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INDEX 



[Mature, Dec. 27, iS 



Dijmphna, the, 404 ; the Search for the, 427 ; Report of Dr. 



Snellen, 546 ; Return of the, 623 

 Dilator Nerve of the Iris, on the, Prof. Ferrier, F.R. S. 

 Disease of Potatoes, A. Stephen Wilson, 343 ; Prof. A. Blytt, 



367 

 Distillation (Fractional) of Baku Petroleum Oils, Modified 



Method of, Mendeleeff, 1S2 

 Dixon (H. B.), on Carbonic Oxide Gas and Oxygen and the 



Electric Spark, 551 

 Dnieper Rapids: Grannie Rocks of, M. Gouroff, 157; New 



Survey of, 159 

 Docks and Railways, James Brunlees on, 558 

 Dog: Intelligence in a, Prof. Francis E. Nipher, 82; Singular 



Instance of Sagacity of a, 233 

 Dolphin, Bottle-Nosed, at the Brighton Aquarium, 257 

 Double Shadows, 366 

 Dowson (S. S.), Ground Ivy, 126 



Dragon-Flie<, Extraordinary Flight of, Alfred Newton, 271 

 Dreaming, 3S8 



Drew (Frederic), Indian Numeration, 245 

 Drew (Samuel), Earthquake in South-West England, 199 

 Dry Pile, New Form of, 234 



Duck, Wild, and Railways, John Rae, F. R.S., 226 

 Ducretet (M. ), New Galvanometer, 401 

 Dudgeon (P.), Intelligence in Animals, 174 

 Duncan (John), Scotch Weaver and Botanist, W. Jolly, 337 

 Dundee, University College Calendar, 407 

 Dunes in Kyzyl-Kum Steppe, Formation of, Borschoff, 159 

 Dungeness, Sea-Shore Alluvion, J. B. Redman, 125 

 Durham (Jas.), "Elevation and Subsidence," 539 

 Dusty Air, on the Dark Plane which is formed over a Heated 



Wire in, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 139 

 Dutch Government and Baron Nordenskjold, 280 

 Dutch Meteorological Expedition, 470 

 Duthie (J. F.), " Field and Garden Crops of the North-Western 



Provinces and Oudh," Prof. J. Wrightson, 195 

 Dyas v. Permian, Rev. A. Irving, 578 

 Dyer (W. T. Thiselton, F.R.S.): Deductive Biology, 171; 



Stachys falustris as Food , 436 

 Dynamo, New, by Floyd Delafield, 445 



Earll (R. E.), the Present Condition of Fish Culture, 542 



Earth: the Movements of the, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 59S ; 

 Sun's Influence on the Magnetism of the, Prof. Balfour 

 Stewart, F.R.S., 605 ; Apparatus for Registering Earth- 

 Currents, Wau-chaff, 354; Earth-Disturbance at Kuczumare 

 (Austria), 209 ; Earth Pulsations, Prof. John Milne, 367 



Earthquakes: in Finland, 17; in South America, 134; in 

 South-West England, 199, 206; at Vossevangen, 233, 280; 

 at Corfu and Constantinople, 306 ; in China, 307 ; at Agram, 

 327, 426, 545 ; the Ischian, of July 28, 1S83, 327, 345, 374, 

 413; Dr. Johnston-Lavis, 437; Prof. J. P. O'Reilly, 461; 

 at Catanzaro, 329 ; in the Engadine, 401 ; at Fjosanger, 446 ; 

 at Frascati, 446 ; at Pachuca, 446 ; at Casamicciola, 470, 532 ; 

 in Algeria and West Coast of Africa, 572 ; in Java, 577 ; in 

 Anatolia, Siberia, Moravia, Styria, and Chios, 597 ; in Spain, 

 Portugal, Tangier, Belluno, Malta, Trieste, Tchesme, Bourne- 

 mouth, &c, 623 



Easter Island, Exact Position of, 64 



Eastern Asia at the Fisheries Exhibition, 150 



Eastern Asia, Recent Travel in, 361 



Ebbels (Arthur), Remarkable Form of Cloud, 320 



Eclipses : Total Solar, of May 6, 1883, 145, 247, 471 ; American 

 Observations of the, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 230; Report 

 of French Pacific Mission, 480 ; Annular Solar Eclipse of 

 October 31, 1883,208; the Total Solar Eclipse of September 

 8-9, 1885, 208; Total Solar Eclipse of August 28-29, l8S6 » 

 2S1 



Ecliptic, the Obliquity of the, 116 



Edinburgh: Royal Society of, 23, 95, 167, 191, 239, 287; 

 Mathematical Society of, 72, 311 ; Biological Station at, 467 ; 

 International Forestry Exhibition at, 469 



Edison Lamps, Moscow Illuminated by, 207 



Edlund's (Prof.) Theory of Connection between Thunderstorms 

 and Aurora:, 446 



Education: in Hong Rong, 16; in the United States, 25 ; In- 

 dustrial Art in Schools, C. G. Leland, 207 ; Maternal Schools 

 in France, 208 ; Aural Test in, 376 ; How to Teach Natural 



Science, 425 ; the Real Weakness of the Educational System, 

 Sir Tohn Lubbock, 32S 



Een (Capt. T. G.), Death of, 233 



Egypt, Ancient, the Flora of, 15, 109 ; Cholera in, Surgeon- 

 General Hunter on, 530 



Eisteddfod of Wales and Science, 45 



Ekaterinoslav, Geology of Kharkoff and, A. W. Guroff, 



157 



Electric Fish, Adaptability of, to their Surroundings, Prof. 

 Babuchin, 216 



Electricity : Dr. Aron on Accumulators, 23 ; the Electric Re- 

 sistance of Glass, 43 ; the Electric Launch on the Thames, 

 43 ; Siemens' Electric Railway at Portrush, 43 ; 1 lectric 

 Lighting, Rules and Regulations for Prevention of Fire Risks 

 from, 45 ; Practical, A. Bromley Holmes, 243 ; and other 

 Modes of Illumination, 281 ; in Paris, 307 ; New Regulators, 

 309 ; Fire Risks from, 583 ; Comparative Cost of Gas and, 

 Frank Geraldy, 625 ; New Leoni Incandescent Lamp, M. P. 

 Tihon, 625 ; Electricity applied to Explosive Purposes, Sir 

 F. A. Abel, F.R.S., 66; Electrical Units of Measurement, 

 Sir William Thomson, 91 ; Report of the Committee of Ad- 

 vice on, 447; "Electrical Units Popularly Explained," Jas. 

 Swinburne, 610 ; " Die Lehre von der Electricitat," von 

 Gustav Wiedemann, 121 ; Note on the Influence of High 

 Temperature on the Electrical Resistance of the Human Body, 

 W. H. Stone, 151, 463 : Meters for Power and Electricity, 

 C. Vernon Boys, 162; French Storage Company's Accumu- 

 lators applied to Tramcars, 207 ; Illumination of Moscow at 

 Coronation of Czar by, 207 ; Electrical Appliances at Wash- 

 ington National Museum, 207 ; New Electric Boat, 233 ; 

 New Form of Dry Pile, 234 ; Electric Tramcars in Paris, 

 257, 469; Early Origin of Electric Telegraph, 281 ; Lane- 

 Fox Disclaimer, 307 ; the Cily and Guilds of London Exa- 

 mination Papers in, 307 ; Electrical Omnibus, 353, 544 ; H. 

 B. Dixon on Carbonic Oxide Gas and Oxygen and the Electric 

 Spark, 551 ; New Battery, Lelande and Chaperon, 354; In- 

 ternational Unit of Electrical Resistance, 375 ; Experimental 

 Researches on the Electric Discharge with the Chloride of 

 Silver Battery, Dr. Warren De La Rue, F.R.S., and Dr. 

 Hugo Muller, F. R.S., 3S1 ; Vienna International Electrical Ex- 

 hibition, 399, 466; Experiments with Silicated Bronze Wire in 

 Transmission of Electric Force, 445 ; " Electricity and its 

 Uses," J. Munro, 538; Portrush Electric Railway, 544; 

 Electrical (Philadelphia) Exhibition, 1S84, 544 ; Electric 

 Launches, A. Reckenzaun, 583 ; Comparative Resistance of 

 Bronze and Copper Wires for Electric Lines, E. Van der Ven, 

 626 ; Paris International Society of Electricians, 469 ; Jacque- 

 lain's Pure Carbon for Electrodes, 426 ; Effect of Temperature 

 on Electromotive Force and Resistance of Batteries, W. H. 

 Preece, F.R.S., 191 ; Prof. Mincbin's Absolute Sine Elec- 

 trometer, 308 



Elevation and Subsidence ; or, the Permanence of Oceans and 

 Continent-, J. Starkie Gardner, 323 ; John Murray, 365 ; 

 Rev. O. Fisher, 365 ; R. Mountford Deeley, 366; F.'Young, 

 38S ; Rev. O. Fisher, Charles Ricketts, 412 ; F. Young, W. 

 F. Stanley, William Mackie, J. Starkie Gardner, 4SS; Rev. 

 O. Fisher, 515; Chas. Ricketts, Jas. Durham, 539 ; T. 

 Sington, J. S. Gardner, 5S7 



Ellipticity of Uranus, 308 



Emm Bey (Dr.), Mudirie Rohe Expedition, 547 



Encke's Comet in the Years 1871-1881, 181 



" Encyclopaedia of Physical Sciences," Trewendt'.-', 470 



Engadine, Earthquake in the, 401 



Engineering Entrance Scholarship, Gilchrist, at University Col- 

 lege, London, 407 



England, Earthquake in South-West, 206 ; W. F. Collier, 199 ; 

 Samuel Drew, 199 



England, Forests of, and the Management of Them in Bygone 

 Times, J. Croumbie Brown, 268 



England, the Orfe, a Fish recently Acclimatised in, 304 



English Illustrated Magazine, 532 



Entomological Society, 23, 43, 143, 536, 5S4 



Ephemerides of the Satellites, 335 



Erratic Blocks, B.A. Report on, 550 



Eruption, the Java, 577 



Eskimo, the, in the Arctic American Archipelago, 257 



Essays in Philosophical Criticism, Dr. Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 

 386 



Essex Field Club, 88, 376 ; "Cryptogamic Meeting" of, 510; 

 Joint Meeting of, with Geologists' Association, 206 



