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INDEX 



[Nature, June T , li 



German Society of Analytical Chemists, i86 

 German Universities, Number of Students at the, 352 

 Germany, Forest Meteorological Observations of, 113 

 Gilbert (G. K.), the Work of the International Congress of 



Geologists, 19, 40 

 Girard (Jules), Probable Temperature of Pole, 91 

 Glaciers : en the Internal Temperature of, 72 ; of the Caucasus, 



89; Greenland Glaciers, Prof. Joseph Prestwich, F. R. S., 200 

 Glasgow, Mitchell Library, 596 

 Glass Specula, Making, by Hand, A, Ainslie Common, F.R.S., 



382 

 Globus, Change in the Editorship of, 232 

 Glucose, Synthesis of, A. E. Tutton, 7 : Drs. Emil Fischer and 



Tafel, 283 

 Gluteal Region, Dr. Virchow, 480 

 Glycerine, Bacillus butylictis and, 48 

 Gneissic Rocks off the Lizard, by Howard Fox, 526 

 Gobi, East, and East Tibet, M. Potanin's Journeys in, 141 

 Godwin (George, F.R.S.), Death of, 327 

 Gold Armlet with Runic Inscription discovered on the Island of 



Fredoen, 283 

 Gold, a New Chloride of. Prof. Julius Thomsen, 398 

 Gold, Sulphides of, 34 

 Goldschneider (Dr. ),Carbonic Acid Gas and Rise of Temperature, 



144 

 Golf, Toeing and Heeling at, T. Mellard Reade, 31 

 Goodwin (W. L.), Music in Nature, 151 

 Gordon (Hugh), Mr. Crookes and the Transformation of Heat 



Radiations into Matter, 536 

 Gore (J. E.), )3 Delphini, 353 



Gore's Railway, Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, F. R. S., 128 

 Gorgeu (Alex.), Action of Washing on Several Oxides and Salts 



of Manganese, 504 

 Goschen and Huxley on English Culture, 337 

 Gospel Ethnology, S. R. Pattison, 293 

 Gotch (Francis), Electromotive Properties of the Electrical 



Organ of Torpedo marmorata, 623 

 Gottenburg, Chemical Society of, 327 

 Govi (G.), Newton's Chromatic Circle', 24 

 Goyen (P.), Higher Arithmetic and Mensuration, 232 

 Graber (Dr. Vitus), Leitfaden der Zoologie fiir die oberen 



Classen der Mittelschulen, 604 

 Gravity, Specific, Density and, L. Gumming, 584 

 Gray (Dr. Asa) : Illness of, 155 ; Death of, 327 ; Obituary Notice 



ofj 375 J by James D. Dana, 472 ; Last Publicly-spoken Words 



of, 594 

 Graz and Saldenhofen, Earthquake at, 113 

 Greek Geometry, 78 

 Green Colouring-matter of Decaying Wood, Henry Robinson, 



536 

 Greenhill (Prof. A. G.) : the Mechanics of Machinery, Alex. 



B. W. Kennedy, 195 ; Elementary Treatise on Kinematics 



and Dynamics, by James Gordon MacGregor, 361 

 Greenland : R. E. Peary's Account of his Journey into the 



Interior of, 37 ; Dr. Fridtjof Nansen's Proposal to cross the 



Interior of, on "Ski," 138; Dr. F. Nansen's Proposed 



Journey across, 423 ; Recent Journeys along the Coast of, 



546 

 Greenland Glaciers, Prof. Joseph Prestwich, F.R.S., 200 

 Greenwich, Mean Temperature of the Air at, 214 

 Grenada Island, Earthquake in, 378 

 Gresham Lectures, 257 

 Griesbach (M.), and Afghanistan, 421 

 Griffiths (Dr. A. B.), Researches on the Problematical Organs 



of the Invertebrata, 518 

 Grossmann (Dr.), Meteorologische Divisionstafein, 18 

 Ground- Movements, Plantamour's Observations of, 258 

 Grove (Right Hon. Sir William R., F.R.S.), Antagonism, 617 

 Grubb (Sir Howard, F.R.S.), a Photographic Objective, 439 

 Griinewald (Dr. ) and Dr. Victor Meyer, on Vapour Density of 



Ferric Chloride, 518 ^ 



Guglielmo (Prof. G.) : Loss of Electricity by Conductor in Damp 



Air, 88 ; on the Loss of Electricity through Moist Air round 



Aerial Wire, 382 

 Guglielmo (Prof. G.) and V. Musina, on the Pressure of Mix- 

 tures of Gases and Vapours, and on Dalton's Law, 47 

 Gulf Stream, Remarks on the, 72 

 Gumlich (Dr.), on Newton's Rings, 528 

 Gunnery, Text-book of, 1887, Major G. Mackinlay, 148 



Guppy (Dr. H. B.) : Volcanic and Coral Islands of the Solomon 

 Group, 98 ; the Solomon Islands and their Natives, 196 ; 

 Christmas Island, 222 ; an Explanation, 342 ; Coral Forma- 

 tions, 461, 604 



Gurney (Henry Palin) : the New Army Regulations, 365 ; 

 Natural Science and Woolwich Examinations, 415 



Haast (Sir Julius von, F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 87 



Hadfield (Mr.), on Manganese Steel, 497 



Hail, Is it so formed ? Cecil Carus- Wilson, 295, 365 ; Dr. J. 



Rae, F.R.S., 344 

 Hall (Dr. Marshall) Fund, Awards, 594 

 Hand, Making Glass Specula by, A. Ainslie Common, F.R.S., 



382 

 Hann (Dr. J.), Atmospheric Pressure, 231 

 Harding (Chas. ), Threatened Scarcity of Water, 375 

 Harkness (Prof. Wm.), on the Constant P in Observations of 



Terrestrial Magnetism, 127, 272 

 Harpur Euclid, the, E. M. Langley and W. S. Phillips, 271 

 Harrison (W. J.) and H. R. Wakefield, Earth Knowledge, 



a Text-book of Elementary Physiography, 150 

 Hart (H. C), the Flora of Howth, 245 

 Hartley (Prof. W. N., F.R.S.): Course of Quantitative Analysis 



for Students, 271 ; Experimental Researches on Hydraulic 



Cements, M. H. Le Chatelier, 554 

 Harvard College Observatory, 596 

 Harvie-Brown (J. A.) and T. E. Buckley, Vertebrate Fauna 



of Sutherland, Caithness, and West Cromarty, 292 

 Hatch (F. H.), Rosenbusch's Petrography, 458 

 Hawaii, Volcanoes of, James Dana, 120 

 Hawaii Craters, History of Changes in, J. D. Dana, 358 

 Haycraft (Prof.), the Objective Cause of Sensation, 518 

 Haycraft (Prof.) and Dr. Carlier, on Morphological Changes in 



the Blood during Coagulation, 527 

 Hayden (Prof. F. V.) : Death of, 282 ; Obituary Notice of, 325 

 Hayward (Robert B., F. R.S.), the Micromillimetre, 437 

 Hazen (Prof. H. Allen), Relation between Wind- Velocity and 



Pressure, 39, 47 ; Pressure and Temperature in Cyclones and 



Anticyclones, 214 

 Heart, Mammalian, Prof. Martin's Method of isolating the, 215 

 Heat : Light and. Rev. F. W. Aveling, 176 ; Sound, Light, and, 



Mark R. Wright, 199 ; on the Determination of the Mechanical 



Equivalent of Heat, by the Indirect Electrical Method, 48 ; 



Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, Alfred Lodge, 320, 364 ; Heat 



Radiations, Crookes and Transformation of, into Matter, Hugh 



Gordon, 536 ; Distribution of Heat over the Surface of the 



Earth, Dr. Zenker, 552 ; New Method of measuring Heat of 



Evaporation of Liquefied Gases, 624 

 Heathcote (H. G.), the Post-Embryonic Development oi Julus 



terreitris, 190 

 Heavenly Bodies, Suggestions on the Classification of the Various 



Species of, J. Norman Lockyer, F. R. S., 585, 606 

 Hector (Sir James), on the Auriferous Deposit lately found 



West of Te Aroha, 16 

 Hedgehog, Blastodermic Vesicle of the, 552 

 Heeling and Toeing at Golf, T. Mellard Reade, 31 

 Heer (Prof Oswald), Monument to, 89 

 Height of T'ai Shan, Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson, 224 

 Height and Volume of the Dry Land and the Depth and Volume 



of the Ocean, John Murray, 239, 286 

 Hellmann (Dr.): Rainfall of Spain, 312; Meteorology of the 



Iberian Peninsula, 312 ; Snow-fall of the Past Winter, 552 

 Helmholtz (Dr. Robert von) : Experiments on Vapour Currents, 



48 ; Humidity of the Air, 215 ; a Note on Valency, especially 



as defined by Helmholtz, Prof. Henry E. Armstrong, F.R. S., 



303 

 Henry (Louis), Volatility of the Carbon Compounds, 525 

 Herdman (Prof. W. A.), the Reproductive Organs of Alcyoni- 



dium gelatine sum, 213 

 Herries (R. S.), Bagshot Beds, 104 



Herring, Expected Rush of, under the West Coast of Norway, 64 

 Hertfordshire, a Flora of, 187 



Hertwig (Prof. Oscar), a Text-book of Embryology, 506 

 Hertz's Experiments on Influence of Ultra- Violet Rays on Pas- 

 sage of Sparks, 355 

 Hesehus (N.), on the Measuring of Specific Heat, 525 

 Hessian Fly : Period of Introduction of, into Great Britain, 23 ; 



Prof. Lindeman on the, 157 ; Charles Whitehead, 212 



