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Determination of Mean Temperature, Dr. Miiller-Erzbach, 528 

 Determination in Wave- Lengths of the Two Red Rays of 



Potassium, by H. Deslandres, 504 

 Deutsche Geographische Blatter, 38 

 Deutsche Seewarte, Meteorological Observations for 1° Squares 



of the North Atlantic Ocean, 398 

 Devonian System in North America, H. S. Williams, 358 

 Dewar (Profs. Liveing and), the Spectrum of the Oxyhydrogen 



Flame, 383 

 Diamonds, Discovery of, in a Meteoric Stone, no 

 Dickson (Prof. Alexander), Obituary Notice of, 229 

 Dictionary of Place-Names, C. Blackie, 151 

 Diego Garcia, the Atoll of, and the Coral Formations of the 



Indian Ocean, Prof. G. C. Bourne, 546 

 Diet, Influence of, on the Interchange of the Gases in 



Respiration, 408 

 Dieterici (Dr.), on the Determination of the Mechanical 



Equivalent of Heat by the Indirect Electrical Method, 48 

 Differential Calculus, Key to Todhunter's, by H. St. J. Hunter, 



412 

 Differential Mass-Motion, the Effect of, on the Permeability of 



Gas, Prof Tait, 527 

 Diffusimeter, J. J. Coleman, on a New, 527 

 Diju7nphna, the Cruise of the, Zoological and Botanical Results 



of the, 173 

 Dinner Table, Electric Railway for the, 65 

 Dinosaurs, American Jurassic, Principal Characters of, 163 

 Discomycetes, British, Manual of, by William Phillips, 340 

 Diseases of the Dog, a Treatise on, by Dr, John Henry Steel, 



Dr. E. Klein, F.R.S., 485 

 Diseases, Timber and some of its. Prof. H. Marshall Ward, 182, 



204, 227, 251, 275 

 Dispersion of Seeds and Plants, Dr. Antonio J. Amadeo, 535 

 Distribution of Plants, Atlas of the, 362 



Dittmar (W.), Exercises in Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 174 

 Dixon (Dr. A. E.), Benzyldithiourethane, 503 

 Doberck (Dr. W. ) : Cause of September Typhoons in Hong 



Kong, 439 ; Crepuscular Rays in China, 464 

 Doering (Dr. Oscar), on the Inter-diurnal Variability of Tem- 

 perature at Places in the Argentine Republic and South 



America generally, 39 

 Doderlein (Dr. L ), the Echinoidea, Prof. P. Martin Duncan, 



F.R.S., 243 

 Dog, a Treatise on Diseases of the, by Dr, John Henry Steel, 



Dr. E. Klein, F.R.S.,485 

 Donders (Prof. F. C), Memorial Fund, 397 

 Donnezan (Dr.), Discovery of a Fossil Turtle, 215 

 Drammen, Earthquake at, 595 

 Draper (Prof J. C.) and Dr. H. Draper, Spectra of Oxygen 



and Carbon compared with that of the Sun, 1 14 

 Dreyer (J. L. E.), Obituary Notice of Prof. H. C. F. C. 



Schjellerup, 154 

 Drift-Ice in the Arctic Seas, Dr. Karl Pettersen on the State 



of, 16 

 Drift-Ice, Stations for the Observation of, on the Coast of 



Finland, 399 

 Dublin Science and Art Museum, 186 

 Dufour (M.), Waterspout on the Lake of Geneva, 208 

 Duhem (P.), on the Theory of Magnetism, 96 

 Duncan (Prof. P. Martin, F. R. S. ), Die Japanischen Seeigel, 



Dr. L. Doderlein, 243 

 Duner on Stars with Spectra of Class III., 234, 260 

 Dunsink Observatory, Publications of, 353 

 Dupont (Edouard) : and the Geology and Natural History of the 



Congo, 421 ; African Exploration, 496 

 Dupuy (Eugene), Antipyrine as Remedy for Sea-sickness, 96 

 Duration of Life, Dr. August Weismann, P. Chalmers Mitchell, 



541 

 Durham (Herbert E.): Amoeboid Corpuscles in, 334; Madre- 



porite of Cribrella ocellata, 334 

 Dust Particles in the Atmosphere, John Aitken, on the 



Number of, 428 

 Dutch East Indies, Measure of Rainfall, 351 

 Dutch Society of Naturalists, First Congress of the, 15 

 Duter (E.), on the Passage of the Electric Current through 



Sulphur, 528 

 Dyer (W. T. Thiselton, F.R.S.): Politics and the Presidency 



of the Royal Society, 103 ; Flora of the Bahamas, Baron 



Eggers, 565 



Dynamical Units and Nomenclature, Robert E. Baynes, 465 

 Dynamics and Hydrostatics, by R. H. Pinkerton, 412 

 Dynamics, Kinematics and. Elementary Treatise on, James 



Gordon MacGregor, Prof. A. G. Greenhill, 361 

 Dynamo Machines, on the Magnetic Circuit in, by Prof. W. E. 



Ayrton and Prof. J. Perry, 502 

 Dynamos, on the Analogies of Influence-Machines and. Prof. 



S. P. Thompson, 165 



Earth, Distribution of Heat over the Surface of the. Dr. 

 Zenker, 552 



Earth, Infusorial, T. V. Lister, 30 



Earth Knowledge : a Text-book of Elementary Physiography, 

 W. J. Harrison and H. R. Wakefield, 150 



Earth, on the Relative Motion of the, and Luminiferous Ether, 

 162 



Earth Shadows, Distorted, in Eclipses, Capt. Henry Toynbee, 

 202 



Earth Tremors : Prof. Lebour, 91 ; and the Wind, Prof. John 

 Milne, F.R.S., 214; in Central Japan, Prof. Milne, 399 



Earthquakes: at the Bahamas, Robert H. Scott, F. R.S., 54; 

 G. R. McGregor, 54 ; Byron N. Jones and Cornelius S. E. 

 Lotman, 54 ; at Florence, 88 ; Proposed Commission to 

 observe Earthquakes in Russia, 88 ; at Carinthia and Styria, 

 113; at Klagenfurt, 113; at Bleiburg, 113; at Graz and 

 Saldenhofen, 113 ; at Cavaillon and St. Saturnin-les- Avignon, 

 113 ; in Iceland, 113 ; the Recent, Th. Thoroddsen, 201 ; in 

 England, 138, 186, 350 ; Worthington G. Smith, 127 ; H. 

 George Fordham, 151 ; in Scotland, 350; C. A. Stevenson, 

 527; at Bodo, 138; in Calabria, 138; in Dalmatia and 

 Algeria, 186 ; at Algiers, 329 ; at Prinpolje and Plewlje, 

 in Bosnia, 231 ; at Werny, in Turkistan, 231 ; at Geneva, 

 231 ; at Mexico, 231 ; Model of an Earthquake, Prof. Sekiya, 

 297 ; Earthquakes in North America, 300 ; at Solum, Nor- 

 way, 329 ; Speed of Charleston Earthquake, Newcomb and 

 Dutton, 358; Earthquake in Grenada (Island), 378; at 

 Orebro, Central Sweden, 399 ; Reports on Earthquakes in 

 Sweden, 543 ; Earthquakes in the West Indies, 421 ; Central 

 Norway, 421 ; in the Levant, 523 ; at Drammen, 595 ; at 

 Lintthal, 595 ; in North Wales, 595 ; at Oldenburg, 614 ; 

 Earthquake Sounds, Prof. Milne, 543 



Echinoidea, the. Dr. L. Doderlein, Prof P. Martin Duncan, 

 F.R.S., 243 



Eclipse, Aino Idea of an, 36 



Eclipse, Total, of the Moon, 286, 306, 333, 495 ; Otto Boedicker, 

 318 ; Dr. E. Lindemann, 616 



Eclipse, Total Solar, of August 19, 1887, L. Niesten, 118; 

 lapanese Photographs, 300; Prof. Vogel, 311 



Eclipse, Total Solar, of October 29, 878, Rev. C. S. Taylor, 

 223 



Eclipses, Distorted Earth Shadows in. Captain Henry Toynbee, 

 202 



Edinburgh : Royal Physical Society, 120, 284; Royal Society, 

 214, 239, 335, 383, 454, 479, 488, 527 ; Proceedings of, 518 ; 

 University, Prof. Bayley Balfour and the Chair of Botany, 

 421 



Edison (Thomas A.) and Samuel F. B. Morse, Van Buren 

 Denslow and J. M. Parker, 199 



Edkins (Dr.), Local Value in Chinese Arithmetical Notation, 



65 



Edmands (J. Rayner), Too many Decimal Places, 466 

 Education, Earl of Derby on, 34 



Education : in Australia, 566 ; Chinese, 269 ; in Scotland, 349 ; 

 Report of the U.S. Commission on, 1885-86, 422 ; Existing 

 System of Elementary, 542 ; Medical, at Oxford, George J. 

 Wilson, 5 ; Physical, American Institution for Advancement 

 of, 186; Practical Education, Chas. G. Leland, 562; Educa- 

 tion, Technical, 34, 186, 374 ; Prof. Hele Shaw, 43 ; Sir John 

 Lubbock, 284 ; in France, 329 ; in Manchester, 121 ; in Russia, 

 566 ; Bill to Provide for, in England and Wales, 614; in the 

 Colony of Victoria, 614 

 Educational List and Directory, W. Stephen, 16 

 Egeria, the, Deep-Sea Soundings in the Indian Ocean, 327 

 Eggers (Baron H.) : Excursion into the Interior of San Domingo, 

 545 ; Flora of the Bahamas, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 



565 

 Egyptian Monoliths, Supposed Manner of Erection of the, M. 

 Arnaudeau, 65 



