, 
Nature, Fune 21, 1883] 
Electromotive Force of Galvanic Combinations, Kittler’s Normal | 
Element of, 325 
Electronomie Industrie, Manuel d’, R. V. Picou, 146 
Electroscope, a Modification of the Gold Leaf, F. J. Smith, 102 
Elephant in Italy, Discovery of Fossil, 181; Threatened Ex- 
tinction of the, E. E. Prince, 509 
Elger (P. G.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 85 
Elphinstone- Vincent Dynamo Machine, 516 
Elwes (H. J.), Marshall and Nicéville’s Butterflies of India, 
Burmah, and Ceylon, 50 
Emu, Nesting Habits of, A. W. Bennett, 530 
Encyclopzedic Dictionary, 423 
Enemies, Natural, of Butterflies, Henry Higgins, 338 
Energy in the Spectrum, Distribution of, Lord Rayleigh, 
F.R.S., 559 
Energy, Transmission of, on Marcel-Deprez System, 372 
Engineering Laboratory, University College, 160 
“Ensilage in America,” Prof. James E. T. Rogers, Prof. 
Wrightson, 479 
Entomological Society, 451, 500 
“*Environment ” on Plants, Influence on, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, 
F.R.S., 82 ; Howard Fox, 315 
Eocene Section, the Lower, J. Starkie Gardner, 331 
“* Episodes in the Life of an Indian Chaplain,” 99 
Epping Forest and the Railway Companies, 399; Prof. G. S. 
Boulger, 455 ; Conservation of, from the Naturalist’s Stand- 
Point, 447 
Equal Temperament of the Scale, C. B. Clarke, 240 
Ergot, Poisonous Principle of, 517 
Eridani, Binary Star /, 589 
Ernst (Dr. A.), Abnormal Fruit of Opuntia Ficus-Indica, 77 
Essex County, Mass., Flora of, 173 
Essex Field Club, 298, 347 
Ether, the, and its Functions: Prof. Oliver Lodge, 304, 328 ; 
S. Tolver Preston, 579 
Ethnographical Exhibition at Stockholm, Dr. A. B. Meyer, 370 
Ethnology, Aino: Dr, J. J. Rein, 365 ; Prof, A. H. Keane, 389 
Ethnology of North Africa, Prof. A. H. Keane, 408 
Etna (Mount), Eruption of, 422, 496, 515, 539 
Evans (C.), Paleolithic River Gravels, 8 
Evolution of the American Trotting Horse, W. H. Brewer, 609 
Evolution, Hypothesis of Accelerated Development, by Primo- 
geniture and its Place in the Theory of, Prof. A. A. W. Hubrecht, 
279, 301 
Explosive Waves, Berthelot and Vielle on, 301 
Eye, Internal Reflections in the, H. Frank Newall, 376 
“* Fall Machine,” Poggendorff’s, 300 
Falling, Asphyxiation in Rapid, 62 
Farr (Dr. W., C.B.), Death of, 587 
Fatio (Dr. Victor), Fishes of Switzerland, 220 
Fauna, Pelagic, of Freshwater Lakes, 92 
** Faune des Vertébrés de la Suisse,” Dr. Victor Fatio, 220 
Fayrer (Sir Joseph, F.R.S.), Destzuction of Life in India by 
Poisonous Snakes, 205, 556; Destruction of Life in India by 
Wild Animals, 268 ; Speke and Grant’s Zebra, 604 
Feed-Water Heater and Purifier, Geo. Strong, 90 
Ferghana Naphtha Well, 445 
Ferguson (Robert M.), ‘‘ Electricity,” 264 
Fermat, the Statue of, 180 
Ferns of Kentucky, John Williamson, 336 
Fertilisation of the Speedwell, A. Ransom, 149 
“Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes,” 19 
Fibre-balls, 580 
Fig and the Caprifig, on the Relations of the, W. Botting 
Hemsley, 584 
Fingal’s Cave, Is, Artificial? F, Cope Whitehouse, 285 
Finland, New Lyceums in, 42; Auroral Experiments in, S. 
Lemstrom, 389 
Finsbury Technical College, 318 ; Opening of, 425 
Finsch (Dr. Otto), his Exploration of New Guinea, 43; his 
Report of his Travels, 181 
‘* Fire-Fountains,” Miss Gordon Cumming, 525 
Fires in Russia, Forest, 113 
Fish, New Deep-Sea, from Mediterranean, Dr. Giglioli, 198 
Fish Culture Association, National, 323 
Fisher (Rev. Osmond), Physics of the Earth’s Crust, 76 
Fisheries Exhibition, the International, 322, 389, 468, 496, 516, 
536 
Fisheries, Herring and Salmon, 442 
Fishes of Switzerland, Victor Fatio, 220 
INDEX 
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Fishes, the Skeleton of Marsipobranch, W. K. Parker, F.R.S., 
339 
Fissures, on the Movements of Air in, and the Barometer, A. 
Strahan, 375, 461 
Fitch (Oswald), Benevolence in Animals, 580 
Flames in Coal Fire, 103 
Flamingoes and Cariamas, James Currie, 389 
Flegel (Robert), News of, 230 
Fleische (E. von), Wartmann’s Rheolyzer, 127 
Flora of Essex County, Massachusetts, John Robinson, 173 
Flora, Siberian, 445 
Flora, Vernal, Origin of our, J. E. Taylor, 7 
Flower (Prof W. H.), Lectures on Anatomy of the Horse, 372 
Flower, Two Kinds of Stamens with Different Functions in the 
same, Dr. Hermann Miiller, 30; Dr. Fritz Miller, 364 
Flowers, Double, Dr. M. T. Masters, 126 
Flowers, Insects Visiting, 498 
Fliickiger (F. A.), ‘‘Die Chinarinden in Pharmakognostischer 
Hinsicht dargestellt,” 287 
Foamballs, J. Rand Capron, 531 
Fohn, the, A. Irving, 605 
Fonvielle (W. de), ‘‘ Les Passages de Venus,” 132 
Food Adulteration Act of 1881, 301 
Foraminifera in British Museum, Catalogue of Fossil, Prof. T. 
Rupert Jones, 173 
Forbes (H. O.), Forbes’ Visit to Timor-Laut, 159 
Forbes (W. A.), Zoological Expedition up the Niger, 14; 
Letters from Shonga, 276; Death of, 614 
Force, Transmission of, by :Electricity, Dr. C. W. Siemens, 
F.R.S., 67 
Forecasts, Weather: Bishop of Carlisle, 4, 51; Rev. W. 
Clement Ley, 29 ; C. W. Harding, 79 
Forel (Prof), Recent Rhone Glacier Studies, 183 
Forest Fires in Russia, 113 
Formic and Acetic Acid in Plants, 91 
Forms of Leaves, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 605 
Forth Bridge, New, 62, 89; Sir Geo. B. Airy on the, C. S. 
Smith, 99, 131 ; Herbert Tomlinson, 147; B. Baker, 222 
Fossil Elephant in Italy, Discovery of, 181 
Fossil Souslik in Northern Germany, Dr. Blasius, 247 
Fountain (J. M.), the Weather, 32 
Fox (Howard), Influence of ‘‘ Environment” on Plants, 315 
France : Annual Meeting of Institute of, 18; Dairy Industry 
in, 90 ; Heavy Rains in, 229; French Mission to Cape Horn, 
344; Annual Meeting of French Learned Societies, 539 
Frankland (Lr. E., F.R.S.) : Smoke Abatement, 407 ; Chemistry 
of Storage Batteries, 568 
Freiburg-im- Breisgau, Earthquake at, 374 
Freshwater Lakes, Pelagic Fauna of, 92 
Friele (Hermann), ‘‘Der Norske nord-hass-expedition, 1876- 
1878,” Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., 457 
Frisby (Prof. E.) : Elements of the Great Comet 1882 4, 226 ; 
Ephemeris of it, 415 ; Transit of Venus, 266 
Fritsch (Prof.), On the Torpedo, 403 
Fulgurite found near Warmbrunn, 540 
Galloway (William), Hovering of Birds, 336 
Galton (Francis, F.R.S.), Hydrogen Whistles, 491 
Galvanometers, on the Graduation of, for the Measurement of 
Currents and Potentials in Absolute Measure, Andrew Gray, 
32, 105, 319, 339; New Torsion, 620 
Gambetta’s Body, Autopsy of, 247 
Gardner (H. Dent), Britten’s Watch and Clockmaker’s Hand- 
book, 76 
Gardner (J. Starkie), the Lower Eocene Section between Recul- 
vers and Herne Bay, 331 
Garman (S.): Scream of Young Burrowing Owl like Warning 
of Rattlesnake, 174; a Possible Cause of the Extinction of 
the Horses of the Post-Tertiary, 313 
Garrod (Dr. A. B., F.R.S.), on Uric and Hippuric Acid, 451 
Gases, Action of Gravity on, Kraevitsch, 324 
Geestemiinde, Aurora at, 374 
Geikie (Dr. Arch., F.R.S.): a Search for ‘‘ Atlantis” with the 
Microscope, 25; Recent Researches in Metamorphism of 
Rocks, 121 ; ‘* Geological Sketches,” G. K. Gilbert, 237, 261 ; 
“* Text-Book of Geology,” G. K. Gilbert, 237, 261 ; Tertiary 
History of the Grand Cajion District, 357 
Geikie (Prof. James, F.R.S.), Aims and Method of Geological 
Inquiry, 44, 64 
Geodetical Operations, Norwegian, 224, 341 
Geographentag, Third German, 447 
