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INDEX 



459 ; Dr. John Rae, 409, 459 ; C. W. Strickland, 410 ; E. H. 



Pringle, 459 ; Maurice Belsham, 459 ; R. M. Middleton, 459 

 Buchan (W. P.), Intellect in Brute?, 409, 459 

 l^uchanan (J. Y.)> on the Freezing of Lake*, 380, 412, 433 

 Buchner (Max), " Reise durch dera Stillen Ocean," 430 

 Buck (John \V.), Unscientific Art, 460, 508 

 Buckley (Arabella), " The Fairy-Land of Science," 265 

 liuir, Earthquake at, 17 

 Buller (Samuel), Life and Habit, 477 

 Bulletin de I'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Peters- 



bourg, 23, 449 

 Bulletin de 1' Academic Royale de Belgique, 22, 306, 354, 475, 



594 ; 

 Bunsen Flame a Sensitive Flame, W. W. Haldare Gee, 122 

 Burgcss (A. Hutton), Storm Warnings, 313 

 Butterflies : Chilian, 246 ; Edwards's Work on Bntterflies of 



North America, 257 ; with Dissimilar Sexes, R. Meldola, 5S6 



Caddis-Flies, on the Abortion of Hairs on the Legs of certain, 

 Chas. Darwin, F.R.S., 462; Fritz Miiller, 462 



Calcareous Algae, Fossil, Prof. E. Perceval Wright, 485 



Calcutta Botanic Gardens, Report of the, 86 



California, New, Nickel Mines in, i6 



Cambridge : Mathematics at, 22, 49, 87 ; Philosophical 

 Society, 23, 47, 163, 211, 332, 451; Dr. M. Foster and 

 the Study of Physiology at, 66 ; the Mechanical Work- 

 shops at, 66; the Sedgwick Memorial Museum, 115; the 

 Wort's Travelling Fund, 350 ; the Study of Applied Science 

 at, 448 ; Anatomy at, 449 ; Mathematics and Greek at, 497 ; 

 the Local Examinations, 497 ; Affiliation of Local Colleges to, 

 520 ; Natural Sciences Examinations at, 546 



Cameroons, Mount, the District of, 348 



Camphor, Cultivation of, in Formo>a, 351 



Campion's "On Foot in Spain," 288 



Cannibalism in Japan, 474 



Canoe, a Prehistoric, 473 



Cape, the, Mr. David Gill appointed Astronomer at, 388 



Cape Diamonds, B. G. Jenkins, 582 



Capello (Joao), Atmospheric Pressiu-e, 506 



Carbon Process of Photography, Dr. Paul E. Liesegang, 362 



Carbon Telephone, the, 12, 68 



Carbonic Acid in Blood, 474 



Carboniferous Epoch, did Flowers Exist during 'the? R. 

 McLachlan, F.R.S., 554 ; A. R. Wallace, 582 



Carey-Hobson (M.), Equine Sagacity, 147 



Carnivorous Goose, Duke of Argyll, 554 



Carpenter (F. Herbert), Colour-Variation in Lizards, 122 ; Pre- 

 liminary Report on the Comatula of the Challniger Expe- 

 dition, 450 



Carrier- Pigeons, Thomas Stevenson, 5 



Camel (Prof. T.), Quarantine in Italy (the Phylloxera), 408 



Carus (Prof. J. Victor), " Zoologischer Anzeiger," 118 



Caspian Sea: the Road to Merv from the, 271, 297; Algae, 

 319 ; Crustaceans of the, 446 



Cassell's Popular Natural Histor}-, 345 



Cassini (Jean Dominique), Notice of, 122 



Catalepsy, the Production of, 351 



Catalogue, a Universal, 585 



Caucasus : the Snow-Limit in the, 159 ; Natural History of the, 

 319 



Caves : Styrian, 161 ; Barker's Cave in Queen5land,4 23 ; Cave- 

 Reeearch in Borneo, 352 



Caylloma, Discovery of Silver Ores at, 423 



Cecil (Henry), the Power of Stupefying Spiders Possessed by 

 Wasps, 54 



Cerium, Didymium, and Lanthantim, Prof. Cossa on the Occur- 

 rence of, 424 



Ceylon: Culiivation of Cinchona in, 397; the Birds of, Capt. 

 Legge, 505 ; Australian Trees in, 516 



Chadwick's "Magic Lantern Manual," 327 



Challevger : Moseley's Notes by a Naturalist on the, 415 ; the 

 Brittle Stars of the, 319 



Chalmers (Rev. Jos.), Journeys in New Guinea, 351 



Chambers (Charles, F.R.S.), "Meteorology of the Bombay 

 Presidency," 293 



Chappell (Wm.), Speaking-TrumpeL«, 5 ; Molecular Vibrations, 

 242 



Channel Tunnel, the, 592 



Characje, Structure and Affinities of, 156 



Charcoal, Absorption of Gases by, Dr. R. Angus Smith, 

 F.R.S.,354 



Chauffiad (M.), Death of, 376 



Chavanne (Dr. J.), "Die Sahara," 100 ; his Work on Afghan- 

 istan, 222 



Chelone midas, the Sknll of the. Prof. Parker, F.R.S., 593 



Chemistry : Ro-coe and Schorlemmer's Treatise on, 169 ; Dr. 

 Wettstein's Work on the Chemistry of Plants, 93 ; Chemical 

 Equivalence, 330; Chemico- Agricultural Station in Italy, 

 390 ; American Chemical Journal, 592 ; Chemical Society, 67, 

 90,'2io, 282, 355, 426, 451, 522, 571, 591 ; Research Fund 

 Grants, 491 ; Annual Meeting, 516 



Chepstow, Tides at. Dr. Samuel HauThton, F.R.S., 432 ; W. 



B. Clegram, 481 ; Dr. John Yeat«, 507, 582 

 Cheshire, Science in, 322 



Chevrenl (M.), Resignation of, 374 

 Chilian Butterflies, 246 



China : Statistics of the Plague in, 61 ; Trade-Routes in, 123 ; 

 the Telegraph in, 131 ; Overland Route to, 157 ; Mines in, 

 159, 181 ; the Grand Canal of, 181 : Baber's Journey in 

 Szuchuen, 298 ; Coal Mining at Kaiping, 325 ; the Cultivation 

 of Opium in, 327 ; the Alligators of, 351 ; Cotton Growing 

 in Shantung, 351 ; Woollen Manufactory at Lanchow-fu, 446; 

 Map of Part of, 542 ; John Milne's Journey Across, 583 

 Chinchona : Cultivation in the Wynaad, i8l ; Cultivation of, in 



Ceylon, 397 

 Chords, a Method of Showing the Vibratory Movement of, 396 

 Christy (Thos.), "New Commercial Plants," 265 

 Chromospheric Lines, Preliminary Note on the Substances which 



produce the, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 292 

 Church (Prof. A. H.), Aerated Bread, 174 ; Prison Bread, 387 

 Church (John A.), on the Combustion of Different Kinds of Fuel, 



339 



"Cinder" Microphone, 60 



Circulating Decimals, J. W. L. Glaisher, F.R.S., 208 



Cirencester, Royal Agricultural College, 453, 544 



Citrus, the Genus, Prize for Essay on, 422 



City Companies and Technological Education, 354 



Clark (Latimer), Time and Longitude, 220 



Clark's South America, 312 



Clarke (Hyde), the Drought, 53 



Clarke (Lieut. George S.), the Microphone for Military and 

 Tonometric Purposes, 72 



Claypole (E. W.), the Black Rat, 581 



Clegram (W. B.), Tides at Chepstow, 481 



Cleopatra's Needle and the Wind Pressure, 25 



Cleveland Institution of Engineers, 280 



Clifford (Prof. W. K.), his State of Health, 256; Arrival al 

 Madeira, 278 ; Proposed Testimonial to, 349 ; Death of, 

 422 ; Obituary Notice of, 443 ; Fxmeral of, 491 ; his Posthu- 

 mous Works, 543 



Clocks, Synchroni^ed, 55 



Clouds and Weather Signs, Rev. W. Clement Ley, 178 



Clouds, Measurin? the Height of, J. F. Wilke, 148 ^ 



" Coal and Coal Mines," Thomas's Work on, 405 



" Coal and Iron in all Countries," M. Pechar, 336 



Coal-Dust, on the Influence of, in Colliery Explosions, W. 

 Galloway, 546 



Coal in New Zealand, Discovery of a New Seam, 131 



"Coal: its History and Uses," 238 



Coal Measure*, Organisation of the Fossil Plants of the, Prof. 

 W. C. Williamson, F.R.S., 521 



Coal Mine Commission, 357 



Coal Mining in China, 325 



Coal, Wiltshire's History of, 407 



Cobb (Francis), Sun -Spots and the Nile, 299 



Coffee Planters, the Training of, 591 



Coffee- Tree, the Leaf Disease in, 423 



Collie Dog, Heredity in a, 234 



Colliery Explosions, the Influence of Coal-Dust in, W. Galloway, 

 546 



Cologne, Earthquake in, 160 



Colorado River and Plateaus, the Geological History of, Capt. 



C. E. Dutton, 247, 272 



Colour and Motion, the Music of. Profs. Ayrton and Perry, loi 

 Colour- Blindnes--, Clementina Black, 5 ; Edmund McClure, 5 ; 



Dr. J. Herschel, 72 ; Frank Podmore, 73 ; R. C. A. Prior, 



119; Dr. Wm. Pole, F.R.S., 120, 148 

 Colour in Nature, Grant Allen, 501, 580 ; Alfred R. Wallace, 



501, 581 

 Colour-Names, Shakespere's, Dr. C. M. Ingleby, 244 ; C. T. 



Hardman, 267 ; Robert Brewin, 290 

 Colour-Sense, the. Grant Allen, 32 ; Dr. Ernst Krause, I20 



