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Index 



VII 



Gibsrne, 174 ; Obituary Notice of Dr. C. F. W. Peters, 

 Father F. Denza, and A. C. Kanyard, 179 ; Secular 

 Variations of the Interior I'lanets, Prof. Newcomb, 

 183 : the Radcliffe Catalogue, 183 ; L' Astronomic, 183 ; 

 the Lick Obsenator)', A. Fowler, 20I ; .Vlvances in Lunar 

 I'hotogra]ihy. MM. L<ewy and Puiseux, 207 ; Cometary 

 Ephemerides, 207 : Russian .-Vstronomical Observations, 207 ; 

 the (Ireater Nebula of Orion, I'rof. F. E. Barnard, 253 ; 

 Spectrum of the Orion Nebula, 471 ; the Orion Nebula, Prcjf. 

 W. H. Pickering, 564: an Imjjortant .•Vsteroid, M. Tisserand, 

 254 ; Collected Memoirs of Prof. .-Xdams, 254 ; Dopplcr's Prin- 

 ciple, Dr. Belopolsky. 233 ; the .^stro- Physical Journal, 234; 

 Elliptical Orbits. Mr. 1!. Larkin, 234 : Elements of.Vstrononiy, 

 Ci. W. Parker. 270 ; Intercolonial .Vsironomy and Meteorology, 

 27S; the Vatican Observatory, 282 ; an Indispensable .\nnuaire, 

 282 ; the Unification of Civil and .Vstronomical Days, 282 ; 

 the Planet Earth, an .Astronomical Introduction to (Jeography, 

 R. A. Oregory, 291 : the Perseid Meteors, Dr. Bredichin, 

 301 ; VV. F. Denning, 320 ; Stars having Peculiar Spectra, 

 Prof. E. C. Pickering, 302 ; Comet 1894 I. (Denning) and 

 Brorsen's Comet, Dr. Hind, 302 ; Dr. E. Lamp. 302 : the 

 Identity of Denning's and Brorsen's Comets. 425 : the Natal 

 Observatory. Mr. Nenll, 327 ; the New Dudley Observatorj-, 

 327 ; the Milky Way, C. Easton, 327 ; the System of .Vlgol, 

 M. Tisserand, 328 ; Recent Work at Harvard College 

 Observatory, Prof. E. C. Pickering, 329 ; New Stars and 

 Nebula-, 347 ; the Designation of Comets, 347 . the 

 Mass of the .\steroids, B. .M. Ros/.el, 373 ; the Variation 

 of Latitude, 373 ; the Sun's Place in Nature, J. Norman 

 Lockyer, C.B., F.R.S., 374, 396, 565, "590; the 



■ Zodiacal Light, Rear-.Vdmiral J. P. .Maclear, 391 ; Novel 

 Methods in Photometry, Dr. Janssen, 395 ; .Atmospheric 

 Dispersion, Dr. Rambaut, 396: Hesper and Phos|>hor, 

 Kumagusu Minakata, 417 ; Origin of the Lunar Formations, 

 .M. Stanislas Meunier, 425 : 7 Ca.ssiopeia;, 425 ; the Story 

 of the Stars, George V . Chambers, 436 ; Spectroscopic 

 Measures of Planetary Velocities, .M. Deslandres, 443 ; 

 Eclipse of the Moon, 444 : the Eclipse of the Moon, 472 ; 

 the Nautical Almanac, 1898, 472; Observations on .Sun-Spot 

 Spectra, J. Norman Lockyer, F. R..S., 448; Photographic 



■ Measurement of Time, (_;. Lippmann, 455 : Determination of 

 Position of Pole by Photography. C. Flammarion, 455 ; a 

 Few Chapters in .Astronomy, Claudius Kennedy, 484 : Partial 

 Eclipse of the .Sun, March 26, 493 : Distribution of .Minor 

 Planets. General Parmentier, 493 ; ihe Royal Observatory, 

 Eilinburgh, 493; Stoney's Local Heliostal and Improved 

 Siderostat, 500; .Astrononiische Chronologic, Walter P". Wisli- 

 cenus, 509 : Argon in Nebula?, Dr. B. Brauner, 513 : the .Moon 

 and .Atmospheric Waves, Bouquet delaGrye, 516; Stellar Photo- 

 graphy, 516 : Standard Time in Australia. 516 ; Nova Aurig;v, 

 516; a Possible New Satellite of Neptune, Prof. .Schaeberle, 

 542 ; the Diameter of Neptune, Prof. Barnard, 617 ; Improve- 

 ments in Photometry, 55S ; Death of Theodor Brorsen, 561 ; 

 the Lyrid Meteors, 564 ; a New Fc)rni of Zenith Telescope, 

 Louis Fabry, 564 ; Lunar River Beds and Variable .Spots, 

 Prof. W. II. Pickering, 589 ; the Ultra-Violet Spectrum of 

 the Corona, 589 : M. Deslandre.s' Stellar Parallaxes, T. Lewis, 

 589; .Astronomical Coordinates referred to .Astronomical and 

 ( leograjihical Poles, respectively compared, Ch. Lagrange, 

 620 



.Atkinson (Rev. J. C. ), Memorials of Old Whitby, 149 

 .Atlantic Waves, Abnormal, C. E. Stromeyer, 437 

 Atmosphere, the New Constituent of the. Lord Rayleigh,'Sec. 



R.S.. and Prof. William Ramsay, F. R..S., 347 

 Atmospheric Dispersion, Dr. Rambaut, 396 

 Atmospheric Waves, the Moon and, M. Bouquet de la Grye, 



516 

 Atoll, Studies of a (Growing, Dr. Hugh RoI>crt Mill, 203 

 Attitudes. Instinctive, S. S. Buckman, 31 

 Aubertin (f. L). "By Order of the Sun to Chile to see his 



Total Eclipse, .April 16, 1893," '°' 

 Auk, Great, Sale of Specimen of, 613 

 Auk. the Little, Invasion of North and North-East Coasts by, 



I. E. Ilarling, 422 

 Aiiror.e : .Aurora of November 23, ]. Shaw, 107 ; Prof. A. S. 



Iler.schel. F.R.S., 246, 390; W. II. Wood, 390; Les 



.Aurores Polaires, .Alfreil .Angot, 484: .Aurora of March 13, 



517; the Recent .Auroral Phenomena, James G. Richmond, 



581 

 .Australia, the Aborigines of. Dr. E. C. Stirling, 112; the 



Province of South .Australia, J. D. Woods, 221 ; the Horn 



Expedition lo Central .\ustralia. Prof, liddwin S|)encer, 222 



Meteorological Work in .Australia, Sir C. Todd, F.R.S., 306 ; 



.Standard Time in, 516 

 Austria- Hungary-, Earthquake in, 587 

 Aventurine (Jlass, H. S. Washington, 112 

 Avogadro's Rule, and Thermodynamics, Theoretical Chemistr.- 



from the Stand|X)int of, Prof.'Walter Nemst, .M. M. Pattiwm 



Muir, 530 

 .Ayrton (Prof.), Student's .Apjjaratus for verifying Ohm's Law, 



142 ; Student's Apparatus for determining .Mechanical 



Equivalent of Heat, 239 ; Tests of Glow Lamps, 239, 358 



Bach (.A. ), New Reagent allowing Demonstration of Presence of 

 Hydrogen in Green Plants, 240 



Bacillus (C/avi/ormis), a. New Anthrax, .A. Chaveau and C. 

 Phisalix, 622 



Backlund (Dr. O.), F:phemeris o) Encke's Comet, 85 



Bacteriolog)- : the Treatment of Diphtheria by .Anti-Toxic 

 Serum, Dr. M. .A. Ruffer, 16 ; Dr. G. S. Woodhead, 402, 425 ; 

 Relative Efficiency of Water-Filters, Surgeon-.Major Johnston 

 38 : Reduction of Sulphates by Specific Sulphi<ic Ferment. 

 .M. Beyerinck. 47 : .Action of High Pressures on Bacteria. H. 

 Roger, 168 : the Di.sinfeclion of Frecal .Matter by Copjxir Sul- 

 ph.ate, H. Vincent, 168: Bacteriological Institute to Ix; estab- 

 lished at Kielif University, 206; Investigation of the .Altrna 

 Water Supply, Dr. Reinsc'h, 231 ; Death of Dr. Josef Schroter, 

 251; .Nitrogen Fixation in .Alg;i;, Rudolf Beer, 302; the 

 I larmlessness of Sewer .\ir, .Messrs. Laws and Andrewes, 

 371 : Oysters and Typhoid, 391 : Mrs. Percy Frankland,4i5 ; 

 I^'hrlmch der Bakteriologischen Unlersuchung und Diag- 

 nostik. Dr. Ludwig Heim, .Mrs. Percy Frankland, 481 : Con- 

 ditions afiecting Bacterial Life in Thames Water, Dr. E. 

 Frankland, F.R.S., 599 : a New .Anthrax Bacillus 1 (:.■;. - 

 foniiis), A. Chauveau and C. Phisalix, 622 



Baker (J. L.) .Action of Diastase on Starch, 359 



Baker (R. T. ), New Isopogon from New Soutih Walc>, 192 



Balances, Improvements in Sensitive, W. H. P. Kuhhnann ami 

 Dr. Classen, 540 



Ball (Sir Robert, F.R.S.), the Possibility of Life in other 

 Worlds, 44 



Ball (Dr. V.. F.R.S.), Dr. Watts' Dictionary of the Economic 

 Products of India, 150 



Ball(5.)n .Ascent by Dr. .A. Borsen, Remarkable, 491 



Ballore(M. de .Montessus de), the Frequency of Earthquakes, 

 540 



Baly (E. C. C), Possible Explanation of Two-fold Spectra of 

 Oxygen and Nitrogen, 550 



Baratta (Dr. M. ), the Sicilian Earthquakes of August 1S94, 207 ; 

 .Seismic Historj- of Calnhria iilira, 468 



Barber (Rev. Samuel), a White Rainbow, 274 



Baring-Gould (S. ), the Deserts of Southern France: an Intro- 

 duction to the Limestone and Chalk Plateaux of Ancient 

 .Aquitaine, Canon Bonney, F. R..S.. ico 



Barlow (Wm.). Homogeneity of Structure the Source of Crystal 

 Symmetr)", 58 



Barnar<l ( Prol. E. E. ), Recent Olwervations of Jupiter, 85 ; the 

 Greater Nebula of Orion, 253 ; the .Apiarent Diameters of 

 Mercury, 373 ; the Diameter of Neptune, 617 



Barometer, the Invention i>f the. Prof. G. Hellm.ann. 422 



Barrenness of Pre-Cambrian Rocks, the. Dr. C. C^illaway. 462 



Bartoli (Prof. .A. I, Determinations of .Absorption of SoLir 

 Radiation by Fog and Cirrus Cloud, 180; Solar Heat in- 

 terrupted by Volcanic Dust, 279 



Barus (Carl), a Simple Chronograph Pendulum, 84 ;. Colloidal 

 .Silver, 190 



Bashforth (Rev. F. ), the Measurement of Presisures in Guns, 461 



B.a.ssel (A. B., F.R.S.), Discontinuous .Motion, II; the 

 .Alleged .Absoluteness of .Motions of Rotation, 271 



Bateson (W., F.R.S.), the Origin of the Cultirated Cineraria, 

 605 



Bateson's Theor)' of Organic Evolution, Reason of Failure of, 

 Dr. A. R. Wallace, 450 



Ballanilicr (M.), Reactions of Chelidonine with Phenols in 

 .Suljihuric Solution, 384 



Rtttleof the Forests, the. Prof. R E. Femow, I16, 139 



Baubigny (H.), .Antimony \'ermilion not .an Oxy.sulphide, 24 



Bauer (L. A.), Wilde's Theory of the Secular Variation 1 

 Terrestrial M.tgnetism, J03 : some Early Terrestrial .Magneiir 

 Discoveries pertaining to England, Will Whiston, 295 : .Secular 

 Changes of Terrestrial .Magnetism, 431 ; the .Secular N'ariatii n 

 of Terrestrial M.agnetism, 491 



