Supplement to Nature^ 

 May-^z, 1894 J 



Index 



xvii 



fluence of Forests, Dr. J. Nisbet, 302 ; Practical Forestry, 

 Angus D. Webster, Prof. \V. R. Fisher, 526 ; Tree Prun- 

 ing, A. des Cars, Prof. \V. R. Fisher, 526 ; Forest Legisla- 

 tion in Europe, B. E. Fernow, 543 ; Afforestation in the 

 British Isles, Prof. W. R. Fisher, 601 ; the Recent Operations 

 in Epping Forest, 605 

 Formenephone, the, E. Hardy, 47 

 Forster (M. O.), Combination of Hydrocarbons with Picric 



Acid, 142 

 Fort William Diurnal Barometric Curve, the, 540 

 Fortnightly Revicu), Science in the, 31, 155, 235, 352, 443 

 Forum, Science in the, 32 



Fossils : Coal-Balls and their Fossil Plant Contents, H. B. 

 Stocks, 14 ; Organisation of Fossil Plants of Coal Measures, 

 W. C. Williamson, F.R.S., and D. H. Scott, 449; Fossil 

 Plants, the Trinity Flora of Texas, W. M. Fontaine, 36 ; 

 Mr. James McMurtrie's Collection of Fossil Plants acquired 

 by South Kensington Museum, 415 ; a Sub-Tropical Miocene 

 Fauna in Arctic Siberia, W. H. Dall, 36 ; the Unio Fauna of 

 the Mississipi Valley, C. T. Simpson, 64 ; Larval Form of 

 Triarthus, C. E. Beecher, 92 ; Frost-Cracks and Fossils, 

 Prof. G. A. Lebour, 412 ; the Systematic Position of the 

 Trilobites, H. M. Bernard, 521 



Foster (Prof. G. C. Carey, F.R.S.), the Theory of Heat, 

 Thomas Preston, 573 



Foster (Prof. Michael), on the Organisation of Science, 563 



Foundations of Dynamics, the, Prof. A. Gray, 389 ; A. B. 

 Basset, F.R.S., 529 ; Edward T. Dixon, 578 



Fourier's Series, an Elementary Treatise on, W. E. Byerly, 

 598 



Fowler (Mr.), Aurora of February 28, 442 



Fowler (A.), the Story of the Sun, Sir Robert Ball, F.R.S., 

 382 



Fowler (Dr. G. H.), Octineon Lindahli, 423 



Fox (Howard), the Cherts of Cornwall, 82 



Foye (J. C), a Lecture Experiment, 531 



France •' New French Law for the Prevention of Forest Fires, 

 Prof. W. R. Fisher, 233 



France, the Recent Planimetric Aleasurement of, 416 



Franchimont (M.), Comparison of Zinc and Copper Salts of 

 Frankland's Dinitromethylic Acid with those of Methyl- 

 nitramine, 380 



Frank (Herr), New Method of Preparing Phosphorus, 323 



Frankland's (Prof.) Our Secret Friends and Foes and the Anti- 

 Vivisectionists, 34 



Frankland (P.), Ethereal Salts of Diacetylglyceric acid in rela- 

 tion to Connection between Optical Activity and Chemical 

 Constitution, 142 



Frankland (Prof. Percy, F.R.S.), an Incident in the Cholera 

 Epidemic at Altona, 392 



Frankland (Mrs. Percy), Land Filtration as a means of Puri- 

 fying Water, 156 ; Einfiihrung in das Studium der Bakteri- 

 ologie mit besonderer Beriicksichtigung des Mikroskopischen 

 Tecknik, Dr. Carl Giinther, 455 



Franklin Institute Prizes, 251 



FrankHn's (Messrs. C. L.) Nev/ Theory of Light-Sensation. 

 394 



Eraser (Colonel A. T.), Hindoo Dwarfs, 35, 396 



Eraser (G. W.), Beni Hasan, 169 



Freeden (W. von). Death of, 270 



Fremy (Prof. Edmond), Death and Obituary Notice of, 345 



Frequency Curves, Asymmetrical, Prof. Karl Pearson, 6 



Freshwater Medusa {Liinnocodium Sowerbii), Reappearance of 

 the, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F. R. S., 127 



Frigate-Birds, the Continuous Flight of, J. Lancaster, 605 



Fritsch (Prof. Gustav), Ewart's Investigations on Electric 

 Fishes, 222 



Frost-cracks and Fossils, Prof. G. A. Lebour, 412 



Fungus Flora, British : a Classified Text-book of Mycology, 

 George Masser, Dr. M. C. Cooke, 195 



Fungus-Mycele, Growth in Solution of Sulphate of Quinine of, 

 M. Heim, 509 



Functions, a Treatise on the Theory of, James Harkness and 

 Frank Morley, 477 



Functions, Elliptic, the Applications of, Alfred George Green- 

 hill, F.R.S., H. F. Baker, 359 



Farneaux (W.), The Outdoor World, or Young Collector's 

 Handbook, 52 



Fusibility of Mixtures of Salts, on the, M. H. Le Chatelier, 595 



Galapagos Island Shells, the Albatross Collection of. Dr. 

 Stearns, 82 



Gale of November 16-20, the Great, Charles Harding, 294 



Gale's Comet, Elements and Ephemeris of, 608 



Galitzini's (Herr) Experiments in Estimation of Critical Tem- 

 perature, 83 



Galliot (M.), Utilisation of Water-power for Electrical 

 Machinery on Seine-Saone Canal, 272 



Galton (Sir Douglas, K.C.B., F.R.S.), HeaUhy Hospitals, 

 Observations on Hospital Construction, 290 ; the Education 

 of Dull Children and others requiring special care, 461 



Galton (Francis, F.R.S.), a Plausible Paradox in Chances, 365 ; 

 Results derived from the Natality Table of Korosi by 

 employing the Method of Contours or Isogens, 570 



Galvanic Deposits arranged in Streaks, U. Behn, 376 



Gamaleia (Dr.), Virulence of Cholera Bacillus increased by 

 Salt, 132 



Gambler (Captain), the True Discovery of America, 235 



Gannett (Henry), Average Elevation of United States, 461 



Garbasso (Signor), the Reflection of Electrical Waves, 132 



Gardner (J. Starkie), William Pengelly, 554 



Gas, the Manufacture of, C. Hunt, 561 



Gas, Coal, the new Process for enriching with Oxy-oil Gas, 

 Dr. L. T. Thorne, 162 



Gas, Oil, and Air Engines, a Text-book on, Bryan Donkin, 

 N. J. Lockyer, 430 



Gaseous Mixtures, the Temperature of Ignition of Explosive, 

 A. E. Tutton, 138 



Gases, a Treatise on the Kinetic Theory of, Dr. William 

 Watson, F.R.S., Prof. P. G. Tait, 73 



Gases, Interior Pressure in, E. H. Amagat, 404 



Gases, Radiation of, F. Paschen, 376 



Gaudaritis jiavata, Moore, Specimen of, from the Khdri Hills, 

 G. F. Hampson, 571 



Gegenschein, the, 256 



Geikie (Sir Archibald, F.R.S.), Text book of Geology, 287 ; 

 Relations of Basic and Acid Rocks of Inner Hebrides, 

 Tertiary Volcanic Series, 474 ; Geological Survey of the 

 United Kingdom, 495, 518 



Geoghegan (Rev. Edward), Astronomy in Poetry, 413 



Geography : Geographical Journal, 18, 346 ; Geographical 

 Notes, 18, 39, 85, III, 134, 163, 184, 210, 233, 256, 275, 301, 

 324; Siberia, Anadyr, a New Province in, 18; Proposed 

 Station in Ellesmere Land, Robert Stein, 18 ; Plan for 

 Exploration of Ellesmere Land, Robert Stein, 346; Dr. 

 Stein's Arctic Expedition, 256 ; M. E. de Poncins' Explora- 

 tions in the Pamirs, 18 ; Crossing of the Pamirs, E. de Pon- 

 cins, 163 ; the Discovery of Australia, Albert F. Calvert, 28; 

 Geographical Evolution of the North Sea, A. J. Jukes- 

 Browne, 32 ; the First Voyage of Columbus in Relation to 

 Development of Oceanography, Dr. John Murray, 39; Copy 

 of a Map by Columbus, 233 ; the True Discovery of America, 

 Captain Gambler, 235 ; Dr. Nansen and the Kara Sea, 39 : 

 Dr. Nansen's Expedition, 112, 210; Hans Johannenssen, 85 ; 

 the Present Standpoint of Geography, Clements R. Mark- 

 ham, F.R. S., 69 ; the Fate of the Bjcirling Arctic Expedition, 

 Captain McKay, 85 ; Proposed Search for the Bjorling Expe- 

 dition, 606; Cologne, the Largest City (in area) in Germany, 

 85 ; Georges M tiller's Last Explorations in Madagascar, 11 1 ; 

 the Survey of the Laccadives, 11 1 ; the Death of Mr. H. M. 

 Becher, 112; Mr. Astor Chanler's East African Expedition, 

 112, 301 ; Lieut, von Hohnel wounded, 112 ; Antarctic Ex- 

 ploration, Dr. John Murray, I12 ; Scheme for Antarctic Ex- 

 ploration, Dr. F. A. Cook, 184 ; the Scottish Geographical 

 Society and Antarctic Research, 257 ; Norwegian Sealers in 

 Antarctic Waters, 461 ; Les Pyrenees, Eugene Trutat, 122; 

 Geographical Conditions of Pyrenees, MM. Schrader and De 

 Margerie, 275 ; Proposed ISIonument to Emin Pasha, 134 : 

 Death and Obituary Notice of A. L. Biuce, 134 ; Grab- 

 lovitz's Mareographical Observations in Italy, 134; Mont 

 Iseran, Henri Ferrand, 134; Submarine Cable opened be- 

 tween Zanzibar, Mauritius, and Seychelles, 134; the Slow 

 Ascensional Movemeni of Scandiravia, A. Badonrean, 

 159 ; Evolution of Geography of India, R. D. Oldham, 

 163 ; Crossings of the Eastern Horn of Africa, 163 ; Death 

 of Dr. D. S. Moncrieff, 163 ; Death of Gustav von Kreitner, 

 184; Annales de Geographie, 184; Das Kar^t-Phanomen, 

 Dr. lovan Cvijic, 197 ; Kl and Biitlner's Expedition 



to Togo, 207; Death of Dr. H. Rink, 210; Visit of 



