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INDEX XIX 
Korner (Prof. G.), a New Acid, 159; New Derivatives of 
Benzine, 587 
Kossel (Dr.), on the Cholic Acids, 47; Brain of Embyros of 
Horned Cattle, Dr. Raske, 164 
Krakatao : Dust-Glows of, Mr. Verbeek on the, 33; on Cre- 
puscular Lights following the Krakatdo Eruption, Prof. A. 
Sandrucci, 46 ; Analogous After-Phenomena, M. A. Ricco, 
71; After-Glows of 1883-84, A. W. Clayden, M.A., 95; M. 
Daubrée on the Eruption of, 115 
Krapotkin (Alexander), Death of, 396 
Krendowsky (M.), Hydrachnids of Southern Russia, 67 
“* Krog” or Barley Pest in Norway, Herr Schoyen on, 39 
Kundt (A.) and E, Blasius, Pyro-electricity of Crystals, 354 
Laboratories, Power in, David P. Todd, 121 
Lacaze-Duthiers (H. de), Nervous System of the Gasteropods, 
Laguerre (M.), Death of, 403 ; Obituary Notice of, 434 
Lahille (M.), Polyclinians, 492 
Lake District, Arenig Series of, Prof. T. McKenny Hughes, 513 
Lake Leman, Prof. Forel, 399 
Lake Shores, Topographic Features of, G, K. Gilbert, 269 
Lakes, Siberian, Drying up of, M. Yadrintseff, 329 
Lake Superior Copper-Mines, Temperature Observations at the, 
H. A. Wheeler, 402 
Lamarck’s Herbarium acquired by the Jardin des Plantes, 625 
Lamey, Dom, Satellites of Jupiter, 187 
Lancashire, South, and Cheshire, Glaciation of, Aubrey Strahan, 
F.G.S., 162 
Land and Water, Proportion of the Areas of, on the Surface of 
the Globe, Prof. Penck, 372 
Landerer (J. J.), Telluric Currents, 492 
Landsborough (W.), Death of, 59 
Langley (Prof.), Rumford Medals to, 153 
Langley (J. N., F.R.S.), on the Structure of the Mucous Salivary 
Glands, 208 
Langley (S.P.), on hitherto Unrecognised Wave-Lenzths, 402 
Languages, Colloquial Faculty for, Walter Hayle Walshe, 216 
Lankester (Prof. E. R., F.R.S.), Foreign Fishery Boards, 28 ; 
Chlamydomyxa in the Engadine, 408 
Lantern Slides, F. H. Evans, 162 
Lapland and Finland, Sommier’s Expedition to, 248 
La Plata, New Observatory in, M. Mouchez, 531 
Lapraik (W. J.) and Dr. W. J. Russell, F.R.S., on Absorption- 
Spectra of Uranium Salts, 510 
Larvee of Meloé, Dr. Sharp, Mr. Billups, Mr. Saunders, Prof. 
Riley, 306 
Larval Theory of the Origin of Tissue, A. Hyatt, 158 
La‘hrea squamaria, G. Massee, 610 
Laudin (Dr.), Extraction of Tannic Matter from the Swedish 
Species of Pine, 371 
Lavis (Dr. H. J. Johnston-), Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius, 
481; Vesuvius, 557 : 
Lavoisier and the Commission on Weights and Measures, E. 
Grimeaux, 187 
Lavoisier’s Pneumatic Theory, Volta on, M. Govi, 491 
Law of Storms, W. H. Rosser, 594 
Laws of Solution, Mr. Durham, 263 
Lea, River, Salmon-Fry, turned into, 130 
Lead Linings of Indian Tea Chests cn the Corrosion of the, 
Prof, Pedler, 348 
Learned and Scientific Societies, British Museum Catalogue of, 
499 
Leaves, on the Absorption of Carbonic Acid by, Dehérain and 
Maquenne, 284 
Lectures in the Training School for Kindergartners, E. P. 
Peabody, 494 
Lectures on the Theory of Reciprocants, Prof. Sylvester, 521 
Leeches of Japan, Dr. C. O. Whitman, 132 
Lechartier (M. G.), Influence of Magnesia on Portland Cement, 
140 
Leclerq (J), Terre des Merveilles, 545 
Lees (W., M.A.), Acoustics, Light, and Heat, 27 
Lehigh University, Journal of the Engineering Society of the, 2 
Leicestershire and Warwickshire, Glacial Erratics of, Rey. W. 
‘Tuckwell, 512 
Lena, Mouth of, Meteorvlogical Station, M. Eigner, Dr. R. 
Lenz, 604 
Lendenfeld (R. von) : Glacial Period in Australia, 522; on the 
Nervous System of Sponges, 538; on Australian Ccelenterates, 
5383 on the Functions of Nettle-Cells, 538 
Lens, Plano-Convex, by Torricelli, M. Govi, 491 
Lenz (Dr. R.), Meteorolcgical Station, Mouth of Lena, 604 
Leukhart (R.), and E. Bach, Ammonium Formate, 464 
Lepidoptera in the Sikkim Himalaya, H. J. Elwes, 597 , 
Lepidoptera and Migration, W. H. Bath, 618 
Leslie (Robt. C.), Luminous Clouds, 264 
Lesseps (M. de), on the Sea-Levels beside the Isthmus of 
Panama, 83; on the Panama Canal, III 
Letourneau (M.), Primitive Forms of Numeration, 185 
Levant, Earthquake in the, 434 
Lewakowsky (Prof.), on the Jurassic Limestones of the Crimea, 
6 
Lewis (Fred.), Animal Intelligence, 265 
Lewis (Surgeon-Major T.), Death of, 59, 76 
Libraries : Newcastle-on-Tyne, 555; Watford, 555 
Lick Observatory, 396; Purchase of a Crown Disk by, 108 ; 
General Arrangements, 603 
Lifting-Power of Electro-Magnets, S. Bidwell, M.A., 159 
Light : Action of, upon Diastases, A. Downes, 546 ; Oxidation 
of Hydrochloric Acid under Influence of, L. Backelandt, 
159; Saccharimeter for White, ‘Th. and A. Duboscq, 378 ; 
Standards of, 479 ; Prof. Newcomb, on the Velocity of, 29 ; 
A. M. Clerke, 170, 193; Influence of the Motion of the 
Medium on the Velocity of, A. A. Michelson and E. W. 
Morley, M. A. Cornu, 139, 1583; Protective Influence of 
Black Colour from Light and Heat, 2; Light, Heat, and 
Acoustics, W. Lees, M.A., 27 
Lighthouses: M. Beduwe’s Transportable Electric Lighthouse, 
501; Observations at, on Migrations of Birds, 482; Light- 
Vessels, Buoys, and Beacons, Sir J. N. Douglass, 502 
Lightning: Power of the Coco-Nut Palm to Conduct, 300 ; 
Fir-lree at Léiten cut in Halves by, 323; Lightning Holes 
in the High Alps, Prof. Brun, 458 
Lightfoot (T. B.), on Refrigerating Machinery, 43 
T.imonite after Pyrite, Pseudomorphs of, E. G. Smith, 158 
Limpet, Common (Patella vulgati), Rudimentary Gills of the, 
J. R. A. Davis, 185 
Lincolnshire Carstone, No:es on the Relations of the, A. 
Strahan, 258 
Lingula pyramidata, Structure of, Dr. H. G. Beyer, 17 
Linnean Society, 69 
Linnean Society of New South Wales, 95, 283, 580, 611, 635 
Linnemann (Dr. E.), on Austrium, 59; Death of, 59 
Lion-Breeding, V. Ball, F.R.S., 601 
Liouville (R.), Differential Equations, 491 
Liquid Films, on the Relations between the Thickness and 
Surface-Tension of, A. W. Reinold, M.A., 160 
Liquid Surfaces of Revolution, Critical Curvatures of, 510 
Liverpool, Institution of Naval Architects at, 344 
Liverpool Naturalists’ Field Club, 371 
Lizard Tribe, Death of a Large Specimen of the, Imported from 
Japan, 347 , h 
Local Government Board, Report on Milk Scarlatina, 471 
Lock (Rev. John B.), Arithmetic for Schools, 51, 100, 143 
Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S.): Sun and Stars, 41, 205, 227, 
280 ; Further Discussion of the Sunspot Spectra Observations 
made at Kensington, 251; Total Solar Kclipse, 1886, 
August 28-29, 272 
Lodge (Prof. Oliver), British Association Sectional Procedure, 
496 
Decne and Katrine, Lochs, Distribution of Temperature in, 
J. T. Morrison, 509 : 
London Basin, the Bagshot Beds of the, Monckton and Herries, 
210 
Longman’s School Geography, 466 
Longmynd and Newer Archean Rocks of Shropshire, on some 
Derived Fragments in the, Dr. Chas. Callaway, 258 
Lorne (Marquis of), on Geographical Education, 85 
Lowe (E. J., F.R.S.), Proposed Meteorological Observatory of, 
near Chepstow, 506 
Lubricant for Brass-work, H. G. Madan, 265 
Lucknow Museum, Birds in, G. Reid, 602 
Luminous Boreal Clouds, D. J. Rowan, 192 
Luminous Clouds, T. W. Backhouse, 239; Robt. C. Leslie, 
264; D. J. Rowan, 264 
Luminosity of Insects, Dr. Dubois, 578 
Lunar Rainbow, D. Pidgeon, 469 
Lunar Rainbows, J. H. Kinahan, 596 
Lunar Surface and its Temperature, Capt. John Ericsson, 248 
Lure Range, Lower Alps, Geological Structure of, W. Kilan, 
188 
