INDEX. 
441 
PAGE 
Geological Text-book 78 
Geology 96, 197, 315, 424 
„ Field 285 
„ of England and Wales 84 
„ Scepticism in . r .. 402 
Germ-Theory of Disease 286 
Glass, Alterations in 197 
Gold, Telluride of 206 
Goodeve’s “Whitworth Measuring 
Machine” 289 
Gourami, Nest of the 211 
Granite, Veins of Bitumen in 316 
Grape, Unripe, Succinic Acid in the 
juice of the 314 
Greece, Submarine Upheaval in ... 96 
Guadeloupe Islands, Flora of the... 93 
Hailstones, Gigantic 99 
Half-prism Spectroscope 322 
Halibut, Chemical Composition of 
the 311 
Harting’s “ Ostriches and Ostrich 
Farming” 74 
Hartley, W. N., on Ice-making 
and Ice-machines 270 
„ on Mineral Cavities and 
their Contents 119 
Harley’s “ Histological Demonstra- 
tions” 183 
Haute Loire, Volcanos of the, 250, 329 
Heterogeny in the Gallflies 325 
Hexactinellid Sponge, Carboniferous 424 
Heubachite 317 
Hippopotamus, Fossil, Algerian ... 202 
Histological Demonstrations 183 
Hobson’s “ Amateur Mechanic’s 
Hand-book” 299 
Homilite 427 
Hygenarctos in England 315 
Hybrid Fruit on Orange and Citron 195 
Hydractinia 202 
Hydriodic Acid, Preparation of ... 422 
Hydrogen, Evolution of, at both 
Electrodes 208 
Hydrogenium, Diamagnetism of ... 433 
Hydroid, one-armed 434 
Hyposulphites in Human Urine ... 422 
Ice, Evidences of the Age of 105 
Ice-making and Ice-machines 270 
Ichthyosauri in the Rhsetic Beds of 
the Saone-et-Loire 316 
Ihleite 318 
Index of Refraction, Method of 
Determining 321 
Induction Coil, Gigantic 207 
Iron, Metallic, from Brazil 205 
„ Protection of, against Rust... 313 
PAGE 
Jordan’s Manual of the Vertebrates 
of North America 78 
„ “ Remarks on Oceanic Ex- 
plorations” 296 
„ “ W inds and their Story of 
the World ” 296 
Jupiter, Opposition of 194 
Jupiter’s Satellites, Singular Pheno- 
mena presented by 192 
King, Capt. C. C., on Flint Imple- 
ments 342 
Kirby, W. F., on the Geographical 
Distribution of Animals 261 
Lake Gokcha, Fauna of 213 
Larval Cestoid Worm, new 324 
Lemmings in Migration 143 
Life, the Puzzle of. 181 
Life -History of the Earth 182 
Light, Influence of, on the Electric 
Resistance of Metals 319 
Liquid Carbon Dioxide in Mineral 
Cavities 95 
Lizard, Triassic, New 425 
Luminous Flames, Solid Carbon in 197 
Machine Design 298 
Maclagan’s “ Germ-Theory of Dis- 
ease” 286 
Magnetization of Polarized Light 320 
Mai et’s “ Biography of Dust” 414 
Mars 194 
„ in the Autumn of 1877 335 
,, Opposition of 304 
,, Moons of, discovery of two ... 417 
Measuring Machines 299 
Mechanic’s Hand-book, Amateur ... 299 
Meek’s Report on the Invertebrate 
Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 
of America 79 
Mello, Rev. J. M., on Caves and 
their Occupants 369 
Menhirs 87 
Menopoma, Change of Skin in 104 
Metallic Iron from Brazil 205 
Metamorphosis of the Dragon Fly 437 
Meteor, American, Great 204 
,, Great 306 
Meteorites, Alveoliform Depres- 
sions in 203 
„ and the Origin of Life 390 
„ heat evolved by 426 
Microscopical Examination of Sands 197 
Microscopy 99 
Milk, Carbo-hydrate in 422 
Mimicry, Protective, in Bats 209 
