XXXIV 



Index 



^Sitpplement to Nature, 

 L December i, 1892 



Movements of Minute Organisms Analysed by Chrono- 

 pholography, M. Marey, 47 ; Residual Life, Gautier and 

 Landi, 71 ; the Relations of the Motor Muscles of the Eyes 

 to Facial Expression, Dr. G. T. Stevens, 86 ; the Embryology 

 of Aiigioptcris evecta, J. B. Farmer, 92 ; the Shoulder- 

 girdle in Ichthyosauria and Sauropterygia, J. W. Hulke, 

 J-.R.S., 93 ; the Development of the Stigmata in Ascidians, 

 Walter Garstang, 93 ; Experiments to Determine Cause of 

 Diflference in Latent Period during Direct and Indirect Stimu- 

 lation of Mu>-cles, Dr. Boruttau, 96 ; Physiology of the 

 Glands of Bohadsch in the Aplysiidie, G. F. Mazzarelli, | 

 163 ; the Products of the Residual Life of the Tissues, j 

 Gautier and Landi, 167 ; Experiments on Respiration 

 under Reduced Atmospheric Pressure, Prof Loewy, 168 ; 

 Williams's Frog Heart Appaiatus, Prof. R. Kohert, 177 ; the 

 Brain of the Gorilla, Dr. H. C. Chapman, 229 ; Physiological ' 

 EflTects of Mountain Climates, M. Viault, 240 ; the Rotatory I 

 Movements of the Human Vertebral Coluum, Dr. A. W. I 

 Hughes, 262 ; Berlin Physiological Society, 263, 340 ; Dr. ! 

 Monti's Experiments on Absorption of Oxygen by Tissues 

 after Death, 263 ; Dr. Lillienfeld's Investigations on the Dis- 

 tribution of Phosphorus in Various Tissues, 263 ; a Pheno- [ 

 menon of Human Respiration, Prof. Litten, 263 ; Anatomy, 

 Physiology, Morphology, and Development of th2 Blow-fly 

 {CalHphora erythrocephala), B, Thompson Lowne, 267 : 

 Effect of Sudden Release on Animals placed in Compressed 

 Air, G. Philippon, 312; Action of Paraffin Nitrites on Mus- ' 

 cular Tissue, Dr. J, T, Cash, F.R.S. and W. R. Dunstan, 

 339 ; Pigment Cells of Retina, I. S. Boden and F. C. Spraw- , 

 i^on. 339 ; Primitive Segmentation of Vertebrate Brain, B. H. i 

 Waters, 330 : Oscula and Anatomy of Leticosolenia clathrus, \ 

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

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

 Sense of Temperature, Dr. Dessoir, 340 ; lifTect of Muscular I 

 Exertion on Alkalinity of Blood of Carnivora as compared 

 with Herbivora, Prof. Zuntz, 340 ; Wa-te of Nitrogen from 

 Excessive Fatigue, MM. Chibrei and Huguet, 364 ; Prof. 

 Waymouth Reid on Vital Absorption, 403 ; Prof Rosenthal 

 on Animal Heat and Physiological Calorimetry, 403 ; Dr. 

 Lockhart Gillespie en Proteid-hydrochloride-, 403 ; Dr. E. 

 W. Cariier on the Hibernating Gland of the Hedgehog, 403 ; 

 Dr. G. Mann on the Functions, Staining Reactions and Struc- 

 tures of Nuclei, 403 ; the Physiology of the Invertebrata, Dr. 

 A. B. Griffiths, F.R.S. , 414; Effects of Absence of Lij^ht { 

 upon Animil Life, 421 ; International Congress of Physiolo- ( 

 gists, 449, 477 ; Removal of the Thyroid in the White Rat, 

 H. Cristiani, 484 ; the Active Albumen in Plants, 491 ; 

 Physiology of Epilepsy, M BrownSequard, 507 ; Echino- 

 chrome, a Respiratory Pigment, A. B. Griffiths, 508 ; the 

 Temperature of the Human Body, L. Cummin<;, 541 ; G. M. 

 Stewart, Dr. W. Hale White, 588 ; on the Cause of 

 Physiological Action at a Distance, Prof. L. Errera, 555 : 

 Respiratory Globuline in the Blood of Chitons, A. B. Griffiths, 

 580 ; the Comparative Physiology of Respiration, Prof. 

 Simon Henry Gage, 598 ; the Movements of the Heart 

 studied by Chronophotography, M. Marey, 604 : the Struc- 

 ture and Functions of the Brain and Spinal Cord, Victor 

 Horsley, F.R.S., 606 ; the Physiological Effect of a Farina- 

 ceous Diet on Animals, Prof. Voit, 618 



Pickering (E. C), Appeal by Harvard Observatory for Dona- 

 tions to Construct Great Refracting Telescope, 548 



Pickering (Prof. ), Active Lunar Volcanoes, 134; Colours on the 

 Surface of Mars, 179; New Variable Stars, 334 ; Bright 

 Streaks on the Full Moon. 476 



Picou (R. v.). Distribution de I'Electricite, 291 



Pictet (Raoul), Study of Physical and Chemical Phenomena 

 under Influence i)f very Low Temperatures, 144 



Pilchards and Blue Sharks, Matthias Dunn, 368 



Piltschikoff (N.), Polarization of Light of Various Colours by 

 Atmosphere, 627 



Pionchon (J.), Specific Heat and Latent Heat of Fusion of 

 Aluminium, 312 



Place Names, Dr. J. Burgess, 406 



Plagues and Fevers, Epidemics, Hon. Rollo Russell, 413 



Planet Mars, the, 162 ; Colours on the Surface of the, Prof. 

 Pickering, 179; Opposition of, 258,400 ; J. Norman Lockyer, 

 F.R.S., 443; Observations of, M. Perrotin, 482; Measures 

 of the Diameter of, Camille Flammarion, 460 ; Earth Frac- 

 tures and Mars "Canals," Prof. G. A. Lebour, 611 



Planet beyond Neptune, a, Prof. Forbes, 179 ; Mr. Roberts, 

 179 



Planet Victoria, Comparison Stars of the, Dr. Gill, 423 



Planet Venus, the, E. L. Trouvelot, 468 



Planets : Discovery of Three New Planets by Photography, 619 



Planisphere, a New, 177 



Plants or Animals, a Debatable Land, George Massee, 365 



Plants, New Contributions to the Biology of, 461 



Plants, the Active Albumen in, O. Loew, 491 



Plants, Herbaceous, Effect of Electric Lighten, Gorton Bonnier, 

 580 



Platania (Gaetano), the Recent Eruption of Etna, 542 



Pleiades, Photographic Measures of the, 161 



Plimpton (R. T,), Metallic Derivatives of Acetylene, 142 



Plumbing, Principles and Practice of, S. Stevens Hellyer, 584 



Plummer (Mr. W. E.), appointed Director of Liverpool Obser- 

 vatory, 276 



Pockels (Miss Agnes), on the Relative Contamination of the 

 Water-surface by Equal Quantities of Different Substances, 

 418 



Pocock (R. J.) Peripatus from St. Vincent, 100 



Poincare's Thermodynamics, 76 



Poincare (H.), Propagation of Electrical Oscillations, 144 



Poincare (Dr. Leon), Death of, 572 



Poisonous? are the Solpugidte, Henry Bernard, 223 ; W. L. 

 Distant, 247 



Poisons, Arrow, used by the Ainos of Japan, Romyn Hitch- 

 cock, 475 



Poland (Henry), Fur-bearing Animals in Nature and Commerce, 

 605 



Polarization of Light of Various Colours by Atmosphere, N. 

 Piltschikoff, 627 



Polarizing Gratings, on. Prof, du Bois, 385 



Political Economy, a Tc-ct-Book of, Prof. Alfred Marshall, 27 



Polynesian Society, 209 



Pope (W. J.), Crystalline Forms of Sodium Salts of Substituted 

 i\nilic Acids, 142 



Popper's (Sehor Julio) Expedition to Argentine Tierra del 

 Fuego, 135 



Port Erin, Opening of the Liverpool Marine Biological Station 

 at, 155 



Porter (James) : Aurora, 151 ; Stars' Proper Motions, 230 ; 

 Cirro-stratus, 541 



Porter (T. C), on a New Method of Viewing Newton's Rings, 80 



Portrush, at, James Rigg, 418 



Portsmouth Dockyard : Shipbuilding in, W. H. White, F.R.S., 

 337 ; Lifting and Hauling Appliances in, J, T. Corner, 338 



Posewitz (Theodore), Borneo: its Geology and Mineral Re- 

 sources, 540 



Posterior, Cranial and Anterior Spinal Nerves in Mammals, 

 Observations on the Development of the, Dr. Arthur 

 Robinson, 405 



Potato in Australia, the Improvement of the, 617 



Pouchet's (Prof.) Visit to Jan Mayen and Spitzbergen, 453 



Poulton (Edward B., F.R.S.), Animal Coloration: an Ac- 

 count of the Principal Facts and Theories relating to the 

 Colours and Markings of Animals, F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., 



Power Transition by Alternating Current, Gisbert Kapp, 430 

 Train (C), the Species of Pedicularis of the Indian Empire ' 



and its Frontiers, the Genus Gomphostemma, 122 

 Pratt (A. E.), to the Snows of Tibet through China, 150 

 Preece (W. H., F.R.S.), the Arts of Internal Illumination by 

 Electricity, 62 ; on Earth Current Storms in 1892, 385 ; on 

 the Dielectric of Condensers 385 ; Necessity for Connection 

 between Stack Pipes and Earth, 430 

 Prehensile Power of Infants, Dr. Louis Robinson, 433 

 Prehistoric Archaeology and Zoology, the Coming Moscow Inter- 

 national Congress of, 108 

 Prehistoric Epochs, Edmond Bordage, 418 

 Pre-Palseolithic Flints, J. Montgomerie Bell, 432 

 Prescott's (Prof. A. B.), Address to the American Associali <» 



for the Advancement of Science, 408 

 Preston (Mr.), Latitude Observations at Waikiki, 64 / 



Preston (H. L.), a Meteorite, 452 

 Prince (Prof. E. E.), Development of the Pharyngeal Teeth in, 



the Lahridse, 405 

 Prince (Prof. E. G.), on the Formation of Argenteous Matter ia 

 the Integument of Teleosteans, 405 



