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Index 



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aann .(Dr.), Summary of Results of Forty-seven German 



lloon Ascents, 136 

 erina Gibbosa, Development of, E. W. MacBride, 334 

 5n(E.), Alpine Nickel-bearing Serpentine with Fulgurites, 



lomy : Astronomical Column, 15, 38, 62,90, 109, 138, 

 "162, 180, 206, 229, 255, 280. 305, 328, 351, 376, 403, 424, 

 447, 474, 495, 519, 545, 565, 587, 612 ; Stars with Bright 

 and Dark Hydrogen Lines, Prof. Campbell, 15 ; Parallaxes 

 of Stellar Systems, 15 ; the Solar Parallax, 16 ; Great Astro- 

 nomers, Sir Robert S. Ball, F.R.S., 29 ; the Planet Jupiter, 

 \V. F. Denning, 33 ; Rotation of Jupiter, Stanley Williams, 

 206; Equatorial Velocity of Jupiter, Dr. Belopolsky, 280; the 

 Fifth Satellite of Jupiter, Prof. Barnard, 495 ; Jupiter and his 

 Period of Rotation, 558 ; Surface Drift of Jupiter, Stanley 

 Williams, 376 ; the Spectrum of a Aquilae, M. Deslandres, 

 the Temperature of the Sun, Dr. Paschen, 38 ; the 

 juble Star 05 '285, Dr. See, 38 ; the Double Star 70 



)phiuchi, Dr. See, 305 ; the Measurement of Double Stars 

 Interference, Karl Schwarzschild, 496 ; Variability of 



X&A Stars, Dr. A. Brester, 38, 248 ; Short-Period Variability, 

 W. Roberts, 162 ; Variable Star Clusters, 91 ; a Peculiar 



Variable Star, Mr. Chandler, 109 ; New Variable Star of the 



Jgol Type, 206 ; Variable Stars of 5 Cephei Class, J. 



lorman Lockyer, F.R.S., 262 ; Wells' Algol V^ariable, 403 ; 



lew Variable Stars, Mrs. Fleming, Prof. Pickering, 519; 



Tind's Variable Nebula, Prof. Barnard, 255 ; Variable Star 



lusters, Dr. Belopolsky, 474 ; the November Meteors, W. 

 Denning, 54 ; a Remarkable Daylight Meteor, J. Lloyd 



jzward, 54 ; a Bright Meteor, R. Sheward, 78 ; a Meteor 

 Photograph, 131 ; the Great Madrid Meteor, Augusto Arcimis, 

 395, 423 ; a New Comet discovered by Mr. Perrine, 62 ; 

 Perrine's Comet (1895), 9°. ^09, 138, 162, 280, 403,447; 

 Dr. Lamp, 376; Comet Perrine-Lamp, 403, 448 ; Dr. Lamp, 

 519; Joseph Lunt, 519; Mr. Shackleton, 545; the New 

 Nierope Nebula, Prof. Barnard, 62 ; Number of Nebulae, 

 Dr. Dryer, 62 ; a New Star in the Constellation Carina, 63 ; 

 the Planet Venus, 367 ; Spot on Venus and her Rotation 

 Period, ^L Schiaparelli, 70 ; the Rotation Period of Venus, 

 Prof. Tacchini, 306 ; the Rotation Period of Venus, Maxwell 

 Hall, 535 ; a New Comet discovered by Mr. Brooks, 90 ; 

 Comet Brooks (1895), i^o ; Comet Brooks, 162 ; Comet Mag- 

 nitudes, Dr. Holetschek, 93 ; Positions of the New Comets, 

 109; Swift's Comet (1895), 11, 109; Comet Swift, 587; 

 Comet Swift (1896), Dr. R. Schorr, Mr. Shackleton, 612; 

 Saturn's Ring, A. Mascari, 109 ; the Dimensions of Saturn, 

 Prof. Barnard, 424 ; the Spots on Saturn, Mr. Stanley Wil- 

 liams, 474 ; the New Comets, 138 ; the Great Comet of 1843, 

 Dr. Kreutz, 138; Nebulosities around the Pleiades, 138 ; the 

 Eclipse (Aug. 9, 1896) Expedition, 159; Apparatus for ob- 

 taining Spectroscopic Conditions of Total Solar Eclipse for 

 Observation and Photography of Coronal Prominences, M. 

 Spee, 309 ; the Varangerfjord Region and the forthcoming 

 Solar Eclipse, Dr. Hans Reusch, 417 ; a New Observatory, 

 162; Photography of Minor Planets, Dr. Max Wolf, 162 ; 

 Minor Planet Photography, M. Charlois, 306 ; Orbits and 

 Origin of Comets, V. Wellmann, 180; the Astronomical 

 Theory of the Glacial Period, Prof. G. H. Darwin, F.R.S., 

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

 Howorth, F.R.S., 340 ; the Astronomical Theory of the Ice 

 Age, Edw. P. Culverwell, 269 ; the Cause of an Ice Age, Sir 

 Robert S. Ball, F.R.S., 388; Theodore Ryland, 389 ; Dr. 

 Hall's Two Letters on the Ice Age, Sir Henry H. Howorth, 

 1 R.S., 460; Obituary Notice of Dr. John Russell Hind, 

 F.R.S., W. E. Plummer, 201 ; the Parallax of a Centauri, 

 A. W. Roberts, 206 ; Orbit of a Centauri, Dr. Doberck, 

 351 ; Celestial Photography by Simple Means, Prof. Bar- 

 nard, 229 ; the Constant of Nutation, Dr. Chandler, 229 ; 

 Theory of Comets' Tails, 306 ; a New Australian Observa- 

 tory, 280 ; the Sun's Path in Space, G. C. Bompas, 280 ; 

 Effect of Spots on the Sun's Diameter, J. Sykora, 352 ; Two 

 Remarkable Solar Prominences, Father Fenyi, 495 ; an 

 Unusual Solar Halo, William J. S. Lockyer, 509 ; the Sun's 

 Rotation, W. Stratonoff, 566 ; Popular Telescopic Astronomy, 

 A. Fowler, 315; Magnetic Influence of the Planets, Prof. 

 -Vrthur Schuster, F.R.S., 318; the Story of Helium, Prof. 

 J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S. , 319, 342; the Astrophoto- 

 graphic Catalogue, 351 ; Eclipses in February, 328 ; Astro- 

 physical Standards, 328 ; Reproduction of Astronomical 

 Photc^raphs, 329 ; Holmes' Comet, Prof. Barnard, 329 ; 



Comets of Short Period, W. E. Plummer, 351 ; the Surface 

 of Mars, Prof. Barnard, 424 ; the Eclipsoscope, C. V. 

 Zenger, 424 ; Australian Longitudes, P. Baracchi, 424 ; a 

 New Comet, 376 ; the Zodiacal Light, E. Marchand, 376 ; 

 Cassegrain and Gregorian Reflectors, Prof. Schaeberle, 403 ; 

 the Shifting of Spectral Lines, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 

 415; Computation of the Times of Solar Eclipses and 

 Occultations, L. Cruls, 474 ; Orbit of 8 Cephei, Dr. Belo- 

 polsky, 448 ; Absolute Velocity of, 61 Cygni, Dr. Belopol- 

 sky, 448 ; Ceti, 255 ; Stellar Velocities with Objective 

 Prism, M. Deslandres, 255 ; Claudius Ptolemy and his 

 Works, W. T. Lynn, 488 ; the Yerkes Observatory, 495 ; 

 the Proper Motion of 8 Tauri, Dr. Fritz Cohen, 495 ; Search 

 Ephemeris for Comet 1889 V, Dr. Bauschinger, 520 ; the 

 Royal Observatory at Edinburgh, 545, 605 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Charles Chambers, F.R.S., 561 ; Mira 

 Ceti, M. Dumenil, 565 ; the Spectrum of Mira, Prof. Wilsing, 

 612 ; an Exhibition of Astronomical Photographs, F. S. 

 Archenhold, 565 ; Astronomical and Physical Society of 

 Toronto, 587 ; Uranus and its Satellites, Prof. Barnard, 587 ; 

 the Influence of Atmospheric and Oceanic Currents upon 

 Terrestrial Latitudes, Prof. Simon Newcomb, F.R.S. , 618 



Astrophotographic Catalogue, the, 351 



Astrophysics : Fluorescence of Sodium an^l Potassium Vapours, 

 and the importance of these Facts in Astrophysics, Dr. E. 

 Wiedemann and Dr. G. C. Schmidt, 250 ; Astrophysical 

 Standards, 328 



Athens, the Rainfall of, M. Mascaxt, 108 



Atmosphere, Physical Phenomena of the High Regions of the. 

 Prof. A. Cornu, F.R.S., 588 



Atmospheric Electricity, Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 207 



Atmospheric and Oceanic Currents, the Influence of, upon 

 Terrestrial Latitudes, Prof. Simon Newcomb, F.R.S., 618 



Atomic Theory : a New View of the Origin of Dalton's, H. E. 

 Roscoe and Arthur Harden, 555 ; La Theorie Atomique 

 and la Theorie Dualistique, E. Lenoble, 555 



Atwater (Prof.), Experiments on Nutritive and Caloric Value of 

 Food, 543 



Audibility of Fog Signals at Sea, on the, F. E. Fowle, 6 



Auric's (M. ) Suggested Alterations of Gregorian Leap Year 

 Rule, M. Flamant, 263 



Aurora : Brilliant, 35 ; J. Shaw, 59 ; at Waterford, Dr. M. 

 F. O'Reilly, 437 ; a Bright, Lloyd Bozward, 444 ; of March 4, 

 Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, 461 ; Sun Columns at Night, Prof. 

 Bohuslav Brauner, 486 ; Experiment for Rontgen Effects 

 with Auroral Light, D. S. Monro, 518 



Austin (Dr. L. W. ), Exercises in Physical Measurement, 436 



Australia : Australian Entomophytes, A. S. OUiff, 90 ; Evi- 

 dence of Glacial Action in Permo-Carboniferous Time in 

 Australia, Prof. T. W. E. David, 383 ; Australian Longi- 

 tudes, Pietro Baracchi, 424 ; Extreme Heat in, Mr. Russell, 

 526 



Austrian Red Sea Expedition, the, Dr. J. Hann, 134 



Aymonnet (M.), Position in Solar Spectrum of Calorific Maxi- 

 mum, 239 



Babes (V.), Serotheraphy of Tuberculosis, 264 



Bacteriology : Fermentation caused by Friedlander's Pneumo- 

 bacillus, L. Grimbert, 71 ; the Measle-microbe, Dr. Joseph 

 Czajkowski, 89 ; Milk, its Nature and Composition, C. M. 

 Aikman, loi ; Bacteria in Milk, Drs. Stewart and Young, 

 599 ; Death of Dr. A. J. Woiton, 133 ; the Uncertainty of 

 Elaboration of Diphtheria-Toxin, Prof. Spronck, 135 ; Report 

 on the Use of Antitoxin in Diphtheria, 524 ; Oysters and 

 Typhoid Bacilli, Charles Foote, 226 ; Oysters and Typhoid, 

 280 ; History of the Cholera Controversy, Sir George 

 Johnson, F.R.S., 294; Effect of Cultivation with other 

 Microbes on Cholera Bacillus, M. Maschevsky, 374 ; 

 Virulence of Cholera Cultures dependent on Number of 

 Bacilli present, Messrs. Gotschlich and Weigang, 494 ; New 

 Method of Cholera Diagnosis, Prof. Pfeifferand Dr. Vagedes, 

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

 Action of High Frequency Currents on Bacterial Toxines, 

 MM. d'Arsonval and Charrin, 383; the Flax- Retting Bacillus, 

 Prof. Winogradsky, 400 ; Pathogenic Yeasts, Dr. Rabino- 

 witsch, 446 ; the Soja Organism (Aspergillus Wentii), Dr. C. 

 Wehmer, 564 ; the Swine Fever Microbe, 518 ; the Tsetse- 

 Fly Disease, Walter F. H. Blandford, 566 ; Bacteriosis of 

 Carnations, Messrs. Arthur and Bolley, 585 ; Rhizobacteriunt 



