INDEX 



{Nature, Nov. 22, li 



Capillaries, Prof. Fick's Scheme of Blood-pressure in the, Prof. 



Gad, 1 20 

 Carbon Compounds, Colour of some, Prof. Carnelly and J. 



Alexander, 141 

 Carbon and Copper combined to form a Compensated Resist- 

 ance Standard, Prof. Nichols, 232 

 Carbon Disulphide in Prisms, &c, a Substitute for, H. G. 



Madan, 413 

 Carbon, Researches on the Spectrum of, Prof. Vogel, 72 

 Carboniferous Flora, Prof. Williamson, 597 

 Cardiff, Aberdare Hall, 257 

 Cardinal Numbers, the, with an Introductory Chapter on 



Numbers generally, Manley Hopkins, 27 

 Carguet (M. le) and P. Topinard, Population of the Ancient 



Pagus-Cap-Sizun, Cape du Raz, 212 

 Carlet (M. G.), on the Poison of the Hymenoptera, 216 

 Carnelly (Prof.) and J. Alexander, Colour of some Carbon 



Compounds, 141 

 Carnot (M. A.), on a New Method of Quantitative Analysis for 

 the Lithine contained in a Large Number of Mineral Waters. 

 360 

 Carolina Rail, the Osteology of, 279 

 Caron on the Position of Timbuktu, 288 

 Carpenter (W. Lant), New Form of Lantern, 214 

 Cartography, Early European, 375 



Carus-Wilson (Cecil), Sonorous Sand in Dorsetshire, 415 

 Casey (John, F. R. S. ), a Treatise on Plane Trigonometry, 218 

 Caspian Sea Deposits, M. Netchayeff, 160 

 Castner (H. T.), Production of Aluminium, 326 

 Catchpool (Edmund), Circles of Light, 342 

 Caterpillars, the Recent Plague of, 277 

 Catgut as a Ligature, Prof. Munk, 312 

 Catholic Missionaries, the Services of, in the East, to Natural 



Science, 434 N 



Caucasus : General Uslar's Works on the, 159 ; Ethnography of 



the, Baron Uslar, 623 

 Cave (Charles), a Shadow and a Halo, 619 

 Caves, Cae-Gwyn, North Wales, 22 



Celtic Heathendom, Prof. A. H. Sayce, Prof. J. Rhys, 361. 

 Centenarians in France, Emile Levasseur, 288, 501 

 Centenary of the Calcutta Botanic Garden, 493 

 Cephalopods, Observations on the Development of, Homology 



of the Germ-layers, S. Watase, 356 

 Ceylon : Botanic Gardens of, Dr. Trimen's Report on, 112 ; 

 Ethnology of the Moors of, P. Ramanathan, 135 ; Report of 

 the Conservator of Forests, 373 ; Forest Conservancy in, 

 Colonel Clarke, 606 

 Challenger Expedition, Zoological Results of the, 337, 561 

 Chamberlain (Basil Hall), Japanese "go-hei" and Shinto 



Worship, 396 

 Chandler (S. C), New Catalogue of Variable Stars, 554; 



Light-curve of U Ophitichi, 576 

 Changes of Potential of Voltaic Couple?, Effects of Different 



Positive Metals, &c, upon the. Dr. G. Gore, F.R.S., 335 

 Channel, Extraordinary Rarefaction of Atmosphere in the, 256 

 Chaperon (G.) arid E. Mercadier, on Electro-chemical Radio- 

 phony, 168 

 Chaperon and Mercadier, Electro-chemical Radiophony, 305 

 Chappell (William, F.S.A.), Death of, 421 

 Chappuis (J.), on Mechanism of Electrolysis by Process of 



Alternative Currents, 263 

 Charadriidae, the Geographical Distribution of the Family, 



Henry Seebohm, R. Bowdler Sharpe, 73 

 Charleston Earthquake, Captain C. E. Dutton's Monograph on, 



16 

 Chart of the Heavens, Photographic, 38 

 Charts, Monthly, of the North Atlantic Currents, M. Simart, 



143 

 Charts showing the Mean Barometrical Pressure over the 



Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, 196 

 Charts, Synoptic, G. Rollin, 575 



Chemistry : Influence of Temperature on Calcium, 23 ; Thermo- 

 chemical Constants, 23; Chemical Society, 23, 117, 141 ; a 

 New Sulphur-Acid, M. Villiers, 41 ; on the Compounds of 

 Ammonia and Selenium Dioxide, Sir C. A. Cameron and 

 John Macallan, 46 ; Ilea's of Combustion of Isomerous Acids, 

 W. Louguinine, 48 ; Tellurium, Berthelot and Fabre, 63 ; 

 Elementary Chemistry, William S. Furneaux, 76 ; Determina- 

 tion of Molecular Weights of Carbo-hydrates, H. T. Brown 

 and Dr. G. H. Morris, 117; New Chlorine Compounds of 



Titanium, 133 ; on Organic Compounds in their relations to 

 Haloid Salts of Alumininm, G. Gustafson, 139 ; Atomic 

 Weight of Osmium, Prof. Seubert, 183 ; Silicon Tetrafluoride 

 Compounds, Comey and Loring Jackson, 203 ; New Double 

 Phosphates in the Magnesian Series, M. L. Ouvrard, 216 - r 

 Aniline, Monomethyl Aniline, and Dimethylaniline, M. Leo 

 Vignon, 216 ; Ferrate of Baryta, MM. G. Rousseau and J. 

 Bernheim, 216 ; the Decadence of the Chemical Profession in- 

 Government Opinion, 217 ; New Platinum Base obtained 

 by Dr. H. Alexander, 256 ; the Choice of a Chemist to 

 the Navy, 265 ; Dr. Rebs on the Composition of Persulphide 

 of Hydrogen, 278 ; a New Base in Tea, Dr. Kossel, 303 \ 

 Conditions of Evolution of Gases from Homogeneous Liquids, 

 V. H. Veley, 310; Strophanthine, M. Arnaud, 311 ; Yttro- 

 titanite of Arendal, Drs. Kruss and Kiesewetter, 326 

 Hydrofluoric Acid, Vapour-Density of, Prof. Thorpe and F 

 J. Hambly, 373 ; Phenyl-thiocarbimide, H. G. Madan, 413 ; 

 Molecular Physics, an Attempt at a Comprehensive Dynamical; 

 Treatment of Physical and Chemical Forces, Prof. F. Linde- 

 mann, G. W. de Tunzelmann, 458, 578 ; Three New Sulpho- 

 chlorides of Mercury, Poleck and Goercki, 527 ; the Gas- 

 Allene, Gustavson and Demjanoff, 552 ; a New Crystalline 

 Substance, Silicotetraphenylamide, Prof. Emerson Reynolds,. 

 F.R.S., 575 ; Elimination by means of Iodine of Arseniurettsd 

 Hydrogen from Sulphuretted Hydrogen, Dr. Otto Brunn, 575 - T 

 Applications of Dynamics to Physics and Chemistry, J. J. 

 Thomson, F.R.S., 585 ; Chemistry as a School Subject, Rev. 

 A. Irving, 596 ; Valency, Prof. Armstrong, 596 ; Dr. Morley,. 

 596 ; Chemistry of Modern Method of Manufacturing Chloro- 

 form, Orndorff and Jessel, 598; Laboratories at Trinity College, 

 Dublin, 598 ; New Organic Compounds, Diphenyl, Paul Adam. 

 599 ; Perseite, Maquenne, 608 ; Heats of Combustion of Acids,. 

 Louguinine, 608; Freezing- Points of Solutions of Organic Com- 

 pounds of Aluminium, Louise and Roux, 608 ; Vapour-Densities- 

 of Chromic Chlorides, Profs. Nilson and Pettersson, 624 



Chevreul (M.), his 102nd Birthday, 452 



Child, the Mind of the, Prof. W. Preyer, 490 



China : Earthquake in the Yunnan Province of, 16 ; Meteoro- 

 logy of South-Eastern, Dr. Doberck, 118; Chinese Deri vat es- 

 and Old Babylonian Characters, Terrien de Lacouperie, Prof. 

 A. H. Sayce, 122 ; Prof. Russell on Chinese Astronomy, 

 134; Scientific Works published by Dr. Dudgeon in Chinese,. 

 302 ; Taxation in China, Dr. D. J. Macgowan, 364 ; Consul 

 Bourne's Report on the Non-Chinese Races of China, 345 a 

 Consul Bourne's Report on his Journey to South- Western 

 China, 455 ; the Teaching of Mathematics in China, Gundiy,. 



485 

 Chinook Wind, the, C. C. McCaul, 502 

 Chitin Solvents, on Experiments with, T. H. Morgan, 356 

 Chloride, on the, Bromide, and Sulphide of Yttrium and Sodium.. 



M. A. Duboin, 360 

 Chlorine, on the Density of, and on the Vapour-Density of 



Ferric Chloride, MM. C. Friedel and J. M. Crafts, 384 

 Chloroform, the Modern Method of Manufacturing, Orndorff 



and Jessel, 598 

 Cholera, Cure of, by Inoculation, Dr. Gamaleia, M. Pasteur, 



395 

 Chree (C.) : on ^Eolotropic Elastic Solids, 165 ; Effect of Electric 



Current on Saturated Solutions, 215 

 Christiania University, Scientific Scholarship-; at, 574 

 Christmas Island : Captain W. J. L. Wharton's Exploration of, 



207 ; Dr. Guppy's Expedition to, 228 

 Chromic Chlorides, Vapour-Densities of, Profs. Nilson and 



Pettersson, 624 

 Chrysarobin, Physiological Action of Anthrarobin and, Dr. 



Weyl, 144 

 Church (Prof. A. H.), on the Occurrence of Aluminium in. 



certain Vascular Cryptogams, 140 

 Cinchona Bark, Extraction of Alkaloids from, by Cold Oil, 17 

 Cincinnati Zone Catalogue, 43 

 Circles of Light, Edmund Catchpool, 342 

 Circuits, Incomplete, a Simple Hypothesis for Electro-magnetic 



Induction of, with consequent Equations of Electric Motion. 



in Fixed Homogeneous or Heterogeneous Solid Matter, Sir 



W 7 illiam Thomson, 569 

 City and Guilds of London Institute : Lectures, 43 ; Lectures. 



on Electricity at, 228 ; Statistics of the Past Year, 453 

 Civil List Pensions, 325 



Claret, Derivation of the Word, H- Bedford, 1 13 

 Clarke (C. B.), on Root- Pressure, 94 



