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INDEX 
[Nature, Dec, 10, 1885 
Cholesterin, Dr. Weyl, 544 
Christiania, Popular Education in Astronomy at, 133 ; Society 
of Science, 120, 216 ; Zoological Garden for, 553 
Christy (Thos.), New Commercial Plants and Drugs, 125 
Chronometer Observatories of Kiel and Hamburg, 239 
Chronometry: Prof. Zinger on the Determination of Time, by 
Corresponding Heights of Different Stars, 63 ; the Proposed 
Change of Time for beginning the Astronomical Day, 132 
Chrystal (Prof. G.), Opening Address in Section A (Mathe- 
matics and Physical Science) at the British Association, 446 
Chung K’ang, Eclipse of, 276 
Cicada septendecim, Prof. Riley, 253 
Cincinnati Observatory, 356 
Circles, Hut, Worthington G. Smith, 29 
Cirrus Clouds, the Mean Direction ove: Europe of, Dr. Hilde- 
brandsson, 190 
City and Guilds of London Institute, 3 
354 
Civil and Astronomical Time, the Question of, 245 
Clark (J. Edmund), New Star in Andromeda, 499 ; 
Kiessling’s Investigations of the late Sunset Glows, 637 
Clark (J- W.), on Certain Cases of I¢lectrolytic Decomposition, 
167; Radiant Energy Recorder, 343 
Clarke (Dr. Hyde), Pre-Existence and Post-Existence of 
Thought, 102 ; Possible Windfall for Science, 342 
Claus (Dr. C.), ‘* Elementary Text-Book of Zoology,” 122 
Clayton (J.), Evolution of Vegetation, 22 
Cleland (John), Composite Portraits, 197 
Cleland (Prof.), Viscera of Gymmnotus electricus, 561; on the 
Spiracle of Fishes in its Relation to the Head as developed in 
the Higher Vertebrates, 561 
Clifford (Prof. W. Kk.), His Papers and MSS., R. Tucker, 4; 
““The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences,” Prof. P. G 
Tait, 124, 196 
Clifford’s Kinetic, R. Tucker, 147 
Clifford (Prof.) and Prof. Tait, 173 
Clifton Hall Colliery Explosion, the, 181 
Climate, Influence of Forests on, 115 
Climatology, Woeikof’s ‘‘ Climates of the Globe,” 11 
Cloud-Measurement by Theodolites, 400 
Clouds, Heights of, 630 
Clowes (Prof. Frank), ‘‘ A Treatise on Practical Chemistry and 
Qualitative Inorganic Analysis,” 3 ; on Barium Sulphate as a 
- Cementing Material in Sandstone, 555 
Coal, the Coking of, 39 
Coal, Petroleum Gas used for Manufacturing Purposes instead of, 
463 
Coal-Dust, Experiments with, at Neunkirchen, in Germany, W. 
Galloway, 55 
Coal-Dust Theory of Colliery Explosions, 61 
Coal-Fields, the North Wales and Shrewsbury, D. C. Davies, 
118 
Coal-Fields in Africa, Discovery by Major Serpa Pinto of, 164 
Coal Tar Colours, Dr. Perkin on the, 303, 330 
Cobbold (Paul A.), Remarkable Sunset, 626 
Cobra di Capello, on the Poison of the, Herr Gnezda, 71 
Coke, the Blast-Furnace Valve of, I. TLeommulsviern Bellon, 39 ; 
Coking of Coal, 39 
Coleman (J. J.), Action of Ozonised Air upon Micro-Organisms 
and Albumen in Solution, 561 
Collet (Lieut.), Practical Guide for Compensation of Compasses 
without Bea ings, 386 
Collett (Dr. R.), Observations on Rudolphi’s Whale, 374 
Colliery Explosion, the Clifton Hall, 181 
Colliery Explosions, the Coal-Dust Theory of, 61 
Collisions, Preventing, with Icebergs in a Fog, Prof. Alex. 
Graham Bell, 273; J. Joly, 367 
Cologne, Opening of Direct Steam Traffic between the Open 
Sea and, 164 
Colonial Exhibition, Fish in the, 515 
Colonial Public Libraries, J. R. Boosé, 183 
Colorado, Science in, 330 
Coloration of the Ante:ior Segments of the Maldanidz, 
Harker, 564 
Colour Mixiures, Lecture Experiments on, Capt. Abney, F.R.S., 
263 
Colour-Sense, on the, Major Allan Cunningham, 604 
Colour, Sense of, Margaret Heaton, 626 
( olourless Chlere phy, C. Timiriazeff, 342 
28; Studentships at, 
Prof. 
the 
Allen 
Colours of Arctic amd Alpine Animals, Lorenzo Camerano, 
77; Prof. R. Meldola, 172 
Colours, Coal Tar, Dr. Perkin on the, 303, 330 
Comberbatch (Vice-Consul), Report on the Dobrudja, 64 
Combustion of Phosphorus and Carbon in Oxygen, H. B. 
Baker, 87 
Comets: Tuttle’s, 13, 301, 402 ; Tempel’s, 1867 II., 37, 356; 
Tempel-Swift Comet (1869-80), 112; Periodical Comets of 
De Vico and Barnard, 153; Periodical Comtets in 1886, 636 ; 
Comet of 1472, 231; the New Comet, 280, 464; Barnard, 
July 7, 301, 359; Comet of 1652, 402; on the Present State 
of Computations of Orbits of Comets, Prof. Weiss, 516 ; 
Elements of Brook’s Comet, R. Radau, 543; the Comet of 
1866, and the Meteors of November 14, 610; Cometary 
Orbits, 162 
“Commercial Organic Analysis,”’ Alfred H. Allen, 410 
Commercial Plants and Drugs, New, Thos. Christy, 125 
Commissural Theory of the Corpus Callosum, Is it Correct ?, D. 
J. Hamilton, 561 
Commodore Islands, the Resources of the, Dr. Dybovsky, 113 
Common (A. Ainslie, F.R.S.), New Star in Andromeda, 522 
Common Sense of the Exact Sciences, Prof. W. K. Clifford’s, 
Prof P. G. Tait, 124, 196 
‘* Comparative Anatomy and Physiolozy,” F. Jeffrey Bell, 569 
| Compensation of Compasses without Bearings, Practical Guide 
for, Lieut. Collet, 386 
Complexion, Proportion of German, &c., School Children with 
Dark and Fair, 85 
Composite Portriits of Members of the National Acade ny of 
Sciences, U.S.A., Raphael Pumpelly, 176 
Composite Portraits, John Cleland, 197; Dr. C. M. Ingleby, 
224 
Compound fore 197 
Condreau’s (H.) Journeys in Guiana, 164 
Congo, the, Henry M. Stanley, 154 ; Grenfell’ s Explorations in 
the Congo Basin, 302 ; Lieut. Wissmann’s Congo Explorations, 
554 
Congress, National Sanitary, 50 
Connor (Rochfort), Microscopic Drawings, 633 
| Constant Gravitational Instruments, Sir William Thomson, 
F.R.S., 535 
Cooke (Dr. J. P.), ‘‘ Scientific “Culture,” 426 
Co-ordination of the Scientific Bureaus of the U.S. Government, 
317 
Copenhagen, University of, Lady Students at, 355 
| Coral Reefs and Islands, the Origin of, Jas. D. Dana, 554 
Coral Trade, the Mediterranean, 36 
Corea, Carles’ Journeys in, 403; Discovery of Gold in, 403; 
Proposed Telegraph Lines in, 427 
Corn: Jeanie M. Laing on the Modes of Grinding and Drying 
Corn in Old Times, 587 
Cornish (Dr.), the Nature of Cholera, 160 
| Cornwall, Occurrence of Zorfedo marmorata off the Coast of, 
Francis Day, 197 
Corpus Callosum, Is the Commissural Theory of the, Correct ?, 
D. J. Hamilton, 561 
Cortex Cerebri on the Temperature of Human Body, on the 
Influence of, Prof. Eulenburg, 496 
Corvo (L. de A.), Tuberculosis in the Vine, 496 
Corvus japonensis, H. Pryer, 110 
Cosmogony, the Relations between Geological Epochs and the 
Stages of the Terrestrial, M. Faye, 132 
Costa Rica, Dr. Polakowsky’s Explorations in, 184 
Costerus (J. C.), Staminody of Petals, 53 
Cotopaxi, Eruption of, 375, 428 
Crane, Message from General Gordon borne to Sweden by a, 
208 
Crannogs of Scotland and Ireland, Dr. R. Munro on, 588 
Cremation of a Body in a Common Stove, Experiment on, 
161 
Cremation, Refusal of Austrian Government to authorise Private 
Societies for, 161 
Cremona’s (Prof.) ‘* Projective Geometry,” 62 
Crepuscular Light, 239 ; the Cosmic Origin of, 359; Hirn on, 
Faye, 432 
Créyaux Expedition, Thouar’s Journey in Search of, 14 
Croall (Alexander), Death of, 111 
Croft (Chas.), Rainbow Phenomenon, 30 
Crombie (J. W.), on a Game with a History, 587 
