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A WEEKLY

ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

VOLUME X.

MAY 1874 to OCTOBER 1874

"To the solid ground

Of Nature trusts the mind that builds for aye."-WORDSWORTH

London and New York:
MACMILLAN AND CO.

1874

LONDON

R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS

BREAD STREET HILL

Aberdeen, Cryptogamic Show, 427, 447

INDEX

Abney (Capt. R. E.), Photographic Operations in Transit of
Venus, 449; Photographic Irradiation, 522

Acclimatisation Societies: Paris, 473, 514; Victoria, 380
Action of the Horse, 39

Aeronautical Experiments (See Balloons)
Aeronautical Society, 448

Africa: Lieut. Cameron's Expedition, 172, 214, 231; Expedition
to investigate the Slave Trade, 195; Col. Gordon's Expedition
to Gondokoro, 72, 29; Berlin Exploration Society, 134,
383, 512; Natural History Notes from South Africa, 486;
Eclipse of 1874, 59

Agriculture: Baldwin's "Irish Farming," 203; "Sewage and
Sewage Farming," 381; Technology of Agriculture, 307;
Application of the Laws of Selection, 350; Utilisation of
Sewage, 431; R. Jeffries on "Small Farms," 529

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'Agriculture and Geology," by Amédée Burat, 458
Agricultural Schools, 15

Agricultural Society of Scotland, 151

Agricultural Shows: Science in the Showyard, 199

Airy (Hubert), Pollen-grains in the Air, 355, 398

Aitken (John), Photographic Irradiation, 105, 205, 222, 245,
381, 439, 522

Alga from Jersey (Br. A.), 433

Algeria: proposed Artificial Inland Sea, 231

Allman (Prof. G. J., F. R.S.), a New Order of Hydrozoa, 251
Amber in North America, 277

America: Association for the Advancement of Science;
Meeting at Hartford, Connecticut, 194, 382, 441, 463; Ex-
ploration in Colorado and New Mexico, 308; Fisheries of
New York, 214; Jasper's "Birds of North America," 212;
Lobster Breeding, 214; Observatories: at West Point, 208;
Annapolis, 209; Survey of Lakes, 35; Telegraphic Clocks,
308; National Academy of Science, 45; Weather Maps, 295,
460

American Journal of Science, 95

American Oyster Trade, 290
Ampelideæ, Indian (Br. A.), 433
Anagram, Scientific, by Huyghens, 480

Anatomy (See British Association, Sec. D)

Anderson (James S.), Aurora, 522

André (C. and G. Rayet), "Practical Astronomy," 42

Andrews (Dr., F.R.S.), High Pressures (Br. A.), 389; Pheno-
menon in Boring a Well (Br. A.), 432

Andrews (Prof. T., F.R.S.), De Boisbaudran on "Spectres
Lumineux," 396

Anemometer for Wind on the Coast (Br. A.), 450

Angora Goat, 448

Angström (Prof. A. J.), Spectrum of Aurora Borealis, 210;
Obituary Notice of, 376

"Animal Mechanism," by E. J. Marey, 498, 516
Animals: the Hypothesis that they are Automata, and its
History, by Prof. Huxley, F.R. S. (Br. A.), 362, 438, 502, 520
Anstie (F. E., M.D., F.R.C.P.), Obituary Notice of, 398;

Memorial to, 467

Ant-eater, Tongue of the (Br. A.), 413

Anthropological Institute, 19, 57, 98, 138, 177, 217
Anthropological Societies: Göttingen, 350; Paris, 276, 297, 513,

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Anthropology: Aboriginal "Murri" Race of Australia, 521;
Col. Lane Fox's Collection, 232; International Congress at
Stockholm, 307, 332 (See British Association, Sec. D)
Antrim, County, Volcanic Phenomena of (Br. A.), 324
Antwerp, International Horticultural Exhibition, 471
A priori Physical Axioms (See Physical Axioms)
Aquarium Cars on Steam Ships, 530

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Aquariums: Bridlington (proposed), 152; Crystal Palace, 428,
447; Herne Bay (proposed), 307; Manchester, 74, 93, 172,
275, 428; Southport, 384; Westminster, 230; Marine Aqua-
rium for Inland Students, 260; Seaweed in, 530
Archæological Association, Meeting at Bristol, 231, 273
"Arctic Continent and Polar Sea," by Dr. J. Chavanne, 231
Arctic Exploration, 54, 213, 273, 294, 361, 383, 428, 430
Argentine Republic, Observatory at Cordoba, 72

Argyll (His Grace the Duke of), Flight of Birds, 147, 263
Armstrong (Henry E., Ph.D., F.C.S.), "Organic Chemistry,"
333; Isomeric Cresols (Br. A.), 431
Artisans' Institute, 383

Assyria, Mr. Geo. Smith's Expedition, 134
Astronomical Society, 37, 158, 190

Astronomy: Bibliography of, 508; German Astronomical So-
ciety, 74

"Astronomy, Practical," by André and Rayet, 42
Astronomy (See British Association, Sec. A, and Observatories)
Atmospheric Currents in the West Indies, 65

Atoms and Molecules Spectroscopically Considered, by J. N.
Lockyer, F.R.S., 69, 89

Atoms, Theory of, by M. Wurtz, 345

Aurora Borealis, 210, 355, 398, 460, 500, 522

Australia Leichardt's Exploring Expedition, 15; Major War-
burton's Expedition, 53; Sydney Museum, 81; Poisonous
Snakes, 273; Angora Goats, 448; Aboriginal
"Murri"
Race, 521

Austrian Polar Expedition, 273, 383, 428, 439, 523
Automatism of Animals, 362, 438, 502, 520
Axioms, à priori (See Physical Axioms)

Babington (C. E, M.A., F.R.S.), "Manual of Botany," 242
Backhouse (T. W), Curious Rainbow, 437
Baird (Spencer F.), "Annual Record of Science," 122;
"Fisheries of New England," 201

Baker (Sir Samuel), Rede Lecture, 53
Balding (A.), Meteor at Wisbech, 483

Baldwin (Prof. Thos., M.R.I.A.), "Irish Farming," 203;
"Sewage and Sewage Farming," 381

Balfour (Mr.), Development of Sharks (Br. A.), 413

Ball (R. LL.D., F.R.S.), Royal Astronomer of Ireland, 14
Balloon Ascents: from Odessa, 94; by M. de Fonvielle, 195;
Fatal Experiment of M. de Groof, the "Flying Man," 230;
Experiment at Woolwich, 230, 252, 285, 461; Ascents in
New York and Canada, 344; Paris, 360

"Barbadoes, Rainfall of," by Governor Rawson, C. B., 241
Barker (Lady), “Lessons on Cooking," 283

Barrett (Prof. W. F.), Sounding and Sensitive Flames, 244
Barrows, Chambered, 290

Bastian (Dr. H. C.), his Experiments on Bacteria, 4
Bath, Natural History Club, 174

Beaumont (M. Elie de), Obituary Notices of, 447, 471

Becquerel (Edm.), Researches in Photography, 281
Bee-keepers' Association, 114, 383

Bees feeding on Larvæ, 31

Belfast Meeting of the British Association (See British Asso-
ciation); Naturalists' Field Club, 361

Belgium, Royal Academy of Sciences, 15, 76, 235, 252
Bell (Lowthian, F.R.S.), Action of Carbonic Acid and Cyanogen
on Oxide of Iron (Br. A.), 390

Belt (Thos., F.G.S.), The Glacial Period, 25, 62, 85, 105
Benger (F. Baden), Cry of the Frog, 483
Bennett (Alfred W., F.L.S.), Fertilisation of Labiatæ, 92;
Specimens and Apparatus at the Br. A., 380; Pollen-grains
in the Air (Br. A.), 398, 433

Bentham (G. F.R.S.), Systematic Botany (Br. A.), 433

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