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Index 



t Supple 111 ent to Nature, 

 May 31, 1894 



Dove (Dr. Karl), Climate of South Damaraland, 14 



Drainage Features of the Upper Ohio Basin, Further Studies 



of the, T. C. Chamberlin and Frank Leverett, 617 

 Dranse du Chablais at Entrance into Lake of Geneva, Compo- 

 sition of Water of, A. Delebecque, 264 

 Draper (C. H.), Heat, and the Principles of Thermodynamics, 



148 

 Drawing, Machine, Thomas Jones and T. Gilbert Jones, 362 

 Dredging Expedition at Port Erin, Prof. W. A. Herdman, 



F.R.S., 503 

 Drought, Forest fires and, E. Gaget and G. Clavel, 191 

 Drum Armatures and Commutators, the Construction of, F. M. 



Weymouth, E. Wilson, 478 

 Drumlins near Boston, U.S.A., Mr. Warren Upham's Theory 



of Formation of, 207 

 Dublin Area, Geology of. Prof. Sollas, 36 

 Dublin Royal Irish Academy, 523 

 Dublin Royal Society, 215, 379, 499, 572 

 Dubois (Marcel), the Classification of Rivers According to Size, 



487 

 Duden (Dr. Paul), Isolation of Pure Di-nitro Derivative of 



Marsh Gas, 299 

 Diimichen (Prof. J. von). Death and Obituary Notice of, 393 

 Dumont (A.), Birth-rate in Canton of Beaumont-Hague, 283 

 Dumont (J.), the Nitrification of Prairie Lands, 96 

 Dunstan (W. R.), Action of Heat on Aconitine, 377 

 Dust and Meteorological Phenomena, John Aitken, F.R.S., 544 

 Dust-particles in Atmosphere of Certain Places, Number of, 



John Aitken, 426 

 Dwarf, Hindoo, Colonel A. T. Fraser, 35, 396 ; Dr. A. E. 



Grant, 221, 396 

 Dyer (B.), Analytical Determination of probably available 



"Mineral" Plant Food in Soils, 451 

 Dykes, Composite, Henry E. Ede, 77 



Dynamics : Solutions of the Examples in the Elements of Statics 

 and Dynamics, S. L. Loney, 122 ; a Treatise on Dynamics, 

 W. H. Besant, A. B. Basset, F.R.S., 146; a Dynamical 

 Theory of the Electric and Luminiferous Medium, Dr. Joseph 

 Larmor, F.R.S., 260, 280 ; the Foundations of Dynamics, 

 Prof. A. Gray, 389 ; Edward T. Dixon, 578 ; A. B. Basset, 

 F.R.S., 529; the Dynamics of the Atmosphere, M. 

 Moiler, 422 

 Dynamo, How to Manage the, S. R. Boltone, 363 

 Dynamos, Alternators, and Transformers, Gisbert Kapp, 337 

 Dynamos, a Text-Book on Electromagnetism and the Construc- 

 tion of, Dugald C. Jackson, Prof. A. Gray, 429 



Early Asterisms, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 199 



Earth, the Mass of the, 575 



Earth, some Salient Points in the Science of the, Sir J. William 

 Dawson, F.R.S., 196 



Earth, Condition of Interior of. Rev. O. Fisher, 379 



Earth, Rigidity of. Prof. Bakhuyzen, 476 



Earth, the Face of the, Prof. Chas. Lapworth, F.R.S., 614 



Earth Currents, W. H. Preece, F. R.S., 554 



Earth Movements, Prof. John Milne, F.R.S., 301 



Earth Movements and the Question of the Cause of Glacial 

 Conditions, Prof. Hughes, 426 



Earthquakes: the Recent Earthquake, Charles Davison, 31 ; 

 Earthquake in Wales and West of England, 34 ; a New 

 Time-Registering Photographic Seismograph, Dr. A. 

 Cancani, 64; Earthquake in Western Asia, 81 ; Earthquakes 

 in Montreal and Peshawur, 106 ; the Earthquake of Novem- 

 ber 5 at Potsdam, 159; in Russian Turkestan, 159; Earth- 

 quake at Shepton Mallet, Prof. F. J. Allen, 229 ; the Mendip 

 Earthquake of December 30-31, 1893, Prof. F. J. Allen, 

 245 ; Earthquake in North Devon, 320 ; Velocity of Earth- 

 quakes at Zante in 1893, Dr. G. Agamennone, 439 ; Mode of 

 Propagation of Earthquake Shock between Zante and Catania, 

 Prof. Ricco, 606 ; Earthquakes and Method of Measur- 

 ing them, Dr. E. S. Holden, 444; Severe Earthquakes in 

 Greece, 604 



Earthworms of California, the, Gustav Eison, 207 



Easton (C), La Voie Lactee dans I'Hemisphcre Boreal, 99 



Eclipse Meteorology, 349 



Eclipse of the Sun, an Annular, 542 



Edkins (Dr. J. S.), Human Physiology, John Thornton, 431 



Edinburgh, Rainfall Observations in, 520 



Edinburgh Royal Society, 331, 426, 571 ; Prize Awards, 581 



Edinburgh University, Recent Benefactions, 252 



Edmondson (T. W.), Mensuration of the Simpler Figures, 28 ; 

 the Geometrical Properties of the Sphere, 75 



Education, the Training of Dull Children and others requiring 

 special care. Sir Douglas Gallon, 461 ; the Secondary Educa- 

 tion Movement, Sir H. E. Roscoe, F.R.S., 203 ; the Pro- 

 gress of Technical Education, R. A. Gregory, 185; Technical 

 Education, Bequest by Mr. T. H. Adam, 320 ; Formation of 

 Association of Technical Institutions, 321 ; some .Simple 

 Methods in Teaching Elementary Physic;, Dr. J. Joly, F. R. S., 

 379 ; on Preparing the Way for Technical Instruction, Sir 

 Philip Magnus, 400 ; the Work of City and Guilds of London 

 Institute for 1893, 607; Agricultural Education Experiment 

 Stations, 373 ; Educational Agricultural Experiments, 568 



Educational Atlas, an, Philip's Systematic Atlas, E. G. 

 Ravenstein, 574 



Educator, the New Technical, 148 



Edwards (D. T. ), Boring on Booysen Estate, Witwatersrand, 



239 



Eels in Ice, 271 



Effront (T.), Chemical Conditions of Activity of Brewer's Yeast, 

 24 



Egg, Great Auk's, Prof. Alfred Newton, F.R.S., 412, 456; J. 

 E. Harting, 432 



Egg, Great Auk's, sold for 300 Guineas, 415 



Eggs: a Curiosity in, E. Brown, 317; Abnormal, W. B. 

 Tegetmeier, 366; E. J. Lowe, F. R. S., 366 



Egypt, the Projected Irrigation Reservoirs, 129 ; the Tombs of 

 " Beni Hasan," P. E. Newberry, 169, 432 ; G. W. Eraser,. 

 169 



Egypt : Ancient Egyptian Pigments, Dr. William J. Russell, 

 F.R.S., 374 



Egyptology : Death and Obituary Notice of Prof. J. van 

 Diimichen, 393 



Eiffel Tower, the Diurnal Range in Velocity and Direction of 

 the Wind on the. Prof. Sprung, 596 



Eison (Gustav), the Earthworms of California, 207 



Elbrus, A. V. PastukhofTs Ascent of the, 515 



Electricity : Signor Augusto Righi's Experiments with Electro- 

 Magnetic Waves of Small Length, 15 ; the Various Electric 

 Wave Systems obtained by Lecher's Method, Signor 

 Mazotto, 83 ; English Translation of Prof. Hertz's " Electric 

 Waves," Prof. D. E. Jones, 396 ; M. Blondlot's Experiments 

 on Propagation of Hertzian Wave?, M. Mascart, 394 ; Pro- 

 pagation of Electro-Magnetic Waves, M. Mascart, 379 ; the 

 Reflection of Electrical Waves, Signor Garbasso, 132 ; Dr. 

 Oettel's Researches on Phenomena of Electrolytic Deposition 

 of Metals, 16 ; Personal Recollections of Dr. Werner von 

 Siemens, 25 ; New Form of Contact-Maker, Messrs. Bedell, 

 Miller, and Wagner, 37 ; the Effect on Magnetic Rotatory 

 Polarisation of Solutions of Electrolytic Dissociation, Herr 

 Humburg, 37 ; Blondlot's Experiments on Velocity of Pro- 

 pagation of Electric Disturbance along Wire, 37, 83 ; 

 Behaviour of Air-Core Transformer when frequency below 

 certain critical value, 8; C. Rimington, 46; Electric- Radia- 

 tion in Copper Filings, W. B. Croft, 47 ; Death of A. 

 Reckenzaun, 63 ; Method for Comparing Capacities of Two 

 Condensers of very small capacity, 65 ; Effect of Absorption 

 of Hydrogen on Thermo-electric Power and Electrical Resis- 

 tance of Palladium, Signor G. Brucchietti, 65 ; Measure- 

 ments of Coefficients of Induction, H. Abraham, 72 ; What 

 Electricity is. Prof. Galileo Ferraris, 83 ; the Lausanne 

 Municipal Council and Electrical Transmission of Power, 

 107; Improved Arrangement for "turning down" Electric 

 Light, F. Moore, xo8 ; Map of Electric Lighting District of 

 London, 298 ; the Kathodic Light, Prof. Goldstein, 427 j 

 Absorption and Branching of Oscillations in Wires, Ignaz 

 Klemencic, 117 ; Simple Method of Testing Conductivity of 

 Dielectric Liquids, K. R. Koch, 118; Means of Increasing 

 Security of High Tension Alternate-current Distribution of 

 Clouds, 119 ; Action of some Metals upon Acid Solutions of 

 their Chlorides, A. Ditte and R. Mentzner, 119 ; Les 

 Courants Polyphases, J. Rodet et Busquet, 122 ; Currents 

 produced by Heating various Metals, W. H. Steele, 13 1 ; 

 Electric Variation of High Regions of Atmosphere in Fine 

 Weather, Ch. Andre, 131 ; Action of Electromagnetic 

 Radiation on Films containing Metallic Powder, Prof. 

 G., M. Minchin, 142; Problemes et Calculs Pratiques 

 d'Electricite, M. Aime Witz, Prof. A. Gray, 145 ; 

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