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A BBE, Prof., chloride of calcium 
in glycerin, 456 
Abel, F. A., and Capt. Noble, ex- 
plosives, 503 
Abies excelsa, shower of sap from 
two trees of, 389 
Abney, Capt., obtaining photographic 
records of absorption spectra, 447 
— production of coloured spectra by 
light, 507 
“ Aborigines of Victoria ’’(review), 569 
Abrassinoil protective against noxious 
insects, 765 
Absorption spectra, obtaining photo- 
graphic records of, 447 
Academy of Sciences, Paris, 821 
Achromatic microscope, compound, 175 
Acids and alkalies, volumetrical deter- 
mination of, 391 
— methods of conveying, 709 
Acoustics, studies in, 318 
Adams, J. C., ellipticity of Mars and 
its effect on the motion of the 
satellites, 811 
— R. D., analysis of the Australian 
eucalyti, 3go 
— W. G., new measuring polariscope, 
582 
Adhemar’s theory of evolution, 315 
Aeby, C., chemical structure of bones, 
5*3 . 
African coast, poisonous fishes on, 263 
Agriculture, 203, 326 
— science of, 355 
Airy, G. B., meteorology ot Bombay 
Presidency, 201 
Albinism, vegetable, chemical study 
of, 812 
Alcohol, destructive action of on low 
forms of organic life, 513 
Aldehyds, action of the isobutyric an- 
hydride on the aromatic, 200 
Alkalies and acids, improvements in 
the volumetrical determination 
of, 391 
Allen, A. H., “ Commercial Organic 
Analysis” (review), 573 
— G., colour and its recognition, 395 
Alligator found in China, 327 
Aluminium sulphate as a disinfecting 
agent, 709 
VOL. XVI. (o.s.) VOL. I. (3RD 
EX. 
Amber, 590 
American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, 712 
— nervousness, 598 
“ American Journal of Mathematics, 
Pure and Applied ” (review), 
139 
American Quarterly Microscopical 
Journal, 776 
Anaesthesia, safe, 176 
“ Analysis, Commercial Organic ” 
(review), 573 
“ Anatomy, Studies in Comparative” 
(review), 314 
Andre, G. G.,“Spon’s Encyclopaedia” 
(review), 752 
Animals, habits of in relation to the 
weather, 728 
— senses of the lower, 316 
— the band pattern in 196, 4g6 
— the spiritual in, 333 
Anomalous season, the, 650 
Antarctic ice, thickness of, and its 
relations to that of the glacial 
epoch, 1 
Antennae of certain diptera, 586 
Antiquities, Peruvian, 89 
Anti-vivisectionist inconsistency, 700 
Anti-vivisection in Germany, 452 
Ants, 203, 328, 451 
Ants, singular fact connected with, 
328 
Arago’s rotation, experiments on, 447 
“ Archaeological and Historical Asso- 
ciation of Ireland, Journal of the 
Royal ” (review), 119 
Arctic campaign of 1879, 819 
— expedition, results of the magneti- 
cal observations made by the 
officers of the, 445 
— exploration, ballooning in, 163 
Arion rufus, arrangement of veins and 
arteries in, 388 
“Arithmetic for Use in Higher School 
Classes, Text-book of” (review), 
114 
Armstrong, Capt., standard Daniel 
cell, 815 
Arnoux, P., new kind of honey, 389 
Arsenic, detection of, 707 
— determination of, 269 
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