f 



II. 



XXVI 



Index 



V^itpfUmtHt to Katttrtt 

 L -*<»r'«K^fr29, 1894 



storm* over ihe Globe, Prof. A. Klossovsky, 581 ; Aurora of 

 February 22, Dr. M. A. Veeder, 54 : Aurora Australis, H. 

 C. Russell, 319 ; Aurora and Fos;, H. C. Russell, 42S ; Fine 

 Aurora seen in l"asmania, II. S. Pnve, 4S2 ; Aurora, I. 

 Shaw, 499 ; Auroral display in New Zealand and Austialla, 

 620 ; ihe Climate of Odessa, Prof. Klossovsky, 62 ; Sun- 

 spots and Weather, P. Polls, 62; W. L. Dallas, 113; 

 Festoon Cumulus or " Pocky" Cloud, II. N. Dickson, 79 : 

 a Monochromatic Rainbow, Chailes Davison, 84 ; Proposed 

 Tidal Observatory in Madras Harbour, 84 ; the Week's 

 Weather, 84, no, 228. 251 : Kew Observatory Re- 

 poit tor 1S93, 85 : Sonnblick Society's Report for 1893, 

 86 ; Investigation on Daily Period of Wind Velocity 

 on Sonnblick Summit, Dr. J. Ilann, 22S : Relative 

 Frequency of different Velocilies'of Wind. W. Kills, F.R.S., 

 94 : Audibility of Big Ben at West Norvvood, W. Mar- 

 riott, 94 ; Royal Meteorological Society, 9t, 21$; Berlin 

 Meteorological Society, 95, 191 ; Cloud-height Measure- 

 ments at Elflel Tower, Dr. Rassner, 95 : Changes in the 

 Definitions of Clouds since Howard, II. II. Clayton, 334 ; 

 the Transmission of Weather Forec.vts to Rural Telegraph 

 Offices, 109 ; Mr. J. H. Collins' Arrangement for finding 

 Tidal .streams round Isle of Wight, 112 ; Increase of Tem- 

 perature v^ith Depth in Low Algerian Sahara, George Roul- 

 land, 120; Ebb and Flow of the Earth's Atmosphere, Dr. 

 J. Hann, 130; Meteorology and Geodesy, Prof. C. Abbe, 

 141 ; Violent Hailstorm In Vienna, 153 ; Hailstones at Cleve- 

 land, Ohio, Francis II. Herrick, 173; Remarkable Hail- 

 stones at Vicksburg, Prof. Cleveland Abbe, 430; Diurnal 

 Oscillations of Barometer at Paris, Prof. L. Dcscroix, 155 ; 

 Height of Barometer, Henry Mellish, 400: Meteorologische 

 Zeitschrifl, 165 ; Meteorological Observations on Ihe Pic du 

 Midi, Dr. F. Klengel, 125 ; Rapid Changes of .Mmospheric 

 Temperature, especially during Fnhn, and Methods of ob- 

 serving them, J. V. Buchanan, K.R.S.. 165; the Employ- 

 ment of a Trigonometrical Series in Meteorology, Dr. A. 

 Schmidt, 178; Report of Canadian Meieorologlcal Service 

 for 1889, 179 ; the Names of the Winds, Dr. Umlauft, iSS ; 

 a Winter Sojourn on the Brocken, Dr. Sirring, 191 ; Sy- 

 roons's Monthly Meteorological Magazine, 214; the May Frost 

 of 1894, Mr. Symons, 214; Night Frosts, T. Homcn, 276; 

 Fogs with Strong Winds in British Isles, 1S76-90, R. H. 

 Scott, F.R.S., 215; Characteristic Features of fJales and 

 Strong Winds, R. H. Curtis, 215; Repiri of German 

 Meteorological Institute for 1893. 228; Recent Change 

 in the Character of April, 246 ; Dr. O. Z. Bianco, 

 Researches at Turin, on the, 393 ; Halo of go° with 

 Parhelia, .Samuel Barber, 269 ; Elementary Meteorology, 

 William Morris Davis, 293 ; on some Methods 

 in Meieornlogv, 318 ; Rainfall in Great P.rilaiii during July, 

 325; British Rainfall, G. J. .Symons, F.R.S., 416: Mr. F. 

 C. Bayard on the Rainfall at Greenwich, 457 : Rainfall of 

 Scotland, Dr. Buchan, 604; Researches made at Hong 

 Kong Observatory during 1893, Dr. W. Doberck, 325; 

 Admiral S. MakarofT, on an International Agreement for the 

 Puhllcalicn of Meteorological Information contained in 

 Ships' Logbooks. 360 ; Dr. J. W. Van Bebber, on the 

 Daily Synoptic Weather Charts of the North Atlantic, 362 ; 

 Report of the Maryland State Weather Service, 364 ; 

 Meteorological Observations in Alsace and Lorraine, 1892, 

 430 ; M. J. Jauberi on the Atmosphere of Paris, 454 ; Meet- 

 ing of the International Meteorologicil Committee. 454 : 

 Old German Legend concerning the Weather, Die Sleben- 

 schla'er, 455 ; on .Spring Kains in Geneva, 475 ; Deutsche 

 Secwarte, Report for 1893, 4^2 ; Effect o( a thin veil of 

 Cloud or Mist upon the Intensity uf Solar Radiation, Profs. 

 Barloli and Siracciati, 482 ; Precis ne Mclcorologie Endo- 

 gene, F. Canu, 498 ; Disastrous Cyclone In the Unile<l 

 Slate*, 528 ; Meteorology of the Tniied Stales, Major H. H. 

 C. Dunwoody, 608; Denlructlve Storm In Japan, 528; 

 Meteorology in Italy for 1893, 502 : on some Temperature- 

 Vari.itinns in France and Greenland, 571; Meteorology of 

 India for 1893, John Fallot, 553 ; Thermnmctric Observations 

 on the Summit of Ararat, M. VenukofI', 588 ; Schools of 

 Meteorology. Piof. Cleveland Abbe, S?^ J Tornado at 

 Little Rock, Arkantas, 5S0 ; a Long Period Me- 

 teorograph, Jules Richard, 617 ; Death of Mr. Charles Clark, 

 620; the I'aat Summer, Charles Harding, 624; A. H. S. 

 Luca.« on Ihe Formation of a Mackerel .Sky, 636 

 Meteors: a Daylight Meteor, Jas. G. Richmond, 124; the 



August Swarm of Meteors, 365 ; a Remarkable Meteor, Ed- 

 ward Wesson, 399 ; on the P.nh of the Meteor of May 18, 

 1894, Prof. Copcland, 443 ; the Remarkable Meteor of Au- 

 gust 26, 1894, John \V. Earle, 452 ; Edward F. Linton, 

 T. B. Cartwris^ht, Thos. Ward, 574 ; the Meteor and Meteor- 

 .Sireak of August 26, 1894, W. E. Denning, 537, 617; 

 Bright Meteors. Prof. A. S. Herscbel, F. R.S., 572 ; the 

 semi-Annual Variation of Meteors, G. C. Bouipas, 504; 

 Shooting-Stars observed in Italy, P. Francois Denza, 540; 

 an Instrument for Photographing Meteors, 556 



Metrology : the Mttals suitable for Manuf.icturing Standards of 

 Length, C. E. Gulllaume, III 



Metrophotography, -M. Laussedat, 274 



Meyer (Prol. Victor), the Nature of the Molecule of Calomel, 

 230 



Meyerhoflrcr(Dr. W.),Certain Phenomena ofEquilibrium during 

 the Evaporation of Salt Sohilions, 411 



Michael (.Mr.), the Eye in Hydrachnea, 119 



Michigan, .Mining School Report of the Director of, 364 



Micro-Chemistry : a Manual of MIcrochemical Analysis, Prof, 

 H. Behrens, 122 



Micro-Organisms in Water, Prof. Percy Frankland and Mrs. 

 Percy Frankland, Dr. E. Klein, F. R.S. , 469 



Micro-Organisms causing the Diseases of Beer, some of the,. 

 Mr. Fellowes, 503 



Microbes: Sunshine and Water-Microbes, Mrs. Percy Frank- 

 land, 452 



Micrometer : Report on M. Bigourdan's Memoir on the Micro- 

 "metric Measurement of small Angular Celestial Distances, 

 M.M. Loewy, Tisserand, and Wolf, 368 



MIcroihcometer, on the, J. H. Hannay, 311 



Microscopy : .\pparatus lor 0!>servatlon of Micro-Organisms, 

 Prof. Marshall Ward, 40; (Juaiterly Journal of Microscopical 

 Science, 60, 441, 515, 611 ; Royal Microscopical Society, 

 94, 119, 286 ; (Juekett Microscopical Club, 119 : New Pho- 

 to- .Microscopic -Apparatus, C. L. Curties, 119; Living Speci- 

 mens of Gromla, Mr. Shrubsole, 119 ; the Eye In Hydrach 

 nea, Mr. Michael, 119 ; a Manual of MIcrochemical Analysis, 

 Prof. H. Behrens, 122 ; Detection of .\lkaloids by Micro- 

 chemical Methods, Prof. Behrens, 311 ; Studies on the Ner- 

 vous System of Crustacea, Edgar J. Allen, 611 



Microsporidla;, Presence of Thread Cell in Spores of, P. The. 

 lohan, 216 



Middleton (G. A. T.), Surveying and Surveying Instruments, 



221 



Midland Union of Natural History and Scientific Societies at 

 Ellesmere, Annual .Meeting of, 360 



Miers (H. A.), on a new Method of Measuring Crystals, 411 



Migration and the Food (^>uesl, a Study in the Peopling ol 

 America, O. T. NLason, 301 



Milk, the Dangers of, in 



Milk Jug, the Tell Tale, J. Lawrence, 554 



Mill (Dr. Hugh Robert), the Arctic Expeditions of 1894, 57 ; 

 a Survey of the English Lakes, 1S4 



Mlllesovich (Prof. E.), the First Ohservation of Sun-Spots, 230 



Milne (Prof. John, F.R.S.), the Miners' Handbook, 145 ; Seis- 

 mic Magnetic and Electric Phenomena, 415 



MInakata (Kuniagusu), some Oriental Beliefs about Bees and 

 Wasps, 30 J the ICarllest Mention of Dictyophora, 54 ; an 

 Intelligence of the Frog, 79 



Minchin (Prof. G. M.), Bchavlourof certain Bodies in pre- 

 sence of Electro-Magnetic Oscillations, 94 



Mineralogy: a Manual of Micro-Chemical Analysis, Prof. Hj 

 Behrens, 122; Economic ticology of the United .States, with 

 briefer mention of Foreign Mineral Products, Ralph .S. Tarr^ 

 145; Composition of Apophylllic, C. Fiiedel, 1671 

 Mineralogical Society, 239 ; Chemical Study of Native 

 .Vrseniates and Phosphates, Prof. A. H. Church, F. R. S., 

 239; Death of Prof. Mallard, 250; Obituarv Notice ol 

 Ernest Mallard, M. G. WyroubolT, 428 : L. Fletcher, F R.S., 

 353 ; Separation of Minerals of High Specific Gravity by lh« 

 use of Dr. J. W. Ketgers's Fused Double Nitrate of Silvei 

 and Thallium, Messrs. Penfield and Kreidcr, 415 ; Sach- und 

 Orls-Vcrzeichniss zu den MIneraloglschen und Gcologischen 

 .•\rbeitcn von Gerhard vom Rath, Frau vom Rath, 498 



Mining : Economic Geology of the United .Stales with briefei 

 mention of Foreign Mineral Products, Ralph S. Tarr, 1451 

 Ihe Ore Deposits of the United States, James F. Kemp, 145 

 Mining : an Elemcnlarv Treatise on the getting of Mlner.il',' 

 Arnold Lupton, 145; Ihe Miners' Handbook, JohnMIlm, 



