Index 



V Supjilement to Nature, 

 L June ]6, 1898 



flow, 18 ; Prof. Townsend Porter's Observations on a Strip 

 of the Muscle of the Apex of the Dog's Ventricle, 18 ; Prof. 

 Porter on MacWilliam's Statement that the Ventricle of the 

 Dog's Heart can be recovered from Fibrillary Contractions, 

 18 ; Prof. Waymouth Reid on Absorption in the Intestine, 

 18 ; Prof. W. H. Thompson's Report on the Effects of 

 Peptone when introduced into the Circulation, 18 ; Prof. Carl 

 Huber on Modes of Ending of Nerve Fibres, 18 ; Prof. K. 

 Huerthle on Resistance to Blood-flow, 18; Prof. A. R. 

 Cushny on Rhythmic Variations in the Contractions of the 

 Mammalian Ventricle, 19 ; Prof. Loeb on the influence of the 

 Discharge of highly-charged Conductors on Nerve Muscle 

 Preparations, 19 ; Prof. Waller on the Action of Various 

 Reagents on the Electrotonic Currents of Nerves, 19 ; Dr. 

 Mackay on the Absorption of ' ' Ferratin " and of Haemoglobin 

 by the Intestinal Wall, 19 ; Dr. Noel Paton on the Phosphorus 

 MetaboHsm of the Salmon in Fresh Water, 19; Prof. W. P. 

 Lombard on the Effect of frequent Excitations on the Con- 

 tractility of Striped Muscle, 19 ; Prof. Sherrington on the 

 Production of an Intense Colour of Subjective Origin, 19 ; 

 Prof. Halliburton and Dr. Mott on the Effect on the Arterial 

 Blood-pressure of the Intravenous Injection of Choline, 

 Neurine, and Allied Substances, 20 ; Prof. Richet on the 

 Refractory Period of the Bulbar and Cerebral Nervous Centres 

 in the Dog, 20 ; Mr. O. Grunbaum on the Effects of Inter- 

 rhittent Retinal Stimulation, 20 ; Profs. Boyce and Herdman 

 on " Green Oysters," 20 ; Dr. Warrington on the Effects of 

 Ischoemia on the Structural Features of Nerve Cells, 20 



British Association, the Forthcoming Bristol Meeting of the, 

 296 



British Islands, the Lepidoptera of the, Charles G. Barrett, 

 W. F. Kirby, 460 ; the Submerged River Valleys and 

 Escarpments off the British Coast, Prof. Edward Hull, F.R.S., 

 484 ; a Sketch of the Natural History (Vertebrates) of the 

 British Isles, F. G. Aflalo, 533 



British Museum (Natural History) Catalogue of Madreporarian 

 Corals in the, Henry M. Bermard, 363 



Brittlebank (C. C), Evidence of Glacial Action in Bacchus 

 Marsh Districts, Australia, 495 



Broca (Andre), Influences of Intermittent Rest on Muscle- 

 power. 455 ; Properties of Kathodes in Magnetic Field, 479 



Brodie (Rev. P. B.), Obituary Notice of, 31 



Brodie (Dr. T. G.), the Essentials of Experimental Physiology, 

 410 



Brough (Bennett H.), the Lake Superior Iron Ore Region, 473 



Brown (Ernest W.), Theory of the Motion of the Moon, 88 



Brown (Dr. F.), Poisoning by Canned Foods, 614 



Brown (Horace T., F.R.S.), Note on thelnfluencs of very Low 

 Temperature on the Germinative Power of Seeds, 138, 150 



Brown (R., jun.), Semitic Influence in Hellenic Mythology, 

 530 



Bruce (E. S.), Electric Balloon Signalling applied to Arctic 

 Exploration, 85 



Bruce (W. S.), Mammals of Franz Josef Land, 575 



Brucker (M.), the Rouget Parasite, 143 



Bruckner (Prof. E.), Hann, Hochstetter, Pokorny — Allgemeine 

 Erdkunde, 534 



Brunton (Dr. Lauder, F.R.S.), Lectures on the Action of 

 Medicine, 26 



Bryan (Prof. G. H., F.R.S.), Das Princip der Erhaltung der 

 Energie und seine Anwendung in der Naturlehre, Hans 

 Januschke, 74 ; Artificial Flight, 135 ; Electro-magnetic 

 Induction in Current Sheets, 382 ; Stereoscopic Projection 

 of Lantern Slides, 511 ; the Kinetic Theory and Radiant 

 Energy, 536 



Bryant (Sophie), Euclid's Elements of Geometry, Books I. and 

 n., 433 



Bryce (David), the Rotifera of Spitsbergen, 60 



Buchan (Dr.), Ten Years' Rainfall of Cape Colony, 34 



Buchan (Dr. Alexander), Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic 

 Expedition, 425 



Buckman (S. S.), Cheltenham as a Holiday Resort, 364 



Budge (E. A. Wallis, F.S.A.), the Book of the Dead, 337 



Building, Science and Art of, 602 



Buisine (A. and P.), Volatile Fatty Acids in \^ oo\ disuintage 

 Water, 95 ; Manufacture of Acetone Oil, 335 



Buisson (H.), Transparency of Bismuth in Magnetic Field, 383 



Bulletin of American Mathematical Society, 164, 308, 357, 476, 

 S9S 



Bulletin of St. Petersburg Academy of Science, 308 



Bulletin of St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists, 357 



Bulman (G. W.), Potato Disease, 198 



Burbank (J. E.), Phosphorescence produced by Electrification, 



333 ; Novelty in Vacuum Tubes, 371 

 Burch (G. J.), the Capillary Electrometer, 148 ; Artificial 



Colour-Blindness, 454 

 Burgess (Henry T.), a Test for Divisibility, 8, 30 ; the Law of 



Divisibility, 55 

 Burial, Premature, Fact or Fiction? Dr. David Walsh, 292 

 Burke (John), on the Absorption of Light by Fluorescing Bodies, 



427 

 Burstall (Prof. F. W.), Reports of Gas Engine Research Com- 

 mittee of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 379 

 Biisgen (Dr. M.), Bau und Leben unserer Waldbaume, 126 

 Butterflies : the Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly in December, W. 



F. Kirby, 173 

 Byrne (P. M.), Glacial Boulders at Yellow Cliff, Central Australia, 



495 



Cable-Testing, Student's Guide to Submarine, H. K. C. Fisher 



and J. C. H. Darby, 459 

 Cabot's (John) Landing-place in America, Dr. S. E. Dawson, 



616 

 Cailletet (L.), Apparatus for Verifying Barometric Measurement 

 of Balloon Altitudes, 23 ; Photographic Methods of Measuring 

 Height of Balloon, 282 

 Cairo, Daily Range of Meteorological Elements at. Dr. J. Hann, 



165 

 Calcium Carbide and Acetylene, Henry Fowler, 523 

 Calcutta Earthquake of June 12, the, Prof. F. Omori, 59 

 Caldecott (W. A.), the Treatment of Stamp Battery Slimes from 



Gold Ores, 129 

 Calderwood (Dr. Hugh), Death of, 253 

 Calderwood (W. L.), Migratory Movements of Salmonidse in 



Spawning Season, 503 

 California, Earthquake in, 565 

 Callandreau (M.), Theory of Periodic Comets, 303 

 Callendar (Prof. Hugh L.), the Law of Condensation of Steam r 



139 

 Calvert (Albert F.), My Fourth Tour in Western Australia, 126 

 Calvert (H, T.), Formation of MonomethylaniUne from Di- 



methylaniline, 359 ; the Aluminium-Mercury Couple, 359 

 Cambridge : Cambridge Philosophical Society, 47, 71, 119, 190, 

 407, 430, 502 ; a Handbook to the Geology of Cambridge- 

 shire, F. R. Cowper Reed, 149 ; the Cambridge Expedition 

 to Torres Straits and Borneo, Prof. Alfred C Haddon, 276 ; 

 the Forthcoming International Congress of Zoology, 2918 

 Camera, with Nature and a, R. and C. Kearton, 154 

 Camera, through China with a, John Thomson, 539 

 Cameron (Mr.), a New System of Sewage Purification, 14 

 Camichel (Ch.), a Thermometric Mercury Ammeter, 310 

 Campbell (Albert), Alternate Exchange of Kinetic Energy, 

 166 ; Expansion of Glass by Heat, 166 ; Temperature Com- 

 pensators for Standard Cells, 166 

 Campbell (J. E.), Transformations leaving Lengths of Arcs on 



any Surface unaltered, 406 

 Camphor-yielding Cinnamon, a, R. T. Baker, 311 

 Canada, Geologists in, 62 ; Canadian Geography, Dr. Hugh 

 Robert Mill, 223 ; a Trip to Canada, 344 ; Gold Productio n 

 in, 517 ; Canada's Metals, Prof. Roberts- Austen, F.R.S., 533 

 Canals on Mars, the Doubling of the, M. Antoniadi, 568 

 Canaries, Dust Fog in the, Prof. Augusto Arcimis, 582 

 Canned Foods, Bacteriology of, Messrs. Prescott and Under- 

 wood, 103 

 Canned Foods, Poisoning by. Dr. F. Brown, 614 

 Canney (H. E. Leigh), the Winter Meteorology of Egypt and its 



Influence on Disease, 52 

 Cannon (Miss A. J.), a Variable Bright Hydrogen Line, 284 

 Cape Colony, Ten Years' Rainfall of, Dr, Buchan, 34 

 Cape Observatory, Annals of the, 513 

 Capillary Electrometer, the, G. J. Burch, 148 

 Capsules, Supra-renal, upon the Comparative Physiology of the, 

 B. Moore, 238, Dr. Swale Vincent, 238, 304 ; Effects of Ex- 

 tirpation of Supra-renal Capsules of Eel : Non-existence of 

 Supra-renal Medulla in Teleostean Fishes, Dr. Swale 

 Vincent, 429 

 Carbide and Acetylene, Calcium, Henry Fowler, 523 



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