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♦ KNOWLEDGE 



[Mat 26, 1882. 



Ocnerti— cnnfiMKrJ. 



Malsnal uri:>niimt In th* blood, n7l> 



M>ll>t'i •xiimomrton (illuttra' ■■<)), lli7 



Mao, aniiqoifj of. in Wo8t«ni Kuropp, M~ 

 „ IhpoTolulion of, l.-,7 

 ,, ■ fruit-rmlor (roiiew), 01 



Man's prop«r food, 1^2 



Mu-l, ran>laon, Mil 



„ p>lh of, from 197^ lo 18R2, 463 



M>t>ri>l«, tlrxngth n(, 304 



Mathf^matioAl Column T—IntrodQC-torT, 10; LoRar* 

 ithnii, 111; prarlioal nio of loxarlllima, HI, lllO; 

 to cif. aluna Muck into Ihrox part*, li>3; the 

 Wileh or Ai-nrai, 12H, l'k7; dilToronlJal oalculna, 

 ItM; alia ol cotio, :;it; tortoiro prohirm, 2r>ll ; 

 ut And Iho arra intrri-optod bctwprn a hTporbnIo 

 and an aaymptoto, 30i ; laws or probabi'luw, -U3, 

 4:111, 4<li', is;), r.ivt, 521, 6UI, 6110, 6I15, IIU; Iho 

 MoEul'a prohlcio, Uf-i ; Taluo of a diamond, «M ; 

 Ilornor's mrthod, 481; fair, bat nnwisc, bpItiiiK, 

 &7H ; aolntions of prohli<ms, ISii, also see 233, 

 25S, •i*i, 31)7, 328. 3HI, 3IW. 481 



May, tbf ihrfo cold days of, «00 



Mt>at presorTation, 635 



Meroe, Kthiopio inacriptions at, 189 



Meteoric oritaniaros, 'ITtl 



Meteors, no oreatiic matter in them, 267 



Meteorology, l^rofcasor Grant OD, 294 



Mfydoom, pyramid of. 228, 380 



Microscopic vision and minute life, 332 



Microscopical science, studies in (review), BOO 



Minnie life, a study in, 371, 4U, 627 



Moon, birth of, by tidal evohitiou, 320, 331, 362 

 „ the, and the weather, 247 

 „ reproducing imitations of surface of, 439 

 ,, true story of the (review), 2(>S 



Momtne work. 4:10 



Moths and butterflies (illnstrsted), 608, 024 



Motion of the earth and the Egyptians, 510 



Mould and worms (review). 14 



Movement of the earth in space, and the Egyptians, 

 379, 470 



Mumps, micrococci in, 439 



Muybridge, Mr., and rowing, 609 



Xabcotic indulgence, 673 



>'atural ruhbish heaps, 318 



Naval and submarine exhibition, 570 



Nebula in Orion, 673 



I^ewcomb's populac astronoiny, 423 



Mew comet, the, 613 

 ,, moon in April, 613 



Neptune, a planet outside, 62 



Newton and Darwin, 615 



„ as to a metiaoing comet, 404 



Niauara Falla falely descended by a dog, 574 



Jfight minima of Algol, 330 



Nights with a three.inch tele*cope (illustrated), 201, 

 (illustrated) 220, (illustrated) 20 ', (illustraled) 

 312, (illustrated) 371!, (illustrated) 445, (illus- 

 trated) 611, (illustrated) 685 



November, a mi.d, 02 



Old May-day. 582 



Origin of the laws rf nature (reriew), 333 



Orion, nebula in, 572 



Our ancestors, 351, 4<J2, 430, 559 

 ., fields, 1-6 



Our unbidden guests. 133, 155 



FALSSTtNH, survey of, 180 



Panther, a, in Vermont, 499 



Parrot, a carnivorous, 381, 471 



Pasteur, M., 571 



Pendulum, a compound (illustrated), 465 



Perfect way in diet, the (review), 91 



Perspective illusions, llo 



Petroleum as fuel, 640 



Philosophy of animal colours, 21. 41 



Photography for amateurs, -WO, 4*6, 4M, 517, 569, 

 686, 802, 621 



Plain words in science (review), 39 



Planet outside Neptune, 52 



Planets and solar spots, 10:1 



Plants in bedrooms, reasons why unhealthy, 483 



Populaliou of theearih. .".s4 



Potato, something about the, 210 



Prehistoric research in Kosaia, 108 



Prevost, E. W., our flclda, 85 ; cultivated flelds, 173 



Primarv colours, 179 



Frobabilitv, laws of, 63 



Proctor, Richard A.:— Science and R-lieion, 3, 4; 

 cometa' taila, 48 ; comets, 86 ; betting' and mathe- 

 matics, 132 ; the destroyed comet, 135 ; the great 

 pvramid, 103 ; prec ssion of the equinoxes, 218, 

 242 ; lal Boies about luck, 222 ; Dr. J. W. Draper, 

 2113 ; the great pyramid, 285, 316, 528; Young on 

 the ann, 286 ; the last transit of Venus, 333 ; the 

 menacing comrt, 310; the glories of the starlit 

 beatens, 507; Mr. Muybridge and rowinir, 5IKI ; 

 colliaioiis at sea, 6I0; the three cold daiaof April, 

 512; Charles K. Uarain, 618; Dr. Siemens on 

 solar energy, 665 ; population of the earth, 681 : 

 the coming transit of Venus, 686; the three cola 

 dais of May, 600 



Punning. 367 



P.iipl<of the ancient", 250 



Pyramid, the great, n.easure oF, 60; (illustrated), 

 103; excavations at the, 216: see also 265, 316, 

 356, 308, 411, 4113, 629 



RiiKDAHii, the (review), 36il 



Kapid motions 1 holographed, 614 



Red light, optical biiuJueia to, 630 



Red I 



, 638 



RepulsioD, eleetro-mavnetio, 020 



Riddle, the Tribunt, 18 



Ri|hl-hanHednesa, 180 



lUdwell, O. K :- Recent stadiM of Tolcanio aotioo, 



1211 : part II., 164 

 Rosa, I.ieiit.-Col. W. A.. R.A. :— Raty lessons in 

 blow.pipe oberoiatry, 197, 206, 359, 428, 471 ; the 

 green beaoi paper, 61^1 

 Rotundity of the earth, new proof of the. 6tO 

 Rowing, notes on, I>I3, 118, 416, Ifll 

 R'>val Academy, science nt the, 681, 599, 617 

 Ru'akin, Mr., on educa'ion, 119 

 Ruasiu, eiceasive drinking in, 1-9 



,, prebiatorio research in, 198 

 Safktt lamp. 180 



-Sahara pyramids, hieroglyphic inac^iptious on the, 111 

 S.ilurilay Iti-rirw, comet 01 the, 1.W 

 Saturn, the planet (illustrated), 178 

 ficienco and religion, 3, z7l 



„ and culture (review), 623 



„ at the Royal Academy, 581, 699, 617 



„ ladders (review). 292 



„ plain words in (reviowl. 39 



„ of the stars (review). 203 



„ for all (review), 292, 330 



,, teaching, 367 

 Scientific ghoata, 183 



paradox, 203 

 Seal fisberioa, f.71 

 Seeing through the hand, 241 

 Selenography, first steps in (review), 268 

 Seychelles, language of 'be. 303 

 Phaw, James, right-handedness, 130 

 Shetland, fairy-folk lore of, 6'10 

 Siemens, Dr., eolar energy, 623 

 Silvered gUss telescope, 498 



Slack. Henry J.. F.fi.S., F.R. M.S., the eye tnd the 

 microscope, 311 ; microscopic vision and minu'e 

 life, 527, 332; a study in minute life, |371, 411, 

 527 ; silvered glass telescope, 498 ; curiosities of 



Colo 



, 603 



Solar energy, the conservation of, 417, 665, 623 



,, motion and cometa from outside, 636 

 Solids, effects of compression of, 282 



„ liquids, and gases, 43, 66, 87, 109, 166 

 Soot c. pollen, 439 

 Soun.l or swim bladder of fish, 439 

 South European volcanic system, 22 

 Southern hpmisphere, temp-rature of, 540 

 Speech, partial loss of, 262, 291 

 Spel ing and punctuation (review), 377 

 Suheroidal state, notes on the, 159 

 Solders, how they fly, .ilS 

 Standard time, comparing the, 318 

 Slar-lit heavens, the glories of, 517 

 btars, science of the (revi-w). 292 



„ the, and the earth (review), 553 

 Stature alarm, an electrical, 327 

 Stone age n,en, the, 351 

 Storms, new me hod of forecasting, 537 

 Stove.heal, 367 



rtove-heated rooms, the air of, 285 

 StC'ibic circles, 421 

 Studies in life (review), 60 

 Sulphate of quinine, new method of manufacture, 



169 

 Sulphuretted hydrogen, 367 



Sulphuric acid, discovery of, in its natural state, 189 

 Sun, the, in April, 463 ; in Mav (illustrated), 657 



„ Pro'essor Young on the, 211 

 Sunday Lecture Society, 267 



Society, the, 189 

 Sunlight, colour of. 18 

 Sun wirship, Babylonian, 171 

 Sulfide, statist'cs of, (review), 134 

 Swallows, winter flight of, 213 

 Tape-wosm, the, 233 

 Telegraph, the electric, 108; the battery, 313; the 



wires and insulators. 371 

 Telescopes, lenses for, 610 

 Teutons, the, 550 

 Three cold davs of April, 612 

 Thre»-inch telescop»s, nighiswith a (illustrated), 201, 



220, 2110. 312, 376, 4J5, 511, 680 

 Time signalling, 318 

 Toad in a hole, 136 

 Toads, Tilslity of, 203 

 Tobacco, the efl'ccts of, 292, 342 

 Total eclio-e, the, 610 

 Transit of Veona, 688 

 Train.ng, 102 

 Tribune riddle. 18 

 Tricycles in 1 882, 397, the use of, 420, tricycles in 18S2, 



part 2, -154 

 Tunnel worm, the, 202 

 I^NUKALTiiY houses (review), 39 

 Vaccinatiok. Dr. Carpenter on, 319 

 Vegetable poisons, 226 

 Ventilation bv open tire-places, 373 



,, domestic, 187, 636 

 Venus in April. 1832, 513 

 „ last transit of, 333 

 „ coming transit of, 686 

 Vernier, the principle of the, 224 

 View of life, a beetle's, 508 

 Vine growth and electricity, 169 

 Volcanic action, recent studi-s of, 129, 164 



„ system, the Sonth Kuropean, 'it 



„ in Central Asia, 169 



Volume, onr new, fll7 



WAimiro rooms, 303 



Water, iia ripausion by beat, 257 



Water-pipes, bursting of, IMO 



Weather diagrams, 4li7, 619, 637, 5.S8, 673, 5^1. >•■ . 

 629 



Webb, T. W., canals on the planet Mar«,tl» 



Weed, a winter. 217 



Williams. W. M*ttien, some egotistical reminiscence*, 

 the Dirn.ingbam and Mulland Inalilure, l« , 

 solids, liquid., and ga>ea, part i., 4.'), IK), 87, Hf. 

 U6 ; aiiniversary meeting of the Birmingbaio 

 and Midland Inatilut« Union of teachers an<l 

 atudrnia, 81 ; the air of afivebeated ro ma, K, 

 ventilation br open flre-placea. 373 ; domestic ven- 

 tilation, a lesion from me coal-pits, 487, 130 



Wilaon, Dr. Anilrew, P.R.S.K , the philosophy ol 

 animal colours, 21 ; pan ii., 41 ; germs of disease 

 and death, 67, part ii., 89 ; our unbidden gaesta. 

 133, LIS; load in a hole, 138; the evolution of 

 man, 167; found links, part i., 195; part ii.. 

 222, part iii , 288, part iv., 461, part v., 488. 

 part vi.. 632 



Whiat Column: imroduclion, 42: simple wliia' 

 game, 62 ; selection of a suit, 81; ib* " Yar- 

 boroui'b " baid, IzB, 171, 191 ; forcing at wbi.t. 

 149; the lead, 216; leading an ace, 239; lead in 

 trumps, 259 ; knave lead, 281; synopsis ol lead 

 in plain suits, 3< ; wbiit problem, 349 ; an illus- 

 trative game. 394; double dummy problem, 416 : 

 the penuliimste, 410; Lord I,yiton as a »hi-i 

 plater, 6011; a two suit hand, 6I18 ; also *** li'5. 

 328, 370, 482, 481, 623, 64«, 681, 679, 616, 63J 



Women, are they inferiorto men? 8, 47 



Wood gas, ■1'15 



Wyandotte Indians, the, 158 



Yocno on the su», 286 



Young. Prof. C. A., the so called elements, 151 ; hon 

 spiders fly, 313 



COEEESPONDENCE. 



Abstbact terms in science, 274 

 Address to our readers, 73, 112 

 Algol and Mil ' 



Alun 



, 255 



tplosion of, 433 

 Ancient man, '29d 

 Angle, trirection of, 166 

 Animal language, 323 



,, phvsiology (the eye) 376 



c. vegetable food. 277 



Animals, intelligerce in, 91, 3'21, 638 



„ longev.tyin, '231 



„ reason in, 95 

 Apparatus, cheapening of, an aid to the diffoaion 



scientific knowledge, 230 

 Aqueous vapour, 116 

 Arranged squares, 273, 408 

 Asbestos paint and the safety-lamp, 322 

 Astronomical curiosity, 252 



,, sbdes, 164 



Atmospheric absorption, radiation of heat, 113 

 Atomic theorv, the, 362 

 Aurora borealis, 63J 

 BABOUETBtc oscillations, 382 

 Bacilli, 339 

 Bear, the great, 161 



,, memorv of language in a, 137 

 Beckett, Sir K.. invention in rcrew-drivers, hoV 

 Bees as flower fertilisers, 1«7, '208 

 Betelgeui, pronunciation of, "207 

 Blue and yellow, luminous iniiture of, 611 



,, ,, and green light, 611 



Botanical contrivance (illustrated), 253 

 Brain and brain cases, 121 



skull, 130 

 Break for two-wheeled vehicle, 576 

 Buttercups, 203 



,, the origin of, 167 



Caddis-wobm cases, 638 

 Caligraph, the, 457 

 Cancer, mortaliiy from, 273 

 Card drawing, pfobabilities.in, 109 

 Cassiopeia, new atar in. 164 

 Cat, intelligence of a, 363 

 Cats and dogs, 339 

 Cat's-eve timepiece, 341 



„ ■ „ Chinese, 468 



Celestial maps, 252 



„ objects, 77 

 Centrifugal force, 139, 409 

 Cheap telescope and micro'cope, 79 

 Chinese calculations, 272, 301 



,, counting, 389 

 Choanites, 251 

 Christmas roses, 478 

 Cirrus clouds, 119 

 Coal age and internal heat, 207 

 Cod-sounds and scientific privilege, 675 

 Coini'idences, series of, 433 

 Collisions at s-a, 638 

 Colours at night, &(>1 



„ in animals and plants, 143 

 ihe primarv, 96 

 Comet, the great, of 1861, 387 

 Comets, 65 

 Comets' tails, 99, 188 

 Coney of Scripture, the, 610 

 Conic section, figures of the, 55 



