INDEX. 



Achromatic condensers, 60. 

 Achromatic eye-piece3 for telescopes, 

 80. 



Acids, delicate test for, 473. 



Aerolite, a monster, 399. 



Aids to microscopic inquiry, 298. 



Albumen, 299. 



Algiers as a winter residence, 1. 



Amalgamated zinc in the galvanic bat- 

 tery, substitute for, 238. 



Amoeboid bodies, development of, 367. 



Amorphous phosphorus, 236. 



Ancient settlements ia Ireland, 73. 



Ancient sword at Norhaoi, 395. 



Anglo-Saxon antiquities in Leicester, 

 72. 



Anglo-Saxon cemeteries, 225, 227. 



Aniline, economic production of, 473. 



Animal life in South Africa, 41. 



Antelopes of South Africa, 45. 



Anthropological Review, 231. 



Ants, 416. 



Apple congress, 240. 



Aquarii aud Bootis, Secchi's measures, 

 480. 



Arcbseologia, 72, 225, 394. 



Aech^oiogia. — Canoe in Whettall 

 moss, 72 ; Roman tesselated pave- 

 ment, 72 ; Anglo-Saxon antiquities, 

 72 ; ancient settlements, 73 ; Anglo- 

 Saxon cemetery at Sarr, 225 ; bal- 

 ance and scales, 225 ; Roman in- 

 scriptions, 226 ; excavations at Sutton 

 Hill, 226 ; sepulchral tumuli, 227 ; 

 Reliquiae Aquitanicae, 315; flint cores 

 from India, 320 ; Cathedral of 

 Rouen, 394 ; City of Hereford, 395 ; 

 ancient sword at Norham, 395 ; ex- 

 cavations at Silchester, 395 ; ancient 

 pyramid, 396 ; Roman inscription, 

 396. 



Arch geological Societies of Hereford, 395. 



Ascent of Cader Idris, 27. 



Asphalt of the Dead Sea, 62. 

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Astinomus, species of, 129. 

 Astronomy. — Ohacornac's solar theo- 

 ries, 15 ; deceptive figures, with re- 

 marks on Siturn's square-shouldered 

 phase, 23 ; coming meteor shower — 

 spectra of meteors, 38; planet Saturn, 

 49 ; ring system of Saturn, 49, 143 ; 

 rotation of Saturn's ring, 57 ; Dhurm- 

 salla meteoric stone, 78; zodiacal light, 

 79 ; effect of increase on sun's mass, 

 79; prisms and silvered fiats for tele- 

 scopes, 80 ; achromatic eye-pieces 

 for telescopes, 80 ; red stars, 119 ; 

 planet Saturn, 142; spectrum of apa- 

 tite, 159 ; rapid increase of star in 

 Corona, 159 ; new planets, 159 ; mag- 

 netic action of the moon, 160 ; pris- 

 matic spectra of August meteors, 161 ; 

 meteor spectroscope, 162 ; mono- 

 chromatic light, 163 ; spectra of 

 meteors, 163 ; material of meteors — 

 planet Saturn, 194 ; Chacornac on 

 the comets, 209 ; obscurations of the 

 sun, 223 ; hand-book to the stars, 

 232 ; shooting stars near the earth, 

 239 ; silvered object-glasses for sun 

 viewing, 240 ; cometary light, 281 ; 

 nebulae, 281 ; occultations, 149, 288, 

 393, 443 ; nebular hypothesis of La- 

 place explained by Delaunay, 310 ; 

 terrestrial dark lines of the spectrum, 

 317; light of neb ulse, 318 ; star mag- 

 nitudes, 319 : ninetieth planet, 320 ; 

 November meteors, 373 ; nebular 

 and stellar spectra, 3S6 ; solar obser- 

 vations, 391 ; red stars, 392 ; planets, 

 392 ; Orion nebula, 386 ; measuring 

 small intervals and counting meteors, 

 393; pseudoscopic appearance of the 

 moon, 399 ; Secdd ou double stars, 

 399 ; monster aerolite, 399 ; ninety- 

 first planet, 399 ; the heavens, 400 ; 

 lunar details, 441 ; obscuration of 

 lunar crater, 444; Mare Serenitatis, 

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