Mature, June 5, 



Vll 



De la Rue's Diaries, &c., 158 



De Morgan's Five-Figure Logarithms, 185 



Denning (W. F. ), the Observation of Meteors, 6; Meteors, 56 



Denza (Prof.), the Remarlcable Sunsets, iSo 



Determinants, Reeent Text-books of. Dr. H. Kaiser, Prof. W. 



Bunkofer, P. Mansion, Dario B,acas, Ramon Esc.andun, 378 

 Devon (South) Coast, Geology of. Prof. Bonney, F.K.S., 119 

 Devonian Rocks, Metamorphisra among the, 315 

 Dew, Salt Rain and, F. Gillman, 172 

 Dickson (Prof. Alex.), Nepenthe, 254 

 Dijmp/ma, New Arctic Expedition, 88 

 Dip (Magnetic) in South China and Formosa, Dr. Doberck, 



Dispersive Powers, a Fluid of Extraordinary High Refractive 



and, Carl Rohrbach, 63 

 District Railway, Cats on the, E. de M. Malan, 573 

 Divers (Prof.), the Remarkable Sunsets, 2S3 

 Dixon (Dr. R. ), Storm of January 26, 384 



Doberck (Dr.) : Magnetic Dip in South China and Formosa, 

 214; Chinese Meteorology, 271 ; Hong Kong Observatory, 

 596 

 Dobson's (G. E., F.R.S.) Monograph of the Insectivora, Prof. 



Flower, F.R.S., 282 

 Donnelly (Col., R.A.), the Remarkable Sunsets, 132 

 Doom (M. C. van), the Eruption of Krakatoa, 268 

 Doran (Alban), Rhytinastellere, 230 

 Double-Stars, Close, Perrotin, 1S5 

 Doable-Star a Herculis, 536 

 Double-Star Measures, Mr. Burnham's, 409 

 Douglas (Prof K. K.), Chinese Pal^e intology, 551 

 Draper (H. N.) Salt Rain and Dew, 77 



Dresden, Isis Natural History Society of, 23 ; Museums, Re- 

 ports of, 226 

 Drummond (H.), Geology of Central Africa, 551 

 Dublin : Royal Society, 166, 27S, 470, 542 ; University Ex- 

 perimental Science Association, 191, 567 

 Duchesne, A. N., W. T. Thiselton Dyer, 215 

 Duck (Common Domestic) Diving for Food, Dr. John Rae, 



F.R.S., 428 

 Dumas, the Death of, 581 



Duncan (Prof. P. M.), Epitheca in Serial Coralla, 142 

 Dunlop (M. F.), Lunar Rainbow, 172 

 Dust Atmosphere of China, Prof. J. P. O'Reilly, 260 

 Dust, Cosmic, Dr. H. Rink, 148 ; E. Metzger, 261 

 Dust Envelope, A Vast, Prof. S. P. Langley, 324 

 Dust- Free Spaces, Dr. Oliver J. Lodge, 610 

 Dust, Snow in Norway covered with Gray and Black, 135 

 Dusty Air, on the Formation of Small Clear Spaces in, John 

 Aitken, 322 ; Phenomena Exhibited by, in the Neighbourhood 

 of Strongly Illuminated Bodies, Profs. Oliver J. Lodge and 

 J. W. Clark, 417 

 Dvorak's Sound-Mills, Prof. S. P. Thompson, 363 

 Dyer (W. T. Thiselton, F.R.S. ), A Forgotten Evolutionist, 215 

 Dyes and Tans of Bengal, H. W. McCann, 147 

 Dykes, Petrological Notes on Some North England, J. J. H. 

 Teal), 259 



Ear a Barometer, the, C. V. Boys, 333 ; Dr. W. H. Stone, 

 356; Geo. Rayleigh Vicars, 356 



Ear- Trumpets, Prof. W. F. Barrett, 166 



Earth, Movements of the, J. Norman Locker, F.R.S., 65, 201 



Earth Tremors in Tasmania, 244 



Earth Tremors, Prof. John Milne, 456 



Earthquakes, 15; H, H. Crawley, 7; Sir J. H. Lefroy, 56 ; 

 Probability of Earthquake at Salt Lake City, G. K. Gilbert, 

 45 ; Barometrical Sympathy with Earthquakes, Dr. Hector, 

 F.R.S., 87 ; Earthquakes at Malaga, Chios, Salerno, 88 ; in 

 Styria, Bosnia, and Greece, 159 ; in Hungary and Portugal, 

 200 ; in Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Styria, Turkey in 

 Asia, Siberia and Sicily, 272 ; in Hungary and Ischia, 

 557 ; in Roumania and France, 244 ; in Turkey, Central 

 A^a, and Italy, 317; in Italy and Turkey, 366; in 

 Algiers, Central Asia, and Asiatic Turkey, 415 ; in Asia 

 Mnior and Monte Video, 437 ; at San Francisco, 153, 

 536; in Slivonia, 583; in Engl.and, Dr. J. E. Taylor, 602; 

 Percy Smith, 602 ; Henry O. Forbes, 603 ; Earthquake Waves, 

 Java Eruption and, J. T. Be.alby, 30; Mr. Meldrum on, 32; 



Earthquakes and Air- Waves, Gen. Strachey, F.R.S., and 

 Maxwell Hall, 427 ; Earthquake Waves, San Francisco, 437 ; 

 Earthquakes and Buildings, Prof John Milne, 2go ; Dr. A. 

 Ernst, 595 ; Earthquake Disturbance of Indian Tides, Lieut. - 

 Gen. Walker, F.R.S., 358 



Earthworms, J. Lovell, 551 ; Absence from Prairies of Canadian 

 North-West, R. M. Christy, 213 ; R. M. Barrington, 237 ; 

 Timothy E. Wilcox, 406 



East London Institute, Proposed, 183 



Eclipse, Solar, of 1806, December 10, 415 



Edelmann's Electrometer, 239 



Edinburgh: International Forestry Exhibition, 14 ; Mathematical 

 Society, 96, 208, 278, 376, 592 ; Royal Physical Society, 120, 

 278, 303, 447 ; Royal Society, i65, 254, 328, 351, 470, 495, 

 567 ; Lord Moncreiff on Past Hundred Years' History of, 368 ; 

 Award of Prizes, 387 ; Three Hundredth Anniversary of the 

 University, Prof. G. Chrystal, 577 ; Notices of Illustrious 

 Members of, 582 ; University Festival, 593 ; Marine Station, 



483 

 Education, U.S. Bureau of. III ; Health and Education Exhi- 

 bition, 133 ; Education in Southern States, 200 ; Science 

 Teaching in Elementary Schools, W. L. Carpenter, 317 ; 

 Higher Education of Women, 387 ; Technical Education, 392 ; 

 in Coventry, 64; Dr. Harris on, 184 ; the Com nission on, 



390 

 Eggers (Baron), on Porto Rico, 129 



Eggs of Birds, the Structure of the. Prof. Tarkhanoflf, 461 

 Egypt, Ancient, the Flora of, Dr Schweinfurth, 312 ; Discovei^ 



of an Unexplored Necropolis in, 603 

 Egyptian Sudm, the. Prof. A. H. Keane, 291 

 Ekhmeem, Discovery of an Un' xplored Necropolis at, 603 



Electricity: " Electricila et M.ignetismo," Prof A. Roiti, S; 

 Electrical Resistance of Human Body, W. H. Stone, 21, 

 528 ; International Society of Electricians, 44 88 ; Electricians' 

 Director)', 476 ; Vienna International Electric Exhibition, 42 ; 

 Electricity in India, C. Michie Smith, 54 ; Electricity and 

 Magaeti>m, Mascart and Joubert, 74; Transmission to a 

 Distance of Electricity, 316; Prof, von Waltenhcfen's Ex- 

 periments with Noe's Thermo-Electric Generators, 227 ; 

 Achard's Continuous Electric Brake, 245 ; Lakande and Chape- 

 ron's New Elements for Primary Batteries, 227; Reynier's 

 Maximum Cell or Standardof Electromotive Force, 227 ; Single 

 Electrolyte Batteries, E. Reynier, 227 ; Striking Distance of 

 Electric Discharge, Warren De la Rue, F.R.S., and H. W. 

 Miiller, F.R.S., 325, 349 ; on the Measurement of Electric 

 Currents, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 465 ; Electrical Standards, 

 465 ; Berly's Electrical Directory, 524 ; Absolute Measurements 

 in Electricity and Magnetism, Andrew Gray, 546 ; Rowland's 

 Experiment demonstrating the Magnetic Action of Electric 

 Convection, Dr. E. Lecher, 558 ; Transition- Resistance in 

 Electrolytic Cells, 558 ; the Determination of Units of, 603 ; 

 Electric Shadows, Prof. S. P. Thompson, 156; W. F. Smith, 

 260; Electric Lighting at Firth Bridge Works, 135 ; Electric 

 Lighting on Di-trict Railway, 295 ; Edison Incandescent Lights 

 in Hotel Dieu, 366 ; Electrical Lighting of Trains, W. H. 

 Massey, 489; Is Steam Condensation a Cause of Electrification ? 

 S. Kalischer, 227 ; Electro-Chemical Equivalent of Silver, Lord 

 Rayleigh, F.R.S., 565 ; Electrolysis of Dilute Sulphuric Acid, 

 &c Glad' tone and Tribe, 422 ; Electrolytes, Relations of Heat 

 to Action of Metals in. Dr. Gore, F.R.S., 300 ; Electrolytes, 

 Prof Macgregor's Arrangement for Measurement of Resistance 

 of, 558 ; Transition-Resistance in Electrolytic Cells, 558 ; 

 Edelmann's Electrometer, 239 ; Electromotive Force of 

 Clark Cells, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 565 ; Reynier's Maximum 

 Cell as Standard of Electromotive Force, 227 ; Electro- 

 technisches Jahrbuch von der hiesigen Gesellschaft in 

 Frankfurt am Main, 235 



Elephant, Barnum's White, 294 



Elevation and Subsidence, S. V. Wood, 5 ; J. S. Gardner, 6 ; 

 Prof. Jo-eph LeConte, 212 



EUery (Kobt.) Remarkable Sunsets 549 



Ellis (William), the Remarkable Sun-ets, 309 



Elongated Shot when Fired from Large Guns, on a Method ol 

 Estimaiina the Steadiness of. Rev. F. Bashforth, 527 



Lisas (Dr.), 'Experiments on Vibration, 227 



Embryological Monographs, Prof. Alex. Aga-.^z, 16 



Embryology of the Teleosts, King,ley and Conn, 16 



Emin-Bey's (Dr.) African Explorations, 160 



Encke's Comet, 159 



