ilAY 20, 1882.] 



• KNOWLEDGE 



Qaeriei^eontinued. 



Old atlas, 361 



Old pnnU of flowers, restoring the colours of, 316 



Opium, 279 



Optical illnaioiw, ICl, 167 



Oreaoic compounds, tJS 



Orrerr, SO 



Paist, a DOQ-condnctor, 480 



P»IiE'>notaDT, 279 



ParaOio, 34U 



ParallelopipedoD, 167 



PeDcil-point protectors, 3»3 



Fnoto^rapbic, 3&0 



studio, 410 



Photography, 364 



Physiography, 323 



PigmcDts, 364 



Planetary movements, 122 

 ring', 101 



Pneumatic bell, 167 



Pole, the, 234 



Polar sun, the. 323 



Preserraiion of zouphytea, 4o., 255 



Probabilities, 123 



,, apparent paradox in, 410 



Prose composition, 324 



Psychology, 27S 



Puzzle, a fifteen. 33 



Pyramids, aotiquitj of the, 1>2 



r-yrologicl, -434 



QciBlz in ct a', 410 



Qaiclisands, 410 



Quicksilver, noD>poisonous, 279 



Quotation, 502 



Radiometbb. the, 122 



Railway collisions, 167 



Bainbow, 123 



Baior, 410 



Eefrigerator, 273 



Ketrogradation of a planet, 60 



Bnsr, »s9 



Saksibi tablet, 435 



8aJt, 3ao 



Satelhtes, 273 



Scent, what is a, 234 



Scientitic terms. 390 



Screw-propeller, 167 



Seal lisbenes, 454 



Seismometer, 122 



Sertnlarias, the preservation of, 255 



Shocking coil, 434 

 Shortest day, the, 234 



Shorthand, 234 



Sliver, 410 



Singing voice, breaks in the, 459 



Sinking Funds, 48 > 



Sinus and Orion, 102 



Smelling salts, 390, 410 



Sodom and Gomorrao, destruction of 410 

 Bolar heat, 101 

 „ ,, experiments en, 123 

 ,, storms, 122 



„ system, illumination of, 101 

 Solids, illusory figures, 167 

 Solutions, cold saturated, 255 

 Sound, its penetrating force, 102 

 Sp.nisb botany. 323 

 Spectrum of Actinium, 346 

 Sphere, volume of, 38 

 Stamina, 390 

 Star letten and numbers, 102 



., catalognes, 234 

 Stars, the, in nonhem and southern latitudes, 193 



„ heat from the, 211 

 Stone on rolling wheels, SO 

 Stonebenge, 434 

 Strata, 364 



Students' societies, 234 

 Sub-tegmine >>gi, 434 

 Sugar analvsis, 346 

 Sulphur cast, 364 



Summer days and winter nights, 145 

 Bun at bis nea'eet, 234 



„ diameter of the, 210 



„ oial, 38 



Sun's beat, cessation of, 210 

 Snnligbl on flres, 18s 

 TlLiPHO»I, the, 303 

 lalescope, 323 



,» a cheap, 183 

 u a reflecting, 390 

 „ garden-stand lor, m 

 Telewopes. pou-schromatic, 234 

 Tennyson, 279 

 Terrible dreams, 123 

 Tertiary f.ssils, 410 

 Thoracic integritv. 384 

 Thuniierstoroiii, action of. 255 

 Tune and teuperature, measures of, 390 

 Toads, 123 



Tobacco and science, 278 

 _ ., eflVcts of, 410 

 Tortois.s, 211 

 Training, 80 



Transparent sobds, ijluiory fignies of, 167 

 Three-handed chess, 101 

 Trichice, 278 

 Tncycles, 453 

 UtTUn Thcls, 38 

 Dniyene, the unseen, 14j 



University of London, B.So. Exam., 431 



Uranus, sa'ellites ot 2"9 



Vkgftablb food. 3t>4 



Vegetarianism, 410. 434 



Velocity of sound, 60 



Ventriloquism, 364 



Venus transit ol, 1883, 108 



Vines, 316 



Volt.io HlectricitT,279 



Vulcan, the planet, 101 



Wisp siiogs, 145 



Warmth at night, 921 



Wasted energy, 101 



Watch jewels, 145 



„ pivuta. 145 

 Water of Ayr stone. 1 15 



„ spheroides, 64) 

 Weight and pulley, 211 



REPLIES TO aUEElES. 



Abstbact reasoning, 390 



Algol, H« 



Almanacks and celestial maps, 279 



Aluminium, 236, 25B 



Anatomy, comparative, of birds and animals, 102 

 123, 124 



Ancient m.n, 146, 168, 279 



Animal Unguaize, 324 



Aniline dyes. 346 



Antiquity of man shown in the Nile mud> 169 



AsbestOB paint and the salety-lamp, 347 



Atomic theory, the, 326, 346 



Blowpifb. a self-acting, 521 

 „ chemistry, 435 



Beer, fermentation in, 303 



Biological — the ape and man, S46 



Blue streaks in brick clay, toe, 303 



Botanical, 48 J 



Botany, 480 



Brain injuries, 146 

 „ troubles, 189 



Brewing, 390 



Burning gas. smell from, 436 



Burial if Moses. 458 



Cancbb, mortality from, 325 



Cassiopeia, new star in, 146 



Cheap microscope and telescope, 134 

 „ telescope, 211 



Chemical, 235, 256 



„ analysis, 325, 346, 410 

 ,, problem, 364 



,1 queries. 168 



„ questions, 125, 146 



treatises, 123 



Chemist, exaii.ination for, 4c., 364 



Chin, the, 211 



Choaoites. 303 



Climbing plants. 502 



Coal age and imernal heat of the earth, 211 



Cold in the head, care of a, 453 



Colliery tpoil banks. 602 



Collodion plates, 169 



Creation, 211 



Dbsigxs, Messrs. J. and E. Hall's, 324 



DoUinger, the Eev. W. H., papers of the 235, 256 



Doubtful organisms, 235, 279 



Drawing, 4.58 



Drying wild flowers, 410 



Kabth. inclina'ion of ihe, 60, 80, 123 



Keinburgh University, exaiuiuaiions at, 235 



Electric, 435 



Electric.l, 346 



Klectricitv, 34«, 436, 458 



Electro-metallurgy, the art of, 324 



„ plaliog, 435 

 England and Wales, map rf.410 

 Equatorial adjnstment <>f, 538 

 Evergreens, origin of, 279 

 Eye, the, as one of the i-eii'cs. 211 

 PatTBK's accumuUtor, 124, 324, 435 

 Flight of birds, 60 

 Flowers, names of. 211 

 Food, forms of, 102 

 Foraminifera of chalk, 435, 458 

 Frogs, 235 



Fungi and lichens, preservation of, 211, 235 

 Gabde.v tripod for telescope, 145 

 Geographical maps, 410 

 Geometry, descriptive, 430 

 German and Engiish, 123 

 Glacial epoch, time of, 212 

 Gold, 559 



Grammar, a question of, 146 

 Greek fntnres, 235 



„ verbs, 125 

 Haib, 435 



„ turning white, 364 

 Heat, 324 

 Heating room, 430 

 High frrmenlalion, 235 

 Histology, IS^ 



Ho 



. 325 



ible dreams, what due to, 146 

 Horseradith, 279 

 Hot winds, cans- of, 80 

 Humhie bees, 23i 

 Ics,235 



Ice age in Britain, 324 

 Iliad, the, 364 



Inchoatiou of the earth, 60, 60 

 Indigo, preparation of, 211 



Insects, use of some, accounted noxious, 236 



Intensity coils, 435 



Jonx Bull, originof the name, 235 



Jordan Barometer, 303 



K»ows languages, 256 



LaKGrAGss of the earth, 279 



Leases, 324 



Lectures, 435 



Lepidodendron, 365 



Life, duration of, 436 



Light andlantein, 279 



Lightning, 3y0 



Link. toemiiBinB,169 



Logarithms, li<2 



London University examinations, 145 



Luminous paint, 411, 436 



Magic la-. tern. 458 



Magiietic needle, the, 211 



Marriage and the death-rate, 124 135 



Material, strength of, 435, 480 



Meat, parasites in. 236 



Mental Physiology, 146, 211 



Meridional parts, tables of, 146 



Mercury's revolution, 125 



Microphone, the, 364, 435 



Microscope. 146 



Miuimaof Algiil, 324 



Miscellaneous, 435 



Moon, rotation of the, 189 



Mosses, an excellent work on, 480 



Navbs of flowers, 211, 255 



Navvies, health of, 326, 411 



Nautilus, the. 279, 303 



Neptune. 124 



Nick 1-plating, 235, 435 



,324 



Optical illusion. 



Organic compounds, 325 



Orrery, 168 



PAEASiTBsiumeat, 236 



Pencil-pjint protectors, 436 



Phosphorescence of tish, 480 



Photography, 390, 411, 480, 502 



Photographic, bromide solution, 436 



Pole, the, 27a 



Pular sun, the, 365 



Prose composition, 435 



Puzzle, a fifteen, 80 



Pyramids, anfquityof, 168 



Pyrological, 48o 



QcABiz iu coal, 480 



Quicksilver, 361 



„ non-poisonous, 324 



Rabbit, experiments with a, 279 



Railway collisions, a practical suggestion, 235 



Razor, 453 



Refrigerator, 278 



Bust of iron, 411 



Sakkasa tablet, 480 



Salt, 436 



Scientific terms, 411, 436. 458 



Sea-blue bird of March, 335, 180 



Seal fisheries, 430 



Silver, 458 

 „ residues, treatment of, 4.53 



Sirius and Orion, 146 



SoUr heat, 146 



Solutions, cold saturated. 30J 



S.'UDd, velocity of, 123 



SmeUing ealf, 43li 



Sphere, volume of, 61, 123 



Spinning top, 559 



htamens, colour of, 303 



Stars, names of, 212 



Star numbers and letters, 2."5 



Stone on rolling wheels. 124 



Sulphur modiflcatioos, 146 



Sunlight on fire, 211 



Telbpeone, 502 



Telescope, 364 



Tennyson: " Bar of Michael Angel j," 325 



Thoracic integrity, 410 



Thnnderstorms, action of, 303 



Tobacco and science, 436 



Tortoises, 279, 303 



Tortoise, longevity of the, 236, 324 



Training, 124 



Treatise on chemistry, 146 



Triangle, trisection of, 125 



Trichinae. 346 



Ultima Thclb. 60, 80 



Vallbt terraces, Dorsetshire, 490, 430 



^ egptable food, 4.35, 433 



Vegetarianism, 458 



Vegetarian bot'ks and pamphlets, 521 



Ventriloquism, 39J 



Venus by daylight, 125 



„ casting shadow, 168 

 Vestiges of creation, 124 

 Vulcan, the planet, 145 



Wj 



,411 



Warmtn at night, 365, 435 

 Wasted energy, 145 

 Water of Ayr stone, 43S 

 Weather guide, 212 



