I N D E X 



Aberdeen University, 337, 373 

 Abiogenesis, 421, 482 

 Acclimatisation (Siv Paris) 



Acoustics, Galileo's Work in, 169 {.-l/iJ see Sound) 

 "Acrididcc of North America," by Cyras Thomas, Ph.D., 



299 

 Actino-chemistry, 113 



Adelaide; Philosophical Society, 391 ; University, 17 

 Admiralty Charts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans, 



2S9 

 Adulteration of Food and Drink, 335 

 " Adulterations of Food," by R. J. Atcherly, Ph.D., 342 

 Aeronautics in France and Italy, 457 

 Aeronautic Experiments, 427 

 Aeronautic Society, Paris, 373 



Africa; Count d'Alviella's "Sahara and Lapland," 261 ; 

 Fritsch's "South African Races," 479; "The Heart of 

 Africa," by Dr. Georg Schweinfurth, 340 (6V..' Livingstone) 

 Agassiz (Alex.) Radiata and Echinoderms, 53 ; Zoological Mu- 

 seum, Cambridge, Mass., and Zoological School, Penikese, 

 35° 

 Agassiz (Prof. L.), Obituary Notices of, 121, 130 

 Agave, Flowering, at Kew, 470 

 Agriculture at Rothamsted, Report on the Growth of Barley, 



317 

 Agriculture and Birds, 232 



Agricultural Society, Committee'on Potato Disease, 211 

 Air, Microscopic Examinations of, 330, 439, 4S5 

 Airy (Hubert), Microscopic Examination of Air, 330, 439, 4S5 

 Aitken (John), Photographing the Transit of Venus, 1S3 

 Alaska, Fur Seals, 471 

 Albany (U.S.) Institute, Transactions, 439 

 Alcohol, its effects on Warm-blooded Animals (Br. A.), 132 ; on 



Temperature, Pulse, and Respiration, 352 

 Algiers, French Map of the Coast, 313 

 Alglave (M.), Prof, of Law, Douai, suspended, 371, 512 

 AUman (Prof., F.R.S.), Results with the Towing net. South 



Coast of Ireland, 73 ; Royal medal awarded to, 91 

 AUward (M.), Puy de Dome Observatory, 470 

 Almanacs, Astronomical, 6g, 123, 210 



America; Academy of Science, California, 351 ; Albany Insti- 

 tute, 439; Bahama Islands, 35; Museums in Brazil, 463 ; 

 New York Aquarium, Menagerie, and Museum, 242, 272 ; 

 Philadelphia, 116, 196, 256, 356, 435, 452; Baltimore, Aca- 

 demy of Sciences, 396 ; Natural History Museum, New York, 

 9 ; Association for the Advancement of Science (Poitlaud), 

 53; Peabody Academy of Science, 151 ; Alleghany, Cincin- 

 nati, Cordoba Rocky Mountains, and Washington Observa- 

 tories, 93, 264, 313, 332, 394, 512 ; The Hoosac Tunnel, 

 170 ; Fluctuations in Lakes, 504 ; Exploring Expeditions, 

 '9-1 391 ; "North American Birds," 498; Academy of 

 Science, St. Louis, 499 ; Scientific Enterprise, 243 ; " Acri- 

 didie of North America," by Cyrus Thomas, Ph.D., 299 ; 

 Weather Reports for September 1S72, 299; Exploration of 

 the Amazons, 315 ; Cambridge (Mass.) Zoological Museum, 

 Penikese Zoological School, 350 ; Dr. Hayden's Survey, 452 ; 

 Harvard's University, Exposition at Philadelphia, 452; 

 Andrews (Dr., F.R.S.), Ozone, 347, 364 

 Animal Locomotion, by Dr. J. B. Pcttigrew, F.R.S., 221, 260, 



301, 381, 403, 422, 440 

 " Animal Mechanics, Principles of," by the Rev. S. Ilaughton, 



F.R.S., 239 

 Anthropological Institute, 56, 95, 156, 195, 235, 275, 315, 354, 



395. 434, 470, 495 

 Anthropological Society, The London, 95, 150 

 Anthropology ; the Todas of South India, 99 ; Remains of 



I'etrarch, 171 

 Ants, Leaf-cutting, 219; Recent Researches on, 30S 



Apes ; "Man and Apes," by St. George Mivart, 180 

 Aquaria; Brighton, 113, 451 ; Margate, 249 ; Central Pari, 



New York, 243, 272 ; Liverpool, 272 

 Arctic E.xploration, 17, 35, 37, 91, 97, 13S, 240, 241, 272, 372, 



404, 411 

 " Argentine Pampas, Excursion to the," by Federico Leybolc, 



59 

 Argentine Republic ; Flight of Locusts at Cordoba, 23c' 



Cordoba Observatory, 264 

 Argyll (The Duke of, Pres. G.S.), "Physical Geography of 



Argyleshire," 90, no; Address to Geological Society, 354 



Flight of Birds, 381, 403 

 Arnott (Neil, M.D., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 364 

 Artistic Representation of Nature, 84 

 Astronomical Almanacs, 123, 210 

 Astronomical Society, 55, 136, 229, 415, 475 

 Astronomical Speculations in Relation to Geology, 3S8 

 Astronomy: at Oxford, 52 ; in the Argentine Republic, 264; 



Results of the Polaris Expedition, 404 ; Celestial Chemistry, 



by J.N. Lockyer, F.R.S., 411, 429; Quito University, 



France, 42S 

 Atcherley (R. J., Ph.D.), " Adulterations of Food," 342 

 Atlantic Ocean, Admiralty Chart of, 289 

 Athenian Text-Books of Science, 29S 

 Atmosphere ; Prof Tyndall on its Acoustic Transparency and 



Opacity, 251, 267 

 Atmospheric Refraction and the Setting Sun, 20 

 Atmospheric Telegraph, 64, 83, 105 

 "Attraction, Mathematical , Theories of,' by J. Todhunter, 



M.A., F.R.S., 378, 399 

 Auroral Display, near Whitehaven, 303 

 Austria, Science in, 181, 1S4, 411 (&£• Vienna) 

 Australia; Adelaide University, 17; Ballarat School of Mines, 



229; Magnetic Iron, 171 ; Sydney Museum, 249; Aboti- 



ginal Artists, 322; Exploration in Western Australia, 331 ; 



in Queensland, 33: ; Botany of Brisbane, 452 

 " Axiom," The Word, 462 



Axioms, Physical, 402, 420, 421, 461, 477, 484, 499 

 Axolotls Hatched at Brighton Aquarium, 451 



Bacteria, 421, 482 



Baer (Dr. K. E. v.), "Historic Questions," and "Studies of 



Natural History," 241 

 Bahama Islands, Geography and Mollusca of, 35 

 Bain (Prof Alex., LL.D.), Review of "Darwin on Expression," 



2 ; " Relation of Mind and Body," 178 

 Baker (Sir S.), African Slave Trade, 91, 113 ; appointed Rede 



Lecturer, 229 

 Balances (See Weighing) 

 Balances, Ancient, 8 

 Balfour (Prof. John H., F.R.S. 



141 

 Ballarat School of Mines, 229 

 Balloons in the 9th century, 72 ; 

 Balloon Ascent Extraordinary in Siam, 350 

 Baltimore, Maryland Academy of Sciences, 396 

 Bardwell (W.), " What a House should be," 60 

 Barley, Report of its Growth for twenty years at Rothamsted, 



317 

 Barnes (Philip, F.L.S.), Obituary Notice of, 349 

 Barraude (Joachim), Tiilobites, 22S, 261 

 Barrett (Prof W. F.), Dr. Tyndall and Sensitive Flames, 223, 



241 

 Bastian (Dr. H.C.), Bacteria and Spontaneous Generation, 421, 



482 

 Beech pierced by a Thorn Plant, 441, 463 

 Bee-keeping, 193 

 Ikes, Power of Memory in, 4S4 



The Medical Curriculum, 121, 



Direction of, 312 



