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Cunningham (Prof.), the Lumbar Curve in Man and Apes, 46 



Cunningham (Major Allan) : Canal and River Engineering, 

 David Stevenson, 169 ; Hydraulic Power and Hydraulic 

 Machinery, H. Robinson, 460 



Current Sheets, on Ellipsoidal, Horace Lamb, F. R.S., 574 



Currents, North Atlantic, Experiments made to determine the 

 Direction of the. Prince Albert of Monaco, 288 



Curvature, Critical Mean of Liquid Surfaces of Revolution, 

 Prof. A. W. RUcker, F.R.S., 143 



Curve, Lumbar, in Man and Apes, Prof. Cunningham, 46 



Curves, Traube-Hering, 576 



Cutting of Polarising Prisms, on the. Prof. Silvanus P. Thomp- 

 son, 1 84 



Cycling Budget, 231 



Cyclones, on the Relation between Tropical and Extra-Tropical, 

 Hon. Ralph Abercromby, 430 



Cyclones and Concurrent Storms and Hurricanes, on the Rela- 

 tions that exist between, M. H. Faye, 599 



Cyclonic Storms, Central Calm in, 575 



Cyclonic Theories, Atmospheric Movements in Connexion with, 

 527 



Cygnus, New Variables in. Dr. Gould, 282 



Cypripedium, Peculiar Conformation of the Flowers of. Dr. 

 Maxwell Masters, 142 



Daffodil, Wild White, 430 



Dalcarlia, Central Sweden, Brilliant Meteor seen in, 495 



Dall (Dr. W. H.), Early Chinese Intercourse with America, 58 



Dallinger (Rev. Dr., F. R. S.), Changes of Temperature to 



which the Lower Forms of Organisms can be adapted by 



Slow Modifications, 550 

 Dana (Jas. D.) : Revelations of a Dissected Volcano, 93 ; Vol- 

 canic Action, 451 

 Danger, Rule for Escaping a, Frank Morley, 345 

 Darwin (Capt. ), Preliminary Account of the Observations of the 



Eclipse of the Sun at Grenada in August 1886, 287 

 Darwin (Prof Francis, F. R. S.), on the Effect of Certain 



Stimuli on Vegetable Tissues, 429 

 Darwin (Dr. G. H., F.R.S.) ; on Jacobi's Figure of Equilibrium 



for a Rotating Mass of Fluid, 188 ; on the Dynamical Theory 



of the Tides of Long Period, 2S7 

 Davenport (F.), Elements of Harmony and Counterpoint, 339 

 Dawson (Sir J. W., F.R.S.), Hand-book of Zoology, with 



Examples from Canadian Species, 295 

 Day (Dr. Francis) : Lochleven Trout, 166 ; Fish Culture, 282 

 Day of the Week for any given Date, to find the, Lewis 



Carroll, 517 

 Decrement, Vertical, of Temperature and Pressure, S. A. Hill, 



606 

 Definition, Vitality and its, F. Howard Collins, 580 

 Deighton (H.), the Elements of Euclid, 269 

 Delage (Yves), a New Function of the Otocysts in the Inverte- 

 brates, 48 . 

 Deniar9ay (M. Eug.), on the Action of the Chloride of Carbon 



on the Anhydrous Oxides, 28S 

 Demoniaques dans I'Art, Les, 376, 454 

 Deniker (J.), Recherches Anatomiques et Embi-yologiques sur 



les Singes Anthropoides, 509 

 Denning (W. F.) : Meteor, loi ; Meteor of December 28, 1886, 



24S ; April Meteors, 606 ; Fireball of December 4, 1886, 



'5' 



Denza (P. F.), the Andromedes, November 27, 18S6, 231 

 Department of Science and Art, Schools of Science and Art in 



the Colonies and the, 442 

 Deposits of Volcanic Dust, Prof. Geo. P. Merrill, 174 

 Deprez (Marcel), on the Intensity of the Magnetic Field in 



Dynamo-Electric Machines, 23 

 Dessau (B.), Metal Films arising from the Disruption of a 



Kathode, 333 

 Deutsche Geographische Blatter, 497 

 Diabetes, Action of Belladonna and Opiumun a Case of Acute, 



407 

 Diameter of the Sun, Researches on the, Herr Auwers, 496 i 

 Diamonds, Crown, of France, Proposal to sell, 424 

 LJiastase, Loss of Activity experienced by, under the Action of 



Heat, 455 

 Diatoms, Fresh-water, in the Bagshot Beds, Rev.j A. Irving, 



lOI 



Dickins (F. V.), Aino Hairiness and'the Urvolk of Japan, 534 



Dielectric Constants of Fluids, Prof. G. Quincke, 334 

 Dielectric, Experiment to show that Capacity varies inversely 



as a Thickness of the. Profs. W. E. Ayrton and John Perry, 



526 

 Diener (Dr. Carl), the Geology of the Lebanon, Prof. Edward 



Hull, F.R.S., 10 

 Diet in Disease, Prof. G. See, 327 

 Di-isobutylamine, on the Hydrochlorate and Platinochlorate of, 



383 

 Dimensions of Physical Quantities, the Engineer on, 462 

 Dimmock (George), Fish-destroying Insects in the United States, 



327 

 Disinfection by Heat, B. Strachan, 7 

 Dispersion of Plants by Birds, D. Morris, 151 

 Ditte (M. A.), Study of the Alkaline Vanadates, 600 

 Doberck (Dr. VV.): Typhoons, 36; Law of Storms in the 



Eastern Seas, 135 ; and the Hong Kong Observatory, 229 

 Dodge (Frank S.), Kilauea after the Eruption of March 1886, 



451 

 Doldrums, Electrical Discharges in the, David Wilson-Barker, 



5S4 

 Dolmens of Enfida, 551 

 Donnelly (Col. J. F. D.) : Normal School of Science and Royal 



School of Mines, 271 ; Industrial Studentships, 413 

 Dorno (Alessandro), Notice of, 231 

 Double Star, Spectroscopic Method of Determining the Distance 



of a, A. A. Rambaut, 206 

 Draper (Andrew S.), Educational System in New York, 445 

 Draught and Dust, Permanent Matrix Excluder of, T. J. Porter, 



569 

 Diyer (Dr. Chas. R.), the Cross as a Sun Symbol, 345 

 Dublin, Royal Society of, 311 

 Dundee University College, proposed Chair of Anatomy at, 



158 ; proposed Medical School in connection with, 349 

 Duner (M.), Gore's Nova Orionis, 85 

 Dungate (E. J.), Lung-Sick, 29 

 Dust, Coal-, Theory, W. Galloway, 222, 296, 343 

 Dutch Colonies in South America and the West Indies, K. 



Martin, Dr. A. Ernst, 459 

 Duter (M. ), Electrolysis of Alkaline Solutions, 382 

 Duthie (Mr.), Report on the Botanical Gardens, Saharunpur, 



356 

 Dutton's (Capt.) Report on the Charleston Earthquake, 351 

 Dyer (W. T. Thiselton, F.R.S.) : Ipecacuanha Cultivation in 



India, 227 ; Tabasheer, 396 ; a Plant which destroys the 



Taste of .Sweetness, 557 

 Dynamical Theory of the Tides of Long Period, on the, G. H. 



Darwin, F.R.S., 2S7 

 Dynamical Units, Mass, Weight and, Robt. F. Hayward, 



F.R.S., 604 

 Dynamics, Lessons in Elementary, H. G. Madan, 51 

 Dynamics of Health and Disease, Life Energy or the, Surgeon- 

 Major Nathl. Alcock, 366 

 Dynamo-Building, Practical, for Amateurs, Fred. W. Walker, 



294 



Earth's Current in the Telegraph Lines of the German Empire, 

 Dr. Weinstein's Observations, 336 



Earthquakes : Dr. F. A. Forel, 8 ; H. du Bois, 8 ; Thos. W. 

 Kingsmill, 319 ; M. Oppermann on, 600 ; the Earthquake of 

 February 23, 1887, 419 ; Rev. S. J. Perry, F.R.S., 438 ; W. 

 H. M. Christie, F.R.S., 462; the Charleston Earthquake, 

 Report on. Prof. T. C. Mendenhall, 31, 36, 134; Influence 

 upon the Health of the Inhabitants, 281 ; Earthquake in 

 Beira Alta District, 59 ; in Switzerland, 84, 205 ; Prof. Forel, 

 442 ; at Cairo, 112 ; at Chios, 112, 158 ; Nordheinsund, West 

 Coast of Norway, 158; at Smyrna, 112, 158; Earthquake 

 Shock at Tashkend, 112, 399; at Tchesme, 112; in Sierra 

 Leone, J. S. Hay and Jos. M. Metzger, 141 ; at Sea, 

 Reginald H. Hertslet, 157 ; the Recent, Prof. J. P. O'Reilly, 

 197 ; at Aquila, 350, 376 ; in Venice, 350 ; in Zurich, 

 350; at Vilayet Konia, Asia Minor, 376; in Japan, 399; 

 Important Points in the History of Earthquake Inves- 

 tigation in Japan, Prof. John Milne, 559 ; Earthquake in 

 South Eastern Illinois, 444 ; in South-Western Indiana, 444 ; 

 in Philiatra, 444 ; E.arthquake of February 23, 551 ; Note on, 

 at Marseilles Observatory, 455 ; in Italy, 479 ; at Antibes, 

 527 ; Earthquake Shock felt at Mandal.ay, 472 ; E.arthquakes 

 in Norway, Dr. Hans Reuch, 517; in the Riviera, Clement 



