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Index 



VSuppUment to Xature 

 L Decembir 5, 1895 



Caledonia, M. Glaumont, 45 ; L'Anthropolc^e, 45, 455 ; 

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

 F.R.S.. So: the Story of Primitive Man, Edward Clodd, 

 173; Discovery of Aboriginal Indian Remains in Jamaica, 

 I. E. Duerden, 173 ; Terms of Imprisonment, Dr. Francis 

 Galton, F. R.S., 174; Sacred Thibetan Bone-Trumpet, Drum 

 and Flute, Dr. Geo. Harley, 1S2 ; Death of Dr. A. Eliseief, 

 200 ; Fallacies of Race Theories as Applied to National 

 Characteristics, W. D. Babington, 220 : Romano-British Land 

 Surface, Worthington G. Smith, 222 ; Bulletins de la Society 

 d'Anthropologie de Paris, 455 (See also Section H of the 

 British Association). 



Antinonnin, C. O. Harz and W. von Miller, 627 ; Prof. Aubry, 

 62S 



Antiquities, Classical, .\tlas of, Th. Schreiber, 100 



Antiquity of the Medical Profession, the, Suigeon-Major W. C. 

 Black, 174: Herbert Spencer, 197 



Antiseptic Properties of Different Disinfectant Ointments, Dr. 

 Breslauer, 524 



Antiseptics : .\ntinnonin, C. O. Harz and W. von Miller, 627 : 

 Prof. Aubry, 62S 



Antitoxin, Dr. Klein, 355 



Antlers, Abnormal Deer, H. Pohlig, 398 



Ants : on the Origin of European and North American Ants, 

 C. Emer>-, 399 ; Tertiary Fossil Ants in the Isle of Wight, 

 P. B. Brodie, 570 



Ants and Orchids, J. H. Hart, 627 



Apple-Scab. Michigan Treatment of, 276 



April Meteors, W. F. Denning, 33 



Aquatic Hymenopterous Insect, an, Fred Enock, 105 



Aquatic Insects, the Natural History of. Prof. L. C. Miall, 

 F.R.S., 242 



Arachnid.x' : Stridulating Organ in a Spider, .S. E. Peal, 148 



Archa;ology : Death of Prof. Gustav Hirschfeld, 9 ; the 

 Silchester Excavations, 9 ; Roman Mithneum at Wouklliam, 

 181 ; the British School at .-Vthens, H.R.H. the Prince of 

 Wales, 249 ; a Primer of Mayan Hieroglypliics, Daniel G. 

 Brinton, 387; the Excavations at Eleusis, 511 ; Death of 

 Prof. V. Rydberg, 626 ; Death of Father Hirst, 626 



Archbutt (L.), Chemical An.^lysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes, 

 and of the Commercial Products derived therefrom, Prof. 

 Dr. R. Benedikt, 265 



Archdeacon (W. H.), Method of Preparing Cyanuric Acid, 312 



Architects, the Institution of Naval, 207 



Architecture for General Readers, i:c., II. Heathcote Statham, 



363 

 Architecture, the Elements of, H. Heathcote Statham, 546 

 Arctic Exploration : Projected Balloon Expedition, S. A. 

 Andrie, 47; Remarkable Lake on Kildine Island, MM. 

 Faussek and Knipowitsch, 303 ; Two Books on Arctic 

 Travel, Henry Secliohm, 385 ; Dr. Nansen's Expedition, 511 ; 

 the Jackson- llarmsworth Expedition, 511, 626; Return of 

 Peary Ilxpedition, 523 ; Scientific Work by Lieut. Peary, 

 Prof. Dychc, and Prof. Salisbury in North Greenland, 652 

 Arctowski (M.), Determinations of Solubility at very Low- 

 Temperatures of Organic Compounds In Carbon Disulphide, 

 288 ; New Method of Prejmring Crystallised Bromine, 552 

 Argentine Earthquake, Octol>er 27, 1894, Prof. Milne's Obser- 

 vation of the. Dr. E. von Rebeur Paschwiu, 55 

 Argentina, the Lower (londwana Beds of, Dr. F. Kurtz, 523 

 Argon: Lord Rayleigh, F. R.S., 159; Barnard Medal awarded 

 to Lord Rayleigh lor Discovery of, 83 ; Argon and Dissocia- 

 tion, Prof. Pcnry \'aughan Bevan,l27 ; Lord Rayleigh, F. R.S., 

 127 ; the Physical Properties of Argon, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 

 293; Prout's Hypothesis and the Periodic Law, E. \. Hill, 

 tl8; a New Combination of, M. Berthelot, 202; the 

 Fluorescence of, M. A. Berthelot, 239 ; the Fluorescence of, 

 and its Combinations with the Elements of Benzene, 255 ; 

 Argon and the Kinetic Theory, Col. C. E. Basevi, 221 ; 

 Argon and Helium in Meteoric Iron, Prof. W. Ramsay, 

 F. R.S. , 224 ; the Place of Argon among the Elements, C. J. 

 Reed, 278 ; the Estimation of Argon, Th. Schlasing, 636 

 Argyll (Duke of), Gl.ici.itiun of Glenaray and (ilenshira, 70 

 Arloing (Prof.), Persistence of Electric Irritability in Peripheral 



Ends of Divided Nerves, 603 

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

 Arrow. Poison of Akotantlura Sdiiniperi, Prof. T. R. Eraser, 



F.R.S., and Dr. Joseph Tillie, 237 

 Arsonville (M. d'), the Discharge of the Torpedo, 312 

 Arthu-s (Dr.), Calcium Salts necessary to Blood Coagulation, 

 603 



Artificial Human Milk, Dr. E. Frankland, F.R.S., 546 



Arts and Manufactures, Chemical Technology or Chemistry in 

 its Applications to, 45 



Asbestos, Magnetism of, L. Bleekrode. 309 



Aschkinass (E.), Invisibility of Infra-Red Kays, 373; Absorp- 

 tion Spectrum of Water for Red and Infra- Red Rays, 382 



Asia, Eastern Siberia, P. P. Semenoff, I. D. Cherskiy, and G. 

 G. von Petz, 541 



Astrapia spUndidissima, New Bird of Paradise, 512 



Astre (Ch.), Potassium DeriN-ations of (Juinone and Hydro- 

 quinone, 408 ; Peroxidised Potassium Deri\-atives of Benzo- 

 quinone, 660 



-Vstronomy: Our .Astronomical Column, 11, 37, 61, 86, 113, 135, 

 155, 180, 203, 231, 252, 277, 305, 327, 34S. 374, 399, 421, 

 445, 487, 514, 425, 553, 579, 602, 629. 655 : the Hamburgh 

 Observatory, 1 1 ; the late M. Trouvelot, 1 1 ; Ephemeris for 

 Barnard's Comet, 18S4II., Dr. Berberich, II, 327 ; Saturn's 

 Rings, Prof. Barnard, 11: Spectroscopic Researches on 

 Saturn's Rings. H. Deslandres, 144; the Rotation of Saturn, 

 Mr. Stanley Williams, 231 : Radical \elocities of Saturn, 

 655 : the Sun's Place in Nature, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 

 12, 156, 204, 253,327, 422, 446; the Sun's Stellar Magnitude, 

 Mr. Gore, 135 ; Granulation of the Sun's Surface, Dr. 

 Scheiner, 203; Temperature of the Sun, H. Ebert, 231; 

 the Proper Motion of the Sun, M. Tisserand, 487 ; Sun-spot 

 Observations in 1S94, Dr. A. Wolfer, 629 : Solar Obser\-a- 

 tions during First Quarter of 1S95, P. Tacchini, 516: April 

 Meteors, W. F. Denning, 33 ; a Brilliant Meteor, Charles B. 

 Butler, 269 : the .\ugust Meteors, 327, 507 ; Heights of 

 -August -Meteors, Prof. A. S. Herschel, F.R.S.,437; Rela- 

 tive Densities of Terrestrial Planets, S. S. Wheeler, 37 ; the 

 Orbit of Comet 1S93 IV. (Brooks), Signor Peyra, 37 ; the 

 Spectrum of Mars, Mr. Jewell, 37 ; Dr. Janssen, 514; the 

 Rotation of Mars, Percival Lowell, 135 : Long Period 

 Inequality in Longitude of Mars, G. Leveau, 660 : Fvidence 

 of a Twilight Arc upon the Planet Mars, Percival Lowell, 

 401 ; -Astronomical Society of France, 37 ; Distribution of 

 Nebulce and Star-clusters, Sidney Waters, 38 ; Unveiling of 

 Memorial Tablet to Prof J. C. Adams, 59; -Algol, 61; 

 Parallax and Orbit of ij Cassiopei;e, 61 ; a Belgian Astro- 

 nomical Society, 62: Orbit of 1771 Comet, M. Bigourdan, 

 71 ; Stars with Remarkable Spectra, 86 : the Paris Obseriatory, 

 86; the Coeloslat,G. Lippmann,96, 399; Mercury and \enus, 

 113; the Total Solar Eclipse of 189S (January 21-22), 113 ; the 

 Total Solar Eclipse of August 8, 1S96, Col. .A. Burton-Brown, 

 633 : the -Astro- Photographic Chart, 113 ; Award of the Watson 

 Medal to Dr. S. C. Chandler, 113; Relation of Plane of 

 Jupiter's Orbit to Mean Plane of 401 Minor Planet Orbits, H. 

 -A. Newton, iiS ; the Satellites of Jupiter, Prof. Barnard, 

 203 ; -Adams' Masses of Jupiter's Satellites, 399 ; the Forms 

 of Jupiter's Satellites, S. I. Bailey, 445 : Red Spot on Jupiter 

 W. F. Denning, 507 ; the Moon, T. Gwyn Elger, 127 ; 

 Craters of the Moon, 579 ; on Photographs of the Moon 

 taken at the Paris Observatory, 439 ; the Motion of the 

 Solar System, 135; Comet 1892 V. (Barnard), J. C'l. 

 Porter, J. Coniel, 155; Me.TSurement of Radial Velocities, 

 155; "Two Remarkable Binar)- Stars, 155: t)ccultation of 

 Regulus, iSo ; the Recurrence of Eclipses, Prof. J. M. Stock- 

 well, iSo; \'ariability of Nebuke, 180 ; the Zi-ka-wei Ob- 

 servatory, 180 ; the \'erkes Observatory, 203 ; Variable 

 Stars, Dr. Chandler, 231 ; New X'ariable Stars, Rev. T. E. 

 Espin, 306 ; Short-Period \'ariable Stars, 252 ; the Relative 

 Powers of Large and Small Telescopes in showing Planetary 

 Detail, W. F. Denning, 232 : the I^ws of .Stellar Velocities 

 and Distributions, Prof. \. C. Kapteyn, 240; the Nice Ob- 

 servatory, 252 ; Foucault's Pendulum Experiment, 252 ; the 

 Perseids observed in Russia in 1894, Tli. Biedikhine, 261 ; 

 the Perseids of 1895, ^^'- ''• Denning, 395 ; Newton and 

 Huygens, A. Huet, 269; Death of Prof. F. Tietjen, 275; 

 Death of Prof. G. F. W. Spiirer, 275 ; the New Madras Ol- 

 serv.itory, 277 ; Star Cat.alogues, Mdlle. Khmipke, 277 ; an 

 Analysis of .Astronomical .Motion, Henry Pratt, 292; Death 

 of G. A. L. Pihl, 301 ; Terrestrial Helium, 327; Helium 

 and the Spectrum of Nova .Aurigie, Profs. C. Runge and 

 F. Paschen, 544 : the Rotation of Venus, 348, Signor 

 (;. Schiaparelli, 374; Geodetical Observations, Dr. Geeld- 

 muyden, 348 ; Death of Dr. W. Fabritius, 372 ; Altitude 

 and Azimuth of Polaris, A. Tanakadate, 305 ; Observa- 

 tions of Double Stars, M. Bigourdan, 305 ; a Great 

 Nebula in Scorpio, Prol. Barnard, 305 ; the Observatory of 

 ^■ale University, Dr. W. L. Elkin, 375; the Nebula N.G.C. 



