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Francis (Prof. E. E. H.), Death of, 576 



Frankfort-on-Maine, Technical School at, 350 



Frankland (Prof, P. F.), on a New Ferment, Bacillus etha- 



cctictis, 588 

 Franklin (W. S.), Spectro- Photometric Comparison of Sjurces 



of Artificial Illumination, 404 

 Fream (W.), Agricultural Canada, a Record of Progress, 52 

 Free Trade, Sociology of Protection and, F. L. Ward, 558 

 Fregilupus varius, the Extinct Starling of Reunion, R. 



bowdler Sharpe, 177 

 Freire (Dr.), Toxic Property of Meteoric Waters, 168 

 French (C), Trip through District of Croajingolong, 421 

 Friendly Islands and other Islands in the Pacific, Report to the 



British Association on the Natural History of, 556 

 Fritsch (Prof.), the Electrical Organ of Torpedo, 24 

 Frog, Penetration of Spermatozoids into Egg of, Mascart, 635 

 Frohlich Charity, the, 305 

 Frohlich's (Dr.) New Method of Objective Demonstration of 



Vibrations of Telephone Disk, 72 ; New Method of Recording 



Vibrations, 287 

 Froude (R. E. ), Sailing Flight of the Albatross, 102 

 Friihstorfer (Herr), Entomological Tour in Ceylon, 480 

 Fruit-trees against Winter Moths, Protection of, Wilson, 85 

 Fuel, Gaseous, B. H. Thwaite, 342 

 Fuel, Gaseous, Sir Lowthian Bell, 560 

 Fuller (Geo.), a Water-'^pray Influence Machine, 143 

 Funeral Wreaths, Ancient Egyptian, discovered by W. M. F. 



Petrie, 21 1 

 Fungi, Dr. M. C. Cooke's Herbarium of, 207 

 Fungi, Microscopic, the Uredinese and Ustilaginese, R. Turner, 



653 

 Furnace, a New Form of Siemens, Head and Pouff, 561 

 Furnace-heating, the Application of Gas to, Fred. Siemens, 



576 

 Future Years Eclipses and Transits in, Rev. S. J. Johnson, 307 



Gad (Prof.), Influence of Temperature upon Working Power ot 

 Muscles, 288 



Galton (Francis, F.R. S.) : Head Growth in Students at the 

 University of Cambridge, 317; Head Measures at Cambridge, 

 642; Narrative of an Explorer in South Africa, 570; on 

 Assigning Marks for Bodily Efficiency in the Examination of 

 Candidates for Public Service, 631 ; on the Principle and 

 Methods of Assigning Marks for Bodily Efficiency, 649 ; 

 on Feasible Experiments on the Possibility of Transmitting 

 Acquired Habits by Means of Inheritance, 610 ; on Natural 

 Inheritance, Hiram M. Stanley, 642 ; on an Instrument for 

 Measuring the Reaction Time to Sight and Sound Signals, 



633 

 Galvanometer, New Pocket, 627 

 Gardner (J. Starkie), Contributions to the Tertiary Flora of 



Australia, C. Von Ettingshausen, 517 

 Garson (Dr.), on an Anthropometric Instrument for Travellers, 



633 

 Gas-Engines, M. Deboutteville on, 262 

 Gas to Furnace- Heating, the Application of, Fred. Siemens, 



576 

 Gas- Lamp, a New Form of Regenerative, 82 

 Gas- Vacuum End-on Tubes after .Six to Ten Years of Existence ; 



Prof C, Piazzi Smyth, on the Re-examination of the Spectra 



of Twenty-three, 584 

 Gas, Water, in the United States, Alex. C. Humphreys, 630 

 Gaseous Elements, Relation between Density and Refraction of. 



Rev. T. P. Dale, 143 

 Gaseous Fuel, B. H. Thwaite, 342 

 Gases, on the Passage of Electricity through, Prof. Arthur 



Schuster, F.R.S., 585 

 Gaudry (A.), Mastodons found at Tournan, 239 

 Gaul, the Gold of Ancient, Cartailhac, 285 

 Gaupillat (G.), Avens, 636 

 Gee ( W. W. Haldane) : and Dr. Arthur Harden, on Stereometry, 



587; and Hubert L. Terry, on the Specific Heat of Caout- 

 chouc, 587 

 Geikie (Dr. Archibald, F. R.S.): Recent Researches into the 



Origin and Age of the Highlands of Scotland and the West 



of Ireland, 299, 320 ; on the Crystalline Schists of Norway, 



608 

 Geikie (Prof James, F. R. S.), Opening Address in Section C 



(Geology) at the British Association, 486 



Genevan Society of Physics and Natural History, 351 



Geodesic Congress, the International, 576 



Geography : Discovery of New Mouth of Zambesi, 16 ; Ma- 

 shona Land, F. C. Selous, 16 ; Oklahoma, 16 ; Geographical 

 Notes, 16, 46, 64, 165, 181, 210, 256, 308, 353, 449, 483. 539f 

 55*. 598; Exploration of the Lower Laos Country, 17; 

 Penetration of Kong Country by Captain Binger, 17 ; 

 Northern Afghanistan, Major C. E. Yates, 31 : the Soil and 

 Climate of German East Africa, Dr. K. W. Schmidt, 46 ; 

 the Snowfall on the Summit of Kilimanjaro, Dr. H. Meyer, 



46 ; Recent Danish Researches in Greenland, Dr. Rink, 64 ; 

 J. R. Werner's Journeys up the Ngala and Aruwimi Tribu- 

 taries of the Congo, 65 ; Expeditions projected by the Rus- 

 sian Geographical Society, 65 ; the Russian Expedition to 

 Tibet, 65 ; Exploration of the Eastern Tian-Shan, Brothers 

 Grum-Grzimailo, 65 ; Sir S. Baker and H. M. Stanley on the 

 Albert Nyanza Lake, 65 ; Geography in Germany, H. J. 

 Mackinder, 75 ; Beitrage zur Geophysik. Abhandlungen ans 

 dem eeographischen Seminar der Universitat Strassburg, 

 Prof Dr. Georg Gerland, 75 ; Bericht uber die Entwickelung 

 der Methodik und des Studiums der Erdkunde, Prof. Dr. 

 Hermann Wagner, H. J. Mackinder, 75; Dr. Nansen's 

 Journey across Greenland, 103 ; the Royal Geographical 

 Society, no; the Hesults of European Contact with other 

 Parts of the World, General Strachey, no ; Eclectic Physical 

 Geography, Russell Hinman, 149 ; the South Usuri Region, 

 Colonel Nadarofl", 165 ; Outflow of the River Omo, Giulio 

 Borelli, 165 ; Mr. Stanley's Movements in Africa, 181, 539 ; 

 Dr. Schweinfurth's Journey to Hodeida, 182 ; the Vinland 

 Voyages of Norse Colonists of Greenland, 182 ; Proposed 

 Exploration of Interior of New South Wales, 182 ; Magnetic 

 Survey of the Harz Mountains, Dr. Eschenhagen, 182 ; Dr. 

 Nansen's Account of his Journey across Greenland, 210; 

 Ascent of Summii of Owen Stanley Range, by Dr. Mac^regor, 

 308 ; Sir William Macgregor's Ascent of Mount Owen 

 Stanley, 449, 551 ; Dr. A. Hettner's Observations on Lake 

 Titicaca, 308 ; Proposed Exploration of Northern Greenland, 

 by Mr. A. Weston, 308 ; Proposed Exploration of Central 

 Australia, 308 : Taupin's Exploration of the Laos States, 352 ; 

 Ernest Favenc's West Australian Explorations, 353 ; Lieutenant 

 Kund on the Cameroons Interior, 353 ; the Tumuc-Humac 

 Mountains of Guiana, 353; the River Omo, Borelli, 353 ; 

 Colonel Labre's Explorations of Regions between Beni and 

 Madre de Diosand Purus Rivers, 353 ; Prof, Wichmann's Ex- 

 plorations of Dutch East Indies, 353 ; Trip through District of 

 Croajingolong, Baldwin and French, 421 ; Concession to British 

 East Africa Company of Lamu and ;Ben Adir Coast, 449 ; 

 Government Survey Map of India, 483 ; British Annexation of 

 Humphrey and Rierson Islands, 483 ; Captain Grombchevsky's 

 Expedition to Kafiristan, 483 ; M. Bonvalot's Tour in Central 

 Asia, 483 ; Death of W, W, McNair, 483 ; Safety of Dr. 

 Kukenthal, 483 ; Colonel Sir Francis de Winton's Opening 

 Address in Section E at the British Association, 492 ; Return 

 of Bremen Arctic Expedition, 539 ; New Map of Transvaal, 

 Frederick Jeppe, 539 ; Tietken's Exploration ot the Inten >r of 

 South Australia, 551 ; Return of Yadrintzefifs Central Asian 

 Expedition, 551 ; Travels in South Africa. Francis Galton, 570; 

 the Barents Sea, Dr. Mohn, 598 ; Ascent of Mount Rigi m 

 Cascade Mountains, Dr, Julius Roll, 598 ; Influence of Wind 

 and Rain in Valley Formation, Herr Rucktaschel, 599 ; 

 Rosset's Exploration of Indo-China, 599 ; Dr. Hugh Robert 

 Mill, on the Physical Basis of Commercial Geography, 629 ; 

 Captain E. C, Hore. on Tanganyika, 629 ; W. M, Flinders 

 Petrie, on Wind Action in Egypt, 629 ; Dr. H. B. Guppy, on 

 the South Coast of West Java, 630 ; H. Guillaume, on Peru 

 and Bolivia, 630 . 



Geology : London Geological Field Class, 13 ; Geological Photo- 

 graphy, Osmund W. Jeffs, 34 ; Geological Society, 47. 94. 

 167, 238 ; the Production of Secondary Minerals at Shear- 

 zones in Crystalline Rocks of Malvern Hills, Charles Callaway, 



47 ; the Sigillaria, Grand Eury, 48 ; a Cause of Contortions 

 of Strata, Dr, Charies Ricketts, 67 ; the Formation of Sili- 

 ceous Sinter by Vegetation of ihermal Springs, W. H. 

 Weed, 68 ; Marine Shells in the Till near Boston, Warren 

 Upham, 68 ; Stratigraphic Position ofOlenellus Fauna, C. D. 

 Walcott, 68 ; the Ashprington Volcanic Series of South Devon, 

 Arthur Champemowne, 94 ; the Structure and Distribution of 

 Coral Reefs, Dr. H, B. Gupr>y, 53, 102, 173. 222 ; Prof. T. G. 

 Bonney, F.R.S., 77. 125, 222; W. Usborne Moore, 203, 

 271 ; Dr. John Murray, 222, 294 ; P, W. Bassett-Smith, 223 ; 



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