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INDEX 



\Naitire, Jtine 7, iS 



Anatomy and Physiology, the Coming of Age of the Journal of, 

 441 



Ancient Monuments Act, 91 



Andaman Islands, Exploration of, 330 



Andre (M.), Influence of Altitude on Temperature, 282 



Andre (G.) and M. Berthelot, on Phosphorus and Phosphoric 

 Acid in Vegetation, 504 ; on the Absorption of Saline Sub- 

 stances by Plants, 527 



Andrews (Thos. ), Heat Dilatation of Modern Steels from Low 

 Temperatures, 308 



Anemometers and Wind Force at Sea, W. G. Black, 321 



Angara, Vertical Section of the, at its Issue from Lake Baikal, 



354 



Angling in India (Tank), by H. Sullivan Thomas, 518 



Aniline, on some Salts of, 48 



Animal Biology, by C. Lloyd Morgan, 484 



Animals from the Life, by H. Leutemann, 176 



Animals, the Sense and Senses of, Sir John Lubbock, 210 



Annalen der Hydrographie und Maritimen Meteorologie, 137 



Annalesofthe French Central Meteorological Office for 1885, 

 M. L. Teisserenc de Bort on High Barometric Pressure of 

 Asia, 422 



Annam, M. Navelle's Account of his Journey in, 16 



Annelid, a Freshwater, F. E. Beddard, 526 



Annuaire of the Bureau des Longitudes, 1888, 329 



Annuaire de I'Observatoire Royal de Bruxelles, 380 



Antagonism, Right Hon. Sir William R. Grove, F.R. S., 617 



Antarctic Exploration, the Proposed, 299 



Antedon rosacea. Development of, H. Bury, 287 



AnUnnarius marmoratus, on the Nest of the, M. L. Vaillant, 

 208 



Anthropods, Researches on the Sense of Vision in the, Felix 

 Plateau, 118; Experiments on Visual Sense in, Felix 

 Plateau, 308, 525 



Anthropology: Anthropological Institute, 88, 120, 360,479, 

 624 ; Anthropology in England and America, 112 ; L'Homme 

 avant I'Histoire, Ch. Debierre, 126 ; on the Stature of the 

 Ancient Inhabitants of the Canary Islands, Dr. R. Verneau, 

 163 ; on Criminal Anthropology, Dr. R. Topinard, 163 ; 

 Contributions to the Sociology of the Australians, M. Elisee 

 Reclus, 163 ; on Lacustrine and Lake Villages, and Pile 

 Dwellings, M. Pompeo Castelfranco, 163 ; on the Poly- 

 nesians, their Origin, Migrations, &c., MM. LesFon and 

 Martinet, 164 : the Akkas, a Pygmy Race from Central 

 Africa, Prof. W. H, Flower, F.R.S., 395 ; American 

 Anthropologist, 398 ; E. B. Tylor's Hand-book of, trans- 

 lated into Spanish, 398 ; Folk-Lore of Ireland, Jeremiah 

 Curtin, 473 ; Japanese "Go-hei," 479; Chins and Nagas, 

 some Account of, 544 ; Criminal Anthropology, 596 



Antipyrine as a Remedy for Sea-sickness, Eugene Dupuy, 96 



Antiquities of Turkistan, M, Krasnoff, 283 



Ants, Bees, Dragon-flies, Earwigs, Crickets, and Flies, Young 

 Collector's Hand-book of, W. Harcourt Bath, 127 



Ants, Bees, and Wasps, the Habits of, Sir John Lubbock, 138 ; 



Anura, Carpus and Tarsus of the. Prof. G. B. Howes and W. 

 Ridewood, 503 



Apparatus for Experiments at a High Temperature in Gas under 

 High Pressure, L. Cailletet, 470 



Archaeology : Important Additional Collections to the Peabody 

 Museum of American Archreology and Ethnology, 15 ; Return 

 of the Expedition sent by the Finnish Archasological Society 

 to the Upper Yenisei, 15; Archaeological Explorations near 

 Reichenhall, 112; Archaeological Discoveries in India, 138; 

 Discovery of a Runic Stone whh Inscription in Sweden, 283 ; 

 Gold Armlet with Runic Inscription discovered on the Island 

 of Fredoen, 283 ; Antiquities of Turkistan, M. Krasnoff, 283 ; 

 Stone with Drawings and Runic Inscriptions discovered on 

 the South- West Coast of Sweden, 399 ; Archaeological 

 Congress at Moscow, 398 ; Archaeological Remains, Norway, 

 445 



Arctic Seal Fisheries, Meeting at Tonsberg, in Norway, of those 

 interested in, 399 



Argentine Republic, Inter-diurnal Variability of Temperature at 

 Places in the. Dr. Oscar Doering, 39 



Argyll (Duke of, F.R.S.): on Darwin's Theory, 2$; Con- 

 spiracy of Silence, 53, 246, 293 ; his Charges against Men of 

 Science, Prof. John W. Judd, 317 ; Prof. T. H. Huxley, 

 F.R.S., 342 



Arithmetic, Note on a Proposed Addition to the Vocabulary of 

 Ordinary, Prof. J. J. Sylvester, F.R.S., 152 



Arithmetic and Elementary Mensuration, P. Goyen, 232 



Armlet, Ancient Gold, Discovered in a Field at Tjoring, in 

 Denmark, 138 



Armstrong (Prof. Henry H., F.R.S.) : a Note on Va'ency, 

 especially as defined by Helmholtz, 303 ; on the Origin of 

 Colour and the Constitution of Colouring Matter, 502 



Army Medical School, Sir Henry W. Acland, 113 



Army Regulations, the New, Henry Palin Gurney, 365 



Arnaud, Analysis of Somali Arrow Poison, 575 



Amaudeau (M.), Supposed Method of Erecting Egyptian 

 Monoliths, 65 



Arnold (Matthew), Death of, 594 



Arsenic, New Compound of. Dr. Schneider, 258 



Art of Computation for the Purposes of Science, Prof. W 

 Ramsay and Dr. Sydney Young, 294 



Art, Early Christian, in Ireland, Margaret Stokes, 341 



Arterial Arches in Vertebrates, Models illustrating the Modifica- 

 tion of the. Prof. W. N. Parker, 499 



Asia, Central, Result of General Przewalski's Fourth Journey 

 in, 38 



Asia Minor, Ethnological Results of M, A. Eliseeff 's Journeys 

 in, 38 



Asiatic Society of Calcutta, E. T. Atkinson's Presidential 

 Address, 422 



Asiatic Society of Japan, Transactions of, 35 



Asia, Through Central, Rev. Dr. Henry Lansdell, 221 



Asker, in Nerice, Sweden, Meteor seen at, 614 



Assmann (Dr.), Experiments on the Humidity of the Air, 



215 



Asteroids, the, Prof. Daniel Kirkwood, 233 



Astronomy: Astronomical Phenomena for the Week, 17, 37, 

 66, 90, 114, 140, 158, 188, 210, 234, 259, 285, 302, 330,353, 

 381, 400, 423, 446, 475, 495, 520, 545, 569, 597, 616; Astro- 

 nomical Column, 36, 66, 89, 114, 140, 158, 233, 259, 284, 

 302, 330. 353. 381, 400, 424. 446, 475> 495. S20, 544, 569, 

 596, 616 ; Reports from Various Parts of Norway respecting 

 the Great Meteor, 36 ; Variable Star U Ophiuchi, S. C. 

 Chandler, 36 ; the New Algol-Variable, Y Cygni, 37 ; Olbers' 

 Comet, 1887, 37 ; Astronomical Society of France, 66 ; Lick 

 Observatory, 66 ; American Observatories, 89 ; U Ophiuch i, 

 S. C. Chandler, 90 ; the New Algol-Variables, S. C. Chand- 

 ler, 90 ; Probable New Variables, John Tebbutt, Dr. Bausch- 

 inger, 114; Names of Minor Planets, 114; Spectra of Oxygen, 

 and Carbon compared with that of the Sun, Prof. Trowbridge 

 and Hutchins, Dr. Henry Draper, Prof. J. C. Draper, 114; 

 Olbers' Comet, 1887, Herr Tetens, 114; on the Mass ot 

 the Planet Saturn, L. de Ball, 118 ; Report on Total . 

 Solar Eclipse of 1887, Prof. David P. Todd, 474; Total 

 Solar Eclipse of August 19, 1887. L. Niesten, 118 ; the New 

 Algol-Variables, Y Cygni and R Canis Majoris, S. C. Chand- 

 ler, 140; Minor Planet No. 271, 140; Natal Observatory, 

 Report for 1886, 158 ; Olbers' Comet, 1887, 158 ; Probable 

 New Class of Variable Stars, Rev. T. E. Espin, 158 ; M. 

 Bertram's Note on Errors of Observation, M. Faye, 166 ; the 

 Star of Bethlehem, 169: John T. Nicolson, 221 ; Prof. Wm. 

 Pengelly, F.R.S., 221 ; K Coatham, 221 ; the Planet Mer- 

 cury, W. F. Denning, 178 ; Meteor of November 15, J. 

 Lloyd Bozward, 178; on the Law of Errors of Observation 

 J. Bertrand, 191 ; Total Solar Eclipse of October 29, 878 ; 

 Rev. C. S. Taylor, 223 : Brazilian Results from the Transit 

 of Venus, M. Cruls, 233 ; the Asteroids, Prof. Daniel Kirk- 

 wood, 233 ; Olbers' Comet, Dr. Krueger and Dr. E. Lamp, 

 233 ; the Clinton Catalogue, 234 ; Occultations of Stars by 

 Planets, Herr A. Berbericb, 234 ; Duner on Stars with 

 Spectra of Class III., 234, 260 ; O'Gyalla Spectroscopic Cata- 

 logue, 259 ; Astronomical Prizes of the Paiis Academy of 

 Sciences, 259 ; New Observatory in Vienna, 259 ; M. Char- 

 lois on Olbers' Comet, 263 ; Mauritius Observatory, 284 ; 

 Occultations of Stars by Planets, 284 ; Olbers' Comet, 285 ; 

 Total Eclipse of the Moon, January 28, 286, 306, 495 ; the 

 Cape Observatory, 302 ; Parallax of Mars, C. G. Stromeyer, 

 302 ; Longitude of Odessa, Dr. E. Becker and Prof. Block, 

 302 ; Winkler Observatory, Herr Winkler, 302 ; Royal 

 Astronomical Society's Memoirs, 353 ; Publications of Dun- 

 sink Observatory, 353 ; Rousdon Observatory, 353 ; j8 Del- 

 phini, 353 ; New Minor Planets, 353, 495 ; Melbourne Observa- 

 tory, 381 ; American Nautical Almanac Office, Prof. Newcomb, 

 381 ; J. Tebbutt's Observatory, Windsor, New South Wales, 

 400; Pulkowa Observatory, 400 ; Wolsingham Observatory, 

 Rev. T. E. Espin, 400 ; Variability of Saturn's Rings, 407 ; 



