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INDEX 



{Nature, Nov. 28, iJ 



Newall (Robert Stirling, F.R.S.), Death of, 13; Obituary Notice 



cr, 59 

 Newall Telescope Syndicate, Preliminary Report of the, 114 

 Newcastle and District, Hand-book of, 479 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne, Meeting of the British Association at, 349 

 Newsholme (A.), Elements of Vital Statistics, 145 

 Newton's Natural Philosophy, an Attempt to apply to Chemistry 



one of Ihe Principles of. Prof. D. Mendeleeff, 354 

 Nicaise (M.), Physiology of the Trachea, 612 

 Nichols (E. L. ), Spectro-Photometric Comparison of Sources of 



Artificial Illumination, 404 

 Nicholson (Sir Arthur), Primary Technical Education in 



Hungary, 164 

 Nickel and Steel, Alloys of, James Riley, 58 

 Night-Clouds, Luminous, D.J. Rowan, 151 

 Night-Clouds, Shining, an Appeal for Observations, T. W. 



Backhouse, 594 

 Nilson (Prof), the Vapour-Density of Aluminium Chloride, 596 

 Nitrate of Soda and the Nitiate Country, Hon. Ralph Aber- 



cromby, 186, 308 

 Nitric Acid Vapour, Experiments on Combustion in, Dr. P. T. 



Austen, 45 

 Nitrogen Compounds, the Magnetic Rotation of, Dr. W. H. 



Perkin, F.R.S., 166 

 Nitrogen, the Fixation of Atmospheric, M. Berthelot, 539 

 Nitrogen, the Formation of Earths containing, Miintz and 



Marcano, 48 

 Nitrogen, Influence of Gypsum ar.d Clay on Fixation, &€., of, 



Pechard, 539 

 Nitrogen, Ring Formula containing, 370 

 Nitrogen in Soils, Loss and Gain in, P. P. Deherain, 48 

 Nitrogen in Vegetation, Sources of, 332 ; W. Mattieu Williams, 



394 



Nitroso- Camphor, the Oxidizing Action of, under the Influence 

 of Light, 384 



Noctilucous Clouds, Prof John Le Conte, 544 



Nodon (Albert), Electric Phenomena Produced by Solar Radia- 

 tion, 384 



Nomenclature of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons, M. Calderon, 369 



Norman (Rev. A. M.) and Dr. G. S. Brady, Monograph of the 

 Marine and Fresh-water Ostracoda of the North Atlantic and 

 of North-Western Europe, 364 



Northauiptonshire, the Middle Lias of, Beeby Thompson, 341 



Northfleet Series Electric Tramway, 39 



Northumberland in Prehistoric Times, Rev. G. Rome Hall on, 

 633 



Norway : Earthquake in, 133 ; the Norwegian Cod Fishery, 

 229 ; Avalanche on Josen Fjord, 229 ; Discovery of Iron 

 Age Objects in, 283 ; Colour of Eyes and Hair in, Abbo and 

 Faye, 285 ; on the Crystalline Schists of, Dr. A. Geikie, 

 F.R.S., 608 



Nose-blackening as a Preventive of Snow-Blindness, Rev. 

 Henry Bernard, 438 



Nova Zembla, Dr. J. Kinunen's Exploration of, 254 



Nuclein, Prof Kossel, 119 



Number Seven, some Properties of the, R. Tucker, 115 



Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, 92, 334 



Oak Leaf, on the Shape of the, and the Leaves of the Guelder 

 Rose, Sir John Lubbock, F.R.S., 611 



Obermiiller (Dr.), a New Reaction for Cholesterin, 288 



Observatories : the Proposed Vatican Astronomical Observatory, 

 84 ; the Annual Visitation of the Greenwich Observatoiy, 

 139; Stonyhurst College Observatory, 164; Oxford Univer- 

 sity Observatory, 205 ; Mauritius Observatory, 230 ; Vienna 

 Observatory, 329; Hong Kong Observatory, 351; Jubilee 

 Observatory at Pulkowa, 401 ; Publications of the Potsdam 

 Observatory, 482 ; Yale College Observatory, 448 ; Algiers 

 Observatory, 539 ; Mr. Tebbutt's Observatory, Windsor, 

 New South Wales, 550; Astronomical Observatories, Geo. 



' H. Boehmer, 597 ; Natal Observatory, 655 ; Rousdon Me- 

 teorological Observatory, 163 ; Blue Hill Meteorological Ob- 

 servatory, 283 ; Ben Nevis Observatory, 350, 35 1 ; i'roposed 

 Meteorological Observatory at Perim, 516 



Ocean Currents, the Chemistry of, Dr. John Gib£on, 84 



Oklahoma, 16 



01, the Use of the Suffix, 370 



Olenellus Fauna in North America and Europe, the, C. D. 

 Walcott, 310 



Oligcclaela, Freshwater, F. E. Ecddard, 611 



Omo, the River, Outflow of the, Giulio Borelli, 165, 353 



Omond (R. T.), Atmospheric Electricity, 102 



Cpenchows^ki (Dr.), the Movement and Innervation of the 

 Stomach, 240 



Oppenheim (Ir. H.), Comet 1S89 ^ (Brooks), 328 



Optics: a Refracticn Goniometer, A. P. Trotter. 71 ; Inter- 

 mittent Vision, Ccueloux, 86; the Magnetic Rotation of 

 Plane of Polarization of Light in Doubly- Refracting Bodies, 

 A. W. Ward, 117 ; Geometrical Optics, Prof. S. P. Thomp- 

 son, 190 ; the Use of the Biquaitz, A. W. Waid, 191 ; 

 Optical Torque, Prof Silvanus P. Thompson, 232, 257 ; the 

 Closed Eye in Microscopic Vision, M. Landerer, 282 ; Indi- 

 rect Vision, Kirscbmann, 373 ; Mechanism of Photodermatic 

 and Photogenic Functions in Siphon of Pholas dadylus, 

 Raphael Dubois, 384; Analysis of the Light diffused by the 

 Sky, Crova, 563 ; on the Relation between Brachistochrones 

 and Ray-Paths, Prof I'.vtrett, F.R.S., 584 



Orchids, Prof H. G. Reichenbach's Collection of, 253 



Organic Analysis, Commercial, Alfred H. Allen, Dr. C. R. 

 Alder Wright, F.R.S., 289 



Oriental Congress, the International, 536 



Oriental Races, on the Natural Colour of Skin in certain. Dr. J. 

 Beddoe, F.R.S., 633 



Oriental Studies, a New School of, 251 



Origin ard Age of the Highlands of Scotland and the West of 

 Ireland, Recent Researches into the. Dr. Archibald Geikie, 

 F.R.S., 299, 320 



Orion, Spectrum of Great Nebula in, William Huggins, 

 F R.S., and Mrs. Huggins, 405, 429 



Ormerod (Eleanor A."), Notes and Descriptions of a Few In- 

 jurious Farm and Fruit Insects of South Africa, 385 



Ornithology : Sailing Flight of the Albatross, R. E. Froude, 

 102 ; Sailing Flight of Large 1 irds over Lard, 518 ; Dr. R. 

 Courtenay, 573 ; Does the Cuckoo ever Hatch its own Eggs?, 

 133 ; Appearance of Pastor rosats in Bulgaria, i 79 ; a Cordial 

 Recognition, W. J. Stillman, 245 ; the Presenation of the 

 Eider in Sweden, 254; Frionodtaa tuwtoniaim 2iTid Acantk:za 

 sqvaviata, De Vis, 327 ; Omithclogy in Italy, Pi of. Giglioli, 

 549 ; Report to the British Association en the Ol seivations 

 made at Lighthouses and Light-^essels en the Migration of 

 Birds, John Cordeaux, 556 ; Ornithological Obsenatories in 

 Saxony 577 



Oshima, the Volcanic Island of, 179 



Cs:heimer(G. R.), Tainter's Graphophone, 167 - - 



Ostracoda, Monograph of the Marine and Fresh-water, of the 

 North Atlantic and of North-W^estern Europe, Dr. G. S. 

 Brady and Rtv. A. M. Norman, 364 



Otto (Dr.), Pinol, an Tomer of Camphor, 655 



Owens College, Manchester, 207 



Oxalomolybdic Acid Discovered by M. Pechard, 107 



Oxford, Halo of the Moon and I'ormation of Peculiarly-shaped 

 Cloud., at. Otto V. Darbishire, 55 



Oxford and its Professors, 637 



Oxford, University Extension, Programme of Second Summer 

 Meeting, 281 



Oxford University Observatory, 205 



Ox)gtn Lii.es in the Solar Spectrum, on the Telluric Origin of,. 

 J. Janssen, 104 



Oyster Culture, Swedish, 229 



Ozone Paper, Improved Method of Preparing, Dr. C. IL 

 Black] ey, 94 



Pacific, Astronomical .Society of the, 231 



Pacific, Eastern, British Annexation of Humphrey and Pvierson 

 Islands, 483 



Bade (L.), Quantitative Analysis of Bicarbonate of Soda in 

 Milk, 336 



Palaeolithic Age in Italy, the, P. Castelfranco, 659 



Palseoliihic Implements from the Hills near Dunstable, Worth- 

 ington G. Smith, 151 



Palaeolithic Man in America, W^. J. McGee, 163 



Palaeontology : Discovery of Supposed Fossils at Ilornsey, 14 ; 

 Discovery of Antediluvian Possil Mammals at Ixelles, Michel 

 Mourlon, 21 ; Palacntolcgy of Sturgeons, A. Smith Wood- 

 ward, 186 ; Chelonian Remains from Wealden and Purbeck,. 

 R. Lydekker, 238; Mastodons found at Tournan, 239; Sys- 

 teme Silurien du Centre de la Boheme, Joachim Barrande, 

 267 ; the Fossil Human Bones at Gourdon, Dr. Hamy, 285 ; 



