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INDEX 
XV 
‘Swan Lamp Spectrum and the Aurora, J. Rand Capron, 149 ; 
J. Munro, 173 
Sweden, Aurorze in, 113, 496; Darwin Memorial and the 
People of, 275 ; Great Meteor in, 423, 517; Swedish Expe- 
dition to Spitzbergen, 1882, 243; New Swedish Arctic 
Expedition, 400 
Sweden and Norway, Electrical Disturbances in, 89 
Switzerland: Swiss Geological Society, 132; Avalanche in 
Western, 181 ; Earthslip in, 209 ; Heavy Rain in, 209 ; Fishes 
of Switzerland, Dr. Victor Fatio, 220; Electric Lighting in, 
97 
Eytiney : Linnean Society of New South Wales, 308, 355, 475, 
I, 619 
Bes (G. J., F.R.S.), British Rainfall, 149 ; Snow Rollers, 
507 
Szechenyi’s Travels, A. H. Keane, 170 
Tacchini (Prof.), Aurora of November 17, 139 
Tait (Prof. P. G.), Paper on the Laws of Motion, 283 
Talisman Deep-Sea Expedition, 587 
Tapetum, the, in the Retina of Mammals, 216 
Tapir, the Malayan, 151 
Taschenberg (Prof.), ‘‘ Die Insekten nach ihren Schaden und 
Nutzen,’’ 172 
Tashkend, Earthquake at, 617 
Tawney (E. B.): Death of, 247 ; Obituary Notice of, 295 
Taylor (Rev. C. J.), the Aurora, 99 
Taylor (H. D.): the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 87 ; Aurora 
of November 17, 140; Meteor of November 17, 365 
Taylor (J. E.), Origin of our Vernal Flora, 7 
Teaching of Elementary Mechanics, 580 
Technical College, the Finsbury, 181, 318, 425, 495 
Technical Education Commission, 51 
Telegraph Extension in China, 588 
Telegraphy, Advance in Use of, for French Newspapers, 372 ; 
the Progress of, W. H. Preece, F.R.S., 390 
Telephones, Shulachenko’s Experiments with, 445 
Telephonic Communication, Novelty in, 515 
Temperament, Equal, of the Scale, C. B. Clarke, 240 
Teneriffe, the Peak of, active again, Prof. C. Piazzi Smyth, 315 
Terrestrial Radiation, Note on, John Tyndall, F.R.S., 377; 
Dr. A. Woeikof, 460 
Tertiary History of the Grand Cafion District, Dr. Arch. Geikie, 
F.R.S., 357 
Thames, River—Abnormal High Tides, J. B. Redman, 6 
Thames, Monthly Means of the Temperature of the Water of, 
Sir G. B. Airy, F.R.S., 189 
Theology, Natural Selection and Natural, Prof. Asa Gray, 291, 
529; Dr. Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 362; J. B. Hannay, 
F.R.S., 364 
Theology, Science and, 337 
Thermometer, an Improved Air, 43 
Thermometers, Liquid, Expansion of Bulbs of, Prof. Govi, 209 
Thibet, Native Exploration of, Sir H. Rawlinson, 323 
Thomson’s Mouse-Mill Dynamo, J. T. Bottomley, 78 
Thomson (Sir William, F.R.S.): Photometric Measurements of 
Sun, Moon, Cloudy Sky, and Electric and other Artificial 
Lights, 277; Gyrostatics, 548 
Thorium, Nilson, 184 
Thunderstorms, M. W. Spring, 133 
Thylacoleo, on the Affinities of, Prof. Owen, F.R.S., 354 
Ticks, 531 ; Dr. T. Spencer Cobbold, F.R.S., 552; Rev. L. 
Blomefield, 552 
Tiddeman (R. H.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 84 
Tides, Abnormal High—in the Thames, J. B. Redman, 6 
Tides, Great, Prof. R. S. Ball, F.R.S., 201 
Tides, Geological Traces of Great, J. G. Grenfell, 222 
Timehri, 539 
Times, the, on Science, 566 
Timor-Laut, H. O. Forbes’s Visit to, 159 
Tissandier’s Electromagnetic Engine for directing Balloons, 343 
Tomlinson (C., F.R.S.), Priestley and Lavoisier, 53, 147 
Torpedo, Prof. Fritsch on the, 453 
Traill (D.), Transit of Venus, 159 
Tram-car, Electrically moved, Successful Trial of a, 470 
Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, 330 
Transit of Venus, 112, 154, 253, 540; Prof. Harkness on the, 
114; British Expeditions, E. J. Stone, F.R.S., Prof. 
Langley, John Birmingham, 177; C. J. B. Williams, F.R.S., 
197; in Algiers, 208; French Expedition, 208; German 
Expedition, 208 ; Prof. Edgar Frisby, 266 ; Samuel Hart, 483 
Transits, Method for Observing Artificial, Prof. Schaeberle, 67 
Transmission of Energy on the Marcel-Deprez System, 372 
“Travels in India,” 21 
Tresca (M.), Papers on Electrical Measures, 62 
Tribe (Dr. A., F.R.S.), Chemistry of the Planté and Faure 
Accumulators, 583 
Tricycles propelled by Electricity, 19 
Tromholt (Sophus), on the Aurora Borealis, 394 
Trotting Horse, Evolution of the American, W. H. Brewer, 609 
Trouton (F.), on a Relation existing between the Latent 
Heats, Specific Heats, and Relative Volumes of Volatile 
Bodies, 292 
Trouve’s Batteries, 41, 42 
Tubercle, Bacillus of, 492, 563 
Tucker (R.), Memoir of Augustus de Morgan, 217 
Tuckwell (Rev. W.), on the Midland Boulders, 346 
Tunnel, Channel, Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., 338 
Turbellarians, Prof. von Graff’s Monograph on the, Prof. H. 
N. Moseley, F.R.S., 227 
Tylor (Dr. E. B., 7.R.S.), “ The Burman,” 6 
Tympanic Membrane, Function of Membrana Flaccida of, J 
M. Crombie, 129 
Tyndall (Prof. John, F.R.S.), ‘‘ Note on Terrestrial Radiation,” 
377; Dr. A. Woeikof on, 460 
Typhoon in Philippine Islands, 181 
Ultra-Violet Rays, Absorption of, by various Substances, Pro- 
fessors Liveing and Dewar, 521 
Umdhlebi Tree of Zululand, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 7; 
Rev. Dr. G, W. Parker, 7, 32 
United States, Oyster Industry of the, 39 ; New Aquarium at 
Wood’s Hole, 347 
Universities Bill, Scotch, 565, 573 
University and Educational Intelligence, 47, 71, 93, 117, 142, 
167, 214, 233, 281, 306, 330, 353, 492, 449, 472, 498, 547, 
594, 618 
Ural Mountains, Russian Exploration of, 446 ; Severe Weather 
In, 539 
Uric and Hippuric Acid, Dr. A. B. Garrod, F.R.S., 451 
Uveean Parrakeet, 417 
Valais, Earthquake in the, 181 
“‘Vampire Bat”: Thos. Workman, 411; A. W. Auden, 411 ; 
G. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 412 
Variable Stars, 324, 400, 540;S Virginis, 424; U Cephei, 
Ceraski’s, 424, 446; Supposed Variable « Doradtis—a 
Spurious Star, 498 ; Schmidt’s Variable Star near Spica, 617 
Varna, Alleged Wreck of the, 114 
Vega Expedition, the Fossil Plants collected by, 347 
Vega Gold Medal conferred on Mr. Stanley, 422 
Vegetable History, Tables of, D. P. Penhallow, 458 
Velocity of the Wind, Diurnal Variations in the, E. Douglas 
Archibald, 461 
Venus, Transit of, 112, 154, 253, 541; Observations in Paris of 
the, 113; Prof. Harkness, 114; W. de Fonvielle’s ‘‘ Perio- 
dical,” 132; Duke of Argyll, Dr. R. S. Ball, F.R.S., Dr. W. 
Doberck, J. L. E. Dreyer, C. L. Wragge, W. F. Denning, 
D. Traill, H. Cecil, R. Langdon, 154 to 159; British Expe- 
dition, E. J. Stone, F.R.S., 177; Prof. Langley, 179; John 
Birmingham, 180 ; Prof. Cacciatore, 180; C. J. B. Williams, 
197; German Expedition, 208; French Expedition, 208; 
United States Expedition, 246, 539; Prof. Edgar Frisby, 
266; Prof. Sporer on the, 284 ; Samuel Hart, 483 
Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 71 
Verhandlungen der Naturhistorischen Vereines der Preussischen 
Rheinlande und Westfalens, 521 
Vernal Flora, Origin of our, J. E. Taylor, 7 
Verney (E. H.), Ignition by Sunlight, 531 
Vertebrate Dissection, Handbook of, H. Newell Martin and 
William A. Moule, 335 
Vertebrate Paleontology, Carboniferous, Notice of some Dis- 
coveries recently made in, T. Stock, 22 
Vicars (G. Rayleigh), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 87 
Victoria (Philosophical) Institute, 143, 260, 283 
Vienna Geographical Society, 229, 401 
Vienna Imperial Academy of Sciences, 
524, 572 
Vienna International Electrical Exhibition, 373, 444 
Vilmorin-Andrieux, ‘‘ Les Plantes Potageres,” 429 
Vine Parasite, New, 133 
Vivisection, Facts and Considerations relating to, 542 
2, 95, 120, 260, 284, 
