XXVI 



Index 



'Supplement to Nature, 



Jhrci:ilH-rg, iSqy 



on Blasting Powders, 550; Mining in Great Britain for 1896, 

 551 ; Twelve Diagrams illustrating tlie Principles of Mining, 

 F. T. Howard, E, W. Small, 539 ; the Klondike Placers, 

 Dr, T. K. Rose, 615 

 Minot (Prof. Ch. S.), Human Embryology, 269 

 Mira Ceti, the 1897 Maximum of, Dr. Nyland, 163 

 Miron (Fran9ois)i Les 'Huiles- rainerales ; Petrole, Schiste, 



Lignite, 315 

 .Mirrors, Ancient Glass Lead-backed, M. Berthelot, 583 

 Missouri Botanical Garden Annual Report, 587 

 Mixter (W. G.), Electrosynthesis, 286 



Modern Civilisation, Science and, Sir William Roberts, F.R.S.. 

 621 

 . Modern Mythology, Andrew Lang, 466 

 Moissan (H.), the Liquefaction of Fluorine Gas, 106, 126, 596; 



Cerium Purification, 143 

 Mojsisovics (Dr. August), Death of, 522 

 MoUoy (Dean), Determination of Source of Rays from " Focus " 



Tube, 471 

 Mollusca, Catalogue of Tertiary, Geo. F. Harris, 172 

 Montreal, on the Electric Tramway System in, Mr. Cunning- 

 ham, 507 

 Montreal and Lake Erie, on the Canalisation of the Rivers 



between, T. Munroe, 507 

 Moon: the Photographs . of the Moon taken at the Paris 

 Observatory, MM. Loewy and . Puiseux, 280; on Lunar and 

 Solar Periodicities' of Earthquakes, Prof. Arthur Schuster, 

 321 

 Moor (C. G.), Aids to the Study of Bacteriology, 152 

 Moorby (W. H.), the Bakerian Lecture— on the Mechanical 



Equivalent of Heat, 102 

 Moore (J. E. S.), Zoology of Lake Tanganyika, 46; the Fresh- 

 water Fauna of Lake Tanganyika, 198 

 Morbology : the Bacillus of Yellow Fever, Dr. G. Sanarelli, 

 159; the Bacillus of, and Inoculation against Yellow Fever, 

 Dr. Havelburg, 322; the Plague ■ Bacillus, Dr. Rudolf Abel, 

 232 ; the Plague in India, Prof. Koch, 275 ; Psoriasis and 

 Syphilis, F. Bouffe, 240; Beri-beri and Rice Diet, Inspector 

 , Vorderman, 264 ; the Correct Diagnosis of Diphtheria 

 Bacilli, Dr. Max Neisser, 298 ; a System of Medicine, 465 ; 

 the Work of Pasteur and the Modern Conception of Medi- 

 cine, Prof. Charles Richet, 508 

 Morcom (Alfred), High-Speed Self- Lubricating Engines, 331 

 Moreau (M.), Preparation of Symmetrical Substituted Ureas, 95 

 Morgan (Prof. C. Lloyd), the Trotting Horse, 126; on the 



Natural History of Instinct, 556 

 Morgan (T. H.), the Development of the Frog's Egg, 489 

 Morner (C. T. ), Swedish Method of Preserving Fish, 385 

 Morphology, Experimental, Charles Benedict Davenport, 563 

 Morris (Dr. K.), Effect of Temperatures on Magnetic Proper- 

 ties of Iron, 70 

 Morse's "Bow-puller" the Greek Myrmex, Prof. D. G. 



Brinton, 15 

 Mortillet (Gabriel de). Formation de la Nation rran5aise, 538 

 Moscou, Bulletin de la Societe des Naturalistes de, 189, 237, 



287 

 Mosquito Bites, Immunity from, Major David Flanery, 53 ; 



Prof. Geo. C. Comstoek, 154 

 Mossman (A. C), Non-instrumental Meteorology of London, 



1713-1896, 215 

 Mostyn (C), Sound of Distant Firing, 248 

 Motion of an Iron or Steel Ball in a Magnetic Field, the, Alex. 



Anderson, 31 

 Mount St. Elias, the Ascent by the Duke of the Abruzzi of, 



421, 470 

 Mountameering : M. Postukhoff's Second Ascent of the Elbruz, 

 183 ; Ascent of the Mesa Encantada by Prof. W. Libbey, 

 . jun., 346; Mount St. Elias ascended by the Duke of the 



Abruzzi, 421, 470 

 Mountains : Luminous Phenomena observed on, C. G. Cash, 



31 ; Prof. J. M. Pernter, 80 ; Arthur P. Jenkin, 102 

 Mourelo (J. R.), Method of Obtaining highly-Phosphorescent 

 Strontium Sulphide, 71 ; Colour of Phosphorescence of 

 Strontium Sulphide, 240 ; Stability of Phosphorescent Stron- 

 tium Sulphide, 560 

 Muir (M. M. Pattison), a Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical 



and Practical, William A. Tilden, F.R.S., 147, 197 

 Muller (F. Max), Contributions to the Science of Mythology, 77 

 Miiller (Dr. Fritz). Death of, 107 ; Obituary Notice of, 546 

 ^ Munby (A. -E.), Acetylene for Military Signalling, 292 .. 



Municipal Water Supply, Sanitary Problems connected with 

 the. Prof. W. P. Mason, 619 



Munro (Dr. R.), Prehistoric Problems, 390 



Munro(T.), on the Canalisation of the Rivers between Montreal 

 and Lake. Erie, 507 



Murani (Oreste), Luce e Raggi Rontgen, 587 



Murenoids, Metamorphoses of the, Dr. Calandruccio and Signor 

 Grassi, 422 



Murray (Dr. David), an Archaeological Survey of the British 

 Islands, 12 



Murray (Geo., F.R.S.), a Great Agricultural Estate, being the 

 Story of the Origin and Administration . of Woburn and 

 Thorney, Duke of Bedford, 170 ; First Report on the Work- 

 ing and Results of the Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm, 

 Duke of Bedford, 170 



Muscle, Cross-Striated, Cause of Contraction of, W. Mc- 

 Dougall, 278 



Muscles, the Sensory Nerves of, Dr. C. S. Sherrington, F;R.S., 



45 

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



Museum, the New South African, 31 



Music, a Protest against the Modern Development of Unmusical 



Tone, Thomas C. Lewis, 9 

 Muthelet (E.), Action of Benzoyl Chloride on Monosubstituted 



Derivatives of Orthodiamine, 288 

 Mycology : siereiim hirstitum, a Wood-destroying Fungus, Prof. 



Marshall Ward, 600; on the Mycelium of the Witches' 



broom of Barberry caused by Aiciditim. graveolens. Prof. P. 



Magnus, 6.Q0 

 Myers (C. S.), Skulls discovered at Brandon, 299 

 Myers (H. C. ), Monochlordiparaconic Acid, 94 

 Mythology, Contributions to the Science of, F. Max Miiller, 



77 ; Modern Mythology, Andrew Lang, 466 



Naegamvala (Prof. K. D. ), on a Method of reproducing Astro- 

 nomical Photographs, 153 



Nansen's Discovery of Deep Arctic Basin, M. de Lapparent, 36 



Natal, Locust-destroying Experiments in, 523 



Natal Observatory Report, Mr. Nevill, 324 



National Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting of the U.S., 19 



Natural History : Natural History in Shakespeare's Time, H. 

 W. Seager, 7 ; Picture Lessons in, 28 ; as a Vocation, Sir 

 William Flower, 37 ; Ferrets, their Management in Health 

 and Disease, Nicholas Everitt, 52 ; the Concise Knowledge 

 Natural History, 125; the Naturalist's Directory, 152; 

 Bulletin de la Societe des Naturalistes des Moscou, 189, 237, 

 287 ; the Fresh Water Fauna of Lake Tanganyika, J. E. S. 

 Moore, 198; Blackbird's Nest appropriated by a Wagtail, F. 

 C. Constable, 248 ; G. W. de P. Nicholson, 343 ; Species or 

 Subspecies, R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 256; Prof. T. D. A. 

 Cockerell, 391 ; Bipedal Locomotion among Existing Reptiles, 

 W. Saville-Kent, 271 ; the Naturalist in Australia, W. Saville- 

 Kent, 271 ; Sample-post for Natural History Specimens, 

 Walter F. H. Blandford, 271 ; the Study of Natural History 

 in Japan, 354 ; a Bibliography of Gilbert White, Edward A. 

 Martin, 418 ; the Centipede-Whale, Kumagusu Minakata, 

 445 ; W. F. Sinclair, 470 ; Death and Obituary Notice of 

 Dr. Fritz Miiller, 546 ; on the Natural History of Instinct, 

 Prof. Lloyd Morgan, 556 ; Dog Running on Two Legs, 

 Worthington G. Smith, .588 ; F. M. Burton, 613 ; the Agency 

 of Man in the Distribution of Species, Dr. L. O. Howard, 

 604 ; Strange Instinct of Fear in the Orang, R. I. Pocock, 



613 



Natural Philosophy, First Principles of, A. E. Dolbear, 78 



Natural Selection : the Utility of Specific Characters, Prof. T. 



, D. A. Cockerell, 31;, Dr. Samuel Wilks, F.R.S., 79; 



Versuch einer philosophischen Selektionstheorie, Dr. Johannes 



Unbehaun, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 49; on Mimicry as 



Evidence of the Truth of Natural Selection, Prof. ,E. B. 



. Poulton, 555 



Navigation : Effect of Wind and Atmospheric Pressure on the 

 Tide, F. L. Ortt, 80 ; Method of determining Position of 

 Vessel in Fog, Prof. E, C. Pickering, 130; Twelve Charts 

 of the Tidal Streams near the Channel Islands and Neighbour- 

 ing French Coast, F. Howard Collins, 152; the Turbinia, 

 116, 182, 252 ; the Progress of the Steam Turbine, 520; the 

 International Congress of Naval Architects and Marine 

 Engineers, 281 ; Lighthouse Progress 1887-97, J- Kenward, 



