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INDEX 



[Nature, Nov. 27, 1890 



F. G. M. Stoney on the Construction of Sluices for Rivers, 



534 ; Sir William Thomson on the new Electric Meter, 534 ; 



Lawrence and Harries on Alternate v. Continuous Currents 



in relation to the Human Body, 534 ; Wilson Hartnell on 



Electric Lighting and Fire Insurance Rules, 534 ; W. Bayley 



Marshall on Factors of Safety in the use of Iron and Steel, 



534 ; Text-book of Mechanics, Thos. Wallace Wright, 567 ; 



a Treatise on Analytical Mechanics, Prof. Bartholomew Price, 



F.R.S., Prof. A. G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 585 

 Medical Academy for Women at St. Petersburg, Proposed 



Reopening of, 279 

 Medical Association, British, Fifty-eighth Annual Meeting of, 



326 

 Medical Congress, the International, at Berlin, 65, 352 

 Medical Education, Prof. Huxley on, 352 

 Medical students and the Study of Chemistry, Dr. W. J. 



Russell, F.R.S., 23 

 Medical Treatment by Anilin, Plerren Stilling and Wortmann, 



208 

 Medical Vocabulary, Polyglot, Theodore Maxwell, Prof. Alex. 



Macalister, P\R.S., 267 

 Medicine in China, Ancient, 302 



Medicine, Oxford and Modern, Sir H. W. Acland, 233 

 Medicine and Physiology, Changes in Relationship between, 



Dr. Andrew, 618 

 Mediterraneae, Prodomus Faunae, Prof J. Victor Carus, 221 

 Mediterranean, the, Physical and Historical, Sir R. Lambert 



Playfair, K.C.M.G., 480 

 Medullated and Unmedullated Nerves, Dr. Heymans, 48 

 Meldola (Prof. Raphael, F.R.S.) : the Photographic Image, 



246 ; Male Polyommatus dorilis taken at Lee, 383 ; on 



Diazo-amido Compounds, 531 

 Melinite and Lyddite, the Origin of. Dr. H. Sprengel, F.R.S., 



519 

 Mendenhall (Prof T. C), Address at the American Associa- 

 tion, 529 

 Mendham (W. P.), the Wimshurst Electrical Machine, 124 

 Menschutkin (Prof), Conditions of the Act of Chemical Com- 

 bination, 264 

 Mental Evolution, Hon. Lady Welby, 581 



Mental Life of Animals : L'Esprit de nos Betes, E. Alix, 413 ; 

 Les Facultes Mentales des Animaux, Dr. Foveau de Cour- 

 melles, 413 

 Mercier (Charles), Sanity and Insanity, 635 

 Mercury: Rotation of, 317 ; Prof Alex. Winchell, 391 

 Metallurgy : Metal of the Future, Jos. W. Richards, H. Baker, 

 537 ; Metallic Deposits in Natal, 524 ; on the Behaviour of 

 Different Metallic Oxides under High Temperatures, Dr. G. 

 H. Bailey and A. A. Read, 530 ; the Mannesmann Weldless 

 Tubes, G. Gordon, 181 ; the Passive States of Iron and 

 Steel, Thos. Andrews, F.R.S., 213; Opening of an In- 

 ternational Exhibition of Metallurgy and Mining, 326; Crucible 

 Steel-making at Sheffield, 355 ; Steel Rails, C. P. Sandberg, 

 356 ; New Steel-making Plant of Park Gate Works, C. J. 

 Stoddart, 356 ; Aluminium, its History, Occurrence, Pro- j 

 perties. Metallurgy, and Applications, including its Alloys, j 

 Jos. W. Richards, H. Baker, 537 ; the Molecular Weights of j 

 Metah when in Solution, Heycock and Neville, 23 ; on | 

 Refraction and Dispersion in Certain Metals, M. Du Bois, j 

 577 ; Electrical Resistance of Metals, H. Le Chatelier, 560 ; 

 Meteorology : Cycles of Drought and Good Seasons in South j 

 Africa, by D. E. Hutchins, 4 ; C. E. Peek on the Relative j 

 Prevalence of North-East and South- West Winds, 8 ; E. j 

 Leyet on the Influence of the Times of Reading Thermo- | 

 meters, 17 ; Report of the Meteorological Department of the i 

 Government of Indi?, 17 ; Arrangements for the Congress of j 

 Scientific Societies in Paris, 35 ; Results of the Meteorological I 

 Observations taken by the Royal Engineers and the Army 

 Medical Department, 1852-86, 35 ; M. Faye on the Theory 

 of Storms, 43 ; the American Meteorological Journal, 43, 

 486, 583, 655 ; Berlin Meteorological Society, 47 ; the 

 Deutsche Seewarte Report, 65 ; Earthquakes at Sofia, 65 ; 

 Report of the Meteorological Service of Canada for 1886, 

 65 ; Sudden Rises of Temperature, Dr. M. A. Veeder, 8i ; 

 Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean, 87 ; Cyclones in 

 the North Atlantic Ocean during April 1890, 87 ; the High 

 Pressure of November 1889, Cyclones of the North Atlantic, 

 109; Rainfall of the Globe, W. B. Tripp, 119; Royal 

 Meteorological Society, 119, 214; Prof Cleveland Abbe's 

 Work in Meteorology, Dr. D. P. Todd, 134; Meteorology of 



Bombay, 1888-89, S. H. C. Hutchinson, 134 ; Emin Pasha's 

 Journal, 135 ; the Diurnal Periodicity of the Wind, Dr. 

 Kiewel, 143 ; Thunderstorms, R. H. Scott, 160 ; the Fohn 

 Phenomena of Greenland, Paulsen and Hann, 160 ; Proposed 

 Preparation of Daily Ocean Weather Maps of U.S. Eclipse 

 Expedition to West Africa, 181 ; Amplitude of Diurnal 

 Variation of Temperature, A. Angot, 192 ; Remarkable 

 Appearance in the Sky, 198 ; the Beginnings of Meteoro- 

 logical Observations and Instruments, Dr. G. Hellmann, 207 ; 

 Influence of the Towns of Berlin and Vienna upon their 

 Climate, Drs. Perlewitz and Hann, 207 ; Proposed Esta- 

 blishment of Meteorological Society at New York, 207 ; 

 Difference in Mean Temperature from Daily Maximum and 

 Minimum Readings, as depending on Time of Reading, W. 

 Ellis, 214 ; Distribution of Barometric Pressure at Average 

 Indian Hill-station Level, and Probable Effect on Cold- 

 weather Rainfall, W. L. Dallas, 214 ; Relative Prevalence 

 of Winds at Greenwich, 1841-89, W. Ellis, 214 ; Action of 

 Lightning on Trees during Thunderstorms, Captain Maclear, 

 214 ; Variation of Temperature with Altitude in Cyclones 

 and Anticyclones, Marc Dechevrens, 215 ; the Louisville • 

 Tornado and the Barometer, John Anderson, 215 ; Night 

 Shining Clouds, T. W. Backhouse, 246 ; Dr. Cecil Shaw, 

 246 ; D. J. Rowan, 246 ; a Fall of Black Rain, J. L. Boz- 

 ward, 254 ; St. Elmo's Fire, Captain Haltermann, 254 ; 

 Meteorological Observations at the International Polar Sta- 

 tions, 254 ; at Pike's Peak Observatory, 254 ; Supplement to 

 the U.S.A. Monthly Weather Review for 1889, Captain 

 Dunwoody, 254 ; Cloud Distribution over Globe, L. T. de 

 Bort, 260 ; Is Diurnal Variation of Magnetic Needle a 

 Meteorological Phenomenon?, Prof R. Owen, 260; Method 

 of determining Wind-direction by Observation of Undula- 

 tions of Margins of Disks of Heavenly Bodies, Don V. 

 Ventosa, 261 ; Climates of Past Ages, J. J. Murphy, 270 ; 

 Meteorological Observations in Madagascar for 1889, Rev. E. 

 Colin, 278 ; Half-yearly General Meeting of Scottish Meteoro- 

 logical Society, 278 ; Observations with Aitken's Apparatus 

 of Number of Dust Particles in Atmosphere, 278 ; Indian 

 Meteorological Department's Forecast of Monsoon Rains, 

 278 ; Temperature of Grinnell Land and the Sonnblick Sum- 

 mit compared, Dr. Hann, 281 ; on the Meteorological Con- 

 ditions of Desert Regions, with Special Reference to the 

 Sahara, Dr. John Murray, 296 ; Madrid Fortnightly Meteoro- 

 logical Bulletin, the New Meteorological Observatory of San 

 Jose de Costa Rica, 301 ; the Brontometer, G. J. Symon--, 

 F.R.S., 324 ; the Bengal Cyclone of August 21-28, 1888, A. 

 Pedler, 328 ; Vertical Decrease of Temperature with Height 

 in Mountainous Districts, and its Dependence upon Amount 

 of Cloud, Dr. R. J. Siiring, 329 ; Exceptional Seasons in 

 Past Centuries, M. Villard, 353 ; Influence of the Moon on 

 Weather, Dr. G. Meyer, 353 ; Weather Forecastings for the 

 British Islands, Captain Henry Toynbee, 368 ; Meteoro- 

 logical Observations made on German and Dutch Ships for 

 Central North Atlantic Square, Lat. 20^-30° N., Long. 

 30°-40° W., 376; British Rainfall, 1889, G. J. Symons, 

 F.R.S., 388; Remarkably Cold Weather in Central and 

 Western Europe, and Remarkably Warm Weather in Algeria 

 since 1885, 401 ; Santiago, Chile, Observatory, 427 ; Annals 

 of Italian Meteorological Office for 1886, 427 ; Eighteen 

 Months' Observations of Atmospheric Electricity on North 

 Side of Wolfenblittel, Elster and Geitel, 428 ; Observations 

 made at Sanchez, St. Domingo, Dr. W. Reid, 458 ; Thunder- 

 storms on the Hungarian Plain, M. Hegyfoky, 458 ; the Zi- 

 ka-Wei Observatory, 486 ; American Summary of the 

 Weather during August, 510 ; Canada Monthly Weather 

 Review, 510; the Curve of Mortality in Budapest, 524; 

 H. Harries on Weather Study, 524; A. McAdie on Meteoro- 

 logy, 525 ; the Meteorological Record, 574 ; Prof Cleve- 

 land Abbe on Deductive Methods in Storm and Weather 

 Predictions, 574 ; Prof H. A. Hazen on Storm Genera- 

 lion, 583 ; E. B. Garriott on the Origin of Storms, 583 ; 

 Electrical Storms on Pike's Peak, R. A. Gregory, 595 ; 

 the Tornado, H. A. Hazen, 612; the Law of Storms, 

 Everett Hayden, 648 ; Cyclical Periodicity in Meteorological 

 Phenomena, E. D. Archibald, 655 ; Accessory Phenomena of 

 Cyclones, H. Faye, 655; Temperature in and near Forests, 

 Prof M. W. Harrington, 655 ; Sea- Movements, Avalanches, 

 &c., a Cause of Variation of Latitudes, R. Radau, 655 ; 

 Established Variations in Observations of Latitude of same 

 Place, A. Gaillot, 655 



