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♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[Ji-LT 3, 1885. 



General — continued. 



Polieh for staining wood, 36 



Pnnd, entomoloey cf a (illustrated), 2, 61, 120 



Postage-stamp designs, 33 



Power, the workinjr, of man, 329 



Pre-historic America (renew), 506 



Press, a parallel endorsing, 508 



Proctor, E. A. :— Animals of the past and present, 

 477; arms, to strengthen the. 496, 515, 545; 

 begimiingof life, the (illustrated), SS, 1'23; brains, 

 our two, 21, 62, 101, 14t, 193, 229 (see also " Cor- 

 respondence ") ; buzzard, the flight of the, 418; 

 children, the training of, 3 ; comets, the origin of, 

 145 ; Dickens and Thackerav, 493. 520, 537 • 

 Dickens's storr left half told, 1 (see also '* Corre- 

 spondence"); earthquakes, in some causes of, 

 99; earth, the ehape and motions of the, 24, 78; 

 erpcsition at New Orleans, ihe, 31S ; geometrical 

 measurement, chats on, 10, 44, S4, 125, 2;i7, 277, 

 431, 479, &n ; life in other worlds, 163. 21i.>' 257, 

 295 ; lottery swindle, a daring, 34s ; manners and 

 customs in America, 66; mat hematics of meteoric 

 astronomy, 335. 4<13, 423 ; meteors and falling 

 stars, 317, 386,405,427; moon, the ruddv eclipsed, 

 339, 471 (see also ''Correspondence")'; muscle- 

 reading and thought-reading, 449; Niagara, the 

 falls of, 185; note from, 527; plant life and 

 planet life, 148; rain, 214, 254, 30j; science and 

 religion, 428 ; sea-serpents, mcnster, 273; sky, 

 map3 of the night: Jan., 31, 65; Peb., 131, 175; 

 March, 241, 263 ; April, 307, 351 ; May, 417, 461 f 

 June, 503, 549 ; star-surrevs, needed, 7', 41,81,119, 

 167; star-lessons, first, 30, 64,130,174 240 262 

 306, 350, 416, 460, 502, 54S ; sun, orbit of the, 278 ; 

 sun'a heat, the, 51 ; waves, preat sea, 517 ; 

 zodiacal maps, 51, 189, 233 



Pyra mi d, the geometry of a, 277 



RiiLWAT plant at the Inventions Exhibition, 436 

 Railway, the Brighton, electric light on (illustrated), 



168 

 Rain, 214, 254, 300 

 Kain-gauge, a marine, 161 



Rambles with a hammer (illustrated), 22, fv3. 172, 213 

 Ranyard, A. C, the ruddy eclipsed moon, letter on. 



509 J f , , 



ReadiD;:-]amp for travelling, 36, 491 

 Reading-rooms for the industrial classes, 12 

 Reading-stand, a, 183 

 "Eectoline" drawing apparatus, the, 271 

 Recreations in optics (illustrated), 163, 319, 540 

 Reformation in time-keeping (illustrated), 68, lOS 

 Reformed time, the, 33, 220 



Refuse, the disposal of household (illustrated) 195 

 215, 211, 259, 279, 309, 325, 333, 375, 389, 413. 433, 

 460 . . . > » 



Reprieve of the Babbicom^e murderer, 200 

 Restoration of Charles II., note on the thankseiTine 



for, 4e3 ^ 



Royal Astronomical Society, the : award of gold 



medal, 71 ; election of' council, 376 : Monthly 



y^otices, 90, 505 ; presidential address, 155 

 Royal Institution, subscriptions to, for ecientific 



research, 133 

 Ruddy appearance of eclipsed moon (illustrated), 



339, 471, 4S2, 4'?3 (pee also "Correspondence") 

 Ruling-machine of Herr Xobert, 433, -454, 501. 523 

 Romford, Count, and bis eiperimesits on cIothin<' 



361, 538 

 Bossell, Percy, Irish sea-side resorts, 520, 542 



SjjrrTAHr construction of dwelling-houses (illus- 

 trated), 8. 29, 53,70, 85, 105, 132, 1S4, 195, 215, 

 241, 259, 279, 30M, 325, 353, 375, £89, 413, 433, 4tX) 



Saw, kc, for woodworking, 402 



Schools, overpressure in, 230 



Science and religion, 426 : and the Bishop of London. 

 110 *> ' ' f 



Scientific knowledge, growth of popular taste for, 



176 

 Scientific research, subscriptions for promoting, 133 

 Scientific teaching, unreliable, note on, 528 

 Screws, how to make (illustrated), 302, 341, 406 

 Sea-side resorts, Iri^h, 520, 542 

 Sea-serpents, monster, 273 

 Seeds of plants under the microscope (illustrated) 



232,408 

 Seeliger, Professor, note on an astronomical pauer 



by, 310 ^ 



Seiss, C. Few., blowing vipers (illustiated), 368 

 Sewer-gas, means for prevention of escape of 70 132 



279, 325. 353, 375, 359, 413, 433, 460 ' 



Shelley. Hellen, death of, 440 

 Shipbuilding trade of Glasgow, trades-oniooism in 



the, 90 

 Ship-railwav, the inter-oceanic (illustrated) 196 217 



239 ' J> , * 



Ships, appliances for raising sunken, 117; fog ap- 

 pliances for, 97 



Ship-worm and its ravages (illustrated), 516 



Shooting stars, Arago on, 475; amusing account of 

 502 



Skies, night maps of the, January 31, 65; Februarv, 

 131, 175; March, 241, 263; April, 307, 351 ; May' 

 417, 461 ; June, 503, 549 



Skin, the human (illustrated), 147 ; cooling action of 

 the, 233, 274 (see also " Correspondence ") 



Sky, face of the, 15, 66, 93, 136, 174, 221,267,311 

 35 K 393, 412,486,529 



Skylight', an improvement in, 293 



Slack. Henry J., plessant hours with the microscope 

 (illustrated) : hints for object-mounting, 77; de- 

 velopment of microbes, 143; stomata of plants, 

 190 ; seeds of plants, 232. 4':i8 ; molecular motion,' 

 318 ; anthers of plants, 548 



Slate in America, 295 



Slates, writing, a patent cleaner for, 381 



BUngo, "W. :— Electrician, the vonng, 31, 63, 102 152 

 192. 230, 302, 3*4, 4^*6, 4.33 ,'494, 543 ; electnc'lifiht 

 on the Brighton railway, 168 ; electric railwar at 

 Brighton, 255 ; electric tramcar, an, SO ; electro- 

 plating, 9, 48, 277 ; overhead electric wires, 429 



*' Solar- physics, the committee on," a sham entitled 

 200 



Soldering, hints on (illustrated). 102 



Solids, volumes and surfaces of, the geometrv of 

 237,277 



Spider, the cocoon of a, 3^9 



Sportsman's exhibition at the Agricultural Hall, 

 Islington, 378 



Sprav-distributor, b, "3 



Stanley cycle show (illustrated). 122, 191 



Star-gazing in crowded thoroushfares, the danger of, 

 2'K) 



Star-lessons, first (illustrated), 30, 64, 130 174 240 

 262. 3Lt6, 350, 416, 460. 502, 548 



Star of Bethlehem, the, 505 



Stars, falling, and met?ors, 317, 386, 405, 437 



Stars, measurement of light of the, 133 



Stars, shooting, Arago on, 475 ; amusing 'account of, 

 502 



Stars, the variable, a paper on observations of, 396 



Star-eurveys, needed, 7, 41, 81, 119, 167 



Steel rods, the effect uf magueiisation upon length 



Steps : for library use and easel combined, 97 ; the 



" Hatherlev," 117 

 Stocks, taps, and dies (illustrated', 406 

 Stomata ot plants under the microscope (illustrated). 



Stove, hot-air and laundrv combined (illustrated) 535 



Strengthening the arms, 496, 515, 545 ' 



Subterranean woods, 171 



Sonday opening of museums, t-he, 155, 265 



Sun, the : observation of eclipse of (March 16), 265; 



orbit of the, 278; heat of the, 51'; temperature 



of strata of the, 265 

 Sanspot irregularities, 33 

 Swindle, a daring lottery, 362 

 Swords, our military, unserviceable nature of, 353 



Tadle-watbb, the " Palmiera," 36 



Tap and bung closer, 59 



Taps, stocks, and dies (illustrated), 406 



Te'hnicu! edui:-3tion, papers on, 396, 419 



Tehuantepec ship railway (illustrated), 196. 217, 239 



Telegraph and telephone, the, 127 



Telegraph wires, the dangers of overhead, 429 



Telescope, a new occulting eve-piece for, 139 



Temperature: highest endurable by fish, 156; of the- 



human body, regulation of, 186 

 Teredo, the, and its work (illustrated), 546 

 Termites (illustrated), 103, 142 (see also *' Corre- 



spondence ") 

 Terrestrial globe, a mechanical. 227 

 Thackeray and Dickens, 493, 520, 537 

 Thought and language, 26, 64, 107, 170, 211, 262,'304, 



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

 Thought-reading and muscle-reading, 419 (see also 



" Correspondence ") 

 Throat and chest, inbaler for treatment of disease of 



Time-keeping, the reformation in. '33, 69 108 ''20 

 Tools for gasfitters (illustrated), 248 ; for the'" young 



electrician," 102. 153. 192, 231,3^.13. 345, 4 7,453; for 



wood-boring (illustrated), 4-53 ; for measurement 



(illustrated), 454; for gardening, 635 ■ for wood- 



cutting, 4<_12 

 Trades-unionism amongst American photographers 



109 ; in Glasgow shipbuilding tra^e 90 ' 



Tram-car, an electric, SO ' 



Tram-cars, a novel check on takings of 220 

 Trees, climbing plants in, 392 

 Tricvcle and bicvcle shows : the Stanley 1**' 191 ■ the 



Speedwell, 150 j* ^ - , 



Tricycle ride, a (illustrated), 411 

 Tricycles : for carrying goods (illustrated) , 54 ; how to 



take care of, b6. 351 ; new tvpe of (illustrated) 



235; saddles and seats for (illustrated) 411 ' 



Tncydingin 1SS5 (illustrated), 11, 122, 191 235 2S1 



351, 411, 459, 550 ' 



Tricyclists : maps for, 459 ; route and road-books for. 



550 * 



Trisecting an angle (illustrated). 208 

 Trivet and clip for fire-grates, 381 

 Tumour, extraction of, from the brain, 12 

 Type-writer, a new, 381 



Ubaitcs, the discovery of, 219 



Taccktatiott, instance of value of, 463 



Veneering wood, the art of, 386 



Ventilating : apparatus for, 36; bricks for, 656 



Ventilation of drains, the, 70, 85. 279. Z(k 325 353 

 375, 389, 413, 433. 4eO * » ' . > ^^-t 



Ventilator and warmer, an improved, 183 



Venus, the supposed sateJUte of. 265 



Vessels: appliances for raising sunken, 117- fog- 

 appliances for, 97 * 



Vice ; the use of the, 152 ; the parallel " grip" (iUtis- 



trated), 491 

 Viobn trade, a spurious, 55 

 Vipers, blowing, migration cf (illustrated), 368 

 Vision, on the rapid increase tT defective, 171 

 Vivisection, .'.48; note on, 550; opposition to, at 



Oxford, 243 



Washisg-machisbbt. improvements in, 73, 117, 205 

 "Watch -ma king at the Inrenticns Eilubition (Illus- 

 trated), 4-^1, 493, 522 

 Waves, great sea, 617 

 Weather-forecasts of 1884, the, 49 

 Weather, the, and astronomical observations, 506 

 Webb, Prebendary, the late, 481 

 Whist columk, oitb : — 

 Accepted ace leads, 513 

 Ca! 'Illation of chances, 425 

 Illustrative games, 39, 76, 468 

 Opening.' the play, 250, 359 

 Problem, a fine, 558 

 Williams, W. Mattieu : Chemistry of cookery, the> 

 45; clothing, the philosophy 'of, \00, 147, 186,. 

 233, 274, 321, 361, 407, 450, 496. 538 (see also 

 " Correspondence ") ; ruddy eclipsed moon, the, 

 letters on, 4'X), 465, 509 

 Wind, note on the direction of the, 353 

 Window-fastener, a patent, 139 

 Wood-boring insect, an (illustrated), 546 

 Wood-bonng, tools for (illustrated), 453 

 Wooden n agnets to cure disease, b6 

 Wood-working machine, an improved, 402 

 Wooton, Edwin, nervous exhaustion, 435, 500, 51? 

 Workshop at home, the (illustrated), 43, 124, 21?, 



386 

 Worlds : life in other, 163, 210. 257, 295 ; the plurality 

 of, 47, 105, 151, 199, 235, 28i, 323, 369, 410, 45a 



Zodiacal light, brightness of the, 243 

 Zodiacal Maps, 51, 189, 233 



REVIEWS. 



ACADBiTT Ek etches, including various eiliibitions, 



edited by Henry Blackburn, 507 

 Academy, the royal (illustrated), edited by Henry 



Lassalle, 507 

 Acetic acid, and vinegar, ammonia, and alum. 266 

 Acoustics, fallacy of present theory of, by Henry A, 



Molt, juo., 411 

 Advertiser's guardian, the, by Louis Collins, 331 

 Aeronautical Society, annual reports of the. 483 

 Air, ether, and water, wave of translation in the 



oceans of, by John Scott Russell, 55 

 Air, science of the change of, bv David S. Skinner,- 



441 

 Ahri, cruise of the, by W. R. Coppinger, 220 

 Algebra, factors in, discovered by arrangement, trial, 



and symmetry, by Rev. J. G. Easton, 56 

 Algonquin Indians, legends of the, by Charles G. 



Leland,91 

 Almanack for 1835 (Photographic ye^ts), 34 

 America, a book on emigration to, by Percy Taylor, 266 

 America, prehistoric, by the Marquis de Nadaillac, 506 

 Animal and vegetable life on our globe, origin auA 



reproduction of, by T. Spencer, 483 

 Asclepiad, the, 135, 378 

 Atlas, the penny [Moffat's), 484 



Bacillaet phthitis of the lungs, by Germain SiJe, 



331 

 Ballooning, by G. May, 397 

 Bible, inspiration of the, by H. L. Hastings, 34; 



revised version of the, 463 

 Biography, dictionary of national, edited bv Leslie 



Stephen, 34, 330 

 Boilers, how to prevent explosions in, by P. Milan and 



J. Shaw, 220 

 Book-keeping, commerd&l and scJiool, by A. F. 



Notlcy, 135 

 Boy, the :" what he thought, 243 

 Brass repousse, by Madame Amclie, 56 

 Britannia msgna, by the Aldetirst of Aldabrelton, 92 

 Britons awake ! 135 

 Bucolics, a bundle of, 441 

 Bull, John, to Max O'Rell, 178 



Cawada and the United States, a book on emigra- 

 tion to, by Percy Taylor, 266 



Carnivora, natural history sketches among the, by 

 Arthur Nicols, 15 



Catalogues : of Royal Society of Painters in water- 

 colours. 411 ; of suepected variable stars, by J.E. 

 Gere, 4S3 



Chemistry, the elements of inorganic, by J, C. Buck- 

 master, 441 



Child-culture, mental, moral, and physical, by T. M. 

 Madden, z^)7 



Child'.' Fictori'il, the, 378, 5v)7 



" Christmas hamper," the, 112 



Class-books, the Loudon, on science, by John 

 Murphy, 73 



Clock and watchmaking, by David Glasgow, 201 



Colours, water, advanced studies of flower-painting in, 

 by Ada Haubury, -441 ; catalogue of Royal Societj 

 of Painters in, 441 



Comprehenscia series, the, 35 



Cookery, the Chemistrr of, by W. Mattieu WilliamF, 

 376 



