SuppUment to Natttre.'\ 

 Novemiier 29, 1694 J 



Index 



XXXI 



ous Anhvdride, M. E. Mathias, 420 ; Practical Work in 

 General Physics, W. G. Woollcombe, 425 ; New Experi- 

 ments permitlini» the Comparison of the Delivery of 

 Liquids, Gases, and Vapour from the same Orifices, H. 

 Parenly, 444 ; Comparative Study of the Isothermals ob- 

 served by ^I. Amagat and the Isothermals calculated from M. 

 Van der Waal's formula, P. de Heen and F. V. Dwels- 

 hauvers-Dery, 4S9 ; on some Phenomena in Vacuum Tables, 

 Sir David Salomons, 490 ; Physiknlisches Prakticum, mit 

 besonderer Benicksichtigung der Physickali-chchemischen 

 Methoden, Eilhard Wiedemann und Hermann Kbert, G. F". C. 

 Searle, 496 ; Elemenli di Fisica, Anionia Koili, 498 ; 

 Specific Heat of Gases at Constant Pressure, Dr. Silvio 

 Lussana, 503 ; on Refractive Power and Density of Dilute 

 Solutions, W. Hallwachs, 515; Lord Kelvin, P.R.S., on 

 the Doctrine of Discintinuity of Fluid Motion in connection 

 with the Resistance of a Solid moving through a Fluiil, 524, 

 S49> 573> 597 '' Changes in Physical Society, 527 ; on ilie Mix- 

 ture of Liquids, M.J. De Kowalski, S40 ; F^xait Measure- 

 ment of the Density of very Ddule Aqueous Solutions, F. 

 Kohlrausch and W. Hall*achs, 553 ; Physics and Engineer- 

 ing at the McGill University, Montreal, 55S ; Differences of 

 Pressure, (i. Guglielmo, 581 ; on the Latent Heats of 

 Vaporisation of the Saturated Alcohols of the Fatty Series, 

 M. W. Lnnguinine, 612; the Present Status of High Tem- 

 perature Research, Carl fjarns, 635 ; on the Change of 

 Volume tlurin.j Melting, Max Toepler, 635. See also Sec- 

 tion A of the Briti-h Association 



Physiography : the Earth ; an Introduction to the Study of 

 Inorganic Nature, Evan W. Small, 593 



Physiology : Physiology Practicums, Burt G. Wilder, 4 ; 

 another new Branchiate Oligochaete, Frank E. Beddard, 

 F.R..S., 20; Preponderating Rule of Liver in formation of 

 Urea, 24 ; Determination of Uric Acid and Nuclein Bases 

 in Urine by Precipitation with Copper Sulphate and Sodium 

 Bisulphide, Dr. Kriiger, 95 ; Dr. Kniger on Epiguanin, a 

 new base of the Xanthin Group isolated from Human Urine, 

 492; Formation of Urea in Liver after Death, Charles 

 Richet, 120; Production of Glycosurie in Animals by Phy- 

 sical Means, 24 ; Physiological Psychology and Psycho 

 physics. Prof. E. B. Titchener, 29; the Relative Sensitivity 

 of Men and Women at the Nape of the Neck, Francis 

 Gallon, F.R..S , 40; Digestion without Digestive Ferments, 

 A. Dastre, 4S ; Death of Dr. A. Schmidt, 60 ; Relation of 

 Sensatinn-.-\reas to Movement, Prof. W. O. K ihn, 61 ; 

 Berlin Physiological Society, 95, 192, 335, 491 ; a Case of 

 Leukaemia, Dr. Jacob, 95 ; Experiments on Condensation of 

 Glycocol El her, Dr. Lilienfeld, 95 ; Influence of Rarefied 

 and Compressed Air on Circulati m. Dr. .^d. Lnewy, 95 ; 

 Prof, A. Kos-^el's Further Researches on Thymin, 95 ; 

 Anatomy of " Dumbbell shaped " Bone in Ornithnrhynchus, 

 Prof. J. T. Wilson, 96 ; the Polar Excitation of Cells of 

 Galvanic Currents, Dr. Max Verworn, 192 ; the Clotting of 

 Blood, Dr. Lilienfeld, 192 ; Hereditary Malformation of 

 Hands and Feet, Drs. W. Ramsay Smith and G. S. Nerwell, 

 253 ; Degeneration consequent on Experimental Lesions of 

 Cerebellum, Dr. J. S. R. Russell, 284 ; Co-existence of 

 Sternum with Shoulder-girdle and Lungs, Alsxis Julien, 

 287 ; Two Microcephalic Brains, Dr. Telford Smith and 

 Prof. D. J. Cunningham. F, R.S , 2S7 ; the Thompson Y.ates 

 Laboratories, 304; the Infiuence of Intra- Venous Injection 

 of Sugar on the Gases of the Bio id, Dr. Vaughan Harley, 

 309 ; Researches on the Excitability of Rigid Muscles 

 and on the Causes of the Disappearance of Cadaveric 

 Rigidity, J. Tissot, 311; Experiments made on a Dog 

 as to the Nutritive Value of Gelatine, Dr. J. Munk, 335 ; 

 Experiments on Fasting Dogs, Dr. J. Munk, 491 ; Researches 

 on the Causes of the Toxicity of the Serum of Blood, MM. 

 Mairet and Bosc, 335 ; Experiments to Determine whether 

 any one alone of the Food-Stuffs, Proteids, Fats, or Carbo- 

 hydrates can be regardeil as the Source of Muscular Finergy, 

 Prof. Zuii'z, 336 ; the Physiology of the Carbohydrates : their 

 Application as Food, and Relati m to Diabetes, V. W. Pavy, 

 F'.R.S , 397 ; Opening .\ddress in Section I of the British 

 Association by Prof E. A. Schafer, F". K . S. , 40 1 ; W. E. 

 CoUinge on the Relations of the Cranial Nerves to the 

 Sensory Canal System, 436 ; on Histological Changes pro- 

 duced in Nerve Cells liy their Functional .Activity, Dr. 

 Gustave Mann, 443 ; a Text-Book of Physiological Chemistry, 

 O.Hammerstcn,449 ; the Archojilasm and ••Vttraciiou Sphere, 



1. v.. S. Moore, 47S ; Spinal Respiratory Tracts, Mr. W. 

 T. Porter, 491 ; Observations on the Blood-Corpuscles of 

 Incubated Hcn's-egg', Dr. Engcl, 491 ; Dr. Greef on the 

 Neuroglia Cells of the Retina and Chia^ma of the Optic 

 Nerve, 492 ; on the Femoral Gland of Ornithorhynchus, C.J. 

 Martin and F. Tidswell, 492 ; the Physiological Action of 

 the Paraffin Nitiites, Dr. J. Theodore Cash, F. R.S. and 

 Prof. Wyndham, R. Dunstan, 550 (See also Section I of the 

 Briiish Association) 



Phylophthora Infestans, Potato Disease, the, Thos. Carroll, 63 



I'lchard (P.), .Xssimilaliility of Potash by the Action of Nitrates 

 in Poor Silicioiis Soils, 491 



Pickering (Prof. W. H.), the Harvard Observatory in Peru, 64 ; 

 Prof. Barnard and the Discs of Jupiter's Satellites, W. J. S. 

 Lockyer, 320 ; Rectnt Observations of Mars, 396 



Pictet (Raoul) on Coldburns, 362 ; Influence of Low Tem- 

 peratures on the Phenomena of Phosphorescence, 564 ; 

 Influence of Low Temperatures on the Laws of Crystalli- 

 sation, 588 ; on the Congelation of Sulphuric Acid, 636 



Pierce (A. H.) on the Localisation of Sound, Piof. Miinster- 

 berg, 621 



Piesch (Herr Bruno) on the Change in the Electrical Resistance 

 of Aqueous Solutions and of the Electric Polarisation with 

 Change of Pressure, 430 



Piette (Ed.), Noies for History of Primitive Art, 91 



Piezo-Electriciiy, 357 



Pigeon's Milk, Prof. Waymouth Reid, 463 



Pisciculture; the Hatchery for Sea fishes at Dunbar, Dr. T. 

 Wemyss Fulton, 18 



Pitt-Rivers (Lieut. -General), Museums and Pleasure-Grounds 

 near Rushmore, 416; on the Explorations of British Camps 

 and a long Barrow near Rushmore, 440 



Plague of Athens, the. Dr. Keyser, 62 



Plague in Hong Kong, the, 153, 178 



Plague of London, Precau ions against, in 1665, 304 



Plaice, Rearing of, Haral I Dannevig, 297 



Plane Geometry, MoJern, G. Richardion and A. S. Ramsay, 

 196 



Planet Mars, Observations of the, 255 



Planet .Saturn, ihe, 32 



Planets, the Diameters of some Minor, Prof. E. E. Barnard, 65 



Planimeter, the Hatchet, F. W. Hill, 2S5 



Hlanimeters, an Elementary Theory of, Prof O. Henrici, 285 



Plants, Irritability of, R. M. Deeley, 8 



Plateau Flint Implements of North Kent, Discussion on the, 



439 ^ , 



Pla eau Implements of Kent, Prof. Rupert Jones, 412 

 Platinum Resistance Thermometers, Prof. G. Carey Foster, 



F.R.S.,399 

 Pleasure, and ^-Esthetic;, Pain, Henry Rutgers Marshall, 3 

 I'lehn (Dr. F. ) on the Beliefs and Customs in Regard to Illness 



and Death of the Dualla Negroes, 361 

 Pleiades, Nebulosities near the. Prof. E. E. Barnard, 5S3 

 Pleiades, Triangulation of Sixteen Stars in the. Dr. Leopold 



Ambronn, 623 

 Pleistocene Geology, 412 

 l'leuronectid;e, on the Significance of Diagnostic Characters 



in the, J. T. Cunningham, 436 

 Fockels (Miss Agnes) on the Spreading of Oil upon Water, 



223 

 Poincare (H.) on Maxwell and Hertz, 8 

 Poisons, on the Unequal Diffusion of, into the Organs of the 



Body, Prof Heger, 461 

 Poisson's Ratio, Experimental Determination of, C. E. Slro- 



meyer, 142 

 Polar Expedition, the Jackson-Harmsworth, 255 

 I'oleck (Prof.), Sodium Peroxide, 64 

 Polls (P.), Sun-spots and Weather, 62 

 Pollard (D. H. B.), on Cranial Skeletons of .South .\mericaii 



and -African Siluroid Fishes, 436 

 Polybuny, Trituberculy and. Dr. C. I. Forsyth Major, loi ; 



E. S. Goodrich, 268 

 Polyodon, on the Structure of the Integument in, W. E. 



Collinge, 434 

 Po'ylechnic Institutes, Some London, R. A. Gregory, 87, 



114 

 Polytechnic School, Centenary of the Paris, 82 

 Pomel (.v.), Dyrosaiuus Thevestensis, 216; on the Later 



Geological and Climatic Pha'^es in Barbary. 368 

 Ponds and Rock-Pools, with Hints on Collecting for, and the 



