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Index 



tSlif/iUmcnt to Nature, 

 December^, 1895 



Mules and MuIe-Brecding, Horses, Asses, Zebras, \V. B 



Tegelmeier and C. L. Sutherland, 126 

 Mtiller (Dr. F.), Death of, 133 

 Miiller (Dr. Max), Effect of Fever Temperature on Typhoid 



Bacillus, 444 

 Multiple Proportion ? Do the Components of the Compound 



Colours in Nature follow a Law of, F. Howard Collins, 



43S 

 Mummer%' (\. F. ), my Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus, Prof. 



T. G. Bonney, F.R.S.. 219 

 Munk (I'rof. T-). the Secretion of Mineral Waste, "i 

 Munro (Dr.), on the Lake \'illage of Cllastonbur)', 5S1 ; on the 



Newly-Discovered Neolithic Settlement at Butmir in Bosnia, 



5S1 

 Muntz (.\.), Phosphorus in Oysters, 120 

 -Murche (Vincent T. ), Science Readers, 3, 458 

 Murray (Dr. J.), on Cosmic Dust. 533 

 Murray (J. R. Erskine). Electrification of Air and Thermal 



Conductivity of Rocks, Lord Kelvin, P.R.S., 67, 1S2 

 -Murray (T. Douglas), Sir Samuel Baker, a Memoir, 409 

 Museum, the Field Columbian, 137 

 Museum, the Manchester (Owens College), 36 

 Mushrooms, Chitin in, E. Gilson, 71 

 Musician, the Dancer and, Herbert Spencer, 257 

 Mycolog)', British Fungus-Flora, George .Massee, 435 ; System- 

 atic .Arrangement of Australian Fungi, Dr. McVlpine, 435 

 Myers (I. E.), Influence ol Gases Dissolved in Electrolyte of 



.Silver \oltameler on Weight of Deposited .Silver, 276 



Nansen"s (Dr.).\rctic Espedilion, 511 



Xantaskel Beach, Electric Locomotion Trials, the, 513 



Napier (J.), on the Hermite I'rocess of Purifying Sewage, 5S3 



Na.sh(Prof. A. M.), Death of, 215 



National Characteristics, Fallacies of Race Theories as applied 

 to, W. D. Babington, 220 



National Review, .Science in the, 44 



Natural Historj- : the Vorkshire Naturalists' Union, 60 ; the Migra- 

 tion of the Lemming, Prof. R. CoUett, 64 ; W. Duppa-Crotch, 

 149 ; the Cambridge Natural Historj-, 149 ; Nature in .\c.idie, 

 H. K. Swann, 220 ; a Chapter on Birds, R. Howdler Sharpe, 

 220 ; .Migration of a Water- Beetle, Rose Ilaig Thom.is, 223 ; 

 .Subterranean Faunas, 225; the Natural Uislor)- of Aquatic 

 Insects, Prof. L. C. .Miall, F.R.S., 242: the Royal N.itural 

 Histor)', 242 ; a Te,\t-ljook of Zoogeography, F. E. Beddard, 

 F.R..S.,and R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 289; Mr. W. Saville- 

 Kent's Collection of .Vustralian Madreporaria presented to the 

 Natural History .Museum, 301 : Proceedings of St. Peters- 

 burg Society of Naturalists, 309 ; .Memoirs of KharkofT 

 .Society of Naturalists, 408 : a Remarkable Flight of Birds, 

 R. A. Bray, 415; J. Evershed, 50S ; Late Nestlings, Jas. 

 Shaw, 459 ; Death of Dr. Sven Loven, 485 ; on the Habits 

 of the Kea, the .Sheep-eatin(» Parrot of New Zealand, W. 

 (larstang, 629 ; Popular History of .Animals for Wiung 

 People, Henr>- .Scherren, 642 ; Introduction of a West Indian 

 Frog into the Royal Gardens, Kew, Dr. Albert Giinther, 

 F.R.S.,643 



Natural Science : the New Natural Science Schools at Rugby, 

 401 



Natural Selection, New Zealand Birds as illustrating the 

 Theory of. Sir W. L. Bullcr, F.R.S., 60 



Natural .Selection? How svas Wallace led to the Discover)- of. 

 Dr. A. B. Meyer, Dr. A. R. Wallace, F.R.S., 415 



Nature in Acadie, II. K. Swann, 220 



Nature, the Sun's Place in, I. Norman Ixickyer, F. K.S., 12, 

 156, 204, 253, 327, 422, 446 



Nautilus pompiliui, J. G. Kerr, 215 



Naval Architecture : Institution of Naval Architects, ,207 ; 

 Amplitude of Rolling on a Non-.Synchronous Wave, Emile 

 Bcrtin, 207 ; Wood and Copper Sheathing for Steel Ships, Sir 

 William While, 207; the ,M.G. Metre, Archibald Denny, 

 207 ; on ('..ui.hi . n.ilcrs of Different Sy.stcms, P. Sigaudy, 

 208: Ihi ' ikr, Mark Robinson, 208 



Naval Powci . Hamilton Dixon, 173 



Navigation : i'riiiiei of, A. T. Flagg, 53 ; the Visibility of 

 Shim' Lit;hl.s. 232: Storm-warning Telegrams to be supplied 

 lo I ' fir Benefit of Passing Vessels, 512; the Pre- 



sefi' if Sail Navig.ition, Dr. Gcrhar<l Schott, 513 



Ncbul.i . .;.,j8, the, 37S 



Nebul.x, \ anabjiity of, 180 



Nebukf, a Great Nebula in Scorpio, Prof. Barnard, 305 



Negrito Pygmies in India, Reputed Traces of. Dr. V. Ball, 



F.R.S., So 

 Nehring (Prof.), Congener of Irish Elk unearthed in Germany. 



523 

 Nestlings, Late, Jas. Shaw, 459 

 Net, the Invention of the, Kumagusu Minakata, 197 

 Neumann (Prof. F. E.), Death of, 133 ; Obituary Notice of, 176 

 Neumann (Oscar), Expedition across Masai-land to Uganda, 373 

 Neville (F. H.). the Freezing Point of Silver, 596 

 New Caledonia, the Potters Art in, M. tdaumont, 45 

 New South Wales: Linnean Society, 48, 168, 28S, 3S4, 540, 



612; Results of Rain, River, and Evaporation Observations 



made in New South Wales during 1893, H. C. Russell, 



F.R.S.,9S 

 New Vork Botanic Garden, the Proposed, Prof. G. L. lioodall, 



274 

 New \ ork Pasteur Institute, 600 

 New Zealand Birds as illustrating the Theory of Natural 



Selection, Sir W. L. Buller, F.R.S., 60 

 New Zealand : Canterbury Philosophical Institute, 383 ; Earth- 

 quake in, 396 ; on the Habits of the Kea, the Sheep-eating 



Parrot of, W. Garstang, 629 

 Newton (Prof. .Alfred, F.R.S.), Mr. Seebohm on MiddendorfTs 



Credibility, 438 

 Newton (E. T., F.R.S.). Human Remains in Galley Hill 



Pal.volithic Terrace-gravels, 166 

 Newton (11. .\.), Relation of Plane of Jupiter's Orbit to Mean 



Plane of 401 Minor Planet Orbits, 118 

 Newton (.Sir Isaac), Parisian Statue to, 650 

 Newton and Huygens, A. Huet, 269 

 Niagara, Electrical I'oige at, 525 

 Nice Observatory, the, 252 



Nicholson (Prof.), on the Phylogeny of the Graptolites, 560 

 Nickel Steel, H. A. Wiggin, 42S 

 Niclausse Boiler, the, .Mark Robinson, 208 

 Nolan (fames). Satellite Evolution, Prof. G. 11. Darwin, 



F.R.S., 518 

 Nomenclature of Colours, the, Herbert .Spencer, 413 

 Nordenskiold (M.), New Uranifcrous Mineral discovered by, S; 



New Type of Wells in Granite Rocks of .Sweden, 24 

 Norfolk Broaclland, Birds, Beasts, and Fishes of tlie, P. II. 



Emerson, R. Lydekker, F. R.S., 195 

 Normal School at Paris, the, R. A. Gregorj-, 570 

 North Pole, Proposed Balloon \'oyage to the, 226 

 Norton (Prof.), .Aluminium for Chemical Instruments, 607 

 Notes on the Ciravity Determinations reported by Mr. G. R. 



Putnam, tirove, Karl Gilbert, Rev. ( ). Fisher, 433 

 Nova -Aurig.v : Helium and the Spectrum of Nova Aurigce, 



Profs. C. Runge and F. P;vschen, 544 

 Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, 94 



Observatories : the Hamburg Observatory, 11 : the Paris Obser- 

 vatory, 86 : on Photographs of the .Moon taken at the Paris 

 Observatory, 439 : Greenwich Observatory, 136: the Zi-ka- 

 wei OI)servatory, 180; the Nerkes (Observatory, 203; the 

 liifilar Pendulum at the Royal Observ.atory, Edinliurgh, 

 Thomas Heath, 223; the Nice Obscrv.alory, 252 ; the New 

 Madras Observatory, 277 ; the Observatory of \:iic Univer- 

 sity, Dr. W. L. Elkin, 375 ; the (Jbservatory on Mont Blanc, 

 Dr. Janssen, 602 ; the .Melbourne Observatory, R. L. J. 

 Ellery, 603 ; a New Observatory at the U.iiversity of Penn- 

 sylvania, 603; the Capo Observatory, 655; F.tTecls of a 

 Lightning I'la.sh in Hen Nevis Observatory, William S. Bruce, 

 244 : Ihe New .Meteorological Station on Mount Wellington, 

 no. 302, 599 



Occultalion of Regulus, 1 80 



Ocean, .Atmospheric Pres.sure of the North Atlantic, Captain G. 

 Rung, 76 



Ocean Currents, Investigations by means of Bottles of, C. L. 

 Wragge, 65 



Oceanic Islands, F. W. Hetidley, 366 



Oceanography : the ChalUngin- Expedition and the Future of. 

 Dr. .Anton Dohrn, 121 



Oddone (Dr. E.), the Duration of Earthquake Pulsations, 177 



Otf the .Mill : .some Occa.sional Papers, Dr. (1. F. Browne, 

 Bishop of Stepney, 243 



Ogilvie (Maria M.), the "Gemini" I)is.aster, 573 



Ogilvic-Grant (W. R.), a Handbook to the Game Birds, 589 



Oils, hats, and Waxes, Chemical Analysis of, Prof. Dr. R. 

 Benedikt L. Archbutt, 265 



