Index 



[Supplement to Nature, 

 Dicember 8, 1898 



Electric "Railways, 533 ; Prof. Turner, Mrs. Maunder, Sir 

 Norman Lockyer on the Recent Solar Eclipse Expedition, 

 533 ; Mr. Clayden on Meteorological Photog<-aphy, 534 ; 

 Prof. Milne on Seismology, 534 ; Mr. W. H. Shaw on a 

 Pneumatic Analogue of the Potentiometer, 534 ; Mr. A. W. 

 Warrington on Hydrometers of Total Immersion, 534 ; 

 Dr. R. J. Lloyd on the Articulation and Acoustics of the 

 Spirate Fricative Consonants, 534 ; Colonel Allen Cun- 

 ningham Report on the Work of the Committee for Cal- 

 culating Tables of certain Mathematica;l Functions, 534 ; 

 Prof. Hele-Shaw on a New Instrument for Drawing the 

 •Curves which can be got by Rglling One Circle on another, 

 534 ; Prof. Hele-Shaw and Sir George Stokes' Experi- 

 ments on the Motion of a Viscous Fluid between Two 

 Parallel Plates, 535 ; Mr. E. T. Whittaker on the Recent 

 History of the Theory of the Functions Used in Analysis, 

 535 ; Dr. Johnstone Stoney on the Dynamical Explanation 

 of certain Observed Phenomena of Meteor Streams, 535; 

 Prof. G. J. Stokes on the Imaginary of Logic, 535 ; Lord 

 Kelvin on the Dynamical Theory of Refraction Dispersion 

 and Anomalous Dispersion, 546 

 Section B {Chemistry). — Opening Address by Prof. F. R. 

 Japp, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. (President of the Section), 

 Stereochemistry and Vitalism, 452 ; Sir William Crookes 

 on Monium, 438, 556 ; Prof. Ramsay and Dr. Travers on 

 the Extraction from Air of the Companions of Argon and 

 on Neon and "Xenon," 556; Prof. Emerson Reynolds 

 on the position of Helium, Argon, Krypton, and Neon in 

 his Diagrammatic Representation of the Relations of the 

 Elements, 556 ; Prof. F. Clowes on Equivalent Replace- 

 ment of Metals, 556 ; Prof. Hodgkinson and Mr. Coote 

 on Alkaline Chlorates and Sulphates of the Heavy Metals, 

 556 ; Mr. R. G. Durrant on Green Cobaltic Compounds, 



556 ; Prof. Sydney Young on the Thermal Properties of 

 Gases and Liquids, 556 ; the Earl of Berkeley on the 

 Methods he has adopted for the more exact Determination 

 of the Densities of Crystals, 556 ; Dr. W. J. Russell on 

 the Action exerted by certain Metals and other Organic 

 ^Substances on a Photographic Plate, 556 ; Mr. C. H. 

 Bothamley on the Action of certain Substances on the 

 Undeveloped Photographic Image, 557 ; Prof. Percy 

 Frankland on an Additional Photographic Action — that of 

 Bacteria, 557 ; Dr. J. Gordon Parker on Recent Advances 

 ■in the Tanning Industry, 557 ; Mr. Vernon Harcourt on 

 his New lo-Candle Pentane Lamp, 557 ; Prof. Emerson 

 Reynolds's Experiment illustrating the Effect on the Acety- 

 lene Flame of Varying Proportions of Carbon Dioxide in 

 the Gas, 557 ; Dr. Laurie and Mr. Strange on the Results 

 obtained in Studying the Cooling Curves of Fatty Acids, 



557 ; Messrs. Fenton and Jackson on the Oxidation of 

 Polyhydric Alcohols, 557 ; Dr. Morrell and Mr. Crofts on 

 the Oxidation of Glucose, 557 



Section C (C.^^/isg;'). — Opening Address by W. H. Hudleston, 

 M.A., F.R.S. , President of the Section, 476; Mr. E. 

 Wethered on the Building of the Clifton Rocks, 558; Mr. 

 T. H. Holland on the Comparative Action of Sub-aerial 

 and Submarine Agents in Rock Decomposition, 558 ; Prof. 

 O. C. Marsh on the Comparative Value of different kinds 

 of Fossils in determining Geological Age, 558 ; Prof. J. F. 

 Blake on Aggregate Deposits and their Relation to Zones, 



558 ; Mr. T. Groom on the Age and Geological Structure 

 of the Malvern and Abberley Ranges, 558 ; Mr. E. Greenly 

 on a Case of Boulder-uplift at Llandegfan, Menai Straits, 

 558 ; Mr. A. Somervail on the Age and Origin of the 

 Granite of Dartmoor, 558 ; Mr. R. Etheridge, Prof. Boyd 

 Dawkins, Mr. W. Whitaker, Sir John Evans. Mr. E. 

 Wethered, and Prof. Louis on the Relation and Extension 

 of the Franco-Belgian Coal-field to that of Kent and 

 Somerset, 558 ; Dr. Marsden Manson on the Laws of 

 Climatic Evolution, 559 ; Prof. E. Hull on the Sub-oceanic 

 Physical Features of the North Atlantic, 559 ; Mr. W. H. 

 Wheeler on the Action of Waves and Tides on the Move- 

 ment of Material on the Sea-coast, 559 



■Section D {Zoology). — Opening Address by Prof. W. F. R. 

 Weldon, M.A., F.R.S., President of the Section, Natural 

 Selection, 499 ; Mr. F. Galton on Photographic Records 

 of Pedigree Stock, 584 ; Mr. W. Garstang on the Races 

 -and Migrations of the Mackerel, 584 ; Mr. H. N. Dickson 

 on the Connection between the Appearance of Mackerel 

 and the Changes of Sea Temperature in Spring and Autumn, 

 584 ; Dr. Arthur Willey on the Phylogeny of the Arthro- 



pod Amnion, 584 ; Mr. H. M. Vernon on the Relations 

 between Marine, Animal and Vegetable Life in Aquaria, 

 585 ; Prof. W. A. Herdman on the Final Report of the 

 Oyster Committee, 585 ; Dr. II. Lyster Jameson on a 

 Race of Protectively-Coloured Mice, 5S5 ; Prof. Poulton 

 and Miss C. B. Sanders on the Struggle for Existence in 

 certain Common Insects, 585 ; Prof. Lloyd Morgan on 

 Animal Intelligence, 585 ; Dr. A. J. Plarrison on the so- 

 called Fascination of Snakes, 585 ; Prof. Julin on the 

 Formation of the Heart, 585 ; the Peptone Committee 

 Experiments, 585 

 Section E {Geography). — Opening Address by Colonel George 

 Earl Church, President of the Section, 586 ; Mr. H. N. 

 Dickson on the Salinity and Temperature of the North 

 Atlantic, 586 ; Dr. K. Natterer on the Oceanographical 

 Results of the Austro- Hungarian Deep-Sea Expeditions in 

 the Eastern Mediterranean, Sea of Marmora, and Red Sea, 

 586; Dr. J. W. Gregory on the Theory of the Arrange- 

 ment of Oceans and Continents on the Earth's Surface in 

 the Light of Geological and Physical Observations, 586 ; 

 Mr. R. D. Oldham on the Great Indian Earthquake of 

 June 12, 1897, 586; Dr. J. Scott Keltie on "Political 

 Geography," 586 ; Prof. Reclus on his Scheme for a Great 

 Terrestrial Globe, 586 ; Prof. Patrick Geddes on an Ex- 

 periment in the Practical Teaching of Geography about to 

 be tried in Edinburgh, 586 ; Dr. H. R. Mill on the 

 Prospects of Antarctic Research, 587 ; Mr. C. W. Andrews, 

 a Preliminary Account of Christmas Island in the Indian 

 Ocean, 587 

 Section G {Mechanical Science). — Opening Address by Sir 

 John Wolfe Barry, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President of 

 the Section ; Bristol and Mechanical Science, 506 ; Mr. 

 Forster Brown on the Economic and Mechanical Features 

 of the Coal Question, 608 ; State Purchase of Railways as 

 a Means of Reducing Freight Charges, 608 ; Visit to 

 Barry Docks, 608 ; Mr. A. Siemens, Mr. H. H. Gibbings 

 and Mr. W. Geipel on the Application of the Electric 

 Motor to the Engineering Workshop, 608 ; Prof. Silvanus 

 Thompson and Mr. Walker on Electric Traction by Surface 

 Contacts, 608 

 Section H {Anthropology). — Opening Address by E. W. 



.Brabrook, C.B., F.S.A., President of the Section, 527 

 Section K {Botany). — Prof. Klebs on Alternation of Gener- 

 ations in Thallophyta, 632 ; Lloyd Williams on the Repro- 

 duction, of Dictyota dichotonia, 632 ; Prof. Philips on the 

 Form of the Protoplasmic Body in certain Florideje, 633 ; 

 Prof. Errera on the Structure of the Yeast Cell, 633 ; 

 Harold Wager on the Structure of the Yeast Cell, 633 ; 

 Prof. Marshall Ward on a New Potato Disease, 633 ; Mr. 

 Lang on the Discovery of the Prothallus of Lycopodiuiii. 

 clavatuni, 633 ; Dr. Scott on the Anatomy of Coal- 

 Measure Plants, 633 ; A. C. Seward on the Malayan Fern 

 Matonia, 633 ; Prof. Errera on the Theoretical Calculation 

 of an Osmotic Optimum, 633 ; Prof. Reynolds Green on 

 the Enzyme of the Yeast Plant, 633 ; Mr. Burkill on 

 Changes in the Sex of Willows, 633 



British East Africa, Travels in the Coastlands of, and the 

 Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, W. W. A. FitzGerald, 6 



British India, the Flora and Fauna of, 250 



British Institute of Preventive Medicine, Annual Meeting of, 

 206 ; Transactions of the, 339 



British Medical Association, Meeting of the, Dr. F. W. Tunni- 

 cliffe, 349 



British Pharmaceutical Conference, Presidential Address of 

 Dr. Charles Symes, 398 



British Rainfall, Symons's, 1897, G. J. Symons, F.R.S., and 

 H. Sowerby Wallis, 389 



Brodie (F. J.), Abnormal Weather of January in 1898, 95 



Bronze Implement, Bacteria on an Ancient, William Edward 

 Nicholson, 32 ; Dr. G. L. Johnson, 52 



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

 Austen, F. R. S. , 236 



Broom (Dr. R.), Tkylacoleo, 192 



Brough (Bennett IL), Indian Coals at the Imperial Institute, 380 



Brown (Prof. Crum), Origin of Phoenician Alphabet Characters, 

 143 ; Electrolysis of Ethyl Potassium Diethoxysuccinate, 335 



Brown (Forster), on the Economic and Mechanical Features of 

 the Coal Question, 608 



Brown (Horace T., F.R.S.), on the Depletion of the Endo- 

 sperm of Hordeum vulgare during Germination, 331 



Browne (Sir J. C. ), the Sale of Poisons, 577 



