INDEX 
PAGE 
Abdomen of the New Zealand May- 
fly . 108 
Acaridae, Multiplication of. 107 
Acid, Effect of Injection of, into the 
Brain 98 
Actinophrys Sol, Peculiarities of ... 447 
Actual Cautery, how used 323 
Adams (A. L.) on Bears 250 
.Aerial Transit, First Principles of 362 
Agassiz, Professor, Death of. 112 
Ages, a Tale of 299 
Air beneath the Microscope 162 
Albumen : Why does it coagulate ? 216 
„ Manufacture of, from 
Blood 439 
Alcoholic Fermentation 313 
„ Liquids, Freezing of 208 
.Aleutian Bird 334 
Alga, the Fruiting on an 207 
Algae from Jersey 431 
,, their Structure and Mode of 
Reproduction 25 
Alkali Manufacture, Important 
Change in 88 
Alum in Bread 208 
Althaus’ “ Treatise on Medical 
Electricity” 74 
American Hydra, Identity of, with 
European Species 446 
„ Liquor Laws, Hygienic 
Views of 217 
,, Plants in France 206 
Ammonia, Absorption of, by Plants 436 
Ampelideae, Structural Peculiarities 
of the 432 
Amphipode, Tube-building 448 
Anatomy, Comparative 106, 223, 333, 446 
,, of the G-enus Phronima 336 
„ of Hypsilophodon Foxii 211 
„ of Sea-weeds 25 
Aniline Colours, How to Print, on 
Calico 88 
Animal Locomotion 197 
Antimony, Phosphide of 209 
Antiquity of Man 62 
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Ape, Fossil 93 
,, Exposition of the Structural 
Resemblances and Differences 
with Man 67 
Aquarium, New York 224 
Armstrong’s “ Introduction to the 
Study of Organic Chemistry ” 190 
Arsenious Acid 314 
Assaying, Practical 73 
Astronomical Science Popularised ... 74 
„ Society, Contentions 
in the 310 
„ ,, Award of 
Medal 203 
,, „ New Rooms 203 
Ataeamite from S. Australia 441 
Atmosphere, Amount of Carbonic 
Acid G-as in the 315 
„ Interruption of its 
Power of Conducting Sound 222 
„ Transmission of Sound 
by the 175 
Atteridge (A. H.) on the Field Tele- 
graph 141 
Aurora Borealis 78 
Bain’s (Dr.) “ Mind and Body” ... 69 
Balfour’s “ Introduction to Palaeon- 
tological Botany ” 76 
Balloon Ascent at Woolwich 404 
Bark, Structure of, beneath the 
Microscope 429 
Barlow (W. H.) on the Logograph 278 
Bears 250 
Becquerel’s Sulphate of Copper Pile 352 
Beetroot, Sugar from 105 
Bell’s “ Naturalist in Nicaragua ”... 70 
Bennett (A. W.) on the Structure 
and Mode of Reproduction of 
Algae 25 
,, on the Vegetable Cell 382 
Birds’ Nests 108 
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