832 index. [December, 
Hennessey, J. B. N., transit of Venus 
in 1874, 806 
Helm, M., amber, 590 
Henrichs, R., E. Wein, J. Nessler, and 
A. Mayer, cattle food, 326 
Heraud, M., new voltaic pile, 265 
Herbert, T. M., “ Realistic Assump- 
tions of Modern Science Ex- 
amined ” (review), 253 
Heredity, 495, 759 
Hereditary transmission of artificial 
injuries, 512 
Heron, breast of the, 513 
Herzen, A., physical conditions of 
consciousness, 514 
Higgs, P., “ The EleCtric Light in its 
Practical Applications ” (review), 
644 
Histological uses, mixture for, 762 
Histologist, osmic acid and other 
stains for the, 705 
Hollway, J., rapid oxidation, 588 
Holmium and thulium, new elements, 
7°7 
Honey, new kind of, 389 
Hooker, J. D., and J. Ball, “Journal 
of a Tour in Morocco and the 
Great Atlas” (review), 187 
Horizontal force, relation between the 
diurnal range of magnetic declina- 
tion and, 444 
Houston, E. J., and E. A. Thomson, 
curious thermo-magnetic motor, 
217 
transmission of power by imeans 
of electricity, 183 
Horworth, A., production and main- 
tenance of life, 454 
Hughes, Prof., induction balance, 509 
— audiometer, 499 
Hughes, W., “ Outlines of Geology 
and Geological Notes of Ireland” 
(review), 647 
Human hair, peculiarity of, 268 
Humanitarianism extraordinary, 651 
Humidity, dryness versus, 201 
Huntilite occurs at the silver mine, 
Lake Superior, 589 
Huntingdon, A. K., and W. N. Hart- 
ley, absorption of the ultra-violet 
rays of the speCtrum by organic 
substances, 198 
Husson, M., and M. Bancel, phos- 
phorescence of the flesh of the 
lobster, 454 
Hydrogen, peroxide of, in plants, 262 
“ Hydrostatics and Pneumatics ” (re- 
view), 1 13 
I CE-CAVES, paradoxical pheno- 
mena in, 525 
Ice, thickness of Antarctic, and its re- 
lation to that of the Glacial 
epoch, 1 
Illusions, some new optical, 234, 316 
Incandescence, eleCtric lighting by, 
168 
India, eleCtric light for, 205, 303 
“ India, Geological Survey of ” (re- 
view), 120, 191, 710 
“ India, Manual of the Geology of” 
(review), 698 
Induction balance, 509 
Induction clamour on telephone, at- 
tempts to overcome, 450 
Induction coils, influence of heat 
upon, 815 
“ Industry and Science for 1878, Re- 
cord of” (review), 649 
Infectious and malarious diseases, 
causes of, 389 
Ink ineradicable, 587 
InseCts, noxious, abrassin oil protec- 
tion against, 765 
— birds, &c., effect of the weather on, 
453 . 
— geographical distribution of, 320 
— nervous system of, 703 
InstinCt or reason, 173 
Intellectual position ? England’s, 519 
“ Invertebrata ” (review), 122 
Iron surfaces, prevention of corrosion 
on, 771 
Iron trade, position of the French, 
205 
Isobutyric anhydride, aCtion of on 
the aromatic aldehyds, 200 
T ABLOCHKOFF candle, its prac- 
J tical results in London, 290 
Jamin, M., new eleCtric burner, 455 
Japanese lacquer, chemical investiga- 
tion of, 324 
Jeffries, B. J., “Colour Blindness” 
(review), 756 
Jenkin, F. E., “ Electricity and Mag- 
netism ” (review), 114 
Johnen, A., comparative observations 
of rainfall, 326 
Johnston, F. W., “ Chemistry of 
Common Life” (review), 373 
Jordan, S., position of the French 
iron trade, 205 
Jourdain, M. S., arrangement of arte- 
ries and veins in Arion rufus, 388 
“ J umpers,”the, or “ Jumping French- 
men,” 247 
K ANSAS and Missouri, tornadoes 
of, 613 
