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Index 



VSupJ>lement to Nature, 

 \_ December 9, 1897 



MoUusca of Chalk Rock, Henry Woods, 94 ; a Treatise on 

 Rocks, Rock-Weathering and Soils, George P. Merrill, 97 ; 

 the International Geological Congress in Russia, 104 ; Origin 

 of Archrean Greenstones, N. K. Winchell, 133 : the Old Red 

 Sandstone of Lome, Sir Archibald Geikie, P'.R.SI, 157 ; 

 Augite-Diorites with Micropegmatite in Southern India, T. H. 

 Holland, 166 ; the Laccolites of Cutch, Rev! J. F. Blake, 

 166 ; Ueber den Bau der Korallenriffe und die Plank tonver- 

 theilung an den Samoanischen Kiisten nebst vergleichenden 

 Bemerkungen, Dr. Augustin Kramer, 150; the Great Sub- 

 mergence, the Duke of Argyll, 173 ; Work and Progress of 

 the Geological Survey, 1 78 ; Bacteria and Rock Decomposi- 

 tion, J. C. Branner, 188 ; Cretaceous Strata of County Antrim, 

 Dr, W. F. Hume, 215 ; Geological Map of the British Isles, Sir 

 Archibald Geikie, 220 ; Mineralogical Geology : a Synopsis for 

 the Use of Students, Alexander Johnstone, 220 ; Geology of 

 Franz Josef Land, E. T. Newton, F.R.S., and J. J. H. Teall, 

 F.R.S., 262 ; the Ancient Volcanoes of Britain, Sir Archibald 

 Geikie, F.R.S., Dr. Charles Barrois, 241 ; Interesting Case of 

 Contact Metamorphism, H. W. Fairbanks, 286 ; Study of 

 Greenland Glaciers, Prof. Tarr, 298 ; some Problems of 

 Arctic Geology, Dr. J. W. Gregory, 301, 351 ; a Treatise 

 on Ore Deposits, J. Arthur Philhps, F.R.S., 313 ; Auriferous 

 Character of Huronian Rocks in Canada, Dr. Dawson, 348 ; 

 the Geological Survey of Canada, Dr. G. M. Dawson, 471 ; 

 Experimental Boring for Petroleum in Canada, Dr. G. M. 

 Dawson, 550; Prof. Ellis on Coal from the pre-Carboniferous 

 Rocks of Canada, 463 ; Geological Survey of Canada, 467 ; 

 the Age of the Dicotyledons, Henry Deane, 349 ; the Survey 

 of Cape Colony, Prof. G. S. Corstorphine, 384; Our Coal 

 Resources at the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Edward 

 Hull, F.R.S., Bennett H. Brough, 389; the Sinking of the 

 Earth's Surface about the Great American Lakes, Dr. J. W. 

 Spencer and Prof. G. K. Gilbert, 413 ; the Cretaceous Rocks 

 of Pondicherry, Dr. F. Kosmatt, 453 ; The Mammoth Cave 

 of Kentucky, Horace C Hovey and R. Ellsworth Call, 493 ; 

 Recent Work of the United States Geological Survey, 496 ; 

 Twelve Diagrams illustrating the Principles of Mining, F. T. 

 Howard, E. W. Small, 539 ; the University Geological Survey 

 .of Kansas, Erasmus Haworth, 539 ; the Great Alpine 

 Double-Fold, Dr. Rothpletz, 550; Geomorphology of North- 

 west Highlands, Prof. Penck, 571 ; Theory of Fundamental 

 Earth-Magmas, Prof. Cole, 571 ; Sponge Remains in Lower 

 Silurian of New South Wales, W. S. Dun, 584 ; an Introduc- 

 tion to Geology, William B. Scott, 585 ; Foraminifera in the 

 Upper Cambrian of the Malverns, Frederick Chapman, 588 ; 

 Effect of Structure on Local Values of Magnetic Declination, 

 B. S. Lyman, 595 ; Notes on Fossil Equisetacege, A. C. 

 Seward, 602; the Klondike Placers, Dr. T. K. Rose, 615; 

 on the Fractional Crystallisation of Rocks, G. F. Becker, 

 631 



Geometry : a Treatise on Practical Plane and Solid Geometry, 

 T. J. Evans and W. W. F. Pullen, 151 ; an Essay on the 

 Foundations of Geometry, Bertrand A. W. Russell, 417 



Georgiewsky (N.), Partial Polarisation of Luminous Radiations 

 under Magnetic Influence, 47, 263 



Gerard (Aime), Wheat Analysis, 23 



Gerber (C), Role of Tannins in Plants, 95 



Germ Life, the Story of. Bacteria, H. W. Conn, Mrs. Percy 

 Frankland, 565 



Germany: the Twelfth German Geographical Congress, 18; 

 Prof. Klein aqd Technical Education in Germany, Prof. O. 

 Henrici, F.R.S., 145; Manchester's Report on Technical 

 Education in Germany and Austria, 627 



Ghose(A. K.), the Lost Books of Euclid, 224 



Giant's Causeway Case, Decision in, 14 



Giglioli (Prof. Italo), Insects and Yeasts, 575 



Gilbert (Prof. G. K.), the Sinking of the Earth about the Great 

 American Lakes, 413 



Gill (H. S.), the Theory of Singing Flames, 583 



Gill (Prof. Theodore), Relation of Tarsiids to Philogeny of 

 Man, 19 ; the Life and Work of Prof. E. D. Cope, 412 



Gillen (F. J.), the Engwurra or Fire Ceremony of certain 

 Central Australian Tribes, 136 



Gilles (W. S.), 8-Ketopinic Acid and Camphoic Acid, 360 



Gilson (Prof. G.), on the Musculo-Glandular Cells in Annelids, 

 .555 



Qiltay (J. W. ), Polarisation of Telephonic Receivers, 47 



Giraffe, the Queen's, the Death of, 521 



Glacial Deposits, Shelly, G. W. Lamplugh, 10 



Glacial Deposits of the Alps, on the. Prof. A. Penck, 485 



Glacial and inter-Glacial Deposits at Toronto, on the. Prof. 

 A. P. Coleman, 485 



Glacial Epoch, on the Continental Elevation during the, Dr. 

 J. W. Spencer, 485 



Glacial Eruption in Iceland, 88 



Glacial Geology of Western New York, on the. Prof. H. Le 

 Roy Fairchild, 485 



Glaciation of North Central Canada, on the, J. B. Tyrrell, 485 



Glaciers, Greenland, Study of. Prof. Tarr, 298 



Glaciers, Variation in Arctic Regions of Length of, Ch. Rabot, 

 524 



Gladstone (Dr. J. H. ), Molecular Refraction of Dissolved Salts 

 and Acids, ii., 359 : on Rcintgen Rays and Lithium Salts, 463 



Gley (E.), Iodine in Parathyroid Glandules, 360 



Globular Lightning, Rev. E. Hill, 293 



Godward (William), Death of, 130 



Gold in Canada, 348 



Gold-making, Alleged, Dr. S. H. Emmens, 451 



Gold-mining, the Successful Treatment of Stamp Battery Slimes 

 from Gold Ores, W. Caldecott, 501 ; the Klondike Placers, 

 Dr. T. K. Rose, 615 



Goldstein (Prof.), Reproduction of Cometary Phenomena, 350 



Gooch (F. A.), Iodic Acid applied to Analysis of Iodides, 21 



Goodman (J. T.), Archaic Maya Inscriptions, 224 



Goodman (Prof.), Ball and Roller Bearings, 116 



Goodwin (H. M.), the Molecular Volume and Cross-Section of 

 Gases, 253 



Gordon (C. M.), Polarisation Capacities, 311 



Gcittingen Royal Society, 288, 584 



Goutal (M.), Employment of Copper Salts in Estimation of 

 several Elements in Cast Iron and Steel, 287 ; State in which 

 Elements other than Carbon are found in Cast Iron and Steel, 

 311, 336 



Government Laboratories, the New, James Woodward, 553 



Grain, the Infection of. Prof. Hankin, 36 



Gramont (A. de). Spectrum of Carbon, 312 



Gran (H. H.), Algae of the North Atlantic, 454 



Granger (A. ), Bi phosphide of Silver, 23 



Granites and Associated Arkoses in Lake Temiscaming, 

 Canada, on the Relation of, Messrs. Barlow and Ferrier, 485 



Grants to University Colleges, 181 



Grassi (Prof. G. B. ), New Observations on the Larva of the 

 Common Eel, 85 ; Metamorphoses of the Murenoids, 422 ; 

 the Constitution and Development of the Society of Termites, 

 517 



Gray (Dr. A. A.), Perception of Phase Difference by the Two 

 Ears, 118 



Gray (Prof. A., F.R S.), the Elements of Physics, Edward L. 

 Nicholls and William S. Franklin, 265 ; Practical Engineer- 

 ing : a Laboratory and Lecture Course for First- Year Students 

 of Electrical Engineering based on the International Defini- 

 tions of the Electrical Units, W. E. Ayrton, F.R.S., 537 



Gravitation, Constant, and the Mean Density of the Earth, a 

 New Determination of the. Dr. C. Braun, 127, 198 



Gravity, Ring Pendulum for Absolute Determination of. Prof. 

 T. C. Mendenhall, 19 



Great Auk Bones in Ireland, R. J. Ussher, 347 



Great Britain, Mining for 1896, 551 



Great Britain and Ireland, Year-Book of the Scientific and 

 Learned Societies of, 126 



Great Britain and Ireland, the Yew-Trees of, John Lowe, 290 



Greece, Seismology of. Dr. Papavasiliou, 15 



Greeks, the Statical Knowledge of the. Dr. G. Vailati, 453 



Green (Dr. Traill), Death of, 60 



Greene (Dr. W. T. ), Feathered Friends, Old and New, 25 



Greenhill (Prof. A. G., F.R.S.), Higher Mathematics, 244 



Greenland Glaciers, Study of, Prof. Tarr, 298 



Greenwich, the Royal Observatory, 134 



Gregory (Dr. J. W.), some Problems of Arctic Geology, 301. 



351 

 Grehant (N.), Improvement of Grisometer, 119; Carbonic Acid 



transformed into Carbon Monoxide by Red-hot Cast Iron, 



N. Grehant, 119 

 Griffiths (A. B.), Respiratory Proteids, Researches in Biological 



Chemistry, 9 

 Griffiths (E. H., F.R.S,), Recent Investigations into the 



Numerical Value of the " Mechanical Equivalent," 258 

 Griffon (Ed.), Influence of Spring Frost of 1897 on Oak and 



Beech, 608 



