Index 



r Nature, 

 I June u, i9< 



Digestion, diminished Digestive Activity of Saliva in certain 



Diseases, Dr. W. G. A. Robertson, 531 

 Diplodocus, a Skeleton of, H. F. Osborn, 534 

 Directory, the Englishwoman's Yearbook and, 270 

 Disease, Atmospheric Electricity and, Dr. Schliep, Prof. John 



Perry, F.R.S., 471 

 Disease, Insects as Carriers of, Dr. G. H. F. Nuttall, 153 

 Diseases of Children, the, G. Elder and J. S. Fowler, 5 

 Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical, 342 

 Distances to which Explosions are Felt and Heard, Note on, 



Dr. Charles Davison, 91 

 Distant (Mr.), Mimicry, 235 

 Distribution of Income, the, Prof. William Smart, Sir R. Giffen, 



F.R.S., 581 

 Divers (E.), Ammonium Amidosulphite, 434 ; Products obtained 



by Heating Ammonia Sulphites, Chiosulphate and Trithio- 



nate, 434 ; Colour of Alkali Nitrites, 434 ; Non-existence of 



Dihydroxylamine Derivatives of Potassium Nitrite, 505 

 Divining Rod, the Theory of Water Finding by the, its History, 



Method, Utility and Practice, B. Tompkins, C. V. Boys, 



F.R.S., I 

 Dixon (Dr. H. H.), First Mitosis of Lilium Spore-mother Cells, 



191 

 Djierdjiati (Herr), Pyrrol-aldehyde, 453 

 Dobbin (Leonard), Arithmetical Exercises in Chemistry, 53 

 Dollar (J. A. W.), a Surgical Operating Table for the Horse, 



588 

 Dongier (R.), Polarised Light in Magnetic Field, 360 

 Donnan (Dr. F. G.), Relative Effusion Rates of Argon, Helium, 



and other Gases, 457 

 Donnelly (Major-General Sir J. F. D., K.C.B.), Testimonial to, 



132 

 Doolittle (Prof. Eric), Secular Perturbations of Venus, 41 

 Ddrge (O. ), Soap-bubbles, 432 

 Double Stars, Density of Close, 306 

 Doumer (E.), Action of High-tension, High-frequency Currents 



on Tuberculosis, 459 

 Dowker (G.), on the Sand-dunes between Deal and Sandwich, 



with remarks on the Flora of the District, 68 

 Downing (Dr. A. M. W., F.R.S.), Next Week's Leonid Shower, 



28 

 Draco, New Variable Star in, Dr. T. D. Anderson, 374 

 Dragon-flies, British, W. J. Lucas, 418 

 Drainage Canal, the Chicago, 353 



Drainage, Mine, Stephen Michell, Prof. W. Galloway, 606 

 Dreams of a Spirit-Seer, Illustrated by Dreams of Metaphysics, 



Immanuel Kant, 563 

 Dreyer (Dr. J. L. E. ), the Correspondence of Olbers and Gauss, 



486 

 Drummond (Andrew T. ), a Canadian Lake of Subterranean In- 

 flow, 128 

 Drunkenness and the Weather, Prof. Edwin C. Dexter, 365 ; 



R. C. T. Evans, 469 

 Drygalski (Prof. Erich von), German Antarctic Expedition, 318 

 Duane (W.), Electrical Thermostat, 528 

 Dublin Royal Society, 191, 435 

 Duckworth (W. L. H. ), Supernumerary Teeth, 482 

 Duerden (Mr.), Sea Fisheries of Jamaica, 157 ; Recent Changes 



in Jamaican Fauna, 157 

 Dufour (M.), Quartz Thermometers, 521, 531 

 Dufton (Dr. Arthur), to Calculate a Simple Table of Logarithms, 



415 

 Duhem (Prof. P.), Traite Elementaire de Mecanique Chimique 

 " fondee sur la Thermodynamique, 73 

 Dulden (Dr.), Researches in Camphor Series, 64 

 Dumesnil (E.), Estimation of Ammonia and Nitrogen, 459 

 Duner (Prof.), Elliptic Elements of the Variable Y Cygni, 574 

 Dunstan (W. R.), Japaconitine, 119 

 Dust, Electric Light Wires and, A. A. C. Swinton, 612 

 Dutoit (Paul), Surface Tension of some Organic Liquids, 383 

 Dwarf Land, in, and Cannibal Country. A Record of Travel 



and Discovery in Central Africa, A. B. Lloyd, 314 

 Dyeing with Woad alone, on the Process of, Dr. Charles B. 



Plowright, 563 

 Dymchurch Sea-wall and the Reclamation of the Romney 



Marshes, on the, Edward Case, 22 

 Dynamics : Elementary Dynamics, W. M. Baker, 221 ; a First 



Book in Statics and Dynamics, Rev. J. R. Robinson, 365 ; 



Abhandlung der Dynamik D'Alembert, 390 ; Ueber die 



Mathematische Theorie der Electrodynamischen Induction, 



Ricardo Felici, 390; Dynamics of Cyclones, John Aitken, 



F.R.S.,531 

 Dynamite Explosions, Effects of Avigliana, Dr. M. Baratta, 



451 

 Dynamometer, a Friction, Prof. W. E. Dalby, 165 



Eaglehawk and Crow : a Study of the Australian Aborigines, 

 including an Inquiry into their Origin and a Survey of 

 Australian Languages, John Mathew, Prof. Alfred C. Haddon, 

 F.R.S., 193 



Earl (Alfred), Elements of Natural Philosophy, 125 



Earth, Edible, from Fiji, Dr. Corney, F. B. Guthrie and Prof. 

 T. W. E. David, 484 



Earth, Method of determining Mean Density of, Al. Gerschun, 

 192 



Earth-knowledge, First Steps in, being an Introduction to 

 Physiography, J. A. Harrison, 317 



Earth-shine, 235 



Earth's Motion, the Relation between the Periodic Changes of 

 Solar Activity and the. Dr. J. Halm, 445 



Earthquakes: Barisal Guns and. Prof. A. Issel, 60; Earth- 

 quake Sounds, Dr. C. Davison, 329 ; Earthquake in Tiflis, 

 256 ; at Smyrna, 302 ; in Venetia, 450 



Easter, the Date of. Difficulties of the Calendar, W. T. Lynn, 



493 

 Ebert (H.), Glow-light Phenomena with High-frequency 



Alternate Currents, 93 

 Echelon Film Gratings, Charles P. Butler, 275 

 Eckhardt (Herr), the Preparation of Metallic Czesium, 61 

 Eclipses : Partial Eclipse of the Moon, December 16, 158 ; the 

 Wind during Eclipses of the Sun, John W. Evans, 200 ; 

 A. L. Rotch, 589 ; the Approaching Total Eclipse of the 

 Sun, 201 ; the Eclipse Expedition at Viziadurg, Sir Norman 

 Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 229, 249; Solar Eclipses in the 

 Twentieth Century, M. Camille Flammarion, 548 ; Photo- 

 metric Observations of Mercury during Solar Eclipses, Dr. 

 G. Mliller, 574 

 Economic Science, Sir William Smart, Sir R. Giffen, F.R.S., 



581 

 Economy : the Price of Wheat at Haddington, 1627-1897, 



R. C. Mossman, 519 

 Edgerley (M.), the Homogeneity of Tellurium, 402 

 Edible Earth from Fiji, Dr. Corney, F. B. Guthrie and Prof. 



T. W. E. David, 484 

 Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 166, 286, 435, 507 

 Edinburgh Royal Society, 166, 238, 286, 359, 482, 531, 579 

 Edmed (F. G.), Action of Dilute Nitric Acid on Oleic and 



Elaidic Acids, 94 

 Edser (Edwin), Heat for Advanced Students, 557 

 Education : the New Education, Manual Training : Woodwork, 

 Richard Wake, 53 ; Rural Education : John C. Medd, 55 ; 

 Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 55; C. H. Bothamley, 55; 

 Nature Study in Rural Schools, 553 ; the Utility of Know- 

 ledge-making as a Means of Liberal Training, Prof. J. G. 

 Macgregor, 159 ; G. H. Wyatt, 274 ; the South-western 

 Polytechnic, A. T. Simmons, 208 ; Science Teachers in 

 Conference, 283 ; American Higher Technical Education, 

 Prof. F. W. Burstall, 299 ; Agricultural Education, 332 ; 

 Technical Instruction in Relation to Industrial Progress, 

 Prof. W. Ripper, 356; Elementary Chemistry for High 

 Schools and Academies, Albert L. Arey, 442 ; School 

 Gardens, G. B. Smith, 455 

 Effect of Weather on Every-day Life, the, Edwin Grant Dexter, 



56 

 Egleston (Prof. Thomas), Death of, 370 



Egyptology : Recent Anthropometrical Work in Egypt, D. 

 Maclver, 43 ; Flint Implements, &c., from Egypt, Prof. 

 Flinders Petrie, 95 ; Books on Egypt and ChaldKa. 

 Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life ; Egyptian Magic, E. A. 

 Wallis Budge, Frank Rede Fowke, 437 

 Einfuhrung in die Chimie in leichtfasslicher Form, Prof. Dr. 



Lassar-Cohn, 51 

 Einthoven (Prof. W.), Theory of Capillary Electrometer, 72 

 Ekenstein (W. A. van), a^-Sorbinose and /-Sorbinose, 216 

 Elder (G.), the Diseases of Children, 5 

 Election, the London University, 299, 324, 369 ; Rev. Dr. A. 



Irving, 318 

 Electricity : Analyses Electrolytiques, Ad. Minet, $ ; Mr. 

 Cooper-Coles on Some Recent Applications of Electro- 

 metallurgy to Mechanical Engineering, 21 ; Model illus- 



