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INDEX 



AnBK (Prof. Clcvclaml), Melcoroloijical Proljlenis for I'livsical 

 I,al)()ratories, 208 ; Dust- and Snow-storm in Western United 

 States, 419 



Aljljcitt (W. J. Lewis), on the Hastings Kitchen Midden, 5S0 



Almormal Atlantic Waves, James Vate Johnson, 569 



Aljiirif;inal Indian Remains in Jamaica, Discover^' of, J. K. 

 Diierdcn, 173 : on Recently Discovered Aboriginal Inhabitants 

 of Jamaica, Sir W. II. Flower, K.R..S., K. Cundall, J. E. 

 Duertlen, 607 



Abraham (M.), Measurement of very High Potentials by means 

 of a Modified .Attracted Disc-electnmieter, 628 



Acadle, Nature in, H. K. Swann, 220 



Acetylene for Illuminating Purposes, Combustion of, Prof. \'. B. 

 Lewis, 39 



.'\ch (Lorenz), Synthesis of Caffeine, 86 



Aiokanllura Schiiiipcri^ Prof. T. R. I'raser, 1-'. R. S., and Dr. 

 Joseph Tillie, 237 



Acoustics : Photographic Records of Motion of I'iano-wire 

 when struck, W. Ivaufmann, 84 : the Projection of Ripples, 

 Prof. C. V. Boys, iSo ; the Audibility of Kog-horn Signals at 

 Sea, 347 ; Transverse Vibrations of Cords, .\. Cornu, 382 



Actor and Dramatist, Evolution of Orator and Poet, Herbert 

 Spencer, 356 



Adams' Masses of Jupiter's Satellites, 399 



Adams (Frank D. ), Hutton's Theory of the Earth, 569 



Adams (Prof. J. C. ), Unveiling of Memorial Tablet to, 59 



Adulteration, Simple Methods for Detecting Food, J. .\. 

 Bower, 642 



Aeroiraulics : Projected Balloon Expedition to .-Vrctic Regions, 

 S. .\. -Vndree. 47 ; the Maxim Flying Machine, Prof. A. G. 

 (Irecnhill, F'.R.S., 321 



.I'.sthetic Principles, Henry Rutgers .Marshall, 292 



Africa : the Best Routes to Uganda, G. F. Scott-Elliot, 257 ; 

 Expedition across Masai-land to Uganda, Oscar Neumann, 

 373 ; .Sir Samuel Baker ; a Memoir, .\. Silva White, 409 : 

 North .-Vfrica, Stanford's Compemlium of Geography and 

 Travel. \. \\. Kcane, 409 : Death of Jo.seph Thomson, 346 ; 

 Obituary Notice of Joseph Thomson, Dr. J. W. Gregor)-, 440 



After-image, a Curious Optical Phencmienon, R. .\. F., 508 



.\gricuUure : Vitality of Seeds, W. Hotting Hemsley, F.R.S., 

 5 ; Irrigation in the United States, W. K. Smythe, 44 ; 

 Potatoes as Cattle Food, A. Girard, 71 ; .\gricultural Educa- 

 tion in United States, P. G. Craigie, 84 ; Experimental 

 • .Small Fruit, iVc, Culture in Indiana, 112 : Continuous Treat- 

 ment with Cojiper Compounds I larmless to \'ine or Potato 

 Crops. .\. Girard, 144; Sale of Mr. R. E. Lofft's Herd of 

 White-Polled Cattle, 153; Dairy B.acteriology, Dr. lul. von 

 Freudenreich, 220; Statue to Houssing.ault, 275; Michigan 

 Treatment of Tomato Rot and .\pple-Scab, 276; Agriculture, 

 Practical and Scientific, Prof. James Muir, 338 ; .Agriculture, 

 R. 11 edger Wallace, 338 ; I'Vuit best Cirown under Clear (ilass. 

 Prof. Zacharewiez, 486 ; the Woburn Experimental Fruit 

 Farm, 508 ; Prune ami Groundsel Rusts, D. Mc.Mpine, 540 ; 

 Calcium Cyanate, a New Nitrogenous Manure, Camille F.aure, 

 588 : Chemical .Study of Flight Lower Congo Earths, E. 

 Stuyvaert, 611 ; Death of Prof. H. Hellriegel, 651 



Air, on the l^lectrification of, and Thermal Conductivity of Rock 

 at Different Temperatures, Lord Kelvin, P. R..S., 67 



.\ir and other Ga.ses, Electrification and Diselectrification of. 

 Lord Kelvin, P.R.S., Magnus Maclean, and Alexander ^jalt, 

 60S 

 \kinfieft"(M.), tlie F'lora of the Cauca.sus, 304 



-l.'.voniiiin digitalnm, Cherrical Constitution of Mesogkea of, 

 W. L. Brown, 285 



Algebra, M. II. Senior, 127 



Algebra, Longmans' School, W. S. Beard and A. Teller, 220 



Algiers, Earthquake Shock at, 301 



Algol, 6l 



.\lkali, a Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the Manufacture 



of Sulphuric Acid and, (leorge Lunge, J. T. Dunn, 290 

 .\llen ((Irant), the Story of the Plants, 364 

 .Allovs, the Rarer .Metals and their. Prof. W. C. Roberts-Austen, 



F.R..S., 14,39 

 Alloys Research Committee, Third Report to, Messrs RoberLs- 



Austen, Allan Gibb, and Alfred .Stansfield, iS 

 Alps and Caucasus, My Climljs in the, A. F. Mummery, Prof. 



T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 219 

 .\ltitude and -Azimuth of Polaris, A. Tanakadate, 305 

 -Aluminium Utensils, M. Balland, 456 

 -\luminium for Chemical Instruments, Prof. Norton, 607 

 -Ameghin (Seiior F. ), Late Cretaceous Ungulates from Patagonia. 



303. 



America : Scientific liducation in America, 357 ; on the Origin 

 of European and North American Ants, C. Emery, 399 ; 

 -American -Association for the Advancement of Science, Dr. 

 Wm. H. Hale, 506; the -Affiliated Societies of the -American 

 -Association, 600 : -American Forestry .Association, 606 ; 

 Botanical Work of the .American Government, T. M. Coulter, 

 251; .American Journal of Mathematics, 70, 237, 610; 

 American Journal of .Science, 118, 212, 285, 431, 539; 

 American Mathematical Society, 335, 587 ; -American Meteoro- 

 logical Journal, 45, 1 18, 308, 335, 455, 587 ; the .American 

 Metrological Society, in 



-Ames (J. .S. ), the Relation of S]5cctra to Molecular Structure, 



27s 

 -Amsterdam Royal -Academy of Sciences, 168, 240, 360 

 .Ana;sthesia with Chloroform, Utility of Oxysparteine Injections 



before, P. Langlois and G. Maurange, 359 

 -Analysis, Micrographic, Prof. W. C. Roberts- Austen, F.R.S., 



367 

 -Analytical Key to the Natural Orders of Flowering Plants, Franz. 



Thonner, 543 

 -Anatomy : the Relation between the Movements of the F'yes 



and the Movements of the Head, Prof. -A. Cnnn Brown, 



F.R.S., 184; Textbook of -Anatomy and Physiologj' for 



Nurses, D. C. Kimber, 77 

 Ancodus, Prof. W. B. Scott, 524 

 -Anderson (-A. P.), (Jrand Periodof Growth in Fruit of CH.7/r/<//ii 



pcpo, 10 

 Andrce (S. -A.), Projected Balloon Expedition to Arctic Regions, 



47 

 -Andrews (C. W. ), on the Stercornithes, 561 

 -Andrews (E. R. ), .Action of Nitrous .Acid on Dibromaniline. 



166 

 .Andrews (Thos., F.R.S.), Micro-Metallography of Iron, 213 

 .Ani, the Papyrus of, in the British Museum, E. A. Wallis 



Budge, I 

 .\nimal Life, the -Action of Light on, Mrs. Percy Krankland. 86 

 -Animals, Studies in the Involution of, G. Bonavia. R. Lvdckker. 



F".R.S.,4il 

 Animals, True Instincts of, C. W. Purnell, 3S3 

 -Animals, Popular 1 1 islory of, for Young People, Henry Scherren, 



642 

 Anlantit, the A'oyage of the, to A'ictoria Land, C. E. Borch- 



grevink, 375 

 -Anthony (Dr. John), Death of, 133 

 Anthropology : the Cook Collections of South Sea Island 



Weajmns, &c., Dr. V. Ball, ii ; the Pygmies, .-V. de Quatre- 



fages. Sir W. II. Flower, F'.R.S., 25 ; the Stone -Age in the 



Ukraine Baron de Baye, 45 ; the Potters' Art in New 



