VI 



Index 



V Supplement to Nature, 

 L December g, 189 



Aumale (Due d'), Death and Obituary Notice of, 34 



Aurora, Brilliant, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 183 



Austin (Alfred), Science and Poetry, 594 



Australia : Inoculation with Chicken Cholera as a Means of Sup- 

 pressing Rabbit Pest, C. J. Pound, i6 ; the Engwurra, or 



- Fire Ceremony of certain Central Australian Tribes, Prof. 

 Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen, 136 ; the Naturalist in 

 Australia, W. Saville-Kent, 271 ; Extraordinary Weather in 

 Australia, 323 ; Study of the Brains of certain Australian 

 Aborigines, Prof. A. Macalister, 487 



Austria : Manchester's Report on Technical Education in 

 Germany and Austria, 627 



Automatic Photography of the Corona, David P. Todd, 109. 



Auwers (Prof.), Catalogue of 480 Stars for Zone Observations 

 between - 20° and - 80°, 255 



Ayrton (W. E., F.R S.), Practical Engineering : a Laboratory 



■ and Lecture Course for First- Year Students of Electrical 

 Engineering based on the International Definitions of the 

 Electrical Units, 537 



Babylonia, the American Excavations in Southern, 198 

 Bach (A.), Part played by Peroxides in Slow Oxidation, 47 

 Bacteriology : Evolution of Oxygen from Coloured Bacteria, 

 Dr. A. j. Ewart; 23 ; Vitality of Plague Bacillus in Infected 

 , Grain, Prof. Hankin, 36 ; the Plague Bacillus, Dr. Rudolf 



■ Abel, 232 ; Prof. Koch, 275 ; New Quantitative Method of 

 determining Anti-bacterial Action of Blood and Tissue Fluid, 

 Mr. Hamburger, 96 ; Tubercle Bacilli in Milk, Dr. Massone, 

 132 ; the Tubercle Bacillus, J. Ferran, 608 ; Aids to the Study 

 of Bacteriology, T. H. Permain and C. G. Moor, 152 ; the 

 Bacillus of Yellow Fever, Dr. G. Sanarelli, 159; Dr. Havel- 

 burg. 322 ; the Etiology of Yellow Fever, .Dr. E. Klein, 

 F.R.S., 249 ; Nature of Contagium of Rinderpest, Alex- 

 ander Edington, 165 ; Bacteria and Rock Decomposition, J. 

 C. Branner, 188 ; a Bacterium Living in Strong Spirit. V. H. 

 Veley, F.R.S., l^ilian J. Veley, 197 ; Bacterial Flora of 

 Thames, Prof. H. M. Ward, F.R.S., 238; Bacteriology in 

 Russia, 276 : the Correct Diagnosis of Diphtheria Bacilli, Dr. 

 Max Neisser, 298 ; Untersuchungen ueber der Bau der 

 Cyanophycien und Bacterien, Prof. Dr. Alfred Fischer, 364 ; 

 the Story of Germ-Lifcf " Bacteria," H. W. Conn, Mrs. Percy 

 Frankland, 565 ; the Rise and Fall of Bacteria in Cheddar 

 Cheese, Major Russell and Weinzirl, 571 ; Insects and Yeasts, 

 Prof. Italo Giglioli, 575 



Bailey (L. H.), the Forcing-Book; a Manual of the Cultiva- 

 tion of Vegetables in Glass-houses, 101 ; the Principles of 

 Fruit-growing, 442 ; the Survival of the Unlike, 493 



Bailey (Dr. L. W.), on the pre-Palaeozoic and Palzeozoic Rocks 

 of Nova Scotia, 484 



Bailey (Prof. S. I.), Southern Double Stars, 454 ; Variable Stars 

 in Clusters, 454 



Baker (H. F.), Abel's Theorem and the Allied Theory, includ- 

 ing the Theory of the Theta Functions, 441 



Baker (R. T.), the Cinnamomums of New South Wales, 464 



Bakerian Lecture, the, on the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, 

 Prof. Osborne Reynolds, F.R.S., and W. H. Moorby, 102 



Ball, Rolling, Planetary Orbits illustrated by a, Geo. Romanes, 

 174 



Ball (Sir Robert), Cambridge Observatory Report, 279 



Ballistics : Experiments made with the Bashforth Chronograph 

 to find the Resistance of the Air to the Motion of Projectiles, 

 Francis Bashforth, 314; Penetration of Inch Iron Plates by 

 Clay Plug driven at High Velocity, 550 



Balloons, on Obtaining Meteorological Records in the Upper 

 Air by means of Kites and, A. Lawrence Rotch, 602 



Bancroft (Wilder D.), the Phase-Rule, 362 



Baratta (Dr. M.), Record of Calcutta Earthquake by Vincentini 

 Seismograph, 501 



Bardet (G.), Action of X-Rays on Retina, 192 



Barillot (Ernest), Alcohol Denaturation, 120 



Barlow (Mr.), on the Relation and Structures of certain Granites 

 and Associated Arkoses in Lake Temiscaming, Canada, 485 



Barnard (A. W. ), Air-ship Ascent, 87 



Barnard (Prof. E. E.), the Gegenschein or Zodiacal After- 

 glow, 109 ; Physical and Micrometrical Observations of 

 Venus, 133 ; a New Meteor Photograph, 552 



Barnes (Mr.), on a New Method of Measuring the Specific Heat 

 of Liquid, 461 



Barometric Frequency Distribution of Diverse Stations, Prof. 

 Karl Pearson, F.R.S., and Alice Lee, 260 



Barrett (Prof. W. F.), the Divining Rod, 568 



Barrois (Dr. Chas.), the Ancient Volcanoes of Britain, Sir 

 Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., 241 



Barry (Dr. F. W.), Death of, 593 



Bartlett (A. D. ), Death and Obituary Notice of, 35 



Barus (Prof. Carl), Long Range Temperature and Pressure- 

 Variables in Physics, 528 



Bashforth (Francis), Experiments made with the Bashforth 

 Chronograph to find the Resistance of the Air to the Motion 

 of Projectiles, 314 



Basquin (Mr. O. H.), on the Source of Luminosity in the 

 Electric Arc, 462 



Bat- Pollinated Flower, a, 108 



Bateman (Rev. G. C), the Vivarium :. being a Practical Guide- 

 to the Construction, Arrangement, and Management of 

 Vivaria, containing full Information as to all Reptiles suitable 

 as Pets, how and where to obtain them, and how to keep 

 them in Health, 467 



Bateson (Mr.), on Hybrid Cinerarias, 167 



Battandier (J.), a New Alkaloid, Retamine, 388, 536 



Battelli (Prof. A.), the- Alleged Reflection of Kathodic Rays, 



2S4 



Baubigny (H.), Method of Separation of Bromine from Mixture 

 of Alkaline I3romide and Chloride, 608 



Baxendell (Joseph, F.R.S.), Short Period Cyclical Changes in 

 Magnetic Condition' of Earth and Surface Distribution of 

 Temperature, 231 



Baum (Dr. H.), Topographische Anatomic des Pferdes, 586 



Bazin Roller-Boat, the, 500 



Beal (F. E. L), Birds and Agriculture, 253 



Beattie (Dr. J.' Carruthers), Continuation of Experiments on 

 Electric Properties of Uranium, 20; Electrification of Air by 

 Uranium and its Compounds, 191 



Beavers of Norway, the. Prof. CoUett, 549 



Becker (G. F.), on the Frictional Crystallisation of Rocks, 631 



Beckenkamp (j. ), Relation between Electrical and Chemical 

 Properties of Crystal, 335 



Becquerel (Henri), Explanations of some Experiments of G. Le 

 Bon, 71 ; on M. Le Bon's Experiments on the so-called 

 Black Light (Lumiere Noire), 619 



Beddard (F. E., F.R.S.), the Feathering of Birds, 36 



Bedford (Duke of). First Report on the Working and Results of 

 the Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm, 170; a Great Agri- 

 cultural Estate, being the Story of the Origin and Adminis- 

 tration of Woburn and Thorney, 170 



Bees: Hymenoptera, Vol. i.. Wasps and, Lieut. -Colonel C. J. 

 Bingham, 363 



Beetle Collector's Handbook, the Young, Dr. E. Hoffman, 

 125 



Belgian Time Reckoning, 206 



Bell (Mrs. Arthur), Flowering Plants, 152 



Bell (Prof. Alexander Melville), the Science of Speech, 270 



Belopolsky (Prof. A.), the Variable Star tj Aquilze, 597 



Bendire (Chas.), Life Histories of North American Birds, from 

 the Parrots to the Crackles, with Special Reference to their 

 Breeding Habits and Eggs, 25 



Bennett (Alfred W.), the Flora of the Alps, 195 



Benoist (L. ), the Law of Transparency for Rontgen Rays, 37 



Benson (John), Cheese and Cheese-making, 1 52 



Bent (J. Theodore), Death and Obituary Notice of, 35 



Beri-Beri and Rice Diet, Inspector Vorderman, 264 



Bertelli's (Father) Observations on the Microseismic Move- 

 ment of the Ground, 384 



Berthelot (M.), the Explosive Decomposition of Solutions of 

 Acetylene in Acetone, 71 ; the Storage of Acetylene, 89 ; 

 Ancient Egyptian Copper Tools, 119; Liquids in Antique 

 Vases, 119 ; Commencement of Combination between Hydro- 

 gen and Oxygen, 360; Ancient Glass and Lead-backed 

 Mirrors, 583 



Berthot (M. P.), a Remarkable Relation between the Dis- 

 tances, Masses, and Surface Gravities of the Planets, 17 



Bertin-Sans (H.), Complexity of Bundle of X-Rays, 287 



Bertrand (E.), the Combined Open-Hearth Process of Bertrand 

 and Thiel, 64 



Bertrand (Gabriel), Effect of Manganese on Oxidations Induced 

 by Laccase, 71 ; Oxidising Action of Manganous Salts, 



Bessey (Prof. C. E.), some Considerations upon the Functions 

 of Stomata, 600 ; on the Chimney-shaped Stomata of 

 Holacantha emoryi, 601 . 



