Index 



t Supplement to Nature, 

 November 26, 1891 



Meteorological Observations at Sydney for January 1891, 

 304 ; Zodiacal Light as related to Aurora, O. T. Sherman, 310 ; 

 the Climate of Cephalonia, Dr. Partsch, 326 ; Meteoro- 

 logitscheskij Westnik, New Russian Meteorological Journal, 

 326 ; a Curious Case of Globular Lightning, 327 ; the Green 

 Kay, C. Mostyn, 352 ; Secular Variations of Damage by 

 Lightning and Hail, Dr. C. Lang, 354 ; Rain Gauges, 

 Thomas Fletcher, 371 ; Geography of the Air, Lieutenant A. 

 W. Greely, 388 ; Physical and Geological Traces of Permanent 

 Cyclone Belts, Marsden Manson, 389 ; Meteorology of the 

 Eastern Seas, Dr. Doberck, 389 ; Annales of the Central 

 Meteorological Office of Paris, 389 ; Remarkable Weather 

 Change at Orenburg, 389 ; Snowdrifts on Russian Rail- 

 ways, 389 ; Cloud Heights, Kinematic Method, Prof. Cleve- 

 land Abbe, 398 ; Terrible Cyclone at Martinique, 416, 575 ; 

 the Production of Artificial Rain in Texas, 436, 473, 594 ; 

 Rain-making Experiments, 614 ; the International Conference 

 at Munich, 435 ; the Present Methods of reducing Meteorologi- 

 cal Measurements, Prof. H. Mohn, 436 ; Prof. W. von 

 Bezold on the Theory of Cyclones, 437 ; M. Lancaster on 

 Normal Temperature in Europe, 437 ; H. Morize on the 

 Climatology of Brazil, 437 ; Typhoon at Kobe, 437 ; Meteoro- 

 logy of Mauritius, 451 ; of Cape Colony, 452; Mountain, 

 Meteorology, A. L. Rotch, 464 ; the Various Kinds of 

 Gradients, L. Teisserenc de Bort, 464 ; Climatic History of 

 Like Bonneville, R. de C. Ward, 464 ; Maritime Meteorology 

 Routes for Steamships between Aden and the Straits of Sunda, 

 476 ; Symons's British Rainfall, 1890, 477 ; Extraordinary 

 Rainfall (1890) in Australia, Charles Todd, 501 ; Damage 

 by Lightning to State Buildings in Prussia, 1877-86, 501 ; 

 Remarkable Atmospheric Effect in Mediterranean during 

 July, 502; Mountain Meteorology, A. L. Rotch, 512 ; the 

 Bergen Point Tornado, W. A. Eddy, 512 ; Hot Winds of 

 California, Lieutenant J. P. Finley, 512 ; Meteorology of 

 Northern Afghanistan, W. L. Dallas, 529 ; Weather Reports 

 of the Meteorological Council for 1880 and 1887, 529 ; 

 Weather Record of the Fourteenth Century, 538 ; Weather 

 Cycles, Prof. J. P. O'Reilly, 541 ; Weather Cycles and Severe 

 Winters-, 591 ; Three Atlases bearing upon the Meteorology 

 of United States, 549 ; Meteorological Observations at 

 Stations of Second Order for 1887, 549 ; American Weather 

 Bureau, 598 ; Temperature Atlas ot North America, issued 

 by U. S. Army Signal Service, 599 ; Squall Oscillations in Pola 

 and Trieste Harbours, Lieutenant Gratzl, 600 ; our Position 

 with Regard to Rainfall, 630 ; Henri Becquerel on Under- 

 ground Temperatures, 632 ; the International Meteorological 

 Conference, 632 ; Meteorological Society, see Royal 



Meteors : a Beautiful, Rev. J. Hoskyns-Abrahall, 162 : Theory 

 of Shooting-stars, M. Callandreau, 168 ; Remarkable Meteor 

 at Ealing, 599 ; a Magnificent Meteor, Donald Cameron, 

 343 ; a Brilliant Meteor, August 30, 436 



Metrology : Proposed International System of Weights and 

 Measures, C. J. Hanssen, 41 ; Comparison of International 

 Metre with Prototype of the Archives, M. Bosscha, 464 



Metschnikoff (Dr.) and Dr. R mx. Tubercle Bacilli, 397 



Meunier (Stanislas), Iron in Gold- workings about Berezowsk, 

 335 



Mexico, American Expeditions to investigate the Flora of, 501 



Mexico, M. Paul Maury's Expedition to, 598 



Meyer (Prof. Ernst von), a History of Chemistry from the 

 Earliest Times to the Present Day, Prof.T. E.Thorpe, F.R.S., 

 289 



Meyer (Dr. Hans), an Account of the First Ascent of Kilima- 

 njaro, 149 



Meyer (Dr. Hugo), Anleitung zur Bearbeitung meteorologischer 

 Beobachtungen fur die Klimatologie, 27 



Meyer (Prof. Victor), the Slow Combustion of Explosive Gas 

 Mixtures, 354 



Miall (Prof, L. C), some Difficulties in the Life of Aquatic 

 Insects, 457 



Mica as an Invariable Dielectric, 23 



Mica, Dielectric Properties of, at High Temperature?, E. Bouty, 

 168 



Micaceous Trachyte, Artificial Production of, 392 



Micro chemical Analysis, Dr. O. Lehmann on, 76 



Micro-organism, a Pink Marine, Prof. W. A. Herdman, 565 



Microbes, Dr. E. L. Trouessart, 173 



Microcidine, a New Antiseptic, Prof. Berlioz, 232 



Microscopy: the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 

 21 ; C. Haughton Gill on Diatoms, 23 ; Tintullus, Free- 

 swimming lufusorian in Royal Botanic Gardens, Mr. Gren- 



fell, 142 ; Tania lanceolala in Duck, J. B. Rossiter, 143 ; 

 New Projection Microscope, E. M. Nelson, 143 ; a Negative 

 of Amphipleura fcUucida produced with Zeiss's New ^^ 

 of 16 N.A. and Sunlight, by T. Comber, 239; Nelson's 

 Apparatus for obtaining Monochromatic Light, 239 ; a New 

 Form of Student's Microscope, T. T. Johnson, 239 ; Inter- 

 national Congress of Analytical Chemists and Microscopists, 

 574 ; Microscopical Society, see Royal 



Miculesco (C), Determination of Mechanical Equivalent of 

 Heat, 168 



Milk and Meat of Tuberculous Animals, the Alleged Danger of 

 Consuming, Dr. Bang, 393 ; Prof. Arloing, 396 ; Prof. 

 M'Fadyean, 396 ; Prof. Hamilton, 397 ; Prof. Nocard, 397 ; 

 Dr. Hime, 397 ; Dr. Barlow, 397 ; Prof. Perroncito, 397 



Mill (Dr. H. R.), Physical Geography of Clyde Sea Area, 

 167 



Millson (Alvan), the Yoruba Country, 209 



Mimicry in Spiders, E. Heckel, 451 



Mind, Retirement of Prof. Croom Robertson from the Editorship 

 of, 548 



Mineralogy: Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., and General C. A. 

 McM-ahon on the Crystalline Rocks of the Lizard District, 22 ; 

 an Introduction to the Study of Petrology, by Dr. Frederick 

 H. Hatch, 25 ; Dr. Brauner on Lanthanum, 68 ; the Re- 

 juvenescence of Crystals, Prof. John W. Judd, F. R. S. , 83 ; 

 a New Silver Mineral, 89 ; Crystals of Platinum, J. Joly, 

 124 ; Precious Opal in New South Wales, 162 ; Elements of 

 Crystallography, George Huntingdon Williams, Prof John 

 W. Judd. F.R.S., 193 ; Mineralogical Society, 215, 574 ; the 

 Origin of Certain Marbles, 308 ; New Analyses of Astrophyl- 

 lite and Tscheffkinite, L. E. Eakins, 310; the Minerals in 

 Hollow Rhyolite Spherules, J. P. Iddings and S. L. Penfield, 

 310 ; Bernardinite, Is it a Mineral or a Fungus ?, J. S. Brown, 

 310; Gmelinite from Nova Scotia, L. V. Pirsson, 310; 

 Analyses of Kamacite, Tsenite, and Plessite from Welland 

 Meteoric Iron, J. M. Davidson, 310; Newtonite and Rec- 

 torite. New Minerals of the Kaolinite Group, R. N. Brackett 

 and J. F. Williams, 310 ; Iron in Gold- washings about 

 Berezowsk, 336 ; Genesis of Iron Ores by Isomorphous and 

 Pseudomorphous Replacement of Limestone, J. P. Kimball, 

 463 ; Allgemeine chemische Mineralogie, Dr. C. Doelter, 

 516 ; Capture of a Supposed Gem Thief at Vienna, 598 



Mines and Mining Department of Chicago Exhibition, 476 



Minet (Adolphe), Electrolysis of Fused Salts of Boron and 

 Silicon, 120 



Mining Engineers, Federated Institution of, 65, 500 



Miquel(Dr.), Manuel Pratique d' Analyse Bacteriologique des 

 Eaux, Prof. Percy F. Frankland, F.R.S., 513 



Miranzai Expedition, the, 65 



Missouri Botanical Garden, loi ; William Trelease, 588 



Mohn (Prof.), the Present Method of Reducing Meteorological 

 Measurements, 436 



Moissan (Henri) : Action of Fluorine upon Phosphorus Tri- 

 fluoride, 186, 333, 622; Study of Tetra iodide of Carbon, 264 



Mole, the Australian Marsupial, Notoryctes typhlops. Dr. P. L. 

 Sclater, F.R.S., 449 



Molecular Process in Magnetic Induction, Prof. J. A. Ewmg, 

 F.R.S., 566 



Molecular Weights at Critical Point, Determination of, P. A. 

 Guye, 144 



Monaco's (Prince of) New Yacht for the Study of the Sea, 359 



Moncrieflf (Sir Colin), on Egyptian Irrigation, 145, 151 



Mond (Ludwig) : Proposed Fellow of the Royal Society, 16;, 

 Nickel-Carbon-Oxide, 188 ; a Volatile Compound of Iron 

 and Carbonic Oxide, 234 ; Iron-Carbonyl, 304 



Monkeys, Results of Hemisection of Spinal Cord in, F. W. 

 Mott, 189 



Monsoon Rains, Fo -ecasts of the Indian, 225 



Mont Blanc, Projecte 1 Observatory on, 302, 416 



Monte Somma and Vesuvius, Geological Map of, H. J. 

 Johnston- Lavis, 271 



Monuments in Egypt, the Preservation of Ancient, 281 



Monuments in France, the Protection of Prehistoric, 232 



Moon, Bright Streaks on, the Astronomer-Royal for Scotland,. 

 360 



Moon, Dr. Copeland on Bright Streaks in the, 454 



Moor (C. G.), Disposal of Sewage, 456 



Moore (Spencer), the True Nature of Callus, 216 



Moorland Parish, Forty Years in a. Rev. J. C. Atkinson, 122 



Moose, the Habits of the, J. G. Lockhart, 114 



Morgan (Prof. C. Lloyd) : Force and Determinism, 249, 319 



