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Index 



XXIX 



Newall (H. B. ), Astronomical Photography, 517 



Newall Telescope, the, 233 



Newall (Prof. McF. A.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 421 



Newstead (A. H. L. ), the Pervisceral Cavity in Ciona, 332 



Newton and Co.'s New Gyroscope Top, 354 



Newton {Prof. Alfred, F. R.S. ), Mr. H. O. Forbes' Discoveries 



in the Chatham Islands, loi, 150 

 Newton (Prof. H. A.), Fireball of January 13, 1893, 524 

 Niagara Falls, Works of Cataract Construction Company at, 444 

 Nicolle (M. ), Modificationof Loeffler's Method for Exhibiting 



Cilia of Mlcro-Organisnis in Stained Preparations, 399 

 Niessl (Prof, von), an Ascending Meteor, 209 

 Nitride of Iron, on the Preparation and Properties of, G. J. 



Fowler, 529 

 Nitriles in a State of Purity, a Method of Preparing, Prof. 



Michaelis and Dr. Siebert, 39 

 Nitro Metals, a New Series of Compounds of Metals with 



Nitrogen Peroxide, A. E. Tutton, 524 

 Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, 115,333 

 Noetling (Dr.), the Amber and Jade Mines of Upper Burma, 



13; a New Variety of Amber, "Burmite," 13 

 Nomenclature, Variable Star, 81 

 Nomenclature, Ocean, 112 



Non- Inheritance of Acquired Characters, Dr Alfred R. Wal- 

 lace, F. R.S., 267 ; Dr. C. Herbert Hurst, 368 

 Norcock (Captain Chas. J.), Atmospheric Phenomenon in the 



North China Sea, 76 

 Nordenskiold (G. ), the Inner Structure of Snow Crystals, 592 

 Nordling (VV. de), France and International Time, 330 

 Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Transactions of, 621 

 North Pole, Wanderings of the. Sir Robert Ball, 349 

 North (Marianne), Some Further Recollections of a IlappyLife, 



selected from the Journals of, Mrs. John Addington Sytnonds, 



291 

 Norway, Disastrous Landslip in, 78 

 Norwegian Antarctic Whaling Expedition, 574 

 Norway, the Hessian Fly in, 618 

 Nottingham Meeting of the British Association, Prof. Frank 



Clowes, 295, 344, 419; J. S. Burdon Sanderson's, F. R.S., 



Inaugural Address, 464 

 Nottingham Water Supply, Source of, Prof. E. Hull, 532 

 Nova Aurigas, the Genesis of, Richard A. Gregory, 6 

 Nova (T.) Aurigse Spectrum, W. W. Campbell, 524 

 Nova Scotia, Hurricane in, 398 



Objectives, Optical Tests for, Dr. Ludwig Mach, 16 



Observatories: Royal Observatory, Greenwich, H2 ; Annual 

 Visitation of the Greenwich Observatory, 127 ; the Astro- 

 Physical Observatory, 184 ; the Observatory of Vale Uni- 

 versity, 327 ; Proposed New Telescope for Cambridge Ob- 

 servatory, 358 ; Mr. Tebbutt's Observatory, 483 ; Celestial 

 Photography at the Paris Observatory, 617 ; a New Astro- 

 nomical Observatory at Manila, 623 ; Kew Observatory, 

 Appointment of Mr. Charles Chree as Superintendent, ii ; 

 the Meteorological Observatory on Ben Nevis, 428 ; the 

 Mont Blanc Oljservatory, 522, 549 



Ocean Nomenclature, 112 



Oddone (Signer), Earth's Magnetism in Neighbourhood of 

 Magnetic Rocks, 274 



OJessa, Zapiski (Memoirs) of Novoros Sian_ Society of Natu- 

 ralists, 92 



Oettel (Dr.), Action of Platinum and Copper Electrodes and of 

 Acid and Neutral Solutions upon Amount of Copper Deposit, 

 230 



Officer (Graham), the Glacier Theory of Alpine Lakes, 198 ; 

 New Conclusions, 342 



Official Catalogue of the Exhibition of the German Empire at the 

 Columbian Universal Exhibition in Chicago, 176 



Ognofr(Dr. J.), Neurokeratin, 18S 



Ohlmiiller (Herr), Chemical and Bacterial Condition of Elbe at 

 Magdeburg, 399 



Oil Bubbles, on a Peculiar Motion assumed by, in Ascending 

 Tubes containing Caustic Solutions, F. T. Trouton, 529 



Oil Spreading on Sea Surface, Prof. Oberbeck, 181 



Old and New Astronomy, Richard A. Proctor, 361 ; A. C. 

 Ranyard,4l6; the Reviewer, 416 ; S. D. Proctor-Smyth, 438 ; 

 the Reviewer, 438 



Oldham (H. Y.), appointed to Cambridge Geographical 

 Lectureship, 138 ; Relationship between Physical Geography 

 and Geology, 554 



Oldham (R. L).), the Bacchus Marsh Boulder Beds, 416 



01igodynamic,Phenomena of Living Cells, Prof. Carl V.Nageli, 



331 

 Olitzky (Herr), Antagonistic Effects of Bacillus Fluorescens 



Liquefaciens on other Organisms, 181 

 Oliver (Prof. F. W.), Fogs and Horticulture, l8 

 Olson (O. T. ), Flashing Lights for Marine Purposes, 557 

 On and Thebes, the Astronomical History of, J. Norman 



Lockyer, F.R.S., 318, 371 

 Ophidia, Development of Pancreas in, G. Saint-Remy, 536 

 Optics : a Simple Optical Photometer, Dr. Simonoff, 12 ; Photo- 

 meter for Measuring Intensities of Lights of Different Colours, 

 A. M. Meyer, 309 ; a Photometric Method Independent of 

 Colour, O. N. Rood, 535 ; Optical Tests for Objectives, Dr. 

 Ludwig Mach, 16: Electro-Optics, A. B. Basset, F.R.S., 

 34 ; a Portable Ophthalmometer, Dr. Thos. Reid, 44 ; 

 Peculiar Phenomenon of Light Refraction on Snow, A. W. 

 Whitney, 60 ; Method of Obtaining Determination of Re- 

 fractive Index of Atmosphere for every portion of 

 Photographic Spectrum, Messrs. Kajser and Runge, 

 60; Atomic Refraction of Nitrogen, Prof. Briihl, 60; 

 Comparison of Intensities of Light by the Photo-Electric 

 Method, J. Elster and H. Geitel, 91 ; the Phenomenon of 

 Mirage^ Illustrated, MM. de Lepinay and Perot, 109 ; Method 

 of Studying Process of Diffusion in Liquids, O. Wiener, 109 ; 

 Diffraction of Light at Straight Sharp Edge of Screen, 

 Eugen Maey, 141 ; Diffraction Gratings, Local Anomalies, 

 A. Cornu, 144 ; Experiments on Permeability of Metallic 

 Wire-Gratings to Polarised Heat Rays, Dr. Rubens, 2884 

 Polarisation of Undiffracted Infra-Red Radiation by Metal 

 Wire Gratings, H. E. J. G. du Bois and H. Rul^ens, 406 ; a 

 Photometer, E. W. Lehmann, 406; Alternations of Colours 

 presented by Giatings,Georges Meslin, 432 ; Aperture Fringes 

 in the Experiment with Parallel Gratings, M. Georges 

 Meslin, 608 ; a Reflecting Kaleidoscope, Dr. John Gorham, 

 159 ; Apparatus Illustrating Prof. Michelson's Method of 

 Producing Interference Bands, Edwin Edser, 159; Inter- 

 ference Bands and their Applications, Lord Ray]eigh,F.R.S., 

 212 ; Apparatus Illustrating Michelson's Method of Obtain- 

 ing Interference Bands, Edwin Edser, 372 ; Curious Illusion, 

 M. Bourdon, 180; Is Colour-Blindness a Product of Civili- 

 sation? Messrs. Blake and Franklin, 206; the True Origin 

 of Contrast Colours, A. M. Mayer, 274 ; Dialhermarous 

 Power of Ebonite for Heat-Waves, Riccardo Arno, 299 ; 

 Colours of Sky-, Sun-, Cloud-, and Candle-Light, Capt. 

 Abney, F.R.S., 333 ; Magneto-Optic Rotation, Prof. Andrew 

 Gray, 345 ; Absorption of Light by Platinum at Different 

 Temperatures, Dr. G. B. Rizzo, 377 ; Charpentier'.s Experi- 

 ments Demonstrative of an Oscillatory Process in the Organ 

 of Vision and of its Dimensions, 380 ; Absorption of Light 

 bv Liquid Bromine, Charles Caniichel, 384 ; a Curious Optical 

 Phenomenon, Dr. A. Wille, 391 ; Hering's Theory ofColour 

 Vision, C. L. Franklin, 517 ; Remarkable Case of Resusci- 

 tation of an Optical Image, Prof. T. Vignoli, 545 ; Simple 

 Method of Measuring Retardation in Minerals Cut in Thin 

 Plates, G. Cesaro, 583. 



Orchitic Liquid, Physiological and Therapeutic Effects of Injec- 

 tion of, MM. Brown-Sequard and d'Arsonval, 23 



Order or Chaos ? 241 



Organic Colour, on the Origin of, F. T. Mott, 575 



Orientation : the Orientation of Greek Temples, F. C. Penrose, 

 42 ; the Influence of Egypt upon Temple Orientation in 

 Greece, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 417 ; Orientation of 

 Temples by the Pleiades, R. G. Haliburton, 566 



Ormerod (Eleanor A.), a Few Remarks on Insect Prevalence 

 during the Summer 1893, 394 



O'Reilly (Prof. J. P.), Meeting of the French Association, 448 



Ornithology : an Analytical Index to the Works of the late 

 John Gould, F. R.S., R. Bowdler Sharpe, too; Hawks and 

 Owls the Farmer's Friends, Dr. A. K. Fisher, 133 ; Wild 

 Birds Protection, 133 ; Effect of Emotion on Song of Birds, 

 Dr. Morris Gibbs, 156 ; Soaring of Hawk, F. C. Constable, 

 223 ; Carrier Pigeons, F. W. Headley, 223 ; Birds' Method 

 of Steering, F. W. Headley, 293 ; Birds' Steering Methods, 

 F. A. Lucas, 414 ; Adventures of a Dabchick in St. James's 

 Park, T. B. Pigott, 322; Imitation or "Instinct " by a Male 

 Thrush, E. Boscher, 369 ; Birds in a Village, W. II. 

 Hudson, 409 ; Sexual Colouration of Birds, T. C. Headley, 

 413 ; the Identity of Shakespeare's Russet pated Choughs, J. 

 E. Harting, 445 ; the Coccilea of Birds, Alphonse Labbe, 

 536 : Mechanical Genesis of Form of Fowl's Egg, Dr. J. A. 

 Ryder, 597 



