XVI 



Index 



t Supplement to Nature, 

 May 31, 1894 



Equilibrium of Vapour Pressure inside Foam, on the, Prof. 



G. F. Fitzgerald, F.R.S., 316 

 Ernst (Dr.), the Caoutchouc of the Orinoco, 35 

 Erosion of Rock-Basins, the, T. D. La Touche, 39 ; Prof. 



T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 52 

 Erp (H. van), Comparison of Zinc and Copper Salts of Frank- 

 land's Dinitromethjlic Acid with those of Methylnitramine, 



380 

 Eskimo Life, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, 98 

 Fspin (Rev. T. E.), a New Variable Star, 67, 1S4 ; Stars with 



Remarkalle Spectra, 183 

 Ethers, a New Process for the Preparation of, A. E. Tutton, 



184 

 Ethiopians, the Sacred City of the, J. T. Bent, 314 

 Ethnical Migrations in Central Asia from a Geographical Point 



of View, G. Capus, 593 

 Ethnography : Dr. Modigliani's Sumatra Engano Collections, 



Prof. Giglioli, 107 ; Internationales Archiv fiir Ethnographic, 



377 ; Ethnography of the Aran Islands, County Galway, 



Prof. A. C. Haddon and Dr. C. R. Browne, 468 

 Ethnology: Eighth Report of U.S. Bureau, Major J- W. 



Powell, 132 ; Ethnological Museum at Leyden, Dr. H. ten 



Kate, 165 ; the Medicine-Men of the Apache Indians, Capt. 



J. G. Bourke, 439 

 Etna Eruptions of May and June 1886, Prof. Silvestri's Geody- 



namic Observations of, 107 

 Euclid I. to IV., Solutions of the Exeicises in Taylors, W. W. 



Taylor, 3 

 Euclid V.-VL, Pitt Press, II. M. Taylor, 52 

 Euclid's Elements, a Ttxt-Book of, H. S. Hall and F. H. 



Stevens, 599 

 Eulerian Movement, the Sense and the Period of the, F. Folic, 



617 

 Europe, Forest Legislation in, B. E. Fernow, £43 

 Europe, Recent Local Rising of Land in the North-West of 



of, C. A. Lindvall, 433 

 Evans (Arthur J.), the Man of Mentone, 42 

 Evans (Sir John, F.R.S.), the Forgery of Prehistoric Stone 



Implements, 156 : the Royal Society, 576 

 Evans (Dr. J. W'.), Geology of Matto Grosso, 94 

 Evermann (W. B.), the Ptarmigan of Aleutian Inlands, 584 

 Ewart (Prcf. Cossar), on the Stcond and Fourth Digits of the 



Horse, 571 

 Ewart (Prof. J. A., F.R.S.), a Liquid Commutator for Sinu- 

 soidal Currents, 317 

 Ewart (Prof. J. C), Investigations on Electric Fishes, 222 

 Exhibition at Hobart, Tasmania, Coming International, 13 

 Exploration, Antarctic, Dr. John Murray, 112; Scheme for. 



Dr. F, A. Cook, 1S4 

 Explosive Gaseous Mixtures, the Temperature of Ignition of, 



A. E. Tutton, 138 

 Extra-Tropical Orchids, Harry Bolus, R. A. Rolfe, 50 



Face of the Earth, the, Prof. Chas. Lapworth, F.R.S., 614 



Falls of Niagara and its "Water-Power, the, 482 



Fauna of the Deep Sea, Sydney J. Hickson, 5C2 



Fauna of the Victoria Regia Tank in the Botanical Gardens, 



Frank E. Beddard, F.R.S., 247 

 Fave (General), Death of, 486, 524 

 Faye (M. ), on Mountain Observatories in connection with 



Cyclones, 620 

 Fayollat (M.), New Mode of Preparing Methylamine and 



Ethylamine, 300 

 Fa>rer (Sir Joseph, F.R.S.), the Directorship [of the Institute 



of Preventive Medicine, 292 

 Feldt (Dr.), Isolation of New Crystallised Compounds of 



Hjdroxylamine with Chlorides and Sulphates of Ccbalt and 



Manganese, 489 

 Fellenberg (Dr. von). Geology of the Bernese Oberland Alps, 



297 

 Feie (Ch.), Relation of the Length of the Trunk to the Height, 



520 

 Feimentation, Micro-Organisms and, Alfred Jorgensen, Dr. A. 



A. Kanthack, 527 ; Frank E. Lott, 577 

 B'ermi (Signor), the Action of Sunshine upon Tetanus Fil- 

 trates, 509 ; Tetanus Poison, 540 

 Feinow (B. E.), Forest Legislation in Europe, 543 

 Ferrand (Henri), Mont Iseran, 134 

 Ferraris (Prof. Galileo), What Electricity is, 83 



Fever and Ozone, iSo 



Fewkes (J. Walter), on the Cardinal Points of the Tusayan 

 Villagers, 388 



Fibres, Quartz, the Attachment of. Prof. C. V. Boys, F.R. S., 

 450 



Field (Mr.), Experiments in Devices for Compensating Hyste- 

 resis of Iron used for Measuring Instruments, 206 



Figures, Mensuration of the Simpler, William BriggsandT. W. 

 Edmondson, 28 



Films of Remarkable Stability, Method of Producing Thin 

 Glass, F. Kohlrausch, 439 



Finsterwalder (Prof.), Observations during Nocturnal Balloon 

 Ascents at Munich, 416 



Fire, the Chemistry of, M. M. Pattison Muir, 3 



Fireball of January 25, the Large, 324 



Fireball, Worthington G. Smith, 577 



Fireballs, W. F. Denning, 434 



Fires, New French Law for the Prevention of Forest, Prof. 

 W. R. Fisher, 233 



Fischer (Emii), Compounds of Sugar with Mercaptans, 510 



Fischer (Paul), Death of, 158 ; Obituary Notice of, Edmond 

 Bourbage, 296 



Fish: the Flying Fish, 13; Ewart's Investigation on Electric 

 Fishes, Prof. Gustav Fntsch, 222 



Fisher (H.), Botanical Collection presented to Nottingham 

 Museum by, 271 



Fisher (Rev. O.), Condition of Interior of Earth, 379 



Fisher (Prof. W. R.), New French Law for the Prevention of 

 Forest Fires, 233 ; Tree Pruning, A. des Cars, 526 ; Prac- 

 tical Forestry, Angus D. Webster, 526 ; AfTorestalion in the 

 British Isles, 601 



Fitzgerald (Prof. G. F., F. R.S.), Systematic Nomenclature, 

 148 ; on the Nomenclature of Radiant Energy. 149 ; on the 

 Change of Superficial Tension of Solid Liquid Surfaces with 

 Temperature, 293 ; on the Equilibrium of Vapour Pressure 

 inside Foam, 316 ; P. Lenard's Observations on the Cathode 

 Rays in Gases with High Vacua, 509 



Fixation of Nitrogen by Plants, Recent Investigations and 

 Ideas on the. Prof. H. Marshall Ward, F.R.S., 511 



Flame : Prof. Arthur Smithells, 86, 149, 198 ; Prof. Henry E. 

 Armstrong, F. R.S., loo, 171 ; G. S. Newth, 171 



Flame, Luminosity of Candle Calculable from Dimensions of, 

 P. Glan, 460 



Fleming (Mrs.), a New Southern Star discovered by, 38 ; Four 

 New Variable Stars discovered by, 608 



Flint-Saws, the Polado, Dr. R. Munro, 183 



Flints, the Formation of, A. J. Jukes-Browne, 160 



Flood, on a Possible Cause for the Origin of the Tradition of 

 the. Dr. Prestwich, F.R.S., 594 



Flora of Texas, the Trinity (Fossil), W. M. Fontaine, 36 



Flounders, a Parasitic Disease in, G. Sandeman, 119 



Flowering Plants of Western India, the. Rev. A. K. Nairne, 



501 

 Fluids, the Internal Pressure of, and the Form of the Function 



<p {pvt) = O, E. H. Amagat 500 

 Fluids, the Compression of, Prof. Tait, 331 

 Flying, Experiments on, Prof. C. Runge, 157 ; Correction, 183 

 Flying, Lilienthal's Experiments on. Dr. A. du Bois Reymond, 



356 

 Flying Fish, the, 13 

 Foam, on the Equilibrium of Vapour Pressure inside, Prof. G. 



F. Fitzgerald, F.R.S., 316 

 Foam Theory of Protoplasm, the, E. A, Minchin, 31 

 Fog Signals, Relation toother Sounds of, C. A. White, 508 

 Folic (S.), on Variations of Latitudes, 376 ; Meteors of Night 



of Nov. 6-7, 1893, 377 ; the Definition of Latitude, 546 ; the 



Sense and the Period of the Eulerian Movement, 617 

 Folk-Lore : German Superstitions about Minerals, F. Klink- 



hardt, 230 

 Folk-Lore of India, Volcano, Dr. V. Ball, 109 

 Fontaine (W. M.), the Trinity Flora of Texas, 36 

 Forbes (H. O.), Antarctica, a Vanished Austral Land, 352 

 Forchhammer (Prof.), Death of, 251 

 Forcrand (M. de). Thermal Value of Replacement of Phenolic 



Hydrogen in Orcin, 379 

 Forestry : British Forest Trees, J. Nisbet, i, ; Means of Pre- 

 venting Wood from being Worm-eaten, Emile Mer, 119; 



Forest Hres and Drought, G. Rayct and G. Clavel, 191 ; 



New French Law for the Prevention of Forest Fires, Prof. 



W. R. Fisher, 233 ; the Climatic and National Economic In- 



