Nature, Jttne 7, iJ 



INDEX 



XY 



Fumat Safety Lamp, M. Daubree, 528 



Functional Invariants, a Class of, A. R. Forsyth, F.R.S., 550 



Fungi, Mycetozoa, and Bacteria, Comparative Morphology and 



Biology of the, A. De Bary, 436 

 Fungus-Flora of Sweden, Dr. Robert Fries, 445 

 Fusel Oil, New Instrument, Stalagmometer, for determining 



the Amount of, in Spirituous Liquors, Herr Traube, 209 



Gad (Prof.), the Chewing Movements in Rats, 576 ; Sawyer's 

 Experiments as to Existence and Separation of Irritability and 

 Conducting Power in Nerves, 576 



Galicia, Elk shot in, 301 



Gallaudet (Thos. Hopkins), Meeting at Philadelphia to celebrate 

 Centenary of, 232 



Galton (Francis, F. R.S. ), Lectures on Heredity and Nurture at 

 South Kensington Museum, 112 



Galvanometer, Reflecting, G. L. Addenbrooke, 502 



Gamble (J. G.), Rainfall on and around Table Mountain, 143 



Ganglion-Cells, the Structure of. Dr. Benda, 576 



Ganoidei chondrostei, on some of the Affinities between, and 

 other Fishes, Dr. Nicholas Zograff, 70 



Garden Plants, List of New, 595 



Garrett (Andrew), Death of, 282 



Garrigou- Lagrange (M.), Apparatus for registering the Ascend- 

 ing and Descending Air Currents, 18 



Gas Analysis, Short Treatise on, W. Dittmar, 174 



Gas-Burners, Siemens's, 136 



Gas-Thermometer, a New, M. L. Cailletet, 600 



Gases, Interchange of, in Respiration, Influence of Diet on, 408 



Gases, New Method for Measurement of Magnetism of, Prof. 

 Topler, 576 



Gases, on the Part played by the Stomata in the Inspiration 

 and Expiration of, 72 



Gases, Specific Heat of. Dr. Pringsheim, 216 



Gasteropods : Aplysia type, A. depilans and A.fasciata, on the 

 Nervous System of the, 120 ; Classification of the, by H. 

 de Lacaze-Duthiers, 504 



Gattermann (Dr.) : Researches as to the Nature of Chloride of 

 Nitrogen, 350 ; and Trichloride of Nitrogen, 494 



Gaudry (Albert), on the Elasmotherium, 73, 575 



Geese, Bernicle, on Coniston I-ake, William R. Melly, 585 



Geikie (Dr. Archibald, F.R.S.), the Age of the Altered Lime- 

 stone of Strath, Skye, 191 



Gelatinous State, on the, of Albuminoid Bodies, W. Mikhailoff, 

 525 



Gems and Ornamental Stones of the U.S., Dr. A. E. Foote, 

 68 



Gems and Vitrifications Phosphoi'escent, on an Ancient Process 

 for Rendering, M. Berthelot, 407 



Geneva, Earthquake in, 231 



Geneva, Lake of. Waterspout on the, M. Dufour, 208 



Geography : Decision of the Danish Government upon Hydro- 

 graphically measuring and charting Guldborg Sound, the New 

 Harbour at Odense, and the Randers and Manager Fjords 

 in Jutland, Proposed Expedition to Iceland, 17; Signor E. 

 Modigliani on Nias, 17 ; Geographical Notes, 17, 37, 66, 89, 

 IIS, 158, 2X1, 285, 302, 330, 381, 447, 496, 545, 570, 597, 

 617; Scottish Geographical Magazine, 37; Highest Peaks 

 in Northern Europe, 37 ; Mittheilungen of the Vienna 

 Geographical Society, 37 ; Bulletin of the American Geo- 

 graphical Society, 37 ; Account of R. E. Peary's Journey into 

 the Interior of Greenland, 37 ; Deutsche Geographische Blatter, 

 38 ; Proposed Research in Icelandic Waters, 38 ; Exploration 

 in New Guinea, 38 ; Submarine Valleys of the Pacific Coast 

 of the U.S., 38; Latest Communication from H. M. 

 Stanley, 38 ; Izvestia of the Russian Geographical Society, 

 38 ; Result of General Przewalski's Fourth Journey in Central 

 Asia, 38 ; Ethnological Results of M. A. Eliseeff s Journeys 

 in Asia Minor since 1881, 38 ; Ascent ©f Owen Stanley Range 

 of New Guinea, by E. H. Martin, 66 ; Return of Herr Krause 

 from his Journey from Salaga through Dahomey, 66 ; J. 

 McCarthy on Siam, 66 ; Return of MM. Bunge and Toll, 67 ; 

 Geographical Section at Brussels, International Exhibition, 

 Proposed, 90 ; Examination of Existing Charts of Ocean 

 Currents Contiguous to the Coast of California, 115 ; Montagu 

 Kerr's Attempt to cross Africa by a New Route, 115 ; A. D. 

 Carey's Journey across and around Turkistan, 115 ; Medals 

 awarded by the Paris Geographical Society, 211 ; News from 



Herr Gottlob Adolf Krause, 211 ; Geography, History, and 

 Social Conditions of the Republic of Columbia, New Grenada, 

 Signor A. Borda, 211 ; Rio Doce and its Northern Tributaries, 

 Brazil, W. J. Steains, 285 ; Dr. Meyer's Ascent of Kiliman' 

 jaro, 285 ; Petermann's Mitteilungen, 286 ; Scottish Geo- 

 graphical Society, 286 ; Height of the Land and Depth of 

 the Ocean, John Murray, 286 ; M. Chaffanjon's Journey up 

 the Orinoco, 286 ; Physical Geography of the Sea, Hon. 

 Ralph Abercromby, 315 ; Return of M. Thouar, 354 ; Ascent 

 of a Glacier on Mummy Mountain, Northern Colorado, F. H. 

 Chapin, 354 ; Dr. H. Meyer's Ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro, 

 354 ; Australasian Geographical Society, 354 ; Height of 

 Mount Obree, 354 ; Vertical Section of the Angara at its Issue 

 from Lake Baikal, 354 ; Changes of Level in African Lakes, 

 Dr. Robert Sieger, 354 ; History of the Ocean, Prof. Euard 

 Siiss, 354 ; J. F. Needham engaged to conduct an Expedition 

 to Hukeng Valley, 354 ; Exploration of the Sierra Nevada of 

 Santa Marta, Dr. W. Sievers, 354 ; Dr. ZintgrafTs Start for 

 Rio del Rey, 354 ; Practical Geography for Schools, Alfred 

 Hughes, 412 ; African Exploration, Edouard Dupont, 496 ; 

 Baron Egger's Excursions into the Interior of San Domingo, 

 545 ; Recent Journeys along the Coast of Greenland, 546 ; 

 Solomon Islands, C. N, Woodford, 546 ; Death of Nicolas von 

 Miklucho-Maclay, 597 ; Death of Herr Anton Stecker, 597 ; 

 Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society awarded 

 to Clements R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S., 617; Royal Medal 

 awarded to Lieut. Wissmann, 617; Island of Fernando 

 Noronha, Rev. T. S. Lea, 617 ; Basuto Land, Sir Marshall 

 Clarke, 617 



Geology : the Ffynnon Beuno and Cae" Gwyn Caves, Wor- 

 thington G. Smith, 7, 105, 178 ; G. H. Morton, 32; Dr. 

 Henry Hicks, F.R.S., 129, 202; Prof, T. McKenny Hughes, 

 166 ; A. J. Jukes Browne, 224 ; the Work of the Inter- 

 national Congress of Geologists, G. K. Gilbert, 19, 40 ; 

 Geologists' Association, 71 ; Fifty Years' Progress in British, 

 71 ; International Geological Congress, 87 ; Canadian Geo- 

 logical Survey, 87 ; a Sketch of Geological History, being 

 the Natural History of the Earth and its Pre-Human 

 Inhabitants, Edward Hull, F.R.S., 103; Note on the so- 

 called "Soapstone" of Fiji, Henry B. Brady, F.R.S., 142: 

 Notes on a Part of the Huronian Series in the Neighbourhood 

 of Sudbury (Canada), Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 143; 

 Geological Society, 142, 166, 191, 287, 335, 359, 431, 526, 

 574 ; Medals and Funds, 327 ; Annual Meeting of, 478 ; 

 Post-Glacial Time, T, Mellard Reade, 478 ; the Age of the 

 Altered Limestone of Strath, Skye, Dr. Archibald Geikie, 

 F.R.S., 191 ; Eocene Strata in the Tertiary Basins of Eng- 

 land, Belgium, and North of France, Prof. Joseph Prestwich, 

 F.R.S., 287 ; Devonian System in North America, H. S. 

 Williams, 358 ; Primordial Fauna in France, First Discovery 

 of Trilobites of, Jules Bergeron, 360 ; Retirement of Prof. 

 Prestwich from the Chair of Geology at Oxford, 397 ; the 

 Relations between Geology and the Biological Sciences, Prof. 

 John W. Judd, F.R.S., 401, 424; Tertiary Formations near 

 Cape La Mortola in Liguria, North Italy, Prof. T. Taramelli, 

 404 ; Griesbach on Geology in Afghanistan, 421 ; Geology of 

 Congo Coast and Kassai, Edouard Dupont, 421 ; Geological 

 Record for 1879, 422 ; Mr. Warren Upham on Lake Agassiz, 

 473 ; Were the Elephant and Mastodon Contemporary in 

 Europe?, Henry H. Howorth, M.P., 480; on Chemical, 

 Physical, and Stratigraphical, Prof. Prestwich, F.R.S., 482; 

 the Movements of Scree Material, Cecil Carus- Wilson, 488 ; 

 Geological Chart of the River Surinam, 552 : a Manual of the 

 Geology of India, F. R. Mallet, 556; Geologyof the Taconic 

 Area, 623 



Geometry : Geometric Form of the Effects of Radiation in the 

 Diurnal Motion of the Stars, M. Gruey, 72 ; Solutions to 

 Problems contained in a Treatise on Plane Co-ordinate 

 Geometry, L Todhunter, F.R.S., 75; Greek Geometry, 78; 

 Geometrical Method of determining the Conditions of 

 Maximum Efficiency in the Transmission of Power by Alter- 

 nating Currents, T. H. Blakesley, 1 19 ; a Primary Geometry, 

 S. E. Warren, 317; on the Division of the Sum of a 

 Geometrical Series whose First Term is Unity and Common 

 Ratio any Positive or Negative Integer, Prof. J. J. Sylvester, 

 F.R.S., 417 ; Geometry in Space, 603 



German Fishery Association Scientific Research in the Baltic, 

 156 



German Geographical Society, 186 



