Nature, ~\ 



December 13, 1900 J 



Index 



Photography of the Corona, Prof. C Biirckhalter, 535 ; Our 

 Astronomical Column, 19, 37, 64, 86, no, 137, 160, 183, 202, 

 233. 256. 304. 324. 352. 377. 398, 425. 459. 491. 501. 535. 

 556, 581. 606, 630; New Variable in Taurus, Madame Ceraski, 

 19 ; Relation between Solar Activity and Earth's Motion, 

 W. G. Thackeray, 20 ; Determination of Solar Parallax from 

 Opposition of Eros, Prof. S. Newcomb, 20 ; Ephemeris for 

 Eros, 20, no, 184, 233, 377, 459 491, 501, 535, 556, 581, 

 606, 630 ; Photographic Observations of Eros, Prof. Howe, 

 137 ; Howe's Photographic Observation of Eros, A. C. D. 

 Crommelin, 184; Measures of Eros, 233; Opposition of Eros, 

 Prof. S. J. Brown, 425 ; M. Loewy, 630 ; Astronomical 

 Application of Physical Problem Investigated at Solar Physics 

 Observatory, Sir Norman Lockyer, 23 ; Comet Giacobini (1900 

 o) 37, 256 ; Colour Screens for Refracting Telescopes, T. J. J. 

 See and G. H. Peters, 37 ; Photometric Revision of Harvard 

 Photometry, 37 ; the Total Eclipse of the Sun, 54, 132, 398 ; 

 Charles P. Butler, 54; Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 

 104 ; M. Deslandres, 233 ; a French Observation of the Total 

 Eclipse of the Sun, 183 ; the Total Eclipse Observed at Sea, Col. 

 E. E. Markwick, 183 ; the Total Solar Eclipse as Observed by 

 the Smithsonian Expedition, 246 ; Maximum Duration of a 

 Total Solar Eclipse, C. T. Whitmell, 64, 86 ; Duration of 

 Totality of Solar Eclipses at Greenwich, Chas. T. Whitmell, 

 269 ; the Dark Fringes Observed during Total Solar 

 Eclipses, V. Ventosa, 86 ; Actinometric Observations during 

 Solar Eclipse of May 28, 1900, J. Violle, 216 ; S. R. 

 Bennett, 263 ; the Solar Eclipse of May 28, Prof. Copeland 

 and Thomas Heath, 263 ; Eclipse Photography, Prof. Francis 

 E. Nipher, 246 ; the Next Total Eclipse of the Sun, 202 ; 

 the Total Eclipse of the Sun of May 17- 1 8, 1900, J. J. A 

 Muller, 389 ; Unpublished Observations at Radcliffe Observa- 

 tory, 1774-1838, Dr. A. A. Rambaut, 64; Rotation of Jupi- 

 ter and his Spots, Th. Bredikhin, 70 ; the Spectrum of /S-Lyroe 

 and Tj-Aquilte, A. Belopolsky, 70; Zenitho-nadiral Apparatus 

 for Measuring Zenithal Distances of Stars near Zenith. A. 

 Cornu, 95 ; Astronomical Occurrences in June, no; in July, 



202 ; in August, 304 ; in September, 425 ; in October, 535 ; Ox- 

 ford University Observatory, Prof. H. H. Turnet, 1 10 ; Rousdon 

 Observatory,Devon,Sir C. E. Peek, no; Occultation of Saturn, 

 137 ; Harvard College Observatory, 137 ; Liverpool Observa- 

 tory, W. E. Plummer, 137 ; Temperature Control of Spectro- 

 graph, Prof W. W. Campbell, 137 ; Rotation Period of Venus, 

 Prof. A. Belopolsky, 160.; Jeremiah Horrocks and the Transit 

 of Venus, 257 ; Anomaly of Dichotomous Phase of Venus, E. 

 Antoniadi, 464 ; New Variable in Auriga, Dr. T. D. Anderson, 

 161 ; Photographic Observations of Satellite of Neptune, 

 M. S. Kostinsky, 161 ; the Perseid Meteoric Shower, W. F. 

 Denning, 173 ; the August Perseids of 1900, W. F. Denning, 

 398 ; Ancient Records of Meteor Showers, M. D. Eginitis, 



203 ; Meteor of July 17, 305 ; Meteoric Theory of the Gegen- 

 schein, F. R. Moulton, 305 ; Velocities of Meteors, Dr. W. L. 

 Elkin, 398 ; the Daylight Meteor of Sunday, September 2, 

 W. F. Denning, 491 ; T. Rooke, 524 ; B. H. G. Lefroy, 524 ; 

 the Fireball of Sunday, September 2, 535 ; the Stability of a 

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

 Gray, F.R.S., 582 ; New Variable Star in Cepheus, Madame 

 Ceraski, 183 ; the Kinetic Theory of Planetary Atmospheres, 

 Prof G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 189; the Royal Observatory, 

 Greenwich, 233 ; Notes on Saturn and his Markings, W. F. 

 Denning, 237 ; Occultatlons of Saturn, 425 ; Rhythms and 

 Geologic Time, G. K. Gilbert, 275 ; New Variable 

 in Herculis, Madame Ceraski, 305 ; New Star in 

 Aguila, 305 ; Comet Borrelly-Brooks, 1900 b, 324, 

 352, 377. 535 ; G. Rayet and A. Ferand, 464 ; 

 Catalogue of Double Stars, Prof. S. W. Burnham, 324 ; 

 Ephemeris of Comet 1894 IV. (Swift). 352 ; Comet Swift 

 (1894 IV.), 459 ; Variable Stars in Clusters, 352 ; the Astro- 

 graphic Chart Conference, 377 ; Determination of Solar 

 Parallax, 377 ; Observations of Stars, Capella as Double 

 Star, W. H. M. Christie, 383 ; Report of the Cape Observa- 

 tory, Sir David Gill, 398 ; Rousdon Observatory (Devon), 

 Variable Stars, T Cassiopeise and R Cassiopeia;, Sir C. E. 

 Peek, 398 ; Independent Day Numbers for 1902, 398 ; Stan- 

 dards for Faint Stellar Magnitudes, 398 ; Ring Nebula in 

 Lyra, 425 ; Orientation of the Field of View of the Siderostat 

 and Ccelostat, A. Fowler, 428 ; Death of Prof. J. E. Keeler, 

 456 ; Obituary Notice of, 497 ; the New Spectrographs 

 for the Potsdam Great Refractor, Prof. H. C. Vogel, 

 459 ; Structure and Composition of Two New Meteor- 



ites, G. P. Merrill, H. N. Stokes, 459; Latitude 

 Variation, Earth Magnetism and Solar Activity, Dr. J. 

 Halm, 460; Apparent Semi-Diameter of Sun, Ch. 

 Andre and Ph. Lagrula, 464 ; Swift's Comet (1892 I.). Prof. 

 W. Pickering, 501; Astronomischer Jahresbericht, W. F. 

 Wislicenus, 553 ; a Night with the Great Paris Telescope, 

 C. P. Butler, 574; New Planetary Nebula, R. G. Aitken, 

 606 ; Paris Observatory Annual Report, M. Loewy, 606 ; New 

 Double Stars, R. G. Aitken, 630 ; Astronomical Work at 

 Daramona Observatory, W. E. Wilson, 630 

 Astrophysics : Escape of Gases from Planetary Atmospheres, 

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

 Comets and Corpuscular Matter, F. H. Loring, 80 

 Atkinson (Dr. Edward), Death and Obituary Notice of, 34 

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

 Atlantic Ocean, North, on the Weather of the, during the Winter 



1898-9 ; Captain Campbell Hep worth, 563 

 Atlas of Urinary Sediments, Dr. Hermann Riedel, 53 

 Atmosphere, the Carbonic Anhydride of the. Prof. E. A. Letts, 



R. F. Blake, 387 

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



Bryan, F.R.S., 126 

 Atmospheric Electricity, C. T. R. Wilson, 149 ; John Aitken, 



F.R S., 366 

 Atmospheric Electricity and Dew-ponds, Arthur Marshall, 495 

 Atmospheric Resistance, Specially built Train for Experiment 



on, 200 

 Atmospherical Circulation, Dynamical Theory of. Prof. V. 



Bjerknes, 200 

 At water (Prof. W. O.), Dietary Studies of Harvard and Yale 



University Boat Crews, 232 

 Atwood (W. W.), the Geography of the Regions about Devil's 



Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin, 172 

 Auerbach (F.), Hardness of Metals, 639 

 August Perseids of 1900, the, W. F. Denning, 398 

 Auriga, New Variable in. Dr. T. D. Anderson, 161 

 Australia : a Key to the Birds of Australia and Tasmania, with 

 their Geographical Distribution in Australia, R. Hall, 6 ; 

 Fungus Diseases of Citrus Trees in Australia and their Treat- 

 ment, D. McAlpine, 494 ; Catalogue of Eastern and Aus- 

 tralian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the Oxford 

 University Museum, 548 ; the Peopling of Australia, John 

 Mathew, 549 ; Sidney H. Ray, 621 

 Automatic Photography of the Corona, Prof. C. Burckhalter, 



535 

 Automobile Trials at Paris Exhibition, 158 

 Automobiles, the Musker Steam Motor Waggon, 554 

 Autotomic Curves, A B. Basset, F.R.S., 572 

 Autumn Tints, Leaf Decay and, P. Q. Keegan, 523 

 Ayrton (Prof. W. E., F.R.S.), Electrical Power Distribution, 

 296 ; a Recollection of King Umberto, 320 ; Relative Advan- 

 tages of Alternate and Continuous Current for General 

 Electrical Supply, with regard to Interference with other in- 

 terests, 416 



Babies, Human, What they Teach, S. S. Buckman, 221 

 Babylon, the Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of 



Nineveh and, R. C. Thompson, 51 

 Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs, Rev. A. H. Sayce, 



289 

 Bacchus (Ramsden), the Forthcoming Meeting of the British 



Association at Bradford, 156, 300, 392, 439 

 Bacteriology : the Principles of Bacteriology, Dr. Ferdinand 

 Hueppe, Dr. A. C. Houston, 73 ; Bacteriological Method 

 of Exterminating Rats, J. Danysz, 84 ; the Bacterial Treat- 

 ment of Sewage, Dr. Frank Clowes, Dr. Houston, 128; 

 Micro-Organisms and Fermentation, Alfred Jorgensen, 195 ; 

 Influence of Temperatures of Liquid Hydrogen on Bacteria, 

 Allan Macfadyen and Sydney Rowland, 286 ; Bacillus An- 

 thracis Brevigemmans, C. Phisalix, 408 ; Living Light, 

 Raphael Dubois, 464 ; the Structure and Functions of Bac- 

 teria, Alfred Fischer, Dr. A. C. Houston, 465 ; Tobacco, 

 576 ; the Melbourne University Laboratory, 578 

 Baeyer (Herr), the New Hydride of Benzoyl Superoxide, 202 ; 



the Action of Permanganate on Hydrogen Peroxide, 629 

 Bailey (Dr. G. H.), Elements of Qualitative Analysis, 412 

 Bailey (L. H.), the Amateur's Practical Garden Book, loi 

 Bailey (V.), Field-mice (North American Voles), 232 

 Baily (Prof. F. G.), on a Lecture-room form of Volt and 

 Ammeter, 563 



