INDEX TO VOLUME III. 



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KIBCHHOl I . 



L'."> ; spectrum of, 25 ; star, com- 

 parison of, to, 23 ; theology, doctor 

 of, 25 ; as tutor, private, 27 ; 

 united Germany, formed idea of, 

 26 ; views, broad, of, 2~>. 



Kirclihoff, spectroscope of, 24. 



Kirkaldy's, D., testing establish- 

 ment, 01. 



Kitchens, application of chemistry 

 in, 361. 



Knowledge, complete, requires com- 

 bined study and observation, 229 ; 

 should be fundamental, 279. 



Krupp's guns, reference to, 59 ; 

 hammer, 144 ; ingots for railway 

 tyres, axles, cannon, etc., . 60 ; 

 ordnance cast from crucible steel, 

 226, 227 ; steel, dear steel, 144 ; 

 steel, first introduction of, for 

 engineering purposes, 144 ; works, 

 Siemens process used at, 226. 



LABOUR, 127 ; and capital and skill, 

 128 ; cost of, according toBrassey, 

 127 ; costly labour relatively 

 cheap, 127 ; wages of here and on 

 the continent, 127. 



Ladies, men's duties now discharged 

 by, 234. 



Land wires on " cheap and nasty " 

 principle, 49 ; interruption in, 

 easily traced and set right, 51 ; 

 reliability of, when well con- 

 structed, 49. 



Langley's observations with bolo- 

 meter, on absorption of solar 

 actinic rays, 358. 



Laplace, reference to, 216 ; stellar 

 space, views regarding, 303 ; on 

 zodiacal light, 302. 



Large structures of steel impossible 

 under Board of Trade rules, 146. 



Lateral induction, reference to, 329. 



Lavoisier, calorimeter of, 121 ; chem- 

 ical researches of, 325 



L1ZAKD. 



Leaf cells of plants, dissociation in 

 by solar ray, 305. 



Le Chatelier, application of " centre 

 vapour " by, 59 ; cylinder slightly 

 superheated, invention of, 57. 



Le Creusot, 80 ton hammer at, 213 ; 

 poor mineral and fuel at. 213, 217 ; 

 princely reception given to Iron 

 and Steel Institute at, 218; 

 Schneider, E., founder of, 213, 

 217, 218; Schneider, H., 213, 217, 

 218 ; school, 213 ; smelting results 

 high at, 218 ; works, difficulty of 

 founding, 213, 217. 



Lectures, popular, scientific, and 

 practical, distinguished, 391. 



Letters patent, modern view of, 54. 



Leyden jar, cable considered as, 39. 



Lichterfelde, electrical propulsion 

 at, 409. 



Liebig, chemical researches of, refer- 

 ence to, 325. 



Liege, iron producing district, 208. 



Lighting, electric, applications of, 

 179 ; by electricity and gas, com- 

 pared, 178. See Electric Light and 

 Gas. 



Lignite. See FueL 



Line wires, telegraphic, careful con- 

 struction and regular inspection of, 

 necessary, 51. 



Lines of force, 394 -, electric current 

 produced by closed circuits moved 

 across, 395. 



Lippmann on electricity in capillary 

 tubes, 109. 



Liquid fuel. See Fuel, Liquid. 



Literature, teaching, importance of, 

 387 ; gives polish, science, fibre, 

 and direction, to the understand- 

 ing, 276. 



Little knowledge, illustrations of, 

 279. 



Liveing, chemical research by, with 

 dynamo machine, 258 ; on comets 

 and meteorites, 301. 



Lizard, dynamo machine used at, 199. 



