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Solar Activity in 1887, 423 ; Wolf's Relative Numbers, 423 ; 

 Astronomy for Amateurs, J. A. Westwood Oliver, 437 ; a 

 Green Sun, D. Pidgeon, 440 ; Meteor at Venersborg, Sweden, 

 445 ; Photographs of Lunar Eclipse, January 28, 445 ; Astro- 

 nomical Society, Paris, 455 ; on the Appearances presented 

 by the Satellites of Jupiter during Transit, 468 ; Annals of 

 Harvard College Observatory, 475 ; Washington Naval Ob- 

 servatory, 475 ; the Fog Bow, James C, McConnel, 487 ; 

 Spectroscopic Determination of the Rotation Period of the 

 Sun, 495 ; Comet a 1888 (Sawerthal), T. W, Backhouse, 536; 

 Period of Algol, S. C. Chandler, 544 ; Observations of Vari- 

 able Stars, 545 ; Paris Catalogue of Stars, 569 ; Navigation 

 and Nautical Astronomy, W. R. Martin, 582 ; Harvard Col- 

 lege Observatory, 596 ; Comet 1888 a (Sawerthal), Dr. L. 

 Becker, 597 ; the Pulkowa Catalogue of 3542 Stars for 1855, 

 Dr. Backlund, 520 ; the Constant of Precession and the 

 Proper Motion of the Solar System, 520 ; Comet 1888 a 

 (Sawerthal), 520 ; Report on the Total Solar Eclipse of August 

 29, 1886, H. H. Turner, 525 ;'on a Point in the Theory of the 

 Moon, F. Tisserand, 527 ; Astronomical Society, 575 ; M. 

 Delauney's Astronomical Communications, 600 ; Photography 

 in the Determination of the Motions of Stars in the Line of 

 Sight, Dr. Hu7gins, 616 ; Total Lunar Eclipse of January 

 28, Dr. E. Lindemann, 616 ; New Minor Planets, 616 

 Athenaeum Club, New Members, 378, 472 

 Atlantic, North : Globular Lightning in, 187 ; Waterspouts in, 



187, 567 ; Pilot Chart of, 444 

 Atlantic Weather, British and, R. H. Scott, 350 

 Atlas der Pflanzenverbreitung, 362 



Atmosphere : Crepuscular Tints in Connection with the Hygro- 

 metric State of the. Prof. Constantino Rovelli, 404 ; Number 

 of Dust Particles in the, John Aitken, 428 ; Atmospheric 

 Effects at Sunset, Chas. Croft, 273; Atmospheric Electricity, 

 Dr. W. Marcet, F.R.S., 526; on the Relations of Atmo- 

 spheric Nitrogen with Vegetable Humus, Th. Schlcesing, 528, 

 551, 624; Atmospheric Pressure, Dr. J. Hann, 231 ; Instru- 

 ments for Measuring, 398 

 Atoll of Diego Garcia and the Coral Formations of the Indian 



Ocean, Prof G. C. Bourne, 546 

 Attar of Roses, Production of, in Bulgaria, 616 

 Auditory Nerve, Origin and Course of the, Dr. Baginski, 480 

 Audubon, Proposed Monument for, 34 

 Auriferous Deposit lately found West of Te Aroha, Sir James 



Hector, 16 

 Auriferous Sands, Treatment of, by Amalgamation in Ancient 



Times, 551 

 Aurora, Spectrum of. Notes on, J. Norman Lockyer, F,R. S., 



358 ' . . 



Aurora Borealis at Throndtjem, 595 



Auroral Phenomenon in Sweden, Remarkable, Dr. Ekholm, 186 

 Austral Africa, John Mackenzie, 5 



Australia : Contributions to the Sociology of the Australians, 

 M. Elisee Reclus, 163 ; Giant Lepidopterous Larvae in, Sidney 

 Olliff, 232 ; MeduscC of the Australian Seas, Dr. R. von 

 Lendenfeld, 399 ; Australian Rabbits Plague, and M. Pasteur, 

 421 ; M. Ernest Favenc's Exploration of, 493 ; Education 

 in, 566 ; Limits of Use of the Boomerang in, 568 ; Monthly 

 Meteorological Notes and Rainfall Statistics for South, C. 

 Todd, 615 ; Australasian Geographical Society, 354 

 Austria, Forests of, 543 

 Aveling (Rev. F. \V.), Light and Heat, 176 

 Ayrton (Prof. W. E.) and Prof. J. Perry, on the Magnetic 

 Circuit in Dynamo Machines, 502 



Bacillus butylicus. Formation of Normal Amylic Alcohol in the 



Fermentation of Glycerine set up by, 48 

 Backhouse (T.W.), Comet a 1888 (Sawerthal), 536 

 Bacteria, Lectures on, A. De Bary, 75 

 Bacteria, Reducing Action of Certain, 215 

 Bacteriological Laboratory, the Proposed Batavian, 379 

 Baginski (Dr.), Origin and Course of the Auditory Nerve, 480 

 Bagneres de Bigorre, Proposed Establishment of a Meteorologi- 

 cal Station at, 156 

 Bagshots, the Highclere, Rev. A. Irving, 128 

 Bagshot Beds, R. S. Herries, 104 



Bagshot Beds of the London Basin, Stratigraphy of, 335 

 Bahamas, Earthquake at the, Robert H. Scott, F.R.S., 54 ; G. 

 R. McGregor, 54; Byron N. Jones and Cornelius S. E. 

 Lotman, 54 



Bahamas, Flora of the, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., Baron 



Eggers, 565 

 Bailey (E. H. S.) and E. L. Nicols, Delicacy of the Sense of 



Taste, 557 

 Baker (J. G., F.R.S.), Hand-book of the Fern Allies, Prof. 



W. R. McNab, 4 

 Balachany, Naphtha Spring at, 88 



Balance, Hughes's Induction, Dr. Oliver J, Lodge, F. R.S., 6 

 Balbin (Valentin), Elementos de Calculo de los Cuaterniones, 



&c., Gustave Plarr, 145 

 Balbin's Quaternions, Prof. W. Steadman Aldis, 535 

 Bale (M. Powis), Hand-book for Steam Users, 30 

 Balfour (Prof. Isaac Bayley), elected Professor of Botany at 



Edinburgh, 421 

 Ball (L. de), on the Mass of the Planet Saturn, 118 

 Ball (Prof, v., F.R.S.), Eroded Agate Pebbles from the Soudan, 



574 . 

 Balloon Signalling Experiments, Electric, 34 

 Ballot (Dr. Buys), Presentation of a Gold Medal to, 156 

 Baltic Amber Coast in Prehistoric Times, Dr. A. Lissauer, 



Arthur J. Evans, 531 

 Baltic, Scientific Research in the, of the German Fishery Assd- 



ciation, 156 

 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., Proposed Sanitary Reforms in 



Public Schools at, 379 

 Baltzer (Dr. R.), Death of, 89 

 Barometer, at Observatories of Europe, Comparison of, A. F. 



Sundell, 258 

 Barometers and Thermometers, Experiments with, 72 

 Barometric Pressures of Asia, 422 

 Bary (Anton de), Obituary Notice of. Prof. H. Marshall Ward 



297 

 Basset (A. B.), on the Motion of a Sphere in a Viscous Liquid, 



164 

 Bassot (L.), Meridian of Laghwat, 528 

 Bastian (A.), Die Welt in ihren Spiegelungen unter dem 



Wandel des Volkergedankens : Prolegomena zu einer 



Gedanken-statistik, 387 

 Basuto Land, Sir Marshall Clarke's Tour in, 617 

 Batavia Bacteriological Laboratory, Proposed, 379 

 Batchelor on the Supposed Disappearance of the Aino^, 380 

 Bateson (W.) awarded the Balfour Memorial Studentship in 



Animal Morphology, 63 

 Bath (W. Harcourt), Young Collector's Hand book of Ants, 



Bees, Dragon-flies, Earwigs, Crickets, and Flies, 127 

 Bathymetrical Range of Deep-sea Fishe-s, A. R. Hunt, 321 

 Bathymetrical Survey of Perthshire Lochs, J. S. Grant Wilson, 



527 

 Batters (E. A.), Three New Marine Algae, 526 

 Battershall (J. P.), Food Adulteration and its Detection, 411 

 Bauschinger (Dr.), Probable New Variables, 114 

 Bay of Bengal, Monthly Weather Charts of the, 137 

 Baynes (Robert E.), Dynamical Units and Nomenclature, 



46s 

 Beaches, Raised, versus High Level Beaches, A. R. Hunt, 



275 



Beagle, the, and Charles Darwin, 443 



Bear, Polar, a Tame, 301 



Beard (Dr. J.) : the Old Mouth and the New, a vStudy in Verte- 

 brate Morphology, 224 ; on the Teeth of the Myxinoid Fishes, 



499 

 Beaver Colony at Amlid, in Norway, Flourishing Condition of 



the, 140 

 Beccari (Odoardo), and Malesia, 421 

 Beck (Herr), Habits of a Running Spider, 283 

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

 Becker (Dr. L.), Comet 1888 a (Sawerthal), 597 

 Beddard (F. E ), the Nephridia of Perichceta, 309 ; a Fresh- 

 water Annelid, 526 

 Belgium : Mine-Shaft successfully sunk by M. Poetsch's Method 



in, 208 ; System of Commercial and Technical Training in, 



284 ; Meteorology of Belgium in 1887, 328 

 Bell (Alfred), Post-Glacial Insects, 232 

 Bell (Louis), the Absolute Wave- Length of Light, ()2l 

 Bellesme (Jousset de), on Transportation of Live Fish, 444 

 Ben Nevis Observatory, Cases of St. Elmo's Fire recorded at, 



112 

 Benda (Dr.) : the Structure of Ganglion-Cells, 576 ; Researches 



on the Development of Spermatozoa, 264 

 Bengal, Pisciculture in, 494 



