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Bourcet (P.). Absorption of Iodine by Plants, 96 



Bourquelot (Em.), Soluble Ferments produced during Germina- 

 tion of Seeds with Horny Albumen, 287 ; Seminase, 384 



Bouveault (L. ), Synthesis of Phorone of Camphoric Acid, 407 



Bouverie (H. H. P.), a Daylight Meteor, 279 



Bower (Prof.), on Fern Sporangia and Spores, 66 



Bowman (Dr. F. H.), Milk-preservation by Aeration, 507 



Bowtell (N. E. ), Action of Alcoholic Potash on Monobromo- 

 glutaric Ester, 264 



Boyce (Prof. R.), Oysters and Disease, 587 



Boyer (J.), Histoire des Mathematique, 510 



Boyhood of a Naturalist, the, Fred Smith, 246 



Boynton (W. B.), Gibbs' Thermodynamical Model, 414 



Boys (C. v., F.R.S.), the Theory of Water Finding by the 

 Divining Rod : its History, Method, Utility and Practice, 

 B. Tompkins, i 



Brace (Prof. D. B.), New System of Spectrum Photometry, 

 521 



Brady (G. S.), the Natural History Museum : a Correction, 

 540 



Braemer (Dr.), Atlas de Photomicrographie des Plantes 

 Medicinales, 539 



Brain in Relation to Mind, Dr. J. Sanderson Christison, 295 



Brame (J. S. S. ), Laboratory Note-book for Chemical 

 Students, 412 ; Modern Explosives, 548 



Branly (Edouard), Transmission of Hertzian Waves through 

 Liquids, 47 ; Increases of Resistance in Radio-conductors, 

 628 



Brauer (Dr. P.), Aufgaben aus der Chemie und der Physika- 

 lischen Chemie, 489 



Brauner (Prof.), .Position of Rare Earths in Periodic System, 

 64 



Bremer (Dr. K.), Aniline Dye Tests for Glucose, 215 



Bridges, Pontoon-based Swing, at Northwich, 135, 327 



Brightmore (Prof. A. W. ), Floating Stones, 346 



Britain : the Silurian Rocks of Britain. Vol. i. : Scotland, 

 B. N. Peach, F.R.S., and J. Home, 25 



Britain, Animals of, and their Origin, Dr. R. F. Scharff, 341 



British Animals, Types of, F. G. Afialo, 77 



British Association, Meeting at Bristol, 1898, Sir William 

 Crookes' Presidential Address to the, Sir R. Giflfen, K.C.B., 

 F.R.S., 169 



British Association, Meeting at Dover. Section E {Geography) 

 continued. — Account of the Trial Trip of the Great Russian 

 Ice-breaker, Yermak, Admiral Makaroff, 17 ; Arctic Ex- 

 ploration, Walter Wellman, 17 ; Account of the Cruise of 

 Sir George Newnes' Yacht, Southern Cross, from Hobart 

 to Cape Adare, Dr. H. R. Mill, 18 ; Account of the Voyage 

 and Wintering of the Belgian Expedition in the Antarctic 

 Ice-pack South-west of Cape Horn, H. Arctowski, 18 ; 

 Further Work required in Antarctic Exploration and 

 Method of conducting it, H. Arctowski, 18; Physical and 

 Chemical Work required for an Antarctic Expedition, 

 J. Y. Buchanan, F.R.S., 18 ; Prof. Riicker, Major Darwin, 

 Mr. George Murray, Dr. Koettlitz on Antarctic Explora- 

 tion, 19 ; Dr. Gerhard Schott on the Chief Results of the 

 Voyage of the Valdivia, 19; Observations of Temperature 

 of Water and Air round the British Isles, H. N. Dickson, 

 19 ; on the Temperature and Salinity of the Surface Water 

 of the North Atlantic during 1896 and 1897, H. N. Dickson, 

 19 ; Suggested System of Terminology for the Forms of 

 Sub-oceanic Relief, Dr. H. R. Mill, 19; on the Relation 

 of Christmas Island to the Neighbouring Lands, C. W. 

 Andrews, 19 ; Progress of the Work of the Ordnance 

 Survey during the last Twelve Years, Colonel Sir John 

 Farquharson, 20 ; Mr. Vaughan Cornish on the Sand- 

 dunes bordering the Delta of the Nile, dealing with the 

 Ripples, Sand-dunes and Dune-tracts in turn, 20 ; Mr. 

 E. Heawood on the Date of the Discovery of Australia, 

 20 

 Section G {Mechanical Science) continued. — Messrs. Goode. 

 and Matthews on the Admiralty Harbour Works at Dover, 

 20 ; Sir Charles Hartley on the Engineering Works of the 

 Suez Canal, 21 ; Mr. Parsons on Details of the Fast Cross- 

 Channel and Atlantic Liners, 21 ; Mr. Mark Robinson on 

 the Niclausse Water- tube Boiler, 21 ; Captain Lloyd on a 

 Method which has been developed at Elswick for dis- 

 charging Torpedoes below Water from the Broadside of a 

 Ship when Steaming at a High Speed, 21 ; M. Alby on 

 the Construction and Erection of the Alexander III. Bridge 



over the Seine in Paris, 21 ; Mr. Cowper-Coles on some 

 Recent Applications of Electro-metallurgy to Mechanical 

 Engineering, 21 ; Mr. Thornycroft on Recent Experiences 

 with Steam on Common Roads, 22 ; Mr. Edward Case or 

 the Dymchurch Sea-wall and the Reclamation of tht 

 Romney Marshes, 22 

 Section H {Anthropology) continued. — Mr. E. R. Henry on 

 Finger Prints as a Method for the Identification of Criminals, 

 42 ; Mr. Sidney H. Ray on the Linguistic Results of the 

 Cambridge Expedition to Torres Straits and New Guinea, 

 42 ; Mr. C. S. Myers on Savage Music in Murray Island 

 and Sarawak, 42 ; Mr. C. G. Seligmann, Account of the 

 Seclusion of Girls at Puberty, in Mabuiag, and other of the 

 Western Islands of Torres Straits and also on the Mainland 

 at Cape York, 43 ; Mr. C. G. Seligmann on the Club 

 Houses and Dubus of British New Guinea, 43 ; Dr. W. M. 

 R. Rivers on the Investigations on Comparative Psychology 

 made in Torres Straits and New Guinea, 43 ; Mr. A. J. 

 Evans on the Occurrence of Celtic Types of Fibula of the 

 Hallstatt and La Tene Periods in Tunisia and Eastern 

 Algeria, 43 ; Mr. G. Coffey on Irish Copper Celts, 43 ; 

 Mr. J. Gray on Recent and Most Excellent Ethnographical 

 Work in East Aberdeenshire, 43 ; Mr. D. Maclver on 

 Recent Anthropometrical Work in Egypt, 43 ; Prof. 

 W. M. Flinders Petrie on Sequences of Prehistoric Remains, 

 43 ; Prof. W. M. Flinders Petrie on Early Mediterranean 

 Signaries and the Sources of the Alphabet, 44 ; Dr. A. C. 

 Haddon on the Yaraikanna Tribe of Cape York, 44 ; Mr. 

 W. Crooke on the Primitive Rights of Disposal of the Dead 

 as Illustrated by Survivals in Modern India, 44 ; Mr. 

 R. R. Marett on Pre-animistic Religion, 44 ; Colonel R. C. 

 Temple on the Thirty-seven Nats (or Spirits) of the 

 Burmese, 44 ; Dr. W. H. R. Rivers on Two New Methods 

 of Anthropological Research, 44 ; Ethnographic Survey of 

 Canada, 45 

 Section K {Botany) continued.— 'Mr. Wr. Williams on the 

 Life-history and Cytology of Halidrys Siliquosa, 65 ; Prof. 

 Marshall Ward on his Recent Work on Onygena equina, a 

 Horn-destroying Fungus, 65 ; Mr. R. H. Biffen, Account 

 of Bulgaria polymorpJia (Wettstein) as a Wood-destroying 

 Fungus, 66 ; Mr. A. Howard on a Disease of Tradescajttia, 

 66; Prof. Potter on a Bacterial Disease — White Rot — of 

 the Turnip, 66 ; Mr. Harold Wager on the Phosphorus- 

 containing Elements in Yeast, 66 ; Prof. Ward on Methods 

 for Use in the Culture of Algse, 66 ; Mr. W. G. Freeman 

 on the At^abaena^co^^\.2^v^r\^ Roots of some Cycads, 66 ; 

 Mr. E. J. Butler on a Mixed Infection in Abutilon Roots, 

 66 ; Prof. Bower on Fern Sporangia and Spores, 66 ; Mr. 

 L. A. Boodle on his Researches into the Stem-structure in 

 Schizaeaceae, Gleichemaceae and Hymenophyllaceae, 67 ; Sir 

 William Thiselton-Dyer on Some Experiments made by 

 Prof. Dewar on the Influence of the Temperature of Liquid 

 Hydrogen on the Germinative Power of Seeds, 67; Mr. 

 Francis Darwin on Investigations on the Localisation of 

 the Irritability in Geotropic Organs, 67 ; Mr. J. Parkin on 

 Some Isolated Observations Bearing on the Function of 

 the Latex, 67 ; Mr. R. H. Biffen on India-rubber, 68 ; 

 Mr. J. C. Willis on the Morphology and Life-history of the 

 Indo-Ceylonese Podostemacese, 68 ; Prof. Douglas Camp- 

 bell on the Development of the Flowers and Embryos of 

 Various Species of Aracese, 68 ; Mr. G. Dowker on the 

 Sand-dunes between Deal and Sandwich, with Remarks on 

 the Flora of the District, 68 ; Miss Dale on Intumescences 

 of Hibiscus vilifolius, 68 ; Prof. Bertrand on the Structure 

 of a Stem of a Ribbed Sigillaria, 68 ; Prof. F. E. Weiss 

 on a Biserial Halonia belonging to the Genus Lepidophloios, 

 68 ; Mr. A. C. Seward on a New Genus of Palaeozoic 

 Plants, 69 ; Mr. A. C. Seward on the Jurassic Flora of 

 Britain, 69 ; Mr. A. C. Seward and Miss J. Gowan on the 

 Morphology and Geological History of the Maidenhair 

 Tree {Ginkgo biloba), 69 ; Corresponding Societies of the 

 British Asspciation, 115; Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing on the 

 Living Subterranean Fauna of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 116 

 British Breeding Birds, Our Rarer, their Nests, Eggs and 



Summer Haunts, R. Kearton, 323 

 British Dragonflies, W. J. Lucas, 418 



British Fisheries Investigations, the Stockholm Fisheries Con- 

 ference and, E. J. Allen, 227, 275 

 British Journal Photographic Almanac for 1900, 175 



