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Nature, 

 une 13, 1901 



Definitive Elements of the Orbit of Comet 1898 vii., 355 

 Deherain (P. P.), Germination in Distilled Water, 483 

 Delacroix (G.)) Treatment of Carnation Pest Fusarium Dianthi, 



171 

 Delange (R.), Two Ketones containing Acetylene Grouping, 



51 ; Splitting-up by Alkalis of Acetylenic Ketones, 99 

 Delepine (M.), Composition of Hydride and Nitride of Thorium, 



292 ; Formation and Decomposition of Acetals, 411 

 Demoussy (M.), Germination in Distilled Water, 483 

 Denning (W. F.), the Leonid Meteoric Shower, 39 ; Fireball in 



Sunshine, 276 ; Jupiter and his Markings, 355 

 Denny (W, A.), the Eyes of the Blind Vertebrates of North 



America, 589 

 Derby (O. A. ), Topaz in Brazil, 290 

 Derbyshire, the Scenery and Geology of the Peak of, Elizabeth 



Dale, 80 

 Design in Nature's Story, Walter Kidd, 178 

 Deslandres(H. ), Solar Corona Detected by Means of Thermo- 

 couple, 24 ; Observations of the Infra-red Spectrum of the 



Solar Corona, 67 

 Despaux (A.), Genese de la Matiere et de I'Energie, 25 

 Deutsche Seewarte, Telegraphic Weather Reports, 522 

 Devaux (H.), Absorption of Highly-diluted Poisons by Plant 



Cells, 532 

 Devil and the Idea of Evil, the History of the. Dr. Paul Carus, 



151 

 Dew-ponds, Prof. Miall, 20 ; Clement Reid, 20 ; Mr. Hopkinson, 



20 

 Dewar (Prof. James, F.R.S.), on the Spectrum of the more 



Volatile Gases of Atmospheric Air, which are not Condensed 



at the Temperature of Liquid Hydrogen, 189; the Boiling 



Point of Liquid Hydrogen, 458 

 Diabetes : Maltosuria in certain Diabetics, R. Lepine and M. 



Boulud, 507 

 " Diagram " Series of Coloured Hand Maps, the, 344 

 Diamonds : Rocks from Newlands Diamond Mines, Griqualand 



West, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 242 

 Diastases, les, et leurs Applications, E. Pozzi-Escot, 607 

 Diastaxy of Birds' Wings, C. Mitchell, 450 

 Dickinson (B. B.), the "Diagram" Series of Coloured Hand 



Maps, 344 

 Dickinson (C. ), Preparation of Esters from other Esters of same 



Acid, 339 

 Dietary Studies of Edinburgh Poor, Drs. Paton, Dunlop and 



Inglis, 99 

 Differential and Integral Calculus for Beginners, Edwin Edser, 



560 

 Dimorphism, Sexual, J. T. Cunningham, 299 ; Prof. R. Meldola, 



F.R.S., 299 

 Dines (W. H. ), the English Climate from Health Point of View, 



146 

 Direct Current Arc, some Experiments on the, W. Duddell, 182 

 Disappearance of Images on Photographic Plates, the, William 



J. S. Lockyer, 278 

 Disease, Air and, Harold Picton, 276 

 Disease, Mosquitoes and, W. F. Kirby, 29 

 Distemper, the Microbe of. Dr. Copeman, 332 

 Distilling : Microbes et Distillerie, Lucien Levy, 370 

 Distribution of Vertebrate Animals in India, Ceylon and Burma, 



the. Dr. W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., 287 

 Diureides, New Syntheses of some, W. Traube, 167 

 Dixon (C), the Story of the Birds, loi 

 Dixon (Prof. H. B., F.R.S.), Specific Heat of Gases at High 



Temperatures, 75 

 Doberck (Dr.), Double Star Measures, 383 

 Doebner (O.), Synthesis of Fumaric Acid, 426 

 Dolbear (A. E.), Matter, Ether and Motion, 533 

 Dolomite used as Money by Pomo Indians, Dr. O. C. Farring- 



ton, 12 

 Dolphin, a Remarkable, R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 82 

 Donnan (Dr. F. G.), Theory of Colloidal Solutions, 482 

 Doolittle (C. L. ), Constant of Aberration, 405 

 Double Points, Curves without, Herbert Richmond, 58 

 Double Stars : Catalogue of One Hundred New, Prof. W. J. 



Hussey, 141 ; Double Star Measures, 286 ; Dr. Doberck, 



383 ; Catalogue of Double .Stars, 596 

 Douglass (Earl), New Merycochcerus in Montana, 266 

 Douglass (Mr.), Marking on Mars, 189 



Downing (Dr. A, M. W., F.R.S.), the Leonids— a Forecast, 6 

 Drainage Canal, the Chicago, 547 



Drum Recorder, a Student's, W. E. Pye and Co., 577 



Dublin Royal Society, 147, 435 



Ducretet (M.), Direct Application to Wireless Telegraphy of 

 Telephonic Receiver, 267 



Ducru (O.), Ammoniacal Arseniates of Cobalt, 24 ; the Am- 

 moniacal Arseniates of Nickel, 51 ; New Method of Esti- 

 mating Arsenic, 147 



Duddell (W.), some Experiments on the Direct Current Arc, 

 182 



Duerden (Dr. J. E.), Abundance of Peripatus in Jamaica, 440 



Dufet (H.), Recueil de Donnees Numeriques. Optique, 464 



Dunlop (Dr. J. C), Dietary Studies of Edinburgh Poor, 99 



Dunsink Observatory, Astronomical Work at, 39 



Dunstan (B. ), the Permo-Carboniferous Coal-Measures of Cler- 

 mont, Queensland, 451 



Dunstan (W. R.), Methazonic Acid, 75 



Durand-Greville (E. ), the Pocky or Festoon Cloud, 139 



Durfec (Prof. W. P.), the Elements of Plane Trigonometry, 82 



Durham (Dr.) Abstract of Interim Report on Yellow Fever, 

 401 



Dust and Soot from various Sources, the Mineral Constituents 

 of. Prof. W. N. Hartley, F.R.S., Hugh Ramage, 552 



Dust-tight Cases for Museums, ' Prof. T. McKenny Hughes, 

 F.R.S., 420 



Dwarfs of Uganda, the. Sir H. Johnston, 238 



Dwight (Dr. T.), Description of the Human Spines, showing 

 Numerical Variation, in the Warren Museum of the Harvard 

 Medical School, 512 



Dyeing, the Present Condition of the Indigo Industry, Dr. F. 

 MoUwo Perkin, 7, in, 302 



Dynamics : on the Statistical Dynamics of Gas Theory as illus- 

 trated by Meteor Swarms and Optical Rays, Dr. J. Larmor, 

 F. R.S., 168 ; a Treatise on the Theory of Screws, Sir Robert 

 Stawell Ball, F.R.S., Prof. J. D. Everett, F.R.S., 246; La 

 Constitution du Monde, Dynamique des Atomes, Madame 

 Clemence Royer, 533 



Dynamos : the Theory of Commutation, C. C. Hawkins, 324 



Ear, the Human, its Identification and Physiognomy, Miriam 

 Anne Ellis, Dr. A. Keith, 392 



Earth : Researches on the Past and Present History of the 

 Earth's Atmosphere, Dr. T. L. Phipson, 537 



Earth and the Ether, Relative Motion of the, William Sutherland, 

 205 



Earth, the Figure of the, C. A. Schott, 408 



Earth, the Romance of the, A. W. Bickerton, 298 



Earthquakes : Earthquake in Venezuela, 10 ; some Remarkable 

 Earthquake Effects, 87 ; Propagation across Pacific of Sea- 

 Waves from Japanese Earthquake of June 15, 1896, Dr. 

 Charles Davison, 140 ; the Effects of an Earthquake on 

 Human Beings, Dr. Charles Davison, 165 ; an Earthquake 

 on February 10, Prof. Augusto Arcimis, 396 ; Earthquake at 

 Constantinople, 571 ; Seismology in Japan, Prof. J. Milne, 

 F.R.S., 588 



Earthworm, Note upon a New Form of Spermatophore in an, 

 Frank E. Beddard, F.R.S., 515 



Easton (C. ), the New Star in Perseus, 540 



Eclipses : Local Conditions for Observations of the Total Solar 

 Eclipse, 1901 May 17-18, 163; the Total Solar Eclipse of 

 May 17-18, Dr. J. J. A. Muller, 347; A. Fowler, 470 ; 

 Spanish Observations of the Eclipse of May 28, Senor Iniguez, 

 188 ; on the Nature of the Solar Corona, with some Sugges- 

 tions for Work at the Next Total Eclipse, Prof. R. W. Wood, 

 230 ; an Artificial Representation of a Total Solar Eclipse, 

 Prof. R. W. Wood, 250 ; Eclipse Photography, Prof. Francis 

 E. Nipher, 325 



Edler (Dr.), Necessary Distance of Magnetic Observatories from 

 Electric Tramways, 89 



Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 99, 220, 291, 411, 483 



Edinburgh Poor, Dietary Studies of, Drs. Paton, Dunlop and 

 Inglis, 99 



Edinburgh Royal Society, 99, 171, 266, 339, 387, 507 



Edington (Dr.), Protective Inoculation against Horse-sickness 

 in Cape Colony, 282 



Edison (T. A.), Permanent Phonographic Records, 523 



Edser (Edwin), Differential and Integral Calculus for Beginners, 

 560 



Education : Examinations in Experimental Science, 6 ; the New 

 Scientific Laboratories at King's College London, 47 ; the 



