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Supplement to Nature,! 

 June II, 1896 J 



Index 



xvii 



nkland (Prof. P., F.R.S.), Rotation of Optically Active 



Compounds in Organic Solvents, 357 ; the Rontgen Rays and 



Optically Active Substances, 556 

 : lankland (Mrs. Percy), Typhoid Fever Epidemics in America, 



38 ; Cholera in Germany in 1894, 63 

 i ranklin (Mrs. C. Ladd), the Positions of Retinal Images, 34I 

 Fraser(Prof. T. R., F.R.S.), the Discover)' of the Anti-Toxin 



of Snake-Poison, 150; Immunisation against Serpents' 



Venom, and Treatment of Snake-Bite with Antivenene, 569, 



592 

 Frenzel (Dr.), Experiments with Rontgen Rays, 503 

 Fridlander (E. D.), Amount of Atmospheric Dust in Various 



Places, 599 

 hrilled Lizard, the, Chlamydosattrus kingi, VV. Saville-Kent, 



395 



-th (J.), Effect of Wave-form on Alternate Current Arc, 623 

 (Rev. L. ), Tyrhoon Highways in Far East, 493 

 taken by the Rontgen Rays, Negative of, Profs. E. Way- 

 outh Reid and J. P. Kuenen, 419 



s, Rana escuknta in Kincardineshire, Prof. Philip J. White, 

 I 

 lich (Dr.), Siemens and Halske's Arrangement for protect- 

 Physical Laboratories from Effects of Electric Tram Lines, 



:hs (Dr. Gotthold), Anleitung zur Molekulargewichtsbestini- 

 lung, 315 



llerton (Prof. G. S.), Psychology and Physiology, 326 

 Tton (Dr. T. Wemyss), Influence of Marine Currents in 

 transporting Floating Eggs and Larvse from Off-shore Spawn- 

 ing Areas, 117 

 Fungi, Entomogenous, R. H. Pettit, 90 ; A. S. Olliff, 90 

 Fungi, Introduction to the Study of. Dr. M. C. Cooke, Geo. 



Massee, 218 

 ^ungi, Protobasidiomyceten, Alfred Moller, Geo. Massee, 314 

 iss (V.), Geographical Survey of North-East Siberia, 404 



Gadow (Dr. H., F.R.S,), Distribution of Norway Lemming, 



499 

 (ialapagos Islands, Cactacete in the, Prof. Alexander Agassiz, 



199; W. Botting Hemsley, F.R.S., 31, 249 

 Galapagos, Dr. Baur and the, W. Botting Hemsley, F.R S., 



78 . . 



Galitzine (Prince B.), Experiments with X-Rays, 528 

 Gallon (Dr. Francis, F.R.S.), Prints of Scars, 295 

 Game Fields of the Eastern Transvaal, the, Frederick Vaughan 



Kirby, 467 

 (lamgee (Dr. Arthur, F.R.S. ), Spectrology of Haemoglobin 



Compounds and Derivatives, 478 ; Relations of Turacin and 



Turacoporphyrin to Colouring Matter of Blood, 574 

 Ganong (W. F.), Remarkable Sounds, loi 

 Gardiner (C. I.), Crush Conglomerates in Ireland, 488 

 (lardner (J. A.), Camphoic Acid, 214 

 (iardner (James H.), Kathode-Rays or X-Rays, 486 

 ( iarrigou-Lagrange (P.), the Diurnal Lunar Wave, 600 

 (.ascard (A.), Effect of Rontgen Rays on Diamond and Jet, 



431 

 ( .as Cylinders, Compressed, Report of Committee on, 472 

 (iases, the New Mineral, J. Norman Lockyer, F R.S., 163 

 (iases, the New Process for the Liquefaction of Air and other, 



515 

 (laster (Frederic), Weather Forecasts and Storm Warnings, 501 

 Gautier (A.), Combination of Oxygen and Hydrogen at Low 



Temperatures, 480 ; Specific Heat of Boron, 61 1 

 (ieddes (Prof. P.), Pasteur, 18 

 (ieikie (Sir Archibald, F.R.S.), the Geological Survey of the 



United Kingdom, 19 ; Tertiary Basalt- Plateaux of North 



Western Europe, 286 

 ( ieitel (E.), Influence of Light on Form of Discharge of Influence 



Machine, 526 

 (ieitel (H.), Movable Light Phenomena caused by Electric 



Oscillations in Rarefied Gases, 262 ; the Alleged Dissipation 



of Positive Electricity by Light, 430 

 Geldart (H. D.), Influence of Glacial Epoch on British Flora, 



543 

 Genealogical Tree, the Place of Pithecanthropus in the. Dr. 



Eug. Dubois, 245 ; Prof. D. J. Cunningham, F.R.S., 296 

 Generation of Longitudinal Waves in Ether, on the, Lord 



Kelvin, F. R S. , 450 

 Geodesy : the International Geodetic Congress at Berlin, 306 ; 



Death of General J. T. Walker, F.R.S., 373 ; Record made 

 by Mr. Jaderin in measuring Geodetic Base Lines, 585 



Geography : the Contemplated German Antarctic Expedition, 

 II, 61 ; Differences of Longitude between Nice, Ajaccio and 

 Rousse Island, MM, Hatt, Driencourt and Perrotin, 23 ; 

 Beeldsnyder's Map, 1575, of North Holland, Mr. van Diesen, 

 48 ; Discovery of Large River in Canada, Sir Robert Bell, 

 61 ; Current African Expeditions, 62 ; Scientific Description 

 of the German African Colonies, 89 ; Dr. A. Donaldson 

 Smith's Lake Rudolf Expedition, 107 ; Dr. A. D. Smith's 

 Lake Rudolf Expedition, 226 ; Miss Kingsley's West Coast 

 (Africa) Journey, 107 ; Return of Captain Roberovsky's 

 Russian Tibet Expedition, 160 ; Macmillan's Geography 

 Readers, 172; the Venezuela and British Guiana Boundary, 

 Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 200 ; Borchgrevink's Voyage in the 

 Antarctic, A. W. Greely, 232 ; History of Seas, M. Suess, 

 239 ; Geographical Results of Researches on Marine Triassic 

 Fauna, Prof. Suess, 253 ; Elementary Physical Geography, 

 R. S. Tarr, 293 ; Geographical Survey of North-East Siberia, 

 V. Fuss, 404 ; Height of United States, Henry Gannett, 438 ; 

 Mount St. Elias and the Malaspina Glaciers, J. C. Russell, 

 440 ; Death of Christopher Negri, 443 ; Proposed Complete 

 Description of British Islands, Dr. H. R. Mill, 444 : Geo- 

 graphical Use of Balloons, A. Berson, 446 ; the West Indies 

 and the Spanish Main, James Rod way, 508 ; Death of Admiral 

 Racchia, 562 ; Death of Baron Negri, 562 ; Proofs of Rising 

 of Land round Hudson Bay, Robert Bell, 573 



Geology : the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, Sir 

 Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., 19 ; Sir Robert Ball and the Cause 

 of an Ice Age, Sir Henry Howorth, F.R.S., 29; Sir Robert 

 S. Ball, F.R.S., 220, 388; Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, F.R.S., 

 220; Theodore Ryland, 389; Rev. O. Fisher, 295 ; Dr. Ball's 

 Two Letters on the Ice Age, Sir Henry H. Howorth, F.R.S., 

 460 ; the Astronomical Theory of the Glacial Period, Prof. G. 

 H. Darwin, F.R.S., 196; Edw. P. Culverwell, 269; Dr. 

 Alfred R. Wallace, F.R.S., 317; Sir Henry H. Howorth, 

 F.R.S., 340; United States Survey, 44, 462; Geological 

 Society, 70, 143, 168, 286, 358, 383, 498, 527, 551 ; the 

 Hornblende-Schists of Lizard District, Prof. T. G. Bonney, 

 F.R.S., 70; the " Schistes Lustres " of Mont Jovet (Savoy), 

 Dr. J. W. Gregory, 71 ; the Story of the Earth in Past Ages, 

 Prof. H. G. Seeley, F.R.S., 77; Glacial Geology of Kolguev 

 Island, Colonel H. W. Fielden, 143 ; Perlitic Cracks, W. F. 

 Smeeth, 135 ; the Alteration of certain Basic Eruptive Rocks 

 from Brent Tor, Devon, Frank Rutley, 168 ; the Merjelen 

 Lake, Dr. C. Du Riche Preller, 129 ; Percy F. Kendall, 175 ; 

 Greenwood Pirn, 198 ; Tertiary Fossils from the Philippines, 

 Prof. Marten, 216; Death of Hugh Miller, 252 ; Geographical 

 Results of Researches on Marine Triassic Fauna, Prof. Suess, 

 253 ; Geological Survey Index Map of Wales, 254 ; Strati- 

 graphy of Kansas Coal-Measures, Erasmus Haworth, 262 ; 

 Igneous Rocks of Yogo Peak, Montana, W. H. Weed and L. 

 V. Pirsson, 262 ; the Meriden Lava Quarries, W. M, Davies, 

 286 ; Tertiary Basalt- Plateaux of North-Western Europe, Sir 

 A. Geikie, F.R.S., 286; British Silurian Acidaspis, Philip 

 Lake, 287 ; Geology in Glasgow University, Prof. John 

 Young, 307 ; the Volcanic Tufas of Segalas, A. Lacroix, 311 ; 

 Land-Fossil-bearing Tertiary Stratum near Liverdun, M. 

 Bleischer, 311 ; the Fail of the Altels Glacier on September 

 II, 1895, Dr. Leon Du Pasquier, 317: the Russian Novaya 

 Zemlya Expedition, M. Tchernyscheff, 325 ; Delimitation ot 

 Cenomanian, A. J. Jukes-Browne and William Hill, 334 ; 

 Rhyolites and Bauxite of County Antrim, Prof. G. A. J. Cole, 

 335 ; Open- Air Studies : an Introduction to Geolog)'-Out-of- 

 doors. Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, Dr. Maria M, Ogilvie, 

 337 ; Speeton Series in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, G. VV. 

 Lamplugh, 358 ; Transported Boulder Clay, Rev. Edwin 

 Hill, 358 ; the Former Northward Extension of the 

 Antarctic Continent, Theo. Gill, 366 ; the Temperature 

 of Air and the Problem of an Ice Age, Luigi de 

 Marchi, 376 ; Evidences of Glacial Action in Australia in 

 Permo-Carboniferous Time, Prof. T. W. E. David, 383 ; 

 Structure of Mount Joly, M. Bertrand and E. Ritter, 383 ; 

 Minerals, and how to Study them, Edward Salisbury Dana, 

 387 ; Roches ntoutonnks. Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, 390 ; 

 the Formation of the Giridih (Bengal) Coal-field Rock- 

 Structure, Messrs. Holland and Saise, 401 ; Crush-Con- 

 glomerates in Ireland, Alex. McHenry, 414 ; S. H. Reynolds 

 and C. I. Gardiner, 488 ; Ice-Work, Present and Past, Prof. 

 T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, 433; the 



