INDEX. 



Illustrated articles are marked with an asterisk. 



Abercromby, Ralph : Cloudland in Folk- 

 lore and Science, 66 ; Electrical and 

 Meteorological Observations on the 

 Peak of Teneriffe, 210 ; Weather, 39. 



Aberdeen, Mr. Goschen's Speech at, 121 ; 

 Geological Discovery at, 536. 



Abney, Captain : A Treatise on Photo- 

 graphy, 207. 



Abyssinian Campaign, 127. 



Acacia Bark, Poisonous Nature of, 

 199. 



Acclimatisation, 293, 349, 366. 



Accumulators, Desmazure's, 31 ; Electric, 



3IS-* 

 Accuracy in Acknowledging Authorities, 



595- 



Acid, Fires from Nitric, 28 ; Manu- 

 facture and Storage of Picric, 25. 



Action of Oils on Metals, 58. 



Acton Main Drainage Works, 572. 



Adamson, S. A. : Recent Discovery of 

 Stigmaria Ficoides at Clayton, York- 

 shire, 450. 



Addition, Automatic, 22. 



Adhemar, The Hypothesis of, 394. 



Adhesion Organs of Batrachian Larvae, 

 205. 



Adriatic, Marine Exploration in the, 

 442 ; Cultivation of Sponges in the, 

 540. 



Adulteration, Food, 193 ; Penalties for, 

 in France, 391 ; Poisonous, 367. 



Aeohan Driftage. G. H. Kinahan, 



475- 



Aerial Machine, 358. 



African Indigo, 31 ; Sheep, 155.* 



Africa, South, Dr. Clark's Visit to, 203 ; 

 Rainfall of, 210. 



Africa, Tropical. H. Drummond, 591. 



Agate Pebbles, Eroded, from the Soudan. 

 Prof. V. Ball, 354- 



Agricultural Education, 287, 335, 623 ; 

 and Dairy Instruction, 404, 426. 



Agriculture, 167. 



Ailurus Angliciis. Prof. W. Boyd 

 Dawkins, 186. 



Air, Absence of Microbia in, Expired 

 by Animals, 31 ; a Disinfectant of the, 

 607 ; Enumeration of Organisms in 

 the Air, 304 ; Filter, 147' ; Heating, 

 23 ; Injurious Character of. Expired 

 by Animals, 73 ; Mean Temperature 

 of the, at Greenwich from September, 

 181 1, to June, 1856. H. S. Eaton, 44 ; 

 New Method of Counting the Germs 

 in, 345; Hot Stoves, 75*; Tester, 



430- 

 Aitkens, J. : Counting the Dust Particles 



in the Atmosphere, 211. 

 Akkas, the, 235. 



Alarm Gun, 550 ; Thermometer, 95. 

 Alaska Region, Exploration of the, 272. 

 Albert University, the Proposed, 49. 

 Albumen for Industrial Purposes, 415. 



Alchemists, Greek, 79. 

 Alcoholism and Criminality, 466. 

 Alcyonidium Gelatinosum, Reproduc- 

 tion of, 84. 



Aldershot Military Society, 164. 

 Alexander J., Prof. Carnelley and : The 

 Colours of some Carbon Compounds, 

 476. 



Alexander the Great, Discovery of the 

 Sarcophagus of, 223. 



Alexandra Dock, Hull. A C. Hurtzig, 

 211. 



Algeria, 223 ; Crickets in, 469 ; Dis- 

 covery of Iron Ore in, 343 ; Interesting 

 Discovery in, 199. 



Alkahest, 549. 



Alkali Waste, Recovery of Sulphur from, 

 A. M. Chance, 260. 



Alleged Purification of Water by Freez- 

 ing, 13- 



Allen, J. Romilly : Archseology of Light- 

 ing Appliances, 331. 



Alligator, Ferocity of the, 276. 



Alloys, Manufacture of Aluminium, 263. 



Almond Splitting, 214. 



Alpheus, Colour Variation of, 444. 



Alumina Naturally Present in Wheat, 80. 



Aluminium, 549; Manufacture of Alloys, 

 263 ; Bronze, 295 ; Casting, 222 ; 

 Manufacture of, 23, 104 ; Occurrence 

 of, in Plants, 212. 



Alum-stone in New South Wales, 319. 



America, Cabbage Butterfly in, 349 ; In- 

 teresting Discoveries in, 536 ; the 

 Winter in, 295. 



America, North, Cave Animals of, 156 ; 

 Black Bear of, 204.* 



American, South, Exploration, 223. 



American System of Water Purification, 

 391- 



Ammeter, 573. 



Ammonia-Soda Process, 199. 



Ammonia, Use of, as a Refrigerating 

 Agent, 187. 



Amphibia, Rests for, in Aquaria, 452. 



Anffisthesia Produced by a Mixture of 

 Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen, 247. 



Anasthetic, a Chinese, 295. 



Anaesthetics in China, 602. 



Anasstheticism in China, 438. 



Analysis of a Tear, 8. 



Analytical Laboratories in Spain, 97. 



Anchovy, Discovery of the, in Australia, 

 181. 



Ancient Egyptian Art, 606 ; Monu- 

 ments, 536. 



Andes, Exploration of the Eastern, 439. 



Anemometer, New, 490. 



Angler Fish, 419.* 



Animal Biology. C. Lloyd Morgan, 

 256 ; Forms of Life. G. Rolleston, 

 543 ; Life on the Ocean Surface. H. 

 H. Mosely, 16; Morphology, 354; 

 Occurrence of Fluorine in Matter, 540 ; 



Rate of. Development, 136, 160; Tan- 

 nin, 30. 



Animals, Absence of Microbia in Air 

 Expired by, 31 ; Colour Sense of, 69 ; 

 Dead Insects and.ioS; Deaf Mutism in, 

 277 ; Injurious Character of Air Ex- 

 pired by, 73 ; Luminosity in, 244 ; 

 Names of, 309 ; Sense and Senses of, 

 12, 98, loS ; Social, 29S ; Words 

 Addressed to, 247. 



Animated Trinket, 221.* 



Antarctic Exploration, 24, 127 ; Region, 

 139- 



Ant her ea My lit t a, 275. 



Anthracene, Purification of, 55. 



Anthropological Institute, 235, 474. 



Anthropometry, Recent, at Cambridge. 

 Dr. Venn, 474. 



Antiquarian Discovery, 463. 



Antiseptic, Naphthol as an, 6. 



Ants, Bees, Dragon Flies, Earwigs, 

 Crickets, and Flies. VV. H. Bath, 29. 



Ants, Old, and Aged Spiders, 252. 

 „ 60; Edible, 299* ; Services of, in 

 Horticulture, 394. 



A Peck of March Dust is worth a King's 

 Ransom. A. Taylor, 285. 



Appliances, Zoometrical, 540. 



Apprentices' Exhibition, 93. 



Aquarium, the Fresh Water, and its 

 Inmates. W. Hess, 423. 



Arabic, Gum, 294. 



Archffiological Institute, 572. 



Ardenbrite, 174. 



Arion, the Genus. W. D. Roebuck, 474. 



Aristotelian Society, 141, 426. 



Armadillo, a Dwarf, 395.' 



Armour Plating, New, for Ships, 295. 



Arnold, Mr. Matthew, 3S5. 



Arrow Poison, African, 439. 



Arsenic Eating, 148, Influence of, on the 

 Complexion, 613 ; Occurrence of, in 

 Human Remains, 104. 



Artesian Well, a New, 439 ; at Barcal- 

 dine, 607. 



Artists' Colours, 161. 



Art Workmen, Prizes for, 551. 



Ashes, Silver in Volcanic, 55; Shower 

 of, 418. 



Asphalt, 484. 



Astronomer- Royal : Spectroscopic Obser- 

 vation of the Motions of Stars in the 

 Line of Sight during 1887, 138. 



Astronomical Ideas of the Negroes of 

 Central Africa, 619; Photography, 595. 



Astronomy for Amateurs. Westwood 

 Oliver, 327 ; Question in, 213. 



Athens National E.xhibition, 455. 



Atkinson, R. W. : The Tobacco Plant, 

 92. 



Atmosphere, 284 ; Counting the Dust 

 Particles in the, 211 ; Effects of the, 

 on Bricks, 262; Transparency of the, 

 359- 



