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Index. 



95 ; Mare Vaporum, 95 ; Ariadseus, 

 96 ; Hyginus, 98 ; Trieenecker, 102 ; 

 Jupiter's satellites, 103 ; occultations, 

 104 ; Jupiter without satellites, 144 ; 

 outline lunar map, 155 ; constitution 

 of Sun and stars, 159 ; 92nd planet, 

 159 ; November shooting stars, 1 90 ; 

 motion of rotation, 192 ; radiant 

 point, 192 ; meteoric orbit, 196 ; 

 meteoric streams, 197 ; Gruithui- 

 een's city in the Moon, 214 ; clefts in 

 the Moon, 215 ; rampart-work, 216 ; 

 selenites, 217 ; Rhaeticus, 216 ; hills 

 in the Moon, 219 ; Jupiter's satel- 

 lites, 222 ; occultations, 223 ; lunar 

 eclipse, 223 ; colour of the Moon, 

 225 : colour seen during the lunar 

 eclipse, 226 ; luminous meteors, 239 

 lunar Eratosthenes and Copernicus 

 273 ; Apennines, 274 ; zone of Eras< 

 tothenes' shadows in terrestrial sun 

 shine, 275 ; lunar penumbra, 275 

 lava currents, 279 ; transit of Jupi- 

 ter's satellites, 280; occultations, 

 280 ; theories of Copernicus and 

 Ptolemy, 317 ; colour question and 

 lunar eclipse, 319 ; two new planets, 



( 320 ; coming star showers, 320 ; 

 lunar details, 370 ; Copernicus, 370 ; 

 craters in the Moon, 370 ; G-ay 

 Lussac, 370 ; light streaks, 371 ; 

 crater chains, 372 ; Eratosthenes, 

 374; Sinus iEstuum, 374; double 

 stars, 375 ; Lyra, 376 ; Cygni, 

 376 ; Andromeda, 379 ; clusters and 

 nebulae, 380 ; Jupiter's satellites, 

 381 ; occultations, 381 ; day view of 

 Venus, 399 ; new planet, 479 . 



Atherinse, 251. 



Atmosphere in the moon, absence of, 55. 



Atmospheric agency among the Ched- 

 dar rocks, 34. 



Autograph of Sir Isaac Newton, 352. 



Auvergne, its thermo-mineral springs, 

 climate, and scenery, 156. 



Axolotls, fecundity of, 480. 



Barbets and their distribution, 241. 



Badger, 202. 



Baridia, 119. 



Barbatula, 243. 



Barks of various plants, value of, 49. 



Barrows in Derbyshire, 180, 257, 342. 



Bassunt bari, Indian bird, 212. 



Beads, old Roman, 348. 



Bee-eaters, 245. 



Bell-bird, 241. 



Bell rock lighthouse, 27. 



Bichromate of potash and albumen, 



polariscope object, 240. 

 Bilberry and mountain or cloud berry, 



25. 



Belona vulgaris, 253. 



Birmingham of Soman Britain, 312. 



Blackmore Museum in Salisbury, 233. 



Bladderworts, air vesicles of, 207. 



Blasting power, new, 315. 



Blood corpuscles, function of, 87. 



Blood discs, 199. 



Body and appendages of annelids, 267. 



Bologna phosphorus, 137. 



Bone implements, 258. 



Botany. — Eungi on the plains of 

 India, 18 ; Polyporus lucidus, 18 ; 

 Schezophyllum commune, 18 ; Irpex 

 flavus, 18 ; Daedalea sanguinea, 18 ; 

 Agaricus, 18 ; Dum-dum collection 

 of fungi, 18 ; Agaricus malleus., 20 ; 

 Agaricus alliciens, 20 ; Agaricus 

 holophlebius, 20 ; Podaxon carce- 

 nomalis, 21 ; Phallus truncatus, 21 ; 

 ferns of Glen Clova, 23 ; oak fern, 

 23 ; beech ferns, 23 ; brittle bladder 

 fern, 23 ; tooth bladder ferns, 24 ; 

 Wilson's film fern, 24; holly ferns 

 24; hard fern, 24; Woodsia ilven- 

 sis, 24 ; Lastrea spinulosa, 24 ; 

 Polystichum lonchitis, 24 ; Bilberry 

 and mountain or cloud-berry, 25 ; 

 Alchemilla alpina, 25 ; hart's tongue 

 ferns, 27 ; sea spleenwort, 27 ; marsh 

 fern, 28 ; green spleenwort, 29 ; pot- 

 tery tree of Para, 50; Moquilea 

 utilis, 50 ; bark of pottery tree, 50 ; 

 silex in bark, 51 ; Handybook to col- 

 lection of fungi and lichen, 79 ; forest 

 trees of Himalayas, 131 ; orchids, 

 131 ; Magnolias, 132 ; Rhododen- 

 dron, 132; Magnolia excelsa, 132; 

 Rhododendron argenteum, 132 ; 

 Magnolia Campbelli, 132 ; Gen- 

 tiana coronata, 132 ; Eoxglove, 132 ; 

 Viola repens, 132 ; Bladderworts, 



207 ; Utricularia vulgaris, 207 ; air 

 vesicles of bladderworts, 207 ; 

 utricles, 207 ; leaf-bearing branches, 



208 ; gaseous evolutions in aquatic 

 plants, 213 ; Hottonia, 212 ; Ranun- 

 culus aquatilis, 212 ; subjecting 

 fruits to electricity, 399: haricot 

 beans electrified, 399 ; hybrid cot- 

 ton, 399 ; electro-capillary currents 

 in plants, 399. 



Brachion mastax, 292. 

 Brachions, 284. 

 Bradycinctus, 128. 

 Brama Raii, 253. 

 Breadth of meteoric stream, 197. 

 Breech-loading gun, 74. 

 Brimstone moth, 328. 

 British Association, 237. 

 Bronze implements, 258. 

 Bronze and iron ornaments, 345. 

 Bronze oruuments, 310. 



