Supplement to NatHre,'\ 

 December i, iSga J 



index 



Arrow Poisons used by the Ainos of Japan, Rotnyn Hitchcock, 



475 

 Arsonval (A. d'). Physiological Effects of Alternating Currents 



with Sinusoidal Variations, 24D 

 Art : the Black and White Handbook to the Academy and New 



Gallery Pictures, 84 

 Art in Ethnology, the Value of. Prof, A. C. Haddon, 432 

 Aryan Race, Omalius d'Halloy the author of the Theory of the 



European Origin of the. Dr. Brinton, 278 

 JUcidian, a Functional Hermaphrodite, Prof. VV. A. Herdman, 



F.R.S., 561 

 Ascidians, on the Geographical Distribution of. Prof. W. A. 



Herdman, F.R.S., 405 

 Asia, Central, Brick Manufacture in, Edouard Blanc, 604 

 Assmann's (Dr. R.) Aspiration Apparatus, 361; Treatment of 



Persons Struck by Lightning, 521 

 Asteroids, Numeration of, 372 

 Asters and Perennial Sunflowers, J. G. Baker, 14 

 Aston (Miss), Atomic Weight of Boron, 403 

 "" )nomy : Astronomical Column, 16, 41, 64, 86, 1 10, 134, 

 [79, 211, 229, 257, 279, 3(±,334. 362, 371. 400, 423, 

 I, 476, 496, 524, 551, 575, 597, 619 ; Prof Tacchini on 

 -spots, 16; Photographs of Sun-spots, 258; the Influence 

 Sun-spots on Terrestrial Magnetic Conditions, 278 ; 

 aospheric Depressions and their Analogy with the Move- 

 its of Sun-spots, M. Camille Flammarion, 280 ; Sun-spot 

 Bervations at the Lyons Observatory, E. Marchand, 340 ; 

 lipse of the Moon, May II, 17; Comet Swift (March 6), 

 J2, 17, 65, 87, 230, 258, 42^, 453 ; Spectrum of Swift's 

 net [a 1892) W. W. Campbell, Prof. Konkoly, 17 ; Nova 

 rigae. Prof Konkoly, 17, " L' Astronomic," 161, Rev. 

 Freeman, 453, H. F. Newall, 489, Herr Belopolsky, 

 576, Dr. J. Holetschek, 576; Nebular Spectrum of, 

 Copeiand, 464 ; Spectrum of, Herr E. von Gothard, 620 ; 

 rease of, 400 ; Photographic Magnitudes of. J. M. 

 iaeberle, 423 ; Brightness of, 476, 496 ; a New Variable, 

 E. Espin, 17 ; a New Variable Star, Prof. Schaeberle, 

 ; New Variable Stars, Prof. Pickering, 334 ; Variable 

 T Cassiopeife, Cuthbert E. Peek, 443 ; Aurora, Dr. 

 A. Veeder, 29, H. Geelmuyden, 55 ; Photographic and 

 'Visual Magnitudes of Stars, Prof. J. C. Kapteyn, 41 ; Photo- 

 graphs of the Lyra Ring Nebula, Prof. Denza, 41 ; Deter- 

 mination of the Constant of Aberration, Prof. G. C. Corn- 

 stock, 41 ; Star Magnitudes, Captain Abney, 41 ; Captain 

 Weir's Azimuth Diagram, 44 ; Latitude Observations at 

 Waikiki, Mr. Preston, 64 ; Motion in the Line of Sight, W. 

 W. Campbell, 64 ; Declinations of Stars for Reduction of 

 Variations in Latitude, 65; Comet i892,Denning(March l8),6S; 

 Lunar Eclipse, May 11, 1892, 64, 372; Observations of the 

 Moon, 179 ; Bright Streaks on the Full Moon, Prof. Picker- 

 ing, 476 ; the Variation of Terrestrial Latitudes, M. Antoine 

 i Abbadie, 65; the Radiants of the Andromedides, 

 h. Bredikhine, 68 ; t'le Libration of Hyperion, H. 

 ruve, 68; Distribution of Stars in Space, Kapteyn, 72; 

 aris Observatory I^eport, 86 ; Stars with Remarkable 

 i>ectra, 86 ; Light Variations of 7 Cygni, Prof. Duner, 87, 

 J,34, Mr. Yendell, 134; Nebulae, Mr. Burnham, 87 ; Cata- 

 le of Nebulce, 135 ; Variable Nebulae, E. E. Barnard, 

 Winnecke's Periodic Comet, 1892, 1 10 ; Saturn's Rings, 

 Bigourdan, no. Rev. A. Freeman, 150; Stone Circles, 

 Sun and the Stars, A. L. Lewis, 127 ; Active Lunar 

 Icanoes, Prof. Pickering, 134; Photographic Measures of 

 Pleiades, 161 ; the Planet Mars, 162 ; Colours on the Sur- 

 of Mars, Prof. Pickering, 179; Opposition of Mars, 258, 

 J. Norman Lockyer, F. R.S., 443; Observations of 

 M. Pen-otin, 482 ; Measures of the Diameter of Mars, 

 lille Flammarion, 460; Earth- fractures and Mars " Canals," 

 i>f. G. A. Lebour, 611 ; Death of Narasinga Row, 176; a 

 Tew Planisphere, 177 ; a Planet beyond Neptune, Prof. 

 orbes, Mr. Roberts, 179 ; Total Solar Eclipse, April 15-16, 

 1S93, 201 ; Variation of Latitude, Mr. Chandler, 211 ; Com- 

 l)arative Spectra of High and Low Sun, 211 ; Coronoidal 

 Discharges, M. L Pupin, 211 ; the Red Spot on Jupiter, J. 

 I. Landerer, 229, W. F. Denning, 391 ; Position of Jupiter, 

 S3 ; Discovery of a New Satellite to Jupiter, 476, 592 ; Dis- 

 very of a Fifth Satellite to Jupiter, W. F. Denning, 492 ; 

 [upiter's Fifth Satellite, Prof. Barnard, 620 ; Jupiter and his 

 System, Miss E. M. Clarke, 620 ; a Mean Time Sun-dial, 

 Major-General Oliver, 230 ; Stars' Proper Motions, J. G. 

 Porter, 230 ; Determination of Angle of Polarization of 



Venus, J. J. Landerer, 240; Lunar 'Photography, Dr. L. 

 Weinek, Prof. Holden, 257 ; Remarkable Prominences, M. 

 Trouvelot, 258 ; Influence of Place of External Thermometer 

 in Observations of Zenith Distances, M. Perigaud, 263 ; a 

 New Nebulous Star, E. E. Barnard, 279 ; Vale College 

 Observatory Report, Mr. Brown, Dr. Elkin, 280 ; Madras 

 Observatory, 301 ; Oxford University Observatory, 301 ; 

 Natal Observatory, 362 ; In Starry Realms, Sir Robt. S. 

 Ball, F.R.S., 315 ; Solar Observations at the R. Osservatorio 

 del Collegio, Romano, Prof. Tacchini, 334 ; a Remarkable 

 Prominence, J. Fenyi, 334 ; the Trapezium in the Orion 

 Nebula, Dr. L. Ambronn, 334 ; New Results with Regard 

 to Hydrogen obtained by Spectroscopic Study of Sun, Vf. 

 Deslandres, 340 ; Geodetic Survey of South Africa, 362 ; ihe 

 Perseids, W. F. Denning, 371, J. Edmund Clark, 442 ; 

 Himmel und Erde, 371 ; Astronomy at the Columbian Ex- 

 position, 372 ; Nuneration of Asteroids, 372 ; Thermal 

 Absorption in the Solar Atmosphere, E. B. Frost, 400 ; 

 Hydrogen Spectrum in the Solar Atmosphere, M. 

 Deslandres, 401 ; Refraction in Micrometric and Photo- 

 graphic Measures, Dr. S. C. Chandler, 401 ; Com- 

 parison Stars of the Planet Victoria, Dr. Gill, 423 ; 

 International Time, Major the Hon. E. Noel, 423 ; Some 

 Problems in the Old Astronomy, J. R. Eastman, 424 ; the 

 Staff at the Lick Observatory, 452 ; the Observations of 

 Klinkerfues Reduced, Prof. William Schur. 452 ; Photo- 

 graphs of Solar Phenomena, Prof. G. E. Hale, 452 ; A 

 Meteorite, H. L. Preston, 452 ; Mounting of Objectives, 

 Prof. Hale, 452 ; Discovery of a New Comet by Mr. 

 Brooks, 453 ; Observations of New Planet M. Wolf, 

 G. Bigourdan, 4^0; the Planet Venus, E. L. Trouvelot, 

 468 ; Variation of Latitude, Dr. Chandler, 476 ; the Varia- 

 tion of Latitude at Pulkova, B. Wanach, S. Kostinsky, 524; 

 Double Star Observations, Prof. Asaph Hall, 524; New 

 Observatories, 476 ; Solar Observations at Rome, Prof. 

 Tacchini, 476, 524 ; Proposed School of Practical Astronomy, 

 I H. C. Russell, 496 ; Double Star Measures, S. W. Burnhan-, 

 496; Comet Brooks (1882, August 27), 496; Comets of 

 Brorsen (1846 VII.) and Brooks (1892 "i"), W. F. 

 ! Denning, 514 ; Comet Brooks (August 27, 1892), F. Rist en- 

 pert, 551 ; Comet II. 1892 (Denning, March 18), 541, 551 ; 

 Astronomische Nachrichten, 552 ; Appeal by Harvard 

 Observatory for Donation to construct Refracting Telescope, 

 E. C. Pickering, 548 ; the Present Comets, T. W. Back- 

 house, 561 ; Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1893, John King, 

 William M. Martin, 561 ; Luminous Night Clouds, W. 

 Foerster and O. Jesse, 575; Minor Planets, 576; Report of 

 Mr. Tebbutt's Observatory, 576 ; Photographic Chart of the 

 Heavens, H. C. Russell, 576 ; Dr. Ramhaut, the New Royal 

 Astronomer for Ireland, 615 ; A New Comet discovered by 

 Prof. Barnard, 597 ; our Sun's History, Lord Kelvin, 597 ; 

 Silvering Glass Mirrors, Mr. Common, 597 ; Himmel und 

 Erde, 598 ; Researches in Stellar Parallax by the aid of 

 Photography, Prof. Chas. Pritchard, F. R.S., 612 ; Comet 

 Barnard (October 12), 619 ; Discovery of Three New Planets 

 by Photography, 619 ; Rutherfurd Measures of Stars about 

 6 Cygni, Harold Jacoby, 619 



Atlantic, Icebergs in the, 160 



Atlantic, North, Pilot Chart of, for April, 38 



Atlantic, North, the Crinoids and Echinoids of the. Dr. 

 Danielssen, 333 



Atlantic, South, Ice in the, Robert H. Scott, F.R.S., 173; 

 Capt. Edgar H. Andrew, 173 



Atlas of Clinical Medicine, Dr. Byrom Bramwell, 389 



Atomic Weight of Boron, Prof. Ramsay and Miss Aston, 

 403 



Atomic Weight of Oxygen, Robert Lehfeldt, 151 



Atmosphere, the General Circulation of the, J. Carrick Moore, 

 F.R.S., 7 



Atmospheric Depressions and their Analogy with the Move- 

 ments of Sun-Spots, M. Camille Flammarion, 280 ; F. 

 Howard Collins, 489 



Auriga, the Late New Star in, l6l 



Aurora, Dr. M. A. Veeder, 29, H. Geelmuyden, 55, 

 James Porter, 151 ; Remarkable Aurora Borealis over 

 Moscow, 39 ; Aurora in Canada, 361 ; Aurora Borealis, 

 Warington Stock, 79, A. Butcher, 368, Rev. Edmund 

 McClure, 368, J. Lloyd Boyward, 368, Henry Harries, 391 ; 

 Aurora Australis, William White, 368, H. S. Dove and 

 G. W. Easton, 368 



