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INDEX 
XVil 
Histology and Pathology, Practical, Heneage Gibbs, M.D., E. 
Klein, F.R.S., 51 
Hoff (T. H. van’t) and C, M. Deventer, Chemical Decompo- 
sition, 464 
Hohenburg (Herwart von), Kepler's Correspondence with, Miss 
A. M. Clerke, 189 
Holden (Prof.), Observations at the Washburn Observatory, 
490 
Holothuroidez, Hjalmar Théel, 438 
Holub (Dr.), Zambesi Exploration Party, 457 
Homére, Le Sens des Couleurs chez, Dr. Alb. de Keersmaecker, 
Major Allan Cunningham, 1 
Homi-Culture, Sir George Campbell on, 455 
Hong Kong Observatory, 148, 174, 572 
Hopkinson (J., D.Sc., F.R.S., and E., D.Sc.), Dynamo-Electric 
Machines, 20 ; on a New Form of Clinometer, 514 
Horsburgh (J. M.) appointed Secretary of University College, 
London, 299 
Horse, Locomotion of, M. Marey, 563 
Horses, Refractory, Electricity and, Prof. Place, 554 
Hoste’s (M. L’) Balloon Journey from Cherbourg to the Neigh- 
bourhood of London, 324 
Hostility of Jesuits to Galileo, M. Govi, 491 
Hova and Sakalava Skulls, M. Trucy. 185 
Howes (G. B.), Morphology of the Mammalian Coracoid, 537 
Hubrecht (Prof. A. A. W.), Embryology of the Nemertea, 67 
Hudson’s Bay, Ice-Movements in, Lieut. A. R. Gordon, 304 
Huggins (W., F.R.S.), Photography of the Solar Corona, 469 
Hughes (Prof. Thos. McKenny, F.R.S.), on the Form of Mole- 
Hills thrown up under Snow, 3; on some Perched Blocks 
and Associated Phenomena, 257; on the Silurian Rocks of 
North Wales, 512; Notes on Sections of Arenig Series of 
North Wales and Lake District, 513 
Hugoniot (M.), on the Pressure that exists in the Contracted 
Section of a Gaseous Current, 331 
Hull (Prof., F.R.S.), on the Palestine Expedition, 115 ; Geolo- 
lozical Survey in North of Ireland, 514 
ecepnbolate laurifolia as a Myrmecophilous Plant, Prof. Bower, 
53 
Humming in the Air caused by Insects, W. H. Bath, 547; L. 
Blomefield, 572 
Hurndall (J. S.), Dogs in Health and Disease, 167 
Hutchinson (W.), Notes on the Basic Bessemer Process in South 
Lancashire, 512 
Huth (E.), Plants and their Defences, 122 
Hutton (Capt. F. W.), Notes on some Australian Tertiary 
Fossils, 307 
Hatton (W. S., C.E.), Modernised Edition of W. Templeton’s 
Practical Mechanic’s Companion, 28 
Huygens (Christian), the Correspondence of, 202 
Hyatt (A.), Larval Theory of the Origin of Tissue, 158 
Hybrid Trout at the South Kensington Aquarium, 84 
‘* Hybrid ” Wheat, 629 
Hybrids between the Black Grouse and the Pheasant, Dr. A. B. 
Meyer, 218 
Hydrachnids of Southern Russia, M. Krendowsky, 67 
Hydrochloric Acid: Oxidation of, under Influence of Light, L. 
Backelandt, 159; on the Variations of Solubility of certain 
Chlorides in Water in the Presence of, M. Guillaume Jeannel, 
380 ; Removal of Arsenic from, R. Otto, 492 
Hydro-Extractor, Theory of the, M. de Jonquiéres, 612 
Hydrogen Function of Certain Metals, M. Cornu on, 104 
ppimcecnated Acids, Action of, on Vanadic Acid, A. Ditte, 
BOS 
Hydrogenated Palladium, Electrical Properties of, C. G. Knott, 
462 
Hydrography of the Upper Webi, Dr. Paulitschke, 372 
Hydrology and Climatology, International Congress of, at 
Biarritz, 626 
Hydrophobia, Dr. Sternberg’s Experiments with Virus, 174; 
Inoculation in Vienna for, 200; Dr. von Frisch on Preventive 
Inoculations for, 346 
Hygiene: Cholera Curable, J. Chapman, M.D., E. Klein, 27 ; 
Inaugural Address of Sir T. S. Wells at the Sanitary Insti- 
tute Congress, York, 499 ; Air of Dwellings and Schools and 
its Relation to Health, Prof. Carnelly, 510; Hygiene of the 
Vocal Organs, Morell Mackenzie, M.D., 548 
Hygrometer, Registering, A. Nodon, 185 
Iymenomycetes Britannici—British Fungi (Hymenomycetes), 
vol. i., J. Stevenson, 97 
Ilymenoptera of the Hawaiian Islands, 16 
Hyperbolagraph, an, H. H. Cunnynghame, 211 
Hypertrichosis, Dr. J. Jenner Weir, 223 
Hypotheses, Physical, Miss A. M. Clerke, 357 
Ice Age, Astronomical Theory of, Prof. R. S. Ball, 606 
Ice in Arctic Sea, 544 
Ice breaking on the Volga, 60 
Ice, Electrification of, by Water Friction, L. Sohnke, 462 
Ice on the Moon’s Surface, Prof. G. H. Darwin, F.R.S., 264 
Ice-Moyvements in Hudson’s Bay, Lieut. A. R. Gordon, 304 
Ice-Saints’ Festivals, Weather of, 79, 96 
Iceland, Volcanic Eruptions and Earthquakes in, within Historic 
Times, Geo. Boehmer, 370 
Ichthyology : the King- Fish, 225 : 
Ihmori (.), Absorption of Mercury Vapour by Spongy 
Platinum, 354 
Imitation, Protective, 3 
Immisch’s Thermometer, 234; G. M. Whipple, 239 
Incurvations of the Vertebral Columns of different Human 
Types, Dr. H. Virchow, 332 
Index, Cephalic, M. Topinard on the, 379 
India: J. M. McKenzie, on Cultivation in the Western Ghats, 
14; Silk Cultivation in, 14; the Indian Engineer, 14; 
Boulder Beds of the Punjab, A. B. Wynne, F.G.S., 69 ; 
Scientific Memoirs by Medical Officers of the Army, B. 
Simpson, M.D., E. Klein, 75 ; Indian Castings at the Indian 
and Colonial Exhibition, 92; Sunspots and Prices of Indian 
Food-Grains, F. Chambers, 100 ; Scientific Results of Second 
Yarkand Mission, Dr. F. Stoliczka, Araneida, Rev. O. P. 
Cambridge, 120; Conference on Mineral Resources of, 129 ; 
Fauna of the Madras Presidency, Dr. Thornton, 174; Blan- 
ford on the Himalayan Snowfall, 201 ; Indian Photographs, 
224; on the Corrosion of the Lead Linings of Indian Tea- 
Chests, Prof. Pedler, 348 ; Islands of the Indian Ocean, Prof. 
Dr. H. Hartmann, 406 ; Indigenous Fodder-Grasses of North- 
West India, J. F. Duthie, W. Fream, 494; Indian Fish at 
the South Kensington Aquarium, 501; Iron-making Re- 
sources of British Colonies and India, P. C. Gilchrist and E. 
Riley, 575; Folk-Lore of North-Western India, Capt. A. 
C. Temple, 577; Lepidoptera in the Sikkim Himalaya, H. 
J. Elwes, 597; Butterflies of Kumaon, Himalayas, Mr. 
Doherty, 603 ; Indian Rhynchota, Mr. Atkinson, 603 ; Sea- 
ports of India and Ceylon in the Fifteenth Century, Mr. 
Phillips, 399 ; Miscellaneous Papers relating to Indo-China, 
43 
Indians, North-American Games of, A. McF. Davis, 531 
Indivisibility of Certain Whole Numbers, 314 
Industries, New Technical Journal, Manchester, 300 
Infant-School Management, Sarah J. Hale, 215 
Influence of Forests on the Climate of Sweden, 53 
Influence of Phase on the Brightness of the Minor Planets, 16 
Influence of Stress and Strain on the Physical Properties of 
Matter, H. Tomlinson, B.A., 115 
Ingalls (J. M.), Exterior Ballistics in the Plane of Fire, 493 
Ingleby (Dr. C. Mansfield), Death of, 553 
Insects: Humming in the Air caused by, L. Blomefield, 572 ; 
Luminosity of, Dr. Dubois, 578 
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 399, 576, 625 
Institution of Naval Architects at Liverpool, 344 
Intelligence, Animal, Fred. Lewis, 265 ; Hy. Ling Roth, 289 
Intermaxillary Bone, Dr. Biondi on the, 47 
Intermittent Light, on the Employment of, for the Measurement 
of Kkapid Movements, M. Gustave Hermite, 403 
International Committee of Weights and Measures, 79 
International Congress on Climatology at Biaritz, 129 
International Society of Electricians, New Laboratories, 174 
Invention, an Earthquake, Prof. John Milne, 193 
Invention of the Sextant, Dr. J. L. E. Dreyer, 490 
Invertebrata at St. Andrews Marine Laboratory, 483 __ 
Ireland : History of the Royal College of Surgeons in, Sir Chas. 
A. Cameron, 384; Geological Survey of the North of, Prof. 
E. Mull, LL.D., 514; Crystalline Schists of, Hugh Miller, 
515 
Iridescent Clouds, J. G. Grenfell, 3 ae 
Iron: Sniith (Hamilton, Jun.), on Wrought-Iron Conduit Pipes, 
62; Magnetisation of, S. Bidwell, M.A., 159; Treatment of 
Phosphoric Crude Iron in Open-Hearth Furnaces, J W. 
Wailes, 512; Iron-making Resources of British Colonies and 
India, P. C. Gilchrist anc E. Riley, 575 ; some Early Forms 
of Bessemer Converters, H. Besssemer, 575; Bisic Open- 
Hearth Process, F. W. Harbord, 576; Silicon in Foundry 
