INDEX TO VOL. II 



GElfESAL. 

 iHAU, civilisation in the days of, 426 



Adam's Peak, Ceylon, 4S9 

 Aids to the study of geology, 90 

 .^cohol, victims of, 25r 



332; a naturalist's y» 

 and aphides, 463; the mistletoe boufih, 

 .UUnson, T. 



i.e. P., I 



trojWes, 10 



R., L.l 

 Altmi and water to exiinguisn nre, -i/o 

 American Association, the, 192 



electrician, the. the inductor, 8; electric 

 cenera'or, 35, 71 ; electrical measurement, 160, 



261, Sii, 4 



,449 



Amateurs, photography for, 23, 35, 126, 196 

 American pronunciation, 397 

 .American railroad acddents, 398 

 .American signal service, value of, 413 

 .Analysis and svnihesis, 320 

 .Anatomical studies (review), 361 

 -Uicestora, our, the final mixture, 4 

 .\ncient mine, an, 333 

 Ancient works in Florida, 271 

 Animal vaccine, 312 



.Animals in Xorway, duration of life of, 295, 325 

 Arf-ony Tr.Uope and th? Tiintt, 462 

 .\nti.coraet philosophy and history, 415 

 .Vntiquityof man in Western Europe; part III., 19; 

 part IV., !^7 ; concluding paper, 273 

 - of modem Stated, 



.Astronomical observations on Mount Etna, 369 



.Atmosphere of space, 451 



Atomic phvsics, a problem in, 371 



Attitude* of aninuils in motion, 255 



Aucora, llie. 419, 431, 483 



Autotimtit electrical apidiance to sif^nal trains, 476 



B.iBVLuNU and Assyria, libraries of, 414 



Babvloniau Calendar, the, 26 



Backboned animals (review), 380 



Balloons in war, use of, 271 



Beard, Daniel C, a comfoand nest (illustrateil), 



279 

 Berthon boat in a ;;ale, a, 272 

 Be-ant. Mr. Walter, mistakes in works of, 462 

 Bible Enk'lish (review), 296 

 Bicycle, cucriry expended in propelling a, 435, see 



?«). 216 



ntley (review), 216 

 review), 216 

 the. 10; too much work, 10 ; 



i'l?. 234, 219. ; 

 ';i..te, the.350 

 . ^ . photo;:raphy for amatei 

 :1 ; thi- u'-'i»' !■;■■ process, 55 ; sec also 126, 106 

 'wninjr, John, how to ride a tricycle, 67; the 

 tricycle as an aid to photographv. M7 ; what will 

 he the future form of the tricycle? 1»S;_ energy 

 ri*quircd to drive bicycles and trievcles, 478 

 ir-Urv HI the Strand, 393 

 iri.l.'.'i.s in Greece, 240 

 lit rlli,-. und moths, 9, 24, 38, 05, 113, 217, 219, 276, 



CtLlvoiB. the Babrlonitn, 26 

 Camels duration of life of, 325 

 Carbonic a. id in the air, 280 

 Carrier niccons for naval service 



Cst.Tiul ir. a -Inin;;.- lillustrate. 



Chess colomn, 13 ; Vienna international ' 



16, 31, 48, 63, 85; the complete score list, 103; 

 see also, +44 ; end games. T>y B. Herwiiz, 32 ; 

 Steiniti— Winawer game, notes on the, 122 ; games 

 by correspondence, 121, 136, 173; mental photo- 

 graphy for amateurs, blindfold play, 222 ; general 

 remarks on the strategr of the game, 24^; how 

 to construct a problem, 367; election of problems, 

 488; also see 138, 1S9, 2<>5, 23S, 254, 386, 303, 318, 

 334, 318, 383. 396. 410, 421. 460, 473, 501 



Chesterfield, electric lighting in. 428 



Christian Knowledge, Society for the Promotion of, 

 publications of the, 36 ■ 



Clark, W. J. H., butterflies and moths, 9, 24, 58, 93, 

 113, 317, 331, 249, 276 



Cleaning brass, 370 



Clodd, Edward, antiquity of man in Western Europe, 

 19, 87 ; concluding paper, 273 



Cloud, forms of (dlustraled), 173; in the air, 258 

 (illustrate.!) . 278 (illustrated), 32J (illustrated! 



Coal, consumption of, on American and En;;lish 

 railways. •445 



Coal-beds, 304 



Coal tar and ammonia, utilisation of, 461 



Cod liver oil, substitutes for, -443 



Coffee and tvphoid fever, 3 1-4 



Colour-blin,1ne4s in Russia, 370 



Coloured reaction of atropine and daturine, 272 ' 



Combat, a terrific, 165 



Co.Tiet, the. as seen during the eclipse (illustrated), 

 103 : discovery of a, 271 ; return of the, 328 ; 

 path of, for December, 430 ; see also 309, 319, 333, 

 341,372,383 



Comet, path of the (illustrated), 433 



Compound nest.(iUustratedl, 279 



Concise cyclopaedia, a (review), 3f'l 



Converting a negative into a posi ive, 193 



Corset philosophy. 478 



Corset-wearing, 429 ; as an aid to beauty, 495 ; in re- 

 lation to health, 193 



Cory, F. W.. the rainband spectroscope, 375 



Cotton, spontaneous combustion of, 234 



Crackle surface glass, 383 



Cricke;, changes in, 253 . new viens on, 248 



Crimes and offences, 339 



Critics, on aome, 43 



Crystals. 20, 52 



Crvstsl Palace electric and gas exhibition, 183 



DiBwix and revelation, 411 ; letter from, 383; views 

 on religion, 397 ; on the existence of a God, 423 



Dawkins, Professor, on the river-drift msn, 212 



Dead Sea water, 350 



Death-warning, ioo 



Deer m.)use, the (illustrated), 353 



Desert*, new theory of, 330 



Destruction of rare animals and plants, 4S1 



Diet of the Japanese, 139 



Divining rod, the, ;iSO 



Dogs barking at horses, 272 



Draper, Dr. Henry, death of, 411, 417, 475 



Druakenness, the use of, 181 



Dumas, M., carbonic acid in the air, 280 



Raktu, population of the. 3 



Earthquakes, in the British Islee, 339, 373, 400, l»l ; 

 in Herefordshire, 4<i9 



Eclipve, the, 9 



Eclipse, the comet as seen durin„' the (illustrated), 103 



Edison, lamps of, 'S'iO 



Gdnards. Amelia B.. was Ramesos the Pharaoh of 

 theoppre..-i..n? 34; the Pharaoh of Joseph? 65; 

 consecutive and si-nchronous theories, 1118 ; the 

 Uykshos KalendaV and the Exodus. 1 tl ; the 

 twin cities Pa-Tuni and l»a-Kamese*i, 'iZH ; the seat 

 of war in Egvpl, 2H; coi.diciois of pUee and 

 date, 244; the land of tioslien, 260; I" " 

 324; see alao 201, 357. 3s7. 430 



Egypt, Utter from, describing state of tli 

 war, :i3t ; the seat of war in. 244 



Eighty-pounil hailstone, an, 210 



Electric currents and fatal accidents, S07 



Electric launch, an. 319 



Bleclric lamp in mines 126 



Electric lighting, fire risks from, 113, 213 



Ele-tric railways. 330 



Klccl 



Electrolysis, use of, in dyeing, 323 



Electromania. 73, 139 



Electro-motors (review) , 436 



Ellis, Robert, a surgeon's tools, 73 



Enghsh seaside health-resorts, classification, 53, 91, 

 109, 162 ; winter temperatures, 176, 211 ; land and 

 sea winds, 306 



Ephesus, excavations at, 166 



Ether sprar and neuralgia, 443 



Ethics, science of (review). 3S 



Excavations at Ephesus, 166 



Eves of science, the, f4 



" FxlaiES " and the electric light, 462 



Fairy rings, 1'27 



Farm in tlie Karoo (review) 4.56 

 , Fasting in acute rheumatism, 191 

 * Fighting instincts, 411 



Fire caused by too strong an electric ctirrent. 323 



Fire risks from electric lighting, 113 



Fishermen's superstitions, 264 



Flies and the Indian profeseor, 490 



Florida ancient works, 371 



Flowers from mummies. 223 



Food sapplv, future sources of our. 92, 143. 101 

 I Foreign Uterature in the United States, 309 



Foresighta, a theorr of (illustrated) , 11 4, 144 

 I Forests and railroads, 96; and climates, 483 

 . Forest scenery, Gilpin's, 336 

 I Found links, 7, 49, 124, 139 



Four great porta, the, 372 



France, census of, 353 



French and English railway speed, 435 



French electrical power storage company, 3-« I 



French excavations in Aasyria, 130 



French field-mice, 49 



French underground telegraph, 446 



Frozen frog, a, 370 



Frozen persons, treatment of, 2**8 



Future sources of our food supply, 92, 143, Iftl 



6aui, our national, 131, 164 



aas,fromfat.air, and water, 3 J3 ; used in London, 330 ; 

 danger of, 397 



General Garfield and the induction balance. 3^3 



Geologv, aids to the studv of, 90; of Llsndiidn.. 

 (illustratedi, 3 5 ; and of Rhyl, 337 



German characters, 336 



Ghost story, a, 145 



Glacier, winter movement of », 207 



Golden eagle, a, 319 



Great brain, a man of, 207 



Great Britain, the seaside health-resorts nf, inlro- 

 duetorv, 3; cla>siflcation. 19. 39 



Great comet, I he. 413; 4--> (ilUitrated) 



allerv, the. 



. :o 



u.traled) . t-.iil 

 : Schwedoff, 23' 



lUlL, definition ol, bv Pn.fe. 



Hair eels, 401 



Uarris.'n, W. Jerome, F.O.i 



geologv, 90; geology of 



3i>l; alid of Rhyl. 337 

 Havilaiid. Alfred, M.R.C S . 



■ — - ■ ^, 162. I7«. 311.3 



Heallh-reaorta, English imiiie, 3, 18, 39, »l. 10 



162, 176,311,306 

 Health, books on, 233 

 Health, the public. ai7 

 Hearing the Aurora by telephone, 140 

 Heal, school course on (review), SM 

 Heliographic signalling from the Great Pvraniid, I 

 Herring King, the (illustrated), 311 

 High tides, 204, 319 



llincklev. Marv, the tree toa.1 (illustratedi. '2.11 

 History of tubitvle. tS 

 Hiving lieea br electricity. 3i>9 

 Uollwm Kmtaurant, 3S.-t 

 Holder, C. F„ a luminous .hark (illiutraled), 197; 



1 1«. llil 

 Iratedl, 



,n, the amateur, 8 ; generatorf, ?S, 71 ; elec- 

 y .nnd domestic lighting, 235 



