Index 



Z Supplement to Nature, 

 L Decembet 8, 1898 



Obsidian " Buttons" in Australia, 109 



Oceanography, some Resultsof my Researches on, Albert Prince 



of Monaco, 200 

 O'Connor (D.), the Transport of Live Fish, 125 

 O'Connor (Rev. J. F. X.), Facts about Book Worms, 435 

 OEuvres completes de Christiaan Huygens, Dr. J. L. E. Dreyer, 

 361 



Ogilby {Mrs.), ^thoprora perspicillata, 192 



Ogilvie (Maria M.), die Korallen der Stramberger Schichten, 282 



Oldham (R. D.), the Indian Earthquake of August 9, 1895, 

 421 ; on the Great Indian Earthqnake of June 12, 1897, 586 



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



Ontario, Corundum in, 256 



Oolite, a Tooth of Hybodus grossicornis from the Inferior, 

 Thos. Beacall, 390 



Opposition, Observations of Jupiter during the, 1898, Sir J. 

 Comas Sola, 526 



Ophthalmology : Trachoma in Prussia, 254 ; Inflammatory 

 Vegetable . Application Used by Malingering Egyptian 

 Soldiers, Kenneth Scott, 255 



Optics : Cloud-production by Ultra- Violet Light, C. T. R. 

 Wilson, 62 ; New Instrument for Measuring Astigmatism, R. 

 Straubel, 117 ; Optical Phenomena depending on Electric 

 Charge and Mass of Ions, Part I., Prof. H. A. Lorenz, 48, 

 144 ; Rontgen Rays and Ordinary Light, C. Godfrey, 142 ; 

 Possibility of Deducing Magneto-Optic Phenomena from 

 Direct Modification ot Electro-dynamic Energy Function, 

 F. G. Leatham, 142 ; Visibility of Blind Spot in Retina, 

 Aug. Charpentier, 168 ; Das Optische Drehungsvermogen 

 Organischer Substanzen und dessen praktische anwendung, 

 H. Landolt, Drs. O. Schonrock, P. Lindner, F. Schlitt, L. 

 Berndt, and T. Posner, 172; Flicker, T. C. Porter, 188; 

 Interference Fringes applied to Study of Micrometers, Maurice 

 Hamy, 216; Radiation of Incandescent Burners, H. Le 

 Chatelier and O. Boudouard, 240; Maxima and Minima of 

 Apparent Brightness due to Illusion, Prof. Haga, 288 ; a 

 Modified Camera Lucida, Frederick Ives, 311 ; Recueil de 

 Donnees Numeriques Optique, H. Dufet, 344 ; a Simple 

 Method of Making Light Mirrors, Prof. Charles B. Thwing, 

 571 ; New Action of Light traversing Metallic Vapours in 

 Magnetic Field, D. Macaluso and O. M. Corbino, 635 



O'Reilly (Prof. J. P.), Astronomical Destination of Cromlechs 

 near Dublin, 61 ; Rainfall and Earthquake Periods, 103 



Orchids of the Sikkim Himalaya, Sir George King and Robert 

 Pantling, 465 



Ordinary Light, Rontgen Rays and, Prof. J. J. Thomson, 

 F.R.S., 8 



Ores, Methods for the Analysis of Iron and Steel, in Use at the 

 Laboratories of Iron and Steel Works in the Region about 

 Pittsburg, Pa., John Parry, 149 



Organic Chemistry, Practical, George George, 245 



Organic Variations and their Interpretation, J. T. Cunningham, 

 593 ; Rev. George Henslow, 594 ; Prof. W. F. R. Weldon, 

 F.R.S., 595 ; Walter Garstang, 619 



Organogeny : Biomechanik erschlossen aus dem Principe 

 Organogenese, Dr. E. Mehnert, 591 



Organographie der Pflanzen, Dr. Goebel, 74 



Ornithology : Morphology of Owls, W. P. Pycraft, 46 ; Why 

 the New Zealand Kea attacks Sheep, F. R. Godfrey, no; 

 Obituary Notice of Osbert Salvin, F.R.S., 128; Birds in 

 London, W. H. Hudson, 172; Lories, Dr. St. G. Mivart, 

 F.R.S., 189; the Fauna of British India, Birds, W. T. 

 Blanford, 195 ; the Habits of Indian Birds, Frank Finn, 208; 

 Anatomy of the Swallows, Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, 199 ; Wolmer 

 Forest as a Sanctuary for Birds, 255 ; Ackworth Birds, being 

 a List of Birds in the District of Ackworth, Yorkshire, Major 

 Walter B. Arundel, 292 ; a Dictionary of Bird Notes, C. L, 

 Hett, 366 ; Bird Neighbours : an Introductory Acquaintance 

 with One Hundred and Fifty Birds commonly found in the 

 Gardens, Meadows, and Woods about our Homes. Neltje 

 Blanchan, 388 ; the Life Work of William Turner, Rev, H. 

 A. Macpherson, 398 ; Social Instinct in Birds, B. B. Osmaston, 

 398 ; Bird Studies, an Account of the Land Birds of Eastern 

 North America, W. E. D. Scott, 541 



Osborn (Prof.), Pliohyrax fraasii, 428 



Osgood (Prof.), Example of Single-valued Function with 

 Natural Boundary, whose inverse is also Single-valued, 310 



Osmaston (B. B.). Social Instinct in Birds, 398 



Osmosis : the Theoretical Calculation of an Osmotic Optimum, 

 Prof. Errera, 633 



Osteometric Index- Calculator, an, David Waterston, 597 



Ostrich, the Angora Goat and a Paper on the, S. C. Cronwright 

 Scheiner, 314 



Ostrovomov (Herr), Flying Entomostraca, 513 



O'Toole (Rev. H.), a New Hydrometer, 191, 524 



Oudin (M.), Electric Resonators, 167 



Owens College, Manchester, New Physical Laboratory of, 621 



Owls, Morphology of, W. P. Pycraft, 46 



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

 Acland, K.C.B , F.R.S., 222; Oxford University Observa- 

 tory, Prof. Turner, 182 



Oyster, Modified Pedal Muscles in, Prof. Herdman, F.R.S., 216 



Ozone, the Production and Uses of, 416 



Pacific Coast, Earthquakes of, 1767- 1 897, Dr. E. S. Holden,. 

 231 



Packard (Prof. Alpheus S.), a Text- Book of Entomology, in- 

 cluding the Anatomy, Embryology and Metamorphoses of 

 Insects, for Use in Agricultural and Technical Schools and 

 Colleges, 244 



Paget (Stephen), Ambroise Pare and his Times, 1510-1590, 49 



Palaeontology, Prof. Whitney's "Calaveras Skull," 17; the 

 Petrification of Fossil Bones, E. Goldsmith, 59 ; Skull of 

 Amphictis, E. S. Riggs, 92 ; Thylacoleo, Dr. R. Broom, 192 ; 

 Palceontology of India, Dr. Fritz Noetling, 256 : Dr, Carl 

 Diener, 257 ; Die Korallen der Stramberger Schichten, Maria 

 M. Ogilvie, Dr. J. W. Gregory, 282 ; Outlines of Vertebrate 

 Palaeontology, A. Smith Woodward, 337 ; a Tooth of Hybodus 

 grossicornis from the Inferior Oolite, Thos. Beacall, 390 ;. 

 Glyptic and Graphic Art applied to Palaeontology, 392 ; a 

 Dragon of the Prime, 418 ; Pliohyrax fraasii. Prof. Osborn, 

 428 ; Prehistoric Fauna ot Block Island, G. F. Eaton, 432 ;. 

 Arhinoleviur , M. Ameghino, 492 ; Species of Ichthyodectes, 

 O. P. Hay, 539 



Palazzo (Signor), on the Magnetic and Electrolytic Actions of 

 Electric Railways, 533 



Pamir Boundary Commission, Report on the Natural History 

 Results of the, A. W. Alcock, 493 



Pantling (Robert), Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Calcutta, Vol. viii., the Orchids of the Sikkim Himalaya, 465. 



Paper, the Deterioration of. Report of Society of Arts Com- 

 mittee, 85 



Paper, a New Photographic Printing, 213 



Papagueria, W. J. McGee, 525 



Parallaxes and Masses of 7 Virginis and 7 Leonis, Dr. 

 Belopolsky, 400 



Pare (Ambroise) and his Times 15 10-1590, Stephen Paget, 49 



Paris Academy of Sciences, 23, 47, 71, 95, 119, 143, 167, 191,. 

 216, 239, 264, 287, 311, 336, 359, 384, 408, 432, 464, 492,. 

 516, 540, 564, 588, 612, 635 



Paris, Climate of, J. Jaubert, 22 



Paris Exhibition, the Great Telescope for the, 424 



Paris Observatory, the, 356 



Parker and Haswell's Text-book of Zoology, Prof. W. N. 

 Parker, 200 



Parker (H.), the Abnormal Rainfall of December 1897 ini 

 Ceylon, 132 



Parker (Dr. J. Gordon), on Recent Advances in the Tanning. 

 Industry, 557 



Parker (Prof. T. Jeffery, F.R.S.), a Text-book of Zoology, 25 



Parker (Prof. W. N.), Parker and Haswell's Text- book of 

 Zoology, 200 ; Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of 

 Vertebrates, 409 



Parry (John), 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., 149 



Parsons (Hon. C. A.), Screw Propeller Cavitating Water, 62 



Pasteur Institut, Report of Anti-Rabic Inoculations in 1897, 59 



Pasteur, a Life of, Percy Frankland, F.R.S., and Mrs. Percy 

 Franicland, 290 



Pathology : a Manual on General Pathology for Students and 

 Practitioners, Dr. W. S. Lazarus Barlow, 244 ; Pasteur, 

 Percy Frankland, F.R.S., and Mrs. Percy Frankland, 290; 

 Opening of the Thompson-Yates Laboratories at University 

 College, Liverpool, 575 



Paton (Dr. D. Noel), upon the Distribution of Nitrogen and of 

 Sulphur in the Urine of the Dog, 486 



Payne (F. F.), Balloon-shaped Cloud, 353 ; Remarkable Meteor 

 at Ontario, 604 



Pavements, Mirage on City, R. W. Wood, 596 



Peachey (S. J.), Resolution of Tetrahydropapaverine into its 

 Optically Active Components, 94 



