INDEX 



[Nature, Nro. 28, 1885. 



"^[fife Passage of Electricity through Gases, 585 ; Prof. Oliver 

 ^-. Lodge, F.R.S., on the Failure of Metal Sheets to Screen 

 'off the Electrostatic Effect of Moving or Varying Charges, 

 5865 Prof. James Blyth, on a New Form of Current- Weigher, 

 585 ; Prof. S. P. Thompson, on a Phenomenon in the 

 Electro-Chemical Solution of Metals, 586 ; J. Wilson Swan, 

 on Chromic Acid as a Depolarizer in Hansen's Battery, 586 ; 

 Prof. Perry, F.R.S., on a Variable Standard of Self-induc- 

 tion, 586; Prof. Perry, F.R.S., on a Hot Twisted Strip 

 Voltmeter, 586 ; W. H. Preece, F. R. S , on the Relative 

 Effects of Steady and Alternate Currents on Different 

 Conductors, 586; Prof. G. Forbes, F.R.S., and W. H. 

 Preece, F.R. S., on a New Thermometric Scale, 587 ; Prof. 

 S. P. Thompson on Sparkless Electro- Magnets, 587 ; W. 

 W. Haldane Gee and Dr. Ar'hur Harden on Stereometry, 



587 ; W. W. Haldane Gee and Hubert L. Terry, on the 

 Specific Heat of Caoutchouc, 587 ; F. T. Trouton, on the 

 Temporary Thermo-Currents in Iron, 587 



Sertion B {Chemistry) — Opening Address by Sir Lowthian 

 Bell, Bart., F. R.S., President of the Section, 47? ; on the 

 Influence of Silicon on the Properties of Steel, 587 ; J. W. 

 Hogg, on the Volatilization of Lead Oxide and its Action 

 upon Glass at Low Temperatures, 587 ; Prof. Liveing, on a 

 New Developer, Eikonogen, 587 ; C. T. Heycock and F. 

 H. Neville, on Raoult's Method Applied to Alloys, 587 ; 

 Prof. Bedson, on Dr. Netto's Process for the Manufacture of 

 Aluminium from Cryolite, 587 ; Dr. Richardson, on the 

 Action of Light on the Hydracids, 587 ; Dr. Richardson, on 

 a New Self- Registering Actinometer, 587 ; Prof. H. B. Dixon, 

 F. R.S., on the Explosion of a Mixture of Hydrogen, Chlorine, 

 and Oxygen, 587 ; Dr. Isaac Ashe, Dimidium, an Attempt 

 to Represent the Chemical Elements by Physical Forms, 



588 ; Prof. P. F. Frankland, on a New Ferment, 588 

 Se.tion C {Geology) — Opening Address by Prof. James 



Geikie, LL.D., F.R.S., President of the Section, 486; 

 Prof. Milne's Ninth Report on the Earthquake and Volcanic 

 Phenomena of Japan. 608 ; Dr. A. Geikie, F. R. S., on the 

 Crystalline Schists of Norway, 608 ; Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, on 

 the Geology of Greenland, 608 ; Prof. W. C. Williamson, 

 F.R.S., on Coal and Mineral Charcoal, 608 ; Prof. E. Hull, 

 F. R.S., on Coal-like Structures from the Limestone of Cul- 

 daff, 608 ; Mr. Ussher on the Devonian R icks of Britain, 

 608; Profs. Thorpe and Rucker, on the Relation between 

 the Geological Constitution and Ma'ifnetic State of the 

 British Isles, 609 ; Pleistocene Papers, 609; Mr. R. H. Tidde- 

 man, on Concurrent Faulting and Deposit in Carboniferous 

 Times, 609 

 Section D {Biology)— O'^t'om^ Address by Prof. J. S. Burdon 

 Sanderson, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., President of the Section, 

 521; Prof. G. J. Romanes, F.R.S., on Specific Characters 

 as Useful and Indifferent, 609 ; Alfred W. Bennett, on the 

 Antherozoids of Cryptogams, 610 ; E. B. Ppulton, F.R.S., 

 the Supposed Transmission of Acquired Characters, 610 ; 

 Francis Gallon, F.R.S., on Feasible Experiments on the 

 Possibility of Transmitting Acquired Habits by Means of 

 Inheritance, 610; Prof. F. O. Bower, on the Meristems of 

 Ferns as a Study in Phylogeny, 610 ; Prof. Hartog, on the 

 Structure of Saprolegnia, 611 ; F. E. Beddard, on Fresh- 

 water Oligochista, 6ri ; Messrs. Robert Iivine and Dr. G. 

 Sims Woodhead, on the Secretion of Carbonate of Lime by 

 Animals, 611 ; Sir John Lubbock, F.R.S., on the Shape 

 of the Oak Leaf and the Leaves of the Guelder Ro'^e, 611 ; 

 Sir W. Turner, F.R.S., on the Placentation of the Dugong, 



Section E (CcfT^-ra/Aj)— Opening Address by Colonel Sir 

 Francis de Winton, President of the Section, 492 ; Dr. 

 Hugh Robert Mill, on the Physical Basis of Commercial 

 Geography, 629 ; Captain E. C. Hore, on Tanganyika, 629 ; 

 W. M. Fhnders Petrie, on Wind Action in Egypt, 629 ; Dr. 

 H. B. Guppy, on the South Coast of West Java, 630 ; H. 

 Guillaume, on Peru and Bolivia, 630 



Section F {Economic Science and Statistics)— O^&mxvg Ad- 

 dress by Prof. F. Y. Edgeworth, M.A., F.S.S., President 

 of the Section, 496 



Section G {Mechanical .9t/V«r^)— Opening Address by William 

 Anderson, M.Inst.C.E., 509; Alex. C.Humphreys, on 

 Water-gas m the United States, 630; Killingworth Hedges, 

 on Electric Lighting, 630; Prof. G. Forbes, F.R.S., on 

 Electric Launches on the Thames, 630 ; Edward Manville, 

 on Series Electric Traction (Northfleet Tramways), 630 ; 



W. H. Preece, F. R.S., on Telephonic Communication be- 

 tween London and Paris, 631 ; W. Webster, on the Purifi- 

 cation of Sewage by Electrolysis, 631 ; Prof. W. C. Unwin, 

 F. R. S., on the Strength of All lys at Different Temperatures, 

 631 ; W. W. Phipson, on Central Station Heating and Power 

 Supply, 631 ; Alex. P. Trotter, on a Curve Ranger, 631 ; 

 W. H. Wheeler, on the Transporting Power of Water in the 

 Deepening of Rivers, 631 

 Se.tion H {Anthropology) — Opening Address by Sir William 

 Turner, M.B , F.K.S., President of the Section, 526; 

 Francis Galton, F. R.S., on Assigning Marks for Bodily 

 Efficiency in the Examination of Candidates for Public 

 Service, 631, 649 ; VV, K. Sibley, on Left-leggedness, 632 ; 

 Prof. D. J. Cunningham, on the Occasional Eighth True Rib 

 in Man, 632 ; Paul B. du Chaillu, on the Vikings as the 

 Direct Ancestors of the English-speaking Nations, 632 ; 

 Canon Isaac Taylor, on the Origin of the Aryans, 632 ; 

 Canon Isaac Taylor, on the Ethnological Significance of the 

 Beech, 632 ; Hyde C'arke, on the Right of Property in Trees 

 on Another's Land, 635 ; Dr. Garson, on an Anthropometric 

 Instrument for Travellers, 633 ; Francis Galton, F. R.S., on 

 an Instrument for measuring the Reaction Time to Sight and 

 Sound Signals, 633 ; Dr. MacLaurin, on the British Race in 

 Australia, 633 ; H. H. Risley, on the Study of Ethnology in 

 India, 633 ; Prof. A. C. Haddon, on the Custom-; and Beliefs 

 of the Torres Straits Islanders, 633 ; Dr. J. Beddoe, F. R.S., 

 on the Natural Colour of Skin in certain Oriental Races, 

 633 ; Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, on the Esquimaux, 633 ; Rev. G. 

 Rome Hall, on Northumberland in Prehistoric Times, 633 ; 

 Sir William Turner, F. R. S., on In:plements of Stags' Horns 

 associated with Whales' Skeletons found in the Carse Lands 

 of Stirling, 634 



British Medical Associfition, 350 



British Museum (Natural History), Catalogue of the Ch3- 

 lonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the, G. A. 

 Boulenger, 5 



British Pharmaceutical Conference, 479 



British Plants, Names and Synonyms of, G. Egerton-Warburton, 

 316 



British Race in Australia, Dr. MacLaurin on the, 633 



British Rainfall, 1888, G. J. Symons, F.R.S., 437 



Brittany, the Natural Oyster-banks of, Bouchon-Brandely, 481 



Bromide of Sulphur, Composiiion of, Dr. Buchka, 85 



Bromine, a New Test for, F. Swarts, 286 



Bronze, the Origin of, Marcellin Berihelot, F.R.S., 71 



Brooks, July 6, Comet 1889 d, 284, 656 ; Dr. H. Oppenheim, 

 328 ; Herr Otto Knopf, 424 ; Dr. Otto Knopf, 550 ; Dr. K. 

 Zelbr, 448 



Brown (Prof. A. Crum), our Sensations of Motion, 449 



Brown (A. E.), Iguanas in Philadelphia Zoological Garden, 

 180 ; on some Effects of Lightning, 543 



Brown (H. T.) : Amylo dextrin, 214; Determination of 

 Molecular Weights of Carbohydrates, 214 



Brown (Mary E.) and W. Adams Brown, Musical Instruments 

 and their Homes, 436 



Brown (Mr., Registrar-General of New Zealand), the Maoris, 6^,% 



Bruce (E. S.), the Electro-Graphoscope, 67 



Brun (Et.), an Oxybromide of Copper analogous to Atacamite, 

 287 



Briining (Dr. Gustav von). Isolation of Methyl Hydrazine, 628 



Brunton (Dr. Lauder, F. R.S. ), the Ferment Action of Bacteria, 

 21 



Buchka (Dr.), Composition of Bromide of Sulphur, 85 



Biichner (E.), Absence of Squirrel in Caucasia, 286 



Buckley (T. E.), and J. Harvie-Brown, a Vertebrate Fauna of 

 the Outer Hebrides, loi 



Bulgaria: Appearance of Pastor roseus in, 179; Pharmacy in, 

 306 



Bulletin de 1' Academic Royale des Sciences de Belgique, 21, 

 286,63s 



Bulletin de I'Academie des Sciences de St. Petersbourg, 286 



Bulletin de la Societe d' Anthropologic, 91 



Bunsen's Photometer, D. M. Lewis, 174 



Burgess (William), Death of, 653 



Burnham (S. W.), New Double Stars, 424 



Burrill (Prof.), Fermentation of Ensilage, 559 



Burton-on-Trent Natural History and Archaeological Society, 

 Transactions of, 62 



Buser (R.), Supplement to Edmond Boissier's Flora Orientalis, 

 W. B. Hemsley, 98 



