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Index 



Talbot, W. H. F., biography of, 21 ; 

 retirement of, 29. 



Tallow, artificial, 127. 



Tangier, geology of neighbourhood, 

 203. 



Tasmania, merino wool from, 

 221. 



Taylor, Mr., an inventor of photo- 

 zincography, 150. 



Tea, introduced into India, 100 ; 

 cultivation of, in India, 114; 

 area of this, 119. 



Teall, J. J. H., election of, 93 ; 

 biographical note on, 94. 



Teeth, artificial, case of accidental 

 swallowing, 156. 



Telegraph, wire affected by an 

 aurora, 151 ; sub-Atlantic, sound- 

 ings for a, 152 ; ship constructed 

 for laying deep-sea cables, 194. 



Telescope for Royal Society, pro- 

 gress in construction of a, 185. 



Telescopes, improved process for 

 polishing mirrors of reflecting, 

 124. 



Temperature, Professor Dewar on 

 the zero of absolute, 237. 



Temperatures, abnormality in 

 January, for north and south of 

 Britain, 176 ; abnormal in 1881, 

 217.; of deep seas, observations 

 on, collected and classified, 195 ; 

 effect of low, on vitality of seeds, 

 202 ; on water in capillary tubes, 

 id. 



Tendon Achilles, effect of its division 

 on the circulation, 145. 



Tetanus antitoxin, cheap export of 

 to the Pacific islands, 246. 



Thames, tunnel approaching com- 

 pletion, 183 ; completed, 184 ; 

 water, bacterial life in, 246. 



Thatched House Tavern, place of 

 dinner, 49 ; charges at, id. 



Thecodontosauvus, referred to Dino- 

 sauria by Professor Huxley, 

 184. 



Thermal rays, experiments on the 



obscure, 168. 

 Thermoelectric observation of lunar 



radiation, 156. 



Thermometer, water-bulb, causes of 

 errors in observing, 112 ; Reg- 



nault's, 115; accurate gradua- 

 tion of, 116; placed at high 

 altitudes in the Alps, 146. 



Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., election of, 

 and biographical note on, 80 ; 

 communications from, 231, 232, 

 241 ; resignation of, 89. 



Thompson, J. J., election of, and 

 biographical note on, 92. 



Thomson, A., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 71 ; communi- 

 cations from, 206, 217 ; death of, 

 80. 



Thomson, James, views on regela- 

 tion disputed, 148. 



Thomson, Joseph, exploration in 

 Kilimanjaro district, 226, 227. 



Thomson, T., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 57 ; death of^ 



7i- 



Thomson, Sir W. (Lord Kelvin), 

 election of, and biographical note 

 on, 86. 



Thomson, Wyville, on a new deep- 

 sea crinoid, 175 ; on Pentacrinus, 

 181 ; on globigerina ooze and 

 red-clay, 196. 



Thoria, effect of, on luminosity of 

 gas-mantles, 255. 



Thorny croft, J. I., election of, and 

 biographical note on, 92. 



Thorpe, T. E., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 88. 



Thunderstorms frequent in the 

 Bermudas, 222. 



Tiger, skulls -of, from China, 193. 



Tilden, W. A., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 91. 



Timbuctoo, its inhabitants and their 

 history, 135. 



Tissue, produced by maggots in hold 

 of ship from Trieste, 181. 



Toad, Surinam, its oviposition ob- 

 served, 249. 



Tongue, articulate speed not de- 

 stroyed by excision of, 185. 



Topler, M., experiments on a singing 

 flame, 222. 



Tornado, account of a, in Indiana, 

 130. 



Tortoises, giant forms of land, their 

 distribution and history, 201 ; 

 belong to three distinct groups, id. 



