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INDEX 



[Nature, Nov. 27, i J 



Andrusoff's Exploration of the Black Sea, 556 



Anglo-Saxons, the Origin of the. Dr. Munro, 581 



Angot (A.), Amplitude of Diurnal Variation of Temperature, 



192 

 Anilin, Medical Treatment by, Herren Stilling and Wortmann, 



208 

 Animal Tissues, Electrolysis of. Dr. G. N. Stewart, 398 

 Animals, Colours of, Edward Bagnall Poulton, F.R.S., Dr. 



Alfred R. Wallace, 289 

 Animaux, LesFacultesMentalesdes, Dr. Foveaux de Courmelles, 



413 



Annals of Italian Meteorological Office, 427 



Annular Eclipse of June 17, 236, 256 



Antarctic Regions, Exploration of, 573 ; G. S. Griffiths, 601 



Anthony's Photographic Bulletin 1890-91, the International 

 Annual of, 295 



Anthropology : the Criminal, by Havelock Ellis, Francis 

 Gallon, b. R.S., 75; Essays of an Americanist, by Dr. 

 Daniel G. Brinton, 77 ; the Political Domination of Women in 

 Eastern Asia, Dr. Macgowan, 88 ; Anthropological Institute, 

 143, 262, 335 ; Prehistoric Stations in Seine-et-Oise and 

 Roumania, 213 ; Ethnographic Summary of Course of Distri- 

 bution of Various Races in Europe, M. Lombard, 213 ; Prof. 

 Bastian's Researches for the Anthropological Museum of 

 Berlin, 280 ; Native African Disease-Treatment, 376 ; Rela- 

 tive Growth of Boys and Girls, Charles Roberts, 390 ; Celtic 

 Survivals in Hampshire, T. W. Shore, 402 ; L'Anthropologie, 

 407, 534 ; Dietary of the Lapps, M. Rabot, 408 ; Cephalic 

 Index in Population of France, Dr. Collignon, 408 ; the 

 Aborigines of Tasmania, H. Ling Roth, 489 ; Opening 

 Address in Section H of the British Association, by Dr. John 

 Evans, F.R. S., 507 ; Dr. Frank Baker on the Ascent of Man, 

 529 ; the Exotic Races at the Exhibition in Paris 1889, 

 Deniker and Laloy, 534 ; Horatio Hale on the Ethnography 

 of British Columbia, 580 ; J. W. Fawcett on the Religion of 

 the Australian Aborigines, 580 ; F. W. Rudler, on the Pre- 

 sent Aspect of the Jade Question, 581 ; "Is there a Break 

 in Mental Evolution?", Hon. Lady Welby, 581; Dr. 

 Phene on an Unidentified People occupying parts of Britain 

 in pre-Roman-British Times, 581 ; Dr. G. W. Hambleton on 

 Physical Development, 581 ; Dr. Munro on the Origin of 

 the Anglo-Saxons, 581 ; Dr. Munro on Prehistoric Otter and 

 Beaver Traps, 581 ; Rev. E. Maule Cole on the Duggleby 

 " Howe," 581 ; Mr. Mortimer on a Roman Camp at Oct on, 

 581 ; Dr. Wilberforce Smith on Male and Female Respiratory 

 Movements, 581 ; Dr. J. G. Garson on Human Remains 

 found at Woodyates, 581 ; Manners and Customs of the 

 Torres Straits Islanders, Prof. Alfred C. Haddon, 637 



Antiquity of Man, on the. Dr. John Evans, F.R. S., 507 



Antoine (Ch.), the Characteristic Equation of Nitrogen, 168 



Ants, Intelligence of, 115 



Aphasia, or Loss of Speech, and the Localization of the Faculty 

 of Articulate Language, Frederick Bateman, Dr. Ernest S. 

 Reynolds, 386 



Apothecaries, the Society of, and the Chelsea Botanic Garden, 

 318 



Aquaria, Freshwater, Rev. Gregory C. Bateman, 591 



Arabia, Southern, Return of M. Deflers from, 180 



Aral-Caspian Expedition, Work of, 648 



Arcelin (M. A.), Palseontological Explorations at Solutre, 534 



Archaeology: Museum at Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 16 ; Discovery 

 of a Palaeolithic Flint Implement in the Valley of Tuscarawas 

 River, 34; a Prehistoric Settlement near Toszeg in Hungary, 

 66 ; Royal Archaeological Institut Congress at Gloucester, 

 375 ; Reclaiming of Ancient Inscriptions by the Archaeological 

 Survey of India, 427 ; Mediaeval Archaeology, Baron J. de 

 Baye, 535 



Archibald (E. D.), Cyclical Periodicity in Meteorological Phe- 

 nomena, 655 



Argyropoulos (T.), Vibrations of Platinum Wire rendered Incan- 

 descent by Electric Current, 632 



Arithmetic, Elementary, C. Pendlebury and W. S. Beard, 

 414 



Arithmetical Chemistry, Part i., by C. J. Woodward, 591 



Armenia, Earthquake in, 109 



Armstrong (Prof. H. E., F.R.S.) : the Terminology of Hydro- 

 lysis, _e<=pecially as effected by " Ferments," 406 ; British 

 Association Procedure, 414 



Art Students, Geometrical Drawings for, I. H. Morris, 543 



Arts and Manufactures, Chemical Technology, or Chemistry in 

 its Applications to. Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R,S., 25 



Artillery, Naval, Past and Present, Capt. Noble, C.B., F.R.S., 



499 



Aryan Cradle-Land, J. S. Stuart Glennie, 544 



Aryan Family, Origin and Home of the. Dr. John Evans, 

 F.R.S., 508 



Aryan Race, the Original Seat of the. Dr. John Beddoe, 88 



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



Ashdown (Dr.), Glycosuria and Glucose, 97 



Asia, Eastern, the Political Domination of Women in. Dr. Mac- 

 gowan, 88 



Asia, Central, the Exploration of, 518 



Asia Minor, Western, Dr. G. Bukowski's Investigations in, 597 



Asia, Papers on the Geography of, 580 



Asiatic Society, Journal of the Straits Branch of, 66 



Asiatic Society of Bengal, Journal of, 486 



Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching, 

 Present of Books to, by Dr. T. A. Hirst, 108 



Asteroids, New, 162, 294, 331, 460, 619 



Astronomy: Our Astronomical Column, 20, 37, 67, 89, ill, 

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

 428, 459, 487, 511, 526, 555, 576, 600, 619, 649 ; Objects for 

 the Spectroscope, A. Fowler, 20, 37, 67, 89, in, 137,. 161, 

 182, 208, 235, 256, 281, 303, 330, 354, 377, 404, 428, 459, 

 487, 511, 526, 555, 576, 600, 619, 649 ; Bredichin on Comets 

 and Meteor Streams, 20 ; Prof. J. Norman Lockyer, F. R. S., 

 on the Spectra of Comets, 20, 112 ; J. Bossert on Stellar Proper 

 Motions, 20; the Newall Telescope, 21 ; Comets of Short 

 Period, Richard A. Gregory, 31 ; the New Vatican Obser- 

 vatory, 34 ; Photographs of the Total Eclipse of January i, 

 1889, 37 ; Discovery of Minor Planets, Herr Palisa, 38 ; 

 Brooks's Comet {a 1890), 38, 112, 119 ; Spectrum of Comet 

 Brooks {a 1890), A. Fowler, 162 ; Brooks's Conet {a 1890), 

 Dr. Bidschof, 183, 331 ; Photograph of Brooks's Comet (a 

 1890), 183 ; Spectroscopic Observations of Uranus, 67 ; a 

 Mechanical Theory of the Solar Corona, Prof. Schaeberle, 

 68 ; Lessons on Elementary Physiographic Astronomy, John 

 Mills, 76 : Double Stars, Spica, 90 ; W. H. S. Monck on the 

 Meteoric Theory of Comets, 90 ; C. C. Hutchins on the Mass 

 of Shooting- Stars, 90 ; Henry's Photographs of the Moon, 90 ; 

 Photographs of Two Clusters in Perseus, Isaac Roberts, 92 ; 

 Photographs of the Nebula in Orion, Prof. J. Norman Lockyer, 

 F.R.S. , 92; Red Spot on Jupiter, W. F. Denning, 100; 

 New Variable Star in Cygnus, 112; Report of the Paris ' 

 Observatory for 1889, 112; Turin Observatory, 113; Con- 

 naissance des Temps, Extrait a I'usage des Ecoles d'Hydro- 

 graphie et des Marins du Commerce, pour I'an 1891, 124 ; 

 Actinic Light of the Solar Corona, Prof. Frank H. Bigelow, 

 138 ; on the Rotation of the Sun, Prof. N. C. Duner, 138 ; 

 Pulkova Observatory, 1 38 ; Telluric Lines of the Solar Spectrum, 

 M. J. Janssen, 138, 526, 555 ; the Planet Uranus, M. Perrotin, 

 162 ; Mr. Tebbutt's Observatory, 162 ; New Asteroid, M. 

 Charlois, 162 ; New Asteroids, 294, 331, 460 ; New Asteroid, 

 Dr. Palisa, 619 ; Astronomical Telescopes, A. A. Common, 

 F.R.S., 183 ; Observations of Meteors, W. F. Denning, 182 ; 

 Large Meteors, W. F. Denning, 637 ; Annual Visitation of 

 Greenwich Observatory, 187 ; Greenwich Spectroscopic 

 Results, 209 ; Rotation of Venus, 209 ; Le Soleil, les 

 Etoiles, Gabriel Dallet, 221 ; Annular Eclipse of June 

 17, 236, 256; Prof. Yarnall's Star Catalogue, 236; Photo- 

 graphs of the Surface of Mars, Prof. W. H. Pickering, 

 236 ; Lightning Spectra, 236 ; Secular Inequalities in the 

 Moon's Motion, Prof. J. N. Stockwell, 256 ; the American 

 Meteor, Rev. G. Henslow, 271 ; Hand-book of Astro- 

 nomy, Geo. F. Chambers, 291 ; E. W. Maunder, 341 ; the 

 Reviewer, 341 ; Triumph of Philosophy, James Gillespie, 

 294 ; the Perseid Meteors, W. H. S. Monck, 296 ; the 

 Perseid Meteor Shower, W. F. Denning, 342, 390 ; W. H. S. 

 Monck, 390 ; Aid to Astronomical Research, Prof. Edward C. 

 Pickering, 299 ; Nice Observatory, 303 ; Enlargement of 

 Photographs of Stellar Spectra, 303 ; Advanced Physiography 

 (Physiographic Astronomy), John Mills, 316 ; Discovery of a 

 New Comet, W. F. Denning, 317 ; Rotation of Mercury, 

 317, 330 ; Distribution of the Perihelia of Comets, Dr. Henry 

 Muirhead, 330 ; the Rocks of the Moon, M. Landerer, 331 ; 

 Brorsen's Comet, E. Barnard, 331 ; two New Comets (b and c 

 1890), 331 ; Comparison of the Spectra of Nebulae and Stars 

 of Groups I. and II. with those of Comets and Aurorae, Prof. 

 J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 342, 393; the Rotation of Mer- 

 cury, Prof. Alexander Winchell, 391 ; Proposed Memorial of 

 Father Perry, F. R. S., 352, 426 ; Catalogue of Red Stars, Rev. 

 T. E. Espin, 354; Ancient Eclipses, Prof. J. N. Stockwell, 354 ; 



