SitppUmcni to Nature^ 

 December 5, 1895 J 



Inde^ 



XXV 



<3intinei\ts, DisinfectantSj Antiseptic Properties of different, Dr. 



Breslauer, 524 

 Oldham (Commander C. F. ), the Laccadive Islands, 203 



< llszcwski (Prof. ), Determination of Boiling Point and Critical 



Temperature of Hydrogen, 552 



< >inori (Prof. K. ), the Velocity of P^arthquake-Waves, 275 



< Ina Station (Spain), Meteorological Observations at, 347 

 I mion Disease, D. McAlpinc, 435 



* 'osling (Dr. II, J.), I^xperiments on Oscillations, 35 



<)l>tical Method of Observing Alternating Current, J. Pionchon, 



35 



•Optics : Electricity and Optics, Prof Righi, 42 ; Unequal 

 Absorption of Dextro-Kotatory and Litvo- Rotatory Circu- 

 larly Polarised Light in certain Active Substances, A. Cotton, 

 71 ; the Relation between the Movements of the Eyes and 

 the Movements of the Head, Prof .\. Crum lirown, F. K.S., 

 184; the Relative Powers of Large and Small Telescopes in 

 showing Planetary Detail, W. F. Denning, 232 ; the Visi- 

 bility of Ships' Lights, 232 ; Subjective Visual Sensations, 

 Dr. W. R. Gowers, F. R.S.. 234; Artificial Dichroism, Prof 

 H. Behrens, 240 ; Abnormal Refractions at Surface of Water, 

 Ch. Dufour, 336 ; Phosphoresence Phenomenon in Tubes of 

 Rarified Nitrogen after Passage of Electric Discharge, Gaston 

 Scguy, 336 ; Photometric Standards, 356 ; Determination of 

 Unit of Light, Dr. F. Kurlbaum and Prof Lummer, 359 ; 

 the Kinematograph, A. and L. Lumiere, 419 ; the \'ision of 

 School Board Children, Dr. James Kerr, 445 ; Refractive 

 Index of Water at Temperatures between 0° and 10°, Sir John 

 Conroy, Bart., F.R.S., 455; Curious Optical Phenomenon, 

 R. A. F. . 50S ; Lowest Temperature at which Hot Body 

 becomes \isible, P. Pettinelli, 523 ; Simple Objective Pre- 

 sentation of Hertzian Reflection I-^xperimenls, \'. Biernacki, 

 539 * Increase in Acutness of Vision under Influence of 

 Auditory Impression, Dr. Epstein, 604 ; Innervation of Iris, 

 Dr. Schenk, 604 ; Double Refraction of Electro-magnetic 

 Rays, Peter Lebedew, 611; Luminescence of Organic Sub- 

 stances in the Three States, E. Wiedemann and G. C. .Schmidt, 

 611 ; the Theory of Magnetic Action on Light, A. B. Basset, 

 F. R.S. , 618; the Polarisation of Light by Incandescent 

 Bodies, R. A. Millikan, 652 



Orator and Poet, Actor and Dramatist, Evolution of, Herbert 

 Spencer, 356 



Orbit of rj Cassiopei*, Parallax and, 61 



Orbit of Comet 1893 IV. (Brooks), the. Signer Peyra, 37 



Orchids, Ants, and, J. H. Hart, 627 



O'Reilly (Prof J. P.), the Recent Dry Weather, 597 



Organic Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical, Prof J. S. Scarf, 



Origin of European and North American .\nts, on the, C. 

 Emery, 399 



<Jrmerod (E. A.), the Forest Fly, 179 



Ornithology : New Zealand Bird, as illu.strating the Theory of 

 Natural Selection, .Sir W. L. Buller, F. R.S. , 60: the Cuckoo 

 and its Eggs, W. C. J. Butterfield, 177 ; Curious Habit of 

 the Spotted Fly-catcher, Rev. W. Clement Ley, 269 ; Mr. 

 Seebohm on ^Iiddendorft's Credibility, Prof. ,\lfred Newton, 

 F. R.S. , 438 ;i New Bird of Paradise, Astrapia spkndidissiina, 

 512; the Land Birds in and around St. Andrews, tleorge 

 Bruce, 589 : the Migration of British Birds, including their 

 Post-Glacial l-^migration as traced by the application of a 

 New Law of Dispersal, Charles Dixon, 589 ; Heligoland as 

 an Orinthological Observatory, the Result of Fifty S' ears' Ex- 

 perience, Heinrich Giitke, 589 ; a Hand-book to the Game 

 Birds, W. R. Ogilvie Grant, 589 ; the Land Birds and Game 

 Birds of New England, \^•ith Descriptions of the Birds, their 

 Nests and Eggs, their Habits and Notes, II. D. .Minot, 589 ; 

 Wild England of To-day, and the Wild Life in it, C. J. 

 Cornish, 589 ; the Pheasant : Natural History, Rev. 11. A. 

 Macpherson ; Shooting, A. J. Stuart-Wortley ; Cooking, 

 Alexander Innes Shand, 589 ; Note on the Dendrocolaptine 

 .Species Dcndrexttastes capitoides of Eyton, Dr. Henry (J. 

 Forbes, 619 



■Osborn (Prof H. F.), Eocene Fauna from Uinta Basin, 303 ; 

 From the Greeks to Darwin ; an Outline of the Development 

 of the Evolution Idea, 361 



Oscill.ations, Experiments on, Dr. H. J. Oosting, 35 



Ostwald (Dr. \V.), the Chemical Theory of Freedom of Will, 

 627 



c itology : Death of Dr. S. Moos, 41S 



Ouvrard (L. ), P^fiecls of use of Magnesium Wire and .Silent Dis- 

 charge upon Nitrogen, .\rgon, and Helium, 487 



Oxford, Research in Zoology at. Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, 



F.R.S., 549 

 O.xford Endowments, R. E. Baynes, J'rof. Sydney J. Hickson, 



F.R.S., 644 

 Oysters, Green, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 28; Dr. D. 



Carazzi, 643 

 Oysters, Phosphorus in, A. Chatin and A. Muntz, 120 



Pachon (V. ), Kolc of Liver in Anlicoagidant Action of Peptone, 

 456 



Pacific, Deep Sounding in the, Admiral W. J. L. WTiarton, 

 F. R.S., 550 



Painleve (P.), Laws of Friction in Sliding, 288 



I'alaiobotany : Obituary Notice of the Marquis of Sajxjrta, A. 

 C. Seward, 57 



Palaeontology : the Evolution of the Horse, 10 ; Irish Elk 

 Skeletons in Chara-marl Deposits, Clement Reid, 85 ; Con- 

 gener of Irish Elk unearthed in Germany, Prof Nehring, 523 ; 

 Human Remains in Galley Hill Paleolithic Terrace-gravels, 

 E. T. Newton, F. R S. , 166; Rhsetic Foraminifera from 

 Wedmore, Frederick Chapman, 166 ; Dentary Bone Structure 

 of Gomphopnathus, Prof Seeley, 182 ; Diplograptus, R. 

 Ruedemann, 212 ; Human Lower Jaw-bone found in 

 Pyrenean Grotto, L. Roale and F. Regnault, 2S8 ; Late 

 Cretaceous Ungulates from Patagonia, Senor F. .\mgehin, 303 ; 

 Eocene Fauna from Uinta Basin, Prof H. F. Osborn, 303 ;the 

 Fossils of Java, Prof Martin, 360 ; Biirramys parvus, Robert 

 Broom, 384 ; Death of James Carter, 485 ; Cj^phornis, Prof 

 E. D. Cope, 524 : .\ncodus. Prof W. B. Scott, 524 ; Dr. 

 Dubois on the finding of the Remnants of his Pithecanthropus 

 ercctiis, 554 



PaljEOzoic Times, the Life-History of the Crustacea in Early, 

 Dr. Henry Woodward, 114 



Palestine, Early Rainfall Measurements in, 59 



Palladin (W. ), Part played by Hydrocarbons in Inter-Molecular 

 Respiration of Higher Plants, 408 



Papyrus of .\ni in the British Museum, the, E. .\. Wallis 

 ISudge, I 



Paradise, the Bird of, Margaretta L. Lemon, 197 



Parallax from Mars Observations, the Solar, 421 



Parallax and Orbit of tj Cassiojieii-e, 61 



Paris: Paris Academy of Sciences, 24, 47, 71, 96, 120, 144, 

 167, 192, 215, 239, 264, 287, 312, 335, 359, 3S2, 40S, 432- 

 456, 488, 516, 540, 564, 588, 611, 636, 660 ; the Paris Obser, 

 vatory, 86 ; on Photographs of the Moon taken at the Paris 

 Observatory, M.M. Ltewy and P. Puiseux, 439; Paris Societe 

 d'Encouragement, Prize .\ wards, 275 ; the Normal .School at, 

 R. A. Gregory, 570 ; Paris Streets named after Men ot 

 .Science, 626 ; the Centenary Fetes at Paris, Dr. Henri de 

 \'arigny, 644 ; Statue to Sir Isaac Newton, 650 



Parker (J. D. ), California Electrical Storms, 308 



I'arkes (Dr. Louis C. ), the Elements of Health, 147 



Parrot of New Zealand, on the Habits of the Kea, the Sheep- 

 eating, W. Garstang, 629 



Parry (John), .Steel Works Analysis, J. O. Arnold, 26 



" Parturiunt Montcs," 364 



I'aschcn (Prof F. ), on the Constituents of the Gas in Cleveite, 

 520 ; Helium and the Si)eclr«m of Nova Auriga;, 544 



Pasteur (Louis), Obituary Notice of, 550 ; the Funeral of, 

 576 



Pasteur Institute, Anterabic InocuLations for 1894, 275 



I'asteur Institute, the New York, 600 



Pasteurisation of Milk, the. Dr. H. L. Russell, 419 



Pate (L. ), .\cid Compound of Natural Yellow Colouring 

 Matters, 1,215 



Paten ((!.), Combinations of .\ntipyrine with Diphenols, 636 



Pathology : the Elements of Pathological Histology, Dr. A. 

 Weichselbaum, Dr. S. .\. Kanthack, 241 ; the Question of 

 Infection, 370 ; Death of Dr. Texier, 443 



Paul (G.), Leaf-.\bsorplion, 569 



Peal (S. E.), Teaching Young Pheasants to Peck, 30; Stridu- 

 lating Organ in a Spider, 14S 



Pearson (Prof Karl) on Skew Proliability Curves, 317 



Peary Ex])edilion, Return of, 522 



Peary (Lieut.), Scientific Work in North Greenland by, 652 



Peck'ham (S. F.), the Pitch Lake of Trinida<l, 285 



Pekelharing (Prof), the Nature of the Fibrine Ferment, 168 



Pel.abon (IL), the Formation of Hydrogen Selenide, 48S 



I'elan Islands, Kubary on House- ami Canoe-Construction in, 

 654 



