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AiMiAiiu-: (M. n'), Siilphiir-Kumig.itiim, a Remedy for Marsh 



I'evers, 480 

 .\l)lie (I'ri)f. C. ), Insignificant SequeUe of Forest Fires, 158 ; the 



l'(issil)iIitios of Long-Ranj^e Weather Forecasts, 212 

 Al'orileenshire Agricuhural Research Association, 614 

 Alicrv (Dr. ), the Transmission of Yellow Fever, 300 

 AhiK-'y (Capl. W. de W., C.B., F.R.S.), the Artificial Spectrum 



'ro|). 292 



AI'Murnuil Atlantic Was'es, C. E. Stromcyer, 437 



Aliorigines of Australia, the. Dr. E. C. Stirling, 112 



Al>s(ilutene.ss of Motions of Rotation, the Allege!, A. B. 

 Hasselt, F.R.S., 271 ; Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 272 



.\liuri ((lold Coast). Botanical Station, the, 423 



.\cetvlene and (ixvgen, the Explosion of a .Mixture of, Dr. 

 T.'E. Thorpe, F.'R.S., 106 



Achromatic Object-Glass, the New. 160 



Ac nistics ; .Acoustic Fog .Signal and Navigation. A. B. Johnson, 

 130 : Application of Sound-Vibrations to .\nalysis of two 

 Ciases of different Densities, E. Hardy, 407 ; Objective Reality 

 of Omibination Tones, Prof. A. W. Riicker, and E. Euser, 

 550 ; Subjective Lowering of Pitch of Note, Dr. C. V. 

 Burton, 550 ; Objective Demonstration of Combination Tones, 

 Dr. C. \ . Burton, 550 ; a Simplified Phonograph, A. Koltzow, 

 5SS 



.Acquired Characters: Right Hon. .Sir Edward Fry, F. R.S., 8, 

 197 ; Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R..S., 54, 102, 245 ; Edward B. 

 I'nulton. F.K.S.. 55, 126: Francis Oalton, F.R.S.,56: J. T. 

 Cunningham, 126. 293 ; John Clelanil, 294 



Acton (E. Hamilton), I'r.actical Physiology of Plants, 577 



.\dums (Prof.). Collected Memoirs, 254 



Aeronautics: Lilicnthal's Experiments in Flying, 177; Maxim's 

 Experiments in Aerial Navigation, 259 : .Aeronautics in France, 

 Prof. Cornu, 299; Balloon Ascent by S. .Andrce, Prof. H, A. 

 llazen, 325; Andree's North Pole Balloon Scheme, W. 'de 

 Fonvielle, 421 ; the Andree Ballooning Expedition to the 

 North Pole, 513: Aerial Navigation, 436; Remarkable 

 Balloim .Ascent by Dr. A. Berson, 491 



.l^Mlietic Tastes in Birds. 259 



Africa : Death of Dr. Lent, 18 ; Death of Dr. Krelzschmar, l8 ; 

 the Anglo-tJerman Frontier .Survey in East Africa, C. S. 

 Smith, 19; Le Centre de I'Afriquc. Autour du Tchad, P. 

 lirunache, 29;- Dr. Donaldson Smith's Expedition to Lake 

 Rudolf, 61 ; British Central Africa Protectorate, H. H. 

 Johnstone. 66 : Forestry in Natal, Prof. \V. R. Fisher, 234 : 

 Return of Mr. G. F. S. Elliot, 29S ; How to live in Tropical 

 Africa, J. Murray, 364: the Death of Emin Pasha, R. D. 

 .Mohun,"38i ; the .Aburi Botanical Station, 423 : theCIlaciation 

 of Mount Ruwenzori, Scott Elliot, 441 ; Mr. Scott Elliot's 

 Explorations of Mount Ruwenzori, 527 ; Captain Manning's 

 Ascent of Mount Mlanje, 441 : Conspectus Flora> .Africx, ou 

 Enumeration des Plantes d'.Afri()Ue, Th. Durand et Hans 

 Schinz. 459 : Botanic dardens in South Africa, 491 



Agamennone (Dr.), the .Alleged Diminution with Outward 

 Radiation of \'elocity of Earth()uake Waves, 299 



.\<;e of the Earth, on the. Prof. John Perry, F.R.S., 224, 341. 

 '582 : Prof. Tait, 226; Lord Kelvin. P.R.S., 227, 438; Prof. 

 W. I. Sollas, F.R.S.. 553. 558; Dr. Bernard Hobson, 558; 

 Dr. Al.red R. W.illace, F.R.S., 607 : C. Davison, 607 



.\griculture : a Dictionarv of llie Economic Products of India, 

 George Watt, 4; W. t. Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., 150; Dr. 

 \. Ball, F.R.S., 150: the Warble Fly, W. F. Kirby, 154; 

 Farm Vermin, Helpful and Harmful, 174; Oat-growing Ex- 

 periments, Prof. Kinch, 206 : Death and Obituary Notice of 

 Prof. Allen Harker, 206 ; .Advanced .Agriculture, H. J. Webb, 

 218; Canadian Experimental Farms, 237; the Roy.al Agri- 



cultural Society, 252 : the .Anbur)- Turnij) Disease, Prof. W. 

 Somerville, 251; the "Finger and Toe " Discise, George 

 Massee, 453 ; Fox-tail Grass Pest in America, 301 ; Autumn 

 Cultivators for Green Manures, P. P. Dehcrain, 311 ; Agri- 

 cultural Art and Science, Prof. R. Waringlon, F. K.S.. 372; 

 Experiment with Dormant Seeds, Dr. .A. Pcier, 422 ; Horse 

 Breeding for Farmers, Alfred E. Pe.a>e, 435 : Injurious In- 

 .secis, Eleanor A. Ormerod, 471 : theCom|V>sition of Drainage 

 Waters, P. P. Deherain, 576 : the Department of Agriculture 

 in the Leeward Islands, 613; Field Ex[)crimenis in Wales, 

 614 ; Inquiry into Degeneration of R)e-grxss anil [wssible 

 Recovery, 614 ; Assimilable Nitrogen and ius Transfonnations 

 in -Arable Land, M. Pagnoul, 622 



.Aikman (C. M.), Air. Water, and Disinfectants, 412 



.Air, the Weight of a Litre of. Prof. Mendeleefl', 452 



.Air and other Gases, Electrification of. Lord Kelvin, T'.R.S., 

 Magnus Maclean, and Alexander Gait, 495 



Air, Water, and Disinfectants, C. M. Aikman, 412 



Alaskan Frontier Survey, the, Mounis Logan and St. Elias, ig 



Alga;, Nitrogen Fixation in, Rmlolf Beer, 302 



Algol, the System of, M. Tisserand, 328 



-Algol Type, a New \'ariable Star of the. Dr. E. Hartwig, 64 



Allen (H. N.), Energ)- Movements in Medium se|xtrating Elec- 

 trified or Gravitating Particles, 501 



Almanac, the Nautical. 1S98, 472 



Alpengllihen, das. Dr. J. Amsler, 346 



Alpine Climates for Coiisum|ilion, H. J. llardwick, 54 



Altona VVater-Supply, Bacteriological Investigation of the. Dr. 

 Reinsch, 231 



Altschul (Dr.). Phosphore.scence at very Low Tem|x:ratures, 

 206 ; Behaviour of Brxlies at Critical Temi>erature, 431 



-Amalitsky (Dr.), Com]iari5on of Russian and African (Karoo) 

 Permian Freshwater Shells, 599 



Amber, Chinese Theories of the Origin of, Kumagusu Minakata, 

 294 



.America : the -Alaskan Frontier Survey, Mount Logan and Mount 

 St. Elias, 19 : Journal of the Academy of Natural .Sciences of 

 Philadelphia, 26 : Travels among American Indians, their 

 Ancient Earthworks and Temples, \ice-.Admiral Lindesay 

 Brine, 26 ; American Meteorological Journal, 45, 142, 356, 

 451 ; -American Journal of Mathematics, 46. 406 : Bulletin of 

 American Mathematical Society, 46, 167, 261, 430. 525, 573 ; 

 a pre-Columbian Discovery of .America, \'ide Oldham, S3 ; 

 -American Journal of Science, 93, 190. 333, 430, 525, 619 ; 

 -American Museum of Natural Histor)-, 129 ; .American To|xi- 

 graphy. .A. Fowler, 274 ; the .-Vmerican .As.socialion, Dr. Wm. 

 H. Hale 390 ; Copper-sheathed Objects made by Alioriginal 

 Metallurgists of America, Profs. Putnam and M.ason, 490 ; 

 Entomolog)' in .Anterica, L. P. Howard. 490: American 

 Spiders and their .Spinning Work, Dr. Henry C. McCook, 

 Rev. O. P. Cambriilge, F.R.S., 505: .American Freshwater 

 Sponges in Ireland, Dr. R. Hanit.sch, 511 ; Public Libraries 

 in .America, 514 



.Amphioxus, the Cranial Nerves of \'erlel)ralcs in, M. van 

 Wijhe, 120 



.Amphioxus and the .\nceslry of the X'ertebrates, Arthur 

 Willey, 433 



Amsler (Dr. J.), Das Alpengluhen, 346 



.Amsterdam Royal .Academy of Sciences, 47, 119, 216, 407, 504, 

 623 



Anatomy : Death of Dr. Francesco Gasco, 35 ; Journal of 

 .Anatomy and Physiology, 93 ; the Life of Sir Ricliar<l Owen, 

 169 ; the Cerebral Ciunniissures of the Mammalia, G. Elliott 

 Smith, 192 ; a Peculiarity in the Mammalian Tooth, Dr. John 

 Smith, 215 ; Lehrbuch tier \'ergleichenden .Anatomic, Arnold 



