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INDEX 



[Nature, May 22, 1890' 



Apex of the Sun's Way, Lewis Boss, 548 



Aplin (O, v.), the Birds of Oxfordshire, R. Bowdler Sharpe, 

 169 



Aquaria, the Management of, W. P. Seal, 18 



Arc Light, Joseph McGrath, 154 



Archaeology : Interesting Remains discovered in Hamburg, 21 ; 

 Archaeological Congress at Moscow, 283 ; Cambridge Archreo- 

 logical Museum, 324 ; Proposed Archaeological Survey of 

 Ceylon, 372 ; Vaphio (Morea) Rock- Sepulchre, S. Reinach, 

 500; Archaeology and Ethnology of Easter Island, Walter 

 Hough, 569 



Arctic Ice Cap, is Greenland our, S. E. Peal, 58 



Arctic (North Pole) Expedition, Dr. Nansen's Plan for, 374 



Arctic Voyagers, Cause of Change of Skin- Colour in. Prof. 

 Holmgren, 546 



Area of the Land and Depths of the Oceans in Former Periods, 

 T. Mellard Reade, 103 



Argentina, Dr. Hermann Burmeister on the Fossil Horses and 

 other Mammals of, 82 



Argentine Ornithology, P. L. Sclater, F.R.S.; and W. H. 

 Hudson, R. Bowdler Sharpe, 7 



Argyll (the Duke of, F. R. S.): Acquired Characters and Con- 

 genital Variation, 173, 294, 366; and the Neo-Darwinians, 

 W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 247 



Arloing (M.), Diastases Secreted by J3aciUus heminecrobiophilus, 



143 

 Armenia, the Catastrophe of Kantzorik, F. M, Corpi, 190 

 Armstrong (Prof. H. E., F.R.S.), Constitution of Tri-derivatives 



of Naphthalene, 454 

 Amaud, Digitaline and Tanghinine, 48 

 Arrest's (D'), Comet, G. Leveau, 596 

 Ascension, the "Rollers" of, Prof. Cleveland Abbe, 585 

 Ascidians and Crabs, Prof. W. A. Herdman, 344 

 Asia, Central : Colonel Roborovski's Expedition in, 234; the 



Russian Expeditions in, 352 

 Asia Minor, Prof. Bornmiiller's Botanical Tour through, 136 

 Asiatic Cholera, Bacteria of, Dr. E. Klein, F. R. S., 509 

 Assaying, Text- book of, C. Beringer and J. J. Beringer, Thomas 



Gibb, 245 

 Assmann(Dr.) : Aspiration Thermometers, 239 ; Climatological 



Considerations about Influenza, 325 

 Association for Improvement of Geometrical Teaching, 207, 282 

 Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors, 324 

 Assyrian Sculptured Group, Explanation of. Dr. E. B. Tylor, 



F.R.S., 283 

 Asteroid, a New, 450 



Asteroids, Discovery of, Dr. Palisa, 522 ; M. Charlois, 522 

 Aitronomy : Our Astronomical Column, 19, 44, 68, 87, 114, 

 138, 163, 210, 232, 256, 285, 304, 326, 350, 374, 402, 428, 

 449, 472, 496, 521, 548, 571, 595 ; Stellar Parallax by means of 

 Photography, Prof Pritchard, 19 ; Measurements of Double 

 Stars, S. W. Burnham, 19; Barnard's Comet, 1888-89, 19; 

 Biographical Note on J. C. Houzeau, M. A. Lancaster, 20 ; 

 Karlsruhe Observatory, 20; Objects for the Spectroscope, A. 

 Fowler, 20, 44, 68, 87, 114, 138, 163, 183, 210, 232, 256, 

 285, 304, 326, 350, 374, 402, 428, 449, 472, 496, 521, 548, 

 57 '> 595 j Large Scale Charts of the Constellations, Arthur 

 Cottam, 45 ; Barnard's Comet, II. 1889, March 31, 45 ; the 

 Structure of Jupiter's Belt 3, III., Dr. Terby, 45 ; Hand-book 

 of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy, G, F. Chambers, 

 49 ; Ancient Chinese Astronomical Instruments, 66 ; the 

 Minimum Sun-spot Period, M. Bruguiere, 68 ; Return 

 of Brorsen's Comet, Dr. E. Lamp, 69 ; the Companion 

 of i\ Pegasi, 69 ; General Bibliography of Astronomy, 69 ; J. 

 C. Houzeau's Vade Mecum, 69 ; a New Comet discovered 

 by Lewis Swift, 69 ; Total Solar Eclipse of 1886, 88 ; Palermo 

 Observatory, 88 ; Variable Star Y Cygni, 88 ; Paramatta 

 Observatory, 88 ; Minor Planet, 282 (Clorinde), 88 ; Comet 

 Davidson {e 1889), 88 ; New Variable Star in Hydra, 88 ; 

 Rev. S. J. Perry, F.R.S., on Sun-spots in High Southern 

 Latitudes, 88 ; Origin of Shooting- Stars, 92 ; M. H. 

 Faye on the Orbit of Winnecke's Periodical Comet, 94 ; 

 Jupiter's Satellites, Ch. Andre, 94 ; Star Distances, 

 Miss A. M. Gierke, 8i ; Sun-spot of June, July, and 

 August 1889, 115; Photographic Star Spectra, 115; 

 Comet Brooks {d 1889, July 6), Dr. Knopf, 115 ; Comet 

 Swift (/ 1889, November 17), Dr. Zelbr, 115; S Cassio- 

 peize, Rev. T. E. Espin, 115 ; New Double Stars, Miss A. 

 M. Gierke, 132 ; Brazilian Honours to French Astronomers, 

 135 ; Photometric Intensity of Coronal Light, 139 ; Corona of 

 January i, 1889, Prof. Tacchini, 139 ; Minor Planet 12 



(Victoria), 139; Comet Swift (/1889, November 17), Dr. R. 

 Schorr, 139 ; Periodic Comets, 139 ; the Eclipse Parties, 

 139; Period of U Coronae, S. C. Chandler, 163; Identity of 

 Brooks's Comet {d 1889) with Lexell's Comet, S. C. Chand- 

 ler, 163 ; some Photographic Star Spectra, 163; Magnitude 

 and Colour of 77 Argus, 164 ; Orbit of Barnard's Comet, 

 1884 II., 164; Spectrum of Algol, 164; the Newall Tele-, 

 scope for the University of Cambridge, 166 ; Variable Star 

 in Cluster G.C. 3636, Prof. Pickering, 183 ; Changes in 

 Lunar Craters, Prof. Thury, 183 ; the Satellite of Algol, W. 

 H. S. Monck, 198 ; Recent Observations of Jupiter, W. F. 

 Denning, 206 ; Dr. Peters's Star Catalogue, 210 ; Longitude 

 of Mount Hamilton, 211 ; Comet Borelly {g 1889, December 

 12), 211 ; Comet Brooks (d 1889, July 6), 211 ; the Solar 

 Eclipse, 211 ; Identity of Comet Vico (1844) with Brooks's 

 (1889), 233 ; Observations of some Suspected Variables, Rev. 

 John G. Hagen, 233 ; Spectrum of a Metallic Prominence, 

 233; Comet Swift (/ 1889, November 17), Dr. Zelbr, Dr. 

 Lamp, 233 ; Solar Spots and Prominences, Prof. Tacchini, 233 ; 

 Meteor, Rev. T. W. Morton, 249 ; the Temperature of the 

 Moon, Prof. Langley, 257 ; on the Orbit of Struve 228, J. 

 E. Gore, 257 ; Orbit of Swift's Comet (V. 1880), 257 ; on 

 the Variability of R Vulpeculas, 257 ; on the Rotation of 

 Mercury, 257 ; the Cluster G.C. 1420, and the Nebula 

 N.G.C. 2237, Dr. Lewis Swift, 285; on the Spectrum of 

 C Ursae Majoris, Prof Pickering, 285 ; Spectroscopic Obser- 

 vations of Algol, Prof Vogel, 286; the Meteorite of Mighei, 

 J. Rutherford Hill, 298 ; Total Eclipse of January i, 1889, 

 Prof. Holden, 305 ; Orbits of the Companions of Brooks's 

 Comet (1889, v., July 6), 305 ; Greenwich Observatory, 305 ; 

 Star Land, Sir Robert S. Ball, F.R.S., 315 ; Eight Rainbows 

 seen at the same time. Sir William Thomson, F.R.S., 316; 

 Dr. Percival Frost, F.R.S., 316; Annuaire du Bureau des 

 Longitudes, 1890, 327 ; Annuaire de I'Observatoire Royal de 

 Bruxelles, 1890, 327; Royal Astronomical Society, 327; 

 Total Solar Eclipse of 1886, Dr. Schuster, F.R.S., 327; 

 Solar Halos and Parhelia, 330 ; a Photographic Method for 

 Determining Variability in Stars, Isaac Roberts, 332 ; Earth 

 Tremors from Trains, and their EtTects on Astronomical In- 

 struments, H. H. Turner, 344 ; the Nuclei of Great Comet 

 II. of 1882, F. Tisserand, 358 ; Spectrum of the Zodiacal 

 Light, Maxwell Hall, 351 ; Solar and Stellar Motions, Prof. 

 J. R. Eastman, 351 ; Dun Echt Observatory, 351 ; Transit 

 Observations at Melbourne Observatory, 351 ; the Maintaining 

 and Working of the Great Newall Telescope, 357 ; Is the 

 Copernican System of Astronomy True ? W. S. Cassedy, 366 ; 

 Progress of Astronomy in 1886, Prof. Winlock, 374; Maximum 

 Light Intensity of the Solar Spectrum, Dr. Mengarini, 374 ; 

 Spectrum of Borelly's Comet (^ 1889), 374; Spectra of Sand /i 

 Centauri, 374 ; on the Star System | Scorpii, 374 ; the Total 

 Eclipse, Prof. David P. Todd, 379 ; Scenery of the Heavens, 

 by J. E. Gore, 391 ; the Distance of the Stars, Dr. W. H. S. 

 Monck, 392 ; Ephemeris of Brooks's Comet {d 1889), 403 ; 

 New Short Period Variable in Ophiuchus, 403 ; Observations 

 of the Magnitude of lapetus, 403 ; Observations of C Ursae 

 Majoris and ;8 Aurigae, 403 ; the Movement of Planets, F. 

 Tisserand, 406; Total Solar Eclipse of December 22, 1889, 

 M. A. De La Baume Pluvinel, 428 ; Comets and Asteroids 

 discovered in 1889, 428 ; Mass of Saturn, Asaph Hall, 429 ; 

 the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College, 446 ; the 

 Solar and the Lunar Spectrum, Prof. Langley, 450 ; the 

 Corona of 1889, December 22, W. II. Wesley, 450 ; Nebular 

 Hypothesis, Herbert Spencer, 450 ; Nebula, General Cata- 

 logue No. 4795, W. E. Jackson, 450 ; a New Asteroid, 450 ; 

 Hues's Treatise on the Globes (1592), 459; Astronomy with 

 an Opera Glass, Garrett P. Serviss, 462 ; Megueia Meteorite, 

 Prof. Simaschko, 472 ; Velocity of the Propagation of 

 Gravitation, J. Van Hepperger, 472 ; Vatican Observatory, 

 472 ; Double-Star Observations, S. W. Burnham, 472 ; Sun- 

 spot in High Latitudes, G. Dierckx, 472 ; the Elements of 

 Astronomy, Prof C. A.Young, 485 ; Death and Obituary Notice 

 of. Prof. C. M. V. Montigny., 479 ; Observatory at Madagascar, 

 497 ; the Great Comet of 1882, 522 ; Melbourne Star Cata- 

 logue, 522 ; Brooks's Comet {a 1890), 522 ; Discovery of 

 Asteroids, 522 ; Solar Activity in 1889, 522 ; New Light from 

 Solar Eclipses, William M. Page, William E. Plummer, 529 \ 

 the Apex of the Sun's Way, Lewis Boss, 548 ; Stability of the 

 Rings of Saturn, O. Callandreau, 548 ; Brooks's Comet {a 1890), 

 549 ; Bright Lines in Stellar Spectra, Rev. J. E. Espin, 

 549 ; the Moon in London, Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, 586 y 

 the Effect of Railways on Instruments in Observatories, 592 ^ 



