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INDEX 



ibia, Ihe Labyrinthodonts of, Eberhard Fraas, 551 

 Swallows at Sea, Lieut. H. E. Purey-Cust, ICXJ 

 Swan (Thos.), Variation in the Nesting- Habits of Birds, 54 

 Swanage, its History, Resources, &c., 542 

 Sweating System and the Education of Workmen, 34 

 Swordy (Robert), on a Toad covered with Lichen, 573 

 Sydney, Royal Society of New South Wales, 535 

 Syer's Class-Room for teaching Carpentry, &c., 573 

 Syllabus of the Science and Art Department, a Suggestion 

 Respecting the, Volo Leges Mutari, 592 

 vcster (Prof. J. J., F.R.S.) and Prof. Cayley, F.R.S., 

 1 lench Honours Conferred on, 107 

 Symons (G. J., F.R.S.) : the Brontometer, 324; British Rain- 

 fall, 1889, 388 

 Sympathetic Nervous System in Mammals, the Development of, 



Dr. A. M. Paterson, 70 

 Synonymic Catalogue of the Recent Marine Bryozoa, E. C. 

 Jelly, 589 



Tacchini (Prof): Solar Activity, 378; Solar Activity from 



January to lunc 1890, 526 

 Tail (Prof P.'G.), some Points in the Physics of Golf, 420 

 T.inret and Maquenne on Optical Isomerides of Inositol, 21 

 Tartaric Acid, or Dextro-Inositol, 21 

 T.ismania : Result of Recent Dredging Trip in Hobart Tomti 



ILarbour, Mr. Morton, 328; the Aborigines of, H. Ling 



Roth, Prof F. Max Miiller, 489 

 T.K^el (Emile). Combination of Phosphorus Pentafluoride with 



Nitrogen Tetroxide, 215 

 Taylor (Dr. Thomas), a New Flash-light, 35 

 Tea, Compressed, 159 

 Tea in Japan, Y. Kozai, I2r 

 Teaching University for London, 631 



Teall (J. J. Harris), proposed Fellow of the Royal Society, 16 

 Tebbutt's Observatory, 162 



Technical Education, Government Grants in aid of, 158 

 Technical Education in India, l8 

 Technical Education in New South Wales, 376 

 Technical Education at Worcester, 524 

 Technical School, the Manchester, 553 

 Technical School, Tokio, 334 

 Technology, Massachusetts Institute of, 109 

 Telegraphy, Hughes's Type- Writing, 210 

 Telephone in Iceland, 65 

 Telephonic Communication Established between Manchester and 



London, 553 

 Telescopes, Astronomical, A. A. Common, F.R.S., 183 

 Telluric Lines of the Solar Spectrum, P. J. C. Janssen, 138, 



526, 555 

 Temperature, Amplitude of Diurnal Variation of, A. Angot, 



192 

 Temperature of Grinnell Land and Sonnblick Summit compared, 



Dr. Hann, 281 

 Temperature, Sudden Rises of. Dr. M. A. Veeder, 81 

 Teneriffe, G. W. Strettell, 648 

 Tension, on the Effect of, upon Magnetic Changes of Length in 



Wires of Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt, Shelford Bidwell, F.R.S., 



45 . 

 Terminology of Hydrolysis, especially as effected by Ferments 



Prof H. E. Armstrong, F.R.S., 406 

 Terrestrial Physics, Prof Cleveland Abbe on, 528 

 Testing for Colour-Blindness, D. D. Redmond, 126; Latimer 



Clark, F.R.S., 147 

 Tettigidse, Monograph on the British, G. B. Buckton, F.R.S., 



169 

 Teufel the Terrier, 459 



Thales, Eclipse of, William E. Plummer, 390 

 Theory of Beats, Dr. Koenig's, Very Rev. Dr. Gerald Molloy, 



246 

 Theory of Screws, Sir Robert Ball, F.R.S., Prof. O. Henrici, 



F.R.S. , 127 

 Thermometers, E. Leyst on the Influence of the Times of 



Reading, 17 

 Thermometers, Wet and Dry Bulb, Captain T. H. Tizard, 391 

 Thomas (E. ), Mode of Combination of Sulphuric Acid in Plas- 

 tered Wines, and Method of Analysis, 656 

 Thompson Science Fund, the Elizabeth, 206 

 Thompson (Prof. Silvanus P.) : Physical Apparatus exhibited 



at the Royal Society, 92 ; Dr. Koenig's Researches on the 



Physical Basis of Music, 190 ; on the Use of Fluor Spar in 

 Optical Instruments, 578 



Thomson (Geo. M.), Spiny Plants in New Zealand, 222 



Thomson (H. A.), on Tuberculosis of the Bones and Joints, 97 



Thomson (Prof. J. J., F.R.S.) : the Discharge of Electricity 

 through Gases, 295, 591 ; the Passage of Electricity through 

 Gases, 614 



Thomson (Sir WUIiam, F.R.S.) : the Submarine Cable ProV.lem, 

 287 ; on the New Electric Meter, 534 ; on Contact Electri- 

 city. 577 ; on Alternate Electric Currents, 577 ; on Anti- 

 effective Copper in Parallel Conductors, 577 ; on Determining 

 the Magnetic Susceptibility of Diamagnetic and Feebly Mag- 

 netic Solids, 578 



Thorne (Richard Thome), proposed Fellow of the Royal Society, 

 16 



Thorns and Slugs, T. D. A. Cockerell, 31 



Thornton (John), Advanced Physiography, 99 



Thoroddsen (Dr. ), Proposed Geological Investigation of Sneefeld- 

 ness, Iceland, 64 



Thorp (W.), Chemical Technology, or Chemistry in its Applica- 

 tion to Arts and Manufactures, Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 

 25 



Thorpe (Prof. T. E., F.R.S.): Chemical Technology, or Che- 

 mistry in its Application to Arts and Manufactures, W. Thorp, 

 25 ; and A. E. Tutton on Phosphorous Oxide, 46, 92, 531 ; 

 La Revolution Chimique — Lavoisier, Marceliin Berthelot, 

 313 ; Opening Address in Section B (Chemistry) at the British 

 Association, 449 



Thunderstorm at Playford, in Suffolk, Curious Effect of a, 

 Herman Bidel, 36 



Thunderstorms, R. H. Scott, 160 



Thunderstorms on the Hungarian Plain, M. Hegyfoky, 458 



Tibet, Grombchevsky's Attempt to Penetrate into, 209, 253, 

 378, 556 



Tibetan Medical Works, M. Ptitsyn's Collection of, no 



Tiger-Snakes, one swallowed by another, D. Le Souef, 301 



Tilden (Prof William A., F.R.S.), British Association Pro- 

 cedure, 456, 518 



Timbers, and how to Know Them, Dr. R. Hartig, 315 



Tisserand (M.), on the Capture Theory of Comets, 31 



Titchener (E. B.) : Protective Colouration of Eggs, 568 ; and 

 F. Finn, Comparative Palatability of Insects, &c., 571 



Tizard (Captain T. H.), Wet and Dry Bulb Thermometers, 391 



Toad covered with Lichen, Robert Swordy, 573 



Toad, Notaden Bennetlii, a Rare, Fletcher, 376 



Todd (Prof David P.), the United States Scientific Expedition 

 to West Africa, 1889, 8 



Toe, the Small, in Man, Herr Pfitzner, 301 



Tokio Technical School, 334 



Tomlinson (H., F.R.S.), Effect of Change of Temperature on 

 Villari Critical Points of Iron, 239 



Tomlinson (J.), Address at the Institution of Mechanical En- 

 gineers, 38 



Tonga Group, Eua Island in the. Commander C. F. Oldham, 

 85 



Tornado, the, H. A. Hazen, 612 



Tornado-Cyclone of August 19, 1890, 536 



Tornadoes, Lieutenant J. P. Finley on, 486 



Tornadoes, A. McAdie on, 525 



Torpedo, the Victoria, G. R. Murphy on, 533 



Torres Straits Islanders, Manners and Customs of the, 

 Alf C. Haddon, 637 



Torrey (Joseph, Jun.), Remarkable Meteor in Iowa, 136 



Toszeg, Hungary, Prehistoric Settlement near, 66 



Tower, the Proposed Great, in London, 36 



Toynbee (Captain Henry), Weather Forecasting for the Br 

 Islands, 368 



Tramways in America, Contagion in, 35 



Transliteration, Russian, Charles E. Groves, F.R.S., 6; 

 Geo. G. Chisholm, 7 ; A. Wilkins, 77 ; Ch. R. Osten- 

 Sacken, 78 ; H. A. Miers and J. W. Gregory, 316 



Travels in Africa, Dr. Wilhelm Junker, 316 



Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa, Henry 

 Earth, 368 



Tremors, Earthquake, Alfred P. Wire, 593 ; H. G. Dixon, 

 615 



Triangle, the Modern Geometry of the, E. Vigarie, 77 



Triassic Fishes and Plants, J. S. Newberry, 366 



Trigonometry, Examination Papers in, Geo. H. Ward, 567 



Tripp (W. B.), Rainfall of the Globe, 1 19 



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