IV 



Index 



[Supplement to Nature ^ 

 December^, 1897 



Algebra for Beginners, T. Todhunter, 28 



Algenu. Pilzen, Die Bedingungen der Fortpflanzung bei einigen, 



Dr. Georg. Klebs, 4 

 Algol Variable, Z Herculis, Dr. Ernst Hartwig, 350 

 Algonquian Blackfoot Legend concerning Scar-face, on the, R. 



N. Wilson, 486 

 Allbutt (Prof. T. Clifford), Theory and Practice, 332 

 Allen (E. T.), Native Iron in Missouri Coal Measures, 387 

 Allen (Prof. F. J.), Subjective Transformations of Colour, 174 

 Allotropic Forms of some of the Elements, L. T. Addison on, 



463 , , 



Alloys, Microstructure of, 506 

 Alloys, X-Ray Photographs of Solid, C. T. Heycock and F. H. 



Neville, 94 

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

 Alps, on the Glacial Deposits of the, Prof. A. Penck, 485 

 Alternate Current Wave, Prof Rosa, Mr. Duddell, Prof. Braun, 



on Apparatus for Mapping the Form of an, 462 

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

 Aluminium, on Practically Available Processes for Soldering, 



A. T, Stanton, 352 

 America: American Journal of Science, 21, 188, 286, 387, 583, 

 631 ; Life Plistories of North American Birds, from the 

 Parrots to the Grackles, with Special Reference to their 

 Breeding Habits and Eggs, Chas. Bendire, 25 ; American 

 Journal of Mathematics, 44, 260, 631 ; Guide to the Genera 

 and Classification of the North American Orthoptera found 

 North of Mexico, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, 152; the 

 American Excavations in Southern Babylonia, 198; American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, 208 ; American 

 Mathematics, Prof. A. G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 244; Trans- 

 actions of the American Microscopical Society, 247 ; American 

 Association Meeting at Detroit, 412 ; 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 ; on 

 Hut-burial among the American Aborigines, E. Sidney Hart- 

 land, 487 ; on the Evidences of American-Asiatic Contact, 

 Prof. Putnam, 487 ; Geology from an American Point of View, 

 585 ; Year- Book of the United States Department of Agriculture 

 for 1896, 587 ; Missouri Botanical Garden Annual Report, 

 587 ; Drainage and Irrigation Works in Mexico, 589 ; on the 

 Species of Picea occurring in the North-eastern United States 

 and Canada, Prof D. P. Penhallow, 602; the Klondike 

 Placers, Dr. T. K. Rose, 615 

 Ames (Prof. J. S.), Effect of Pressure on Series in Spectra, 415 ; 



Theory of Physics, 611 

 Ami (Dr. H. M.), on some Palaeozoic formations in North 



America, 485 

 Amphibienlarven, Ueber Verwachsungsversuche mit, Dr. G. 



Born, Prof W. F. R. Weldon, F.R.S., 489 

 Amsterdam Academy of Science, 47, 95, 263, 312 

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



F.R.S., 209 

 Anatomy : Death of Prof. PI. V. Carter, 60 ; Death of Walter 

 Rivington, 60 ; Death of Dr. Alfred Stocquart, 229 ; Monu- 

 ment to Marcello Malpighi, 450 ; Death of Dr. Welcker, 522 ; 

 the Mechanism of the First Sound of the Heart, 567 ; Topo- 

 • graphische Anatomic des Pferdes, Dr. W. EUenberger, Dr. 



H. Baum, 586 ; Death of Dr. H. Heiberg, 593 

 Ancient History, Studies in, J. F. McLennan, 51 

 Ancient Volcanoes of Britain, the, Sir Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., 



Dr. Chas. Barrois, 241 

 Anderson (Alex), the Motion of an Iron or Steel Ball in a 



Magnetic Field, 31 

 Anderson (T. D. ), New Variable in Coma Berenices, 279 ; New 



Variable Stars, 386 

 Andree (Herr), Departure of, 275 

 Andrews (Prof), on the Plaster of Paris Method in Blowpipe 



Work, 463 ; on the Iodide Film Tests for Metals, 463 

 Anemometers : Comparison of results from Three Anemo- 

 meters, W. E. Plummer, 88 ; Comparison of Results of 

 Dines and Robinson Anemometers, 205 

 Angot (A. ), Rainfall of Western Europe, 323 

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



555 

 Anthropology : Artificial Skull-deformation, F. H. Gushing, 16 ; 

 Identical Customs of Dyaks and of Races around Assam, S. E. 

 Peal, 53 ; the Engwurra or Fire Ceremony of certain Central 

 Australian Tribes, Prof Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen, 

 136; Skulls discovered at Brandon, C. S. Myers, 299; Pre- 



historic Trepanning, Dr. Malbot, 299 ; Prehistoric Prob- 

 lems, Dr. R. Munro, 390 ; Death of Dr. Theophil Chud- 

 zinski, 413 ; Biblioteca di Scienze Moderne, No i, Africa: 

 Antropologia della Stirpe Camitica, Giuseppe Sergi, 443 ; 

 Anthropology versus Etymology, Andrew Lang, 466; the 

 Kiss in Europe and China, Paul d'Enjoy, 501 ; the Lumbar 

 Index among the American Races, Dr. G. A. Dorsey, 501 ; 

 Frequency of Wormian Bones in Artificially Deformed Skulls 

 of Vancouver Island Indians, Dr. G. A. Dorsey, 524 ; the 

 Paniyans of Malabar, Edgar Thurston, 524 ; the Rapid 

 pAiropeanisation of the Natives of India, Edgar Thurston, 

 524 ; Formation de la Nation Fran9aise, Ciabrielde Mortillet, 

 538 ; the South Saxons, R.J. Horton-Smith, 551 ; Decorative 

 Art of North Pacific Coast Indians, 571 ; Feathered Arrows 

 from New Hebrides, Norman Hardy, 584 ; Death of Dr. 

 Hermann Welcker, 594 ; on the Affinities of the Hovas of 

 Madagascar, M. Zabarowski, 620. See also British Associa- 

 tion, Section H 



Anti-Rabic Inoculations for 1896, at Paris Pasteur Institute, 

 M. Pottevin, 161 



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

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

 Dr. McGee, 487 



Antoniadi(M.), Martian Markings, 233 



Apertures, Small and Large, Astronomical Photography for. 

 Prof. F. L. O. Wadsworth, 386 



Appalachians, on the Former Extension of the, J. C. Branner, 

 484 



Apparatus for Mapping the Form of an Alternate Current Wave, 

 Prof Rosa, Mr. Duddell, Prof Braun, on, 462 



Appearance of a Noddy in Cheshire, F. Congreve, 544 



Appleyard (Rollo), Formation of Mercury Films by Electrical 

 Process, 70 



Apt (R.), Electric Vibrations in Lecher System, 335 



Aquatic Plant, a Troublesome, 332 



Tj Aquilas, the Variable Star, William J. S. Lockyer, Prof R. 

 Copeland, 249 ; Prof A. Belopolsky, 597 



Arc, on the Source of Luminosity in the Electric, Prof Henry 

 Crew and Mr. O. H. Basquin, 462 



Arc Spectra of Metals, on the Shifting of the Lines in the, by 

 Increased Pressure of the Atmosphere surrounding the Arc, 

 W. J. Humphries, Dr. J. Larmor, 461 



Archaeology : an Archreological Survey of the British Islands, 

 Dr. David Murray, 12 ; Morse's "Bow-puller" the Greek 

 Myrmex, Prof. D. G. Brinton, 15 ; Composition of Ancient 

 Egyptian Bronze and Iron Implements, Dr. A. Harden, 46 ; 

 Death and Obituary Notice of Sir A. W. Franks, F.R.S., 

 86; Ancient Egyptian Copper Tools, M. Berthelot, 119; 

 Liquids in Antique Vases, M. Berthelot, 119: Primitive 

 Method of DriUing, J. D. McGuire, 140 ; Franz Calice, 317 : 

 the American Excavations in Southern Babylonia, 198 ; 

 Archaic Maya Inscriptions, Alfred P. Maudslay, 224 ; the 

 Dolmens of Ireland, William Copeland Borlase, R. A. 

 Stewart Macalister, 268 ; Prehistoric Problems, Dr. R. 

 Munro, 390 ; Formation de la Nation Fran9aise, Gabriel de 

 Mortillet, 538 ; Ancient Glass Lead-backed Mirrors, M. 

 Berthelot, 583 



Archer (William, F.R.S.), Death of, 451 ; Obituary Notice of, 

 570 



Archibald (Douglas), the Story of the Earth's Atmosphere, 78 



Arcidiacono (S.), Father Bertelli's Observations on the Micro- 

 seismic Movements of the Ground, 384 



Architects, Naval, the International Congress of, and Marine 

 Engineers, 281 



Arctica : Nansen's Discovery of Deep Arctic Basin, M. de 

 Lapparent, 36 ; Death of Baron Oscar Dickson, 130 ; 

 Departure of Herr Andree, 275 ; Geology of Franz Joseph 

 Land, E. T. Newton, F.R.S,, and J. H. Teal!, F.R.S., 262 ; 

 some Problems of Arctic Geology, Dr. J. W. Gregory, 301, 

 351; Variation in Length of Arctic Glaciers, 524; Arnold 

 Pike's Exploration of the Spitsbergen Archipelago, 595 



Argentaurum under the Spectrograph, Sir William Crookes, 

 452 



Argon : Attempt to pass Argon through Red-hot Metals, W. 

 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 



Argyll (the Duke of, F.R.S.), the Great Submergence, 173 



Arloing (S.), Toxic Effect of Human Sweat, 360 



Armitage (E.), Earthquake at Hereford, 347 



