INDEX. 



the Electrical Organ of Torpedo mar- 

 morala, 281. 

 Gowdie, G. : Scottish Crusie, 331. 

 Granites and our Granite Industries. 



G. F. Harris, 377. 

 Granite and other Rocks, on the Pro- 

 bable Mode of Transport of, found 

 Imbedded in the Carboniferous Lime- 

 stone. Prof. V. Ball, 355. 

 Gray, Asa, 121. 

 Gray, T. : Seismometric Measurements 



in Earthquake Investigations, 258. 

 Grain Prices, Sun Spots and, 69. 

 Great Northern Divers, Capture of, 37. 

 Greek Alchemists, 79. 

 ^reen Colouring Matter of Plants, 85. 

 Green, Prof. A. H. : Geology and 

 Physical Geography of Cape Colony, 

 186. 

 Greenland, Exploration of, 175, 343, 



362 ; Glaciei'S of, 362. 

 Greenock Philosophical Society, 236. 

 Gresham Lectures, 7. 

 Greville, H. Leicester, "Students' Hand- 

 book of Chemistry," 87. 

 Growth of Raindrops, 38. 

 Grouse, Sand, of Tartar/, 539*. 

 Gauge, Sudeley System for Change of, 



290*. 

 Gulach's Embryoscope, 415. 

 Gum Arabic, 294 ; Adhesive, for Labels, 



211 ; Trees, 76. 

 Gunpowder, Characteristic Effects of 



Dynamite and, 102. 

 Gun-turret, Disappearing, 459.* 

 Guy's Hospital Medical School, 359. 



Haig, Capt. H. de H. : Pneumatic Dyna- 

 mite Gun, 234. 



Hail and Thunder Storms, Observa- 

 tions of, 191. 



Haileybury College, 455. 



Hailstones, Large, 535 ; Micro-organ- 

 isms in, 175 ; Remarkable, 558,* 581*. 



Halford, Sir H. : New Service Rifle, 164. 



Halifax Literary and Philosophical 

 Society, 189 ; Scientific Society, 571. 



Halos, Solar, 7. 



Halse, E. : The Liver Fluke and the 

 Rot in Sheep, 112. 



Hamburg, 24. 



Hampshire Field Club, 455. 



Hand Lanterns, 309. 



Handwriting, Contracted, 150. 



Harding, A. B. : Ice Streams and Ice 

 Caves, 140. 



Hares, Leaps of, 85. 



Harley, G. and H. S. : Chemical Compo- 

 sition of Pearls, 329. 



Harris, G. F. : Granite and our Granite 

 Industries, 377. 



Harrison, Dr. A. J. : The Ballast -bag 

 of the Seal, 92. 



Hat Ventilator, 238. 



Haycraft, Prof. : Coagulation of Blood, 



307- 



Harvard, University of, 247. 



Hatch, F. H. Spheroid-bearing Granite 

 of MuUaghderg, co. Donegal, 546. 



Haya Poison, 130. 



Hazen, H. A. : Pressure and Tempe- 

 rature in Cyclones and Anticyclones, 

 44. 



Health, the Future of Public, 74. 



Hearing Trumpet, 406. 



Heart, Electromotive Action of the, 583- 



Heather, J. F. : A Treatise on Mathe- 

 matical Instruments, 304. 



Heat, the Co-efficient of Proportionality 

 in Radiant Heat, 319 ; Expansion of 

 Metals by, 50 ; Household Experi- 

 ments on, 33. 



Heating Air, 23 ; Apparatus, 190, 334 ; 

 Effects of Electric Currents, 392 ; 

 of Railway Carriages by Gas, 391 ; 

 Power of Carbonic Acid in contact 

 with the Skin, 8. 



Hele Shaw, Professor : Perpetual Motion, 

 128 ; Theory of Rolling Contact, 140. 



Henslow, G. : Origin of Floral Struc- 

 tures, 614. 



Herdman, Professor : Life of a Sea- 

 Squirt, 164. 



Heredity, Disease, 301 ; and Nurture, 2, 

 285 ; Influence of Occupation on, 165. 



Heron Preying on Birds, 181. 



Herring, Feeding Grounds of the, 36 ; 

 Fisheries, 420 ; Influence of Sewage 

 on, 133. 



Herbivorous Animals, Presence of Malic 

 Acid in the " Sweat'' of, 541. 



Hess, W. : The Fresh-Water Aquarium 

 and its Inmates, 423. 



Hessian Fly and its Parasites, 61 ; 

 Habits of the, 84. 



Hicks, H. : Cae Gwyn Cave, 403. 



Higgins, Rev. H. H. : Inorganic Forms, 

 65. 



Hill, a, on its Travels, 175. 



Hill, W., Upper Cretaceous Series in Lin- 

 colnshire and Yorkshire, 403. 



Hinde, G. J. : History and Character of 

 the Genus Septastroea, 209. 



Hind, J. R. : Path of the Total Solar 

 Eclipse of January ist, 1889, 138. 



His, Professor : Animal Morphology, 

 354. 



Hives, Bee, 70. 



Hoar Frost and Fog, 78 ; Formation of, 



165 

 Holder, C. F. : Living Lights, 279. 

 Holland, P., and Dickson, E. : Quartzites 



from Nills Hill, Pontesbury, 404. 

 Holmes, Mary E. : Morphology of the 

 Carinae on the Septa of Rugose 

 Corals, 135. 

 Home Experiments in Science for Old 

 and Young : T O'Connor Sloane, 



303- 

 Homing Instinct, 606. 

 Homoeopathic Medicines, 104. 

 Honey, 88 ; Eucalyptus, 236 ; Trebi- 



zonde, 108. 

 Hood, Folding, for Vehicles, 166. 

 Hooghly, Bridge over the River, 189. 

 Hooke's Joint : Tyler, A. H., 332. 

 Hoopoe, 613 ; Appearance of the, in 



England, 445. 

 Hop, Poisonous Principle of the, 271. 

 Hopkinson, E. : The Bessbrook and 



Newry Electrical Tramways, 19. 

 Hornblende-Biotite Rock from Dusky 



Sound, New Zealand. Capt. F. W. 



Hutton, 547- 

 Horned Lizard, S3.* 

 Horology, Mechanical Drawing in, 45. 

 Horse-Shoe, 23, 142. 

 Horses, Breaking in, 239. 

 Horsley, Prof, and Dr. Beevor : Motor 



Functions of certain Cranial Nerves, 



Horticultural Exhibition at Cologne, 

 359- 



Horticulture, Services of Arts in, 394. 

 Hospitals Association, 383, 575. 

 Hospitals, Small-Pox, 2. 



Hot-Air Stoves, 75.* 



Hot Water from Underground, 79 ; 

 Boiler, 214. 



Hotel, Moving an, 176. 



House Poison, 334. 



Houses, Newly Built, 151. 



How to Work with the Microscope, 82. 



Huechys Sanguiiiea, Colouring Matter 

 of the, 349. 



Hughes, T. McK. : On the Cae-Gwyn 

 Cave, 19. 



Hull, E. : A Sketch of Geological His- 

 tory, 39. 



Human Stations of the Stone Age, 98; 

 Occurrence of Arsenic in. Remains 

 104. 



Humus, Formation of, by Animal 

 Action, 156 ; Snow and the Forma- 

 tion of, 231. 



Hunslet Mechanics' Institute, 332. 



Hurtzig, A. C. : The Alexandra Dock 

 Hull, 211. 



Huxley, Prof. : on Technical Education, 



25. 



Hyacinths, Self-Mutilation of, 450. 



Hybernation, 228. 



Hydraulic Hoists. J. Reid, 283 ; the 

 Distribution of Power, in London. E. 

 B. Ellington, 424, 



Hydrogen Gas, 406 ; Preparation of, 

 Peroxide, 446. 



Hydroids, Multiplication of, 444. 



Hydrophobia, 319. 



Hypothesis of Adhemar, 394. 



Hygiene and Life-Saving Exhibition at 

 Ostend, 215. 



Hygrometer, The Use of the Spectro- 

 scope as an. F. W. Cory, 18. 



Hypnotism, Public Lectures on, 393. 



Ice, 550 ; Bacteria in, 391 ; Plasticity of, 



434 ; Streams and Ice Caves, 140. 

 Ice-Making Machine, 383, 487. 

 Iceland, Exploration of, 468. 

 Iceland Spar, Deposits of, 295. 

 Ichthyosaurus, 477. 

 Identity, Philosophical Importance of a 



True Theory of, 141. 

 Iguanodont, a New Wealden. R. 



Lydekker, 19. 

 lUingworth, B. : Life Histories of some 



of the Lepidoptera, 2S2. 

 Illumination and Ventilation. V. B. 



Lewes, 378. 

 Incandescent Gas Lamp, 598. 

 India, Eggs of English Trout for, 325 ; 



Insect Pests, 349 ; Patents in, 191 ; 



Technical Education in, 478 ; Waste 



Land in, 326. 

 Indian Ink Drawings, Fixing, 58. 

 Indigo, African, 31. 

 Individuality, Preservation of, in Schools 



391. 

 Induction Top, 245.* 

 Influence Machines, 473 ; of the Moon 



on the Barometer, 56 ; of Sugar upon 



Cement, 56 ; of Sleep on the Quantity 



of Carbonic Acid Exhaled, 8. 

 Infusoria, Polynuclear, 299. 

 Inglis, J. N. : Fuel and Timber Plaata- 



tions in Bengal and Burmah, 451. 

 Inhaler, 142. 

 Injurious Insects, and Common Farm 



