INDEX. 



Conductivity of Woods, Electric, 55. 



Congo, Travellers on the, 440. 



Congress, International Geological, 24 ; 

 of the French Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, 621. 



Conscience Theories, 426. 



Conspiracy of Silence, 122. 



Constellations, and How to Find Them ; 

 W. Peck, 184. 



Contact Breaker, 358. 



Contamination of Current Coin, So. 



Continents, Outlines of, 393 ; Symmetri- 

 cal Distribution of the Centres of the 

 Four Main, 248. 



Contracted Handwriting, 150. 



Cooke, M. C. : Zoophytes, 356. 



Copenhagen, 143. 



Copepoda, New and Rare Species of. 

 Recently Found in Liverpool Bay. 

 J. Thompson, 283. 



Copper Poisoning, 55. 



Copying Ink, Violet, 328. 



Coral Reefs and Islands, 265 ; J. Mur- 

 ray, 306. 



Coral Reefs, Controversy, 73. 



Cordillera, Sinking of the, 271. 



Cormack, D. A. : Protection of Pro- 

 pellers from Corrosion, 378. 



Cormorant, Fishing in Japan, ■ 204 ; 

 in St. James's Park, 541. 



Corn, Alleged Occurrence of Sugar in, 

 271. 



Correction of the Ship's Compass, 18. 



Correlation of the Eocene Strata. J. 

 Prestwich, 66. 



Cory, F. W. : the Spectroscope as an 

 Hygrometer, 18. 



Cotton Oil, Use of, as an Adulterant, 391. 



Cotton, Sir A. : Thorough Cultivation, 

 232. 



Cough, Whooping, 103. 



Coupler, Car, 23. 



Craig, G. : The Culbin Sandhills, 235. 



Cramp of Pianists, 487. 



Cricket Tennis, 382 ; Stumps, 573. 



Cries Uttered by Frogs, 428. 



Criminal Biology, 444. 



Criminality, Alcoholism and, 466. 



Crisp, F. : Ancient Microscopes, 162. 



Crookshank, E. M. : Manual of Bacterio- 

 logy, IS- 



" Cross " Poisoning Case, the, 49. 



Crows, Habits of, 156. 



Crow Roost and Crow Roosting, 445. 



Crowther, J. : The Autobiography of an 

 Acorn, 88. 



Crustaceans, Influence of the Moon on, 

 468. 



CrumBrown,Prof., Semi-circular Canals, 

 211. 



Crusie : G. Gowdie, 331. 



Crystal Palace, Photographic Exhibi- 

 tion at the, 24. 



Cuckoo, 613 ; Spring Note of the, 253. 



Cuff, Detachable, 94. 



Culbin Sandhills, The, 335. 



Cultivation of Flax, 7 ; of Sponges in 

 the Adriatic, 540. 



Cumberland, a Rare Bird in, 180. 



Curious Phenomenon, 22, 94. 



Currents, Measuring Deep Sea, 339.* 



Curtain, Iron, for Theatres, 77.* 



Cutlass Tests, 346. 



Cyanide Vapour of Potassium, 55. 



Cyclone at Madeira, 607. 



Cyclones and Anti-Cyclones, Pressure 

 and Temperature in, H. A. Hazen, 44. 



Cyprus, Forestry and Locusts in, 392 



Dacca, the Storm at, 466. 



Daffodil, Fringed, 450. 



Dairy Instruction, Agricultural Educa- 

 tion and, 404, 426. 



Deafness, Two Forms of, 391. 



Dallinger,Dr. : Least and Simplest Forms 

 of Life, 282, 306, 378 ; The Decom- 

 position of Organic Matter, 198. 



Damp Detector, 407. 



Darwinism in Paris, Chair of, 73. 



Darwin, Prof : The Ring of Saturn, 67. 



Davison, C.,' Movement of Scree Ma- 

 terial, 259, 593. 



Dawson, Sir J. W. : Modern Science in 

 Bible Lands, 615 ; on the Eozoic and 

 Pateozoic Rocks of the Atlantic Coast 

 of Canad^kin Comparison with those 

 of Western Europe and the Interior 

 of America, 546. 



Day, Universal, 373. 



Death of Birds along Telegraph Wires, 

 61 ; Rate in Great Cities, 305 ; Seem- 

 ing, and Premature Burial, 391. 



Deaths from Fevers, loi.* 



Decay Proof Fabrics, 357. 



Decomposition, New, in Wines, 79 ; Of 

 Organic Matter, 198. 



Deep-Sea Exploration, 535 ; Fishes, 

 266 ; Characteristics of, Fishes, 181 ; 

 Measuring, Currents, 339.* 



Deflectometer, 358. 



Delta Metal, 311. 



Demagnetising of Watches, 4.* 



Dentition of Rodents, 228. 



Depreciation of Cattle in France, 415. 



Desk Ruler, 310. 



Desmazure's Accumulators, 31. 



Detachable Cuff, 94. 



Detonating Bolide. G. J. Symons, 18. 



Dew, Good and 111 of, 607. 



Development of the Oyster, 84. 



Dial for Chronographs, 125.* 



Diamagnetism and Magne-Crystallic 

 Action. J. Tyndall, 446. 



Diamond, 416 ; Artificial Production of 

 the, 367. 



Diary, 408. 



Dickie, A.: Analysis of Water from the 

 Clyde Sea Area, 354. 



Dickson, Death of Professor A., 26. 



„ E., and Holland, P.: Quartzites 



from N ill's Hill, Pontesbury, 



404. 



„ E. ; Goldfields of the Transvaal, 



594 ; Preston Dock Excavations, 235. 



Dicky Bird Society, 325, 



Diet, Winter, of Birds, 132. 



Dinosauria, Remarks on the Classifica- 

 tion of H. G. Seeley, 43. 



Discharge of Rivers and Streams, 236. 



Discovery, Interesting, in America, 536 ; 

 of a New Star, 535 ; Interesting, in 

 Algeria, 199. 



Diseases, Extinction of Infectious, 337. 



Disease, Hereditary, 301 ; Germs, Re- 

 suscitation of, 541. 



Diseases of the Past Year, Cattle, 74. 



Dissipation of Smoke, Electrical, 8. 



Distilling Apparatus for Ships, 47. 



Dittmar, W. : Exercises in Quantitative 

 Chemical Analysis, 184. 



Diurnal Oscillation of the Barometer, 

 Cause of. R. Lawson, 18. 



Divers, Capture of Great Northern, 37. 



Doberck, W. : Meteorol 



Eastern China in i88( 

 Do Birds Avoid Poisono 

 Dog, Hybrid between, a 

 Dolerite, Intrusive, at 'W 

 Domestic Electric Lighting, 482." 

 Doty Lamp, 297.* 

 Douai, University of, 119. 

 Dowson, Emerson: The Fog Bow, 117. 

 Drawing as a Means of Education, 433. 

 Drawings, Fixing Indian Ink, 58. 

 Dredging Expedition of the Hycena, 



574; of the Liverpool Biological 



Society, 541. 

 Driftless Area of the Upper Mississippi, 



605. 

 Drinking Water, Lead in, 79 ; Prize 



Essay on, 96. 

 Drug, a Curious, 391. 

 Drugs, Alleged Action of, at a Distance, 



368. 

 Drummond, H. : Tropical Africa, 591. 

 Dublin Natural History Museum, 119. 

 Duckbill, What is the ? 347.* 

 Dundee, Gift of a Museum to University 



College, 224 ; Naturalists' Society, 



476, 550. 

 Dunkin, S. E. : Rabbits Attacking a 



Cat, 428 ; Spawn of Fresh-water Fish, 



141. 

 Durham Salt District, 593. 

 Durrant, R. G. : Chemistry and Heat, 



41. 

 Dust, Atmospheric, 303 ; Counting the, 



Particles in the Atmosphere, 211 ; 



Storm. H. Miller, 333 ; Traps, 34. 

 Dyeing, New Departure in, 463. 

 Dynamite, Characteristic Effects of, 



and Gunpowder, 102 ; New Gun, 440 ; 



Pneumatic, Gun, 234. 

 Dynamo-Electrical Machine, 238, 622. 

 Dynamo, the Largest, 134. 

 Dynamometer, an Electrical, 32. 



Earthquake, Apparent, 487 ; in Mada- 

 gascar, 486 ; in the Riviera, 234 ; in 

 Wales, 367 ; Seismometric Measure- 

 ments in. Investigations. T. Gray, 

 258 ; Speed of Transmission of. 

 Shocks, 367. 



Earthquakes, 32, 464 ; Algeria, 102 ; as 

 Agents in the formation of National 

 Character, 268 ; Safety from, 273 ; in 

 Scotland, 152; in the West Indies, 

 152 ; Russia, 7 ; North America, 102 ; 

 Submarine, 127. 



Earth, an Improved, Plate, 8 ; Specific 

 Gravity of the, 583. 



Earth Tremors, 67 ; and the Wind. J. 

 Milne, 44 ; near Sunderland, 200. 



Earth's Surface, Movements of the, 26. 



Earthworm as the Intermediate Host 

 of Syngamous Trachealis, 228 ; Phos- 

 phorescent, 156. 



East of Scotland Engineering Associa- 

 tion, 236. 



Easy Guide to the Constellations. Rev. 

 J. Gall, 183. 



Eaton, H. S. : Mean Temperature of the 

 Air at Greenwich from September, 

 181 1 to June, 1 886, 44. 



Eccentricity Theory of Glacial Cold, v. 

 the Facts. E. W. Claypole, 332. 



Eclipse of the Moon, Ancient Historical, 

 190 ; Total, 57,* 98,* 219 ; Path of the 

 Total Solar, Jan. ist, 1889, 138. 



