Supplement to NatHre,~\ 

 November 2Pi i^<)^ J 



Index 



XXV u 



Thermostat for Comparison of Standard Thermometers, A. 

 Mahike, IS5 ; Deierminalion of Low Temperatures by Pla- 

 tinum Thcrmomeiers, Messrs. Griffiths and Clark, 155; the 

 Corry "Protected" Aneroid, Edward Whymper, 160; 

 Physics of Atmosphere, Prof, von Begold, 140, 239; Charts 

 of Storm Frequency, Prof. Abbe, 140 ; Six- and Seven Day 

 Weather Periodicities H. H. Clayton, 140 ; the Big and 

 Little Monsoons of Ceylon, E. Douglas Archibald, 175 ; 

 Pubblicazioni of Vatican Observatory, x8o ; Hypotheses of 

 Oscillations of Maximum Zone of Aurora, A. Paulsen, 188 ; 

 Relations of Daily Synoptic Weather Charts to General Cir- 

 culation of Atmosphere, E. Herrmann, 188 ; Cyclone at 

 Williamstown, 205 ; the Standing-still Phenomenon of the 

 Motala River (Sweilen), 206 ; the Dynamics of the Atmo- 

 sphere, M. Moller, 215 ; Remarkable Oscillations of Tem- 

 perature at St. PetersHurij, February II, 1893, A. Schoenrock, 

 229; Terrific HaiKtorm at Murree, 229; the Murree Hail- 

 storm, F. C. Con-tahle, 251 ; Solar Spots and Terrestrial 

 Anticyclones, A. Searle, 239 ; New Series of Isanomalous 

 Temperature Chat t~, S. F. Batchelder, 239; Proposed Sub- 

 jects for Correlated Study by State Weather Services, W. 

 M. Davis, 239 ; Fogs in British Island", 1876-90, 

 R. H. Scott, F.R.S., 239; Upper Air Currents 

 over Arabian .Sea, W. L. Dallas, 239 ; Abnormal 

 Weather in the Himalayas, F. C. Constable, 248 ; 

 Violent Thunderstorms on Ben Nevis, 251 ; Obir Thermo- 

 graph Records, Director I. Hann, 251 ; Hygroscopic Plants, 

 9 ; Falkeiihor^t, 253 ; Tidal and Atmospheric Waves due to 

 Luni-Solar Influence, Bouquet de la Grye, 264; Die Klimate 

 der Geolo^isciien Vergangenheit und ihre Beziehung zur 

 Entwickelungsgeschichte der Sonne, Eug. Dubois, 266 ; 

 Floods and Lamislips in Tyrol, 273 ; Climatic Efl'ect of 

 Forests upon Neighhnufhood, E. Ebermayer, 284 ; 

 Earth-Temperature at Hamburg, 1886-91, W. J- van 

 Bebba, 284; Temieralure Waves at Tries!e, 1871-1S90, 

 Ed. Mazclle, 297; Thunderstorm- Phenomena on the Matter- 

 horn, Walter La <len, 316 ; Destructive Cloud- Buri-t in 

 Colorado, 321 ; Sandstorm in Pomerania, 322 ; Royal 

 Meteorological Institute of Netherlands, Atlas of Observa- 

 tions in Indian Ocean, Part II., 323 ; the Geneial Motions 

 of the Atmosphere, W. L. Dallas, 341 ; Disastrous Cloud- 

 Burst in Mi.idle Styria, 351 ; Shower of Ants and Flies in 

 Cambridgeshire, 351 ; the Perennial Spring Climate of 

 Quito, Dr. J. Hann, 352 ; Meteorological Society established 

 at Zi-ka-Wei, near Shanghai, 352 ; Effects of Cyclone of 

 June 21 in Kansas, E. H. S. Bailey, 352 ; Four Simultaneous 

 Waterspouts at Antibes, M. Naudin, 360; Disastrous Floods 

 in Austria, 376 ; I'jphoons of China Sea, Dr. W. Doberck, 



376 ; Report of United States Weather Bureau for 1892, 



377 ; Katechismus der Meteorologie, Prof. Dr W. J. van 

 Bebber, 387 ; VVetterbi'ichlein, Leonhard Reynman, 389 ; 

 Hurricane in Nova Scotia, 398 ; Disastrous Cyclone at 

 Savannah, 421 ; Cyclone on New York Coa^t, 421 ; Obser- 

 vations for 1892, Bremen, Dr. P. Bergholz, 422 ; the Climate 

 of Eastern Tasmania, Rev. G. R. M. Wilson, 424 ; the 

 Meteorological Observatory on Ben Nevis, 428 ; the American 

 Cyclone of August 28 and 29, 444 ; Hurricane at Azores, 445 ; 

 Deutsche Seewarte Report for 1892, 445 ; the Typhoon of 

 October 7-10, 1892, R. P. Chevalier, 455 ; Drought Cycles, 

 M. C. Maze, 482 ; Kain-Making Experiments at Du'>lin, 522 ; 

 the Bokhara Typhionof (October, 1892, Rev. S. Chevalier, 522 ; 

 the Mont Blanc Ob-ervatory, 522 ; Oscillations of Lightning 

 Discharges and Aurora Borealis, 535 ; Weather Forecasts, 

 R. H. Scott, 543 ; the Three Indian Cyclones of November, 

 1891, M. Elior, 545 ; Behaviour of Storms of Indian Ocean, 

 Dr. G. Schof, 597 ; Fluctuations in Latitude of Storm- 

 Tracks, Dr. M. A. Veeder, 598 ; Observations taken at 

 Hawaiian Islands, Dr. Marcuse, 559; Cyclone in Gulf of 

 Mexico, 569 ; Turin Osservazione, 570 ; Chicago Meteoro- 

 logical Congress, 570 ; Movements of Air in Cyclones and 

 Anticyclones, 583 ; Certain Climatic Features of the Two 

 Dakotas Lieut. L. P. Finley, 599; Syniins's Monthly 

 Meteorological Magazine, 607 ; Climatological Table for 

 British Empire, 1892, 607 ; Observation of an Aurora 

 Borealis, M. Le due Nicolas de Leuchtenberg, 608 ; 

 Meteorology of British Guiana for 1891, 620 ; Meteorological 

 Station at Charchani, Peru, Highest in (he World, A. L. 

 Rotch, 631 



Meteors : Meteor, a, 425 ; the April Meteors, W. F. Denning, 

 S: Meteor Sh'uvers, 15, 254, 326; Daylight Meteor, March 

 18, J. Edmund Clark, 5(.; Meteor Observations, W. F. 



Denning, 135 ; an Ascending Meteor, Prof, von NiessI, 209 

 Shooting Stars of August, 1893, P. F. Denza, 535 ; Bril 

 liant Meteor at Leicester, 544 ; a Remarkable Meteor, J' 

 Lloyd Bozward, J. Lovel, 567 ; the August Meteors, 600, W 

 F. Denning, 374 

 Meteorite of May 26, 1893, Beaver Creek, E. E. Howell, 351 ; 



Prof. B. J. Harrington, 426 

 Metric Measures in Russia, Prof. Petrushevskiy's System, 



298 

 Mexican Atlatl or Throwing-Stick, O. T. Mason, 597 

 Mexican Calendar System, Dr. Brinton on the, 462 

 Mexico, Cyclone in Gulf of, 569 



Meyer (A. B.), Indian Origin of Ancient Amber, 422 

 Meyer (Prof. Victor), the Action of Heat and Light on Hydri- 



odic Acid Gas, ill 

 Meyer's Conversational Lexicon, 623 

 Meyerhoffer (W.), the Third Principle of Energetics, 456 ; the 



Decomposition of Energy into Two Factors, 523 

 Michael (A. D.), the Digestive Processes in the Acarina, 71 

 Michaelis (Prof.), the Thionylamines, 14 ; a Method of Prepar- 

 ing Nitrites in a State of Purity, 39 

 Michelson's (Prof.) Method of Producing Interference Bands, 



Edwin Edser, 159, 372 

 Michie(P. S. ), Pi actical Astronomy, 197 

 Michigan, Clouds of Flies in, C. D. McLouth, 545 

 Micro-Organismsj Disinfectants and, 161 

 Micronesia, the Gilbert Islands, Dr. O. Finsch, 92 

 Micro>copy : the Digestive Piocesses in the Acarina, A. D. 

 Michael, 71 ; New Species of Nais, W. B. Benham, 115 ; 

 New Organ in Ljcoridea, E. S. Goodrich, 115 ; Nephridia 

 of Decapod Crustacea, E. J. Allen, 115 ; Quarterly Journal 

 of Microscopical Science, 115, 332; Royal Microscopical 

 Society, 71, 167, 286; Modern Microscopy, M. J. Cross, 

 Martin J. Cole, Dr. W. H. Dallinger, F.R.S., 246 : Selenite 

 in Utah, Dr. Talmage, 286 ; Morphology and Physiology of 

 Brain and Sense Organ of Limulus, Dr. W. Patten, 332 ; 

 the Pervi'jceral Cavity in Ciona, A. H. L. Newstead, 332 ; 

 Early Stages in Development of Distithopora Vinlacea, Dr. 

 S. J. Hickson, 332 ; Microscopical Investigations on Develop- 

 ment and Function of Mammary Glaml, Dr. Benda, 408 ; 

 an Introduction to the Study of the Dialomacea', Frederick 

 Wm. Mills, 537 ; Strauss's Method of Colouring Cilia cf 

 Living Micro-Organisms, 621 

 Middlesborough Salt Industry, the, Richard Grigg, 356 

 Miers (H. A ), Instruments for Study of Crystals, 63 ; the Soil 

 in Relation to Health, 196 ; Spangolite, a Remarkable Cornish 

 Mineral, 426 

 Miguel (.\I.), the Cambrian of the Ileranet, 432 

 Milky Way, Photographs of the. Prof. E. E. Barnard, 277 

 Mill (Dr. Hugh Robert), Soot -Figures on Ceiling', 29; Physi- 

 cal Geography of Clyde Sea Area, 287 ;. Hathymetrical 

 Survey of Large English Lakes, 327 ; Relationship between 

 Physical Geography and Geology, 554 

 Millar (Dr. J.), on Certain Gregarinidae and the Possible Con- 

 nection of Allied Forms with Tissue Changes in Man, 576 

 Mills (Frederick Wm), an Introduction to the Study of the 



DiatomacejB, 537 

 Milton (G. T.), Water-Tube Boilers, 278 

 Mimicry in Insects, Examples of, 160 



Minakala (Kumagusu), the Constellations of the Far East, 541 ; 

 Early Chinese Observations on Colour Adaptations, 567 

 Minchin (Prof. ), Dr. Lodge's Foundation of Dynamic, 166 

 Minchin (Geo. M.), Hydrostatics and Elementary Hydroki- 



netics, 457 

 Mineralogy; a New Variety of Amber, " Burndle," Dr. Noet- 

 ''ng> '3 ; 'he Amber and Jade Mines of Uiper Burma, Dr. 

 Noelling, 13 ; Rose coloured Lime- and Alumina bearing 

 Variety of Talc, W. H. Hobhs, 70 ; Sphene Discovered by ProH 

 David in Bathurst (New South Wales) Granite, 78 ; the Grano- 

 phyre of theCarlingford and Morne Mountains, Prof. Spllas, 

 F.R.S., 109; .Minervite, a New Natural Phosphate, Aimand 

 Gautier, 1 19 ; Ovifak (Greenland) Iron, Henri Mois^an, 167 ; 

 New Method of Determining Compaiative Haidness of 

 Substances, August Rosinal, iSo ; Formation of Natural 

 Phosphates, Armand Gautier, 240; Selenite in Utah, Dr. 

 Talmage, 286 ; the Williams Collection of Minerals, L. 

 Fletcher, F. R.S., 357; Germanium found in Canfieldite, 

 Prof. Penfirld, 378 ; Analysis of Canfieldite, Prof. Penfield, 

 378; Spangolite, a Remarkable Cornish Mineral, II. A. 

 Miers, 426; Mackinloshile, W. E. Hidden, 431 

 Mines, Explosions in, with Special Reference to the Dust 



