Index 



' SitppUmenl to yatim, 

 November 26, 1891 



Trieste and Pola Harbours, the Mareograph in, Lieutenant 



Grutzl, 600 

 Trigonometry, Plane, for the Use of Schojls, I. Todhunter, 



F.R.S., 342 

 Trimen (Dr.), Kinds of Cacao in Cultivation in Ceylon, 185 

 Trimen (Mr. R.), Rearrangement of South African Museum 



Collection of Lepidoptera by, 207 

 Tripe (Dr.), on Diphtheria, 369 

 Troilite, Meleoritic CrysLallized Monosulphide of Iron, Dr. 



Richard Lorenz, 137 

 Trotter Curve Ranger, 45 

 Trouessart (Dr. E. L.), on Microbes, 173 

 Trouton (F. T.), on the Propagation of Magnetization in Iron, 



455 

 Trouvelot (M.), Luminous Outburst observed on the San, 234 

 Trowbridge (John), Dampening of Electrical Oscillations in 



Iron Wires, 463 

 Truffle from Damas (Damascus ?), " Kamme," a New Species of, 



A. Chatin, 512 

 Tubercle Bacilli, Dr. Metschnikoflfand Dr. Roux, 397 

 Tuberculosis, the Bacilli of, in Railway Carriages, Herr Praus- 



nitz, 390 

 Tuberculosis in all its Relations, Prof. Burdon Sanderson, 393 ; 



Dr. Bang, 395 ; Prof. Arloing, 396 ; Prof. M'Faydean, 3 )6 ; 



Prof. Hamilton, 397 ; Prof. Nocard, 397 ; Dr. Hime, 397 ; 



Dr. Barlow, 397 ; Prof. Perroncito, 397 

 Tuckerman (Dr. Alfred;, Bibliography of the Chemical Influence 



of Light, 208 

 Tuckwell (W.), a Rare Phenomenon, 519 

 Tunicata, the Classification of the, in Relation to Evolution, 



Prof. W. A. Herd man, 130 

 Tuning-forks, the Testing of, 155 

 Turbellaria Acoela, Die Organisation der, Dr. Ludwig von Graff, 



Prof. E.. Ray Lankester, F.R.S.. 465 

 Turkestan, Cotton Culiivation in Russian, 163 

 Tutton (A. E.) : the New Gas, Chlorofluoride of Phjsph orus, 



333 ; Further Researches upon the Element Flujrine, 622 

 Tyler (Thomas), University of London, 104 

 Tylor (Dr. E. B., P\R.S.), on Savage Religion, 511 



Ule (Dr.), Determiuation of Evaporating Power of a Climate, 



137 



Underground Temperatures, Henri Becquerel, 632 



United States : Botanical Appointment-; in, 135 ; Unit-;d States 

 Entomological Commission, 217; Prof. M. W. Harrington 

 appointed Chief of the United States Weather Bureau, 280 ; 

 Science and Domestic Comfort in, 354 ; United States Copy- 

 right Act, 388 ; Three Atla^^es bearing upon the Meteorology 

 of, 549; U.S. Fish Commission Reports, 562; Marble 

 Quarrying in, E. R. Morse, 576 ; United States, see also 

 America 



Units and their Nomenclature, 454 



Universities, the Proposed French Law on, 185 



University College, Endowment by Mr. George Holt of Chair 

 of Physiology at, 135 



University of Edinburgh : Summer Graduation Ceremony, 323 ; 

 Presentaiion of Cameron Prize to Dr. Ferrier, F.R.S., 351 



Univershy and Educational Intelligence, 21, 48, 91, 138, 165, 

 188, 212, 2S7, 309, 335, 392, 536, 583 



University Extension Scheme, 40 ; Eighteen Years' University 

 Extension, R. D. Roberts, 52 ; Students at Cambridge, 205 ; 

 Oxford Summer Meeting of Students, 256 ; Report of the 

 Oxford Delegates, 451; University Extension Society, 

 Morley Memorial College, Miss Emma Cons, 469 



University of London, 76, 104, 196 



University of London, Draft Charter of the, 39 



University of London Question, W. T. ThiseltonDyer, F.R. S., 

 52 ; F. Victor Dickins, 54 ; Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 

 76; Prof. William Ram^ay, F.R.S., 78; Dr. A. Irving, 79, 

 104 ; Prof. Karl Pearson, 102 ; Thomas Tyler, 104 ; R. D. 

 Roberts, 105 ; G. H. Bailey, 105 



University, Marine Laboratory of Johns Hopkins, 206 



University of Oxford : Increased Accommodation for Medical 

 and Science Schools at, 1 1 1 ; and Agricultural Education, 



University, the Proposed Albert ; see Albert 

 University, Proposed Teaching, for London, 257 

 University in Siam, Proposed, 323 



Urquhart (John W.), Electric Light Fitting, a Hand-book for 

 Working Electrical Engineers, 586 



Vacuum Tubes, Prof. J. J. Thomson, F. R.S., on, 93, 9f 



Vambery (Prof.), on British Civilization in Asia, 88 



Vanadium, Sulpho-salts of, 19 



Variable Stars, Two New, Rev. T. E. Espin, 578 



Variation and Natural Selection, Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, 518 



Varnish, Hankow, 163 



Vatican Observatory, Publications of, 136 



Vault of the Heavens, Apparent Flattening of the, Prof. Rei- 

 mann, 67 



Veeder (M.A.), Zodiacal Light and Aurorae, 631 



Vegetation of Tibet, 260 



Veitch (H. J.), on Autumn Foliage, 628 



Vemilation. Importance of more Actively Enforcing, Dr. J. P. 

 Williams Freeman, 487 



Ventilation, W. Key on, 509 



Vernon- Harcourt (L. F.), Achievements in Engineering, 147 



Very (Frank H.), Distribution of Lunar Heat, 601 



Vesuvius : the Eruption of, June 7, Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis, 

 160, 320, 352 ; Stoppage of Lava Flow from, 161 ; Geological 

 Map of Monte Somma and, H. J. Johnston-Lavis, 271 



Victoria : the Insectivorous Birds of, C. French, 162 ; Summary 

 of Tasks undertaken by Department of Agriculture, D, 

 Mc Alpine, 529 ; Department of Agriculture and the Farmers, 

 D. A. Crichton, 550 



Victoria Nyanza : Emin Pasha on the Ornithology of, 87 ; 

 Porpoises in. Dr. P. L. Sclaler, F.R.S., 124 



Victorian Exhibition, Contemplated, 352 



Vidal (Leon), Photography as an Auxiliary to Printing, 136 



Vienna International Ornithological Congress, in 



Vienna Natural History Museum, Mineral Department, Capture 

 of a Supposed Gem Thief, 598 



Villamil (Major R. de), on Screw Propellers, 510 



Ville (Georges) : a Series of Addition Compounds of Aldehydes 

 with Hypaphosphorous Acid, 282; J^es Engrais Chimiques, 517 



Virchow (Prof. Rudolph): Testimonial Fund, the, 324 ; Cele- 

 bration of the Seventieth Birthday of, 574 ; and his Country- 

 men, 585 



Virial Equation, Van der Waals's Treatment of Laplace's Pres- 

 sure in the. Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 499, 597; Prof. P. G. 

 Tait, 546, 627 



Virus, Les, par Dr. S. Arloing, 27 



Vivisection, Mr. G. V. Poorer and, 135 



Vogel (IVof.), Observations of the Motion of Sirius, 355 



Volcanoes : the Eruption of Vesuvius, June 7, Dr. H. J. John- 

 ston-Lavis, 160 ; Stoppage of Lava Flow from Vesuvius, 161 ; 

 the Eruption of the Skapta Jokul, Iceland, in 1783, ih8 ; Ex- 

 periments on Mechanical Action on Rocks of Gas at High 

 Pressure in Rapid Motion, M. Daubree, 240 ; a Recent 

 Eruption of Stromboli. Prof. A. Ricco, 280; the Eruption of 

 Vesuvius, June 7, 1891, Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis, 320 ; the 

 State of Vesuvius, Dr. Johnston-Lavis, 352 ; South Italian, 

 Dr. Johnston-Lavis, 539 



W = M^, W. Larden, 493, 614 ; Tommy Atkins, Sen., 493 



Waals's (Van der), Treatment of Laplace's Pressure in the Virial 

 Equation, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 499, 597; Prof. P. G. 

 Tait, 546, 627 



Wagner ( W. A.), New Species of Russian Trap-Spider. 359 



Walker (Alfred O.), the Use of Startling Colours and Noises, 

 106 



Walker (C. L.), Archa:ological Researches in South- West New 

 Mexico, 576 



Walker (J. J., F.R S.), some Notes on Ornithology and Ento- 

 mology, 565 



Wallace (Dr. A. R.) : Natural Selection and Tropical Nature, 

 40 ; Variation and Natural Selection, 518 



Ward (F. O.), a Souvenir of Faraday, 230 



Ward (R. deC), Climatic Hi ,tory of Lake Bonneville, 464 



Waringlon (R.), Nitrification, 190 



Washington Magnetic Observations, 91 



Washington Medical Library, Catalogue of the, Dr. A. T. 

 Myers, 563 



Water, the Bacteriological Examination of, Dr. Miquel, Prof. 

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



Water, Examination of, for Sanitary and Technical Purposes, 

 Henry Leffmann, M.D., and William Beam, 102 



Water taken up by Plants, Phenomena associated with Absorp- 

 tion and Flow of, Walter Gardiner, F.R.S., 188 



Water, Potable, the Chemical and Bacteriological Examination 

 of, A. E. S. C. Newman, 74 



