INDEX. 
457 
PAGE 
Spontaneons Generation from a 
Chemical Point of View 434 
Stanistreet, J., Esq., Death of 204 
Stars, Collision of 444 
„ Fixed, Proper Motion of. 302 
,, Bed, Variability of 308 
Stebbing, Bev. T. B. B., on Tele- 
ology or Evolution 11 
Steel Tempering for Tools 218 
Stems of Tree-ferns 431 
Stewart’s “ Conservation of Energy ” 72 
Stroboscopic Determination of the 
Pitch of Tones 105 
Suffolk, “ Spectrum Analysis as 
applied to Microscopical Obser- 
vation, &c.” — 193 
Sub-Wealden Exploration in Sussex 317 
Sugar from Beet-root 105 
Sulphate of Copper Pile, Becquerel’s 332 
Sulphur, Amount Produced in 1871 218 
Sun, Magnesium at the Edge of the 78 
Sun’s Diameter, Variation of 82 
Syrups of Low-class Wines 87 
Systematic Botany, Sketch of 430 
Tannin, Estimation of, in Tea- 
leaves 85 
Tapers, Coloured, Dangerous Nature 
of 315 
Taylor, J. T., on Photographs in 
Natural Colours 41 
Tea, Adulterations of. 209 
Tea-leaves, Estimation of Tannin in 85 
Technical Training 423 
Telegraph, Field 141 
Teleology or Evolution 11 
Temperature in Males and Females 97 
Territories, Geological Survey of the 419 
Test-plates, Nobert’s 220 
Text-books on Chemistry 190 
Thallium, how to Detect §31 
„ where Found 209 
Thermometer as a Companion in 
Daily Life 370 
„ deep-sea 444 
„ maximum and mini- 
mum 221 
„ Experiments with... 444 
Thorpe’s “ Qualitative Chemical 
Analysis and Laboratory Prac- 
tice ” 294 
„ “ Quantitative Chemical 
Analysis " 75 
Timbs’ “ Year-book of Facts” 304 
Todas : who are they ? 66 
Tones, Stroboscopic Determination 
of the Pitch of 105 
Topley (W.) on the Channel Tunnel 394 
Tortula Sinuosa i n W arwickshire ... 311 
Total Solar Eclipses 424 
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Transit of Venus 297, 305, 424 
Tree-ferns, Stems of 431 
Trichomanes Badicans in Kentucky 208 
Tropseolum, Embry ogeny of 430 
Turacin: is it derived from the 
Touraco? 314 
Turkish Bath, the 202 
Twining’s Treatise on “Technical 
Training” 423 
Tyndall, J., on the Transmission of 
Sound by the Atmosphere 175 
Tyndall’s “Principal Forbes and 
his Biographers ” 76- 
Urea, Prepared Paper a Test for... 314 
Vapour and Turkish Bath 202 
Variation of the Sun’s Diameter ... 82 
Vegetable Cell, the 382 
„ Kingdom, Physiological 
Groups in the 422 
„ Physiology 82, 205, 311, 428 
Vegetation, Influence of Climate on 428 
Venus, Diameter of 204 
„ Observations at Cape Town 306 
„ „ at Poulkowa 306 
,. Photographing the Transit of 3 05 
,, Preparations for the Transit 
of 236 
„ Transit of 297, 305, 424 
“Veritas” 201 
Vesuvius, Minerals from 325 
Vezelyte 441 
Vetch, Occurrence of Leucin in ... 433 
Vitis, Dr. Begel on 206 
Vitroscope used as a Tonometer ... 331 
Voice, Writing by the 278 
Volatile Acids of Wines 313 
Liquids, Evaporation of... 222 
Waste Products and Undeveloped 
Substances 69 
Water, Purification of 86 
Wenham (F. H.) on the First Prin- 
ciples of Aerial Transit 362 
,, Mr., as a Controversialist 220 
Whalley’s “ Popular Description of 
the Human Eye ” 296 
What to Believe in Science : Tele- 
ology or Evolution 11 
“Where there’s a Will there’s a 
Way” 192 
Who are the Todas ? 66 
Wild Flowers, their Delations to 
Insects 430 
Wine, how to Detect False Colour- 
ing Matter in 315 
