Nature, y line 2, i8S6] 



Carll (L. B. ), a Treatise on the Calculus of Variations, 51 



Carnivora in Finland, 184 



Caroline Islands, the, Prof. Blumentritt, 44 



Carpenter (Alf.), Recent Star-Shower, 221 



Carpenter (Dr. W. B., F.R.S.), Death of, 39; Obituary Notice 



of. Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 83 

 Carpenter (P. Herbert, F.R.S.), New British Myzostoma, 8 ; 



on Variations of Cirri in Antedon plialangiiim, 165 ; Report 



on the Crinoidea, 409 

 Carroll (Lewis), a Tangled Tale, Dr. A. R. Willis, 389 

 Cartailhac (Emile), on Human Crania found in Cave of 



Nabriguas, 120 

 Carter (W. August), Ferocity of Rats, 533 

 Cartographical Work in Russia in 1884, 92 

 Casey (J., F.R.S.), a Treatise on Analytical Geometry, 173 

 Cashmere, Earthquakes in, 62 

 Caspian Sea, Drying up of the Steppes around, 520 

 Castell-Evans (Jno.), Variable Stars, 4S6 

 Caslilloa elastka. Sir J. D. Hooker, F.R.S., 165 

 Cat, a Horrified, E. J. Dungate, 4S7 

 Cattle Plague in Russia, 496 

 Cave of NabrigvTas, on Human Crania found in, Emile Cartailhac, 



120 

 Cave-Dwellings in Saxony, 303 

 Cazeneuve and Lepine, Safranine and Fuchsine in Colouring 



Wines, 95 

 Cecil (Henry), Frost in Devonshire, 41S 

 Celestial Objects near the Horizon, Apparent Enlargement of, 



89 



Celestial Photography, M. Mouchez on, 383 



Cell Theoiy, Prof Huxley on the, 122 



Census of the Hawaiian Archipelago, 568 



Centenary, Integer Numbers of the First, satisfying the Equa- 

 tion A^ =^ B''-\- C-, Sir G. B. Airy, F.R.S., 532 



Central Asia, Prjevalsky's Explorations in, 2S3 



Cephalonia, Curious Phenomenon in, Rev. E. Ledger, 246 ; 

 R. S. Newall, F.R.S., 270 



Ceylon : Science in, 62 ; Migration of Butterflies in, 277 ; 

 Ceylon Orientalist, 518; Sunrise Shadow of Adam's Peak, 

 Hon. Ralph Abercromby, 532 



Chretoderma, Prof. W. A. Herdman, 201 



C/iallen^er Expedition, Botanical Results of the, 338 ; Zoological 

 Results of the, Sir C. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S., 409 



Chamberlain (J.), on Pasteur's Cure for Hydrophobia, 464 



Chambers (G. F. ), Hints on the Construction and Equipment of 

 Amateur Observatories, 56 



Change of Temperature, the Effect of, on the Velocity of Sound 

 in Iron, Herbert Tomlinson, 582 



Chanulade (Dordogne), Workmen Entombed in a Subterranean 

 Gallery a' , 497 



Chapin (A. L.), Beloit College Observatory, 81 



Chartology : on a Map of the World in which the Proportion of 

 Areas is Preserved, Walter Baily, 479 



Charts, Weather, " Weatherology " and the Use of, Campbell 

 M. Hepworth, 512 



Chemistry, 2S7 ; Natural Supply of Carbonic Acid Gas at, 

 Burgbrohl (Rhine), 17 ; Chemical Notes, 63, 350 ; Grant of a 

 Royal Charter to the Institute of Chemistry, 73 ; Chemical 

 Society, 93, 165, 2S6, 405, 526 ; Elements of Inorganic 

 Chemistry, Jas. H. Shepard, 98 ; the Whole Duty of a 

 Chemist, 73; Prof. William Odling, F.R.S., 99; Dr. G. 

 Gore, F.R.S., 150; Numerical Exercises in Chemistry, T. 

 Hands, 99 ; Growth of Chemistry in Washington, 255 ; 

 Studies from the Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry of 

 the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College for 1884-85, 

 316 ; Value of Refraction Goniometer in Chemical Work, 

 Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., 352; Outlines of Organic 

 Chemistry, Dr. H. Forster Morley, Dr. F. R. Japp, 

 F.R.S., 435, 461 ; Practical Chemistry, with Notes and 

 Questions on Theoretical Chemistry, W. Ripper, 459 ; Iso- 

 meric States of Chlorides of Chromium, A. Recoura, 479 ; 

 Practical Introduction to Chemistry, W. A. Shenstone, 4S4 ; 

 Chemistry of the Non-Metallics, Dr. E. B. Aveling, 557 ; 

 Short Manual of Chemistry, A. Dupre and H. W'ilson Hake, 

 602 ; Lessons in Elementary Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, 

 Sir Henry E. Roscoe, 603 ; Chemical Affinity and Solution, 

 W. Durham, 615 



Chersonese People, Religious Beliefs of the, M. Stephanoff, 

 496 



Chester Society of Natural Science, 278 



Chevreul (M.), his Health and Age, 424, 449 



Chierchia (Lieut.), Italian Aid to Biological Research, 52 



Chimneys, Destruction by Gun-cotton of three Tall, in Berlin, 

 208 



China : Meteorology in, Pere Dechevrens, 17 ; Superstition con- 

 cerning Death in, 41 ; Arrival of Chinese Fish, 41 ; Extension 

 of Telegraphs in, 62 ; Telegraphy in, 349 ; Ethnology in, 

 lo6 ; Geology of Malaysia and. Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, 

 231 ; Proposed Russian Chinese Expedition, 281 ; Shooting- 

 Stars in China, 383 ; the Movement and Air Cure in, Dr. 

 Macgowan, 465 



Chloridation, a New Method of, Colson and Gautier, 120 



Chlorophyll, Prof. J. H. Gilbert, F.R.S., 91 



Cholera, Etiology of, 97 



Cholestearine, the Constitution of the Derivatives from. Dr. 

 Weyl, 144 



Christiania University, Collection of Ethnographical Objects at, 

 424 



Christie ((W. H. M., F.R.S.), Universal or World Time, 



521 

 Christy (Mr.), Ethnological Collection at the British Museum, 



565 

 Chromatography, Field's, J. Scott Taylor, 530 

 Chromium, Chlorides of, Isomeric States of, A. Recoura, 



479 

 Church (Prof. A. H.), Mahwa Flowers as a Source of Cane- 



Sugar, 343 

 Cicadas, on the Sound-Producing Apparatus of the. Prof. C. 



Lloyd Morgan, 368 ; C. S. Middlemiss, 582 

 Cider in Paris, Movement to replace Wine by, 329 

 Cinchona, Cultivation of, in Jamaica, 207 

 Cinder, Basic, Prof. Wrightson and Dr. Munro, 595 

 Cinnabar Mines, Discovery of, in the Mining Region of the Don 



in Russia, 496 

 Circles and Spheres, on Systems of, R. Lachlan, 572 

 Cirri in Antedon phalangiiim. Variations of, P. H. Carpenter, 



165 

 City and Guilds of London Institute, 1S2 

 Clark Cell as a Standard of Electromotive Force, Lord Ray- 



leigh, F.R.S., 357 

 Clark's (Latimer) Transit Tables for 1886, 175; and Herbert 



Sadler, the Star Guide, 483 

 Clarke (Hyde), Rain at Smyrna, 154 ; Climbing Powers of the 



Hedgehog, 604 

 Clayden (A. W. ), Note on Prof. Clarke's Paper on Determina- 

 tion of Heat-Capacity of Thermometer, 335 

 Clays, Argillaceous, Action on fixing Free Atmospheric 



Nitrogen in Plants of, Berthelot, 24 

 Gierke (Agnes M.), Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century, 



Sir Robert S. Ball, F.R.S., 313 ; Stars with Banded Spectra, 



583 ; the Pleiades, 561 

 Clifford's Mathematical Fragments, R. Tucker, 460 

 Climate, Influence of Forests on. Dr. A. Woeikof, 1 90 

 Climate of Lucerne, Herr Suidter, 404 

 Climate of Norway, Dr. Hesselberg, 16, 277 

 Climatologists and Hydrologists, International Congress ot, 



566 

 Climatology, Marine, R. H. Scott, F.R.S., 334 

 Climbing, Alpine, Observations on Physiological Eifects of, M. 



Vernet, 18 

 Climbing Powers of the Hedgehog, Robert H. Scott, 583 ; 



Hyde Clarke, 604 

 Cloaca, Remarks on the, and on the Copulatory Organs of the 



Amniota, Dr. Hans Gadow, 573 

 Cloud-Formation, on the Action of Dust in, R. von Helniholtz, 



552 

 Cloudiness over Earth's Surface, Attempt to determine Daily 



Course of, Herr Liznar, 40 

 Clouds : Colours in, Lieut. -Gen. J. F. Tennant, F.R.S., 343, 514 ; 



Heights of, N. Ekholm, 53 ; iridescent, Edward Greenhow, 



199; T. W. Backhouse, 199, 4S6 ; W. Macgill, 219; John 



Thomson, 219 ; D. Patterson, 220 ; Prof. C. Piazzi Smyth, 



219 ; John Stevenson, 220 ; Charles Davison, 220, 292 ; 



Clouds and Upper Wind-Currents over the Atlantic Dol- 

 drums, Hon. Ralph Abercromby, 294 

 Coagulation of Blood, on the, Ernst Freund, 395 

 Coal-Dust Question, W. Galloway, 197, 366, 441 

 Coal-Dust and Explosions, Sir Fredk. A. Abel, F.R.S., 417 



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