♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[May 26, 1882. 



Aniwrrl to CnrrMpondenU— <v)ii(i""«i*. 

 Hriiii ».»• Ihoory, 3«l . . ., „„„ 



llrow.lor Mil "olhMinhihIled worldi, M" 

 llrumih, Mr., anil tbo LoDdun loitilulioD, tHI 

 Ciauonic oiido, 306 

 ('•!• and rain. 4HI 

 C.t'»to«cr of turning. 280 



, luirucaiinKchildrrn, 3'i» 

 rh«Dc« >ad ih.- !•"• of n»lur«, ■W7 

 Clifford, Mr. .nd Iho cri..tion,4a7 

 CloudM. how foriDfd, 1A7 

 Coram" Kill, -Nnfton'i ihi-orj of, 4»> 

 Coprrnicntlirorr, Ihc. 317 

 Co«iuic»l ••IrmpnH, and line cqaationl, IHI 

 DlTi of thr wMk »«»ociat<-d "Uh colonra, 300 

 Dpciinal poinl, rule f.>r placnj th», 070 

 ll..,lol>mc(,t.r<>m.rl<»on,3W 

 l).(r.-reiili«l cftlo..lu« and phy.ici, 237 

 Unfita how to eipreas in oontrBCt«d form, OJI 

 DreanJa. pilra-ai ientiQo viewa of, tVi 

 K vKTU rlootric currents, origin of, 631 

 Klociriu curreuu, fatal cITecu of, 677 

 KIwtricitT, tell-boona on, 677 

 Koi .on < a..a,len.», lino, by Broagb, 306 

 Ktbor of spac" and aciencp, ISS 

 Krolution and fanntus, 522 



KitraChrisiianandl'rofeMor Uniley.Snl __ 



Kvepitce of telescope, measuring the power of, 6/ < 

 K\TR and evolut'On, 366 



Keata of atreugth under mcmono inQucnce, 2o« 

 FenoiDK, 603 



Kixod stare, trembline of, 4'*2 

 Kocal image of a planet, 213 

 Koiis, 3»l 

 Kound links, 391 

 KroK a spawn and tadpoles, 237 

 FudglnK. 491 , , ,.„ 



DiLll-KO noi blinded by use of telescope, 603 

 •• Genre psinters," 280 

 •Jeology and astronomy, 302 

 t»«om-tric»l scries, dellnition of, 481 

 Glacial period eanh not approaching another, 481 

 tJod, th- einteuc- of, inferable from His works, 169 

 Grove's cell, to make one, 622 

 Ouillemio's " heavens," remnrks on, o*7 

 HiSDWiillixo and character, 237 

 Heat and light waves, 213 

 Hutlon, Mr., and vegelariasism, 43( 

 Hydrogen and balloons, 413 

 laisn curs. 3»3 . 



Ladies and scentific di»cnsBion, 212 

 Lightning coodnciors, how they act, 391 

 Logarithms, .W3 



Logarithm of a negative quantity, 4S3 

 Loxodrod.ic curve, the, 250 

 Mas's teeth, and their eigoiflcance, 330 

 Slacaulay ano iho semicolon, 603 

 MUtakes, on making, 392 

 Moan's history and Saturn a rings, 431 



imat;e and telescope, 3t>0 

 Moses, butial o', 4S1 

 Sewiox, Sir Isaac, reference to, 392 

 0*a, 'he, a lever of the second kind, 481 

 Open lire's, 317 



Optical laws, inversion of image, 4S1 

 Orbit of thee-rth, and distance of fiiet stars, H2 

 •• PabaLlxx," a theory of the earth, 413 

 Parenthesis, use of, 503 

 Wane of toe earth's p«th, nnchacging, 411 

 Peraoecti.e, la«s of, 236 • ■, j,„ ci 



Photographs : pamtmg them on glass, m oil, Sc, bdl 

 Phrenology, 393 



„ remarks on, 280 



Polygons, 213 



fopolation of the ear'h, 631 

 Primary colours, 236 

 Probabilities, theory of, 318 

 Problem, the Petersburg, 3S<2 

 Pyramid bu Iding, a theory of. 436 



builders, and the grand gallery, 432 

 curious theory respecting the, 301 

 ". measurement of great gallery, 436 

 Rainbow, curved shape of, 2l2 



,, theory of, 522 



Rotatory motion in nebulous masses, 303 

 BAiBi-l-iias, theory of their eipuUionfrom primaries, 



481 

 Bayce on Assyrian literaiure, 459 

 Segment of a sphere, attraction of, 521 

 Shape of the head, character shown by the, 623 

 Short whist, 257 

 Sirins and the sun, 412 



Sliding-seat. in rowing. 2S0 j >, ,j 



Bounds, iroitalions of things described in sound by old 



poets, •492 

 Rmall-pox and vaccination, 320 

 Smoking, effects of, 365 

 Snakes swallowing their young, 347 

 Space, dimensions of, 212 



Buontaneous generation, 320 _ , „ -on 



"^ , and Professor Tyndall, 639 



Star m'ips, for whom intended, 280 

 Stars not seen where thev actuallv are, 327 



refleciing same in water, IfJ 

 Ftorms, and their warning from America, 230 

 Strala, thickne.aof, 481 

 Bun, aitiaction of, 437 



and moon, siie of, near horizon eiplained, 237 

 S'linhglit tutting out Ure a fallacy, 305 

 Sun's restraining force on tbo eatlh 326 



Swan's lamps, 622 



TiH(iK»TiAi.i.T moving maaa, energy or, 3-; 



Telesoopaa, advioo ooncermiig ohttioe of, 67i 



1 erro.tRal eompr-.ion, Se.t.n'a eslimat. of. 213 



Ton at .arth's surface, how much attracted to the 



ElictrioBl coil, ♦'M 



Turning wheels, centrifugal tendency of, 612 

 Twinkling ol llied stars, to what due, 412 

 •Trpe-writer, the, 326 

 ViCCIlliTIo.x and small-pox, 459 



pamphlet against, 481 



Tegetaides and fruit, 481 



Vegelarianis-n, 3110 



Vernier, remarks on the, 366 



Venlililion ol sick-rooms, 438 



Venns, day of, 391 



Vivi.colion, whether right or wrong, 301 



vVABOAtifl as a river for rowing, '280 



Worms, remarks on, 237 



ZoDIACil. light, the, 491 



QUERIES. 



AnsiBACT reasoning, 316 



Actinium, 390 



After-images, 167 



Air-pump. 324 



Algol, li'2, '278 



Algoland M.ra.inj 



Almanacks and celestial maps, 234 



Alpha Cassiopeia, 210 



Aluminium,211 



Ancestors, our, 410 



Ancient man, 123 



Angle, Irisection of, 101 



Animals' food, 323 



>\uimal Isnguage, 255 



Aniline dyes, 303 



Antarctic regions, 434 



Anlipathv and sympathy, 1.2 



Ants, industry of, 145 



Aslr.nomieal slides, 101 



Astro-phitography, 434 



Atlaniic cable, 434 



Atomic theory, the, 3"3 



Axes of the planets, 167 



Bahombieb. '324 



Barometric oscillations, iis 



Bear, the great, ml, 188 



Bedrooms, plants in, 410 



Beer, fermentation of, 168 



Bees! 234 



Binocular microscope, 4.j-i 



Birds Md 'animals comparative anatomy of, 80 

 eg«s, colour of, 123 

 " a flight of, 38 

 BoUny,211,43t 



lectures, 101 

 „ works on, 279 

 Botanical, H* 



papers, 101 

 Blood analysis, 168 

 Blowpipe an.l^sis, 279 ; chemistry, 389 



self-acting, 453 

 Braiu injuries, 123 

 Brewing, 210 

 Brick-clay, 231 

 Burni' e gas, smell from, 3UJ 

 CALCVLrs, the, 255, 410 

 Calculating machines 4;8 

 Cambridee, scholarships at, 410 

 Cards, 480 . 



Ca-siopeia, new star in. 102 

 Centre of the earth. Ht> 

 Cheap telescope, 183 

 Chemical, 210 



analysis, 303 

 heating apparatus, 273 

 problem, a, 323 

 queries, 123 

 questions, 101 

 treatises, 60 

 Chemist, 323 

 the, 12' 



Cho 



, 234 



Climbing plants, 435 



Coal age and the earth's internal heat, 167 



Coflee leal', the, 168 



Colour-hearing, 278 



Commercial tables, 304 j ■ i , 



Comparative anatomy of birds and animals, S" 



Compound pendulum, 378 



Copper, engraving on, 101 



Cotton, how to make it waterproof, 16« 



Creation, las 



„ vestiges of, 101 

 Daisiis, 323 



Deep sea soundings, 80 



Dout»le refraction, 168 



Doubtful organisms, 310 



Dreams, 80 



Drying wild flowers, 364 



KoiNBUBOH University, examinations «t, 210 



KfHuvia, elTeots of, on health, 23* 



Electric, 3i3 



, circuit, '234 

 , organ, 434 

 ricity, 3»J 



„ . jbUr, -TOa 



F.leclro-platiog. 168 

 RUclrophote,the, 30^ 

 F.lhpae, ioatraiaent for deecnbing, «» 



KocnTtV; iTt axiom of Ih. flrst book of, 27^* 



F.uskarians, 458 



Evoluiion and origin of rrergre«i», 2*» 



knd geologv, 435 

 E«ript)onal season, 410 

 Eye, the, a- one of the senses, 168 



Kve'pitKe, 255 



F.,e<i(ht, 4)4 



Fallixo bodies, 14.5 



Fanre's accamolalor. 90 234, 323 



Korrier's inBuenia powder, 410 



Fine drilling, lol 



Fish, phosphorescence ot, 4J8 



Flora of the Channel Islands, 168 

 Flowers, names of, 122 

 Flying bridge, 38 



Food, forma of, 80 



Fossils, preservation from decay, -Jw 

 Frogs, 211 

 Fungi, 188 



., and lichens, 167 

 Gblatisi! plates, 123 

 Geology, 410 



Geometry, descriptive, 410 

 fferman and Bnglish, 60 

 Glacial epoch, time of, 188 

 Glass, 390 

 Glycol, 602 

 Hold, 4'iO 



Gravity, 210, 255 278, 303 

 cause of, 101 

 „ illusion, a, 123 

 Great Bear, the, 101 

 Greek verbs, future tense ot, lot 

 Gyroscope, 183 

 Haib. 323 

 Heat, 278 

 Heating room, 434 

 Hehx, a, 231 

 Homer's Iliad, 278 

 Horseradish, 23 4 

 Hot winds, cause of, 33 

 Humble bees, 188 

 ICB, 188 



,, age in Britain, 25o 

 Inclination, the earth's, 38 

 Indigo, 103 

 ' In Memoriam," 458 

 Inertia, 210 



Intensity coils, 101 r uo 



" rstellar space, temperature of, ll» 



a-mercnrial planet, 2o5 



Ivy-leaves, 303 



.Tet, 502 



John Bull, 167 



,1 ordan ba'omeler, 210 



Jupiter, 435 



latellites of, 234 

 a..,.j„.. .anguages, 188 

 Lai-lace s theory, 101 

 Latitude and longitude, 168 

 Leases, 278 

 Lectures, 321 

 Lftingman's weight, 101 

 Light aad lantern, '231 

 Lighting, 3t)4 

 Lime liaht apparatus, 410 

 Lobster, change of colour in, 4»o 

 Link, the missing, 60, 133 

 Logarithms, 6il c iai aia 



London Universitv, examinations of, 101, 4)4 

 Luminous paint, 39l> 

 Lying to, cause ol, 33 

 Magic lasiebx, 410 

 Magnetic neeole, the, 123 

 Magnelscope, 101 

 Marine boiler, 167 



id the death-rate, 8D 



,. 210 



Materials, strength of, 390 



iphone, 323 

 Microscop.", lOl 

 Moon, the, 234 



influence of the, 122 

 atmosphere of the. 123 

 bright..efSof the, 324 

 rotation of the, 101 

 Milona of Mars and Saturn, 107 

 Moses, burial o', 410 

 Mosses, 435 

 Medieval, 323 

 Medical botany. 168 

 Mental physiology, 133 

 Mercury, revolution of, 102 

 Meteorological, 43-1 

 Name of star, 167 

 Natural history. Sfi 



,, philosophy. 303 

 Nautilus, the, 231 

 Nebula;. 304 

 Neptune, densitv of. 101 

 Nickel-plating. 210 

 Obsbbtatioh of weather, 278 



