INDEX. 



468 ; to Preserve, Alive out of Water, 

 349 ; Spawn of Fresh Water, 141. 



Fisheries, Norwegian, 133. 



Fishing Frog, 419*. 



Fisher, R. : Flower Land, 233. 



Fishes, Characteristics of Deep Sea, 

 181 ; Introduction of, into Chili, 300 ; 

 Poisonous, 349, 372, 443,* 491* ; Sub- 

 terranean, 613. 



Flames Contact in Water Heating, 236. 



Flax, Cultivation of, 7. 



Fletcher, T. : Flame Contact in Water 

 Heating, 236. 



Flies, Danger from, 604. 



Flight of Birds, Mechanism of the, 28*. 



Floodgates of the River Weaver, 235. 



Flora and Fauna of Hard and Soft 

 Waters, 549. 



Flower Land. Robert Fisher, 233. 



Flower, Prof. : The Akkas, 235. 



Flowers, Colours of, 80; Nectaries of, 

 469 ; Preserving the Natural Colours 

 of, 392 ; Romance of our Common 

 Wild, 188; Spring, 397. 



Fluidity of the Earth's Interior, 623. 



Fluorescence and Phosphorescence, 271. 



Fluorine, Isolation of, 25 ; Occurrence 

 of, in Animal Matter, 540 ; Proper- 

 ties of, 151. 



Fog-Signalling Apparatus, 215. 



Fog, Smoke and. Sir D. Galton, 21 ; 

 Hoar Frost and, 78 ; Bow, 117. 



Food, Adulteration, 193 ; of Bee Larvs, 

 540 ; Utilization of, 79 ; Use of Salt 



in, 175- 

 Footprints, Fossilised Human, m Nica- 

 ragua, 317*. 

 Foraminifera, 388* 413*, 451. 

 Forbes, G. : Lectures on Electricity, in. 

 Forbes, L. : The Eye and its Work, 16. 

 Forest, a Sunken, 296 ; Laws in Russia, 



199; Submerged, 416. 

 Forest Hill Scientific and Microscopical 



Society, 140. 

 Forests, Action of, on Rainfall, 398 ; 



Use of, 89. 

 Forestry and Locusts in Cyprus, 392. 

 Forgeries, Shameful, 175. 

 Formation of Humus by Animal Action, 



156. 

 Forms of Animal Life. G. RoUeston, 543. 

 Formulas, New Chemical, 319. 

 Forth Bridge District, Geology of. H. 



M. Cadell, 425. 

 Fossil Flora of Portugal, 613 ; Grove at 

 Whiteinch, 583 ; Discovery of Re- 

 mains, 224 ; Trees, 235 ; Tree Stumps, 

 386. 

 Fountain, Illuminated, 599 ; Penholder, 



406. 

 Fox, Cunning of, 348, 428. 

 Fox, H., and Teall, H. H. J. : Gneissic 



Rocks off the Lizard, 307. 

 Fowl's Egg, 269*. 

 Fowls, Furcula of, 382. 

 Frankland, G. C. and P. F.: Some New 

 and Typical Micro-Organisms ob- 

 tained from Water and Soil, 281. 

 Franklin Institute, Journal of the, 304, 



328. 

 France, Aborigines of, 415 ; Cider Cul- 

 ture in, 309 ; Discovery of Gold in, 

 583 ; Destruction of Wolves in, 205 ; 

 Sardines on the West Coast of, 299 ; 

 Scientific Research in, 287 ; Technical 

 Education in, 24, 69; Magnetic Survey 

 of, 199, 



Frauds in the Brandy Trade, 223. 



Fream, W., Rothampstead Experi- 

 ments on the Growth of Wheat, etc., 

 279. 



Freezing, Alleged Purification of Water 

 by, 13 



French Academy of Sciences, 599, 623. 



French Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, 239. 



Freshfield, D. W. : The Peaks, Passes, 

 and Glaciers of the Caucasus, 282. 



Frew, Carnelly and : Action of Water 

 on Lead, 93. 



Frog, Barking, 324 ; Bird Eating, 420 ; 

 Cats Destroying, 165 ; Cries Uttered 

 by, 428 ; Weasels and, 34. 



Frost, Bursting of Leaden Pipes by, 109. 



Frosted Vegetable, 190. 



Fuel and Timber Plantations in Bengal 

 and Burmah. J. N. Inglis, 451 ; 

 Moulding, Artificial, 47 ; Petroleum, 



23- 



Fumigator, 310. 



Fundamental Principles of Chemistry. 

 R. Galloway, 376. 



Fungi, Injurious to the Crops of the 

 Farm, the Orchard, and the Garden, 

 352- 



Fungus, Vine, 33 ; Sewage, 222. 



Furcula of Fowls, 3S2. 



Furnace, Smokeless, 71. 



Furneiux, W. S. : Elementary Chemis- 

 try, Inorganic and Organic, 400. 



Fu7e, 622. 



Galicia, Mineral Wax in, 55. 

 Galileo's Works, Republication of, 199. 

 Galloway, R. : Fundamental Principles 



of Chemistry, 376. 

 Gall, Rev. J. : Easy Guide to the Con- 

 stellations, I S3. 

 Galton, F. : Head-growth of Cambridge 

 Students, 474 ; Mental Fatigue, 475 ; 

 Personal Identification and Descrip- 

 tion, 545. 

 Galton, Sir D. : Smoke and Fog, 21. 

 Galvanic Battery, 286. 

 Gamble, J. G. : Rainfall on and Around 



Table Mountain, 18. 

 Ganoids, Two New Lepidotoid from the 

 Early Mesozoic Deposits of South 

 Africa, 186. 

 Gas, 478, 549 ; Burner, New, 70, 118, 166, 

 286 ; Effects of, on Paper, 393 ; Elec- 

 trical, Lighters, 334 : Heated Circulat- 

 ing Boiler, 171*; Heated Kettle, 249"; 

 Heating of Railway Carriages by, 391 ; 

 Incandescent, Lamp, 598 ; Large, En- 

 gine, 151 ; Keehng's Sewer,Destructor, 

 441* ; Miners', Tester, 191 ; Making 

 Pig Iron with, 322 ; Naphtha, 79 

 Natural, 195*; Petroleum, Candle, 33* 

 Natural, Works of Pittsburg, 296 

 New, 343 ; Regenerative, Lamp, 166 

 Scrubbers, 334 ; Stove, 166 ; Super- 

 heated, for lighting, 573 ; Utilisation 

 of Natural Gas at Newcastle, 440. 

 Gases, Evolution of, from Homogenous 



Liquids, 569. 

 Gasteropods, Creeping of, on Water, 



444. 

 Gastric Juice affected by Sleep, 113. 

 Gauge, Sudeley System for Change of, 



290.* 

 Gauzeless Safety Lamp, James M'Kin- 

 ess, 68. 



Geikie, A. : Age of the Altered Lime- 

 stone of Strath, Skye, 43 ; Geological 

 Survey in the North- West Highlands 

 of Scotland, 449 ; History of Volcanic 

 Action during Tertiary time in the 

 British Islands, 545. 



Geipel, W. : Position and Prospects of 

 Electricity as applied to Engineering, 

 162. 



Gelatine Water Cartridge, 154. 



Geneva, Lake of, 32, 



Geodetic Junction, 415. 



Geographical Museum, 48 ; Society, 

 Royal, 551 ; Society of France, 167. 



Geological Congress, International, 24, 

 95, 212 ; Curious, Phenomenon, 271 ; 

 Discovery, 104 ; Discovery at Aber- 

 deen, 536 ; Records, 146 ; History, a 

 Sketch of E. Hull, 39 ; Maps, 3S6 ; 

 the First, Maps, 578 ; Society, 19, 42, 

 66, 115, 143, 186, 209, 259, 307, 354, 

 403, 449, 546, 592- 



Geological Society of Glasgow, 234, 572. 



Geologists' Association, 167,212. 



Geology, 71 ; and Physical Geography 

 of Cape Colony. Prof A. H. Green, 

 186 ; Chemical, Physical, and Strati- 

 graphical. J. Prestvvich, 422 ; for All, 

 415 ; of the Forth Bridge District. 

 H. M. Cadell, 425 ; O.xford Professor- 

 ship of, 48, 191. 



Geometry in Space. R. C. J. Nixon, 



423- 



Germ, Cancer, 55 ; Plants Destructive 

 of. Life, 299. 



German Association of Naturalists, 479. 



Germany, Largest Oak in, 252 ; Stu- 

 dents in, 214 ; Train Lighting in, 7. 



Germicide, New, 224. 



Germs, Resuscitation of Disease, 541. 



Giant Toad, 420. 



Gibraltar, Insects at, 84. 



Gift of a Museum to University College, 

 Dundee, 224. 



Girls' Games. E. D. Bourne, 328. 



Glacial Epoch, Date of Last, 607. 



Glaciation, Effects of, 487. 



Glaciers, the Internal Temperature of, 



79- 



Glasgow, 21 ; Exhibition, 311 ; Geolo- 

 gical Society, 234, 572 ; Natural 

 History Society, 284 ; Philosophical 

 Society, 211, 25S ; University, 249. 



Glass, Cutting by Electricity, 343 ; Me- 

 chanical Blowing, 238 ; the First, 

 Makers, 141. 



Globes, Flint Glass. J. T. Bottomley, 90. 



GIow-Lamp, Minor Phenomena of the 

 Electric, 342. 



Glycerine, Fermentation of, 31. 



Gneissic Rocks off the Lizard. H. Fox 

 and J. J. H. Teall, 307. 



Goats, Introduction of into New Guinea, 

 84. 



Gold, Discovery of, in France, 583 ; Dis- 

 covery of, in the Transvaal, 42 ; 

 Mining in Wales, 49 ; Deposits in 

 Peru, 55 ; Mystery, 7 ; Further Dis- 

 covery of, in Wales, 127 ; Fields of 

 the Transvaal, 594. 



Gordon, R. : Ruby Mines, in Burmah, 

 258. 



Gore, Dr. G. : Mmimum Pomt of 

 Change of Potential of a Voltaic 

 Couple, 615. 



Goschen, Mr. : Speech at Aberdeen, 121. 

 Gotch, F. : Electromotive Properties of 



