Supplement to Nature^ 

 May 31, 1894 J 



Index 



XXIX 



of any desired Wave-Length, A. E. Tatton, 377 ; the Effect 

 of Wave-Length in dealing with Refractive Index in elucida- 

 tion of Chemical Constitution, MM. Jahn and MoUer, 582 ; 

 Vision with Compound Eyes, Dr. G. J. Stoney, 379 ; Miss 

 C. L. Franklin's New Theory of Light-Sensation, 394 ; Re- 

 lationship between Epilepsy and Errors of Refraction in Eye, 

 H. W. Dodd, 395 ; the Systematic Aplanatic Objective, C. 

 V. Zenger, 426 ; the Kathodic Light, Prof. Goldstein, 427 ; 

 Luminosity of Candle calculable from Dimensions of Flame, 

 P. Glan, 460 ; Insect Sight and Defining Power of Composite 

 Eyes, A. Mallock, 472; Elliptic Polarisation of Reflected 

 Light, K. E. F. Schmidt. 547 ; Norma! and Anomalous 

 Changes of Phase during Reflection of Light by Metals, W. 

 Wernicke, 547 ; Colour Vision, the Board of Trade and the 

 Railway Companies, 558 ; Kirchhoff's Law connecting Ab- 

 sorptive and Emissive Powers of Substances tested for Glass 

 by G. B. Rizzo, 606 



Orchid Seekers, the, Ashmore Russan and Frederick Boyle, 28 



Orchids, W. A. Styles, 352 



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



Ordos Region, W. A. Obracheff's Journey in, 233 



O'Reilly (Dr. M. F.), a Brilliant Meteor, 341 



Organic Chemistry, Dictionary of the Active Principles of 

 Plants, C. E. Sohn, 385 



Orientation, on the Cardinal Points of the Tumyan Villagers, 

 J. Walter Fewkes, 388 



Origin of Lake Basins, the, R. D. Oldham, 197 ; Dr. Alfred 

 R. Wallace, F.R.S., 197 ; John Aitken, F.R.S., 315 ; R. S. 

 Tarr, 315 ; Dr. A. M. Hanson, 364 ; T. D. LaTouche, 365 ; 

 Alfred C. R. Selwyn, F.R.S., 412 



Origin of Rock Basins, the, R. D. Oldham, 292 



Ormerod (Miss E. A.), Insects' Attacks on Crops and Trees, 

 253 ; Report of Observations of Injurious Insects and 

 Common Farm Pests during the Year 1893, 480 



Orndorff (M.), Polymeric Modifications of Acetic Aldehyde, 

 396 



Ornithology : an Ornithological Retrospect, Dr. R. Bowdler 

 Sharpe, 6; Frank E. Beddard, F.R.S., 31; the Apteryx 

 Genus, Hon. Walter Rothschild, 14 ; the New Bird Protec- 

 tion Bill, 54 ; Death of Dr. A. K. E. Baldamus, 8l ; Threat- 

 ened Extermination of the Great Skua, W. E. Clarke, 253 ; 

 the Great Auk's Egg, 432; Prof. Alfred Newton, F.R.S., 

 412, 456 ; Great Auk's Egg sold for 300 Guineas, 415 ; the 

 Ptarmigan of Aleutian Islands, W. B. Evermann, 584 ; Bird 

 Life in Arctic Norway, Robert Collet, 599 ; Are Birds on 

 the Wing killed by Lightning? Skelfo, 577; G. W. Mur- 

 dochs, 6oi ; the Continuous Flight of Frigate-Birds, J. Lan- 

 caster, 605 



Os Pedis in Ungulates, the, Prof. A. E. Mettam, 341 



Osborn (Prof. H. F. ), the Rise of the Mammalia in North 

 America, 235, 257 



Osmond (F.), Alloys of Iron and Nickel, 476 



Ossiferous Contents, the Har Dalam Cavern and its, 514 



Osteology : Zur Kenntniss der Postembryonalen Schiidelmeta- 

 morphosen bei Wiederkauern, H. G. Scehlin, 99 



Ostwald (W.), Hand- und Hilfsbuch zur Ausfiihrung physiko- 

 chemischer Messungen, J. W. Rodger, 219 



Oudemans (Prof. J. A. C.), Accuracy of Divisions of Altazi- 

 muths of Pistor and Martin and of Repsold, 192 



Out-door World, or Young Collector's Handbook, W. Fur- 

 neaux, 52 



Oxford, Human and Comparative Anatomy at. Prof. J. 

 Burdon Sanderson, F.R. S., 6: Prof. E. Ray Lankester, 

 F.R.S., 29 



Oxygen in Asphyxia, the Physiological Action of, 16 



Oxygen, Magnetic Susceptibility of, R. Hennig, 108 



Oxygen in the Sun, the Presence of. Dr. Janssen, 585 



Ozone, Influenza and Fever, 180 



Pacific, North, Ocean, United States Pilot Chart of, 347 

 Painter's Colours, Oils, and Varnishes, a Practical Manual, Geo. 



H. Hurst, 194 

 Palseolithics : the Forgery of Palaeolithic, &c.. Implements, Sir 



John Evans, 156 ; the Polado Flint Saws, Dr. R. Munro, 



183 

 Palaeontology : Dr. von Zittel's Handbook of, 64 ; Mammoth 

 Remains in Canada and Alaska, Dr. G. M. Dawson, F.R.S., 

 Sir Henry Howorth, 94 ; a Nothosaurian Reptile from the 

 Trias of Lombardy, Mr. Boulenger, 95 ; Congenerousnsss of 



Pieranodoii, Marsh, with Onilthostoma, Seeley, Prof. Willi- 

 ston, 109 ; the Diprotodon and its Times, C. W. de Vis, 

 159 ; Two New Reptile Genera from Elgin Sandstone, E. 

 T. Newton, F.R.S., 189 ; the Thoracic Legs of Triarthrus, 

 C. E. Beecher, 214 ; a Thylacine of Earlier Nototherian 

 Period in Queensland, C. W. de Vis, 264 ; Complete Ple- 

 siosaurus found in Wiirtemberg, 271 ; the Alleged Ante- 

 primordial Fauna of Bohemia, Dr. Jahn, 297 ; the Thero- 

 suchia, H. G. Seeley, F.R.S., 450; Diademodon, II. G. 

 Seeley, F.R.S. , 450; the Har Dalam Cavern and its Ossi- 

 ferous Contents, 514 



Palazzo (Dr. L.), Sun-spots and Magnetic Disturbances, 397 



Pamirs, M. de Poncins' Explorations in the, 18 



Pamirs crossed by E. Poncins, 163 



Panmixia, George J. Romanes, F.R.S., 599 



Parallelepiped into Tetrahedra, Prof. Criim Brown on the 

 Division of a, 571 



Paiasitic Theory of the Causation of Malignant Tumours, J. 

 Jackson Clarke, 502 



Parenty (H.), Forms of Steam Jets from various Orifices, 



347 



Paris: Academy of Sciences, 23, 47, 71, 96, 119, 143, 167, 

 191,215,239,263, 283, 308, 331, 355,379- 404,426,452, 

 475, 500, 524, 548, 572, 595, 620 ; Prize Awards, 215, 233 ; 

 Prize Subjects of the Paris Academy of Sciences, 234 ; 

 Memoires de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris, 283 ; 

 Bulletins de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris, 306, 330 ; 

 Pasteur Institute, Statistics for November, 322 ; Streets 

 named after Men of Science, 558 ; Paris Geographical Society 

 Awards, 559 



Parsons (F. G. ), Myology of the Hystricomorphine and Sciura- 

 morphine Rodents, 523 



Paschen (F. ), Spectra of Hot Gases probably due to Tempera- 

 ture, 82 



Passarge (Dr.), the German Expeditton to Delimit Hinterland 

 of Cameroons, 68 



Pasteur Institute for India, Proposed, 13, 180 



Pasteur Institute, the Proposed Indian, and the Anti-Vivisec- 

 tionists, 130 



Pasteur Institutes to be established in Turkey, 437 



Pasteur Institute Statistics for November, 322 



Pasteur Institute, Report for 1893 of, Henri Poitevin, 581 



Pastukoff's (A. v.). Ascent of the Elbrus, 515 



Pathology : the Projected Pathological Laboratory at Clay- 

 bury, 129; Death of Dr. E. H. Jacob, 486; the C. C. 

 Walker Prize for Investigation of Cancer, 508 ; Tetanus- 

 Poison, Drs. Fermi and Pernossi, 540 



Paton (Dr. Noel), Hepatic Glycogenesis, 141 



Patten (Lieut. J.), Novel Method of obtaining Sinusoidal 

 Alternating Currents of very Low Frequency, 253 



Pavement, Asphalte, Petroleum in relation to, S. P. Peckham, 

 306 



Pearson (Prof. A. N.), the Nomenclature of Radiant Energy,. 



389 



Pearson (Prof. Karl), Asymmetrical Frequency Curves, 6 



Peckham (S. P.), Petroleum in relation to Asphalte Pave- 

 ment, 306 



Peddie (Dr. W.), Torsional Oscillations of Wires, 331 



Pedipalpi, Morphology of, Malcolm Laurie, 378 



Pellat (M.), the Point of Application of Electro-Magnetic Forces, 

 488 ; Point of Application of Mechanical Force experienced 

 by Conductor conveying Current in Magnetic Field, 590 



Pendlebury (W. H.), the Interaction of Hydrogen Chloride and 

 Potassium Chloride, 118 



Penfield (S. L. ), Chemical Composition of Staurolite, 402 



PengeIly(W., F.R.S.), Death of, 486; Obituary Notice of, 

 Prof. W Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., 536; Pengelly (William), 

 J. Starkie Gardner, 554 ; W. Pengelly, F.R.S., and the Age 

 of the Bovey Lignite, A. R. Hunt, 600 



Perkin (VV. H.), Magnetic Rotation of Hydrogen and Sodium 

 Chlorides and Chlorine in different Solvents, 239 



Pernossi(Signor), the Action of Sunshine upon Tetanus Filtrates, 

 509 ; Tetanus Poison, 540 



Perry (Prof.), Planimeters, 617 



Persians, a Year amongst the, Edward G. Browne, 528 



Peru, Harvard College Meteorological Observatories in, Prof. 

 W. H. Pickering, 180 



Peshawur, Earthquake at, 106 



Peterhead, the Arbuthnot Museum, Alexander Meek, 20 



Petermann's Mitteilungen, 324 



