hid ex 



VSiippUment to Nature, 

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Lang (Andrew), Modern Mythology, 466 



Lang (V. von), Determination of Capacities by the Balance, 



388 

 Language, African, Miss M. H. Kingsley, 494 

 Lankester (Prof. E. Ray, F.R.S.), Les Theories sur I'Heredite 



et les grands problemes de la Biologic generale, Yves Delages, 



75 ; the Life-Histories of the British Marine Food-Fishes, 



W. C. Mcintosh and A. T. Masterman, 337 

 Lannelongue (M.), Fowl Immunity against Human Tuberculosis, 



23 

 Lapparent (M. de), Nansen's Discovery of Deep Arctic Basin, 



36 

 Lapworth (A.), Production of Nitro- and Amido-Oxypicolenes, 



359 

 Larden (W.), a Curious Luminous Phenomenon, 54 

 Larmor (Joseph, F.R.S. ), a Dynamical Theory of the Electric 



and Luminiferous Medium, 189 ; on the Shifting of the Lines 



in the Arc Spectra of Metals by Increased Pressure of the 



Atmosphere surrounding the Arc, 461 

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



Grassi, Dr. S. Calandruccio, 85 

 Latitude : on the Variation of Latitude, Prof. S. C. Chandler, 



40 ; the Latitude of the Royal Catania Observatory, 133 ; 



Latitude Observations at the U.S. Naval Observatory, 



Washington, Prof. W. Harkness, 256 

 Laurentian Ice-Sheet in New England, on the, Prof. C. H. 



Hitchcock, 485 

 Laurentian System, ,on the Structure and Origin of certain 



Rocks of the, Dr. F. D. Adams, 484 

 Lauterborn (R.), Untersuchungen ueber Bau Kerntheilung und 



Bewegung der Diatomeen, 291 

 Lavergne (Gaston), New Remedy for Mildew and Black Rot, 



240 

 Law of Heredity, a New, Francis Gallon, F.R.S., 235 

 Law of Spectral Series, the. Prof. Thiele, 597 

 Lawrence Medal, the, Jonathan Hutchinson, 200 

 Le Bon (Gustave), Electric Properties of Radiations of Bodies 



under Influence of Light, 23 ; Explanations of some Experi- 

 ments of, Henri Becquerel, 71 ; Experiments on the so-called 



Black Light (lumiere noire) of, M. Henri Becquerel, 619 

 Le Cadet (G. ), Normal Variation of Earth's Electric Field with 



Height in Upper Atmosphere, 584 

 Le Chatelier (H. M.), Lithium Borate, 95 

 Lea (Matthew Carey), Death and Obituary Notice of, 35 

 Leakage from Electrified Metal Plates and Points placed above 



and below uninsulated Flames, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S. , and 



Dr. Magnus Maclean, 233 

 Leathern (J. G.), Theory of Magneto-Optic Phenomena of 



Iron, Nickel and Cobalt, 261 

 Leaves, an Important Function of, U. Suzuki, 502 

 Lebeuf (M. A.), Action of Jupiter and Saturn upon Encke's 



Comet, 504 

 Lecercle (L.), Action of X-Rays on Animal Temperature, 336 ; 



Action of X-Rays on Heat radiated by the Skin, 632 

 Leduc (A.), Densities of some easily Liquefiable Gases, 632 

 Lee (Alice), Relative Variation and Correlation in Civilised and 



Uncivilised Races, 190 ; Barometric Frequency Distribution 



at Diverse Stations, 260 

 Lee (Oswin A. J.), Among British Birds in their Nesting 



Haunts, illustrated by the Camera, 25, 196 

 Legros (Dr. E.) Death of, 252 

 Lemal (L.), Glass-Colouration by Direct Penetration of Metals 



and Metallic Salts, 95 

 Lemoine (Georges), Reversible Transformation of Styrolene 



into Metastyrolene under Influence of Heat, 608 

 Lens, through a Pocket, Henry Scherren, 125 

 Leonids, the, Observation of Meteors, with Special Reference to 



the, W. F. Denning, 613 

 Leveau (Gustave), the Periodic Comet, D'Arrest, 324 

 Level of Sunspots, the, Prof. H. Ricco, 573 

 Levelling Methods, Comparative Accuracy of, C. H. Lallemand, 



47 

 Levy (Albert), Estimation of Dissolved Oxygen in Sea Water, 



47 

 Lewis (Thomas C), a Protest against the Modern Development 



of Unmusical Tone, 9 

 Libbey (Prof. W, 



346 

 Lick Observatory, Eclipse Expedition of the, 525 

 Liebenow (Prof. Wilhelm), Death of, 413 



jun.), Ascent of the Mesa Encantada by, 



Liege Association of Engineers, Fiftieth Anniversary of, 618 

 Life Histories, of North American Birds, from the Parrots to the 



Crackles, with Special Reference to their Breeding Habits and 



Eggs Chas. Bendire, 25 

 Life Histories of the British Marine Food-Fishes, the, W. C. 



Mcintosh and A. T. Masterman, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, 



F.R.S., 337 

 Light : the Origin of Solar and Stellar Light, M. R. Dissett, 



89 ; Effect of Change in Temperature on Phosphorescent 



Temperatures, Ralph Cusack, 102 ; First Stage Sound, Light 



and Heat, John Don, 172 ; the Action of Light on Diastase, 



259 ; the Radiation of Light in the Magnetic Field, 420 ; 



Action on Yeasts of Light, W. Lohmann, 423 ; Phase-Change 



of Light on Reflection at a Silver Surface, E. Edser, H. 



Stansfield, 504 ; Luce e Raggi Rontgen, Oreste Murani, 587 ; 



15 Lezione Sperimentali su la Luce, A. Garbasso, 587 

 Light, Fire-fly, Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S., 126; Dr. 



E. Overton, 154 ; Dr. Carlo del Lungo, 294 

 Lighthouse Progress, 1887-1897, J. Kenward, 282 

 Light-houses and Light-vessels, on the Practicability of Effect- 

 ing Electrical Communication between, and the Shore, 618 

 Lightning, Globular, Rev. E. Hill, 293 

 Lightning, Remarkable Death of Major Jameson from, 452 

 Lima, Earthquake at, 500 

 Limits of Audition, the, Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 



285 

 Linck (Prof. G.), Relations between Geometric Constants and 



Molecular Weight of Crystal, 572 

 Linell(M. L.), Death of, 87 



Linnell (E. H.), the Eye as an Aid in General Diagnosis, 493 

 Linnean Society, 23, 142, 239 ; the Gold Medallist, Jacob 



Georg Agardh, 86 

 Liquefaction of Fluorine, on the, H. Moissan and J. Dewar, 



126 

 Liquid, on a New Method of Measuring the Specific Heat of. 



Prof. Callendar and Mr. Barnes, 461 

 Liquids, on the Vapour Tensions of Mixed, Dr. W. L. Miller, 



463 

 Lithium Salts, Dr. J. H. Gladstone and W. Hibbert on, 463 

 Littlejohn (Dr. Harvey), Report on the Causes and Prevention 



of Smoke from Manufacturing Chimneys, 29 

 Lloyd ( W. F. ), the Specific Heat of Human Blood, 595 

 Lobster- Rearing, a Successful Experiment in, 455 

 Local Government Board, the, and Water-Divining, 131 

 Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S.), the Chemistry of the Hottest 



Stars, 91; the Approaching Total Eclipse of the Sun, 154. 



175. 318, 365. 392, 445 

 Lockyer (Dr. William J. S.), the Variable Star t] Aquilte, 249 ; 



the Evolution of Stellar Systems, 295 ; Soaring Flight, 344 ; 



the Meudon Astrophysical Observatory, 494 

 Locomotion, Bipedal, among Existing Reptiles, W. Saville- 



Kent, 271 

 Locust-destroying Experiments in Natal, 523 

 Lodge (Prof. Oliver J., F.R.S.), Sound Signals in Fog, 154 ; 



Influence of Magnetic Field on Radiation Frequency, 237 ; 



on Zeeman's Discovery of the Effects of Magnetism on 



Spectral Lines, 462 ; on the Meaning of Symbols in Applied 



Algebra, 613 

 Loewy (M.), Paris Observatory Report, 206; the Photographs 



of the Moon taken at the Paris Observatory, 280 

 Logic of Darwin, the, 609 



Lohmann (W.), Action of Light on Yeasts, 423 

 Lohse (Dr. O.), Photographs of Metallic Spectra, 62 

 Lombardo, Rendiconti del Real Instituto, 286 

 London, Electric Cabs in, 414 

 London, Technical Education in, 41 

 Long (James), Cheese and Cheese-making, 152 

 Long Range Temperature and Pressure Variables in Physics, 



Prof Carl Barus, 528 

 Loppe (F.), Les Transformateurs de tension a courants alter- 



natifs, 151 

 Lome, the Old Red Sandstone of, Sir Archibald Geikie, 



F.R.S., 157 

 Lowe (John), the Yew Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, 



290 

 Lowry (T. M.), Stereoisomeric Di-derivatives of Camphor and 



Nitro- camphor, 360 

 Lucas (A. H. S.), the Designation of Wave-clouds, 102 

 Luggin (H.), Photo-voltaic Theory of Photographic Processes, 

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