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INDEX 



JADIE (Antoine d'), Alpine Maze, 79, 247 

 )e (Cleveland), Treatise on Meteorological Apparatus and 

 Methods, 340 



Abbot (T. K.), Elementary Theory of Tides, 148 



Abercromby (Hon. Ralph) : Instructions for observing Clouds on 

 Land and Sea, 126 ; Seas and Skies in many Latitudes, 247 ; 

 Upper Wind Currents over the North Atlantic Doldrums, 

 437 



Aberdare Hall, University College, Cardiff, Report of Com- 

 mittee, 519 



Abhandlungen und iJerichte des K. Zoologischen und Anthro- 

 pologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden, 257 



Abney (Captain W. de W. ) : Measurement of Luminosity of 

 Coloured Surfaces, 165 ; Instructions in Photography, 317 



Aborigines of Queensland, R. L. Jnck, 544 



Absorption Spectrum of Iodine, M. B. Hasselberg, 518 



Achromatism of Interferences, Mascart, 551 



Acids, Note on the Action of, upon Ultramarine, Prof. W. N. 

 Hartley, F.R.S., 355 



Actinaria, Two New Types, Dr. G. H. Fowler, 164 



Actinometric Observations at Kief, R. Savelief, 407 



Actinometric Observations, Monlpellier Observatory, MM. 

 Houdaille and Mazade, 504 



Action of Acids upon Ultramarine, Note on the, Prof W. N. 

 Hartley, F.R.S., 355 



Action of Pure Water, and of Water saturated with Carbonic 

 Acid Gas, on the Minerals of the Mica Family, Alex. John- 

 stone, 478 



Adair ([. F.), the Velocity of Transmission through Sea- water 

 of Disturbances caused by Explosions, 572 



Adams Prize, Subject for the, 525 



Afforestation in China, 593 



Africa : Dr. Schweinfurth's African Collections, 207 ; the Un- 

 known Horn of, F. L. James, 247 ; F. S. Arnot's Explora- 

 tions, 259, 497 ; Dr. Meyer's Explorations, 259 ; Lake Liba, 

 Dr. ZintgrafI', 283 ; Stanley's Letter to Tippoo Tib, 283 ; 

 Captain Trivier's Expedition, 308 ; Lake Tanganyika, 308 ; 

 the Lomami River, 399 ; Captain Vangele's Exploration of 

 the Welle-Mobangi River, 421 



Agamennone (Dr. J.), Earthquakes in Italy, 331 



Agassiz (Prof. A.), Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 

 College, 595 



Agnevv (Lieut. Vans), Course of the Lu River, 450 



Agriculture : the Spanish Cork-tree Caterpillar and its Enemies, 

 18 ; Insect Pests of Valencia, 41 ; Agricultural Tables, &c., 

 Sidney Francis, 257 ; Journal of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society, 261 ; Herbage of Old Grass-land, Dr. W. Fream, 

 261 ; Forestry, Prof. Curtis, 261 ; Agricultural Industries of 

 Ceylon, J. Ferguson, 363 ; Agriculture in Hungary, Sir A. 

 Nicholson, 496 ; the Best Forage Crops, Drs. Stebler and 

 Schroter, Prof John Wrightson, 578 ; Results of Experiments 

 upon the Growth of Potatoes at Rothamstcd, Dr. Gilbert, 595 



Air, Exhaled, the Toxic Quality of, not dependent on Carbonic 

 Acid, Brown-Sequard and D'Arsonval, 407 



Air-tight Subdivisions in Ships, J. V. Buchanan, F.R.S., 608 



Aitken (John), Ap aratus for Counting the Dust Particles in the 

 Atmosphere, 455, 527 



Alaska Glaciers, Visit to, Harold W. Topham, 568 



Albert (Prince, of Monaco), on the Nutriment of Castaways at 



Sea, 239 

 Albery (Albert), the Floral King, a Life of Linnceus, 257 

 Aldis (Prof W. Steadman), Spherical Eggs, 581 

 Aldrich (Captain), Account of Soundings taken near the Friendly 



Islai.ds, 39 

 Alexander (T.) and A. W. Thomson, Two-nosed Catenaries, 

 and their Application to the Design of Segnnental Arches, 

 570 

 Alga-, Genus Adenocystis, Prof. F. R. Kjellman, 456 

 Algae, Recent Works on, Mrs. Mary P. Merrifield, 250 

 Algebra, Oliver, Wait, and Jones, 26 

 Algebraic Differential Equations, on the Singular Points of the 



Common, Dr. J. Mciller, 456 

 Algebraical Exercises, H. S. Hall and S. R. Knight, 26 

 Algeria, the Barbary Ape in, Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., 30 

 Algerian Locust, Habits and Natural History of the, J. Kiinckel 



d'Herculais, 614 

 Allen (Grant), Force and Energy, a Theory of Dynamics, 289 

 Alloys, Application of Raoult's Depression of Melting-point 



Method to, Heycock and Neville, 597 

 Alloys, Metals and, on some Curious Properties of. Prof W. 



Chandler Roberts- Austen, F.R.S., 83 

 Alloys, Ternary, the Alloys of Lead, Tin, and Zinc, Wright 



and Thompson. 596 

 Alpine and Caucasian Scenery, Photographs, 494 

 Alpine Haze, 31; Prof John Tyndall, F.R.S., 7; Antoine 

 d'Abbadie, 79, 247; Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis, 55; W. 

 Clement Ley. 183, 270 ; George F. Burder, 247 

 Alps: Alpine Physiography, Prof. T. G. Honney, F.R.S.,361 ; 

 Alpine Winter in its Medical Aspects, A. Tucker Wise, 148 ; 

 Crystalline Koc. s of the Alps, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 

 191 ; the Alps, Prof, F. Umlauft, Prof. T. G. Bonney, 

 F.R.S., 361 ; Forestry in Maritime Alps, Consul Harris, 

 327 

 Altaic Granites, Dr. A. Bialoveski, 30 

 Aluminium and the Allied Metals, Constitution of the Chlorides 



of, Dr. B. Brauner, Dr. Sydney Young, 318 

 Aluminium Compounds, Molecular Formula: of. Dr. Sydney- 

 Young, 536 

 Aluminium, on the P'ormulre of Chlorides of, and the Allied 



MetaN, Dr. Sydney You'-g, 198 

 Aluminium Methide, Vapour Density of, Dr. Quincke, 495 

 Aluminium, on the Valency of, M. Alphonse Combes, 447, 456 

 Amber, Dr. A. B. Meyer, 105 



Amberism, Proposed Title for Static Electricity, 308 

 America : American Medical Congress, 16 ; American Meteoro- 

 logical Journal, 23, 59, 447 ; National Geographic Society of 

 the United States, 308 ; National Geographic Magazine, 

 308; American Society of Naturalists, 327 ; Science Teaching 

 in Schools, 518; American Naturalist, 468; A. T. Drum- 

 mond, on Lake Superior, 468 ; Origin of the Name of 

 America, M. Jules Marcou, 498 ; American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, 310, 466 : American Journal of 

 Mathematics, 310, 571 ; American Journal of Science, 23, 70, 

 189, 310, 429, 525. {See a/so United States ) 

 Amidogen : the Hydrate of, 377 ; Remarkable Salts of, Drs. 

 Curlius and Jay, 419 



