Index 



[Su^lement to Nature, 

 June 2, 1892 



Leloir (M,), Prevention of Hiccough by Pressure on the Phrenic 



Nerve, 312 

 Lemming, Migration of the, F. Howard Collins, I49 ; W. 



Duppa-Crotch, 199, 294; Prof. Geo. J. Romanes, F,R. S., 



249 ; W. Mattieu- Williams, 294 

 Lemurs and Insectivora, Placentation of certain, Hubrecht, 600 

 Lepidodendrons, Fossil, on the Discovery of Two Specimens of, 



in the Neighbourhood of Bathurst, New South Wales, W. J. 



C. Ross, 424 

 Lepidoptera : of Winchester, 1 15 ; Stridulation in certain Lepi- 



doptera, G. F. Hampson, 503 ; the Gradual Extinction of 



many Species of Lepidoptera in the Fens, Dr. Wheeler, 567 ; 



Pigments of, F. Gowland Hopkins, 581 ; T. H. Perry Coste, 



605 ; Prof. R. Meldola, F.K.8., 605 

 Lesage (P.), Chloride of Sodium in Plants, 312 

 Leslie (Robert C), Eclipse of the Moon, 53 

 Lester's (Dr. Brown) Collection of the Flora of the River Gambia, 



278 

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



feld, 599 

 Levasseur (Emile), Surfaces and Population of European States, 



528 ; Population of the Five Continents, 552 

 Leveau (G. ), Tables of Vesta, 95 

 Levels, J. A. C. Oudemans, 240 



Levett (R.), the Elements of Plane Trigonometry, 509 

 Levy (Albert), Ammonia in Atmospheric Waters, 168 

 Levy (Dr. Max), Influence of Blood Supply to Skin on Sweat 



Secretion as seen in Paw of Cat, 312 

 Levy (M.), Titanium Phenylate and other Compounds in which 



Hydroxylic Hydrogen of Phenols is replaced by Titanium, 589 

 Lewes (V. B.), the Luminosity of Coal Gas Flames, 382 ; the 



Origin of Acetylene in Flames, 525 ; Air and Water, 531 

 Ley (Annie), Sun Pillar, 484 

 Libraries, Free Public, in Manchester, 157 

 Lick Spectroscope, the, 473 

 Liege School of Mines and Engineering, 116 

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



with Observations on the Nature, Progress, and Treatment of 



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



Armand Ruff^er, 530 

 Light, Sir H. Trueman Wood, 269 

 Light, Zodiacal, O. T. Sherman, 381 

 Light, Electrodynamic Theories and the Electro-magnetic Theory 



of, M. Poincare, Prof. A. Gray, 367 

 Light on Silver Chloride, Thermodynamical View of Action of. 



H. M. Elder, 524 

 Light, Crystalline Absorption and the Choice between the Differ- 

 ent Theories of, E. Carvallo, 528 

 Light, Magnesium as a Source of, Fred. J. Rogers, 622 

 Lighthouses, Burning Oils for, E. P. Edwards, 379 

 Liquids, the Flow of, in Capillary Tubes, Albert Colson, 120 

 Lilienfeld (Dr.), Influence of Leucocytes on the Clotting of 



Blood, 599 

 Limpach (L.), New Method of Preparing /8-Dinaphthylene 



Oxide, 93 ; Ethyldimethylamidobenzene, 551 

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

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

 Linder (S. E.), Metallic Hydrosulphides, 262 ; Solution and 



Pseudo-Solution, ii., 263 

 Lindsay (R.), Insectivorous Plants, 157 

 Lindsay's (Mr.) Expedition in Western Australia, D. Murray, 



425 

 Line of Sight, Motion of Stars in the, Prof. H. C. Vogel, 280 

 Line Spectra of the Elements, on the. Prof. C. Runge, 607 

 Linebarger (C. E.), on the Nature of Colloid Solutions, 622 

 Linnean Society, 93, 120, i66, 215, 335, 383, 454, 479, 526 

 Lippmann's Colour Photography, 119 



Liquids, the Mechanical Stretching of, A. M. Worthinglon, 358 

 Liverpool, Telephone Installation at Adelphi Hotel, 184 

 Littledale's (Mr. and Mrs.) Journey across the Pamirs, 90 

 Littledale (Harold), Big Game in India, 158 

 Liversidge (A., F.K.S.), on the Rusting of Iron, 424 

 Living World, the. Whence it Came and Whither it is Drifting, 



Prof. H. W. Conn, 317 

 Lizard, Enormous American, L. Stejneger, 40 

 Locard (A.), Les Coquilles Marines des Cotes de France, 219 

 Lock (Rev. J. B.), the First Book of Euclid's Elements, 460 

 Lockyer (Prof J. Norman, F.R.S.), Motion of Stars in the 

 Line of Sight, 117 ; on some Points in Ancient Egyptian 

 Astronomy, 296, 373 ; the New Star in Auriga, 429, 473 ; the 

 Origin of theYear, 487 



Locust of New South Wales, the Plague, A. S. Olliff, 520 

 Lodge (Prof. Oliver J., F.R.S.), Vacuum Tubes and Electric 



Oscillations, 366 ; Aberration Problems, 549 

 Lohse (Dr.), Observations of Mars, 326 



London County Council, the New, and Technical Education, 566 

 London Hospital, Mr. F. J. M. Page appointed to Chair of 



Chemistry and Physics at, 566 

 London, Royal Commission to Investigate the Question of a 



Teaching University for, 612 

 London Town, Within an Hour of, 557 

 London, University of, W, T. Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., 392; 



Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 413 ; Prof. W. F. R. Wel- 



don, F.R.S., 440 

 London, the Water-supply of, John Hopkinson, 88 ; Appoint- 

 ment of Commission on, 470 

 Loney's Elementary Dynamics, 20 

 Longridge (James Atkinson), the Artillery of the Future and the 



New Powders, 146 

 Lopatin (M.), Rocks Collected by, on the Podkamennaya 



Tunguska, 597 

 Loschardt (Herr), Rotation of Venus, 210 

 Lovel (J.), Aurora Borealis, 223 

 Loven (Prof. Sven), Resignation of his Position as Senior 



Keeper in the Stockholm Natural History Museum, 613 

 Lucas (F. A.), Animals recently Extinct or Threatened with 



Extermination, 305 

 Lumholtz's (Carl), Explorations in Northern Mexico, 136 

 Luminous Clouds, Proposals for a Co-operative Observation of 



the so-called, 117 

 Lunar Eclipse, Total, of November 15, 42 

 Lunar Eclipses, Increase of the Earth's Shadow during, Dr. 



Hartmann, 498 

 Lunge (George, Ph.D.), the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid, 



Prof T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., I2i 

 Lunge (George, Ph.D.), and F. Hurter, Ph.D., the Alkali 



Maker's Hand-book, Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 121 

 Lydekker (Richard), Catalogue of Fossil Birds in the British 



Museum, 33 \.Dacythermm ovinutn, 94 

 Lynn, Large Greenland Shark stranded at, T. Southwell, 546 

 Lyons (A. B.) the Salt Lakeof Aalia Paakia, 29 

 Lyons (C. L.), Features of Hawaiian Climate, 190 



Macadamising Roads, Warning against the use of Rotten 



Flints for, C. Cams- Wilson, 379 

 McAu!ey(A.), Quaternions as a Practical Instrument of Physical 



Research, 423 

 MacBride (E. W.), the Development of the Oviduct in the 



Frog, 450 

 McClean (F.), Spectra of the Sun and Metals, 159 

 M'Clelland (W.), a Treatise on the Geometry of the Circle, 

 and some Extensions to Conic Sections by the Method of 

 Reciprocation, 412 

 Macdonald (H. M.), the Self-induction of Two Parallel Con- 

 ductors, 166 

 Macgowan (Dr.), the Origin of the Ass, the Cat, and the 



Sheep in China, 285 

 MacGregor (Prof. J. G.), Auroras at Halifax, 7 

 Mackenzie (J.E.), Synthesis of Hexahydroterephthalic Acid, 383 

 McKinley Tariff and Scientific Instruments, 208 

 McLachlan (R., F.R.S.), Sparrows and Crocuses, 441 

 McLachlan (R., F.R.S.), Abbreviated Wings of the Male 



Caddis-fly, 623 

 Macleay (Sir Wm.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 303 

 Macpherson (A. Holte), Torpid Cuckoo, 416 

 Macro-Lepidoptera and Birds of Winchester, 115 

 Madras Observatory, Proposed Removal of, 258 

 Magnesium as a Source of Light, Fred. J. Rogers, 622 

 Magnetism : Electricity and Magnetism, by Amedee Guillemin, 

 Prof. A. Gray, i ; some Experiments made with the View of 

 ascertaining the Rate of Propagation of Induced Magnetism 

 in Iron, Fred. T. Trouton, 42 ; Electro-magnetism, S. P. 

 Thompson, F.R.S., Prof A. Gray, 73 ; Magnetic Rotary 

 Power of Solutions of Ammonium and Sodium Salts of 

 Fatty Acids, Dr. W. H. Perkin, F.R.S., 92 ; Attraction of 

 Liquid Oxygen by Faraday Magnet, Prof Dewar, 154 ; a Per- 

 manent Magnetic Field, W. Hibbert, 191 ; Magnetic Dis- 

 turbance, G. M. Whipple, 364 ; Magnetic Perturbation of 

 February 13-14, 1892, M. Moureaux, 408 ; Magnetic Storm 

 of February 13-14, 1892, 493; H. Wild, 480; Magnetic 

 Storms, Dr. M. A. Veeder, 557 : a First Book of Electricity 

 and Magnetism, W. Perren Maycock, 248 ; Influence of 



