INDEX. 
451 
PAGE 
Negro Brains, Simian Characters 
in 308 
Neison (E.) on the Most Powerful 
Telescope in existence... 385 
„ on the supposed New 
Crater on the Moon ... 138 
Neolithic Age, Pate of the 416 
Nepheline, Artificial Formation of 323 
Nerves of the Proboscis of Diptera 444 
Nest-building, is it an Instinct in 
Birds? 276 
Nicholson’s “ Monograph of the 
Silurian Fossils of Girvan” 67 
Nitric Acid in Atmospheric De- 
posits 201 
Noad’s Text-book of Electricity ... 297 
Nodules from the Deep Sea 94 
Norwegium 423 
0 ccultation of a Star by the Moon, 
Phenomena observed at the 198 
Organic Chemistry 298 
„ Substances, Absorption 
Spectra of. 204 
„ Ultramarines, Formation 
of..... 314 
Osteology of the Achinese 84 
Owen (Prof.) on the Extinct Ani- 
mals of the Colonies of G-reat 
Britain 253 
Oxidation of Quinine with Potas- 
sium Permanganate 315 
Oxygen in the Sun 308 
Pacific, Volcanic Products at the 
Bottom of the 430 
Palseocoryne 432 
Paleontology ...95, 205, 317, 411, 428 
Palaeozoic Plants 429 
Pele’s Hair 428 
Petrology, Elementary Text-book 
of 173 
Phenomena, Astronomical 199 
Philippium and Decipium 91 
Phillips (J. A.) on the Sources and 
Uses of Iron Pyrites 113 
Phonograph, the 75 
Phosphide, Iron 93 
Photographs of the Total Solar 
Eclipse 85 
Physical Science, Lectures on 77 
Physics 102, 210, 326, 436 
„ Ganot’s Treatise on 406 
Physiology , 110,219, 331 
Pitch, Absolute, in Music 214 
Planetary Phenomena, &c 88 
Planets, Intra-Mercurial 87 
Plants, British 410 
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Plants Growing, the kind of Light 
required by 90 
„ Palaeozoic 429 
,, Self-Fertilization of. 1 
Platinum Group, a New Metal of 
the 424 
Pleasant Ways in Science 62 
Poison Glands of Centipedes Ill 
Poisons, Domestic 194 
Polarization of Light, Magnetic 
Eotation of the Plane of 109 
,, ,, Corona 85 
,, Rotation of the Plane 
of 326 
Polydactyle Horses 318 
Potassium Perchlorate, Reduction 
of 427 
Practical Geology 177 
Prescott’s “ Speaking Telephone, 
Talking Phonograph, &c.” 75 
Proctor’s “Flowers of the Sky”... 300 
,, “Pleasant Ways in 
Science” 62 
Pro-embryo of Chara 89 
Pterodactyles, new type of .... 322 
Quatrefage’s “Human Species” 305 
Quinine, Oxidation of, with Potas- 
sium Permanganate 315 
Rain and Temperature 433 
Rainfall of the World 192 
Reflection and Refraction 215 
Reviews of Books .. 61, 173, 297, 403 
Rhizopods, Fossil, new Order of... 95 
Richardson’s “ Ministry of Health” 192 
Rocks, the Study of 173 
Rodwell’s “Etna” 66 
Rudler (F. W.) on Jade and 
kindred Stones 339 
Rutley’s Elementary Text-book of 
Petrology 173 
Sadler-Smyth Controversy, the ... 311 
Scandium 424 
Science, Fragments of 302 
,, Manuals 80 
,, Pleasant Ways in 62 
,, Records of 410 
Scientific Discovery, the Art of ... 71 
,, Summary. ..83. 196, 308, 413 
Scott (R. H.) on the Birth, Life, 
and Death of a Storm 243 
Sea-shore, the 303 
Sea-water, Chemical Composition 
of 200 
Sea-weeds, Red, Fertilization of... 421 
