550 
Barometric and thermometric ob- 
servations, method of recording, 
119 
Battery, theory of, 279 
BEarpD, T. M., ‘‘ Legal Responsibility 
in Old Age” (review), 400 
Beds of gypsum, 416 
Beer, permanent, manufacture of, 280 
BEHRENS, M., spectrum of the opal, 
266 
Begins, H., how to transform heat 
into mechanical power, 418 
Bei, Mr., advance of mechanical 
puddling, 407 
BELT, THOMAS, examination of the 
theories that have been proposed 
to account for the climate of the 
Glacial period, 421 
Beryls and emeralds, 504 
Béton Aggloméré; or Coignet-Béton 
and the Materials of which it is 
Made”? (review), 112 
Better communication in _ pit- 
signalling by means of elec- 
tricity, 262 
‘ Birth of Chemistry ” (review), 251 
Bismuth, hydrous arsenate of, 410 
— metallurgy of, 408 
— ore near Meymac, 406 
Buackiey, C. H., ‘ Experimental 
Research on the Causes and 
Nature of Catarrhus Aéstivus 
(Hay-Fever, or Hay-Asthma) ” 
(review), 118 
Blast-furnace slag, utilising, 264 
— furnaces, consumption of coal in, 
263 
——new form of wagon drop for, 
542 . 
BLaAnForD, W. T., evidence of glacial 
action in Tropical India, 127 
Blocks, concrete, 269 
“Body and Mind, the Theories of 
their Relation’’ (review), 113 
Boilers, 266 
— report on, 267 
— strength of, 125 
BoTtTomLeEy, W., eclipsing apparatus 
at Holywood lighthouse, 541 
Bonney, T. G., ‘‘Geology”’ (review), 
532 
BRAMWELL, F. J., waste of fuel, 
543 
Bridges, long-span (review), 118 
Brighton and Hove gas works, 268 
British artillery matériel, recent 
changes in, 40 
Browy, R. G. S., ‘‘ Divine Revelation 
or Pseudo-Science”’ (review), 
Butvock, T.A.,‘* Animal Physiology ”’ 
(review), 257 
INDEX. 
‘ (October, 
Burglar, fire, and other alarms, lec- 
tures upon the system of, 133 
Gries J. F., polar glacia- 
tions, 414 
CARON, new mode of tempering steel, 
122 
CASSELBERRY, result of experiments 
with voltameters, 132 
Cat’s-eyes, description of, 122 
— examination of, 265 
Cause of delay to the publication of 
‘* Mineral Statistics,” 261 
Channel tunnel, 272 
Chandra, iron deposits of, 263 
CHAPPELL, W., “The History of 
Music” (review), 516 
‘Chemical Analysis, Quantitative’ 
(review), Iu7 
‘Chemistry, Birth of” (review), 251 
**Chemistry, Elements of” (review), 
252 
Chemistry of minerals, 410 
Chert and flint implements found in 
Kent’s Cavern, near Torquay, 
141 
CHERVILLE, M., process for testing 
the colour of wines, 280 
China, coal-fields in, 120 
Cuurcu, A. H., analysis of Ashantee 
gold, 409 
— — of clean grain gold from a burn 
at Wanlock, 409 
— beryls and emeralds, 504 
— analysis of native silver, 410 
Crapp, W. J., description of the coal- 
cutting machine, 120 
Coal and nickel ore in Persia, 406 
— consumption of in our  blast- 
furnaces, 263 
Coal-cutting by machinery, 262 
— machine, description of, 120 
— machinery in mines, working of, 
II 
Coal fields and mining industries of 
Russia, 538 
-— — in China, 120 
— — of Italy, 538 
— — of South Wales, 538 
— — of Victoria, 538 
— — — — report on, 262 
— mechanical arrangements for ship- 
ping, 543 
— mining, 538 
— produce of England, 119 
Cockchafers for manure, 548 
“ Coignet-Béton or Béton Aggloméré, 
and the Materials of which it is 
Made” (review), 112 
Colliery accidents, prevention of, 119 
— explosions, prevention of, 262 
