^iti^piement to Nature,'\ 

 Dtcemberx, 1892 J 



Index 



\. M. Ballon, 435 ; Recent Efforts towards Improve- 

 »ent of Daily Weather Forecasts, H. H. Clayton, 435 ; 

 lain with a High Barometer, Robt. M. W. Swan, 442 ; De- 

 ructive Wind-rush in Slavonia, Prof. Mohoroieie, 450 ; 

 erman Coast-storms of 1878-87, E. Herrmann, 450 ; Ther- 

 lodynamics of the Atmosphere, Prof, von Bezold, 450 ; New 

 South Wales Rainfall during 1890, Mr. Russell, 473 ; Mete- 

 orology of Perak for 1891, 473; Remarkable Rainfall in 

 Malta, 473 ; Progress of Meteorology in United States, W. 

 A. Glassford, 483 ; Winter Thunderstorms, Prof. W. M, 

 Davis, 483 ; Atmospheric Depressions and their Analogy 

 with the Movements of Sunspots, F. Howard Collins, 489 ; 

 Report of Cape Colony Meteorological Commission for 

 1891, 493 ; Tract of Drift of two Halves of Derelict Ship, 

 Fred. B. Taylor, 493 ; Annual Convention of American 

 Association of State Weather Services, 493 ; the Storms of 

 the Baltic, B. von Nasackin, 521 ; the Treatment of Persons 

 Struck by Lightning, Dr. R. Assmann, 521 ; Relation of 

 Soil to Climate, Prof. E. W. Hilgard, 521 ; the White Rain- 

 bow, M. Mascart, 532, 555 ; Cirro-Stratus, J. Porter, 541 ; 

 Seven Years" Meteorological Observations on Pic du Midi, 

 M. Klengel, 548 ; Curious Instance of Globular Lightning, 

 548 ; Thunderstorms in New England during 1887, R. de 

 C. Ward, 555 ; Effect of Topography on Thunderstorms, R. 

 S. Tarr, 555 ; Timchenco's Anemometer, Prof Klossovsky, 

 594 ; Annuaire of Montsouris Observatory, 1892-93, 594 ; a 

 new Spanish Meteorological Journal, 616 ; Experimental 

 Illustration of Mirage, J. M. de Lepinay and A. Perot, 617 



Meteor, Observation of a, L. Simon, 48 



Meteor, a, Grace E. Chisholm, 490 



Meteorite, a, H. L. Preston, 452 



Meteorite from Central Pennsylvania, Chemical Analysis of, 

 Prof. W. G. Owens, 67 



Mexico, the Culture of Sisal Grass in, 63 



Mexico, Dicovery of Onyx Deposits in, 495 



Miall (Prof. L. C), the Surface-film of Water and its Relation 

 to the Life of Plants and Animals, 7 



Michelson (Prof. A.), the Application of Interference Methods 

 to Spectroscopic Measurement, 385 



Michigan, Acorn-eating Birds of, Dr. Morris Gibbs, 495 



Micrometric and Photographic Measures, Refraction in. Dr. S. 

 C. Chandler, 401 



Micro-organisms in their Relation to Chemical Change, Prof 

 Percy F. Frankland, F.R.S., 135 



Micro-organisms of the Soil, Prof. Alfred Springer, 576 



Microscopy : Prof. Penhallow's Improved Method of Labelling 

 Slides, 69 ; the Deep-Sea Deposits of the Eastern Archi- 

 pelago, P. W. Bassett-Smith, 69 ; the Use of the Camera 

 Lucida in Drawing Bacteria, Dr. E. Giltay, 69 ; the Micro- 

 scopic Structure of Alloys, Behrens, 72 ; the Proce>s of Ovi- 

 position as observed in Cattle Tick, R. T, Lewis, 165 ; 

 Penetration in the Microscope, E. M. Nelson, 16? ; the Ob- 

 servation of Rings and Brushes of Crystals, E. M. Nelson, 

 165 ; the Microscope's Contributions to the Earth's Physical 

 History, Prof. T. G, Bonney, F.R.S., 180; Quarterly 

 Journal of Microscopical Sciences, 338 ; a new Branchiate 

 Oligochaste {Branchiura sowerbyi), F. E. Beddard, 338 ; 

 Pigment-cells of the Retina, I. S. Boden and F. C. Spranson, 

 339 ; Primitive Segmentation of Vertebrate Brain, B. H, 

 Waters, 339; Oscula and Anatomy oi Leucosolenia clathrus, 

 E. A. Mmchin, 339 ; Innervation of Cerata of some Nudi- 

 branchiata, Dr. W. A. Herdman and J. A. Clutt, 339 ; the 

 Microscope and Histology for the Use of Laboratory Students 

 in the Anatomical Department of the Cornell University, 

 Simson Henry Gage, W. H. Dallinger, 440 



Micule cu (C), a Re-determination of the Mechanical Equiva- 

 lent of Heat, 618 



Migula (Dr. W.), Bacteriologisches Practicum zur Einfiihrung 

 in die practischwichtigen bacteriologischen untersuchungs- 

 methoden fiir Aerzte, Apotheker, Studirende, Mrs. Grace C. 

 Frankland, 198 



Milanji, Mount, in Nyassaland, Alexander Whyte, 482 



Military Geography, Colonel J. F. Maurice on, 14 



Milk, the Antiseptic Properties of, Herr Winternitz, 550 



Mill (Dr. Hugh Robt,), Time Standards of Europe, 174 



Milne(Prof. John, F.R.S., the Great Earthquake in Japan, 1891, 

 34 ; Dust Storm at Sea, 128 



Mimicry, the Alleged Aggressive, of Volucella, William Bateson, 

 585 



Mimicry, Protective, Rose Haig Thomas, 612 



Minchin (E. A.), Oscula and Anatomy of Leucosolenia clathrus r 

 339 ; a Plea for an International Zoological Record, 367 



Mineralogy : Mineralogy, Dr. F. H. Hatch, 149 ; the System 

 of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-68, Descriptive 

 Mineralogy, Edward Salisbury Dana, 217 ; Polybasite and 

 Tennantite from Colorado, S. L. Penfield and S. H. Pearce, 



310 ; Synthesis of Cr^coite and Phoenicochroite, C. Ludeking, 



311 ; Specific Heat and Latent Heat of Fusion of Aluminium, 

 J. Pionchon, 312 ; Diamond Robbery from South African 

 Museum, 332 ; Discovery of Onyx Deposit in Mexico, 495 ; 

 the Tin District in Burma, H. Warth, 522 ; the Amber and 

 Jade Mines of Upper Burma, Dr. Noetling, 549, 550 ; 

 Geikielite and Baddeleyite, two new Mineral Species, L. 

 Fletcher, F R.S., 620 



Mines and Mining at the Chicago Exhibition, 178, 601 

 Mining, Coal : Model illustrating Phenomena of Explosions 



through Dust Particles, in explanation of Colliery Explosions, 



Prof. T. E. Thorpe, 44 ; Miner's Safety Lamp converted into 



In-trument for detecting Coal-damp, Prof. Clowes, 44 

 Mining Engineers, Federated Institution of, 131 

 Mining, Mercury, in Russia, 86 

 Minor Planets, Photography and, 576 

 Mirage, Experimental Illustration of, J. M. de Lepinay and A. 



Perot, 617 

 Mississippi River, Commissioners Report on the. Levees, 65 

 Mitchell (F. S.), the Birds of Lancashire, 540 

 Mivart (Dr. St. George, F. R.S.), E><says and Criticisms, 265 ; 



the Grammar of Science, 269 ; the Limits of Animal In- 



telligf'nce, 466 

 Mizon (Lieut.), Explorations in Africa, 1 10 

 Mockler- Ferryman (Captain A. F.), Up the Niger, 512 

 Modi^liani's (Dr. Elio) Recent Expljrations in Central Sumatra 



and Engano, Prof. Henry H. Giglioli, 565 

 Moeris, Lake, Henry Brugsch Pasha, 15 

 Moissan(H.), Determination of Density of Gases, 288; Boron 



Trisulphide, 340; Boron Pentasulphide, 364; Proto-iodide of 



Carbon, 312 

 Molisch (Dr. H.), Iron in Plants, 255; Die Pflanze in ihren 



Beziehungen zum Eisen, 512 

 Mombello (Prof, di), Tratiato di Fisico-Chimica secondo la 



Teoria Dinamica, 439 

 Monaco (Prince of), Project of Atlantic Ocean Observatories, 



312; Oceanography, 406; North Atlantic, 406 ; Advantages 



to Meteorology and Navigation of daily telegraphing 



Atmospheric Conditions of the North Atlantic to Europe 



407 

 Mond (Ludwig, F.R.S.), Metallic Carbonyls, 230 

 Mondesir (P. de). Existence in Earth of an Acid Mineral Sub- 

 stance as yet Undetermined, 387 

 Mongoose, Official Denial of Reported intention of U.S. 



Government to Introduce, to Exterminate Troublesome 



Rodents in West, 39 

 Monkeys, the Speech of. Prof. R. L. Gardner, 451 ; R. L. 



Garner, C. LI. Morgan, 509 

 Monocotyledons, Observations on Secondary Tissues in. Dr. 



Scott and Mr. Brebner, 554 

 Mont Dore, Curious Basalt Cavern at, M. Martel, 400 

 Montenegro, Dr. Hassert, 453 

 Monti's (Dr.) Experiments on Absorption of Oxygen by Tissues 



after Death, 263 

 Montsouris Observatory, Annuaire of, 594 

 Moody (G. T.), Sulphonic Acids derived from Anisoils(i.), 94 

 M )on, the Late Partial Eclipse of the, 64 

 Moon, the Cause of the Absence of Water and Air from the, 



Dr. G. J. Stoney, F.R.S., 71 

 Moon, Observations of the, Mr. Stone, 179 

 Moon, Bright Streaks on the Full, Prof. Pickering, 476 

 Moore (J. Carrick, F.R.S.), the General Circulation of the 



Atmosphere, 7 

 Moore (J. E. S.), on the Relationships and Role of the Archo- 



plasmic Body during Mitosis in the Larval Salamander, 



404 

 Morbology ; Pancreatic Diabetes. Laocereaux and Thiroloix, 

 412; the Life of Cholera-Germs, Dr. Daremberg, 436; 

 a New Chemical Function of the Comma Bacillus of Asiatic 

 Cholera, J. Ferran, 436 ; Treatment of Cancer and Cholera 

 by Testiculary Liquid, M. Brown-Sequard, 484 ; Places of 

 Origin of Cholera Epidemics, J. D. Tholozan, 555 ; Carceag, 

 an Enzootic Disease of Sheep in R )umania, V. Babes, 436 ; 

 Bacterian Origin of Bilious Fever of Hot Countries, Domin- 



