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Index 



[Supplement to Nature, 

 November 26, 1891 



Bergeron (Dr.), on Diphtheria, 369 



Berget (Alphonse), Photography in Colours, Prof. R. MelJola, 

 F.R.S , 19+ 



Berkeley (Bishop) Memorial, the, 575 



Berlin : Academy of Sciences, Recent Grants by, 136 ; the 

 Imperial Physical and Technical Institution at, 154; Forma- 

 tion of Union of Friends of Astronomy and Cosmical Physics, 

 206; Berlin University, 351 



Berlioz (Prof.), Microcidine, a New Antiseptic, 232 



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



Berne, the International Geographical Congress at, 358 



Berthelol (Daniel) : Calorimetric Researches on Sugar-derived 

 Humic Acid, 144 ; Iron-Carbonyl and Nickel-Carbonyl, 192 ; 

 the Preparation of Iron-Carbonyl and Several New Reactions 

 of Nickel-Carbonyl, 208 ; Heais of Combustion and Forma- 

 tion of Nitrobenzenes, 360 ; Study of Chemical Neutralization 

 of Acids and Bases by means of their Electric Conductivities 

 360 



Be- ant (W. H., F.R.S.), Solutions of Examples in Elementary 

 Hydrostatics, Prof. A. G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 341 



Bessemer (Sir Henry), Rolling of Steel Sheets direct from the 

 Molten Metal, 578 



Besson (A.), Phosphide of Boron, 288 



Best Books, the, a Contribution to Systematic Bibliography, by 

 William Swan Sonnenschein, 5 



Bezold (Prof. W. von), on the Theory of Cyclones, 437 



Bible Countries, Buried Cities and, George St. Clair, 540 



Bibliography: the Best Books, a Contribution towards System- 

 atic Bibliography, by William Swan Sonnenschein, 5 ; a 

 Guide Book to Bool<s, edited by E. B. Sargant and Bernhard 

 Wisliaw, 196; Bibliography of the Chemical Influence of 

 l,i>^ht, Dr. Alfred Tuckerman, 208 ; Katalog der Bibliothek 

 Ucr Deutschen Seewarte zu Hamburg, 318 ; Forthcoming 

 Scientific Books, 462, 478 



Bickerton(T. H.), Colour-blindness Generally Considered, 595 



Bidgood (John), Cordylophora lacustris, 106 



Biiwell (Shelford, F.R.S.): the Effect of an Electric Discharge 

 upon the Condensation of Steam, 95 ; Effect of Heat upon 

 Magnetic Susceptibility of Nickel, 187 ; Alum Solution, 565 



Bigelow (Prof. Frank H.): the Polarization Theory of the Solar 

 Corona, 355 ; Connection between Tenestial Magnetism and 

 Radiant Sunlight, 453 



Bigourdan (G.) : Observations of Wolf's Periodic Comet, 192 ; 

 Tempel- Swift's Periodic Comet, 608 



Biology : Miss Marshall's Bequest to the Science and Art Depart- 

 ment, 17 ; Sydney Biological Station, 39; A. R. Wallace's 

 Natural Selection and Tropical Nature, 40 ; Pycnogonids or 

 Sea Spiders, 49 ; Animal Life on a Coral Reef, Dr. S. J. 

 Hickson, 90 ; the Classificalion of the Tunicata in Relation 

 to Evolution, Prof. W. A. Herdman, 130 ; Anatomy and 

 Physiology of Protopterus annectetis, Prof. W. N. Parker, 

 139 ; Nature of Excretory Processes in Marine Polyzoa, S. F. 

 Harmer, 143 ; Marine Biological Association of the United 

 Kingdom, 205 ; the Evolution of Animals, F. Priem, R. 

 Lydekker, 243 ; Lessons in Elementary Biology, Prof. T. 

 Jeffery Parker, F.R.S., Prof. E, Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 290 ; 

 the Anatomy of the Heloderma, Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, 294 ; 

 D'Arsonval on Stimulating Muscles by Means of Light, 390 ; 

 Opening Address in Section D of the British Association, by 

 Francis Darwin, F.R.S., 407; Cor dylophora lacustris, Henry 

 Scherren, 445 ; Some IHfficulties in the Life of Aquatic In- 

 sects, Prof. L. C. Miall, 457 ; Die Organisation der Turbel- 

 laria Acoela, Dr. Ludwig von Graff, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, 

 F. R.S., 465 ; Biological Functions of the Lecithines, Walter 

 Maxwell, 471 ; Biological Bearings of Fact of Stronger 

 Absorption by Water of Long than Short Light Waves, Herr 

 Hufner, 478 ; Grenfell on the Structure of Diatoms, 481 ; 

 Calderwood on Sea Fisheries, 481 ; J. T. Cunningham on the 

 Reproduction of the Pilchard, 481 ; J. T. Cunningham on 

 the Rate and Growth of Age of Sexual Maturity in Fish, 

 482 ; Prof. Herdman and J. A. Clubb on the Innervation of 

 the Epipodial Processes of some Nudibranchiate Mollusca, 



482 ; Prof. W. N. Parker on Respiration in Tadpoles, 482 ; 

 Prof. Howes on the Classification of Fishes by their Re- 

 productive Organs, 483 ; Prof. Howes on the Gills of Fishes, 



483 ; Dr. Arthur Robinson on the Development of the Rat 

 and the Mouse, 483 ; Prof. Marcus Hartog on Protoplasmic 

 Rejuvenescence, 483; Francis Darwin, F.R.S., on the 

 Artificial Production of. Rhythm in Plants, 484; Marine 

 Biology, the Cruise of the Investigator, Dr. A. Alcock, 501, 

 5i8 ; a Difficulty in Weismannism, Prof. Marcus Hartog, 



613 ; Huxley Laboratory for Biological Research, and the 

 Marshall Scholarship, 627 



Birch Oil, the Manufacture of, in Connecticut, 391 



Birds, Antipathy (?) of, for Colour, 31 



Birds' Eggs and Nests, the Collection, &c., of, C. Bendire, 

 502 



Birds Nesting in Western India, Lieutenant H. E, Barnes, 42 



Birds, the Soaring of, S. E. Peal, 56 ; A. C. Baines, 52 



Birds of Victoria, the Insectivorous, C. French, 162 



Birds, Wild, Protection Act, 65 



Birmingham School of Medicine, Account of, 18 



Bishop (Sereno E.), the Great Comet of 1882, 293 



Bismuth, Thermoelectric Position of. Prof. Knott, 311 



Black-Earth Steppe Region of East Russia, the Northern Limits 

 of, Korzchinsky, 326 



Blackie's Science Readers, 540 



Blanchard (Emile), Proofs that Asia and America have been 

 recently connected, 335 



Blanckenhorn (Dr. Max), Geology and Physical Geography of 

 North Syria, Prof. Edward Hull, F.R.S., 99 



Blanford (Henry F., F.R.S.), M. Faye's Theory of Cyclones, 

 348 



Blow- fly, Anatomy, Physiology, Morphology, and Development 

 of the, B. Thompson Lowne, 123 



Board of Trade Committee on Electrical Standards, the Report 

 of the, 417 



Boilers, Papers on, 20 



Bologna Academy : 1000 Lire Gold Medal offered by Bologna 

 Academy for Memoir on Best Means of Fire- Prevention, 

 303 



Bonney (Prof, T. G., F.R.S.) and General C. A. McMahon on 

 the Crystalline Rocks of the Lizard District, 22 ; the Ice Age 

 in North America, G. F. Wright, 537 



Books, the Best, a Contribution to Systematic Bibliography, by 

 William Swan Sonnenschein, 5 



Books, a Guide-book to, E. B. Sargant and Bernhard Wishaw, 

 196 



Bornet(Dr. Edouard), Linnean Society Gold Medal awarded to, 

 III 



Bornstein (R.), Connection between Air-pressure and Horn- 

 angle of Moon, 281 



Bort (L. Tei.sserenc de), the Various Kinds of Gradients, 469 



Bostock (Surgeon- General) and Sir Vincent Barrington, ihe^ 

 Hospital and Ambulance Organization of the Metropolitan 

 Asylums Board for the Removal and Isolation of Infectious 

 Disease^, 486 



Boston (U.S.), Proposed Zoological Gardens in, 18, 529 



Botany: the Alpine Flora, T. D. A. Cockcrell, 6; J. Innes 

 Rogers, 6; Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, 21 ; Botanical 

 Text-book, 41 ; the Classification of Eucalypts, 41 ; Death of 

 Dr. Richard Schomburgk, 65 ; a Concise Manual of Botany 

 for Students of Medicine and Science, Alex. Johnstone, 75 ; 

 Hand-book of the Ferns of Kaffrara, T. R. Sim, J. G. 

 Baker, F.R.S., 75 ; the Alpine Flora, J. Lovel, 83 ; the Kew 

 Bulletin, 87 ; Drawings for the Botanical Magazine bought 

 by the Kew Museum, 86 ; Expedition of D. Morris to the 

 West Indies, 87; European Botany, Vol. I., K. Richter, J. a 

 G. Baker, F.R.S., 100; Missouri Botanical Garden, loi ; . 

 William Trelease, 588 ; Botanical Enterprise in the West Indies, '.. 

 no; Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 114; Comparison of ' 

 Minute Structure of Plant Hybrids with Parent Plants, Dr. J. 

 A. Macfarlane, 119; Botanical Appointments in Unit^ed States, 

 135 ; the Relationship between Plants and Animals, Prof. 

 Stewart, F.R.S., 136; the Flora of Diamond Island, W. 

 Botting Helmsley, F.R.S., 138; Cotton Cuhivation in J 

 Russian Turkestan, 163 : Diseases of the Cocoa-Nut Leaf, i 

 M. C. Potter, 167 ; Botanical Wall Diagrams, S.P.C.K., 173 ; I 

 Kinds of Cacao in Cultivation in Ceylon, Dr. Henry ,m 

 Trimen, F.R.S., 185 ; the Species of Epilobium occurring ;| 

 North of Mexico, Dr. Trelease, 196 ; Drs. Bornmiillerand Sin- | 

 tenis's Contemplated Expedition to Greece and Turkey in Asia, | 

 Prof. Penzig's Contemplated Expedition to Massowah and-, 

 Bogos, 206 ; the Flowers of the Pyrenees and thtir Fertilization 

 by Insects, Prof. J. Macleod, 21 1 ; Disengagement of Oxygen by . 

 Plants at Low Temperatures, H. Jumelle, 216; the Spiked 

 Star of Bethlehem {Ornithogalum pyrcnaicum). Dr. R. A. 

 Prior, 215 ; the True Nature of Callus, Spencer Moore, 216 ; 

 Lieutenant Peary's Projected Botanical Expedition Afoot to the 

 North Pole, 231 ; Danger of Using Arsenic for the Prepara- 

 tion of Plants, 232 ; Influence of Exit rnal Factors on the Smell' 

 of Plants, Herr Regel, 232 ; Botanical Gazette, 236, 335, 



