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rNDEX. 
Bones, chemical structure of, 513 
Bonnier, G., anatomical and physio- 
logical study of the nectaries of 
plants, 451 
Bordier, Dr., examination of mur- 
derers’ skulls, 585 
“ Botany ” (review), 192 
“ Botany, outlines of Morphology and 
Physiology ” (review), 122 
Bottomley, J. T., thermal conductivity 
of water, 376 
Boudet, M., eledtrical inscription of 
words, 455 
Bourbouze, M., improved Siren, 456 
Box, live, 267 
Bovs, C. V., and Prof. Guthrie, ex- 
periments on Arago’s rotation, 
447 
“ Brain and Mind, Relations of” (re- 
view), 566 
Brain, non- excitability of the grey 
cortical substance of the, 388 
— temperature of the, 327 
Brains of idiots, structure of the, 328 
Brandt, M. E., nervous system of in- 
sects, 703 
Brazilian serpent, poison of the, 764 
Brearey, F. W., artificial flight, 473 
Brevans, M., flight of swallows, 704 
British Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, 627, 682 
— Museum, Zoological Department 
of, 452 
Broca, Dr., brain of a Gorilla Savagii, 
454 
— observations made with a young 
barbary ape, 763 
Brown, F. D., apparatus for main- 
taining constant temperatures 
and pressures, 323 
Brown-Sequard, M., hereditary trans- 
mission of artificial injuries, 512 
Brute and man, alleged distinction 
between, 145 
Bug, harvest, cure for, 586 
“Building Construction, Notes on” 
(review), 367 
Bunsen’s battery, improvement in, 394 
Burat, Prof., mine explosions, 5go 
Burghardt, C. A., precious garnet 
from Lancashire, 770 
Butler, S., “ Evolution, Old and New ” 
(review), 487 
Butterflies, flight of, 586 
C ALDERWOOD, H., “ Relations 
of Mind and Brain ” (review), 566 
Camera lucida, 265 
“ Canada, Geological Survey of” (re- 
view), 140, 712 
827 
Canaries, change of colour in by food, 
512 
Candle, Jablochkoff, its practical re- 
results in London, 290 
Cannon, measurement of powder 
pressures in, 359 
Carbon, new methods for the estima- 
tion of minute quantities of, 
200 
Carbons in the eleCtric lamps, 528 
Carpenter, P. H., report on the 
comatulas of the Challenger Ex- 
pedition, 320 
Caterpillars, cows and ducks poisoned 
by, 7 6 5 
Cattle food, 326 
Celestials, opium smoking among the, 
346 
Cephalic ganglia of inseCts, 762 
Cephalopa, liver of the, 389 
Cevennes, destruction of the chesnut 
trees of, 203 
“ Challenger , Notes by a Naturalist 
on the” (review), 31 1 
Chamberland, C., germs or spores of 
Bacillus subtilis, 513 
Chambers, F., diurnal variations of 
barometric pressure in the British 
Isles, 383 
Chance, J. T., dioptric apparatus in 
lighthouses for the eleCtric light, 
381 
Charing Cross, fossil remains at, 453 
Chatin, M., special nutritive appara- 
tus of phanerogamic parasites, 
388 
Chaveau, M. A., experiments on sheep, 
701 
Chemical elements, are they simple 
bodies ? 800 
— industry, new, 385 
— Society, 200, 321, 378, 812 
Edinburgh University, 322 
Chemistry and technology. 204, 267, 
328, 389, 515, 586, 705, 766 
“Chemistry, A Dictionary of” (re- 
view), 251 
“ Chemistry, A Treatise on” (review), 
193 
“ Chemistry of Common Life ” (re- 
view), 373 
“Chemistry, Organic, Manual of” 
(review), 489 
“ Chestnut-diisease,” 263 
Chestnut trees of Cevennes, destruc- 
tion of, 203 
Chicken, embryo, 203 
China, new kind of tortoise found in, 
389 
— true alligator found in, 327 
Chinese diamonds, collecting, 590 
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