INDEX 



[Nature, June 3, iS 



tion, D. A. Stevenson, 7, 534 ; Prof. John Milne, 438 ; 

 Measurement of Movements of the Earth with Reference to 

 Proposed Earthquake Observations on Ben Nevis, Prof. J. A. 

 Ewing, 68 ; Earthquake Observations in Japan, New System 

 of, Seikei Sekiya, 603 



Earthworms, .Studies on, W. B. Benham, 547 



East Anglian Earthquake of April 22, 1S84, Report on the, 

 Raphael Meldola and William White, 265 



Echinoidea, Prof. Duncan on the Perignathie Girdle of the, 

 119 



Eclipses : Recent Total, of the Sun, Killingworth Hedges, 6 ; 

 N. A. Graydon, 29; A. S. Atkinson, 175, 184, 536; Prof. 

 Coffin's Observations of Eclipse of Sun, August 7, 1869, 

 los 



Ecuador, Volcanic Eruption in, 396 



Edelweiss, the, 279 



Edible Bird's-Nest Caves in the Malay Peninsula, 517 



Edible Fungus, New, 399 



Edinburgh : Mathematical Society, 95, 214, 2S7, 406, 479, 575 ; 

 Royal Physical Society of, 214, 335 ; Royal Society, 214, 

 263, 479, 552 ; Scottish Meteorological .Society, 622 



Edmonds (Richard), Death of, 536 



Education, Geographical, 273 ; and Natural Science, Prof. 1 1. 

 N. Moseley, F.R.S., 451 



Education, Medical, in Japan, 40 



Education, Ophthalmologic, in the United Kingdom, Dr. R. E. 

 Dudgeon, 29 



Education, Scientific, the Earl of Iddesleigh on, 160 



Education, Technical, in London, 182 ; in New South Wales, 

 462 



Edwards (Thomas), Death of, 609 



Eiffel (M.), Proposed Erection of the Gigantic Met.allic Tower 

 Invented by, at the Paris Exhibition, 611 



Einhorn (Herr), on Quantitative Determination of Sugar in 

 Urine, 348 



Ekholm (N.), Heights of Clouds, 53 



Elasticity, History of. Dr. Karl Pearson, 53 



Elasticity, the Internal Friction of Metals, Herbert Tomlinson, 

 549 



Elder (Harry M.), Heat Quantities, 391 



Electricity : M. Menier's Speculation in Electric Lighting, 88 ; 

 Electric Light and Locomotives, 209 ; Electric Lighting, 

 Notions Generales sur I'Eclairage Electrique, Henry 

 Vivarez, 342 ; Electric Lighting Legislation, 507 ; Alter- 

 nating Currents of, Thos. H. Blakesley, 243 : G. H. Wyatt 

 on a Magneto- Electric Phenomenon, 263 ; Gas and Oil as 

 Lighthouse Illuminants, Report to the Trinity House on the 

 Inquiry into the Relative Merits of, 271 ; Lighting of Lighthouses 

 by Electricity, 312 ; on the Conduction of, in Dielectric 

 Media, Dr. Schulze-Berge, 432 ; Dr. Frohlich's Investiga- 

 tions into Theory of Dynamo-electrical Machines, 552 ; Prof. 

 Du Bois Reymond on the Electric Ray, 106 ; Electrical 

 Exhibition at St. Petersburg, 277 ; on the Heating of Glass 

 of Condensators in consequence of Alternative Electrisation, 

 J. Bohrraan, 548 ; Electrodes, on Resistance at Surfaces of, 

 in Electrolytic Cells, Dr. G. Gore, F.R.S., 431; Electro- 

 deposition of Gold, Silver, &c., A. Watt, 510 ; Prof Lodge, 

 Sir William Thomson, F.R.S., Prof. Schuster, F.R.S., and 

 Prof Helmholtz on Electrolysis, 20 ; the Law of the Electro- 

 magnet, Prof. S. P. Thompson, 94 ; Electro-magnetic Rota- 

 tion, 496 ; Electromotive Force of certain Iron Cells, E. J. 

 Herroun, 93 ; on the Clark Cell as a Standard of Electro- 

 motive Force, Lord Rayleigh, 3, 57 ; Relation expressed by 

 Hyperbola between Direct and Counter- Electromotive Forces, 

 H. S. Carhart, 548 



Element, Discovery of a New, by Clemens Winkler, 418 



Elementary Mechanics, O. J. Lodge, 28 



Elements of Refraction, M. Loswy's Method of Determining 

 the, Mr. Gill, 566 



Elgar (Prof. Francis), Notes on the Straining of Ships caused by 

 Rolling, 381 



Elgin, the Reptiliferous Sandstone of. Prof. J. W. Judd, 

 F.R.S., 310 



Elliptic Space, Sir Robert S. Ball, F.R.S., 86 



Ellis (Alex. J., F. R. S.), on Measuring the Vibratory Periods of 

 Tuning-Forks, 54 



Ellis (William), Solar Halo with Parhelia, 535 ; llistoiy of the 

 Barometer, 551 



Elverum, Earthquake at, 397 



Embankments, the Consolidation of, by Double Poppies, 

 209 



Embryo-Growth in Birds' Eggs, Method of Watching the, Prof. 

 Gerlach, 497 



Embryology, Methods of Research in Microscopical Anatomy 

 and, C. O. Whitman, 243 



Emission-Spectra of Bodies at Low Temperatures, Prof. Lang- 

 ley on, 426 



Encyclopaedia Britannica, 121 



Endowment of Research, the New York Nation on, 39 



Enemies, Insect, Theodore Wood, 6 



Energy, on the Partition of, between Two Systems of Colliding 

 Spheres, Prof. Tait, 270 



Engadine, Lake-Balls in the, 465 



Engineering Society SoirJe, 396 



England, a Fishery Board for, 505 



English Measures ?, Metric or, 9 



Enoksen, Discovery of Apatite in Norway, 40 



Entomology, 23 ; Central American Coleoptera, vol. i. part I, 

 by H. W. Bates, F.R.S., 77; Entomological Society, 168, 

 382, 455, 598 ; Annual Meeting, 358 ; New Zealand Coleo- 

 ptera, 191 ; Obnoxious Insects in Russia, 449 ; an Enterpris- 

 ing Butterfly, 467 ; Morphology of Strongyles, Prof. S. T. 

 Cobbold, 478 ; Entomology of Indo-China, 575 ; Papers on 

 Indian, 591 



Environment, Plants considered in Relation to their, 607 



Epilepsy, Dr. Ziehen, 215 



Equation .4' == B^ + C-, Integer Numbers of the First Centen- 

 ary satisfying the. Sir G. B. Airy, F.R.S., 532 



Equation-Machines, Cunyngham's and Boys's, 166 



Equations, Differential, Solution of Wrouski's Universal Pro- 

 blem, Ch. Lagrange, 332 



Equatorial-Coude in Paris, Proposed, Loewy, 464 



Erbia, on the Spectra of, Wm. Crookes, F. R. S., 474 



Ernst (Dr. A.), on some Interesting Cases of Migration of 

 Marine Fishes on the Coast of Venezuela at Carupano, 

 321 , , 



Errera (Leo), Une Experience sur 1' Ascension de la Seve chez 

 les Plantes, 580 



Eruption, Vesuvian, of February 4, 1886, Dr. H. J. Johnston- 

 La vis, 367 



Eskimo, the Snow Houses of the, 349 



Ethics of Naturalism, on the, W. R. Sorley, 175 



Ethnography, German, 281 



Ethnology : Paris School of, 105 ; Ethnology in China, 106 ; 

 Dr. Otto Finch's Ethnological Collection, 327 ; the Study 

 of Ethnology, 374 ; a new Journal of Ethnology, 424 ; 

 the Christy Ethnological Collection at the British Museum, 

 565 ; .Sale of the GodelTroy Ethnological Collection, 566 



Etiology of Cholera, 97 



Etna, Mount, Eruption of, 450 



Eucalyptus, the, 70 



Europe, Tracing a Typhoon to, 205 



Europe, Meteorological Stations of. Respective Heights of. Dr. 

 Breitenlohner, 610 



European Butterflies, W. F. de Vismes Kane, R. McLachlan, 

 F.R.S., 171 



Evans (Sir F. J. O., R.N., F.R.S.), Death of, 182; Obituary 

 Notice of, 246 



Everett (J. D.), Outlines of Natural Philosophy, 78 



Evolution without Natural Selection, Clias. Dixon, 26, 100, 

 128 ; Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 26, 100, 128 



Evolution of a Satellite, Tidal Friction and the. Prof. G. H. 

 Darwin, F.R.S., 367 



Evolution, an Essay in, the Springs of Conduct, C. Lloyd 

 , Morgan, Prof. Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 436 



Evolution des Phanerogames, L', MM. Saporta and Marion, J. 

 Starkie Gardner, 388 



Ewald (Prof.), Second Swallowing Noise, 576 



Ewart (Prof.), on Herring Hatching, 214 



Ewing (Prof J. A.), Measurement of Movements of the Earth 

 with Reference to proposed Earthquake-Observations on Ben 

 Nevis, 68 ; Residual Magnetism in Diamagnetic Substances, 

 512; Effects of Stress and Magnetism on Thermo-Electric 

 Quality of Iron, 550 



Excursions et Reconnaissances of French Cochin China, 62 



Exeter Science Classes, Lord Iddesleigh at the, 160 



Exhibition, Liverpool International, C. E. De Ranee, 9 



Exhibition, Indian and Colonial, 61 



