Nn'iiiy, June 3, iS 



INDEX 



Aas, Fire-ball observed in the District of, 375 



Abel (Sir Frederick, F.R.S.) : Explosions in Coal-Mines, loS, 



138 ; Coal-Diist and Explosions, 417 

 Abercromby (Hon. Ralph) : Meteoric Dust, 16 ; Clouds and 



Upper Wind-Currents over the Atlantic Doldrums, 294 ; 



Upper Wind-Currents in the South Indian Ocean and over 



the N.W. Monsoon, 460 ; Sunrise Shadow of Adam's Peak, 



Ceylon, 532 ; Protective Influence of Black Colour from 



Light and Heat, 559 

 Aberdeen, Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies 



of the British Association held at, Francis Galton, F.R.S., 



81 

 Abney (Capt. W. de W., F.R.S.), Photographing the Corona, 



53 



Aborigines of Formosa, G. Taylor, 612 



Absorption-Spectrum of Oxygen, 89 



Acclimatisation of Europeans in the Tropics, the Question of, 

 464 



Acoustics : a New Musical Instrument, Prof. Guthrie, 335 



Adam's Peak, Ceylon, Sunrise Shadow of, Hon. Ralph Aber- 

 cromby, 532 



Adamson (Prof. R.), Text-Book of Political Economy, Francis 

 A. Walker, 457 



Aerolite in Naples, Supposed Fall of an. Dr. H. J. Johnston- 

 Lavis, 153 ; Fall of Huge, in Pennsylvania, 1S3 



Aeronautics : a Stray Balloon, 99 ; the Navigable Balloon, M. 

 Renard, 421 ; Aerial Navigation, Dr. William Pole, F.R.S., 

 444 ; Les Aerostats dirigeables, B. de Grilleau, 460. See 

 also Balloons 



Aflfinity and Solution, Chemical, W. Durham, 615 



Afghan Boundary Commission, Natural History and the, 88 



Africa : Statistics of African Travel, 280 ; Lieut. Wissmann's 

 Exploration of the Congo District, 377 ; Objects Collected by 

 Romolo Gessi in East Central, 468 ; Major Serpa Pinto's Ex- 

 pedition, 521 ; Capello and Ivens's Explorations, 593 ; German 

 African Society, 59? 



After-Glows in Scandinavia, 137 



After-images, 270 



Agardh (J. G.), Till Algernes Systematik, 458 



Agaricus, Dr. Cooke's Illustrations of, 464 



Agassiz (Louis), his Life and Correspondence, Arch. Geikie, 

 F.R.S., 289 



Agassiz (Prof.), Harvard College Museum Report, 462 



Agassiz and Whitman, the Pelagic Stages of Young Fishes, 

 469 



Agriculture: Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, 218; 

 Third Annual Report of the New York Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station for the Year 1884, Prof. John Wrightson, 243 ; 

 Origin of Agriculture, 599 



Air : the Coefficient of the Viscosity of, Herbert Tomlinson, 

 403 : Law of the Resistance of the, to the Motion of Pro- 

 jectiles, Rev. F. Bashforth, 604 



Air-Columns, Experiments on Sounding, Prof. Neesen, 95 



Air-Cure, the, in China, 465 



Airy (Sir G. B., F.R.S. ), Integer Numbers of the First Cen- 

 tenary, satisfying the Equation A- = B^ + C-, 532 



Aitchison (Surgeon), Return of, 88 



Aitken (Mr.), on Dew, 256 



Alabama Weather Service Papers, 160 



Alaska: Exploration by Lieut. Allen of, 91; Notes on the 

 " Muir Glacier" of, G. W. Lamplugh, 299 ; Lieut. Chauncey 

 Thomas, 441 ; Glacier Bay in, G. W. Lamplugh, 461 



Algae, Till Algernes Systematik, J. G. Agardh, 458 



Algebra, Elementary, Chas. Smith, 413 



Algebraical Forms, Prof. J. J. Sylvester's Lecture on, 88 



Algeria : Earthquake in, 137, 161, 184, 327 ; Lions, Tigers, 

 &c., killed in, 303 



Allen (Lieut.), Exploration of Alaska by, gi 



Allen (Grant), Charles Darwin, Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 

 147 



Alnwick, Artesian Wells near, 349 



Alphabet, Roman, the Use of the, in Japan, 136 



Alpine Climbing, Observations on the Physiological Effects of, 

 M. Vernet, 18 



Alpine Lakes : Depths of, Dr. F. A. Forel, Dr. G. F. 

 Wollaston, 195; Temperature of Germany, 375 



Alps, the Ice Age and the Northern Alpine Slopes, 348 



Alps, Tourist's Guide to the Flora of the, Prof. K. W. v. 

 Dalla-Torre, 557 



Altayans (Ural), M. Yadrintzeff on Civilisation among the, 

 183 



Amateurs, Observatories for, Hints on the Construction and 

 Equipment of, G. F. Chambers, 56 



Amazon Expedition, Proposed Scientific, by M. Eugene 

 Aubert, 64 



Amber-digging in Prussia, 18 



America : the Discovery of Ancient Sculptures in Guatemala, 

 Vreeland and Brandsford, 17 ; Attempts to obtain Records of 

 Earth Tremors from the Flood Rock Explosion, Profs. Men- 

 denhall and Paul, 39 ; Central American Coleoptera, Vol. I. 



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