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INDEX 
[Wature, Dec. 10, 1885 
Earthquakes, 574; in Austria, 11, 460; in Austria and Smyrna, 
85 ; of November 14, 1884, at Pu-erh, in China, the, 37; at 
Cape Town, 110; on the Causes of the Andalusian, 
A. Rzehak, 133; in Caucasus, 161; Recent Earthquakes, 
William Scarnell Lean, 175 ; J. Lovell, 175 ; at Douai, 207 ; 
at Dognies, 207; at Flers-en-Escrebieux, 207 ; at Ca:hmere, 
May 13, 110, 133, 161, 207, 375; in Cashmere and Calcutta, 
254; at Kopreinitz, in Styria, 231 ; Chinese Theory of the 
Origin of, 231; in Bengal, 279, 300; at Velez-Malaga, 
279; Teneriffe, 300; Recent, in Switzerland, F. A. 
Forel, 295; American, C. G. Rookwood, 300; at 
Pishpek, 329; in Spain, 329; in Central Asia, 375; 
in Styria, 427; in Indian Archipelago, 427; at Benevento, 
515; in Ferghana, 515; in Japan, 526; at Granada and 
Palermo, 609 ; Submarine, at New York, 495; Prof. G. A. 
Lebour on some Recent Earthquakes on the Downham Coast 
and their Probable Causes, 559 ; Artificial, 114 ; T. C. Lewis, 
295 ; an Earthquake Invention, 222; Prof. C. Piazzi Smyth, 
213, 625; D. A. Stevenson, 213; Prof. John Milne, 573 ; 
Fouque’s Electrical Apparatus for registering Propagation of, 
254; Frequencies, Dr. Knott, 299; Earthquake-Proof 
Buildings, Wm. Muir, 245; D. A. Stevenson, 316 
Earth-Tips and Earth-Tremors, on the Observation of, Prof. 
John Milne, 259 
Eastern Archipelago, Naturalist’s Wanderings in the, Alfred R. 
Wallace, 218 
Ebonite, Photographic Action on, Edward E. Robinson, 626 
Echinoidea, on the Ambulacra of Fossil, Prof. P. Martin Dun- 
can, F.R.S., 69 
Eclipses: Central Solar, in New Zealand, 86 ; of Chung K’ang, 
276; of August, 1886, 296; of the Sun, Recent Total, 631 
Edelweiss in Austria, Agitation for Protection of the, 134; 
its Culture in England, 208 
Edinburgh : Royal Society, 10, 70, 94, 190, 311, 384; Royal 
Physical Society, 119 ; Mathematical Society, 168, 263 ; Chair 
of Comparative Embryology at, 327 ; Honorary Degrees Con- 
ferred by the University of, 353; G. F. Armstrong appointed 
Professor of Engineering at, 426; Edinburgh International 
Industrial Exhibition, 541 
Edmonds (R.), Meteoric Cycle and Stonehenge, 436 
Education: School-Books in Chinese, 35 ; Higher Education 
for Adults, 36; Industrial, in Austria and Russia, 63; Edu- 
cation in Tunis, 134; Female Education in Russia, 162 ; 
Education in the United States, 518; the Neglect of Science 
in Public Schools, 552 
Edwards (Henry Milne-), Obituary Notice of, 321 
Eels at Vincennes, Emigration of, 111 
Egypt, Prehistoric Stone Implements of Eastern, Dr. Schwein- 
furth, 161 ; W. M. Flinders Petrie’s Collection of Egyptian 
Antiquities, 353 
Eklund (Prof. A. W.), Death of, 207 
Elasticity, Terminology of the Mathematical Theory of, W. J. 
Ibbetson, 76; Nomenclature in, Prof. Alex. B. W. Kennedy, 
269 ; Robert E. Baynes, 316 ; Measurement of the ‘‘ Modulus” 
of, Dr. Konig, 360 
Electricity: at the Inventions Exhibition, 106 ; “* Secondary 
Generators” of Messrs. Gaulard and Gibbs at the Inventions 
Exhibition, 225 ; ‘‘On Charging Secondary Batteries,” W. 
H. Preece, F.R.S., 142; Experiments with Sulphur Cells, 
Shelford Bidwell, 263; a Form of Standard Daniell Cell, 
Dr. J. A. Fleming, 263 ; Molecular Radiation in Incandescent 
Lamps, Dr. J. A. Fleming, 263 ; Decomposition of Carbonic 
Acid by, H. B. Dixon and H. F, Lowe, 287; Terminology 
of the Mathematical Theory of, William Sutherland, 391 ; 
Henry Muirhead, 437; on the Origin of Thunderstorm, 
Prof. L. Sohncke, 406; Magnetism and Electricity, W. G. 
Baker, 340; Electric Resistance of Platinoid, J. T. Bottomley, 
166; Electrical Resistance of Selenium, the Action of Light 
in Diminishing, Shelford Bidwell, 167; Nomenclature and 
Notation of Electrical Definitions, Prof. Andrew Jamieson, 
184; Electrical Engineering at University College, Professor- 
ship of, 253; Electrical Phenomenon, J. B. A. Watt, 316 ; 
in Mid-Lothian, Dr. Robert Lucas, 343 ; Electrical Apparatus, 
401; Electrical Standards, B.A. Report on, 528; Electrica 
Theories, Prof. J. J. Thomson, 528 ; Electro-Magnetic Theory 
of Light, Sir William Thomson and Maxwell’s, Prof. George 
Francis Fitzgerald, 4 ; Electro-Magnetic Wave, on a Model 
illustrating the Propagation of the, Prof. S, P. Thompson, 
70 
Electric Lighting, 608 ; in Afghanistan, 134; Proposed Use for 
Night Harvest Work in Algiers, 162; in Paris, 514; on 
Domestic Electric Lighting, W. H. Preece, F.R.S., 536; 
Electric Lighting of Fishing Boats, 553; Notes on Experi- 
ments as to the Formation of Starch in Plants under the 
Influence of the Electric Light, M. Ward, 563 
Electrolysis, Notes for the Opening of a Discussion on, to be 
held in Section B, at the British Association in Aberdeen, 
September, 1885, by Prof. Oliver Lodge, 458 
Electrolyte, Voltaic Cell with a Solid, Shelford Bidwell, 345, 
391; Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson, 366 
Electrolytic Decomposition, on Certain Cases of, J. W. Clark, 
167 
Elephant, on the Development of the Vertebrae of the, Prof. 
Struthers, 560 
Eleven-Year Meridional Oscillation of the Auroral Zone, E. 
Douglas Archibald, 414 
Elgin, Presence of the Remains of Dicynodon in the Triassic 
Sandstone of, Prof. J. W. Judd, F.R.S., 572 
Elkin (Dr.), Investigations with the Heliometer, 329 
Ellis (A. J., F.R.S.), Aboriginal Inhabitants of the Andaman 
Islands, 409 
Ellis (Herbert), Are there Rabbits in the Western Islands ? 
575 
Embryo, Physiology of the, W. Preyer, F. J. Allen, 267 
Embryology, Chair of Comparative, at Edinburgh University, 
327; Dr. J. G. Garson on Abnormal and Arrested Develop- 
ment asan Induction of Evolutionary History, 589 
‘* Encyclopedic Dictionary,” Cassell’s, 355 
Encysting Myzostoma in Milford Haven, 
Carpenter, 391 
Endowment for Research, the New, Chas. Sedgwick Minot, 
297 
Endowment of Research in Norway, 207 
Energy Recorder, Radiant, Prof. J. W. Clark, 233, 343 
Engelmann (Dr. W.), Grisebach’s ‘‘ Vegetation of the Earth,” 
3606 
Engineer, the Training of the Civil, Sir F. Bramwell, 11 
Engineering (Electrical) at University College, Professorship of, 
253 
Engineering at Edinburgh, G. F. Armstrong appointed Professor 
of, 426 
England, Rainfall of N.W., Alf. O. Walker, 271 
English Lake District, Flora of the, J. G. Baker, F.R.S., 
P. Herbert 
75 
Ensilage, 605 
Enterochlorophyll, Dr. McMunn, 69 
Entomology, 253; ‘‘ The Earliest Winged Insects of America,” 
53; Canadian Entomology, James Fleteher, 111 ; Fossil Ento- 
mology, Herbert Goss, 190; Entomological Society, 216 ; 
Charter granted to, 353; Lepidoptera of Great Britain and 
Japan compared, 427 
Eocene Mammals, Sir Richard Owen, F.R.S., on American 
Evidences of, 556 
Epidermis and Cutis, Absence of Cementing Substance between, 
Dr. Blaschko, 544 
‘« Epping Forest,” Edward North Buxton, 28 ; G, S. Boulger, 28 
Equator, Upper Wind Currents over the, Hon, Ralph Aber- 
cromby, 624 
Eriboll: B. N, Peach and J. Horne on the Geology of Durness 
and Eriboll, with special reference to the Highland Contro- 
versy, 558 
Erosion of Sea-Coasts, 530 
Errera (Léo), the Value of Indian Ink in Microscopy, 37 
Esparto Grass in Australia, Cultivation of, 462 
Essex Field Club, 34, 299, 330, 513 
Ethnology : Government Inquiry into Castes and Occupations of 
the Bengalese, 36 ; Formosan Ethnology, 346 
Ettingshausen (Baron von), the Fossil Flora of Carniola, 311 
“Euclid and his Modern Rivals,” 171 
Euclid, Book I., Braithwaite Arnett, 221; Key to the Elements 
of, J. S. Mackay, 388 % 
Eulenburg (Prof.), on the Influence of Cortex Cerebri on 
Temperature of Human Body, 496 
Eureka, Nevada, Silver-Lead Deposits of, J. S. Curtis, 50 
eye (A. J., F.S.A.), on the Flint-Knappers’ Art in Albania, 
58 
Evans (C.), Red Hail, 54 
Evaporation, Measurement of, Geo. Haslam, 357 
