Acetylene, 266.

Α

Formation of, by the Incomplete
Combustion of Marsh Gas, 404.
Acid, Citric, New Method of Manu-
facturing, 267.

Pyrogallic, New Mode of Manu-
facture of, 89.
Adamite, 427, 428.

ADAMS Recent Astronomical Discovery,
511.

ADAMS, Dr. L., Second Report on
Maltese Caves, 539.

AGASSIZ, Professor, Expedition to the
Amazon, 301.
Agricultural Labourer, Condition of, 251.
Statistics, 385.
Agriculture (Chronicles), 77, 248, 383,
561.

Ailanthus Silkworm, 90.

AIRY, Prof., on the Influence of the

Tides in Accelerating the Moon's
Mean Motion, 393.

Albumenoid Bodies, Investigation of,

578.

Alcohol, Vinic, Production of, by
Synthesis, 37.

ALISON, R. E., on Teneriffe, 1.

ALIX, M. E., Organs of Parturition in
the Kangaroo, 301.

America, Botany of, 570.

American Journal of Mining, 423.
Ammoniacal Gas, Condensation of, 437.
Ammonium Amalgam, 87.

Analysis, Elements of Quantitative
Chemical, 402.

Aniline, Black, 266.

Annesley Colliery, on the Sinking of,535.
Annual Retrospect, 133.

ANSTED, Professor, on the Intermittent
Discharges of Petroleum, and large
Deposits of Bitumen in the Valley of
Pescara, 536.

Anthers, Fibre Cells in some, and their
Absence in others, 262.

a Third Membrane in, 261.

the Placentoid,a New Organ in,262.
Anthracite, Use of, in the Manufacture
of Iron, 597.
Authropological Congress in Calcutta,
Proposed, 559, 600.

BAKER, Sir Samuel, Relations of the
Abyssinian Tributaries of the Nile
and the Equatorial Lakes to the Inun-
dations and Fertility of Egypt, 552.

Sources of the Nile, 97.

Barley, relative Value of Malted and
Unmalted, as Food, 251.
BARRANDE, M., Silurian Palæontology,
103.

BARTH, Dr., Death of, 272.
Batteries, new Electric, 599.
BAUDRIMONT, M., Allotropism of Oxy-
gen, 400.

BECKLEY, Miss, Photographs of the
Sun, 255.

Belgium, Kainozoic Formations of, 590.
BERTHELOT, M., on the Formation of
Petroleum by purely Mineral Re-
actions, 402.

on the Origin of Carburets of Hy-
drogen and Combustible Minerals, 428.

Birds, Functions of the Air-cells, and
the Mechanism of Respiration, 441.
BOISSIER, M. E., Note on some New
Facts in Botanical Geography, 396.
Bonatea Speciosa, Structure of, 82.
Borax Lake, the, 429.
BORLASE'S Buddle, 109.

Botany and Vegetable Physiology (Chro-
nicles), 82, 257, 395, 570.
Botanical Geography, Note on some
New Facts in, 396.

Bracklesham Fossils, Alleged Discovery
of, in Beds beneath the Thanet Sands
of Belgium, 417.

Bristol, Sanitary Condition of, 482.
BRITISH ASSOCIATION

Meeting, 1866, 521:—

Nottingham

President's Address, 522.

Section A, Physical Science, 526.
B, Chemical Science, 529.
C, Geology, 532.
D, Biology, 541.

E, Geography and Ethno-
logy, 552.

British Volcanic Rocks, 351.

BROCA, M. P., on the Seat and Faculty
of Articulate Language, 439.

Bronzes, Alteration Products of Old,
281.

Butterflies, Adaptive Mimicry in, 547.

C.

California, Silver in, 286.
Calorescence, 298.

CALVERT, Dr. F. C., and Mr. JOHNSON,
Action of Acids on Metals and Alloys,
579.

Cannel Coal in New South Wales, 288.
Carbonic Acid, Electrolysis of, 300.
-Oxide, Action of, on the Blood, 549.
Carboniferous Rocks of the Valley of
Cashmere, 284.

CASPARY, M., on a Protective Sheath of
the Vascular System of Plants, 84.
Cattle Plague, the, 24, 77, 248, 383, 561.
History of, 25.

384.

Number of Animals attacked by,

Preventive Measures against, 384.
Symptoms of, 27.

Chemical Society, Proceedings of the,
89, 267, 403, 579.

Chemistry (Chronicles), 86, 263, 400,

575.

Synthetical, 34.

Chenevixite, 429.

Chevreulius, a New Genus of Ascidians,
304.

Chlorine, &c., Detection of, by Spec-
trum Analysis, 117.
CHRONICLES OF SCIENCE:-

Agriculture, 77, 248, 383, 561.
Astronomy, 78, 252, 388, 564.
Botany and Vegetable Physiology,
82, 257, 395, 570.

Chemistry, 86, 263, 400, 575.
Entomology, 90, 269, 405, 581.
Geography, 93, 272, 408.

Geology and Palæontology, 100,
277, 413, 583.

Mining, Mineralogy, and Metal-
lurgy, 108, 285, 421, 592.
Physics: Light, Heat, and Elec-
tricity, 117, 295, 432, 598.

Zoology and Animal Physiology,
126, 301, 438, 600.

CHURCH, Professor, New Cornish Mine-
rals, 89, 115.

Cinnabar, Method of Treating Poor,
577.

Cissampelos, New Species of, 259.

Citric Acid, New Method of Manufac-
turing, 267.

CIZANCOURT, M. DE, Theory of Iron and
Steel, 113.

CLAUDET, Mr., F.R.S., New Process for
producing Artistic Photographs, 528.
Climbing Plants, Phenomena of Motion
and Sensitiveness in, 257.

Coal, Annual Production in China,
111.

Bituminous, of Maryland, 286.
Cutting Machine, 595.

Home Consumption of, 468.
Mining, Dangers of, at great

Depths, 463.

Our Exports of, 476.

Probable New Fields of, 467.
Produce of, in Eastern Pennsyl-
vania, 286.

Production of, and Importation in
France, 286.

Question, the, 425.

- Reports of Secretaries of Embassies
and Legations relating to, 287.

462.

Statistics of Production for 1865,

Cobalt and Nickel, Separation of, 264.
CODRINGTON, Mr. T., Geology of Berks
and Hants, 102.

Coleopterous Insects of the Madeiras,
Salvages, and Canaries, 269.

College of Chemistry, Foundation of
the, 67.

Colours, Extinction of, by Artificial
Lights, 296.

Comatulæ, Specimens of, from the
Hebrides, 544.

Comet, Spectrum Analysis of Light
from a, 256.

Congelation of Animals, 124.

Considerations on the Loss of the
'London,' 177.

Copper, Improved Prospects of Trade
in, 422.

Corals, New Species of, 101.

COTTA, BERNHARD V., Treatise on Litho-
logy, 425

Crania, Two Extreme Forms of Human,
550.

Cretaceous Rocks, Correlations of the,
in South-east and West of England,
281.

Crocodile, Anatomy of Hind Leg of, 126.
CROLL, Mr., Speculations on Cosmical

Changes of Temperature and the
Submergence of the Northern Hemi-
sphere during the Glacial Period,
414.

CROOKES, W., F.R.S., on Disinfection,
531, 561.

a New Era in Illumination, &c.,500.
Plan for producing Low Tempe-
ratures, 436.

Crustacea, Larvæ of Marine, 442.

D.

DARWIN and his Teachings, 151.
DAUBENY, C., M.D., &c., on the Antiquity
of the Volcanos of Auvergne, 199.
DAUBRÉE, M., Synthetical Researches
relative to Meteorites, 389.

DAVAINE, M., on the Rotting of Fruits,
575.

DAWKINS, W. B., M.A., on the Habits

and Conditions of the Two Earliest
Known Races of Men, 333.
Dead Sea, Level of the, 93.
Decken, Baron von der, Murder of, 410.
Expedition to the Luba River, 272,

275.

DE LA RUE and Celestial Photography,

358.

Devonian Rocks of North Devon, 591.
Dhurmsalla Meteoric Stone, Analysis
of, 566.

DIACON, M. E., Influence of Electro-
Negative Elements on the Spectra of
Metals, 119.

Diamond, a Yellow, 429.

Diatoms, Apparatus for keeping them
alive, 131.

DICKIE, Dr., Dimorphism in Eriophorum
angustifolium, 83.

Didymium, Absorption Spectrum of,

518.

Diluvium, Fossils in North German, 586.
Disinfection, 531, 561.

Dissociation of Compound Gases at
High Temperatures, 433.

Drainage Water, Necessity of storing,
250.

DROSIER, Dr., Functions of Air-cells
and the Mechanism of Respiration in
Birds, 441.

DU CHAILLU, M., Second Expedition to
Western Equatorial Africa, 274.
DUCHARTRE, M., Influence of Light on
Plants, 396.

DUNCAN, Dr., on Echinodermata from

the South-eastern Coast of Arabia, 105.
DUPONT, M., Explorations of Caves and
Quaternary Deposits of the Valleys
of the Lesse and Meuse, 587.

Fossils discovered at the Jarrow Col-
liery, 413.

of the Lower Oligocene, 278.
FOSTER and TOPLEY, MM., on Super-
ficial Deposits in the Valley of the
Medway, 106.

Fox, C. B., M.D., on the Laryngoscope,
and some of its Physiological Revela-
tions, 217.

France, Production and Importation of
Coal in, 286.

FRANKLAND, Dr., and Mr. DUPPA, Syn-
thetical Researches on Ethers, 88.
Fruits, the Rotting of, 575.

G.

GAIRDNER, Dr., Seat of Faculty of Lan-
guage, 601.

Gases, Dissociation of Compound, at
High Temperatures, 433.

GEIKIE, A., F.R.S., British Volcanic
Rocks, 351.

Geographical Society, 95, 274, 408.
Geography Chronicles), 93, 272, 408,552.
Geological Magazine, the, 280, 412.

Maps: their Relation to Agriculture
and Coal Supply, 358.

Society, Journal of the, 104, 292,
419, 589.

Geology and Palæontology (Chronicles),
100, 277, 413, 583.

GERARDIN, M., a Battery of Iron Turn-
ings, 437.

GIBB, Dr. G. D., on Variations in the
great Arterial Blood Vessels, 545.
Gibraltar Cave, Report on Fossil Re-
mains in, 105.

Glacial Period, supposed Submergence
of the Northern Hemisphere during
the, 414.

Glasgow, Sanitary Condition of, 486.
Glass, Fracture of Polished Surface, 121.
Glucose, Tests for, 266.

Glutinous Substances, Method of Dry-
ing, 435.

GODWIN AUSTEN, Mr., on the Submerged

Forest Beds of Porlock Bay, 282.
GRAHAM, Prof., Dialysis of Gases, 599.
Graptolite Shales of Dumfriesshire, Fos-
sils from the, 534.

GREAVES, Mr., Utilization of the Internal
Heat of the Earth, 123.

GROVE, W. R., &c., &c., Address to British
Association, 522.

Guanches, Aborigines of Teneriffe, 8.
GULLIVER, Mr., Researches on Raphides,.
82.

GÜMBEL, Dr., on the Occurrence of

Eozoon in the Primary Rocks of
Eastern Bavaria, 585.

H.

Harrogate Water, 264, 577.
HAUGHTON, Rev. Professor, Anatomy of
the Hind Leg of the Crocodile, 126.
Heat (Chronicles), 123, 298, 433, 599.

Differences in the, Radiated from
Polished and Unpolished Surfaces,
299.

123.

Internal, of Earth, Utilization of,

Radiation and Absorption of, 298.
Storage of, 433.

Heligoland, Ciliated Worms of, 603.
HEMPEL, M., Electric Conductibility of
Hyponitric Acid, 300.

Herbarium of British Museum, 574.
HERSCHEL, Sir J. F. W., Utilization of
Internal Heat of Earth, 123.

Himalayan Mountains, Geological Sec-
tions across, 277.

Hints to Home Tourists, 351.
HITCHCOCK, Professor, on the Geological
Distribution of Petroleum in North
America, 535.

HITTORF, M., Metallic Phosphorus, 434.
HOFMANN, A. W., LL.D., F.R.S., In-
troduction to Modern Chemistry,
61.

HOLMES, Mr., on North Atlantic Tele-
graph, 528.

Holy Land, Exploration of, by Royal
Engineers, 272.

HUGGINS, W., F.R.S., on a Temporary
Outburst of Light in a Star in Corona
Borealis, 376.

Hull, Sanitary Condition of, 481.
HULL, E., B.A., F.G.S., the New Iron-
fields of England, 323.

HUNTER, Dr., Absorption of Gases by
Charcoal, 89.

HUXLEY, Professor, on the Classification
and Scope of the Biological Sciences,

541.

Hydro-Carbons in Crude Benzol, 580.
Hydrocyan-Rosaniline, 403.
Hymenoptera, Development and Position
of, 581.

Hydrogen, Peroxide of, 576.
Hydroxylamine, 86.

Hyponitric Acid, Electric Conducti-
bility of, 300.

Hyposulphite of Soda, Oxidation of, in
Photographs, 432.

I.

Illumination, a New Era in, 500.
Indium, 430.

in Flue Dust, 577.
Insects in Ice-caves, 91.

Insects, Variations in, produced by
Food, 129.

Insurance (Cattle), National Society
and Fund, 562.

International Horticultural Exhibition
and Botanical Congress, the, 446.
Invertebrates, Observations on Eggs of
Various, 305.

Iron-fields, the New, of England, 323.
Iron, Method of Increasing the Strength
of, 294.

Ships, Depolarization of, 529.
and Steel, 113.

Turnings, a Battery of, 437.

J.

JANNSEN, M., on the Telluric Lines of
the Solar Spectrum, 295.
Jarrow Colliery, Fossils discovered at
the, 413.

JEAN, M., Electrolysis of Carbonic Acid,
300.

JOHNSON, Mr. W. H., on a recent Expe-

dition from Leh to Khotan in Chinese
Tartary, 555.

JONES, Dr. H. B., F.R.S., Address to
the Chemical Section of the British
Association, 529.

and Dr. DUPRÉ, on a Substance
resembling Quinine in all the Tissues
of the Body, 401.

K.

KAISER, Professor F., on Airey's Double-
image Micrometer, 389.

Kangaroo, Organs of Parturition in the,
301.

Kent's Cavern Committee, Second Re-
port of, 539.

KOENEN, Dr. A. von, Fossils of the
Lower Oligocene of Helmstadt, 278.
Korea, on the, 96.

KRAUT, Dr., a Lecture Experiment, 87.
Kungo, 91.

L.

Language, the Seat and Faculty of
Articulate, 439, 601.

LARKIN, Mr., Magnesium Lamp, 531.
Larvae, Asexual Reproduction of, 303.
Laryngoscope, the, and its Revelations,

217.

Laurite, 428.

LEA, Mr. CAREY, Nature of the Invisible
Photographic Image, 120.
Lead, Native, in Victoria, 596.

Leaves, Functions of, 82, 263.

-

Types of Nervation of, 399.
Leeds, Sanitary Condition of, 491.
LEICHARDT, Dr., Search for, 95.
Lepidosirens, Note on the, 303.
LESTIBOUDOIS, M, Investigations on the
Trachea of Plants, 83.
Leuchtenbergite, 430.
Leucine, Synthesis of, 39.
Lichens, new Species of British, 258.
Spiral Vessels in, 85.

Light, 117, 295, 432, 598.
Lightning, Deaths by, 300.
Limulus, Structure of the, 544.
Lithology, Treatise on, 425.

Liverpool, the Mortality of, and its
National Danger, 311.

'London,' Considerations on the Loss of
the, 177.

Longitude, Determination of Difference
of, between Greenwich and Glasgow,
252, 253.

LOSSEN, Dr., Hydroxylamine, 86.

M.

MACKINTOSH, Mr., Comparative Anthro-
pology of England and Wales, 439.
Madagascar, Travels in, 99.
Magnesian Cement, 264.

Magnesium, Use of, in Toxicological
Researches, 577, 599.

Maltese Caves, Report on, 539.
Manchester, Sanitary Condition of, 493.
Man, the Origin and Antiquity of, 54,
172.

MANN, Dr., Physical Geography of
Natal, 557.
Marcylite, 427.

MAREY, Dr. E. J., the Sphygmograph,
440.

M., Nature of Muscular Con-
traction, 601.

Mars, Results of a Series of Observa-
tions of, 568.

Marsupials, Parturition of, 441.

Transference of Foetus from Vulva
to Pouch, 126.

MATTEUCCI, M., Experiments on Electro-
motor Organs of Torpedo, 127.
Medway, Superficial Deposits in the
Valley of the, 106.

Metals and Alloys, Action of Acids on,
579.

Influence of Electro-Negative Ele-
ments on Spectra of, 119.

Metallurgy (Chronicles), 111, 293, 431,

597.

Meteorites, Synthetical Researches rela-
tive to, 389,

Meteors, Luminous, Report on, 526.