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Todd(C.), Meteorology of South Australia, 120 



Tokio, University of, 230; the Acceleration of Gravity at, 521 



Tombs, Discovery of, at Chamblmies, 40 



Tomsk, University of, \\\ 



Tong-pang-chong, Chinese Renedy for Skin Disease, 541 



Topographical Society of London, 592 



Tornadoes in Missouri, 253 



Torrent, Strange Method of Crossing a, W. Curran, 339 ; F. 

 F. Tuckett, 3S2 



Torsion of Wires of Steel, Iron, and Copper, Experiments on, 

 by Herr Warburg, 207 



Torsion, Wire, Major J. Herschel, F.R.S., 557 



Toughened Glass, Noble Taylor, 241 ; T. B. Sprague, 292 



Trachomedus.-e, a New Jelly- Fish of the Order of. Living iu Fresh- 

 water, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 147, 177, igo, 241, 

 316, 361 



Trains, a Substitute for Stopping, 519 



Transverse Vibrations of Light, 363 ; on a Mole of Explaining, 

 J. W. Frankland, 317 



Transylvania, Earthquake in, 592 



Tree Pruner, Samuel Wood, 336 



Tree Planter, Samuel Wood, 336 



Trees, Effect of Liglitning on, L. Gumming, 220 



Treub (Dr. RL), Appointed Director of Botanical Gardens at 

 Buitenzorg, Java, 64 



Trichoptera, European, Monograph of, R. McLachlan, F. R.S., 

 3'4 



Trinity College, London, 540 



Tromholt (Prof. Sophus), Auroral Observations, 192 



Tubes, Glass, Experiments with, J. T. Bottomley, 291 



Tuckett (F. F.), Strange Method of Crossing a Torrent, 3S2 



Tuning-forks, Vibrations of. Dr. Konig, 90 



Tupman (Major G. L.), Great Meteor, 242 



Turkestan, Flora of. Dr. Regel on, 19 



Twelvetrees (W. PL), Ural Crayfish, 10 



Two Dimensions and of Finite Extent, o.i the Simi:l.;t Con- 

 tinuous Manifold of, C. J. Monro, 218 



Typhoon?, Pcre Marc Dechevrens on, 1S3 



Tyrol, Ear;liquakes5;n the, 399 



" Uisnacb, the Sons of," and " Loch Etive," 2S9 

 Ujfalvy (C. E. de), Expedition to Central Asia, 351 

 Underground Temperature, British Association Report on, 442 

 United States : Weather Maps, August, 1878, 36, 100, 249, 



516 ; Geological Survey of New Jersey, 348 ; Prof. Loamis 



on the Temperature of, 594 

 "Universe, Key to the," Orson Pratt, sen., 290 

 University College, London, Meeting to Raise Funds for the 



Completic-n of the Buildings, 228 

 University College, London, Prof. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., on, 



228 

 University and Educational Intelligence, 45, 70,90, 115, 136, 



160, 185, 20S, 233, 257, 2S2, 307, 330, 575, 590, 623 

 Universities, the Proposed Abolition of Clerical Fellowships, 



&c., 250 ; the Times on the Functions of, 251 

 Ural Crayfish, W. II. Twelvetrees, 10 

 Urea, Relation of, to the Total Nitrogen of the Urine in Disease, 



Doctors Russell and We^t, i85 

 Urine of Cow.s, Phosphoric Acid in the, 595 

 Utah, the Plateau of, Capt. C. E. Dutton, Prof. A. Geikie, 



F.R.S., 324 

 Utricularia, Lieut. J. W. Clark, 31S 



Vacuo, High, Contributions to Molecular Physics in, W. Crookes, 



' F.R.S., 125 



"Valley Naturalist," 56S 



Vapour Densities, Determinations of, 349 



Varenne (J.), Researches on the Passivity of Iron, 279 



Variable Nebula near f Tauri, 231 



Variable Stars, 277 ; in Aquarius, 205 ; tj Cygni, 34S, 454 ; 



Ceraski's New, 455, 603, 6i5; R Hydrce, 542 

 Vaucauson Collection, Catalogue of, 276 

 Vayssicre (M.), on a Problem in Entomology, 130 

 Veeder (M. A.), Mosquitos, 460 



Vegetaljle Kingdom, Evolution of, W. B. Hemsley, 190 

 Venice, International Congress of Geography at, 398 

 Verhandlungen der k.k. Zoologisch-botanischen GeselL-^chaft in 



Wien, 20 

 Vesta, Diameter of, 231 



Vesuvius, appearance of the Phylloxera in the Vineyards of, 17 . 



Opening of the Railway, 131 ; Activity of, 466 ' 



Vevey Cigars, 87 

 Vibration, Experiments on, 207 

 \"ibrations of Flames, Prof. Carmichael on, iS 

 Vibrations of Light: on a Mode of Explaining Transverse, I. 



W. Frankland, 317; Transverse, 363 

 Victoria : Mineral Statistics of, 343 ; Royal Society of, Trans- 

 actions, 518 

 Victoria (Pliilosophical) Institute, 92, 163 

 Victoria University, Manchester, 261, 274 

 Vienna: the International Congress of Meteorology 'at, 16: 



Imperial Academy of Sciences, 48, 163, 187, 236, 260, 30s, 



356 ; .Mittheilungen of Geographical Society, 68 

 Vine, A New, 495 

 Vines (S. II.), Translation of " Prantl's Text-Book of Botany," 



216 

 Vinter (A), Tables for the Analysis of a Simple Salt, 337 

 Violins, Tone of, Lewis Wright, 435 

 Vivisection, I^r. B. G. Wdder on tlie two Kinds of, 517 

 Voice, The Science of Production and Preservation of, for tlii 



\]>s of Speakers and Singers, Gordon Holmes, 143 

 Voice, Human, the Mechanism of the, Emil Behnke, 239 

 ^'oice, Philosopliy of, Sequel to the, Chas. Lunn, 556 

 Volcanic Eruption in Dominica, Edmund Wall, 77 

 Volcano (Lacustrine), 129 



Volcanic Dust from Dominica, W. E. Wadsworth, 266 

 Volcanoes : Mount Etna, 346 ; Fuego, 346, 441, 544 ; Vesuvius, 



466 

 Voltameters, Leyden Jars, &c., Reduction of'Observations o;!, 



258 

 Vortex Atom Theoiy, S. Tolver Preston, 56, 121; G. II. 



Darwin, F.R.S., 95 ; On the Physical Aspects of the, 145 

 Vortex Motion, On Maximum and Minimum Energy in. Sir 



William Thomson F.R.S., 61S 

 "Vox Populi : " A Sequel to the "Philosophy of Voice," 



Chas. Lunn, 556 



Wachter (Dr.), Electrical Ring-figures, 302 !' 



Wadsworth (M. £ ), Volcanic Dust from Dominica, 266 



Wagner (Dr. Hofrath von), Death of, 567 



" Waiting Carriage," W. M. F. Petrie, 534 



Walford (Cornelius), Recall of Appearance of Books, &c., 220 



Wales, South, Ethnology of, 421 



Wallace (Alfred R.), on Two Darwinian Essays, 141 ; " Island 



Life," 39S 

 V\"ard (Rev. J. Clifton), Proposed Memorial to, 328 

 Warner Observatory, 614 

 Wartegg (Chevalier Ernst von Hesse), Travels in North Africa, 



23' 

 ^\ ashington. Philosophical Society of, 440 

 Wasps, Carnivorous, 31 

 Wasps and Spiders, no 

 Water Supply, Ch.arles Ekin, 221 

 Water, Living on, 294 



Water, Excretion of, by Leaves, Dr. J. W. Moll, 403" 

 Waterfowl, P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., 295 

 Watt (Edmund), Recent Volcanic Eruption in Dominica, 77 ; 



Monkeys in the West Indies, 31S 

 "Weapons and Politics of the Ancient Hindus," G. Oppert, 



5S1 

 Weather Maps (United States), 36, 100, 249, 372, 516 

 Weights, Standard, Dr. Werner Siemens and his Set of, 64 

 Weismann (Dr. Aug.), "Studies in the Theory of Descent," 



141 

 Welding of Solid Bodies, 353 

 ^Vf;ltende, Discovery of Diluvial Bones at, 56 

 Wdwilschia niiral/ilis. Germination of, F. Orpen Bower, 590 

 West Indies, Monkeys in, John Murie, 77, 318 

 Westphal's Comet (1852, IV.), 1S4 



^^'est Harptree, Discovery of Natural Caverns in tlie Neigh- 

 bourhood of, 204 

 Whipple (G. M.), Magnetic Storm, 558 

 Wliitaker (J.), " Guide to the Geology of London," 481 

 White (Dr. Buchanan), the number of Known Species of 



Hemiptera-Heteroptera, 606 

 Whitworth (Sir Joseph), on Rifled Arms, 130 

 Whymper's (E.), IMountaineering Exploits in Soutli America, 



19 ; Ascent of Pichincha, 41 



