Supplement to Nature,~\ 

 December 9, 1897 J 



Index 



XXIX 



p. C. Plugge, 276 ; the Relationship of Physiology, Pharma- 

 cology, Pathology, and Practical Medicine, Dr. T. Lauder 

 Brunton, F.R.S., 473 

 Phase-Change of Light on Reflection at a Silver Surface, E. 



Edser, H. Stansfield, 504 

 Phase Rule, the, Wilder D. Bancroft, 362 



Phenacodns priinievHS, on the Restoration of, and of the Skeletons 



and Restorations of Tertiary Mammalia in the American 



Museum of Natural History at New York, Prof. Osborn 



555 



Phenomenal Rainbow, a, H. Stuart Dove, 294 



Phila% a Report on the Island and Temples of. Captain H. G. 



Lyons, 122 

 Phillips (J. Arthur, F.R.S.), a Treatise on Ore Deposits, 313 

 Philology : Death of Dr. J. H. Trumbull, 413 ; African 



Language, Miss ^L H. Kingsley, 494 

 Philosophy : a Philosophical Theory of Selection, Dr. Johannes 

 Unbehaun, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 49 ; First Principles of 

 Natural Philosophy, A. E. Dolbear, 78 ; History of 

 Philosophy, Prof. A. Weber, 149 ; System der Philosophie, 

 W. Wundt, 149 

 Phonograph Records, the Analysis of, Dr. John D. McKendrick 



F.R.S., 209- 

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



544 

 Phosphorescent Substances, Effect of Change in Temperature on, 



Ralph Cusack, 102 

 Photography : the International Photographic Catalogue and 

 Chart, 13 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Matthew Carey Lea, 

 35 ; Photographs of Metallic Spectra, Dr. O. Lohse, 62 ; 

 Prof. Schuster on Photographing a Metallic Spark Spectrum, 

 461 ; on the Spectra of Various Metals, Mr. Ramage, 463 ; 

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

 Ray Theory, A. \'osmaer, F. L. Ortt, 316 ; some Further 

 Experiments on the X-Rays, T. C. Porter, 316 ; Veiled Ap- 

 pearance of X-Ray Photographs, P. Villard, 336 ; the ABC 

 of the X-Rays, William H. Meadowcroft, 444 : Automatic 

 Photography of the Corona, David P. Todd, 109 ; on a 

 -Method of Reproducing Astronomical Photographs, Prof. K. 

 D. Naegamvala, 153 ; the Scientific Requirements of Colour 

 Photography, Captain W. de W. Abney, F.R.S., 186 ; Colour 

 Photography, Sir Henry Trueman Wood, 223 ; Photography 

 applied to Measurement of Indices of Refraction, A. and L. 

 Lumiere, 216 ; Messrs. Ross and Co.'s Photoscope, 231 ; the 

 Photographs of the Moon taken at the Paris Observatory, 

 MM. Lcewy and Puiseux, 280 ; Astronomical Photography for 

 Small and Large Apertures, Prof. F. L. O. Wadsworth, 386 ; 

 Photo-Voltaic Theory of Photographic Processes, H. Luggin, 



453 ; a New Nebula Photograph, Dr. Isaac Roberts, F.R.S., 



454 ; Photographic Records of Objective Combination Tones, 

 Prof. Riicker, 461 ; the Meudon Astrophysical Observatory, 

 Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 494 ; Optical Device for Intensi- 

 fying Photographic Pictures, Lord Rayleigh, 500 ; a New 

 Meteor Photograph, Prof. E. E. Barnard, 552 ; La Plaque 

 Photographique, R. Colson, 586 ; Bromide Enlargements and 

 How to Make Them, J. Pike, 612; the Photography of 

 Delicate Celestial Phenomena, Dr. T. J. J. See, Prof. F. L. 

 O. Wadsworth, 620 



Photoscope, Messrs Ross and Co.'s, 231 



Physics : Influence of Surfusion on Freezing Point of Solutions 

 of Sodium Chloride and Alcohols, M. Raoult, 23 ; the Theory 

 of Dissociation into Ions, Spencer Pickering, F.R.S., 29 ; W. 

 C. Dampier Whetham, 29 ; Journal of the Russian Physical 

 Society, 45 ; Emission and Absorption of Glass and Quartz at 

 Different Temperatures, Z. P. Bouman, 47 ; Physical Society, 

 70, 118, 165, 213 ; Supersaturation, Dr. W. W. J. Nicol, 71 ; 

 Method of Measuring Tube-resistance to Air-flow, Prof. F. 

 E. Nipher, 95 ; Equilibrium of Compound Solid in Presence 

 of Gas and Liquid, Prof, van der Waals, 96 ; on the 

 Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, Prof. Osborne Reynolds, 

 F.R.S., W. II. Moorby, 102 ; Recent Investigations into the 

 Numerical Value of the Mechanical Equivalent, E. H. 

 Griffiths, F.R.S., 258 ; New Method of Determining Vapour 

 Pressure of Solutions, E. B. H. Wade, 118 ; Attempt to pass. 

 Helium or Argon through Red-hot Metals, William Ramsay,' 

 F.R.S., and M. W. Travers, 118; the Behaviour of Argon in 

 X-Ray Tubes, Prof. H. L. Callendar, F.R.S., Mr. N. N. 

 Evans, 624; Prof W. Ramsay, F.R.S., on Methods em- 

 ployed in Experiments on Helium, 462 ; Isothermals of 

 Isopentane, J. Rose-Innes, 118; Action of Light on Gas 



Mixtures, Armand Gautier and H. Holier, 1 19 ; Luminosity 

 attending Compression of Rarefied Gases, H. F. Newall, 119 ; 

 Life and Letters of William Barton Rogers, 124 ; a New 

 Determination of the Gravitation Constant and the Mean 

 Density of the Earth, Dr. C. Braun, 127, 198 ; Death of .M. 

 SlouguinoflF, 130; Physical and Micrometrical Observations of 

 Venus, Prof. Barnard, 133 ; Theory of Osmotic Pressure and 

 Hypothesis of Electrolytic Dissociation, II. Crompton, 142 ; 

 Passage of Heat between Metal Surfaces and Liquids in 

 Contact, T. E. Stanton, 142 ; Planetary Orbits illustrated 

 by a Rolling Ball, Geo. Romanes, 174 ; on the Heat of Com- 

 bustion, Prof. Mendeleeff, 186 ; Relative Movement of the 

 Earth and Ether, A. A. Michelson, 188 ; a Dynamical Theory 

 of the Electric and Luminiferous Medium, Joseph Larmor, 

 F.R.S., 189; Problems and Questions in Physics, C. P. 

 Matthews, J. Shearer, 194 ; Experiments on Critical Pheno- 

 mena, Dr. Kuenen, 213; Elements of Theoretical Physics, 

 Dr. C. Christiansen, 222 ; Studien Uber Dampfspannkraft- 

 messungen, Georg W. A. Kahlbaum, 246 ; the Calculus for 

 Engineers and Physicists, Prof. Robert H. Smith, 247 ; the 

 Molecular Volume or Cross-section of Gases, A. A. Noyes 

 and H. M. Goodwin, 253 ; the Elements of Physics, Edward 

 L. Nichols and William S. Franklin, Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S. , 

 265 ; Crystallisation and Super-cooling, G. Tammann, 279 ; 

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

 285 ; Pressure Coefficient of Mercury Resistance, A. de F. 

 Palmer, jun., 286 ; Study of Oxygen at Low Pressures, Prof. 

 R. Threlfall and Florence Marten, 288 ; Death of Dr. A. M. 

 Mayer, 297, 347 ; Change of Length of Wooden Rods with 

 Moisture, H. Stadthagen, 311 ; Diamonds, Sir William 

 Crookes, F.R.S., 325; Diffusion Constant of Metals in 

 Mercury, G. Meyer, 335 ; a Hertz- Wave Model, Prof, 

 Silivanus P. Thompson, F.R.S., 342; Prof. H. B. Dixon 

 on Explosions of Gases, 463 ; Physical Theory of Electrical 

 Phenomena of Higher Atmosphere, Marcel Brillouin, 472 ; 

 Histoirede la Philosophie Atomistique, Leopold Mabilleau, P. 

 J. Hartog, 513; Reform of Chemical and Physical Calcula- 

 tions, C. T. J. Hanssen, 515 ; Long Range Temperature and 

 Pressure Variables in Physics, Prof. Carl Barus, 528 ; Physics 

 and Chemistry in Relation to Medicine, Sir James Crichton- 

 Browne, F.R.S., 556 ; Action at a Distance, P. Drude, 583 ; 

 Theory of Physics, Joseph S. Ames, 611 ; Physikalische 

 Chemie fiir Anfanger, Dr. C. M. van Deventer, 612 ; on the 

 Conditions required for attaining Maximum Accuracy in the 

 Determination of Specific Heat by the Method of Mixtures, 

 F. L. O. Wadsworth, 631. See also Section A, British As- 

 sociation 

 Physiography : First Stage Physiography, A. M. Davies, 586 

 Physiology : Die Bedingungen der Fortpflanzung bei einigen 

 Algen u. Pilzen, Dr. Georg Klebs, 4 ; Physiological Specific 

 Characters, Prof T. D. A. Cockerell, il ; Double (Anti- 

 drome) Conduction in Central Nervous System, Prof C. S. 

 Sherrington, F.R.S., 22 ; Breaking up of Fat in Alimentary 

 Canal under Normal Circumstances and in Absence of 

 Pancreas, Prof. Vaughan Harley, 22 ; Nutritive Apparatus 

 of Cladochytrium piilposum, Paul Vuillemin, 23 ; the Sensory 

 Nerves of Muscles, Dr. C. S. Sherrington, F.R.S., 45 ; 

 Physiological Disturbances due to X-Rays, M. Destot, 95 ; 

 Action of X-Rays on Animal Temperature, L. Lecercle, 

 336; Action of the X-Rays on the Heat radiated by the 

 Skin, L. Lecercle, 632 ; Exercises in Practical Physiology, 

 A. D. Waller, F.R.S., 126 ; Effect of Cutaneous Excitations 

 on Red Blood-Corpuscle Formation, Prof. H. Konecker and 

 Dr. A. Marti, i6i ; the Fullerian Professorship of Physiology 

 at the Royal Institution, Dr. Augustus D. Waller, F.R.S., 

 248; Death of Dr. E. Legrcs, 252 ; Death of Thierry William 

 Preyer, 276 ; Obituary Notice of, 296 ; Cause of Contraction 

 of Cross-Striated Muscle, W. McDougall, 278 ; Physiology 

 of the Emotions, Dr. Harry Campbell, 305 ; Abhandlungen 

 zur Physiologie der Gesichtsempfindungen, 31 5 ; Elementarcurs 

 der Zootomie in funfzehn Vorlesungen, Dr. B. Hatschek, 

 Dr. C. J. Cori, 341 ; Iodine in Parathyroid Glandules, G. 

 Gley, 360 ; Toxic Effect of Human Sweat, S. Arloing, 360 ; 

 a Contribution to the History of the Respiration of Man, 

 William Marcet, F.R.S., 364 ; Death of Dr. Holmgren, 451 ; 

 Obituary Notice of, 5<X) ; the Relationship of Physiology, 

 Pharmacology, Pathology, and Practical Medicine, Dr. T. 

 Lauder Brunton, F.R.S., 473 ; Waste and Repair in Modern 

 Life, Robson Roose, 587 ; Death and Obituary Notice of 

 Prof. Charles Smart Roy, F.R.S., 591 ; Death of Dr. Leopold 



