Supplement to Natute,~\ 

 June i6, 1898 J 



Index 



xvii 



Flanery (David), the Variability of MiraCeti, 245 

 Fletcher (Thomas), the Commercial Uses of Coal Gas, 29 

 Fleurent (Emile), Manuel d' Analyse Chimique Appliquee a 



I'examen des produits Industriels et Commerciaux, 267 

 Flight, Artificial, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 135 

 Flora of Berkshire, the, Geo. Claridge Druce, 579 

 Flour, Detection of Sawdust in, G. A. Le Roy, 576 

 Flower Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand, the, Mrs. 



Rowan, 436 

 Flowers, Abnormal Colours of, Hector Colwell, 129 

 Flowers blooming out of Season, the Colours of, E. Hughes- 



Gibb, 100 

 Flowers, Early Spring, Miss E. Armitage, 365 

 Flowers and Insects, Sir John Lubbock, 94 ; Prof. F. Plateau, 



179, 255 

 Fluorescing Bodies, on the Absorption of Light by. Prof. C. E. 



Guillaume, John Burke, 427 

 Fluorine, the Liquefaction of, 82 



Flying Machine, a Railroad, Profs. Langley and Watkins, 156 

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

 Folgheraiter (Prof.), the Magnetic Properties of Etruscan Vases, 



281 

 Folk Lore : Gleanings from the Natural History of the 



Ancients, Rev. M. G. Watkins, 146 ; Christmas Mummers, 



Laurence Gomme, F.S.A. , 175 ; on Augury from Combat of 



Shell-fish, Kumagusu Minakata, 342 ; the Mandrake, Kuma- 



gusu Minakata, 412 ; Marriage Customs in Many Lands, 



Rev. H. N. Hutchinson, 535 

 Fonvielle (W. de), les Ballons- Sondes, 76; the International 



Balloon Conference, 565 

 Food : Sugar superior to Fat as Food, A. Chauveau, 503 

 Fordham (H. G.), the Hereford Earthquake in Hertfordshire, 229 

 Forestry : Bau und Leben.unserer Waldbaume, Dr. M. Biisgen, 



William Somerville, 126; Forests and Rainfall, Prof, H. A. 



Hazen, 213 ; Practical Forestry, C. E. Curtis, 292 

 Formosa, Aborigines of, Albrecht Wirth, 518 

 Forsyth (Prof. A. R., F.R.S.), the Integration of Partial 



Differential Equations, 262 

 Forthcoming Books of Science, 497 

 Fossils: Spencerites, D. H. Scott, F.R.S., 142 

 Foster (Prof Michael, Sec. R.S.), Presidential Address in 



Section I of the British Association, 20 ; Marcello Malpighi 



e I'opera sua, Scritti Varii, 529 

 Foundations of Scientific Agriculture, the, Samuel Cooke, 243 

 Fours Electriques et leurs Applications, les. Ad. Minet, 53 

 Fowler (A.), the Concise Knowledge of Astronomy, 266 

 Fowler (Henry), Calcium Carbide and Acetylene, 523 

 Fowling, a History of, being an Account of the many Curious 



Devices by which Wild Birds are, or have been, captured in 



different parts of the World, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, 98 

 Franchimont (Prof.), Action of Nitric Acid on Methyl Nitra- 



mines, 192 

 Frankland (P.), Effect of Chloracetyl Groups on Rotary Power 



of Methylic and Ethylic Glycerates and Tartrates, 383 

 Frankland (Mrs. Percy), Sewer Gas and its Influence on 



Health, 387 

 Freezing Point, Boiling Point, and Conductivity Methods, the, 



Harry C. Jones, 606 

 Freire (Dr. D.), the Yellow Fever Bacillus, 24 

 Frenzel (Dr. J.), Death of, 85 

 Frog Larvae, Influence of Wave-movement on Development of, 



E. Yung, 600 

 Froggatt (Mr.), Scale Insects and Ladybirds, 215 

 Frye (C. C. ), Action of Bromine on Benzene, 478 

 Funafuti, Coral Boring at, Prof. Edgeworth David, Prof. T. G. 



Bonney, F.R.S., 137 ; Prof. J. W. Judd, 501 

 Fungi : the Laboulbeniacere, a New Field of Study among, 



Roland Thaxter, 620 



Gabba (Prof. Dr. Luigi), Manuale del Chimico e dell' 

 Industriale, 7 



Gale of November 28-29, the, 178 



Gallinaceous Game Birds of North America, the, D. G. Elliot, 

 219 



Galloway (Prof. W. ), Our Mineral Wealth, 522 



Galton (Francis, F. R. S. ), a Diagram of Heredity, 293 ; Photo- 

 graphic Measurement of Horses and other Animals, 230 ; 

 Registered Speeds of American Trotting Horses as 

 Hereditary Data, 333 



Game Birds of North America, the Gallinaceous, D. G. Elliot» 

 219 



Garbasso (Dr.), Researches on Rontgen Rays, 544 



Garden, the Chemistry of the, Herbert H. Cousins, 463 



Gardiner (C. J.), Geology of Lambay Island, 167 



Gardiner (J. S. ), Geology of Rotuma, 117 ; the Coral Reefs of 

 Funafuti, Rotuma, and Fiji, 502 



Gardner (J. A.), Oxidation of Fenchene, 358 



Garrigou (F.), Means of augmenting Intensity and Rapidity of 

 Action of Rontgen Rays, 600 



Garwood (E. J.), Glacial Geology of Spitsbergen, 405 



Gas : the Commercial Uses of Coal Gas, Thos. Fletcher, 29 ; 

 Discovery of a Large Supply of " Natural Gas" at Waldron, 

 Sussex, Charles Dawson, 150 ; Gas Mixtures, A. Leduc, 310 j 

 the Law of, A. Leduc, 440 ; Determination of Density of Gas. 

 on very small volumes, Th. Schloesing, jun., 314; Measure- 

 ment of Density of, Th. Schloesing, jun., 374; Report of 

 Gas Engine Research Committee of Institution of Mechanical 

 Engineers, Prof. F. W. Burstall, 379 



Gases, the Refractivities of Various, Prof. W. Ramsay, F.R.S., 

 and M. W. Travers, 189 ; the Constitution and Function of, 

 Severinus J. Corrigan, 316 ; the Kinetic Theory and Radiant 

 Energy, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 536 



Gautier (A.), Estimation of Carbon Monoxide largely diluted 

 with Air, 503 ; Action of Reagents on Carbon Monoxide,. 

 526 ; Method of estimating Carbon Monoxide in Air, 552 



Geikie (Sir Archibald, F.R.S.), the Founders of Geology, 169; 

 Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic Expedition, 426 



Geitel (Prof. ), Colour Changes of Salts under Kathodic Rays, 

 255 



Geitler (Dr. J. R. von). Electric and Magnetic Decomposition 

 of Kathode Rays, 545 



Gerhinid Meteors, 136 



Genesis and Matrix of the Diamond, Papers and Notes on the. 

 Prof. Henry Carvill Lewis, F.R.S., 315 



Geneve, Memoires de la Societe de Physique et d'Histoire 

 naturelle de Geneve, 244 



Geoghegan (S.), the Critical Temperature of Water, loi 



Geography : Death of Sir Rutherford Alcock, 12 ; on the 

 Summit of Mauna Loa, Dr. H. B. Guppy, 20 ; Palestine 

 Exploration, Lieut. -Colonel C. R. Conder, 21 ; the Jackson- 

 Harmsworth Arctic Expedition, 40 ; Volcanoes of North 

 America, Israel C. Russell, 73 ; Chauncy Maples, D.D., a 

 Sketch of his Life with Selections from his Letters, 76 ; 

 Alaska, T. G. Brady, 103 ; the Arctic Work of Mr. R. E. 

 Peary, 132 ; Death of G. G. Hubbard, 156 ; Obituary Notice 

 of, 254 ; Hints to Teachers and Students on the choice of 

 Geographical Books for Reference and Reading, Dr. Hugh 

 Robert Mill, 172 ; British Central Africa, Sir Harry H. 

 Johnston, 174; Death of Prof. W. Joest, 204; Stanford's 

 Compendium of Geography and Travel, North America, S> 

 E. Dawson, Vol. I. Canada and Newfoundland, Dr. Hugh 

 Robert Mill, 223; Death of Dr. Eugen Zintgraff, 228; Obituary 

 Notice of, 254 ; the Noreia of Polybius and of Castorius, 

 Fritz Pichler, 256 ; First Book of Physical Geography, Ralph 

 S. Tarr, 268 ; a Run Round the Empire : being the Log of 

 Two Young People who Circumnavigated the Globe, Dr. 

 Alex. Hill, 316 ; Mr. H. S. H. Cavendish on his Journey ta 

 Lake Rudolf, 331 ; Variation of Water Level under Wind 

 Pressure, A. R. Hunt, 365 ; Crater Lake, Oregon, 375 ;. 

 Izvestia of Russian Society, 189, 381, 396 ; Coral Reefs of 

 Fiji Group, A. Agassiz, 405 ; the Navigability of the 

 Mekong, Comte P. de Barthelemy, 419 ; Scientific Advan- 

 tages of an Antarctic Expedition, Sir Clements Markham, 

 F.R.S., 424; the Navigability of the Niger, Lieut, de 

 Chevigne, 442 ; an Enchanted Mesa, F. W. Hodge, 450 ; 

 the Spitsbergen Glaciers, 472 ; Zoological Evidence of Con- 

 nection of Lake Tanganyika with Sea, J. E. S. Moore, 476 ;. 

 a History of Ancient Geography, H. F. Tozer, 482 ; Sub- 

 marine Geography, Sir James Hector, F.R.S., 495 ;, Antarc- 

 tica, Sir James Hector, F.R.S. , 496; the Exploration of 

 Central Australia, W. H. Tietkins, 496 ; Korea and her 

 Neighbours, Mrs. Bishop, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 512 ; the 

 Triangulation of Sumatra, Mr. Muller, 527 ; from Tonkin 

 to India by the Sources of the Irawadi, Prince Henri 

 d'Orleans, 557 ; John Cabot's Landing-place, Dr. S. E. 

 Dawson, 616 

 Geology : a Memoir of William Pengelly of Torquay, F.R.S., 

 Geologist, with a Selection from his Correspondence, 4 



