Nature, T 



Decembtr 13, 1900 J 



Index 



Vll 



Blood, Historical Aspects of the Discovery of the Circulation of 

 the, Prof. T. Clifford Allbutt, F.R.S., 630 



Bloomer(H. H.). the Reparative Power of the Pond-Mussel, 274 



Bodroux (F.), Direct Production by Wet Method of Crystalline 

 Mercuric and Mercurous Iodides, 191 



Bois (H. du), Magnetic Screening for Galvanometers, ?ii 



Bolas (Thomas), a Handbook of Photography in Colours, 434 



BoUettino della Societa Sismologica Italiana, 93, 286 



Bombay, Earthquake in, 578 



Bonney (Prof. T. G., F.R.S.), Snow-Drifts on Ingleborough, 

 412 ; Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United 

 Kingdom: The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain, vol. L, the 

 Gault and Upper Greensand of England, A. J. Jukes- 

 Browne, 617 



Bore, the Severn, \'aughan Cornish, 126 



Borneo, on Relics of the Stone Age in, Dr. A. C. Haddon, 

 637 ; Dr. C. Hose, 637 



Borrelly- Brooks, Comet, 1900 b., 324, 352, 377, 535 ; G. 

 Rayet and A. Ferand, 464 



Buse (Prof. Jagadis Chunder), Electric Touch and Molecular 

 Changes produced by Electric Waves, 335 ; on the Effect of 

 Electrical Stimulus on Organic and Inorganic Substances, 564 



Botany: Death of Prof. Kyokichi Yatabe, 15; Lessons in 

 Botany, Prof. George F. Atkinson, 30 ; Outlines of Plant 

 Life with Special Reference to Form and Function, Prof. 

 Charles Reid Barnes, 30 ; Note on some Blue and Red 

 Pigments, Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, 31 ; the High-Level 

 Flora of Tibet, W. B. Hemsley, 46 ; the Flora of the 

 Andes, H. H. W. Pearson, 46 ; Linnean Society, 46, 143, 

 215, 262 ; Indigo Fermentation, Prof. Beyerinck, 47 ; Indican, 

 J. Hazewinkel, 47 ; Prof. Hoogewerff and H. ter Meulen, 

 47 ; Modifications of Structure in Cells in True Fermenta- 

 tion, MM. L. Matruchot and M. Molliard, 47 ; Object 

 Lessons in Botany from Forest, Field, Wayside and- Garden, 

 Edward Snelgrove, 53 ; Codium, 63 ; Ousounify, a New 

 Edible Tuber from the Soudan, Maxime Cornu, 72 ; the 

 Textile Uses of Peat, Herr Zschorner, 108 ; Composition of 

 Albumen of St. Ignatius and Nux Vomica Beans, Em. 

 Bourquelot and J. Laurent, 120; Reserve Carbohydrates of 

 St. Ignatius Bean and Nux Vomica, Em. Bourquelot and 

 J. Laurent, 336 ; Bamboo Manna, David Hooper, 127 ; 

 Rubber Cultivation in Samoa, 136; Rubber Forests in Peru, 

 578 ; Effect of Iron upon the Growth of Grass, 151 ; Plant 

 Hybrids, Wilfred Mark Webb, 174 ; Variations in Plants of 

 the Herb Paris, Miss L. Eleanor J ex Blake, 174; Death of 

 W. P. Sladen, 179 ; Mummy Cereals, Edmond Gain, 191 ; 

 Insect Visitors to Iris, Prof. J. G. Needham, 201 ; Static 

 Diffusion of Gases and Liquids in relation to Carbon- 

 assimilation and Translocation in Plants, H. T. Brown, F.R.S., 

 and F. Escombe, 212 ; Reserve Carbohydrates in Seed of 

 Trifoliujii repens, H. Herissey, 216; Diatomacese of Lakes 

 Brianza and Segrino, Dr. Benedetto Corti, 232 ; the Poison 

 of Lotus Arabiats, W. R. Dunstan, F.R.S , and T. A. 

 Henry, 238 ; Journal of Botany, 260, 520 ; Composition of 

 Albumen of Gleditschia triaccinthos Seed, Maurice Goret, 

 264 ; the Origin of the British Flora, Clement Reid, F.R.S., 

 268 ; Action of Dry and Moist Air on Plants, M. Eberhardt, 

 312 ; Influence of Dry Air on Plant Structure, M. Eberhardt, 

 520 ; Le Cafe, Culture — Manipulation — Production, Henri 

 Lecomte, 338 ; Untersuchungen ueber d. Vermehrung d. 

 Laubmoose durch Brutorgane und Stecklinge, Dr. Carl 

 Correns, 339; Recent Investigations on Rust of Wheat, 

 William G. Smith, 352 ; Electrical Effect of Light on Green 

 Leaves, 358 ; Die Glykocide, Dr. J. J. I. Van Rijn, 363 ; 

 Amyl Ester of Eudesmic Acid in Eucalyptus Oils, H. G. 

 Smith, 384 ; the Trembling of the Aspen Leaf, Henry J. 

 Colbourn, 436 ; Action of Total Pressure of Carbon Dioxide 

 on Assimilation by Chlorophyll, Jean Friedel, 464 ; Fungus 

 Diseases of Citrus Trees in Australia, and their Treatment, 

 D. McAlpine, 494 ; Missouri Botanical Garden, Eleventh 

 Annual Report, 495 ; Large Puff Balls, W. A. Sanford, 496 ; 

 Wood of Peat Bog Conifers, L. G. de Lamarliere, 520 ; Leaf 

 Decay and Autumn Tints, P. Q. Keegan, 523 ; Illustrations 

 of the Botany of Capt. Cook's Voyage round the World in 

 H.M.S. Endeavour in 1768-71, Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph 

 Banks and Dr. Daniel Solander, with Determinations by 

 James Britten, W. Botting Hemsley, F.R.S. , 547; Pflanzen 

 und Tierverbreitung, Prof. Alfred Kirchhoff, Dr. Otto Stapf, 

 569 ; Agricultural Botany, John Percival, 570 ; Ascent of 

 5ap, Dr. Henry YL Dixon, Prof! J. Joly, F.R.S., 572; 



Tobacco, 576 ; Oxycelluloses from Cotton, Flax and Hemp, 



Leo Vignon, 592; Mutability of (Enothera Lamarckiana, 



Hugo de Vries, 592 ; Flora of Bournemouth, including the 



Isle of Purbeck, E. F. Linton, 598 ; Further Investigations 



of Xenia in Maize, Herbert J. Webber, 601 ; Age of Big 



Trees of California, Prof. C. E. Bessey, 627 ; Proteolytic 



Ferment of Germinating Seeds, V. Harlay, 639 ; New South 



Wales Linnean Society, 640 



Bottomley (W. B.), on Bradford Sewage and its Treatment, 568 



Bottone (S. R. ), Wireless Telegraphy and Hertzian Waves, 522 



Bougault (J. ), Oxidation of Anethol and Analogues, 240 ; 



Action of Iodine and Yellow Oxide of Mercury on Styrolene 



and Safrol, 544 



Bourcet (P.), Iodine in Organism, 384 ; Presence of Iodine in 



Blood, 216 

 Bourget (Prof. Henry), a Surface-tension Experiment, 269 

 Bourne (G. C), an Introduction to the Study of the Compara- 

 tive Anatomy of Animals, 364 

 Bournemouth, Flora of, including the Isle of Purbeck, E. F. 



Linton, 598 

 Bourquelot (Em.), Composition of Albumen of St, Ignatius and 

 Nux Vomica Beans, 120; the Reserve Carbohydrates of St. 

 Ignatius Bean and Nux Vomica, 336 ; Preparation of Gento- 

 picrine and Glucoside from Fresh Gentian Root, 288 

 Boutan (M.), Death of, 179 



Bouty (E.), Dielectric Cohesion of Gases, 432; Dielectric Co- 

 hesion and Explosive Fields, 464 

 Bouveault (L.), Method for Preparing Synthetically Higher 



Homologues of Acetolacetic Ester and Acetylacetone, 264 

 Bower (Prof), the Sand-binding Plant of the Dunes on the 



Scotch Coast near Berwick, 61 1 

 Bowman (H. L.), Properties of Crystals yielding Doubly Refract- 

 ing Liquids on Fusion, 68 

 Boyle (David), on the Paganism of the Iroquois of Ontario, 635 

 Brace (Prof. D. B. ), Observation of the Circular Components in 



the " Faraday Effect," 368 

 Bradford Meeting of the British Association, the, Ramsden 

 Bacchus, 156, 3CX), 392, 439 ; the Sectional Programmes, 369 

 Bradford Sewage and its Treatment, on, F. W. Richardson, 



567 ; W. Leach, 568 ; W. B. Bottomley, 568 

 Brain, Microcephalic, on the. Prof. J. D. Cunningham, 633 

 Brazil, Indian Burial Caves on Rio Cunany, Dr. Goeldi, 500 

 Bredikhin (Th.), Rotation of Jupiter and his Spots, 70 

 Bredt (Prof. J.), on the Constitution of Camphor, 567 

 Brindley (H. H.), Abnormalities of Limbs and Tail of Dipnoean 



Fishes, 215 

 Britain : a Tour through Great Britain in 1727, S. L, Petty, 

 496 ; Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United King- 

 dom. The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain, vol. i. The Gault 

 and Upper Greensand of England, A. J. Jukes Browne, 

 Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 617 

 British Association, the Bradford Meeting of the. Preliminary 

 Arrangements, 369; Ramsden Bacchus, 156, 300, 392, 

 439 ; Inaugural Address by Prof. Sir William Turner, 

 F.R.S., President of the Association, 440; Report on the 

 Proceedings in Section A, Mathematics, E. T. Whittaker, 

 561 ; Report on the Proceedings in Section A, Physics, 

 Dr. C. H. Lees, 562; Report on the Proceedings in Section 

 A, Astronomy, A. Fowler, 565 

 Section A {Mathematics and Physics). — Opening Address by 

 Joseph Larmor, F.R.S., President of the Section, 449; 

 Report of the Committee for Calculating Tables of certain 

 Mathematical Functions, 561 ; Report of Miss F. Hard- 

 castle on the Present State of the Theory of Point Groups, 

 561 ; Major MacMahon on a Property of the Characteristic 

 Symbolic determinant of any n quantics in n variables, 

 561 ; Prof, Cyparissos Stephanos sur les Relations entre la 

 Geometric Projective et la Mecanique, 561 ; Mr. H. S. 

 Carslaw on the Use of Multiple Space in Applied Mathe- 

 matics, 561 ; Lieut. -Colonel Cunningham and Mr. H. J. 

 Woodall on the Determination of Successive High Primes, 

 561 ; Dr. J. Willis on the Construction of Magic Squares, 

 561 ; Major MacMahon on the Asyzygetic and Perpetuant 

 Co-variants of systems of Binary Quantics, 561 ; Major 

 MacMahon on the Symbolism appropriate to the study of 

 Orthogonal and Boolian Invariant Systems which appertain 

 to Binary and other Quantics, 561 ; Mr. A. B. Basset, 

 F.R.S , on the result that a Quintic Curve cannot have more 

 than Fifteen Real Points of Inflexion, 561 ; Dr. Trouton 

 on the Creeping of Liquids and on the Surface Tension of 



