SuJ>/>lement to Nature,' 

 December 8, 1898 



Index 



XI 



Srowne (Montague), Rules for Compositors and Readers, 368 

 rowning (P. E.), Defection of Sulphides, Sulphates, Sulphites 

 ;tid Theosulphates in each other s Presence, 634 



(Robert), Food Supply : a Practical Handbook for the 

 se of Colonists and all intending to become Farmers Abroad 

 at Home, 245 

 ;ni (Giuseppe), the Phenomenon of Equilibrium in Iso- 

 orphous Mixtures, 627 



yn (Prof. L. de). State of Insoluble Amorphous Substances 

 lade to form in Gelatine, 360 



n (Prof. G. H., F.R.S.), Dendritic Patterns caused by 

 vaporation, 174 



han (Dr.), Mean Atmospheric Pressure and Temperature of 

 British Islands, 178 

 hanan (J. Y., F. R.S.), Nomenclature and Notation in 

 lorimetry, 30 

 idgett (Prof. S. P.), on Physical Absorption of Isotonic and 

 Anisotonic Salt Solutions, 484 



gonia-Superstitions, Notes on the — the Occurrence of Eris- 

 talis tenax in India, Kumagusu Minakata, loi 

 iJuisson (H.), Velocity of Electrified Particles during Discharge 



of Ultra-Violet Light, 336 

 Bulletin of American Mathematical Society, 92, 187, 310, 431 

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

 Bunsen's (Dr. Robert) Life Work, 229 

 Buoys, Illuminated, J. Pintsch, 489 



Burch (G, J.), Electrical Response of Nerve to a Single 

 ^^^Stimulus investigated with Capillary Electrometer, 166 ; 

 ^^Hy?hotographsof the Electrical Response of Nerve to Excitation, 



^^^Kch (Prof. G.), on Temporary Colour-Blindness, 486 

 ^^^B^ess (Dr. James), on finding Log Sines and Log Tangents 0£ 

 ^^HSmall Arcs, 336 



^^^Rrke (J. ), Luminosity produced by Striking Sugar, 533 

 Burkill (Mr.), Changes in Sex of Willows, 633 

 Burma, Petroliferous Sands and Mud Volcanoes in. Dr. Fritz 



Noetling, 20 

 Burstall (Prof. Frederick W. ), Experiments on the Working of 



Gas Engines, 21 

 Butler (C. P. ), Simple Interference Method of Calibrating 

 Spectrometer, 62 ; Simple Method of Reducing Prismatic 

 Spectra, 119 

 Butter and Milk, the Adulteration of, R. H. Wallace, 133 

 Buttons, Obsidian, in Australia, 109 



lluzzard (Dr.), Influence of Micro- Organisms on Diseases of 

 Nervous System, 350 



Cahen (Mr.), Results of some Comparison's of the Output and 

 j Efficiency of a Secondary Cell (Tudor Type) when charged at 



j constant current and constant electro-motive force respec- 



tively, 533 

 Calabro-Messinese Earthquakes, Prof. G. Mercalli, 229 

 " Calaveras Skull," Prof. Whitney's, 17 

 Calculus, an Elementary Course of Infinitesimal, Horace Lamb, 



F.R.S., 292 

 Calcutta, Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Vol. viii. : the 

 Orchids of the Sikkim Himalaya, Sir George King and R. 

 Pantling, 465 

 Calcutta, the Plague in. Dr. Haffkine's Methods and, 85 

 Calf Lymph, the Bacterial Character of, Mrs. Percy Frank- 

 land, 44 

 California University, New Teaching Observatory for the, 553 

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

 Caiman (W. T. ), Rotifers in Lake Bassenthwaite, 271. 

 Calorimetry, Nomenclature and Notation in, J. Y. Buchanan, 



F.R.S.,30 

 Cambridge, International Congress of Zoology at, 390 

 Cambridge Observatory, Annual Report of the, 553 

 Cambridge Philosophical Society, 95, 142 

 Camera Lucida, a Modified, Frederick Ives, 311 

 Campion (Henry), the Secret of the Poles, 495 

 Canalisations Electriques, R. V. Picou, 519 

 Cancani (Dr. A.), Barisal Guns, 130 

 Cancani's (Dr.) Horizontal Seismographical Pendulum at 



Roccadi Papa, 158 

 Cannon (Miss), Stars having Peculiar Spectra, 258 

 Cape Colony, Trout Acclimatisation in, J. D. F. Gilchrist, 628 ; 



Forestry in, D. E. Hutchins, 605 

 Cape of Good Hope Bacteriological Institute, Report of, 278 

 Cape Observatory Report, the, 584 

 Carnot (A.), Silicon and Chromium in Steels, 47 



Carnot (M.), theCulture of Koch's Bacillus, 354 



Carus-Wilson (C. A. ), Electro Dynamics : the Direct Current. 

 Motor, 366 



Cast Metal Work from Benin, 224 



Castets (J. S. T-), Protective Mimicry, 223. 



Catskills, the Deer Park in the, 487 



Caucasian Branch of Russian Geographical Society, 539 



Cayley (Arthur, F.R.S.), the Collected Mathematical Papers- 

 of, 50 



Cazeneuve (P.), Preparation of Mixed Carbonic Ethers, 240 



Cell Problems, the Present Position of some, Prof. J. B. 

 Farmer, 63 



Centipede, Gigantic, in Zoological Gardens, 326 



Centipede-Whale, the, Kumagusu Minakata, 570 



Centnerszwer(Herr), Catalytic Influence of Gases on Oxidation of 

 Phospnorus, 279 



CephalodtscHS dodecalophtis. Anatomy of, Dr A. T. Ma.ster- 

 man, 190 



Ceraski (Madame), a New Variable Star, 424 



Ceremonial Dances of the American Indians, 125 



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



o Ceti, the Variable, HerrW. Stratonoff, 330 ; Dr Nijland, 330 



Ceylon, the Abnormal Rainfall of December 1897 in, H^ 

 Parker, 132 



Ceylon, Report of Royal Botanic Gardens, J. C. WiUis, 329 



Chance or Vitalism ?, Prof. Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 495 ; Prof. 

 Geo. Fras. Fitzgerald, F.R.S., 545 ; Clement O. Bartrum, 545. 



Chaney (H. J.), Our Weights and Measures : a Practical 

 Treatise on the Standard Weights and Measures in use in the 

 British Empire, with some Account of the Metric System, 268' 



Chank-Shell, the Value of a Right-handed, Edgar Thurston^ 

 627 



Charpentier (Aug.), Visibility of Blind Spot in Retina, 168 



Charrin (M.), Thermogenesis in Tetanus, 336 



Chatterton (Prof.), the Use of Aluminium for Cooking Utensil* 

 in India, 488 



Chattock (Prof.), on the Thermal Conductivity of Water, 532 ;. 

 Experiments to Determine the Velocity of Electricity in the 

 Electric Wind, 533 



Chavastelon (R.), New Combination of Acetylene with Cuprous- 

 Oxychloride, 264 



Cheetham (T. A. ), Elementary Chemistry, Practical and Theo- 

 retical, 29 



Chemistry : Explosifs niMs, J. Daniel, 4 ; Notes on Observ- 

 ations, Sydney Lupton, 7 ; Carbohydrates of Barley-Straw, 

 C. F. Cro.ss, E. J. Bevan, and C. Smith, 23 ; Isomeric- 

 Bornylamines, M. O. Forster, 23 ; Derivatives of Benzophe- 

 none, F. E. Matthews, 23 ; Drying of Ammonia and Hydro- 

 gen Chloride, H. B. Baker, 23 ; Liquid Hydrogen, 55 ; Dr. 

 W. Hampson, 77, 174, 246, 292; Prof. J. Dewar, F.R.S., 

 125, 199, 270, 319 ; Boiling Point and Density of Liquid 

 Hydrogen, J. Dewar, 189 ; Liquefaction of Hydrogen and 

 Helium,}. Dewar, 142; Action of Hydrogen Peroxide on 

 Carbohydrates in Presence of Iron, C. F. Cross, E. J. Bevan, 

 and C. Smith, 94 ; Action of Hydrogen Bromide on Carbo- 

 hydrates, H.J. H. Fenton and Mildred Gostling, 189; Pre- 

 paration of Standard Acid Solution by Direct Absorption of 

 Hydrogen Chloride, G. T. Moody, 238 ; Action of Hydroger> 

 on Silver Sulphide and vice versd, H. Pelabon, 240 ; Be- 

 haviour of Calcium heated in Hydrogen, Henri Moissan, 257 ;. 

 Reaction between Hydrogen and Nitric Acid, M. Berthelot, 

 264 ; Action of Hydrogen on Potassium Paratungstate, L. A, 

 Hallopeau, 264 ; Action of Pure Hydrogen Phosphide on 

 Cupric Sulphate, E. Rubenovitch, 359 ; Properties of Methy- 

 lene Di-iodide, H. G. Madan, 23 ; Condensation of Chloral 

 Hydrate with Orcinol, J. T. Hewitt and F. G. Pope, 23 ; 

 Hexamethylene and its Derivatives, E. C. Fortey, 23 ; Yellow 

 Colouring Matter of Leaves of Arctostaphylos nva iirsi, 

 A. G. Perkin, 23 ; Synthesis of Cis- and Trans-Caronic Acids,. 

 W. H. Perkin, jtin., and J. F.Thorpe, 23; Preparation of 

 Solid Ammonium Cyanate, J. Walker and J. K. Wood, 23 ;. 

 Simple Experimental Illustrations of Law of Multiples, 

 A. W. Jones, 23 ; Lauronolic Acid, R. W. Collinson and 

 W. H. Perivin, jun., 23; Action of Bromacetol on Sodium 

 Derivative of Ethylic Malonate, W. H. Perkin, jun., 

 and C. H. G. Sprankling, 23 ; Separation of Optical 

 Isomerides, F. S. Kipping and W. J. Pope, 23 ; Industrial 

 Treatment of Emerald in Electric Furnace, P. Lebeau, 

 23 ; the Quinoneoximes, A. Valeur, 23 ; Products of Hy- 

 drolysis of Ouabame, M. Arnaud, 23 ; Ouabaic Acid, M. 

 Arnaud, 47 ; Chlorinating Action of Ferric Chloride in Aro- 



