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Index 



XXIX 



Nipher, 192; Method of Obtaining "Zero" Plate, Prof. 

 F. E. Nipher, 396; the " Orthostigmat " Lens, 188; 

 Photography in Colours, R. C. Bayley, 195 ; a Handbook of 

 Photography in Colours, Thomas Bolas, Alexander A. K. 

 Tallent. Edgar Senior, 434 ; Thos. Thorp's Modification of 

 Prof. Wood's Diffraction Process of Colour Photography, 580; 

 Action of Light on Silver as Demonstrated by Vapour- 

 condensation, General Waterhouse, 254 ; Lehrbuch der 

 Photochromie (Photographic der Nalurlichen Farben), 

 Wilhelm Zenker, Philip E. B. Jourdain, 316 ; Analytical 

 Portraiture, Francis Gallon, F.R.S., 320 ; Photographic Side 

 of Mr. F. Galton's Analytical Portraiture Suggestions, 374 ; 

 the Photc^raphy of Sound Waves, Prof. R. W. Wood, 342 ; 

 Dark Images of Photographed Lightning Discharges, J. B. 

 Hannay, 389; the Royal Photographical Society's Exhibi- 

 tion, 556 ; the " Panoram " Kodak, 556 ; J. W'. Gifford's 

 Quartz- calcite Lens with Identical Visual and Photographic 

 Focus, 563 ; on some Points connected with the Photography 

 of a Moving Object, W. E. Plummer, 565 ; A. R. Hinks, 

 565 

 Photometric Revision of Harvard Photometry, 37 

 Photometry of Corona, April 16, 1893, Prof. H. H. Turner, 86 

 Photometry, Colour (iii.). Sir William Abney, 273 

 Physical Geography : Circulation of Surface Waters of North 



Atlantic, H. N. Dickson, 286 

 Physics : Working Silica in the Oxy-gas Blowpipe Flame, 

 W. H. A. Shenstone, F.R.S., and H. G. Lacell, 20 ; Physical 

 Society, 23, 70, 118, 166,214; Astronomical Applications 

 of Physical Problems Investigated at Solar Physics Observa- 

 tory, Sir Norman Lockyer, 23 ; Some Speculations as to the 

 Part Played by Corpuscles in Physical Phenomena, Prof. J. J. 

 Thomson, F.R.S., 31 ; Escape of Gases from Planetary At- 

 mospheres, S. R. Cook, 54; Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney, 

 F.R.S., 78, 359; the Kinetic Theory of Planetary Atmo- 

 spheres, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 126, 189; Annalen der 

 Physik, 92, 211, 335, 381, 568, 639; Scientific Papers, Peter 

 Guthrie Tait, Secretary R.S.E., Prof. Horace Lamb, F.R.S., 

 99 ; a Simple Experiment on Thermal Radiation, Dr. K. T. 

 Fischer, 103 ; the Theory of Electrolytic Dissociation, H. C. 

 Jones, 121 ; Viscosities of Mixtures of Liquids, Dr. C. H. 

 Lees. 166; Death of M. Boutan, 179; the Weight of Hydro- 

 gen Desiccated by Liquid Air, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 189 ; 

 a Surface-tension Experiment, T. J. Baker, 196; Prof. 

 Henry Bourget, 269 ; Measurement of Surface-tension, J. S. 

 Stevens, 568 ; Dynamical Theory of Atmospheric Circula- 

 tion, Prof. V. Bjerknes, 200 ; Method of Studying Diffusion 

 of Air through Water, C. Barus, 210 ; the Law of Cailletet 

 and Mathias and the Critical Density, Prof. S. Young, 214; 

 Papers on Mechanical and Physical Subjects, Osborne Rey- 

 nolds, 243 ; the New Physical Laboratory at Owens College, 

 250 ; .Lther and Matter, Joseph Larmor, Prof, Geo. Fras. 

 Fitzgerald, F.R.S. , 265 ; Viscosity of Gases as Affected by 

 Temperature, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 287 ; Demonstration 

 of Earth's Rotation with i -Metre-long Pendulum, Alphonse 

 Berget, 288 ; le Fluor et ses Composes, Henri Moissan, 291 ; 

 Some Results Obtained with a Storage Battery of Twenty 

 Thousand Cells, Prof. John Trowbridge, 325 ; the Conduc- 

 tivity Produced in Gases by the Motion of Negatively-charged 

 Ions, J. S. Townsend, 340 ; Motion in an Infinite Elastic 

 Solid caused by Motion through it of a Body Acting on it 

 only by Attraction and Repulsion, Lord Kelvin, 360 ; Miiller- 

 Pouillet's I-ehrbuch der Physik und Meteorologie, 361 ; Ob- 

 servation of the Circular Components in the " Faraday Effect," 

 Prof. D. B. Brace, 368; Physical Structure of Asbestos, 

 Geoffrey Martin, 369 ; Recent Studies in Gravitation, Prof. 

 John H. Poynting, F.R.S., 403 ; Paris International Physical 

 Congress, Dr. Ch. Ed. Guillaume, 425; Difference of Poten- 

 tial between Solid Salt and its Solution, Dr. A. Campetti, 

 458 ; the Theory of Ions, 524 ; Deformation of Contact of 

 Elastic Bodies, A. Lafay, 544 ; the Rate of Increase of 

 Underground Heat, James Stirling, 555 ; Simple Experi- 

 ments on Phosphorescence, 599 ; Untersuchungen liber 

 Mikrostructuren des erstarrten Schwefels nebst Bemerkungen 

 iiber Sublimation, O. Butschli, 619 ; Untersuchungen tlber 

 . die Microstructur kiinstlicher und natiirlicher Kieselsaure- 

 , gallerten (Tabaschir, Ilydrophan, Opal), O. Butschli, 619 ; 

 Elementary Physics and Chemistry, R. A. Gregory, A. T. 

 Simmons, 620 ; Hardness of Metals, F. Auerbach, 639 ; 

 Introduction to Physical Chemistry, James Walker, Prof. 

 Arthur Smithells, 76 ; Theoretical and Physical Chemistry, 



Part. ii. Chemical Statics, J. H. van 't Hoff, 245 ; a Text- 

 book of Physical Chemistry, Dr. R. A. Lehfeldt, 292 ; 

 Physico-chemical Reaction : its Driving Energy and Tem- 

 perature Coefficients, Prof. T. W. Richards, 351. See also 

 Section A of the British Association 

 Physiography : a Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), 

 Physical Features and Geology, C. W. Andrews, 193 ; the 

 School Journey : a Means of Teaching Geography, Physio- 

 graphy and Elementary Science, Joseph H. Cowham, 619 

 Physiology : the Loss of Power ot Absorbing Oxygen by Blood 

 Caused by Injection of Carbonic Oxide, Dr. Adolfo Mou- 

 tuori, 18 ; Physiological Action of Compressed Oxygen, A. 

 Mosso, 492 ; Absorption of Free Oxygen by Normal Urine, 

 Daniel Berthelot, 592 ; Influence of Temperature on Activity 

 of Motor Nerves of Frog, J. Carvallo ; Functions of Crystal- 

 line Tube of Acephela, Henri Coupin, 47 ; Action of Anti- 

 leucocytic Serums on Blood Coagulation, C. Delezenne, 144 ; 

 Presence of Iodine in Blood, E. Gley and P. Bourcet, 216; 

 Arsenic and Iodine in Animal Organism, Armand Gautier, 

 383 ; Iodine in Organism, P. Bourcet, 384 ; Anti-coagulating 

 Power of Serum in Pathological State, Ch. Achard and A. 

 Clerc, 216; Function of Cell Nucleus in Absorption, H. 

 Stassano, 240 ; Action of High-frequency Currents on Ele- 

 mentary Respiration, M. Tripet, 240; die Moderne Physio- 

 logische Psychologic in Deutschland, W. Heinrich, 245 ; 

 the Relation of Stimulus to Sensation, Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan, 

 F.R.S., 278; Experimental Parthogenetic Segmentation in 

 Amphibia and Fish, E. Bataillon, 288 ; Beitrage zur Physio- 

 logic des elektrischen Organes der Zitterrochen (Torpedo), 

 Siegfried Garten, 290 ; Experimentation on Emotion, Prof. 

 C. S. Sherrington, F.R.S., 328 ; Lessons in Elementary 

 Physiology, Thos. H. Huxley, LL.D., F.R.S., Prof. E. A. 

 Schafer, F.R.S. , 363; an Introduction to the Study of the 

 Comparative Anatomy of Animals, G. C. Bourne, 364 ; 

 Physiology for the Laboratory, Bertha Millard Browne, 365 ; 

 Rechts-und Linkshandigkeit, Dr. Fritz Lueddeckens,W, L. H. 

 Duckworth, 409 ; Relation of Cell to Enzymes, Sir J. Burdon- 

 Sanderson, 423 ; Generative Process in Hoem.amcebids, Prof. 

 E. R. Lankester, 424 ; the Last Sign of Life Determined by 

 Electricity, A. D. Waller, 492 ; Effects of Work of Active 

 on Inactive Muscular Groups, MM. Kronecker and Cutter, 

 492 ; Haemoglobin not Estimable by Absorbing Power of 

 Blood, L. G. de St. Martin, 520 ; the Nitro-celluloses, Leo 

 Vignon, 520; on the Effects of Copper on the Human Body, 

 Dr. T. W. Hime, 566 ; Physiology, Plant : Chlorophyll a 

 Sensitiser, Prof. Clement Timiriazeff, 102 ; Dr. Horace T. 

 Brown, F.R.S., 103; Recent Investigations on Rust of 

 Wheat, William G. Smith, 352 ; Fungus Diseases of Citrus 

 Trees in Australia, and their Treatment, D. Macalpine, 494 ; 

 Ascent of Sap, Dr. Henry H. Dixon, Dr. J. Joly, F.R.S., 

 572 ; Tobacco, 576 

 Pickering (Prof. W.), Swift's Comet (1892 I.), 501 

 Pigments, Note on some Blue and Red, Prof. T. D. A. 



Cockerell, 31 

 Pike (Oliver G.), in Birdland with Field-glass and Camera, 417 

 Pinget (H.), Development of Iron Industry in France, 535 

 Pirrson (L. V.), Determination of Minerals in thin Rock 



Sections, 638 

 Pisciculture in the United States, Dr. Whitten, 423 

 Pitcairn Islands, Stone Implements from, J. Allen Brown, 1 19 

 Pitmanese Phonetics, Laura Soames, 220 

 Pitt-Rivers (Lieut. -General, F.R.S), Death of, 33; Obituary 



Notice of, 59 

 Plague: the Plague, 231 ; Rats and Plague, Dr. Frank Tids- 



well, 273 ; the Plague in Glasgow, 456, 498, 577 

 Planets : Ephemeris for Eros, 20, 1 10, 184, 459^501, 535, 581, 

 606, 630 ; Determination of Solar Parallax from Opposition 

 of Eros, Prof. S. Newcomb, 20 ; Photographic Observation 

 of Eros, Prof. Howe, 137 ; Howe's Photographic Observa- 

 tion of Eros, A. C. D. Crommelin, 184 ; Opposition of Eros, 

 M. Loewy, 630 ; Escape of Gases from Planetary Atmospheres, 

 S. R. Cook, 54; Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney. F.R.S., 78 ; the 

 Kinetic Theory of Planetary Atmospheres, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 

 F.R.S., 126; Occultation of Saturn, 137; Rotation Period of 

 Venus, Prof. A. Belopolsky, 160 ; Photographic Observations 

 of Satellite of Neptune, M. S. Kostinsky, 161 ; Jeremiah 

 Horrocks and the Transit of Venus, 257 ; the Stability of a 

 Swarm of Meteorites and of a Planet and Satellite, Prof. A. 

 Gray, F.R.S., 582; New Planetary Nebula, R. G. Aitken, 

 606 



