124 
GENERAL INDEX. 
*Earth-closet, D. T. Bostel on a modifi¬ 
cation of the, 1872, 241 
-D. Carter on a modification of the, 
1872, 242 
Earthenware, C. T. Mating on the manu¬ 
facture of, at Newcastle, 1863, 45 
Earthquake and volcanic phenomena of 
Japan, report on the , 1881, 200 ; 1882, 
205 ; 1883,211; 1884, 241 ; 1880 , 362 ; 
1886 , 413 ; 1887, 212 ; 1888, 422 ; 1889, 
295 ; 1890, 160 
--at Mendoza, R. Bridge on the great, 
If 61, 187 
--of 1881 in the island of Ischia, pre¬ 
liminary notice of the, by H. J. John- 
ston-Lavis, 1883, 499 
-of July 1883 in the island of Ischia, 
preliminary notice of the, by H. J. 
Johnston-Lavis, 1883, 501 
* -at St. Helena, Sir C. Elliot on a 
recent, 1864, 143 
--districts of Scotland, Dr. J. Bryce 
on the, 1876, 88 
- observations on Ben Nevis, Prof. 
J. A. Ewing on the juoposed, 1885, 
920 
-and storm in Sussex, of August 21, 
1864, Rev. E. B. Ellmar on the, 1864, 
16 
- the recent, in the United States, 
note on, by W. Topley, with telegraphic 
despatch from Major Powell, 1886, 
656 
-of May 3, 1887, T. Sterry Hunt and 
J. Douglas on the Sonora, 1887, 712 
- waves, Robert Mallets report of the 
experiments made at Holyhead to 
ascertain the velocity of waves analogous 
to, 1861, 201 
Earthquakes, the cause of, Prof. Vaughan 
on subterranean movements, 1861, 134 
-causes of, and volcanic eruptions, 
J. Alexander Davies on the, 1863, 67 
- relation between coast-line direc¬ 
tions represented by great circles, and 
the localities marked by, J. P. O’Reilly 
on the, 1880, 576 
- in Scotland, report of the committee 
on, 1870, 48 ; 1871, 197 ; 1872, 240 ; 
1873, 194 ; 1874 , 241 ; 1875, 64 ; 1876, 
74 
- some recent, on the Durham coast, 
and their probable cause, Prof. G. A. 
Lebour on, 1885, 1013 
-steam as the active agent in, R. A. 
Peacock on, 1865, 68 
Earthworks, certain remarkable, at Wain- 
fleet, Lincolnshire, Rev. C. Sewell on, 
1870, 157 
* - Committee, report of the, 1878, 580 
Earthworm, Dr. John Davy on the blood 
of the common, 1861, 165 ; 1862, 124 
Earthworms, recent researches on, Dr. 
W. B. Benham on, 1887, 749 
East Morley and Bradford Savings-bank. 
T. Haig on the, 1873, 188 
Easterfield (T. H.) and Dr. J. M. 
Wilson, the River Aire: a study in 
river pollution, 1890, 780 
Eastern Archipelago, Alfred R. Wallace 
on the trade of the, with New Guinea 
and its islands, 1862, 148 
* -Archipelago, the, and New T Guinea? 
A. R. Wallace on, 1862, 196 
Easton (Edward) on steam-boiler explo¬ 
sions, 18 72,57 ; on claims for reward for 
inventions adopted by Government, 243 : 
on the Brighton Waterworks, 395 
-Address to the Mechanical Section, 
1878, 679 
- on the erosion of the sea-coasts of 
England and Wales, 1884, 238 ; 1885. 
404 ; 1886, 847 ; 1888, 89 S. 
Eaton (R.) on certain economical im¬ 
provements in obtaining motive power 
1869, 226 ; 1870, 215 
-on certain economical improvement- 
in the construction of locomotive 
engines, 1872, 243 
* - on the wmrking of locomotives with 
heated air and steam, 1873, 213 
Eau, Dr. Janssen, sur le spectre de la 
vapeur d’, 1869, 67 
Ebalia, new to the British list, C. W. 
Peach on an, 1870, 122 
Ecballium elaterium, dehiscence of fruit 
of, Prof. T. Johnson on the, 1890. 
867 
Echinoderm fauna of the island of Ceylon, 
Prof. F. J. Bell on the, 1885, 1065 
Echinodermata of the Sea of Bengal, 
Prof. F. J. Bell on the, 1888, 718 
- Rev. A. Merle Norman on the,pro¬ 
cured by the Shetland Dredging Com¬ 
mittee, 1867, 440 
-- madreporic system in, Dr. M. 
Hartog on the true nature and func¬ 
tion of the, 1887, 736 
- naked, C. Moore on the presence of, 
in the Inferior Oolite and Lias, 1872, 
1 17 
-pedicellarias of the, Dr. W. B. 
Herapath on the, 1864, 95 
*Echinoderms of the expedition of 
H.M.S. ‘ Porcupine,’ Prof. Wyville 
Thomson on some of the, 1870, 128 
——- the mutual relation of the recent 
groups of, Prof. A. M. Marshall on, 
1884, 76 S 
*Ecldnoidea regularia, C. Stewart on the 
structure of the, 1866, 79 
*Echinorhinus, Prof. J. Duns on two 
specimens of, taken in the Firth of 
Forth, 1871, 132 
Eckart (W. R.) on marine propulsion, 
1872, 243 
*Eckersley (J.) on J. R. Swan’s im¬ 
proved calcining kilns, 1867, 153 
