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QfaenX—contiuufJ. 

 £l0clm- light :iQtheproi.vtion of shadows (iUustr*t<Hl), 



331 ; ou tho Bntrhlon Railway (illuslniUHi), H>^ ; 



Tonus ema ms ui itlumiosnt ia fo^, 33J 

 £l«otno nilwar at Bri^htoD, the, 2iyi 

 KUvlrio trMucAF, an, (SO 

 Kl«vtricwir*9, the dan^frs of overhi^ad, 429 

 BWlroplatinj:, t», -K*. -'77 



Kliot, Gtforgp, on old *t:e, 391 ; her fftvourito do;-, 116 

 Cocke's comet, dj; epheiuehs of, Croni Fob. 13lh to 



27th. 136 

 Endorcin^- press, a par»Uol, SOS 

 Knpueenne coustructiMi at the lurentioiu ExUibi- 



tioD, 457 

 En^ne4, the weight of, 1C6 



English Uiii^kf;e, on some corruptions of the, 52o 

 KnsiU^e butter. 19 

 EntomoWr ; of a pond (illustrated), 2,61, 120; of the 



household (illustrated) , 2o3, 30j, 34i, 3^, 428, 



473 

 Ephemeris of Eacke's comet from Feb. 13th to 27th, 



Eraains knife, an improved. 161 



Ktymology of entomolopj, the. 42S 



Europe, the geography aud ethnology of (review), 463 



Evolution, a mathcmalii-al Ihfory of, 4S6 



Eihaustion of the neries, 433, 300, 519 



Kxhibition at New Orleans, the, 31S 



Kxhibitionof amateur photogniphy, the, 1&4, 370 



Exhibition of Inventions, the international, at South 

 Kensington, 267, 371 ; Cremorne element at, 

 419; electric lighting at, 3S4 ; engineering con- 

 itraction at, 4o7; lirearms and military weapons 

 at, 415; misleadin:; statements aa to charge for 

 mdimssion to, 41'.* ; pr-'mineni-e of eating and 

 drinking at, 527; railway plant at, 436; watch, 

 making at (iUustnited), 4'SO, IStS, 522 



Exhibition, the Speedwell leveling, 150 



Exhibition, the Sportsman's, at Agricultoral Hall, 

 Islington, 37d 



■* Expansile " lock and clip for mnsic folio, 19 



Eye, the pupil of the : is its diameter an equivalent of 

 the light's intensity ? 2d5, 299, 323 



Eyesight, influence of civilisation on, 112, 171 



FilTH-HBjiLiso. 170, 220, 221 



Fashion-plates, inartistic, 13 



Fellow of the Hoval AstroDomi<al Society : Fare of 

 the Bkr, 15, 56, 93, 13>, 174, 221,267,311,35*, 

 399, 4k2. 4S6, 529; Optical recreations (illus- 

 trated). 166, 319, 541 



Files and tiling (illustrated), 231 



Filter for water, an improved (illustrated), 656 



Finland and its mvthologv. 129, 165,207,251. 297, 

 348, 383 



Firearms and military weapons at the Inventions 

 Exhibition, 415 



Fire-blower, an improved. 59 



Fire-extinguishing grenade, a chemical, 139 



Fire-gratee : a swing trivet and clip for, 331 ; improve- 

 ments in, 19, 36. 73, 271 



Fireproof fixing-blocki* for joiners' work, 59 



Fires : at Japanese Village, 396 ; at Inventions Exhi- 

 bition, 527 ; insufliciency of means of subdtiing 

 outbreaks cf, 213, 550 ; of asbestos, 36 



Fire-waste, '^79 



Fish, highest temperature endurable by, 156 



Flat-iron beater, an improved, 417, 535 



Floating breakwater, a, S'io 



Flue-bricks, ventilating, 556 



Fog appliances for ships, 97 



Fontcnelle, M. de. on the plurality of worlds, 47, 105, 

 151, 199, 235, 282, 323, 369, 410, 455 



Friction, production of electricity by (illustrated), 

 494,543 



GiBBBS-EyGiirB, a patent, 402 



Gardening, a useful tool for, 535 



Gaseous clothing material, 450, 496, 538 



Gasfitters, a combination tool for, 248 



Gas-5toves, 36 



Gate-opener, an automatic, 435 



Geological rambles with a hammer (illustrated) , 22, 

 S3, 172, 213 



Geology of Cheshire, the, 5">2 



Geometrical measurement, chats on (illustrated) : 

 conic sections, 10; the hyperbola, 44, S4; the 

 parabola, 84; curves and areas, 125; volumes 

 and surfaces of solids, 237; pyramids, 277; 

 the cylinder, 431 ; the cone, 479, 541 



Gestores and language, 430, 474, 515 (see also "Cor- 

 respondence ' ) 



Glasgow, trades '-union ism in ship-building trade at, 90 



Glote, a mechanical terrestrial, 227 



Gold, the successful imitation of. 353 



Gorhiam, John, the pupil of the eye and its relation 

 to the intensity of light, 2S5, 299. 322 



Gossip, editorial, 12. 33, 55, 71, 90, 109, 133, 155, 175, 

 200, 219, 243, 265, 2-6, 310, 330, 353, 376, 398, 419, 

 440, 462, 481, 5'J5, 527, 550 (For items under this 

 heading see "General" index) 



Greely, Lieutenant, on future arctic work, 149, 187 



Gregory, James E , meteoric stones, 216 



Greshain CoUe^e, a note on. 5^5 

 Gyroscope, an improved, 447 



"Halltahds ** on certain corruptions of English 



languatre, 525 

 Hampstead Literary Institution, opening of new 



premises of the, 2<)0 



Uand-rogulator for electric liglit employed in projec- 

 tion of !4hadow9, 331 



Uarnson, \V. Jerome : diamonds, origin and home of 

 the (illustrated), 31N>. 439, 478; lantern-slides, 

 aimplo method of making, 281, 326; rambles with 

 a hammer {illustrated). 22, H3. 172, 213 



" llatherley " steps, the, 117 ; folding easel, 508 



Heating apparatus, improved, 161, 183, C3S 



Ileal of the sun, the, 51 



Heat, the transmission of, through clothing, 407 



Heredity, iu relation to traiuint: of children, 3 



Heroism M ihe Clifton HmU colliery explosion, 651 



Ilorsellesh for human food, the sale of, 287 



Horses, nose-bngs for, 19, 161 



llo^e-reel and garden engine, 402 



Uo:-airaud laundry stove, a combination (illustrated) , 

 635 



Household insfcts, our (illustrated), 253, 306, 343,3S4, 

 423, 473,518 



Houses, dwelling, the framework and construction of 

 (illustrated). 8. 29. 53. 70, 85, 105, 132, 154, 195, 

 215, 211, 259, 279. 30P, 325, 352, 375, 389, 413, 433, 

 460 



Hurncanes and earthquakes, 99 



Hutchinson, Surgeon-general, on Termites (illus- 

 trated), 103, 142 (see also " Correspondence ") 



Hydrophobia iu February, 177 



Hjporbola, the geometry of an, it, 64 



IcR in the Atlaiilio, 492 



lodia-rublter, production of, in Brazil, 327 



India, white ants in, 103, 142 (see al^o " Correspond- 

 ence ") 



Infection, device for preventing spread of, in disease, 

 161 



Inhaler for throat and chest treatment, 358 



Inkstand, an improved, 97 



Insects, the, of our household (illustrated) , 253, 305, 

 312, 3S4. 128. 473.518 



Insulators Mini conductors, electrical, 51t 



Inventions Exhibition, the International at South 

 Keuaington, 267, 371 ; Cremorue element at, 410 ; 

 electric lighting at, 3S4 ; engineering construction 

 at, 457- firearms and military weapons at, 415 ; 

 misleadins statement a^ to cliar^'c for admission 

 to, 319 ; pntminence of eatint; and drinking at, 

 527 ; railway plant at, 436 ; watchmaking at (illus- 

 trated), 4S0, 498, 522 



Inventors' column, our, 19, 36, 59, 73, 97. 117, 139, 

 161, 183, 205, 227, 248. 271, 293, 315, 336, 358, 381, 

 402,421,447,470, 491, oVS, 535, 556 (For items 

 under this heading, see * General " index) 



Ireland, the seaside resorts of, 520, 542 



Iron rods, the effect of magnetism on the length of, 

 486 



Japaxese village exhibition, the, 110; destruction of 



by fire, 396 

 Jewellery, successful imitation of gol<l, 353 

 Joinery, fire-proof fixing-blocks for, 59 

 Jurassic epoch, animalaand plantsof the (illustrated), 



25, 67 

 Jurisprudence, medical, and photography, 275 



KiLBVALA, the national poem of the Finns, 129, 165, 



207,251, 297,348,393 

 Kimberley diamond mines, the (illustrated), 433 

 Knife, an erasing, 161 

 Knife-cleaning machine, a patent, 24-3 

 Knowledge, s*-ientific, ^owth of popular taste for, 170 



Lamp for reading for travellers, 36, 491 



Landslip, a remarkable, and its causes (illustrated), 



144 

 Language, the origin of. 26, 6t, 107, 170, 211. 262,304, 



365, 430, 474, 515 (see also " Correspondence") 

 Lantern, ruby, fnr travelling photographers, :i37 

 Lantern-slide;', simple methods of making, 2S4, 326 

 Laundry and hot-air stove, a combination (illustrated), 



535 

 Lawn-edge cutting, a machine for, 353 

 Leaves, on the forms of, 17J, ISO 

 Lessons im stars, first (illustrated) 30, 64, 130, 174, 



24'5, 202, 306, 350, 416, 460, 502, 548 

 Letter-case, an automatic spring, 19 ; a spring, 381 

 Letter-file or binder, a novel, 508 

 Letter-grip, an improved, 293 

 Libel actions, the morality of, 4W 

 Library furniture, how to construct (illustrated), 213 

 Librarj- steps and easel combined, 97 

 Life in other worlds, 163, 210, 257, 295 

 Life, the beginning of (illustroted) 88, 123 

 Li^ht, eipermientfl for determing the velocity of, 265 

 Liu'htmg system, the "Optime," 248 

 Light's intensify, the, and its reliitiou to the pupil of 



the eye, 285, 299, 322 

 Lightning strokes, the mechanical chartctcristics of, 



a paper on, 410 

 Linen-stretcher, a, 59 



Lock and clip, the "Expansile," for music folio, 19 

 Locomotives, the weight of, 106 

 London, changes in, during forty years, 310 

 Lottery swindle, a daring, 363 

 Lotteries and the postal authorities, 440 

 Lubbock, Sir John, on the forms of leaves, 173, lb9 

 Lunacy laws, amendment of the, 2-87 

 Lunar eclipse of March 30, the, 486 



Mao Si Charta, anniversary of the signing of, B28 



Miignetisati u, its elloct on rods of iron, steel, aud 

 nickel, -UIH 



Ma:;nels, wooden, disease cured by, 86 



Mnliose as a cooking agent, 45 



Mammals, (ho descent of (review) , 297 



Mkm, the Working power of, 329 



Manners and customs in America, 66 



Maps for tricvclists, 159 



Maps of the "night skies, Jan., 31, 65 ; Feb., 131, 175 ; 

 March, 211, 263 ; April, 3u7, 351 ; May, 417, 461 ; 

 June, 603, 619 



Mtitliematical astronomy, a work on, 176 



Mill lii'inatical theory of evolution, a, 186 



Mathematics, the, of meteoric astronomy, 333,403, 

 123 



Mathew, William, photography and medical juris- 

 prudence, 275 



May, rominisocncea of tbft month of, 376 



Mavull, John, jun., on Noberl's ruUng machine, 4;13, 

 ■ 452, 501, 623 



Measurement, geometrical (illustrated) : the conic 

 section, 10; the hyperbola, 44, 81; (he parabola, 

 81; curves and areas, 125; volumes and surfaces 

 of solids, 237; pyramids, 277 ; the cylinder, 131 ; 

 the cone, 47!t, 511 



Measuremout of iho light of stars, 133 



Measurement, tools for (illustrated), 454 



Medi<al jurisprudence and photography, 275 



Mei;,'s, Jl. C, the working power of man, 329 



Sletenric astronomy, the mathematics of, 335, 403, 

 41!3 



Meteoric stones, 216 



Meteors and falling stars, 317, 3S6, 405, 427 



Microbes, the develiipment of (illus'rated), 143 



Microscope, pleasunt hours with the (illustrated) : 

 hints for mounting objects, 77; development (»f 

 microbes, 143; the stomata of plants, 190; acedi 

 of plants, 232, 4f'8 ; molecular motion, 31«; 

 anthers of plants, 518 



Microscope, the *' Demonstration " (illustrated), -191 



MiUtary weapons and firearms at the Inventions 

 Exhibition, 415 



Milk-tester, a, 73 



Molecular motion, 318 



Moon, the ruddy eclipsed, 339, 471, 482, 486 (sec also 

 "Correspondence '*) 



Muscle-reading and thought-reading, 449 



Museums, opening of, on Sundays, 155, 265 



Music-folio look and c\i]>, the " Expansile," 19 



Music-stand, a patent folding, 421 



Mythology, the, of Finland, 129, 165, 207, 251, 297, 

 318, 3S3 



NiDBK, Constance, C. W.,on the evolution of beauty, 



306, 313, 366, 3S7, 414, 437 (see also ''Corre- 



spondence") 

 Xeison, Mr. E., and hia ditinterestedness in the cause 



of science, 462 

 Nervous exhaustion, 435, SCO, 519 

 New Orleans, exposition at, 348 

 Newton, Sir Isaac, data of death of, 243 

 Newton versus Descartes, 97 

 Niagara, the falls of, 185 

 Nicaragua canal project, the, 260 

 Nickel, rods of, the effect of magnetisation upon the 



length of, 468 

 Nightingale, earlv appearance of the, 220 

 Ni-ht eky. maps'of the: January, 31, 65 ; February, 

 " i:il, 175; March, 211, 26i ; April, 307, 351 j May, 



417,461 ; June, 50i, 519 

 Nobert's ruling machine, 433, 452, 504, 523 

 Nose-bag for horses, 19, 161 



Occulting eye-piece, a new, 139 



Oil-cans, an automatic governing spout for, 358 



Old age, George Eliot on, 391 



Optical recreations (illustrated), 166, 319, 540 



"Optime " lighting system, the, 248 



Orbit of the sun, 278 



Overhead electric wires, danger of, 429 



Overpressure in schools, 220 



pALMiEBA table-water, 36 



Parents and children, 3 



Parabola, the geometry of a, 81 



Pasteur, his life and la'bours (review), 177 



" P.D." theory, the, 201 



Perambulator," a patent contractible, 417 



Photographers, trades-unionism amongst American, 



109 

 Photographic ruby lantern for travelling, 337 

 Photographic " shutter," an adjustable instantaneoun, 



315 

 Photographing the stars, 55 

 Photoi^raphy : it* relation to medical jurispruden<re, 



275; eihlMtion of, by amateurs, 194, 370; pro- 

 duction of lanteni slides by, 326 

 Photometry, stellar, 133 

 Physiognomy, traits of, note on, 505 

 Plane surfaces, critical methods of detecting errors in 



(illustrated), 327, 315, 303 

 Planets, the theory of life in. 118, 163, 210, 257, 295 

 Plant-life and planet-life, 118 

 Plants, climbing, in trees, 393 

 Plants under the micro.scope : the slomataof (illna- 



tratedi, 190; seeds of (illustrated), 233, J08 ; 



anthers of (illustrated), 54S 

 Police- con stable, presentation of Albert medal to, 287 



