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INDEX 



[Nature, Nov. 22, i£88 



Geology : the Cae Gwyn Cave, North Wales, Dr. H. Hicks, 

 22; Geological Society, 22, 70, 118, 142, 214, 239; the 

 Geological Evidences of Evolution, Angelo Heilprin, 50 ; 

 Reports on the Geological Survey of New Zealand, 53 ; Geo- 

 logical Field Class, London, 64 ; Geology of the North-West 

 Highlands, Dr. A. Geikie, F.R.S., 70; Hayclen Memorial 

 Geological Fund, 86 ; Bruce Foote on Neolithic and Palaeo- 

 lithic Finds in Southern India, 87 ; the International Geo- 

 ! logical Congress, 86, 18S, 415, 499, 518, 548 ; International 

 Geological Congress, Prof. J. Prestwich, F. R.S., 503; the 

 Stockdale Shales, Marr and Nicholson, 118; Geology for 

 All, J. Logan Lobley, 125 ; the Geological Structure of 

 Scandinavia and the Scottish Highlands, Arch. Geikie, 

 F.R.S., 127 ; Spheroid-bearing Granite, Dr. Fred. H. Hatch, 

 142 ; on the Eozoic and Paloeozoic Rocks of the Atlantic 

 Coast of Canada, Sir J. W. Dawson, F.R. S. , 142; 

 Imperial Geological Union, Sir J. W. Dawson, F.R.S., 157 ; 

 J. J. H. Teall appointed to the Geological Survey, 182 ; 

 Report on Northern Alberta, J. B. Tyrrell, 184 ; Relations 

 of the Laramie Group to Earlier and Later Formations, 

 Charles A. White, 189 ; the Gabbros and Diorites of the 

 Cortlandt Series, George H. Williams, 189 ; Three Forma- 

 tions of the Middle Atlantic Slope, W. J. McGee, 190 ; 

 Dr. Hans Reusch on the Bommel and Karm Islands, 194 ; 

 Crystalline Schists, 194 ; Saliferous Rocks (Durham), 214 ; 

 Geological and Natural History of Canada, 257 ; Discovery 

 of Elephas primigenins associated with Flint Implements at 

 Southall, J. Allen Brown, 283 ; the Geologists' Association, 

 302 ; Allgemeine Geologie, von Dr. Karl von Fritsch, 387 ; 

 Theoretische, Geologie, von Dr. E. Reyer, 409 ; Les Dislo- 

 cations de l'Ecorce Terrestre, Essai de Definition et de 

 Nomenclature, Prof. John W. Judd, F.R. S., 433 ; American 

 Geology, Mr. Cook, 452 ; the Part of American Geologists in 

 the International Geological Congress, Mr. Cook, 452 ; on 

 the Constitution and Structure of the Crystalline Schists of the 

 Western Alps, Prof. Ch. Lory, 506 ; on Crystalline Schists, 

 Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, F.R.S., 519; some Questions connected 

 with the Problem presented by the Crystalline Schists, togeiher 

 with Contributions to their Solution from the Palaeozoic 

 Formations, Prof. K. A. Lossen, 522 ; on the Classification 

 of the Crystalline Schists, Prof. Albert Heim, 524 ; on the 

 Origin of the Primitive Crystalline Rocks, A. Michel- Levy, 

 525 ; Remarks on some of the more Recent Publications Deal- 

 ing with the Crystalline Schists, Prof. J. Lehmann, 549 ; 

 Geological History of Plants, Sir J. W. Dawson, F.R.S., 

 538 ; the Stratigraphical Succession of the Cambrian Faunas 

 in North America, Prof. Chas. B. Walcott, 551 ; Geological 

 Record, 576 ; Geological Results of the last Sayan Expedition, 

 L. A. Jaczewski, 577 ; Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic 

 Society, 590 



Geometry : First Lessons in, B. Hanumanta Rau, 53 ; the 

 Geometric Interpretation of Monge's Differential Equation to 

 all Conies, 619; Prof. Asutosh Mukhopadhyay, 173, 197, 

 564 ; Multiplication and Division of Concrete Quantities, A. 

 Lodge, 281 ; First Elements of Experimental Geometry, Paul 

 Bert, 295 ; Geometric Meaning of Differential Equations, 

 Lieut. -Colonel Allan Cunningham, 318 ; Geometry of the 

 Triangle, M. E. Vigarie, 624 



Germany : Association of Naturalists, Meeting at Cologne, 16 ; 

 Vital Statistics of, M. Ch. Grad, 135 ; German Geological 

 Society, 277 ; the German East African Possessions, Dr. 

 Hans Meyer, 305 ; German Emin Pasha Expedition, 529 ; 

 German Botanical Journals, 552 



Germs, Prophetic, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 539, 588; 

 the Duke of Argyll, F.R.S., 564, 615 



Giglioli (Prof. Henry H.) : Another Specimen of Lepidosiren 

 paradoxa, 102 ; Prof. G. B. Howes on, 126 



Gilbert (Dr. J. H., F.R.S.), the Growth of Root Crops, 605 



Gilchrist Engineering Scholarships, 430 



Gill (Dr.), Proposed Star Catalogue, 180 



Gillig (Charles A.), Tours and Excursions in Great Britain, 

 Stephen F. Smart, 318 



Giovannozzi (Prof. P. G.), Remarks on Earthquake at Florence, 

 165 



Glaciers : on the Veined Structure of the Mueller Glacier, New 

 Zealand, F. W. Hutton, 77 ; Glaciers of Europe, Dr. 

 Svenonius, 574 



Gladstone (Dr. J. II., F.R.S.) and W. J. Hibbert, Note on the 

 Molecular Weight of Caoutchouc and other Bodies, 596 



Glanville (Miss), Death of, 348 



Glasgow : British Medical Association Meeting, 347 ; the Glas- 

 gow and West of Scotland Technical College, Henry Dyer, 

 428 



Glass, Compressibility of Water, Salt Water, and, Prof. P. G. 

 Tait, 581 



Globes, Old, in the Middle Temple Library, 327 



Globular Star Clusters, A. M. Clerke, 365 



Glycerine, on the Quantitative Analysis of, by Oxidation, M. 

 Victor Planchon, 360 



Godwin- Austen (H. H., F. R. S.), the Land and Fresh- Water 

 Mollusca of India, 217 



Goercki and Poleck (Drs.), Three New Sulpho chlorides of 

 Mercury, 527 



Gold-Field discovered in Surinam, 88 



Golden Mullet {Mugil auratus, Risso) caught at Stromstad, 

 Sweden, 397 



Goldsmith's Company, the, and Technical Education, 573 



Gore (Dr. G., F.R.S.) : Effect of Chlorine on Electromotive 

 Force of Voltaic Couple, 117; Changes of Potential of Voltaic 

 Couple, &c, 284; Effects of Different Positive Metals, &c, 

 upon the Changes of Potential of Voltaic Couples, 335 : the 

 Voltaic Balance, 335 



Gorham (John), a System for the Construction of Crystal Models, 



4" 

 Gossage (A. M.), the Volumetric Determination of Uric Acid, 



263 



Gosse (P. H., F.R.S.), Death of, 421 



Gould's Astronomical Journal, 328 



Goulier (M. C. M.), Provisional Laws determining the Sub- 

 sidence of the Land in France, 432 



Gouy (M.), the Storage of Electricity and Thermo-dynamics, 



384 

 Gouy and Rigollot, Electro-chemical Actinometer, 119 

 Government Opinion, Decadence of the Chemical Profession 



in, 217 

 Govi (M. G. ), Latent Colours of Bodies, 631 

 Goyen (P.), a Higher Arithmetic and Elementary Mensuration, 



218 

 Grad (M. Ch.), Vital Statistics of Germany, 135 

 Gramme (M.), the Volta Prize given to, 555 

 Granite, Spheroid-bearing, Dr. Fred. H. Hatch, 142 

 Grant (G. L.), Nesting Habit of the House Sparrow, 590 

 Graphical Arithmetic and Graphical Statics, Gray and Lowson, 4 

 Grass Minimum Thermometer, on the, Dr. W. Doberck, 619 

 Grasses, Fodder, of Northern India, J. F. Duthie, 350 

 Gravitation in the Stellar System, Prof. Asaph Hall, 398 

 Gray (Dr. Asa) : Tribute to the Memory of, 16 ; Bequest to 



Harvard College, 182; Synoptical Flora of North America, 



J. G. Baker, F.R.S., 242 

 Gray (Prof. A.), Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism, 



"3 



Gray (John Y.) and Geo. Lowson, the Elements of Graphical 



Arithmetic and Graphical Statics, 4 

 Great Britain, Tours and Excursions in, Charles A. Gillig, 318 

 Green (Prof. J. R.), Vegetable Rennet, 274 

 Green (Seth), Death of, 396 

 Greenhill (Prof. A. G., F.R.S.): on a Practical Treatise on 



Bridge Construction, by F. Claxton Fidler, 2 ; Weight and 



Mass, 54 ; on Kinematics and Dynamics, Prof. J. G. 



MacGregor, 149 ; a Chapter in the Integral Calculus, 218 

 Greenland, Dr. Nansen's Expedition to, 302, 372, 492, 527 

 Greenwich, Report of Astronomer-Royal, 153 

 Greyhounds, Notes on the Reproduction of Rudimentary Toes 



in, Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, 56 

 Griess (Dr. Peter), Death o"f, 485 



Grieve (W. H.), Lessons in Elementary Mechanics, 244 

 Griffiths (A. B., F.R.S. Edin.), Further Researches on the 



Physiology of the Invertebrata, 285 

 Grouse, Sand, 53, 77, 103, 112, 132, 158, 230, 295, 342 

 Growth of Root-Crops, Dr. J. H. Gilbert, F.R.S., 605 

 Growth of Wheat, Experiments on the, Prof. William Fream, 



, 465 

 Guerne (Jules de), Excursions Zoologiques dans les Acores, 113 

 Guiana, M. Coudreau's Explorations in, 398 

 Gulick, on Divergent Evolution, Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, 490 

 Gundry, the Teaching of Mathematics in China, 485 

 Guppy (Dr. II. B. ): Flora of the Antarctic Islands, W. T. 

 Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 40; Dispersal of Seeds by Birds, 



