Index 



[SnpfiUiuent to Nature, 

 December^, 1898 



Mathematical Examination Papers for Use in Navy Classes 



in Schools, Rev. J. L. Robinson, 568 

 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 1891-1897. 

 With a Description of the Little Tribe of Smith Sound 

 Esquimos, 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 

 Mykologische Untersuchungen aus den Tropen (Mycological 

 Researches in the Tropics), Dr. Carl Holtermann, G. 

 Massee, 590 

 Applied Magnetism : an Introduction to the Design of 



Electro-Magnetic Apparatus, J. A. Kingdon, 591 

 Biomechanik erschlossen aus dem Principe der Organo- 



genese. Dr. E. Mehnert, 591 

 Practical Plant Physiology, Dr. W. Detmer, 592 

 A Chemical Laboratory Course, A. F. Hogg, 592 

 The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley, W. T. 



Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., 613 

 Magnets and Electric Currents, Prof. J. A. Flemmg, 614 

 Natural Hygiene, Dr. H. Lahmann, 614 

 Applied Geology, J. V. Elsden, 615 

 Flora of County Donegal, Henry Chichester Hart, 615 

 The Reliquary and Illustrated Archalogist, 615 



Reynolds (Prof Emerson), on the Position of Helium, Argon, 

 Krypton, and Neon in his Diagrammatic Representation of 

 the Relations of the Elements, 556 ; Experiment illustrating 

 the Effect on the Acetylene Flame of Varying Proportions of 

 Carbon-dioxide in the Gas, 557 



Reynolds (Prof. Osborne, F.R.S.), Flow of Water shown by 

 Colour Bands, 467 



Rhodolite, W. E. Hidden, 92 



Rhone Glacier, Water Circulation in, F. A. Forel, 635 



Ricci (Dr. E.), Introduzione alio Studio dei Silicati, 268 



Ricco (A.), Local Variations in Intensity of Gravity near Mount 

 Etna and in Eastern Sicily generally, 354 



Richards (Prof. T. W. ), Redetermination of Atomic Weights of 

 Nickel and Cobalt, 87 ; Transition Temperature of Sodic 

 Sulphate, 539 



Richet (Prof), Observations upon the Resistance of Diving 

 Animals to Asphyxia, 485 



Ricks (Geo. ), Manual Training : Woodwork, a Handbook for 

 Teachers, 124 



Ridsdale (E. L. J.), Capture of Curious Crustaceans, 597; 

 Deep-Sea Dredging and the Phosphorescence of Living 

 Creatures at Great Sea Depths, 497 



Riecke (Eduard), Lehrbuch der Experimental-Physik, 566 



Riggs (E. S.), Skull of Amphictis, 92 



Righi (Prof A.), Apparatus for representing the Resultant of 

 two Pendulum Oscillations in the same Straight Line, 488 



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

 232 



Rio de Janeiro, Annual Publication of the Observatory of, for 

 1898, 553 



River Channels, Sub-Oceanic Terraces and, off the Coast of 

 Spain and Portugal, Dr. Edward Hull, F.R.S., 51 



Rivers, German : the Wupper, Dr, C. Dammann, 109 



Rob (Russell), Electric Wiring for the Use of Architects, Under- 

 writers, and the Owners of Buildings, 313 



Roberts-Austen (Prof. W. C, F.R.S.), Apparatus illustrating 

 Berthelot's Interference Method of Measuring High Temper- 

 atures, 62 ; Treatment of the Surface of Medals, 236 ; 

 Surfusion of Metals and Alloys, 619 



Robertson (Dr. W. A.), Effect of Mixed Diet on Salivary 

 Digestion, 311 



Robinson (Dr. Arthur), the Span of Gestation and the Cause 

 of Birth, Dr. John Beard, 173 



Robinson (Rev. J. L.), ^Mathematical Examination Papers for 

 Use in Navy Classes in Schools, 568 



Robinson (S. W. ), Principles of Mechanism : a Treatise on the 

 Modification of Motion by means of the Elementary Com- 

 binations of Mechanism, or the Parts of Machines for Use in 

 College Classes by Mechanical Engineers, &c. , 268 



Rocques (X.), Volumetric Estimation of Acetaldehyde, 612 



Roger (M.), Artichokes as Culture-Medium for Bacteria, 354 



Roman Mile, Precise Length of, Antonio Blasquez, 109 



Romburgh (Dr. P. van), Cinnamic Methyl Ether in Alpinia 

 Malaccemis, 143 



Rontgen (Prof.), Interesting Properties of Rontgen Rays, 17 



Rontgen Radiations, some New Studies in Kathode and, Alan 

 A. Campbell Swinton, 88 



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

 Thomson, F.R.S., 8; C. Godfrey, 142; Rontgen Rays, 

 Prof J. Trowbridge, 17 ; Prof. Rontgen, 17 ; Rontgen Rays 

 as a Means of Certifying Death, 59 ; Action on Opaque 

 Tubes of Rontgen Rays, Prof Villari, 132 ; Causes of Imper- 

 fections in Radiographs from Use of Reinforcing Screens, A. 

 Londe, 168 ; Potential Gradients at Electrodes discharged 

 by Rontgen Rays, C. D. Child, 187 ; Source in Focus Tubes 

 of Rontgen Rays, A. A. C. Swinton, 286 ; Radiography and 

 the X-Rays, S. R. Bottone, 292 ; Rontgen Rays in Surgery, 

 Prof. KUttner, 302 ; Comparison by Photography of Shadows 

 of Rontgen Rays, Prof. Villari, 303 ; Polarisation of Rontgen 

 Rays, L. Graetz, 335 ; the Diffraction of. Dr. C. H. Wind, 

 360 ; Duration of Emission of Rontgen Rays, H. Morize, 

 635 



Rosa (Prof), Does the Law of Conservation of Energy hold 

 good for the Vital Processes going on in the Human Body ? 

 532 



Rose-Innes (John), Concerning the Thermodynamic Correction 

 for an Air-Thermometer, 77 



Ross (Surgeon- Major Ronald), the Mosquito the Host of 

 Malaria Parasite, 523 



Rotch (A. L.), Free Air Exploration by Kites, 190 



Roth (II. Ling), Live Frog taken out of a Snake, 367 



Rotifers in Lake Bassenthwaite, Prof Sydney J. Hickson, 

 F.R.S., 200; W. T. Caiman, 271 



Rousselet (C. F. ), New Method of Preserving Rotifers, 425 



Rowley (John), the Art of Taxidermy, 433 



Royal Society, 22, 61, 70, 93, 117, 166, 188, 214, 237, 286, 

 335> 383 ; Selected Candidates, 32 ; Royal Society's Con- 

 versazione, 61 



Rubens (H.), Absorption and Emission of Steam and Carbonic 

 Acid in Infra- Red Spectrum, 93 ; Transparency of some 

 Liquids for Rays of Great Wave-Length, 93 



Rubens (Prof. H.), Improvements on Melloni Thermopile, 39 



Rubber Plant at Kew, the Ceara, 40 



Rubber : New Machine for Extraction of Rubber, 58 ; Gutta- 

 percha and India-Rubber, 236 ; Fiji Rubber, 302 ; Artificial 

 Rubber, 302 ; Sources of India-Rubber and Gutta-Percha, 

 Dr. D. Morris, 514; the Supply of Amazonian Rubber, 

 W. A. Churchill, 603 



Rubenovitch (E.), Action of Pure Hydrogen Phosphide on 

 Cupric Sulphate, 359 



Riicker (Prof. A. W., Sec. R.S.), Opening Address at the 

 International Conference of Terrestrial Magnetism and 

 Atmospheric Electricity, 473 ; on the Magnetic and Electro- 

 lytic Actions of Electric Railways, 533 ; the Mohegan Wreck 

 and a suggested possible Local Deviation of Ship's Compass, 

 627 



Rudski (P.), the Mathematical Theory of Earthquakes, 40 



Russell (Hon. Rollo), the Aurora of September 9, 496 



Russell (Dr. W. J.), on the Action exerted by certain Metals 

 and other Organic Substances on a Photographic Plate, 556 



Russia, Leprosy in, MM. Kirchner and Kubler, 158; Glaciers 

 of Russia in 1896, Prof Mushketofif, 256 ; Memoirs of 

 Caucasian Branch of Russian Geographical Society, 539 



Ruthven (Captain J. F.), Navigation, 104 ; Nautical Astronomy, 



151 

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



Sacerdote (P.), Variation 01 Dielectric Constants with Temper- 

 ature, 635 

 Sachs (Edwin O. ), Science in the Theatre, 162 

 St. Clair (G.). Creation Records discovered in Egypt, 315 

 St. Lawrence, Character and Progress of the Tides in the Gulf 

 and River, as ascertained by Simultaneous Observations with 

 Self-registering Tide-Gauges, W. Bell Dawson, 260 

 St. Louis Academy of Sciences, 72 

 Saint-Martin (Dr. de), on the Absorbent Power of the Blood 



for Oxygen and for Carbonic Acid, 484 

 St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists, Memoirs of, 491 

 St. Petersbourg, Bulletin de I'Academie des Sciences de, 492 

 Salmon, the Life-History of the, 280 

 Salt, the Physiological Use of, Leon Fredericq, 462 

 Salvadori (R. ), Solfatara Gases, 269 

 Salvin (Osbert, F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 129 

 Sam (T. B. F.), the Auriferous Conglomerates of Gold Coast 



Colony, 46 

 Sanarelli (Dr.), Yellow Fever and Anti-toxic Serum, 158 



