Index 



[Stippletnent to Nature, 

 June 2, 1892 



Meteorologists at Munich, 87 ; Electric Self-recording Rain- 

 gauge, W. J. E. Binnie, 95 ; Wet and Dry Bulb Formulae, 

 l^rof. J. D. Everett, F.R.S., 95 ; Results of Observations at 

 Akasso, F. Russell, 95 ; Atlas of the Meteorology and 

 Physical Data of the Indian Ocean, loi ; the Publications of 

 the Meteorological Department of India, 113 ; Rainfall and 

 Thunderstorms of Berlin, 1 14 ; Cyclones in Europe, 1 14 ; the 

 Temperature of the Rivers of Central Europe, 114 ; Proposals 

 for a Co-operative Observation of the So-called Luminous 

 Clouds, 117; Cyclones in the Arabian Sea, 276; Cyclone 

 Memoirs of the Arabian Sea, W. L. Dallas, 135 ; the Tides 

 of the Bay of St. Malo, M. Heurtault, 143 ; the Ammonia in 

 the Air and Rain of a Tropical Region, Marcano and Muntz, 

 143 ; Wind Direction, 149 ; Radiation of Upper Clouds 

 round Barometric Minima, Dr. H. E. Hamberg, 156 ; 

 Meteorological Observations at Cairo, 1868-88, Dr. J. Hann, 

 156 ; Meteorological Observations during Balloon Voyages, 

 Dr. Assmann, 168; the Severe Gale of November 11, 

 Chas. Harding, 181 ; Mr. E. Engelenburg, the new Director 

 of the Dutch Observations on Land, 183 ; Annual Meteoro- 

 logical Report for Japan (1889), 184 ; Prof. Hazen's High 

 Balloon Voyages, 189 ; Meteorology at French Association 

 at Marseilles, A. L. Rotch, 189 ; Features of Hawaiian 

 Climate, C. L. Lyons, 190; Instructions Meteorologiques, 

 A. Angot, 196 ; Annals of Meteorological Office of Paris 

 (1889), 208 J a Weather Lexicon, Herr Seemann, 208 ; In- 

 vestigation into Thunderstorms of 1888-89, W. Marriott, 215 ; 

 the Prevalence of Fog in London, 1871-90, F. J. Brodie, 

 215 ; Report on the Meteorology of India in 1889, John 

 Eliot, 217; Report on the Administration of the Meteoro- 

 logical Department of the Government of India, 217 ; Plan 

 for Observations to determine Local Distribution and 

 Altitude of Aurora, 234 ; Temperature Observations made 

 in 1890 on Eiffel Tower, Angot, 234 ; Meteorological Ob- 

 servations at San Jose {1889), H. Pittier, 234; Pilot Chart 

 of North Atlantic Ocean for December 1891, 258 ; Meteoro- 

 logical Report for Leeward Islands for 1890, 258 ; Frequency 

 and Geographical Distribution of heavy Daily Rainfalls in 

 European Russia, E. Berg, 258 ; Proposed Removal of 

 Madras Observatory, 258 ; Proposed Construction of numer- 

 ous fresh Meteorological Observatories in Japan, 258 ; Cause of 

 Floating of Particles of Cloud and Fog, Herr von Frank, 259 ; 

 Sun-spots and Air Temperature, 271 ; Harmonic Analysis of 

 Hourly Observations of Air-temperature and Pressure at 

 British Observatories, 279 ; the Year's Sunshine in the 

 British Isles, 1881-90, 279; the Quantity of Sugar produced 

 in various Plants as a Means of determining the Meteoro- 

 logical Elements concerned. Abbe Buve, 279 ; new Conden- 

 sation Hygrometer, Henri Gilbault, 288 ; on the Number of 

 Dust Particles in the Atmosphere of various Places in Great 

 Britain and on the Continent, with Remarks on the 

 Relation between the Amount of Dust and Meteoro- 

 logical Phenomena, John Aitken, F.R.S., 299; Curves 

 showing Fluctuations of Temperature and Pressure at 

 Base and Summit of Mount Washington, 304 ; Temperature 

 Observations at Geneva, M. Chaix, 304 ; Prof. Wiborgh's 

 Air-pyrometers, John Crum, 304 ; Thermometer-Tempera- 

 ture and Skin-Temperature, M. Vincent, 304 ; Curious 

 Nocturnal Rosy Sky Light at Berlin, 324 ; Rainfall Atlas of 

 Jamaica, Maxwell Hall, 324 ; Evaporation and Condensation, 

 Baldwin Latham, 335 ; Observations on the Flow of Under- 

 ground Water, Baldwin Latham, 335 ; Ammonia in Rain- 

 water, A. Muntz, 336 ; Presidential Address of M. Janssen to 

 French Meteorological Society, 350 ; Barometric Gradients, 

 H. Lasne, 350 ; International Monthly Charts of Mean 

 Barometric Pressures and Wind Directions, General Greely, 

 350 ; Ferrel's View of the General Circulation of the Atmo- 

 sphere, Prof. W. M. Davis, 357 ; Cold Waves, Dr. A. 

 Woeikof, 357 ; Nacreous Clouds, T. W. Backhouse, 365 ; 

 Remarkable Display of Aurora Borealis in America, 378 ; 

 Causes of the Famine in Russia, Dr. A. Woeikof, 378 ; Silver 

 Thaw at Ben Nevis Observatory, R. C. Mossman, 378 j the 

 Mountain Meteorological Stations of the United States, A. L. 

 Rotch, 403 ; the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, 418 ; 

 Untenability of Atmospheric Hypothesis of Epidemics, Hon. 

 R. Russell, 431 ; the Origin of Influenza Epidemics, H. 

 Harries, 431 ; the Phenological Observations for 1891, E. 

 Mawley, 431 ; Relationship of Atmospheric Electrical 

 Phenomena to Terrestrial Magnetism, Dr. Arendt, 432 ; 

 Observations made in a Captive Balloon, Dr. Assmann, 432 ; 

 the Service of Roumania, 444 ; the Danish Meteorological In- 



stitute and Deutsche Seewarte Daily Synoptic Weather 

 Charts for North Atlantic Ocean, 444 ; Influence of Total 

 Solar Eclipse on Air Pressure, Herr Steen, 444 ; the Samoan 

 Hurricane, Everett Hayden, 461 ; the Magnetic Storm of 

 February 13-14, 1892, 493 ; H. Wild, 480 ;the Winter Storms 

 of Northern India, Henry F. Blanford, F.R.S., 490 ; Atlantic 

 Weather and its Connection with British Weather, R. H. 

 Scott, 496; Report of the Meteorological Council, 518; 

 Cloud Pictures, Dr. Singer, 518 ; Prof. G. Hellmann's Rain- 

 fall Record Experiments, 545 ; Value of Meteorological 

 Instruments in Selection of Health Resorts, Dr. C. Theodore 

 Williams, 551 ; Magnetic Storms, Dr. M. A. Veeder, 557 ; 

 Meteorological Council's Issue of Tables of Monthly Means for 

 Pressure, Temperature,and Rainfall, 567 ; Research on Extremes 

 of Temperature in Europe, Dr. Lachmann, 576 ; Dust-Count- 

 ing on Ben Nevis, Angus Rankin, 582 ; Deutsches Meteoro- 

 logisches Jahrbuch, 1890, 587 ; the General Circulation of 

 the Atmosphere, Dr. J. M. Pernter, 593 ; the Meteorological 

 Station of Naha, Liukiu Islands, Japan, 597 ; Aurora, George 

 M. Seabroke, 605 ; Arthur Marshall, 605 ; Arthur E. Brown 

 605 ; the Changefulness of Temperature as an Element of 

 Climate, 610 ; Royal Meteorological Society, 623 ; Anemo- 

 meter Comparisons, W. H. Dines, 623 ; Meteorological 

 Society (see Royal) 



Meteors : Fall of Meteorites in Madras, 20 ; the Tonganoxie 

 Meteorite, by E. H. S. Bailey, 119; a Brilliant Meteor, 

 Thomas Heath, 295 ; Large Meteor of January 24, 1892, 

 W. F. Denning, 317 



Metschnikoff (Dr. Elie) : Le9ons sur la Pathologic Comparee 

 de rinflammation faites a ITnstitut Pasteur en Avril et Mai, 

 1891, Prof. E, Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 505 



Mexican Atlatl, 66, 102 



Mexican Leatherwork, Surviving Specimens of Ancient, 66 



Mexican Shields, Ancient, Zelia Nuttall, 520 



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



Mexico, Projected Abandonment of Villages near Colina in 

 Consequence of Activity of Neighbouring Volcano, 158 



Mexico, Wild Maize found in, 39 



Meyer (Lothar), Outlines of Theoretical Chemistry. Prof. M. 

 M. Pattison Muir, 601 



Meyer (Prof. Victor) : Royal Society Medallist, III; Silent 

 Combination of Hydrogen and Oxygen, 616 



Mica, Use of, at the Chicago Exhibition, 615 



Michael (A. D.), Association between Gamasids and Ants, 164 



Michelson (A. A.), Measurement of Jupiter's Satellites by 

 Interference, 160 



Michigan Mining School, 88 



Micrometic Measurements, on the Influence of Ring and 

 Disk Blinds in, Dr. Walter Wislicenus, 137 



Microscopy : Sir W. J. Sendall's Apparatus for making Accurate 

 Measurements with Camera Lucida, 46 ; the Leach Lantern 

 Microscope, W. I. Chadwick, 47 ; Microscopic Structure of 

 Hard Steel, Behrens, 48 ; Photography Applied to the 

 Microscope, F. W. Mills, 77 ; the Renal Organs of Certain 

 Decapod Crustacea, W. F. R. Weldon, 140; Nephridium of 

 Lumbricus and its Blood-supply, Dr. W. B. Benham, 140 ; 

 Pelomyxa viridis, Dr. A. G. Bourne, 140 ; the Medusae of 

 Millepora Murrayi and the Gonophores of AUopora and 

 Distichopora, Dr. S. J. Hickson, 140 ; the Formation and 

 Fate of the Primitive "Streak in the Frog, Dr. A. Robinson and 

 R. Assheton, 140 ; Some Points in Development of Scorpio 

 fulvipes, M. Laurie, 140 ; the Occurrence of Pseudopodia in 

 Diatomaceous Genera Melosira and Cyclotella, J. G. Grenfell, 

 140 ; the Resolution oi Amphipleura pellucida,] . W. Gifford, 

 143 ; a New Form of Mechanical Stage, H. Bernard, 239 ; 

 Resolution of Podura, Hon. J. G. P. Vereker, 239 ; the late Dr. 

 Carpenter's Microscope and its Revelations, Seventh Edition 

 of, by Rev. W. H. Dallinger, F.R.S., Prof. E. Ray Lankester, 

 F.R.S., 313; Manipulation of the Microscope, Edward 

 Bausch, 342 ; Wandering Cells in Echinoderms, &c., H. E. 

 Durham, 450 ; the Excretory Processes in Marine Polyzoa, 

 S. F. Harmer, 450; the Differentiation of Leprosy and Tubercle 

 Bacilli, Chas. Slater, 450 ; Onchnesotna Steenstrupii, A. E. 

 Shipley, 450 ; Note on a Sieve-like Membrane across Oscula of 

 a Species of Leucosolenia, E. A. Minchin, 450 ; the Develop- 

 ment of the Oviduct in the Frog, E. W. MacBride, 450 ; the 

 Nauplius Eye persisting in some Decapods, Margaret Robinson, 

 450 ; a New Genus of Synascidians from Japan, Oka and 

 Willey, 450 ; Microscopic Structure of Oolitic Iron from 

 Lorraine, M. Bleicher, 504 ; the Calculable Limit of 

 Microscopic Vision, Prof. Czapski, 575 ; on the Microscopic 



