Nature, May 30, 1889] 



INDEX 



liimpanzee, the Bald-headed, 254 



lina : Science and Education in, 40 ; Michaelis's Journeys in, 

 6'i ; Chinese Animal Superstitions, 185 ; the Law of Storms 

 in, Dr. W. Doberck, 301 ; Dr. Joseph Edkins on Star- 

 naming amongst the Ancient Chinese, 309 ; Education for 

 Government Service in, 420 ; Afforestation in China, 593 ; 

 Further Notes on the Geology of Eastern Coast of Chma and 

 Adjacent Islands, 610 ; Chinese Zoological Myths, 615 

 Chloral, the Glycolether of, De Forcrand, 552 

 Phloride and Bromide of Copper, M. Deniges, 528 

 "liJorides of Aluminium, on the Formulae of the, and the Allied 

 Metals, Dr. Sydney Young, 198 ; Dr. B. Brauner and Dr. 

 Sydney Young, 318 



'lolera : Asiatic, a New Remedy for, 48 ; Causation of, Dr. G. 

 Sims Woodhead, 334; Biological and Therapeutic Experiments 

 '• on Cholera, M. VV. Loewenthal, 263 ; on the Virulence of 

 Cholera Parasites, M. Hueppe, 312; the Natural History 

 ' and Epidemiology of Cholera, Sir J. Fayrer, W. R. Smith, 

 557 



Chondroid Plaques in the Tendons of Birds, M. L. Ranvier, 

 478 



Christiania Fiord, Scarcity of Sparrows about, 352 



Christiansand, Brilliant Meteor at, 184 



Christie (W. H. M., F.R.S.), M. Lcewy's Inventions and 

 Researches, 421 



Christmas Island, Flora of, W. B. Hemsley, 551 



Christy (T.), Collection of Java Fern-hairs, 262 



Chroinalology of the Bile, Prof. Haycraft and Dr. Harold 

 Scofiekl, 527 



Chromic Acid and Oxygenated Water, on the Reactions 

 between, M. Berthelot, 311 



Chromium, Atomic Weight of, S. G. Rawson, 503, 566 ; Chro- 

 mium and Urea, Salts of Base containing, Sell and Lewis, 430 



Chronograph for Measuring Explosives, New, F. J. Smith, 

 549 



Church (Very Rev. Dean), "Bacon," Prof. T. Fowler, 3 



Cienkowsld (the late L.), Papers on, 525 



Civilization, the, of Sweden in Heathen Times, Oscar 

 Montelius, 270 



Clarke (C. B., F.R. S.), a Class-book of Geography, 605 



Clarke (Frank W.), the Constants of Nature, 29 



Classen (Prof.) and Dr. Bongartz, on the Atomic Weight of 

 Tin, 39 



Claypole (E. W.), Falls of Rock at Niagara, 367 



Cleistogamy, Rev. Geo. Henslow, 104 



Gierke (A. M.), Irregular Star Clusters, 13 ; an Historical and 

 Descriptive List of some Double Stars suspected to vary in 

 Light, 55 



Climate of Siberia in the Mammoth Age, Henry H. Howorth, 

 M.P., 294, 365 



Climatology : Das Klima des Aussertropischen Siidafrika, 

 mit Berucksichtigung der geographischen und wirtschaftlichen 

 Beziehungen nach klimatischen Provinzen dargestellt, Dr. 

 Karl Dove, 556 



Cloud, Cirrus, Photography, Dr. Riggenbach, 112 



Clouds : Instructions for Observing, on Land and Sea, Hon. 

 Ralph Abercromby, 126; Luminous Night, O. Jesse, 537 

 lunn (T. R. H.), the Earthquake in Lancashire, 390 



• lusters. Irregular Star, A. M. Clerke, 13 



Clyde from its Sources to the Sea, the, W. J. Millar, 365 



Coal -Measures, the Fossil Plants of the. Prof. W.J. Williamson, 

 F.R.S., 571 



Cobalt and Nickel : Decomposition of. Dr. Krliss, 325 



Cobalt and Nickel Peroxides and Volumetric Analysis, Adolphe 

 Carnot, 552 



Cobalt : Resistance of, in a Magnetic Field, 309 ; the Relation 

 of, to Iron as indicated by Absorption- Spectra, Dr. W. J 

 Russell, F.R.S., and W. J. Orsman, Jun., 453 



Coca Plant, 256 



Cockle (Sir James, F.R.S.), on the Confluences and Bifurca 

 tions of certain Theories, 521 



Cockroaches of the Carboniferous Age, C. Brongniart, 384 



Cocoa-nut Palm, 214 



Cod-fishery in United States, 85 



Codrington (Dr. R. H.) : on Social Regulations in Melanesia, 



215 ; Islands of Melanesia, 470 

 Coleman (J. J.), Death of, 230 ' 



Colenso (W., F. R.S.), Fifty Years Ago in New Zealand, 39 

 Coleoptera, David Sharp, 147 



College Men, Engineers versus Professors and, Prof. A. G. 

 Greenhill, F.R.S., 175 



Collie (Dr. N.), Note on Methyl Fluoride, 454 



Colombo Museum, Reports of the Director, 210 



Coloriano (M.), Salts of Molybdic Acid, 60 



Colour in Birds, Mr. Howorth on the Variation of, Prof. Alfred 

 Newton, F.R.S., 389 



Colour^ Perception of. Prof. Langley, 308 



Colour- Sense, the Action of Santonate of Soda on the, Dr. A. 

 Konig, 407 



Colouring Matter of the Testa of the Seed of Rape [Brassica 

 A'a/Mj), Alexander Johnstone, 15 



Colouring Matters derived from Tar, Dr. Weyl's Researches, 

 264 



Colours, Perception of, by Fatigued Eye, 327 



Colours of Variable Stars, S. C. Chandler, 352 



Comatula:, the Species of, Dr. P. Herbert Carpenter, F.R.S.,9 



Combes (M. Alphonse), Valency of Aluminium, 447, 456 



Combination-Tones, Prof. Preyer, 480 



Combustion of Explosive Mixtures of Gases, Dr. Michelson, 

 480 



Comets : Discovery of a New Comet, E. E. Barnard, 42 ; M. 

 Gunziger, 240 ; Faye and Barnard, 42, 186, 232 ; October 30, 

 Drs. Lamp and Spitaler, 114; Comet 1888^ (Barnard, 

 September 2), 158, 210, 352; Dr. L. Becker, 114; Herr A. 

 Berberich, 546 ; 1 888 ^ and/ (Barnard, September 2 and October 

 30), 616 ; Dr. R. Spitaler, 61 ; Comet 1888 /(Barnard, 1888 

 October 30), Dr. R. Spitaler, 546 ; Comet 1889 b (Barnard, 

 March 31), Herr Von Hepperger, 592 ; Discovery of a New 

 Comet, E. E. Barnard, 567; Comet 1887 a (Thome), the 

 Tail of. Prof. Bredichin, 88 ; Comet 1887 1., Th. Bredichin, 

 477 ; Comet, New, W. R. Brooks, 307 ; Observations of 

 Faye's Comet, MM. Trepied, Rambaud, and Sy, 312 ; Win- 

 necke's Periodical Comet, Dr. von Ilaerdtl, 378 ; 1889 a, 

 449; Barnard's 1888 ^, 384 



Companion of Sirius, 546 



Competitors, the British Farmer and his, W. E. Bear, 146 



Compressibility of Hydrogen, H. Crompton, 583 



Conder (Major C. R.), the Early Races of Western Asia, 455 



Conductivity and Mode of Electrolysis of Concentrated Sulphuric 

 Acid Solutions, M. E. Bouty, 455 



Congo, Captain Van Gele's Mission, 329 



Congo Railway, Proposed French, 399 



Congo State, Introduction of European Vegetables and Fruits 

 into, 614 



Congresses, Dates of Paris Exhibition, 613 



Connaissance des Temps, 1890, Extract from, 467 



Constants of Nature, Frank W. Clarke, 29 



Constitution of Celestial Space, M. G. A. Hirn, 615 



Constitution de I'Espace celeste, on, M. Hirn, by M. Faye, 311 



Co-ordinates of a Planet, on the Elementary Terms in the, M. 

 Hugo Gylden, 312 



Copeland (Prof.), the New Astronomer- Royal for Scotland, 183 



Coral Islands, Origin of, J. Starkie Gardner, 435 



Coral Reefs, Currents and. Captain David Wilson-Barker, 389 



Coral Reefs and Islands, Structure, Origin, and Distribution of. 

 Dr. John Murray, 424 



Coral Reefs of the Peninsula of Sinai, Johannes Walther, 172 



Cordeaux (John), Pallas's Sand Grouse, 40 



Corean Collection, Mr. T. Watters's, 1 1 1 



Coreans, the, Mrs. E. R. Scidmore, 448 



Corfield (Prof., F.R.S.), Honorary Member of the Soc'ete 

 Fran5aise d'Hygiene, 326 



Cork-tree Caterpillar, the, and its Enemies, 18 



Cornu (M. A.), Artificial Reprofluction of Halos and Parhelia 

 Circles, 478 



Correlations and their Measurement, chiefly from Anthropo- 

 metric Data, Francis Galton, F.R.S., 238 



Corrosion and Fouling of Steel and Iron Ships, Prof. V B. 

 Lewes, 616 



Cossus ligniperda, J. H. Durrant, 527 



Costa Rica Meteorological Institute, 350 



Costa Rica, National Museum at, 16 



Cotteau (M.), Eocene Echinidaein Alicante, Spain, 239 



Cotton-Plant Hemp, 18 



Count, can Animals, G. A. Freeman, 390 



Coupland (Dr. W'. C), Memory, 244 



Cowe (Rev. James), Old Meteorological Register, 58 



Crab, Musselliving in ihe Branchia- of a, VV. R. 1 idgeon, 127 



