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INDEX 



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Minor Planejt No. 267, 455 ; Astronomische Gesellschaft, 

 476 ; Neuchatel Observatory, Dr. Hirsch, 477 ; Wedge 

 Photometer, Prof. Pickering, 477 ; Differential Formulas for 

 Variation of Element of an Orbit, R. Raclau, 480 ; New 

 Variable, Prof. Lewis Boss, 501 ; Dearborn Observatory, 

 Prof. Hough, 501 ; the Spectra of Hydrogen, Oxygen, and 

 Water Vapour, Prof. Griiiiwald, 501 ; on the Problematic 

 Satellite of Venus, Prof. Stroobant, 503 ; Observations of 

 Olbers' Comet (1815 I.), 504 ; Cordoba Observatory, 527 ; 

 New Minor Planet, 527 ; Olbers' Comet, 1887, W. H. 

 Brooks, 527 ; Provisional Elements of Brooks's New Comet, 

 (August 24), MIVI. Rambaud and Sy, 528 ; on the Organiza- 

 tion of the Astronomical Service in the United States, M. 

 A. Laussedat, 528; Flamsteed's Stars "Observed but not 

 Existing," Prof. C. H. F. Peters, 542 ; Corrigenda in Various 

 Star-Catalogues, Prof. Peters, 543 ; the " Satellite " of Venus, 

 M. Stroobant, 543 ; the Leander McCormick Observatory, 

 Prof Ormond Stone, 543 ; the Nice Observatory, M. Perro- 

 tin, 543 ; Proper Motion of LI 26481, J. Tebbutt, 564; the 

 Washburn Observatory, 564 ; New Minor Planet, Dr. Peters, 

 588 ; Olbers' Comet, Herr O. Tetens, 588 ; Southern Double 

 Stars, 588 ; Parallax of 2 2398, Dr. E. Lamp, 616 ; New 

 Minor Planet, Dr. Knorre, 616; Liverpool Astronomical 

 Society, 623 



Ataxy, Experiments on Origin of. Dr. Goldschneider, 384 



Atlantic Weather Chart, 178 



Atlantic, North, Ocean, Earthquake in, 183 



Atlantic, Upper Cloud Movements in the Equatorial Regions of 

 the, Capt. David Wilson- Barker, 197 ; Hon. Ralph Aber- 

 cromby, 222 



Atlas, Queen's Jubilee, 208 



Atlas, Statistical, of India, 615 



Atmospheric Electricity, Nahrwold's Experiments on, 2S0 ; 

 Observations of. Prof. L. Weber, 548 



Atmospheric Pressure, Colliery Explosions and, Hy. Harries, 



437 

 Atomic Weight of Gold, J. W. Mallet, F.R.S., 568 

 Atomic Weight of Zirconium, Dr. G. H. Bailey, 568 

 Atoms, the Inter-molecular Arrangement of. Prof. J. Wislicenus, 



280 

 Atropine, on the Constitution of, Prof. Ladenburg, 570 

 Aubel (Van), Nature of Chemical Action between Acids and 



Zinc, 400 

 August Meteors of 1887, W. F, Denning, 407 

 Atik, the, 64 



Aurorse Boreales, at Throndhjem and New Vork, Remarkable, 89 



Australia : the Diamond-drill Bore in, C. S. Wilkinson, 210 ; 



Australian Promotion of Antarctic Exploration, 211 ; Fauna 



of, Meyrick, 215 ; Dr. von Lendenfeld's Explorations of the 



Australian Alps, 283 ; Meteorology of the Australian Alps, 



Dr. von Lendenfeld, 348 : Australian Museum of Sydney, 



5or 



Auwers (Prof.), Researches on the Diameter of the Sun, 256 



Axon (W. E. A. ), Colour Names amongst the English Gypsies, 



599 

 Ayrton (Prof. W. E., F.R.S.) and Prof. John Perry, F.R.S., 



the Secohmmeter, 129 ; Note on Beams fixed at Ends, 191 

 Ayrton (Prof., F.R.S. ), Magnetic Resistance, 262; Magnet 



Ammeters and Voltmeters, 263 

 Azemar (Pere), on the Stieng Tribe, 501 

 Azimido Compounds, on the Constitution of, Drs, Noelting 



and Abt, 569 



Babylonian Seals, Dr. W. II. Ward, III 



Bacillus of Malaria, 613 



Backhouse (T.W.) : Iridescent Clouds, 77 ; Bishop's Ring, 102, 



365 ; Sky-coloured Clouds, 269, 365, 556 ; the Perception of 



Colour, 531 ; the Law of Error, 531 

 Bacteria : the Effect of Freezing on. Dr. T. M. Prudden, 89 ; 



Influence on Organic Substances in Water by Development 



of, S. Leone, 209 ; on the Presence of, in the Lymph, &c., of 



Living Fish and other Vertebrates, Prof. J. C. Ewart, 25 1 ; 



Photography of, Edgar M. Crookshank, Dr. E. Klein, 



F.R.S., 316, 388 

 Baden, Meteorology in, 324 

 Bailey (Dr. G. H.): the Atomic Weight of Zirconium, 568; 



Absorption-Spectra of Rare Earths, 570 ; Absorption- Spectra 



of the Haloid Salts of Didymium, 570 



Baird (Spencer F.), Obituary Notice of, R. Bowdler Sharpe, 397 



Baker (B.), Bridging the Firth of Forth, 79 



Balance, Hughes's Induction, J. Cook, 605 



Balances, Torsion, Dr. A. Springer, 569 



Balfour (Surgeon-General Edward), Agricultural Pests of India, 



169 

 Ball (John, F.R.S.), Flora of North Patagonia, 539 

 Ball (Dr. L. de), the Orbit of the Minor Planet Eucharis, 16 

 Ball (Sir Robert S., F.R.S.), a Dynamical Parable, 424 

 Balloon, Captive Kite, E. Douglas Archibald, 278 

 Balloon Ascent, Jovis and Mallet, 374 



Ballooning : a New Varnish for Textile Materials, Jovis, 376 

 Ballot, Solution of a Problem of Probabilities concerning the, 



J. Bertrand, 432 

 Baltic Canal, the, 136 



Banded Gneisses, the Origin of, J. J. H. Teall, 590 

 Barbier (M. Ph.) and M. Leo Vignon, on a New Mode of 



Formation of the Substituted Safranines, 615, 624 

 Barnard (E. E.), Discovery of a New Comet by (May 12, 1887, 



c), 65: Dr. E. Lamp, 90; Dr. H. Oppenheim, 113, 138; 



Dr. II. Kreutz, 401 

 Barus (Carl), Viscosity of Steel and its Relations to Temperature, 



479 ; Effects of Magnetization on the Viscosity and the 



Rigidity of Iron and .Steel, 575 

 Batavia Observatory, 184 



Bath (W. Harcourt), Sparrow Chasing Pigeons, 4 

 Baths, Effect of, on Chemical Phenomena of Respiration and 



Nutrition, 89 

 Bathy-hypsographical Map of the British Isles and Surrounding 



Seas, Report of the B.A, Committee appointed to make 



Suggestions with Reference to the Production of a, 518 

 Baumann (Dr. Oscar), on the Island of Fernando Po, 617 

 Bavaria, Earthquake in, 376 

 Baxendell (Joseph, F. R. S. ): Death of, 563; Obituary Notice 



of. Prof. Balfour Stewart, F.R.S., 585 

 Beard (J.), Parietal Eye in Fishes, 246, 340 

 Beare (Thos. Hudson), 279 

 Beaver Colonies in Norway, 210 



Beddard (F. E. ), on the Structure ol Fratoxula arctica, 593 

 Bees, Fertile Workers, F. R. Cheshire, 47 

 Belfast Lough, Occurrence of Sterna anglica in. Prof. Robert O. 



Cunningham, 582 

 Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 88 

 Belgium, on the Influence of the Various Geological Formations 



in, M. Navez, 617 

 Bell (Prof.), Grouse Disease, 240 



Bell (L. ), Recent Determinations of Absolute Wave-length, 524 

 Bell (Robert George), the Pliocene Beds of St. Erth, Cornwall, 



591 

 Belon (Pierre), Unveiling of a Statue to the Memory of, 586 

 Bender (Dr. C), Remarkable Relations between certain 



Physical Constants and Chemical Valency, 375 

 Bengal, Asiatic Society of, 95 ; the Recent Cyclone in Bay of, 



136, 306 

 Benham (W. B.), Recent Researches on Earthworms, 70, 593 

 Bennett (Dr. Alfred W.), British Association Sectional Pro- 

 cedure, 197 

 Bennettites, on Count Solms-Laubach, 593 

 Ben Nevis Observatory, 253, 430 ; Meteorological Office, 



Criticisms on, 452 ; Report of the B.A. Committee on, 498 ; 



Hygrometry of Ben Nevis, H. N. Dickson, 548 

 Berlin : Academy of Sciences, 254 ; Chemical Society, 42 ; 



Meteorological .Society, 24, 119; Physical Society, 96, 119, 



144, 216 ; Physiological Society, 48, 96, 123, 168, 383 

 Bernthsen (Prof.), Methylene Blue and Methylene Red, 569 

 Berthelot, Recoura, and Louguinine, Heats of Combustion, 



167 ; on Transition between Aromatic and Fatty Series, 312 ; 



Researches on Drainage, 624 

 Berthelot and Andre, on the Liberation of Ammonia by 



Vegetable Soils, 72 

 Berthelot and Fabre, the Different States of Tellurium, 118 

 Bertrand (J. ), Solution of a Problem of Probabilities concerning 



Ballot, 432 

 Bertrand (M, J.), Thermodynamics, 528 

 Bettany (G. T.), Life of Chas. Darwin, 124 

 Bevan (Th. ), Discovery of Two New Rivers in New Guinea, 



478 

 Bezold (Prof, von), Newton's Law of Colour-mixing, 119 

 Bibliotheque Geologique de la Russie, 400 

 Bidwell (Shelford), on Magnetic Torsion of Iron Wires, 143 



