Index 



T Supplement to Nature, 

 L December %, 1898 



Battandier (J. A.), L' Algeria. Le Sol et les Habitants, 51 



Baucke (H.), Babbits' Anti-Friction Metal, 359 



Bauge (H. G.), New Hydrated Chromium Oxide, 635 



Baur (Prof. Georg), Obituary Notice of, 350 



Bayley (W. S. )> the Marquette Iron- Bearing District of 



Michigan, 82 

 Bayliss (Dr. W. M.), on the Non- Antagonism of Visceral and 



Cutaneous Vascular Reflexes, 481 ; on an Influence of Blood- 

 supply on Peristaltic Movement, 484 

 Beacall (Thos.), a Tooth of Hybodtis grossicornis from the 



Inferior Oolite, 390 

 Beard (Dr. John), the Span of Gestation and the Cause of Birth, 



Dr. Arthur Robinson, 173 

 Bebber (Prof. Dr. W. J, van), Die Wettervorhersage, 28 

 Becquerel (Henri), New Observations on Zeeman Phenomenon, 



264 

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

 Bedart (Dr.), on the Action of Arsenic upon the Intoxication 



produced by Ingestion of the Thyroid Body, 484 

 Beddard (Frank E.), Elementary Practical Zoology, 318 

 Bee-Poison, the Immunity of Bee-keepers from. Dr. Langer, 18 

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

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



539. 635 ■ 



Beer (Dr. Theodore), upon the Accon'modation of the Eye in 

 various Species of the Animal Kingdom, 483 



Behrens (Prof. H.), Babbits' Anti-Friction Metal, 359 



Belopolsky (Dr.), Parallaxes and Masses of 7 Virginis and 7 

 Leonis, 400 



Ben Nevis Observatories, the, 298, 350 



Benham (Prof. W. Blaxland), a Fourth Specimen of Notornis 

 iiiantelli, Owen, 547 ; a Request for Zoological Literature, 

 520 



Benin, Cast Metal Work from, 224 



Bennett (Alfred W.), Animals and Poisonous Plants, 571 



Berberich (Dr.), Comet Perrine (March 19), 400 



Berger (Paul), Inter-Capulothoracic Amputation in Malignant 

 Tumours of Humerus, 588 



Berkeley (the Earl of), on the Methods he has adopted for the 

 more Exact Determination of the Densities of Crystals, 556 



Berlin Geographical Society's Greenland Expedition, Erich von 

 Drygalski, Prof. James Geikie, F.R.S., 413 



Bernard (Henry), Hermaphroditism in the Apodidae, 78 



Berndt (L. ), Das Optische Drehungsvermogen Organischer 

 Substanzen und Dessen Praktische Anwendung, 172 



Berson (Dr.), Remarkable Balloon Ascent, 513 



Berthelot (Daniel), Apparatus illustrating Berthelot's Inter- 

 ference Method of Measuring High Temperatures, Prof W. 

 C. Roberts- Austen, F. R.S., 62; Molecular Weights of Easily 

 Liquefiable Gases, 96 ; the Decomposition of Water by 

 Chromous Salts, 264 ; Reaction between Hydrogen and 

 Nitric Acid, 264 ; Decomposition of Nitric Acid by Heat, 

 287 ; Metal-backed Glass Mirrors of Antiquity, 359 ; the Re- 

 lation between the Energy of Light and Chemical Energy, 

 375 ; Bouchard's Theory of Transformation of Fat into 

 Glycogen, 612; an Old Alloy, 635 



Bertrand (Gabriel), Action of Sorbose Bacteria on Xylose, 288 



Besant (Dr. W. H), Elementary Conies, 318 



Bettoni (Dr. Eugenio), Death of, 626 



Bevan (E. J.), Carbohydrates of Barley-Straw, 23; Action of 

 Hydrogen Peroxide on Carbohydrates in Presence of Iron, 94 



Beyerinck (Prof.), Relation of Obligatous Anserobics to Free 

 Oxygen, 288 



Bezold(Prof. von), on the Magnetic and Electrolytic Actions of 

 Electric Railways, 533 



Bianchi (A.), Effect of Bicycling on Lungs and Heart, 464 



Bicycling Effect on Lungs and Heart of, by A. Bianchi and F. 

 Regnault, 464 



Biedermann (W. ), Electro-Physiology, 150 



Biedl (Dr. Arthur) on the Blocking of the Thoracic Duct on the 

 removal of the Lymph from it by a Cannula producing a 

 Glycosuria even in Fasting Animals, 486 



Bigelow (Prof. F. IL), Magnetism and Meteorology, 86 ; Solar 

 and Terrestrial Magnetism in relation to Meteorology, 187. 



Bigelow (S. L. ), Catalytic Action of Organic Substances on 

 Oxidation of Sodium Sulphate, 400 



Biology : Scientific Worthies : Albert von Kolliker, Prof. W. 

 F. R. Weldon, F.R.S. , i ; Micro-Biology as applied to 

 Hygiene, 15; Death of Dr. C. H. Hurst, 58; Organo- 

 graphie der Pflanzen, Dr. K. Goebel, 74 ; Rotifers in Lake 

 Bassenthwaite, Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, F. R.S., 2(X) ; W. 



T. Calmen, 271 ; the Life History of the Salmon, 280 ; 

 Biology of Lake Bologoye, 300 ; Recent Advances in Science 

 and their Bearing on Medicine and Surgery, Prof. R. Virchow, 

 For. Member R.S., 554; the Development of the Tuatara 

 Lizard, Prof. A. Dendy, 609 ; Stereo-Chemistry and 

 Vitalism, Prof. Japp, F.R.S. , 452; Prof. Karl Pearson, 

 F.R.S., 495 ; Prof. F. J. Allen, 520 ; Prof. G. F. Fitzgerald, 

 F.R.S., 545 ; C. O Bartrum, 545 ; Herbert Spencer, 592 ; 

 Asymmetry and Vitalism, Prof. G. Errera, 616; Prof F. R. 

 Japp, F.R.S., 616 ; Death among Lower Organisms, Signur 



A. Andres, 628 ; Floral Biology : Handbuch der Bluten- 

 biologie unter zugrundelegung von Hermann Miiller's 

 werk : " Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten, Dr. 

 Paul Knuth, Francis Darwin, F.R.S., 434 ; Marine Biology : 

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

 haring, 47 ; Position of Sponges in Animal Kingdom, Prof. 

 Yves Delage, 425 ; E. A. Mmchin, 426 ; Mr. Saville-Kent, 

 426 ; the Phy to- Plankton of the Atlantic, George Murray, 

 F.R.S., and V. H. Blackman, 70; Relations between Hybrid 

 and Parent Forms of Echinoid Larvae, H. M. Vernon, 118 ; 

 Annual Meeting of Marine Biological Association, 228 ; the 

 Xenitdce, J. H. Ashworth, 335 ; the Building of Atolls, 

 Stanley Gardiner, 425 ; Origin of Echinoderms, Prof. 

 MacBride, 427 ; Flying Entomostraca, Herr Ostrovomov, 

 513 : Arborescent Organs of Holothuria, L. Bordas, 635 



Bird (George), a School Geography, 411 



Birds: Birds in London, W. H. Hudson, 172 ; the Fauna o. 

 British India, W. T. Blanford, 195 ; 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 ; the Destruction of the Birds and Mammals 

 of the United States, William T. Hornaday, 308 ; 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 ; 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 



Birge (Dr. E. A.), Plankton Studies on Lake Mendota, 259 



Birmingham, the Proposed University for, 226 



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



Dr. Arthur Robinson, 173 

 Birth, the Time of Day of, Signor Raseri, 523 

 Blackie (Dr. Brunton), Examination of the Muscle of Dogs 



which had been bled to Death, 484 

 Blackman (V. H.), the Phyto-Plankton of the Atlantic, 70 

 Blake (Prof. J. F.), on Aggregate Deposits and their Relation 



to Zones, 558 

 Blake (R. F.), the Carbonic Anhydride of the Atmosphere, 464 

 Blanchan (Neltje), Bird Neighbours : an Introductory Acquaint- 

 ance with One Ilundred and Fifty Birds commonly found in 

 the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods about our Homes, 388 

 Blandford (W. T.), the Fauna of British India, Birds, 195 

 Blazquez (Antonio), Precise Length of Roman Mile, 109 

 Bley (Franz), Botanisches Bilderbuch fiir Jung und Alt, 466 

 Blind, the Eff"ect of Movement imparted by Tactile Impressiork 



to the, 588 

 Block Island, Prehistoric Fauna of, G. F. Eaton, 432 

 Blondlot (R. ), Direct Measurements of Electricity in Electro- 

 magnetic Units, 191 

 Blood, the. How to Examine and Diagnose its Diseases, Alfred 



C. Coles, 269 



Blurring Aberration in the Telescope, Prof. Schaeberle, 88 ; 

 J. R. Collins, 88, 280 



Bocher (Prof.), Poisson's Integral, 310 



Bog Iron Ore, Manganese from, 256 



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

 motive, Bryan Donkin, 543 



Bois (H. du). Atomic Susceptibilities of Water and Aqueous 

 Solutions, 187 



Bolam (Dr. H. W. ), Electrolysis of Ethyl Potassium Diethoxy- 

 succinate, 335 



Bolas (Thomas), Glass Blowing and Working, lOi 



Bolas (T. ), Reproduction by Protographic Processes, 204 



Bologoye, Lake, Biology of, 300 



Bollettino della Societa Sismologica ItaHana, 22, 359 



Bolton (Dr. II. C), Blue Grotto on Lake Minnewaska, N.Y., 



525 

 Bone (W. A.) Action of Light on Acetylene, 238 

 Bone-Softening by Phoroglucinol, J. J. Andeer, 47 

 Bonetti (L.), Improvement in Radiographic Tubes, 240 



