Supplement to Nature ^\ 

 December 5, 1895 J 



Index 



IX 



lUyan (G. H., F.R.S.), the Size of the Pages of Scientific 

 I'ublications, Prof. Sylvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S., 221 ; the 

 Kinetic Theory of Gases, 244 

 l;ryan (Mr.), Simple Graphical Interpretation of Determinantal 



Relation cif Dynamics, 46 

 Knchanan (Sir George), Death of, 34 ; Obituary Notice of, 58 

 I iHJden (Edwin), to find the Focal Length of a Convex Mirror, 



;66 

 I'.iiilge (K. .\. Wallis), the Papyrus of Ani in the British 



Museum. I 

 I'.iiUer (Sir W. L., F.R.S.), Illustrations of Darwinism, 60 

 bulletin of .-Vmerican .Mathematical Society, 94, 189, 335, 587 

 l;iil!etin de IWcademie Roy.ale de Belgique, 94, 309, 6ti 

 llidletin de IWcademie des Sciences de St. Petersbourg, 261 

 i'.villetins de la Societe d' Anthropologic de Paris, 455 

 lUmge (Prof), Therapeutic \'alue of Iron, 326 

 lUioys, Electric Lights on, 230 



l;urbury (S. H., F.R.S.), Boltzmann's Minimum Function, 104 ; 

 the Kinetic Theory of Gases, 316 : Clausius' Virial Theorem, 

 568 

 luirgess (W. T.), Infection by Flies, 38 



liurinsky (E. ), the Restoration of Old Documents by Photo- 

 graphy. 407 

 r>!trraniys pan'iis^ a New Fossil Mammal, Robert Broom, 384 

 Burrows (Mr.), on the Distribution of Foraminifera in the Crags, 



538 

 I'.urstall (II. J.), the Electric Lightmg of Edinburgh, 655 

 liirstall (Mr.), Measurement of Cyclically \'arying Temperature, 



143, 1S9 

 I'-iirton-Brown (Colonel A.), the Total Solar Eclipse of August 



8, 1896, 633 

 Butler (Charles B.), a Brilliant Meteor, 269 

 Biitschli (Otto), Microscopic Foam and Protoplasm, 291 

 Butlerfiekl (W. C. J.), the Cuckoo and its Eggs, 177 

 Bulterflies and Moths, Harrow, J. L. Bonhote and Hon. N. C. 



Rothschild, 38S 

 Butterflies, the Migration of, J. E. Harting, 191 

 Byron (Dr. John), Death of, 133 



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



77 

 Calcium Cyanate, a New Nitrogenous Manure, Camille F'aure, 



588 

 Cambriilge Natural Hi.story, the, 149 

 Cambridge Philosophical Society, 47, 143 

 Cambridge, Post-Graduate Study and Research at, 296 

 Cambridge, .Science Scholarships at, 271 ; W. A. Shenstone, D. 



Rinloul, 295 

 Campbell (Prof. ), Measurement of Planetary Diameters, 579 

 Canal, .Ship, the Seattle, 48G 

 ("andolle (C. de). Latent Life of Seeds, 347 

 Cantrill (T. C. ), .S/>zV«vi?V- Limestone and Thin Coals in Wyre 



P'lirest Permians, 239 

 Cape Oljservatory, the, 655 

 Capper (Prof D. S.), the Lille E.>iperiments on Pjfticiency of 



Ropes and Belts for Transmission of Pcnver, 657 

 Carazzi (Dr. 1).), tireen (Jysters, 643 

 Carboniferous Flora, the Southern, Dr. \V. T. Blanford, 



F.R.S..59S 

 Cardew (Major), Deposit on St. Pancras Electric Light Main 



Insulators, 38 

 Carnob (Ad.), the Estimation of Minute (Quantities of Arsenic, 



264 

 Carpathians not extending into European Russia, tSeneral .\. 



Tillo, 408 

 Carriages, .Auto-Mobile in France, the recent Race of, 300 

 Carriages, Horseless, Display of, 600 

 Carrier Pigeon Competition, French, 250 

 Carter (E. \V.), .Sophie Kovalevsky, 43 

 Carter (lames). Death of, 485 

 Carter (.Surgeon-Major), Death of, ^^ 

 Cassiopei.e, Parallax and Orbit of, 61 

 Catalogue of the Books and Pamphlets in the Library of the 



Manchester Museum, .A \V. E, lloylc, 53 

 Cats, the Alleged New (Cold-Storage) Breed of, 178 

 Cats, Manx, Gradual Elimination of Taillessness in, 626 

 Cattell (Prof J. McKeen), Do the Components of Compound 



Colours in "Nature follow a Law of Multiple Proportions ? 



547 

 Cattle, White Polled, Sale of Mr. LofiVs Herd of, 153 



Caucasus, My Climbs in the Alps and, A. F. Mummer>', Prof. 



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

 Caucasus, the Flora of the, M. Akinfieff, 304 

 Cautley (Dr.), the Bacillus of Influenza-cold, 355 

 Cazcneuve (P). Causes of Colouration and Coagulation of Milk 



by Heat, 192 

 Celavosky (l-)r. ), Chorisis in Flow'ers, 231 

 Celts, Curious Dynamical Property of, G. H. Walker, 143 

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



Centauri, the System of a, A. W. Roberts, 629 



Centenary of the Institute of France, the, 637 ; Centenary 



Fetes: Dr. Henri de \arigny, 644; -M. Jules Simon's Dis- 

 course on the Institute of P' ranee, 645 

 Century Magazine, Science in the, 44 

 Chagas (Prof M. P.), Death of, 33 

 Challenger, the Voyage of H. M.S., a Summary of the Scientific 



Results, Dr. Anton Dohrn, 121 

 Challenger Expedition, a Souvenir of Challenger Work, 417 

 Chalmers (J. .\.), Y. II. Hatch, and the Gold Mines of the 



Rand, Bennett H. Brough, 638 

 Chamberlin (J. C ), Recent Glacial Studies in Greenland, 139 

 Chandler (Dr. S. C. ), Award of the Watson Medal to, 113; 



Variable Stars, 231 

 Chapman (Frederick), Rhcetic Foraminifera from Wedmore, 



166 

 Charpy (George), Mechanical Properties of Copper-Zinc Alloys, 



612 

 Chart, Halley's, Thos. Ward, 106 

 Chart, Halley's Equal Variation, Dr. L. \. Bauer, 197 

 Chart, Halley's, of Magnetic Declinations, Charles L. Clarke, 



343 



Charts ; the Earliest .Magnetic Meridians, Dr. L. A. Bauer, 

 269 



Chart, the Astro-Photographic, 113 



Chart, Logarithmic, Scale Lines on the, C. \. Boys, F.R.S., 

 272 



Charts, Low's Chemical Lecture, 365 



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



Chattaway (F. D.j, 3/3-Dinaphthyl and its Quinones, 215 



Chatterton (G.), the November Floods of 1894 in Thames 

 \'alley, 143 



Chauveau (.\.), Comparative Heating of Muscles by Positive 

 and Negative Work, 264 



Chebyshev ( Prof P. L. ) (Tchebicheflf), Obituary Notice of, 345 



Cheeses, Soft, the Microbiological Processes in Ripening of, E. 

 Marchal, 178 



Chemistry : a Lecture Experiment, C. J. Woodward, 5 ; Terres- 

 trial Helium (?), 327; Prof W. Ramsay, F. U.S., 7; J. 

 Njrman Lockyer, F.R.S., 7: Prof W. Ramsay, F.R.S., J. 

 Norman Lockyer, C.B., F.R.S., 55: Prof C. Kunge, 12S: 

 Density of Helium, M. Langlet, 155 : Helium, a Constituent 

 of certain Minerals, Prof William Ramsay, F. R.S., Dr. J. 

 Norman Collie, and Mr. Morris Travers, 306, 311, 331 ; the 

 Spectrum of Helium, W. Crookes, F.R.S., 428 : on the Con- 

 stituents of the (las in Cleveite, Prof C. Runge and Prof. F. 

 Paschen, 520; the New Mineral (iases, J. Norman L<x:kyer. 

 F'.R.S., 547 ; --Attempt to Liquefy Helium, Prof William 

 Ramsay, F.R.S., 544; Helium and the Spectrum of Nova 

 Aurig;e, Profs. C. Runge and F. Paschen, 544 ; New Urani- 

 ferous ^Iineral discovered by M. Nordenskiold, 8 ; Death of 

 Dr. Gordon E. Moore, 9 ; Third Report to the Alloys Re- 

 search Committee, Messrs. Roberts-Austen, Allan Gibb, and 

 .\lfred Stansfield, 18 ; Crystals Forming at Bottom of Solution 

 of Greater Specific Gravity, Lecoq de Boisbaudran, 24 ; Steel 

 Works .Analysis, J. <^. .-Vrnold, John Parry, 26 ; Re-determina 

 tion of Atomic Weight of Strontium, T. W. Richards, 36 : 

 Combustion of Acetylene for Illuminating Purposes, Prof. \'. 

 B. Lewes, 39 ; Acetylene and .\cetylene ilydrate, P. X'illard, 

 192; Action of Halogen Compounds of Phosphorus on 

 Metallic Copper, .-V. tiranger, 47 ; Campholenic Acids and 

 Amides, A. Behal, 48 ; Double Combinations of .\nhydrous 

 .\luminium Chloride with Nitro-Compounds of -Aromatic Series, 

 G. Perrier, 48; Causes of Colour of Brown Bre.ad, Leon 

 Boulroux,48; Gu.aninein Fishes' Skins, Chas. A. .Macnninn,55: 

 Abortive .\ttempts to produce Argon Compounds, H, 

 Moissan, 61 ; Argon and Helium in Meteoric Iron, Prof 

 Ramsay, 96 ; Argon and I lelium in Meteoric Iron, Prof W. 

 Ramsay, F.R.S., 224; .\rgon, Prout's Hypothesis and the 

 Periodic Law, E. A. Hill, n8 ; Argon and Dissociation, 

 Prof Penry Vaughan Bevan, 127; Lord Rayleigh, 127; 



