Cunningham (Prof.), the Lumbar Curve in Man and Apes, 46
Cunningham (Major Allan): Canal and River Engineering,
David Stevenson, 169; Hydraulic Power and Hydraulic
Machinery, H. Robinson, 460

Current Sheets, on Ellipsoidal, Horace Lamb, F. R.S., 574
Currents, North Atlantic, Experiments made to determine the
Direction of the, Prince Albert of Monaco, 288
Curvature, Critical Mean of Liquid Surfaces of Revolution,
Prof. A. W. Rücker, F. R.S., 143

Curve, Lumbar, in Man and Apes, Prof. Cunningham, 46

Curves, Traube-Hering, 576

Cutting of Polarising Prisms, on the, Prof. Silvanus P. Thomp-
son, 184

Cycling Budget, 231

Cyclones, on the Relation between Tropical and Extra-Tropical,
Hon. Ralph Abercromby, 430

Cyclones and Concurrent Storms and Hurricanes, on the Rela-
tions that exist between, M. H. Faye, 599
Cyclonic Storms, Central Calm in, 575

Cyclonic Theories, Atmospheric Movements in Connexion with,
527

Cygnus, New Variables in, Dr. Gould, 282

Cypripedium, Peculiar Conformation of the Flowers of, Dr.
Maxwell Masters, 142

Daffodil, Wild White, 430

Dalcarlia, Central Sweden, Brilliant Meteor seen in, 495
Dall (Dr. W. H.), Early Chinese Intercourse with America, 58
Dallinger (Rev. Dr., F.R.S.), Changes of Temperature to
which the Lower Forms of Organisms can be adapted by
Slow Modifications, 550

Dana (Jas. D.): Revelations of a Dissected Volcano, 93; Vol-
canic Action, 451

Danger, Rule for Escaping a, Frank Morley, 345

Darwin (Capt.), Preliminary Account of the Observations of the
Eclipse of the Sun at Grenada in August 1886, 287
Darwin (Prof. Francis, F. R.S.), on the Effect of Certain
Stimuli on Vegetable Tissues, 429

Darwin (Dr. G. H., F. R.S.): on Jacobi's Figure of Equilibrium
for a Rotating Mass of Fluid, 188; on the Dynamical Theory
of the Tides of Long Period, 287

Davenport (F.), Elements of Harmony and Counterpoint, 339
Dawson (Sir J. W., F.R.S.), Hand-book of Zoology, with
Examples from Canadian Species, 295

Day (Dr. Francis): Lochleven Trout, 166; Fish Culture, 282
Day of the Week for any given Date, to find the, Lewis
Carroll, 517

Decrement, Vertical, of Temperature and Pressure, S. A. Hill,
606

Definition, Vitality and its, F. Howard Collins, 580
Deighton (H.), the Elements of Euclid, 269

Delage (Yves), a New Function of the Otocysts in the Inverte-
brates, 48

Demarçay (M. Eug.), on the Action of the Chloride of Carbon
on the Anhydrous Oxides, 288

Démoniaques dans l'Art, Les, 376, 454

Deniker (J.), Recherches Anatomiques et Embryologiques sur
les Singes Anthropoides, 509

Denning (W. F.): Meteor, 101; Meteor of December 28, 1886,
248; April Meteors, 606; Fireball of December 4, 1886,
151

Denza (P. F.), the Andromedes, November 27, 1886, 231
Department of Science and Art, Schools of Science and Art in
the Colonies and the, 442

Deposits of Volcanic Dust, Prof. Geo. P. Merrill, 174
Deprez (Marcel), on the Intensity of the Magnetic Field in
Dynamo-Electric Machines, 23

Dessau (B.), Metal Films arising from the Disruption of a
Kathode, 333

Deutsche Geographische Blätter, 497

Diabetes, Action of Belladonna and Opium'in a Case of Acute,
407

Diameter of the Sun, Researches on the, Herr Auwers, 496
Diamonds, Crown, of France, Proposal to sell, 424

Diastase, Loss of Activity experienced by, under the Action of
Heat, 455

Diatoms, Fresh-water, in the Bagshot Beds, Rev. A. Irving,

ΙΟΙ

Dickins (F. V.), Aino Hairiness and the Urvolk of Japan, 534

Dielectric Constants of Fluids, Prof. G. Quincke, 334
Dielectric, Experiment to show that Capacity varies inversely
as a Thickness of the, Profs. W. E. Ayrton and John Perry,
526

Diener (Dr. Carl), the Geology of the Lebanon, Prof. Edward
Hull, F.R.S., 10

Diet in Disease, Prof. G. Sée, 327

Di-isobutylamine, on the Hydrochlorate and Platinochlorate of,
383

Dimensions of Physical Quantities, the Engineer on, 462
Dimmock (George), Fish-destroying Insects in the United States,
327

Disinfection by Heat, B. Strachan, 7

Dispersion of Plants by Birds, D. Morris, 151

Ditte (M. A.), Study of the Alkaline Vanadates, 600
Doberck (Dr. W.): Typhoons, 36; Law of Storms in the
Eastern Seas, 135; and the Hong Kong Observatory, 229
Dodge (Frank S.), Kilauea after the Eruption of March 1886,
451
Doldrums, Electrical Discharges in the, David Wilson-Barker,
584

Dolmens of Enfida, 551

Donnelly (Col. J. F. D.): Normal School of Science and Royal
School of Mines, 271; Industrial Studentships, 413
Dorno (Alessandro), Notice of, 231

Double Star, Spectroscopic Method of Determining the Distance
of a, A. A. Rambaut, 206

Draper (Andrew S.), Educational System in New York, 445
Draught and Dust, Permanent Matrix Excluder of, T. J. Porter,
569

Dryer (Dr. Chas. R.), the Cross as a Sun Symbol, 345
Dublin, Royal Society of, 311

Dundee University College, proposed Chair of Anatomy at,
158; proposed Medical School in connection with, 349
Duner (M.), Gore's Nova Orionis, 85
Dungate (E. J.), Lung-Sick, 29

Dust, Coal-, Theory, W. Galloway, 222, 296, 343

Dutch Colonies in South America and the West Indies, K.
Martin, Dr. A. Ernst, 459

Duter (M.), Electrolysis of Alkaline Solutions, 382
Duthie (Mr.), Report on the Botanical Gardens, Saharunpur,
356

Dutton's (Capt.) Report on the Charleston Earthquake, 351
Dyer (W. T. Thiselton, F.R.S.): Ipecacuanha Cultivation in
India, 227; Tabasheer, 396; a Plant which destroys the
Taste of Sweetness, 557

Dynamical Theory of the Tides of Long Period, on the, G. H.
Darwin, F.R.S., 287

Dynamical Units, Mass, Weight and, Robt. F. Hayward,
F.R.S., 604

Dynamics, Lessons in Elementary, H. G. Madan, 51

Dynamics of Health and Disease, Life Energy or the, Surgeon-
Major Nathl. Alcock, 366

Dynamo-Building, Practical, for Amateurs, Fred. W. Walker,

294

Earth's Current in the Telegraph Lines of the German Empire,
Dr. Weinstein's Observations, 336

Earthquakes: Dr. F. A. Forel, 8; H. du Bois, 8; Thos. W.
Kingsmill, 319; M. Oppermann on, 600; the Earthquake of
February 23, 1887, 419; Rev. S. J. Perry, F.R.S., 438; W.
H. M. Christie, F.R.S., 462; the Charleston Earthquake,
Report on, Prof. T. C. Mendenhall, 31, 36, 134; Influence
upon the Health of the Inhabitants, 281; Earthquake in
Beira Alta District, 59; in Switzerland, 84, 205; Prof. Forel,
442; at Cairo, 112; at Chios, 112, 158; Nordheinsund, West
Coast of Norway, 158; at Smyrna, 112, 158; Earthquake
Shock at Tashkend, 112, 399; at Tchesme, 112; in Sierra
Leone, J. S. Hay and Jos. M. Metzger, 141; at Sea,
Reginald H. Hertslet, 157; the Recent, Prof. J. P. O'Reilly,
197; at Aquila, 350, 376; in Venice, 350; in Zurich,
350; at Vilayet Konia, Asia Minor, 376; in Japan, 399;
Important Points in the History of Earthquake Inves-
tigation in Japan, Prof. John Milne, 559; Earthquake in
South Eastern Illinois, 444; in South-Western Indiana, 444;
in Philiatra, 444; Earthquake of February 23, 551; Note on,
at Marseilles Observatory, 455; in Italy, 479; at Antibes,
527; Earthquake Shock felt at Mandalay, 472; Earthquakes
in Norway, Dr. Hans Reuch, 517; in the Riviera, Clement

Reid, 534; in Travnik, 545, 568; in Campfer and St. Moritz,
545; in Stuttgart, 545; in Savona, 545; at Friedau, 568; at
Forli, 568; at Aden, 593; at Lisbon, 612; Pre-Scientific
Theories of the Causes of, 428; Magnetic Effects of Recent,
479; Earthquakes in Connexion with Fire-Damp, 527;
Possible Cause of the Earthquakes of 1755, 1884, and 1887,
528; Sekei Sekiya on the Comparison of, 593
Earthworms, Australian, J. G. Fletcher, 95

Eastern Seas, Law of Storms in the, Dr. W. Doberck, 135
Eclipse of the Sun at Grenada in August 1886, Preliminary
Account of the Observations of the, Capt. Darwin, 287; Dr.
Arthur Schuster, F. R.S., 549

Ecuador, Travels in the Wilds of, Alfred Simson, 437
Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 71, 191, 454; Royal Society,

191, 311, 454, 479, 551, 599; College of Physicians, 399;
Royal Physical Society, 454; Scottish Meteorological Society,
575

Edison (Mr.), Illness of, 257

Education: Industrial and High Art, in the United States, J.
Edwards Clarke, W. Odell, 97; Association for Promoting
a Teaching University in London, 179; Japan Educational
Society, 204; the State and Higher Education, 457; Neces-
sity for a Minister of Education, 481; Organisation of Indus-
trial Education, Prof. Huxley, 493; Technical Education,
592; Educational Exhibits and Conventions at the World's
Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans,
245; Educational System in New York, Andrew S. Draper,

Elasticity, History of the Theory of, Isaac Todhunter, F. R.S.,
A. G. Greenhill, 313

Elasticity of Bending of Pure Zinc, Copper, Tin, and their
Alloys, 333

Electricity: Dynamo-Electric Machines, on the Intensity of the
Magnetic Field in, Marcel Deprez, 23; Electro-Metallurgy,
57; Electric Conductibility of Vapours and Gases, the,
Prof. Giov. Luvini, 85; Electric Charge on the Atom, A. P.
Laurie, 131; Electrical Metronome established at the Paris
Opera House, 158; an Error in Maxwell's "Electricity and
Magnetism," 172; James C. McConnel, 172; Rev. Henry W.
Watson, 223; Prof. A. Seydler, 512; Electrical Phenomenon,
Thos. Higgin, 173; Electricity and Clocks, T. Wilson, 173;
Henry Dent Gardner, 198, 231; Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson,
224; "Horloge" on, 438; Electro-Statics, M. A. Vaschy,
263; Lives of the Electricians, W. T. Jeans, 270; Electric
Telegraph, Sir Chas. T. Bright, 282; Latest Industrial
Application of Electric Welding, 331; Electromotive Force
of the Voltaic Arc, 331; Quadrant Electrometers, 331;
Pyro-Electricity of Quartz, B. von Kolenko, 333; Propaga-
tion of, in Telegraph-Wires, Ed. Hagenbach, 333; Prize
offered to the Inventor of a Cheap Method for the Applica-
tion of, 350; Spiders and Electric Light, 351; Electrolysis
of Alkaline Solutions, M. Duter, 382; Formation of Peroxide
of Hydrogen by Electrolysis, Dr. Richarz, 384; Electric
Motor and its Applications, T. C. Martin and Jos. Wetzler,
Prof. S. P. Thompson, 410; Equatorial Zone of almost Per-
petual Electrical Discharge, Hon. Ralph Abercromby, 487;
Experiments on Electrical Resistance of Suspended Copper
and Iron Wires, Shelford Bidwell, 526; Gas-Lighting by
Electricity, 569; Electrical Discharges in the Doldrums,
David Wilson-Barker, 584; Train Lighted by Electricity,
595; Note on the Development of Voltaic, by Atmospheric
Oxidation, C. R. Alder Wright, F.R.S., 598; Practical
Electricity, Prof. W. E. Ayrton, F.R.S., 601; Electric
Locomotion, 613

Elemore Pit, W. Galloway on the Recent Explosion at, 133
Elephantiasis, Species of, Investigations of, 473

Eliot (President), Present Position of Science in the Secondary
Schools of America, 375

Elliot (Sir Walter, F. R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 543
Elliott (Archd. C.), Units of Weight, Mass, and Force, 605
Elliott (Henry W.), an Arctic Province, 243
Ellipsoidal Current Sheets, on, Horace Lamb, F.R.S., 574
Elliptical Integrals, 575

Ellipticity of Uranus, Prof. W. Valentiner, 614

Elwes (Capt. H. J.), Butterflies of India, Lionel de Nicéville,
436; Lepidoptera-Heterocera, 503

Embryogeny of the Anthropoid Apes, J. Deniker, 509
Embryology of Monotremata and Marsupialia, W. H. Caldwell,

524

Emin Bey (Dr.): Proposed Expedition for Relief of,:83, 177; Dr.
Junker on the Best Route by which to reach him, 258; Mr.
Stanley's Expedition, 283, 330, 446, 475; Arrival of Dr.
Junker's Caravan, 475; Short Biography of, 497
Encyclopædia Britannica, 314

Encyclopædia of Natural Science, Trewendt's, 58
Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 485

Encyclopædie der Wissenschaften, 593

Endowed Schools Committee, Report of, 611
Endowment of Medical Research, 409
Enfida, Dolmens on, 551

Engelhardt's (Baron D'), Observatory, 546

Engineer, the, on the Dimensions of Physical Quantities, 462
Engineering, Canal and River, David Stevenson, Major Allan
Cunningham, 169

Engineering Laboratories, on the Use and Equipment of, Prof.
Alex. B. Kennedy, 235

Engineering, Marine, 242

:

Engineering on the Conversion of Heat into Work, W.
Anderson, 387; Hydraulic Power and Hydraulic Machinery,
H. Robinson, Major Allan Cunningham, 460
Engler's Botanische Jahrbücher, 405

English Coasts, Erosion of the, W. Topley, 37
Entomology: Notes on the Recent Swarming of Aphides,
G. B. Buckton, F.R.S., 15; Entomological Society, 70,
191, 335, 453, 503, 623; the Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera
of Middlesex, S. T. Klein, 167; Macro-Lepidoptera of East
Sussex, J. H. A. Jenner, 230; Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod on
the Hessian Fly, 256; Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,
473

Entropy, Felix Lucas on, 455

Entyloma Ranunculi, Prof. H. M. Ward, 165
Eosin Silver, Use of, in Photography, 432
Epidermis, Structure of the, Dr. Blaschko, 551
Equatorial Observations of the New Comets, 382

Equatorial Zone of almost Perpetual Electrical Discharge, Hon.
Ralph Abercromby, 487

Equilibrium of a Fluid Mass, 479

Equinoctical Gales, Dr. R. Müller, 612

Erck (Dr. Wentworth): Barnard's Comet, 198; Sunset Phe-
nomenon, 391

Ernst (Dr. A.), Dutch Colonies in South America and the West
Indies, K. Martin, 459

Erosion of the English Coasts, W. Topley, 37
Eruption, Volcanic, in Niua-Fu Friendly Islands, Prof. T. G.
Bonney, F.R. S., 127

Eruption of Mount Tarawera, 406, 472; Meteorological Con-
ditions at the Time of the, Capt. F. W. Hutton, 322
Eruption of March 1886, Kilauea after the, 451
Eruptions, New Zealand, Red Sunsets and, Lieut.-Col. A. T.
Fraser, 224

Erythrene, MM. E. Grimaux and Ch. Cloez, 288
Erythrite, M. Albert Colson, 288

Eskimo, Dr. H. Rink, Prof. A. H. Keane, 309

Eskimos, some Popular Errors in regard to the, John Murdoch,
518

Essex Field Club, the, 158

Essex Naturalist, 545

Etheridge (Robert, F.R.S.) and P. Herbert Carpenter, the
Blastoidea, 267

Ethnological Collection presented by Lieut. Quedenfeldt to the
Anthropological Society, 423

Ethnological Collection presented by Gen. Genè to the Ethno-
graphic Museum of Rome, 496

Ethnological Museum at Berlin, Opening of, 180

Ethnology: Cannibalism and its Prevalence in Ancient and
Modern Times, Herr Richard Andree, 350

Etiology of Scarlet Fever, E. Klein, F. R.S., 452
Eucalyptus-Tree, Bee-hives discovered in, 423

Euclid, a Sequel to the First Six Books of the Elements of,
John Casey, 28

Euclid, the Elements of, H. Deighton, 269
Euclid Revised, R. C. J. Nixon, 269

Euclid, Definitions of, with Explanations, R. Webb, 340
Europe, Northern, Climate of, and the Gulf Stream, 91
European Prehistoric Races, Prof. A. H. Keane, 564

Evolution of a Satellite, Tidal Friction and the, James Nolan,
75

Evolution, Factors of Organic, Herbert Spencer, Dr. Geo. J.
Romanes, F.R.S., 362

Ewing (Prof. J. A.): Seismometry in Japan, 75; on Seismo-
metry, 172; on Seismometers, 606; Magnetisation of Iron in
Strong Fields, 622

Expansion of Solids by Heat, Lecture Experiments on the, H.
G. Madan, 89; C. E. Stromeyer, 126

Experimental Chemistry, C. W. Heaton, 74

Experimental Science in Schools and Universities, Prof. G. F.
Fitzgerald, 284

Experiments on Flame, Further, Dr. Geo. J. Burch, 165
Explorations of the North Sea, 73

Explosion of Meteorites, on the, M. Hirn, 303

Explosions in Coal-Mines, W. N. and J. B. Atkinson, Prof. T.
E. Thorpe, F.R.S., I

Extension of the Corona, Prof. S. P. Langley, 52

Eye, Influence of Astigmatism in the, on Astronomical Obser-
vations, Prof. Seeliger, 59

Feilden (Eliza Whigham), My African Home, 221
Female Medical Students in Paris, Number of, 306

Férè (Ch.), Sensation and Movement, 518

Fernando Noronha, Proposed Expedition to, by H. N. Ridley,
228

Ferrier (Prof.), Functional Topography of the Brain, 453
Fertilisation of Cassia marilandica, 521

Fewkes (J. Walter): Report on the Medusa collected by the
U.S. Fish-Commission Steamer Albatross in the Region of
the Gulf Stream, 377; New Rhizostomatous Medusa, 451
Fibres, on the Production, Preparation, and Properties of the
Finest, C. V. Boys, 575

Ficus, on the Genus, Dr. Geo. King, 525
Field Club, the Essex, 158

Field Naturalist in Eastern Bengal, 388

Fields, through the, with Linnæus, Mrs. Florence Caddy, 579
Filtration, Intermittent Downward, Ten Years' Experience in
Works of, T. Bailey Denton, 195

Finland, on the Upheaval of the South-West Coasts of, M.
Venukoff, 600

Finlay, Comet 1886 e, 17, 59; Dr. Krueger, 85, 134; Dr. J.
Holetschek, 207

Fir and Epicea, on the Formation of the so-called "Red Wood"
in the, 383

Fire Symbol, the Svastika as both Sun and, Mrs. J. C. Murray-
Aynsley, 558

Fire-Damp, Earthquakes in Connexion with, 527

Fireball seen at Stonyhurst College, Blackburn, December 4,
1886, 111, 133; W. F. Denning, 151
Firth of Forth, Chatopoda of the, 544
Fischer (Dr. A.), Death of, 57
Fischer (Dr. Philip), Death of, 350

Fischer (Dr. Theobald), Study of the Coasts of North Africa,
353

Fish: Work of the United States Fish Commission, 54; De-
formities among Fish, 58, 230; Fish-Culture, 612; in Scot-
land, 205; Dr. Francis Day on Fish-Culture, 282; National
Fish-Culture Association, 350; W. Burgess's Fish-Culture
Establishment, 444; an Egg-bound" Trout, 231; Fishes

66

inhabiting very Deep Waters, M. Léon Vaillant, 288; Fish-
destroying Insects in the United States, George Dimmock,
327; Phosphorescence of Marine Fish, Dr. Otto Hermes, 377;
Fish-hatching at the Buckland Museum, 400; Proposed In-
vestigation of Fish-bearing Properties of Kiu Sawa, 444;
Marine and Fresh-water Fishes, W. A. Carter, 472; Value of
Fish landed on the Coasts of Scotland, 473; Proposed Esta-
blishment of an Institution for Technical Education with
regard to Fish and Fisheries, at Grimsby, 494; Fishes in
Ecuador, 502; Tasmanian Fisheries, 233; Fourth Annual
Report of the Fishery Loard for Scotland, 128; Fishery
Board of Scotland and Beam-trawling, 257; Hawaiian
Methods of Fishing, Mrs. E. M. Beckley, 327

Fitzgerald (Prof. G. F.): Experimental Science in Schools and
Universities, 284; on the Thermodynamic Properties of
Substances whose Intrinsic Equation is a Linear Function of
the Pressure and Temperature, 358; Clausius's Characteristic
Equation for Substances applied to Messrs. Ramsay and
Young's Experiments on Alcohol, 574

Flame, Further Experiments on, Dr. Geo. J. Burch, 165
Flat-fish, Acclimatisation of, in American Waters, 473
Fletcher (J. J.), Australian Earthworms, 95

Floods in Southern California, 376

Flora, Hand-book of the British, Geo. Bentham, F. R.S., 341
Flora of Leicestershire, including the Cryptogams, J. G. Baker,

4II

Flora, Alpine, surviving in the Paris District, 431
Flora of Shetland, W. H. Beeby, 474

Florida: Angelo Heilprin on the Geology of, 230; Attempt to
sink an Artesian Well at St. Augustine to obtain Hot Water,
376

Flowering, Autumnal, Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, II

Fluid Mass, Equilibrium of a, 479

Fluid and Electric Agencies, on a Means of increasing the
Power of, 120

Fluids, Dielectric Constants of, Prof. G. Quincke, 334

Fluor, Moissan's Researches on Isolation of, 71

Fluorescence, Red, of Alumina, 455

Fluviatile Swamps of New England, 524

Fog, Map showing the Distribution of, on Various parts of the
Earth, 423

Folk-Lore Society established in the Philippines, 134
Folk-Lore of China, J. H. Stewart Lockhart, 281

Folkestone Gault, C. E. De Rance, 296

Fontannes (C. F.), Death of, 254, 263

Fonvielle (W. de), La Mesure du Mètre, 388

Food-Grains of India, A. H. Church, Prof. John Wrightson, 52
Force, Units of Weight, Mass, and, Rev. Edward Geoghegan,
534; Prof. Alf. Lodge, 557; Archd. C. Elliott, 605
Forel (Dr. F. A.): Earthquakes, 8; Earthquake in Switzerland,
442

Forcrand (M. de), Glycerinate of Potassa, 288
Forms of Clouds, on the, A. F. Osler, F. R.S., 164
Forsyth (Sir Douglas), Death of, 179

Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, Catalogue of, Richd.
Lydekker, 532

Fossil Meteorite found in Coal, a, Dr. Guret, 36

Fossil Remains of a Chelonian Reptile, Ceratochelys sthenurus,
from Lord Howe's Island, Australia, Preliminary Note on the,
Prof. Thos. H. Huxley, F.R.S., 615

Foster (Prof. G. Carey, F. R.S.), on a Method of measuring the
Coefficient of Mutual Induction of Two Coils, 143
Fowler (Rev. W. W.), Coleoptera of the British Islands, 531
France en Indo-Chine, La, A. Bouinais and A. Paulus, 221
France: Result of New Census of, 281; Madagascar and, 306;
the Depopulation of, 357; French Translation of Preyer's
Physiology of the Embryo, 376; Number of Foreigners in
France, 400; Inauguration of Railways in, 407; Proposal to
sell the Crown Diamonds of, 424; Meeting of the French
Congrès de Chirurgie in Paris, 444; Oyster-Culture in, 495;
Enlargement of the Buildings of the College of France, 517
Frankland (G. C., and Dr. Percy), some New Micro-organisms
obtained from Air, 477

Frankland (Dr. P. F.), a New Method for the Quantitative
Estimation of Micro-organisms in Atmosphere, 188
Franklin Institute, State Weather-Service for Pennyslvania to
be formed at Philadelphia by the, 281

Fraser (Lieut.-Colonel A. T.), Red Sunsets and New Zealand
Eruptions, 224

Fraunhofer (Joseph), Collecting Treatises by, 496

Freezing of Aerated Water, on some Phenomena connected
with the, George Maw, 325

Fresh-water Diatoms in the Bagshot Beds, Rev. A. Irving, 101
Fresh-water Fishes, Marine and, W. A. Carter, 472

Friction, Tidal, and the Evolution of a Satellite, James Nolan,
75

Frog, Abnormalities in the Vertebral Column of the Common,
Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan, 53, 344

Frölich (Dr.), Measurements of Solar Heat, 455

Fruit, Blight and Mildew in the United States, 422

Fry (Albert), University College, Bristol, 345

Fuel Supply in Ships of War, 539

Fungi, British, Text-book of, W. D. Hay, 364

Fungi, Injurious, in California, Prof. W. G. Farlow, 521
Functional Topography of the Brain, Prof. Ferrier, 453

Fungus, Cambridge Cholera, Dr. E. Klein, F.R.S., 171, 295;
Chas. Roy, 223; Walter Gardiner, 271, 319; George Massee,
319; Edgar Crookshank, 344

Fungus on Orchids, 230

Fusion-Points, Pyrometers and, Thos. Andrews, 224

Fusion-Points, Pyrometers, and Seismometers, Sounding a
Crater, Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis, 197; W. Worby Beau-
mont, 296

Gad (Dr.), Active Oxygen in the Animal Organism, 383
Gadolinium, Oxide of, on Atomic Weight of, A. E. Norden-
skjöld, 47

Gale of October 15-16, 1886, the, C. Harding, 95
Gales, Recent, E. J. Lowe, 150

Galesaurus planiceps, on the Skull and Dentition of, Sir R.
Owen, F. R.S., 94

Galileo New Edition of the Works of, to be published at the
cost of the State of Italy, 473; Monument to, erected in
Rome, 612

Galloway (W.): on the Recent Explosion at Elemore Pit, 133;
Coal-Dust Theory, 222, 296, 343

Galton (Capt. Douglas, F.R.S.), Sanitary Progress during the
Reign of the Queen, 160

Galton (Francis, F.R.S.), Pedigree Moth-breeding, 453
Galvanometer, Ballistic, R. H. M. Bosanquet, 478

Gambia, Climate of the Colony, 497

Gardiner (Walter): Cambridge Cholera Fungus, 271, 319;
Tamus communis, 454; Aroids, 454

Gardner (Henry Dent), Electricity and Clocks, 198, 231
Gardner (J. Starkie), Wrought Iron, 422

Gas as a Constant Source in Experiments on Radiation, Em-
ployment of, 528

Gas-lighting by Electricity, 569

Gaseous Nitrogen of the Atmosphere, on the Direct Fixation of
the, by Vegetable Soils, M. Berthelot, 335

Gaseous Nitrogen of the Atmosphere, Direct Fixation of the,

479

Gaseous State of Matter, Continuous Transition from the Liquid
to the, at all Temperatures, 478

Gases, the Electric Conductibility of Vapours and, Prof. Giov.
Luvini, 85

Gases, Kinetic Theory of, Prof. Tait, 311

Gaskell (Dr. Walter II., F.R.S.), Sympathetic Nervous System,
185

Gault, Folkestone, C. E. De Rance, 296

Gecko, the, moves its Upper Jaw, Edward B. Poulton, 511
Gems, Application of, to the Art of the Goldsmith, Alfred
Phillips, 495

Genetic Affinities and Classification of the Algae, Alfred W.
Bennett, 478

Gentians, Notes and Queries, Prof. Huxley, 623
Geodesy and Geology, Faye, 71

Geodetic Conference, the, 15

Geoghegan (Rev. Edward), Units of Weight, Mass, and Force,

534

:

Geography Similarities in the Physical Geography of the Great
Oceans, J. Y. Buchanan, 33, 76; Geographical Notes, 60,
182, 258, 283, 308, 330, 353, 378, 402, 446, 475, 497, 520,
547, 596, 615; Proposed Exploration of the Moluccas, Prof.
Kar, 182; Return of the Portuguese African Expedition, 182;
Don Manuel Iradier's Explorations in Africa, 182; Geo-
graphical Results achieved by the Survey Officers on the
Afghan Frontier Commission, 309; Physical Geography of
Japan, Dr. Naumann, 330; on the Field and Methods of

Geography, H. J. Mackinder, 331; Bulletin of the Paris
Geographical Society, 353; Geographical Society of Paris,
354; Statistics of the Various Societies for, 354; Dr. Lenz's
Map of the Congo, 354; Geographical Co-ordinates of
Punta Arenas, M. Cruls, 382; Keith Johnston's Physical
and Descriptive Geography, Abridged, 389; H. M. Stanley
and the Relief of Emin Pasha, 446; Lieut. Baert's
Journey up the Mongalla, 446; M. Chaffaujon's Explora-
tion of the Orinoco, 446; Tinguians of the Philippine
Islands, 446; Italian Possessions on the Red Sea Coast, 446;
Relief of the Australian Mediterranean, Dr. Otto Krümmel,
447; Expedition to Emin Pasha, Dr. Junker and H. M.
Stanley and, 475; Dr. Zintgraff's Exploration of the
Cameroon District, 475; A. D. Carey's Journey in Central
Asia, 475; the Alpine Regions of Alaska, Lieut. H. Seton-
Karr, 475; Readership in Geography at Oxford, 475; Geo-
graphy at the Universities, 492; Climate of the Colony of
Gambia, 497; Geographical and Geological Distribution of
Animals, Angelo Heilprin, 510; Dr. O. Lenz, Letters, 520;
Herr Glaser's Journeys in South Arabia, 520; Dr. Wolf's
Exploring Work on the Sankuru, 520; Herr Ferdinand See-
land, on the Rate of Movement of the Pasterz Glacier, 520;
Lieut. Wissmann, Fresh Expedition from Luluaburg, 521; J.
T. Wills, on the Region between the Nile and the Congo,
521; Geo. Grenfell, Ascent of the Quango, 547; Proposal to
cross South-East New Guinea, 547; Central Asia, 547; Dr.
Hans Schinz, on the Lake Ngami Region, 547; Dr. Ochsenius,
on the Age of certain Parts of the South American Andes,
547; News from Herr G. A. Krause, 547; Exploration of
the Watershed of the River Yukon, 593; Death of James
Wild, 594; Geographisches Jahrbuch, 596; Geographical
Exhibition, 613

Geology Geology of the Lebanon, Prof. Edward Hull, F. R. S.,
IO; Erosion of the English Coasts, W. Topley, 37; and
Geodesy, Faye, 71; Geological Society, 94, 167, 190, 382,
406, 502, 526, 550, 623; Medals awarded by the, 349;
Station at Landsort (in Sweden) for Measurement of Shore-
Elevation, 159; on the Drift of the Vale of Clwyd, Prof.
T. McK. Hughes, 167; Discovery of Identity of Sand in
New Zealand Rivers with Oktibehite, Prof. Ulrich, 190; the
Metamorphic Rocks of the Malvern Hills, Frank Rutley,
190; Student's Hand-book of Historical Geology, A. J.
Jukes-Browne, Prof. A. H. Green, 218; Angelo Heilprin
on the Geology of Florida, 230; Observations nouvelles sur
le Tufeau de Ciply et sur le Crétacé supérieur du Hainault,
A. Rutot and E. Van den Broeck, 317; Geological Evolution,
Signor Enrico del Pozzo di Mombello, 350; the Relations
between Geology and the Mineralogical Sciences, Prof. John
W. Judd, F.R.S., 392, 414; Paleontological Researches
near Rheims, 407; Sandstone of Organic Origin, 407; Geo-
logy of Jersey, Le P. Ch. Noury, 412; Mastodonsaurus dis-
covered on Juckatoo Island, Sydney, 445; Geology of Lake
Kelbia District, 455; Geology of Hampstead, Logan Lobley,
454; Geological Survey of India, Annual Report, 472;
Geographical and Geological Distribution of Animals, Angelo
Heilprin, 510

Geometry the Elements of Plane Geometry, 27; a Sequel to
the First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid, containing an
Easy Introduction to Modern Geometry, John Casey, 28; the
Elements of Euclid, H. Deighton, 269; Euclid Revised, R.
C. J. Nixon, 269; Geometrical Drawing for Army Candi-
dates, H. T. Lilley, 28; Association for the Improvement of
Geometrical Teaching, 204, 281; Origins of Geometry,
Horace Lamb, F.R. S., 269; First Lessons in Geometry, B.
Hanumanta Rau, 269; Developments of Naval Geometry,
382; Geometrical Construction of the Cell of the Honey-
Bee, Prof. H. Hennessy, F.R.S., 502; the Association's
"Geometry," Prof. George Bruce Halsted, 557

66

German Carp, Consignment of, forwarded to Portugal by the
National Fish-Culture Association, 350

German Fishery Association, Seals destructive to Fisheries, 377
German Lakes, North, Investigation of, by Dr. Otto Zacharias,
473

Germany: Result of New Census of, 281; Atmospheric Tem-
perature in, 504

Gibney (Robert D.), Peculiar Radiation of Light, 536
Gibson (E.) and R. E. Gregory, Tenacity of Spun Glass, 406
Gibson (R. J. Harvey), an Abnormal Hirudo medicinalis, 392
Giglioli (Prof. Henry H.): Lepidosiren paradoxa, 343; Dr.
Modigliani's Exploration of Nias, 342

Gilded Chrysalides, Edward B. Poulton, 470
Gilman (Dr.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 399
Ginger-Beer Plant, Prof. Bayley Balfour, 358

Ginnerup, in Denmark, Disco very of a Kitchen-Midden at, 112
Girls, Physical Training of, Dr. Rayner W. Batten, 495
Glacial Action, C. L. Griesbach, 594

Glaciation in the Australian Alps, on some Further Evidence
of, James Stirling, 182

Glaciation, Lunar, S. E. Peal, 100

Glaciation of North America, Great Britain and Ireland, Com-
parative Studies upon, Prof, H. Carvill Lewis, 89
Glacier, the Muir, G. Frederick Wright, 380

Glacier, Rate of Movement of the Pasterz, Herr Ferdinand
Seeland, 520

Gladstone (Dr. J. H., F.R.S.), on the Nature of Solution, 64
Glaisher (Prof. J. W. L., F.R.S.), Mathematical Tripos, 101,
153, 199

Gland, Green, of Fresh-water Crayfish, 455

Glaser (Herr), his Journeys in South Arabia, 520
Glasgow, Botanic Garden, 545

Glass and other Surfaces, on the Intensity of Reflection from,
Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 64

Glass containing Lead, Note on the Manipulation of, H. G.
Madan, 150; Prof. W. A. Shenstone, 223
Glass-blowing, Methods of, W. A. Shenstone, 123

Glass, Spun, Tenacity of, E. Gibson and R. E. Gregory, 406
Glow, Residual, Examination of the, on Radiant-Matter

Spectroscopy, W. Crookes, F. R.S., 425, 447
Glycerinate of Potassa, M. de Forcrand, 288
Glycose in Development of Animal Heat, Action of, A.
Chauveau, 120, 144, 191

Goebel's (Dr. K.) "Outlines of Classification and Special
Morphology of Plants," on some Observations on Palæonto-
logy in, Prof. W. C. Williamson, F. R.S., 535, 577
Gordon (General), Collection illustrative of the Coco de Mer
(Lodoicea seychellarum) presented to the Museum, Kew
Gardens, 494

Gore (J. E.): Nova Orionis, M. Dunér, Herr Schwab, 85;
Variable near x1 Orionis, Dr. G. Müller, 329; Orbit of the
Binary Star 14 (i) Orionis, 569

Gorgeu (M. Alex.), on the Artificial Production of Zincite and
Willemite, 288

Goss (Herbert), Aporia crategi, 473

Gothenburg, Proposed Free University at, 281

Gould's (Dr.) Astronomical Journal, 59; New Variables in
Cygnus, 282

Gould Collection of Australian Birds at Philadelphia, 204
Graham's Ideas concerning the Constitution of Matter, on cer-
tain Modern Developments of, Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S.,
522, 547

Grande Encyclopédie, 613

Grape-Vine: Treatment of, with Salts of Copper against Mil-
dew, 144; Anti-Phylloxeric Disinfection of, 382
Gray (Thos.), Seismometry, 126, 198

Great Britain and Ireland, North America, Comparative Studies
upon Glaciation of, Prof. H. Carvill Lewis, 89

Great Ice Age, Astronomical Theory of the, W. H. S. Monck,
7; Sir Robert S. Ball, F.R.S., 53; Rev. E. Hill, 101
Great Men, Longevity of Joseph Jastrow, 10

Great Oceans, Similarities in the Physical Geography of the,
J. Y. Buchanan, 76

Greely (Capt. A. W.), appointed Successor to the late Gen.
Hazen, 443

Green (Prof. A. H., F. R.S.): Student's Handbook of Historical
Geology, A. J. Jukes-Browne, 218; Origin of Mountain
Ranges, T. M. Reade, 361, 463

Green Light at Sunset, R. T. Omond, 391

Green Light at Sunrise and Sunset, Prof. A. Riccò, 584
Greenhill (A. G.): History of the Theory of Elasticity, Isaac
Todhunter, F.R.S., 313; Wave-Motion in Hydrodynamics,
477; Units of Weight, Mass, and Force, 486
Greenleaf's Bequest to Harvard College, 229

Greenwich, Solar Eclipse "Invisible" at, A. C. Crommelin, 414
Grenfell (Rev. Geo.): Ascent of the Quango, 547 ; Exploration of
the Congo, 596

Gresham Lecture Fund, the, 16

Gresham Lectures, 229

Griesbach (C. L.), Glacial Action, 594

Griffen (H. H.), Bicycles and Tricycles for the Year 1886, 52
Grimaux (M. E.) and M. Ch. Cloez, Erythrene, 288

Grönland, Berättelse om en Resa til, Nils O. Holst, 340
Grosse (A.), a Wire Tape Rheostat, 334

Grote (Arthur), Death of, 133

Grothe (Dr.), Death of, 423

Guillemard (F. H. H.), Cruise of the Marchesa, 369

Gulf of Genoa, on the Existence of Submerged Valleys in the,
336

Gulf Stream, Climate of Northern Europe and the, 91
Guppy (Dr. H. B.), Coral Reefs of the Solomon Islands, 77
Gurlt (Dr.), a Fossil Meteorite found in Coal, 36

Gurney (Edmund), Phantasms of the Living, Prof. C. Lloyd
Morgan, 290, 345

Guthrie (Frederick), Obituary Notice of, 8; Guthrie Memorial
Fund, 127, 327

Guthrie (F.), Virtual Velocities, 149

Gymnasial Instruction, Report of the Swiss Commission for the
Reform of, 257

Gymnema sylvestre, an Examination of the Leaves of, David
Hooper, 565; Hooper's Paper on, J. C. Shenstone, 594'
Gymnodinum polyphemus, Pouchet, 48
Gyroscope, New Collimating, 600

Habenicht, on the Morphology of the Kosmos, 35
Hæmatoscopy, Hénocque, 48

Hagen (Dr. H. A.), Abnormal Cats' Paws, 345
Hagenbach (Ed.), Propagation of Electricity in Telegraph-
Wires, 333

Hahn (Prof. F.), Aurora, 8

Hailstones, Top-shaped, C. S. Middlemiss, 413; J. Spencer
Smithson, 438; Alex. Johnstone, 536

Hairiness, Aino, and the Urvolk of Japan, F. V. Dickins, 534
Haldane (Dr. Daniel Rutherford), Death of, 567
Hale (Horatio), on the Origin of Languages, 17
Halibut, Capture of a, in the Lower Potomac, 569
Hall (Prof. Asaph) : Six Inner Satellites of Saturn, 257; Stellar
Parallax, 258

Hall (Maxwell): Temperature and Pressure in Jamaica, 437;
West Indian Meteorological Confederation, 485
Halo with Parhelia observed at Fontainebleau, 359
Halo, Solar, J. J. Walker, 272; R. T. Omond, 582
Halos, Lunar, Prof. S. T. Moreland, 414

Halsted (Prof. Geo. Bruce), the Association's " "Geometry,"
557

Hampstead, Geology of, Logan Lobley, 454

Hand and Foot, Variations in the Nerve-Supply of the Lumbri-
cales Muscles in the, with some Observations on the Perforating
Flexors, 521

Harcourt (A. Vernon, F. R.S.), Lighthouse Illuminants, 41, 60
Harding (Chas.): High Temperature in October, 18; the Gale
of October 15-16, 1886, 95

Harley (Rev. Timothy), Lunar Science, 246
Harmony and Counterpoint, Elements of, F. Davenport, 339
Harrington (M. W.), the Chinook Winds, 568
Harris (T. E.), Hand-book of Acoustics, 270
Hartley (Prof. W. N), on the Nature of Solution, 64
Harvard College: Stellar Photography at, Prof. Pickering, 37;
Mr. Greenleaf's Bequest to, 229; Observatory of, 424, 497
Hatch (Dr. Fred. B.), Petrography, 482

Hawaiian Fishing Implements and Methods of Fishing, Mrs.
E. M. Beckley, 327

Hawaiian Volcano Mauna Loa, Discharge from, 376

Hay (J. S.) and Jos. M. Metzger, Earthquake in Sierra Leone,

141

Hay (W. D.), Text-book of British Fungi, 364
Hayward (Robert B., F. R.S.): on the Water in the Chalk
beneath the London Clay of the London Basin, 335; Mass,
Weight, and Dynamical Units, 604

Hazen (William Babcock), Obituary Notice of, Prof. Cleveland
Abbe, 541

Health and Disease, Dynamics of, Life-Energy or the, Surgeon-
Major Nathl. Alcock, 366

Hearing, Acuteness of, Dr. König, 480

Hearth, Prehistoric, under the Quaternary Deposits in Western
New York, 476

Heat, Disinfection by, R. Strachan, 7

Heat, Lecture Experiments on the Expansion of Solids by, H.
G. Madan, 89; C. E. Stromeyer, 126

Heat, the Sun's, Sir William Thomson, F.R.S., 297
Heat into Work, on the Conversion of, W. Anderson, 387