SupMeiitent to Natur£^~\ 

 Xaz'ember 20, 1894 J 



Index 



Condensers, A. Kleiner, 334 ; on the Specific Inductive 

 Capacity of Glass, M. F. Bcaulard, 335 ; on the Electrolysis 

 of Copper Sulphate, M. A. Chas»;y, 335 ; Piezo-Electricity, 

 357 ; Pyro-Electricity, 358 ; Herr Lebedew on Electro- 

 ra^netic Waves, 362 ; Propagation of Electromagnetic 

 Waves in Ice, K. Blondlot, 604 ; John Trowbridge on 

 Electrical Oscillations and Electrical Resonance, 363 ; B. A. 

 Dobson on Electric Welding, 365 ; Dr. John llopkinson, 

 F. R.S. , on the New Electric Lighting Works, Manchester, 

 365 ; Town Councillors' Handbook to Electric Lighting, N. 

 Scott Russell, 423; an Electric Light Bath, Dr. Gebbardt,43i ; 

 Electrical Engineering Leaflets, 393 ; Platinum Resistance- 

 Thermometers, Prof. G. Carey Foster, F. R.S., 399 ; Prof. 

 Oliver J. Lo ige, F. R.S., on Photo-electric Leakage, 406; 

 Photo-electric Phenomena, Dr. J. Elster, Dr. H. Geitel, 

 451; Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., on Experiments made to 

 determine the Minimum Current audible in the Telephone, 

 407 ; Experiments illustrating the Connection between 

 Chemical Change and Electrical Discharge through Gases, 

 Prof. J. I. Thomson, 409 ; Solar Electrical Energy, Dr. 

 M. A. Veeder, 416 ; Electric Traction on Railways and 

 Tramways, Anthony Reckenzann, 423 ;Porlalive Electricity, 

 J. T. Niblett ; First Principles of Electrical Engineering, C. 

 H. W. Biggs, 423 ; Electrical Distribution, its Theory and 

 Practice, Part i., Martin Hamilton Kilgour : Part ii., H. 

 .Swan and C. H. W. Biggs, 423 ; New Denominations of 

 Standards for Electrical Measurement, 429 ; on the Change 

 in the Electrical Resistance of Aqueous Solutions and of the 

 Electric Polarisation with Change of Pressure, Herr Bruno 

 Piesch, 430 ; a Treatise on the Measurement of Electrical 

 Resistance, W. \. Price, 591 ; considered as a Vortical 

 Movement, Ch. V. Zenger, 444; Electricity, Electrometer, 

 Magnetism and Electrolysis, G. Chrystal, W. N. Shaw, 

 F.R.S., Dr. James L. Howard, 450; M. B )uty on the 

 Capacity of the Capillary Electrometer, 455 ; D. Selby 

 Bigge on Electrical Power in Belgiin Iron Works, 460 ; 

 Method employed by Profs, Gotch and Lodge to study the 

 Physiological Effects produced by Rapidly Alternating 

 Currents of High Intensity, 463 ; L. J. Kollesson on a Phono- 

 graphic Method of recording the Change in Alternating 

 Electric Current, 4S5 ; on Some Phenomena in V'acmm 

 Tubes, Sir David Salomons, 490 ; on Tuo Methods for the 

 Study of Currents in Open Circuits, and of Displacement 

 Currents in Dielectric; and Electrolytes, 491 ; on the 

 Themoelectric Force between Two Electrolytes and on the 

 Thomson Effect in the case of Electrolytes, Henri Bigard, 

 554; .Magnetism of R )ck Pinnacles, Lieut. -General C. A. 

 McMahon. 499: Temperature Variation in the Electrical 

 Resistance of Esters of the Fatty Acid-, Prof. A. liartoli, 

 502 ; on the Motion of Dielectric Bodies in the Homogeneous 

 Electrostatic Field, L. Graetz and L. Fomme, 515; on 

 Electric Oscillations ol Long Durations and their Effects, H. 

 Ebert, 515 ; on the Automatic Transmitter of Steering 

 Directions, Lieut. II. Bersier, 587 ; Earth Currents at the 

 Vesuvius Observatory, Signor L. Palmieri, 622 ; VVave- 

 Lengths of Eleclriciiy in Iron Wires, C. E. St. John, 634 ; 

 Herr von Helmholiz's Electromagnetic Theory of Dispersion. 

 635 ; Magnetic Experimental Investigations, Carl Fromme, 



635 

 Eliot (John), Meteorology of India for 1S93, 553 

 Ellesmere, Annual Meeting of Midland Union of Natural 



History and Scientitic Societies at, 360 

 Elliot's (Mr. Scoti) RuwenzDti Expedition, W. T. Thiselton- 



Dyer, F. R.S., 549 

 fillis (Col. A. B. ), ihe Voruba- Speaking Peoples of the Slave 



Coast of West Africa, 221 

 Ellis(W., F.R.S.), Relative Frequency of Different Velocities 



of Wind, 94 

 Eloste (M. P.), on a Vine Disease caused by Aureobasidium 



vitis, S40 

 Elster (Dr. J.), Electro Optical Experiments, 236; Photo- 



Electric Phenomena, 451 

 Emliryo^eny, Dr. Bsrnind's Bequest to the Academie de 



I-ausanne for the endowment of a Chair of, 325 

 Embryology, Experiments in Experimental Pathological Embry- 

 ology, R. Francotte, 165 ; the Placentation of the Shrew, A. 



A. W. Hubrecht, 441 

 Emery (G. F.), Thermo-electric Properties of Salt S^liltions, 



23() 

 Empires, Three Great, E. J. Simox, 522 



Energetics, the Animal as a .Machine and a Prime Motor and 

 the Laws of, R. II. Thurston, 474 



Engel (R.), the Analytical Separation of Chlorine and Bromine, 

 .67 



Engel (Dr.), Observations on Ihe Blood Corpuscles of 

 Incubated Hen'seggs, 49r 



Engelmann (Prof), a New Kymograph, 463 



Engineering: the Recent Work of the Cataract Construction 

 Company at the Falls of Niagara, 11 ; the Relation of 

 Mathematics to Engineering, Dr. John Hopkinson, F. R. S. , 

 42 ; Opening of the New Engineering Laboratory at Cam- 

 bridge by Lord Kelvin, 65 ; Rotating Shalts, Charles Chree, 

 78 ; Dr. J. llopkinson, F. R. S , 78 ; Perennial Irrigation in 

 Egypt, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 80 ; Naval Engineering, 

 Elementary Lessons in Steam Machinery and the Marine 

 Engine, J. Langmaid, H. Gaisford, 220; institute of 

 Mechanical Engineers, 365 ; Henry Barcroft on the .Appli- 

 cation of Screw-propellers to Canil Boats, 365 ; Dr. John 

 Hopkinson, F. R. S. on the New Electric Ligtiiing Works, 

 Manchester, 365 ; B. A. Dobson on Electric Welding, 365 ; 

 Electrical Engineering Leaflets. 393 ; First Principles of 

 Electrical Engineering, C. H. W. Biggs, 423 ; Prof. Henrici 

 and Prof. Hele Shaw on Integrators, Harmonic Analysers, 

 and Integraphs, and their application to Physical and 

 Engineering Problems, 407 ; some Reminiscences of Steam 

 Locomotion on Common Roads, Sir Frederick Bramwell, 

 437 ; on Engineering Laboratory Instruments and their 

 Calibration, Prof. D. S. Capper, 437 ; the Meeting of the 

 Iron and Steel Institute at Lie^e, 459 ; on the Resistance 

 of Materials under Impact, Dr. .Man^ncld .Merrimin 4S6 : 

 Physics and Engineering at the McGill University, Montreal, 

 558; the Mechanics of Hoisling MacSiinery, Dr. Julius 

 Weisbach and Prof. Gustav Herrmann, 616 ; Death of .Mr. 

 Edward Clark, 620 



English Chemists, Prof. Osiwald on, .\. G. Bloxam, 224 



English Lakes, a Survey of the. Dr. H. R. Mill, 184 



English Language, a New Standard Dictionary of the, 146 



Entomology: Some Oriental Beliefs aboui Bees and VVasps, 

 Kumagusu Miuakata, 30 ; Carious Variet of Chelonia 

 Caja, J. A. Clark, 72; D=ath of Ed. Lefevre, 177; 

 Entomological Society, 189, 635 ; Nest of Trochosa Picta 

 Spider, Mr. Warburton, 190 ; Phyllium Pulchrifolium, .M. 

 Sappey, 216 ;1 .\bience of Butterflies, 225 ; J. Shaw, 

 297 ; D. Wetterhan. 319; the Yucca Moth, J. C. Whitten, 

 229 ; Hand-book of the Destructive Insects of Victoria, C. 

 French, 243 ; Insect Ravages in India, Hon. J. Buckingham, 

 274 ; New Wasp-' Nest Mite {Heleropus alaslori), W. W. 

 Frog'ait, 28S ; Netherlands Entomological Society, 312; 

 Development of the Lungs of Spiders, Orville L. Simmons, 

 410; Pasteur Institute, Paris, Experimental Study of Means 

 of Defence against Destructive Insects, 482: on Diptera 

 harmful to Cereals, Paul Marchal. 516; North American 

 Moths, Dr. John B. Smith, W. F. Kirby, 619 ; Dr. A. 

 Jaworowski on the Divelopraen; of the so-called Lung in a 

 Spider. Trochosa singoricnsis^ bz\ \ on a Sand-flea or Chigoe 

 from China. W. F. H. Blandford, 635 



Epigenesis, Gestaltung und Vererbung, Dr. Wilhelm Haacke, 

 242 



Eppmg (Father , Death of, 454 



Epping Forest Controversy, the, 12 



Epoing Forest Question, the Settlement of the, Prof. R. 

 Meldola, F.R.S., 225 



Equatorials, Fin ler-Circles for, 64 ; Prof. Wm. Harkness, 173 



Erede ((.), the Action of Light on the Diphtheria Bacterium, 8 



Erman (.\.), Life in Ancient E-ypt, 615 



Erosion of the Muir Glacier, Alaska, 1". Mellari Reade, 245 ; 

 Prof. G. Frederick Wright, 245 



Espin (Kev. T. E.), a New Variable Star, 417 



Essex Field Club, the 273 ; Meeting of, in the Naveslock Dis- 

 trict, 325 



Elluostoma caproiies. Study of, W. J. Moenkhaus, 431 



Etheridge (K.), on the Kudiicha Shoes of Central Australia, 

 636 ; supposed Aboriginal Hoe, 239 



Etheridge (R., jun.\ the Glossopteris Fossil Plant, 288 



Ethnography: Internationales Archiv (iir Ethnographic, 21 ; 

 Ethnography of Inishbofin and Inishshaik, Dr. C. R 

 Browne, i to 



Etna, Mount, Tbermometiical Station established on, 14 



Euclid's Problems, the Geometrography of, Dr. J. S. Mackay, 

 466 



