Index 



V Supplement to Nature, 

 \_ June II, 1896 



Amateur Cloud Photography, M. Angot, 230 



America : Bulletin of American Mathematical Society, 69, 238, 

 357, 498, 549 ; American Meteorological Journal, 23, 94, 

 238, 309, 497, 550; American Journal of Science, 23, 190, 

 262, 286, 452, 573 ; Typhoid Fever Epidemics in America, 

 Mrs. Percy Frankland, 38 ; Meetings of Affiliated Scientific 

 Societies in, 307 ; American Journal of Mathematics, 381 ; 

 Irrigation in America, W. E. Smythe, 428 ; Severe Frost in 

 North America, 526 



Amsterdam Academy of Sciences, 48, 216, 359, 552 



Anagram on Pithecanthropus, an, 247 



Anatomy : Death of Dr. Teichmann, 160, 252 ; Death of 

 Prof. A. von Brunn, 203 ; Death of Prof. Sappey, 492 ; 

 Dorsal Muscles of Hand, Dr. D. Hepburn, 501 ; an Excel- 

 lent View of the Retinal Circulation, James W. Barrett, 510; 

 the Retinal Circulation, George J. Burch, 558 ; Comparative 

 Anatomy, the Supra-renal Bodies in Fishes, Swale Vincent, 

 142 ; Lung Suppression in Amphisbaenidae, &c., Gerard W. 

 Butler, 142 ; the Buccal Glands and Teeth of certain Poisonous 

 Snakes, G. S. West, 143 



Andrews (E. R.), Alkaline Reduction of Metanitraniline, 214 



Anemometer, Improved, G. Guglielmo, 161 



Aneroid, the Counter-twisted Curl, Carl Barus, 452 



Aneurism cured by Injection of Zinc Chloride Solution, M. 

 Lannelongue, 263 



Angot (Alfred), Double Diurnal Oscillation of Relative 

 Humidity due to Sea Breezes, 24 



Angot (M.), Amateur Cloud Photography, 230 



Animalium, a New Synopsis, Das Tierreich, 541 



Ant-Eater, the Spiny, M. F. Woodward, 599 



Antarctica: the Proposed German South Polar Expedition, 11, 

 61 ; Borchgrevink's Voyage in the Antarctic, A. W. Greely, 

 232 ; the Former Northward Extension of the Antarctic 

 Continent, Frank Beddard, F.R.S., 129 ; Theo. Gill, 366 



Anthropology : Professional Institutions, Herbert Spencer, 

 vii. the Teacher, 116; viii. the Sculptor, 331; ix. the 

 Painter, 428 ; x. the Professions generally, 548 ; Pithecan- 

 thropus erectus, and the Evolution of the Human Race, 

 Prof. W. J. Sollas, F.R.S., 150; the Place of Pithecan- 

 thropus in the Genealogical Tree, Dr. Eug. Dubois, 245 ; 

 Prof. D. J, Cunningham, F.R.S., 296; Quatenary Deer of 

 Bagneres de Bigorre, Edward Harle, 213 ; Age of Metals in 

 Ukraine, Baron de Baye, 213 ; Tumuli and Worked Flints of 

 Somali and Danakil, Dr. Jousseaume, 213 ; L' Anthropologic, 

 213, 498 ; Ethnische Elementargedanken in der Lehre vom 

 Menschen, A. Bastian, E. Sidney Hartland, 291 ; the Be- 

 ginnings of Writing, Walter James Hoffman, 338 : Children's 

 Drawings, 366; Rina Scott, 391 ; Hiram M. Stanley, 510; 

 Customs of the Huzulen, Dr. R. F. Kaindl, 373 ; Death of 

 Abel Hovelacque, 399 ; Vampirism in United States, G. R. 

 Stetson, 401 ; the Sacred Tree at Kum-Bum, W. T. 

 Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., 412, 556; A Grigoriev, 534; the 

 Mediterranean Peoples, Prof. Sergi, 422 ; the Kekchi 

 Indians of Guatemala, Dr. C. Sapper, 446 ; Researches on 

 Brain-Weights of Copenhagen Lunatics, F. Meyer and P. 

 Heiberg, 498 ; Marriage among Marquesans, Dr. Tautain, 

 498 ; the use of the Craniofacial Line, Dr. D. G. Brinton, 

 502 ; Dr. Harrison Allen, 502 ; Evidences of Palaeolithic Age 

 in Somaliland, H. W. Seton-Karr, 544 ; a New Human 

 Skull of a Low Type from Brazil, Prof. A. Nehring, Prof. 

 A. C. Haddon, 548 ; Ethnology, A. H. Keane, Prof. A. C. 

 Haddon, 577 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Prof. BogdanofF, 

 584 



Anthropometric Research in India, Dr. John Beddoe, F.R.S., 

 37 



Anthropometry : Family Data, Prof. Karl Pearson, 557 



Antitoxin Treatment of Diphtheria, Results of, Dr. Welch, 36 



Antitoxin in Diphtheria, Report on the Use of, 524 



Antitoxin of Snake-Poison, the Discovery of the. Prof. E. Ray 

 Lankester, F.R.S., 128, 175; Prof. J. R. Eraser, F.R.S., 

 150 



Antivenene, Immunisation against Serpents' Venom, and Treat- 

 ment of Snake-Bite with, Prof. Thomas R. Eraser, F.R.S., 

 569, 592 



Antwerp Meteorological Congress, 182 



Aplin (O.V.) Natural History of Selborne, Gilbert White, 

 126 



Apolant (Dr. ), the Ciliary Ganglion, 408 



Appalachian Gold Fields, Southern, G. F. Becker, 227 



Appert (L.), Role of Alumina in Glass-composition, 503 



Appleyard (R. ), Action of Sulphur Vapour on Copper, 95; 

 a Direct-reading Platinum Thermometer, 95 



Appleyard (J. R. ), Tran.sformation of Alkyl- Ammonium Cyanates 

 into Corresponding Ureas, 357 



Appleyard (Mr.), the Adjustment of the Kelvin Bridge, 623 



Apus, Male of. Dr. W. B. Benham, 175 



o Aquilae, the Spectrum of, M. Deslandres, 38 



Arachnidae : Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma, 

 Dr. T. Thorell, 122 



Archaeology: the Kasan Museum, 12; Pagan Ireland, Col. 

 W. G. Wood- Martin, 82 ; the Philae Excavations, 420 ; 

 Death of J. P. N. da Silva, 609 



Archdeacon (W. H.), Action of Sodium Alcoholate on Aromatic 

 Amides, 357 



Archegoniate Series of Cryptogams, the. Prof. D. H. Campbell, 

 194 



Archenhold (F. S.), Photograph of Lightning-flash, 215; an 

 Exhibition of Astronomical Photographs, 565 



Archenholz (Mr.), Le Bon's "Black Light," merely a false 

 light, 600 



Architecture, Naval : Institution of Naval Architects, 520 ; ' 

 Watertight Doors, Lord Charles Beresford, 520 ; Causes of 

 Fractures in Marine Steel as revealed by Microscope, A. E. 

 Seaton, Prof. J. O. Arnold, 520 ; Chemical Measurements 

 of Lead and Water, C. E. Stromeyer, 521 ; Circulation in 

 Water-tube Boilers, Prof. W. H. Watkinson, 521 



Arcidiacono (S.). the Syracuse Earthquake of April 13, 1895, 

 495 



Arcimis (Augusto), the Great Madrid Meteor, 395, 423 



Arctica : Monument to Dr. John Rae, 203 ; the Russian Novaya 

 Zemlya Geological Expedition, 325 ; Rumoured Attainment 

 of North Pole by Dr. Nansen, 372, 400, 420 ; Meteorological 

 Observations in Isle of Denmark, Scoresby Sound, C. Ryder, 

 545 



Arequipa Observatory, Diurnal Variations of Atmospheric Pres- 

 sure at. Prof. S. I. Bailey, 493 



Argon: the Estimation of, Th. Schloesing, jun., 24; Argon 

 probably a Mixture, E. A. Hill, 190 ; Mineral Water Gases 

 tested for Argon, Alexander Kellas and Prof. William Ram- 

 say, F.R.S. , 191; Percentage in Atmospheric and Respired 

 Air, Alexander Kellas, 191 ; Behaviour of Argon under 

 Electric Discharge, Dr. J. N. Collie and Prof. W. Ramsay, 

 F.R.S., 478; Expansion of Argon and of Helium as com- 

 pared with that of Air and of Hydrogen, Drs. J. P. Kuenen 

 and W. W. Randall, 213 ; Argon and Helium, Lord Kelvin, 

 113; Argon and Helium in certain Waters, L. Troost and 

 L. Ouvrard, 144 



Aristodesmus Riitimeyeri, H. G. Seeley, F.R.S., 239 



Arithmetic : L'Arithmetique Amusante, ^douard Lucas, i ; 

 William Lucas, 79 ; Prof. G. B. Mathews, 79 ; Traite d'Arith- 

 metique, C. -A. Laisant et E. Lemoine, i ; Graphic Arithmetic, 

 H. D. Ellis, 411 



Armstrong (Dr. H. E., F.R.S.), the Royal Commission on 

 Secondary Education, 79 ; 2 : i j8-Naphthylaminesulphonic 

 Acid and Corresponding Chloronaphthalenesulphonic Acid, 

 310 ; Disulphonic Acids obtained by Sulphonating i : 3-a- 

 Naphthylamine and i : 3-a-Chloronaphthalene-Sulphonic 

 Acids, 311; the Yellow Colour of 2 : 3-Hydroxynaphthoic 

 Acid, 454 ; Etherification, 454 ; Conditions of Inversion in 

 Asymmetric Compounds, 454 



Arnold (Prof. J. O.), Influence of Carbon on Iron, 141 ; Causes 

 of Fractures in Marine Steel as revealed by Microscope, 

 520 



Arons (L.), the Electric Arc, 430 



Arrow-Poison of the Namaqualand Bushmen, the, 227 



Arsonval (M. d'), Action of High Frequency Currents on Bac- 

 terial Toxines, 383 ; Photography through Opaque Bodies, 



455 



Art, Evolution in, Alfred C. Haddon, E. Sidney Hartland, 169 



Arthur (Mr.), Bacteriosis of Carnations, 585 



Artificial Colouring Matters, Traite des Matieres Colorantes 

 organiques artificielles, Leon Lefevre, Prof. R. Meldola, 

 F.R.S., 603 



Artificial Conditions, the Development of Butterflies under, 540 



Aschkinass (E.), Change of Resistance due to Electric Radia- 

 tion, 526 



Aseptolin, the New Remedy for Consumption, 609 



Asher (Herr), Electrical Changes in (Esophagus during Degluti- 

 tion, 576 



Aspergillus IVentii, Dr. C. Wehmer, 564 



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