552 
Elasticity of metals, 264 
‘*Elementary Treatise on Steam” 
(review), 395 
‘* Elements of Chemistry” (review), 
252 
Electric cable against fires, 419 
Electrical vacuum tube, 279 
‘ Electricity and Magnetism” (re- 
view), I07 
Eleétricity, better communication in 
pit-signalling by means of, 262 
Ele&tro-magnet whistle for locomo- 
tives, 419 
‘‘ Elements of Metallurgy ”’ (review). 
535 
Emeralds and beryls, 504 
‘‘ Energy, Conservation of”’ (review), 
232 
‘“ Engineering, 
IIo 
English edition of ‘‘ Revue Universelle 
des Mines,” 264 
“English Psychology, Contemporary” 
(review), 236 
Epidote of Sulzbach, optical charac- 
ters of the, 266 
Ettringite, 411 
Examination of cat’s eyes, 265 
—of the theories that have been 
proposed to account for the cli- 
mate of the Glacial period, 421 
Expansion of substances by heat, 
418 
“Experimental Enquiry into the Me- 
chanical Properties of Steel” 
(review), 398 
‘«Experimental Research on _ the 
Causes and Nature of Catarrhus 
/Estivus (Hay-Fever or Hay- 
Asthma) ” (review), 118 
Experiments on Swedish steel, r21 
— with voltameters, result of, 132 
Explosion in collieries, prevention of, 
262 
Extension of railways between Bris- 
tol and Redstock, 126 
Sanitary’? (review), 
“eye and Fruits Proper 
Food of Man” (review), 239 
Felspars, new species of, 265 
Fire, burglar, and other alarms, lec- 
tures upon the system of, 133 
FiscHer, M., examination of cat’s 
eyes, 265 
‘Fish and Fisheries, United States 
Commission ”’ (review), 405 
FIsHBourNnE, Rear-Admiral, ‘ Our 
Ironclads and Merchant Ships ” 
(review), 396 
FIsHBOURNE, Rear-Admiral, loss of 
life at sea, 465 
INDEX. 
[Oétober, 
FISHER, O., origin of the estuary of 
the Fleet, 127 
FLEMING, J. A., contac theory of 
the battery, 279 
Flint and chert implements found in 
Kent’s Cavern, near Torquay, 
I4I 
FLower, W. H., new species of Ha- 
litherium, 128 
Fluorescent and absorption speétra of 
the uranium salts, investigation 
of, 133 
Foresite, mineral, 540 
Formula for glycerin jelly, 273 
Fossil collection guide, 415 
Foster, P. LE NEVE, jun., coal-fields 
of Italy, 538 
“ Fourth Annual Report of the Board 
of Commissioners of Public Cha- 
rities of the State of Pennsyl- 
vania”’ (review), 532 
Fox, C. B., ‘‘Ozone and Antozone; 
their History and Origin” (re- 
view), 116 
Freezing microtome, 128 
FritH, Mr., introduction of working 
coal-cutting machinery in mines, 
IIg 
FroupbE, W., useful displacement of 
weight, of structure, and of pro- 
pulsive power, 412 
“ Fruits and Farinacea, the Proper 
Food of Man” (review), 239 
Fuel, economy of, 67 
— waste of, 541 
ALLOWAY, W., method of re- 
cording barometric and thermo- 
metric observations, IIg 
— — prevention of colliery accidents, 
11g 
GALL’s discovery of the physiology 
of the brain, and its reception, 
56 
Galvanic current entering and leaving 
a conducting medium, 279 
Gas generator, improved forms of, 
139 
GeikigE, A., “ Geology ” 
240 
GEISSLER, M., electrical vacuum tube, 
(review), 
279 
Geological block model of London, 
12 
_- cavendeetinn in the neighbourhood 
of Hallstadt, 128 
— record, 271 
— Survey of the United Kingdom, 52 
“ Geology ” (review), 240 
Geology and parish boundaries, 371 
— Professor of at Oxford, 546 
