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INDEX TO VOL. IV.

A.

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Air, Adhesion of, to Metallic Surfaces, 279.

Algæ, Colouring Matters of the, 527. Alloy of Platinum and Steel, on, 427. Amazons, Exploration of Tributaries of the, 406.

Analysis of Water, 528, 531.

ANDERSON, Prof. T., Address, Section B, British Association, 565.

on Mineral Phosphates and Cattle Food, 514.

Anemometer, a New, 567.
Aniline Dyes, New, 395.
Annelid, a New, 557.
Annelids, Boring of Limestone by, 581.

- the Systematic Study of the, 350. ANSELL, Mr. G. F., Apparatus for indicating Fire-damp in Mines, 567. Anthers, Nature of, 239. Anthropological Review, the, 376.

Society, Journal of, 377.

Antiquity of Man, Sir C. Lyell on the,

13.

Antozonite, 544.

Apes, Anthropoid, 136.

Apocynaces, Edible and Poisonous
Plants of the Order, 387.
Archæology, 79, 219, 373, 516.

Argyll, the Duke of, Reign of Law, 472.
Arthropoda, Morphology of, 579.
Artificial Stone, 531.

Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Bill, the, 211.

Asia, Central, Surveys of, 405.

Asteroids, probable Dimensions of many, 521.

Astronomy, 85, 224, 379, 520.

Australia, Gold Mining in, 425.
Austria, Coal in, 424.

B.

BAKER, Sir SAMUEL, Address, Section E, British Association, 583.

Baryta, Caustic, a Cheap Method of obtaining, 530.

BATEMAN, Mr., Schemes for Supplying London with Water, 55.

Battery, a New Galvanic, 285. BAZALGETTE, Mr. J. V. N., Topographical Indicators, &c., 591.

BECQUEREL, M., on Capillary Chemistry, 555.

on Temperature of the Ground at different Depths, 434.

on Thermo-Electric Piles, 134. Bees, Production of Sexes in, 291. Belfast, Sanitary Condition of, 602. Belgian Competition in the Iron Manufacture, 197.

BERTHELOT, M., on Hydrocarbons, 98, 392.

BIGSBY, Dr., Thesaurus Siluricus, 409.
Bilirubin, 99, 100.

BLASERGA, M., on Induction Currents, 556.

Blood and Work, the, 446.

Board of Trade, Meteorological Department of the, 63.

Body, Regulation of the Heat of the, 446.

Boiler Scale, Inventions for Removal of, 249.

Botany, 92, 234, 386, 525.

Boulders in North Wales, 39.

BOUSSINGAULT, M., on the Action of Leaves, 95.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION-Dundee Meeting, 1867, 560:

President's Address, 561.

Section A, Physical Science, 562.
B, Chemical Science, 565.

C, Geology, 570.

D, Biology, 576.

E, Geography and Ethnology, 583.

G, Mechanical Science, 590. British Museum, Botanical Department of the, 525.

BROWNING, Mr., a Spectroscope for Microscopical Investigations, 428.

Bussy and BUIGNET, MM., on Changes of Temperature produced by the Mixture of Liquids of different Natures, 433.

C.

Cader Idris, new Lichens from, 389.
Caithness, Pre-historic Remains of, 83.
Caloric Engine, a New, 434.
CALVERT, Dr., on Oxidation by means

of Charcoal, 399.

Capillarity and Chemical Action, 555. C.RRÉ, M., Ice-making Machine, 554. Cattle Plague, 76, 216, 513.

Treatment of, 367. Cephalopods, Habits and Structure of, 160.

CHACORNAC, M., on Comets, 86.
CHAPMAN, Mr., on the Physiological
Working of Deodorizing Agents, 138.
Chemistry, 96, 240, 392, 528.
Chinese Tartary, Map of, 407.
Chloëon dimidiatum, Development of,

109.

Chlorophyll, Functions of, 390. Cholera, History of some Outbreaks of, 315.

and Water-supply in the East of London, 72, 313.

CHRISTY and LARTET, MM., Reliquiæ Aquitanicæ, 79.

CHRONICLES OF SCIENCE:

Agriculture, 76, 216, 367, 513.
Archæology and Ethnology, 79,
219, 373, 516.

Astronomy, 85, 224, 379, 520.
Botany and Vegetable Physiology,
92, 234, 386, 525.
Chemistry, 96, 240, 392, 28.
Engineering, 104, 246, 401, 532.
Entomology, 109, 252.
Geography, 112, 255, 404.
Geology and Palæontology, 116,
261, 409, 536.

Mining, Mineralogy, and Metallurgy, 122, 268, 416, 541. Physics, 129, 277, 428, 550. Cinchona, Situation of Alkaloids in Bark of, 391.

Circulation in Cells of Plants, with Reference to Contractility, 238. Classification of Tertiary Deposits, 5. Climbing Plants, 93.

Clubs, Field, their Aims and Objects,

508.

Coal-cutting Machines, 270.

Formation of, 184.

Mines, Fatal Accidents in, 181, 182, 183.

Mines, the Ventilation of, 180.

COLLINGWOOD, C., M.A., &c., on the Luminosity of the Sea. 500.

the Natural History of Pratas Island in the China Sea, 145. Colocasia, Spontaneous Movements in, 390.

Colorado Meteorite, Composition of,

124.

Meteors, 275.

Comets and Meteors, 524.

Coniferæ, Homologies of Flowers of,

92.

CONWELL, Mr. E. A., Examination of some Sepulchral Cairns in County Meath, 374.

COOTE, Mr. HOLMES, Nerve Structure and Force, 145.

Copper, Malleable Electrotype, 556. Coronæ e, Variable Star near, 229. Coumarine, Artificial Formation of, 400. CRAWFURD, Mr., Aborigines of India, 586.

Antiquity of Man, 585.

Skin, Hair, and Eyes, as test of race, 586.

Supposed Plurality of Races of
Man, 589.

Creation by Law, 472.
Crookesite, 542.

Crops, Artificial Drying of, 371.
Cryptogams, a Handy Book on, 525.
Crystals, Dilatation of, 278.

D.

DANCER, Mr. J. B., on Flue Dust, 551. DANIELL, Prof. LEWIS, on the Transportation of Substances by the Voltaic and Induction Current, 439. DANVERS, Mr. F. C., on International Exhibitions, 488.

DAUBENY, C., M.D., &c., on the Ignigenous Rocks near Montbrison, 19.

on Ozone, 101.

DAVY, Dr. JOHN, on the Character of the Negro, 589.

DAWKINS, Mr. BOYD, on the Age of the Lower Brick-earths of the Thames Valley, 415.

DEBRAY, M. H., on Chemical Decomposition and Evaporation, 433. DE LA RIVE, Professor, on the Propagation of Electricity in Highly Rarefied Elastic Fluids, 133, 438. Denmark in the Early Iron Age, 219. Deodorizing Agents, Physiological Action of, 138.

Diamond, Weight of the Florentine, 421.

Diatomaceæ, Series of, 235.

Dilleniaceæ, Histology of, 237.

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Earth's Orbit, Variations in, during a
Million of Years, 231.
Earth-worm, Uses and Structure of, 157.
EDLUND, M. E., on the Expansion caused
by Passage of the Galvanic Current,
438.

Electric Light, Use of, at Sca, 430.
Electricity, 131, 282, 436, 554.

Propagation of, in highly rarefied
Elastic Fluids, 133.

ELSNER, Dr., Behaviour of Minerals at
High Temperatures, 432.

ENGELHARDT, Mr., on Denmark in the
Early Iron Age, 219.
Engine, a new Hot-air, 434.
Engineering, 104, 246, 401, 532.
Entomology, 109, 252.

Entozoa in Iceland, 290.
Eskers, Formation of, 575.

Ether Spray and Painless Operations, 58.
Ethnological Society, Transactions of,

378.

Ethnology, 79, 219, 373, 516. Evaporation of Liquids, new Process for the, 553.

Exhibition Building, the Paris, 495. Exhibitions, History of Industrial, 488. Explosive Material, a new, 393.

F.

FAIRBAIRN, Mr. W., Useful Information for Engineers, 250.

Experimental Researches on Steel, &c., 594.

Fats, Transformation of Liquid into Solid, 530.

FAYE, M., on Variable Stars, 91. FERNIE, Mr. J., Iron and Steel at the Paris Exhibition, 593.

FICK and WISLICENUS, their Experiment on the Force-value of Food, 338.

Field Clubs, their Aims and Objects,

508.

FIGUIER, LOUIS, 166.

les Merveilles de la Science, 179. the Vegetable World, 176. the World before the Deluge, 168. FIZEAU, M., on the Contraction and Dilatation of Iodide of Silver by heat, 431. FLETCHER, Mr. A. G., a New Ether Anemometer, 567.

Flora, a Heterogeneous, 234.

Origin of the Canadian, 386. FLOWER, Mr. W. J., on Flint Implements found in the Valley of the Little Ouse, 267.

Flue Dust, 551.

Food as a Motive Power, 334.

Committee of Society of Arts on,

371.

Liebig's Theory of, 336

Value of Nitrogenous and Carbonaceous, 293.

Foods, Force-values of various, 335. Force, Conversion of Dynamical into Electrical, 282.

Formic Acid, Synthesis of, 242. FORSTER, Mr., Improved Hearth for Lead Smelting, 128.

FRAAS, Dr. O., on the Pre-historic Settlements of the Reindeer Age in Southern Germany, 221.

France, Consumption of Coal in, 425. FRANKLAND, Dr., F.R.S., &c., the Water Supply of London and the Cholera, 313.

Lecture Notes for Chemical Students, 102.

FREMY, M., a General Method of
Crystallization, 125.

Fruit Trees, Culture of, 387.
Fungi, Fecundation of, 238.
Fungi-spores, 392.

Furnaces, various Gas, 553.

G.

GALIBERT'S Respirating Apparatus, 195. Gas-battery, Theory of Grove's, 285, 437, 554.

GAUGAIN, M., on Grove's Gas-battery,

286.

GEIKIE, Mr. A., F.R.S., Address to Section C, British Association, 571. Geography, 112, 255, 404.

Recent Publications on, 407. Geological Magazine, the, 119, 263, 412. Society, President s Address, 414. and Mr. Jukes, 329. Geology, 116, 261, 409, 533. Modern, 1.

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Glasgow, Sanitary Condition of, 303. Glass, Malleable, 433.

Mode of Cleaning, 431.

Rope, the, 445.

Glauconite, on the Composition of, 274.

Glycerine, solid, 279.

Gold, New Zealand, 127.

Occurrence of, in Laurentian Rocks, 412.

Fields of Georgia, 541.

GRAHAM, Professor, on the Occlusion of Gases by Metals, 420.

GREAVES, Mr. G., Letter on the Sanitary State of Manchester, 74.

Manchester, its Sanitary and Social State, &c., 200.

Greenland, on the Miocene Flora of North, 409.

GRIESS, Mr. P., on a New Series of Organic Compounds in which Hydrogen is replaced by Nitrogen, 393. GROVE'S Gas-battery, Theory of, 285, 437, 554.

Gun-cotton and its Use in Blasting, 271.

the Stability of, 394. Guns and Shot, 404.

H.

Hare and Rabbit, do they Breed together, 559.

HAUGHTON, Rev. S., Composition of
Dundrum Meteorite, 124.
Health, the Public, 297, 450, 596.
at the East of London, 65.

Heat, 130, 278, 431, 553.
Heath, a New British, 388.

HEATON, Mr. C. W., Food as a Motive
Power, 334.

HEER, Prof. O., on the Miocene Flora
of North Greenland, 409.
HINCKS, Dr., Date of an Eclipse of the
Moon, 231.

HUGGINS, Mr., Observations on the
Spectrum of Mars, 382.

Spectrum of Comet II., 1867, 522. HULL, Ed., B.A., the future WaterSupply of London, 51.

574.

Carboniferous Rocks of Lancashire,

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HUXLEY, Prof., on Remains of large Dinosaurian Reptiles, 265.

Hyalonema, the European, 557. Hydrocarbons, Action of Heat on, 98. Synthesis of, 98.

I.

Ice-marks in North Wales, 33.

Iceland, Entozoa in, 290.

Iconoscope, the, 278.

India, Geology of, 572.

Quinine Plants in, 526.
Railway Communication in, 25.
Steam Transport in, 25.

Telegraphic Communication in, 32. the Means of Transit in, 22. Industrial Exhibitions, History of, 488. Insects, Muscular Force of, 252.

Occluding Apparatus in the
Trachea of, 556.

International Exhibitions, 488.
Iodine, Detection of, 97.
Iron Pyrites, 419.

and Steel at the Paris Exhibition, 593.

Transparency of Red-hot, 435.

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L.

Lake Basins and Glacial Erosion, 12, 43.

Dwellings of Europe, 81. Lakes, Alpine, in North Wales, 43.

Lamp, Higg's Safety Exploring, 196. LANDOIS, Dr. H., Production of the

Sexes in Bees, 291. LANKESTER, E., M.D., &c., the Public Health, 65.

Mr. E. R., Boring of Limestone by Annelids, 581.

LAWSON, Dr. G., Gold-mining in Nova Scotia, 568.

LEA, Mr. CAREY, on the Photographic Image, 97.

Lebanon, Cedars of, 94.

Lecture Notes for Chemical Students, 102.

Leeds, the Sanitary Condition of, 463. LE HON, M., Fossil Man in Europe, &c., 221.

Lemnacea, Raphides in, 235.
Lenarto Meteorite, Gas in, 420.
Library, the Lindley, 235.

Lichenology, 93.

Lichens, new, from Cader Idris, 389.

LIEBIG, J., M.D., his Food Theory, 336. Light, 129, 277, 428, 550.

and Darkness, 344.

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Metamorphism, Geological, 121. Meteorites, Composition of some, 124. Meteorological Department of the Board of Trade, 63.

Meteors, Orbits of, 380.

Period of Revolution of, 379.

the November Shower of, 87 224.

Meteor Shower, Recurrence of the November, 521.

Metrochrome, a, 386.

Metropolis, Railway Works in the, 246. Midden System in Manchester, 202. Millwall Docks, 535.

Mineral Statistics, 545.

Mineralogy, 123, 271, 416, 541.

Miners, Emigration of, from Cornwall and Devonshire, 269.

Mines, Assessment of, 421.

Present Condition of Tin and Copper, 422

Mining, 122, 268, 421, 545.

History of Early British, 424.

Mississippi, Monuments of Antiquity in the Valley of the, 222.

MITCHELL, Mr. J., Construction, &c., of Highland Railway, 592.

MOIGNO, Abbé, the Discoverer of the Nature of Ozone, 441.

Mole, Dentition of the, 444. Monstrosities becoming new Species in Plants, 527.

Montbrison, the Ignigenous Rocks near,

19.

Moraines in North Wales, 36.

Morphia, new Test for, 99.

MURCHISON, Sir R., on Probable Fate of Dr. Livingstone, 585.

Muscular Action, Wave-lengths of the
Transmission of, 292.
Contractility, 558.

Power, Origin of, 293.
Work, Origin of, 338.

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