XXIV 



Index 



V Supplement to Nature, 

 L June i6, 1898 



Masters of Medicine, John Hunter, Stephen Paget, 194 ; 

 William Harvey, D'Arcy Power, F.S.A., 481 



Mathematics : Lectures on Quaternions, S. Kimura, 7 ; a Test 

 for Divisibility, Henry T. Burgess, 8, 55 ; Dr. C. Borgen, 54 ; 

 a Correction, 1 36 ; Death of Prof. Ernst Schering, 32 ; 

 Obituary Notice of, W. H. and G. Chisholm Young, 416 ; the 

 Theory of Electricity and Magnetism, being Lectures on 

 Mathematical Physics, A. G. Webster, 49 ; Das Princip der 

 Erhaltung der Energie und Seine Anwendung in der 

 Naturlehre, Hans Januschke, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 

 74; Mathematical Society, 117, 167, 286, 406, 502; Pro- 

 ceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 510 ; Edin- 

 burgh Society, 142, 191, 310, 431, 526; Extension to Space 

 of n Dimensions of Euler's and Meunier's Theorems on Sur- 

 face-Curvatures, Luigi Berzolari, 157 ; Bulletin of American 

 Society, 164, 308, 357, 476, 598; New Method for deter- 

 mining Vertical, J. Perchot and W. Ebert, 191 ; the Col- 

 lected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley, F.R.S. , 217 ; 

 American Journal of Mathematics, 261 ; the Integration of 

 Partial Differential Equations, Prof. A. R. Forsyth, F.R.S., 

 262 ; Certain Definite Integrals, Prof. W. Kapteyn, 264 ; 

 Hyper-elUptic Integrals, Prof. A. S. Chessin, 308 ; Abridged 

 Long Division, Rev. C. L. Dodgson, 269 ; Robert W. D. 

 Christie, 390 ; Obituary Notice of Francesco Brioschi, 279 ; 

 Death and Obituary Notice of Rev. C. L. Dodgson, 279 ; the 

 Mathematics used in connection with Physics, Prof. A. G. 

 Webster, 317; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. Samuel 

 Newth, 322 ; a New Harmonic Analyser, A, A. Michelson and 

 S. W. Stroud, 333 ; Introductory Course in Differential Equa- 

 tions, D. A. Murray, 340 ; Ordinary Differential Equations, 

 with an Introduction to Lie's Theory of the Group of one Para- 

 meter, Jas. Morris Page, 340 ; Chambers's Algebra for Schools, 

 William Thompson, 388; Aurifeuillians, Lieut. -Col. A. Cun- 

 ningham, 406 ; Transformation leaving Lengths of Arcs on 

 any Surface unaltered, J. E. Campbell, 406 ; Use of Logarith- 

 mic Coordinates in Physics, J. H. Vincent, 407 ; the Works 

 of Archimedes, Dr. T. L. Heath, 409 ; the Solution of 

 Quadratic Equations, E. Cuthbert Atkinson, Prof. G. B. 

 Mathews, F.R.S., 463; Mathematical Gazette, 524 ; Her- 

 mann's Method of Expanding Periodic Curves, G. Weiss, 



Mathews (Prof. G. B., F.R.S.), the Solution of Quadratic 



Equations, 463 

 Matignon (Camille), Sodium Carbide, 191 

 Matterhorn (the Valley of Zermatt and the, Edward Whymper, 



292 

 Matthews (F. E.), Benzene Hexabromide, 478 

 Maudslay (Alfred P.), Prehistoric Ruins of Honduras and 



Yucatan, 568 

 Mauna Loa, on the Summit of. Dr. H. B. Guppy, 20 

 Maurice (General), the First Application of X-Rays to Surgery, 



135 

 Mauritius, Meteorology for 1896 of, 229 

 Mawley (E.), Phenological Observations for 1897, 478 

 Maxwell (Sir Herbert), Memories of the Months, 51 

 Maxwell's Electro-Magnetic Theory of Light, Extension of, 



Edwin Edser, 599 

 Maxwell's Paper on Faraday's Lines of Force, some Errata in. 



Prof. Ludwig Boltzmann, 77 

 Measurement of Horses and other Animals, Photographic, 



Francis Galton, F.R.S., 230 

 Mechanics : a Mechanical Theory of the Divining Rod, Prof. 

 M. E. Wads worth, 221 ; on a Method of Determining the 

 Reactions at the Points of Support of Continuous Beams, 

 238; Applied Mechanics, Prof. John Perry, F.R.S., Prof. 

 J. A. Ewing, F.R.S., 313; a Text-book on Applied Me- 

 chanics, Andrew Jamieson, 483 ; Institution of Mechanical 

 Engineers, 379 ; Whittaker's Mechanical Engineer's Pocket 

 Book, Philip R. Bjorling, 434 ; Efficiency of Gearing under 

 Friction, Prof. C. M. Woodward, 527 ; Developmental 

 Mechanics, Dr. Wilhelm Roux, 531 

 Medicine : Lectures on the Action of. Dr. Lauder Brunton, 

 F.R.S., 26; Obituary Notice of Rev. Samuel Haughton, 

 M.D., F.R.S., 55, 79; Prof. Virchow's Jubilee, 66: 

 Rontgen Rays in Medical Work, Dr. David Walsh, 99 ; 

 Masters of Medicine, John Hunter, Stephen Paget, 194; 

 William Harvey, D'Arcy Power, F.S.A., 481 ; Annual 

 Meeting of Russian Institute of Experimental Medicine, 228 ; 

 a System of Medicine, 241 ; Death and Obituary Notice of 

 Ernest Hart, 251 ; Vita Medica, Chapters of Medical Life 



and Work, Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson, F.R.S., 265; 

 Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform, 361 ; Researches 

 on Tuberculosis, Arthur Ransome, F.R.S., 435 ; Introduction 

 to Chemical Methods of Clinical Diagnosis, D. H. Tapp- 

 einer, 436 ; Biography of Inspector-General Sir James 

 Ranald Martin, F.R.S., Surgeon-General Sir Joseph Fayrer, 

 462 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Sir Richard Quain, Bart., m 

 F.R.S., 467; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. Henry' 

 Marshall, 612 ; Death under Chloroform, Past and Present, 

 614 



Mediterranean, Malta and Undulant Fever, Louis Hughes. 5&I s 

 Mehnert (Dr. Ernst), Kainogenesis Als Ausdruck differentei j| 



phylogenetischer Energien, 505 

 Meker (Georges), Ammonium Bromoplatinate, 191 

 Meker (G. ), a Crystallised Hydride of Dicamphenes, 407 

 Melanesia, Zoological Results of Dr. A. Willey's Expedition to, 



430 

 Melde (F.), Excitation of Stationary Waves by Spark Dis- 

 charges, 401 

 Melville (J. C), the Origin of Wheat, 383 

 Memories of the Months, Sir Herbert Maxwell, 51 

 Memory and its Cultivation, F. W. Edridge-Green, 197 

 Mendeleeff (D.), the Principles of Chemistry, 145 

 Menschen, Das Wachstum das, Dr. F. Daffnfr, 363 

 Mercantile Marine, Colour Blindness in the, 58 

 Mercury, Favourable Apparition of, 519 

 Merklen (Prosper), La Tuberculose et sonTraitementhygienique, 



535 



Merrifield's (Mr.) Experiments on the Relation of Temperature 

 to Variation, Dr. F. A. Dixey, 184 



Mesa, an Enchanted, F. W. Hodge, 450 



Metallurgy : Leghe Metalliche ed Amalgame, J. Ghersi, 7 ; 

 Microscopic Study of Alloys, 1 1 ; the Connection between 

 the Characters of Isomorphous Salts and the Atomic Weight 

 of the Metals contained, A. E. Tutton, 36 ; the Treatment 

 of Stamp Battery Slimes from Gold Ores, W. A. Caldecott, 

 129 ; the Dry Crushing and Direct Cyaniding of Rand Ore, 

 Franklin White, 135 ; Effects of Longitudinal Stress, G. A. 

 Faurie, 359 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Prof. Styffe, 

 371; Melting Points of Gold and Silver, Daniel Berthelot, 

 383 ; the Metals used by the Great Nations of Antiquity, 

 Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., 594 



Metals, Canada's, Prof." Roberts- AuBten, F.R.S., 533 



Metals, the Chemistry of, H. E. Roscoe and C. Schorlemmer, 



457 

 Metals : the Tutorial Chemistry, G. H. Bailey, 559 

 Metamorphosis, jM ode of Travel from Lower to Upper Side of 



Flatfish's Eye, Mr. Nishikawa, 15 

 Meteorology : in India, 1896-7, 13 ; Sunspotsand the Weather, 

 A. Macdowall, 16 ; Ten Years' Rainfall of Cape Colony, Dr. 

 Buchan, 34 ; Monthly Weather Review, 46 ; Action of 

 Radiation from Uranium Salts in Cloud-Formation, C. T. R. 

 Wilson, 47 : the Winter Meteorology of Egypt and its In- 

 fluence on Disease, H. E. Leigh Canney, 52 ; the Exploration 

 of the Air by Means of Kites, A. Laurence Rotch, 53 ; the 

 Use of Kites in Weather Prediction, 163 ; Highest Kite 

 Ascensions in 1897, S. P. Ferguson, 372 ; Obituary Notice 

 of Hon. Ralph Abercromby, R. H. Scott, F.R.S., 55; 

 Storm -signals used by Various Nations, 59 ; Weather-clocks 

 in New York, 59 ; Meteorology of Edinburgh, R. C. Moss- 

 man, 86 ; Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 92, 165 ; Symons's 

 Monthly Magazine, 92, 237, 405, 524 ; Rainfall of October, 

 1897, 92 ; Five Years' Eiffel Tower Observations, A. 

 Woeikoff, 92 : Temperature Variation in Arctic and Equatorial 

 Oceanic Climate, A. Woeikoff, 92 ; Simple Formula for Con- 

 version of Fahrenheit to Centigrade Degrees, Prof. G. 

 Hellmann, 92 ; Klondyke Winter Weather Record, E. W. 

 Nelson, 103 ; Anemometry, 103 ; the Week's Weather, 103 ; 

 the Rainfall of South Africa, 114; Meteorological Society, 

 118, 190, 309, 502, 623; Comparison of Campbell-Stokes 

 and Jordan Sunshine Recorder, R. H. Curtis, 118 ; Sunshine 

 Recorders Compared, R. H. Curtis, 518; on the Automatic 

 Registration of the Calorific Intensity of the Solar Radiation, 

 A. Crova, 119 ; Observations at Rousdon Observatory, C. E. 

 Peek, 134; Dr. Van der Stok's New Meteorological Atlas of 

 East Indian Archipelago, 134; Lunar Rainbow, W. A. Knight, 

 157 ; Seven Years' Rainfall at Basle, Prof. Riggenbach, 157 ; 

 Daily Range at Cairo, Dr. J. Hann, 165 ; Lord Kelvin's Ab- 

 solute Method of Graduating Thermometers, J.Rose-Innes, 

 166; the Gale of November 28-29, 1 7^; Temperature Variations 



