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THE
INTELLECTUAL OBSERVER:
REVIEW OF NATURAL HISTORY,
MICROSCOPIC RESEARCH,
AND
RECREATIVE SCIENCE.
VOLUME III.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES IN COLOURS AND TINTS, AND NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD.
CONTENTS.
ENGLISH BEETLES AND THEIR RELATIVES IN THE TROPICS. By H.
NOEL HUMPHREYS. With a Coloured Plate
OBJECTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF ROMAN PROFESSIONS AND TRADES, DISCO-
EXCAVATIONS AT WROXETER.
VERED IN THE
WRIGHT, F.S.A.
PROTEAN ANIMALCULES. BY HENRY J. SLACK, F.G.S.
EXCAVATIONS AT ROME..
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BY THOMAS
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THE MERLIN. BY ROBERT GRAY...................................................................
QUETELET ON SHOOTING-STARS
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31
STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA. BY GEORGE S. BRADY, M.R.C.S.
Tinted Plate
With a
37
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. BY CHARLES CHAMBERS....
URANUS.-DOUBLE STARS.-OCCULTATIONS. BY THE REV. T. W. WEBB,
F.R.A.S.
THE LOAN MUSEUM OF ART OF 1862 AT SOUTH KENSINGTON.
THOMAS WRIGHT, F.S.A. With a Coloured Plate
A SABELLA BUILDING ITS TUBE. BY PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, F.R.S.
DE CANDOLLE ON DARWIN'S THEORY
4.4
51
Br
69
77
81
PARASITE LARVE. BY T. SPENCER COBBOLD, M.D., F.L.S.
URANUS.-SILVERED GLASS SPECULA.-OCCULTATIONS.
H. M. MINT. With Illustrations
T. W. WEBB, F.R.A.S.
THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN..
THE NEW BRITISH SNAKE (CORONELLA LEVIS), SMALL CROWNED
SMOOTH SNAKE. BY A. D. BARTLETT.
FLOWER SPOTS OF THE DESERT.
OBSERVATION OF BOLIDES.
THE FEET OF ARACHNIDE.
VARIATIONS IN PLUMAGE.
With a Coloured Plate
BY WILLIAM BOLLAERT, F.R.G.S.
BY ALEXANDER S. HERSCHEL, B.A.
BY L. LANE CLARKE. With a Tinted Plate.
BY W. B. TEGETMEIER. With an Illustration
VEGETABLE TEXTILE FIBRES. BY J. W. M'GAULEY..
FORAMINIFERA. BY T. RYMER JONES, F.R.S.
PUMPING SOVEREIGNS AT THE MINT...
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183
188
THE DISSOCIATION OF WATER...
191
JAMAICA SEA-SIDE NOTES. BY THE HON. RICHARD HILL
MAN'S PLACE IN ZOOLOGY
193
198
TRADE MARKS-ANCIENT AND MODERN. By H. NOEL HUMPHREYS.
With Illustrations
206
THE EXAMINATION OF TADPOLES
210
VARIABLE STAR OBSERVATIONS. BY GEORGE KNOTT, LL.B., F.R.A.S.. 212
SPECULA FOR TELESCOPES.-DOUBLE STARS.-OCCULTATIONS.-TRANSITS
OF JUPITER'S SATELLITES. BY THE REV. T. W. WEBB, F.R.A.S.... 213
ANALYSIS OF MIXED FABRICS
FLAME-COLOURS.....
THE PRE-INCARIAL RUINS OF TIA HUANACO, IN BOLIVIA, FORMERLY
UPPER PERU. BY WILLIAM BOLLAERT, F.R.G.S. With a Tinted
Plate
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229
AN ENTOMOLOGICAL RAMBLE. BY W. E. SHUCKARD
MARINE AQUARIUM, WITH TIDAL ARRANGEMENTS
238
245
FURTHER RESEARCHES ON THE DISSOCIATION OF WATER BY H. ST.
CLAIRE DEVILLE
265
MOSSES FOR THE MICROSCOPE.
BY M. G. CAMPBELL..
266
PASTEUR ON INFUSORIA AND FERMENTATION
270
M.D. With a Tinted Plate.......
CONSTRUCTION AND SILVERING OF GLASS SPECULA. BY FREDERICK BIRD
THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF GASTROPODS. BY HENRY LAWSON,
SMOKE-RINGS. BY W. B. TEGETMEIER
RESPIRATORY ORGANS OF THE TADPOLE
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. BY CHARLES CHAMBERS.
ASTRONOMICAL NOTES. BY THE REV. T. W. WEBB, M.A., F.R.A.S. 296, 449
THE BUCEROTIDE, OR HORNBILLS. BY ALFRED R. WALLACE, F.Z.S.,
F.R.G.S. With a Coloured Plate
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DARTMOOR AND THE DART. BY PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, F.R.S...
SPECTRUM ANALYSIS APPLIED TO THE STARS; OR, THE STARS, WHAT
THE PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES, AND APPARATUS FOR ITS IMITA-
TION. BY THOMAS W. BURR, F.R.A.S.
THE MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. BY L. LANE CLARKE. With a Coloured Plate
ON FOSSIL OTOLITHS, AND NOTES ON THE AUDITORY ORGANS OF THE
LOWER ANIMALS. BY W. W. STODDART, BRISTOL
389
398
A NATURALIST'S VISIT TO WALTON HALL. BY THE REV. J. G. WOOD,
M.A., F.L.S.
407
THE BRISTLE-MOSSES. BY M. G. CAMPBELL. Illustrated.....
THE PYCNOGONOIDEA (SEA SPIDERS). BY GEORGE HODGE.
412
415
THE CAVE OF BELLAMAR. BY GEORGE E. ROBERTS
BEACH PEBBLES. BY S. M. SAXBY, R.N.
420
424.
DR. WALLICH'S AMOEBA VILLOSA. BY HENRY J. SLACK, F.G.S.
lustrated.......
