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Nature, Fune 21, 1883] 
Capron (J. Rand) ; a Lunar Halo, 78 ; the Magnetic Storm and 
Aurora, 83 ; Shadows after Sunset, 102 ; Aurora of Novem- 
ber 17, 139, 149; Swan Lamp Spectrum and the Aurora, 
149, 198; the Weather, 198 ; Foam-balls, 531 
Carbo-hydrates in the Animal System, Physiology of, Dr. F. W. 
Pavy, F.R.S., 618 
Carbon Contacts, Electrical Resistance of, Shelford Bidwell, 376 
Carboniferous Vertebrate Palzeontology, Notice of some Dis- 
coveries recently made in, T. Stock, 22 
Cariamas, Flamingoes and, James Currie, 389 
Carlisle (Bishop of), Weather Forecasts, 4, 51 
Carlsruhe, Meteor at, 540 
Carnivora, Siwalik, Richard Lydekker, 293 
Carpathian Club, 162 
Carpenter (Prof. L. G.), Aurora of November 17, 141 
Cascia, Earthquake at, 63 
Cash (Dr.), Action of Calcium, &c., on Muscle, 450 
Caspian, Changes of Level of, 541 
Cassell’s Encyclopedic Dictionary, 423 
Cassell’s Natural History, 367 
Cassine, Earthquake at, 299 
Cassini Division of Saturn’s King, 374 
Cassowary, the One-wattled, 153 
Cathodes, Chemical Corrosion of, Dr. Gore, F R.S., 374 
Caucasus: Volcanic Eruption in the, 63; Geography of the, 
470; Administration of Public Instruction of, 497 ; Geogra- 
phical Society of, 424; Bulletin of Society for History and 
Archeology, 497 
Cecil (Henry): Comet 1882 4, 52; the Transit of Venus, 159; 
Hovering of Birds, 388; Meteors, 483 
Central Asia, ‘‘ Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian 
during the Years 1879-81, including Five Months’ Residence 
among the Tekkés of Mery,’ Edmond O’Donovan, Prof. 
A. H. Keane, 359 
Ceraski’s Variable Star, U Cephei, 424 
Cesati (Baron V.), his Botanical Collection, 20 
*€Ceylon, Lepidoptera of,” L. Reeve and Co., 150 
Challenger Expedition, Botany of the, W. Botting Hemsley, 
462 
Cha'lenger Reports (Zoology, ii., iii., and iv.), 73 
Challis (Prof. James, F.R.S.), Death of, 132 
Chambery, Phylloxera in, 133 
Chandler (Prof.), the Comet, 81 
Changy on Incandescent Lamps, 209 
Channel, Mountainous Seas in Calm Weather, 540 
Channel Tunnel, Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., 338 
Chayanne (Dr. J.), ‘‘ Afrika’s Stréme und Fliisse,” 447 
Chemistry : the Chemical Society, 47, 118, 191, 234, 306, 402, 
426, 522, 570, 595; Recent Chemical Synthesis, 49; Prac- 
tical Chemistry, J. Campbell Brown, 75; Elementary Che- 
mical Arithmetic, Sidney Lupton, 76; Principles of Che- 
mistry, Prof. Mendeléeff, 113; Chemical Notes, 301 ; 
Electrolytic Balance of Chemical Corrosion, Dr. Gore, 
P.R.S., 326; Properties (Physical and Chemical) of Simple 
and Compound Bodies, De Heen, 422; Chemistry of the 
Planté and Faure Accumulators, Dr, J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., 
and Dr. A. Tribe, F.R.S., 583 
Chevreul (M.): nominated President of the French Société 
Nationale d’Agriculture, 277; his long Scientific Career, 422 
Cheyne (Watson), the Bacillus of Tubercle, 563 
China: Foreign Education in, 90; Chinese Definition of Death, 
160; the Electric Light in, 209; Kk. K. Douglas on, 221 ; 
Comets as Portents in, 229; ‘‘Chinarinden in Pharmakcgnos- 
tischer Hinsicht dargestellt, Die,’ F. A. Fliickiger, 287 ; 
Scientific Heresies in, 342; Chinese Educational Mission, 
566; Miss Dr. Howard’s Success in, 567; Lead Ore dis- 
covered in, 588; Telegraph Extension in, 588; Waste Paper 
in, 588; Coroners’ Science in, Robert K. Douglas, 612 
Chlorophyll Corpuscles of Hydra, Prof. E, Ray Lankester, 
F.R.S., 87 
pie (W. H. M., F.R.S ), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 
2 
pescuena Culture, Handbook of, Karel Wessel van Gorkom, 
207 
Circle, Medioscribed, 607 
Circumpolar Expedition: Notes from Capt. Dawson’s Letters, 
103, 242, 484; Dr. Rae, F.R.S., on, 508 
Civil Service Examinations, Natural Science in, 321 
Clapham (F. R.), Aurora of November 17, 141 
Clark (J. E.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, $4 
Clarke (C. B.), Equal Temperament of the Scale, 240 
| Cumming (Miss Gordon), ‘‘ Fire Fountains, 
* Cunningham (Dayid), Hovering of birds, 33¢ 
INDEX Vv 
Clark (J. W.): Condensation of Liquid Films on Wetted Solids, 
370; Preliminary Note on the Bacillus of Tuberculosis 
(Koch), 492 
Clerk-Maxwell on Stress, 314 
Clouds, Magnetic Arrangement of: C, H. Romanes, 31; Rev. 
W. Clement Ley, 53 
Coal Fire, Fiames in, 183 
Coal Gas, Lime as a Purifier of Products of Combustion of, Dr. 
Joule, F.K.S., 496 
Coan (Kev. Titus), Death of, 398 
Cobbold (Dr. T. Spencer, F.R.S.): Ticks, 5525 Simondsia 
paradoxa, 547 
Cold, Unprecedented, in the Riviera—Absence of Sunspots, C. 
J. B. Williams, 551 
Cole (J. F.), Aurora of Novetaber 17, 141 
Colour, on the Sense of, amongst some of the Lower Animals, 
Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 618 
Colours, Complementary, 78; J. J. Murphy, 8; C. R. Cross, 
150; at Niagara Falls, H. G. Madan, 174; ‘‘ Natural” Ex- 
periment in, E. J. Bles, 241; Chas. T. Whitmell, 266; 
Novel Experiment in, John Gorham, 794 
Colquhoun (A. R.) : Journey through Yunnan to Burmah, 92 ; 
Journey to Bhamo, 63 
Coltsfoot, Early, R. McLachlan, F.R.S., 266 
Comets: Schmidt’s Cometary Object, 20; the Great Comet 
1882 0, 4, 21, 43, 56, 80, 161, 210, 390, 349, 400, 446, 54°, 
589; Major J. Herschel, Geo. M. Seabroke, Arthur Watts, 
43 Spectroscopic Observations of, 24, 42 ; C. J. B. Williams, 
29; W. J. Millar, 29; W. Higginson and B. Manning, 29 ; 
seen at the Paris Observatory, 42; J. P. McEwen, 52; T. 
W. Backhouse, 52, 338; G. M. Seabroke, 52; H. Cecil, 
52; B. J. Hopkins, 62, 78; at Buenos Ayres, 62; 
. K. Rees, Prof. Chandler, 81; ‘‘ Anomalous’ Tail 
of, Rev. T. W. Webb, 89; Major J. Herschel, ‘ror ; 
Commander Sampson, U.S.N., Dr. C. J. B. Williams, 
F.R.S., 108 ; Division of the Nucleus of the, 113; W. C. 
Winlock, 128; Dr. Doberck, 128; A. Ainslie Common, 
150; F. Stapleton, 150; Photograph of, 180; during last 
November and December, C. J. B. Williams, F.R.S., 198; 
Elements of, Vice-Admiral Rowan, Prof. E. Frisby, 226 ; J. 
P. McEwen on, 247; W. T. Sampson, 266; Dr. B. A. 
Gould, 267; E. Ristori, 314; Orbit of, E. Ristori, 388 ; 
Ephemeris of, Prof. Frisby, 415; Prof. Schiaparelli on the, 
Francis Porro, 533; Comet 1882c, 161, 248; Comets as 
Portents in China, 229; Figure of the Nucleus of Comet of 
1882 (Gould), Prof. Holden, 246; D’Arrest’s Comet, 324, 
567, 589, 618; Repoited Discovery of a Comet, 324; 
Denning’s Comet, 348 ; Comet of 1771, 374 ; Comet 18834, 
445, 517; Comet of 1812, 498 
Common (A. Ainslie), the Comet, 150 
Complementary Colours, 78; J. J. Murphy, 8; C. R. Cross, 
150; at Niagara Falls, H. G. Madan, 174; a ‘‘ Natural 2 
Experiment in, E. J. Bles, 241; Chas. T. Whitmell, 266 ; 
Novel Experiment in, John Gorham, 294 
Condensation of Liquid Films on Wetted Solids, J. W. Clark, 
70 
Goheo (Upper), Departure of Belgian Expedition for, 182 
Coniferze, Female Flowers in, 231 
Conte (Dr. Le), on Darwinism, 275 
Cooke (Conrad), &c., ‘‘ Electric Illumination,” 264 
“‘Cookery, the Rudiments of,” A. C. M., 323 
Cooley (W. Desborough), Death of, 469 
Copernicus, Darwin and, Prof. E, du Bois Reymond, 557 
Coral-eating Habits of Holothurians, Surgeon-Major H. B. 
Guppy, 7; Saville Kent, 433 ; J. G. Grenfell, 508 
Cordiner (K.), Age of Dogs, 79 
Corona, Photographing the, Dr. W. Huggins, F.R.S., 199 
Coroners’ Science in China, Robert K. Douglas, 612 
Corpuscles, Red Blood, Prof, Quincke on, 355 
Cosmical Dust collected by M.‘Marx, Prof. Lenz, 422 
Cothenius Medal, 540 
Cowan (Mr. D.), Explorations in Madagascar, 372 
Crombie (J. M.), Function of Membrana Flaccida of Tympanic 
Membrane, 129 
Cross (C. R.), Complementary Colours, 150 
Crystal Palace Electricity and Gas Exhibition, 180 
Cryptogamic Flora of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Mary 
P. Merrifield, 385 
Cryptophycez, a New Genus of, 230 
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