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INDEX. 
PAGE 
Capercaillie, the 408 
Carbonic Acid, Liquid, in Syenite 101 
Carboniferous Fenestellidse 317 
„ Plants, a New Order 
of 205 
„ Rocks, in the Lon- 
don Area . 279 
Carbons giving the Electric Light, 
Temperature of 439 
Caribbean Sea, Dredgings in the... 352 
Carr’s “ Domestic Poisons ” 194 
Cave, Moravian 319 
Centipedes, the Poison Glands of. . . Ill 
Cephalic Ganglia of Insects 444 
Cerium, Presence of, in Minerals... 323 
Certeux’s “ Eucalyptus ” 63 
Chalk and Eocene, Extent of Gap 
between 55 
Challenger's Voyage 178 
Chara, Pro-embryo of 89 
Chemical Composition of Sea-water 200 
,, Dynamics, Contributions 
to 203 
Chemistry 90, 199, 314, 423 
„ Dictionary of 174 
„ Frankland’s Experimen- 
tal Researches in ... 403 
„ of Common Life 181 
„ Organic 298 
China, Age of Stone in 413 
Chlorophyll, Function of the, in 
Green Planariae 219 
Chrysolite, Titaniferous 326 
Clement’s Manual of Organic Che- 
mistry 298 
Cleopatra’s Needle, the Stability of 104 
Clock Dials, Self-luminous 215 
Collimator Adjustment 216 
Colour and Motion, Music of 108 
Comet, Biela’s 417 
„ Brorsen’s, Spectrum of 311 
„ Encke’s 87 
„ Tempel’s Short Period 87 
Comets of Short Period 88 
Conodonts 208 
Copper, Allotropic 424 
Corona, Meteoric Theory of the ... 86 
„ Polarization of the 85 
Crabs in the Coal-measures 95 
Cranium in Man, Capacity of the... 414 
Cremation of the Dead, Chinese 
Origin of 413 
Cretaceous Floras, Upper 55 
Crocodiles, Dwarf, of Purbeck Age 96 
Crustacea, Fossil, New 322 
„ Supposed New Order of 335 
Crystalline Rocks, Classification of 96 
Crystallization of Silicic Acid ...... 90 
Current Regulator 218 
Cyanogen and Hydrogen, Direct 
Combination of 427 
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Dallas (W. L.) on British Mean 
Temperatures 39 
Davis and Lee’s “ Geology of West 
Yorkshire” 69 
D6cipium 91 
Deep-sea Isopod, Gigantic 220 
Deep Sea, Nodules from the 94 
Devonian Rocks in the London Area 279 
Dextrose, Transformation of Starch 
into 315 
Dictionary of Chemistry 174 
Didymium, Presence of, in Minerals 323 
Dilatation by Electricity 212 
Diphtheria, is it Preventible ? 193 
Dolerophyllese 205 
Domestic Poisons 194 
Duncan (Professor) “ Facts and 
Thoughts about Light-emitting 
Animals ” 225 
Duncan’s “Sea-shore” 303 
Dwarf Crocodiles of Purbeck Age 96 
Dyer’s “ English Folk-Lore” 79 
Dynamics, Chemical, Contributions 
to 503 
Eclipse, Annular, of January 22 
1879 87 
Eclipse of the Moon, partial 421 
Eikosylene 315 
Electric Currents, measurement of 213 
„ Light, the 25, 300 
„ „ Collapse of the 155 
Electrical Gyroscope 211 
„ Radiometer 105 
Electricity 297 
„ Dilatation by 212 
„ Influence of, on Collid- 
ing Water 327 
Electro-magnetic Rotation of the 
Plane of Polarization in Vapour 
of Sulphide of Carbon 218 
Electro-magnetism, Rotation of 
the Plane of Polarisation by ... 326 
Electro-optic Observations on 
various liquids 440 
Elements, Evolution of the 125 
„ the Nature of the 107 
Elephant, Anatomy of the 180 
Elephant-pipe in North America... 308 
Elm, Gall- Aphides of the 334 
Embryos of Fishes, method of in- 
vestigating 209 
Encke’s Comet 87 
Endoproct Bryozoa, a Segmental 
Organ in the 335 
English Folk-Lore 79 
Entomology 147 
Etheridge (R.) on the Position of 
the Silurian, Devonian, and Car- 
