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Absolute Determination of Thermal Radiation by Electric 

 Compensating ryrheliomcter, K. Angstrom, 621 



Elephant, Indian, Abnormal Twin Tusk of, Dr. A. Gilnther, 

 K. R.S., 94 



Eliot (J., F.R S.), Meteorological Observations at Trevanilnnn, 

 1X53-64, 231 ; Hailstorms in India, 471 



Elldn (W. L.), Meteor Photography, 425 



Elongation of the Lunar Globe, on the. Prof. Franz, 158 



Elliot (D. G.), the Wild Fowl of the United States and Hritish 

 Possessions, 5S0 



Elliot (Prof., E. U.S.), Some Secondary Needs and Opportunities 

 of ICnglish Mathematicians, 117 



Ellis (Miss M. A.), on the Human Ear as a Means of Identifica- 

 tion, 161 



Elster (J.), Determination of Direction of Vertical Atmo.spheric 

 Electrical Currents by Observations of Atmospheric Elec- 

 tricity, 278 



Elwes (H. J., K. R.S.), Zoology and Botany of Altai Mountains, 

 3>o 



Elworthy (Mr. 1'. T. ), on a Number of Roman Symbolic Hands 

 from Pompeii and elsewhere, 161 



Embryology : Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. Camille 

 Dareste, 300 



Energy, Force and Work, Matter, Silas W. Holnian, 199 



Engineering : Electrical Power Absorbed by Shafting and Belt- 

 ing, W. E. Langdon, 14; Practical Experience with Express 

 Locomotives \V. M. Smith, 14: Applications of Electricity, 

 \V. H. Preece, C.B., F.R.S., 19; Gas and Petroleum 

 Engines, Henry de (iraf'figny, 76 ; Death of Sir John Fowler, 

 79 ; Railway Block Signalling, James Pigg, 148 ; Calculations 

 in Hydraulic Engineering, T. Claxton Fidler, 14S ; Death 

 and Obituary Notice of Sir William Anderson, F.R.S., 154 ; 

 ICngineering Work of United StatesNavy in War with Spain, 

 Prof. R. H. Thurston, 184 ; Distribution de I'energie par 

 courants polyphascs, J. Rodet, 199 ; High-speed Engines, J. 

 H. Dales, 277; Steel Rails, W. G. Kirkcaldy, 300; Prof 

 Roberts-Austen, F.R. S., 300; Water-tube Boilers for War- 

 ships, Sir A. J. Durston, and II. J. Oram, 471 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Jeremiah Head, 491 ; Steam as Explosive 

 in Coal Mining, Major-Gen. H. Schaw, 614 



England : Technical Institutions in, 65 ; American and 

 English Winters, Alex. B. McDowall,' 416 ; Old English 

 Plant Lore and Medicine, 483 ; English-French Die 

 lionary of Medical Terms, H. De Meric, 484; Wireless 

 Telegraphy between France and England, 514. 



Enteropneusta, some Points in the Morphology of, A. Willcy, 1 19 



Entomology ; Origin of Insect Metamorphosis, J. W. Tutt, 16 ; 

 Marvels of Ant Life, W. F. Kirby, 52 ; Handbook of Insects 

 Injurious to Orchard and Bush Fruit, Eleanor A. Ormerod, 



75 ; Arctic and Sub-Arctic Bees, Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, 



76 ; Experiments with Forced and Cooled Pupa", Mr. Merri- 

 lield, 94; Slow Growth of Wood-breeding Insects, Dr. 

 Mason, 94 ; Mr. Blandford, 94 ; Entomological Society, 94, 

 141, 191, 359, 405, 430, 478, 526, 598; Grasshoppers on 

 Trees, W. W. Eroggatt, 96 ; Report on the San Jose Scale 

 in Maryland, and Remedies for its Suppression and Control, 

 \V. G. Johnson, 177 ; De Danske Barkbiller (Scolytidx et 

 Platypodida'-Danida:), E. A. Lovendal, 221 ; Formation of 

 Head of llymenoptera, L. G. Seurat, 263; a Note on 

 Catching Insects, and the Behaviour of the Bulldog-Ant of 

 South Australia, Rev. Frederick J. Jervis Smith, F. U.S. , 

 295; the Periodical Cicada, C. L. Marlatt, 316; Larv;e in 

 -Vntelope Horns, Richard Crawshay, Walter F. Blandford, 



341 ; Indian SolpugiV or Pseudo Spiders, H. R. P. Carter, 



342 ; the Hibernation of Ants, Theodore Smith, 348 ; In- 

 ternal Remedy against Beech-parasite Cryfiloiocciis/agi, John 

 Shortt, 397 ; on the Instincts and Habits of the Solitary 

 Wasps, George W. Peckham and Elizabeth G. Peckham, 

 466 ; Two Remarkable Beetles, M. Jacoby, 478 ; Instincts of 

 Wasps, Dr. David Wetterhan, 558 ; Seasonal Diniorphi.sm 

 in Lepidoptcra, Roland Trimen, F. R.S. , 568; Report of 

 Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests 

 duiing the year 1898, with Methods of Prevention and 

 Remedy, Eleanor A. Ormerod, 581 ; Mosquitoes and Malaria, 

 Ernest L. Austen, 582 ; Overlooked Asymmetrical Structure 

 in Female Bed-Bug, Dr. A. Ribaga, 599 ; the Lepidoptcra of 

 the British Isles, (.harles G. Barrett, 604 ; True Tales of the 

 Insects, L. N. Badenoch, 610 



Entropy, Variation of, in Dissociaticm of similar Heterogeneous 

 Systems, Camille Malignon, 288 



Ephemerides of Comets and Planets, 63 



Epistemology, the Groundwork of Science ; a Study of, St. 



George Mivart, F.R.S., Prof. R. Meldola,F.R.S., 577 

 F^quatorials, a New Dome for, 257 ; Prof. E. Becker, 295 

 Ercolini (Dr. G.), Variations produced by Mechanical Traction 



in Dielectric Constant of Glass, 183 

 Eros, the New Planet Witt D.Q., or, II, 108, 135, 186, 233, 



303 ; Prof. E. C. Pickering, 350 ; Bode's Law and Witt's 



Planet, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, II ; the Orbit of, Thomas 



W. Kingsmill, 416: Relation of Eros to Mars, Herr J. 



Bauschinger, 494 

 Esson (W. R.), Electrical Transmission of Power in Mining, 80 

 Etherion, a New Gas, Sir William Crookes, 40 ; C. F. Brush, 



45 ; Dr. M. Snioluchowski de Smolan, 223 

 Ethnology, the Natives of British New Guinea, 41 ; Hindu 



Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies, Abbe J. A. Dubois, Dr. 



M. Winternitz, 145 ; Nine Years on the Gold Coast, Rev. 



Dennis Kemp, 193 ; the Gold Coast, Past and Present, 



George Macdonald, 193 

 Eucalyptus Oil, New, 143 

 Euclid, Geometry versus, Prof, George M. Minchin, F.R.S.,. 



369 



Europe : Carte Geologique Internationale de I'Europe, Prof. 

 Edward Hull, F.R.S., 247 



ICvans (Arthur), on Stone Worship, 162 ; on the Place of the 

 Glastonbury Lake Village in British Archreology, 165 



Evans (A. H.), Birds, 529 



Evans (Sir John), on an Early Cinghalese Bronze Image of 

 Buddha, 163 



Evans (Major J.), Death of, 470 



Evolution : Organic Variations and their Interpretation, J. T. 

 Cunningham, 7; the Evolution of the Aryan, R. von Ihering,. 

 52 ; Organic Evolution Cross-Examined, the Duke of .Argyll, 

 Prof. R. Meldola, F. R.S., 217 ; Chromocrates inherited from 

 Worms, M. C. Dekhuyzen,l20; Darwin and After Darwin, Dr. 

 c;.J. Romanes, 1 21 ; Mathematical Contributions to Theory of, 

 Karl Pearson, Alice Lee and L. Bramley-Moore, 239 ; the 

 Duke of Argyll and Mr. Herbert Spencer, Herbert Spencer, 

 246; Prof R. .Meldola, F.R.S., 269; the Utility of Specific 

 Characters, Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, F.R. S., 246 ; Experimental 

 Contributions to the Theory of Heredity, Prof. J. C. Ewart, 

 F.R.S. , 354,431, 575; Is Natural Selection all Metaphor? 

 Prof. J. C. Ewart, F.R.S., 369; Sketch of the Evolution of 

 our Native Fruits, L. H. Bailey, 387 ; on the Instincts and 

 Habits of the Solitary Wasps, George W. Peckham and 

 Elizabeth CJ. Peckham, 466 ; Instincts of Wasps, Dr. David 

 Wetterhan, 558 ; the Present State of Evolution, Prof. 

 .-\lpheus S. Packard, 546 ; the Origin and Significance of 

 Spines : a Study in Evolution, Dr. C. E. Beecher, 568 



Ewart (Prof. |. C, F. R..S.), Reversion in Birds and Mammals,, 

 191 ; Experimental Contributions to the Theory of Heredity, 

 354, 431, 575 ; Is Natural .Selection all Metaphor ? 369 



Exercise, the Value of, Harry Campbell, Dr. F. W. Tunni- 

 cliffe, 150 



Experimental Course of Chemistry for Agricultural Students, an, 

 T. S. Dymond, 245 



Explorateur, Manuel de 1', 10. Blim and RoUet de I'lsle, 5 



Exploration of the Great African Lakes, the Zoological, 152 



Explosion at Lagouban Magazine, Toulon, 447 



Explosions caused by Commonly Occurring Substances, Prof. C. 

 E. Munroe, O19 



Extreme Temperatures, Measuring, Prof. II. L. Callendar, 

 F.R.S., 494, 5'9 



Eyes, Abnormal, Syrian Fishes with, Saleeni Makarins, 149 



Fairchild (II. L.), Glacial Lakes in Central New York, 621 

 Farrington (Oliver C), the Schmidt- Dickert Relief Model of 



the Moon, 201 

 Faulty Rum, the Microorganism of, V. II. Veley, F.R.S., and 



Lilian J- Veley, Mrs. Percy Frankland, 339 

 Fenton (H. J. II.), Oxidation of Polyhydric Alcohols in Presence 



of Iron, 167 ; Bromomethylfurfuraldehyde, 47S 

 Fenyi (Father), on the Solar Prominences, 159; Observations- 



of Solar Protuberances at Kalocsa, 1 59 

 Fergusson (S. P.), Meteorological Kite Exi)eriments, 1897-S, 



593 

 Ferns, Malonin psctinata, A. C. Seward, F.R.S., 525 

 Fertilisers, E. B. Voorhees, 582 

 Fertility, Heredity and, F. Howard Collins, 5 



