INDEX 



[Nanire, May 30, 1889 



Amphion {Pander) in the Cabrieres District, Herault, M. de 



Rouville, 479 

 Amphipods, the Embryogeny of the, Dr. Sophie Pereyaslavtseva, 



61 

 Amsterdam Royal Academy of Sciences, 192, 264, 408, 600 

 Amu-daria, Measurements in the Delta of the, A. Kaulbars, 



329 

 Anatomy : an Eighth Rib in Man, 17 

 Anatomy of Mcgascolides ausUalis (the Giant Earthworm of 



Gippsland), 394 ; W. B. Spencer, 387 

 Anatomy and Physiology of Protopterus annectens, Preliminary 



Note on the. Prof. W. Newton Parker, 19 

 Anderson (Herr G.), Flora and Fauna of the Peat-bogs of 



Scania, 456 

 Anderson (Prof. R. A.), Apparatus for the Microscope, 262 

 Andree (R.), Use of Signals by Primitive Peoples, 447 

 Andrews (Thomas, F.R.S.), the Scientific Papers of the late, 

 withaMemoirby P. G. TaitandA. Crum Brown, F.R.S., 554 

 Andries (Dr.), Original Theory as to Constituiion of Sun, 287 

 -Andrusoff (N.), on the Geological History of the Caspian 



Depression, 208 

 Anemometers, Suction, Prof J. E. Curtis, 23 

 Angot (M. Alfred), Diurnal Variation of the Barometer, 239 

 Angry Birds, L. Blomefield, 175; W. G. Smith, 175 

 Aniline, Preparation of the Bichromate of, 384 

 Animal Locomotion, the Science of, in its Relation to Design in 



Art, li. Muybrid;^e, 446 

 Animal Physiology, William S. Furneaux, 148 

 Animals : the Senses, Instincts, and Intelligence of, with special 

 reference to Insects, Sir John Lubbock, F.R.S., Prof. George 

 J. Romanes, F.R. S., 76; can they count? G. A. Freeman, 

 390 ; Calorimetric Experiments on, Prof. Rosenthal, 624 ; 

 Animals' Institute, John Atkinson, 31 

 Anleitung zu wissenschaftlichen Beobachtungen auf Reisen, Dr. 



G. Neumayer, 505 

 Annalen der Ilydrographie, 303 

 Anniversary Meeting of the Koyal Society, 142, 159 

 Annuaire de 1' Academic Royale de Belgique, 351 

 Annuaire du Bureau des Longitudes, 1889, 351 

 Antarctic Expedition, Proposed, 399 

 Antarctic Expedition, Proposed American, 19 

 Anthelia, Consul E. L. Layard, 413 



Anthracene, the Action of Nitric Acid on, A. G. Perkin, 453 

 Anthropology: Anthropological Institute, 142, 167,215,296, 

 455 ; a Method of Investigating Development of Institutions, 

 Dr. E. B. Tylor, F.R.S. 143 ; P. Topinard on the Conversion of 

 the Cephalic Index into a Cranial Index, 164 ; the Measurement 

 of Large Bones of Human System, E. Kollet, 192 ; Dr. R. H. 

 Codrington on Social Regulations in Melanesia, 215 ; A. W. 

 Howitt on Australian Message Sticks, 215 ; M. Brown on 

 Evidences of the Antiquity of Man in Leicestershire, 232 ; 

 Woman's Anthropological Society of Washington, 377 ; 

 Aboriginal Remains from Florida, 378 

 Antimoniuretted Hydrogen, on the Heat of Formation of, MM. 



Berthelot and P. Petit, 528 

 Antipatharia and other Anthozoa, Preliminary Remarks on the 



Homologies of the Mesenteries in, G. Brook, 335 

 Antoine (Ch.) : the Tensions of Vapours, 96; Volumes of 



Saturated Vapours, 263 

 Ape, the Barbary, in Algeria, Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., 30 

 Apparatus for Counting the Dust Particles in the Atmosphere, 



John Aitken, 455 

 Aqueous Vapour, on the Distribution of the, in the Atmosphere, 



M. A. Crova, 335 

 Arabia : Departure of Dr. Georg Schweinfurth for, 89 ; Return 



of Dr. Schweinfurth from, 612 

 Ararat, Mount, M. Eugene Markow, 307 

 Archangelsk, the Flora of, N. Kuznetsoff, 571 

 Archaeology : Dessicated Human Remains, 36 ; the Civilization 

 of Sweden in Heathen Times, Oscar Montelius, 270 ; Runic 

 Stone, Romsdal, 306 ; Discovery of Saxon Burying-ground at 

 Cambridge, 396 ; Archaeology in the United States, 468 ; 

 Archaeological Researches in Norway, 591 

 Archer (W. J.), Chiengtung, 470 

 Argentine Republic : the Gran Chaco, 328 ; Meteorological 



Office of the, 86 

 Argyll (Duke of, F.R.S.) : Lob-worms, 300; Supposed Fossils 



from the Southern Highlands, 300, 317 

 Arietis, 7, M. Flammarion, 456 

 Arithmetic, Explanatory, G. E. Spickernell, 26 



Arloing (M. S.), General Effects of the Substances produced by 

 Bacillus heminecrnbiophilus, under Natural and Artificial 

 Culture, 479 



Armstrong (Prof. H. E., F.R.S.): Current Problems in Che- 

 mistry, 280 ; the Constitution of the Dichloronaphthalenes, 

 166 ; the Dichloronaphthalenes, 359 ; and W. P. Wynne, the 

 Nitration of Naphtha]ene-;3-sulphonic Acid, 454 ; Determina- 

 tion of Constitution of Heteronucleal oj3- and /8j8-di-Derivalives 

 of Naphthalene, 598 



Arnaud (M.), on the Active Crystalline Substance Extracted \ 

 from the Seeds of the Smooth or Hairless Strophanthus of 

 the Gaboon, 263 



Arnot (F. S.), South Central Africa, Explorations, 259, 497 



Arsonval (D'), the Toxic Quality of Exhaled Air not dependent 

 on Carbonic Acid, 407 



Aruwhimi Forest Tract, the Meteorological Conditions of the, 

 Henry F. Blanford, F.R.S., 582 



Ascomycetes, especially the Coprophilous of Oland, Herr C. 

 Starback, 456 



Asia : Central, N. M. Prjevalsky's Fourth Journey to, 121 ; Fiery 

 Sunsets due to Krakatab Dust, N. M. Prjevalsky, 398 ; the Early 

 Races of Western, Major C. R. Conder, 455 ; Through the 

 Heart of, Gabriel Bonvalot, 457 



Asiatic Cholera, a New Remedy for, 48 



Asiatic Quarterly Review, 113 



Asiatic Society of Japan, Transactions of, 40 



Asiatic Sources, Eastern Mediaeval Researches from, E. 

 Bretschneider, 170 



Assaying, Practical Metallurgy and, A. H. Hiorns, 221 



Assmann (Dr.), Microscopic Examination of Structure of Frost 

 and Snow, 599 



Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching, 304 



Astrakhan Scientific Society, 327 



Astronomy : Star Atlas, Dr. Hermann J. Klein, 7 ; Irregular 

 Star Clusters, A. M. Gierke, 13 ; Astronomical Phenomena 

 for the Week, 19, 42, 61, 88, 114, 138, 158, 186, 232, 258, 

 283, 307, 328, 353, 379, 398, 420, 449, 469,. 497, 519. 546, 

 568, 593, 616 ; Errors affecting the Observation of Transits, 

 Gonnessiat, 23 ; Astronomical Column, 41, 61, 87, 114, 137, 

 158, 186, 210, 307, 328, 352, 378, 398, 448, 469, 496, 519, 

 545, 567, 592, 615 ; Observation of Faint Minima of 

 Variables, S. C. Chandler, 41 ; Oxygen Lines in the Solar 

 Spectrum, M. Janssen, 41 ; New Minor Planets, Herr Palisa, 

 41 ; Comets Faye and Barnard, 42 ; Discovery of a New 

 Comet, E. E. Barnard, 42 ; Astronomical Observatory of 

 Pekin, 46 ; Dr. J. E. L. Dreyer, 55 ; an Historical and De- 

 scriptive List of some Doul:)le Stars suspected to vary in 

 Light, A. M. Gierke, 55 ; the Total Solar Eclipse of August 

 29, 1886, W. H. Pickering, 61 ; Comet 1888/ (Barnard) Dr. 

 R. Spitaler, 61 ; the Brazilian Transit of Venus Expeditions of 

 1882, 87 ; the Tail of Comet 1887 a (Thome), Prof. Bredichin, 

 88 ; Astronomical Society of Paris, 96 ; Comet 1888 e (Barnard, 

 September 2), Dr. L. Becker, 114; Comets Faye and 

 Barnard (October 30), Drs. Lamp and Spitaler, 114; the 

 Satellite of Neptune, A. Marth, 114 ; Stonyhurst College Ob- 

 servatory, 137 ; the Hopkins Observatory, 137 ; Comet 1888 

 e (Barnard, September 2), 158 ; Y Cygni, Mr. Chandler, 158 ; 

 Recent Sketches of Jupiter, Dr. F. Terby, 158 ; 85 Pegasi, 

 158 ; the Satellites of Mars, 167 ; the New Astronomer Royal 

 for Scotland, 183 ; United States Naval Observatory, 186 ; 

 Total Solar Eclipse of January i, 1889, 186; Comets 

 Faye and Barnard (October 30), 186 ; Madras Meridian 

 Circle Observations, 1865, 1866, 1867, 210 ; Comet 1888 

 e (Barnard, September 2), 210 ; the Story of the Heavens, 

 by Sir Robert Stawell Ball, F.R.S., 232; Detection of 

 New Nebulae by Photography, Prof. Pickering, 232 ; Comets 

 Faye and Barnard (October 30), 232 ; Notes on Meteorites, 

 J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 139, 233, 400; Barnard's 

 Comet, M. Gunziger, 240 ; Changes of Mars, M. Flammarion, 

 240 ; Shooting-stars in Italy, Pere F. Denza, 263 ; Value of 

 the Retrogradation of the Plane of Saturn's Ring, J. A. C. 

 Oudemans, 264; Bibliography of, for 1887, W. C. Winlock, 

 282 ; Prof. Pickering's Method for enumerating Nebulae 

 Photographed, 282 ; Original Theory as to Constitution of 

 Sun, Dr. Andries, 287 ; New Comet, W. R. Brooks, 307 ; 

 Minor Planets, Herr Palisa, 307 ; Observatory of Tokio, 307 ; 

 Star Names amongst the Ancient Chinese, Dr. Joseph Edkins, 

 309 ; on the Perturbations of the Planet Hestia (46), M. 

 Brendel, 311; Diurnal Nutation, M. Folic, 311; Observa- 

 tions of Faye's Comet, MM. Trepied, Rambaud, and Sy, 312 ; 



