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♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[July 25, 1884. 



Genfral — pnittinuf.d. 



172, 19J, 'iM, 25-1, 276 318. 30O, A^l, -125. 48S ; 

 easy lessons in co-ordinat'* gcoroetry (illastrated), 

 172, V13. 253. 2i)-i, 339, 379, 435; easy less-^n* on 

 Kuclid'a ttrst book, Zl4, 425; notes on Euclid's 

 firtt l.nuk (illustrated), 153, 192, 234, 370, 31a, 

 359. 403. 441., 4S8 



Mesnierin infl^ieiiees, demonstration of cause of, 1S9 



Metric system, the, '157 



Microscope, pleasant hours with the fillu«»trated), 

 20, 61, 82, 109, 141, 182, 2-40, 282, 330,371,430, 

 472 



Migrations of birds, 1, 41 _ 



Misreprpseu'ationa concerning Mr. Richard A. 

 Prnctor, 439 



Morality of hiippiness, the: self v. others, 37, 69; 

 oare for self as a dutv, 95, 122, 103. 204; care of 

 others as a duty. 2W, 283, 315, 391, 452 



Moved from afar : the emotions. 3i8, the will, 395 ; 

 the seDfations, 4'^8 ; the intellect, 4:i6 



Movemenrs of a tjiant sun, the, 4^)5 



Muscle-reading and thought -reading, 3S3 



Mystery of gravity, the, 176 



Xatubai, phenomena and "signs" in olden times, 356 



Nature, the unity of (review), 163 



Xewspuper-i anJ the boat-race, 273 



Kew btorm-cluud, Mr. Ruskin on a, 81 



!Newt, the common, 331 



New year, the, 10 



Xiagdra, a cantilever bridge over (illustrate!), 227 



!Night-sit:n for February, the (illustrated), 70, 331 



>oah, the rainbow o'', -i-W) 



Noble, William: the recent extraordinary sunrises 



and sunsets, 418 

 Notes on books, 59 

 Notes on living-machines, 221, 470 

 Notes on mapping, lai 



OcciTLTATioxs in a three-inch telescope (illnstrated), 



267 

 Opposition. Mars in (illustrated), 70 

 Optk-al recreations (illustrated), 3i5, 351, 399, 433, 



480 

 Optics without mathematics (review) (illustrated), 74 

 Ornithorhvnchus, the (illustrated), 269 

 Our earth^s dust envelope, 30 

 Oiygen and hydrogen as explosive gases, 208 

 Oxyhydrogen lamp, ordinary form of an, 208 



Paradox column, our: lightning, 118; the flat earth 

 and her moulder, 213, 233 ; reference to pro- 

 ceedings against Mr. H. Ossipotf Wolfson, 253 ; 

 the flat earth and its flattener, 275 



*' Parallax." references to character of, 313 



Paateur, M., and hydrophobia, 374 



Patent Act <>f iS83, the. 324. 36*^, -109 



Patience and courage for the truth, 93 



Payn, Air., literary reminiscenees of, 313 



Payne, Professor : the satellites of Mars, 3S5 



Pendulum experiments, Foueault's (illustrated). 413 



Permanence of domestic instinct in the cat, 2-13 



Personality, dnuble. 5 



Pigeons, tumbler, 55 



Planet Mars, the (illustrated), 8. 281 



Planetarv movements (illustrated), 310 



Planets, drawing the (illustrated), 85 



Pleasant hours uith the microscope (illustrated), 20, 

 51, 83, 109, 141, 182, 240, 232, 330, 371, 430, 472 



*' Polyglot *': the Patent Act of 1883, 324. 3(», 109 



Pond", the entomology of a (illustrated), 372, 414, 419, 

 . 474 



Pointer, intelligence in a, 183 



Porcupine, the Canadian (illustrated), 55 



Prehistoric remains, discovery of, in Lincolnshire, 

 333 



Problematic satellite of Venus, 452 



Proctor, Richard A. ; how to make useful star-maps 

 (illu&tratedj, 5, 36, 110, 110; the universe of suns 

 (illustratcdj, 9, 25, 34, 56, 68, 96, 113, 1S6, 234, 

 281, 323,431; gambling superstitions, 11,19,50, 

 79, 107, 136; centrifugal force (review), 13; 

 almanack lessons (illustrated), 23, 2u6 ; hints on 

 the solution of geometrical problems, 31 ; zodiacal 

 star-map for January, 40, 2^7. 395, -180 ; Achilles 

 and the t rtoise, fiO; the Edinburgh Jtevietc and 

 the Spencerianphilosophv, 83; ghosts and goblins, 

 65,91'. 121, 17S, 217; Mars in opposition (illus- 

 trated), 70; notes on Euclid's first book (illus- 

 trated). 152, 192, 234. 276, 318, 359, 402, 411, 483 ; 

 easy rulers on Euclid's first book, 173, 193, 214, 

 264", 276. 313, 360, 402, 425, 493 : easy lessons in 

 co-ordinate geometry (illustrated, 172, 213, 253, 

 298, 333, 379, 425, 466: notes on mapping, 183; 

 coincidences and superstitions, 195, 237, 280, 336, 

 367; the poetry of science, 209; map of con- 

 stellations (illustrated), 317 ; easy notes on chess 

 op^nini.'^, 254, 299, 339; s tlar surroundings, 257; 

 the thirst-cure for corpulence, 236; the earthquake, 

 301 : life in M^rs, 303, 313 ; vestiges of creation 

 (review). 329; odd coincidences, 332; sent to the 

 bottom. 311, 363, 389, 411 ; cremation, 346; home 

 chess plav. 331 ; thought-reading and muscle- 

 reading, 383 ; the movements of a giant sun, 4<15 ; 

 Foucault's pendulum experiments, 413; the 

 dyoamite outrages, 418; pyramid prophecies, 

 450: notes on flymg and ilying-machines, 470 



Projectile, Mr. Proctor on the flight of a, and the 

 Adelaide Evenbtg Journal, 293 



Pyramid prophecies. 450 



Rastaed. A. Cowper: (he extraordinary sunsets, 155, 

 177 ; the spread of the Krakatoa dunt-cIoud, 261 



Reade, Charles, remarks on the late, 273 



Rebuking an iiudience, 116 



Recent extraordinary sunrises and simaets, the, 418 



Recent lava flow on the Uinkaret, 458 



Recreation in skill, 7 



Recreations, optical (illustrated), 305, 351,339, 436, 480 



Red after-ulow, the, 166 



Red deer (review), 58 



Rees, J. K. A. M. : standard time, 319 



River action on land, 270 



Rotation period of Mars, the, 208, 369 



Kove-beellea (illuptratcd), 26 



Rowing, hints on, 219 



liuskin, Mr., on a new storm-cloud, 81 ; alleged inacu- 

 racies of. 1 16 



Bussell, Percy : India as a source of food-supply, 453 



Sagacity and morality of plants, the (review) , 482 

 Sala, Mr., and his critic-*, 166; references to, 189 

 Satellites of Mar*, the, 335 



Saturnine observations, a few (illustrated), 185, 202 

 Sciutilhition (illustrated), 180 

 Sea-clouds, 475 



Sent to the bottom, 3J1, 363, 389, 411 

 Skill, recreaHon in, 7 



Skipjacks nnd wire-worms (illustrated), 327 

 Sky, the face of the, from Jan. 4 to Jan. )8. 13; Jan. 

 ' 18 to Feb. 1. 16: Fob. 1 to Feb. 15, 75; Feb. 15 



to Feb. 39 103; Feb. 29 to March 14. 131 ; March 



14 to March 28, 167; March 2H to April 11, 210; 



Apriin to April35,2l8; April 25 to Mar 9, 291; 



Mav 9 to May 33, 333; May 23 to June 6, 370; 



June 6 to June XO, 421 ; June 20 to July 4, -103 

 Slack, Henry J., F.G.S. : pleasant hour* with the mi- 

 croscope (illustrated), 20, 51, 82, 109, 141, 182, 



210, 282,33), :;71, 13 '. 172 

 Blingo. "W. : who invented the telephone? (illustrated) 



128; electroplating, 161, 201, 243, 307, 365. 459; 



the telegraph in a gale, 263 ; electrical education, 



437 

 Solar surroundings, 257 

 Song and spc-ch (review) 85 

 Sp»-cies, the extinction of, 427 

 Speech ami song (review) 85 

 Spencer, Mr., and the Kdinburqh TieTiev, 83, 147 ; 



Salience and courage of, for the truth, 93; Mr. 

 [erbert Spencer, 332 

 Spenceiian philosophy and the Edinburvh Seview, the, 



63 

 Spider-life wonders, 418 

 Spread of the Krakatoa dust-cload, 261 

 St. George's chess club, Mr. Richard A. Proctor and 



the, "116 

 Stainforth, John W. : a year's weather forecasts (the 



wiud). 112, 159 

 Standard time, 319 

 Star-maps, how to make them (illastrated), 5, 36, 110, 



146 

 Stafe of Florida and the Pouema, the collision between 



the, 351 

 Strong, how to get, 135 ; the muscles of the waist, 15^ ; 



to strengthen the muscles of the loins, 20^, 242; 



the muscles of the legs, 279; the muscles of the 



upper thigh, 322; from knee to toes, 366 

 Sun, path of the earth round the (illustrated), 41 

 Sun, the atmosphere of the, 313 

 Suns, the universe of (illustrated), 9, 25, 34 56, 68, 96, 



113, 186. '^2.1, 284, 323, 431 

 Sunrises and sunsets, the recent extraordinary, 418 

 Sunsets, the extraordinary, 155, 177 

 Superstitions and coincidences, 195. 237, 280, 326, 367 

 Superstitions, gambling, 11, 19, 50, 79, 107, 136 



Tame marmoset, a, 419 



Telegraph in a gale, the, 263 



Telephone, who invented the (illustrated), 123 



Tight -lacing, obser^'ations on, 293 



Theory of visions, a, 43 



Thirst cure for corpulence, the, 286 



Thought-reading and muscle-reading, 333, 463 



Three-inch telescope, Jupiter in a (illustrated), 101, 



126; Mars in a, IW; occultations in a, 267; 



Uranus and Neptune in a, 199 

 Tricycle, how to choose a, 22, 54 

 Tricycles in 1881, 97, 142; the Tricycle Exhibition in 



the Agricultural Hall, 183; thetrialof the Stirling, 



225 ; trying the Tandem, 238 

 Tricycles, trying them (illustrated), 72 

 Truth, patience and courage for the, 93 

 Tumbler pigeons, 55 

 Tyndall, Professor, and the Spectator^ 166 



UsiTT of nature, the (review), 162 



Universe, hymn on the, 267 



Universe of suns (illustrated), 9,25, 34, 56, 68. 96,143 

 186. 224, 3^, 333, 431 



Uranus and Neptune in a three-inch telescope (illus- 

 trated), 199 



Useful star-maps and how to make (illustrated), 5 



Tahiatto?.' in animal?, .54 



Venus, the problematic satellite of, 452 



Testiges of creation (renew), 339; and Mr. Robert 



Chambers, 313 

 Visions, a theory of, 43 



Weatheb forecasts for a year (the wind), 112 ; the 

 weather, 159 



Weevils (illustrated). 160, 205 



Weston, allusion to the walk of, 189 



Whist column : a game from »he Westminster papers, 

 16 ; late signals, 61 ; whist endings, 91 ; notes and' 

 inferences, 91, 119, 193; a whiet gem, 153; skill 

 at whist, 173; illustrative game by Mr. Lewji, 

 216 ; a whist-plaver's wail, 236, 255, 277 ; an illuB- 

 trative game, 34(5; anamu^iing hand, 320 ; synopsia 

 of the leads in plain Kuit:i, :i62 ; average players, 

 392 ; whist torture, 403; wonderful luck at whist, 

 445 ; home whist, 467 ; see also 32, 46, 77, 105,. 

 3J0, 489 



White, C.A. : the permanence of the domestic instinct 

 in the cat, 243 



Who invented the telephone? (illustrated), 128 



Woofson, H. Ossipotf : the flat earth and her moulder^ 

 213, 233 ; and the zetetic astronomy, 355 



World-life (review),. 53 



Wild bees (illustrated), 52, 99, 134 



WiUiams, W. Mattieu : the chemistry of cookery, 18, 

 49, 81, 123, 156. 196, 23s, 301, 312, 406, 447; the- 

 sun's atmosphere, 218 



Wilson, Dr. Andrew, reference to lectures of, 189 



Wire- worms and skipjacks (illustrated), 337 



Yachting and coaching as pleasures, 332 



Yachts, electric projectors on board, 473 



Y:ite:^, Mr., and Mr. Wilson, 374 



Year, the new. 10; the wind, 112 ; forecasts for a year 



(the weather), 139 

 Young, Prof. C. A. : astronomical collisions, 2 



Zodiacal map for January (iUustrated), 40;^ zodiacal 

 sign for February, with the path of Uranus for 

 1831 (illustrated),' 165 ; see also 287, 3if4, 395 



COEEESPONDENCE. 



APTKa-GLOW, the, 14: eiamination of, 29 ; in Cheshire-, 



47; seeaNoeO, 90, 117 

 America, red skies in, 15 ; the afler-glow in, 90 

 American bacon, 275 



Animal, alleged attempt of, at suicide, 465 

 Apparitions. 249, 295. 331 

 Australia, strange sunsets in, 47 



xaminatioD <S 



Bach incident and Mr. Owen, the, 291 

 Barometer curves and a epectroscopic en 

 sunrises and sunsets (illustratea), 169 

 Bicycles in winter, 30 

 Birils, the misration of, 47, 91 

 Blue moon, a. 77 

 Blue sun, a, 232, 250 

 Botany, works on, 159, 400 

 Brain," duality of the, 42i 

 Brain of man, the, 413 

 Brain weights, 486 



ClGB-KBSTS, 47 



Can the severed head think? 357 



Cantilever bridges, 376 



Cape, rod sunsets at the, 231 



Cats and dogs, 357 



'* Caucus," the origin of the word, 423 



Caverns in the earth and the moon, 151 



Caws, coincidence with, 423 



Cheese, 375 



Chess, value of the pieces at, 232 



Coaches, 400 



Coincidence, strange, 30; eee also 212, 295, 315, 33l> 



356, 376, 4')l, 423, 443, 4S5 

 Colour of the sun, 29 

 Collection of dust from snow, the, 15 

 Coloured hyacinth, the effect produced by growing 



one in cUrkness, 311 

 Comet, the (illustrated), 60 



Conser\ation of energy and the planetary motions, 233 

 (booking cheese, 3 '5 

 Corn-crake, the, 400 

 Cribbage problem, 60, 104, 378 

 Cube, perspective of a, 400 

 Curious stones found in Switzerland, on, 170 

 Cycling, 30 



Cyclists and foot passengers, 336 

 CygQUB, variable and red stars in, 14 



Dabs appearance of Jupiter's satellite IV., 233- 



Day-glow around the sun, 210 



Day, the science of the, 29 



Deluge year, log of the, 461 



Diascope, the, 359 ; the teaching of the, 463 



Divided skirt, the. 486 



Division by seven. 399 



Dogs and cats, 357 



Double stars in Tauros and Orion (illastrated), 14 



Dream, a strange, 170; remarkable fulfilment of a, 



250 

 Dust, 358 



Dust envelope of the earth, the, 190 

 Dust from snow, the collection of, 15 

 Duality of the brain, 422 



Eablt emotions, 118 



Earthj dust envelope of the, 190 



