VI 



♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



General — continued. 

 Luminosity of plants and animalSj 303 

 Lunar delineation, 302 

 Lunar theory, a point in the, 180 



MlCKAY, Mr. Charles, on the word *' Masher," 22S 



Man, the antiquity of, 195 



Marine monster, a, 332 



Masher, alleged derivation of the word, 229; origin of 

 the word, 31S 



Mathematical Column : Geometrical problems (illus- 

 trated), li, 31, ■!«, 62, 78, 95, HI, 127, 1«, 220; 

 easy lessons in geometrical problems, 175; the 

 pliilosophy of mathematics, 279; see also ItiO 



Mathematics of the imai,'inary, 287; in our schools, 

 220 



Mathematics, the philosophy of, 201 



Meteoric dust from the Himalayas, 209 



Microscope, pleasant hours with the (illustrateil) , 17, 

 71, 103, 1311, Vil, ilH, 212, 287, 316, 383 



Mind in the infant, :«rt 



Miracles (review), 307 



Missile, flight of a (illustrated), 10, 41, 68 



Missing link, th^ alleged (Krao), 213 



Molten metals, Professor Chandler Roberts on, 239 



Monster, a marine, 332 



Moon, the harvest (illustrated), 156, 161 



gh a three-inch telescope (illustrated) , 



5tl. 



, 132 



Moralitv of happiness, the, introductory, 36; conduct 

 and duty, 66; the evolution of conduct, 105, 

 13-1. 168 ; right and wrong, 199, 251, 283 



Munificent employers, 276 



Musical critics, remarks on, 59 



.Myth, the birth and growth of, 37, 30, 82, 111, 116 

 (illustrated), 132, 210, 239, 269, 299 



NiTURiL theology and evolution (review), 331 

 Naturalist, year of a, about variation, 1 ; crabs and 



lobsters, 33 ; wasps and flowers, 65 ; a robin's 



Bkull, 97 ; wild peas, 139 ; the barn owl flies, 161 ; 



blackberries are ripe, 193 ; the shrews die. 231 ; 



chestnuts fall, 251 ; under false colours, 397 ; the 



reign of evergreens, 327; the robin comes for 



crumbs, 355 

 Jfature, energy of (review), 35'J 

 Neglected insects, 316 



New Guinea, Mr. Coutts Trotter, F.R.G.S., on, 338 

 Newspaper science, value of, 217 

 Niagara (iUustrated), 73 



Niagara, folly and courage at (illustrated), 152 

 Niagara whirlpool, safe passage of a steamer through, 



90 

 Nights with a three-inob telescope (illustrated), 35a 

 Notes on punctuation, 188 



OcocpiTrows of the people in England and Wales, 



the, 3311 

 Oil, its effect in calming the waves, during a storm, 



233 

 Old age, the possible suspension of, 393 

 Orbit of the great cumet of 18S2, Knowledgb on the, 



Orthocynodon the. the supposed origin of the rhino- 

 ceros group, 209 

 Our American cousins (review), 190 

 Our boys at school. 177 

 Outrages on the underground railway and evolution, 293 



Paobt. Sir James, recreation through uncertainty, 375 

 Palgrave, Mr. B. II. Inglis on the old age of working 



Parcels post, greatest content with, 76 



Peard Miss, and the Spectator, 37 



Peek, Mr. T. K. Cuthbert, on the hot springs of 

 Iceland and New Zealand, 247 



Pengelly, W., the antiquity of man, 195 



People, occupations of the, 330 



Periodatus, Mr. Adam Sedgwick on the, 209 



Philosophy of mathematics, the, 201 



Phosphorus and fish. 343 



Physiognomy, the evolution of human (iUustrated), 

 136. les' 



Pleasant hours with the microscope, 17 (illustrated) 

 71, 103, 130, 162, 216, 212, 267, 316, 333 



Poker and Tralh, 215 



Poker principles, 203 



Pons-Brooks, the comet of, 331 



Possible suspension of old age, the, 393 



Pretty proofs of the earth's rotunditv (illustrated), 

 68, 84, 100. 116, 139, 147, 171, 275, 303 



Principles of dress reform, 54, 91 



Printers and punctuation, 110 



Proctor, Richard A., the laws of brightness (illus- 

 trated), 5. 33. 74, 106, 133; flight of a vertical 

 missile (illustrated), 10, 41, 53; geometrical 

 problems (illustrated), 14, 31, 48. 62, 78, 95, 111, 

 1-7,143; easv lessons in, 175; figure conjuring, 

 26; spots in the sun, 51; Niagara (illustrated), 

 72; the greatest content with the parcel post 76- 

 Vesuvius and Ischia (illustrated), 81; pretty 

 proofs of the earth's rotundity (illustrated). 63 

 81. 100, 116, 139. 147, 171,275.303; the comma] 

 111; sun-views of the earth (illustrated), 57. 121, 

 185, 315. 321.377; American manners in travelling, 

 154; the harvest moon (illustrated), 156, 161; 

 notes on punctuation. 196; strange creatures 283 • 

 the green sun in India. 274 ; milhematics of the' 

 imaginary, 287 : ring of small planets (illustrated), 

 290; strange coincidences, 2 '3; the zjne of small 



planets, 328, 356; a marine monster, 332; a 



'■hslleiige from the earth-flattening society, 336, 

 .T;J; neglected insects, 316; how to see (review), 

 :i/l : the universe of suns, 389, 381; caverns in the 

 earth and in the moon, 371 ; science and safety at 

 sea. 373 



Projectiles, winds as, 170 



Physical problems, U 



Psychical Society, the, and thought-reading phenomena, 

 13 



Punctuation and printers. 140 



Punctuation, notes on. 138 



Pyramid, the great, Miss A. B. Edwards and Mr. K. 

 A. Proctor, 53 



QutNCRY, de, version of Richter's dream by, 288 



Raynard, A. C, the extraordinary sunsets, 341 



Recreation by wonder, 339 



Recreation through uncertainty, 375 



Keddie, Mr., controversy withj 189 



Relief of sea-sickness, 215 



Rhinoceros group, the origin and development of, 209 



Rirhter, dream of, 388 



Ring of small planets, the (illustrated) , 390 



Rotundity of the earth, pretty proofs of (illustrated), 



08. SI, 100, 118, 139, 147, 171, 275, 303 

 Russell, Percy, the occupations of the people in 



England and Wales in 1331, from the last census, 



330 



SATURy, the discovery of the chief division in the ring 

 of, 75 ; in a three-inch telescope (illustrated), 319 



Savage and anthropologist, 7 



School, our boys at, 177 



.Schuster, Dr., on the motion of Swiss glaciers, 209 



Science and safety at sea. 378 



Sea anemones (illustrated) 32 ; the white carnation, 

 89. 115; the daisy, 137, 314; the cave dweller, 

 2H ; the parasite, 350 : the dahlia, 305, 339 



Sea-bathing, dangers of. 171 



Sea creatures, strange, 363 



Sea, science and safety at, 378 



Sea-sickness, the relief of. 315 



Sedgwick, Mr. Adam, on the periodatus, 309 



Seiss, C. Few, the star-nosod mole (illustrated), 348 



Sensesininfants, 314, 313 



Shoebill,the (illustrated), 105 



Sky, the face of the, July 6 to July 7, 13 ; July 30 to 

 August 3, 43 ; August 3 to August 17, 77 ; August 

 17 to .\ugust 31, 109 ; August 31 to September 14, 

 111; September 14 to September 28, 173; Septem- 

 ber 28 to October 12.205 ; October 13 to October 28, 

 232 ; October 20 to November 9, 281 ; November 

 9 to November 23, 292 ; November 33 to Decem- 

 ber 7, 318; December 7 to December 21, 350; 

 December 21 to .January 4, 379 



Slack, Henry J., F.G.S., pleasant hours with the 

 microscope (illustrated), 17, 71, 103, 130, 162, 216, 

 2^12. 287, 316, 333 



Slingo, W., submarine cables, 345 



Small planets, the ring of (illustrated) , 390, 328. 356 



Spencer, Mr. Herbert, on the scientific aspect of 

 systems of government, 228 



I the 



Star-nosed mole, the (illustrated), 343 



Stephen, Mr. Leslie, on the influence of science. 23 



Stokes. Professor, on coronal photography without an 



eclipse, 323 

 Stone, Dr., on the electrical resistance of the human 



body, 223 ; on the eft'ect of brain-disturbances on 



the handwriting, 233 

 Strange coincidences, 298 

 Strange sea creatures, 268 

 Strong, how to get (reducing fat), 31.49, 70, 99, 117- 



in middle and advanced life, 145, 253 

 Submarine cables. 345 

 Subtropical garden, curiosities of the. 273 

 Sun, the distance of, 197, 226, 257, 231. 301 

 Sun, the. in a three-inch telescope (illustrated) 177 

 Sun, spots on the. 51 (illustrated), 2(10 

 Suns, the universe of, 389, 331 

 Suns, voices of the (a poem) , 229 

 Sunsets, the extraordinarv, 311 

 Sun views of the earth (illustrated), 57, 121. 185, 215, 



331, 377 ; sun views of Great Britain, 181 

 Sii-fingered animal, alleged descent of man from a, 



309 

 Swiss glaciers. Dr. Schuster on the motion of, 309 



Thought reading. 9 



Three-inch telescope, the moon through a (illustra- 

 ted) , 66, 86, 123 ; the sun in a, 177 ; nights with a, 

 253 



Time turned back, 363 



Times, the, and newsp.iper science, 218 



Tobin, Professor, death of, 157 



Toes, abnormal nmnber of in cats, 209 



Tricycles in 1883, small i>. large wheels, 113, 131, 169, 

 181; two-speed, 212, 280, 274: mud-guards, 

 wrinkles, lubricants, and brakes, 300; protecting 

 machines from weather, mending tyres, and riding 

 in winter. 332 



Tricycles in 1933. the Rover, the new Rucker, the 

 Cobweb, the Coventry Tandem, and the Oarsman. 

 337 



Trotter, A. P.. time turned back, 363 



Trotter, Mr. Coutts. F.R.G.S., on New Guinea, 233 ' 



Truth and Mr. Richard A. Proctor, on poker 

 principles, 206 



Trii'h and poker, 215 



Two-speed tricycles, 312 

 Tyndall, John,' remarks o 



LTnceb 



of genii 

 through, 375 



Vaot sun-spots (illustrated), '200 



Vertical missile, flight of a (illustrated), 10, 41, 63 



Vesuvius and Ischia, 81 



Vibrato, the, 392 



Voices of the suns, a poem, 229 



Wats of some Indian insects, beasts, and birds 

 (reriew), 360 



Weather forecasts and how to make them, the rain- 

 band spectroscope (illustrated), 229 



Weather wisdom, 397 



Webb, Captain, and his attempt to swim Niagara, 27, 

 108 



Webb, the Rev. T. W., on lunar deUneation, 302 



Which, and the use of the comma. 59 



Whirlpool rapids, the, Niagara (illustrated), 152 



Whist column: Taking a partner's trick, 143; long 

 weak suits, 175 ; returning a partner's suits, 175 ; 

 whist questions, 175 ; the Australasian and the 

 Knowlbdgb whist column, 285 ; Signalling at 

 Whist, 295, 335 ; a whist study, 311 ; conventional 

 rules at whist, 334 ; notes by Mr. Lewis, 325 ; notes 

 and criticisms, 353; see also 15, 47, 339 



Wiggins, Mr., criticism of, 171 



Williams, W. Mattieu. the chemistry of cookery, 2, 

 35, 67, 93 ; frying in oil, 135, 165. 194, 325 ; flames, 

 213; fish and phosphorus, 216, 253, 285, 313, 385 



Wilson, Dr. Andrew, lectures by, on anatomy and 

 physiology, 349 



Winds as projectiles, 170 



Wonder, recreation by, 339 



Working men, the old age of, 237 



Year of a naturalist, about variation. 1 ; crabs and 

 lobsters, 33 ; wasps and flowers, 65 ; a rabbit's 

 skull, 97 ; wild peas, 139 ; the barn owl flies, 161 ; 

 lilaekberries are ripe, 193; the shrews die, 224 ; 

 chestnuts fall, 251 ; under false colours, 297 ; the 

 reign of evergreens, 337; the robin comes for 

 crumbs, 355 



Young, Prof. C. A., astronomical collisions, 388 



Zauoisei and his mesmeric powers, 11 



Zetetic society, the, 336 



Zone of small planets, the, 323. 356 



Zukertort and his defeat by Sellman and Mortimer, 27 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Alahmixg incident, an, 396 



Alteration in coast line, 30 



America, discovery of, 309 



American English, 95 



American warts, 142 



Ancient Egyptians, height of the, 112 



Animals, luminosity of, 381 



Anthropometry, 262, 277, 322 



Ant, intelligence of an, 45 



Astronomy of the Times, 219 



Audiphone, the, 363 



Auditory fans, 110 



Auditory fans (the audiphone), 263 



Balloos, moonhght ascent in a, 323 

 Barn owl, the, 361, 278 

 Barometers, heavy fall in, 263 

 Battery, the Bennett, 173 

 Bee^'limast and chestnuts, 291 

 Beetle, a luminous, 367 

 Beluga, the. in the Brighton Aquarium, 

 Bennett battery, the, 173 



Bi. 



icula 



,44 



Birth and growth of Mvth, 333 

 Blackfriars, a find at, 397 



Brilliiint rainbc 



a, 293 



Capital, the doubling of, 351 

 Chamieleons, the feeding of, 367 

 Chestnuts and beechmast, 291 

 Cholera, 94 ; prescribing for the, 109 

 Coalfield men, 386 

 Coast line, alteration in, 30 

 Coffee, 174 



Coincidences, strange, 351, 330 

 Colours of flowers, 159, 190 

 Comma, the. 174 



Common earthenware, is it luminous ? 263 

 Complete magic square, a, 231 

 Contracted multiplication, 309 

 Convertible sociables, 388 

 Coral deposits at Blackfriars, 397 

 Crime and insanity, 378 

 Curious multipUcation, 263. 331 



Curious phenomenon, a (illustrated), 173, 207, 219. 

 293 



Day or week, 293 



Deaf cats, 191 



Different degrees of illumination, 153 



Discovery of America. 309 



