803 INDEX. 
Nicols, A., F.G.S., Chapters on Phy- 
sical History of the Earth, 269 
Notes, 142, 210, 280, 344, 409. 473> 
537, 602, 667, 729, 794 
O LIVER, Capt. S. P., life of E. 
Halley, gi 
— torpedo warfare, 170, 287 
Origin of Species, “ Egyptian ” argu- 
ment on, 166 
Ormerod, Miss E. A., F.M.S., the 
Cobham Journals, 401 
Ornament, discourse on, by H. H. 
Statham, 651 
Ott, Col. C., Studies on the seat of 
Russo-Turkish War, 273 
Ozone, lines of discovery in the his- 
tory of, 145 
PALAEONTOLOGY, Manual of, 137 
Palestine, Fauna of, 403 
Past year, scientific progress of, by 
W. Spottiswoode, F.R.S., 8 
Pasteur, J., studies on fermentation, 
J 3 8 
Philosophical Society of Washington, 
662 
Philosophy of War, 205 
Phosphorus, elimination of, by W. 
Mattieu Wiiliams, F.C.S., 42 
Phrenologists, a query for, 277 
Phthisis, influence of climate on, 207 
Plymouth, flora of, 714 
Polyzoa, British Marine, by T. Hincks, 
F.R.S., 337 
Preston, S. Tolver, evils of sectarian 
morality, 574 
— natural science and morality, 443 
— point in brain dynamics, 532 
Problems on insanity, reply to criti- 
• cisms on, by Dr. G. M. Beard, 
783 
■RESEARCH, protection of, 408 
Revue Internationale des Sciences 
Biologiques, 655 
Richardson, R., M.A., Nature of Life, 
203 
Ronalds, Sir F., F.R.S., Books and 
Papers on Electricity, 463 
Roscoe, Prof. H. E., F.R.S., and P. 
Schorlemmer, F.R.S., Treatise 
on Chemistry, 136 
Ross, Ij.ieut. -Colonel W. A., Manual 
of Blowpipe Analysis, 468 
Royal and Archaeological Association 
of Ireland, Journal of, 663 
gALT Industry of England, 154 
Schaefer, Prof. E. A., F.R.S., some 
teachings on development, 271 
Science Lectures for the People, 401 
— Natural, short history of, 264 
— Primers, introductory, 338 
Scientific knowledge, evolution of, by 
C. Lloyd Morgan, 415 
— Societies, report on, by Dr. K. 
Akin, 481, 543 
Sea Sickness, Treatise on, by Dr. G. 
M. Beard, 590 
Seasons, exceptional, 750 
Sectarian morality, evils of, by S. 
Tolver Preston, 574 
Shipman, James, alluvial and drift 
deposits of Trent Valley, 596 
Smithsonian Institution, Report of for 
1878, 713 
Sorghum Sugar, Report on, 407 
Soul, the, What is it ? 283, 298 
Sound as a nuisance, 570 
SpeCtrum analysis, Dr. Akin on, 735 
Spottiswoode, W., P.R.S., Scientific 
Progress for Past Year, 8 
Statics, Treatise on, 404 
Suffolk, W. T., F.R.M.S., progress in 
microscopic science, 167 
Sun, disestablishment of, 527 
Synthesis, organic, 222 
ASM AN I A, Royal Society of, sgo 
Teall, J. J. Harris, criticism on Dr. 
Croll’s Molecular Theory of 
Glacier Motion. 273 
Telegraphic Engineers, Journal of 
Society of, 469, 653 
Territories, Geological and Geogra- 
phical Survey of, 403 
Thomson, G., Evolution and Involu- 
tion, 334 
— W., F.L.S., Phthisis and Climate, 
207 
Thudicum, Dr. J. L. W., Annals of 
Chemical Medicine, 68 
Tilden, Dr. W. A., Practical Chemis- 
try, 589 
Torpedo warfare, Capt. S. P. Oliver, 
1 70, 287 
Tuberculosis, transmission ot, 4 11 
Tyndall, Prof., D.C.L., F.R.S., Heat 
a Mode of Motion, 465 
— Lectures on water and air, 49, 112, 
179, 246, 317* 5 10 
