Index 



r Supplement to Natut 



')ece»iberZ, 



Electrical Discharge from Kinetic Point of View, J. E, 

 Moore, 335 ; the Weston Standard Cell, P. Kohnstamm and 

 E. Cohen, 335 ; Thermophones, F. Braun, 335 ; Electric 

 Discharge in Rarefied Gases, W. Wien, 335 ; Polarisation of 

 Rontgen Rays, L. Graetz, 335 ; Electrical Resistance at Con- 

 tacts of Two Discs of same Metal, E. Branly, 336 ; Velocity 

 •of Electrified Particles during Discharge by Ultra- Violet 

 Light, H. Buisson, 336 ; the Electrical Resistance and Micro- 

 Structure of Alloys, Saville Shaw, 356 ; a Five-Cellar Quad- 

 rant Electrometer, Prof. Haga, 360 ; Electrodynamics : the 

 Direct Current Motor, C. A. Carus-Wilson, 366 ; Obituary 

 Notice of Dr. John Hopkinson, F.R.S., 419 ; Influence of 

 Electricity on Sedimentation of Turbulent Liquids, W. 

 Spring, 422 ; Essai sur la Theorie des Machines Electriques 

 a Influence, V. Schaffers, 466 ; an Introductory Course of 

 Practical Magnetism and Electricity, J. Reginald Ashworth, 

 466 ; International Conference of Terrestrial Magnetism and 

 Atmospheric Electricity, Opening Address by Prof. A. W. 

 Riicker, Sec. R.S., President of the Conference, 473 ; Prof. 

 A. D. Waller, F.R.S., on the Influence of Salts upon the 

 Electromobility of Medullated Nerve, 482 ; Microscopic Ob- 

 servations of Coherers, L. Arons, 491 ; Electrolytic Solution 

 •of Platinum and Gold, M. Margules, 491 ; Canalisations 

 Electriques, R. V. Picou, 519 ; Prof Chattockon Experiments 

 to Determine the Velocity of Electricity in the Electric Wind, 

 533 ; Electrosynthesis, W. G. Mixter, 539 ; the Jungfrau 

 Railway, 550 ; Nature of Discharges in Air and Gases, Prof. 

 John Trowbridge, 604 ; on the Application of the Electric 

 Motor to the Engineering Workshop, A. Siemens, II. H. 

 Gibbings, and W. Geipel, 608 ; Magneto and Electric Cur- 

 rents, Prof. J. A. Fleming, 614 ; Photographing Lightning 

 by Day, F. H. Glew, 627 ; Mixture of Marsh Gas and Air 

 not exploded by Glowing Filaments of Incandescent Lamp, 

 H. Couriot and J. Meunier, 635 ; Variation of Dielectric 

 Constants with Temperature, 11. Pellat and P. Sacerdote, 

 635 ; See also Section A, British Association 

 Elephant, the Strangling of an, 115 

 Ellis (William, F.R.S ), Sun-spot Period, 61 ; Magnetism and 



Sun-spots, 78 

 Elsden (J. V.), Applied Geology, 615 

 Elster (J.), Modification in Quadrant Electrometer, 117 

 Embryos, Hybernating Reptilian, G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S. ,619 

 Emery (Dr. C. E.), Death of, 206 



Emmons (S. F.), Geology of the Denver Basin in Colorado, 82 

 Encke's Comet, 160 ; the Movement of, Prof. Reginald A. 



Fessenden, 520 

 Endosperm, on the Depletion of the, of Hordeum vulgare 

 during Germination, Horace T. Brown, F.R.S., and F. 

 Escombe, 331 

 Energy, the Doctrine of, a Theory of Reality, 269 

 Engineering : Experiments on the Working of Gas Engines, 

 Prof. Frederick W. Burstall, 21 ; Death of Sir Robert 

 Rawlinson, 131 ; Science in the Theatre, Edwin O. Sachs, 

 162 ; Death of Sir J. N. Douglas, F.R.S., 177 ; Death of 

 Dr. C. E. Emery, 206 ; the Oldest known Steam Engine, 255; 

 Machine Drawing, Thomas Jones and T. Gilbert Jones, 543 ; 

 Novel Plan of increasing Dock Capacity, 582 ; on the Appli- 

 cation of the Electric Motor to the Engineering Workshop, 

 A. Siemens, H. H. Gibbings, and W. Geipel, 608 ; En- 

 gineering Education, Sir W. H. White, 634 

 English Lexicon, a Maori, Rev. W. Colenso, 364 

 Enock (Fred), Aquatic Hymenopteron, 175 

 Entomology: Entomological Society, 71, 189, 611; Horn- 

 Feeding Larvae, W. H. McCorquodale, 140; Capt. G. G. 

 Traherne, R.A., 521 ; Larvae in Antelope Horns, Dr. Henry 

 Strachan, 468 ; W. H. McCorquodale, 468 ; Maggots in 

 Sheep's Horns, W. H. McCorquodale, 546; Death of W. M. 

 Maskell, 108 ; Varieties of Abraxas grossulariata. Rev. J. 

 Greene, no; Drinking Habits of Butterflies and Moths, T. 

 W. Tutt, no; Obituary Notice of Osbert Salvin, F.R.S., 

 128 ; Food of the Uropoda, Surgeon-Captain Cummins, 189 ; 

 Anatomy of Cephalodisctis dodecalophus. Dr. A. T. Master- 

 man, 190; Observations on the Coloration of Insects, 

 Brunner von Wattenwyl, 193 ; Lead-boring Insects, Dr. L. O. 

 Howard, 230 ; a Text-Book of Entomology, including the 

 Anatomy,Embryology and Metamorphoses of Insects, for Use 

 in Agricultural and Technical Schools and Colleges, Prof 

 Alpheus S. Packard, 244 ; Gigantic Centipede in Zoological 

 Gardens, 326 ; South African Coleoptera, L. Peringuey, 423 ; 

 the Classification of Insects, Dr. David Sharp, 425 ; Evolu- 

 tion of Colour in Lepidoptera, M. C. Piepers, 425 ; Relation of 



Colours of Lepidoptera Chrysalids to Colour of Environment, 

 M. Bordage, 425 ; Traces of Six Primitive Segments in 

 Insects' Heads, Ch. Janet, 426 ; Handbuch der Blutenbiologie 

 unter zugrundelegung von Hermann Miiller's Werk, " Die 

 Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten," Dr. Paul Knuth. 

 Francis Darwin, F.R.S., 434; a New Coccms, Echinospora 

 ventricosa, L. Leger, 516; Individual Wing- Variation in 

 Lepidoptera, W. L. W. Field, 524 ; Precis octavia-7tatalensis 

 and P. Sesamtis Seasonal Forms of same Species, G. A. K. 

 Marshall, 611 ; Colouring of Pupae of Papilio machaon and 

 P. napi derived from Surroundings, F. Merrifield, 611; 

 Asagena phalerata, H. W. Freston, 635 



Epidemics among Mice, W. F. Kirby, 223 



Equations, Partial, Differential, E. Goursat, 266 



Eristalis tenax in India, the Occurrence of. Notes on the 

 Bugonia-Superstitions, Kumagusu Minakata, loi 



Errera (Prof. G.), Asymmetry and Vitalism, 616; Theoretical 

 Calculation of Osmotic Optimum, 633 ; Structure of Yeast 

 Cell, 633 ; Process for Preserving Flowers in Natural Colours, 

 J, M. Hillier, 208 ; Errors, the Theory of ; a Theory of 

 Recurring Means, C. Lagrange, 487 



Eruptions, Geyser, some Conditions affecting, T. A. Jaggar, 

 jnn., 261 



Eschenhagen (Dr.), on the Magnetic and Electrolytic Actions 

 of Electric Railways, 533 



Escombe (F. ), on the Depletion of the Endosperm of Hordeum 

 vulgare during Germination, 331 



Espin (Rev. T. E.), a Catalogue of Fourth-Type Stars, 401 



Essays on Museums and other Subjects connected with Natural 

 History, Sir William Henry Flower, K.C.B., and Prof. R. 

 Meldola, F.R.S., 217 



Essex, the Mammals, Reptiles and Fishes of, H, Laver, 242 



Estuaries, Crannogesin, W. F. Sinclair, 521 ; R. J. Ussher, 571 



Ether, the Jelly Theory of the, C. Barus, 634 



Etheridge (R.), on the Relation and Extension of the Franco- 

 Belgian Coal-field to that of Kent and Somerset, 558 



Ethic, Moral Sense and. Dr. St. George Mivart, 294 



Ethnology : Death of Prof. F. MuUer, 108 ; the Atoll of 

 Funafuti, EUice Group : its Zoology, Botany, Ethnology, and 

 General Structure, based on Collections made by Mr. Charles 

 Hedley of the Australian Museum of Sydney, N.S.W., 221 ; 

 Cast Metal Work from Benin, 224 



Etiology and Prevention of Malarial Fever, the. Dr. E. Klein, 

 F.R.S., 175 



Etymology : the Use of Digraphs, F. A. Bather, 412 



Euclid on Balances and the Lever, an Obsolete Book of. Dr. G. 

 Vailati, 207 



Euclid, a Simplified, W. W. Cheriton, 150 



Euclid's Geometry ? is Continuity of Space necessary to, W. M. 

 Strong, 310 



Euphrates, Nippur ; or. Explorations and Adventures on the, 

 J. P. Peters, 243 



Europe, the Tailless Batrachians of, G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., 



567 



Evans (Sir John), on the Relation and Extension of the Franco- 

 Belgian Coal-field to that of Kent and Somerset, 559 



Evaporation, Dendritic Patterns caused by. Prof. G. H. Bryan, 

 F.R.S., 174; Catherine A. Raisin, 224 



Everdingen (E. van, jun.), Hall's Effect in Electrolytes, 288, 



514 



Evershed (J.), Solar Radiation, 619 



Evolution : the Origin and Growth of the Moral Instinct, 

 Alexander Sutherland, 241 ; Mathematical Contributions to 

 Theory of Evolution, V., Reconstruction of Stature of Pre- 

 historic Races, Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 286; the Distribution 

 of Prepotency, Prof. Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 292 ; Moral Sense 

 and Ethic, Dr. St. George Mivart, F.R.S., 294; the Origin 

 and Significance of Spines, C. E. Beecher, 335, 539, 635 ; 

 the Descent of Man, Prof. Haeckel, 427 ; the Brain of Pithe- 

 canthopus erectus, E. Dubois, 427 ; Organic Variations and 

 their Interpretation, J. T. Cunningham, 593 ; Rev. George 

 Henslow, 594 ; Prof. W. F. R. Weldon, F.R.S., 595 ; Walter 

 Garstang, 619 



Ewan (Dr. Thos.), the Industrial Applications of Electro- 

 chemistry, 112 



Examinations, Right Hon. Arthur Balfour on, 634 



Examinations, Science and Art, 435 



Expedition, the German Polar, 397 



Experimental Physics, Eduard Riecke, Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S., 

 566 



Explosifs Nitres, J. Daniel, 4 



