INDEX. 
453 
PAGE 
Pleistocene Climate 388 
Plymouth Breakwater Fort 164 
Pneumatic Transmission 96 
Pocket Cameras 220 
Poisoning by Strychnine, Bromide 
of Potassium in 328 
Poisonous Snuff 101 
Polymorphic Fungi 25 
Ponton’s “ The Beginning” 295 
Popular Astronomy 297 
„ Science 413 
Potato, Abnormal 202 
Powdering Camphor 89 
Pre-glacial History of North Che- 
shire . 322 
Prints, Faded, Reproduction of 221 
Pritchard’s Infusoria 107 
Proctor (R. A.) on Eclipse Expedi- 
tions 37 
„ „ on Star Streams and 
Star Sprays 398 
„ ,, on “The Sun”... 182 
Proctor’s “ Light Science for Lei- 
sure Hours ” 413 
,, “Other Worlds than Ours” 76 
Psychic Force, Crookes’ New 356 
Pterodactyl, A Huge 436 
Pterodina Valvata . 228 
Puddling by Siemen’s Gas-furnace 440 
Quinine, Influence of, on Tempera- 
ture..... 215 
Rails, Steel 102 
Railway Gauge, Indian 97 
„ Tires 211 
Railways, Light 437 
Rain, Explanation of the 191 
„ Storms, &c., On the Cause of 422 
Reade, Rev. J. B., Death of... 106, 221 
Red Pipe-stone Quarry 209 
Reptiles, Cranium in 116 
Resin Oils, Formation of Ozone by 315 
,, used in the Production of 
Acetic Acid . 203 
Reviews of Books 67, 177, 292, 413 
Rhcetic Beds 209 
Rhysimeter, The 437 
Richardson (Dr.) on Sleep 58 
„ „ Theory of a Ner- 
vous Ether 379 
Ricinus Seeds, the Active Principle 
of 90 
Risso’s Dolphin 340 
Robinson’s “ Sub-tropical Garden” 300 
Rock Masses, Structure of 229 
Rolling Mill, New 217 
Rollwyn’s “ Astronomy Simplified ” 297 
Royal Society, the .. . 108 
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Royston-Pigott (G. W.) on the Strik- 
ing Velocity of Cannon-balls ... 1 
Rudder, Self-acting 438 
Sab onadie re’s “ Coffee Planter of 
Ceylon ” 76 
Salmon in Japan 116 
Salts, Substitution of, in Bones ... 98 
„ Transport of 445 
Salvia, Fertilisation of 84 
Samarskite, Composition of 104 
Sap, Ascent of, in Pines 314 
Sarracenia, Development of the 
Leaves of 202 
Satellites of Uranus 81 
Saturn’s Rings ....'. . 301 
Savile (Rev. B. W.) on “ The Truth 
of the Bible ” 72 
Schools for the People 187 
“ Science Gossip” 186 
Scientific Summary ...78, 192, 305, 424 
Scleroderna Vulgare an Eatable 
Fungus 85 
Scorpii, Motion of ....- 197 
Scrophularia nodosa, Cross-fertilisa- 
tion of 431 
Seals, Slaughter of 227 
Sea-sand Heaps caused by Glaciers 322 
Seat of Sensation and Conscious- 
ness, Relations of 99 
Seed Germination, Chemistry of ... 315 
Sensitive Paper, Preserving the 
Purity of 221 
„ Test for Hyposulphites ... 89 
Sewage Matter in Water, Detection 
of. 206 
,, Phosphate, Process with ... 434 
Sex of Plants, Difference of 86 
„ Selection in Relation to 191 
Ships, Stability of 96, 211, 326 
„ Strains in 325 
Shooting-stars, November 429 
Silicification of Animals 338 
Silk, Australian 338 
Silurians 93, 436 
Sivatherium Giganteum, The 436 
Skeleton of Dinornis 320 
Skin Grafting 100 
Skull, Importance of the Microscope 
in Working at the 333 
Slater’s “ Manual of Colours ” 70 
Sleep 58 
Smithsonian Report, The 421 
Snow, Meteoric Dust in 112 
Snuff, Poisonous 101 
Sodium Lines, Reversal of 104 
Solar Corona 310 
,, Eclipse, Greenwich Observa- 
tions of 309 
„ Total 192 
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