XIV 



Index 



[Supplement to Nature, 

 December 9, 1897 



Dumont (J.), the Improvement of Humous Earth, 560 



Dun (W. S.), Sponge Remains in Lower Silurian of New South 



Wales, 584 

 Dunkerley (Prof.), on the Specific Heat of Superheated Steam, 



461 

 Dunstan (A. St. C. ), Broadening of Sodium Lines by Intense 



Magnetic Fields, 188 

 Durand-Greville (M.), les Grains et le "Burster" d'Australie, 



452 

 Dutch in the East, with the. Captain W. Cool, 171 

 Dwarf Tribes in the Pamirs, Messrs. Olifsen and Filipsen, 61 

 Dyaks, Identical Customs of, and Races around Assam, S. E. 



Peal, 53 

 Dyeing, a Theoretical Point in, Leo Vignon, 388 

 Dyeing in India, Decline of, 231 

 Dyer (W. T. Thiselton, F.R.S.), the Cultural Evolution of 



Cyclamen latifolium, 65 

 Dynamical Theory of the Electric and Luminiferous Medium, 



Joseph Larmor, F.R.S,, 189 



Earth, a New Determination of the Gravitation Constant and 

 the Mean Density of the. Dr. C. Braun, 127, 198 



Earth, Short Period Cyclical Changes in Magnetic Condition 

 and Surface Distribution of Temperature of, Joseph Baxen- 

 dell, F.R.S., 231 



Earth's Atmosphere, the Story of the, Douglas Archibald, 78 



Earth-Worms, a Colony of Phosphorescent, J. Lloyd Bozward, 

 544 



Earthquakes : Earthquake at Guadeloupe, 87 ; the Indian 

 Earthquake of June 12, 160, 182, 346, 471 ; T. D. La 

 Touche, 273 ; Dr. Ralph Copeland, 419 ; Rev. J, D. La 

 Touche, 444 ; an Edinburgh Record of the Indian Earth- 

 quake, Thomas Heath, 174, 287 ; Record of the Indian 

 Earthquake by Vincentini Seismograph, Dr. M. Baratta, 

 501 ; Earthquake in Kentucky, 229 ; Earthquake in Manila, 

 229 ; Earthquake at Laibach, 278 ; on Lunar and Solar 

 Periodicities of Earthquakes, Prof. Arthur Schuster, 321 ; 

 Earthquake at Hereford, 347 ; Earthquake in Turkestan, 



499 ; Earthquake in Switzerland, 500 ; Earthquake at Lima, 



500 ; Earthquake in Italy, 500 

 Eastern Archipelago, an Island of the, 171 

 Eastman (C. R.), New Form of Fossil Skate, 387 



Ebert (H.), Glow on Insulated Conductors in a High Frequency 

 Fluid, 583 ; Discharge inside Wire Box, 583 



Ebonite, the Transparency of, M. Perrigot, 95 



Eclipses : the Approaching Total Eclipse of the Sun, J. Norman 

 Lockyer, F.R.S., 154, 175, 318, 365, 392, 445; Stations for 

 Observing the Total Eclipse of the Sun in January 1898, 424 ; 

 Expedition of the Lick Observatory, 525 



Edible Copepoda, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., 565 



Edinburgh : an Edinburgh Record of the Indian Earthquake, 

 Thomas Heath, 174, 287; Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 

 191 ; Edinburgh Royal Society, 143, 190, 335 



Edington (Alexander), Nature of Contagion of Rinderpest, 165 



Edmondson, (J. W.), on Spark Length and Potential Relations 

 in Air and Dielectric Liquids, 462 



Edser (E. ), Phase-Change of Light on Reflection at a Silver 

 Surface, 504 



Education : Chapters on the Aims and Practice of Teaching, 8 ; 

 Thirty Years of Teaching, L. C. Miall, F.R.S., 315; the 

 Duke of Devonshire on Scientific Education, 580 ; Technical 

 Education in London, 41 ; International Congress on Techni- 

 cal Education, 129, 158, 186 ; Prof. Klein and Technical 

 Education in Germany, Prof. O. Henrici, F.R.S., 145; Man- 

 chester's Report on Technical Education in Germany and 

 Austria, 627 



Eel, New Observations on the Larva of the Common, G. B. 

 Grassi, Dr. S. Calandruccio, 85 



Efifront (Jean), Caroubinol, 263 



Egg, the Development of the Frog's, T. H. Morgan, Prof. W. F. 

 R. Weldon, F.R S., 489 



Eggs, the Effect of Sunlight on the Tints of Birds', David 

 Paterson, 11 



Eginitis (M.), Meteorological Observations at Athens, 253 



Egoroff (N.), Partial Polarisation of Luminous Radiations under 

 Magnetic Influence, 47, 263 



Egypt : the Nubian Desert South-east of Korosko, Capt. H. E. 

 Lyons, 46; Ancient Copper Tools, M. Berthelot, 119; a 

 Report on the Islands and Temples of Philse, Capt. H. G. 



Lyons, 122 ; Egyptian Prehistoric Flint Instruments, H. W. 

 Seton-Karr, 131 

 Egyptology : Death of Sir P. Le P. Renouf, 593 

 Elbruz, M. Postukhoffs Second Ascent of the, 183 

 Electricity : Cooling Property of Electrified Gases, Prof. E 

 Villari, 15 ; Continuation of Experiments on Electric Pro- 

 perties of Uranium, Rt. Hon. Lord Kelvin, F.R.S., 20; Dr. 

 J. Carruthers Beattie, 20, Dr. M. S. de Smolan, 20 ; Electrifi 

 cation of Air by Uranium and its Compounds, Dr. J. C 

 Beattie, 191 ; Lord Kelvin, 191 ; Temperature and Ohmic 

 Resistance of Gases during Oscillatory Electric Discharge, J. 

 Trowbridge and T. W. Richards, 22 ; Vacuum a Conductor 

 of Electricity, J. Trowbridge, 22 ; Electric Property of 

 Radiations of Bodies under Influence of Light, Gustave Le 

 Bon, 23 ; the Motion of an Iron or Steel Ball in a Magnetic 

 Field, Alex. Anderson, 31 ; Effects of Products of Combus- 

 tion in Length of Electric Spark, Dr. Garbasso, 37 ; the 

 Electrostatic Deviation of Kathode Rays, Dr. Q. Majorana, 

 37 ; Complex Composition of Kathode Rays, H. Deslandres, 

 47 ; the Simple Kathodic Rays, H. Deslandres, 167 ; Kathode 

 and Lenard Rays, J. A. McClelland, 93 ; Kathode and 

 Analogous Rays, Prof. S. P. Thompson, P\R.S., 238; the 

 Alleged Reflection of Kathodic Rays, Prof. A. Battelli, 254 ; 

 P. Villard, 254 ; Kathode and Rontgen Rays, J. Precht, 335 ; 

 Prof. S. P. Thompson on Varieties of Kathode Rays, 461 ; 

 Laws of Discharge of Electrified Bodies, Jean Perrin, 37 ; 

 Polarisation of Telephonic Receivers, J. W. Giltay, 47 ; 

 Manufacture of Carborundum at Niagara Falls, Francis A. 

 Fitzgerald, 42 ; Rontgen Rays, Dr. Dawson Turner, 54 ; 

 Adjustable X-Ray Tubes, A. A. C. Swinton, 79 ; Influence of 

 Rontgen Rays upon Electrical Conductivity, Prof. Villari, 91 ; 

 the Induction Coil in Practical Work, including Rontgen 

 Rays, Lewis Wright, 246 ; Actino-Electric Effects of 

 Rontgen Rays, 263 ; Rontgen Ray Theory, A. Vosmaer, 



F. L. Ortt, 316 ; some further Experiments on the X-Rays, 

 T. C. Porter, 316; X-Ray Tubes, James Wimshurst, 364; 

 the A B C of the X-Rays, William H. Meadowcroft, 444 ; 

 Formation of Mercury Films by Electrical Process, Rollo 

 Appleyard, 70 ; Effect of Temperature on Electric Properties 

 of Iron, D. K. Morris, 70 ; Contact Electricity and Electro- 

 lysis according to Father Boscovitch, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S., 

 84 ; Nature of Anode Light, M. C. Maltezos, 95 ; Electrical 

 Storms on Pike's Peak, Colorado, 107 ; L'Ottica delle Oscil- 

 lazioni Elettriche, Prof. A. Righi, 125 ; Theory of Osmotic 

 Pressure and Hypothesis of Electrolytic Dissociation, H. 

 Crompton, 142 ; Conductors and Powder Magazines, 143 : 

 Les Transformateurs de tension a courants-alternatifs, F. 

 Loppe, 151 ; Electromoteurs et leurs Applications, G. 

 Dumont, 151 ; Electro-metallurgie, A. Minet, 151 ; Condi- 

 tions in highly Rarefied Media under Discharges, Prof. John 

 Trowbridge, 160; Signalling through Space without Wires, 

 W. H. Preece, F.R.S., 163 ; Die elektrodynamischen 

 Grundgesetze und das eigentliche Elementargesetz, Franz 

 Kemtler, 171; the Shoreditch "Destructor" Electric 

 Station, 203 ; Steady Motion of Electrified Ellipsoid, 



G. F. C. Searle, 214 ; New Electrolytic Condenser of Large 

 Capacity, C. H. PoUak, 216; Leakage from Electrified Metal 

 Plates and Points placed above and below Uninsulated 

 Flames, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S., and Dr. Magnus Maclean, 

 233 ; Leakage from Electrified Metal Plates placed above and 

 below Uninsulated Flames, Lord Kelvin and Dr. Magnus 

 Maclean, 287 ; Experimental-Untersuchungen iiber Elektri- 

 citat von Michael Faraday, 247 ; Electric Resistance of 

 Solutions of Salts in Motion, Dr. Italo Bosi, 254 ; Stress 

 and other Effects produced by Electrification in Viscid Mix- 

 ture of Resin and Oil, J. W. Swan, F.R.S., 262 ; Thermal 

 Ammeter containing Mercury, C. Camichel, 263 ; Electrical 

 Determination of Moisture Contents of Arable Soils, M. 

 Whitney, F. D. Gardner and L. J. Briggs, 277 ; Electro- 

 synthesis, W. G. Mixter, 286 ; New Optical Method of 

 Studying Alternating Currents, 287 ; the Electro-Chemical 

 Equivalent of Silver, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 292 ; Globular 

 Lightning, Rev. E. Hill, 293 ; the Phenomenon of the Electric 

 Arc, A. Blondel , 311 ; Prof. Henry Crew and Mr. O. H. 

 Basquin on the Source of Luminosity in the Electric Arc, 

 462 ; Polarisation Capacities, C. M. Gordon, 311 ; Diffusion 

 Constants of Metals in Mercury, G. Meyer, 335 ; Electric 

 Vibrations in Lecher System, R. Apt, 335 ; Arc Lamps with 

 Amalgam Terminals, E. Gumlich, 335 ; Conductivity of- 

 Carbon for Heat and Electricity, L. Cellier, 335 ; Determin- 



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