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Index 



Daubeny, C. G. B., election of, and 

 biographical note on, 50 ; com- 

 munications from, 150, 161 ; re- 

 signation of, 57. 



David, Professor Edgeworth, and 

 atoll of Funafuti, 253, 255 ; bio- 

 graphical note on, 253. 



Davos, winter temperature at, 195. 



Dawson, Professor, on foraminiferal 

 origin of Eozoon Canadense, 174. 



Dead Sea, amount of its depression 

 dubious, 169 ; proposal for ascer- 

 taining, 170. 



Deaf mutes and their sense of 

 dizziness, 223. 



Debus, H., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 67 ; communi- 

 cations from, 202, 204, 219, 244. 



Decken, Von der, partial ascent of 

 the Juba River, 174. 



Deep-sea dredging in the Atlantic, 

 fauna in the warm and cold areas, 

 1 84 ; globigerina ooze in red clay, 

 196 ; hydroid from the, 230 ; 

 fishes, 231. 



De la Beche, H. T., biography of, 8 ; 

 death of, 41 ; presents first 

 Minute Book, 262. 



De la Rive, communication from, 

 107. 



De la Rue, W., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 80 ; death of, 

 84. 



Demerara, submarine cable partly 

 cut by a sawfish, 198. 



Deprez, M., makes diamonds, 204. 



Dewar, J., election and biographical 

 note on, 76 ; communications 

 from, 217, 219, 222, 237, 239, 248 ; 

 on experiments in production of 

 acetylene gas, 222 ; on properties 

 of artificial racemic acid, id. 



Diamonds, attempted making of, 

 210,211,212; made by M. Deprez, 

 204. 



Difference engine of M. Schwarz, 

 invention, 125. 



Dinornis, alleged discovery of, in 

 New South Wales, 114 ; drawing 

 showing restorations of six species 

 of, 1 80. 



Dinosaurs, Professor Huxley on 

 their relation to birds, 180. 



Diphtheria antitoxin, rapid pro- 

 duction, and large sale of, 246. 



Disco Island, fossil plants from,, 

 126. 



Diseases represented by composite 

 photographs, 213. 



Dissociation, meaning of the term 

 discussed, 219. 



Dordogne, caves with stone and 

 bone implements in the, 167. 



Doria, Marquis G., on discovery of 

 an Echidna in New Guinea, 200. 



Dove, Professor, on a new method 

 of photometry, 159. 



Draper, Dr. Henry, on presence of 

 oxygen in the sun, 209. 



Duncan, P. M., election of, 72 ; 

 biographical note on, 73 ; retire- 

 ment of, 86. 



Duppa, experiments with Prof. 

 Frankland on synthesis of organic 

 compounds, 170. 



Duthiers, M. Ducaze, on the origin 

 of Tyrian purple, 149. 



Earth, the condition of its interior, 

 1 02 ; figure and dimensions of 

 the, 176. 



Earthquake at Charleston, sands 

 ejected during, 232 ; records from 

 Shide, Professor Milne on, 249. 



Echidna, a large species of, dis- 

 covered in New Guinea, 200. 



Eclipse, total solar, 151 ; photo- 

 graphs of the recent, 155 ; the 

 corona, 187,189; solar, observed 

 at Vadso, 250. 



Edison, principle of his electric 

 light, 208. 



Education, its effects on American 

 workmen, 224. 



Egerton, Sir P. de M. G., biography 

 of, 9 ; communications from, 108, 

 183, 184, 207 ; death of, 76. 



Egypt, signs of former erosive 

 action by streams, 190. 



Eland, first sold for butchers' meat 

 in England, 180. 



Electric conductivity in bismuth, 

 133 ; water-battery, experiments 

 with a large one, 160 ; discharges 

 and vacuum tubes, 1 70 ; effect of, 

 on a vacuum, 186 ; discharges 



