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INDEX 
[Nature, Fune 29, 1882 
Cygni, New Red Star in, J. Birmingham, 198; Variable, 1881, 
J. Birmingham, 484 
D’Abbadie (Antoine), Function of the Ears on the Perception of 
Direction, 172 
Danish Society for the Protection of Animals, 300 
Dakota Group, Fossil Insects of the, Dr. H. A. Hagen, 266 
Daltonism, Curious Case of, 492 
Dante and the Southern Cross, Dr. Samuel Wilks, 173; J. J. 
Walker, 173, 217; N. Perini, 197 
Darkness, Mid-day, of Sunday, January 22, J. Herschel, 289 
Darwin (Chas., F.R.S.), Parasitic Habits of Molothrus, 51 ; 
Action of Carbonate of Ammonia on the Roots of Certain 
Plants and on Chlorophyll Bodies, 489 ; on the Dispersal of 
Freshwater Bivalves, 529; Obituary Notice of, by Prof. T. 
H. Huxley, F.R.S., 597 
Darwin (Francis), Prof. Wiesner on the Power of Movement in 
Plants, 578, 597 ; Geotropism and Growth, 616 
Darwin (G, H., F.R.S.), Lunar Disturbance of Gravity, 20 ; 
Geological Importance of the Tides, 213; Movements of 
Jupiter’s Atmosphere, 360 
Davis (Geo. E.), Practical Microscopy, 502 
Dawkins (Prof. W. Boyd, F.R.S.), on tke Evolution of Antlers 
in the Ruminants, 84 
Dawson (J. W., F.R.S.), Erect Trees in Coal Formations, 354 
Daylight Observation of Stars, Earliest, 421 
Deaf Mutes who have been taught to Articulate, Pronunciation 
of, W. E. A. Axon, ror, 409; Dr. Alex. Graham Bell, 124, 
458; F. J. Faraday, 458 
Decaisne (Prof. Joseph), Death of, 372 ; Obituary Notice of, 
W. T. Thiselton Dyer, 390 
Deep-Sea Exploration in the Mediterranean, Prof, Henry Hillyer 
Giglioli, 505 
Defences, our National, 261 
Deformity, Fashion in, as Illustrated in the Customs of Bar- 
barous and Civilised Races, W. H. Flower, F.R.S., 480 
De La Rue’s Diaries, &c., 161 
De La Rue (Dr. Warren, F.R.S.), Elected Manager of the 
Royai Institution, 346 
Delta, Proposed Excavations in the, 537 
Denning (W. F.), Markings on Jupiter, 223 ; Remarkable White 
Spot on Jupiter, 265 ; Comet f 1881, 126, 413 
Desor (M.), Death of, 449 
Determinants, Introduction to, with numerous Examples, William 
Thomson, 216 
Determinants, Treati-e on the Theory of, with Graduated Sets 
of Exercises for use in Colleges and Schools, T. Muir, 551 
Deutsche Geographische Blatter, 232 
Dewar (Prof.), and Prof. Liveing on the Spectrum of Carbon, 
Dillinger, near Saarlouis, Discovery at, 250 
Dining, Aristology ; or the Art of, Thos. Walker, 478 
Dinosauria, Classification of the, Prof. O. C. Marsh, 244 
Dionex, the Electromotive Properties of the Leaf of, Prof. 
Burdon Sanderson, F.R.S., 258 
Dipladenia amabilis, Mrs. Mulholland, 79 
Diseases of the Nervous System, Treatise on, Dr. James Ross, 
172 
Dispersal of Freshwater Bivalves, Charles Darwin, F.R.S., 
529; D. Pidgeon, 584; Frank J. Rowbotham, 605 
Distant (W. L.), ‘‘ Rhopalocera Malayana,” 300 
Dixon (William Gray), ‘‘ Land of the Morninz; an Account of 
_ _ Japan and its People,” 384 
Doderlein (Dr. L.), on Oshima, 43 
Double Stars, 43; Observations of, made at the United States 
Naval Observatories, Prof, Asaph Hall, 122 
Draper (Prof. J. W.), Death of, 248 ; Obituary Notice, 274 
Du Chaillu (Paul B.), ‘* Land of the Midnight Sun,” 59 
Duncan (P. Martin, F.R.S.), Popular Natural History, 107 ; 
Morphology of the Temnopleuride, 257 
"yaaa or Denge-nesse, Sea-shore Alluvion, J. B. Redman, 
593 
Dupré (Dr. A.), Glimpse through the Corridors of Time, 217 
Dust, Collection of Meteoric—a Suggestion, B. J. Hopkins, 339 
Dust-Explosions in Collieries, Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 488 
Dutch East Indies, New Map of, 19 
Duthie (J. F.), Curious Formations of Ice, 78 
Dutton (Capt. C. E.), the Excavations of the Grand Cafion of 
the Colorado River, 565 
Dyer (W. T. Thiselton, F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of Prof. 
Joseph Decaisne, 390 | 
Ears, Function of the, or the Perception of Direction, S. E, Peal, 
124; Antoine D’Abbadie, 172 
“«Earth’s Crust, Physics of the,” Rev. Osmond Fisher, Rey. E. 
Hill, 433; Prof. A. H. Green, 481 
Earth-Currents, W. H. Preece, F.R.S., 289; William Ellis, 
315; Rev. S. J. Perry, F.R.S., 316; G. M. Whipple, 316 ; 
J. Parnell, 316 
Earth-Currents, Magnetic Disturbances, Auroras, and, Prof, W. 
Grylls Adams, F.R.S., 66 
Earthquakes: at Agram, 63, 186, 326; on the Continent, 87 ; at 
Izentes and Izarvas, 87 ; in Switzerland, 137, 208; at Sion 
and Sierre, 161 ; at Kiangari in the Province of Kastamoumi, 
231; at Iquique, 302; in China, 325 ; in Bavaria, Roumania, 
and Hungary, 375; in the Andaman Islands, Col. H. H. 
Godwin-Austen, 386 ; in North Schleswig and South Jutland, 
396 ; at Chieti and Castelfrentano, 420; at Tongatabu, 450 ; 
in Costa Rica, 471; at Chios, 492; at Roverado, Olivone, 
Bellinzona, St. Johann, and Metkovich, 492; at Ljubinge, 
Trebinje, and Bilek, 537 ; Earthquake Vibrations, Prof. John 
Milne, 126 
Eaton (Rev. A. E.), Zira Arctic Expedition, 123 
Echinoids of the Challenger, Prof. H. W. Mackintosh, 41 
Eclipses: Lunar Eclipse on December 5, 114; Total Solar 
Eclipse of May 17, 375, 450, 472, 587, 594; Eclipse Notes, 
J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 573 
Edinburgh: Royal Society, 120, 192, 259, 380, 403, 427, 476, 
523, 572, 595; the Chair of Natural History at, 469, 607 ; 
Fishery Exhibition at, 530, 589; Pisciculture in the, 606; 
Honorary Degrees, 517 
Edison’s Electric Light, Electricity at the Crystal Palace, 446 
Education Code, the New, and Science-teaching, 536 
Education in Japan, 186; Science in Education, Sir Stafford 
Northcote, 206; Scientific Education in Liverpool, 270; 
Technical Education, 477 
Eel, Life History of the, 610 
Egg, Double, E. Howarth, 174 
Egypt of the Past, Erasmus Wilson, F.R.S., 74 
Fira Arctic Expedition, 112, 209; Rev. A. E. Eaton, 123 
Electricity : Electric Tramway, 13; Electrical Exhibition at the 
Crystal Palace, 16, 62, 135, 275, 292; Lectures in connection 
with the, 394; Edison’s Electric Light, 446; Land Tele- 
graphy, 515; Jurors, 536; “Electrical Accumulators,”’ 561 ; 
List of the Rare and Curious Books relating to Electricity, 18 ; 
Probing by Electricity, Prof. Graham Bell, 40; Exhibition at 
St. Petersburgh, 230; Electric Light at the Paris Opera, 18, 
42; Photographic Experiments with Electric Light, 54 ; 
Spectrum of the Electric Light, J. Hopkins Walters, 103 ; 
J. Rand Capron, 152; Fire Risks of Electric Lighting, 223 ; 
Electric Light in a Paris Bank, 347; Flashing Signals by 
Electric Light, 493 ; Electric Light between Hatton Garden 
and the Old Bailey, 564; Siemens’ Electrical Railway, 42; 
Train of Pullman Carriages Lighted by Electricity, 138; 
Scheme for Lighting the Quarters of the Prefecture of the 
Seinesin the Tuilieries with Electricity, 230; Prof. J. Clerk 
Maxwell’s Electricity and Magnetism, Prof. G. Chrystal, 237 ; 
New Electrical Storage Battery, Henry Sutton, 198, 331 ; 
Edmund P. Toy, 289 ; on the Economical Use of Gas-engines 
for the Production of Electricity, Prof. W, E. Ayrton, 
F.R.S., 280; ‘‘La Lumiére Electrique, son Histoire, sa 
Production et son Emploi,” Em. Alglave and J. Boulard, 
359; Electrical Resistance of Carbon under Pressure, H. 
Tomlinson, 450; Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson, 482; a New 
Electric Regulator, 450; the Discharge of Electricity by 
Heat, 475; Exhibition of Electricity at Vienna, 518 ; Medical 
Electricity 521; Elementary Lessons in Electricity and Mag- 
netism, Silvanus P. Thompson, 550; Electric Barometer, J. 
Joly, 559; Application of Electricity to Ship’s Logs, 584 
Electrolysis of Sulphate of Copper, on the, G. Gore, M.D., 
F.R.S., 473 
Electrolytic Diffusion of Liquids, Dr. G. Gore, F.R.S., 234 
Electrometer, Absolute Sine, Geo. M. Minchin, 290 
Electromotive Force, Determination of, in Absolute Electro- 
static Measure, Geo. M. Minchin, 278 
Electromotors, Little, 226 
Elements, New, 394 
Elger (Thos. Gwyn), Auroral Display, 386 
Ellis (William), Earth-Currents, 315 
Elm, Annihilation of, 63 
Elsden (J. Vincent), Hypothetical High Tides, 408 
Elton (Chas.), ‘f Origins of English History,” Edward B. Tylor, 
F.R.S., 501 
