Suf'Mement to Naturt' 



December Z, 1898 



INDEX 



Abbe (Prof. C), Barisal Guns, 353 ; the Altitude of the Aurora 

 Borealis, 603 



Abbott (W. J, L.), some Particulars of Henry Lewis's Career, 

 16 



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

 258 



Aberson (J. H.), a New Isomeride of Malic Acid, 232 



Ackworth Birds, being a List of Birds in the District of Ack- 

 worth, Yorkshire, Major Walter B. Arundel, 292 



Acland 1 H. D. ), Volcanic Series in Malvern Hills, 142 



Acland (Sir Henry W., K.C.B., F.R.S.), Medical Missions in 

 their Relation to Oxford, 222 



Acoustics : Study of Speaking Voice by Phonograph, M. 

 Marage, 23 ; the Spirate Fricatives, Dr. Lloyd, 46 ; Max 

 Meyer's Theory of Audition, Dr. S. P. Thompson, 166 ; 

 Thermophones, F. Braun, 335 



Actinometer, an Absolute, A. Crova, 95 



Adenoid Growth, Dr. H. W. Meyer, 625 



Adschidarja Gulf, the, 525 



Aeronautics : Fifth International Balloon Ascent of June 8, 

 189S, 278 ; a Propeller Kite, Laurence Hargrave, 312 ; the 

 Use of Kites in Meteorology, 382 ; Captive Kite Balloon 

 Trials, 382 ; Experiments in Aerial Research, Perciva! 

 Spencer, 327 ; the International Aeronautical Conference, 

 380 ; the Instrumental Equipment of Balloons, 381 ; Ascent 

 of Ballon Sonde " Langenburg," 382 ; Proposed Balloon-Ex- 

 ploration of Africa, MM. Dex and Dibos, 399 ; Remarkable 

 Balloon Ascent, Stanley Spencer and Dr. Berson, 513 ; at- 

 tempted Balloon Passage of Alps, Capt Spelterini, 549 



Aethnrus glirinus, a New Rodent, W. E. de Winton, 95 



Africa : Travels in the Coastlands of British East Africa and 

 the Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, W. W. A. Fitzgerald, 

 6 ; a Plague Centre in German East Africa, Prof. Koch, 254 ; 

 Report of Cape of Good Hope Bacteriological Institute, 278 ; 

 Proposed Balloon Exploration of Africa, MM. Dex and Dibos, 

 399 ; the Marine Fauna in Lake Tanganyika, and the Ad- 

 visability of Further Exploration in the Great African Lakes, 

 J. E. S. Moore, 404 ; South African Coleoptera, L. Perin- 

 guey, 423 ; the Tsetze Disease in Mammals, Prof. Kanthack 

 and Mr. Durham, 426 ; Trout Acclimatisation in Cape 

 Colony, J. D. F. Gilchrist, 628 



Agamennone (Dr.), Mean Surface-Velocity of Pulsations from 

 Calcutta Earthquake of June 12, 1897, 109; Attempt to 

 Calculate Velocity of Aidin Earthquake of August 9, 1895, 

 421 



Agassiz, the Glacial Lake, Warren Upham, 81 



Agriculture : Travels in the Coastlands of British East Africa 

 and the Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, W. W. A. Fitz- 

 gerald, 6 ; Death of M. Demontzey, 16 ; Nitrogenous Nu- 

 trition of Phanerogamous Plants, L. Lutz, 24 ; Method of 

 Reducing Losses of Ammonia in Manufacture of Farm 

 Manure, P. P. Deherain, 71 ; a Text-Book of Entomology, 

 including the Anatomy, Embryology, and Metamorphoses of 

 Insects, for Use in Agricultural and Technical Schools and 

 Colleges, Prof. Alpheus S. Packard, 244 ; Study of Phos- 

 phoric Acid Dissolved by the Water of the Soil, 384 ; Tea, 

 Coffee, and Cinchona Cultivation in India, 423 ; Toxicity of 

 Copper Salts for Wheat, H. Coupin, 492 ; Action of Lime 

 and Chalk on Humic Materials, G. Andre, 564 



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

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



Air, Liquid, at One Operation, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 199 



Air Waves, Formed by Projectiles, Studied by Means of In- 

 terference Bands, Herr Mach, 422 



Aitchison (Surgeon-Major J. E. T., M.D., F.R.S.), Death of, 



550; Obituary Notice of, W. Botting Hemsley, F.R.S., 578 

 Akerman (R.), the Swedish Iron Industry, 430 

 Albahary (J. M. ), Ovalbuminic Acid, 288 

 Albert-Levy (M.), the Carbonic Acid of the Air, 168 

 Albrecht (Prof.), the Movement of the Earth's Polar Axis, 



1890 0-1897 5, 42 

 Albumens, Prof. A. Kossel on, 481 



Albuminous Substances, Synthesis of. Dr. Leo Lilienfeld, 351 

 Alcock (A. W. ), Report on the Natural History Results of the 



Pamir Boundary Commission, 493 

 AlgDe : Reproduction of Diclyota dichotoma^ Lloyd Williams, 632 ; 



Form of Protoplasmic Body in Floridere, Prof. Philips, 633 

 Algebra : Connection ot Algebraic with Automorphic Functions, 



E. T. Whittaker, 93 ; Introduction to Algebra, for the Use of 

 Secondary Schools and Technical Colleges, G. Chrystal, 340 ; 

 a Treatise on Universal Algebra, with Applications, Alfred 

 North Whitehead, 385 



Algeria : L'Algerie, le Sol et les Habitants, J. A. Battandier et 

 L. Trabut, 51 ; Climate of Algeria, Dr. A. Thevenet, 117 



Allaire (H.), Double Iodides and Borates, 635 



Allen (Prof. F. J.), a High Rainbow, 175; Stereochemistry 

 and Vitalism, 520 



Allen (Dr. Harrison), Study of Hawaiian Skulls, 230 



Alloys : the Electrical Resistance and Micro-Structure of, 

 Saville Shaw, 356 : Dr. A. Gait on the Heat of Combination 

 of Metals in the Formation of Alloys, 532 ; Surfusion of 

 Metals and. Prof. W. C. Roberts-Au.sten, F.R.S., 619; an 

 Old Alloy, D. Berthelot, 635 



Alternators, High Speed Telegraph Transmission by Means of. 

 Prof. A. C. Crehore, Lieut. G. O. Squier, 211 



Aluminium for Cooking Utensils in India, the Use of. Prof. 

 Chatterton, 488 



Amagat (E. 'H.), Compressibility of Air as Gaseous Mi.xture, 

 287 



Amazon River at Obydos, Volume of. Dr. Friedrich Katzer, 399 



Amazonian Rubber, the Supply of, W. A. Churchill, 603 



Amboy Clays, the Flora of the, John Strong Newberry, 81 



Ameghino (M.), Arhino lemur, a New Mammifer, 492 



America : American Journal of Mathematics, 22 ; American 

 Journal of Science, 92, 117, 187, 335, 432, 539, 634; 

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

 431 ; Ceremonial Dances of the American Indians, 125 ; the 

 American Association, 233 ; Boston Meeting, 486 ; the 

 American Excavations in Mesopotamia, J. P. Peters, 243 ; 

 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 ; Glyptic 'and Graphic Art applied to Paleontology, 

 392 ; Bird Studies, an Account of the Land Birds of Eastern 

 North America, W. E. D. Scott, 541 



Amsterdam Academy of Sciences, 47, 143, 288, 359, 636 



Amu-Daria, the Old Beds of the, 430 



Anatomy : Lehrbuch der Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen, 

 Dr. J. Kollmann, 77 ; Anatomy of the Swallows, Dr. R. W. 

 Shufeldt, 199 ; Death of Dr. E. J. Bonsdorff, 396 ; Elements 

 of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates, Dr. Robert 

 Wiedersheim, W. N. Parker, 409 ; Anatomia vegetale. Dr. 



F. Tognini, 100 



Anaesthetics, Action on Protoplasm of, J. D. Farmer and A. 



D. Waller, F.R.S., 93 

 Analysis of Ores, Methods for the Iron and Steel, in Use at the 



Laboratories of Iron and Steel Works in the Region about 



Pittsburg, Pa., John Parry, 149 



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