Supplement to Nature,~\ 

 December 3, 1898 J 



Index 



vu 



Astronomer, Prof. Simon Newcomb, 376, 583, 606 ; a 

 ip to Venus, John Munroe, 366 ; the First Philosophers of 

 Arthur Fairbanks, 386 ; Parallaxes and Masses of 

 IVirginis and 7 Leonis, Dr. Belopolsky, 400 ; a Catalogue 

 Fourth-Type Stars, Rev. T. E. Espin, 401 ; the Great 

 ilescope for the Paris Exhibition, 424 ; Planet 1898 DQ, 

 Mascart, 432 ; the Atmosphere of D. M. 4- 30"" 3639, 

 >f. Keeler, 463 ; the Exterior Nebulosities of the Pleiades, 

 83 ; Luminosity of Gases in Vacuum Tubes, 463 ; the 

 iation of Latitude at Tokyo, H. Kimura, 490 ; Motion 

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

 the Milky Way, 490; the Nebula of Andromeda, 515 ; 

 Italogue of NebultE, Lewis Swift, 515 ; the Planet between 

 Earth and Mars, Herr G. Witt, 526 ; Photograph of the 

 iromosphere, Prof. Naegamvala, 526 ; Periodic Comets, 

 . Schulhof, 526 ; Prof. Turner, Mrs. Maunder, and Sir 

 Norman Lockyer on the recent Solar Eclipse Expedition, 

 533-4 ; a Text-Book of Geodetic Astronomy, John F. Hay- 

 ford, 543 ; New Teaching Observatory for the California 

 University, 553 ; Annual Report of the Cambridge Observ- 

 atory. 553 ; Annual Publication of the Observatory of Rio de 

 Janeiro for 1898, 553 ; Changes in Large Nebula in Belt of 

 Andromeda. G. Rayet, 564 ; the Cape Observatory Report, 

 5S4 ; the Andromeda Nebula, M. Seraphimoff, 605 ; Comet 

 Brooks, 630 ; Harvard Astrophysical Conference, 630 

 Astrophysics : the Harvard Conference, 630 ; Solar Radiation, 



J. Evershed, 619 

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



Japp, F.R.S., 616 

 Athens, the British School at ; the Phylakopi (Melos) Excava- 

 tions, Mr. Hogarth, 626 

 Atlantic, North, Pilot Chart for June of, 178 

 Atlas of Variable Stars, Dr. J. G. Hagen, 606 

 Atmosphere of D. M. + 30° 3639, Prof. Keeler, 463 

 Atmosphere, Helium in the, Sir WilHam Crookes, F.R S., 570 

 Atmosphere, Methode pour abreger les traversees en utilisant 



les perturbations de 1', A. Fieron, 197 

 Atmospheric Air, on a New Constituent of. Prof. William 



Ramsay, F. R.S. , and Morris W. Travers, 127 

 Atmospheric Electricity, International Conference of Terrestrial 

 Magnetism, and Opening Address, by Prof. A. W. Rucker, 

 Sec. R.S., President of the Conference, 473 

 Atoll of Funafuti, the, Ellice Group : its Zoology, Botany, 

 Ethnology, and General Structure, based on Collections made 

 by Mr. Charles Hedley, of the Australian Museum, Sydney, 

 N.S.W., 221 

 Atolls, the Building of, Stanley Gardiner, 425 

 Atomic Theory, Modern Development of the, J. H. Van 't HofF, 



100 

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

 Atwater (Prof). Does the Law of Conservation of Energy hold 

 good for the \'ital Processes going on in the Human Body ? 532 

 August Meteors, 330, 490 



Aurora Borealis : C. E. Strohmeyer, 460; H. Deslandres, 516; 

 the Aurora of September 9, 490 ; Hon. Rollo Russell. 496 ; 

 Baron N. Kaulbars, 569 ; the Altitude of the Aurora Borealis, 

 Prof C. Abbe, 603 ; Luminous Clouds or Aurora, J. Edmund 

 Clark, 546 ; the Origin of the Aurora Spectrum, Prof. Arthur 

 Schuster, F. R.S., 151 ; the Moon and Aurorse, Prof H, A. 

 Hazen, 304 ; Photography by the Aurora Borealis, J, E. 

 Turner, 88 

 Austen (E. E. ) on the Occurrence of Eristalis tenax in India, loi 

 Austen (Martha), Estimation of Manganese separated as Car- 

 bonate, 117 

 Australia : Severe Storm off North- West Australia, W. E. 

 Cooke, 178 ; Obsidian " Buttons" in Australia, 109 ; Aus- 

 tralian Shipworms, C. Hedley, 240 ; Australian Divisional 

 Systems, R. H. Mathews, 312 ; Telephonic Communication 

 between Australian Farms, 524 

 Automobiles sur Rails, G. Dumont, 495 

 Ayrton (Mrs.), on the Drop of Potential at the Terminals of 



the Electric Arc, 533 

 Ayrton (Prof W. E., F.R.S.), Galvanometers, 93; Stellar 

 Radiations, 112; Opening Address in Section A of the 

 British Association, 448 ; the Magnetic and Electrolytic 

 Actions of Electric Railways, 533 



Babbits' Anti-Friction Metal, Prof. H. Behrens and H. Baucke, 



359 

 Bacteriology : Bacteria on an Ancient Bronze Implement, 51 ; 



Wm. Edward Nicholson, 32 ; Dr. G. Lindsay Johnson, 52 ; 



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

 land, 44 ; the Sero- Diagnostic Test for Typhoid Fever, Dr. 

 McWeeney, 47 ; Vorlesungen iiber Bacterien, Dr. Alfred 

 Fischer, 76 ; System der Bakterien, Prof. W. Migula, 

 Prof. A. A. Kanthack, 97 ; Formation in Blood Serum, under 

 Chemical Action, of Material Coagulating Bacilli of Tubercu- 

 losis, S. Arloing, 143 ; New Microbe Pathogenic to Rats, Dr. 

 Issatschenko, 179 ; a Bacillus in Milk, Dr. C. McClure, 254; 

 Cyclists and Dust-Bacteria, 254 ; the Utilisation of Micro- 

 organisms in the Arts and Manufactures, Dr. Franz Lafar, 

 265 ; Report of Cape of Good Hope Institute, 278 ; Action 

 of Sorbose Bacteria on Xylo.se, Gabriel Bertrand, 287 ; 

 Relation of Obligatous Anterobics to Free Oxygen, Prof. 

 Beyerinck, 288 ; Locust-Destroying P'ungus, Dr. Edington, 

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

 354 ; the Culture of Koch's Bacillus, M. Carnot, 354 ; 

 Clinical Value of Agglutination of Koch's Bacillus by Human 

 Serum, S. Arloing and Paul Courmont, 540 ; a New Tricho- 

 phyton productive of Herpes in Horse, MM. Matruchot and 

 Dassonville, 359 ; the Toxicity of Eel-Serum, and Further 

 Studies on Immunity, Mrs. Percy Frankland, 369 ; Bacteri- 

 ology of London Sewage, 374 ; Prof. Percy Frankland on an 

 Additional Photographic Action — that of Bacteria, 557 ; Effect 

 of Polluted Soil on Vitality of Typhoid Bacillus, Dr. Sidney 

 Martin, 577 ; Bacterial Process of Sewage Purification, 

 Rudolph Hering, 628 

 Bailey (Charles), Jacquin's Oxiip, 46 



Bailey (L. H.), Garden-Making, 290; the Pruning- Book, 290 

 Bailey (Prof), Variable Stars in Clusters, 583 

 Bailie (J. B. ), New Method of Determining Mechanical Equiva- 

 lent of Heat, 119 

 Baillie (T. C), Thermal Conductivity of Nickel, 143 

 Baker (H. B. ), Drying of Ammonia and Hydrogen Chlorides, 23 

 Baker (R. T. ), Essential Oils of Eucalyptus Genus, 464 

 Baker (W. M. ), Examples in Analytical Conies for Beginners, 



Balfour (Right Hon. Arthur), on the Medical Profession and 

 its Work, 277 ; on Examinations, 634 



Ballard (M.), Millet, 336 



Ballistics : the Phenomena of Air Waves, formed by Projectiles, 

 studied by Means of Inteference Bands, Herr Mach, 422 



Ballooning : Fifth International Ascents of June 8, 1898, 278 ; 

 Experiments in Aerial Research, Percival Spencer, 327 ; 

 Proposed Balloon- Exploration of Africa, MM. Dex and 

 Dibos, 399 ; the International Aeronautic Conference, 381 ; 

 the Instrumental Equipment of Balloons, 382 ; Captive Kite 

 Balloon Trials, 382 ; Ascent of Ballon Sonde " Langenburg," 

 382 ; Remarkable Balloon Ascent, Stanley Spencer and Dr. 

 Berson, 513 ; Attempted Passage of Alps, Captain Spelterini, 

 549 



Baly (Edward C. Cyril), the Spectrum of Metargon, 245 ; 

 Helium in the Atmosphere, 545 



Barisal Guns, Dr. A. Cancani, 130 ; Prof. C. Abbe, 353 



Barlow (Dr. W. S. Lazarus), a Manual on General Pathology 

 for Students and Practitioners, 244 



Barnard (Prof.), the 40-inch Yerkes Refractor, 181 



Barnes (Charles Reid), Plant Life, considered with Special 

 Reference to Form and Function, 519 



Barometers, Kew Experiments on Aneroid, Dr. Chree, F. R.S., 

 215 



Barrett (James W.), a White Sea, 496, 619 



Barringer (D. M.), a Description of Minerals of Commercial 

 Value, 124 



Barry (Sir John Wolfe, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S.), Opening Ad- 

 dress in Section G of the British Association, 506 



Barry Docks, Visit of Section G of the British Association to, 

 608 



Barton (E. H.), Attenuation of Electric Waves along Line of 

 Negligible Leakage, 167 



Bartlett (Albert T.), Transference of Heat in Cooled Metal, 411 



Bartrum (Clement O.), Chance or Vitalism, 545 



Barus (C), the Jelly Theory of the Ether, 634 ; the Compress- 

 ibility of Colloid, 634 



Bassenthwaite, Lake, Rotifers in. Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, 

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



Bastian (C. Orme), Electric Current Meter acting by Elec- 

 trolysis, 61 



Bates (A. S.), Electrical Impressions on Photographic Plates, 32 



Bather (F. A.), the Use of Digraphs, 412 



Batrachians of Europe, the Tailless, G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., 

 567 



