Supplement to Nature,~\ 

 May 31, 1894 J 



Index 



Vll 



Observations at Catania, Rome,&c., 67 ; Solar Observations 

 at Rome, 163 ; the New Star in Norma, 85 ; the Spectrum 

 of Nova NormDS, 162 ; Prof. W. \V. Campbell, 5S6 ; 

 Mechanical Theory of Comets, Prof. J. M. Schaeberle, 84, 85 ; 

 the Xatal Observatory, 85, 562 ; Magnitude and Position of 

 T Aurigse, M. Bigourdan, 85 ; La Voie Lactee dans 1' 

 Hemisphere Boreal, C. Easton, 99 ; New Variable Star in 

 Andromeda, Rev. Thomas D. Anderson, loi ; iDeath ot 

 Baron von Biilow, 106 ; Otto Struve's Double-Star Measures, 

 III ; Method of Pivot Testing, Maurice Hamy, III ; Astro- 

 nomical Photography, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., iii ; Viertel- 

 jahrschrift der Astronomischen Gesellschaft, iii ; the Vari- 

 ation of Latitude, Prof. S. C. Chandler, 133 ; Refraction 

 Tables, 134 ; New Notation for Lines in Spectrum of 

 Hydrogen, 162 ; Death of Prof. Rudolf Wolf, of Zurich, 

 163 ; the Companion to the Observatory, 163 ; Colour- 

 Aberration of Refracting Telescopes, H. Dennis Taylor, 

 183 ; Stars with Remarkable Spectra, 183 : Himmel 

 und Erde for December, 184 ; a New Variable, 184 ; 

 Early Asterisms, J. Norman Lockyer, F. R.S., 199, 247 ; 

 Small Distances Measured with the Heliometer, 209 ; 

 Hydrogen Envelope of the Star D.i\L -f 30^3639, Prof. W. 

 W. Campbell, 210 ; VAstronomie for December, 210 ; Prizes 

 at the Paris Academy, 233 ; the Planet Venus, 233, 413; 

 In the High Heavens, Sir Robert S. Ball, F.R.S., 

 R. A. Gregory, 243 ; Harvard College Observatory Report, 

 256 ; the Gegenschein 256 ; Electromotive Force from 

 the Light of the Stars, Prof. Geo. M. Minchin, 270 ; Sun- 

 spots and Solar Radiation, R. Savelief, 274 ; the Measure- 

 ment of Stellar Diameters, Maurice Hamy, 275 ; the Moon 

 and Weather, 275 ; The Vault of Heaven, R. A. 

 Gregory, 291 ; Astronomy and Astro-Physics, 300 ; Report 

 of the Wolsingham Observatory, 300 ; U.S. Naval Observa- 

 tory, Capt. F. V. McNair, 324 ; the Satellite of Neptune, 

 Prof. Struve, 324 ; Royal Astronomical Society, 345 ; 

 Eclipse Meteorology, 349 ; a Remarkable Cometary Colli- 

 sion, 349 ; Mira Ceti, 349, 442 ; Proper Motions of Stars, 

 349 ; the System of Algol, 349 ; the Pleiades, 366 ; a 

 Tempered Steel Meteorite, 372 ; Astronomy in Poetry, 372 ; 

 Rev. Edward Geoghegan, 413 ; G. W. Murdoch, 434 ; 

 The Story of the Sun, Sir Robert Ball, F.R.S., A 

 Fowler, 382 ; on the Cardinal Points of the Tusayan 

 Villagers, J. Walter Fewkes, 388 ; the Annuaire of the 

 Bureau des Longitudes, 397 ; Sun-spots and Magnetic Dis- 

 turbances, Dr. L. Palazzo, 397 ; Dr. M. A. Veeder, 503 ; 

 a Large Sun-spot, 419 ; Anderson's Variable in Andromeda, 

 Prof. E. Pickering, 419; Fireballs. W\ F. Denning, 434; 

 the Aurora of February 28, C. Thwaites, 441 ; Mr. Fowler, 

 442 ; Rear-Admiral J. P. Maclear, 442 ; Halley's Comet, 

 442; a New Achromatic Objecl-Glass, 464; Solar 

 Magnetic Influences on Meteorology, Prof. H. A. Hazen, 

 464 ; a New Telescope for Greenwich, 464 ; Occultation of 

 Spica, 464 ; New Nebulae, 464 ; Comet-Spectra as 

 affected by Width of Slit, 489 ; the Astigmatism of 

 Rowland's Concave Gratings, 489 ; Photographic Nebulo- 

 sities in the Milky Way, Prof. E. E. Barnard, 511 ; Madras 

 Observatory, 511 ; a New Comet, 511, 562 ; the New Comet, 

 W. F. Denning, 531 ; Denning's Comet, 562; Ephemeris 

 for Denning's Comet (a 1894), 586 ; the Reckoning of the 

 Astronomical Day, 542 ; the Height of an Aurora, Arthur 

 Harvey, 542 ; an Annular Eclipse of the Sun, 542 ; a Comet- 

 finder, W. R. Brooks, F. W. Mack, 543 ; the Satellite of 

 Neptune, M. Tisserand, 543 ; the Aurora of March 30, Prof. 

 J. Ryan, 554; F. R. Welsh, 576 : a New Southern Comet, 

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

 Melting of the Polar Caps of Mars, Prof. W. H. Pickering, 

 586 ; four New Variable Stars Discovered by Mrs. Fleming, 

 608 ; Speed of Perception of Stars, Prof. Ricco, 608 ; 

 Elements and Ephemeris of Gale's Comet (/-'1894), 608 ; a 

 Mistaken Cometary Discovery, Prof. Krueger, 608 



Asymmetrical Frequency Curves, Prof Karl Pearson, 6 



Asymmetron lucayanum, a New Acraniate found at Bahamas, 

 E. A. Andrews, 14 



Atlantic, Pilot Chart of North, 81 



Atlantic, North, Deutsche Seewarte Record of Meteoro- 

 logical Observations taken in, 109 



Atlantic Islands, the Lepidoptera of the, A .E. Holt White, 

 W. F. Kirby, 384 



Atlas, Philip's Systematic, Physical and Political, E. G. 

 Ravenstein, 574 



Atmosphere, Report on the Present State of our Knowledge 



respecting the General Circulation of the, L. Teisserenc de 



Bort, 217 

 Atmosphere, the Dynamics of the, M. Moller, 422 

 Atmosphere, some Phenomena of the, Richard Inwards, 619 

 Atmospheric Electricity : Electric Measurements made during 



Balloon Ascents, Prof. Bornstein, 595 ; 

 Atomic Weights, Stas's Determination of, E. Vogel, 283 

 Aubel (Herrvan), Method of Silvering Aluminium, 356 

 Auk's Egg, Great, Prof. Alfred Newton, F.R.S., 412,456; 



J. E. Harting, 432 

 Auk's Egg, Great, sold for 300 guineas, 415 

 Aurigae, Magnitude and Position of T, M. Bigourdan, 85 

 Aurigse, Nova, 373 ; Prof. E. S. Holden, 32 

 Aurora Australis, a Fine, Hon. H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 6oi-^ 

 Aurora Borealis of March 30, 1894, Brilliant, Hon. Rollo 



Russell, C. E. Stromeyer, and Mr. Greece, 539 

 Aurora of February 28, C. Thwaites,»44l ; Mr.' Fowler, 442'; 



Rear-Admiral J. P. Maclear, 442 

 Aurora, the Height of an, Arthur Harvey, 542 

 Aurora of March 30, the. Prof. J. Ryan, 554 ; F. R. Welsh, 



576 

 Austin (Louis), Experimental Investigations concerning Elastic 



Longtitudinal Torsional Fatigue in Metals, 239. 

 Australia : The Discovery of Australia, Albert F. Calvert, 



28; Coal discovered at Port Jackson, 64; The Geology of 



Australia, Prof. Ralph Tate, 177 

 Australasian Association for Advancement of Science, 228 

 Austrian Geological Survey, Transactions of, 7 r 

 Ayrton (Prof. W.E., F. R. S.), Transparent Conducting Screens 



for Electric and other Apparatus, 591 



Babes (Prof. V.) on the Position of the State in respect to 

 Modern Bacteriological Research, 564 



Bach (Dr. Alexander von). Death of, 106 



Bacteriology: Proposed Pasteur Instilute for India, 13; Herr 

 Messner's Experiments with Bullets infected with Micro- 

 organisms, 16 ; Russell's Observations on Microbial Con- 

 dition of Massachusetts Coast Sea Water and Mud, 37 ; 

 Cultivation of Pathogenic Bacteria in Non-Albuminous 

 Media, Dr. Uschinsky, 83 ; the Tetanus Bacillus, Dr. 

 Uschinsky, 84 ; Vitality of Cholera Organisms on Tobacco, 

 Herr Wernicke, 108 ; the Virulence of the Cholera Bacillus 

 increased by Salt, Dr. Gamaleia, 132 ; Sand-filtration as a 

 Means of Purifying W^ater, Mrs. Percy Frankland, 156; the 

 Bacterial Efficiency of Porous Cylinders in Filtration of 

 Water, Dr. Schofer, 160 ; Action of Light on Bacteria, Dr. 

 H. M. Ward, 166; Sterilisation of Bread and Biscuit by 

 Baking, MM. Ballard and Masson, 167 ; the Ferment- 

 character of Toxic Products of Pathogenic Bacteria, Dr. 

 Uschinsky, 208 ; the Etiology of Delirium Acutum, Dr. 

 Rasori, 208 ; the Bacilli of Leprosy, N. Wnukow, 231 ; Les 

 Vibrions des Eaux et I'EtioIogie du Cholera, Dr. Sanarelli, 

 231 ; Action of Nucleic Acid on Bacteria, Prof. A. Kossal, 

 240 ; the Purification of Sewage by Bacteria, Alex. C. 

 Houston, 249 ; Virulence of Tetanus Bacillus increased by 

 addition of other Organic Products, Signor Roncali, 254 ; 

 Method for Making Permanent Microscopic Preparations of 

 Particular Colonies on Gelatine Plate, Herr Hauser, 273 ; 

 Method of Differentiating Typhoid and Colon Bacilli, Dr. 

 Schild, 298 ; Micro-organisms in Ice, ^ Messrs. Salazar and 

 Newton, 322 ; Action of Light on Bacteria, Bacterial Photo- 

 graphs of Solar and Electric Spectra, Prof. H. M. Ward, 

 F. R.S., 353 ; Possible Transmission of Tubercle Bacillus by 

 Cigars, Dr. Kerez, 371 ; an Incident in the Cholera Epidemic 

 at Altona, Prof. Percy Frankland, F.R.S., 392; Bacterio- 

 logical Institutes established at Buda-Pesth, 393 ; Vitality of 

 Micro-organisms on Artificial Ice, Herren Prudden and 

 Renk, 395 ; the Action of Sunshine on Microbes, MM. 

 d'Arsonval and Charrin, 417 ; Einfiihrung in das Studium der 

 Bakteriologie mit besonderer Berlicksichtigung des Mikro- 

 skopischen Technik, Dr. Carl Giinther, Mrs. Percy Frank- 

 land, 455 ; Bactericidal Influence of Sunshine on Drainwater 

 Microbes, Dr. Procacci, 461 ; the Action of Sunshine upon 

 Tetanus Filtrates, Signers Fermi and Pernossi, 509 ; the 

 Bacterial Contents of Sea-water, Dr, H. L. Russell, 559 ; 

 Prof. V. Babes on the Position of the State in respect to 

 Modern Bacteriological Research, 564 ; Disease and Race, 

 Jadroo, 575 ; Soil-microbes Assimilative of Atmospheric 

 Nitrogen, M. Winogradsky, 607 



