INDEX. 



Surface on, 599; New Method of 



Welding, 190. 

 Stephen, Johnston : Playground of 



Science, 136. 

 Stewart, Death of Prof Balfour, 2. 

 Steven's Indicator, 41, 233. 

 Stigmaria ficoides, Recent Discovery of, 



at Clayton, Yorkshire. S. A. Adam- 

 son, 450. 

 Still, Portable, 62* 

 Stimulant for Vegetation, 253. 

 Stirrup, 454. 

 Stomates, Formation and Function of, 



308, 353. 374- 

 Stone, E. J. : Observations of the Moon 



during 1887. 

 Stone Age, Human " Station " of the, 



98. 

 Stones, Sculptured m Britam, 199 ; 



Manufacture and Colouration of 



Precious, 184. 

 Storm, Remarkable Phosphorescent, 



536. 

 Storms, 196,* 225,* 243,* 298. 

 Story, of Creation : E. Clodd. 207 ; of 



the Niger, 160. 

 Stove, 358. 



Stoves, Gas, 166 ; Hot Air, 75* 

 Stratigraphy of the Bagshot Beds. A. 



Irving, 115. 

 Streams, Law that Governs the Action 



of Flowing. R. D. Oldham, 115. 

 Strength of Heated Iron, 31 ; Automatic, 



Testing Machine, 190. 

 Stretcher for Pianoforte Wires, 286. 

 Stringed Instruments, 310. 

 Strophanthus, New Species of, 308. 

 Structure and Purpose, 340 ; of Muscle, 



56. 

 Struggle for Existence, 153 ; 468. 



„ for Life in the Sea and in Fresh 



Waters, 274. 

 Student's Handbook of Chemistry. H. 



Leicester Greville, 87. 

 Students in Germany, 214. 

 Studies in Philosophy. Rev. J. Light- 

 foot, 88. 

 Sturmey, H.: Photographer's Indispen- 

 sable Handbook, 41. 

 Sturtevant Grinding and Crushing Mill, 



434-* 

 Subsidence, Extensive, 487. 

 Submarine Lighting, 8 ; Vessel, 383, 



407. 

 Subcutaneous Tubes, 7. 

 Subterranean Moss, 270. 

 Sudbury Copper Deposits. J.H. CoUins, 



592. 

 Sudeley System for Change of Gauge, 



290.* 

 Suez Canal, Lighting of the, 337 ; the 



Electric Light in the, 536. 

 Sugar, Alleged Occurrence of, in Corn, 



271; Influence upon Cement, 56; 



A New, Cane, 344. 

 Sulphur, Bacteria, 222 ; Electric Con- 

 ductivity of, 342 ; in New South 



Wales, 519; Island, a New Zealand, 



535 ; Recovery of, from Alkali Waste. 



A. M. Chance, 260 ; Springs in Paris, 



617. 

 Sumach, 65. 

 Sun, Lifetime of the, 70 ; Parallax of 



the, 82 ; Utilisation of the Heat of 



the, 622 ; Sir R. S. Ball, 42 ; Spots. 



J. N. Lockyer, 91 ; Temperature of 



the, 55, 92. 



Sun Spots and Grain Prices, 69 ; Famines 

 and, 80. 



Sunshine I^corder. Jordan's Photo- 

 graphic, 426, 603.* 



Sunderland, Earth Tremors near, 200. 



Superstitions concerning Comets, 296. 



Surveying, Economical Use of the Plain- 

 table in, 23 J. 



Swallow, Appearance of the, 397. 



Swallows Hybernating, 132. 



Sweet Acorn, 117. 



Swine, Epidemic among, at Marseilles, 

 200. 



Swiss Flowers, My Hundred. Mary 

 A. Pratten, 64. 



Symons, G. T. : Detonating Bolide, 18. 



Non-existence of Thunderbolts, 331. 



Syphon, Automatic Intermittent, 172.* 



Syngamus trachealis, The Earth-worm 

 as the Intermediate Host of, 228. 



Syphmographs, Economical, 345.* 



Tabaschir, Description of, 200. 



Table Mountain, Rainfall on and around. 



J. G. Gamble, 18. 

 Tachometer, 142. 

 Tachylyte, Additional Occurrences of. 



G. A. J. Cole, 259. 

 Tadpoles, 321.* 



Tait, Prof : Compressibility of Water 

 and of Different Solutions of Com- 

 mon Salt, 44. 

 Tanganyika Lake, Fauna of the, 253. 

 Tannin, Animal, 30 ; Physiological Sig- 

 nification of, in Vegetable Tissues, 

 199. 

 Tap, Thermostatic Water, 310. 

 Tar, New Uses for, 32. 

 Tarantula, Notes on the, 133. 

 Tartary, the Sand Grouse of, S39.* 

 Tasmania, Salmon Ova for, 541. 

 Taste, Sense of, 608; Sensitiveness 



of, 8. 

 Tate, A Norman : Application of the 

 Microscope to Technological Pur- 

 poses, 116; Colouring Matter of 

 " Blue John,'' 404. 

 Tawny Owl, Food of the, 468. 

 Taylor, A. : The Latent Heat of Steam 



and Steam Engine EtBciency, 332. 

 Taylor, Dr. J. E. : The Romance of our 



Common Wild Flowers, 188. 

 Taylor, F. S. : Elasticity of Materials, 



425. 

 Tea Blender, 214 ; Pickled, 276. 

 Teaching, Magic Lantern as an Appli- 

 ance, 9 ; Proposed University for 

 London, 134. 

 Teal), J. J. H., and Fox, H. : Gneissic 



Rocks off the Lizard, 307. 

 Tear, Analysis of, 8. 

 Technical Education Bill, 217, 478, 574. 

 „ Education, 591 ; Instruction in 

 Relation to Apprenticeships 

 and to the National Organi- 

 sation and Education, 21 ; 

 in Excess, 241 ; National 

 Association for the Promo- 

 tion of, 263, 287 ; Prof Hux- 

 ley on, 25 ; the Bradford 

 Proposals for, 50 ; Measure, 

 73, 145 ; Mr. Swire Smith 

 on, 229, 253, 277 ; Incidence 

 of, 237 ; in North London, 

 238 ; in the Middle Temple, 

 287. 



Technical Institution for N. London, 335. 



„ Scholarships, 407. 

 Teeth, True, in the Young Ornithorhyn- 



chus Paradoxus, 186. 

 Telautograph, 361. 



Telegraph Engineers and Electricians, 

 Journal of the Society of, 

 352. 

 „ Wires, Cosmic Actions upon' 

 608; Death of Birds along' 

 6r ; Humming of, 607 ; 

 Post, 47 ; Underground, 



„ Writing, 378. 



Telegraphs, Postal, 103. 



Telemeter, 191. 



Telephone, 190, 453; at the Belgian 

 Exhibition, 98 ; Extension of the, 

 49 ; in Berlin, 439; to St. Bernard, 7 ; 

 "Trunk Lines from London, 127. 



Telephonic Bullet Probe, 320. 



„ Communication for 500 



Miles, 151. 



Telephony, Long Distance, 7. 



Temperature, Influence of Comets upon, 

 415 ; of 1887, 262 ; of the Baltic, 8 ; 

 of the Sun, 55 ; Internal, of Glaciers, 

 79 ; of 1887, 141 ; Automatic Regu- 

 lator, 153 ;* of the Soil, 271. 



Temperatures, Mean, 50 ; Lowest 

 Observed, 80. 



Teneriffe, Electrical and Meterological 

 Observations on the Peak of, 210. 



Tennant, W. J. : Some Novel Mechan- 

 isms, 212. 



Tennis Balls, Apparatus for Cleaning 

 334- 

 ,, Net Stretcher, 94. 



Tennants of an Old Farm. H. McCook 

 351- 



Testing of Materials of Construction. 

 W. C. Unwin, 399. 



Teredo and its Doings, 156. 



Textile Materials, New, 128. 



Thames, Condition of the, 127 ; Otter, 

 108. 



Thecospondy his Daviesi. H. G. Seeley, 



43- 



The Reason Why, 590. 



Thermic Ventilator, 129.* 



Thermograph, New, of the Royal Obser- 

 vatory, Greenwich, 461.* 



Thermometer, Alarm, 95. 



Thermostatic Water-Tap, 310. 



Theatre, Islington Grand, 26 ; Iron 

 Curtain for, 77 ;* and Fire-Proof Con- 

 struction. W. Emden, 164. 



Theatres, Fire-Proof Curtain for, 118. 



Thibet, 4S7. 



Think, The Time it Takes to, 38. 



Thistle Clubs, 607. 

 i Thompson, S. : New and Rare Species 

 of Copepoda, Recently Found in 

 Liverpool Bay, 283. 



Thomson, Sir W. : Composite Elec- 

 tric Current Balance, 211 ; Polar Ice 

 Caps and their Influence in Changing 

 Sea Level, 234. 

 i Thornton, John : Elementary Physio- 

 graphy, 233. 



Thorough Cultivation. Sir A. Cotton, 

 232. 

 I Thought, Scientific Habits of, 367. 



Thunderbolts, Non-Existence of G.J. 

 Symons, 331. 

 I Thunderstorm on the Top of Ben Nevis, 

 I 584. 



