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 Soveinbcr 30, 1893 J 



Index 



xxxm 



Rateau(M.), the Hypothesis of Sub-Continental Bells, 4S4 



Rattlesnake, Supposed Suicide of a, W. H. Wood, 391 ; E. 

 L. Garbett, 438; Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 369 



Ravenstein (E. G.), Relationship between Physical Geography 

 and Geology, 554 



Rawson (Christopher), a Manual of Dyeing, 170 



Rayleigh (Rt. Hon. Lord, F. K.S.), Interference Bands and their 

 Applications, 212 ; Astronomical Photography, 391 ; Grind- 

 ing and Polishing of Glass Surfaces, 526; a Simple Interference 

 Experiment, 528 



Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Election of Fellows, 421 



Reason versus Instinct, Charles William Parnell, Dr. Alfred R. 

 Wallace, 73 



Rebeur Paschwitz (Dr. E. von). Earth Movements, 326 ; a Re- 

 markable Source of Error, 401 



Rebiire (A.), Mathcmatiques et Mathemaliciens, Pensees et 

 Curiosiies, 410 



Reciprocating Mechanism, Automatic Balance of, Mr. Beaumont, 



Recoura(A.), Chromopyrosulphuric Acid, 253, 264 

 Rede Lecture, the, Prof. Michael Foster, Sec. R. S , 178 

 Reed (F. R. C), Abnormal Forms of Spirifera Lineata from 



Carboniferous Limestone, 143 

 Reed (L.), Capillary Separation of Substances and Solution, 



118 

 Reid (Prof. E. W.), Process of Secretion in Skin of Common 



Eel, 260 

 Reid (Dr. Thos.), a Portable Ophthalmometer, 44 

 Keinold (Prof. A. W.), Thickness and Electrical Resistance of 



Thin Liquid Films,- 115; Thickness and Electrical Con- 

 ductivity of Thin Liquid Films, 624 

 Remarkable Hailstorms, Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis, 294 

 Remington (E. C), Luminous Discharges in Electrode!ess 



Vacuum Tubes, 45 

 Research Laboratories for Women, Prof. A. W. Riicker, F.R.S., 



590 

 Relgers (Dr.), Products of Sublimation of Arsenic, 510 



Reviews a.nd Our Bookshelf : — 

 Physics, Advanced Course, George F. Barker, Prof. Oliver 



Lodge, F.R.S., I 

 Die Kosmologie der Babylonier, P. Jensen, 2 

 Elements of Physiography, Dr. Hugh Dickie, 3 

 Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-86, J. W. 



Powell, 3 

 A. E. Brehm, Les Merveilles de la Nature, La Terre, les 



Mers et les Continents, Geographic Physique, Gtologie et 



Mineralogie, Fernand Priem, Prof. A. H. Green, F.R.S., 



2S 



The Collected Papers of Sir Wm. Bowman, Bart. F.R.S., 



Edited by J. Burdon Sanderson, F.R.S., and J. W. Hulke, 



F.R..S., 26 

 Aids to Biology, Joseph W. Williams, 26 

 Public Health Problems, John F. J. Sykes, 27 

 Galenic Pharmacy, R. A. Cripps, 27 

 Lehrbuch der Allegemeinen Chemie, Dr. Wilhelm Ostwald, 



J. W. Rodger, 49 

 The Steam Engine : a Treatise on Steam Engines and 



Boilers, Daniel KInnear Clark, N. J. Lockyer, 51 

 Louis Agassir, his Life and Work, Dr. Charles Frederick 



Holder, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 52 

 Beitriige zur Biologic und Anatomic der Lianen, im Beson- 



derenderinBrasilieneinheimischen Arten, Dr. H. Schenck, 



S3 

 The Intelligence of Animals, Charles Wm. Purnell, Dr. 



Alfred R. Wallace, 73 

 The Principles of Agriculture, G. Fletcher, 74 

 Au Bord de la Mer, Geologic, Faune et Flore des Cotes de 



France, Dr. E. L. Trouessart, 74 

 Modern Meteorology : an Outline of the Growth and Present 



Condition of some of its Phases, Frank Waldo, Wm. E. 



Plummer, 97 

 Telephone Lines and their Properties, Wm. J. Hopkins, 



Francis G. Baily, 99 

 An Elementary Treatise on Modern Pure Geometry, R. 



Lachlan, 100 

 Analytical Index to the Works of the late John Gould, F.R.S., 



R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL. U., 100 

 An Elementary Treatise on Pure Geometry, J. W. Russell, 



lOI 



Sun, Moon and Stars, Astronomy for Beginners, A. Gilberne, 



lOI 



A Vertebrate Fauna of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides, J. A. 



Harvey Brown and T. E. Buckley, 123 

 Gun and Camera in Southern Africa, H. Anderson Bryden, 



125 

 Dictionary of Applied Chemistry, Prof. T. E. Thorpe, 



F.R.S., Sir H. E. Roscoe, F.R.S., 145 

 The Universal Atlas, 147 



Types of Animal Life, St. George Mivart, F.R.S., I48 

 Science Teaching in Schools, Dr. Henry Dyer, 148 

 Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable, Dr. A. R. 



Forsyth, Prof. W. Burnside, F.R.S., 169 

 A Manual of Dyeing for the Use of Practical Dyers, &c. , 



Edmund Knecht, Christopher Rawson, Richard Loewen- 



thal. Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 170 

 A Manual of Bacteriology, G. M. Sternberg, 172 

 Lehrbuch derZoologie, Prof. Richard Hertwig, Prof. E. Ray 



Lankester, F.R.S., 173 

 Zoology of the Invertebrata, A. O. Shipley, Prof. E. Ray 



Lankester, F.R.S., 173 

 Das Genetische System der Chemischen Elemente, W. Preyer, 



173 

 The Future of British Agriculture, Prof. Sheldon, 174 

 Dynamo Electric Machinery, Silvanus P. Thompson, 193 

 Capt. Cook's Journal, 1768-81, edited by Capt. J. L. Whar- 

 ton, F.R.S., Sir J. D. Hooker, F.R.S., 195 

 The Soil in Relation to Health, H. A. Miersand R. Crossley, 



196 

 Practical Astronomy, P. S. Michie and S. F. Harlow, 197 

 The Great Barrier Reef of Australia, W. Saville-Kent, Prof. 



A. C. Haddon, 217 

 A Manual of Bacteriology, A. B. Griffiths, 219 

 Die Thermodynamik in der Chemie, J. J. Van Laar, 220 

 Discussion of the Precision of Measurements, S. W. Holman, 



221 

 Traite Pratique d' Analyse Chimique et de Recherches Toxi- 



cologiques, C. Guerin, 221 

 The Glacial Nightmare and the Flood, Sir Henry H. 



Howorth, F.R.S., T. McKenny Hughes, F.R.S., 242 

 Original Papers on Dynamo Machinery and Allied Subjects, 



J. Hopkinson, F. U.S., Prof. A. Gray, 244 

 The Dynamo, C. C. Hawkins and F. Wallis, Prof. A. Gray, 



244 

 Modern Microscopy, M. J. Cross, 246 

 Lectures on Sanitary Law, A. Winter Blyth, 247 

 Vertebrate Embryology, A. Milnes Marshall, Prof. E. R. 



Lankester, F.R.S., 265 

 Essays on Rural Hygiene, George Vivian Poore, 266 

 Die Klimate der Geologischen Vergangenheit und ihre 



Beziehung zur Entwickelungsgeschichte der Sonne, Eug. 



Dubors, 266 

 Polarization Rotatoire, Reflexion et Refraction Vitreuses, 



Reflection Metallique, G. Foussereau, 266 

 Primitive Music, Richard Wallaschek, Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan, 



290 

 Some Further Recollections of a Happy Life, selected from 



the Journals of Marianne North, edited by Mrs. John 



Addington Symonds, 291 

 Elements of Psychology, James Mark Baldwin, 292 

 An Introduction to the Study of Geology, Edward Aveling, 



292 

 Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum, George 



Albert Boulengcr, W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., 313 

 A Handbook for Travellers in Switzerland, 314 

 A Handbook on the Steam Engine, Herman Ilaeder, N. J. 



Lockyer, 314 

 Heat, Mark H. Wright, 315 

 The Protection of Woodlands, John Nisbet, 337 

 Brief Guide to the Common Butterflies of the United States 



and Canada, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, W. F. Kirby, 



338 

 The Life of a Butterfly, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, W. F. 



Kirby, 338 

 Life with Trans-Siberian Savages, E. Douglas Howard, 339 

 Advanced Physiology, R. A. Gregory and J. C. Christie, 339 

 Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 340 

 Old and New Astronomy, Richard A. Proctor, 361 

 Erdbebenkunde. Die F.rscheinungen und Ursachen der Erd- 



beben, die Methoden ihrer Beobachtungen, Dr. Rudolf 



Hoernes, 363 



