Stomach of the Mother?, 441 

 Ledger (Rev. E.), Curious Phenomenon in Cephalonia, 246 

 Lee (Dr. F. Arnold), Flora of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 



517 

 Leech, Ferment of the Saliva of, and Coagulation, 144 

 Lefroy (Gen. Sir J. H., F.R.S.), a Stray Balloon, 99 

 Left-Handedness, Hypothetical Suggestions as to Origin of, 



Dareste, 549 

 Legislation, Electric Lighting, 507 

 Lemnos, Earthquake in, 349 

 Lenz's (Dr.), Congo Expedition, 91 



Leonids in 1S85, Return of the, William F. Denning, 162 

 Lesquereux (Leo), the Cretaceous and Tertiary Floras of the 



U.S., J. Starkie Gardner, 196 

 Leslie (Robert), November Meteors, 103 

 Lesseps (F. de). Progress of the Panama Canal, 552 

 Level, Changes of, in the Nile Basin, S. Archer, 317 

 Lewis (A. L.), Stone Circles in Cumberland, 334 

 Leyden Museum, Notes from the, 390 

 Leyden Observatory, 42, 256 

 Lias (B. de St. Pol), Journeys in Indo-China, 44 

 Libraries : Free, in United States, 277 ; Free Public, Thomas 



Greenwood, W. Odell, 459 ; the Sheffield, 517 

 Lick Observatory, 61 

 Liebreich (Prof.), on Lanoline, 216 

 Life, Marvels of Animal, Chas. F. Holder, 532 

 Light, Standards of White, 236 

 Light, the Action on Gases of, Dr. Pringsheim, 287 

 Light, Zodiacal, 350 

 Light, Polarisation of, Sir John Conroyon, 453 ; HerrSohncke, 



497 

 Light : Velocity of, as determined by Foucault's Revolving 



Mirror, Dr. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 439 ; J. Willard Gibbs, 



5S2 ; Velocity of, and the Solar Parallax, 518 

 Light, Lectures on Sound, Heat and, Richard Wormell, 



580 

 Light and Heat, Radiant, Prof. Balfour Stewart, F.R.S., 35, 



251, 369; Protective ^Influence of Black Colour from, Hon. 



Ralph Abercromby, 559 

 Lighthouse lUuminants, Report to the Trinity House on the 



inquii7 into the Relative Merits of Electricity, Gas, and Oil 



as, 271 

 Lighthouse Illumination, Wigham's Latest Adaptation of Gas 



to, 335 

 Lighthouses, Lighting of, by Electricity, 312 

 Lighthouses, South Foreland, Experiments with lUuminants, 39 

 Lightning : Remarkable Effect of, 396 ; Accidents from, in 



Germany, 425 

 Lines in Solar Prominences, Displacement of, 498 

 Linguistic Revolution, 4S7 

 Linnean Society, 70, 119, 165, 189, 333, 404, 4S4, 478, 550, 



598 



Linnean Society of New South Wales, 23 



Linstow (Dr. von), Metamorphosis in Nematodes, 329 



Lioness's Brain, Dissection of, 517 



Lions and Tigers Killed in Algeria, 303 



Liquids under Various Conditions of Temperature and Pressure 

 Thomas Andrews, F.R.S., 550 



Lis Island, Sweden, Earthquake in, iS 



Lisbon, Geographical Society of, 44 



Lithologie, Elemente der, 342 



Liverpool College, Presentation of an Observatory to, 566 



Liverpool International Exhibition, C. E. De Ranee, 9 



Lizards, Catalogue of, in the British Museum (Natural History), 

 Geo. .\lbert Boulenger, 316 



Liznar (Herr), Attempt to Determine Daily Course of Cloudi- 

 ness over Earth's Surface, 40 



Lo.ad-Lines of Ships, 169 



Lock (Rev. J. B.), Trigonometry for Beginners, 438 



Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S.) : a New Form of Spectroscope, 

 189 ; Sun and Stars, 399, 426, 469, 499, 540 



Locomotion, Human, the Mechanics of, Marey and Demeny, 

 71 



