1879.] 
INDEX. 
835 
“ Morocco and the Great Atlas, Jour- 
nal of a Tour” (review), 187 
Mosely, H. N., “ Notes by a Natural- 
ist on the Challenger ” (review), 
Moving rocks, 610 
Moyret, M., weighting black silks, 
708, 767 
Mudge, B. F., antiquity of man, 675 
Muir, T., “Text-book of Arithmetic 
for Use in Higher School Classes” 
(review), 114 
Muller, H. W., electric discharge with 
chloride of silver battery, 816 
Murphy, J. J., Is organic variation 
fortuitous ? 350 
Muscular contraction, microscopic 
phenomena of, 393 
Mushrooms, poisoning by, 269 
“ Music of the Bible ” (review), 757 
Mussett, C., shower of sap from two 
trees of Abies excelsa, 389 
Nicholson, H. A., and R. Etheridge, 
“ Monograph of the Silurian 
Fossils of the Girvan District ” 
(review), 314 
Nickel and cobalt, temporary propor- 
tions developed by induction in 
certain specimens of, 265 
Nickelising without electricity, 708 
Nipher, F. E., thoughts on our con- 
ceptions of physical law, 276 
Nitrobenzol, guinea-pigs affected by 
vapour of, 702 
Noad, H. M., “ Text-Book of Electri- 
city” (review), 646 
Noble, Capt., and F. A. Abel, explo- 
sives, 503 
Norwegium, 589 
“Novum Organum, Bacon’s” (re- 
view), 109 
Noyes, J. P., plan for life-saving sta- 
tions in mid-ocean, 341 
N AEGELI, M., cause of infectious 
and malarious diseases, 389 
Naphthalin, artificial, benzoic acid 
from, 330 
National scientific appointments, 
723 
“ Natural History of Victoria ” (re- 
view), 439 
“ Naturalist, the Scottish ” (review), 
141 
Nature, course of, 64 
— imperfections of, 442 
Nature, is it perfect ? 271 
Naudin, M., and M. Radlkofer, change 
of climate on plants, 763 
“ Navigation and Nautical Astro- 
nomy ” (review), 644 
Nectaries of plants, anatomical and 
physiological study of the, 451 
Nervous phenomena, propagation of, 
454 
Nessler, J., A. Mayer, R. Heinrichs, 
and E. Wein, cattle foods, 326 
Nervins, W., heredity, 759 
Newcomb, S., “ Researches on the 
Motion of the Moon ” (review), 
642 
— the course of Nature, 64 
“ New South Wales, Proceedings of 
the Royal Society of” (review), 
439 
Newton, E. J., construction of an en- 
larged model of the train of a 
cockroach, 392 
New Zealand, graphite in, 269 
Nicati, W., researches on colour- 
blindness, 822 
o 
BITUARY, 143 
Observatory at Delhi, visit to, 787 
Octopus, 203 
— and lobster, blood of the, 765 
Oil immersion objective, 456 
Olive oil adulteration, 767 
Opium smoking among the Celestials, 
346 
Optical illusions, some new, 234, 
316 
“ Organic Analysis, Commercial ” 
(review), 573 
“ Organic Chemistry, Manual of ” 
(review), 489 
Organic life, supposed destructive ac- 
tion on low forms of, 513 
— substances, absorption of the ultra- 
violet rays of the spectrum by, 198 
— variation, is it fortuitous ? 350 
— world, action of light on the colour- 
ation of the, 650 
gravitation as a factor in the, 34 
“ Ornamental and Textile Fabrics, 
Report of the New Jersey State 
Commissioner appointed to De- 
vise a Plan for the Encourage- 
ment of Manufacturers of ” (re- 
view), 1 15 
Osmic acid and other stains for the 
histologist, 705 
for microscopical purposes, 704 
Ova and larvae, action of different 
coloured light upon the develop- 
ment of animal, 204 
— of various animal groups, embryo- 
genous cellule detected in the, 
761 
