Index 



[Supplement to Nature, 

 June 2, 1892 



Solar Prominence, Prof. t>. E. Hale, 326 ; Photography of 

 Solar Prominences, M. Deslandres, 405, 522 ; Photography 

 as a Branch of Technology, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 331 ; 

 Optics of Photography and Photographic Lenses, J. Traill 



i Taylor, 364 ; Photographic Magnitudes of Stars, 380 ; the 

 Draper Catalogue of Stellar Spectra, A. Fowler, 426 ; the 

 Ilford Manual of Photography, C. H. Bothamley, 460 ; 

 Photography Applied to the Detection of Crime, Dr. Paul 

 Jeserich, 568 ; Photography at the Cape Observatory, D. 

 Gill, 600 ; Spectrum of Nova Aurigae, 616 ; Photographs 

 of the Region of Nova Cygni, 617 ; Photographs of a Part 

 of Cygnus, M. Faye, 624 



Photometric Observations, Dr. Miiller, 90 



Photometry, Colour, Capt. Abney, F.R.S., 213 



Phycomycetes and Ustilaginese, British Fungi, G. Massee, 411 



Phyllium, the, Dr. Sharp, 623 



Physics : Some Experiments Made with the View of Ascertaining 

 the Rate of Propagation of Induced Magnetism in Iron, Fred. 

 T. Trouton, 42 ; on the Virial of a System of Hard Colliding 

 Bodies, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 80; Van der Waals's 

 Generalization regarding Corresponding Temperatures, Pres- 

 sures, and Volumes, Prof. Sydney Young, 93 ; Physical 

 Society, 93, 142, 191, 238, 358, 478, 524, 574; Annual 

 General Meeting, 452 ; Dynamic Action and Ponderosity of 

 Matter, by " Waterdale," ico ; Experimental, on an Optical 

 Proof of the Existence of Suspended Matter in Flames, Sir G, 

 G. Stokes, F.R.S., 133; the Various Forms given to the 

 General Equation expressing Behaviour of Liquids and Gases 

 under Different Conditions of Volume, Temperature, and Pres- 

 sure, Dr. P. A. Guye, 142 ; a New Theory concerning the 

 Constitution of Matter, Dr. C. W. Burton, 142 ; Refraction 

 and Velocity of Sound in Porous Bodies, Herr Hesehus, 156 ; 

 the Thermal Emissivity of Thin Wires in Air, Ayrton and 

 Kilgour, 162 ; Effect of Flaws on the Strength of Materials, 

 J. Larmor, 166 ; Physical Theory of Solutions, W. Ostwald, 

 193 ; Smithsonian Standards for Physical Apparatus, Prof S. 

 P. Langley, 197 ; on the Virial Equation for Gases and 

 Vapours, Prof, P. G. Tait, 199 ; Experimental Measurement 

 of Process of Dissolution of Glass in Water by Change in 

 Conductivity of Latter, Herr Pfeififer, 209 ; the Theory 

 of Regelation, H. Le Chatelier, 288 ; the Cause of an 

 Ice Age, Sir Robert Ball, F.R.S., Prof. G. H. Darwin, 

 F.R.S., 289; the Law of Elastic Lengthening, J. O. 

 Thompson, 311 ; Experiments on Cause of Emission of 

 Light by Gases, Dr. Pringsheim, 312 ; Wave Motion 

 Model, F. Cheshire, 347 ; Experimental, the Mechanical 

 Stretching of Liquids, A. M. Worthington, 358 ; Optical 

 Determination of High Temperatures, H. Le Chatelier, 260 ; 

 Collection de Memoires relatifs a la Physique, Prof. J. J. 

 Thomson, F.R.S., 361 ; Superheated Steam, Lord Ray- 

 leigh, 375 ; J. Macfariane Gray, 413, 486 ; Prof. James A. 

 Cotterill, F.R.S., 414; G. H. Bailey, 414; John Gamgee, 

 438 ; Quaternions as a Practical Instrument of Physical Re- 

 search, A. McAuley, 423 ; Mathematical Analogies between 

 various branches of Physics, Prof. Bragg, 423 ; Heat Engines 

 and Saline Solutions, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 438, 510; 

 Experimental, Supplementary Colours, Prof. S. P. Thompson. 

 F.R.S., 452; the Relation between Kinetic Energy and 

 Temperature in Liquids, Prof. Tait, 455 ; Long Rotating 

 Circular Cylinders, C. Chree, 455 ; Measurements of Latent 

 Heg.ts of Evaporation by means of a Condensation Calori- 

 meter, Prof Neesen, 456 ; a Lecture Experiment in Surface 

 Tension, E. D. Fridlander, 463 ; the Terms " Centrifugal 

 Force " and " Force of Inertia," Geo. S. Carr, 463 ; a Nickel 

 Heat Engine, W. B. Croft, 392 ; Rev. Fred. J. Smith, 464 ; 

 Aberration, Lord Rayleigh, Sec. R.S., 499 ; Changes in 

 Dimensions of Elastic Solids due to given Systems of Forces, 

 M. C. Chree, 527 ; Law of Distribution of Velocities in a 

 System of Moving Molecules, A. H. Leahy, 527 ; on the 

 Tensions of Saturated Vapours of Different Liquids at same 

 Pressure, Edmond Colot, 528 ; a Standard Condenser, H. 

 Abraham, 528 ; Crystalline Absorption and theChoice between 

 the Different Theories of Light, E. Carvallo, 528 ; Aberration 

 Problems, Prof. O. Lodge, F.R.S., 549; Radiations of 

 Incandescent Bodies and Optical Measure of High Tempera- 

 tures, J. Violle, 552 ; Recent Advances in Physical Chemistry, 

 Prof. W. Ostwald, 590 ; Physiological Action of Diminished 

 Atmospheric Pressure, F. R. Mallet, 606 



Physiography : Elementary Stage, J. Spencer, 27 ; the Realm 

 of Nature, Hugh Robert Mill, 390 



Physiology : a Text-book of Chemical Physiology and Patho- 



logy, W. D. Halliburton and Dr. E. H. Starling, 51 ; Prof. 

 Stokvis on Mutual Antagonism, 72 ; on the Implanting of 

 Large Pieces of Decalcified Bones to fill up Losses of Substance 

 of Skeleton, Le Dentu, 95 ; the Renal Organs of certain 

 Decapod Crustacea, W. F, R. Weldon, 140; the Neph- 

 ridium of Lumbricus and its Blood Supply, Dr. W. B. 

 Benham, 140; the Formation and Fate of the Primitive 

 Streak in the Frog, Robinson and Assheton, 140; some 

 Points in the Development of Scorpio fulvipes, M. Laurie, 

 140 ; a New Mode of Respiration in the Myriapoda, F. G. 

 Sinclair, 164 ; the Foot as a Prehensile Organ in Hindoos, 

 F. Regnault, 192 ; Outlines of Practical Physiological 

 Chemistry, F. Charles Larkin and Randle Leigh, 292 ; 

 Development of Lung-books of Scorpio, Malcolm Laurie, 



311 ; Action of the Auriculo- Ventricular Valves, Dr. Noel 

 Paton, 311 ; Influence of Blood Supply to Skin in Sweat- 

 secretion as seen in Paw of Cat, Dr. Max Levy, 312 ; Extra- 

 ordinarily Rapid Evaporation on Glacier, Prof. Boernstein, 



312 ; Teeth Development in the Marsupialia, M, F. Wood- 

 ward, 335 ; an Introduction to Human Physiology, Augustus 

 D. Waller and Dr. E. H. Starling, 340 ; the Mechanism of 

 the Closure of the Larynx, Prof. T. P. A. Stuart, 357 ; Note 

 on the Behaviour of Sugar in Blood, Dr. Vaughan Harley, 

 407 ; Composition of Fibrin Ferment, Prof. Pekelharing, 

 408 ; the Development of the Oviduct in the Frog, E. W. 

 MacBride, 450 ; Contributions to the Physiology and Patho- 

 logy of the Mammalian Heart, Roy and Adami, 451 ; 

 Action of Lymph in producing Intravascular Clotting, Dr. 

 Shore, 455 ; the Abductor and Adductor Fibres of the 

 recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, J. S. R. Russell, 573 ; Dr. 

 Werigo's Experiments respecting Influence of Oxygen on 

 Elimination of Carbon Dioxide by the Lungs, Prof Zuntz, 576 ; 

 Physiological Action of Diminished Atmospheric Pressure, 

 F. R. Mallet, 606 ; Physiology of Respiratory Centres, Dr. 

 Alfred Bienfait, 624 



Pickering (Prof.), Distribution of Energy in Stellar Spectra, 

 159; Stars having Peculiar Spectra, 210; Astronomical 

 Possibilities at Considerable Altitudes, 498 ; the Objective 

 Prism, 521 



Pictet's (Prof.) Laboratory at Berlin, Prof. R. du Bois- 

 Reymond, 31 



Picton (H.), Metallic Hydrosulphides, 262 ; Physical Constitu- 

 tion of some Sulphide Solutions, 263 ; of Solution and Pseudo- 

 solution, ii., 263 



Pigment in Yellow Butterflies, F. Gowland Hopkins, 197 



Pigments of Lepidoptera, F. Gowland Hopkins, 581 ; F, H. 

 Perry Coste, 605; Prof R. Meldola, F.R.S., 605 



Pilchard or Sardine, Growth of the. Prof J. T. Cunningham, 

 255 



Pilchards, Matthias Dunn, 511 ; J. T. Cunningham, 558 



Pillar, Sun, Annie Ley, 484 



Piltschikoff (N. ), Polarization of Atmosphere by Light of Moon, 

 456 



Pinches (Thos. G.), the Tower of Babel and the Confusion of 

 Tongues, 210 



Pisciculture, the Salmon Industry in British Columbia, 279 



Pitt- Rivers (General), Typological Museums, 184 



Pittier (H.), Meteorological Observations at San Jose during 

 1889, 234 



Pittsburg Electric Club, the, 568 



Placentation of certain Lemurs and Insectivora, Hubrecht, 600 



Plane Trigonometry, the Elements of, R. Levett and C. 

 Davison, 509 



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



Planets, Minor, the Elements of the, Dr. Paul Lehmann, 42 



Planets, Periodic Perturbations of the Four Inner, Prof. New- 

 comb, 548 



Plants, the Diseases of. New Journal devoted to, 20 



Plants. Grafted, W. H. Beeby, 151 



Plarr (Dr. Gustav), Obituary Notice of, 419 



Pleyte (C. M.), Use of the Sumpitan and Bow in Indonesia, 235 



Plover, Kentish, Threatened Extermination of the, W. Verner, 

 236 



Podkamennaya Tunguska, Rocks collected by M. Lopatin on 

 the, 597 



Poincare (Prof H.) : Poincare's Thermodynamics, 245, 414, 

 439. 485, 532 ; Electrodynamic Theories and the Electro- 

 magnetic Theory of Light, Prof A. Gray, 367 ; Non-Euclidian 

 Geometry, 404 ; Poincare and Maxwell, Prof. Geo. Fras. 

 Fitzgerald, F.R.S., 532 



Poison, Arrow, A. Coppen Jones, 343 



