inMX. 



Edelweiss, Variation in the, 325. 

 Edible Ants, 299* ; Birds' Nests, 61, 84. 

 Edinburgh Association of Science and 

 Art, 360 ; Botanical Society, 211,616 ; 

 Chair of Botany at, 119; Chemical 

 Society, 234 ; Field Naturalists' So- 

 ciety, 333 ; Geological Society, 17, 

 189, 235, 332, 425, 475; Literary 

 Institute, 91 ; Philosophical Society, 

 66 ; Professorship of Botany at, 215 ; 

 University, 119. 

 Edison Phonograph, Ji.* 

 Education, Agricultural, 2S7, 335 ; Con- 

 tinuation of Elementary, 210; Draw- 

 ing as a means of, 433 ; Higher, 25 ; 

 Higher in Russia, and its Difficulties, 

 25 ; Reform of Higher, 49 ; Report of 

 the Committee of Council on, 232 ; 

 Secondary, 409. 

 Educational Bequests, 233. 

 Eel, Life of an, 397. 

 Effect of Light on Plants, 41. 

 Effects of the Electric Light upon Books, 

 22 ; Characteristic, of Dynamite and 

 Gunpowder, 102. 

 Egg, a Fowl's, 269* ; Anomalous, 588. 

 Eggs, Worms in Hen's, 253. 

 Egypt, Exploration in, 369.* 

 Egyptian, the. Argument, 582 ; Explora- 

 tion Fund, 361, 383. 

 Eichornea Tricolor, 4.7 s- 

 Eiffel Tower, 4.* 

 Elasticity of Materials. F. R. Taylor, 



425. 

 Electric Accumulators, 315 ; Actions in 

 Plants, 420 ; Action of Battery, 310; 

 Action of Currents on the Human 

 Body, 440 ; Bell Indicator, 598 ; Com- 

 posite Current Balance, 211 ; Con- 

 ductivity of Woods, 55 ; Controlling, 

 Currents, 573 ; Heating Effects of, 

 Currents, 392 ; Lamp, 430, 453 ; 

 Measurement, 622; Microscope, 52; 

 Organ of Rata Radiata, Prof T. C. 

 Ewart, 615 ; Projection Microscope, 

 220* ; Quackery, 74 ; Sewage Treat- 

 ment, 22, 70, 79 ; Traction, 127 ; 

 Underground Tramway in Paris, 488 ; 

 Walker's Portable Miners' Lamp, 158. 

 Electrical Contact Maker, 47 ; Conduc- 

 tivity of Sulphur, 342 ; Dissipation of 

 Smoke, 8 ; Dynamometer, 32 ; Fire 

 Alarm, 71 ; Gas Lighters, 334, 383; In- 

 strument Making, S. R. Bottone, 327 ; 

 Leaves, 333 ; Linefi's, Tramway, no ; 

 Minor, Phenomena of the Glow Lamp, 

 342 ; Switch, 215 ; the Testing of. 

 Apparatus, 206 ; Tramways, E. Hop- 

 kinson, 19 ; Transmission of Power, 

 8. 

 Electricity, Application of, 97 ; Appli- 

 cation of, to Coal-Cutting Machines, 

 70 ; Atmospheric, Dr. Marcet, 330 ; 

 Effects of, on Wine, 439 ; Institute of 

 Medical, 95 ; Glass Cutting by, 343 ; 

 Lectures on. G. Forbes, in ; Lectures 

 on, for Ladies, 95 ; Lighting Railway 

 Carriages by, 622 ; Method of Gene- 

 rating, 23 ; Position and Prospects of, 

 as Applied to Engineering. W. 

 Geipel, 162 ; Pumping by, 46; Slaught- 

 ering by, 7. 

 Electric Light, Effect of on Books, 22 ; 

 in Navigation, 199 ; in Railway 

 Trains, 65 ; in the Suez Canal, 536 ; 

 Prize for. Installation, 119 ; Regulator 

 fertile, 415. I 



Electric Lightingat the South Kensington 

 Museum, 535 ; and Sewage Disposal, 

 272 ; Carbons for, 56 ; Domestic, 457, 

 4S2; Fire Risks, 409; in Germany, 231; 

 in Parliament, 7 ; in the City, 151 ; 

 of Buoys, 79 ; of Railway Cars in 

 Russia, 257. 

 Electrische Apparate, Maschinen und 



Einrichtungen, W. E. Fein, 87 

 Electrometer, 478. 

 Elementary Chemistry, Inorganic and 



Organic, W. S. Furneaux, 400. 

 Element, What is an ? 7. 

 Elements, Mr. Crookes on the, 313 ; 

 of Stresses in Structures. F. W. Quick, 

 548 ; Relations between the Atomicity 

 of the, and their Biological Action, 

 440 ; the Recently Discovered, 55. 

 Elephants at Work in Rangoon, 36. 

 Ehzabeth Thompson Science Fund, 143. 

 Ellington, E. B.: The Distribution of 



Hydraulic Power in London, 424. 

 Elwes, Capt. H. J. : The Butterflies of 



Sikkim, 212. 

 Eye and its Work. L. Forbes, 16 ; 



Preservation of. Sight, 151. 

 Emden, W.: Theatres and Fire-Proof 



Construction, 164. 

 Embryology, 420. 

 Embryoscope, Gulach's, 415. 

 End of the World, 127. 

 Enemies of Trees, 381. W. Lance, 428. 

 Engraving with Mercury and its Salts, 



272. 

 Entomological Society, 45, u6, 1 19, 212 ; 



President's Address, 116. 

 Entomologists, Microscopic Work for 



Young, 316. 

 Enumeration of Organisms in the Air, 



304- 

 Eocene Strata, Correlation of the. J. 



Prestwich, 66. 

 Eocene, The Upper. J. Starkie Gard- 

 ner. 355. 

 Eozoic and Palsezoic Rocks of the At- 

 lantic Coast of Canada in compari- 

 son with those of Western Europe 

 and the Interior of America. Sir J. 

 W. Dawson, 546. 

 Ephestia Kuhtiiella. S. T. Klein, 91. 

 Epidemic among Swine at Marseilles, 



200. 

 Eskimo Tribes, Affinities of the, 247. 



Dr. H. Rink, 232. 

 Essential Oils, Notes on, 532. 

 Etching on Boxwood Blocks, 333. 

 Ethnology, Sir J. Lubbock on, i. 

 Eucalyptus citriodora, 138. 

 Eucalyptus Honey, 236. 

 Eucalyptus, Hardiness of, 450. 

 Euchresta Horsfieldii, 356. 

 Europe, Permanence of the Climate of 



296. 

 Euphorbia, Arborescent, 587.* 

 Eurypterid, a New, 234. 

 Evolution, Opposition to, 444. 

 Evolutionism, New Chair of, in Paris, 



175- 

 Evolutionists, Early Scottish, 302. 

 Ewart, Prof T. C: Electric Organ of 



the Rata Radiata, 615. 

 Ewing, Prof: Seismology, 569. 

 Examination, College, 141. 

 Examiner, Charge Against, 439. 

 Examiners and Candidates, 400. 

 Exercises in Quantitative Chemical 



Analysis. W. Dittmar, 184. 



Exhibition, Apprentices', 93 ; Barcelona, 

 24, 287, 335 ; Carpentry, 167 ; Danish, 

 359; Glasgow, 311 ; Hamburg, 24; 

 Holland, 95 ; Horticultural,at Cologne, 

 3S9 ; Hygiene, at Ostend, 215 ; Mel- 

 bourne, 95, 119, 167,359; Meteoro- 

 logical, 191, 289 ; Paris, 24, 95, 167, 

 311, 359 ; Photographic, at the Crystal 

 Palace, 24, 226 ; Safety Appliances, 

 359 ; Vienna, 24 ; Works in Wood, 

 263. 



Exhibitioner, a Young, 287. 



Existence, the Struggle for, 153. 



Exotic Vines, 534. 



Expansion of Metals by Heat, 50 ; of 

 Structures by Heat. J. Keilly, 136. 



Expedition, Dredging, of the Liverpool 

 Biological Society, 541 ; New Scien- 

 tific, 37 ; Proposed South Polar, 535 ; 

 the Late Challenger, 55. 



Exploration, Deep-Sea, 535 ; Under- 

 sea, 535. 



Explosives, Action of, 487 ; Singular, 74. 



Extinction of Infectious Diseases, 337. 



Extinguisher, Automatic Fire, 23. 



Eye, Colour Dispersion of the, 248 ; 

 Colour of the, 298 ; Crystalline Lens 

 of the Human, 445 ; Sensitiveness of 

 the, for Different Colours, 199 ; Struc- 

 ture of, in a Branchiomma, 205. 



Eyra Cat, 444. 



Fabric for Surgical Dressing, 94. 

 Facts and Fictions in Zoology. A 



Wilson, 16. 

 Faija, H. : Effect of Sea-Water on 



Portland Cement, 285. 

 Fall of a Meteorite, 31. 



Famines and Sun Spots, 80. 



Fare-Indicating Apparatus, 454. 



Farmer's Friends and Foes. T. Wood 

 207. 



Fascination of Serpents, 205. 



Fauna of Tanganyika Lake, 253. 



Fear, Instinctive, 117, 165. 



Feeding Grounds of the Herring and 

 Salmon, 36. 



Fein, W. E. Elecktrische Apparate, 

 Maschinen und Einrichtungen, 87. 



Ferment, Distribution of the Nitric, 223 



Fermentation of Glycerine, 31 ; under 

 the Action of Elliptical Ferment, 401. 



Fertilisation of Tigridia arid Hippeas- 

 trwn. Dr. Bonavia, 475. 



Fevers, Deaths from, loi.* 



Fictions in Zoology, Facts and. A. 

 Wilson, 16. 



Field Clubs, 133. 



Filter, Air, 147 ; for Lubricating Oils, 

 297*. 



Finsbury, 21. 



Fire Alarm, Electric, 70, 464 ; Auto- 

 matic, Extinguisher, 23 ; Damp Utili- 

 sation of, 6 ; Damp Detector, 214 ; 

 Escape, 47 ; Extinguisher, 477 ; Flies, 

 420 ; Proof Curtain for Theatres, 118; 

 St. Elmo's, 103 ; Smokeless, Grate, 

 23. 



Fires from Nitric Acid, 28. 



First Year of Scientific Knowledge. 

 Paul Bert, 87. 



Fish, a Nest Building, 156; a new 

 Species of, 585 ; a Sporting, 5o ; 

 Culture, 467*; National Culture, 583; 

 Deep Sea, 266, 307 ; New Fossil, from 

 the Coal Measures of Commentary, 



