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INDEX 



(W. T. Thiselton, F.R.S.) : Mr. Romanes's Paradox, 7 ; 



Physiological Selection, Prof. George J. Romanes, F. R. S., 

 103 ; Mr. Romanes on the Origin of S,>ecies, 126 

 )ymond (T. S.), Decomposition of Nitroethane by Alkalies, 190 

 )ynamo, a Simple, Frederick J. Smith, 80 

 )ynamos. Regulating, 308 

 )ziobek (Dr. O.to), Theory of Planetary Motion, 134 



Larly Races, the, of Western A<ia, Major C. R. Conder, 455 

 larth, Surface of the, Eduard Suess, Prof. H. G. Seeley, 



F.R.S., 601 

 ilarth Currents and Changes in Solar Activity, on the Connec- 

 between, Henry Crew, 557 

 irth's Crust, Foundation-Stones of the. Prof. T. G. Bonney, 

 ~,R.S., 89 

 'Earth Tremors, British Association Report, 231 



Earthquakes : F. Fouque on, 337 ; in Massachusetts, 16 ; at Digne, 

 Sikkim, and California, 86 ; at Vyernyi, 86, 208, 327 ; Tash- 

 kent, 209; in Drant Valley, 184; at Kars, 209; in Bosnia, 

 231, 613 ; in Hampshire, 231 ; Calcutta, 231, 305 ; Earth- 

 quake-Shock, Dacember 26, 256 ; Ban-dai san, Japan, 

 Vaughan Harley, 279 ; at Athens, 305, 591 ; in Sparta, 305 ; 

 in South Norway, 305 ; the Late Severe Earthquakes in Nor- 

 way, 418 ; at Honefos, Central Norway, 447 ; Switzerland, 

 Midlothian, Scotland, 305 ; at Edinburgh, 324 ; Quettah, 

 Turkestan, 327 ; in Italy, Prof. T. Taramelli and Dr. J. 

 Agamennone, 329 ; in East Lancashire, 376 ; at Klagen- 

 furt, 376 ; in Lancashire, T. R. PL Clunn, 390 : at Naples 

 and Pont de Beauvoisin, 396 ; Fleurier, Jura Mountains, 447 ; 

 Kasina, Croatia, 467 ; Aquila, in the Abruzzi, 467 ; Kastern 

 Pennsylvania, 467 ; Bologne, 495 : Aquila, 495, 518 ; Idstein, 

 Auroff, and Gorsrod, near Wiesbaden, 518 ; Alhama, 

 Granada, 518; in Japan and Sweden, 566; on the Intensity 

 of Earthquakes, with Approximate Calculations of the 

 Energy Involved, Prof T. C. Mendenhall, 380 



Earthworm of Gippsland, the Giant, Anatomy of Megascolides 

 aus/ralis, 394 ; W. B. Spencer, 387 ; Prof. James W. H. 

 Trail, 437 



Earthworm, the Tail-Bristles of a West Indian, Frank E. 

 Beddard, 15 



East Sumatra, Mammals from. Dr. F. A. Jentink, 500 



Eastbourne College, School Laboratory at, ill 



Echinoidea, the Porcupine, Prof P. Martin Duncan, F. R.S., 

 175 



Eclipses : Partial Lunar, January 16, 1889, 336 ; Total Solar 

 Eclipse, of August 29, 1886, W. H. Pickering, 61 ; Total 

 Solar, of January I, 1889, 186, 249 ; Photographs of, 396 ; 

 the Total Solar, of January I, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 

 487 



Ecuador, the Natives of, 593 



Edinburgh : Research I^aboratory of the Royal College of Physi- 

 cians, 68 ; Exhibition Surplus, Disposal of, 85 ; Royal Society 

 of, 2 1 6, 287, 334, 383, 455, 527;' Proceedings, 369; Edin- 

 burgh University Matriculated Students, 231 ; the Earthquake 

 at, 324 



Edison's Perfected Phonograph, 107 



Edkins (Dr. Joseph), Star Names amongst the Ancient Chinese, 



P.dridge-Green (F. W.), Memory, 244 



Education : Debate on the Estimates, 58 ; the Great Modern 

 Perversion of Education, Hon. Auberon Herbert, 102 ; 

 Secondary Education, 135 ; Educational Annual, 232 ; a Bill 

 for Technical Industrial Education, Prof John Perry, F. R. S., 

 284 ; Teaching of Chemistry, Robert Galloway, 339 ; Science 

 and the Report of the Education Commission, 348 ; Technical 

 Education, 565 ; Elementary Education, 612 ; Scientific Edu- 

 cation in Scotland, 16 ; Technical Education in Dundee, 545 : 

 Physical Education in France, 87 ; Education for Govern- 

 ment Service in China, 420 



Edwards (J.), Differential Calculus, 26 



Edwards (W. H.), Which are the Highest Butterflies?, 61 1 



Efflorescent Salts, D. Hooper, 495 



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



Egypt, Laws and People in Ancient and Modern, Prof. 

 V'irchow, 155 



Ehlers (Otto F.), Ascent of Kilimanjaro, 520 



Eider in Iceland, 306 



Eifel, Water Fauna of Volcanic, Dr. O. Zacharias, 112 



Eissler (M.), the Metallurgy of Gold, Prof. W. C. Roberts- 

 Austen, F.R.S. , 100 



Ekstrand (Dr.), Naphtoe Acids, 456 



Elastic Equilibrium of Arches forming Arcs of Circles, M. 

 Riviere, 528 



Elba, Phylloxera in, 157 



Electricity : Electro-Calorimetry, Sydney Evershed, 9 ; Modern 

 Views of Electricity, Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 10, 319; 

 Electric Light and Moths, 39 ; beep VVater Electric Light 

 wanted for the Pearl Fisheries, 87 ; Elementary Principles of 

 Electric Lighting, A. A. C. Swinton, 557 ; Calculation of 

 Coefficient of Mutual Induction of Helix and Coaxal Circle, 

 Prof. J. V. Jones, 118; Dispersion of Fog by Electricity, 

 Soret, 159 ; the Proposed Use of Term "Therm" in Place 

 of "Calorie," 159; Ga sner's Dry Cell, 159; Von Oettin- 

 gen's Experiments on Oscillatory Discharges of Leyden Jars, 

 159 ; Variation of Fusion- Resistance of Tin-Lead and Tin- 

 Bismuth Alloys, C. L. Weber, 159 ; Electrical Notes, 159, 

 308, 380, 520 ; Development of Electricity from Evaporation 

 of Marine Water, Prof Luigi Palmieri, 262 ; Propagation of 

 the Elec;ric Current on a ielegraph Line, M. Vaschy, 263 ; 

 Electro-dynamic Waves, Prof Hertz, 288 ; Abuse of the 

 Word Electricity, 308 ; Determination of the Ohm, F. Kohl- 

 rausch, 308 ; Prof. Rowland's Classical Berlin Experiment, 

 30S ; Lightning-Conduclors, 308 ; Regulating Dynamos, 308; 

 Prof Langley and Perception of Colour, 308 ; Helmholtz 

 and Electrified Steam, 308 ; Dr. Gore's New Instrn- 

 nient of Research, 308 ; Resistance of lilectrolytes and 

 of Graphite, Prof. J. J. Thomson, 308 ; Amberism, 

 308 ; Resistance of Cobalt in a Magnetic Field, 309 ; 

 Electric Conductibility of Salts in Solution, < n the, M. Lucien 

 Poincaire, 336; Observations Relative to M. Vaschy 's Recent 

 Note cm the Propagation of the Current in a Telegraph Line, 

 M. L. Weiller, 336; a Relation between Magnetization and 

 Speed in a Dynamo Machine, Dr. S. P. Thompson, 358; 

 H. P. Brown and G. Westinghouse on Alternating and Con- 

 tinuous Electrical Currents, 378 ; Sir William Thomson on 

 Electrostatic Measurement, 380 ; the "' Alternative" Path in 

 Discharging Leyden Jars, 380 ; the Discharge of a Leyden Jar, 

 Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 471 ; Alternative Path Leyden 

 Jar Experiments, Prof Oliver J. Lodge, F.R S., 486; Hall- 

 wachs on the Connection between Light and Electricity, 380 ; 

 Electric Oscillations, the Forces of. Treated according to 

 Maxwell's Theory, Dr. H. Hertz, Prof Oliver J. Lodge, 

 F.R.S., 402, 450, 547 ; Note on the Use of Geissler's Tubes 

 for Detecting, E. J. Dragoumis, 548 ; Electrolysis, the Phe- 

 nomena of, Violle and Chassagny, 407 ; Electrical Stress, 

 Prof. A. W. Riicker, F.R.S., 444 ; Electrotonic Variation 

 in Nerve with Strong Polarizing Currents, Prof Ruther- 

 ford, Dr. G. N. Stewart, 455 ; Electro-chemical Measure- 

 ment of the Intensity of Currents, M. A. Potier, 455 ; 

 Drops of Mercury as Electrodes, M. Ostwald, 456 ; 

 Electrostatic Measurement, Sir William Thomson, F.R.S., 

 465 ; Electric Balloon Signalling, 466 ; Electro-magnetic 

 Units, Dimensions of. Prof Riicker and Prof G. F. 

 Fitzgerald, F.R.S. ,502; Measurement of Electrical Resist- 

 ance, Dr. 1. W. Waghorne, 502 ; Electrical Measurement, 

 Prof W. E! Ayrton, F.R.S , and Prof J. Perry, F.R.S., 502 ; 

 Electric Battery, Righi, 520 ;a " Practical Man " on Electrical 

 Units, 529; the Initial Charge of Electrolysis, Piltschikoff, 

 552 ; the Clark Cell, Uses .pf Electricity, Threlfalland Pollock, 

 573 ; Magnetism and Electricity, Edward Aveling, 580 



Elementary Terms, on the, in the Co ordinates of a Planet, M. 

 Hugo Gylden, 312, 335 



Elgar (F.), the Life of William Denny, Alex. Balmain Bruce, 

 241 



Elliptical Functions, Gustave Kobb, 528 



Ellis (John W.), Queen's Jubilee Prize Essay of the Botanical 

 Society of London, 10 



Elson(S. R.) : Cyclones and Currents, 69 ; Waterspouts in the 

 Hughli, 333 



Elwes (Captam H. J.) : Butterflies of the Eastern United States 

 and Canada, 193 ; the Geographical Distribution of the Genus 

 Erebia, 407 



Embryology of Insects and Arachnids, Observations on the. Dr. 

 Adam Todd Bruce, 509 



Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, the, 543 



Emmons (S. F.), United States Geological Survey, 484 



Encyclopardia Britannica, 169, 581 ; the Dinner, 155, 183 



