Supplement to Nature,! 

 December q, 1897 J 



Index 



XXlll 



Lumbar Index among the American Races, Dr. G. A.Dorsey, 



SOI :., 



Lumiere (A. and L.), Photography applied to Measurement of 



Indices of Refraction, 216 

 Luminosity attending Compression of Rarefied Gases, H. F. 



Newall, 119 

 Luminous Phenomenon, a Curious, W. Larden, 54 . ■ 

 Luminous Phenomena Observed on Mountains, C. G. Cash, 



51 ; Prof. J. M. Pernter, 80; A. P. Jenkin, 102 

 Lummer (O.), Grey and Red Incandescence, 583 

 Lunar Enlargements, Weinek's, 233 

 Lungo (Dr. Carlo del). Firefly Light, 294 

 Luys (Dr. J. B.), Death of, 414 

 Lydekker (R., F.R.S.), Grinding Teeth of Manatee, 94; 



Species or Sub-species, 256 

 Lyman (B. S.), Effect of Geological Structure on Local Values 



of Magnetic Declination, 595 

 Lyman (Theodore), Death of, 522 

 Lynn (W. T.), Styles of the Calendar, 180, 277 

 Lyons (Captain H, G.), the Nubian Desert South-east of 



Korosko, 46 ; a Report on the Island and Temples of Philte, 



Mabilleau (Leopold), Histoire de la Philosophie Atomistique, 

 P. J. Hartog, 513 



McAdie (A.), the ^Ero-physical Observatory, 107 



MacaUster (Prof. A.), on the Causes of Brachycephaly, 487; 

 Study of the Brains of Australian Aborigines, 487 



Macaiister (R. A, Stewart), the Dolmens of Ireland, William 

 Copeland Borlase, 268 



Macallum (Prof. A. B.), Toronto Meeting of the British 

 Association, 85, 250 



McAulay (Prof. Alex.), on the Meaning of Symbols in Applied 

 Algebra, 588 



McClelland {].), Kathode and Lenard Rays, 93 



MacDougall (D. T.), Irritant Action of Cypripedium on Human 

 Skin, 422 ; the Curvature of Roots, 525 



McDougall (W.), Cause of Contraction of Cross Striated 

 Muscle, 278 



Macfarlane (Prof. A.), on the Solution of the Cubic Equation, 

 462 



McGee (Prof. W. J.), on the First Traces of Man in North 

 America, 486 ; on the Seri Indians of the (iulf of California, 

 486 ; on the Antiquity of Man in America, 487 



McGill University, on the Method of Testing Timber at the. 

 Prof. Bovey, 507 ; the Engineering Laboratories of the, 507 



McGuire (J. D ), Primitive Methods of Drilling, 140 



-Mach (Dr. E.), Contributions to the Analysis of the Sensations, 

 340 



Machinery of the Universe, the. Prof. A. E. Dolbear, 6l2 



Mcintosh (W. C), the Life-IIistories of the British Marine 

 Food-Fishes, 337 



McKendrick (Dr. John D., F.R.S.), the Analysis of Phonograph 

 Records, 209 



Maclean (Dr. Magnus), Leakage from Electrified Metal Plates, 

 and Points placed above and below Uninsulated Flames, 233, 

 287 



-M'Lennan (J. F.), Studies in Ancient History, 51 



McMichael (J. A.), a Solar Halo, 204 



Madagascar : Voyages made by the Sieur D. B. to the Islands 

 Dauphine or Madagascar, and Bourbon or Mascarenne in the 

 Years 1669, 1670, 1671, 1672, 341; Notes on Madagascar 

 Insects, E. L. J. Ridsdale, 566 



Madras Observatory, the, C. Michie Smith, 424 



Magellan, the Tides of the Straits of, Signor G. Roncagli, 550 



Magellanic Cloud, Stars in the, 620 



Magitot (Dr.), Death of, 14 



Magnetism : the Motion of an Iron or Steel Ball in a Magnetic 



' Field, Alex. Anderson, 31 ; Magnetic Observations at Kew 

 for 1896, 37 ; Effect of Temperature on Magnetic Proj^erties 

 of Iron, D. K. Morris, 70 ; Partial Polarisation of Luminous 

 Radiations under Magnetic Influence, N. Egoroff and N. 

 ( ieorgiewsky, 47, 263 ; on the Magnetisation Limit of Iron, 

 Henry Wilde, F.R.S., 142; the Determination of Hysteresis 

 Loss in Straight Iron Strips, Dr. J. A. Fleming, 166 ; Mag- 

 netic Increment of Rigidity in Strong Fields, H. D. Day, 

 188 ; Broadening of Sodium Lines by Intense Magnetic Fields, 

 A. St. C. Dunstan, M. E. Rice, and C. A. Kraus, i88 ; Mag- 

 netic Strains, Prof. C. G. Knott, 190, 335 ; Short-Period 



Cyclical Changes in Magnetic Condition of Earth, loseph 

 Baxendell, F.R.S., 231; Influence of Magnetic Field on 

 Radiation Frequency, Profi Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., and Ben- 

 jamin Davis, 237 ; Magnetic Properties of Nickel Steels, C. E. 

 Guillaume, 240, 608 : Theory of Magneto-optic Phenomena 

 of Iron, Nickel and Cobalt, J. G. Leathern, 261 ; Magnetic 

 Phenomena in Iron, Nickel and Cobalt, Dr. Klingenberg, 

 279 ; Change of Spectrum Lines by Magnetism, P. Zeeman, 

 264 ; Magnetic Deviation of Kathode and X-Rays, G. de Metz, 

 263; Explanation of Experimental Result attributed by M. 

 G. de Metz to Magnetic Deviation of X-Rays, Sir G. G. 

 Stokes, 336; Magnetic Deflection of Kathode Rays, W. 

 Kaufmann, 335 ; Prof. S. P. Thompson on Varieties of 

 Kathode Rays, 461 ; Increase of Resistance of Bismuth in con- 

 nection with Dissymmetry of Hall's Effect, and on the Relation 

 between Crystal, Direction, and Resistance, increase of Mag- 

 netic Resistance and Hall's Effect, Evan Everdingen, jun., 

 263-264 ; Effects of Concussion and Heat on Magnetism, Carl 

 Fromme, 311 ; Damping Effect of Magnetic Field on Rotat- 

 ing Insulators, W. Duane and W. Stewart, 335; certain 

 small Variations of Earth's Magnetism, Prof. Eschenhagen, 

 348 ; Magnetic Behaviour of Soft Steel, Anton Abt, 388 ; the 

 Radiation of Light in the Magnetic Field, 420 ; Early Ob- 

 servations of Terrestrial Magnetism, Dr. G. Hellmann, 452 ; 

 Profs. Lodge, Michelson, and Runge on Zeeman's Discovery 

 of the Effects of Magnetism on Spectral Lines, 462 ; Zeeman's 

 Phenomena, Prof. Geo. Eras. Fit^erald, F.R.S., 468; on 

 the Observation and Kinematical Interpretation of Zeeman's 

 Phenomena, A. Cornu, 632 ; Theory of Electricity and Mag- 

 netism, Charles Emerson Curry, 514 ; Magnetic Disturbances 

 at Mauritius connected .with Auroral Display, T. F. Clax- 

 ton, 523 ; Effect of Geological Structure on' Local \'alues of 

 Magnetic Declination, B. S. Lyman, 595 



Magnitudes of the A.steroids, the, Herr G. Huber, 454 



Magnus (Prof. P.), on the Mycelium of the Witches' Broom of 

 Barberry caused by Vadium graveolens, 600 



Maiden (J. H.), Three New Australian Plants, 263 



Majorana (Dr. Q.), the Electrostatic Deviation of Kathodic 

 Rays, 37 ; Artificial Diamonds, 500 



Malosse, (Th.), a New Alkaloid, Retamine, 388, 536 



Malbot (Dr.), Prehistoric Trepanning, 299 



Malpighi (Marcello), Monument to, 450 



Maltby (M. E.), Determination of Period of Electric Oscillations, 



335 

 Maltezos (C), Nature ot Anode Light, 95 

 Malverns, Foraminifera in the Upper Cambrian of the, 



Frederick Chapman, 588 

 Mammalia, on the Origin of. Prof. H. F. Osborn, 555 

 Mammals : Catalogns Mammalium tarn Viventium quam Fossi- 



Hum, Dr. E. L. Trouessart, 270 

 Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, the, Horace C. Hovey and R. 



Ellsworth Call, 493 

 Man : Chapters in the History of Man, Dr. R. Munro, 390 ; 



on the First Traces of Man in North America, Profs. Putnam, 



McGee, and Claypole, and Drs. Dawson and .Spencer, 486 ; 



on the Antiquity of Man in America, Prof. F. W. Putnam, 



Prof. E. W. Claypole, Sir John Evans, Dr. J. W. Spencer, 



Dr. McGee, 487 ; Effects of High Altitude upon Man, Dr. 



Paul Regnard, 490 ; the Agency of Man in the Distribution 



of Species, Dr. L. O. Howard, 604 

 Manatee, Grinding-Teeth of, Oldfield Thomas and R. Lydekker, 



F.R.S.,94 

 Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 46, 287, 632 

 Manchester's Report on Technical Education in Germany and 



Austria, 627 

 Manen, (M.), Death of, 130 



Mangolds, Disappearance of Nitrates in, T. B. Wood, 293 

 Manila, Earthquake and Volcano Eruption- in, 229 ' 'i 



Manouvrier (L.), Pithecanthropus erectus, 583 '•- 



Manufacture of Carborundum at Niagara FaHs, Franc!*' A. 



Fit^erald, 42 

 Maps : Geological Map of the British Isles, Sir A. Geikie, 



220 • ■ 

 Marboutin (Felix), Estimation of Dissolved Oxygen iti Sea- 

 Water, 47 . r. •;, , .•„• \ ..V? .... 

 Marcet (Williamj F.R.S.), a Contributkmto the History ofthe 



Respiration of Man, 364 ; . -< '-•- • ' 1 . 



Marechal (Dr.), Death ofv 252." .= .' " .S - ,"••''-- 



Marine Biology: Metamorphoses of the Murenoids, Dr. Galan- 



druccio and Signor Grassi, 422 ; Coccoliths in our Coastal 



