XXIV 



Index 



[Supplement to Nature, 

 December 8, 1898 



Hollow and Solid Iron Rings, F. Kirstadler, 187 ; Mag- 

 netic Strains, Prof. C. G. Knott, 190 ; First Stage Magnetism 

 and Electricity, R. H. Jude, 222 ; an Introductory Course of 

 Practical Magnetism and Electricity, J. Reginald Ashworth, 

 466; Magnetic Storm, Dr. Charles Chree, F.R.S., 468; 

 International Conference of Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmo- 

 spheric Electricity, Opening Address, by Prof A. W. Riicker, 

 Sec. R.S. President of the Conference, 473; Applied Mag- 

 netism : an Introduction to the Design of Electro- Magnetic 

 Apparatus, J. A. Kingdon, 591 ; the Energy of a Magnetic 

 Field, H. Pellat, 612 ; Magnets and Electric Currents, Prof 

 J. A. Fleming, 614 ; New Action of Light Traversing Metallic 

 Vapours in Magnetic Field, D. Macaluso and O. M. Corbino, 



635 



Magnitudes, Stellar, Constant of Aberration and, Prof. Doberck, 



258 

 Magnus (Sir Philip), Technical High Schools, a Comparison, 52 

 Magnus (Dr. R.), on the Reaction of the Pupil of the Isolated 



Eel's Eye under Various Homogeneous Lights, 485 

 Maiden (J. H.), Botanical Exploration of Mt. Kosciusko, 551 

 Maige (M.), Influence of Light on Wild Grape and Ground 



Ivy, 516 

 Major (Colonel F. W.), a Living Toad in a Snake, 344 

 Makaroff (Admiral), Suggested "Ice-breaker" Expedition to 



North Pole, 353 

 Malaria Parasite, the Mosquito the Host of, Surgeon-Major 



Ronald Ross, 523 

 Malarial Fever, the Etiology and Prevention of. Dr. E. Klein, 



F.R.S., 175 

 Malcolm (Dr.), Metabolism of Nucleins, 239 

 Mallet (F. R.). Ebbing and Flowing Wells, 104 

 Mammalian Heart, on the. Prof. Townsend Porter, 482 

 Mammals, the Origin of. Prof. Seeley, 426 ; Prof. Osborn, 

 426 ; Prof. Marsh, 427 ; A. Sedgwick, 427 ; Prof. Hubrecht, 

 427 

 Mammals, Reptiles and Fishes of Essex, the, H. Laver, 242 

 Mammals of the United States, the Destruction of the Birds and, 



William T. Hornaday, 308 

 Mammifer, a New, M. Ameghino, 492 

 Man, the Descent of. Prof. Haeckel, 427 

 Man, the Study of, Alfred C. Haddon, 410 

 Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 46, 635 

 Manchester, New Physical Laboratory of Owens College, 621 

 Manganese from Bog Iron Ore, 256 

 Mangin (Louis), Pietine in Wheat, 359 

 Manila, the Weather of. Prof. Hazen, 256 



Manson (Dr. Marsden), on the Laws of Climatic Evolution, 559 

 Manual Training : Woodwork, a Handbook for Teachers, Geo. 



Ricks, 124 

 Maori English Lexicon, a. Rev. W. Colenso, 364 

 Marage (M.), Study of Speaking Voice by Phonograph, 23 

 Margules (M.), Electrolytic Solution of Platinum and Gold, 491 

 Marine Biology : Food-reception by Sponges, Dr. Vosmaer and 

 Prof. Pekelharing, 47 ; the Phy to- Plankton of the Atlantic, 

 George Murray, F.k.S., andV. H. Blackman, 70; Relations 

 between Hybrid and Parent Forms of Echinoid Larvee, H. M. 

 Vernon, 118 ; Annual Meeting of Marine Biological Associa- 

 tion, 228 ; the Xeniida^'}. H. Ashworth, 335 ; the Building of 

 Atolls, Stanley Gardiner, 425 ; Position of Sponges in Animal 

 Kingdom, Prof. Yves Delage, 425 ; E. A. Minchin, 426 ; 

 Saville Kent, 426 ; Origin of Echinoderms, Prof. MacBride, 

 427 ; Flying Entomostraca, Herr Ostrovomov, 513 ; Arbor- 

 escent Organs of Holothuria, L. Bordas, 635 

 Marine Fauna in Lake Tanganyika, and the Advisability of 

 further Exploration in the Great African Lakes, J. E. S. 

 Moore, 404 

 Marinelli (Prof.), Progressive Increase of Po Delta, 353 

 Markham (Sir Clements R., F.R.S.), Vasco Da Gama, 67 

 Marquette Iron-bearing District of Michigan, the, C. R. van 



Hise and W. S. Bayley, 82 

 Mars in 1896-7, Prof V. Cerulli, 304 



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

 Marsh (Prof. O. C), on the Comparative Value of Different 



Kinds of Fossils in Determining Geological Age, 558 

 Marshall (G. A. Y^.)^\Precis octavia-natalensis and P. Sesamus 



Seasonal Forms of same Species, 611 

 Marsupialia, Thymus and Thyroid Glands in, J. Johnstone, 46 

 Martin (Dr. Sidney), Effect of Polluted Soil on Vitality of 



Typhoid Bacillus, 577 

 Martyn (A. J. K.)^ a Monochromatic Rainbow, 224 

 Maryland Geological Survey, 29 



Mascart (Jean), Planet 1898 DQ, 432 

 Maskell (W. M.), Death of, 108 



Massee (George), the "Slime-Flux" Disease of Fruit Tk 



133 ; Mykologische Untersuchungen aus den Tmi 



(Mycological Researches in the Tropics), Dr. Carl Hoi 



mann, 590 



Masterman (Dr. A. T.), Anatomy of Cephalodiscus dodecalop'. 



190 

 Match Manufactories, French, Dr. T. Oliver, 327 

 Matches, Phosphorus in Lucifer, 345 



Mathematics : American Journal of Mathematics, 22 ; Focal 

 Surfaces of Congruences of Tangents to given Surface, A. 

 Pell, 22 ; Further Researches in Theory of Quintic Equations, 

 Emory McClintock, 22 ; Mathematical Society, 23, 95, 190 ; 

 the Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley, F.R.S., 

 50 ; Instruments for Describing Cycloidal Curves and Enve- 

 lopes, Prof. Hele-Shaw,6i; Bulletin of American Mathematical 

 Society, 92, 187, 310, 431 ; Connection of Algebraic with Auto- 

 morphic Functions, E. T. Whittaker, 93 ; Ludwig Otto Hesse's 

 Gesammelte Werke, herausgegeben von der Mathematisch- 

 Physikalischen Classe der Koniglich Bayerischen Akademie 

 der Wissenschaften, 124; Death of Rev. Percival Frost, 

 F.R.S., 131; Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 167, 191; 

 an Obsolete Book of Euclid on Balances and the Lever, Dr. G. 

 Vailati, 207 ; Mathematical Theory of the Top, Lectures De- 

 livered on the Occasion of the Sesquicentennial Celebration 

 of Princeton University, Prof. Felix Klein, 244 ; the Mathe- 

 matical Gazette, 263 ; Le9ons sur ITntegration des Equations 

 auxderivees partielles du second ordre a deux Variables Inde- 

 pendantes, E. Goursat, 266 ; Memoirs of Novorossian Society, 

 286 ; on Finding Log Sines and Log Tangents of Small Arcs, 

 W. James Burgess, 336 ; Mathematical Contributions to 

 Theory of Evolution, V., Reconstruction of Stature of Pre- 

 historic Races, Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 286 ; an Elementary 

 Course of Infinitesimal Calculus, Horace Lamb, F.R.S. , 292 ; 

 Example of Single-valued Function with Natural Boundary, 

 whose Inverse is also Single-valued, Prof. Osgood, 310 ; 

 Poisson's Integral, Prof. Bocher, 310; Polynomials of 

 Slieltjes, Prof, van Vleck, 310 ; Is Continuity of Space neces- 

 sary to Euclid's Geometry? W. M. Strong, 310; Elementary 

 Conies, Dr. W. H. Besant, 318 ; Examples in Analytical Conies 

 for Beginners, W. M. Baker, 318 ; a Treatise on Universal 

 Algebra, with Applications, Alfred North Whitehead, 385; 

 Structure of Hypoabelian Groups, Dr. L. E. Dickson, 431 ; 

 the Hamilton Groups, Dr. G. A. Miller, 431 ; the Infinitesinial 

 and Projective Transformation, Prof. E. O. Lovett, 431 ; Infin- 

 itesimal Transformations of Concentric Conies, Prof. E. O. 

 Lovett, 431 ; a Theory of Recurring Means, C. Lagrange, 

 489 ; Mathematical Examination Papers for Use in Navy 

 Classes in Schools, Rev. J. L. Robinson, 568 ; Properties of 

 Gauche Curves, F. Deruyts, 604 ; Steiner's Surfaces, Prof. 

 Brambilla, 627 

 Mather (T. ), Galvanometers, 93 



Mathews (R. H.), Australian Divisional Systems, 312 

 Matruchot(M.), a New Trichophyton productive of Herpes in 



Horse, 359 

 Matter, Potential, Prof. A. Schuster, F.R.S., 618 

 Matteucci (Prof.), Volcanic Flames, 303 

 Matthews (F. E.), Derivaties of Benzophenone, 23 

 Maubeuge (H. de), the Green Ray at Sunrise, 564 

 Maunder (Mrs.), on the Recent Solar Eclipse Expeditions, 533 

 Maxwell (James Clerk) and Modern Physics, R. T. Glazebrook, 



F.R.S., Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S, 219 

 Mechanical Engineering : Experiments on the Working of Gas 

 Engines, F. W. Burstall, 21 ; the Mechanical Engineer's 

 Handy Office Companion, Robert Edwards, 318 

 Mechanics : a Course in Mechanical Drawing, John S. Reid, 8 ; 

 Experimental Mechanics, G. H. Wyatt, loi ; 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 ; Maintenance of Motion of Pendulum without 

 Disturbance, G. Lippmann, 264 ; Principles of Mechanism : 

 a Treatise on the Modification of Motion by Means of the 

 Elementary Combinations of Mechanism, or the Parts of 

 Machines for Use in College Classes by Mechanical En- 

 gineers, &c., S. W. Robinson, 268; Mode of Supporting 

 Motion of Pendulum, A. Guillet, 287 ; the Utilisation of Wind 

 Power, Prof. La Cour, 300 ; Apparatus for Representing 

 Resultant of Two Pendulum Oscillations in same Straight 

 Line, Prof. A. Righi, 488 



