Nature, Nov. 27, 1890] 



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^■Fossil Vertebrata, Catalogue of British 



^^E^ ward and Chas. D. Sherborn, 122 



^^■ossils, British, and where to seek them, an Introduction to the 



^H Study of Past Life, J. W. Williams, 412, 457 



^Kossils, Salt- Range, Dr. W. Waagen, 66 



^Boster (Prof. Michael, F.R.S.), the Naming of Daffodils, 426 



^Kourcade (H. G.), the Natal Forests, 135 



^^Vowler (A.) : Objects for the Spectroscope, 20, 37, 67, 89, III, 



^K 137, 161, 182, 208, 235, 256, 281, 303, 330, 354, 377, 404, 



^K 428,459,487, 511, 526, 555, 576, 600, 619; Spectrum of 

 ^K Comet Brooks {a 1890), 162 



^^Voxes, Dogs, Jackals, and Wolves, a Monograph of the 

 ^■^Canidse, St. George Mivart, F.R.S., 35 

 ^^■raas (Eberhard), the Labyrinthodonts of Swabia, 55 1 

 ^^Prance : French Exhibition at Earl's Court, 16 ; French 

 ^V Association for the Advancement of Science, Meeting at 

 ^F Limoges, 107, 374, 399 ; the Six Hundredth Anniversary 

 ^■^ of the University of Montpellier, 108 ; Proposed Creation 

 IV of Universities in, 459 ; French Police Photography, Alphonse 

 Bertillon, Edmund R. Spearman, 642 

 Frankland (Dr. Percy P\), and Grace E. Frankland on the 



Nitrifying Process and its Specific Ferment, 21 

 Franklin Institute, Journal of the, 510 

 Frazcr (J. G.), the Golden Bough, 513 

 Freeman (G. A.), Butterflies Bathing, 545 

 Freeman (Dr. R. A.), on Ashanti, 580 



Freshwater Algae, Introduction to, with an Enumeration of all 

 1^^. the British Species, M. C. Cooke, Alfred W. Bennett, 385 

 I^^Hreshwater Aquaria, Rev. Gregory C. Bateman, 591 

 ^^^^niedel (M.), the Meteoric Iron of Magura, 40S 

 ^^^HWedenwald (Julius), Effect of Light on Production of Carbon 

 ^^^^E Dioxide by Frogs, 212 



^^^^niendly Islands, Commander C. F. Oldham on Eua Island in 

 I^^B^ the Tonga Group, 85 



^^^Friesland, Discovery of Sunken Forests in, 648 

 ^^ffrog. Anatomy of the. Dr. Alexander Ecker, translated by 

 George Haslam, M.D., 27, 54 

 Frog, the Anatomy of the, T. P. CoUings, 54 

 Fry (S. ), Lunar Photography, 569 



Fryer's (Mr. John) Chinese Science Quarterly, Revival of, 208 

 Fulton (Dr. Wemyss), on the Distribution of Immature Sea- 

 Fish, 653 

 F ungi : of Maryland, Illustrations of, by Mary E. Banning, 87 ; 

 Artificial Culture of, Dr. A. MoUer, 523 ; Fungus Foray of 

 the Essex Field Club, 553 

 Fur- Seal and other Fisheries of Alaska, Investigation of the, 



171 

 Furze and Gorse, Naturalization of, in the New World, 88 

 Future University for London, 73 



Gad (Prof), Experimental Confirmation by Dr. Zagan of 



Donders's Statement that Inhaling Carbonic Acid at end of 



Expiration Increases Depth of ensuing Inspiration, 336 

 Gadoline of de Marignac, 512 

 Gadolinium, the Spark-Spectrum of, 584 

 Gadow (Dr. H.), La Geographic Zoologique, Dr. E. L. 



Trouessart, 193 

 Gaillot (A.), Established Variations in Observations of Latitude 



of same Place, 655 

 Galbraith (Rev. J. R.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 617, 



649 

 Gallon (Francis, F.R.S.): Dice for Statistical Purposes, 13; 



The Criminal, Havelock Ellis, 75 ; Instrument for Measuring 



Limb-Movement, 143 

 Gambia Region, Ethnology of the, 256 

 Garden Plants, Diseases of, 17 

 Gardiner (John), Flora of the Bahamas, 88 

 Gardiner (Walter), proposed Fellow of the Royal Society, 15 

 Gardner (J. Starkie), Recent Researches among Fossil Plants, 



521 

 Garriott (E. B.), on the Origin of Storms, 583 

 (iarson (Dr, J. G.), on Human Remains found at Woodyates, 



581 

 Gas Fuel, Loomis Process of Making, R. N. Oakman, Jun., 



356 

 Gas Lighting, Electric versus, Jules Couture, 145 

 Gas, a New, Hydrazoic Acid, A. E. Tutton, 615 

 Gas, a New, Methylene Fluoride, M. Chabrie, 181 

 Gas-Engine, a New Electric Light, 583 

 Gas-Lighting, Griffin's Cheap Bunsen Burner, 135 



INDEX 



Arthur Smith Wood- 



Gases : the Discharge of Electricity through, Prof. J. J. Thom- 

 son, F.R.S., 29s ; the Passage of Electricity through, Prof. 

 J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., 614 



Gases, Dr. G. S. Turpin on the Ignition of Explosive Gaseous 

 Mixtures, 531 



Gases, the Explosion of, under High Pressure, Profs. Liveing 

 and Dewar on the, 531 



Gases, Liquefied, on the Properties of, E. Mathias, 116 



Gattermann and Haussknecht (Drs.), on Liquid Hydride of 

 Phosphorus, 89 



Gauge, the Bourdon, Prof. A. M. Worthington, 125 ; Lord 

 Rayleigh, F.R.S., 197 



Gay-Lussac, New Statue of, at Limoges, 524 



Geikie (Dr. Archibald, F.R.S.), on the Existence of Coal in 

 the South-east of England, 17 



Geisenheimer (G.), Combinations of Double Chlorides of Phos- 

 phorus and Iridium with Arsenious Chlorides, 240 



Geisler (Herr), Comparative Growth of Boys and Girls, 376 



Geitel (Herr), Eighteen Months' Observations of Atmospheric 

 Electricity, 428 



Gems and Precious Stones of North America, George Frederick 

 Kunz, 315 



Geneva Society of Physics and Natural History, 36 



Geneve, Societe de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle, Proposed 

 Celebration of Hundredth Anniversary, 326 



Genoa University, the Proposed Hanbury Botanical Institute at, 

 16 



Geography : the United States Scientific Expedition to West 

 Africa, Prof. David P. Todd, 8 ; Report of the East Siberian 

 Branch of the Russian Geographical Society, 18 ; Prof, von 

 Nordenskiold's Proposed Expedition to Spitzbergen, 64 ; 

 Commander C. F. Oldham on Eua Island, 85 ; a Class-book 

 of Geography, W. B. Irvine, 99 ; 400th Anniversary of the 

 Discovery of America by Columbus, 109 ; Anniversary Meet- 

 ing of the Royal Geographical Society, 180 ; Return of M. 

 Deflers from Southern Arabia, 180 ; La Geographic Zoologique, 

 Dr. E. L. Trouessart, Dr. H. Gadow, 193 ; Unexplored 

 Canadian Territory, Dr. G. M. Dawson, 207 ; Latitudes and 

 Longitudes of Australian Capitals, 208 ; Geographical Notes, 

 209, 378, 556 ; M. Grombchevsky's Attempts to Penetrate into 

 Tibet, 209, 253, 378, 556 ; Reproductions of Remarkable Maps 

 Published by Berlin Geographical Society, 209 ; Mean Level of 

 the Surface of Solid Earth, Dr. H. R. Mill, 215 ; In Darkest 

 Africa, H. M. Stanley, 223 ; Portuguese African Expedition, 

 253 ; Arrival of Dr. Peters at Usu?ara, 252 ; Details of the 

 New Norwegian Expediton to the North Pole, 253 ; Spanish 

 Ideas of Heligoland, 255 ; the New Survey of the Chin- 

 Lushai Hill Country, 284 ; Captain Gaetano Casati's African 

 Explorations, 280; Proposed Swedish Expedition to Cameroon, 

 280 ; Sculpture of Primitive Inhabitants of Upper Orinoco, 

 Count O. di B. di Mombello, 280 ; Expedition to Upper 

 Course of Irawadi, Barwickand Fenton, 329 ; Travels and Dis- 

 coveries in North and Central Africa, Henry Barlh, 368 ; Izvestia 

 of Russian Geographical Society, 378 ; Louis Boulanger, G. 

 Marcel, 378 ; Opening Address in Section E at the British 

 Association by Lieut-Colonel Sir R. Lambert Playfair, 

 K.C.M.G., 480; the Exploration of Central Asia, 518; 

 Graphic Lessons in Physical and Astronomical Geography, 

 Joseph H. Cowham, 542 ; Andrusoff 's Exploration of the 

 Black Sea, 556 ; Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, 

 573 ; E. G. Ravenstein on Lands Available for European 

 Settlement, 579 ; Miss Menie Muriel Dowie on the Eastern 

 Carpathians, 580 ; Dr. Kerr Cross on Africa, 580 ; L. 

 R. A. Freeman on Ashanti, 580 ; J. Scott Keltic on the 

 Commercial Geography of Africa, 580 ; Papers on Asia, 

 580 ; H. F. Lynch on Persia, 580 ; Henry T. Crook on the 

 Present State of the Ordnance Survey, 580 ; Antarctic 

 Exploration, G. S. Griffiths, 601 



Geology : on some Decomposed Flints from Southbourne-on-Sea, 

 Cecil Cams- Wilson, 7 ; W. Whitaker on Coal in the South- 

 east of England, 17 ; Miocene Deposits in East Siberia, 18 ; 

 Fossil Butterflies of Florissant, Colorado, S. H. Scudder, 18 ; 

 Geological Society, 23, 95, 119, 143, 214, 263 ; on the Origin 

 of the Great Lakes of America, Prof. J. W. Spencer, 23 ; 

 Among the Selkirk Glaciers, by W. Spotswood Green, 26 ; 

 Coral Reefs, Fossil and Recent, Dr. R. von Lendenfeld, 

 29, 81; Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 53, 100 ; C ptain 

 W. J. L. Wharton, F.R.S., 81 ; Map of the Scandinavian 

 Peninsula, Finland and Denmark, 35 ; New Guide to the 

 Department of Geology and Palaeontology at the Natural 

 History Museum, 35 ; Le Glacier de I'Aletsch et le Lac de 



