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Index 



[Supplement to Nature^ 

 June 2, 1892 



Bahama Islands : Sponge Trade of the, 20 ; Telegraphic Con- 

 nection with, 1 14 

 Bailey (E. H. S.), Tonganoxie Meteorite, 119 

 Bailey (G. H.), Superheated Steam, 414 

 Baird (Mr. Spencer F. ), Death of, 278 

 Bakhuis Roozeboom( Dr. ), Influence of Isomorphism on Behaviour 



of Double Salt, during Solution, 240 

 Balansa (B.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 349 

 Ball (Sir Robert, F.R.S.) : the Cause of an Ice Age, 365; 



Prof, G. H. Darwin, F.R.S., 289 ; Henry H. Howorth, 440 ; 



Election of, to succeed the late Prof. Adams in the Lowndes 



Professorship of Astronomy at Cambridge, 402 

 Ball (Dr. Valentine, F.R.S. ), the Koh-i-Nur, 126 

 Ballance (Chas. A.), a Treatise on the Ligation of the Great 



Arteries in Continuity, with Observations on the Nature, 



Progress, and Treatment of Aneurism, Dr. M. Armand 



RufFer, 530 

 Ballistics : Calculation of Trajectories of Elongated Projectiles, 



Rev. F. Bashforth, 473 

 Balloon Voyage for Scientific Purposes, the First, Prof. Hell- 



mann, 471 

 Balloon Voyages, Meteorological Observations during, Dr. Ass- 



mann, 168 

 Barclay (Dr. A.), Rain and Mildews in India, 477 

 Barlow (C. W. C.), Elementary Mathematical Astronomy, 579 

 Barnard (E. E. ): Jupiter and his First Satellite, 159; Refrac- 

 tive Power of Cometary Matter, 237 

 Barometer, How to use the Aneroid, Edward Whymper, 339 

 Barometrical Depression (Nov. 11, 1892), Phenomenal, G. J. 



Symons, 6$ 

 Barrett-Hamilton (G. E. H.), Harrow Birds, 342 

 Barus (Carl) : the Solution of Vulcanized India-rubber, 118; 



Relation of Melting-point to Pressure in Igneous Rock Fusion, 



3" 

 Bashforth (Rev. F.), Calculation of Trajectories of Elongated 



Projectiles, 473 

 Basses Pyrenees, Extermination of the Wild Daffodil in the, 545 

 Basset (A. B., F.R.S.) : on Selective and Metallic Reflection, 



119 ; on the Theory of Elastic Wires, 215 ; Phoronomy, 486 

 Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences, 88 

 Bites (H. W., F.R.S.) : Death of, 377 ; Obituary Notice of, 398 

 Bateson (W.), Variations in the Colour of Cocoons, 143 

 Bats flying in the Daytime, R. Haig Thomas, 8 

 Batten (E. H. M.), the Opium Question, 545 

 Batters (E. A. L.), a New Marine Alga, Gottimophyllum 



Buffhami, 596 

 Baumann (Prof. Oscar), Projected East African Expedition, 65 

 Bausch (Edward), Manipulation of the Microscope, 342 

 Beaches, Formation of, Signor P. Cornaglia, 362 

 Beaches, the Formation and Erosion of, 415 

 Beast and Man in India, John Lockwood Kipling, 131 

 JBeddard (Frank E.) : Formation of a Temporary Cyst in the 



Fresh-water Annelid /Eolosoma, 28 ; Warning Colours, 78 ; 



Preliminary Notice of a New Branchiate Oligochsete, 109 

 Bedford College and the Gresham University, Dr. W. J. 



Russell. F.R.S., Lucy J. Russell, 391 

 Beeby (W. H.), Grafted Plants, 151 

 Behrens (Mr.), Microscopic Structure of Hard Steel, 48 

 Belajeff (Herr W.), the Pollen-Tube of Gymnosperms, 471 

 Bell (Alex. Graham), a Rare Phenomenon, 79 

 Bell (C. Napier), on Sanitary Engineering, 426 

 Bell (Dugald), the Alleged Submergence in Scotland during the 



Glacial Epoch, 527 

 Bell (Prof. F. Jeffrey), on the Echinoderms collected during the 



Fishing Survey on the West Coast of Ireland, 598 

 Belopolsky (A.), the Rotation of Jupiter, 70 

 Bemmelen (Heer van), the Difference of Colloid Oxides and 



Crystalline Hydrates, 576 

 Ben Nevis, Dust-Counting on, Angus Rankin, 582 

 Benham (Dr. W. B.), the Nephridium of Lumbricus and its 



Blood- Supply, 140 

 Bennett (Alfred W.) : Inheritance of Acquired Characters, 53 ; 



Alleged Pseudopodes of Diatoms, 177 

 Bent (Theodore) : the Zimbabwe Ruins, 402 ; Finds at the 



Great Zimbabwe Ruins, 551 

 Berberich (Dr. ), Wolf's Periodic Comet, 237 

 Berg (E. ), Frequency and Geographical Distribution of Heavy 



Daily Rainfall, 258 

 Berlin : Prof. Pictet's Laboratory at, Prof. R. du Bois-Rey- 



mond, 31 ; Berlin Physical Society, 48, 96, 168, 240, 312, 



432, 456, 576 ; Berlin Physiological Society, 48, 95, 168, 

 240, 312, 432, 456, 576, 599 ; Berlin Meteorological Society, 

 95, 168, 312, 432, 576; Rainfall and Thunderstorms of, 114 

 Bernard (H.), a New Form of Mechanical Stage for Micro- 

 scopical Work, 239 

 Bernays (Dr. A. J.), Death of, 258 



Berthelot (D.) : Existence of Acid or Basic Salts of Monobasic 

 Acids in very Dilute Solutions, 72 ; Heat of Formation of 

 Hydrazine and Hydrazoic Acid, 95 ; the Three Basicities of 

 Phosphoric Acid, 192 ; the Spontaneous Oxidation of Humic 

 Acid and Vegetable Soil, 288 ; a Method of Organic Analysis, 

 408 

 Besant (Dr. W. H., F.R.S.), Phoronomy, 462 



Besson (M. ): Phosphides of Boron, 136; the Bromine Deriva- 

 tion of Methyl Chloride, 143 ; Two New Compounds of 

 Carbon, Chlorine, and Bromine, 351 ; a Silicon Chloro- 

 sulphide. 240 



Bienfait (Dr. Alfred) and the Physiology of Respiratory Centres, 

 624 



Biese(Dr. E.), Meteorology of Finland, 87 



Bigourdan (M.), Observations of Nebulae and Star Clusters, 352 



Binnie (W. J. E.), Electric Self-recording Rain-Gauge, 95 



Biology: of Seaside Plants, W. Bolting Hemsley, F.R.S., 3; 

 Suggestions for Securing Greater Uniformity of Nomenclature 

 in Biology, Prof. T. Jeffery Parker, F.R.S.. 68 ; Preliminary 

 Notice of a New Branchiate Oligochsete, Frank E. Beddard, 

 109; the Marine Biological Association, 116; Discoloration 

 of Water by Minute Marine Organisms in Port Jackson, 

 Sydney, 184 ; Proposed Columbus Station at Jamaica, 

 401 ; Prof. Ray Lankester, 420 ; Wandering Cells in Echino- 

 derms, &c., H. E. Durham, 450 ; the Excretory Processes in 

 Marine Polyzoa, S. F. Harmer, 450 ; on Onchnesoma stcen- 

 strupii, A. E. Shipley, 450 ; Note on a Sieve-like Membrane 

 across Oscula of a Species of Leucosolenia, E. A. Minchin, 

 450 ; the Nauplius Eye persisting in some Decapods, Margaret 

 Robinson, 450 ; a New Genus of Synascidians from Japan, 

 Oka and Willey, 450 ; Anatomy and Habits of Alcyonium, S. 

 J. Hickson, 455 ; Appointment of Mr. George Brebner as 

 first Marshall Scholar, 183 ; Evolution of Life, or Cause of 

 Change in Animal Forms, Hubbard Winslow Mitchell, 364 ; 

 the Limpet's Power of Adhesion, Percy A. Aubin, 464 ; 

 the Limpet's Strength, J. Lawrence Hamilton, 487 ; Biology 

 of the Sunflower, A. Gordyaghin, 597 ; Prof A. Chauveau 

 elected President of the Societe de Biologic, 612 



Bird Gallery in the British Museum, 154 



Birds, Extinct, on a Recent Discovery of the Remains of, in 

 New Zealand, Prof. Henry O. Forbes, 416 



Birds, Fossil, Catalogue of, in the British Museum, Richard 

 Lydekker, 33 



Birds, Harrow, G. E. H. Barrett- Hamilton, 342 



Birds, Intelligence in, A. Wilkins, 151, 177 



Birds, Migratory, passing over Dublin, 20 



Birds, Struthious, of Australasia, on the Origin of the. Prof. 

 Hutton, 425 



Birds in Victoria, the Protection of, Baron von Mueller, 280 



Birkinbine (John), Production of Pig Iron in United States, 208 



Bishop (Mrs.), Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, 248 



Blackie (Prof.), on the Most Recent Phases of Greek Literary 

 Style, 624 



Blake (J. F.), Annals of British Geology, 1890, 77 



Blakesiey (Thos. H.), a Possible Misunderstanding, 441 



Blanford ( Henry F., F.R.S.), Winter Storms of Northern India, 

 490 



Bleicher (M.), Microscopic Structure of Oolitic Iron from 

 Lorraine, 504 



Blindness, Colour, and Colour Perception, F. W. Edrige Green, 



195 



Blondlot(R.) Experimental Determination of Velocity of Pro- 

 pagation of Electro-magnetic Waves, 72 ; Influence on 

 Electro-magnetic Resonance of Unsymmetrical Arrangement 

 of Propagation Circuit, 408 



Blood, Influence of Leucocytes on the Clotting of, Dr. 

 Lilienfeld, 599 



Blowpipe Analysis, J. Landauer, 580 



Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, 418 



Boerlage (Dr. J. G.), Handleiding tot de Kennis der Flora 

 van Nederlandsch Indie, 28 



Boernstein (Prof.), Extraordinarily Rapid Evaporation on 

 Glacier, 312 



Boilers, Modem Lancashire, Samuel Boswell, 22 



