IV 



Boulders, Scottish, Report on, 477 



Brachiopoda (Br. A.), 423, Prof. E. S. Morse on, 442 



Bramwell (F. J., C.E.), apeaing Address, on Coal, Sec. G., 

 Br. A., 366 



"Brassey (Thos. ), Life and Labours of," 510 



Bree (C. R., M.D.), "Fallacies of Mr. Darwin," 237, 260, 279 



Breitenbach Meteorite, its mineral constituents, 71 



Bremen Natural History Society, 448 



Brighton Aquarium, 305, 378, 462 ; Ladies' Educational Asso- 

 ciation, 523 {^^iit"..' British Association) 



Bristol Astronomical Society, 94 



British Association for the Advancement of Science ; its Postion 

 and Labours, 297; Tidal Observations, 157: Meetinsj at 

 Brighton — Preliminary Arrangements, I09 ; Inaugural Ad- 

 dress, by Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S., 306 ; Report of 

 the Council, 330 ; Soiree, 332 ; Closing Meeting, Grants, 

 357 ; Tables of Elliptic Functions, 541 

 Sc'clion A (Malkemjlical ami Physical Science).— O&^itxs, 

 227; Opening Address by Warren De La Rue, D.C.L., 

 F.K.S., 312 ; Eclipse Expedition of 1871, by J. Norman 

 Lockyer, F. RS., 336; Grants, 357; Cyclones in Lidian 

 0^ean,by C. Meldrum, F. R.S.,357; Spectrum of Hydrogen, 

 by A. Schuste, 358 ; Report on Inverse Wave-Lengths,'36o ; 

 Distribution of Funds of the Association, by Lieut. -Col. A. 

 Strange, F. R S., 3S0 ; Report on Changes in Lunar Objects, 



'. by W. R. Birt, 3S1 ; Report on Underground Temperature, 

 by Prof. Everett, 402 ; Photographs of Diffraction Gratings, 

 by Hon. J. W. Strutt, 422 ; Mounting of Astronomical 

 Telescopes, by Howard Grubb, C.E., F.R.A.S , 535 

 Section B {Chemical Science). — Officers, 227; Opening Ad- 

 dress by Dr. J. Hall Gladstone, F. R.S., 317 ; Grants, 357 ; 

 Report on Essential Oils, 360 ; Report on Siemen's Elec- 

 trical Pyrometer, 360 ; Decomposition of Water, and Fili- 

 form Native Silver, by J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., 361, 3S2 ; 

 Precipitation of Silver, by Alfred Tribe ; Heat for raiding 

 bodies to fusion, by Dr. Schenck, 404 ; Albumen in Fats, 

 by W. L. Carpenter; Guarana, by J. Williams.; Analysing 

 Compound Ether.s, by J. A. Wanklyn; Chemical Nomen- 

 clature, by Prof. Crum-Brown, 405 

 Section C (Geology). — Officers, 227 ; Opening Address by R. 

 A. C. Godwin- Austen, F.R. S., 319 ; Grants, 357 ; Beach of 

 Ireland, by Prof. E. Hull, 361 ; Super-creiaceous Forma- 

 tion near Brighton, by J. Howell, 361 ; Sub-Wealden Ex- 

 ploration, by VV. Topley ; Geological Distribution of Goitre, 

 by G. A. Lebour ; Kent's Cavern, Torquay, by W. Pcngelly, 

 F. R. S., 361 ; Temperature of Inland Seas, by Dr. Carpenter, 

 F.R.S,, 362; Graptolites at St. David's, by J. Hopkin- 

 son, F.G.S., 3S2 ; " Divisions de la Craie en France," by 

 Prof E. Hebert, 383 ; Mountain Limestone Corals, by J. 

 Thompson; Earthquakes in Scotland, by Dr. Bryce; Geology 

 of Lake Superior, by Prof H. A. Nicholson, M. D. ; Tentacu- 

 lites, by the same, 3S3 ; Geology of Moab, by Rev. Canon 

 Tristram, F.R.S. ; Porphyries of North of Ireland, by Prof. 

 E. Hull, F.R.S., 3S4; Cambrian and Silurian Roeks, by H. 

 Hicks, F.G.S.,406; Psaroniusin Devonian Rocks, New York, 

 by Prof. J. Hall ; Fossils of Vaucluse, by Prof A. Gaudry ; 

 Brachiopoda, by T. Davidson, F.R.S. ; Tj'i^erellidce, by 

 T. Davidson and Prof. W. King ; Coal Supply, by Rev. J. 

 Gunn ; Lava, from Vesuvius, by G. v. Rath, 423 ; Sub- 

 marine Explorations, by 1. Gwyn Jefifrey.s, F.R.S.; Medi- 

 terranean in the Pleistocene Age, by W. Boyd Dawkins, 

 F.R.S. ; Connaught Coal Measures, by T. A. Readwin, 

 424 ; Tree Ferns of the Coal Measures, by W. Carrulhers, 

 F.K.S., 486 

 Section D (Biology). — Officers, 227 



Subsection D (Anthropology). — Opening Address by Col. A. 

 Lane Fox, 323, 341; Grants, 357; Dartmoor Tumuli, by 

 C. S. Bate, F.R.S. ; Ethnology of the Caucasus, by Dr. 

 Hyde Clarke ; Serpent Worship, by C. S. Wake, 385 ; 

 Indian Weapons, by Sir Walter Eliot, 3S6 

 Sub-Section D (Anatomy anJ Physiology). — Opening Address 

 by Prof. Burdon Sanderson, F. R.S., 338 ; Lobes of the Liver 

 in Mammalia, by Prof W. H. Flower, F.R.S., 364; Supra- 

 Condyloid Process ; .Sternum of the Whale ; Finger Muscles 

 of the Whale, by Prof Struthers, 385 : Pulse Frequency, 

 by A. H. Garrod, 446 ; Co.agulation in Frog's Blood, by E. 

 A. Schiifer, M.B., 447 

 Sub-Section D (Zoology and Botany). — Opening .\ddress by Sir 

 T. Lubbock, Bart, .VI. P., F. R. S., 33S ; Report on Zoological 

 Statioas, 362 ; Report of " Close Time " Committee ; Re- 



port on Fauna of South Devon, 363 ; Mollusca of Europe, 

 by J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., 364; Extinct Birds of the 

 Mascarenc Islands, by A. Newton, F.R.S. ; Phoias Candida, 

 by J. Robertson ; Flowering Plants of Sussex, by W. B. 

 Hemsley ; Diversity of Evolution, by Rev. J. T. Gulick, 

 406 ; Deep Sea Dredging-Gulf of St. Lawrence, by T. F. 

 Whiteaves, F.G.S., 424 ; Dredging in Like Ontario, by Prof 

 n. A. Nicholson, M. D. ; Flora of Moab, by A. \V. Hayne ; 

 Mitraria, by Prof Allmin, F.R.S. ; Whiles of the Ant- 

 werp Crag, by Prof. Van Beneden ; Vorticcllida:, Noc- 

 tiluca, Edwardsia, and Cyphonautes, by Prof Allman, 

 F.R.S., 425, 426, 427 ; Supposed New Marine .\nimil, by 

 P. L. Sjlater, F.R.S., 436, 516; Instinct, by D. A. 

 Spalding, 485 

 Section E (Geography). — Officers, 227; Opening Address by 

 Francis Galton, F.R.S., 343 ; Discoveries at Lake Tangan- 

 yika, by H. M. Stanley, 345 ; Dr. L'vingito le's recent 

 Discoveries, by Col. J. A. Grant, 346 ; Chain of the Greit 

 Atlas, by J. Bill, F.R.S., 386 

 Section F (Economic Science and Statistics). — Officers, 227 ; 



Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins, 365 

 Section G (Mechanical Science). — Officers, 227; Grants, 357 ; 

 Opening Address by F. J. Bramwell, C.E , 366; Surlace 

 Friction in Water, by W. Froude, F.R.S., 387 ; Rolling in 

 Seaway, by the same, 407 



British Museum : Botanical Department, 1 10,449, 516 ; Natural 

 History Department, 117; Photographs. 430; Remains of 

 the Temple of Diana, Ephesus, 330; Zoological Depart- 

 ment, 304 



Brittany, Dolmens and Lines of Stones, 9, 25 



Brooke (Chas., F.R.S.), Force and Energy, 122 



Brough (J. Cargill, F.C.S.) his death, 4or 



Buchanan (J. Y ), Earthquakes and Volcanoes, 260 



Biichner (Dr. L.), "Man in the Past, Present, and Future," 

 198 



Buller (W. L., F.L.S.), Birds of New Zealand, 218 



Burmah, Minerals of, 356 



Bury Natural History Society, 170 



Bushed (Reginald, F.R.A.S.), Mounting of Thermometers, 142 



Butterflies, 461, 462 



Butyric Acid, Carl GrunzA-eig on, 4S7 



Caen Academy of Sciences, 249 



California : Earthquake, 89 ; Academy of .Sciences. 95, 448, 



460 ; Extinct Whale, 48S 

 Cambrian and Silurian, History of the Names, 15, 34, 53, 222 ; 



Rocks (Br. A.), 406 

 Canbridge : Female Education, 501 ; Greek and German, 97, 



109; Natural Science Club, iio; Philosophical Society, 94, 



114; Science, 69, tog, 149 150, 168, 209, 440, 461, 494 

 Cambridge (U.S.), Museum of Comparative Zoology, 129 

 Canadian Naturalist, II3 

 Cannizziro (Prof.), Faraday Lecture, 143 

 Canterbury; Eas; Kent Natural History Society, 114 

 Capron (J. R.), Atmospneric Etfect, 279; Solar Spectrum, 492 

 Carbonic Acid in Sea Water, 279 

 Carnivora, Skeletons of Wild .Specimens, 435, 535 

 Carpenter (Dr. W. B., F.R.S.), Inaugural A Idress at British 



Association, 306 ; Temperature of Inland Seas (Br. A.), 362 ; 



Oceanic Circulation, 473, 532 ; Dardanelles and Bosphorus 



Under-current, 520 

 Carpenter (W. Lant), Albumen in Fats (Br. A.), 405 

 Carruthers (Wm., F.R.S.), Balfour's " Palaeontological Botany," 



429 ; Botanical Museums, 1 10, 449 ; Tree Ferns of the Coal 



Measures, 486 

 Casts, New Mode of taking, 7, 25 

 Cats' Teeth, 394, 456 ; Toes, 474 

 Caucasus, Ethnology, of the .(Br A.), 385 

 Caves : Bone Caves in Bavaria, 87 ; Extinct Mammals at Settle, 



127 

 Ceylon Animals, 64; Elephant at Oxford Museum, 183 

 Chalk, Divisions of, in France (Br. A.), 383 

 Chapman (Ernest T.), Obituary Notice of, 182 

 Charterhouse Schools, Science at, 440 

 Chemical Nomenclature (Br. A.), 405 

 Cliemi'al Seel ion of French Association at Bordeaux, 445 

 Chemical Science [Zee British Association, Section B) ; .-lociety, 



56, 73, 175 ; Faraday Leclure, 51 ; Journal, 348, 466 ; Society, 



Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 38S 



