Index 



[Supplement to Nature, 

 'November id, 1891 



America, 183 ; American Ethnological Expedition to Labra- 

 dor, 185 ; American National Geographic Society, 281 ; 

 American Journal of Mathematics S'O ; Astron )my in 

 America, 323 ; Appointments to Western University of 

 Pennsylvania and Allegheny Observatory, 323 ; American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington 

 Meeting, 469 ; Prof. Geo. L. Go )dale on some of the 

 Possibilities of Economic Botany, 470 ; Section A — Mathe- 

 matics and Astronomy, Prof E. W. Hyde on the Evolution 

 of Algebra, 470 ; Section B — Physics, Prof. F. E. Nipher on 

 the Functions and Nature of the Ether of Space, 471 ; 

 Section C —Chemistry, Biological Functions of the Lecithines, 

 by Waller Maxwell, 471 ; Section D— Mechanical Science 

 and Engineering, B. E. Fermor on Government Timber 

 Tests, 471 ; Section E— Geology and Geography, Prof. J. J- 

 Stevenson on the Relations of the Chemung and Catskill on 

 the Eastern Side of the Appalachian Basin, 471 ; William 

 HaIlock,,a Pieliminary Report of Observations at the Deep 

 Well, Wh'eeling, N. Va., 472; Section F— Biology, Prof. 

 John M. Coulter on the Future of Systematic Botany, 472 ; 

 Section H — Anthropology, 473 ; Section I — Economic 

 Science and Statistics, 473 ; Defective Ventilation in 

 American Schools, Laurence Allen, 476 ; American Weather 

 Bureau, 598 ; Geological Society of America, 601 ; the 

 International Geological Excursion in, 629 ; Amerrique 

 Indians at Nicaragua, J. Crawford, 502 



Ammonium Sulphovanadate, Crystallization of, Drs. Kriiss 

 and Chnmais, 19 



Amphioxus, the Later Larval Development of, Arthur Wiliey, 

 21, 202 



Amsterdam, Royal Academy of Sciences, 72, 144, 288 



Anaesthesia, by Subcutaneous Injection of Distilled Water, Pro- 

 duction.of Local, Dr. Sleich, 452 



Anatomy of Heloderma, G. A. Boulenger, 444 



Anderson (Dr.), on the Constitution of Ordnance Factories, 578 



Anderson (William), proposed Fellow of the Royal Society, 15 



Andes, Transandine Railway across the, 87 



Andre (Ch.), Calorimetric Research on Sugar-derived Humic 

 Acid, 144 ; Contributions to the Study of Atmospheric 

 Electricity, 240 



Andrew (James), Pugnacity of Male Ostrich in the Nesting 

 Season, 452 



Andrews (Thos., F.R.S.), the Passive State of Iron and 

 Steel, 92 



Aneroid Barometer and Leibnitz, 40 



Animal Chlorophyll, Dr. Ludwig von Graff, Prof E. Ray 

 Lankester, F.R.S., 465 



Animal Life on a Coral Reef, Dr. S. J. Hickson, 90 



Animals, the Evolution of, F. Priem, R. Lydekker, 243 



Annelid, the Protective Device of an, Arnold T. Watson, 507 



Annuaire de I'Observatoire Municipaie de Montsouris, 576 



Anschutz's Photographs of Rapid Movements, 352 



Antarctic Expedition, Baron Nordenskiold's proposed, 231 



Anthropology: the Diminution of the Jaw in Civilized Races, 

 326 ; Opening Address in Section H, by Prof. Max Midler, 

 at the British Association, 428 ; Abnormal Development 

 of Arms and Chests of Fakaofu Islanders, presumably causefd 

 by constant Paddling, J. J. Lister, 476 ; Rarity of Colour 

 Blindness in Savage Races, Dr. L. W. Fox, 477 ; Prof. 

 R. K. Douglas on the Social and Religious Ideas of the 

 Chinese, 510 ; Major J. W. Powell on Indian Languages, 511 ; 

 the Marquis of Bute on the Language of Teneriffe, 511 ; Dr. 

 E. B. Tyl ir, F.R.S., on Savage Religion, ^w ; S. E. Peal 

 on the Morong of the Natives of Asam, 511 ; Dr. Garson on 

 Human Remains found in Yorkshire, 511 ; Miss Buckland on 

 the "Mountain Chant," 511 ; Dr. S. A. K. Strahan on In- 

 stinctive Criminality, 511 ; E. H. Man on Nicobar Pottery, 

 512; the Melanesians, Studies in their Anthropology and 

 Folk-lore, Dr. R. H. Codrington, 613; Primitive Man and 

 Stone Hammers, J. D. McGuire, 630 



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



Ants, White, Jackals and Jungle Cocks, 30 



Aquatic Insects, some Difficulties in the Life of, Prof. L. C. 

 Miall, 457 



Arab Domination to British Rule, South Africa fro u, 564 



Arachnida, Propulsion of Silk by Spiders, 30 



Archaean Gneiss of the North- West Highlands of Scotlani, Sir 

 Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., 480 



Archaeology : Rock-sculptures in Scotland, Sir Herbert Max- 



well. 



Discovery of Anc ent Raman Helmet in Titier, 



476 ; Discovery of Three Colossal Statues at Abouk 



575; 



Discovery of Anglo-Saxon Skeletons near Lewes, 575; 

 Mr. C. L. Wacker's Archaeological Researches in South- 

 West New Mexico, 576 ; Album de Paleographie Copte, 

 pour seivir a ITntroduclion Paleographique des Actes 

 des Martyrs de I'Egypte, Henri Hyvernat, 609 ; Flinders- 

 Petrie on Exploration in Eg\pt, 630 

 Arctic Expedition, Lieutenant Peary's projected Botanical, 



231 



Argyll (the Duke of, F. R.S.), the Green Sandpiper, 274 



Arloing (Dr. S.), Les Virus, 27 



Arloing (Prof), Alleged Danger of Consuming Milk and Meat 

 of Tuberculous Animals, 396 



Armstrong (Prof II. E., F.R.S.): the Function of Chlorine in 

 Acid Chlorides, 71 ; Bromo-derivatives of Betanaphthol, 

 Action of Nitric Acid on Naphthol Derivatives, Formation 

 of Nitro-keto Compounds, New Method of preparing Nitro- 

 derivatives. Use of Nitrogen Dioxide as a Nitrating Agent, 

 190 ; Chemical Ctjanges occurring in Plante Cell, 237 ; the 

 Formation of Salts, a Contribution to the Theory of Electro- 

 lysis, and of Nature of Chemical Change in Case of Non- 

 electrolytes, 287 



Arsenic for the Preparation of Plants, Danger of using, 232 



Art, Gallery of British, at South Kensington and the Science 

 Museum, 37, 255, 388 



Art, Physical Science for Artists, Prof. J. Norman Lockyer, 

 F.R.S., 175, 227 



Art, the Existing Schools of Science and, Oliver S. Dawson, 



547 

 Artichokes, Jerusalem, at Different Periods of Growth, Varia- 

 tion of Composition of, G. Lechartier, 608 

 Ascidians, the Classification of, Prof. W. A. Herdman, 130 

 Ashmolean Society, iii 



Asia, Prof. Vambery on British Civilization in, 88 

 Asiatic Wild Sheep, Specimens of, at the British Museum, 40 

 Assam and Burmah, Botanical Survey in. Dr. King, 549 

 Assam, Mr. W. L. Sclater's projected Collecting Expedition to 



Upper, 598 

 Assmann (Dr. R.), the Aspiration Psychrometer and its Use in 



Balloons, 512 

 Asteroids, New, 164, 438, 453, 504, 530, 578, 631 

 Astronomy: Prof. f. Norman Lockyer, F. R. S. , on Some 

 Points in the Early History of Astronomy, 8, 57, 107, 199 ; 

 Apparent Flattening of the Vault of the Heavens, Prof. 

 Reimann, 67; Astronomical Column, 69, 89, 115, 138, 164, 

 209, 234, 259, 283, 305, 327, 355, 391, 438, 453, 478, 504, 

 530. 551. 577. 601, 631 ; the Photography of Faint 

 Nebulae, 69 ; Variations in Latitude, Prof. Van de Sande 

 Bakhuyzen, 69; Re- discovery of Wolfs Comet (1884 III.), 

 69 ; Annual Report of the Paris Observatory, 70 ; a Comet 

 observed from Sunrise to Noon, Captain William Ellacott, 

 82 ; Annual Visitation of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 

 87, 129 ; the Constant of Aberration, 90 ; the Meridian Pho- 

 tometer, 115; Report of Harvard College Observatory, 115 ; 

 the Solar Parallax and its related Constants, Prof W. Hark- 

 ness, 115; Observation of Passage of Mercury across Sun's 

 Di>k, May 9, 1891, D, Eginitis, 119 ; Determination of 

 Solar Constant, R. Savelief, 119; Earth Currents, the 

 Electric Railway and the Royal Observatory, William Ellis, 

 127; the Spectra of Double Stars, Prof E. C. Pickering, 

 138 ; the Perseid Radiant, 138 ; Newly- discovered Markings 

 on Saturn, A. Stanley Williams, 164 ; Partial Solar Eclipse 

 of June 6, 1890, M. Perrotin, 168; Brooks's Comet, 1890 

 II., G. Rayet and L. Picart, i68 ; Prof.' Pritchard's 

 Report on Oxford University Observatory, 184 ; Obser- 

 vations of Wolf's Periodic Comet, 192, 478 : Death 

 of Norman Pogson, 205 ; Formation in Berlin of a Union of 

 Friends of Astronomy and Cosmical Physics, 206, 507 ; the 

 Capture Theory of Comets, 209 ; Wolf's Periodic Comet {l> 

 1891), 209; the Condition of Space, Sydney Lupton, 210 ; 

 the Draper Catalogue, Prof Edward C. Pickering, 223 ; the 

 Smithsonian Astro-Phjsical Observatory, 254 ; the Stellar 

 Cluster X Persei, 259 ; Lunar Inequality of Long Period 

 owing to Action of Venus, F. Tisserand, 263 ; a Cause of 

 Lunar Libration, S. E. Peal, 283 ; Double-Star Observations, 

 S. W. Burnham, 283 ; Observations of the Zodiacal Counter 

 Glow, E. E. Barnard, 283 ; Observatory of Yale University, 

 Dr. Elkin, 283 ; the Gieat Comet of 1882, SerenoE. Bishop, 

 293 ; the Solar Corona, Dr. J. M. Schaeberle, 300 ; Prof 

 J. Norman Lotkyer, F.R.S., 300: Apparent Total Disap- 

 pearance of Jupiter's Satellites, C. Fiammarion, 311 ; Popular 

 Astronomy, by Sir George B. Airy, F.R.S., 319 ; Appoint- 



