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Martius (C. F. P. von). Memoir of C. F. P. von Martius, by

Charles Rau. Washington, 1871. 8vo.

Meldrum (C.). Sunspots and Rainfall. Mauritius, 1878. Fol. Melsens (M.). De l'Application du Rhé-électromètre aux Paratonnerres des Télégraphes. Brux. 1877. 8vo.

Millar (W. J.). On the Transmission of Vocal and other Sounds by Wires. 1878. 8vo.

Miller (John). Metaphysics; or the Science of Perception. New

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Milne Edwards (M.). Leçons sur la Physiologie et l'Anatomie Comparée de l'Homme et des Animaux faites à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris. Tome XII. 2me Partie. Paris, 1876-77. 8vo.

Mueller (Baron Ferdinand von), M.D. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australia. Vol. X. Melbourne, 1876-77. 8vo.

See Wittstein (Dr G. C.).

Muir (Dr John). Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India. 2d Edition. Vols. I-III. 1872.

Fourth Set of Metrical Translations from the Sanskrit. Edin. 1878.

8vo.

Neumeyer (M.). La Tempête du 12 Mars 1876. Brux. 1876.

8vo.

Plantamour (E.).

Recherches Expérimentales sur le Mouvement Simultané d' un Pendule et de ses Supports. Genève, 1878. 4to.

Quetelet (E.). Mémoire de la Température de l'Air à Bruxelles 1833-1872 (Supplément). 4to.-From the Author.

Quelques Nombres Charactéristiques Relatifs à la Température de Bruxelles. Brux. 1875. 8vo.

Sur la Période de Froid du Mois de Décembre 1875. Brux. 1875. 8vo.

Note sur la Température de l'Hiver de 1874-75. Brux. 1875. 8vo.

La Tempête du 12 Mars 1876. Brux. 1876. 8vo.-From M. E. Quetelet.

Robinson (Charles). The Progress and Resources of New South Wales. Sydney, 1877. 8vo.

Rossetti (Prof. Francesco). Sui Telefoni senza Lamine. 1878. 8vo. Relazione su alcune Esperienze Telefoniche. Venezia, 1878.

8vo.

Sulla Temperatura delle Fiamme. Venezia, 1878. 8vo.
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Scheffler (Hermann). Die Naturgesetze und ihr Zusammenhang
mit den Prinzipien der Abstrakten Wissenschaften. Theil. I.
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Deaths in the City of Providence for 1872. 8vo.-From Dr
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Stevenson (David). Lectures: Canal and River Engineering, delivered at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham. Chatham, 1877. Fol.

Stevenson (Thomas). Die Illumination der Leuchtthürme: Eine Beschreibung des Holophotal-Systems u. anderer LeuchtthurmApparaten. Bearbeitet von Chr. Nehls. Hannover, 1878. 8vo.-From the Author.

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Sull'azione della cosi detta Forza Catalitica spiegata secondo la Teoria Termodinamica. 1878. 8vo.

Toner (J. M.), M.D. On the Natural History and Distribution of Yellow Fever in the United States from 1668 to 1874. Washington, 1874. 8vo.

Dictionary of Elevations and Climatic Register of the United States. New York, 1874. 8vo.

Wittstein (Dr G. C.) and Mueller (Baron Ferd. von). The Organic Constituents of Plants and Vegetable Substances, and their Chemical Analysis. 8vo. Melbourne, 1878.-From the Baron Ferd. v. Mueller.

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12mo.

INDEX.

Absorption of Light by Magnetism,
by Professor Tait, 118.
Acetylene, Action of Chlorides of
Iodine upon, 588.

Preparation of, 590.
Adamantine Boron, 721.
Aitken (David), D.D., Obituary Notice
of, 14.

Aitken (John), Experiments illustrat-
ing Rigidity produced by Centri-
fugal Force, 78.

on Ocean Circulation, 394.
Albert (Prince), Remarks by, 31.
Albite, 393.

Alexander (Rev. Dr W. Lindsay)
delivers Opening Address for Ses-
sion 1876-77, 204.

contributes Obituary Notices
of Sir George Harvey, Dr J. War-
burton Begbie, Mr David Bryce,
Mr George Stirling Home Drum-
mond, Mr Alexander Russel, Pro-
fessor Laycock, George Marquis of
Tweeddale, M. Adolphe Pictet, M.
A. T. Brongniart, and M. C. G.
Ehrenberg, 205–231.

Ammonia-Cupric Zinc Chloride, by
Dr E. W. Prevost, 302.
Amphicheiral Forms and their Rela-
tions, 391.

Annelids, Great Nerve Cords in
Marine, by W. C. M'Intosh, M.D.,
372.

An unnamed Palæozoic Anne-
lid, by Professor Duns, 352.
Arch. On a Stable and Flexible Arch,
by Professor Fleeming Jenkin, 151.
Arrangements, On a Problem of, by
Professor Cayley, 338, 402.

Professor Tait's Problem of,
by Mr T. Muir and Professor Cayley,
382, 388, 402.

Asia, Physical Observations in Nor-
thern, by Professor George Forbes,
161.

Atmosphere. On the Percentages of
the Atmosphere and the Ocean,
which would flow into a Rent on
the Earth's Surface, by Professor
Tait, 333.

Atmospheric Phenomena, by Profes-
sor Tait, 170, 425.

Augite, by Professor Heddle, 595.
Auriferous Quartz of Wanlockhead,579.

Bacon (Lord), his New Atlantis, 474,
475.

his Influence in promoting
Experimental Philosophy, by Sir
Alex. Grant, 484, 485.

Appreciation of his Literary
and Scientific Writings, by Sir
Alex. Grant, 485.
Balance.-On a New Form of Precision

Balance, by William Dittmar, 144.
Balfour (Professor) contributes Obitu-
ary Notice of the Rev. D. T. K.
Drummond, 518; also, Obituary
Notice of William Keddie, 518.
Ballistic Curves, Tables of, and their
application to Gunnery, by E. Lang,
637.

Barometer, its Diurnal Oscillations,
by Alex. Buchan, M. A., 410.

Why the Barometer does not
always indicate real Vertical Pres-
sure, by R. Tennent, 412.
Barometric Depressions (or Storms),

Progressive Movement of, by Mr
Robert Tennent, 570.

Beats of Imperfect Harmonies, by Sir
William Thomson, 602.
Begbie (Dr James Warburton), Obitu-
ary Notice of, 209.

Beknottedness. See Knots.
Bennett (Professor John Hughes),
Obituary Notice of, 15.
Bifilar Magnetometer, 402.
Biliary Secretion, The, with refer-
ence to the Action of Cholagogues,
by Professor Rutherford and M.
Vignal, 334, 718.

Binocular Vision of Colour, 654.
Blackie (Professor) on the Origin of
Language, 98.

Is the Gaelic Ossian a Trans-
lation from the English? 151.

on Gladstone's Theory of
Colour-Sense in Homer, 533.
Blaikie (J. Adrian), Action of Heat on
some Salts of Trimethyl-Sulphine,
565, 712.

Blair (Dr), his "Scientific Aphorisms"

in connection with the Ultra-
Mundane particles of Le Sage, 415.
Blyth (James) substitutes Copper-
Plate, Wood, India - rubber, &c.,
for the Iron Disc of Telephone,
535.

his experiments with the
Telephone, 553.

An Account of some Experi-
ments on the Telephone and Micro-
phone, 711.

Boron, Adamantine, 721.
Boulder Committee, Third Report of,
by D. Milne Home, Esq., 170.

Fourth Report of, by D. Milne
Home, Esq., 660.
Bow (R. H.) on the Splitting up of
Electric Currents and the founding
thereon of a Sounder to call atten-
tion from one Telephone to another,
707.

Brongniart (Adolphe Theodore), Obit-
uary Notice of, 229.

Broun (J. A.) on the Decennial Period
in Diurnal Oscillation of Magnetic
Needles, and of the Sun Spot Area,
155.

402.

on the Bifilar Magnetometer,

Brown (Professor Crum) awarded
the Keith Prize for the biennial
period 1873-75, for "Researches on
the Sense of Rotation and on the
Semi-Circular Canals of the Inter-
nal Ear," 153, 281.

on the Action of Sulphuretted
Hydrogen on the Hydrate and
Carbonate of Trimethyl-Sulphine,
319.

Brown (Professor Crum) on the Action
of Heat on some Salts of Trimethyl-
Sulphine, 565.

on the Action of Heat on some
Salts of Trimethyl-Sulphine, 712.
his Apparatus for producing
Vowel Sounds, 723.

on Certain Effects of Periodic
Variation of Intensity of a Musical
Note, 736.

Bryce (David), Obituary Notice of, 216.
Bryce (Dr James), Obituary Notice of,
by his son, Professor Bryce, Oxford,
514.

Bryce (Professor) contributes Obitu-
ary Notice of his Father, Dr James
Bryce, 514.

Buchan (Alexander), M.A., on the
Annual Periods of Thunder (with
Lightning), Lightning (only), Hail
and Snow, at Oxford, 135.

on a Peculiarity of the Diurnal
Hygrometric Curve at Geneva, 304.
Presentation of the Makdou-
gall-Brisbane Prize to, 319, 486.

on the Diurnal Oscillations of
the Barometer, 410.

Report of the Deputation to
Upsala, 521.

Note on a White Sunbow, 546.
Buchanan (J. Y.) on the Specific
Gravity of Ocean Water, 283.

on the Manganese Nodules
found on the Bed of the Ocean, 287.
on the Air Dissolved in Sea-
Water, 412.
Burton (Captain), Volcanic Eruptions
of Iceland in 1874 and 1875.
Calculus of Operations, Certain For-

mulæ in, by Professor Stokes, 101.
Canon of Sines for each 2000th part
of the Quadrant to 33 places, and
true to the 30th Figure, by E. Sang,
536.
Cayley (Professor) on a Problem of
Arrangements, 338, 402.

on Mr Muir's Solution of a
"Problem of Arrangement," 402.
Centrifugal Force as producing Rigi-
dity, 73.

Cetacea, On the Placentation of, by
Professor Turner, 108.
Charcoal, Thermo-Electric Properties
of, 579.

Chemical Combinations, 537.
Cholagogues. See Biliary Secretion.
Christison (J.), Note on a White
Sunbow, 545.

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