Supplement to Mature,! 

 Dceember 9, 1897 J 



Index 



XXXI 



Radiation of Light in the Magnetic Field, the, 420 



Railways, Fog-signalling on, New Appliance for, Mr. Pratt, 

 230 



Rainbow, a Phenomenal, H. Stuart Dove, 294 



Rainfall, British, 1896, G. J. Symons, F.R.S., II. Sowerby 

 Wallis, 419 



Rainfall in India, Periodic Variations of, 1 10 



Rainfall, Paris, since 1688, Camilla Flammarion, 38 



Rainfall of Western Europe, A. Angot, 323 



Ramage (Mr.), on the Spectra of Various Metals, 463 



Ramsay (Prof VV. , F. R.S.), Attempt to Pass Helium and Argon 

 through Red-hot Metals, 1 18 ; Opening Address in Section B of 

 the British Association — an Undiscovered Gas, 378 ; on the 

 Refractivity of Mixtures of Gases, 462 ; on Methods em- 

 ployed in Experiments on Helium, 462 



Ramsbottom (John), Death of, 87 



Ramsden (J. V.), Meteor of July 29, 317 



Raoult (M.), Influence of Surfusion on Freezing-point of Solu- 

 tions of Sodium Chloride and Alcohol, 23 



Rayleigh (Right Hon. Lord, F.R.S.); the Electro-Chemical 

 Equivalent of Silver, 292 ; the Limits of Audition, 285 ; 

 Optical Device for Intensifying Photographic Pictures, 500 



Ray (Julien), Retardation of Growth of Lower Fungi by Gravity, 

 584 



Rays, Uranic, Becquerel's, Profs. Elster and Geitel, 15 



Reaction between Hydrobromic and Bromic Acids, Dr. J. W. 

 Walker on the, 463 



Recent Contributions to Astronomy, 350 



Recent Investigations into the Numerical Value of the " Me- 

 chanical Equivalent," E. H. Griffiths, F.R.S., 258 



Recent Work of the United States Geological Survey, 496 



Record of the Royal Society, the, 343 



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

 F.R.S., 209 



Redness of Sirius, the Alleged Former, Dr. H. Samter, 552 



Redway (Jacques W. ), Natural Elementary Geography, 565 



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

 Edser, H. Stansfield, 504 



Reform of Chemical and Physical Calculation, C. T. J. Hanssen, 



515 

 Refractivity of Mixtures of Gases, Prof. Ramsay on the, 462 

 Regnard (Dr. Paul), La Cure d' Altitude, 490 

 Relationship between the Masses and Distances of the Planets, 



G. E. Sutcliffe, 424 

 Relationship of Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, and 



Practical Medicine, Dr. T. Lauder Brunton, F.R.S., 473 

 Remarkable Binary Star, a, 525 

 Rendiconti del Reale Istituto Lombardo, 286 

 Renouf (Sir P. le P.), Death of, 593 



Renwick (F. F. ), 5-Ketopinic Acid and Camphoic Acid, 360 

 Reports from the Laboratory of the Royal College of Physicians, 



Edinburgh, 78 

 Reproduction of Cometary Phenomena, Prof. Goldstein, 350 

 Reproduction, Experimental Researches on the Physiology of. 



Dr. Georg Klebs, 4 

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



271 

 Reptiles, Development of Mtillerian Ducts of. Dr. Gregg Wilson, 



287 

 Resistance of the Air to the Motion of Projectiles, Experiments 



made with the Bashforth Chronograph to find the, Francis 



Bashforth, 314 

 Resolving Power of Telescopes and Spectroscopes, Prof F. L. 



C. Wadsworth, 62 

 Resolving Power of Spectroscopes, Prof Wadsworth, 300 

 Respiration of Man, a Contribution to the History of the, 



William Marcet, F.R.S., 364 

 Respiratory Proteids, Researches in Biological Chemistry, A. B. 



Griffiths, 9 

 Retina, Sensitiveness of the, to X-Rays, Guy Oliver Harrison, 



248 ; Ernest Braun, 271 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf : — 



Die Bedingungen der Fortpflanzung bei einigen Algen u. 



Pilzen, Dr. Georg Klebs, 4 

 Natural History in Shakespeare's Time, H. W. Seager, 7 

 Chapters on the Aims and Practice of Teaching, 8 

 Star Atlas, W. Upton, 8 , 



A Protest against the Modern Development of Unmusical \ 

 Tone, Thomas C. Lewis, 9 I 



Respiratory Proteids, Researches in Biolc^ical Chemistry, A. 



B. Griffiths, 9 

 Outlines of Psychology, Wilhelm Wundt, 9 

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



the Crackles, Charles Bendire, 25 

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

 Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds, with Descrip- 

 tive Notices, Henry Seebohm, 25 

 A Handbook to the Game Birds, W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, 25 

 Among British Birds in their Nesting Haunts, illustrated by 



the Camera, Oswin A. J. Lee, 25 

 Festschrift zum Siebenzigsten Geburtstage, Carl Gegenbaur, 



26 

 Works of the Tibet Expedition of the Years 1889-90, under 



M. V. PyevtsofT, 27 

 Algebra for Beginners, T. Todhunter, 28 

 Picture Lessons in Natural History, 28 



A Guide to the Fossil Invertebrates and Plants in the Depart- 

 ment of Geology and Palaeontology in the British Museum 



(Natural History), 29 

 Report on the Causes and Prevention of Smoke from Manu- 

 facturing Chimneys, Dr. Harvey Littlejohn, 29 

 Birds of our Islands, F. A. Fulcher, 29 

 Versuch einer philosophischen Selektionstheorie, Dr. Johannes 



Unbehaun, Prof R. Meldola, F.R.S., 49 

 A Text-book of Histology, Arthur Clarkson, 50 

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

 Ferrets, their Management in Health and Disease, with Re- 

 marks on their Legal Status, Nicholas Everitt, 52 

 Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. F. Welwitsch 



in 1853-61, Part i. Dicotyledons, W. P. Hiern, 52 

 Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley, E. Clodd, 52 

 The Scientific Papers of John Couch Adams, F.R.S., 73 

 Les Theories sur I'Heredite et les grands problemes de la 



Biologie generale Yves Delages, Prof E. Ray Lankester, 



F.R.S.. 75 

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



77 

 The Story of the Earth's Atmosphere, Douglas Archibald, 78 

 Wild Bird Protection and Nesting Boxes, J. R. B. Masefield, 



78 

 Reports from the Laboratory of the Royal College of 



Physicians, Edinburgh, 78 

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

 A Treatise on Rocks, Rock-weathering, and Soils, George 



P. Merrill, 97 

 Zeit- und Streitfragen der Biologic (Heft 2 : Mechanik und 



Biologic), Prof Dr. Oscar Hertwig, 98 

 A Guide to the Clinical Examination of the Blood for 



Diagnostic Purposes, Richard C. Cabot, 100 

 The Forcing Book, L. H. Bailey, lOl 

 The Birds of our Country, H. E. Stewart, loi 

 The Pamirs and the Source of the Oxus, Right Hon. George 



N. Curzon, loi 

 The Journal of the Essex Technical Laboratories, loi 

 Diseases of Plants induced by Cryptogamic Parasites, Dr. 



Karl Freiherr von Tubeuf, Prof Marshall Ward, F.R.S., 



121 

 A Report on the Islands and Temples of Philoe, Captain 



H. G. Lyon, 122 

 Notes on Assaying, P. de P. Ricketts, 124 

 Recueil 5e Procedes de dosages pour 1' Analyse des Com- 

 bustibles, des minerals de fer, des fontes des aciers et des 



fers, G. Arth, 124 

 Life and Letters of William Barton Rogers, 124 

 L'Ottica delle Oscillazioni Elettriche, Prof. A. Righi, 125 

 The Concise Knowledge Natural History, 125 

 Through a Pocket Lens, Henry Sherren, 125 

 The Young Beetle Collector's Hand-book, Dr. E. Hoflman, 



125 

 Exercises in Practical Physiology, Augustus D. Waller, 



F.R.S., 126 

 Year- Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great 



Britain and Ireland, 126 

 A Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Piactical (based on 



Watts' Edition of Fownes' Manual), William A. Tilden, 



F.R.S., M. M. Pattison Muir, 147 

 History of Philosophy, Prof A. Weber, 149 

 System der Philosophic, W. Wundt, 149 

 Ueber den Bau der Korallenriffe und die Plankton vertheilung 



