Table of relative humidity, 44-49, explanation, 43;
showing pressure of saturated aqueous vapour in inches of mercury
at latitude 45° for each degree Fahrenheit from -30° to 119°, 50
Tape-worms, treatment for, 246
Tarns, geological notes on, 73
Tariffs existing in a country, on obtaining information concerning,
147
Temperature of human body, normal, 269;
taking the, different ways of, 269
Terra-cotta objects of antiquity, on cleaning and conserving, 157
Thermometer corrections, 12
Thermometer scales, 12;
rule for converting Centigrade readings into Fahrenheit, 13
Thermometer screens, 14;
Blanford’s portable, 15;
for permanent station in hot countries, form recommended by British
Association most suitable, 15;
Stevenson’s, 13
Thermometers, on the care of, 13;
boiling-point, 31;
dry and wet bulb, table showing difference between readings of,
44-49, explanation, 13;
maximum, 23, Negretti and Zambra’s form, 23, Phillips’ form, 23;
minimum, 20, care of, 21;
sling, 17
Thigh fracture, treatment of, 288
Threadworm, treatment for, 247
Thomson, J., article on Photography, 51-62
Throat, ulceration of the, treatment of, 244
Thunderstorms and hail, on recording the occurrence of, 8
Tick fever, symptoms and treatment, 241
Ticks, treatment for, 197
Timber of a country, on ascertaining the characteristics of, 141
Tonsils, inflammation of the (_see Quinsy_)
Tornadoes, making record of, 5
Tourniquet, description and use of, 277
Trade, on obtaining information concerning, 144
Trephine-holes in human skulls, 133
Tropical ulcer, 232
Tubers, on packing, 103
Tumbu fly, 212
Tylor, Dr. E. B., his article on Anthropology, 106-129;
his “Anthropology: an Introduction to the Study of Men and
Civilisation,” reference to, 127
Tyndall’s method of ascertaining velocity of glacier movements, 81
Typhoid fever, 189
Typhus fever, 243
Ulceration of the throat, treatment of, 244
Ulcers, treatment of, 231, 232
Underclothing recommended for tropical climates, 164
Undulant fever, 244
United States, weather service of, 42
Urine, retention of, symptoms and treatment, 245;
suppression of causes and treatment, 246
Uruguay, weather service of, 42
Vaccination essential to travellers, 168
Vegetable products of a country, hints on observing, 141
Vegetation, on observing character of, 142
Ver macaque, 212
Vocabularies, native, on recording, 111
Volcanic rocks, on, 71
Volcanoes and volcanic rocks, on, 71
Von Kobell’s tables for determination of minerals, reference to, 67
Voyage, precautions on the, 167
Ward, Prof. R. de C., “Handbook of Climatology,” reference to, 41
Water, risks due to drinking, 166
Water communication of a country, inquiry as to, 146
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