Supplement to Naturer^ 

 i\crjeinber^f)* 1894 J 



Inaex 



IX 



440 ; Rev. Lorimer Fison on the Classificatory System of 

 Relationship, 440 ; J. Graham Kerr on the Tobas of South 

 America, 440; Alf'ed P. Maudslay on Native Buildings 

 at Chichen Itsa, Yucatan, and the Customs of the Maya 

 Indians, 440 

 Section I [Physiology)— O'^i^iMi^ Address by Prof. E. A. 

 Schiifcr, F.R.S., President cf the Section, 401 ; M. S. 

 Pemhrey on the Rpac ion of Animals to Changes of External 

 Temperature, 460 ; Mr. Harris on the Results of an In- 

 vestigation into the Mu'icular Rhythm of Voluntary Tetanus 

 in Man, 461 ; Prof. McKendrick on the Phonograph, 461 ; 

 Prof. G:iule on Microscpic Specimens and Slides illus- 

 trating the Remarkable Changes observed by himself as 

 following ihe .Section in the Rabbit of the Inferior Cervical 

 Sym| athetic Ganglion or its Branches, 461 ; Prof. Ilay- 

 craft upon the Development of the Kidney, 461 ; Prof. 

 Ileger on the Unequal D ffu'^ion of Poisons into the Organs 

 of the Body, 461; Piof. Schafer and Dr. Oliver on the 

 Functions of the Suprarenal Bodies, 461 ; Prof. Ruther- 

 ford on Observations in which the Reaction Time was 

 Measured for Sight, Hearmg, and Touch, 461 ; D'Arcy 

 Power on a Series of Preparations of the Conjunctival 

 and Vaginal Mucous Membranes taken from Rabbits and 

 Gumea-Pigs which had been subjected to Mechanical and 

 Chemical Initatinn, 461 ; Prof. Hermann upon the Pro- 

 1 duction of Vowel and Consonant Sounds, 461 ; Prt>f. 

 Fredericq on a New Aerotonometer and Gas Pipette for 

 inves'ig.Tting the Causati<'n of the Gaseous Interchant;e 

 between ihe Blood and Air of the Lungs, 461 ; L. Cob 

 bett and Mr, Melsome on the Results of an Investigation 

 on the Production of Local Immunity through a Localised 

 Specific Inflauimatory Condition, 462 ; Lorrain Smith and 

 Mr. Trevithick, Research on Local Immunity, the Initial 

 Inflammatory Process brought about by a Simiile Irritant, 

 462 ; Dr M mn. Microscopic Specimens and Microphoio- 

 graphs in winch changes could be observed in various 

 Nerve Cells as the Re-ult of iheir Functional Activity, 462 ; 

 Dr. L. IIill on the Effect nf Gravity in altering the .Mam- 

 malian Hlood-pressure, 462 ; Dr. Mott, Microphotographs 

 of the Medulla Cord, &c., 462 ; Dr. Starling, Experiments 

 showing that the Flow ol Lymph from the Thoracic Duel 

 was dependent upon the Amount of the Blood-pressure in 

 the Liver Capillaries, 462 ; Dr. Lazarus Barlow, Experiments 

 on the Flow of l.ymph from the Hind Limbs, 462 ; Messrs. 

 Bayliss and Starling on the Results of an Experimental 

 Inquiry into the Innervation of the Portal Vein, 462 ; Mr. 

 Bayliss upon Vaso-dilaior Nerves, 462 ; Prof. Waymouth 

 Reid on the Alteration in the Mucous Membrane of the 

 Lateral Pouches of the Pigeon's Crop, 463 ; Prof. Dubois 

 on the Production of Heat in Hybernating Animals, 463 ; 

 Prof. Lodge, Experimen's upon the Reflection, Po iri>a- 

 lion, and Refraction of Hertz Waves, 463 ; I), lid !ane 

 on the Cause of Death by Suffocation in t'e Recent Cdliery 

 Explosion in South V\ ale'^, 463; W. G. Smith. Obs.-iva- 

 tions illustrating some of the Mental Coi.diti.n- which 

 influence the Association of Ideas, i.e. Memory, 463 ; 

 .Method Employed by Profs. Golch and Lodge in order 10 

 Study the Physiological Eflccts produced by Rapidiv 

 Alternating Currents of High Intensity, 463; a New 

 Kymograph, Prof. Engelmann, 463 ; Photographs of the 

 Excursions of a very .Sensitive Capillary Electrometer 

 when projected on a rapidly Travelling Plate and actuated 

 by speaking into a Teleplione placed in the Circuit, Prof. 

 G. J. Burch, 464 



British Isles, Climliing in the, W. P. Haskett Smith, 267 



British Lichens, Rev. James M. Crombie, 295 



British Museum, Catalogue ol the Mesozoic Plants in the De- 

 partment of Geology, A. C. Seward, 294 



Britten (Janus), a Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon, Henry 

 Trimen, F. R.S., 316 



lirooke (the Misses A. C. and A. E.), Botanical Charts and 

 Definiiions, 101 



Brorsen's Comet, 1S51, III, 607 



Br.mgh {Bennett II.), a Text-book of Ore and Stone Mining, 

 C. Le Neve Foster, 543 



Brown {.\. J.), the Specific Character of the Fermentative 

 Functions ol Yeast Cells, 335 



Browne (Dr. C. R.), Ethnography of Inishbofin and Inish- 

 shark, no 



Brjwne (Edward T.), Atirclia atirila, 524 



Brugsch (Prof. H. K.), Death of, 480 



Bruhl Prof. ]. W. ), on Tautomerism, 411 



Brunton (Dr. T. Lauder, F.R.S.), on Modern Developments ol 

 Harvey's Work, 625 



Bruyn (Lobry de). Free 1 lydroxylamine, 17; Direct Method 

 of preparing /3-Alkyl-Hydroxvlamines, 86; Experiments 

 demonstrating the Properties of Free Hydroxylamine, 409 



Bryan (G. H.), on the Present State of Knowledge in Thermo- 

 dynamics, 406 ; Electro-magnetic Induction in Current 

 Sheets and its representation by moving Trails of Images, 



93 , „ 



Bryant's (Mr. H. G.) Journey in Labrador, 85 

 Buchan (Dr.), Rainfall of Scotland, 604 



Buchanan (J. G., F.R.S.), Rapid Changes of Atmospheric 

 Temperature, especially during Fohn, and Methods of 

 observing them, 165 ; Researches carried out on hoad the 

 Prince of Monaco's Yacht in the Mediterranean and North 

 Atlantic, 436 

 Buchner (Prof.), the Problem of Immunity, 511 

 Bucki igham (Hon. J.), Insect Ravages in India, 274 

 Budapest, International Congress of Hygiene and Demography 



at, 19. 454. 5" 

 Building, First Principles of, Alex. Black, 616 

 Bulgaria : Publication of Means of Observations for Sophia for 



'891-3. 14 

 Bullet Proof Shields, Mrs. Emma Hubbard, 148 ; Frederick J. 



Smith, 174 

 Bullets, the Penetrative Power of. Rev. Frederick J. Smith, 



'24 



Bulletin de I'.Vcademie Rnyale de Belgique, 165, 214, 4S9 



Bulletin of New York Mathematical Society, 91, 235, 309, 441 



Bulletin de laSocieic d' Anthropologic de Paris, 21, 441, 490 



Balletin de la S icie e des Naturalistes de Moscou, 141 



Bulleiino della Societa Botanica Italiana, 309 



Burch (Prof. G. J.), Action of Concentrated Acids on Pairs of 

 Metals in Contact, 71 ; Photographs of the Excursions of a 

 very Sensitive Capillary Electrometer when projected on to 

 a rapidly Travelling Plate and aciuated by speaking into a 

 Telephone placed in the Circuit, 464 



Burcker (E.), Stability of Aqueous Solutions of Mercury Bi- 

 chlorides, 191 ; .Action of Camphoric Anhydride on Benzene 

 in presence of Aluminic Chloride, 444 



Burmah, the Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and, G. 

 F. Hampson, 4 



Burton (C. V.), Mechanism of Electrical Conduction in Metals, 

 69 



Butterflies, Absence of, 225 ; J. Shaw, 297 ; D. Wetterhan, 



3'9 



Calcntla, the Royal Botanic Garden, 308 ; Annual Report of, 

 326 



Calilernn (Laureano), Death of, 13 



Calendar, the Native, of Central America and Mexico, Dr. D. 

 G. B inion, 2o5 



California Bitumen, on the Nitrogen Content of, S. F. Peck- 

 ham, 515 



Calv-rt ( Vlbert F. ), the Aborigines of Western Australia, 474 



Calvin (Samuel), Niobrara Chalk, 486 



Cambridge, the new Engineering LaboratOTr at, opening of, by 

 Lord Kelvin, 65 



Cambridge Philosophical Society, 143, 190 



Camel, the, its L^ses and Management, M.ijor -V. G. Leonard, 



'95 

 Campbell (Prof. Douglas II.), on the Origin of the Sexual 

 Organs of the Pteridophytes, 435 ; Notes upon the Germina- 

 tion of the Spores of the Ophioglosseoe, 435 

 Campbell (J. MacNaught), Iron Crows' Nesis, 175 

 Campbell (Prof. W. W.), Bright-line Stars, iSl ; the Spectrum 



of the Orion Nebula, 254 

 Canal Boats, Mr. Henry Barcroft on the Application of Screw- 

 propellers to, 365 

 Canton (William), Moon-Manor Moon-Maid, 66 

 Canu (F.), Precis de Mcleorologie Endogene, 49S 

 Capper (Prof. D. S.) on Engineering Labor.itory Inslruments 



and their Calibration, 437 

 Carbon Atom, the Tetr.ahedral, 596 ; Dr. G. S. Turpin, 548 

 Carbon in Ferracarbjn Alloys, Mr. T.W. Hogg on the Influence 



of .\luminium upon the, 460 

 Carbonic Acid in Air, Experiments on the Proportions of, 



