Supplement to Natitre,~\ 

 December 1, iig2 J 



Index 



xxxvii 



Bees for Pleasure and Profit, G. Gordon Samson, W. Tuck" 



well 510, 

 A New Course of Experimental Chemistry, John Castell- 



Evans, 511 

 Die Pflanze in ihren Beziehungen zum Eisen, Dr. Hans 



Molisch, 512 

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

 Animal Coloration : an Account of the Principal Facts and 



Theories relating to the Colours and Markings of Animals, 



F. E. Beddard. F.R.S., Edward B. Poulton, F.R.S., 533 

 Sunshine, Amy Johnson, 537 

 The Locom'tive Engine and its' Development, Clement E, 



Stretton, N. J. Lockyer, 538 

 Sketches of British Insects Rev. W. Houghton, 540 

 The Birds of Lancashire, F. S. Mitchell, 540 

 liorneo : Its Geology and Mineral Resources, Theodor Pose- 



witz, 540 

 Essays on Heredity, Dr. A. Weismann, 558 

 The Standard Course of Elementary Chemistry, E. J. Cox, 



559 

 Essai sur la Vie et la Mort, Armand Sabatier, 560 

 Contagious Foot Rot in Sheep, Prof. G. T. Brown, 560 

 How to Make Common Things, John A. Bower, 561 

 The Student's Manual of Deductive Logic, Theory and 



Practice, K. R. Bo<e, 561 

 A Text-book of Agricultural Entomology, Eleanor A. 



Ormerod, 561 

 The Optical Indicatrix and the Transmission of Light in 



Crystals, L. Fletcher, 581 

 Contributions to Horticultural Literature, William Paul, Dr. 



Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., 582 

 Life in Motion ; or, Muscle and Nerve, John Gray Mc- 



Kendrick, F.R.S., 583 

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

 A Lecture Course of Elementary Chemistry, H. T. Lilley, 



585 

 Longmans' School Geography for North America, G. H. 



Chisholm and C. H. Leete, 585 

 Garden Design and Architects' Gardens, W. Robinson, 585 

 Fur-bearing Animals in Nature and Commerce, Henry 



Poland, 605 

 The Structure and Functions of the Brain and Spinal Cord, 



Victor Horsley, F.R.S., 606 

 Electrical Engineering as a Profession, and How to Enter it, 



A. D. Southam, 608 

 A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health, 609 j 



Lehrbuch der Botanik nach dem gegenwartigen Stand der j 



Wissenschaft, Dr. A. B, Frank, 610 

 Arithmetrical Chemistry, C. J. Woodward, 6lo 

 Lessons in Heat and Light, D. E. Jones, 610 

 Elements of Magnetism and Electricity, John Angell, 610 

 Beitrage zur Theorie und Praxis der Desinfection, Prof, J. 



Maschek, Mrs, Percy Frankland, 613 



Reyer (Prof. E.), on the Causes of the Deformation of the 



Earth's Crust, 224 

 Reynolds (j. E.), Action of Silicon Tetrachloride on substituted 



Phenylamines, 22 

 Reynolds (Dr. J Emerson, F.R.S.), Fuels and their Use, 527 

 Rhinoceros, the White, W. L. Distant, 29 

 Richards (Dr.), Redetermination of the Atomic Weight of 



Copper, 134 

 Richardson (A. T.), Graduated Mathematicil Exercises, 54 

 Richardson (Dr. B. W.), French and English Methods of 



Sanitation compared, 299 

 Richet (Ch.), Tuberculous Vaccination of Dogs, 168 

 Richmond (H. D ), Masrite and Masrium, 94; Geology of the 



Nile Valley, 190 

 Ridgway on the Humming-Birds, R. W. Shufeldt, 465 

 Rigaux (E.), Geology of the Bas Boulonnais, 109 

 Rigg (James), at Portrush, 418 

 Riley (Prof. C. V ), Locusts in America, 256; Directions for 



Collecting and Preserving Insects, 416; Fer'ilization of the 



Fig and Caprification, 455 ; the Transmission of Acquired 



Character through Heredity, 504 

 Rings, Newton's, on a new Method of Viewing, T. C. Porter, 



80 

 Rings, Saturn's, Rev. A. Freeman, 150 

 Ristenpart (Dr. F.), Nova Aurigae, 496 



River, an Acoustic Method whereby the Depth of Water in a, 



may be Measured at a Distance, Fred. J. Smith, 246 

 Roberts (Mr.), a Planet beyond Neptune, 179 

 Roberts (Charles G. D.), the Canadian Guide Book, 54 

 Roberts- Austen (Prof. W. C), an Apparatus for Autographi- 



cally Recording the Temperature of Furnaces, 526 

 Robertson (David) and John Gall, Popular Readings in Science,. 



291 

 Robertson (Prof. Geo. Croom), Death of, 520 

 Robinson (Dr. Arthur), Observations on the Development of 

 the Posterior Cranial and Anterior Spinal Nerves in Mam- 

 mals, 405 

 Robinson (Rev. J. A.), Association founded for Study of 



Hausa Language and People in Commemoration of, 572 

 Robinson (Dr. Louis), Prehensile Power of Infants, 433 

 Robinson (W.), Garden Design and Architects' Gardens, 585 

 Rock Structure, Sir Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., 317 

 Rogers (Prof. W. A.), the Hardness ot Diamonds not Percep- 

 tibly Reduced by Cutting and Polishing, 257 ; a Standard' 

 Yard and Measure on Polished Steel, 455 

 RoUand (G.), Contributions to Knowledge of Saharian Climate,. 



144 



Rolls, Chilled, Failures in Necks of, C. A. Winder, 527 



Romanes (Dr. Geo. J., F.R. S.), Hairlessness of Termina 

 Phalanges in Primates, 247 



Romano, Solar Observations at the R. Osservatorio del 

 Collegio, Prof. Tacchini, 334 



Rome, R. Accademia dei Lincei, 387 



Rome, Solar Observations at, Prof. Tacchini, 476, 524 



Roscoe (Sir H. E., F.R.S.), Watts' Dictionary of Chemistry,. 

 M. M. Pattison Muir and Forster Morley, 242 ; Obituary 

 Notice of Dr. Carl Schorlemmer, F.R.S., 394 



Rosenbaum (Herr), a new Theory of Sleep, 595 



Rosenthal (Prof.), on Animal Heat and Physiological Calo- 

 rimetry, 403 



Rotation, Dynamics of: an Elementary Introduction to Rigid 

 Dynamics, A. M. Worthington, 4 



Roumania, Earthquake in, 594 



Roumeguere (M.), Death of, 61 



Rousseau (G.), a Hydro-silicate of Cadmium, 144 



Routh (Edward John, F.R.S.) : a Treatise on Analytical Statics, 

 145 : the Elementary Part of a Treatise on the Dynamics of 

 a System of Rigid Bodies, 145 



Row (Narasinga), Death of, 176 



Rowland-Brown (H.), a Colias edusa Butterfly in London, 

 228 



Royal Agricultural Society's Journal, 262 



Royal Dubhn Society, 71, 167 



Royal Geographical Society, 258, 552 ; Anniversary Meeting 

 of the. President's Address, 87 ; Royal Geographical Society's 

 Soiree, 180 



Royal Institution, Gift of Mr. Thomas Hogkins for Promotion 

 of Scientific Research to, 572 



Royal Meteorological Society, 95, 191 



Royal Microscopical Society, 69, 165 



Royal Society, 21, 69, 90, 140, 163, 187, 236, 339, 603 ; Royal 

 Society's Committee on Colour Vision, Report of the, 33 ; 

 Selected Candidates, 35 ; Royal Society's Soiree, 44 ; Model 

 Illustrating General Phenomena of Explosions through Dust 

 Particles, in Explanation of Colliery Explosions, Prof. T. E. 

 Thorpe, 44 ; Miner's Safety Lamp converted into Instrument 

 for detecting Coal-damp, Prof Clowes, 44 ; Vacuum Tubes 

 without h.lectrodes, Dr. Bottomley, 44 ; Musical Sands, C. 

 Carus- Wilson, 44 ; Apparatus for measuring Colour-blind- 

 ness, Brudenell Carter, 44; Captain Weir's Azimuth 

 Diagram, 44 ; Electric Sparks in and to Water, Prof. Oliver 

 Lodge, 44 ; Electric Retina, Prof. Oliver Lodge, 44 ; Experi- 

 ments of Electric Currents of High Potential and Extreme 

 Frequency i la Tesla, W. Crookes, 44 ; New Electrical 

 Method for determining very High Temperatures, Prof. H. 

 Le Chatelier, 45 ; Electric Tram Chronograph, Rev, F. J. 

 Smith, 45 ; Photographs of Flying Bullets, Mr. Hoys, 45 ; 

 Photographs, &c.. Illustrating Coral Reefs and Marine Fauna 

 of Great Barrier District of Australia, W. Saville-Kent, 45 ;. 

 the Yearly Admissions to the Royal Society, Lieut. -General 

 R. Strachey, F.R.S,, 1 16 ; the Ladies' Conversazione of the 

 Royal Society, 184 



Royal Society of New South Wales, 191 



Royal Society of Victoria, 459 



