SCIENCE. — INDEX TO VOLUME IV. 



601 



Lawn-tennis, 473. 



Lawsuits against grasshoppers, 168. 



Least squares, method of, 39. 



Leaves, torsion of, 340. 



Leavitt,E.D.,jun.,onpumping-machinery 

 289. 



Leblanc, monument to, 504. 



LeConte, John. Points on lightning- 

 rods, 413. 



Leeds, A. R., on composition of human 

 milk, 322. 



Lefroy, Sir J. H. Recent geographical 

 discovery, 211. 



Lehman, A. E., on new protractor, 24. 



Lehmann, J., on crystalline schists, 327; 

 origin of the crystalline schists, 511. 



Leipzig university, 156. 



Leland's Algonquin legends of New Eng- 

 land, reviewed, 499. 



Lendenfeld, on glacial period in New Zea- 

 land, 426. 



Lesley, Prof. J. P., portrait, 190. 



Lesquereux and James's Mosses of North 

 America, "reviewed, 446. 



Lewis, H. C, on trap-dyke, 328. 



Librarians, conference of, 505. 



Libraries, scientific, 335, 368, 396, 413. 



Lick observatory, completion of, 482. 



Life, painless extinction of, 366; saving by 

 use of salt solution, 449. 



Light, 444; in deep sea, 8, 94; emitted by 

 insects, 505; seen under water, 421; 

 standard of, 126 ; velocity of, 254. 



Lighthouse system in Canada, 290. 



Lighthouses, illuminants for, 449. 



Lightning protection, 316; rods, points on, 

 223, 413; strokes in France, 264. 



Limulus, development of, 341. 



Lindstrom's Silurian mollusks, 562. 



Lingula, 343. 



Liveing, on constitution of elements, 255. 



Liveing and Dewar, on spectral lines of 

 metals, 254. 



Liversedge, on Monotremata, 261. 



Local names in France, 265. 



Lockwood, T. D., on long-distance tele- 

 phony; 315. 



Lockyer on use of photography in astron- 

 omy, 29. 



Locomotive, anthracite-burning, 290. 



Lodge, on electromotive forces in voltaic 

 cell, 251. 



Loeffler. See Koch, R., Gaffky, and 

 Loeffler. 



Loess, western, steep slopes of, 302. 



LoVPs Valley formation, 365. 



Lubricants, theory of, 249. 



Lubrication, report of British association 

 on, 291. 



Lupton, N. T. Sky-glows, 486. 



Lycosa, egg-cocoons of, 24. 



Lynch's Scientific butter-making, re- 

 viewed, 407. 



Lyon, D. G. Semitic notes, 378. 



Lyon, D. Gr., on cuneiform inscriptions of 

 Asia, 443. 



Macloskie, G., on dynamics of insect 



crust, 341. 

 McCook, H. C, on egg-cocoons of Lycosa, 



24; habits of spider, 23; Tenants of an 



old farm, reviewed, 536. 

 McCurdy, T. F. Change in the color of 



the eye, 452. 

 Macfarlane, James. American geologi- 

 cal railway-guide, 396; the formation of 



canons and precipices, 99. 

 McGee, "W. J., on glacier, 154. 

 McGill university, degrees conferred by, 



263. 

 Mackerel sky, formation of, 253. 

 McLennan, J., on Canadian finances 285. 

 MacLeod's Dierkunde, reviewed, 311. 

 Macnair's journey into Kafiristan, 404. 

 Magnetism, influence of, on discharge o 



electricity, 252. 

 Maimon's collection of orienta antiquities 



378. 

 Mammals of Adirondacks, 445; phylogeny 



of artiodactyle, 339. 

 Mammoth, discovery of remains of, 46. 

 Man and mastodon, 112; future of, 408; 



in the tertiaries, 244. 



Manchester, science in, 555. 



Manilius, translation of, 266. 



Mann, B. P. A wider use for scientific 

 libraries, 413. 



Manual training in elementary schools, 523. 



Manures, 57. 



Map of Hudson's Strait, 220 ; vicinity of 

 Baltimore, 518. 



Marcoartu, A. de, on commercial relations 

 of United States, 348. 



Marcou. Jules. The earthquake of Aug. 

 10, 144. 



Marcou's Mapoteca geologica Americana, 

 382. 



Mariners, danger to, 413. 



Marjan, H., on local names, 265. 



Marriage laws of aborigines, 319; in sav- 

 agery, 471. 



Marsh, O. C, on dinosaurian reptiles, 261. 



Marshall. See Goodwin and Marshall. 



Marshall, A. M., on echinoderms, 261. 



Martin, on media of exchange, 285. 



Martin, J. B., on future of United States, 

 347. 



Martin, Lillie J., on mitegall, 339. 



Masks, burial, of Peruvians, ill. 10. 



Massachusetts topographical map, 3. 



Mastodon, 112. 



Mathematics, college, 230. 



Meat, supply of, 286. 



Mechanical engineers, training for, 323; 

 science, relation of, to other sciences, 

 215; section of American association, 2, 

 187. 



Mechanics, applied, 406. 



Medals of Royal society, 561. 



Mediaeval history, 313. 



Medical congress at Copenhagen, 75,300; 

 geography, 220. 



Medina's Aborigines of Chile,reviewed,423. 



Medulla oblongata, 341. 



Meehan, J. T. Minerals near Philadel- 

 phia, 368. 



Meehan, T., on opposite leaves in Salix 

 nigra, 24. 



Meldola, on jelly-fish, 155. 



Meng-leng, 159. 



Mental evolution in animals, 16. 



Merchantmen, defence of, 505. 



Meridian circle, Harvard college, 293 ; con- 

 ference, 376, 406, 421; work of, 414; of 

 longitude, zero, 32. 



Meridians of longitude in South America, 

 561. 



Merriam, C. Hart. The coming of the 

 robin and other early birds, 571; the 

 hood of the hooded seal, Cystophora 

 cristata, ill. 514; the star-nosed mole am- 

 phibious, 429. 



Merriam, C. H., on bird-migration, 374; 

 Mammals of the Adirondacks, reviewed, 

 445. 



Merrill, G. P. Hornblende andesite 

 from the new Bogosloff volcano, 524. 



Merriman, M., on doubtful observations, 

 292; Method of least squares, reviewed, 

 39. 



Metallic circuits in cables, 52. 



Metallurgy of primitive nations, 21. 



Metals, diffusion of, 253; spectral lines of, 

 254. 



Meteor, fall of, near Odessa, 188. 



Meteoric research, medal for, 49. 



Meteorological observatory, 92; society, 

 New-England, 30, 424. 



Meteorology, bibliography of, 449. 



Metre, relation of yard to, 296. 



Metric system, use of, 30; value of, 537. 



Metz's Modern palmistry, reviewed, 558. 



Mexican railway, 12. 



Micaria limnicunae, 23. 



Michai'les, O. E., on heavy-guns, 12. 



Michelson, on velocity of light, 254. 



Micro-organisms, value of investigations 

 on, 48. 



Micropterus dolemieu, 263; nigricans, 263. 



Microscope for class-room demonstration, 

 ill. 540. 



Microscopical journals, new, 365; science, 

 244; structure of rocks, 505; technique, 

 350. 



Milk, composition of, 322; effect of fer- 

 mentation on, 405. 



Minerals near Philadelphia, 368. 

 Minnesota Ojibwas, implements of, ill. 527. 

 Minot, C. S. Death and individuality, 



398; the organization of an international 



scientific association, 80. 

 Minot, C. S., on biological problems, 339; 



growth and death, 342; skin of insects, 



341. 

 Mitchell, H., on Delaware estuary, 329. 

 Mitegall, 339. 



Mole, star-nosed, amphibious, 429. 

 Molecular dynamics, 437; volumes, 256. 

 Mollusca, classification of, 143, 334, 351; 



new type of, 50. 

 Monotremata, 261. 



Montigny on scintillation of stars, 267. 

 Monuments, American contributions to, 



483. 

 Moon's latitude, 294; surface, temperature 



of, 396. 

 Morse, E. S. Korean curios, 270; man 



in the tertiaries, 244. 

 Morse, E. S., on Korean customs, 345. 

 Moseley, H. N. The physiology of deep- 

 sea life, 209. 

 Moseley, H. N., on Utricularia vulgaris, 



262. 

 Mosses of North America, 446. 

 Mounds, emblematic, 343; Florida, 344; 



Indiana, 344; Ohio, 151, 317. 

 Mount Roraima, 280. 

 Mount St. Augustin, volcanic outburst on, 



538. 

 Muir, W. K., on single-track railways, 



288. 

 Muirhead, H., on mackerel sky, 253. 

 Mulhall, M. G., on debts of nations, 285. 

 Munroe, C. E. Recent observations on 



explosive agents, 13. 

 Munroe, C. E., on petroleum oils, 321. 

 Muscles of crabs, strength of, ill. 521. 

 Muskrat with round tail, 34. 

 Mussulman propaganda, 457. 

 Mythology of Wintuns, 345. 



Names and occupations, correspondence 

 between, 33. 



Naples zoological station, American table 

 at, 74. 



National academy of sciences and govern- 

 ment, relations of, 428; October meeting 

 of, 396; papers read before, 408; board 

 of health, 427 ; conference of electricians, 

 127; pride, 349. 



Natural history, American, 536; text- 

 books, 395. 



Naturalist, rambles of, 380. 



Nautical almanac for 1884, 20. 



Naval war college, 424. 



Nebulae, 294. 



Nelson, E. T. The Ohio earthquake, 

 302; swarming insects, 111; a viviparous 

 pumpkin, 470. 



Netschilluk Innuit, ill. 543. 



Neubauer, A., on races of Jews, 319. 



Newcomb, S. Can ghosts be investigated, 

 525; psychic force, 372; psychical re- 

 search, 509. 



Newcomb, S., on value of obliquity o 

 ecliptic, 295. 



New England, Algonquin legends of, 499; 

 meteorological society, 30, 424; orchids 

 498. 



New- Jersey flora, 358 ; geological survey, 

 326. 



Newport, old stone mill at, ill. 512. 



Newton's theory of atmospheric refrac- 

 tion, 295. 



New- York agricultural station, annual 

 report of, reviewed, 519; gypsum de- 

 posits, 325 ; state survey, termination of, 

 2. 



New Zealand, glacial period in, 426. 



Niagara water-power as generator of elec- 

 tricity, 12. 



Nicaragua route, 32S. 



Nicol,W. W. J., on theory of solution, 

 256. 



Nile, navigation of, map, 456. 



Nipher, F. E., on electrical transmission of 

 energy, 315. 



Nitrogen, assimilation of. by plants, 322. 



Noctuidae, structural modifications of, 44. 



