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INDEX v 
Atomic Refraction of Sulphur in various Compounds, Nasini, 
17 87 
August Meteors, H. B. Jupp, 342; W. F. Denning, 415 
** Auk,” the, 461 
Aulenine, the, R. von Lendenfeld, 639 
Aurora, the, Prof. J. P. O'Reilly, 54; S. Tromholt, 274, 348; 
of March 15, 1885, Prof E. E. Barnard, 78 
Aurora Borealis, Photographing the, Carl Siewers, 29; a Note 
Relating to the History of the, Dr. Sophus Tromholt, 89 
Aurora-Sound, Norwegian Testimony to the, Dr. Sophus 
Tromholt, 499; Value of the Testimony to the, Samuel 
Sexton, 625 
Auroral Zone, Eleven-Year Meridional 
E. Douglas Archibald, 414 
Australia: Prof. Auwers’ Calculations of Longitude of Places 
in, 64; the Glacial Period in, Dr. R. von Lenden- 
feld, 69 ; the Supposed Glacial Epoch in, Capt. Hutton, 640 ; 
on the Rising of the Eastern Coast of, H. C. Russell, 2343 
Linnean Society of New South Wales, 238: Australian Ex- 
pedition to New Guinea, 356, 403; Botany in South Austra- 
lia, 462; Cultivation of Useful Plants in South Australia, 
462; the Australian Sponges, R. von Lendenfeld, 639 
Austria : Earthquakes in, 11, 85, 460 ; Industrial Education in, 
63 ; Terrible Snowstorm in, 62 ; Austrian Alpine Tourist Club, 
134; the Temperature of the Austrian Alps, Dr. Hann, 580 ; 
Austrian Geographical Survey of Albanian Coast, 403; the 
Austrian ‘Vourist Club, 88 
Auwers (Prof.), Calculations of Longitude of Placesin Australia, 
Oscillation of the, 
4 
Avalanche in Iceland, 230 
Axes, Stone, Perak, A. Hall, 626 
Ayrton (Prof. W. E., F.R.S_), Transmission of Sound, 575 
Ayrton and Perry (Profs.), on the Winding of Voltmeters, 215 
Azambuya (Graciano A.), Singular Case of Mimicry, 366 
Bacillary Phthisis of the Lungs, Germain Sée, 341 
Bacteria, Prof. Brieger on the Ptomaines, 239 
Bacteriology : the Flora of Bank-Notes, 8 
Baeyer (Gen. J. J.), Death of, 578 
Bagshot Strata, a General Section of the, Rev. A. Irving, 23 
Bailey (Major F.), the Indian Forest School, 564 
Baird (Major A. W.), on Levelling Operations of the Great 
Trigonometrical Survey of India, 536 
Baird (Prof. S. F.), ‘* Water-Birds of North America,” 521 
Baker (Benjamin), Forth Bridge, 430 
Baker (B.), Opening Address in Section G (Mechanical Science) 
at the British Association, 488 
Baker (H. B.), Combustion of Phosphorus and Carbon in Oxy- 
gen, 87 
Baker (J. G., F.R.S.), “Flora of the English Lake District,” 
75 
Baker (W. G.), Magnetism and Electricity, 340 
Baldness among Orientals, Herr Schweiger, 36 
Ballooning: Centenial Celcbration of Blanchard and Jeffries 
crossing the Channel in Balloon, 85; balloon Ascent for 
Photographic Purposes, Gaston Tissandier, 182; Proposed 
Air-Balloon Railway on the Gaisberg, 254; Application of 
Electric Ligh ing to Balloons, 278 ; Balloon Photography (see 
also Aéronautics), 420 
Pa Mirage in the, 112; Recent Rapid Elevation of Shores 
of, 302 
Bamboo, the Square, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 391 
kank-Notes, the Flora of, 8 
Banner Sysiem of Drainage, Banner Brothers and 'Co., 272 
Bantu Tribes, Dr. Robert Laws on. the: Manners and Customs 
of the, 589 
Barium Sulphate, Prof. Frank Clowes: on, as'a» Cementing 
Material in Sandstone, 555 
Bae (Dr.), Death of, 181 
arley-growing, successfully attempted in Icelend 
Barlow (eter Win.), Death of, Sa Te. 
Barnabei (Signor), a Greek Alphabet found in Jtaly, 120 
Barnaby (Sir Nathaniel), Resignation of the Directorship o 
Naval Construction, 374 
Barnard (Prof. E. E.), Aurora of March 15, 1885, 78 
Barnard’s Comet, 83, 301, 359 
Barograph, the Markings during Thunderstorms of the, Dr. 
Less, .72 
Barometric Variations, Forecasting of, A. N. Pearson, 574 
Barrett (Jerry), Monkeys and Water, 367 
Barrett (Prof. W. F.), ona New and Simple Form of Calori- 
meter, 538 
Bart (Teisserenc de), Sahara Expedition, 164 
Bartoli, the Mean Density of a Body combining all known 
Elements in a Solid State, 635 
Basins, Great Ocean, John Murray, 581, 611 
Bass (Black), at Inventions Exhibition, 375 
Bastite-Serpentine, Prof. T. G. Bonney, 
Aberdeenshire, 556 
Bat, a New Frugivorous, 374 
Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 12 
Batho-Hypsographical Maps, with Special Reference to a Com- 
bination of the Ordnance and Admiralty Surveys, E. G. 
Ravenstein, 565 
Batters (Edw.), Notes on Marine Algz, Iot 
Bayne (Dr. H. A.), the Analysis of Silk, 258 
Baynes (Robert E.), Nomenclature in Elasticity, 316 
Bedford College for Ladies, 278 
Bedfordshire Natural History Society, 182 
Bees, Wild, E. Brown, 6 
Behrens (Dr. W. J.), ‘‘Guide for the Microscopical Investiga- 
tion of Vegetable Substances,” 193 ; Text-Book of General 
Botany, 193 
Belavsky (M.), the New Route to Central Asia, 113 
Belgian Observations of the Transit of Venus in 18382, 254 
Belgian Royal Society of Pub'ic Medicine, 299 
Belgium, Geological Survey of, 154, 1993 Dr. A. Geikie, 
F.R.S., 597 
Belgium, Audletin of Royal Geographical Society of, 209; 356 
Belgium, Proposed Excursion of the Geologists’ Association to, 
F.R.S., on, in 
298 
Bell (Prof. Alex. Graham), Preventing Collisions with Icebergs 
in a Fog, 273 
Bell (Dugald), Among the Rocks round Glasgow, 624 
Bell (F. Jeffery), Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, 569 
Bell (I. Lowthian), on the Blast-Furnace Value of Coke, 39-5 
Baronetcy Conferred on, 207 
Ben Nevis Meteorological Station, 17, 54, 61, 2525 Meteoro- 
logical Observations on, 529; on the Meteorology’ of, A. 
Buchan, 536 
Benda’s (Dr.), 
Endings, 520 
Benevento, Earthquake at, 515 
Bengal, Proposed Government Inquiry into Castes and Occupa- 
tions of People of, 36; Earthquake in, 279, 309; Century of 
Science in, 638 
Bennett (A. W.), Flora of Canada, 294 
Rent (J. Theodore), on Insular Greek Customs, 587 
Bentham (George), Memorial Portrait of the Late; 513 
Berdoe (Edward Robert), Browning as a Scientific Poet, 36 
Bergen, Unprecedentedly Early Appearance of Floating Ice off 
Coast of. 515 ; Formation of Society for the Advancement of 
Science at, 580 
Berlin ; Physiological Society, 24, 71, 119, 191, 239, 33% 496, 
519, 544; Physical Society, 72, 95, 160, 311; Geographical 
Society of, 209 ; Meteorological Society, 239 3 International 
Geological Congress at, 278, 5513 International Telegraph 
Conference at, 353 
Bias, Unconscious, in Walking, Manly Miles, 293 
Biaxial Crystals, on Cases of the Production of Ohm’s (or Lang- 
berg’s) Ellipses by, H. G. Madan, 414 
Bidwell (Shelford) : on Certain Spectral Images Produced by a 
Rotating Vacuum Tube, 30; the Changes Produced by Mag- 
netisation in Length of Metal Rods, 45 ; Ocular After- Images 
and Lightning, tor ; Variations Caused by Magnetisation in 
Metal Rods, 167; the Action of Light in Diminishing’ the 
Electrical Resistance of Selenium, 167; Experiments ith 
Sulphur Cells, 263; Solid Electrolytes; 3915 Voltat. Cell 
with a Solid Electrolyte, 345 
Binary Stars, 162 ; 70 Ophiuchi, 402 
Bingham (Chas.), Nesting of A/zcrofternus pheorrps, 52 
Biology : Professorship of, at Madras, 181; the Marine’ Bio- 
logical Association, 278 ; Station at Christiania, 280; an 
Atlas of Practical Elementary Biology, G. B. Howes, 388; 
‘Address on, at the British Association, Prof. W. C. MclIn- 
tosh, LL.D., F.R.S., 476; Prof. Edward Hull, F.R.S., 
on the Cause of the Extreme Dissimilarity between the Faunas 
of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, notwithstanding -their 
Preparations of Sensory and Motory Nerve- 
