1876.] 
( 5 6 9 ) 
INDEX. 
A BBOTT, C. C., certain phases of 
bird-life, 361 
Absorption-bands in spectra, new 
methods of measuring, 138 
Achrematite, new molybdo-arsenate 
of lead, 281 
Adi to provide for the regulation and 
inspedtion of mines has been 
translated into Chinese, 426 
Aerial locomotion, 132 
Age, geological, of New South Wales 
coal, 430 
“ Air and its Relations to Life ” 
(review), in 
Andrews, T., certain methods of 
physico-chemical research, 421 
■ — university education and endow- 
ment of research, 549 
Andrewsite, formula of, 281 
— place and mode of occurrence of 
281 
“Animal Morphology and Systematic 
Zoology, Introdudlion to ” (re- 
view), 413 
“ Animals and Plants under Domesti- 
cation, Variation of” (review), 
384 
Animals, conscience in, 145 
“ Annual Record of Science and In- 
dustry for 1875,” 537 
“ Annual Report of Smithsonian In- 
stitute” (review), 127, 387 
Apparatus for perforating glass with 
eledtric spark, 142 
— scientific, loan collection at] South 
Kensington, 371 
Arctic scientific investigation, funda- 
mental principles of, 416 
“Arithmetic, British Metric” [(re- 
view), 269 
Armit, R. H., “ Light as a Motive 
Power” (review), 262 
“ Art, Science, and Literature, Dic- 
tionary of ” (review), no 
Artificial produdlion of cold and ice, 
43i 
“ Astronomy, Handbook of ” (review), 
397 
B alance of wisdom, book of, 
494 
Bamboo in paper-making, probable 
advantages of using, 287 
Beard, G. M., newly-discovered force, 
178 
Beatty, G. D., double staining wood, 
139 
Beet sugar, adtion of saline solution 
on, 432 
Belt, T., deposits containing flint 
implements, 289 
— description of the drift of Devon 
and Cornwall, 283 
Biological controversy and its laws, 
201 
“ Biology, Practical Instruction in 
Elementary ” (review), 106 
Bird life, certain phases of, 361 
Bird’s eggs, colouring of shells of, 78 
“ Blue and Sun Lights ” (review), by 
General A, J. Pleasanton, 533 
Bolton, H. C., earliest medical work 
extant, g5 
— the book of the balance of wisdom, 
494 
Bombay, rival schemes for providing 
suitable wet docks for, 140 
Bone caves of Cresswell crags, 428 
— preparing sections of, 137 
Borate of soda, deposits of at 
bed of lake in Slate Range Moun- 
tains, 281 
Brande, W. T. and Cox, G. W., “ A 
Dictionary of Science, Literature, 
and Art ” (review), no 
British Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science at Glasgow, 
546 
Brown, C. B. and Sawkins, J. G., 
“ Reports on the Physical, De- 
scriptive, and Economic Geology 
of British Guiana ” (review), 124 
3 A 
