INDEX. 



Thunderstorms and Lightning Acci- 

 dents, 621. 

 „ Observations of Hail 



.; and, 191. 



Tide, Time and. Sir R. Ball, 20. 

 Tides in the Mediterranean, 439. 

 Tidy, M. : Poison and Poisoning, 



258. 

 Tiger, Weight and Dimensions of a, 



325- 

 Till, 573 ; Registering, 286. 

 Timber, New Process for Preserving, 



319- 



Time, and Tide : Sir R. Ball, 20 ; Esti- 

 mate of Post-glacial : T. Mellard 

 Reade, 259 ; Indicator, 598 ; in which 

 we Think, 257 ; it Takes to Think, 38. 



Tinned Meats, Alleged Danger in, 319. 



Tins, Improved, for Meat and Vege- 

 tables, 574. 



Tobacco Juice in Agriculture, 583 ; Plant, 

 92 ; Pipe, 94. 



Toboggan, 118. 



Tomlinson, W. H. : Recalescence of 

 Iron, 20. 



Tonometer, 430. 



Top, Induction, 245. 



Tornadoes, the Velocity of, 31. 



Torpedo Apparatus, 406 ; Marmorata 

 Electromotive Properties of the Elec- 

 trical Organ of R. Golch, 281. 



Torpedoes, 141. 



Tortoise, A Gigantic Fossil, 50. 



Tower, the Eiffel, 4.* 



Train Lighting in Germany, 7. 



Tramway, Electrical, The Bessbrook and 

 Newry. E. Hopkinson, 19. 



Transmission, Electrical, of Power, 8 ; 

 of Light Impressions, 94. 



Traquair, Dr. R. H. : Carboniferous 

 Selachii Found in Clay Beds under 

 Ironstone, 234. 



Trebizonde Honey, 108. 



Trees, Enemies of, 381 ; Fossil, 235 ; 

 Milk and Butter, 540. 



Triassic Strata, Discoveries of Verte- 

 brate Remains in the, of the South 

 Coast of Devonshire, 259. 



Trilobites in the Upper Green Slates of 

 the Penrhyn Quarry. H. Woodward, 



43- 

 Tripp, W. B. : Rainfall of South Africa, 



210. 

 Tree, Gum, 76. 

 Trouser Stretcher, 119. 

 Trout Eggs, English, for India, 325 ; 



Voracity of the, 594. 

 Tuberculized Poultry, 439. 

 Tuberculosis, 314 ; from the Use of 



Milk, 452. 

 Tubes, Subcutaneous, 7. 

 Tukin, J. : Turning Lathes, 448. 

 Turner, Sir W. : Pineal Gland in the 



Walrus, 43 ; Structure of the Placenta 



in Lemurs, 569. 

 Turning Lathes, J. Tukin, 448. 

 Tyler, A. H., Hooke's joint, 332. 

 Tyndall, J., Diamagnetism and Magne- 



Crystallic Action, 446. 

 Typhoid Fever, Presence in Soil of the 



Bacillus of, 594. 



Uist, Lake Balls in South, 18. 

 Underground, Hot Water from, 79 ; 



Telegraph Wires, 23. 

 Unfinished Worlds, S. H. Parkes, 64. 



Under-Sea Explorations, 535. 



Units of Lengths, etc.. New, 8. 



University College, London, 263. 

 „ Colleges, Grants to, 239. 



Universal Day, 373 ; T. C. Dare, 428. 



University Education in London, Royal 

 Commission on, 431. 



University of Havard, 247 ; Glasgow, 

 249 ; A Rich, 297 ; Proposed Teach- 

 ing for London, 134; The Proposed 

 Albert, 49. 



Use of Forests, 89, 147 ; of a Collection 

 of Minerals, 90. 



Utilisation of Fire Damp, 6 ; of Slate 

 Waste, 31 ; of Food, 79. 



United States Geological Survey, Report 

 of the, 256 ; Natural Museum, Tran- 

 sactions of the, 280. 



Unseen Universe. Sir R. S. Ball, 139. 



Unwin, W.C. : Testing of Materials of 

 Constructions, 399. 



Use of the Spectroscope as a Hygro- 

 meter Simplified and Explained. F. 

 W. Cory, 1 8. 



Victoria University, 21, 71. 

 Vaccination, Sanitary Value of, 175 ; 



Superstitions Concerning, 295. 

 Vaccine Matter, a Parasite of the, 295. 

 Valentiner, W. The Starry Heavens, 



472. 

 Valleys, Low Winter Temperature in 



Bottoms of, 247. 

 Valve, Automatic, 262. 

 Vapour Bath, 310. 

 Vegetarianism, 170. 

 Vegetable Colouring Matters, 469. 

 Vegetation, Influence of the Moon on, 

 414 ; Influence of the Season on, 605 ; 

 the Part played by Atmospheric 

 Nitrogen in, 617 ; Stimulant for, 253. 

 Veitch and Sons, J. : A Manual of Orchi- 

 daceous Plants, 208. 

 Veley, V. H. : Evolution of Gases from 



Homogenous Liquids, 569. 

 Velocity of Tornadoes, 31. 

 Venation of the Wings of Insects, 61. 

 Ventilating Apparatus, 406. 

 Ventilation, Illumination and, 378. 

 Ventilator, Thermic, 129.* 

 Ventriloquism, 410. 

 Vessels, Speed of, 59S. 

 Victoria Institute, 213, 261, 404, 571 ; 



University, 359. 

 Vienna, 24. 



Vintage for 1887, French, 26. 

 Vine Fungus, 33. 

 Vines, Exotic, 534. 

 Violet Copying Ink, 328. 

 VioUns, Sounding Board for, 47. 

 Viper, British Species of, 46, 190. 

 Vipers in France, 277. 

 Vision of Spiders, 222. 

 Visuaries and Auditaries, 607. 

 Vital Movement, Causation of, 596. 

 Vitality of seeds 137. 

 Vivisection, 608. 



Voelcker, J. A. Journal of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society of England, 544. 

 Volapiik. 178, 237. 

 Volcanic Ashes, Silver in, 55. 

 Volcano, Tunnelling a, 535. 

 Voltaic Couple, The Minimum Point of 

 Change of Potential of a. Dr. G. Gore, 

 615. 

 Vowels of Acute Sound, 247. 



Wales, Gold Mining in. 50. 



Walker, Rev. Dr. : Distribution of the 



Butterflies of Southern Asia, 261. 

 Walker's Portable Miner's Electric 



Lamp 158. 

 Walls, Wood Hangings for, 247.' 

 Walmisley, A. T. : A Treatise on Mathe- 

 matical Instruments, 304. 

 Walrus, Pineal Gland in the. Sir. W. 



Turner, 43. 

 Want of a Sanitary System in Russia, 



86. 

 Warming Railway Carriages, 127. 

 Warwick, 45. 

 Wasps and Bees, How to Seize Without 



being Stung, 421. 

 Wasps, Memory of, 85. 

 Waste, 305, Reclamation of. Lands, 



150. 

 Watches, Demagnetising of, 4.* 

 Watches, Safety Attachment for, 119. 

 Water, 332 ; Alleged Purification of, by 

 Freezing, 13 ; Analysis of, from Clyde 

 Sea Area, 354; Action of, on Lead, 93; 

 American System of, Purification, 391 ; 

 Compressibility of, Tait, 44 ; Dangers 

 of Rain, 295 ; Detection of the Pre- 

 sence of Organic Matter in Drinking, 

 344 ; Hot, from Underground, 79 ; 

 Lead in Drinking, 79 ; Micro-organ- 

 isms in, loi ; New and Typical Micro- 

 organisms obtained from, and Soil, 

 281 ; Oil on the Troubled, 54; Photo- 

 graphy Under, 68 ; Probable, Famine, 

 97 ; Possible, Famine, 151 ; Purifica- 

 tion of, 342 ; Purification of. Supplies, 

 199 ; Prize Essay on Drinkir>g, 96 ; 

 Screeching, Beetle, 262 ; Softening, 

 263 ; Supply of London, 128 ; Supply 

 of Paris, 223 ; Snails in an Aquarium, 

 46, 93 ; Up Rubbed, 242 ; Utilisation 

 of Power, 176 ; Value of Mineral Con- 

 stituents of, 463 ; Weeds, the Winter- 

 ing of, 414. 

 Water-test, The Bacteriological, 52. 

 Waters, Thermic, 463. 

 Watercresses, 140. 

 Waterfalls, Heights of Different, 200 ; 



Heights of, 262, 333. 

 Waterlow, G. S. : Modern Photographic 

 Engraving and Printing, 327, 357, 380. 

 Waterspouts, 584 ; and Whirlwinds, 

 489.* 

 „ in Yorkshire, 574, 583. 



Watson Smith, Prof : Coal Tar : Its 



Derivation and Products, 189. 

 Watt, James, Anniversary Dinner, 146. 

 Wave, Destructive 223 ; Power Motor, 



428. 

 Waves, Bottom, 223. 

 Wax, Mineral, in Galicia, 55. 

 Weasels and Frogs, 84. 

 Weather, British and Atlantic, R. H. 

 Scott, 209 ; Effects of Severe, 621 ; 

 Guides of Nature, 249 ; in France, 

 127; of 1887, 176; Prediction, 247; 

 Prophet, a New, 540 ; Ralph Aber- 

 cromby, 39. 

 Weaver Birds and Their Nests, 588. 

 Webb, J. : Star of Bethlehem, 93. 

 Weeding Tool, 453. 

 Weever, 443.* 



Weights at Different Ages, 129.* 

 Weir, H. : Bird Stories, Old and N( w, 



87. 

 Weirs on the River Weaver, 235. 

 Welding Process, New, 271, 



