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Index 



XXXlll 



Principia Nova Astronomica, Henry Pratt, 51 



A Manual of the Geology of India, R. D. Oldham, 52 



Practical Paper- Making, George Clapperton, 73 



Theorie der Optischen Instrumente (nach Abbe), 74 



Manures and the Principles of Manuring, C. M. Aikman, 75 



The Ex- Meridian treated as a Problem in Dynamics, H. B. 



Goodwin, 76 

 Odorographia : A Natural History of Raw Materials and 



Drugs used in the Perfume Industry, J. Ch. Sawer, 76 

 Introduction to Elementary Practical ISiology, C. W. Dodge, 



77 ' 



Notes on the Ventilation and Warming of Houses, Churches, 



Schools, and other Buildings, Ernest H. Jacob, 7S 

 A History of the Elasticity and Sirength of Materials, Isaac 



Todhunter, Prof. A. G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 97 

 A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity, 



A. E. H. L"ve, Prof. A. G Greenhill, F.R.S., 97 

 Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of the Stress and 



Strains of Elastic Solids, Benjamin Williamson, F. R. S., 



Prof. A. G. Greenhill, FK.S., 97 

 Theory of Structures and Strength of Materials, Henry T. 



Bovey, Prof. A. G. Greenhill, F. R.S., 97 

 Law and Theory in Chemistry, Douglas Carnegie, M. M. 



Paltison Muir, 98 

 Aero-Therapeutics ; or, the Treatment of Lung Diseases by 



Climate, Charles Theodore VVilliaras, 99 

 Hisioies of American Schools for the Deaf, P. Macleod 



Yearsley, 103 

 Monograph of the Stalactites and Stalagmites of the Cleaves 



Cove, near Oalry, Ayrshire, John Smith, 100 

 Botanical Charts and Definitions, Miss A. E. Brooke and 



C. A. Bmoke, 101 

 The Great Glotie : First Lessons in Geography, A. Seeley, 



lOI 

 Synop-is der Hoheren Mathematik, Tohann G. Hagen, Dr. 



J. W. L. Glasher, F.R.S., 121 

 A Manual ol Microchemical Analysis, Prof. H. Behrens, 122 

 Practical Botany f"r Beginners, F. O. Bower, 123 

 Simple Experiments for Science Teaching, John A. Bower, 



'23 

 Economic Geology of the United States, Ralph S. Tair, 143 

 The Ore Deposiis of ihe United States, James F. Kemp, 145 

 Mining : an Elementary Treatise on the Getting of Minerals, 



Arnold Lupton, 145 

 The Miners' Handbook, John Milne, F.R.S., 145 

 A Standard Dictionary of the English Language, 146 

 An Iniioduction to ihe Siu'ly of Metallurgy, Prof. W. C. 



Roberts Ausien, F.R S., W. Gowland, 147 

 Structural Hutany, Dukinfield Henry Scott, 147 

 The Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man, Henry Drum- 

 mind, 147 

 Two great .Scotsmen, the Brothers William and John Hunter, 



George E. Mather, 169 

 The Metallurgy of Gold, T. Kirke Rose, 170 

 A Handbook of Gold Mining, Henry Louis, 170 

 Geology, Charles Biid, 171 

 The New Technical Educator, 171 



Studies in Forestry, John Nisbet, Prof. W. R. Fisher, 193 

 Lectures on the Comparative Pathology of Inflammation, 



Elias Melchnikoff, 194 

 The Camel, its Uses and Management, Major A. G. Leonard, 



>9S 

 Modern Plane Geometry, G. Richardson and A. S. Ramsey, 



196 

 Chemistry Demonstration Sheets, 196 

 Methods of Pathological Histology, C. von Kahlden, A. A. 



Kanthack, 218 

 A Treatise of N.atal Astrology, G. Wilde and J. Dodson, 



The Soul and the Stars, A. G. Trench, 219 

 Elementary Lessons in Steam Machinery and the Marine 



Steam Engine, Staff Engineer J. Langmaid, R.N., and 



Engineer H. Gaisford, K. N., 220 

 The Yoruba-speaking Peoples of the .Slave Coast of West 



Africa, A. B. Ellis, 221 

 K Handhoiik to the Siudy of Natural History, 221 

 Surveying and Surveying Instruments, G. A. T. Middleton, 



221 

 Catalogue of Scientific Papers (1874-1883), 241 

 Gestaltung und Vererbung, Eine Entwickclungsmechanik 



der Organismen, Ur. Wilhelm Haacke, 242 



Handbook of the Destructive Insects of Victoria, C. French , 



243 

 Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 244 

 The Starry Skies, Agnes Giberne, 244 

 Rccherches sur I'Histoire de I'Astronomie Ancienne, Paul 



Tannery, 265 

 Scottish Land-Names, Sir Herbert Maxwell, 266 

 Systematic Survey of the Organic Colouring Matters, Drs. G. 



Schultz and P. Julius, 267 

 A Handbook to the Marsupialia and Monotremata, Richard 



Lyddeker. 267 

 Climbing in the British Isles — England, W. P. Haskett Smith, 



267 

 Popular Lectures and Addresses, Vol. I., by Sir William 



Thomson (Baron Kelvin), P.R.S., Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, 



F.R.S, 289 

 Elementary .^Ieteorology, William Morris Davis, 293 

 Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of 



Geology, British Museum, A. C. Sewarl, 294 

 A Monograph of Lichens found in Britain ; tieing a Descrip- 

 tive Caialogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the 



British Museum, Rev. James M. Crombie, 225 

 Travels in a Tree Top, Charles Conrad Abbott, 295 

 Big Game-Shooting, Clive Phillipps-Woolley, 298 

 Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, Dr. G. King, 



308 

 Pi'pular Lectures and Addresses, Vol. II., by Sir William 



Thomson (Baron Kelvin), P.R.S., Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, 



F.R. S., 313 

 A Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon, James Britten, 316 

 Bi.-kra and the Oases and Desert of the Zibans, Alfred E. 



Pease, 317 

 Practical Photo-Micrography, Andrew Pringle, 318 

 Twelve Charts ol the Tidal Streams on the We»t Coast of 



Scotland, F. Howard Collins, 31S 

 The Physiology of the Carbohydrates : their Application as 



Food and Relation to Diabetes, F. W. Pavy, 379 

 Studien iiher Claudius Ptolemaus ; ein Beitrag zur (leschichte 



der Giiechischen Philosophie und Astrolugie, Franz Boll, 



398 

 Papers and Notes on the Glacial Geology of Great Britain 



and Ireland, Henry Carvill Lewis, Rev. E. Hill, 421 

 Aspects of Modern Study, R. A. Gregory, 422 

 Electric Traction on Railways and Tramways, Anthony 



Rcckenzann, 423 

 Portative Electricity, J. T. Niblett, 423 

 First Principles of Electrical Engineering, C. H. W. Biggs, 



423 

 Electrical Distribution, its Theory and Practice, Martin 



Hamilton Kdgour, 423 

 Town Councillors' Handbook to Electric Lighting, M. Scott 



Rus>ell, 423 

 The First Technical College, A. Humboldt Sexton, 424 

 Practical Work in General Physics, D. G. Woollcombe, 425 

 Manual of Practical Logarithms, W. N. Wilson, 425 

 Creatures of Other Days, Rev. H.N. Hutchinson, 427 

 A Theory of Development and Heredity, Henry B. Orr, 445 

 A Selection of Photographs of Stars, Star Clusters and 

 Nebulae, together with Information concerning the Instru- 

 ments, and the Methods employed in the Pursuit of 

 Celestial Photography, Isaac Roberts, Dr. A. A. Common, 

 F.R.S., 447 

 Deaf-Mutism, Holger Mygind, P. Macleod Yearsley, 449 

 A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry, O. Hammarsten, 



449 

 Electricity. Electrometer, Magnetism and Electrolysis, G. 



Chrystal and W. N. Shaw, 450 

 Micro-Organisms in Water, their Significance, Identification, 



and Removal, Prof. P. Frankland and Mrs. P. Frankland, 



Dr. E. Klein, F.R.S., 469 

 East Siberia, P. P. SemenofT, J. D. Chersky and G. G. von 



Pctz, 471 

 Veizeichniss der Elemente der bisher Berechneten Cometen- 



bahnen. Prof. Dr. J. G. Galle, 473 

 Primary Geography, A. E. Frye, 473 

 Theoretical Mechanics, J. Edward 1 aylor, 474 

 The Animal as a Machine and a Prime Motor and the Laws 



of Energetics, R. H. Thurston, 474 

 The .'Vborigines of Western Australia, Albert F. Calvert, 



474 



