INDEX 



Aberdeen, Cryptogamic Show, 427, 447 



Abney (Capt. R. E.), Photographic Operations in Transit of 

 Venus, 449 ; Photographic Irradiation, 522 



Acclimatisation Societies : Paris, 473, 514 ; Victoria, 380 



Action of the Horse, 39 



Aertinautical Experiments {See Balloons) 



Aeronautical Society, 44S 



Africa : Lieut. Cameron's Expedition, 172, 214, 231 ; Expedition 

 to investigate the Slave Trade, 195 ; Col. Gordon's Expedition 

 to Gondokoro, 72, 29-; Berlin Exploration Society, 134, 

 383, 512 ; Natural History Notes from South Africa, 486; 

 Eclipse of 1874, 59 



Agriculture: Baldwin's " Irish Farming," 203 ; "Sewage and 

 Sewage Farming," 381 ; Technology of AgticuUure, 307; 

 Application of the Laws of Selection, 350 ; Utilisation of 

 Sewage, 431 ; R. Jeffries on "Small Farms," 529 



" Agriculture and Geology," by Amedee Burat, 45S 



Agricultural Schools, 15 



Agricultural Society of Scotland, 151 



Agricultural Shows : Science in the Showyard, 199 



Airy (Hubert), Pollen-grains in the Air, 355, 398 



Ailken (John), Photographic Irradiation, 105, 205, 222, 245, 

 381, 439, 522 



Alga from Jersey (Br. A.), 433 



Algeria: proposed Artificial Inland Sea, 231 



AUman (Prof G. J., F. R.S.), a New Order of Hydrozoa, 251 



Amber in North America, 277 



America : Association for the Advancement of Science ; 

 Meeting at Hartford, Connecticut, 194, 382, 441, 463 ; Ex- 

 ploration in Colorado and New Mexico, 308 ; Fisheries of 

 New York, 214 ; Jasper's " Birds of North America," 212 ; 

 Lobster Breeding, 214; Observatories : at West Point, 208; 

 Annapolis, 209 ; Survey of Lakes, 35 ; Telegraphic Clocks, 

 308 ; National Academy of Science, 45 ; Weather Maps, 295, 

 460 



American Journal of Science, 95 



American Oyster Trade, 290 



Ampelidese, Indian ^Br. A.), 433 



Anagram, Scientific, by Huyghens, 4S0 



Anatomy (Stv British Association, Sec. D) 



Anderson (James S.), Aurora, 522 



Andre (C. and G. Ravet), " Practical Astronomy," 42 



Andrews (Dr., F.R.S.), High Pressures (Br. A.), 389; Pheno- 

 menon in Boring a Well (Br. A.), 432 



Andrews (Prof. T,, F.R.S.), De Boisbaudran on "Spectres 

 Lumineux," 396 



Anemometer for Wind on the Coast (Br. A.), 450 



Angora Goat, 448 



Angstrom (Prof. A. J.), Spectrum of Aurora Borealis, 210; 

 Obituary Notice of, 376 



"Animal Mechanism," by E. J. Marey, 498, 516 



Animals : the Hypothesis that they are Automata, and its 

 History, by Prof. Huxley, F.R.S. (Br. A.), 362, 43S, 502, 520 



Anstie (F. E., M.D., F.R.C.P.), Obituary Notice of, 398; 

 Memorial to, 467 



Ant-eater, Tongue of the (Br. A.), 413 



Anthropological Institute, 19, 57, 98, 138, 177, 217 



Anthropological Societies : Gottingen, 350; Paris, 276, 297, 513, 



533 

 Anthropology: Aboriginal " Murri " Race of Australia, 521 ; 

 Col. Lane Fox's Collection, 232 ; International Congress at 

 Stockholm, 307, 332 (See British Association, Sec. D) 

 Antrim, County, Volcanic Phenomena of (Br. A.), 324 

 Antwerp, International Horticultural Exhibition, 471 

 A priori Physical Axioms {See Physical Axioms) 

 Aquarium Cars on Steam Ships, 530 



Aquariums : Bridlington (proposed), 152 ; Crystal Palace, 428, 

 447 ; Heme Bay (proposed), 307 ; Manchester, 74, 93, 172, 

 275, 428 ; Southport, 3S4 ; Westminster, 230 ; Marine Aqua- 

 rium for Inland Students, 260 ; Seaweed in, 530 

 I Archaeological Association, Meeting at Bristol, 231, 273 

 j "Arctic Continent and Polar Sea/' by Dr. J. Chavanne, 231 

 I Arctic Exploration, 54, 213, 273, 294, 361, 383, 428,43^ 



Argentine Republic, Observatory at Cordoba, 72 



Argyll (His Grace the Duke of), Flight of Birds, 147, 263 



Armstrong (Henry E., Ph.D., F.C.S.), "Organic Chemistry," 

 333 ; Isomeric Cresols (Br. A.), 431 



Artisans' Institute, 3S3 



Assyria, Mr. Geo. Smith's Expedition, 134 



Astronomical .Society, 37, 158, 190 



Astronomy : Bibliography of, 508 ; German Astronomical So- 

 1 ciety, 74 



" Astronomy, Practical," by Andre and Rayet, 42 

 j Astronomy {See British Association, Sec. A, and Observatories) 



Atmospheric Currents in the West Indies, 65 



Atoms and Molecules Spectroscopically Considered, by J. N. 

 Lockyer, F.R.S., 69, 89 



Atoms, Theory of, by i\I. Wurtz, 345 



Aurora Borealis, 2io, 355, 398, 460, 500, 522 



Australia: Leichaidt's Exploring Expedition, 15; Major War- 

 burton's Expedition, 53 ; Sydney Museum, 81 ; Poisonous 

 Snakes, 273; Angora Goats, 44S ; Aboriginal "Murri" 

 Race, 521 



Austrian Polar Expedition, 273, 383, 42S, 439, 523 



Automatism of Animals, 362, 43S, 502, 520 



Axioms, li priori {See Physical Axioms) 



Babington(C. E, M.A., F.R.S. ), " Manual of Botany," 242 



Backhouse (T. W ), Curious Rainbow, 437 



Baird (Spencer F.), "Annual Record of Science," 122; 



" Fisheries of New England," 201 

 Baker (Sir Samuel), Rede Lecture, 53 

 Balding (A. ), Meteor at Wisbech, 483 

 Baldwin (Prof. Thos., M.R.I. A.), "Irish Farming," 203; 



" Sewage and Sewage Farming," 3S1 

 Balfour (Mr.), Development of Sharks (Br. A.), 413 

 Ball (R. LL.U., F.R.S.), Royal Astronomer of Ireland, 14 

 Balloon Ascents : from Odessa, 94 ; by M. de Fonvielle, 195 ; 



Fatal Experiment of M. de Groof, the "Flying Man," 230; 



Experiment at Woolwich, 230, 252, 285, 461 ; Ascents in 



New York and Canada, 344 ; Paris, 360 

 " Barbadoes, Rainfall of," by Governor Rawson, C.B., 241 

 Barker (Lady), "Lessons on Cooking," 283 

 Barrett (Prof. W. F.), Sounding and Sensitive Flames, 244 

 Barrows, Chambered, 290 



Bastian (Dr. H. C), his Experiments on Bacteria, 4 

 Bath, Natural History Club, 174 

 Beaumont (M. Elie de). Obituary Notices of, 447, 471 

 Becquerel (Edm.), Researches in Photography, 281 

 Bee-keepers' Association, 114, 383 

 Bees feeding on Larvae, 3 1 



Belfast : Meeting of the British Association {See British Asso- 

 ciation) ; Naturalists' Field Club, 361 

 Belgium, Royal Academy of Sciences, 15, 76, 235, 252 

 Bell(Lowthian, F.R.S.), Action of Carbonic Acid and Cyanogen 



on Oxide of Iron (Br. A.), 390 

 Belt (Thos., F.G.S.), The Glacial Period, 25, 62, 85, 105 

 Benger (F. Baden), Cry of the Frog, 4S3 

 Bennett (Alfred W., F.L.S.), Fertilisation of Labiatae, 92 ; 



Specimens and Apparatus at the Br. A., 380 ; Pollen-grains 



inthe Air (Br. A.), 39S, 433 

 Bentham (G. F.R.S.), Systematic Botany (Br. A.), 433 



