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[Nature, Fune 21, 1883 
Cunningham (Major Allan), Roorkee Hydraulic Experiments, 1; 
the Indian Survey, 97 
Cunningham (J. T.), Zoological Station in Naples, 453 
Currie (James), Flamingoes and Cariamas, 389 
Cutting Tools worked by Hand and Machine, Robert H. Smith, 
577 : 
Cyprus, Earthquake in, 497 
Dachstein Glaciers, Decrease of, 42 
Dairy Industry in France, 90 
D’Arrest’s Comet, 324, 567, 559, 618 
Darwin (Charles), on Tower-like Dejections made by Worms, 
20; Enthusiasm in Sweden on the Memorial to, 275 ; Darwin 
and Copernicus, Prof. E. du Bois Reymond, 557 ; Hostile 
Criticism in Germany of the Address on, 565 
Darwin (Prof. G. H., F.R.S.), Numerical Estimate of the 
Rigidity of the Earth, 22; Elected Plumian Professor of 
Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge, 275 ; 
Formation of Mudballs, 507 
Darwinism, Dr, Le Conte on, 275 
Dary (Georges), on Electric Navigation, 41, 42 
Davis Lectures for 1883, 565 
Dawkins (Prof. W. Boyd), Channel Tunnel, 338 
Dawson (Capt.), Notes on Circumpolar Expedition from Letters 
of, 103, 242, 484 
De La Rue’s Diaries, &c., 161 
De Morgan (Augustus), Memoir of, R. Tucker, 217 
Death, Chinese Definition of, 160 
Deaths from Snake Bite in Bombay, Sir Joseph Fayrer, F.R.S., 
556 
Dechevrens (Father Marc), a Curious Halo, 30 
Deductive Biology, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 554 
Deep-Sea Exploration, French, 587 
“*Deneholes” at Blackheath, 324 
Denmark: Oyster Fisheries of, 346; Glacial Phenomena in, 
Prof. Johnstrup, 373 
Denning (W. F.): Transit of Venus, 158 ; Markings on Jupiter, 
365; Amateurs and Astronomical Observation, 434; the 
Large Meteor of March 2, 1883, 461 
Denning’s Comet, 348 
Deprez’s Electrical Theories, 399 
Derby Free Library, Reference Catalogue, 62 
Desborde (Col.), on Banks of Niger, 424 
Dewar (Prof.) and Prof. Liveing, Origin of Hydrocarbon Flame 
Spectrum, 257 
Diamond in its Matrix, a, 90 
Dickert (Herr Thomas), Death of, 399 
Dickson (Dr. Oscar): his liberality in aiding Scientific Research, 
444; Account of Swedish Expedition to Greenland, 541 
Dier (Prof.), Shadows after Sunset, 150 
Dimphna, Search Expedition for the, 64 
Diluvial Mammals, Discovery of Remains of, on Wolza, 373 
Dip-Cirele, Goolden’s Simple, 127 
Direct-Vision Prisms, 182 
Distant (W. L.): an Urgent Need in Anthropology, tor ; 
““Rhopalocera Malayana,” 444 
Diurnal Variation in the Velocity of the Wind, E. Douglas 
Archibald, 461 
Djighit (the), Domojiroff’s Anemometric Observations on, 445 
Doberck (Dr. W.) : the Comet 18824, 129; Transit of Venus, 
158 ; appointed to the Hong Kong Observatory, 565 
Dobson (J. L.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 87 
Doe with Horns, 209 
Dogs, Age of, R. Cordiner, 79 
Dolmen, Discovery of, at St. Pierre Quiberon, 540 
Domojiroff’s Anemometric Observations on board the Djighit, 445 
Doradiis, Supposed Variable u, a Spurious Star, 498 
Double Stars, Measures of, 182 
ae (Robert K.): China, 221 ; Coroners’ Science in China, 
12 
Draper (Prof. Henry): Death of, 88; Obituary Notice of, 108 
Dredging Implement, a New: Prof, A. Milnes Marshall, 11; 
W. A. Herman, 54 
Dreyer (J. L. E.), Transit of Venus, 158 
Dublin: Royal Society of, 235; Experimental Science Associa- 
tion, 571; Aurora at, 589 
Dumas (J. B. A.) : Peesentation to, 132 ; his Address at the Com- 
memoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of his Membership of 
the Paris Academy, 174 ; the Dumas Medal, 227; Illness of, 346 
Duncan (Prof. P. Martin, F.R.S.), Heroes of Science, 76 
Dust Showers in Norway, 496 
“Dutton (Capt. C. E.), a Monograph by,”’ Tertiary History of 
the Grand Cafion District, Dr, Arch. Geikie, F.R.S., 357 
Dyer (W. T. Thiselton, F.R.S.): Influence of ‘‘ Environment ” 
on Plants, 82 ; the Sacred Tree of Kum-Bum, 224; Deductive 
Biology, 554 
Dynamics, Introductory Treatise on Rigid, W. Steadman Aldis, 
265 
Dynamo, Thomson’s Mouse-Mill, J. T. Bottomley, 78 
Dynamo Machine, Elphinstone-Vincent, 516 
Dynamo-electric Machine with Continuous Induction, Prof. 
Pfaundler the Inventor of, 517 f 
Dynamo-electric Machines, Recent, 58 
Earth, Numerical Estimate of the Rigidity of the, Prof. G. H. 
Darwin, F.R.S., 22 
Earth Currents during Magnetical Perturbations, 89 
Earth’s Crust, Physics of the, Rev. O. Fisher, 76 
Earth’s Surface, Causes of Elevation and Depression of, W. F. 
Stanley, 523 
Earthquakes: in the Northern part of the Balkan Peninsula, 19 ; 
at Cascia, 63; in Perugia, 90; in the Valais, 181; in Greece 
and Panama, 248 ; at Murcia, in Spain, at Archena, &c., 277 ; 
at Halifax, Prof. Geo. Lawson, 293; Clifton, Geo. F. 
Burder, 293; Hastings, R. H. Tiddeman, 293; at Cassine, 
299; at Agram, 348; at Freiburg-im-Breisgau, 374; in 
Silesia and Bohemia, 400; in Hungary, 423; at Bologna, 
445; in Japan, Proposed Study of, 469; in Cyprus, 497 ; 
at Amsterdam, 517; in Hungary and Italy, 540; at Pedara 
in Sicily, 567 
Earthslip in Switzerland, 209 
Earthworms in New Zealand, 91 
Eastlake (F. W.), Geology of Hong Kong, 177 
Eclipse, Total Solar, of May 6, 1883, 111, 248; the English 
Observers, 346, 398, 556, 567 
Eclipse, Solar, Total, of May 17, 1901, 424 
Eclipses, Solar, the Recent Coming and Total, J. Norman 
Lockyer, F.R.S., 185 
Edinburgh : Royal Society of, 168, 283, 307, 403, 428, 452, 548, 
571, 595; Mathematical Society of, 346, 500, 595 
Education: Foreign Education in China, 90; of our Industrial 
Classes, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 248; A. J. Mundella 
on, 276; Prof. Huxley on, 396; Minister of, 495; in Japan, 617 
Edwards (E. W. W.) and Higgins (€.), the Electric Lighting 
Act, 1882, 410 
Eggs, Effect of Railway Transport on, 444 
Egyptian Exploration Fund, gor 
Elastiche Nachwirkung, M. Hesehus, 183 
Electricity : International Electrical Conference, 18; Tricycles 
propelled by, 19; Electric Illumination of a Railway Bridge 
over the Ticino, 20; Electric Lighting, Sir C. W. Siemens, 
F.R.S., 67; Electric Lighting at Society of Arts, 133; Elec- 
tric Light in China, 209; ‘‘ Electric Mlumination,” Conrad 
Cooke, &c., 264; Priority in Photographing with Electric 
Light, 276; Public Electric Lighting, 384; Electric Lighting 
Act, 1882, C. Higgins and E. W. W. Edwards, 410; Elec- 
tric Light at Savoy Theatre, 418; Electric Lighting in Switz- 
erland, 497; in Paris, 516; Some Points in Electric Lighting, 
Dr. John. Hopkinson, F.R.S., 592; Electric Navigation, 
Georges Dary, 41, 42; M. Tresca’s Papers on Electrical 
Measures, 62; Electrical Transmission of Force and Storage 
of Power, Sir C. W. Siemens, F.R.S., 67, 518; Electrical 
Disturbances in Sweden and Norway, 89; Electrical Exhibi- 
tion at the Crystal Palace, 180; Electric Reaction, Prof. 
Melde, 183; Electrical Phenomena, 199 ; Electric Railways, 
Prof. W. E. Ayrton, 255; ‘‘Electricity,” by Robert M. 
Ferguson, 264; Electrical Exhibition at Vienna, 373, 444; 
‘* Electricity,” a New Hungarian Journal, 299; Il Potentiale 
Elettrico nell’ Insegnamento Elementare della Elettrostatica, 
Prof. A. Serpieri, 312; Electric Railways, 338; ‘‘ Electrical 
Resistance of Carbon Contacts,”’ Shelford Bidwell, 376; Elec- 
_ trical Theories, Deprez’s, 399 ; Light-Phenomena of Electric 
Discharges, Dr. Hertz, 403; Influence of Vacuum on Elec- 
tricity, A. M. Worthington, 434 ; Electro-technical Society 
formed at Vienna, 469; Successful Trial of an Electrically- 
moved Tram-car, 470; Electricity as a Motive Power for 
Balloons, Napoli, 517; Proposed Electric Railway from 
Charing Cross to Waterloo, 566 
Electrolytic Balance of Chemical Corrosion, Dr. Gore, F.R.S., 
326 
Electromotive Force and Resistance of Batteries, Effects ol 
Temperature on, W. H. Reece, F.R.S., 426 
