Supplement to Natine, I 

 December Z, 1898 J 



Index 



XV 



Drygalski (Erich von), Gronland-Expedition der Gesellschaft 



fur Erdkunde zu Berlin, 1891-93, 413 

 Dublin, Cromlechs near, Astronomical Destination of, Prof. 



J. P. O'Reilly, 61 

 Dublin Royal Society, 47, 191, 464 

 Duboin (Andre), Blue Glass with Chromium Base, 264 

 Dubois (E.), the Brain oi Pithecanthropus ereclus, 427 

 Dubois (M.)> Electrical Resistance of Human Body, 216 

 Dubois (P.), Function of Condenser in Induction Apparatus, 187 

 Duckworth (Sir Dyce), the Harveian Oration, 602 

 Ducretet (E.), Receiver for Hertzian Telegraphy without Wires, 



47 

 Ducru (O. )> Determination of Arsenic in Antimony, 336 

 Duerden (J. E.), the Fisheries of Jamaica, 158 

 Dufet (H.), Recueil de Donnees Numeriques Optique, 344 

 Duflf (Right Hon. Sir Mountstuart E. Grant), Notes from a 



Diary, 198 

 Duniont (G.), Automobiles sur Rails, 495 



Dunbar (James), the Process of Creation Discovered, or the Self- 

 evolution of the Earth and Universe by Natural Causes, 8 

 Durchmusterung, the Northern, 42 

 Durham (Mr.), the Tsetze Disease in Mammals, 426 

 Durrant (R. G.), on Green Cobaltic Compounds, 556 

 Durward (Arthur), Temperature Coefficients of certain Seasoned 



Hard Steel Magnets, 92 

 Dust-Bacteria and Cyclists, 254 



Dynamics : Theoretical Mechanics : an Introductory Treatise on 

 the Principles of Dynamics with Applications and Numerous 

 Examples, A. E. H. Love, F.R.S., Prof. A. G. Greenhill, 

 F.R.S., 169; the Mathematical Theory of the Top, Prof. 

 Felix Klein, 244; Electrodynamics: the Direct Current 

 Motor, C. A. Carus- Wilson, 366 ; Lord Kelvin on the Dy- 

 namical Theory of Refraction ; Dispersion and Anomalous 

 Dispersion, 546 ; the Dynamics of Impact, D. de Francesco, 

 582 



Earth, Rigid, Latitude Variation in a. Prof. Henry Crew, 232 

 Earth and Mars, the Planet between, Herr G. Witt, 526 

 Earth's Density, New Determination, Dr. C. Braun, 160 

 Earth's Polar Axis, the Movement of the, 1890 0-1897 '5, Prof- 



Albrecht, 42 

 Earthquakes : Rainfall and Earthquake Periods, Prof, J. P. 

 O'Reilly, 103 ; Earthquake in Italy, 206 ; Earthquakes of 

 Pacific Coast, 1767-1897, Dr. E. S. Holden, 231 ; Earth- 

 quakes in Chile, 299 

 Easterfield, (T. H.), Cannabinol, 238 ; Oxidation of Charcoal by 



Nitric Acid, 238 

 Eaton (G. F. ), Prehistoric Fauna of Block Island, 432 

 Ebbing and Flowing Well at Newton Nottage, H. G. Madan, 45 

 Ebbing and Flowing Wells, W. F. Sinclair, 52 ; F. R. Mallet, 



104 

 Ebers (Prof. Georg), Death of, 352 ; Obituary Notice of, 396 

 Echinoderm Fauna of New Zealand, the, H. Farquhar, 636 

 Echinoderms, Origin of. Prof. MacBride, 427 

 Eclipse, the Total Solar, of January 21, 1898, Prof. Copeland, 



311 



Eclipsed and Un-Eclipsed Sun, the, M. Deslandres, 258 



Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 167, 191 



Edinburgh Meeting of the British Medical Association, Dr. F. 

 W. Tunniclifife, 349 



Edinburgh Royal Society, 46, 143, 190, 239, 311, 335 



Edington (Dr.), Locust-Destroying Fungus, 354 



Edmed (F. G.), Oleic Acid and its Derivatives, I., 142 



Edmundson (T. W. ), the Disruptive Discharge in Air and 

 Liquid Dielectri'js, 230 



Edser (Edwin), Apparatus exhibiting Peculiarities of Interfer- 

 ence Fringes when formed between Silvered Surfaces, 62 ; 

 Simple Interference Method of Calibrating a Spectrometer, 

 62 ; Simple Method of Reducing Prismatic Spectra, 119 



Education : University Education, Dr. Michael Foster, 

 Sec. R.S., 283 ; a Minister of Education at Last, 324; the 

 Board of Education Bill, 358 ; Rt. Hon. Arthur Balfour on 

 Examinations, 634 ; Sir W. H. White on Engineering 

 Education, 634 ; (iifts to Educational Institutions in United 

 States, 634 ; Technical Education, Technical High Schools, 

 a Comparison, Sir Philip Magnus, 52 



Edward (Robert), the Mechanical Engineer's Handy Office 

 Companion, 318 



Eel in Open Sea, Leon Vaillant, 96 



Eel-Serum, the Toxicity of, and Further Studies on Immunity, 

 Mrs. Percy Frankland, 369 



Efifront (Jean), Action of Oxygen on Veast, 384 

 Egyptology : Prehistoric Egypt, Prof, W. M. Flinders Petrie^ 

 31 ; Egyptian Native Remedies for Rabies, 301 ; Creation 

 Records discovered in Egypt, G. St. Clair, 315 ; Death of 

 Prof, George Ebers, 352 ; Obituary Notice of, 396 

 Eldridge (G. H.), Geology of the Denver Basin in Colorado, 82 

 Electricity : Thermo-Electric Electromotive Forces in Crystal- 

 lised Bismuth, Louis Perrot, 23 ; Constitution of Explosive 

 Spark in Dielectric Liquid, L. Dccombe, 23 ; Electricali 

 Impressions on Photographic Plates, A. S. Bates, 32 ;. 

 Figures produced on Photographic Plates by Electric Dis- 

 charges, J. A. McClelland, 142 ; the Action of Electric 

 Discharges on Photographic Plates, A. A. C. Swinton, 

 151 ; Improvements on Melloni Thermo-pile, Prof. 

 H. Rubens, 39;. Receiver for Hertzian Telegraphy 

 ^without Wires, E. Ducretet, 47; Comparison of Hertziaiv 

 Field in Air and Oil, Albert Turpain, 167 ; Resonators, M. 

 Oudin, 167 ; Hertzian Oscillations arrested by Thin Metallic 

 Envelope, E. Branly, 264 ; Stationary Hertzian Waves a» 

 studied with Use of Coherer, Prof. O. Murani, 552 ; Electric 

 Light Wires as Telephonic Circuits, Rev. F. J. Jervis-Smith, 

 F.R.S., 51 ; Electric Ciirrent Meter acting by Electrolysis^ 



C. O. Bastian, 61 ; Kathode Ray Lamps, A. A. C. Swinton, 

 61 ; Light Nodes in Kathode Ray Bundle under Influence of 

 Magnetic Field, E. Wiedemann and A. Wehnelt, 93 ; the 

 Kathode I^ys, P, Villard, 143 ; Kathode Fall in Potential 

 of Gases, J. W. Capstick, 214 ; Behaviour of Kathode Rays^ 

 parallel to Electric Force, P. Lenard, 491 ; the Dark Kathode 

 Space, A. Wehnelt, 491 ; Circulation of Residual Gaseous 

 Matter in Crookes' Tubes, A. A. C. Swinton, 61, 119, 627 ; 

 a Crookes' Tube I-levivable by Osmosis, P. Villard, 96 ; Series 

 Dynamo Machines, Carl Ivinsley, 72.; New Form of Make 

 and Break, C. T. Knipp, 92 ; Galvanometers, Prof. W. E. 

 Ayrton and T. H. Mather, 93 ; Conductivities of Electro- 

 lytes, F. Kohlrausch, L. Holborn, and H. Diesselhorst,. 

 93 ; a Property of Fluorescent Screens, P. Villard, 96 ; the 

 Industrial Applications of Electro-Chemistry, Dr. 'Thos. 

 Ewan, 112; Modifications in Quadrant Electrometer, J. 

 Elster and H. Geitel, 117 ; Fluorescence and Actino-Elec- 

 tricity, G. C. Schmidt, 117 ; the Theory of Sound, J. W. 

 Strutt, Baron Rayleigh, F.R.S., 121 ; Infra-Electric Radi- 

 ations, Prof. P. de Heen, 132 ; Simple Method of Converting 

 Alternating into Direct Currents, Signor A. Dina, 132 ; 

 Possibility of Deducing Magneto-Optic Phenomena from 

 Direct Modification of Electro-dynamic Energy Function, J. 

 G. Leatham, 142 ; Electro-physiology, W. Biedermann, 150;. 

 Recent Advances in Electro-physiology, Prof. Boruttan, 483 ; 

 Electrical Response of Nerve to a Single Stimulus investi- 

 gated with Capillary Electrometer, Prof. F. Gotch, F.R.S., 

 and G. J. Burch, 166 ; the Complete Scheme of Electro- 

 dynamic Equations of a Moving Material Medium, Josepl> 

 Larmor, F.R.S., 166; Attenuation of Electric Waves along 

 Line of Negligible Leakage, E. IL Barton, 167 ; Diffusive 

 Convection, A. Griffiths, 167; Electric Properties of Gases,, 

 Prof. E. Wiedemann and Dr. G. C. Schmidt, iSo ; Function 

 of Condenser in Induction Apparatus, P. Dubois, 187 ;. 

 Potential Gradients at Electrodes discharged by X-Rays, C. 



D, Child, 187 ; Exploration of Stratification of the Electric 

 Discharge in Geissler Tubes, H. V, Gill, 187 ; Aluminium as 

 Electrode, Ernest Wilson, 188 ; Direct Measurements in 

 Electromagnetic Units of Electricity, A. Blondlot, 191 ;. 

 Electrical Resistance of Steel, H. Le Qiatelier, 191 ; the 

 Theory of the Hall Effect in a Binary Electrolyte, Dr. 

 Donnan, 215; Hall's Efiect In Electrolytes, E. van Ever- 

 dinger, jun., 288, 514; Action of Two Electro-Motors- 

 Coupled so as to rotate at Different Speeds, Prof, Carus- 

 Wilson, 215 ; Influence of Tempering on Resistance of Steel, 

 H. Le Chatelier, 216 ; Electrical Resistance of Human Body,. 

 M. Dubois, 216 ; First Stage Magnetism and Electricity, 

 R, H. Jude, 222 ; the Disruptive Discharge in Air and' 

 Liquid Dielectrics, T, W. Edmundson, 230 ; the Becquereli 

 Rays, O. M. Stewart, 230 ; the Potentiometer and its Ad- 

 juncts, W, Clark P^isher, Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S.. 313; the 

 Principles of Alternate Current Working, Alfred Hay, Prof. 

 A. Gray, F.R.S., 313 ; Electric Wiring for the Use of Archi- 

 tects, Underwriters, and the Owners of Buildings, Russell 

 Rob, Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S., 313 ; Electric Transmission of 

 Water Power ir\ Switzerland, 328 ; Electrolysis of Ethyll 

 Potassium Dielhoxysuccinate, Prof. Crum Brown and Dr. H. 

 W. Bolam, 335 ; the Leidenfrost Drop, J. Stark, 335 i. 

 Electromotive Behaviour of Chromium, W. Hiltorf, 335 ^ 



