SH^plement to A'a/«>^,"1 

 December %, 1898 J 



Index 



XXV 



Medals, Treatment of the Surface of, Prof. Roberts- Austen, 



F.R.S., 236 

 Medwedew (Dr.), Studies concerning the Oxidation of Salicyl 



Aldehyde in Tissue- Extracts, 484 

 INTedicine : Death of Dr. Samuel Gordon, 16 ; City Banquet to 

 the Medical Profession, 37 ; Annual Meeting of British In- 

 stitute of Preventive Medicine, 206 ; Transactions of, 339 ; 

 Medical Missions in their Relation to Oxford, Sir Henry VV. 

 Acland, K.C.B., F.R.S., 222; Folk-Medicine in Ancient 

 India, Dr. M. Winternitz, 233 ; Masters of Medicine : William 

 Stokes, his Life and Work, 1 804-1 878, Sir William Stokes, 

 245 ; Ingredients of Chinese Herbal Prescription, J. B. Davy, 

 25s ; Rt. Hon. Arthur Balfour on the Medical Profession and 

 its Work, 277 ; Meeting of the British Medical Association, 

 Dr. F. W. Tunniclifife, 349 ; Death of Dr. William Pepper, 

 372 ; Obituary Notice of, 420 ; Clinical Value of Agglutination 

 of Koch's Bacillus of Human Serum, S. Arloing and Paul 

 Courmonl, 540 ; Recent Advances in Science and their Bear- 

 ing on Medicine and Surgery, Prof. R. Virchow, For. 

 Member R.S., 554; the Opening Addresses at the Medical 

 Schools, F. W. Tunniclifife. 576 ; the Present Position of the 

 Medical Profession, Mr. Turner, 577 ; the Sale of Poisons, 

 Sir J. C. Browne, 577; Death of Dr. Midler, 625; the 

 Harveian Oration, Sir Dyce Duckworth, 602 ; Lord Lister 

 on Experimental Medicine, 606 

 Medusa of Lake Urumiah, the, Dr. Albert Gunther, F.R.S., 319 

 Mehnert (Dr. E.), Biomechanik erschlossen aus dem Principe 



der Organogenese, 591 

 Meinardus (Dr. W.), Meteorological Relations between North 



Atlantic and Europe in Winter, 131 

 Meldola (Prof. R., F.R.S.), Essays on Museums and other 

 Subjects connected with Natural History, Sir William Henry 

 Flower, K.C.B., 217 

 Melloni Thermo-Pile, Improvements on, Prof H. Rubens, 39 

 Melos, the Phylakopi Excavations, Mr. Hogarth, 627 

 Memoirs of Caucasian Branch of Russian Geographical Society, 



539 

 Memoirs of Novorossian Society of Naturalists, 285 

 Memoirs of St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists, 491 

 Mendota, Lake, Plankton Studies on. Dr. E. A. Birge, 259 

 Menschen, Lehrbuch der Entwicklungsgeschichte des, Dr. J. 



Kollmann, 77 

 Mercalli (Prof. G.), Calabro-Messinese Earthquakes, 329 

 Mercier (M.), Improvement of Over-Exposed Negatives, 120 

 Merrifield (F.), Colouring of Pupje of Papilio machaon and 



P. «rt// derived from Surroundings, 611 

 ^lesopotamia, the American Excavations in, J. P. Peters, 243 

 Metal, Cooled, Transference of Heat in, Henry Bourget, 200, 



521 ; Albert T. Bartlett, 411 ; John Stone Stone, 596 

 Metal Work, Cast, from Benin, 224 

 Metals and Alloys, Surfusion of, Prof. W. C. Roberts- Austen, 



F.R.S.,619 

 Metallurgy : Method of Demonstrating AUotropic Change in 

 Iron, A. Stansfield, 62 ; on Evaporation of Iron at Ordinary 

 Temperature, H. Pellatt, 71 ; Methods for the Analysis of 

 Ores, Iron and Steel, in Use at the Laboratories of Iron and 

 Steel Works in the Region about Pittsburg, Pa., John Parry, 

 149 ; Manganese from Bog Iron Ore, 256 ; Corundum in 

 Ontario, 256 ; the Electrical Resistance and Micro- Structure of 

 Alloys, Saville Shaw, 356 ; Iron and Steel Institute, 430 ; 

 the Swedish Iron Industry, R. Akerman, 430 ; Swedish Iron 

 Ore Mining, Prof. G. Nordenstrom, 430 ; the Iron Ore 

 Deposits of Swedish Lapland, H. Lundbohm, 430 

 Metargon, Prof. James Dewar, F.R.S., 319 

 Metargon and the Interplanetary Medium, J. R. Rydberg, 319 

 Metargon, the Spectrum of. Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 

 199, 269 ; Prof. W. Ramsay, F.R.S., M. W. Travers, and 

 Edward C. Cyril Baly, 245 

 Metaphjsic of Experience, the, Shadworth H. Hodgson, 517 

 Meteorology: Thunderstorms in Netherlands, 17; Climate of 

 Paris, J. Jaubert, 22 ; Forty Years' Observations at Camden 

 Square, 22, 117, 237, 311, 491, 539; Symons's Monthly 

 Meteorological Magazine, 22, 117, 237, 310, 491, 539; 

 Die Wettervorhersage, Prof. Dr. W. J. van Bebber, 28 ; 

 Future Rainfall, 30 ; Rainfall of Great Britain for First 

 Quarter of 1898, 40; Heavy Rainfalls, C. Drieberg, 78; 

 Frequency of Rainy Days in British Islands, R. H. Scott, 

 F. R.S., 95; Rainfall and Earthquake Periods, Prof. J. P. 

 O'Reilly, 103 ; the Abnormal Rainfall of December 1897 in 

 Ceylon, H. Parker, 132; Summer Rainfall, A. B. Mac- 

 Dowall, 237 ; Rainfall for United Kingdom, April-June 1898, 



353; Symons's British Rainfall 1897, G. J. Symons, F.R.S.» 

 and H. Sowerby Wallis, 389 ; Sunshine at P:astbourne, 40 ' 

 Catania Soil-Temperature Observations, Dr. Tringali, 40 5 

 Diurnal Changes in Temperature and Humidity at Different 

 Heights in the Air, H. H. Clayton, 59 ; Cloud-Production by 

 Ultra-violet Light, C. T. R. Wilson, 62 ; Meteorology and 

 Magnetism, Prof F. H. Bigelow, 86 ; Solar and Terrestrial 

 Magnetism in relation to, F. H. Bigelow, 187 ; the Abnormal 

 Weather of January 1898, F. J. Brodie, 95 ; Meteorological 

 Society, 95, 190 ; Search Lights and Weather Signals, 109 ; 

 Climate of Algeria, Dr. A. Thevenet, 117; Barisal Guns, 

 Dr. A. Cancani, 130; Prof. C. Abbe, 353 ; Death of Henry 

 Perigal, 131 ; Meteorological Relations between North At- 

 lantic and Europe in Winter, Dr. W. Meinardus, 131 ; a 

 High Rainbow, Prof. Sidney T. Moreland, 151 ; Prof F. J. 

 Allen, 175; a Monochromatic Rainbow, A. J. K. Martyn, 

 224 ; Pilot Chart of North Atlantic for June, 178 ; for August, 

 399 ; Mean Atmospheric Pressure and Temperature of the 

 British Islands, Dr. Buchan, 178; Severe Storm off North- 

 west Australia, W. E. Cooke, 178; Australasian Weather 

 Charts and New Zealand Storms, Major-General Schaw, 582 ; 

 Non-instrumental Phenomena in London, 1763-1897, R. C. 

 Mossman, 190; Free-Air Exploration by Kites, A. L. Rotch, 

 190 ; the Use of Kites and Balloons in Meteorology, 382 ; 

 Record Broken for High Kite Flight, Messrs. Clayton and 

 Ferguson, 513 ; Kew Experiments on Aneroid Barometers, 

 Dr. Chree, F.R.S., 215; Weather Lore, Richard Inwards, 

 222 ; Remarkable Hailstones, Samuel N. Player, 223 ; the 

 Weather of this Summer, Alex." B. MacDowall, 247 ; High 

 (August) Shade Temperatures, 373 ; the Hot (August) 

 Weather, 397 ; the Weather for last Week of August, 421 ; 

 Meteorological Observations at Madrid, 1860-94, F. Co?, 

 230 ; the Climate of Cuba, Dr. Phillips, 256 ; the Weather of 

 Manila, Prof. Hazen, 256 ; Summer and Winter in relation 

 to the Sun-spot Cycle, 270 ; Curious Phenomena, N. W. 

 Thomas, 294 ; the Ben Nevis Observatories, 298, 350 ; 

 Variations of Air-Temperature in Cyclones, Rev. M. 

 Dechevrens, 301 ; Cumulus Cloud-Formation over Fire, R. 

 de C. Ward, 328 ; Mineral Hail in Russian Poland, M. 

 Czernik, 352 ; Balloon-Shaped Cloud. Y. F. Payne, 353 ; 

 Dogmatism on the Moon and the Weather, 368 ; the " Cold 

 Days " of May, Dr. R. Hennig, 374 ; Iridescent Clouds, E. 

 Armitage, 390 ; Registering Solar Radiometer, G. S. 

 Isham, 432 ; Aurora, C. E. Stromeyer, 460 ; the Aurora 

 of September 9, 490 ; Hon. Rollo Russell, 496 ; Baron N. 

 Kaulbars, 569 ; an Aurora Borealis, H. Deslandres, 516 ; the 

 Altitude of the Aurora Borealis, Prof. C. Abbe, 603 ; Mag- 

 netic Storm, Dr. Charles Chree, F.R.S., 468 ; British Local 

 Publications, 491 ; Disastrous Hurricane in Windward 

 Islands, 512; Meteorological Statistics of, H. Powell, 551; 

 Meteorological Observations at Rousden Observatory, Sir 

 Cuthbert Peek, 514 ; Luminous Clouds, Arthur P. Jenkin, 

 521 ; Luminous Clouds or Aurora, J. Edmund Clark, 546 ; 

 Report of U.S. Weather Bureau for 1896-7, 523; Meteor- 

 ological Photography, Mr. Clayden, 534 ; the Green Ray at 

 Sunrise, H. de Maubeuge, 564 



Meteorite, Fall of a, in Bosnia, 375 



Meteorites, a Fine Collection of, 232 



Meteorites: Northward over the "Great Ice," a Narrative of 

 Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice- 

 Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1 891 -1897, 

 with a Description of the Little Tribe of Smith Sound 

 Eskimos, the most Northerly Human Beings in the World, 

 and an Account of the Discovery and bringing Home of the 

 "Saviksue" or Great Cape York Meteorites, Robert E. 

 Peary ; Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 589 



Meteors : the Meteor Shower of November 13, 1897, 210 ; 

 August Meteors, 330, 490 ; the Recent Perseid Meteoric 

 Shower, W. F. Denning, 371 ; Minor Meteoric Radiants, 

 W. F. Denning, 424 ; the Dynamical Explanation of certain 

 Observed Phenomena of Meteor Streams, Dr. Johnstone 

 Stoney, 535 ; I^arge Meteors in 1 897- 1 898, W. F. Denning, 

 583 ; Remarkable Meteor at Ontario, F. F. Payne, 604 ; 

 Curious Meteor (?), 626 



Methylene Blue, on the Use of, as a Means of Investigating 

 Respiration in Plants, Prof. J. B. Farmer, 185, 215 



Metric System ; our Weights and Measures, a Practical 

 Treatise on the Standard Weights and Measures in Use i 

 the British Empire, with some Account of the, H. Chaney, 268 



Metzner (R. ), Atomic Weight of Tellurium, 191 ; Use of 

 Copper Selenate in Making Selenic Acid, 264 



