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Index 



[Supplement to. Nature, 

 December %, 1898 



Smyth (H. Warington), Five Years in Siam, from 1891 to 1896, 



322 

 Snaefell Lead Mine Accident, the Causes of the, Dr. Le Neve 



Foster, F.R.S., 178 

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

 Snake, Live Frog taken out of a. Rose Haig Thomas, 367 ; 



H. Ling Roth, 368 

 Snake-Destroyer, the Blue-tongued Tasmanian Lizard as a, 



Stuart Dove, 422 

 Snake ' Venom, Bile of Venomous Serpents most Powerful 



Antidote against. Prof. F. R. Fraser, 461 

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

 Sociology, Outlines of, Lester F. Ward, A. E. Taylor, 494 

 Sola (Sir J. Comas), Observations of Jupiter during the 



Opposition 1898, 526 

 Solaire, Essai synthetique sur la formation du Systeme, M. le 



General Lafouge, 342 

 Solar Halo of July 3, Catharine O. Stevens, 224 

 Solar Halos, W. Larden, 344 

 Solar Radiation, J. Evershed, 619 

 Solar Radiometer, Registering, G. S. Isham, 432 

 Solar System, on the Stability of the, M. H. Poincare, 183 

 Solfatara Gases, Prof. R. Nasini, F. Anderlini and R. Salvadori, 



269 

 Solpuga, the Nature and Habits of Pliny's, 320 ; Prof. A. J. 



Cook, 247 ; R. I. Pocock, 294 

 Somervail (A.), on the Age and Origin of the Granite of Dart- 

 moor, 558 

 Sorbonne, the New Physical Research Laboratory at the, 12 

 Souillart (Prof.), Obituary Notice of, M. Callandreau, 112 

 Sound, the Theory of, J. W. Strutt, Baron Rayleigh, F.R.S., 



121 

 South American Sketches, Robert Crawford, 198 

 South Kensington, the Science and Art Buildings at, 54, 155, 



176, 294 

 Southerden (F.), " Purple Patches," 521 

 Southern Stars, Double and Multiple, Dr. T. J. J. See, 134 

 Sowton (Miss), on the Action upon Isolated Nerve of Mus- 

 carine, Chlorine; and Neurine, 484 

 .■Sowton (Miss S. C. ), Report of a Large Series of Galvano- 

 metric Records of the Decline of the Current of Injury in 

 MeduUated Nerve, and of the Changes in its Response to 

 Periodic Stimulation, 484 

 "'Space, the Arrangement of Atoms in, J. H, Van 't Hoff, 100 

 .Spain and Portugal, Sub- Oceanic Terraces and River Channels 



off the Coast of, Dr. Edward Hull, F R.S., 51 

 Span of Gestation, the, and the Cause of Birth, Dr. John 

 Beard, Dr. Arthur Robinson, 173 

 , Spectrum Analysis : Kirchhoff's Spectroscope, Prof. H. C. 

 Vogel, 19 ; the Spectrum of Hydrogen in Nebulae, Prof. 

 Scheiner, 41 ; Apparatus exhibiting Peculiarities of Inter- 

 ference Fringes formed between Silvered Surfaces, Edwin 

 Edser, 62 ; Simple Interference Method of Calibrating 

 Spectrometer, Edwin Edser and C. P. Butler, 62 ; Absorp- 

 tion and Emission of Steam and Carbonic Acid in Infra-red 

 Spectrum, H. Rubens and E. Aschkinass, 93 ; Transparency 

 ■of some Liquids for Rays of Great Wave-lengths, H. Rubens 

 and E. Aschkinass, 93 ; Simple Method of reducing Pris- 

 matic Spectra, Edwin Edser and C. P. Butler, 119; on a 

 New Constituent of Atmospheric Air, Prof. W. Ramsay, 

 J'.R.S., and Morris W. Travers, 127 ; Method of deter- 

 mining Order of Fringe of High Order, C. Fabry and A. 

 Perot, 143 ; the Origin of the Aurora Spectrum, Prof. Arthur 

 ■Schuster, F.R.S., 151; "Flicker," T. C. Porter, 188; the 

 Spectrum of Metargon, Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 199, 

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

 C. Cyril Baly, 245 ; Metargon, Prof. James Dewar, F.R.S., 

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

 Rydberg, 319 ; Stars having Peculiar Spectra, Prof Picker- 

 ing, Mrs. Fleming, Miss Cannon, 258 ; New Observations on 

 Zeeman Phenomenon, Henri Becquerel and H. Deslandres, 

 264 ; Solfatara Gases, Prof. R. Nasini, F. Anderlini and R. 

 Salvadori, 269 ; a New Form of Grating Spectroscope, Prof. 

 Michelson, 280 ; Structure of the H and K Lines, Mr. 

 Jewell, 280 ; New Action of Light Traversing Metallic 

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



63s 

 Spelterini (Captain), Attempted Balloon Passage of Alps, 549 

 Spencer (Herbert), Stereo-Chemistry and Vitalism, 592 

 Spencer (Percival), Experiments in Aerial Research, 327 

 Spencer (Stanley), Remarkable Balloon Ascent, 513 



Speyers (Clarence L.), Te.\t-book of Physical Chemistry, 344 

 Spherical Shell, Collapse under Pressure of. Prof. H. 



Schoentjes, 40 

 Spider and Pitcher-Plant, R. I. Pocock, 274 

 Spiders of Hungary, Cornelio Chyzer, Ladislao Kulczynski, 



R. I. Pocock, 365 

 Spines, the Origin and Significance of, C. E. Beecher, 335, 



539. 635 

 Spivey (W. T. N.), Cannabinol, 238 

 Sponges, Food-reception by. Dr. Vosmaer and Prof Pekel- 



haring, 47 

 Sprankling (C. H. G.), Action of Bromacetal on Sodium 



Derivative of Ethylic Malanate, 23 

 Spray, the Motion of Falling, Arthur Jenkin, 460 

 Spring (W.), Influence of Electricity on Sedimentation of 



Turbulent Liquids, 422 

 Spring (Prof. Walthere), Colours of Natural Waters, 580 

 Squier (Lieut. G. O.), High Speed Telegraph Transmission by 



Means of Alternators, 211 

 Stability of the Solar System, on the, M. H. Poincare, 183 

 Stage Mechanism, Edwin O. Sachs, 162 

 Staigmiiller (H.), Theoretical Derivation of the Constant of 



Dulong and Petit's Law, 491 

 Stansfield (A.), Method of Demonstrating Allotropic Change in 



Iron, 62 

 Stapf (Dr. Otto), Obituary Notice of Dr. Anton Kerner von 



Marilaun, 251 

 Stark (J.), the Leiden Frost Drop, 335 

 Starling (Dr. E. ), on an Influence of Blood-supply on Peristaltic 



Movement, 484 

 Stars: Stellar Radiations, Prof. Ayrton, 112; Double and 



Multiple Southern Stars, Dr. T. J. J. See, 134; Constant of 



Aberration and Stellar Magnitudes. Prof. Doberck, 258; 



Stars having Peculiar Spectra, Prof Pickering, Mrs. Fleming, 



Miss Cannon, 258 ; a Catalogue of Fourth-Type Stars, Rev. 



T. E. Espin, 401 ; Planet 1898 DQ, Jean Mascart, 432 ; 



Motion of Stars in the Line of Sight, M. Deslandres, 490 ; 



Observations of Variable Stars, Dr. Francesco Porro, 60 ; a 



New Long Period Variable, Herren Miiller and Kempf, 60 ; 



Variable Stars of Short Period, Prof. E. C. Pickering, 181 ; 



the Supposed Variable Y Aquilae, 182 ; the Variable o Ceti, 



Herr W. Stratonoff, 330 ; Dr. Nijland, 330 ; a New Variable 



Star, Madame Ceraski, 424 ; Variable Stars in Clusters, 



Prof. Bailey, 583 ; Atlas of Variable Stars, Dr. J. G. Hagen, 



606 ; Stories of Star- Land, Mary Proctor, 519 

 Statistics : the Time of Day, of Death, and Birth, Signer 



Raseri, 523 

 Steam Boilers, Heat Efficiency of. Land, Marine, and Loco- 

 motive, Bryan Donkin, 543 

 Steam Engine, the Oldest Known, 255 

 Steel : 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 

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



258 

 Stellar Radiations, Prof. Ayrton, 112 

 Stereo-Chemistry : the Arrangement of Atoms in Space, J. H. 



Van 't Hoff, 100; Stereo-Chemistry and Vitalism, Prof. F. R. 



Japp, F.R,S.,452, 616; Prof. F. J. Allen, 520; Herbert 



Spencer, 592 ; Chance or Vitalism, Prof Karl Pearson, 



F.R.S.,495 

 Steiner's Surfaces, Prof. Brambilla, 627 

 Stevens (Catharine O.), Solar Halo of July 3, 224 

 Stevenson (C. A.), Distillery Pollution, 319 

 Stewart (O. M.), the Becquerel Rays, 230 

 Stewart (R. W.), Chemical Analysis, Qualitative and Quantita- 

 tive, 366 

 Stieltje's Polynomials, Prof, van Vleck, 310 

 Stings, the Injection of Cocaine as a Remedy for, 497 

 Stings, Wasp and Bee, Sir J. F. D. Donnelly, 435 

 Stockholm Meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute, the, 430 

 Stokes (Sir George), on the Motion of a Viscous Fluid between 



Two Parallel Plates, 535 

 Stokes (Prof. G. J.), on the Imaginary of Logic, 535 

 Stokes (Sir William), William Stokes, his Life and Work, 1804- 



1878, 245 

 Stokes (William), his Life and Work, 1804-1878, Sir W. 



Stokes, 245 

 Stoklasa (Jules), Physiological Function of Iron in Vegetable 



Organism, 359 

 Stomata, Observations on, Francis Darwin, F.R S., 212 



