Index 



C Supplement to Nature, 

 December i, 1892 



E. Brown, Jame^ Britten, 197 ; the Coming International 

 Botanical Congress at Genoa, 208 ; the Nebraska Sugar 

 School, 210; Journal of Botany, 214, 436 ; Alleged Remark- 

 able Epiphyte Orchids in Southern Formosa, D, J. Mac- 

 gowan, 228 ; the Mustard Beetle, F. Enock, 238 ; Linnean 

 Society, 238 ; Presentation by Mr. Thomas Hanbury to 

 Genoa Institute of late Prof. Willkomm's Collection of Vas- 

 cular Plants, 254 ; Iron in Plants, Dr. H. Molisch, 

 255 ; the Kew Bulletin, 277-8 ; Somali-land Sansevieria 

 Hemp Fibre, 277 ; New Bamboo Garden at Kew, 278 ; 

 Specialization of Teaching at Zurich, 300 ; Arbeiten aus dem 

 K. Botanischen Garten zu Breslau, 300 ; the Orchids of 

 Grenada, R. V. Sherring's Collections, 300 ; Marine Floras 

 of the Warm Atlantic and Indian Ocean, G. Murray, 405 ; 

 on the Structure of Cystopus candidus, Harold Wager, 405 ; 

 on the Affinity of Nuclein for Iron and other Substances, and 

 a Method of Staining Nuclei bv Chemical Means, Prof. G. 

 Gilson, 405 ; Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, 436 ; 

 Bulletino della Societa Botanica Ilaliana, 436 ; Opening of 

 the Hanbury Institute at Genoa, 448 ; Fertilization of the 

 Fig and Caprificaticn, C. V. Riley, 455 ; Comparative 

 Assimilation of Plants developed in Sun and in Shade, 

 L. G. de Lamarliere, 460 ; Kew Bulletin, 473 ; the Cork 

 Oak, 473 ; Lichen Hyphas growing in Shells of Marine 

 Mollusca, Dr. Bornet, 475 ; Report of Calcutta Botanic 

 Garden for 1891-2, 494 ; Sugar-cane Borers in the West 

 Indies, 531 ; M. J. Bornmiiller's Exploring Expedition in 

 Persia, 523 ; Death of Henri Douliot, 548 ; Botanical Papers 

 at the British Association, 554 ; Observations on Secondary 

 Tissues in Monocotyledons, Ur. Scott and Mr. Brebner, 554 ; 

 on the Simplest Form of Moss, Prof. Goebel, 554 ; on the 

 Cause of Physiological Action at a Distance, Prof. L. Errera, 

 .555 ; Notes on the Morphology of the Spore-bearing Members 

 in the Vascular Cryptogams, Prof. F. O. Bower, 555 ; on 

 the arrangement of Buds in Lemna Minor, Miss Nina F. 

 Layard, 555 ; Tubercles on the Thallus of Cystoclonium 

 purpurasccns. Prof. F. Schmitz, 555 ; Calamostachys 

 Binneyana Schimp., T. Hick, 555 ; Myeloxylon from the 

 Millstone Grit and Coal-Measures, A. C. Seward, 555 ; 

 Death of Robert Bullen, 572 ; Death of R. D. Fitzgerald, 

 572 ; Fourcroya in Flower in Royal Botanic Society's Gar- 

 dens, 573 ; Fungous Diseases and their Remedies, Prof. J. E. 

 Humphrey, 574 ; Lao Tea, 593 ; Lehrbuch der Botanik 

 Nach dem Gegenwiirtigen Stand der Wissenschaft, Dr. A. 

 B. Frank, 610 

 "Boltomley (Dr.), Vacuum Tubes without Electrodes, 44 

 Bottomley (Dr. J. T., F.R.S.), Thermal Radiation in Absolute 



Measure, 603 

 Bottone (S. R.), a Guide to Electric Lighting, 221 

 Boulonnais, Has, Geology of the, E. Rigaux, 109 

 Bourgade la Dardye (Dr. E. de), Paraguay : the Land and the 



People, Natural Wealth and Commercial Capabilities, 488 

 Bournemouth Drift, Lara in the ; Musical Sand, Cecil Carus- 



Wilson, 316 

 Boussinesq (J.), Sea-gauges; Necessary Additive Correction for 



Sea swell, 288 ; for Choppy Sea, 312 

 Bower (Prof. F. O.), Notes on the Morphology of the Spore- 

 bearing Members in the Vascular Cryptogams, 555 

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

 Bower (Lieut.), Discovery of an ancient Birch-bark Sanscrit 



Manuscript by. Dr. Hoernle, 370 

 Boys (Mr.), Photographs of Flying Bullets, 45 

 Boyward (J. Lloyd), Aurora Borealis, 368 

 Brabrook (E. W. ), on the Organization of Local Anthropological 



Research, 432 

 Brachiopods of the Alpine Trias, A. Bittner, F. A. Bather, 25 

 Brain, the Temperature of the. Prof. Angelo Mosso, 17 

 Brain and Spinal Cord, the Structure and Functions of the, 



Victor Horsley, F.R.S., 606 

 Bramwell (Dr.), Hypnotism in Yorkshire Medical Practice, 



363 

 Bramwell (Dr. Byrom), Atlas of Clinical Medicine, 389 

 Brass made by Compression, Prof. W. Spring's, M. Behrens, 



216 

 Braun (Prof. F.), Absolute Electrometer for Lecture Purposes, 



Bread, the Dietetic Value of, John Goodfellow, 54 



Bread, White, and Tooth Culture, Sir James Crichton Browne, 



229 

 Bread, Impure Water in, 514 



Breath Figures, W. B. Croft, Rev. F. J. Smith, and Prof. S. 1'. 



Thompson, 236 

 Brebner (Mr.), Observations on Secondary Tissues in Monoco- 

 tyledons, 554 

 Bredikhine (Tb.), the Radiants of the Andromedides, 68 

 Brennand (William), Photometric Observations of the Sun and 



Sky, 284 

 Bretschneider's (Dr.) Botanicon Sinicum, part ii., 14 

 Brick Manufacture in Central Asia, Edouard Blanc, 604 

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

 Brinton (Dr. D. G ), Anthropology as a Branch of University 

 Education, 39 ; Omalius d'Halloy the Author of the Eur 

 pean Origin of the Aryan Race, 278 ; Fuegian Languagt 

 278 

 British Association : Meeting at Edinburgh, 298, 316, 341 ; 

 F. Grant Ogilvie, 270 ; British Association Procedure, 

 Henry Armstrong, 291 ; Inaugural Address at Edinburgh 

 by Sir Archibald Geikie, LL.D., For.Sec.R.S., 317; 

 British Association Committee on Electrical Standards, 

 PXQL.:Snver7 



Lodge, F.R.S. 

 Section A {MalJiematics anU~Physics) — Opening Address by 

 Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., President of the Section, 

 323 ; Discussion on a National Physical Laboratory, Prof. 

 "Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 382 ; R. T. Glazebrook, F.TTS., 

 383; Prof, von Helmholz, F.R.S., 383; Lord Kelvin, 

 F.R.S., 383 ; Prof. Kiicker, F.R.S., 383 ; Prof. Fitzgerald, 

 F.R.S., 383 ; Discussion __onJSoxaenclature^-. Units, 383 ; 

 Report on Underground Temperature, 383 ; Report on the 

 Discharge of Electricity from Points, 383 ; JifipQrt_gn 

 ELeclrical Standards, 383 ; Wire Standards of ElgstricJRe- 

 sistance^JDr,. Lindeck, 383 ; Dr. Kahle on the Clark Cell, 

 3§37Preliminary Account of Oceanic Circulation based on the 

 Challenger Observations by Dr. A. Buchan, 383 ; Physical 

 Condition of the Waters of the English Channel, H. V. 

 Dickson, 384 ; on Primary and Secondary Cells in which 

 the Electrolyte is a Gas, Prof. Schuster, F.R.S. , 384; on 

 Leaky Magnetic Circuits, Dr. du Bois, 384 ; Experiments 

 on the Electric Resistance of Metallic Powders, Dr. Dawson 

 Turner, 384; on the Stability of Periodic Motions, Lord 

 Kelvin, F.R.S., 384; on the Specific Conductivity of Thin 

 Films, Profs. Reinold and Riicker, 384 ; a Contribution to 

 the Theory of the Perfect Influence Machines, J. Gray, 



384 ; Experiments with a Ruhmkorff Coil, Magnus Maclean 

 and A. Gait, 384; the Application of Interference Methods 

 to Spectroscopic Measurement, Prof. A. Michelson, 385 ; 

 on a Periodic Effect which the Size of Bubbles has on their 

 Speed of Ascent in Vertical Tubes containing Liquid, Dr. 

 F. T. Trouton, 385 ; on a Method of Determining Thermal 

 Conductivities, C. H. Lees, 385 ; a Magnetic Curve Tracer, 

 Prof. Ewing, 385 ; on a Magnetic Balance and its Practical 

 Use, Prof, du Bois, 385 ; on Earth Current Storms in 1892, 

 W. H. Preece, 385 ; on the Dielectric of Condensers, W. 

 H. Preece, 385 ; on Polarizing Gratings, Prof, du Bois, 



385 ; the Volume Effects of Magnetism, Dr. C. G. Knott, 

 385 ; an Estimate of the Rate of Propagation of Magnetiza- 

 tion in Iron, Prof. Fitzgerald, 385 ; Experimental Proof 

 that the Co-efficient of Absorption is not Affected by 

 Density of Illumination, Dr. W. Peddie, 385 ; on Disper- 

 sion in Double Refraction due to Electric Stress, Dr. John 

 Kerr, 385 ; on a Delicate Calorimeter, J. A. Harker and 

 P. J. Hartog, 385 ; on Graphic Solutions of Dynamical 

 Problems, Lord Kelvin, 385 ; Reduction of Every Problem of 

 Two Freedoms in Conservative Dynamics to the Drawing 

 of Geodetic Lines on a Surface of given Specific Curvature, 

 Lord Kelvin, 386 



Section B {Chemistry) — Opening Address by Prof. Herbert 

 McLeod, F.R.S., President of the Section, 327; Prof. 

 Crura Brown on Electrolytic Synthesis, 401 ; Prof. Ramsay 

 on the Impurities in Chloroform, 401 ; Prof. Lewes on the 

 Luminosity of Hydrocarbon Flames, 401 ; Experiments on 

 Flame, Prof. Smithells, 402 ; the Reaction of Hydrogen 

 with Mixtures of Hydrogen and Chlorine, Dr. J. A. Har- 

 ker, 402 ; Prof. Clowes on a New Safety Lamp, 402 ; Prof. 

 Roberts Austen on the Effect of Small Quantities of Foreign 

 Matter on the Properties of Metals, 402 ; Dr. Gladstone on 

 the Molecular Refraction and Dispersion of Metallic Car- 

 bonylsand of Indium Gallium and Sulphur, 402 ;Dr. G. H. 

 Bailey on Impurities of Town Air, 402 ; Prof. Ramsay and 

 Miss Aston on the Atomic Weight of Boron, 403 



Section C {Geology) — Opening Address by Prof. C. Lapworth, 



