Index 



[Supplement to Nature, 

 June 2, 1892 



Nature, L'Electricite dans la, Georges Dary, 460 



Nature, La Place de THomme dans la, T. H. Huxley, 197 



Nature, Man in, Paul Topinard, 457 



Nature, Man's Place in. Prof. N. S. Shaler, 220 



Nature, the Realm of, Hugh Robert Mill, 390 



Nature Teachings, Cyclopedia of, H. Macmillan, 248 



Navajo Indians, Weaving as practised by the, Dr. Shufeldt, 260 



Naval Architects, Institution of, 570 



Nebulae, some Apparently Variable, Lewis Swift, 261 



Nebulae near Merope, Measures of the, 352 



Nebulae and Star Clusters, Observations of, M. Bigourdan, 



352 

 Nebulae, Variability of. Dr. Lewis Swift, 522 

 Neesen (Prof.), Measurements of Latent Heats of Evaporation 



by means of a Condensation Calorimeter, 456 

 Negreano (D.), Variation, with Temperature, of Dielectric 



Constant of Liquids, 408 

 Neolithic Age in Scandinavia, Chronology of the. Prof. 



Montelius, 39 

 Nephrite Axe found at Ohlau, Silesia, the. Dr. O. Schoetensack, 



379 

 Neptune, the Discovery of, Prof. Holden, 522 

 New Forest Bill, the, H. Goss, 295 

 New Forest in Danger, the, Herbert Goss, 343 

 New Fragments, John Tyndall, F.R.S., 508 

 New Guinea, British, J. P. Thomson on Recent Explorations 



and Discoveries in, 425 

 New Guinea, Geology of, R. L. Jack, 209 

 New South Wales : the Acclimatization of the Avocado Pear 



in, F. Turner, 66 ; Scientific and Technical Education in, 



88 ; Tea Culture in, W. T. Robertson, 260 

 New York Mathematical Society, 124; Bulletin of the, 341 

 New York and Philadelphia, Proposed Ship Canal between. 



Prof. L. M. Haupt, 497 

 New York Scientific Alliance, the, 544 

 New York State, Earthquake in, 259 

 New Zealand Alps, with Axe and Rope in the, Geo. Ed. Man- 



nering. Prof. T, G. Bonney, F.R.S., 147 

 New Zealand, on a Recent Discovery of the Remains of Extinct 



Birds in. Prof. Henry O. Forbes, 416 

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



Forbes, 580 

 Newcomb (Prof.), Periodic Perturbations of the Four Inner 



Planets, 548; N.P.D.'s observed with Greenwich and 



Washington Transit Circles, 548 

 Newton (Prof. Alfred, F.R.S.), Ornithology of the Sandwich 



Isles, 465, 532 

 Newton (Prof. H. A.), Capture of Comets by Planets, 186 

 Nicaragua, Earthquake in, 471 

 Nicholson (A. C), High-level Glacial Grounds near Oswestry, 



165 

 Nickel Heat Engine, W. B. Croft, 392 ; Rev. Frederick J. 



Smith, 464 

 Nile, Reported Discovery of Ultimate Source of, 154 

 Nitrogen, Results of Experiments at Rothamsted on the 

 Question of the Fixation of Free, Dr. J. H. Gilbert, F.R.S., 

 32 

 Nitrogen, the Urinary Secretion of, Dr. Gumlich, 599 

 Noble (Capt. A., F.R.S.), First Visible Colour of Incandescent 



Iron, 484 

 Nomenclature in Biology, Suggestions for securing Greater Uni- 

 formity of, Prof. T. JefFery Parker, F.R.S., 68 

 Nomenclature, Botanical, Dr. Otto Kuntze, W. Botting Hems- 

 ley, 169 

 Nomenclature, Scientific, H. St. A. Alder, 104 

 Non-Euclidian Geometry, Prof. H. Poincare, 404 

 Non-Metallic Chemistry, Synopsis of, W. Briggs, 604 

 Nordenskiold (Baron), Discovery of Uranium in Swedish An- 



thracitic Minerals, 209 

 Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, 567 

 North (Marianne), Recollections of a Happy Life, 602 

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

 North Atlantic Weather Charts, Synoptic, 444 

 Nova Aurigae, Observations of the Spectrum of, Dr. Henry 



Crew, 569 

 Nova Aurigae, Spectrum of, E. W. Maunder, 616 

 Nova Cygni, Photographs of the Region of, 617 

 Novelists, Techical Education for, 487 

 Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, 46, 478 

 Nurhagi of Sardinia, Dr. Ermling on the, 1 14 

 Nuttall (Zelia), Ancient Mexican Shields, 520 



Oak, The, a Popular Introduction to Forest Botany, H. Marshall 

 Ward, F.R.S., 509 



Object Glasses, Diffraction Effects produced by placing Screens 

 in Front of. Prof. Pritchard, 237 



Objective Prism, the, Prof. Pickering, 521 



Objectives, Telescopic, A. Fowler, 204 



Observatories : Proposed Removal of Madras Observatory, 258 ; 

 Report of the U.S. Naval Observatory, 352 ; the Warner 

 Observatory, 422 ; Cordova Observatory, 446 ; Photography 

 at the Cape Observatory, D. Gill, 600 



Observatories, Meteorological : Projected Tidal Observatory at 

 Muscat, 134 ; Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, 418 



Oddone (Dr. Emil), on Earth Vibrations, 510 



Ogilby (J. D.), Dr. Stirling's new Australian Animal {Nota- 

 ry des typhlops), 135 



Ohio, Excavations of the Prehistoric Mounds in, 20 



Ohio : Discovery of Remarkable Prehistoric Tomb, 157 ; the 

 Geology of, in connection with the Average Yield of Wheat, 

 420 



Oka (Asajiro), a New Genus of Synascidians from Japan, 450 



Olive Culture in Australia, Principal J. L. Thomson, 135 



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



Ontario, Grape Culture in, 209 



Opium Question, the, G. H. M. Batten, 545 



Opossum, Ring-tailed, Curious Death of a, J. E. Dixon, 88 



Optics : Optical Proof of the Existence of Suspended Matter in 

 Flames, on an, Sir G. G. Stokes, F.R.S., 133; Optical 

 Determination of High Temperatures, H. Le Chatelier, 360 ; 

 Optics of Photography and Photographic Lenses, J. Traill 

 Taylor, 364 ; Optical Lantern as an Aid in Teaching, C. H. 

 Bothamley, 437 ; the Simplest Equivalent of a Given Optical 

 Path, Dr. J. Larmor, 503 ; an Aerial Graphoscope for showing 

 Effects of Persistence of Vision, E. S. Bruce, 574 ; the Dis- 

 persion of the Ultra-red Rays, Dr. Rubens, 576 



Orange, Double, Gerald B. Francis, 534, 607 



Organic Chemistry, a Hand-book of Industrial, Samuel P. 

 Sadtler, 125 



Orientation of Ancient Monuments, Rev. Fred. F. Grensted, 464 



Orientation, a Preliminary Statement of an Investigation of the 

 Dates of some of the Greek Temples as derived from their, 

 F. C. Penrose, 395 



Origin of the Year, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 487 



Orkneys, Supernumerary Rainbows Observed in the, Robert H. 

 Scott, F.R.S., 223 ; M. Spence, 223 



Ornithology : Migratory Bird-; passing over Dublin, 20 ; the 

 Prairie Larks and Cranes of Manitoba, E. E. Thompson, 

 135 ; Intelligence in Birds, A. Wilkins, 151 ; Bird Gallery 

 in the British Museum, 154; Capture of a Spotted Eagle near 

 Colchester, 158 ; Threatened Extermination of Kentish Plover, 

 W. Verner, 236 ; Spotted Eagle, Pratt and Son, 259 ; 

 Additional Observations on Development of Apteryx, T. J. 

 Parker, F.R.S., 311 ; Utilization of Homing Pigeons, W. B. 

 Tegetmeier, 320 ; Harrow Birds, G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, 

 342 ; Nest of Eggs of Bird of Paradise, A. J. Campbell, 

 379 ; Remarkable Case of Humming Birds Nesting and 

 Hatching in a Drawing-room, 383 ; Torpid Cuckoo, A. Holte 

 Macpherson, 416 ; a Swan's Secret, Mrs. Jessie Godwin- 

 Austen, 416; on the Origin of the Struthious Birds of 

 Australasia, Prof. Hutton, 425 ; Ornithology of the Sandwich 

 Isles, Prof. Alfred Newton, F.R.S., 465, 532; Albert F. 

 Calvert, 485, 558; J. E. Harting, 532 ; Preference of Certain 

 Birds for Certain Trees, 471 ; White's Thrush {Turdus 

 varius), H. Seebohm, 479; lame Jackdaws, E. C. Green, 545; 

 the Great Skua in Shetland, W. E. Clarke, 545 ; Depredations 

 of the Great Bower Bird in Northern Queensland, 588 



Orthochromatic Plates for Astronomical Photography, M. M. 



Fabre and Andoyer, 280 

 Orthography of Geographical Names, 186 



Osmond (M.), and the Alloys Research Committee of the Insti- 

 tution of Mechanical Engineers, 22 



Ostwald (Prof. W.), Theory of Solutions, 193, 293, 415, 606; 

 the Magnetic Rotation of Dissolved Salts, 383 ; the Dissocia- 

 tion of Nitrogen Peroxide, 383 ; Recent Advances in Physical 

 Chemistry, 590 



O'SuUivan (C. C), Gedda Gums, the Dextro- Rotatory Varieties, 



93 

 O'Sullivan (J.), Specific Rotatory and Cupric Reducing Power 



of Invert Sugar and of Dextrose obtained from Cane Sugar 



by means of Jnvertase, 551 

 Oudemans (Dr. A. C), the Great Sea Serpent, 614 

 Oudemans(J. A. C), Levels, 240 



