Meteors, Observations of a Detonating,

on Nov. 21, 1865, 391.

Spectra of, 526.

Micrometer, Airey's Double Image, 389.
Micro-spectroscope, Use of, in Medico-
legal Investigations, 297.

MILLS, Dr., on Nitro-compounds, 90.
Millstone Grit, its Fossils, &c., 102.
Mineralogical Papers, List of, 431.
Mineralogy (Chronicles), 113, 289, 425,
595.

Literature of, 293.

Mineral, a New Phosphatic, 113.
Minerals, New Cornish, 89, 115.
Mining (Chronicles), 108, 285, 421, 592.
American, 423.

Miocene Flora of North Greenland, 537.
MITSCHERLICH, Professor, Detection of
Chlorine, Bromine, and Iodine, by
Spectrum Analysis, 117.

Mollusca, Proposed New Classification
of, 128.

Mollusks, Food of Terrestrial, in Ex-

treme Drought, 129.
MONTGOMERIE, Captain, the Geographi-
cal Position of Yarkund and other
places in Central Asia, 411.

Moon, Acceleration of the Motion of
the, 512, 515.

Map of the, 527.

Observations of Partial Eclipse of
the, October 4, 1865, 78.
MÖRCH, Dr., Proposed New Classifica-
tion of Mollusca, 128.
Moronolite, 427.

Mortality, Rate of, in our largest
Towns, 496.

Mountain Ash Murder, the, 347.

Mud Volcano on the Flanks of Etna,
536.

MURCHISON, Sir R. I., on the various

Tracts of England and Wales, in
which no productive Beds of Coal
can reasonably be looked for, 534.
Muscular Contraction, best Way of
Studying, 131.

Nature of, 601.

Museum, British, Herbarium of, 574.
MUSPRATT, Dr., Analysis of Harrogate
Water, 264.

N.

Natal, Physical Geography of, 557.
NAUDIN, M., Unity of Origin of Species,

85.

Nebula, Notice of the Great, in Orion,
390.

Nematode Worms, Reproduction and
Development of, 443.

Nervation of Leaves, Types of, 399.

Occultations, Reduction of, 80.
Okenite, Composition of, 291.
Oligocene, Upper, Fauna of, 101.
Oligoclase, Labradorite, &c., Composi-
tion of, 290.

ORIGINAL ARTICLES :-

Teneriffe. By R. E. Alison, 1.
The Cattle Plague, 24.

On the Recurrence of Species in
Geological Formations. By A.
C. Ramsay, F.R.S., 33.
Synthetical Chemistry, 34.
Anthropology, 43.

The Progress of Zoology, 47.
The Origin and Antiquity of Man,
54.

Hofmann and Modern Chemistry,
61.

Darwin and his Teachings, 151.
Considerations on the Loss of the

'London.' ByW. Fairbairn, C.E.,
F.R.S., &c., 177.
Sewage and Sewerage, 180.
On the Antiquity of the Volcanos

of Auvergne. By C. Daubeny,
M.D., F.R.S., &c., 199.
On the Laryngoscope, and some
of its Physiological Revelations.
By C. B. Fox, M.D., 217.
Comparative Philology, as indi-
cating the Antiquity of Man.
By David Parkes, 224.

On Cell Life. By Dr. A. Fick, 235.
The Mortality of Liverpool, and its
National Danger, 311.

The New Iron Fields of England.

By Ed. Hull, B.A., F.G.S., 323.
On the Habits and Conditions of
the Two Earliest Known Races
of Men. By W. B. Dawkins,
M.A., 333.

Science and Crime, 347.
British Volcanic Rocks.
Geikie, F.R.S., 351.

By A.

ORIGINAL ARTICLES, continued.-

De la Rue and Celestial Photo-

graphy, 358.

Geological Maps; their Relation to
Agriculture and Coal Supply,
372.

On a Temporary Outburst of Light
in a Star in Corona Borealis. By
William Huggins, F.R.S., 376.
Our Coal Supplies and our Pros-
perity, 459.

The Public Health, 481.
A New Era in Illumination.-
Wilde's Magneto-Electric Ma-
chine. ByW. Crookes, F.R.S., 500.
Adams' Recent Astronomical Dis-
covery. By R. A. Proctor, B.A.,
&c., 511.

Oxygen, Allotropism of, 400.
Ozone, 263.

Generation of, 531.

P.

Pacchonian Bodies, New Examination
of the, 602.
Pachnolite, 289.

Palestine, Exploration of, 94.

PALGRAVE, Mr., on Central Arabia, 93.
Paper, Manufacture of, from Wood, 399.
Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, 283.
Parasites in Muscular Fibre, 306.
PARKES, DAVID, Comparative Philology,
as indicating the Antiquity of Man,
224.

Peak of Teneriffe, Ascent of, 14.
Pediculi, Anatomy of the Mouth of, 305.
PELLY, Lieut.-Col. LEWIS, Visit to Cen-
tral Arabia, 95.

PELOUZE, M., Aventurine Glass, 89.
Petroleum as a Substitute for Coal, 473.
Evaporating Power of, 288.

Formation of, by purely Mineral
Reactions, 402.

-Geological Distribution of, in North
America, 535.

Intermittent Discharges of, in Val-
ley of Pescara, 536.

Mode of Occurrence of, 424.

Phasmidæ, 91.

Phenose, 266.

Philology, Comparative, as indicating
the Antiquity of Man, 224.
PHIPSON, Dr. T. L., Analysis of a New
Phosphatic Mineral, 113.

Phosphate of Lime in Estramadura, 117.
Phosphorus, Estimation of, in Iron and
Steel, 404.

-Metallic, 434.
Photographic Image, Nature of the
Invisible, 120.

Photographs in Natural Colours, 297.
Mode of destroying Hyposulphite
of Soda in, 432.

Phreoryctes Menkeanus, on, 444.
Physics (Chronicles), 117, 295, 432, 598.
Planets, Three New, 567.

Plants, Action of Poisons on, 398.
Influence of Light on, 396.

New Lemnaceous, 573.

Occurrence of Living in Hot
Springs, 571.

388.

recently introduced Agricultural,

POITEVIN, M., Photographs in Natural
Colours, 297.

Porlock Bay, Submerged Forest Beds
of, 282.

Post-pliocene Geology, 591.

POUCHET, M., Congelation of Animals,
124.

GEORGES, M.D., on the Plurality
of Races, 45.

Prairies, Origin of, 278.

PROCEEDINGS

SOCIETIES:-

OF THE METROPOLITAN

The Royal Astronomical Society,
253, 389, 567.

The Chemical Society, 89, 267,
403, 579.

The Entomological Society, 92,
270, 406, 582.

The Royal Geographical Society,
95, 274, 410.

The Geological Society, 104, 282,
419, 589.

The Zoological Society, 307, 445.
PROCTOR, R. A., B.A., &c., on Adams'
Recent Astronomical Discovery, 511.
Pterodactyles, Are they Reptiles or
Birds? 442.

Puddling Machine, French, 111.
Purûs, Exploration of the River, 276.
Pyramid, Egyptian, Vegetable and
Animal Remains in Brick from, 572.
Pyrogallic Acid, New Mode of Manu-
facture of, 87.

Q.

Quinoidine, Animal, 401.

R.

Radiation and Absorption, 298.
RAMMELSBERG, Professor, on the Com-
position of Oligoclase, Labradorite,
&c., 290.

RAMSAY, Professor, Address to the Geo-
logical Section of the British Associa-
tion, 532,

RAMSAY, Professor, Geology of North
Wales, 583.

on the Recurrence of Species in
Geological Formations, 33.
Raphides, Researches on, 82.
Rathite, 426.

REISCHAUER, H., Mode of Drying
Glutinous Substances, 435.

S.

St. David's, Pembrokeshire, Report on
Geology of, 533.

Sand, Garnetiferous, of the Adriatic, 292.
Sanitary Act of 1866, 480.

Condition of Hull, Bristol, Glasgow,
Leeds, and Manchester, 480.
Santorin, Bay of, Eruptions in the,
414.

SCHÖNBEIN, M., on Peroxide of Hydro-
gen, 576.

Science, on Teaching of Natural, in
Schools, 547.

and Crime, 347.

SCLATER, Dr., on the American Prong-
horn, 543.

Selenite, Impressions of, in the Wool-
wich Beds and London Clay, 284.
Sewage, Composition, Value, and Utili-
zation of, 268.

Metropolitan, Successful Utiliza-
tion of, 563.

and Sewerage, 180.

Sexes, Division of Deaths by Lightning
between the, 300.

Shale Mining, Extension of, 424.
Shales, Yield of Oil from, 288.
SHUTE, Mr. G., Transference of the
Foetus of Marsupials from Vulva to
Pouch, 126.

Silk, Chinese Mountain, 582.
Silurian Palæontology, 103.
Silver Ores in California, 110.
SMITH, ANGUS, Ph.D, Mode of Destroy-
ing Hyposulphite of Soda in Photo-
graphs, 432.

Soda Process, New, 530, 578.
Sodium Amalgamation Process, Results
of the, in California, 294.
Solar Spectrum, Telluric Lines of the,
295.

Species, on the Recurrence of, in
Geological Formations, 33.

Unity of Origin of, 85.

of

Spectrum Analysis, Detection
Chlorine, Bromine, and Iodine by,

117.

of the Variable Star a Orionis,
393.
SPENCER, H., B.A., Elements of Quanti-
tive Chemical Analysis, 402.

Sphygmograph, the, 440.

SPILLER, Mr. J., on the Estimation of
Phosphorus in Iron and Steel, 404.
Spinelle, Analysis of a, 595.
Sprouted Grain as Cattle Food, 259.
Star, Variable, near e Coronæ, 570.
Stars, Errors in measuring the Angles
of Position of Double, 567.
STAS, M., new Determinations of Atomic
Weights, 575.

Statistics, Mining, for 1865, 422.
STOLICZKA, Dr. F., Geological Sections
across the Himalayan Mountains,
277.

Submarine Cables, Insulation of, 527.
Sulphocyanide of Ammonium, Cold pro-
duced by Solution of, 299.

Sulphur and Carbon, new Compounds
of, 401.

Sun, Actinic Effect of, from Circumfer-
ence to Centre, 255.

Sun's Surface, Details of, 564.
Sunlight, Chemical Action of, on Sensi-
tive Photographic Papers, 296.
Synopsis of Synthetical Processes, 41.
Synthetical Chemistry, 34.

Torpedo, Experiments on Electro-motor
Organs of, 127.

Trachea of Plants, 83.

Treadwell's Built-up Guns, 293.
TREMENHEERE, Col., on the Lower In-
dus, 556.

TRIMEN, Mr., Structure of Bonatea
Speciosa, 82.

TRISTRAM, Mr., Exploration of Pales-
tine, 94.

TSCHERMAK, Dr., Researches on the
Group of Felspars, 290.
Tunicate, a new, 543.

TURNER, Mr. W., Curious Method of
Gestation in a New Fish, 545.
TYNDALL, Professor, Calorescence, 298.
Radiation and Absorption, 298.

U.

United States, Mining Establishments

in the, 423.

Production of Coal in the, 286.
Uric Acid, Manurial Value of, 403.

V.

Vegetable Nosology, 398.

VOELCKER, Dr., on the Proper Conditions
of Field Experiments, 386.

VOGT, Dr. CARL, Lectures on Man, &c.,
43.

W.

WALLACE, Mr., Address to Anthropo-
logical Sub-section of British Asso-
ciation, 549.

WATERSTON, Mr., on the Effects of a

Sudden Increase of the Sun's Mass,
568.

WATSON, Mr., on the Parallel Roads of
Glen Roy, 283.

WEBB, Rev. T. W., Notice of the Great
Nebula in Orion, 390.

WENHAM, Mr., Fracture of Polished
Glass Surface, 121.

White Lead, New Mode of Making,
438, 531.

WIBEL, Dr. F., Origin of certain Copper
Ores, 281.

WILLIAMSON, Professor, on the Constitu-
tion and Representation of Organic
Compounds, 580.

Wines, Preservation of, 433.

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

WOOD, Mr. S. V., jun., on British Geo-
logy, 100.

Geological Structure of the Thames
Valley, 418.

WRIGHT, Mr. C. R., Chemical Action of
Sunlight on Sensitive Photographic
Papers, 296, 403.

Dr. E. P., on Fossils Discovered
at the Jarrow Colliery, 413.
Wulfenite, 431.

Y.

Yarkund, Geographical Position of, 411.
YOUNG, Captain ALLEN, on the Korca,
96.

Z.

Zoology, &c. (Chronicles), 126, 301, 438,
600.

the Progress of, 47.

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