IV 



Index 



[Supplement to Nature, 

 Jttne 2, 1892 



Aneroid in Hypsometry, the, Herbert Tomlinson, F.R.S., 440 



Aneurism, a Treatise on the Ligation of the Great Arteries 

 in continuity, with Observations on the Nature, Progress, and 

 Treatment of, Chas. A. Ballance and Walter Edmunds, 

 Dr. M. Armand Ruffer, 530 



Angot (A.), Instructions Meteorologiques, 196 



Angot (M.), Temperature Observations in 1890 on Eiffel Tower, 



J 234 



Angstrom, the Chromosphere Line 6676*9, Rev. A. L. Cortie, 

 103; Heat- Radiation of Gases under the Electric Discharge, 

 306 



Animal Sketches, C. Lloyd Morgan, 291 



Animals, a Remarkable Book on the Habits of, W. H. 

 Hudson, Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, 553 



Annales of the University Observatory in Vienna, 138 



Annelid ALolosoma, Formation of a Temporary Cyst in the 

 Fresh-water, Frank E. Beddard, 28 



Annelids : Preliminary Notice of a New Branchiate Oligochaste, 

 Frank E. Beddard, 109 



Anthrax, Animals rendered immune to. Dr. Th. Weyl, 312 



Anthropogeographie, Friedrich Ratzel, 557 



Anthropology: Anthropological Society, 71, 164, 431, 503, 

 551 ; the Mexican Atlatl, or Spear Thrower, 66, 103 ; the 

 Limits of Savage Religion, Dr. Tylor, 71 ; Strange Sym- 

 bolical Marriage Custom in India, Dr. Post, 135 ; the Simil- 

 kameen Indians of British Columbia, Mrs. Allison, 164; Nature 

 and Man in North America, Prof. N. S. Shaler, 220 ; Prof. 

 Putnam's Exhibit at Chicago Exhibition, 259 ; the Transfor- 

 mation of the Animal Skull into a Human Skull, P. Topinard, 

 260 ; Discovery of Aboriginal Skulls in the Argentine, Seiior 

 Moreno, 278 ; Rev. Lorimer Fison on Anthropological Study, 

 426 ; Anthropogenic, oder Entwickelungsgeschichte des 

 Menschen, Prof Ernst Haeckel, 482 ; L' Anthropologic, 

 521 ; the Manchu Race, 523 ; the Ceremonial Circuit of the 

 Cardinal Points among the Tusayan Indians, J. W. Fewkes, 

 546 ; Finds at the Great Zimbabwe Ruins, Theodore Bent, 

 551 ; Population of the Five Continents, l^mile Levasseur, 

 552 ; Mission Scientifique de Cap Horn, J. Deniker and P. 

 Hyades, 577 ; the Botocudos of Brazil, 615 



Anti-Taurus, the Eastern Taurus and the, D. G. Hogarth, 138 



Antipodes, Oysters at the, 43 



Antoine (Ch.), the Characteristic Equation of Water- vapour, 

 336 



Antwerp, proposed International Economic Congress at, 586 



Apertures, the Law of Limiting, Dr. E. J. Spitta, 186 



Aphanapteryx in the New Zealand Region, Prof. Henry O. 

 Forbes, 580 



Apteryx, Additional Observations on Development of, T. T. Par- 

 ker, F.R.S., 311 



Arabian Sea : Cyclones in the, 276 ; Cyclone Memoirs of the, 

 W. L. Dallas, 135 



Archaeology : Excavation of the Prehistoric Mounds in Ohio, 

 20 ; the Chronology of the Neolithic Age in Scandinavia, and 

 the Bronze Age in the East and Southern Europe, Prof. Monte- 

 lius, 39 ; Dr. Ermling on the Nurhagi of Sardinia, 1 14 ; 

 the late Dr. Reinholm on Finnish Archaeology, 496 



Architects, Institution of Naval, 570 



Architecture, Naval : the Steadying of Vessels at Sea, J. I. 

 Thornycroft, 570 ; the Influence of Shallow Water upon the 

 Trial Trip Speeds of Modern Vessels, W. H. White, F.R.S., 

 571 ; on Balancing Marine Engines and the Vibration of 

 Vessels, A. F. Yarrow, 571 



Arctic Plants, Fresh Evidence concerning the Distribution of, 

 during the Glacial Epoch, Dr. A. G. Nathorst, 273 



Arendt ( Dr. ), Relationship of Atmospheric Electrical Phenomena 

 to Terrestrial Magnetism, 432 



Argentine, Discovery of Aboriginal Skulls in the, Senor 

 Moreno, 278 



Arithmetic, Chemical, Problems in, E. J. Cox, 293 



Arithmetic, Mental, Clive Cuthbertson, 78 ; Dr. K. Haas, 198 



Arithmetic for Schools, Chas. Smith, 247 



Arithmetical Exercises in Chemistry, Leonard Dobbin, 76 



Arizona, the Prehistoric Irrigation Canals of, 185 ; the Native 

 Ironof Cailon Diablo, M. Mallard, 575 



Armstrong (H. E., F.R.S.) : Sulphochloride of Isomeric 

 Dibromonaphthalenes, 263 ; Action of Alcohol on Sulphonic 

 Chloride, a Means of producing Ethereal Salts of Sulphonic 

 Acid, 263 ; Action of Bromine on Mixture of Ortho- and 

 Paranitro-o-Acenaphthalides, 263 ; Camphrone, 263 ; the 

 Interactions occurring in Flames, 430 ; Relative Orienting 



Effect of Chlorine and Bromine, the Constitution of Parabrom- 



and Parachloraniline Sulphonic Acids, 525 ; Anhydrides of 



Sulphonic Acids, 525 ; Production of Ketone i : 2 : 4- 



Acetorthoxylene from Camphor by Action of Sulphuric Acid 



and Zinc Chloride, 551 

 Arons (Dr.), Experiments on the Electrical Polarization at the 



Two Sides of a Metallic Plate Immersed in an Electrolyte at 



Right Angles to the Current, 576 

 Arrow Poison, A. Coppen Jones, 343 

 Art, en the Relation of Natural Science to. Prof. E, du Bois 



Reymond, F.R.S., 200, 224 ; W. Ainslie HoUis, 319 

 Arteries, a Treatise on the Ligation of the Great, in Continuity, 



with Observations on the Nature, Progress and Treatment of 



Aneurism, Chas. A. Ballance and Walter Edmunds, Dr. M. 



Armand Ruffer, 530 

 Artillery of the Future and the New Powders, James Atkinson 



Longridge, 146 

 Asia, Central, M. Grum-Grzimailo's Journey to, 40 

 Askenasy (Herr), Silent Combination of Hydrogen and 



Oxygen, 616 

 Ass, the Cat and the Sheep in China, the Origin of the, Dr 



Macgowan, 285 

 Assheton (R.), the Formation and Fate of the Primitive Streak 



in the Frog, 140 

 Assimilation of Diet investigated in a Dog working in a Tread 



mill. Dr. Rosenberg, 599 

 Assmann CDr.), Meteorological Observations during Balloon 



Voyages, 168 

 Assmann (Dr.), Observations made in a Captive Balloon, 432 

 Aston (Emily), some Compounds of Oxides of Silver and Lead, 



93 

 Astronomy : T. W. Backhouse on the Apparent Size of Objects 

 near the Horizon, 7 ; Proper Motions of the Stars, W. H. S. 

 Mohck, 8 ; Dr. Mulleron the Telluric Spectrum, 21 ; Tempel- 

 Swift's Periodic Comet, 21 ; Catalogue of Rutherfurd's Photo- 

 graphs, 21 ; Our Astronomical Column, 21, 41, 68, 89, 117, 

 137. 159, 186, 210, 237, 261, 280, 307, 325, 352, 380, 404, 

 422, 446, 473, 497, 521, 547, 569, 589, 616 ; Outburst of 

 Dark Spots on Jupiter, 42 ; Wolf's Periodic Comet, 42 ; the 

 Total Lunar Eclipse of November 15, 42 ; the Elements of 

 the Minor Planets, 42 ; Star Groups, J. Ellard Gore, 52 ; 

 Theory of Astronomical Aberration, M. Mascart, 68 ; Two 

 New Laws of Celestial Mechanics, H. Struve, 70; the 

 Rotation of Jupiter, A. Belopolsky, 70 ; Determination of the 

 Solar Parallax, A. Auwers, 89 ; Photometric Observations, 

 Dr. Miiller, 90 ; Tables of Vesta, G. Leveau, 95 ; Method of 

 observing the Motion of Stars in the Line of Sight, Prof. J. 

 Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 117; the Variation of Latitude, 

 117; Photography of the Eclipsed Moon, 117; the Recent 

 (December i, 1891) Eclipse of the Moon, Mrs. R. M. 

 Crawshay, 134 ; Proposals for a Co-operative Observation of 

 the so-called Luminous Clouds, 117; Prof. J. S. Slater's 

 Improved Armillary Sphere, 134; the Secular Acceleration 

 of the Moon, and the Length of the Sidereal Day, 137 ; State 

 of Solar Activity, Prof. Tacchini, 137 ; Observations of fx. 

 Cephei, J. E. Gore, 137 ; Influence of Ring and Disk Blinds 

 in Micrometric Measurements, Dr. Walter Wislicenus, 137 ; 

 Annales of the University Observatory in Vienna, 138 ; 

 Astronomische Nachrichten 3068, 3069, 159 ; Jupiter and 

 his First Satellite, E. E. Barnard, 159 ; Spectra of the Sun and 

 Metals, F. McClean, 159 ; Tempelj-Swift Comet, 159; Distri- 

 bution of Energy in Stellar Spectra, Prof. Pickering, 159 ; on 

 the Observation of North Polar Stars in the Vertical of Polaris, 

 159 ; Measurement of Jupiter's Satellites by Interference, A. 

 A. Michelson, 160 ; Capture of Comets by Planets, Prof. H. 

 A. Newton, i86 ; Law of Limiting Apertures, Dr. E. J. 

 Spitta, 186 ; Connaissance des Temps, 186 ; Secular Varia- 

 tion of Latitudes, 210; Rotation of Venus, Herr Loschardt, 

 210 ; Stars having Peculiar Spectra, Prof. Pickering, 210; a 

 Double Moon, Rose Mary Crawshay, 224 ; Wolf's Periodic 

 Comet, Dr. Berberich, 237 ; the Diffraction Effects produced 

 by placing Screens in Front of Object Glasses, Prof. Pritchard, 

 237; Refractive Power of Cometary Matter, E. E.Barnard, 237; 

 Himmel und Erde, 237 ; Washington Observations, 1886, 

 237 ; Stonyhurst Drawings of Sun-spots and Faculse, Rev. 

 Walter Sidgreaves, 261 ; some apparently Variable Nebulae, 

 Lewis Swift, 261 ; the Red Spots on Jupiter, W. F. 

 Denning, 272 ; Motion of Stars in the Line of Sight, 

 Prof. H. C. Vogel, 280 ; Orthochromatic Plates for 

 Astronomical Photography, MM. Fabre and Andoyer, 281 ; 



