• KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



Geoer&l — continued, 

 Thoucht-readii]!;. J, H 



Timet, the, and the Kstional Drosa Eihibition, 310 

 Told Jtory, », 128 

 TomlinsoD, Chmrlos, F.R.S., on the spheroidal condition 



of liqtiids, 267 

 Tornado, force of one illuatrated, 2 

 Toy tricjxie, on a, 2»0 

 Tree-planting bv railway companies, 4.9 

 TricTclea, novelties in, 71 ; tricvt-'les and bicTcles for 



18^, (M, 1*), 176; with two-speed gearing', 205 ; of 



lhe"S<H-i«We" trpe, 3«i 

 Triple-hulled steamer, a. 243 



Tncchini, Professor, photofjraphic apparatus for, 21,1 

 Tylor and views on a future state, 17 

 Trndall on sound (review), 297 

 ViSiTT K»iB and Mr. Kichard .K. Proitor, Ml 

 Vapoun* from metals, IMi 

 Vast, the, and the minute (review), 88 

 Venu', alletred transit through the sun, 1 

 Vesuvius, photographing the spectra of eruptive flames 



from, 2 13 

 Victoria Institute, founding of the, 01 

 W\L.siKOHAM, Lord, on pigeon shooting, H3 

 Warner observatory, Roohejter, N.Y. (illustrate^i) , 



23j 

 Waste of the world's forests, 119 

 Watches and clocks (review), 16i 

 Water, the lolour of, 110 

 Water-mains for supplving London, 1 

 Weather-knowledge, elements of (review), ICI 

 Weather prophecies and the rime*, 52; foreca t^and 



the Sle'eorological (l.lice, 3-8 

 Webb, T, W., optical effects of belladonna, 68 

 WeUand canal, the, 155 

 West, E. P., age of the Missouri, 3.7 

 Whales, the origin of, 319 

 Where to Snd Ferns (review), 311 

 Whist column : throwing away winning card of 



partner's suit, 15, 29 ; plaving to the score, l.'i ; 



conduct of the hand, b"2 ; learning whist, 93 : 



exposing a card, 93; how the skill of a whist 



player is shown, 139; trump-plaving, 153, 170, 18.5. 



227 ; the echo of a signal, 255 ; do you play whist ? 



270; see also, 77, 107, 12) 

 ■Whistler, Mr., etch-ngs of, i:3, (illustrated) 0) 

 Wiggins as a weather prophet, 215 

 Williams, W. Matlieu, the chemistry of cookery, 3.1 ; 



the boiling of water, 65; cooking under water, 9", 



12S, 158, 191, 218, 2t«, 27*. 30S, (illustrated) 311, 



370; geology amonj the lolliers. 329; the weathe. 



forecasts and the Meteorological Ollice, 386 

 ■Wilson, C. Cams. F.G.8., sand dunes, 179 

 Wilson, Dr. Andrew. F.H S.E.. our bodies, muscles. S; 



life and work, 39; skull and spine (illustrated), 



67; the trunk and limbs, 115; the processes or 



functions of the body, 1 H ; how the body's duties 



are performed, 179: absorption and blood repair, 



20J; the blood, 2:16 ; circulalionof the blood, 260; 



the income and expenditure of the body, 306 

 Worlds, the death of, 2« 

 Ybab of a naturalist, winter heliotrope, 20; gorse 



blossoms, -lO; the peewit cries. 81: willow catkins. 



112; snow-drop and snow-flake, 113; char-iump. 



175; theptsrmigan,203; the marsh marigold, 23 ; 



a geological excursion, 259; two little greeni-b 



Hewers. 276; the blackcap lings. 303; among the 



grasses, 336 ; concerning bats, 367 

 Tonng men, a physician's sermon to (review) , 225 

 Young, Professor, on a cometic collision with the sim, 



79 ; the great comet of 1682 (illustrated), 127, 147, 



180, 195 

 Youth, guidance for (i 



w),311 



CORSESFONSEirCE. 



Acoustic experiment (illustrated), 90 



Ahaz, the dial of, 13, 42 



Alteration in coast line. 76, 163, 299 



American ttar bicycle. 212 



Ancient inscribed stones (illustrated), 212 



Ancients, optical knowledge of the, ]t>7 



Animal instmcts. '269 



Aphides, how to destroy their, 311 



Atacama. desert of, 13s 



Atmospheres, a theorv of, 122 



Aurora Br.realis, the,')3 



HEirry, an eye for, 137 



Belladonna, effects of. on the eye*, 1S7 



Botany, vein theorv in, 211 



Bo-tree and the god of knowledge, 136 



Brain troubles, 10« 



Bright star near the sun, 13 



Chaivcbs. problem in, 332 



Children, dress of. 227 



Chirping spider, 69, 76. 136 



Classics and religion, 167 



Clear Thames, a. 169 



Coast line, alteration in, 76, 1S3. 299 



Comet, the, 59, 122; the fonnation of cometa' tails 



152. 166, 169, 182, 267. 395; comets' tails and the 



surface of the sun. 395 

 Consanguineous marriages, 3S0 

 Corset wearing. 13 ; corsets, aW 

 Curious Christmas, a, U 

 Curious rainbow (illustrated), 90 

 Dark suns, 106 



Dead point in tricycle cranlts. 169 

 Dentistry, electricity in, 13, 59 



Desert of Atacama, 138 



Dial of Ah»3. 13,43 



Discount dodge, a, 269, 311, 391 



Disinfectant, a, 101! 



Divided skirt, the, 260, 315 



Dress of children, 227 



1 of s 



isbin 



, l(i8 



KiBTHijuAEES iu Weatniorclsnd. 27 



Kiuy multiplving, 2)3, 314, 318 



Kdeiweiss, the, 9>, 106 



Edison Electric Light Company, 31-1 



Electricity in dentistry, 13. 59 



Enemies, waxen images o , 1:16 



Etymology of mibletoe, '36 



Evolution of hfe, 199 



Kstracting the square root, 31-4 



Eye-piece, measuring the power of an, 12; elTe.-tt 



belladonna on the eye, 137 ; how to use the eye? 



299, 349 

 Fkllowsuip of learned societies, 12 

 Figure conjuring. 394 

 Flight of vertical missile, 314, 393 

 Floury against warv- potato* 

 Formation of cometa tails. 

 Fossil gum, 91 

 GmK, 263 

 Gold, valu 



Is, 152, 166, 109, 18.', 2(i7, 3 15 



of, 167, 253 



and broom. 106 



Pyramid, the, 90. (illustrated) 207 



.loxiAX svstem. the. 210 

 Ueat, a few observations on, 317, 380, 301 

 Keating power of steam. 316 

 How to use the eves, 299, 318 

 Illusion, optical, 137 

 Interplanetary ether. 263 

 losHUA and the sun, 3:n 

 Knowlbdgb, the god of, and the liotree, 130 



, 390 



Large sun-spot, a (illustrated), 254 



Learning languages. 253 



Life, evolution of. 199 



Logical puzzle, 43, 60. 91, 123, 299 



Longevity of the dove, 27 



Luminous paint. 13 



-MAGic-LANrKBX tlidcs for popular lecture 



Magnetic storm, 122 



Measuring the power of an eye-piece, 12 



Misprint, an odd, 3S0 



Mistletoe. 90; etymology of, 136 



Moon, vertex of, 189 



Multiplication, 168. 25.1 



Musical question, the, 268, 315, 391 



My paradoxes, 284 



.N'.iTlsE. rest of, 91 



Xewnarcissns, a, 211 



-New paradoxer, a, 210 



New skirt, the, 227 



New Zealand gum, 26. 59, 211 



Oldest tree in the world, 300 



Optical illusion. 137 



Optical knowledge of the ancients, 167 



Origin of the week, 39i 



Our forefathers, 89 



Pabadoieb, a new, 211 



Phenomenon, a. 261 



Planchette-writing, 1:16, 199 



Planets, rotation of, 210 



Poison in the cup, 300 



PoUtoes, 211 



Problem in chance, 299, 333 



Public right, a. 137 



Purifying gas, 152 



Puzzfe, a, 91, 106, 123 



Rainbakd spectroscope, 13. 26 



. 298, 380, 317, 333 



Rainfall of 1882, 16 



Rational dress, 182 



Religion and classii 



Rest of nature, 91 



Retrocession of the sea, 211 



Rigel, 91 



Rings of Saturn, 298 



Rotation of planets, 210 



SATrsx, rings of, 210, 254. 298 



Schoolgirls' problem. 193 



Science and religion, 199 



Sea, retrocession of the, 211 



-Sham thought-reading, 299 



Ships in a calm, 26 



Side-lights for steamers (illustrated), 183; 



Single eye-glasses, 227, 2.)1 



Single vision, 380 



Singular phenomenon, 23 : a solar phenomenon, 316 



i-i»alik hills, the, 314 



Skirt, the divided, 269, 315 



Sleet and snow, 9 1 



Species, is there a change of? 398 



Spelling reform, 291 



Springs and streams, 4-1, 121 



Square root, the extrait on of the, 314 



Squirrel puzzle, the, 268 



Stays. 136, 169 ; and statues, 58, 70 ; and fat, 210 • and 



health. 246 

 Steam, the heating power of, 316 

 Steamers, sidelights of (illustrated), 183 

 Stinging trees, 76 

 Stored energy, 122, 253 

 Stretched string, vibrations of, 167 

 Submerged forests, lal, 299 



Sim and moon in Gibeon, 254 : the snn and Joshua 331 

 Sundial of Ahaz, 12, 89 



Sunshine, duration of, 168 

 Sim.views of the earth, 69 

 Tblbscopbs and microscopes, 121 

 Thamea, a clear, 168 

 Theory of atmospheres, a, 122 

 Tide and weather, 267 

 Transit of Venus (illustrated), 90 

 Tree, the oldest in the world, 30O 

 Tricycles, 182 



Twenty-one schoolgirl puzzle, 203 

 Vacciwatiox, 395 

 Value of gold, 167, 253 

 Vein theory in botany. 211 

 Venus, the transit of, 13 

 Vertex of the moon. 168 

 Vertical missile, flights of, 311, 391 

 Vibrations of stretched siring, 167 

 Wabt-chabmino, 299, 319 

 Waxen images ot enemie-s, 136 

 Wearing stays, 89 



Weathcrpredictions,forecasl8 and pr.^i-hecies 8(1, 1'22. 

 153, 168. 183 r 1 , , -, 



Week, the origin of the. 396 

 Westmoreland, earthquakes in, 27 

 Williams, Mr. Matticu, on stays and fat, 227 

 Winter rarities. 76 

 Wrangler, puzzle of a, 269 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



AuBOR.is not due to comets, 61 



. >'e 



, aUu 



, U 



Civilipation ami the increjL-sp of ornament, 60 



Comets, how they move, 4-1 



Dallinger, Mr., and n;jiiosfirism, 27 



Drivingforceof tlie wind, 11 



Evolution of HkHI and heut and the sua, 27 



Gospel of relamtion, 41. 



Ice-boats and their velocity, 60 



Knowledgb of our bodies, a proper subject for S'_'ience, 



Laplacb and the planets. 4-t 



pEBrHELioir theory of the end of the world, 14 



Relaxation, views on, H. 



Reliffious teaching asserted to be always more or less 



behind the a-p, 14 

 SciBNCB and the lieginning of existent thinps, 14 

 Second-hand telescopes, 60 



Siemens, Mr., theory of, in relation to the sun 27 

 Swift, Dean, moons of, 27 



REVIEWS- 



Chaptbrs on evolution, by Dr. Andrew Wilson, 



Chatto & Windusi, III) 

 Clocks, watfhes, and bells, a rudimentary treatice on, 



bv Sir Edmund Beckett, iJart. Crosby, Lot-kwood* 



&Co., London, 1&4 

 Commercial products of the sea ; or, marine contriba- 



tions to food, industry, and art, by P.L. Simmonda. 



London : Griinth & Farran. 361 

 Electbic illumination, l)y Conrad Cooke, Jame« 



Dredfje, Mr. F. O'Heilly, S. P. Thcmpson, and H. 



Vivarey. Vol. I. London : oflicea of Engineering, 74 

 Electric light, the ; its production and use, by j] W. 



TJrquhart, electririan, edited by F. C. Webb, 



M.I.C.E. Second edition. Loudon : Crosby 



Lockwood, & Co., 378 

 Elementary meteorolotrr, by Rr-bert H. Scott, with 



numerous illustrations. Kfgan Paul & Co.. 



London, 165 

 Engineering geology, by "W. H. Penning. F.G.8., 



geologist, Government survey of England and 



Wales. London: Bailliere, Tindall. & Coi, 311 

 Evolution, chapters on, by Dr. Andrew Wilson. 



Chatto & Windus, 119 

 Fbbns, where to find them, with a special chapter on 



the ferns round London, by Francis Heath, editor 



of Forenfry, Sampson Low, ilarstou, & Co., 



London, 311 

 Field geology, a teit-book of, by W. H. Penning, 



F.G.8., with a section on pala-ontology, by A J 



Jukes-Browne, F.G.S. London; Bailliere, TindalL 



& Cox, 311 

 Heavenly bodies, the; their nature and habitability. 



by William Miller, F.S.C. London ; Hodder '& 



Stoughfon, 361 

 IxDLLN fnnke poisons, their nature and effects, by A. 



J. "Wall, M.D. W\ H. Allen & Co.. London, 28 J 

 Laktern readings, the voyage of the" Challenger," by 



W. Lant Carpenter, B.A. Alabaster, Passmore, 



& Co.. London, 373 

 Leopold Shakespeare, the, 209 

 Library of English literature, 209 

 Mineral waters of Europe, the, including a short 



description of artificial mineral water-i, by C. R. C. 



Tichborae. LL.D., and Professor James, M.D. 



London : Bailliere, Tindall, & C"x, 315 

 Xat the naturalist; or, a bov'a adventures in the 



Eastern seas. By George Alanviile Fenn. 



Blackie & Son, 10 

 Xatural law in the spiritual world, by Henry Drom- 



mond, F.K.8.E. London : Hodder & Stoughton, 



312 

 Xatural philosophy, the new principles of , by William 



Leigbton Jordan, F.R.G.S. London : David 



Boguo, 312 



