Index 



[Supplement to Nature, 

 Jur.e II, i8p6 



531 ; Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum, 



A. Smith Woodward, 531 

 British Upper Classes, the Ethnology of the, R. J. Horton- 



Smith, 256 

 Brochet (Andre), Action of Chlorine on Normal Propyl Alcohol, 



48 ; Action of Halogens on Formaldehydes, 239 ; Production 



of Pure Gaseous Formic Aldehyde, 336 

 Broeck (Ernest Van den). Curious Aerial or Subterranean 



Sounds, 30 

 Brook-Fox (F. G.), the Metric System, 222 

 Brooks (Mr.), a New Comet discovered by, 90 

 Brooks, Comet, 162 ; Comet Brooks, 1895, 180 

 Brown (Prof. A. P.), Distribution of Iron Oxide Colouring in 



Anthracite Rocks, 576 

 Brown (W. G. ), Barisal Guns and Similar Sounds, 296 

 Brunn (Prof. A. von). Death of, 203 

 Bruyn (Lobry de). Free Hydrazine, 328; Hydrazine Hydrate, 



328 

 Bruyne (G. de). Attraction Sphere in Fixed Cells of Conjunctive 



Tissue, 70 

 Bryan (Dr. G. H., F.R.S.), the Critical Temperature of 



Hydrogen, 223 ; Flight and Flying Machines, 420 

 Buchan (Dr.), the September High Temperatures and Ben 



Nevis Observatories, 335 

 Buchanan (J. Y., F.R.S.), the Sperm Whale and its Food, 223 

 Buckton (G. B., F.R.S.), the Natural History of Eristalis 



tenax, or the Drone Fly, 172 

 Budge (E. A. Wallis), First Steps in Egyptian : a Book for 



Beginners, 26 ; the Life and Exploits of Alexander the Great, 



483 

 Buff ham (T. H.), Bonneinaisotiia hamifera (Alga), 191 

 Buguet (A.), Effect of Rontgen Rays on Diamond and Jet, 431 

 Burch (G. J.)) Calibration of Capillary Electrometer, 167 ; the 



Retinal Circulation, 558 

 Burial, the Hygienic Aspects of. Dr. Losener, 327 

 Buried Celluloid, Prof. George Forbes, F.R.S., 579 

 Burkill (I. H.), a Collection of Plants from New Britain, 455 

 Burma, Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of. Dr. T. Thorell, 



122 

 Bury St. Edmunds Human Skull Fragment, Worthington G. 



Smith, 173 

 Butterflies: a Handbook of British Lepidoptera, Edward 



Meyrick, 265 ; British and European Butterflies and Moths, 



A. W. Kappel, 265 ; Die Artbildung und Verwandschaft bei 



den Schmetterlingen, Dr. G. H. Theodor Eimen, 265 ; 



Butterflies and Hybernation, Dan Pidgeon, 510; Butterflies 



under Artificial Conditions, the Development of, 540 ; our 



Country's Butterflies and Moths, W. J. Gordon, 579 

 Bulletin de 1' Academic Royale de Belgique, 70, 309 

 Bulletin of American Mathematical Society, 69, 238, 357, 498, 



549 

 Bulletin of Mathematical Society, 382 

 Bulletin de la Societe des Naturalistes de Moscou, 94, 405 



Cactacete n the Galapagos Islands, Dr. Botting Hemsley, 



F. R.S. , 31, 249; Prof. Alexander Agassiz, 199 

 Canolestes obscurus, a New Marsupial, Oldfield Thomas, 88 

 Calatabiano (Dr.), Photographs of Flying Bullets, 563 

 Calderwood (Prof. Henry), Evolution and Man's Place in 



Nature, 435 

 Calderwood (W. L.), the Feeding Ground of the Herring, 54 

 California, the "Jack-Rabbit" Pest in. Dr. T. S. Palmer, 586 

 Calorimeter, Improved, F. A. Waterman, 36 

 Cambridge Natural History, the, W. F. H. Blandford, 322 

 Cambridge Philosophical Society, 143, 383, 455, 501 

 Camichel (Ch.), Absorption of Light by Solutions of Indo- 



phenols, 335 

 Campanile (Dr. Filippo), Phosphorescence and Rontgen Rays in 



Crookes' and Geissler's Tubes, 616 

 Campbell (Prof.), Stars with Bright and Dark Hydrogen Lines, 



15 

 Campbell (Prof. D. H.), the Structure and Development of the 



Mosses and Ferns, 194 

 Canada : Discovery of large River in. Sir Robert Bell, 61 ; the 



Age of the Present Canadian Flora, A. T. Drummond, 391 

 Canal, the Panama, R. T. Hill, 420 

 Caiiete del Pinar (Conde de), Observaciones de precision con el 



Sextante, 244 

 Cantor (Mathias), Condensation of Vapours, 166 



Carbohydrates, Recent History of the, B. Tollens, 242 



" Carbonic Snow," P. Villard and R. Jarry, 88 



Card (G. W.), Gold in Granite, 178 



Carib Pottery, C. W. Branch, 580 



Carina, a New Star in the Constellation, 63 



Carmichael (N. R. ), Observations on Rontgen Rays, 573 



Carnations, Bacteriosis of, Messrs Arthur and Bolley, 585 



Carnegie (Douglas), a Lecture Experiment in Surface Tension. 



152 

 Carpenter (Rolla C), Heating and Ventilating Buildings, 387 

 Carr (F. IL), Piperovatine, 119 ; a Difficulty in Determination 



of Nitrogen by Absolute Method, 454 

 Carriages, Mechanical, the Chicago Times and Herald Prize 



Competition, 60 

 Cartan (E. ), Sur la reduction a sa forme canonique de la 



structure d'un groupe de Transformations fini et continu, 381 

 Carter (Tremlett), the People of the Moon, 77 

 Casey (Brig. -Gen. T. L.), Death of, 543 

 Cassegrain and Gregorian Reflectors, Prof. Schaeberle, 403 

 Catalogue of Scientific Papers (1874-1883) compiled by the 



Royal Society, 385 

 Catrin (M.), Dissemination of Infection by Public Libraries, 



253 

 Cattle Poisoned by Indian Corn Stalks, 255 

 Cattle-Tick, Texas Method of destroying, Dr. M. Francis, 584 

 Caustics, Demonstration of, R. W. Wood, 23 

 Cazal (M. Du), Dissemination of Infection by Public Libraries, 



253. 



Celestial Photography by Simple Means, Prof. Barnard, 229 



Celluloid, Buried, Prof. George Forbes, P\R.S., 579 



Centanne (Signor), the Preparation of Anti-Rabic Serum, 227 



Centauri, the Parallax of o, A. W. Roberts, 206 ; Orbit of a. 

 Dr. Doberck, 351 



Centaurus, a New Star in, Mrs. Fleming, 256 



Centipede, a Luminous, Rose Haig Thomas, 131 ; R. I. 

 Pocock, 131, 223 ; J. Lloyd Boz ward, 223 ; T. Plowman, 249 



Centrifugal Fans, Design and Testing of, H. Heenan and W. 

 Gilbert, 191 



Century Magazine, Science in, 232, 428 



5 Cephei, Orbit of. Dr. Belopolsky, 448 



o Ceti, 255 



Ceylon Coral Rock as Building Material, 444 



Ceylon, Electric Light to be Introduced into Hindu Temple, 

 108 



Chabaud (V. ), the Rontgen Rays, 349 



Chain Formation of Lightning, W. Crawford, 5 



Chambers (Charles, F.R.S.), Death of, 517; Obituary Notice 

 of, 561 



Chambers (Geo. F.), the Story of the Solar System, 244 



Chandler (Dr.), a Peculiar Variable Star, 109 ; the Constant of 

 Nutation, 229 



Chapman (Dr. T. A.), Artificial Prolongation of Larval Stage 

 in Lepidoptera, 447 



Chappuis (J.), Time of Exposure in Photography by X Rays, 

 551 ; Condition for Maximum Power of Crookes' Tubes, 575 



Charlois (M.), Minor Planet Photography, 306 



Charon (E.), Oxidation of Crotonic Aldehyde, 455 



Charrin (M.), Action of High Frequency Currents on Bacterial 

 Toxines, 383 



Chattaway (F. D. ), New Series of Hydrazines, 119 



Chatwood (A. B. ), the New Photography, 460 



Chauveau (A.), Expenditure of Energy in Muscular Work, 288 ; 

 Law of Equivalence in Transformations of Energy in 

 Animals, 311; Relation between Muscular Work and Albu- 

 minoids of Body, 431 ; Relation between Muscular Energy 

 and Albuminoid i n Food, 455 



Chemistry ; Quant lacive Determination of Perchlorates, D. A. 

 Kreider, 23 ; Chemical Equivalents, M. Marqfoy, 23 ; the 

 Lithium, Magnesium, and Cuprous Cyanides, Raoul Varet, 24; 

 the Atomic Weights of Beryllium, Louis Henry, 24 ; the 

 Estimation of Argon, Th. Schloesing, jun. , 24; Argon and 

 Helium, Lord Kelvin, 113 ; the Origin of Argon and Helium 

 in certain Waters, L. Troost and L. Ouvrard, 144 ; Argon 

 probably a Mixture, E. A. Hill, 190 ; Expansion of Argon 

 and Helium as Compared with Air and Hydrogen, Drs. J. P. 

 Kuenen and W. W. Randall, 213 ; on Crookes' Spectrum of 

 Helium, Prof. C. Runge and Dr. F. Paschen, 245 ; the 

 Story of Helium, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S. , 319, 342 ; 

 Helium and Associated Gases in Minerals, Prof. W. A. 

 Tilden, F.R.S., 382 ; Behaviour of Argon and Helium under 



