Supplement to Natute,~\ 

 June 16, 1898 J 



Index 



XXV 



in November, 237 ; Rainfall of Seathwaite, W. Marriott, 190 ; 

 Precipitation in Caucasia, A. V, Vosnesensky, 205 ; the Solar 

 Constant, Dr. G. B. Rizzo, 205 ; Forests and Rainfall, Prof. 

 H. A. Hazen, 213 ; Meteorology of Mauritius for 1896, 229 ; 

 a Wet Day at the Lake District, 237 ; Remarkable Lunar 

 Corona, W. T. Balmer, 253 ; Severe December Weather in 

 North Atlantic, 282 ; Handbuch der Klimatologie, Julius 

 Hann, 290; Modern Views of the Rainbow, J. M. Pernter, 

 298 ; Unusually Mild Winter Weather, 301 ; Mild Winters, 

 Dr. G. Hellmann, 516 ; Warmth, Dryness, and High 

 Barometer in January 1898, 405 ; Undulations in Lakes and 

 Inland Seas due to Wind and Atmospheric Pressure, W, H. 

 Wheeler, 321 ; Meteorology of Bombay Presidency, 324 ; 

 Rainfall of the United States, 348; Theory of Daily Oscill- 

 ation of Barometer, Dr. J. Hann, 350 ; Report for 1896 of 

 *Hong Kong Observatory, 350; Severe Snowstorm (February 

 21) in South-west England, 397 ; West of England Snow- 

 storm, February 21, 524; Forty Years (February) Observ- 

 ations at Camden Square, 524 ; an Acoustic Thermometer, 

 G. Quincke, 401 : 27-Day Aurorse Periods and Moon, H. H. 

 Clayton, 404 ; Cloud-production by Action of Ultra- Violet 

 Light in Moist Air, C. T. R. Wilson, 407 ; Neudrucke Von 

 Schriften und Karten liber Meteorologie und Erdmagnetismus, 

 412 ; Report of Meteorological Council for Year ending March 

 31, 1897, 418 ; Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic Expedi- 

 tion, Dr. John Murray, F.R.S., 420 ; Dr. Alexander Buchan, 

 425 ; Dew and Absorption, T. Wilson, 436 ; the Laws of High 

 Air-Temperature, L. de Marchi, 441 ; a Method of Measuring 

 Wind Pressure, Prof. Francis E. Nipher, 449 ; a Dust 

 Shower, C. H. A. Coles, 463 ; Analysis of Red-Ram Dust, 

 Thomas Steel, 494 ; Dust Fog in the Canaries, Prof. Augusto 

 Arcimus, 582 ; the Mississippi Floods, Park Morrill, 470 ; 

 Likely Sources of Error in Thermometrical Determinations 

 of Temperature, Dr. Hergesall, 469, 470 ; Phenological 

 Observations for 1897, E. Mawley, 478 ; a Magnetic Storm, 

 Dr. Charles Chree, F.R.S., 492 ; Measurement of Cloud 

 Height and Velocity, P. Baracchi, 493 ; the Source of 

 Periodic Waves, H. C. Russell, F. R. S. , 493 ; Photography 

 of Phenomena, A. W\ Clayden, 502 ; La photographic et 

 I'etude des Images, Jacques Boyer, 509 ; the Aurora of March 

 15, A. George Smith, 511 ; Stormy Weather of Last Week 

 of March, 516; Icebergs in Southern Ocean, H. C. Russell, 

 543 ; Pilot Chart of North Pacific, 544 ; Russian Tempera- 

 ture Statistics, A. Varnek, 566 ; Remarkable Hailstones 

 (Illustrated), C. L. Prince, 567 ; Simple Method of Account- 

 ing for Varying Lengths of Rainfall Observation Periods, 

 A. J. Herbertson, 575 ; Kew Observatory Report for 1897, 

 613 ; the Twenty-six-Day Period, Prof. A. Schuster, 613 ; 

 the Frequency of Extra Large Tides at March Equinox, M. 

 Thiebaut, 613 ; No Relation between Activity of Vesuvius 

 and Moon's Phases, Prof. E. Semmola, 613 ; Arrhenius's 

 Views on Causes of Climate-Variations Criticised, L. 

 de Marchi, 614 ; Anticyclonic Systems, Major H. E. 

 Rawson, 623 ; Observations on Haze and Transparency, 

 Hon. F. A. Rollo Russell, 623 



Meteorites : Die Meteoriten in Sammlungen und ihre Literatur, 

 Dr. E. A. Wiilfing, 53 ; Iron Meteorites, H. L. Preston, 

 333 ; Spectrum Analysis of Meteorites, W. N. Hartley and 

 Hugh Ramage, 546 



Meteors: the November Meteors (Leonids), 7, 61, 88, W. F. 

 Denning, 7, 30, 36, 82 ; Spectrum of a Meteor, Prof. E. C. 

 Pickering, loi ; some Systems of Meteors, Prof. Th. Bredi- 

 kine, 105 i Meteors (Geminids), 136; a Remarkable Meteor, 

 Henry Cecil, 204 ; a Remarkable Meteoric Display, 228 ; a 

 Bright Meteor, Susanna Lehmann, 271 ; Address to the 

 Royal Astronomical Society, Sir Robert Ball, F.R.S., and 

 Presentation of Gold Medal to W. F. Denning, 376 ; the 

 Height of Meteors, W. F. Denning, 540 ; Remarkable 

 Meteor at Ealing, 588 



Meudon Observatory, the, 568 



Meunier (J.), Explosion of Marsh Gas Mixtures by Electric 

 Currents, 479 



Mexico, Archaeological Studies among the Ancient Cities of, 

 W. H. Holmes, 6 



Meyer (Dr. M. Wilhelm), Das Weltgebaude : Eine Gemeinver- 

 standliche Himmels-kunde, 604 



Meyer (S.), Magnetic Susceptibility and Atomic Magnetism, 401 



Meyer (Prof. Victor), a proposed Memorial to, J. J. Sudborough, 

 80 



Michel (Aug.), Origin of Setigerous Bulbs and Nephridia in 

 Annelids, 263 



Michelson (A. A.), a New Harmonic Analyser, 333 ; a Spectro- 

 scope without Prisms or Gratings, 500 



Micro-organisms, Pathogenic to Man, Notes on, Surgeon -Capt. 

 B. H. S. Leumann, 52 



Microbial Diseases, Alcohol in Relation to. Dr. Delearde, 355 



Microphonograph, the. Dr. Louis Ollivier, 255 



Microsclerometer, a, T. A. Jaggard, 189 



Microscopy : Microscopic Study of Alloys, 1 1 ; Microscopic 

 Observations on Fatigue-deterioration on Steel Rails, Thomas 

 Andrews, 58 ; Botanical Microtechnique : a Handbook of 

 Methods of Preparation, Staining ,and of Microscopical In- 

 vestigation of Vegetable Structures, Dr. A. Zimmermann, 

 340 ; Microscopic Plants Imparting 111 Odour to Water, 

 Messrs. Jackson and Ellms, 441 ; Photo-Micrography with 

 High Powers, J. Edwin Barnard, Thomas A. B. Carver, 

 448 ; Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 475 ; 

 Origin and Growth of Tri- and Quadri-radiate Spicules in 

 ClathrinidjE, E. A. Minchin, 475. 



Midland University, the Proposed, 277 



Miersite, a Cubic Modification of Native Silver Iodide, L. J. 

 Spencer, 574 



Mill (Dr. Hugh Robert), Hints to Teachers and Students on the 

 Choice of Geographical Books for Reference and Reading, 

 172; Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel, 

 North America, Vol. I., Canada and Newfoundland, S. E. 

 Dawson, 223 ; Antarctic Research, 413 ; Korea and Her 

 Neighbours, Mrs. Bishop, 512; Andre's Balloon Expedition, 

 Henri Lachambre and Alexis Machuron, 609 



Mills (Prof. E. J.), Photographic Surveying, 563 



Millet, Poisonous Koda, Surgeon-Capt. A. E. Grant, 271 



Milne (Prof. J., F.R.S.), Recent Seismology, 246, 272 



Mimicry in Insects, Roland Trimen, F. R. S. , 304 



Mimicry, Protective and Common Warning Colours, Prof. 

 Edward B. Poulton, F.R.S., 389 



Mimicry, Researches on, on the Basis of a Natural Classification 

 of the Papilionidce, Dr. Erich Haase, i, 25 



Minakata (Kumagusu), the Mandrake, 412 ; Oat-Smut as an 

 Artist's Pigment, 437 



Minchin (E. A.), Origin and Growth of Tri- and Quadri-radiate 

 Spicules in Clathrinidre, 475 



Minchin (Prof. G. M., F.R.S.), Geometry for Beginners, 433 ; 

 Balnibarbian Glumtrap Rhyme, 564 



Mineralogy : Obituary Notice of Dr. M. Forster Heddle, 83 ; 

 Death of Dr. A. Schrauf, 177 ; Obituary Notice of, 203; a 

 Microsclerometer, T. A. jaggar, 189 ; Sapphire from 

 Montana, G. F. Kunz, 189 ; Montana Corundum-bearing 

 Rock, L. V. Pirsson, 189 ; Papers and Notes on the Genesis 

 and Matrix of the Diamond, Prof. Henry Carvill Lewis, 

 F.R.S., 315; Diamonds, William Crookes, F.R.S., 315; 

 Fergusonite, Prof. W. Ramsay, F.R.S. and M. W. Travers, 

 381 ; Products found in old Cornish Tinworks Furnace, W. 

 P. Headden, 404; Ktypeite, A.;Lacroix, 431 ; a Tetrahedrous 

 Crystal of Gold, Prof. Martin, 455 ; the Lake Superior Iron 

 Ore Region, Bennett H. Brough, 473 ; Iceland Spar from 

 Kilwa Island, W. R. Dunstan, 491 ; Auriferous Conglomerate 

 of Transvaal, G. F. Becker, 500 ; Mineral Production of 

 Canada, 517 ; Mineral Wealth, Our, Prof. W. Galloway, 522 ; 

 a Cubic Modification of Native Silver Iodide, L. J. Spencer, 

 574 ; Anastase and Brookite in Shankill Quarries, Prof. J. P. 

 O'Reilly, 575 ; Tabellarische Uebersicht der Mineralien nach 

 ihren krystallographisch-chemischen Beziehungen geordnet, 

 P. Groth, 581 



Minet (Ad.), Les Fours Electriqu^s et leurs Applications, 53 ; 

 I'Electro-chimie, Production Electrolytique des Composes 

 Chimiques, 561 



Mine Accidents in 1897, 277 



Miner's Arithmetic and Mensuration, the, Henry Davies, 462 



Mining : the Lake Superior Iron Ore Region, Bennett H. 

 Brough, 473 ; the Mines of New South Wales, C. W. 

 Carpenter, 484 ; Our Mineral Wealth, Prof. W. Galloway, 

 522 ; United Kingdom Output of Coal, &c., for 1897, 545 



Minor Planets, Opposition of Two, 159 



Minor Planets in 1897, 256 



Mira Ceti, 105, 136; the Variability of, David Flanery, 245 



Mirror, New Form of, for a Reflecting Telescope, 160 



Misleading Applications of Familiar Scientific Terms, Lady 

 Welby, 536 



