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INDEX TO VOLUME YII. 



GENERAL. 



Adteetising and mock charitieg, 551 



Aerial navigation, reference to, 2S7 



Aerolites, 2Hi 



Africa, the diamond fields of (illustrated), 438. 473 



Afterglows, a required prize essay on the, 176; the re- 



curren"--e of the, 432 

 Age, old, George Eliot on, 391 

 Agricultural Hall, Islington, Sportsman's Exhibition 



at, 37S 

 Algonquin Indians, legends of the (review) , 91 

 Allen, Alfred Jukes, trisecting an angle, 2it8 

 Ailen, W. F., reformation in time-keeping, f8, 103 

 Ambulance, a pocket, -170 

 America, manners and customs in, 66 

 Amerit-a, pre-historic (review), 506 

 American photographers, trades-unionism amongst, 



Ammoniaphone, the, 2^5 



Angle, how to trisect an, 203 



Animals of the past and present, 477 (see also 

 " Correspondence ") 



Animals, the perisbabilitj of, 417 



Ants, white, in India, 103, 142 (see also " Corre- 

 spondence ") 



Appeal, a proposed Court of Criminal, 133 



Arago on.fihooting stars, 475 



Arctic work of the future, 149, 137 



Areas and rurve.", the geometry of, 125 



Arms, to strengthen the, 496, 515, 545 



Asbestos fires, 30 



Astronomical oliservations and the weather, 505 



Astronomical Society, the Royal ; award of gold 

 medal, 71 ; election of council, 376; Mouthly 

 yvfices, 90, 5fio; presidential address, 155 



Astronomical Sueiety of Livetpool, issue of papers by, 

 37t> 



Astronomical telescope, new occulting eye-piece for. 



Astronomy, the mathematics of meteoric, 335, 403, 423 



Atlantic, ice in the, 482 



Auctions, organised conspiracies at, 396 



Babbicomdb murderer, reprieve of the, 20O 



Ballin, Ada S., thought and language, 27, GV, 107,170, 

 211, 262. ;i01, 365, 43>, 474, 515 (see also "Cor- 

 respondence ") 



Baronetcies, the origin of, 1-40 



Beauty, the evolution of, 3:}6, 3tJ, 366, 3S7, 414, 437 

 (see also "Correspondence") 



Beetles (illustrated), 253, 305, 342, 3A4, 423, 473, 513 



Beginning of life (illustiated), S3, 123 



Bethlehem, the star of, 605 



Bible, the revised version of (review), 463 



Billiard -table, an improved, 59 



Birds, improved cage for exhibiting, 271 



Body, regulation of the tempera! ure of, 1S6 



Boots and shoes for travelling on ice, 33 



Boulder-clay of Cheshire, the, 5r2 



Brake for two-wheeled vehicles, 353 



Brain, extraction of a tumour from the, 12 



Brains, our two, 21, 62, 101, 141, 193, 2.9 (see also 

 "Correspondence") 



Brashear, Jotm A., detecting errors in plane surfaces 

 (illustrated), 327, 345, 3!i3 



Breakwater, a floating. 535 



Bricks, patent, for veutilaiion, 556 « 



Brighton electric railway, 255 



Brighton railway, electric light on the, 168 



Browning, John: Maps for trieyclists, 459; route- 

 books for tricyclists, 550 ; Stanley show.the (illus- 

 trated), 122, 191 ; tricycle, how to take care of a 

 (illustrated), 86. 351; tricycle ride, a (illus- 

 trated), 411; tricvcles .'for carrvinij goods, 54; 

 tricycling in 1835 (Ulustrated), 11, 122,' 191, 235, 

 231, 351. 411 ; type-«riter, a new, 3sl ; vision, on 

 the rapid increase of defeciivc, 171 



Brougham-hansom, a. 19 



Buchanan, Robeit, "George El'ot'a*' dog, 416 



Butler, E. A.: entomology cf a pond, 2, Ul, 120; 

 etymology of enlomologr, the. 428; household 

 insects, 253, 3(5, 312, ;i34,'42S, 473, 513 



Butterine. the ])roper(ip8 of, 13 



Buzzard, flight of the, 418 



Caoh for exhibiting birds. 271 

 Caligraphy ol correspondents, the, 20O 

 Camp-kettles, 19 



Canal project, the Nicaragua, 260 



Cancer, the increase of, 210 



Canine intelligence, instances of, 90, 417 



Carpentry, household (illustrated), 42, 124, 213, 336 



Carpet-beating, improved machine for, 337 



"Carrying" tricycles (illustrated), 54 



Carter, h. Brudenell, the influence of civilization on 



eyesight, 112 

 Casement-frames for windows, 293 

 Casks, a gauge for, 161 

 Castor, a patent magnetii^, 470 

 Champagne-wire cutter, 117 

 Charity, commerce, and advertising, 551 

 Charles II., thanksgiving for restoration of, note on, 



463 

 Charnwood forest, over (illustrated), 23, 83 (see also 



" Correspondence ") 

 Chemistry of Cookery, the : vegetarian question, 5 ; 



maltose as a cooking-agent, V5 

 Cheshire, the boulder clay of, 5 2 



Chess coLUMy, oub : — 

 Algaier gambit, game illusfraling variation of, 228 ; 



irregular defence in, 514 

 Blackmar gambit, game illustrating, 194 

 British Chess Association, 118, 443; tournament of, 



535, 557 

 Centre gambit, 249, 333, Mo, 492 

 Che83 curiosities, 228 

 City Club r. St. George's, 98 

 Consultation game (centre gambit) , 338 

 Correspondents, answers to, iO, 40, 60, 93, 140, 184, 

 228, 249, 272, 291, 316, 333, 382, 40 1, 426, 418, 492, 

 514 

 Counties Chess Association, the, 4-13 

 End-games, useful, 1&4, 206, 272. 316, 382,404 

 Endings from actual play, 443, 514, 558 

 Evans' gambit, varia'ion iu, 4() 

 German Chess Association, the, 413 

 Giuoco piann, a game in, 4'^t 

 Handicap tournament game at City Chess Club, 360; 



ending from, 192 

 "Mephisto." mistaken identity of, 228 

 North London Chess Club, game at, 426 

 Originality or eccentri'"itv ? 492 

 Positions of interest, 470 

 Problems, 20, 40, 140, 162,184,228,240, 294, 316, 



382, 404. 492, 514 

 Proctor, R. A., and chess in America, 360 

 Scotland, chess in, 1S4 

 Sicilian defence, the, 140, 557 

 Solutions, 20. 40, 60, 93, 134, 206, 228, 249, 272, 294, 



333, 360, 426, 443 

 *' Synopsis of Chess " (Cook's), American reprint of, 



118 

 Universities, chess at (he, 223 

 Vienna opening, game in, 557 

 'Winawer, S., end games played by, 418 

 Chest and throat, inhaler for treatment of, 35S 

 Children, the training of, 3 

 Chimpanzee, the cultured, 253 

 Choleraic virus, experimental inoculation with, 396, 



462 

 Cifl et Tcrre, a note on, 505 

 Cigarettes, the " Strawfena." 59 

 City Guilds, the, and the South Kensington Science 



and Art Department, 310 

 Civilisation, influence of, on eyesight, 113, 171 

 Climate, the variable English, 26-5 

 Climbing plants in Irecs, 393 



Clodd, Edward : Algonquin Indians, legends of the 

 (review), 91; custom and myth (review), 13 

 Europe, the geography and ethnology of (review) 

 463; Kalevala, the, h9, 165, 207, '251, 297, 343' 

 3S3; mammals, the descent of (review), 237 

 prehistoric America (review), 506 

 Clothing, the philosophy of; natural clothing, 100, 

 the skin. 147; regulation of the temperatnre of 

 body. 183; cooling action of the skin. 233, 274 

 protecting power of different materials. 321 

 Rumford's experiments on clotliing materials, 361 

 533; transmission of heat through clothing, 407, 

 gaseous clothing material, 451, 496, 538; removal 

 of perspirafion by clothing, 538 

 Coal, note on ihe origin of, 52j 

 Cocoon of a spider, the, 339 

 Coffee-roasting machine, a. 293 



Coleoptera (illustrated), 253, 305, 342, 334, 428, 173. 

 518 



Colh'ery explosion in Clifton Hall mine, heroiam s , 



551 

 Comet, Encke's, 90; ephemeris of, from Feb. 13tli to 



27th, 136; prize offered for discovery of a new, 



175 

 Comets, the origin of, 145 

 Compass, an attachment, 337 

 Concrete structures, improvements in, 556 

 Conductors and insulators, electrical, 544 

 Cone, the geometry of a (illustrated), 479, 541 

 Conic sections (illustrated), 10 

 Cookery, the chemistry of: the vegetarian question, 



5 : maltose as a cooking agent, 45 

 Cooking apparatus, a steam, 227, 424 

 Correspondents, the caligraphy of, 2iX) 

 Cotton-harvester, an automatic (illustrated), 526 

 Counterfeit sovereigns, the circulation of, note on, 



353 

 Cremation, opinions as to merits of, 376 

 Criminal aopeal. a proposed court of, 133 

 Crowley, Mr. Kemus, the cultured chimpanzee, 288 

 Crystal Palace amusements, the price of admission to,. 



' 71 

 Cuckoo, rarity of, in spring of 1835, 463 (see also 



" Correspondence ") 

 Cupboard-fastening, an improved, 59 

 Curves and areas, the geometry of, 125 

 Customs and myth (review), 13 

 Custom and manners in America, 66 

 Cylinder, the geometry of a, 431 



Dabwin, Charles, unveiling the statue of, note on, 527 



Death-watch, the (illustrated), 305 



Descartes versus Newton, S7 



Diamonds, the origin and heme of (illustrated), 390, 

 43 S, 473 



Dickens and Thackeray. 493, 520, 537 



Dickens's story left half told, 1 (see also " Correspon- 

 dence") 



Dies, stocks, and laps (illustrated), 406 



Dinosaurs (illustrated), 25, 67 



Dog, George Eliot's, 416 



Domestic economy, chapters on modern (illustrated), 

 8, 29. 53, 70, 85, 105, 133, 154, 195. 215, 241, 259, 

 279, 309, 325, 352, 375, 339, 413, 433, 460 



Door-fastener, an indicating, 153 



Door-fastening, automatic " i'Utton " for, 337 



Drainage, the ventilation of, 70, 85, 279, 309, 325, 353, 

 375, 389, 413, 43J. 4G> 



Drain-pipe, an accessible^ for inspection, 315 



Drain-protectors, 97 



Drawing apparatus, the "Rectoline," 271 



Drawing-board and paper-stretcher, a, 205 



Dress, taste in, the Bishop of Rochester on, 350 . 



Drills, how to make, 153 



Drilling, hints on (illustrated), 153, 230 



" J)ry-earth " system of drainage, the (illustrated), 8, 

 29.53, in5,'l32. 154, 195, 215, 241,259 (see also 

 '* Correspondence ") 



Dynamite outrages, the, 90, 237, 376 



Eabthqcakes : on some causes of, 99 ; explosions ii> 

 mines and, 265, 330; instances of, in Great 

 Britain, 551 



Earth, the shape and motions of the (illustrated), 24, 

 78 



Easel, the "Ilatherlev," 509 



Easter, fixing the date of, 236 



Eclipsed moon, ruddy appearanceof the fillustrated)^ 

 339, 471, 432, 4-36 (see also " Correspondence ") 



Eclipse of the sun, observation of, on March 16:h, 

 265 



Edison, Thomas A., electricity man's slave, 127 



Editorial Gossip, 12, 33, 55, 71, 90, 109, 133, 155, 175, 

 200, 219, 24:3, 365, 23G, 310, 330, 353, 376, 396, 410, 

 440, 462, 481, 505, 527, 550 (For items under this- 

 heading see ** General" index) 



Electrician, the young (illustrated) : necessary ma- 

 terials, 31. 63 ; soldering and cutting. 102; vices, 

 152; drills and drilling, 153, 192. 230; files and 

 filing, 231 ; screws and screw-making, 303, 341 ; 

 tapping, 344 ; dies, stocks, and taps, 4'}0; wood- 

 boring tools, 453 ; measuring instruments, 454 ; 

 production of electricity by friction, 494, 543; con- 

 ductors and insulators, 544 



Electricity man's slave, 127 



Electricity, production of, by friction (illustrated), 

 494, 543 



Electric lighting at the Inventions Exhibition, 384 



