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Index 



C Supplement tc Xattire, 

 Vecetnbet 5, 1895 



Radcliffe (W.), an Arithmetical Puzzle, 525 



Radial X'elocities, Measurement of, 155 



Radial \'elocities of Saturn, 655 



Railways, Electric, in United States, Growth of, Joseph A. 



Wetzler, 43 

 Railways, Electric, the Xantasket Beach Trials, 513 

 Rain in August, 519 



Rainbow (\V. J.), Bird-catching Spiders, 3S4 

 Ramsay (Prof. W., F.R.S. ). Terrestrial Helium (?), ", 55 ; Argon 

 and Helium in Meteoric Iron, 96, 224 : Helium, a Constituent 

 of certain Minerals, 306, 331 ; I lelium, a Constituent of various 

 Minerals, 311 ; Attemjit to Liquefy Helium, 544 : Occlusion 

 of Oxygen and Hydrogen by Platinum Black, 287 ; on a 

 Method of com|xiring Heats of Evaporation of Liquids at 

 their Boiling-jioints, 535 

 Rand, the (.lold Mines of the, F. H. Hatch and J- A. Chalmers, 



Bennett H. Brough, 63S 

 Rankc (I'rof. von), the Antitoxin Treatment of Diphtheria, 354 

 Kaoult (K. M.), Osmotic Phenomena produced between Ether 



and Methyl Alcohol across Different Diaphragms, 335 

 Rapier (Mr.), on Weirs in Rivers, 582 

 Rarer Metals and their Alloys, the. Prof W. C. Roberts-.Austen, 



E.K.S., 14, 39 

 Rational Cure for Snake-Bite, a, 620 

 Rawitz (Bernhard), Leitfaden fiir histologische Untersuchungen, 



412 

 Rayleigh (Lord, F.R.S. ), Barnard Medal awarded for Dis- 

 coverj' of .\rgon to, 83 ; Argon, 159 : Argon and Dissociation, 

 127; the Physical Pro|)erlies of .\rgon, 293: on the Refrac- 

 tivity and Viscosity of Argon and Helium, 533 

 Reaction Time according to Race, M. Bache, 627 

 Rebeur-Paschwitz (Dr. E. von). Prof. Milne's Observation of 



the Argentine Earthquake, October 27, 1894, 55 

 Relx:ur-Pa.schwitz (Dr. E. von), Obituary Notice of, Charles 



Dan.son, 599 

 Recreation, Physiolog)' of, Charles Roberts, 257 

 Recurrence of Eclipses, the. Prof. J. M. Slockwell, 180 

 Red Sea, .Meteoroli^ical Charts of the, 1 12 

 Red Spot on Jupiter, the, W. !•". Denning, 507 

 Redgrave (G. R.), Calcareous Cements, their Nature and Uses, 



77 



Reed (C. J.), the Place of Argon among the Elements, 278 



Reference, Rules of, J. B. Bailey, 601 



Reform of our Weights and Mea.sures, the, 256 



Refraction, .\tniospheric. Prof. E. C. Conistock, 399 



Refraction, Double, .MacCullagh's Theory of, A. B. Basset, 

 K.K.S.,59S 



Regnault (t.), Human Lower Jawbone found in Pyrencan 

 (Jrfiito, 288 



Regulus, Occullation of, 180 



Reich (Dr. O.), Death of, 133 



Reid (Clement), Irish Elk Skeletons in Chara-marl Deposits, 85 



Keid (Mr.), on Recent Researches by Boring, and an Examin- 

 ation of the Deposits above the Water-level at Hoxne, 559 



Relative Powers of Large and Small Telescopes in .showing 

 Planetary Detail, W. F. Denning, 232 



Reliquary, .Science in the, 44 



Kenard (Adolphe), Ozolienzene, 144 



Kennell (Major J.ames), and the Rise of Modern English Geo- 

 graphy, Clements K. .\Iarkham, F.R.S., Dr. Hugh Robert 

 Mill, 614 



Renz (F.), some Photographic Star-charts, 407 



Ke|xirt of the Committee on the Retirement of Professors, 538 



Research in Education, D. S. T. Grant, 4 ; Miss L. Edna 



W.,ll. r 10;; 



I Pranscontinenlal Scries of Gravity Measurements, 



■ kwell I'ulman, Rev. O. Fisher, 433 

 Kctiiciiiyiii of Professors, Reixjrt of the Committee on the, 538 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf :— 



The Papyrus of Ani in the Briti.sh Museum, E. A. Wallis 



Budge, I 

 Over (Ic Bevnichting der Bloemen in hcl Kempisch Gcdcelte 



van Vlaandercn, J. MacLeod, 2 

 Kmilc I^vier, a travcrs le Cauca.sc, Notes ct Impressions d'un 



Scii.M Vincent T. Murchf, 3 



The I ,„ . .\. de Quatrcfages, Sir W. H. Flower, F.R.S., 



A Primer of Evolution, Edward Clodd, 26 



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

 Wayside and Woodland Blossoms, Edward Step, 27 

 The Lepido|)tera of the British Islands, a Descripti\ e -Vccount 

 of the Families, Genera, and Species indigenous to Great 

 Britain and Ireland, their Prejuratory Stall's, Habits and 

 Localities, Charles G. B.^rrett, 27 

 Quellenkunde, Ilyppolyt J. Haas, 28 



Hygienische Meteorologie, Prof. Dr. W. J. van Bebber, 49 

 A Text-book of Mechanical Engineering, Wilfrid I. Linehani, 



5> , 

 Le Leman Monographic Limmologique, F. .\. Forel, Prof. T. 



G. Bonney, F.R.S. , 52 

 A Catalogue of the Books and Pamjihlets in the Librar)- tif 



the Manchester .Museum, W. E. Hoyle, 53 

 A Course of Elementary Practical Bacteriology, including 



Bacteriological -Vnalysis and Chemistry, A. .4. Kanthack 



and J. H. Drysdale, 53 

 Primer of Navigation, .V. T. I'lagg, 53 

 The Scientific and Technical Papers ot Werner von Siemens, 



W. Watson, 73 

 Repartition de la Pression Atmospherique sur I'Ocfen 



-Vtlantique .Septentrional d'apres les Observations de 1870 a 



1S89 avec la Direction Moyenne du Vent .sur les Littoraux, 



C?pt. G. Rung, 76 

 Text-book of .\nat<miy and Physiology for Nurses, 77 

 Calcareous Cements, their Nature and Uses, G. R. Redgrave, 



77 

 The Spirit of Cookery, J. L. W . Thudichum, 97 

 Meteorology, Weather, and Method of Forecasting, Thomas 



Russell, 98 

 Results of Rain, River, and Evaporation Observations made in 



New South Wales during 1S93, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 98 

 Atlas of Cla.ssical .Vntiquities. Th. Schreiber, 100 

 A Handbook of Systematic Botany, Dr. E. Warming, lot 

 The Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois, 



102 

 The Voyage of H.M.S. Challeiigtr, a Summary of the 



Scientific Results, Dr. ."Vnton Dohrn, 121 

 Horses, Asses, Zebras, Mules, and .Mule Breeding, W. H. 



Tegctmeier .and C. \.. Sutherland, 126 

 The .Moon, T. Gwyn Elger, 127 

 Algebra, -M. H. Senior, 127 

 Crystallogra])hy, a Treatise on the Morphology of Crj-stals, N. 



Slory-Maskelync, F.R.S., il. \ Miers, 145 

 Stereochimie, F^xpose dcs theories de Le Bel et \'an "t Hoff, E. 



G. Monod, 146 

 The Telephone Systems of the Continent of Europe, .\. K. 



Hennell, 147 

 The Elements of Health, Louis C. Parkes, 147 

 John Dallon and the Rise of Modern Chemistry, Sir Henry 



E. Roscoe, F.R.S., 169 

 Hydraulic Motors, Turbines, and Pressure Engines, G. R. 



Bodmcr, 170 

 Motive Powers and their Practical Selection, Reginald 



Bolton, 170 

 Diary of a journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 



1892, William Woodville Rockhill, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 



171 

 The Philosophy of Mind, an Essay in the Metaphysics of 



Psychology, (;. T. Ladd, Edward T. Dixon, 172 

 The Story of " Primitive'' Man, Edward Clodd, 173 

 Britain's Naval Power, Hamilton Williams, 173 

 Portraits berllhmter Naturforscher, 173 

 The Life and Inventions of- Thomas .Alva Edison, W. K. L. 



Dickson ami Antonia Dickson, 193 

 Finger-print Directories, F'rancis Galton, F.R.S., 194 

 Birds, Beasts, and Fishes of the Norfolk Broadland, P. II. 



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

 Object Lessons in Botany, Edward Snelgrove, 196 

 Dental .Microscopy, A. Hopewell Smith, 197 

 Organic Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical, I'rof. J. .S. 



Scarf, 197 

 Reisen in den Molukken, in Ambon, den I'li.assern, .Seran 



(Ceram) und Buru, ICine .Schilderung von Land und Leuten, 



K. Martin, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 217 

 Steam Power and .Mill Work, George William SutcIilTe, 2lS 

 Lectures on the I)arv\inian Theory, delivered by the late 



Arthur Milius Marshall, F.R.S., 219 

 My Climbs in the .Alps and Caucasus, .\. F. Mummery, 219 

 Dairy Bacteriology, i)r. Ed. von Freudenreicli, 220 

 Ix)ngmans' School Algebra, W. .S. Beard and .A. Telfer, 220 



