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ORIGINAL ARTICLES-continued.
A Recent Triumph of Synthetical
Chemistry. By William Crookes,
F.R.S., &c., 360.

The Eclipse of August 7, 1869,
"Anvil" Protuberance. By

W. S. Gilman, jun., 443.
The Surveys of India. II. The
Trigonometrical Survey (with a
Sketch-map). By F. C. Danvers,
A.I.C E., 448.

The Geological Survey of India
(with a Sketch-map).
By H.
Woodward, F.G.S., 458.
Rainfall in England. By W. Pen-
gelly, F.R.S., 467.

The Approaching Total Solar
Eclipse. By R. A. Proctor,
F.R.A.S., 477.

The Controversy on Spontaneous
Generation; with Recent Expe-
riments. By J. Samuelson, 484.
The Devonshire Association for the
Advancement of Science, Litera-
ture, and Art, 497.
Osbornite, 281.

Other Worlds than Ours, 367.
OTT, Dr., on the Preservation of Timber,
263.

Utilization of Naphthaline, 259.
OWEN, Prof., on the Lias Pterosauria
and on Cetacean Remains, 271.

on Two New Ichthyodorulites,
118.
OXLAND, Mr., Calcining Tin Ores, 423.
Oxygen Gas, Manufacture of, 107, 264,
529, 563.

Oxygenated Water, 398.

Ozone, Explosions caused by, 399, 529.
Formation of, by Combustion, 566.
Testing for, 135.

P.

PAINE, Mr., on the Total Eclipse of
1869, 251.

Palæocoryne, on, 407.

Palæontographical Society, Monographs
of, 269.

Palæontology, Chronicles of, 114, 269,
406, 537.

Palladium, Occlusion of Hydrogen by,
105.

Palm Trees, Acclimatization of, 397.
Palms, Germination of, 524.

Paper, Electro-deposition of Copper,
Silver, and Gold on, 139.

PAQUET, M., on Oil of Thymol, a New
Disinfectant, 260.

Parotid Gland, Secretory Nerve of the,
141.

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W., Rainfall in England, 467.
PEPPER, J. H., Cyclopaedic Science
simplified, 85.

Permanent Way, Single Rail, 403.
Permian and Triassic Rocks of the
Midland Counties, 114.
Perseus, the Cluster in, 97.

Peru, Primeval Monuments of, 512.
PETERSEN, Herr, Antimonial Sulphide
of Silver, 125.

PETTENKOFFER, Prof., on the Relation
of Heat to Work in the Human Body,
290.

on the Evaporation of Water from
Plants, 524.

PETTIGREW, Dr., Movements of Wings
in Flight, 436.

PEYRITSCH, J., on Peloria in Labiatæ,

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Mimetic, 397.

- Variegation and Double Flowering
of, 396.

Platinizing Looking-glasses, 262.
Platinum, fused, Oxygen dissolved by,
287.

PLUMMER, Mr., on the Comet of 1683,
393.

Pneumatic Stamps, 131, 555.
Podura-scale Markings, 144.
Poisoning by Enanthe Crocata, 526.
Poisons, Melting and Subliming Tem-
peratures of, 426.

POLLACCI, E., Manganese in Milk, 530.
Polyargyrite, New Silver Ore, 126.
Polygamy, its Influence in Determining
Sex and its Effects on the Growth of
Population, 248.

Porcelain, Action of Water on, 106.
POSELGER, M., Damage to Trees, 107.
Potash, Extraction of, from Suint, 260.
POWELL, Mr., on the Double Star a
Centauri, 522.

Prairie Vegetation, 527.

Precious Stones, Handbook of, 81.
Pre-historic Archæology, 244.

International Congress of, 90.
Dwelling on Coast of Haddington-
shire, 382.

Pressure, Mean, of Atmosphere and
Prevailing Winds over the Globe,

275.

PRILLIEUX, M., on the Movements of
Chlorophyll, 256.

on the Viridescence of Leaves, 104.
Proceedings of the Metropolitan Learned
Societies:-

Anthropological, 247, 385, 517.
Astronomical (Royal), 97, 251, 392,
520.

Ethnological, 245, 384, 516.

Geological, 119, 272, 542.

Institution of Civil Engineers, 112,
266, 404.

Mechanical Engineers, 268,
405, 536.

PROCTOR, R. A., the Approaching Total
Solar Eclipse, 477.

on the Corona and Zodiacal Light,

392.

on the Distribution of the Nebula,

98.

on Measuring the Discs of Stars,

98.

Deviations from the usual Con-

New Theory of the Milky Way,

struction of, 84.

253.

and Animals, Distribution of, 255.
Climbing, 257.

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Rabdionite, New Mineral, 551.
Railway Accidents and Means of Pre-
venting, 113.

Expenditure and Income, 267.
Festiniog, 265.

San Paulo, 404.

Railways, Light, 265.
Rainfall in England, 467.

of Greenwich, 416.

of South of Scotland, 416.
RAMMELSBERG, Dr., on Axinite, 127.
M., on Gadolinite, 282.

RANKINE, W. J. M., Inaugural Address
before the Institution of Engineers in
Scotland, 268.

READE, J. B., on Diatom Markings and
Podura-scale Markings, 144.
Red Rain, Falls of, 547.
Redruthite, 117.

REED, E. J., Our Iron-clad Ships: their
Qualities, Performances, and Cost, 269.
Refraction, Recent Phenomena of, and
Atmospheric Electricity, 229.
REID, H., 'A Practical Treatise on Con-
crete, and how to make it; with Ob-
servations on the Uses of Cements,
Limes, and Mortars,' 113.
REIMANN, Dr., on Albolith, 399.
Religion, Psychical Elements of, 247.
Relique Aquitanicæ,' 381.
Repertorium für Meteorologie, 278.
Reptilia and Batrachia, Extinct, of

North America, 116.

Resolvability of Star Groups, 521.
Respiration, Waste of Food during, 377.
REVIEWS OF RECENT SCIENTIFIC WORKS.
'Wrought-iron Bridges and Roofs.'
By W. C. Unwin, 72.
'Habit and Intelligence, in their
Connection with the Laws of
Matter and Force.' A Series of
Scientific Essays.

Murphy, 75.

By J. J.

REVIEWS OF RECENT SCIENTIFIC WORKS
-continued.

'British Conchology.' By J. G.
Jeffreys, 79.

Schrauf's Handbook of Precious
Stones,' 81.

Senft's 'Mineralogy and Lithology,'
82.
'Vegetable Teratology; an Ac-
count of the Principal Deviations
from the usual Construction of
Plants.' By Maxwell T. Masters,
84.
'Cyclopædic Science Simplified.'
By J. H. Pepper, 85.
'Faraday, his Life and Letters.'
By Dr. H. Bence Jones, 232.
'Geology and Revelations; or, the
Ancient History of the Earth
considered in the Light of Geo-
logical Facts and Revealed Re-
ligion.' By Rev. G. Molloy, 238.
Rolleston's Forms of Animal Life,'
363.

Proctor's Other Worlds than Ours,'
367.

Lankester's 'Comparative Lon-
gevity,' 373.

Tyndall's ⚫ Diamagnetism
Magne-crystallic Action,' 501.

and

Sir John Lubbock On Savages,'
505.

The Science of Building.' By
E. W. Tarn, 508.

RICHARDS, Capt., F.R.S., on the Suez
Canal, 405.

RIKATCHEFF, Lieut., on the Diurnal

March of Temperature, 278.

RINET, M. G., Alternation of Generation
in Fungi, 257.

Road Roller, Steam, 405.
ROBINSON, Dr., on Imitating the Transit
of a Planet over the Sun, 252.
"Rochage," H. Caron on, 567.
Rocks of Auvergne, 128.

ROLLESTON, G., F.R.S., on Trophic
Nerves, 200.

386.

Forms of Animal Life, 363.
Ancient Cemetery at Frilford,

Roman London, 516.

Roof, Renewal of, at King's Cross
Station, 268.

Wrought-iron Bridges and, 72.
Rotatory Storms, 121.

ROUAULT, M., Award of Wollaston
Donation Fund to, 275.

Round Island, Mauritius, Flora of,
256.

ROUSSELLE, M., Freezing of Wine, 428.
ROYER, E., Synthesis of Formic Acid,
400.

RÜDORFF, F., Expansion of Water when
Freezing, 427.

Russia, Meteorology in, 415.

S.

Saba, Island of, Sulphur Deposits in,
109.

SABINE, Sir E., Results of the First
Year's Performances of the Photo-
graphically Self-recording Instru-
ments at Kew, 122.

SADEBECK, Dr., Zinc-blende, 127.
Safety Cages, 556.

Valve, Improved, 537.

Salt in the Atmosphere near the Sea,
262.

SAMUELSON, J., on Beer Scientifically
and Socially Considered, 299.

on Spontaneous Generation, 484.
Sars Fund, the, 294.
Saturn, 97, 251.

Occultation of, 521.

SAUNDERS, W. W., on Mimetic Plants,
397.

Saurians, Fossil Remains of, 119.
Savages, Sir J. Lubbock on, 505.
SCHINZ, M., on a New Artificial Light,
286.

SCHLESING, CH., Clarifying Muddy
Water, 532.

SCHMITT, R., Organic Compounds of
Fluorine, 528.

SCHRAUF, Dr. A., Handbuch der Edel-
steinkunde (Handbook of Precious
Stones), 81.

SCHWARTZ, Dr. H., Preparation of
Phosphuretted Hydrogen, 106.
Science, Instruction in, for Women,

43.

Scientific Instruction, Practical, 215.
Scorching of Leaves by Wind, 105.
SCOUTETTIN, M., on the Electric Im-
provement of Wine, 289, 430.
SCROPE, Mr., on the Origin of certain
Terraces, 118.

Sea, Colour of the, 564.
Sea-weeds, Japanese, 105.

SECCHI, Rev. F., Spectrum of Neptune,
134, 286.

Secretory Nerve of the Parotid Gland,

141.

SEELEY, Prof., on So-called Hydro-
genium and Ammonium Amalgams,
529.

SEELHORST, Dr., Phenomena observed
during the Combustion of Hydrogen
Gas, 137.

SENFT, Dr. F., Lehrbuch der Mineralien
und Felsartenkunde (Mineralogy and
Lithology), 82.

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Utilization of, 378, 241.

Sexual Forms, Animals presenting Two
Distinct, 293.

SHARPEY, Dr., Memorial to, 144.
Shell Implements of Barbadoes, 245.
Shina Race, on the, 247.
Silica, Crystallized, 125.

Hydrated, Discovery of, 429.
Silicon, Removal of, from Pig-iron, 133.
Organic Compounds of, 528.

SILLIMAN, Prof. B., on Relation of Light
produced to Volume of Coal Gas
consumed, 286.

on Woolongongite, a New Hydro-
carbon Mineral, 126.

Silver, Antimonial Sulphide of, 125.
Decomposition of Water with
Poles of, 138.

Depositing on Paper, &c., 139.
Simlaite, on, 419.

SIMMS and AIREY, Messrs., New Eye-
piece, 253.

Simonyite, on, 419.

Sitka, Climate of, 122.

Slag of Blast Furnaces, Utilization of,
260.

Slavery in Turkey, 248.

SMITH, Dr. R. ANGUS, F.R.S., Chemical
Climatology, 416.

S., on a Circle of Stones in West-
moreland, 245.

W. G., Poisoning by Enanthe
Crocata, 526.

Snake, Fossil, in Greece, 539.
Sodium and Chlorine, 259.

Ignition of, on Water, 106.

Soil and Climate, Influence of, on Plants,
254.

Solar Disc, Dark Objects Crossing, 392.

- Eclipse, on the Total, of August,
1869. By W. Crookes, F.R.S., 28.
Physics, Zöllner on, 518.
Spots, 523.

Periodicity of the, 391, 393.
SORBY, H. C., Spectra of Zirconium
and Uranium, 259.

SOUBERAIN, J. L., on Isinglass, 399.
Sound and Light, an Examination of
their Reputed Analogy. By W. F.
Barrett, 1.

Spectra, Remarkable, of Compounds of
Zirconium and Uranium, 259.
Spectroscope, Automatic, 390, 424, 523.

New Form of (Zöllner's), 96.
Spectrum Analysis applied to Deter-
mination of Fluids in Crystals, 125.
of the Corona, 94.

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Reactions, Influence of Heat on
Delicacy of, 567.

SPENCE, P., Raising Temperatures by
Steam, 136.

422.

Separating Copper from its Ores,

Spermatophores in Annelids, 434.
Spiritualism Viewed by the Light of
Modern Science. By W. Crookes,
F.R.S., &c., 316.
Sponges, New, 573.

Zoological Position of, 433.
Spontaneous Generation, 484.

SPRING, M., Cannibalism in Namur, 384.
SQUIER, E. G., on the Chalchihuit of
Mexico, 280.
Staffelite, on, 281.

Stamens, Irritability of, 396.
Stamps, Pneumatic, 131.
Starch in Muscles, 141.
Star-drift, on, 251.

Eta Argûs, Phenomena of, 390.

Stars, Measuring Discs of, 98.
Statistics, Agricultural, 243.
Steam and Air Engines, 533.

Raising Temperatures by, 136.

Steel Casting, 559.

and Iron, Patents for Manufacture
of, 423.

Sulphur in, 259.
STEIN, Dr. W., Madder Colours, 531.
Stereographic Projection, 523.

STEVENS, E. T., "Flint Chips," 379.
STEWART, Dr. B., on the Aurora, 250.
STOLICKZA, Dr., Ancient Kitchen Mid-

dens of the Andaman Islands, 383.
STÖLZEL, Dr., Substitute for Copper in
the Daniel Battery, 430.

STONE, Mr., on the Transit of Venus,
252.

Implements in New Zealand, 245.
Stones, Circle of, in Westmoreland, 245.
Precious, Handbook of, 81.
STONEY, B. B., 'The Theory of Strains
in Girders and similar Structures,'
113.

Storm Warnings, 548.

Storms, Rotatory, 121.

Strains in Girders, 113.

STRASBURGER, Dr. E., on the Fertiliza-
tion of Ferns, 395.

Structure of Crinoidea, Cystidea, and
Blastoidea, 541.

STRUVE, Peroxide of Hydrogen in Air,
399.

STRÜVER, Dr. G., on the Iron Pyrites of
Piedmont and Elba, 281.
Suez Canal, 110.

Report on the, 405.

SUFFOLK, W. T., on Boiling Water, 568.
Sugar in Madder Root, 260.

593

Sugar, Optically Neutral, 564.
Suint, Extraction of Potash from, 260.
Sulphide of Carbon, Manufacture of,
263.

Solid, 428.

Sulphur, Action of Sunlight on, 285.
Action of Vapour of, on various
Gases, 106.

Deposits, 109.

in Steel and Iron, Estimation of,
259.
Sulphurous Acid, Action of Light on,
564.

Sun, Eclipse of, of Dec. 24, 1870, 389.
Partial Eclipse of the, 97.

Total Eclipse of the, August, 1869,
94.
Sun's Heat, Concentrating, 138.
Motion in Space, 252.

Sunlight, Action of, on Sulphur, 285.
Coloration of Glass by, 134.
Survey, Memoirs of the Geological, 114.
SWINHOE, R., New Genus of Cervidæ,
292.

Synthetical Chemistry,
Triumph of, 360.

T.

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TAIT, Prof., Theory of Comets, 250.
TARN, E. W., on the Science of Build-
ing, 508.

Tartaric Acid, Prevention of Mouldi-
ness, 531.

Tasmanians, Origin of the, 246.

TATE, Ralph, on an Incised Rock on
the Iguana, 248.

on the Fuller's-earth of the South-
West of England, 68.
Telescopes, Early, 522.
TEMPEL, M., Discovery of a Comet, 96.
Temperature, Diurnal March of, 278.
Observations on Underground, 207.
Relation of, to Sea Level, 428.
of the Sea, 415.

Teratology, Vegetable; an Account of
the Principal Deviations from the
usual Construction of Plants, 84.
Thames Embankment, 534.
Theory of Strains in Girders, 113.
Thermo-electric Apparatus, 288.
THOMPSON, A. M., Mineralogical Guide,

419.

G. C., on Consanguineous Mar-
riages, 385.

Thymol, Oil of, a New Disinfectant, 260.
Timber, Preservation of, 263.
Tin, Action of Cold on, 569.

Foil, Uses of, 531.
Mines in Cornwall, 129.
Mining in England, 420.

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