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INDEX 



[Nalure, May 22, 1890 



Fern, Sweet-scented, 349 



Ferrel (William), a Popular Treatise on the Winds, 124 

 Feussner (Dr.), Measurement of Electrical Resistance, 407 

 ^Fewkes (J. W.), Use of Edison Phonograph in Preserving 



American Indian Languages, 560 

 Fichte (Johann Gottlieb), the Popular Works of, 294 

 Field Experiments on Wheat in Italy, Prof. Giglioli, 404 

 Field laid down to Permanent Grass, Sir J. B. Lawes, F. R. S., 



229 

 Fievez (Ch. ), Death and Obituary Notice of, 400 

 Fighting for the Belt, F. C. Constable, 199 

 Fiji, Sea- water Cure for Banana Disease in, 19 

 Finland, the Secular Upheaval of Coasts of, 348 

 Fire-damp, Explosions in Mines in Relation to Cosmic and 



Meteorological Conditions, Dr. Wagner, 504 

 Fischer- Sigwart (Ilerr), Snake and Fish, 162 

 Fisher (Prof. Kuno), History of Modern Philosophy, Descartes 



and his School, 171 

 Fisher (Rev. Osmond) : on the Physics of the Sub-Oceanic Crust, 



A. J. Jukes-Browne, 54 ; Does the Bulk of Ocean Water 



Increase, 197 

 Fisher (Robert), Flower-Land, an Introduction to Botany, 247 

 Fisheries, Foreign, Administration of. Prof. W. C. Mcintosh, 



F.R.S., 497 

 Fishery Industries of the United States, George Brown Goode, 



178 

 Fishes : the Habits of the Salmon, Major John P. Traherne, 



74 ; Dr. Rene du Bois Reymond on the Striated Muscles of 



Tench, 95 ; Prof. Fritsch on the Sensory Organs of the Skin 



of Fishes, 95 ; Fishes, Francis Day, loi ; the Bladder in 



Fishes, Prof. Liebreich, 359 

 Fitzgerald (Captain C. C. P., R.N.), Leak-stopping in Steel 



Ships, 516 

 Fitzgerald (Prof. Geo. Fras.), Multiple Resonance obtained in 



Hertz's Vibrators, 295 

 Five Months' Fine Weather in Canada, Western U.S., and 



Mexico, Mrs. E. H. Carbutt, 247 

 Fleming (J. A.), Short Lectures to Electrical Artisans, 561 

 Fletcher (Thos. ), Coal Gas as a Fuel, 471 

 Flimm (Dr.), New Method of Synthesizing Indigo, 326 

 Flint Remains in Kolaba District, W. E. Sinclair, 114 

 Flints, a Natural Evidence of High Thermal Conductibility in. 



Prof. A. S. Herschel, F.R.S., 175 

 Flora of China, 46 



Flora of Derbyshire, Rev. W. H. Painter, 77 

 Flora of Keeling Islands, W. B. Hemsley, F.R.S., 492 

 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, Materials for a. Dr. George 



King, F.R.S., 437 

 Flora of Suffolk, Dr. W. M. Hind, 149 

 Flow of Water in Rivers and other Channels, a General Formula 



for the Uniform, E. Ganguillet and W. R. Kutter, 411 

 Flower (Prof. W. H., F.R.S.) : Who Discovered the Teeth in 



Ornithorhynchus ?, 30, 151 ; Suggestions for the Formation 



and Arrangement of a Museum of Natural History in Connec- 

 tion with a Public School, 177 

 Flower-Land, an Introduction to Botany, Robert Fisher, 247 

 Fluorine: a New Method of Preparing, Henri Moissan, 117, 



138; Colour and Spectrum of, Henri Moissan, 214 

 Fluoroform, Isolation of, M. Meslans, 521 

 Fog, Effects of, on Plants under Glass, 372 

 Folk-Lore, Customs of the Akas, 86 

 Foot, the Human, Thos. S. Ellis, 365 

 Foot-Pounds, 298; Prof. A. G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 317 

 Forbes (H. O.), Discovery of Maori Cave-dwellings, 209 

 Forces Proof of the Parallelogram of, W. E. Tohnson, \(,Xx 



Prof. A. G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 298 

 Forecasting, Weather, 278 

 Foreign Substances Attached to Crabs : Francis P. Pascoe, 



176 ; F. Ernest Weiss, 272 ; Alfred O. Walker, 296 ; Captain 



David Wilson-Barker, 297; Dr. R. von Lendenfeld, 317; 



Prof. W. A. Herdman, 344; Walter Garstang, 417, 490, 



538 ; Ernest W. L. Holt, 463, 515, 586 

 Foreshadowing of the Periodic Law, a First, P. J. Hartog, 186 

 Forest Surveys of India, 140 

 Forestry in India, Dr. Schlich, 470 

 Forestry in Singapore, Noxious Grass, Lalang, 182 

 Forestry, Major-General Michael, 348 

 Forestry, a Manual of, William Schlich, SirD. Brandis, F.R.S., 



121 



Forestry, Punjab Forest Administration Report, 520 



Forests in India, Wanton Destruction of, R. J. Crosthwaite, 210 



Fort William Meteorological Observatory, 518 



Forth Bridge : Testing of the New, 281 ; Opening of the, 429 



Fossil Plants of Coal- Measures, Organization of. Prof. W. C. 

 Williamson, F.R.S., 593 



FossilRhizocarps : Sir J. Wm. Dawson, F.R.S. , 10; Alfred 

 W. Bennett, 154 



Fowler (A.): Karlsruhe Observatory, 20; Objects for the 

 Spectroscope, 20, 44, 68, 87, 114, 138, 163, 183, 210, 232, 

 256, 285, 304, 326, 350, 374, 402, 428, 449, 472, 496, 521, 

 S48, 571, 595 ; Note on the Zodiacal Light, 402 



Fowler (G. J.), Influence of Different Oxides on Decomposition 

 of Potassium Chlorides, 502 



France : Travels in, Arthur Young, 294 ; La France Prehisto- 

 rique, Emile Cartailhac, 102 ; Ikazilian Honours to French 

 Astronomers, 135 ; French Meteorological Society, 161 ; 

 French Scientific Missions under the Old Monarchy, Dr. 

 Hamy, 427 



Frankland (Prof. Percy F.), the Micro-Organisms of Fermenta- 

 tion practically considered, Alfred Jorgensen, 339 



Eraser (George), Maltese Butterflies, 199 



Free Education, Lord Salisbury on, 84 



Freshfield (Douglas W.), Search and Travel in the Caucasus, 



351 

 Fritsch (Prof.) : on the Sensory Organs of the Skin of Fishes, 95 ; 



Anatomy of Torpedo marmorata, 263 

 Frost (Dr. Percival, F.R.S.), Eight Rainbows seen at the same 



Time, 316 

 Future of our Technical Education, on the. Sir Henry Roscoe, 



M.P., F.R.S., 183 

 Future Indian Civil Service Examinations, 265 



Gairdner (W. T.), the Physician as Naturalist, 436 



Galls: Prof. G. J. Romanes, F.R.S., on, 80, 174, 369; R. 

 McLachlan, F.R.S., 131 ; D. Wetterhan, 131 ; W. Ainslie 

 HoUis, 131, 272; Dr. St. George Mivart, F.R.S., 174; T. 

 D. A. Cockerel!, 344, 559 



Galton (Francis, F.R.S.), Cambridge Anthropometry, 454 



Galvanometers : Ayrton, Mather, and Sumpner, 310, 381 ; Re- 

 flecting, Geometrical Construction of Direct-reading Scales 

 for, A. P. Trotter, 478 



Ganguillet (E.) and W. R. Kutter, a General Formula for the 

 Uniform Flow of Water in Rivers and other Channels, 411 



Garden, the Birds in my, W. T. Greene, R. Bowdler-Sharpe, 

 169 



Gardiner (Prof. Walter) : on a New Application of Photography 

 to the Demonstration of Physiological Processes in Plants, 

 16 ; how Plants maintain themselves in the Struggle for Exist- 

 ence, 90 



Gardner (J. Starkie), Physics of the Sub-oceanic Crust, 103 



Garrett (T. A.) and W. Lucas, Wimshurst Machine and Hertz's 

 Vibrator, 515 



Garstang (Walter), Foreign Substances attached to Crabs, 417, 



490, 538 

 Gas-flame, Luminous and Non-luminous Radiation of. Sir John 



Conroy, 357 

 Gas Measurement, Improved Apparatus for. Prof. Lunge, 471 

 Gauge, Bourdon's Pressure, Prof. A. G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 517 

 Gauthier-Villars (H.), Eder's Photographic a la Lumiere du 



Magnesium, translated by, 584 

 Geddes (Prof. Patrick) and Arthur Thomson, Evolution of Sex, 



531 



Geodesy : a Bibliography of, J. Howard Gore, 9 ; the Measure- 

 ment of the Peruvian Arc, E. D. Preston, 309; Geodetic 

 Surveys of India, 14") 



Geography: Geographical Notes, 20,45, 164, 234, 286, 327, 

 351, 374, 403, 472, 571 ; Geographical Results of Stanley's 

 Expedition, 20, 73, iii ; the North Coast of New Guinea, 

 Admiral von Schleinitz, 21 ; Reported Massacre of Dr. 

 Peters's Party, 21 ; Cyprus, Lt. -General Sir Robert Biddulph, 

 45 ; Physics of the Sub-oceanic Crust, Rev. Osmond Fisher, 

 A. J. Jukes-Browne, 53 ; Teacher's Manual of Geography, 

 J. W. Redway, 78 ; Exploration of the Musgrave Ranges, 

 Australia, 86 ; Death of Major P. E. Warburton, 164 ; Death 

 of Cardinal Massaja, 164 ; the Ascent of Kilimanjaro, Meyer 

 and Purtscheller, 164 ; the South African Gold-fields, G. D. 

 Cocorda, 164 ; Arrival of Captain Trivier at Mozambique, 

 165 ; M. Thoroddsen's Explorations in Iceland, 165 ; Dau- 

 vergne's Journey in N. W. Cashmere, 165 ; Geography in 

 Russia, Baron Kaulbars, 208 ; Colonel Roborovski's Expedi- 

 tion in Central Asia, 234 ; Prof. Kuekenlhal's Researches in 



