Histology and Pathology, Practical, Heneage Gibbs, M.D., E.
Klein, F. R.S., 51
Hoff (T. H. van't) and C. M. Deventer, Chemical Decompo-
sition, 464
Hohenburg (Herwart von), Kepler's Correspondence with, Miss
A. M. Clerke, 189
Holden (Prof.), Observations at the Washburn Observatory,
Holothuroidea, Hjalmar Théel, 438
Holub (Dr.), Zambesi Exploration Party, 457
Homère, Le Sens des Couleurs chez, Dr. Alb. de Keersmaecker,
Major Allan Cunningham, I
Homi-Culture, Sir George Campbell on, 455
Hong Kong Observatory, 148, 174, 572
Hopkinson (J., D.Sc., F.R.S., and E., D.Sc.), Dynamo-Electric
Machines, 20; on a New Form of Clinometer, 514
Horsburgh (J. M.) appointed Secretary of University College,
London, 299
Horse, Locomotion of, M. Marey, 563
Horses, Refractory, Electricity and, Prof. Place, 554
Immisch's Thermometer, 234; G. M. Whipple, 239
Incurvations of the Vertebral Columns of different Human
Types, Dr. II. Virchow, 332
Hoste's (M. L') Balloon Journey from Cherbourg to the Neigh- Index, Cephalic, M. Topinard on the, 379
bourhood of London, 324
Hostility of Jesuits to Galileo, M. Govi, 491
Hova and Sakalava Skulls, M. Trucy, 185
Howes (G. B.), Morphology of the Mammalian Coracoid, 537
Hubrecht (Prof. A. A. W.), Embryology of the Nemertea, 67
Hudson's Bay, Ice-Movements in, Lieut. A. R. Gordon, 304
Huggins (W., F.R.S.), Photography of the Solar Corona, 469
Hughes (Prof. Thos. McKenny, F. R.S.), on the Form of Mole-
Hills thrown up under Snow, 3; on some Perched Blocks
and Associated Phenomena, 257; on the Silurian Rocks of
North Wales, 512; Notes on Sections of Arenig Series of
North Wales and Lake District, 513
Hugoniot (M.), on the Pressure that exists in the Contracted
Section of a Gaseous Current, 331
Hull (Prof., F.R.S.), on the Palestine Expedition, 115; Geolo-
logical Survey in North of Ireland, 514
Humboldtia laurifolia as a Myrmecophilous Plant, Prof. Bower,
538
Humming in the Air caused by Insects, W. H. Bath, 547; L.
Blomefield, 572
Hurndall (J. S.), Dogs in Health and Disease, 167
Hutchinson (W.), Notes on the Basic Bessemer Process in South
Lancashire, 512
Huth (E.), Plants and their Defences, 122
Hutton (Capt. F. W.), Notes on some Australian Tertiary
Fossils, 307
Hutton (W. S., C.E.), Modernised Edition of W. Templeton's
Practical Mechanic's Companion, 28
Huygens (Christian), the Correspondence of, 202
Hyatt (A.), Larval Theory of the Origin of Tissue, 158
Hybrid Trout at the South Kensington Aquarium, 84
"Hybrid" Wheat, 629
Hybrids between the Black Grouse and the Pheasant, Dr. A. B.
Meyer, 218
Hydrachnids of Southern Russia, M. Krendowsky, 67
Hydrochloric Acid : Oxidation of, under Influence of Light, L.
Backelandt, 159; on the Variations of Solubility of certain
Chlorides in Water in the Presence of, M. Guillaume Jeannel,
380; Removal of Arsenic from, R. Otto, 492
Hydro-Extractor, Theory of the, M. de Jonquières, 612
Hydrogen Function of Certain Metals, M. Cornu on, 104
Hydrogenated Acids, Action of, on Vanadic Acid, A. Ditte,
163
Hydrogenated Palladium, Electrical Properties of, C. G. Knott,
462
Hydrography of the Upper Webi, Dr. Paulitschke, 372
Hydrology and Climatology, International Congress of, at
Biarritz, 626
Hydrophobia, Dr. Sternberg's Experiments with Virus, 174;
Inoculation in Vienna for, 200; Dr. von Frisch on Preventive
Inoculations for, 346
Hygiene Cholera Curable, J. Chapman, M. D., E. Klein, 27;
Inaugural Address of Sir T. S. Wells at the Sanitary Insti-
tute Congress, York, 499; Air of Dwellings and Schools and
its Relation to Health, Prof. Carnelly, 510; Hygiene of the
Vocal Organs, Morell Mackenzie, M.D., 548
Hygrometer, Registering, A. Nodon, 188
Hymenomycetes Britannici-British Fungi (Hymenomycetes),
vol. i., J. Stevenson, 97
Hymenoptera of the Hawaiian Islands, 16
India: J. M. McKenzie, on Cultivation in the Western Ghats,
14; Silk Cultivation in, 14; the Indian Engineer, 14;
Boulder Beds of the Punjab, A. B. Wynne, F.G.S., 69;
Scientific Memoirs by Medical Officers of the Army, B.
Simpson, M.D., E. Klein, 75; Indian Castings at the Indian
and Colonial Exhibition, 92; Sunspots and Prices of Indian
Food-Grains, F. Chambers, 100; Scientific Results of Second
Yarkand Mission, Dr. F. Stoliczka, Araneida, Rev. O. P.
Cambridge, 120; Conference on Mineral Resources of, 129;
Fauna of the Madras Presidency, Dr. Thornton, 174; Blan-
ford on the Himalayan Snowfall, 201; Indian Photographs,
224; on the Corrosion of the Lead Linings of Indian Tea-
Chests, Prof. Pedler, 348; Islands of the Indian Ocean, Prof.
Dr. H. Hartmann, 406; Indigenous Fodder-Grasses of North-
West India, J. F. Duthie, W. Fream, 494; Indian Fish at
the South Kensington Aquarium, 501; Iron-making Re-
sources of British Colonies and India, P. C. Gilchrist and E.
Riley, 575; Folk-Lore of North-Western India, Capt. A.
C. Temple, 577; Lepidoptera in the Sikkim Himalaya, H.
J. Elwes, 597; Butterflies of Kumaon, Himalayas, Mr.
Doherty, 603; Indian Rhynchota, Mr. Atkinson, 603; Sea-
ports of India and Ceylon in the Fifteenth Century, Mr.
Phillips, 399; Miscellaneous Papers relating to Indo-China,
438
Indians, North-American Games of, A. McF. Davis, 531
Indivisibility of Certain Whole Numbers, 314
Industries, New Technical Journal, Manchester, 300
Infant-School Management, Sarah J. Hale, 215
Influence of Forests on the Climate of Sweden, 53
Influence of Phase on the Brightness of the Minor Planets, 16
Influence of Stress and Strain on the Physical Properties of
Matter, H. Tomlinson, B. A., 115
Ingalls (J. M.), Exterior Ballistics in the Plane of Fire, 493
Ingleby (Dr. C. Mansfield), Death of, 553
Insects: Humming in the Air caused by, L. Blomefield, 572;
Luminosity of, Dr. Dubois, 578
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 399, 576, 625
Institution of Naval Architects at Liverpool, 344
Intelligence, Animal, Fred. Lewis, 265; Hy. Ling Roth, 289
Intermaxillary Bone, Dr. Biondi on the, 47
Intermittent Light, on the Employment of, for the Measurement
of Rapid Movements, M. Gustave Hermite, 403
International Committee of Weights and Measures, 79
International Congress on Climatology at Biaritz, 129
International Society of Electricians, New Laboratories, 174
Invention, an Earthquake, Prof. John Milne, 193
Invention of the Sextant, Dr. J. L. E. Dreyer, 490
Invertebrata at St. Andrews Marine Laboratory, 483
Ireland History of the Royal College of Surgeons in, Sir Chas.
A. Cameron, 384; Geological Survey of the North of, Prof.
E. Hull, LL.D., 514; Crystalline Schists of, Hugh Miller,
515
Iridescent Clouds, J. G. Grenfell, 3
Iron Smith (Hamilton, Jun.), on Wrought-Iron Conduit Pipes,
62; Magnetisation of, S. Bidwell, M.A., 159; Treatment of
Phosphoric Crude Iron in Open-Hearth Furnaces, J. W.
Wailes, 512; Iron-making Resources of British Colonies and
India, P. C. Gilchrist and E. Riley, 575; some Early Forms
of Bessemer Converters, H. Besssemer, 575; Basic Open-
Hearth Process, F. W. Harbord, 576; Silicon in Foundry
Iron, F. Gautier, 576; Constituents of Cast Iron, Thos.
Turner, 63; on Silicon in Cast Iron, T. Turner, 512; on the
Influence of Re-melting on the Properties of Cast Iron, T.
Turner, 512; Iron and Steel Institute, 62, 488, 575; on
Silicon in Iron and Steel, T. Turner, 512; Iron Ochre in
Lakes, C. W. Crongvirt, 164
Irving (Rev. A.): Bagshot Beds, 217; Crag Deposits on the
North Downs, 387
Isambert, F., Action of Oxide of Lead on Hydrochlorate of
Ammonia, 63
Island, Commander Moore on the Existence of an, between
L'Echiquier Group and Durour Island, 370
Isoglucosamine, E. Fischer, 492
Isomeric Naphthalene Derivatives, 506
Isoquinoline, S. Gabriel, 463
Italian Geographical Society, 628
Italy, Fishery Board, 28
Ives, F. E., Colour-Tone Photography, 462
Izvestia of the Russian Geographical Society, 399
Jackson (John R.), Vegetable Products at the Colonial and
Indian Exhibition, 242: Colonial and Indian Exhibition,
Mauritius, Seychelles, Cyprus, Malta, J. R. Jackson, 547
Jacob (W. S.), Madras Magnetical Observations, 3
Jago (W.), Chemistry of Wheat, Flower, and Bread, Prof. J.
Wrightson, 520
Janssen (M.), and Spectroscopic Analysis, 38; Absorption-
Spectrum of Oxygen, 176, 187; Researches on the Influence
of Gases on the Rays of the Spectrum, 299
Japan: Japanese Homes and their Surroundings, E. S. Morse,
26; Japanese Periodicals, 39; Prof. Milne on the Geology
of, 60; Geographical Society of Tokio, 61; Imperial College
of Engineering at Tokio, 130; University Chair of Seis-
mology, 130; Seismology in, Prof. J. A. Ewing, 195; Trans-
actions of the Seimological Society of, 434; Leeches of,
C. O. Whitman, 132; Chemical Progress in, 175; System
of Education, 154; Reports of Ministry of Education, 577;
Imperial University of, 224; Japanese Scientific Journal,
246; Volcanoes of, 434; Time Reform in, D. Kikuchi,
469; Earthquake, S. K. Sekiya, 553; Ascent of Asama-
yama, 554
Japp (F. R.), Dr. Benedikt's Chemistry of the Coal-Tar
Colours, 25
Jardin des Plantes, Paris, New Buildings, 625
Jardine (Sir W., F. R.S.), Sale of the Ornithological Collection
of, 196
Jarrett (E. E.), Kirby and Spence's Introduction to Entomology,
Java: Volcanic Eruption in, 14; Volcanic Eruptions, Fennema,
224; Natives of, and Volcanic Fire, 626
Jeannel (M. Guillaume), on the Variations of Solubility of
certain Chlorides in Water in the Presence of Hydrochloric
Acid, 380
Jena, University of, Herr Paul von Ritter's Bequest to, 38
Jenner (J. H. A.): Halos, 217; Physiological Selection and
the Origin of Species, 468
Jesuits, Hostility of, to Galileo, M. Govi, 491
Jewett (Llewellyn, F. S. A.), Death of, 173
Johns Hopkins University: Biological Laboratory of, 133;
Tenth Anniversary of the, 349
Johnson (Rev. A.), Agaricini, 626
Joly (J.), Volcanic Ash from New Zealand, 595
Jones (Prof. T. R.): and J. W. Kirkby, Ostracoda of the Car-
boniferous Formations, 138; Fossil Phyllopoda of the Paleo-
zoic Rocks, 481
Jonquières (M. de), Theory of the Hydro-Extractor, 612
Joseph (Dr.), Experiments for Ascertaining the Influence of the
Nerves on the Skin, 332
Journal of the American Oriental Society, 154
Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, 68
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 348, 603
Journal of Botany, 94, 330, 610
Journal of the Engineering Society of the Lehigh University, 2
Journal of the Franklin Institute, 354, 462
Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic
Society, 399
Journal de Physique, 105, 378, 435
Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, 144
Judd (Prof. J. W., F.R.S.), on J. Martin's Photographs of
Scene of New Zealand Eruption, 512
Julus terrestris, Early Development of the, F. G. Heathcote,
M.A., 67
Junker (Dr. W.), News of, 248; in Central Africa, 557
Jupiter Fourth Satellite of, Eclipse of, 84; Black Transit of,
E. E. Barnard, 202; on the Satellites of, Dom Lamey, 187
Jurassic Bilobites, M. S. Meunier, 140
Jurassic Limestones of the Crimea, Prof. Lewakowsky, 67
Kam (Dr. N. M.), Comparison Stars, 110
Kamchatka, and Commander Islands, Ornithological Explora-
tions in, Dr. L. Stejneger, 619
Kapp (Gisbert), Electric Transmission of Energy, Prof. John
Perry, F.R.S., 285
Katrine and Lomond, Lochs, Distribution of Temperature in,
J. T. Morrison, 509
Kazan, the Stone Age at, MM. Stuckenberg and Vysotski,
277
Keersmaecker (Dr. Alb. de), Le Sens des Couleurs chez Homère,
Major Allan Cunningham, I
Kellner (Dr.), Deportment of Urea in Manuring, 175
Kemp (G. T.), New Element in the Blood and its Relation to
Coagulation, 132
Kempf and Müller (Drs.), Solar Spectrum, 176
Kent Natural History, Microscopical, and Photographic Society,
626
Kepler (Johann) und Herwart von Hohenburg, Ungedruckte
wissenschaftliche Correspondenz zwischen, Miss A. M. Clerke,
Keuper Marls, Deep-Water Boring in, W. J. Harrison, 513
Kew, Catalogue of Miss North's Paintings, W. B. Hemsley,
A. L.S., 143
Kew Gardens, Guide and Route Map, 14
Kew Gardens, Dr. Schweinfurth on, 490, 596
Kharkoff Society of Naturalists, 67
Kikuchi (D.), Time Reform in Japan, 468
Kilian (W.), Geological Structure of Lure Range, Lower Alps,
188
Killarney, Climate of, Ven. Archdeacon Wynne, M. A., 21
Kilsyth, Earthquake Shock at, 397
Kinahan (G. H.), Aurora, 312
Kinahan (Gerrard), Death of, 346
Kinahan (J. H.), Lunar Rainbow, Halo Round the Sun in
Connection with the Storm of October 15 and 16, 596
Kindergartners, Lectures in Training School for, E. P. Peabody,
494
Kinematic Analysis of Human Motion, M. Marey, 540
Kinetic Theory of the Gases, M. Hirn's Objections to, M. R.
Clausius, 159
Kinetics, Modern, and the Dynamism of the Future, G. A.
Hirn, 540, 562
King (Dr. William), Death of, 200
King-Fish, the, 225
Kingfishers, Remarkable Instinct in, 347
Kinship, Algebraic Notation of, C. Davison, 571
Kirby and Spence's Introduction to Entomology, E. E. Jarrett,
239
Kirkby (J. W.) and Prof. T. R. Jones, Ostracoda of the Car-
boniferous Formations, 138
Klein (E., F.R.S.) : Dr. Chapman's Cholera Curable, 27; Dr.
Gibbs's Practical Histology and Pathology, 51; Scientific
Memoir by Medical Officers of the Army of India, E. Klein,
75; Milk Scarlatina, 471
Knecht (E., Ph. D.), Translation of Dr. Benedikt's Chemistry of
the Coal-Tar Colours, 25
Knott (Prof. C. G.): the Abacus, and its Scientific and
Historic Import, 93; Electrical Resistance of Nickel at High
Temperature, 306; Earthquake Frequency, 434; Electrical
Properties of Hydrogenised Palladium, 462
Koehler (R.), Circulatory Apparatus of the Ophiures, 516
König (Dr.): on Anomalous Colour-Seeing from Alcoholism,
48; on a New Photometer, 48; on the Modern Attempt
towards Laying Down an Unexceptionable Basis of Mecha-
nics, 212; New Method of Determining the Modulus of
Elasticity, 354
Koninck (Prof. L. G.), Clarke Medal for the Year 1886 awarded
to, 331; Note on the Parallelism between the Carboniferous
Limestone of North-West England and Belgium, 379
Kopp (Hermann), Mémoire sur les Volumes Moléculaires des
Liquides, avec un Avant-propos, 359; Alchemie in alterer und
neuerer Zeit, G. H. Bailey, 544
Korner (Prof. G.), a New Acid, 159; New Derivatives of
Benzine, 587
Kossel (Dr.), on the Cholic Acids, 47; Brain of Embyros of
Horned Cattle, Dr. Raske, 164
Krakatao Dust-Glows of, Mr. Verbeek on the, 33; on Cre-
puscular Lights following the Krakatão Eruption, Prof. A.
Sandrucci, 46; Analogous After-Phenomena, M. A. Ricco,
71; After-Glows of 1883-84, A. W. Clayden, M. A., 95; M.
Daubrée on the Eruption of, 115
Krapotkin (Alexander), Death of, 396
Krendowsky (M.), Hydrachnids of Southern Russia, 67
"Krog" or Barley Pest in Norway, Herr Schöyen on, 39
Kundt (A.) and E. Blasius, Pyro-electricity of Crystals, 354
Laboratories, Power in, David P. Todd, 121
Lacaze-Duthiers (H. de), Nervous System of the Gasteropods,
588
Laguerre (M.), Death of, 403; Obituary Notice of, 434
Lahille (M.), Polyclinians, 492
Lake District, Arenig Series of, Prof. T. McKenny Hughes, 513
Lake Leman, Prof. Forel, 399
Lake Shores, Topographic Features of, G. K. Gilbert, 269
Lakes, Siberian, Drying up of, M. Yadrintseff, 329
Lake Superior Copper-Mines, Temperature Observations at the,
H. A. Wheeler, 402
Lamarck's Herbarium acquired by the Jardin des Plantes, 625
Lamey, Dom, Satellites of Jupiter, 187
Lancashire, South, and Cheshire, Glaciation of, Aubrey Strahan,
F.G.S., 162
Land and Water, Proportion of the Areas of, on the Surface of
the Globe, Prof. Penck, 372
Landerer (J. J.), Telluric Currents, 492
Landsborough (W.), Death of, 59
Langley (Prof.), Rumford Medals to, 153
Langley (J. N., F.R.S.), on the Structure of the Mucous Salivary
Glands, 208
Langley (S. P.), on hitherto Unrecognised Wave-Lengths, 402
Languages, Colloquial Faculty for, Walter Hayle Walshe, 216
Lankester (Prof. E. R., F.R.S.), Foreign Fishery Boards, 28;
Chlamydomyxa in the Engadine, 408
Lantern Slides, F. H. Evans, 162
Lapland and Finland, Sommier's Expedition to, 248
La Plata, New Observatory in, M. Mouchez, 531
Lapraik (W. J.) and Dr. W. J. Russell, F.R.S., on Absorption-
Spectra of Uranium Salts, 510
Larvæ of Meloë, Dr. Sharp, Mr. Billups, Mr. Saunders, Prof.
Riley, 306
Larval Theory of the Origin of Tissue, A. Hyatt, 158
La hræa squamaria, G. Massee, 610
Laudin (Dr.), Extraction of Tannic Matter from the Swedish
Species of Pine, 371
Lavis (Dr. H. J. Johnston-), Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius,
481; Vesuvius, 557
Lavoisier and the Commission on Weights and Measures, E.
Grimeaux, 187
Lavoisier's Pneumatic Theory, Volta on, M. Govi, 491
Law of Storms, W. H. Rosser, 594
Laws of Solution, Mr. Durham, 263
Lea, River, Salmon-Fry, turned into, 130
Lead Linings of Indian Tea Chests on the Corrosion of the,
Prof. Pedler, 348
Learned and Scientific Societies, British Museum Catalogue of,
Leaves, on the Absorption of Carbonic Acid by, Dehérain and
Maquenne, 284
Lectures in the Training School for Kindergartners, E. P.
Peabody, 494
Lectures on the Theory of Reciprocants, Prof. Sylvester, 521
Leeches of Japan, Dr. C. O. Whitman, 132
Lechartier (M. G.), Influence of Magnesia on Portland Cement,
Leclerq (J), Terre des Merveilles, 545
Lees (W., M.A.), Acoustics, Light, and Heat, 27
Lehigh University, Journal of the Engineering Society of the, 2
Leicestershire and Warwickshire, Glacial Erratics of, Rev. W.
Tuckwell, 512
Lena, Mouth of, Meteorological Station, M. Eigner, Dr. R.
Lenz, 604
Lendenfeld (R. von): Glacial Period in Australia, 522; on the
Nervous System of Sponges, 538; on Australian Coelenterates,
538; on the Functions of Nettle-Cells, 538
Lens, Plano-Convex, by Torricelli, M. Govi, 491
Lenz (Dr. R.), Meteorological Station, Mouth of Lena, 604
Leukhart (R.), and E. Bach, Ammonium Formate, 464
Lepidoptera in the Sikkim Himalaya, H. J. Elwes, 597.
Lepidoptera and Migration, W. H. Bath, 618
Leslie (Robt. C.), Luminous Clouds, 264
Lesseps (M. de), on the Sea-Levels beside the Isthmus of
Panama, 83; on the Panama Canal, III
Letourneau (M.), Primitive Forms of Numeration, 185
Levant, Earthquake in the, 434
Lewakowsky (Prof.), on the Jurassic Limestones of the Crimea,
67
Lewis (Fred.), Animal Intelligence, 265
Lewis (Surgeon-Major T.), Death of, 59, 76
Libraries: Newcastle-on-Tyne, 555; Watford, 555
Lick Observatory, 396; Purchase of a Crown Disk by, 108;
General Arrangements, 603
Lifting-Power of Electro-Magnets, S. Bidwell, M. A., 159
Light Action of, upon Diastases, A. Downes, 546; Oxidation
of Hydrochloric Acid under Influence of, L. Backelandt,
159; Saccharimeter for White, Th. and A. Duboscq, 378;
Standards of, 479; Prof. Newcomb, on the Velocity of, 29;
A. M. Clerke, 170, 193; Influence of the Motion of the
Medium on the Velocity of, A. A. Michelson and E. W.
Morley, M. A. Cornu, 139, 158; Protective Influence of
Black Colour from Light and Heat, 2; Light, Heat, and
Acoustics, W. Lees, M. A., 27
Lighthouses: M. Beduwe's Transportable Electric Lighthouse,
501; Observations at, on Migrations of Birds, 482; Light-
Vessels, Buoys, and Beacons, Sir J. N. Douglass, 502
Lightning: Power of the Coco-Nut Palm to Conduct, 300;
Fir-Tree at Löiten cut in Halves by, 323; Lightning Holes
in the High Alps, Prof. Brun, 458
Lightfoot (T. B.), on Refrigerating Machinery, 43
Limonite after Pyrite, Pseudomorphs of, E. G. Smith, 158
Limpet, Common (Patella vulgata), Rudimentary Gills of the,
J. R. A. Davis, 185
Lincolnshire Carstone, Notes on the Relations of the, A.
Strahan, 258
Lingula pyramidata, Structure of, Dr. H. G. Beyer, 17
Linnean Society, 69
Linnean Society of New South Wales, 95, 283, 580, 611, 635
Linnemann (Dr. E.), on Austrium, 59; Death of, 59
Lion-Breeding, V. Ball, F. R. S., 601
Liouville (R.), Differential Equations, 491
Liquid Films, on the Relations between the Thickness and
Surface-Tension of, A. W. Reinold, M. A., 160
Liquid Surfaces of Revolution, Critical Curvatures of, 510
Liverpool, Institution of Naval Architects at, 344
Liverpool Naturalists' Field Club, 371
Lizard Tribe, Death of a Large Specimen of the, Imported from
Japan, 347
Local Government Board, Report on Milk Scarlatina, 471
Lock (Rev. John B.), Arithmetic for Schools, 51, 100, 143
Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S.) Sun and Stars, 41, 205, 227,
280; Further Discussion of the Sunspot Spectra Observations
made at Kensington, 251; Total Solar Eclipse, 1886,
August 28-29, 272
Lodge (Prof. Oliver), British Association Sectional Procedure,
496
Lomond and Katrine, Lochs, Distribution of Temperature in,
J. T. Morrison, 509
London Basin, the Bagshot Beds of the, Monckton and Herries,
Longman's School Geography, 466
Longmynd and Newer Archean Rocks of Shropshire, on some
Derived Fragments in the, Dr. Chas. Callaway, 258
Lorne (Marquis of), on Geographical Education, 85
Lowe (E. J., F.R.S.), Proposed Meteorological Observatory of,
near Chepstow, 506
Lubricant for Brass-work, H. G. Madan, 265
Lucknow Museum, Birds in, G. Reid, 602
Luminous Boreal Clouds, D. J. Rowan, 192
Luminous Clouds, T. W. Backhouse, 239; Robt. C. Leslie,
264; D. J. Rowan, 264
Luminosity of Insects, Dr. Dubois, 578
Lunar Rainbow, D. Pidgeon, 469
Lunar Rainbows, J. H. Kinahan, 596
Lunar Surface and its Temperature, Capt. John Ericsson, 248
Lure Range, Lower Alps, Geological Structure of, W. Kilian,
188
Luther (Dr.), New Minor Planet discovered by, 40
Luvini (Prof. G.), Electric Conductivity of Vapours and Gases,
611
Luvini (Jean), Electrical Conductibility of Gases and Vapours,
516
Luvini (M.), Insularity of Gases and Vapours, 578
Luzon, Volcanic Eruption in, 275
Lycopods, M. Treub, F. O. Bower, 145
Lydekker (R.), Vertebrata of the Red Crag, 139; on a New
Emydine Chelonian from the Pliocene of India, 259
Mabery (C. F.), Products of the Cowles Electric Furnace, 560
Macaulay (Colman) and the Indian Expedition to Tibet, 41
MacAlister (Dr.), the Grenada Eclipse Expedition, 441
McAlpine (K.), Pembrokeshire, 482
Macgowan (Dr. D. J.), Note on Earthquakes in China, 17
McIntosh (Prof.), Remarks on the Eggs of British Marine
Fishes, 147
McIntosh (W. C.), Actinotrocha of the British Coasts, 468
Mack (K.), Pyro-electric and Optical Observations on Brazilian
Topaz, 354
McKenzie (J. M. Muir), on Cultivation in the Western Ghats, 14
Mackie (G. E.), Malvern Field Hand-book and Naturalist's
Calendar, 14
Macleay (W.), Ctenodax wilkinsoni, 379
McNeill (Mr.), Method of Correcting for Differential Refraction
in Declination, 225
Macpherson (H. A.), and W. Duckworth, Birds of Cumberland
and Westmoreland, 618
Madagascar, und die Inseln Seychellen, Aldabra, Komoren, und
Maskarenen, Prof. Dr. R. Hartmann, 406
Madan (H. G.): Effect of Heat in Changing the Structure of
Crystals of Potassium Chlorate, 66; Ampère's Rule, 217; a
Lubricant for Brass-Work, 265
Madras Magnetical Observations, Prof. Balfour Stewart, F.R.S.,
3; Madras Observatory, 131; Dr. Thornton and the Fauna
of the Madras Presidency, 174; Government Museum, 554
Madrid, Mineralogical and Natural History Collections, 577
Madsen (H. F.), Construction of Reflecting Telescopes, 463
Magie (W. F.), on Measuring the Surface-Tension of Liquids, 46
Magnesia, Influence of, on Portland Cements, M. G. Lechartier,
Magnetic Coupling, Chronometer with, A. d'Arsonval, 163
Magnetic Force, Terrestrial Measures of, at Greenwich, 54
Magnetic Maps of France, T. Moureaux, 188
Magnetic Observations made at Madras in the Years 1851-55,
under the Superintendence of Mr. W. S. Jacob, N. R.
Pogson, 3
Magnetic Observations, Madras, Prof. Balfour Stewart, F.R.S.,
3
Magnetic Observations, Best Means of Comparing and Re
ducing, 477
Magnetic Principle, M. Mascart on the, 47
Magnetisation, Effect of, on the Elasticity and the Internal
Friction of Metals, H. Tomlinson, B.A., 115
Magnetisation of Iron, S. Bidwell, M.A., 159
Magnetisation, Prof. Mascart on, 435
Magnetism in Iron Well-Tubes, Herr Franz, 563
Magnetism, Permanent, of Steel at Various Temperatures, Dr.
G. Poloni, 159
Magnetism, Terrestrial, Prof. B. Stewart, F. S. Trouton, 53
Magnus (Philip), Honour of Knighthood conferred on, 322
Main (P. T.), Experimental Knowledge of Certain Properties
of Matter, 479
Maitland (Colonel) and Sir F. Abel, F.R.S., Erosion of Gun-
Barrels, 575
Malaga, Earthquakes at, 460
Malay Mines and Miners, A. Hale, 626
Malay Peninsula, Stone Age in the, A. Hale, 53; Map and
Gazetteer of, 628
Malaysia in April and May, Upper Wind-Currents over the Bay
of Bengal in March and, Hon. Ralph Abercromby, 288
Maldive Islands, C. W. Rosset, 187
Male Animals and their Progeny, 76
Malta, Earthquake-Shocks at, 370, 397
Malvern Field Hand-book and Naturalist's Calendar, G. E.
Mackie, 14
Mammals of Central America, E. R. Alston, P. L. Sclater, 615
Mammoth Period, Grave of, in Belgium, M. Nadaillac, 492
Man and Pleistocene Animals in North Wales prior to Glacial
Deposits, Evidence of, Henry Hicks, F.R.S., 216
Manatees, Dr. Clemens Hartlaub, on the, 214; W. H. Tooke,
468
Manatherium delheidi, Dr. C. Hartlaub, 594
Manganese, Fluorescence of Compounds of, M. Lecoq de
Boisbaudran, 491
Manganese-Mining in Merionethshire, C. Le Neve Foster, 512
Manguians of Mindoro, Prof. Blumentritt, 557
Manitoba, Prehistoric Man in, C. N. Bell, 610
Mann (Dr. R. J.), Death of, 346
Mano (Charles), Death of, 274
Manometric Flames, Measurement of the Intensity of Sound by
means of the, M. E. Doumer, 356
Manuring, Deportment of Urea in, 175
Maori, the Aryan, Edward Tregear, 286
Maps, International Orthography for, M. de la Grye, 61
Maquenne, Dehérain and, on the Absorption of Carbonic Acid
by Leaves, 284
Marey (M.), Kinematic Analysis of Human Motion, 540; Loco-
motion of the Horse, 563
Marey and Desmeny (MM.), Walking and Running, 588
Marie (Maximilien), Histoire des Sciences Mathematiques et
Physiques, 518
Marine Biological Association, Report of, 177
Marine Biological Station at Banyuls-sur-Mer, P. L. Sclater, 596
Marine Biological Station at Granton, Scotland, 484
Marine Laboratory at St. Andrews, Researches at, 483
Marine Observations, the Prince of Monaco's, 277
Marksmanship, Applications of Electricity to Development of,
Capt. O. E. Michaelis, 462
Marriott (W., F.R. Met. Soc.), and F. Gaster, F.R. Met. Soc.,
Floods of May 1886, 187
Mars, "Canals of, M. Terby, 110
Mars, Changes on Surface of, 459
Mars in 1886, Physical Appearance of, W. F. Denning, 104
Martel (M.), on Pottery in the Stone Age, 38
Martin (Dr.): on Chinese Northern Barbarians, 154; on Geo-
metry in China, 577
Martin (J.), Photographs of Scene of New Zealand Eruption,
512
Martineau (Dr. G. F.), on the Origin of our Potato, 202
Martyr (T.), Enemies of the Frog, 217
Masai, Sign-Numbers in Use among, J. Thomson, 522
Mascart (Prof.): on the Magnetic Principle, 47; on Magnetisa-
tion, 435
Mason (Otis T.): on Carib Antiquities, 39; Anthropology, 300
Maspero (M.), Lists of Thothmes III., 70
Massee (G.), Lathræa squamaria, 610
Masters (Dr. M. T., F.R.S.), Note on the Floral Symmetry of
the Genus Cypripedium, 538
Mateer (Dr.), Chinese Geometry, 577
Mathematics: Euclid Revised, R. J. C. Nixon, 50; Common-
Sense Euclid, Rev. A. D. Capel, M.A., 51; T. H. Eagles,
M.A., on Constructive Geometry of Plane Curves, 74; Ma-
thematical Society, 94, 186; Arithmetical Events, M. F.
Cesaro, 158; Minchin's Statics with Relation to Physics,
Major A. Cunningham, 165; American Journal of, 521;
Differential Equations, R. Liouville, 491; Mathematical and
Physical Sciences, Maximilien Marie, 518; Non-Euclidian
Geometry Vindicated, F. W. Frankland, 521; Binomial Equa-
tion x − 1 = o, Miss Scott, 521; Theory of Reciprocants,
Prof. Sylvester, F.R. S., 521; Syllabus of Elementary Geo-
metrical Conics, 529. See also British Association, Section A,
Mathematical and Physical Science
Matter, Influence of Stress and Strain on the Physical Properties
of, H. Tomlinson, B. A., 69, 115
Matter, Experimental Knowledge of Certain Properties of, P. T.
Main, 479
Mathias (M.) and M. L. Cailletet, Densities of Liquefied Gases,
139
Mattirolo (Dr. O.), the " Mycorhiza" of the Roots of the Sweet
Chestnut, 403
Mauna Loa, the Craters of Mokuaweoweo on, J. M. Alexander,
232
Maupas (E.), Conjugation of the Parameciæ, 492
Maw (M. H.), Pendulum Oscillation, 76
Maximum Economy of Action, the Doctrine of the, Prof. von
Helmholtz, 308
May-bugs, Devastation of Seeland by, 277
Meade (R.), Statistics and Value of Coal raised in British
Empire, 514
Meadow, Upland and, a Poaetquissings Chronicle, Chas. C.
Abbott, 190
Measures, Weights and, International Committee of, 79
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, 45, 399, 576, 625
Mechanics Practical Mechanic's Companion, W. Templeton,
W. S. Hutton, C. E., 28; Dr. König on the Modern Attempts
towards laying down an Unexceptionable Basis of, 212; a
Manual of Mechanics, T. M. Goodeve, Prof. Geo. M. Minchin,
358. See also British Association, Section G, Mechanical
Science
Medical Index Catalogue, A. T. Myers, 98
Mediterranean, Eastern, Earthquakes in, 460
Meehan (Thos.), Superimposed Stamens, 17
Melbourne Observatory, 155
Meldola (Prof. R., F.R.S.): Oils, Resins, and Varnishes, 213;
Scientific Development of the Coal-Tar Colour Industry, 324;
Physiological Selection and Origin of Species, 384
Meloe, Larvæ of, Dr. Sharp, Mr. Billups, Mr. Saunders, Prof.
Riley, 306
Melting Points of Minerals, H. L. Crosthwait, 22
Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles de
Bordeaux, 99
Memoirs of the Kazan Society of Naturalists, 277
Men of Science in the House of Commons, 299
Mendelssohn (Maurice), Researches on the Axial Nervous
Current, 380
Mendenhall (T. C.), Characteristic Curves of Composition, 559
Mensuration, Exercises on, T. W. K. Start, 494
Menthol, Effect of, on Nerves of Temperature, Dr. Gold-
scheider, 71
Mercury, Preservation of Gases over, H. B. Dixon, F. R.S., 511
Mercury Vapour, Absorption of, by Spongy Platinum, T.
Ihmori, 354
Meridian Instruments, Flexure of, Prof. Harkness on, 40
Meridian of Paris, 61
Merionethshire, Manganese-Mining in, C. Le Neve Foster,
512
Merrifield (John, LL.D.), a Treatise on Nautical Astronomy for
the Use of Students, 262
Merrill (G. P.), Pliocene Sandstones from Montana and Idaho,
539
Merritt (W. Hamilton), the Cascade Anthracite Coal-Field of
the Rocky Mountains, Canada, 259
Metallurgy: Neutral Lining for Metallurgical Purposes, 62;
M. Cornu on the Hydrogen Function of certain Metals, 104;
Effect of Magnetisation on the Elasticity and Internal Fric-
tion of Metals, H. Tomlinson, B. A., 115
Metamorphic Rocks, Cretaceous, G. F. Becker, 80
Meteoric Stones, E. S. Dana and A. L. Penfield, 540
Meteorites, Meteors, and Shooting-Stars, Prof. H. A. Newton,
532
Meteorology: J. G. Grenfell on Iridescent Clouds, 3; Climate
of Killarney, Ven. Archdeacon Wynne, M.A., 21; Meteoro-
logical Society, 23; Berlin Meteorological Society, 23; Dr.
Woeikof on Croll's Hypothesis of Geological Climates, 46;
Influence of Forests on the Climate of Sweden, 53; Earth
Temperatures, W. Marriott, F.R. Met. Soc., 95; After-Glows
of 1883-84, A. W. Clayden, M.A., 95; a Remarkable Hail-
storm, A. Ernst, 122; on the Working of the Harmonic
Analyser at the Meteorological Office, R. H. Scott, F.R.S.,
and R. H. Curtis, 135; Solar Halo of May 30, 1886, M. A.
Cornu, 139; Solar Halo, Commander T. H. Tizard, 168;
Dr. W. Doberck's Observations at Hong Kong, 148; Hong
Kong Observatory, Dr. Doberck, 175; Meteorological Results
at Levuka and Suva, 1875-1885, J. D. W. Vaughan, F.R.
Met. Soc., 187; Squall of January 13, 1886, R. H. Scott,
F.R.S., 187; Floods of May 1886, F. Gaster, F.R. Met.
Soc., and W. Marriott, F. R. Met. Soc., 187; Summer
Isobars, Winds and Cloudiness on the Atlantic, L. T. de
Bort, 188; Solar Meteorology, Signor Tacchini, 194; Blan-
ford's Memorandum on the Himalayan Snowfall, 201; an
Australasian Meteorological Society, 201; Meteorology of
Ben Nevis, A. Buchan, 211; Mirage at Algiers preceding
Thunderstorm, 277; the Weather at Caracas, Dr. A. Ernst,
313; Meteorological Station of l'Aigoual, M. F. Perrier, 331;
the Persistent Low Temperature, Chas. Harding, 340; Nor-
wegian Meteorological Institute of Christiania, Ingenious
Plan for disseminating its Weather Reports, 347; Meteor-
ology and Colliery Explosions, Hy. Harries, 361; the August
Perseids, W. F. Denning, 372; Report of Scottish Meteoro-
logical Society, 460; Aurora, M. A. Veeder, 469; Lunar
Rainbow, D. Pidgeon, 469; Proposed Observatory near
Chepstow, 506; Annual Movement of the Barometer in
Central Russia, General A. de Tillo, 516; Rainfall of the Cape
Colony, T. Stewart, 573; Law of Storms, W. H. Rosser,
594; Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 603; Observations at Polar
Meteorological Station, Mouth of Lena, M. Eigner, Dr. R.
Lenz, 604; Meteorological Observations near the Upper
Rhine, M. Hirn, 612
Meteors, 580; Meteor Showers, 85, 111, 177, 435, 496, 502,
532, 604, 628; Baron Schwerin on the November Stream,
60; Bolide in Russia, 60; Meteor of June 13, K. Strachan,
143; the Biela, of November 27, 1885, H. A. Newton, 257;
W. F. Denning on Meteors, 336; New Aerolite, 439; the
September Taurids, W. F. Denning, 546; Fine Meteor,
Rev. J. H. Abrahall, 602
Methylic Compounds, Comparative Volatility of, L. Henry,
588
Meunier (M. S.), Jurassic Bilobites, 140
Meusnier's (General) Projected Aerostatic Machine, 331
Meyer (Dr. A. B.), Hybrids between the Black Grouse and
the Pheasant, 218; Mimicry in Snakes, 596
Mexican Cemeteries, Discovery of Two Ancient, 379
Mexico, New, Turquoise from, F. W. Clarke and J. S. Diller,
539
Mice and Frogs, W. A. Carter, 109
Michaelis (Capt. O. E.), Application of Electricity to the De-
velopment of Marksmanship, 462
Michelson (A. A.) and E. W. Morley, Experiments on Velocity
of Light, A. Cornu, 139; Influence of Motion of the Medium
on the Velocity of Light, 158
Michigan Sanitary Convention, 554
Microbes, Ferments, and Moulds, E. L. Trouessart, 239
Micrococcus pasteuri, Dr. Sternberg, 162
Micro-Organisms, Multiplication and Vitality of Certain, Percy
F. Frankland, 539
Microscopy: Determination of the Index of Refraction of a
Fluid by, G. Thompson, 157; as a Refractometer, Rev.
Gordon Thompson, 217; as a Refractor, L. Bleekrode, 290;
Microscopic Flora of Sulphurous Waters, L. Olivier, 563;
Microscopic Organisms in Air and Water, M. le Dr. Miquel, 318;
Microscopical Society of Glasgow, 14; Cheshire, on a Device
for the Better Examination of Bacteria in Culture-Tubes, 235;
Phylloxera vastatrix, Dr. Morris, 355; Chlamydomyxa in the
Engadine, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, [F.R.S., 408; Prof. T.
G. Bonney, F.R.S., on the Microscopic Analysis of Rocks,
443
Middlesex, Scientific Society for, 83
Middlesex Natural History and Science Society, Field Meeting,
501
Migration, Lepidoptera and, W. H. Bath, 618
Migration of Birds, Observations on, at Lighthouses, 481
Migratory Instincts of Trout, 246
Mikluho-Maclay (Baron), in New Guinea, 41
Milk Scarlatina, Dr. Klein, 471
Mill (Dr. H. R.): and J. T. Morison, Tidal Variations of Tem-
perature and Salinity in Forth Estuary, 187; Temperature of
Water in Firth of Clyde, 461; on the Chemistry of Estuary
Water, 511
Miller (Hugh), on the Classification of Carboniferous Limestone
Series, Northumberland Type, 515
Milne (Prof. John): on Geology of Japan, 59; and the Crater of
Asamayama, 130; Earthquakes and other Earth Movements,
Major A. Cunningham, 141; Prize Essays on Earthquakes,
153; an Earthquake Invention, 193; Volcanoes of Japan,
434
Mimicry in Snakes, W. II. Tooke, 547; A. B. Meyer, 596
Minchin (Prof. G. M.): Scientific Nomenclature, 76; Statics
with Relation to Physics, Major A. Cunningham, 165;
Ampère's Rule, 192; a Manual of Mechanics, T. M. Good-
eve, 358
Mindanao, Ethnology of, Prof. Blumentritt, 372
Mindoro, Manguians of, Prof. Blumentritt, 557
Mineral Resources of India, Conference on, 129
Mineral Waters of Bagnères-de-Luchon, Haute-Garonne, on the
Composition of, M. Ed. Willm, 403
Mineralogical Society, 211, 235
Mineralogy: Prof. E. S. Dana on the Progress of, 370; Contri-
butions to, W. E. Hidden, 539; Progress of Chemistry and,
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