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Nebular hypothesis, principles of „ ., „ „ . 792 



Neckham, Alexander „ 729, 732 



Necrology, Secretary's report on 33 



Nees, Prof. C, honorable mention of 14 



Netherlands, exchange transmissions with 65, 66, 67 



Netherlands- American Navigation Company, courtesies from 61 



Newfoundland, exchange transmissions with 65 



New Hebrides, Polynesian colonies on . 532 



New South Wales, exchange transmissions with 65, 66, 67 



Newton, C. T., cited , . 610 , 



Newton, Professor, cited 198 



New Zealand, exchange transmissions with 65, 66, 67 



New Zealanders, origin of 531 



Nicaragua, exchange transmissions with 65, 66 



Nicholson, A- M., donation to Zoological Park 72 



Nickel, action of, on carbonic oxide 752 



Nitric acid in air 248 



Nitrogen, functions in the air 210 



plant absorption of 210 



properties of 153 



proportion in air 203,204,351 



rdle in animal life „ .... . 169 



weight of 203 



Nogais, the 511 



Nomenclature, defects of present system of 467 



Thiselton-Dyer on 467 



Nordenskiold's electrical experiments 95 



North, Miss M. M., donation to Zoological Park 72 



North German Lloyd, courtesies from 64 



Northmen opposed to literary studies 730 



North Polar Basin, Henry Seebohm on 84 



Northwest Coast, Chinese ships driven to 531 



origin of inhabitants of 533 



Norway, exchange transmissions with 65, 66, 67 



O. 



Obarrio, Melchor, courtesies from 64 



Oceanic Ichthyology, by Drs. Goode and Bean 40 



Oceanography, bionomics, and aquiculture 433 



progress in '. 438 



Ocean respiration 146 



O'Dell, L. N., donation to Zoological Park 73 



Oelrichs & Co., courtesies from 64 



Oken's "primitive slime " 483 



Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot, letter from 28 



Olney, Richard, member of " Establishment" ix, 1 



Ontogeny, Haeckel on 479 



Onyx marbles, by George P. Merrill 86 



Ophthalmoscope invented by Helmholtz 791 



Oppenheimer, Drs. Franz and Carl, medal awarded to 14 



Optics, early English knowledge of 738 



physiological, Helmholtz on 791 



recent progress in, Stevens on 117 



Organic emanations from the skin 245 



matter in ajr .,,,..,,„,...., „,...„,., , 240, 356 



