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INDEX 



Abbadie (Antoined'), the Micromillimetre, 438 

 Abel (Sir Frederick, F.R. S.), Accidents in Mines, III 

 Abercromby (Hon. Ralph) : Electrical Condition of the Peak 



of Teneriffe, 31 ; Weather, loi ; the Forms of Clouds, 129 ; 



Physical Geography of the Sea, 315 ; the Monsoons, 469 

 Abney (Captain, F. R.S.)> Treatise on Photography, 461 

 Accidental Errors, Theory of, M. Faye, 527 ; M. J. Bertrand, 



527 

 Accidents in Mines, Sir Frederick Abel, F.R.S., in 

 Accumulators, Management of, Sir D. Salomons, 485 

 Acetylacetone, on the Metallic Derivatives of, 72 

 Acids, Action on Taste of, J. Corin, 308 

 Acipenser ruthenus, Structure of the, M. ZografF, 399 

 Actiniae in French Mediterranean Waters, the Geographical 



Distribution of, P. Fischer, 192 

 Actinometric Observations, on the, at Montpellier, A. Crova, 



528 

 Adams (Dr. H. B.), College of William and Mary, 352 

 Adenm, Prof Kossel, 168 



Aeronautics : Electric Balloon Signalling Experiments, 34 

 Africa : Austral, John Mackenzie, 5 ; Montagu Kerr's Expedi- 

 tion to cross Africa by a New Route, 115 ; Lieut. Wissmann's 

 Preliminary Account of his Journey across Africa, 159 ; 

 Natural History Collection from Central Africa, at the British 

 Museum, 207 ; Changes of Level in the African Lakes, Dr. 

 Robt. Sieger, 354 ; the Akkas, a Pygmy Race from Central 

 Africa, Prof W. H. Flovirer, F.R.S., 395; Geology and 

 Natural History of the Congo, Edouard Dupont, 421 ; Emin 

 Pasha in Central Africa, 436 ; Exploration of Africa, 

 Edouard Dupont, 496 ; Injuries caused by Lightning in 

 Africa, Dr. Emin Pasha, 582 

 Agate Pebbles from the Soudan, Prof V. Ball, F.R.S., 574 

 Agriculture : in some of its Relations with Chemistry, F. H. 

 Storer, 100; U.S. Commission of Agriculture, Prof. John 

 Wrightson, 188 ; Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, 

 Prof John Wrightson, 211 ; the New York Agricultural 

 Station, 524 

 Ailuriis aiiglecus, Prof. W. B. Dawkins, F. R.S., 359 

 Aino Idea of an Eclipse, 36 ; Aino Tales and Legends, Prof 

 Chamberlain, 351 ; the Gods of the Ainos, 329; the Ainos, 

 Rev. J. Batchelor, 380 

 Air, Electrification of the, C. Michie Smith, 274 

 Air, Humidity of the. Dr. Assmann's Experiments on the, 



Dr. R. von Helmholtz, 215 

 Air, Mean Temperature of the, at Greenwich, 214 

 Air, Outflow of. Theory of the, under Falling Rain, H. Allen, 



18 

 Air-Currents, M. Garrigou- Lagrange's Apparatus for Registering 



the Ascending and Descending, 18 

 Aitken (John) : Formation of Hoar Frost, 138 ; on the Number 



of Dust Particles in the Atmosphere, 428 

 Akkas, the, a Pygmy Race from Central Africa, Prof. Flower, 



395 

 Aha impennis, Egg of, 474 

 Alcohol, Deleterious Influence on Offspring of, MM. A. Mairet 



and Combemale, 528 

 Alcyonidium gelatinosum, the Reproductive Organs of. Prof. 



W. A. Herdman, 213 



Aldis (Prof W. Steadman), a Text-book of Algebra, 27 ; 



Balbin's Quaternions, 535 

 Alexipharmic Plants, D. Morris, 257 

 Algae, Three New Marine, E. A. Batters, 526 

 Algebra Examples, Class-book of, John Cook, 102 

 Algebra, a New Treatise on, Charles Smith, 232 ; Capt. P. A. 



MacMahon on, 508 

 Algebra, a Text-book of, W. Steadman Aldis, 27 

 Algebraic Equations, on a Source of, whose Roots are all Real, 



624 

 Algebraic Surfaces, Generation of, M. dejonqui^res, 214 

 Algeria, Earthquakes in, 186, 329 

 Algol : Period of, S. C. Chandler, 544 ; the New Algol- Variable, 



Y Cygni, 37 ; S. C. Chandler, 90 ; and R Canis Majoris, 



S. C. Chandler, 140 

 Alkaline Sulphides, Mineralizing Action of the, 407 

 Allen (H.) : Theory of the Outflow of Air under Falling Rain, 



18 ; on Behaviour of Pressure and Temperature in High and 



Low Pressure Systems, 91 

 Allen (Dr. T. F. ), the Characese of America, 443 

 Alloys, Mechanical Properties of Certain, Prof Roberts- Austen, 



497 

 Alpine Journal, 90 



Aluminium, Electro-deposition of, 355 



Amadeo (Dr. Antonio J.), Dispersion of Seeds and Plants, ';35 

 Amagat (E. H.), on the Expansion of Compressed Fluids, 167 

 America : American Journal of Science, 38, 47, 162, 358, 500, 

 623 ; American Journal of Psychology, 64 ; on the Decorative 

 Ideas of the Ancient Inhabitants of Central America, J. S. 

 Newberry, 64; American Journal of Mathematics, 71 ; China 

 in America, Stewart Culin, 88 ; American Observatories, 89, 

 330 ; American Meteorological Journal, 91, 595 ; Principal 

 Characters of American Jurassic Dinosaurs, 163 ; American 

 Association for Advancement of Physical Education, 186 ; 

 American Lake-Trout {S. navtayaish) at South Kensington, 



208 ; American Forms of Fresh-water Sponges, Edward Potts, 



209 ; Earthquakes in North America, 300 ; Devonian System 

 in North America, H. S. Williams, 358 ; American National 

 Geographical Society, 379 ; American Society of Naturalists, 

 300 ; American Folk- Lore Society, 349 ; Exploration for a 

 Collection of Skeletons and Skins of American Bison or 

 Buffalo, 351 ; American Ornithology, 351 ; American Nautical 

 Almanac Office, Prof Newcomb, 381 ; American Anthropo- 

 logist, 398 ; the Characese of America, Dr. T. F. Allen, 443 ; 

 Manufactures from American Wood, C. R. Dodge, 473 ; 

 International Congress of Americanists, 492 ; American 

 Philosophical Society, Proposal to perfect a New Language 

 for Learned and Commercial Purposes, 614. See also United 

 States. 



Ammonia, Phosphites of, 48 



Amphibian and Reptilian Structures found in the Skulls 01 



Birds, on Remnants or Vestiges of, by W. K. Parker, 



F.R.S., SOI 

 Amsterdam : Royal Academy of Sciences, 552 

 Amylene, 142 



Anaesthetics (Local), Prof. Liebreich on, 480 

 Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Papers to be 



read at the Second Meeting of, 6'i 



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