SufipUment to Nature, ~\ 

 December <), 1897 .1 



INDEX 



A B C of the X-Rays, William H. Meadowcroft, 444 



Abbe (Prof. Cleveland), Determination by Search-Light of 

 Cloud-Height, 422 



Abel (Dr. Rudolf), the Plague Bacillus, 232 



Abel's Theorem and the Allied Theory, including the Theory 

 of the Theta Functions, H. F. Baker, 441 



Abercromby (lion. Ralph), Death of, 321 



Aberration, Constant of, C. L. Doolittle, 255 



Abhandlungen zur Physiologic der Gesichtsempfindungen, 315 



Abney (Capt. W. de W., F.R.S.), the Sensitiveness of the 

 Retina to Light and Colour, 165 ; Scientific Requirements of 

 Colour Photography, 186 



Abraham (H.), New Optical Method of Studying Alternating 

 Currents, 287 



Abruzzi (the Duke of the), the Ascent of the Mount St. Elias 

 by, 421, 470 



Abt (Anton), Magnetic Behaviour of Soft Steel, 388 



Acetylene : Acetylene as a Precipitant of Copper in Solution, 

 H. G. Soderbaum, 17 ; the Storage of, MM. Berthelot and 

 Vieille, 89 ; Acetylene for Military Signalling, A. E. Munby, 

 292 ; the Danger-limit of Acetylene Gas, 550 



Achard (M.), Fowl Immunity against Human Tuberculosis, 23 



Acquired Immunity from Insect Stings, Kumagusu Minakata, 

 589 



Acoustics : Perception of Phase-difference of the two Ears, Dr. 

 A. A. Gray, 118 ; Acoustic Method of Determining Position 

 of Vessel in Fog, Prof. E. C. Pickering, 130 ; Sound Signals 

 in Fog, Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 154; the Visibility 

 of a Sound Shadow, C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 173 ; the Analysis 

 of Phonograph Records, Dr. John D. McKendrick, F.R.S., 

 209 ; Influence of Intensity on Pitch of Sound, Andre Broca, 

 240 ; Sound of Distant Firing, 204 ; W. F. Sinclair, 223 ; 

 C. Mostyn, 248 ; the Limits of Audition, Rt. Hon. Lord 

 Rayleigh, F.R.S., 285; Distant Sounds, F. L. Ortt, 391 



Action of Jupiter and Saturn upon Encke's Comet, M. A. 

 Lebeuf, 504 



Action of Light on Diastase, the, 259 



Action at a Distance, P. Drude, 583 



Adams (Dr. F. D.), Experiments on the Flow of Rocks, 484 ; 

 on the Structure and Origin of certain Rocks of the Lauren- 

 tian System, 484 



Adams (John Couch, F.R.S.), the Scientific Papers of, 73 



Addison (Mr. L. T.), on AUotropic Forms of some Elements, 

 463 



Ader (M,), New Self- Registering Apparatus for Submarine 

 Cables, 216 ; New Submarine Cable Recorder, 348 



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



Admiralty Surveys for 1896, the, Rear-Admiral Wharton, 

 F.R.S., 88 



Auidtum graveolens, on the Mycelium of the Witches' Broom 

 of Barbary caused by. Prof. Magnus, 600 



Aero-Physical Observatory, the, A. McAdie, 107 



Aeronautics : Airship Ascent, A. W. Barnard, 87 ; Kite Flying 

 for Meteorological Purposes, 182 ; Scientific Kite Flying, A. 

 Lawrence Rotch, 462 ; Tailless Kites, Prof. Marvin, 462 ; 

 the Highest Kite Ascent, A. Lawrence Rotch, 540 ; on Ob- 

 taining Meteorological Records in the Upper Air by means 

 of Kites and Balloons, A. Lawrence Rotch, 602 ; the Death 

 of Dr. Wolfert, 161 ; Steam Aerodromes, Mr. Tatin and 

 Dr. Richet, 230 ; Departure of Herr Andree, 275 ; Soaring 

 Flight, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 344 ; Aeronautical Ascents 

 for Measuring the Electrical Field of the Air, W. De Fonvielle, 

 599 



^ther, the ; a Dynamical Theory of the Electric and Lumi- 

 niferous Medium, Joseph Larmor, F.R.S., 189 



Africa: the New South African Museum, 31 ; New Mammals 

 from North Nyasa, Oldfield Thomas, 46 ; Zoology of Lake 

 Tanganyika, J. E. S. Moore, 46 ; the Fresh Water Fauna of 

 Lake Tanganyika, J. E. S. Moore, 198 ; Catalogue of the 

 African Plants collected by Dr. F. Welwitsch in 1853-61, 

 W. P. Hiern, 52 ; through Unknown Alrican Countries ; the 

 First Expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu, A. Donald- 

 son Smith, 193 ; the New Africa, Aurel Schulz, August 

 Hammar, 340; Biblioteca di Scienze Moderne, No. i, 

 Antropologia della Stirpe Camitica, Prof Giuseppe Sergi, 

 443 ; African Language, Miss M. H. Kingsley, 494 ; Locust- 

 destroying Experiments in Natal, 523 ; Measurement of 

 Drainage Basins, Dr. Al. Bludau, 550 ; the Second Bottego 

 Expedition in Somaliland, Lieuts. Vannutelli and Citerni, 

 550 



Agamennone (Dr. G. ), Determination of Velocity of Pro- 

 pagation of Amed (Asia Minor) Earthquake Shock of April 

 16, 1896, 277 ; the Ai'den Earthquake of August 19, 1895, 



453 



Agardh (Jacob Georg), Linnean Society's Gold Medallist, 86 



Agassiz (Prof. A.), the Recent Coral Reef Borings, 19 



Agriculture : Cheese and Cheese-making, James Long and 

 John Benson, 152; 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, G. Murray, F.R.S., 170; Birds and 

 Agriculture, F. E. L. Beal, 253 ; the Evolution of Agricul- 

 ture, E. Hahn, 253 ; Electrical Determination of Moisture 

 Contents of Arable Soils, M. Whitney, F. D. Gardner and 

 L. J. Briggs, 277; Disappearance of Nitrates in Mangolds, 

 T. B. Wood, 293 ; New Leaf-Fungi, Prof. Oudemans, 312 ; 

 Composition of Drainage Water, R. P. Deherain, 336 ; the 

 Principles of Fruit-Growing, L. H. Bailey, 442; Ap- 

 pointment of a New British Association Committee for the 

 Promotion of Agriculture, 462 ; Formalin as a Preventive of 

 Potato Scab, 502 ; Locust-destroying Experiments in Natal, 

 523 ; the Improvement of Humous Earths, J. Dumont, 560; 

 Vear-Book of the United States Department of Agriculture 

 for 1896, 587 



Aids to the Study of Bacteriology, T. H. Permain and C. G. 

 Moor, 152 



Aignan (A. ), Determination of Resin Oil in Essence of Turpen- 

 tine, 192 



Air : Experiments made with the Bashforth Chronograph to 

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

 Francis Bashforth, 314; on Spark-length and Potential Re- 

 lations in Air and Dielectric Liquids, J. W. Edmondson, 462 ; 

 Aeronautical Ascents for Measuring the Electrical Field of 

 the Air, W. de Fonvielle, 599 ; on Obtaining Meteorological 

 Records in the Upper Air by means of Kites and Balloons, A. 

 Lawrence Rotch, 602 



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



Aitken (John.F. R.S.), some Nuclei of Cloudy Condensation, 71 



Album, the Challenger ^ 251 



Alcohol Motors, Researches upon. Max Ringelmann, 632 



Aldridge (Mr.), on a Substitute for Overhead Wires in Electric 

 Tramway Working, 507 



Algse of the North Atlantic, H. 1 1. Gran, 454 



Algebra, Applied, on the Meaning of Symbols in. Prof Alex. 

 McAulay, 588; Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 613 



