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INDEX 



[Nahtre, June 7, l888 



Thermal Conductivity of Iron, Copper, and German Silver, A. 



Crichton Mitchell, 328 

 Thermic Voltaic Cell, W. Case on, 331 

 Thermo- Current in Iron, the Temporary, Fred. T. Trouton, 



321 

 Thermodynamic-, Prof. Pictei's Experiments with his Ice 



Machines, 167 

 Thermodynamics, Note on Permanent Deformations and. Marcel 



Brillouin, 384 

 Thermodynamics and Mathematical Optics, M. H. Resal, 



504 

 Thermomagnetic Machines, 33 

 Thermometer, a New Gas-, M. L. Cailletet, 600 

 Thermometers and Barometers, Experiments with, 72 

 Thermometry : Dr. Stapff's Measurements of the Temperature of 



the Earth in South Africa, 167 

 Thomas (Cyrus), Mound Exploration, 615 

 Thomas (H. Sullivan), Tank-Angling in India, 518 

 Thomison (C.) and C. R. A. Wright, F.R.S., Voltaic Circles 



producible by Mutual Neutralization of Acid and Alkaline 



Fluids and Various Related Forms of Electromotors, 573 

 Thompson (Elizabeth) Science Fund, 492 

 Thompson (Prof. Silvanus P.) : on the Analogies of Influence - 



Machines and Dynamos, 165 ; Height of T'ai Shan, 224 

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

 Thomson (Sir William, F.R.S.) : Electrical Measuring-Instru- 

 ments, 355 ; Rectilineal Motion of Viscous Fluid between 



Two Parallel Planes, 518 

 Thomeon's (Prof. J. J.) Discovery that Sparks in Tubes disso- 

 ciate Iodine, Bromine, and Chlorine, 303 

 Thornton (J. ), Elementary Physiography, 485 

 Thoroddsen (Th.), the Recent Earthquakes in Iceland, 2or 

 Thorpe (Prof. T. E., F.R.S): a New Magnetic Survey of 



France, 247 ; Composition of Water, 313 

 Thouars (M.) : Safety of, 302 ; Return of, 354 

 Thought, Prolegomena to the Statistics of, A. Bastian, 387 

 Throndtjem, Aurora Borealis at, 595 

 Thunderbolts, on Non- Existence of, G. J. Symons, F.R.S., 



527 

 Thunderstorms of Scandinavia, MM. Mohn and Hildebrandsson, 



614 

 Thurston (Edgar) ; Note on a Madras Micrococcus, 79 ; the 



Fish-Fauna of Rameswaram Island, 380 

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

 Tibetan Version of the Mongolian Epics of Hesser-Khan, Dis- 

 covery of a Manuscript containing a, 209 

 TidalCurrents (on), in the Open Ocean, J. Y, Buchanan,. F.R.S., 



452 

 Tidy (Prof. C. M.), Modern Chemi-try, 596 

 Tierra del Fuego, Recent Explorations in, 159 

 Tigers found in Parts of Asiatic and European Russia, 36 

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



204, 227, 251, 275, 516 

 Timepieces, Synchronizing of, 288 



Tisserand (F.), on a Point in the Theory of the Moon, 527 

 Tjoring in Denmark, Ancient Gold Armlet discovered in a 



Field at, 138 

 Todd (C), Monthly Meteorological Notes and Rainfall 



Statistics for South Australia, 615 

 Todhunter (I., F.R.S.), Solutions in Problems contained in a 



Treatise on Plane Co-ordinate Geometry, 75 

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



412 

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

 Tokio, Report of the Meteorological Observatory, 328 

 Tomlinson (Herbert), on the Recalescence of Iron, 165 ; Effects 



of Temperature on the Thermo-electric Properties of Iron 



when under Stress or Strain, 165 

 Tondini (M.), on Unification of the Calendar, 528 

 Topinard (M.), on Criminal Anthropology, 163 

 Topler (Prof ), New Method of Measurement of Magnetism of 



Gases, 576 

 Torpedo inarmorata. Electromotive Properties of the Electrical 



Organ of, Francis Gotch, 623 

 Total Eclipse of the Moon, January 28, 286, 306 

 Tourmaline, R. B. Riggs, 358 

 Toynbee (Captain Henry), Distorted Earth] Shadows in Eclipses, 



202 

 Traite de Physique Mathematique, by M. H. Resal, 504 



Trajectory of a Body moving over the Earth's Surface under the 

 Influence of Terrestrial Rotation, M. Lindelof, 543 



Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 572 



Transition Resistance at the Surface of Platinum Electrodes, 

 and the Action of Condensed Gaseous Films, by W. Peddie, 



Traube(Herr), New Instrument, Stalagmometer, for determining 



the Amount of Fusel Oil in Spirituous Liquors, 209 

 Travellers, a Hand-book for, Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen, 



603 

 Tregear (E.), the Origin of Fire, 518 

 Triglohan (T. P.), Voltaic Electricity, 533 

 Trichloride of Nitrogen, 494 

 Tridimensional Formulae in Organic Chemistry, Prof. F. R. Japp, 



F.R.S., 121 

 Trigonometrical Survey, Completion of Ceylon, 258 

 Trilobites of Primordial Fauna in Fiance, First Discovery of, 



Jules Bergeron, 360 

 Tropics, Cloud Movements in the, and Cloud Classification, 



Captain David Wilson- Barker, 129 

 Trotter (Rev. Coutts), Death of, 137 ; Obituary Notice of, by 



Prof, M. Foster, F.R.S., 153 

 Trout, American Lake ( S. namaycush), at South Kensington, 



208 

 Trouton (Fred. T.), the Temporary Thermo-Current in Iron, 



321 

 Trowbridge (Prof John) and Hutchins, Spectra of Oxygen and 



Carbon compared with that of the Sun, 47, 114 

 Trowbridge (Prof. W. P.), Interesting Discovery about Birds, 



139 

 True Average of Observations ?, Prof. Robert H. Smith, 464 

 Tubercular Virus, on the Neutralizers of. Prof. Giuseppe 



Sormani, 404 

 Tuberculosis, the Influence of Fluorhydric Acid on, 187 

 Turkistan : A. D. Carey's Journey around and across, 115 ; 



Antiquities of, M. Krasnoff, 283 

 Turner (H. H. ), Report on Total Solar Eclipse of August 29, 



1886, 52s 

 Turner (Sir W.), the Pineal Gland in the Walrus, 239 

 Turtle, Fossil, Discovery of, by Dr. Donnezan, 215 

 Tutton (A. E.) : Synthesis of Glucose, 7 ; Isolation of Fluorine, 



179 

 Tweeddale Collection, the, R. Bowdler Sharpe, 13 

 Tyler (Thomas), the Hittites, with Special Reference to very 



Recent Discoveries, 511, 536, 559, 590, 609 

 Typhoons in Hong Kong, Cause of September, Dr. W. 



Doberck, 439 



U Ophiuchi, Variable Star, S. C. Chandler, Jun., 36, 90 



Ulloa's Ring, Fog Bow and, Dr. H. Mohn, 391 



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

 Passage of Sparks, 355 



Umbria's Wave, the, C. E. Stromeyer, 151 



Umoff" (M.), Experiments on Saturation Weights of Salts, 

 542 



Unification of the Calendar, by M. Tondini, 528 



United States : National Museum, Proceedings of the, i5s'Sub- 

 marine Valleys off the Pacific Coast of the United States, 

 George Davidson, 38 ; Meteorology in the United States, 39 ; 

 Report from the Chief Signal Officer on, 156 ; Unusually 

 High Mean Temperature in Parts of the, 39 ; Six Bulletins of 

 the Geological Survey of the, 64 ; New Forms for Reports of 

 Storms, &c., issued by the Hydrographic Office of the United 

 States, 67 ; Gems and Ornamental Stones of the United 

 States, Dr. A. E. Foote, 68 ; Commission of Agriculture, 

 Prof. John Wrightson, 188 ; Monthly Weather Review, 39, 

 208, 300 ; United States Fish Commission, 316; Salt Industry 

 in the, Geo. P. Merrill, 558 



University College, Bristol, 87 



University Intelligence, 22, 95, 162, 189, 287, 307, 430, 500, 

 622 



University, Proposed Teaching for London, 331, 339 ;5 Sir 

 Philip Magnus, 393 



Upsala, University of, Presentation of a Fossil Skeleton of a 

 Whale to, 329 



Urbanschitsch (Herr), Experiments on the Reciprocal Influence 

 of Organs of Sense, 157 



Utah, Copper Minerals from, 623 



