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[Nature, Jan. 4, iSS3 



Ear, diseases of, Statistics concerning, 185 



Ears, Function of the, in the Perception of Direction, Consul 



E. L. Layard, 176 

 Earth, Mean Temperature of the Atmosphere at the Surface of 

 the, as Determined by Observations and by Theory, O. 

 Reichenbach, 150 

 Earth's Internal Heat, Utilization of, 210 

 Earth-Tremors in Japan, John Milne, 125 



Earthquakes : at Karpathos, 89 ; at Fayal, 113 ; in Naples, H. 

 J. Johnston-I.avis, 151 ; in China, Marc Dechevrens, 175 ; at 

 Lulea (Sweden), 209, 231 ; at Laibach and Tri-ste, 280; at 

 Geneva, 281 ; at Ardon, Valais, 281 ; at Chios, 351 ; at 

 Dijon, 415 ; Report on Japanese, 464 ; at St. Louis, &c, 556 ; 

 Isthmus of Panama, 583 ; at Panama, 611 ; at Verona, 634 ; 

 Earthquakes and Mountain Ranges, Rev. O. Fisher, 7 ; New 

 Seismatic Apparatus for Indication of Earthquake- motions, 

 208 

 Eaton (Rev. A. E.), Aurora, 626 



Eclipse, the Total, 40, 52, 75, S2, 83 ; Eclipses, Total Solar of, 

 1883 and 1885, 512; English Eclipse Expedition, 63, 129 ; 

 Eclip-e, Janssen's Photographs of, 8S ; Eclipse Notes, J. 

 Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 51, 100; Scientific Results of the 

 Eclipse, 181 

 Eddystone Lighthouse, Opening of new, 89 

 Edinburgh Royal Society, 23, 47, 95, 167, 264, 287, 335 

 Edison's Ta-imeter, Influence of Time on the Carbon Disk of, 



Prof. T. C. Mendenhall, 309 

 Edison Electric Light in "Press" Department of Telegraph 



Office, 415 

 Edmonds, K. B., Sunspot Period, 292 

 Edriophthalmatous Crustacea, 542 

 Education in Uniied States, 223 

 Education, The New Code and Science, 459 

 Education, Naval, 473 



Edwards (I.) and S. H. Haslam " Conic Sections treated Geo- 

 metrically," 7 

 Egypt, Eclipse Expedition to, 40 ; Scientific Exploration in, Gen. 

 Pitt-Kivers, F.R.S., 364; Maps of, 310, 37S, 415; Woolwich 

 Balloons sent to, 471 ; the Injurious Parasites of, Dr. Cobbold, 

 F.R.S.,492; the Oldest Tombs and Tenants, 57; Uganda 

 and the Egyptian Sudan, Rev. C. T. Wilson and R. W. 

 Felkin, 79 ; Funeral Tent of an Egyptian Queen, ViUiers 

 Stuart, 193 

 Eisner (Prof. Th.) Existence of a Voice in Lizards, 29 

 "Eira," Search for the, 20S, 3S7; C. R. Markham, F.R.S., 



418 

 Eldridge (G. Morgan), A New Thermograph, 163. 

 Electric Light, Earliest Use of the Incandescent, 62; "Le 

 Lampe Soleil," 208; Fire Risks from, 272; "Electric 

 Illumination," Vol. I., 305 ; Electric Lighting by Incandes- 

 cence, J. W. Swan, 356 ; Domestic Use of Incandescent, 

 470; Electric Lighting of Kbsen, 61 1; New Arc Electric 

 Lamp, W. H. Preece, F.R.S., 526. 

 Electricity: at the Crystal Palace: IV. "Submarine Tele- 

 graphy," 60 ; E. Mascart and E. Joubert's Electricity 

 and Magnetism, 147 ; Electric Railway, 156 ; Kabath's 

 Electric Accumulators, iSo ; Electricity on Pike's Peak, 

 260 ; Modern Applications of Electricity, E. Hospitalier, 

 289 ; Electrical Unit-, Maurice Levy, 308 ; Congre-s of 

 Electricians, 306, 414 ; Electricity of Flame, Elster and 

 Geitel, 308 ; Electric Properties of Flames, 320 ; Electro- 

 technical Exhibition at Munich, 330, 556; Electric Develop- 

 ment, Exhibition of Practical, 351 ; Accidents from Electricity 

 in Paris, 378, 415 ; Lord Kaylcigh on the Absolute Measure- 

 ment of Electric Currents, 465 ; Lord Kayleigh on the 

 Duration of Electric Currents in a Conducting Cylinder, 465 ; 

 Lord Rayleigh on the Equilibrium of Liquid-conducting 

 Surfaces charged with Electricity, 465 ; B.A. Report on 

 Electrical Standards, 4S8 ; Electric Navigation, Prof. S. P. 

 Thompson, 5S4 ; Electric and Gas Exhibition at Crystal 

 Palace, 556 ; Traiti Pratique a" Electricitl, C. M. Gariel, 570 ; 

 International Conference for Es'ablishing Technical Uni- 

 formity in, 583, 611 ; Electrical Congress in Paris, 633 ; Experi- 

 ment of Janin and Maneuvrier on Inverse Electioinotive 

 force in Voltaic Arc, 308; Hartleben's " Elektro Bibliothek," 

 611 

 Ellis (William), Magnetic Storm of 1SS2, April, 175 

 Eloy, Aeronautical Ascent by, W. de Fonvielle, SS 

 Elster and Geitel, Electricity of Flame, 308 

 Emin Bey (Dr.), Journey in East of Bahr-el-Jebel, 282 



Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Cassell, Petter & Gal pin's, 510 



" Encyclopaedia der Naturwissenschaften," 530 



Ende (VV. am), Proposed Bridge over the Forth, 624 



Energy, Solar Conservation of, J. J. Murphy, 31 



Engineering, Visit of Society of Telegraph Engineers to School 

 of Military, 257 



English Plant-names, Old, Jas. Britten, 243 



Entomological Society, 95, 192, 496,-6l6 



Epping Forest, 34 ; and the Essex Field Club, 159 



Equatorial Coude, Lcewy, 414 



Erck (Wentworth), the Comet of 1882, 573, 597, 62- 



Erratic Blocks, the B.A. Report on, 460, 4S1 



Essex Naturalists' Field Club, 41, 67, 159; Cryptogramic Meet- 

 ing of the, 411 



Etheiidge (Robert, F.R.S.), Opening Address in Section C of 

 the British Association at Southampton, 422 



Ethnology, Korean, A. H. Keane, 344; Aino, A. H. Keane, 



524 

 Euclid, Sequel to first six books of, Dr. Ca-ey, 219 

 Europe, the International Geological Map of. 464 

 Evans ([ohn, F. R.S.), Unwritten History and How to Read it, 



5'3. 53' 

 Evershed (S.), the Recent Aurora, 548 



Evolution, Permanence and, Dr. G. j. Romanes, F.R.S., 265 

 " Evolution by Force Impossible," Dr. Jas. Croll, 556 

 Excitability of Plants, Prof. Burdon Sanderson, F. R.S., J53 

 Exhibition, International Fisheries, 89 

 Exhibition, Copenhagen International Geographical, 231 

 Exploration, Deep-Sea, 15 



Fauna of the Suez Canal, 42 



Fauna, Molluscous, of Moscow, 43 



Fayrer (Sir J., F.R.S.), Porcuha Salvania (Hodgson), 80 



Fayal, Earthquake at, 113 



Featherman (A.), "Social History of the Races of Mankind," 



28 

 Feichtinger (Prof.), Free Sulphuric Acid in Paper sized with 



refill, 557 

 Feil, Particulars of History of, P. L. Guinaud, 350 

 Felkin (R. W.) and Rev. C. T. Wilson " Uganda&the Egyptian 



Sudan, 79 

 Female Scnools in France, First superior, 5S5 

 Fenton, John, Spelling Reform, 366 

 Ferguson (J. B.), United States Fisheries, Report of, 474 

 Ferniat, Inauguration of Statue of, 232 

 Ferns, British, Pocket Guide to, Marian S. Ridley, 501 

 Fertilisation of Flowers by Insects, Dr. H. Miiller, 307 

 Field Naturalist, 25S 

 Field Clabs, London, 612 

 Fijian and Maori Compaiative Vocabulary, Thurston and Wild, 



3°9 



Fin llater (Andrew), " Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of 

 the English Language," 7 



Finlay (Sept. 8), Comet 18S2*., 614 



Fireballs in Netherlands, Dr. Groneman, 245 



Fire risks from Electric Lighting, 272 



Fish, De.structiou of, by River Pollution, 281 ; New and Very 

 Rare from the Mediterranean, J. Yate Johnson, 453 ; Inter- 

 national Fisheries Exhibition, 89, 279, 305, 480 ; Swedish 

 Fisheries, Gerhard von Vhlez, 57 ; United States Report of 

 Fisheries, T. B. Ferguson, 474 



Fisher (Rev. O.), Earthquakes and Mountain Ranges, 7 



Fitzgerald (Prof. Geo. Eras.), Dr. Siemens' Solar Hypothesis, 

 80 



Fjoids, Norwegian, Dredging in the, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, 

 F.R.S., 478 



Flame, Electricity of, Elster and Geitel, 308 



Flames, Electric Properties of, 320 



Flammarion, Conditions of Habitability of Mars, 352 



Florida, Orange Culture in, Major Her;>chcl, 420 



Flowers, Colours of, Grant Allen, 299, 323, 346, 371 



Flowers, Fertilisation of, by Insects, Dr. H. Miiller, 307 



Floyer (Ernest A.), " Unexplored Baluchistan Survey of a 

 Route through Mekran, Bashkurd, Persia, Turkistan and 

 Turkey," A. H. Keane, 197 



Fluid", W. F. Stanley, 545 



Fonvielle (VV. de), -Eronautical Ascents by M. Eloy, SS ; " Le 

 Pose du Premier Cable," 330 



