INDEX 
(Nature, Dee. 2, 1886 
Mineral Resources of the Colonies and India, 129; Ethno- 
logical Exhibits in, C. H. Read, 186; Sagacious Raven in 
the, 225, 603; Vegetable Products at the, John R. Jackson, 
242; National Fish-Culture Association at the, 299 ; Meeting 
of the Anthropological Institute at the, 347; Canadian 
Salmon at, 501 ; Mauritius, Seychelles, Cyprus, Malta, J. R. 
Jackson, 547 ; Iron-making Resources of British Colonies and 
India, illustrated at, P. C. Gilchrist and E. Riley, 575 
Colonial Museum, Proposed Permanent, in London, Dr. H. 
Trimen, 524 
Colonies, Honours for, 199 
Coloriano (M.), Researches on some Crystallised Arseniates, 
32 
Colour, Homer's Sense of, Major Allan Cunningham, 1 
Colour-Experiments and Photography in Natural Colours, 
H. W. Vogel, 354 
Colour Industry, Coal-Tar, Scientific Development of, Prof. R. 
Meldola, F.R.S., 324 
Colour-Sense, Young-Helmholtz Theory of the, Dr. Wolffberg, 
96 
Colour-Tone Photography, F. E. Ives, 462 
Columnar Structure in Igneous Rocks on Orange Mountain, 
New Jersey, J. P. Iddings, 158 
Comanic and Cognate Dialects, Prof. Radloff on, 155 
Combustion, F. Siemens, 576 
Conibustion, Heat of, MM. Berthelot and Vielle, 139, 163 
Comets: Barnard’s, 13, 29, 603; Fabry, 13, 29; Dr. S. 
Oppenheim, 16; L. Cruls, 187; M. Trépied on the Spec- 
trum of Fabry’s Comet, 40 ; Discovery of Two New Comets 
by W. H. Brooks, 40; Brooks, 71, 95, 131, 140; Dr. A. 
Berberich, 202; Brooks III., Dr. S. Oppenheim, 202; J. R. 
Hind, F.R.S., 436; New Comets, 84, 579; Schulhof’s 
Researches on the Orbit of Comet 1873 VII., 278; Note on 
the Spectrum of Comet ¢ 1886, O. T. Sherman, 402; Win- 
necke’s Comet, 435; MM. Perrotin and Charlois, 540; 
Finlay on, 579 ; Cometary and Planetary Orbits, Chevalier 
Théodore d’Oppdolzer, 310 
Commercial Geographic Exhibition at Naples, 111 
Common (A. A., F.R.S.), Photography of the Solar Corona, 
479 
Common-Sense Euclid, Rev. A. D. Capel, M.A., 51 
Compensated Rheolyser, E. Wartmann, 378 
Composition of the Edible Bird’s-Nest, H, B. Guppy, too 
Composition, Characteristic Curves of, T. C. Mendenhall, 559 
Conductivity and Dielectric Constants, E, Cohn and L. Arons, 
402 
Conduit Pipes, Wrought Iron, Hamilton Smith, Jun., 62 
Coney Island and Sandy Hook, Earthquake at, 153 
Congo: Baron Schwerin’s Explorations of, 61; Lieut. von 
Nimptsch, Explorations of, 226 
Congo Free State, Sir Francis de Winton, 604 
Congo Region, Dr. Biittner, Lieut. Tappenbeck, 399 
Congress of French Scientific Societies, 13 
Conics, Geometrical, Syllabus of Elementary, 529 
Coniferze, Gaps in the Pith of, Herr Fritsch, 563 
Conjugation of the Paramecize, E. Maupas, 492 
Constable (F. C.), Birds and Mirrors, 76 
Constantinople, Earthquake at, 530 
Constructive Geometry of Plane Curves, T. H. Eagles, M.A., 
74 
Consumption, 
608 
Conte (J. Le), Sierra Nevada, 539 
Conversazione, Finsbury Technical College, 218 
Cooke (J. P., Jun.), Elements of Chemical Physics, Prof, H. E. 
Armstrong, F.R.S., 405; Sir H. E. Roscoe, F.R.S., 545 
Cooking by Gas, Heating and, 266 
Cooling, Sudden Strain-Effect of, C. Barus and V. Strouhal, 
539 
Coracoid, Mammalian, Morphology of the, G. B. Howes, 537 
Coral Reefs of the Solomon Islands, on the Mode of Formation, 
Dr. H. B. Guppy, 307 
Corea, Mr. Carles on the, 41; Dr. Gottsche on, 248 
Cork and the Arts, W. Anderson, M.Inst.C.E., 181 
Cornet (F. L.), Phosphatic Beds near Mons, 69; on the Origin 
of the Phosphate of Lime in the Brown Chalk Phosphatic 
Beds of Ciply, 379 
Cornish Coast, Pumice on the, H. B. Guppy, 29 
Cornu (Prof. A.) : on the Hydrogen Function of Certain Metals, 
104 ; Influence of Motion of the Medium on the Velocity of 
Light, 139; Arc Tangent to the Solar Halo of May 30, 1886, 
Scientific Prevention of, G. W. Hambleton, 
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139; on a Method of Distinguishing Rays of Solar from 
those of Terrestrial Origin, 210 
Cornwall, on some Volcanic Rocks from, Frank Rutley, 210 
Coron Australis, Binary Star y, H. C. Wilson, 176 
Corrosion of the Lead Linings of Indian Tea-Chests, Prof. 
Pedler, 348 
Cortical Centre of the Upper Limb of the Monkey, 186 
Cosmic Dust, Analysis of some, 636 
Cossa (A.), Molybdate of Cerium, 163 
Coulter (John M.): J. C. Arthur, Chas. R. Barnes and, Hand- 
book of Plant-Dissection, 261; and J. N. Rose, on North 
American Pines, 560 
Cox (S. H.), Tin Deposits of New South Wales, 587 
Crag Deposits on the North Downs, Rev. A. Irving, 387 
Crater Lake, Oregon, Capt. Dutton, 501 
Craters of Mokuaweoweo, on Mauna Loa, J. M. Alexander, 232 
Creak (Capt. E, W.), Antarctic Exploration, 634 
Creil and Paris, M. Marcel Deprez’s Experiments relating to the 
Transmission of Force between, M. Maurice Lévy, 356 
Cretaceous Metamorphic Rocks of California, 80; G. F. Becker, 
158 
Crié (M. L.), Affinities of the Oolitic Floras in the West of 
France and England, 540 
Crimea, Jurassic Limestones of the, Prof. Lewakowsky, 67 
Critical Curvature of Liquid Surfaces of Revolution, A. 
Ricker, F.R.S., 510 
Croix-Rousse District, Lyons, Geological Constitution of, M. 
Fontannes, 588 
Croll’s Hypothesis of Geological Climates, Dr, Woeikof on, 46 
Crongvirt (C. W.), Iron Ochre in Lakes, 164 
Crookes (William, F.R.S.): New Elements in Gadolinite and 
Samarskite detected Spectroscopically, 160, 212; Note on 
the Absorption-Spectrum of Didymium, 266; Opening Ad- 
dress in Section B (Chemical Science) at the British Associa- 
tion, 423; on the Methods of Chemical Fractionation, and 
the Fractionation of Yttria, 512; Fractionation of Yttria, 584 
Cross (Whitman), Topaz and Garnet in Rhyolite, 208 
Crosskey (Rev. Dr.), Erratic Blocks of England and Wales, 
81 
Gisethweait (H. L.), Melting-Points of Minerals, 22 
Crozier (Mr.), Modification of Plants by Climate, 530 
Cruciferce, Leaves of the, M. A. Trécul, 115 
Crude Slag, Product rich in Phosphorus obtained from the, 
Prof. Scheibler, 404 
Cruls (L.) : Fabry’s Comet, 187; Earthquake in Brazil, 188 ; 
Rio Janeiro Observatory, 563, 604 
Crystalline Bodies endowed with Rotatory Power, the Structure 
of, G, Wyrouboff, 378 
Crystalline Schists of Ireland, Hugh Miller, 515 
Crystallisation of Gold, Edward S. Dana, 402 
Crystallised Basic Sulphates, Researches on some, M. Atha- 
nasesco, 332 
Crystallography : Effect of Heat in Changing the Structure of 
Crystals of Potassium Chlorate, H. G, Madan, 66 
Crystals, Pyro-electricity of, A. Kundt and E. Blasius, 354 
Ctenodax wilkinsoni, WW. Macleay, 379 
Cucurbitaceze, D. P. Penhallow on Tendril Moyements in, 46 ; 
Parasitic Fungus on the, E. Haviland, F.L.S., 95 
Cumberland and Westmoreland, Mountain Ascents in, J. Bar- 
row, F.R.S., 168; Birds of, H. A. Macpherson and W. 
Duckworth, 618 
Cumming (Linnzxus), Electricity treated Experimentally, 74 ; 
Ampere’s Rule, 192 
Cunningham (Major Allan), Le Sens des Couleurs chez Homere, 
Dr. Alb. de Keersmaecker, 1 ; Earthquakes and other Earth- 
Movements, J. Milne, 141 ; Statics with Relation to Physics, 
G. M. Minchin, 165 
Cunningham (D. D.), on the Presence of Parasitic Organisms 
in ‘ Delhi Boil,” 75; Relation of Cholera to Schyzomycete 
Organisms, 75 me 
Cunningham (J. T.), Tornaria and Actinotrocha of the British 
Coasts, 361 
Cunnington (W.), on Bowls’ Barrow, North Wilts, 609 
Cunnynghame (1H, H.), a Hyperbolagraph, 211 
Cupriferous Shales in the Province of Houpeh, China, on some, 
H. M. Becher, 259 
Curtis (R. H., F.R.Met.Soc.) and R. H. Scott, F.R.S., Har- 
monic Analyser at the Meteorological Office, 135 
Curve of any Order, Differential Equation of a, Prof. J. J. 
Sylvester, F.R.S., 365, 403 
Curved Diffraction-Gratings, W. Bailey, 70 
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