Nature, 

 December 13, 19CO. 



Index 



XXXI 



Trowbridge. 211 ; Cadett and Neall's X-Riy Papar, 253 ; 



•• Influence of Spirk-gap on Generation of Rontgen Riys, A. 

 Winkelmann, 568 ; Ne>vton's Rings fnm Selenium Rays, 

 A. C. Longden, 273 ; Phosphorescence Unaffected by Mag- 

 netic Field, A. de Hemptinne, 323 ; Artificial Radio-active 

 Birium, A. D;bierni, 3S?; a "Dirk" Limj, Gistave le 

 Bon, 532 ; Radiation of a Black Body on the Electro- magnetic 

 Theory, Dr. H. C. Pocklington, 564 



Riffli5(Sir Stanford), E.i jLinJ in theFarEist, H. E. Ejerton, 

 548 



R\ils, Steel, the Cause of Fracture of, 437 



Railways : The Proposed Railway up Mont Blanc, J. and H. 

 Vallot, 62 ; the Metropolitan District Short Electric Railway 

 Line, 107; the Halford Gradient Railway, 180; the Con- 

 ditions of High Speed on Railways, 181 ; Specially 

 built Tram for Experiment on Atmospheric Resistance, 

 200 ; the Transbaikalian Railway, 253 ; What Pressure 

 is Dangerous on Electric Railways with Overhead Trolley, 

 William Rung. 399 ; Railways and Moving Platforms, Prof. 

 John Perry, F.R.S., 412 ; Lieut. -Colonel W. Sedgwick, 436 ; 

 Electric Traction in Germany, 532 ; on the Question of a 

 Railway Connection between Europe and India, Colonel Sir 

 Thomas W. Holdich, 590 



Rainfall of the Northern Counties of England, on the, 

 J. Hopkinson, 563 



Rainfall, Symons's British, H. Sowerby Wallis, 435 



Ramage (H.), on a Method of Investigating Correspondence 

 between Spectra, 563 



Rambaut (Dr. A. A.), Unpublished Observations at Radcliff'e 

 Observatory, 1774-1838, 64 



Randall-Maclver (D. ), on the Present State of our Knowledge 

 of the Modern Population of Egypt, 636 



Range-finders, Prof. W. Stroud, 607 



Kansome (W. L. ), Carnotite, 432 



Rats : Bacteriological Methods of Exterminating Rats, J. 

 Danysz, 84 ; Rats and Plague, Dr. Frank Tidswell, 273 



Ravenstein (E. G.), on Foreign and Colonial Surveys, 590; on 

 the Geographical Distributions of Relative Humidity, 590 



Ray (Sidney H), the Peopling of Australia, 621 



Riyet (G.), Comet igooi (Borelly-Brooks), 464 



Rayleigh (Lord, F.RS.), the Mechanics of Flight, 108; the 

 Weight of Hydrogen Desiccated by Liquid Air, 189; Viscosity 

 of Gases as aflfected by Temperature, 287 



Reorganisation of the Education Department, the, 209 



Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Anniversary Meeting of, 430 



Reasoning, the Psychology of, Alfred Binet, 388 



Rebiere (A.), Pages Choises des Savants Modernes, 6 



Reclamation of Land from Tidal Waters, the, Alexander 

 Beazeley, 266 



Recognition Marks, Antelopes and their, R. L Pocock, 584 



Recording Telephones, 371 



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

 Cockerell, 31 



Red Sea, Origin and Formation of, A. Issel, 201 



Redlich (Dr. K.), Cambrian Fossils of Eastern Salt-Range 

 (India), 36 



Reed.(F. R. C), Igneous Rocks of Waterford Coast, 167 



Reed (Captain Wm. J.), Tenacity of Life of the Albatross, 

 621 



Reef-knolls, on the Formation of, R. H. Tiddeman, 587 ; 

 J. E. Marr, 587 



Reform of Mathematical Teaching, the, David Mair, 389 ; 

 Henry Woollen, 436; W. F. Beard, 466; C. E.Stromeyer, 

 523 ; Oliver Heaviside, 548 



Refracting Telescopes, Colour Screens for, T. J. J. See and 

 G. H. Peters, 37 



Refraction of the Eye, the, including a Complete Treatise on 

 Ophthalmometry, A. Edward Davis, 6 



Reid (Clement, F.R.S.), the Origin of the British Flora, 268 



Relation of Stimulus to Sensation, the. Prof. C. Lloyd-Morcan, 

 F.R.S.,278 



Religion : Malay Magic : being an Introduction to the Folk- 

 lore and Popular Religion of the Malay Peninsula, W. W, 

 Skeat, 145 



Remy's (Dr.) Localising Apparatus for Rontgen Rays, 180 



Repington (C.), E.jgs of Wood L2op.ird Moth, 321 



Reservoir-burst at Forres, 457 



Resins: Die Harze und die Hirzebahalter, A. Tschirch, 316 



Resistance CjiU, improved Standard, R. S. Wnipple, 563 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf :— 



La Spedizione di sua Altezza Reale il Principe Luigi Amedeo 



di Savoia, Ducadegli Abruzzi, al Monte Sant' Elia (Alaska), 



1897, Dottore Filippo de Filippi, i 

 Vorlesungen iiber Hydrodynamische Fernkrafte nach C. A. 



Bierknes' Theorie, V. Bierknes, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 



F.R.S., 3 

 Photo-micrography, Dr. Edmund J. Spitta, 4 

 Notes on Sport and Travel, George Henry Kingsley, 5 

 Irrigation and Drainage, Principles and Practice of : their 



Cultural Phases, F. H. King, 5 

 The Refraction of the Eye, including a Complete Treatise on 



Ophthalmometry. A Clinical Text-book for Students and 



Practitioners, A. Edward Davis, 6 

 A Key to the Birds of Australia and Tasmania, with their 



Geographical Distribution in Australia, R. Hall, 6 

 Pages Choisies des Savants Modernes, A. Rebiere, 6 

 Les Vieux Arbres de La Normandie, Henri Gadeau de 



Kerville, 7 

 Pompeii : its Life and Art, August Mau, 7 

 Naturalism and Agnosticism , James Ward, 25 

 The Races of Europe : a Sociological Study, William Z. 



Ripley, Prof. A. C. Haddon, F.R S., 27 

 Histologische Beitriige, Heft VI. : Ueber Reauktionstheilung, 



Spindelbildung,Centrosomen und Cilienbildner im Pflanzen- 



reich, E. Strasburger, Prof. J. B. Farmer, 28 

 Mechanism of Weaving, T. W. Fox, 29 

 Le9ons d'Optiques .Geometrique a I'Usage des Aleves de 



Mathematiques Speciales, E. Wallon, 30 

 Therapeutic Electricity and Practical Muscle Testing, W. S. 



Hedley, 30 

 Lessons in Botany, Prof. George F. Atkinson, 30 

 Outlines of Plant Life, with Special Reference to Form and 



Function, Prof. Charles Reid Barnes, 30 

 The Grammar of Science, Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 49 

 The Principles of Mechanics Presented in a New Furm, 



Heinrich Hertz, 50 

 The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh 

 , and Babylon, R. C. Thompson, 51 

 Elements de la Theorie des Nombres, E. Cahen, 52 

 Atlas of Urinary Sediments, with Special Reference to their 



Clinical Significance, Dr. Herman Riedel, 53 

 Dante, Edmund G. Gardner, 53 

 The Farmstead, Prof. J. P. Roberts, 53 

 Object Lessons in Botany from Forest, Field, Wayside and 



Garden, Edward Snelgrove, 53 

 The Principles of Bacteriology, Dr. Ferdinand Ilueppe, Dr. 



A. C. Houston, 73 

 Vinification dans les Pays Chauds — Algerie et Tunisie, J, 



Dugast. 74 

 A Vertebrate Fauna of the Shetland Islands, A. H. Evans, 



T. E. Buckley, 75 

 Introduction to Physical Chemistry, James Walker, Prof. 



Arthur Smithells, 76 

 Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaense in the British 



Museum, Vol. II. Catalogue of the Arctiadae {Nolinae, 



Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum, Sir 



George F. Hampson, Bart., 77 

 Giordano Bruno, zur Erinnerung an den 17 Februar, 1600, 



Alois Reihl, 77 

 Christian Freidrich Schonbein, 1799-1868, George W. A. 



Kahlbaumund Ed. Schaer, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 97 

 Scientific Papers, Peter Guthrie Tait, Sec. R.S.E., Prof. 



Horace Lamb, F.R.S., 99 

 British Birds, with some Notes in Reference to their Plumage, 



C. W. Wyatt, 100 

 Our Native (American) Birds, how to Protect them and 



Attract them to our Homes, D. Lange, 100 

 Der Ursprung der Kultur, L. Frobenius, loi 

 The Amateur's Practical Garden Book, C. E. Hunn, L. H. 



Bailey, loi 

 Man and His Ancestor : a Study in Evolution, Charles 



Morris, loi 

 A First Geometry Book, J. G, Hamilton, F. Kettle, loi 

 The Theory of Electrolytic Dissociation, H. C. Jones, 121 

 Traite de Zoologie Concrete. T. ii. iro Partie. M6so- 



zoaires— Spongiaires, Yves Delage, Edgard Herouard, 122 

 Les Charbons Britanniques et leur ifepuisement, E. Loze, 



Bennett H. Brough, 124 



