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28; the Leonids, 41, 374; W. F. Denning, 81 ; Dr. G. 

 Johnstone Stoney, F. R.S., 82 ; the November Meteors, Dr. 

 W. J. S. Lockyer, 132 ; Supposed Daylight Leonids, W. F. 

 Denning, 152 ; Observations of the Leonids, M. Loewy, 

 119; M. J. Janssen, 119; J. Guillaume, 143; C. H. 

 Trepied, 143 ; Harold Tarry, 143 ; S. de Glasenapp, 

 359 ; Leonid Meteor Showers, Thos. W. Kingsmill, 491 ; 

 Contemporary Meteor-showers of the Leonid and Bielid 

 Metebr-periods, Prof. A. S. Herschel, F.R.S., 222, 271 ; 

 Long Focus Photographic Telescope, 41 ; Secular Variations 

 of Venus, Prof. Eric Doolittle, 41 ; the Andromedes, 61 ; 

 Occultation of Neptune, 62, 158, 453 ; Determination of Axis 

 and Compression of Neptune, Prof. S. J. Brown, 621 ; the 

 Heavens at a Glance, Arthur Mee, 62 ; the Meteors of Biela's 

 Comet, E. C. Willis, 78 ; W. F. Denning, 78 ; Refraction 

 Effect of Comet Swift (1899 L), Prof. C. D. Perrine, 87 ; 

 Predominance of Spiral Nebula, Prof. J. E. Keeler, 87 ; 

 Bulletin Astronomique, 87 ; Position of Perth Observatory, 

 W. E. Cooke, 114; Spectroscopic Binaries, o Aurigce, Prof. 

 W. W. Campbell, 114; o Ursae Minoris, Prof. W. W. 

 Campbell, Prof. E. B. Frost, 114; Variations in the Spec- 

 trum of Orion Nebula, Prof. Scheiner, 1 14 ; Mercury and 

 Jupiter as Morning Stars, 137 ; Mercury as a Naked Eye 

 Object, W. F. Denning, 431 ; Photometric Observations 

 of Mercury during Solar Eclipses, Dr. G. Miiller, 574 ; 

 Death and Obituary Notice of N. E. Green, 156; the Great 

 Paris Telescope, Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 178; 

 New Minor Planet (1899 E.Z.), 187 ; Change in Publication 

 Q){ ^Q Astrononiische Nachrichten, 187; Companion to the 

 Observatory, 187 ; the Solar Parallax, Bouquet de la Grye, 

 192, 236 ; Orbit of Fifth Satellite of Jupiter, Prof. 

 E. E. Barnard, 157 ; Partial Eclipse of the Moon, December 16, 

 158; Meridian of Universal Time, 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 20th Century, M. 

 Camille Flammarion, 548 ; Astronomical and Astrophysical 

 Society of America, 208 ; Day Numbers of Nautical Almanac, 

 208 ; Popular Astronomy for December, 208 ; the Piscian 

 Stars, Sir Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 213 ; Earth-shine, 235 ; 

 Orbit of Eros, 236 ; Handbuch der Astronomischen Instru- 

 mentenkunde. Dr. L. Ambronn, 241 ; Central Star of Ring 

 Nebula in Lyra, W. Stratonoff, 260 ; New Minor Planet 

 (1899 E.Y.), 283, 402 ; Herr Otto Knopf, 283 ; the Anomaly 

 in movement of Jupiter's Fifth Satellite, O. Callandreau, 287 ; 

 Observations of, 287 ; Observations of the Diameter and 

 Flattening of Jupiter, G. Bigourdan, 287 ; Star-land, Sir 

 Robert S. Ball, F.R.S., 294 ; Density of Close Double Stars, 

 306 ; a New Photographic Photometer, Dr. J. Hartmann, 

 306 ; New System of Spectrum Photometry, Prof. D. B. 

 Brace, 521 ; a Brilliant Meteor in Sunshine, 306; Reduction 

 of Star Photographs, A. R. Hinks, 355 ; the Computation 

 of Occultations, 355 ; Blaikie's Cosmosphere, 359 ; Die 

 Photographie der Gestirne, Dr J. Scheiner, 363 ; Definitive 

 of Orbit of Comet (1897 HL), Herr E. Wessell, 374 ; New 

 Variable Star in Draco, Dr. T. D. Anderson, 374 ; Time 

 used in Ephemerides, 374 ; Study of Latitude-variations, 

 Jean Boccardi, 383 ; Harvard College Observatory, 402 ; 

 Interference Method of Measuring Small Diameters, M. 

 Maurice Hamy, 402 ; Rapid Variations of Radial Velocity 

 of 5 Orion, H. Deslandres, 407 ; Meteor Photography, 424 ; 

 a Possible Cause of the Variability of Stars, Dr. G. Johnstone 

 Stoney, F.R.S., 443; the Structure of the Inner Corona, 

 Prof. S. P. Langley, For.M.R.S., 443 ; the Relation between 

 the Periodic Changes of Solar Activity and the Earth's 

 Motion, Dr. J. Halm, 445 ; Death of Dr. C. S. R. Luther, 

 449 ; Obituary Notice of, 473 ; Death and Obituary Notice 

 of Emmanuel Liais, 450 ; Law of Diurnal Rotation of Optical 

 Field of Siderostat and Heliostat, A. Cornu, 459 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Dr. G. Riimker, 473 ; Death and Obitu- 

 ary Notice of L. J. McCormick, 476 ; Search for an Intra- 

 mercurial Planet, Prof. W. H. Pickering, 479 ; the New 

 Twin Refractor at Potsdam, 479 ; the Benjamin Althorp 

 Gould Fund, 479 ; Escape of Gases from Planetary Atmo- 

 spheres, S. R. Cook, 501 ; Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney, F.R.S., 

 515 ; New Mode of using the Concave Diffraction Grating, 

 Dr. G. B. Rizzo, 501, 541 ; Comet (1899 V.), 501, 

 521 ; Computation of Orbits of Spectroscopic Doubles, 

 Dr. K. Schwarzschild, 521 ; Photographs of Stars, Star 



Clusters and Nebulae, together with Records of Results 

 obtained in the pursuit of Celestial Photography, Dr. 

 Isaac Roberts, F.R.S., Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 533; 

 Planets at their Greatest Brilliancy, C. T. Whitmell, 540 ; 

 Death of Catherine Wolfe Bruce, 544 ; New Variable 

 in Andromeda, Dr. T. D. Anderson, 547 ; a Brilliant 

 Fireball, Mr. Crommelin, 548 ; Opposition of Minor Planet 

 (434) Hungaria, 453 ; the New Odessa Observatory, 454 ; 

 the Development of Astronomy in America, 574 ; Rotation 

 Period of Venus, 574 ; Variation of Latitude, Prof. Th. 

 Albrecht, 574 ; Planetary Work at the Manora Observatory, 

 574; Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 577; 

 a Compound Prism of Uniform Dispersion, C. G. Abbott and 

 F. E. Fowle, 597 ; Dynamical Criticism of Nebular Hypo- 

 thesis, F. R. Moulton, 597 ; Cape Star Catalogue for 1890, 

 Dr. Gill, 597 : Photographs of Aurora Spectrum, M. Paulsen, 

 621 ; New Variables in Taurus and Cassiopeia, Dr. Anderson, 

 621 ; Formula for Atmospheric Refraction, L. Cruls, 621 



Astruc (A.), Alkalimetry of Amines, 192 



Atkinson (G. A. S.), Vapour-density of Bromine at High 

 Temperatures, 285 



Atkinson (Canon J. C), Death and Obituary Notice of, 544 



Atlantic Deep-sea Soundings, R. E. Peake and Sir John Murray, 

 286 



Atlas of Meteorology, J. G. Bartholomew and A. J. Herbert- 

 son, 171 



Atmospheric Electricity, J. Elster and H. Geitel, 422; John 

 Aitken, F.R.S., 514 



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

 Perry, F.R.S., 471 



Atomic Theories : Essai critique sur I'Hypothcse des Atomes 

 dans la Science Contemporaine, Arthur Hannequine, 26 



Atoms, the Story of the Wanderings of, especially those of 

 Carbon, M. M. Pattison Muir, 126 



Atwater (Prof. W. O.), Law of Conservation of Energy in 

 Human Organism, 258 



Auriferous Gravel Man in California, the Evidence as to, 

 W. H. Holmes, 206 



a Aurigas, Spectroscopic Binary Stars, Prof. W. W. Campbell, 

 114 



Auroch's Horn found in Pomerania, 135 ; Dr. Nehring, 400 



Aurora Borealis, Photographs of Spectrum, M. Paulsen, 621 



Austin (Martha), Constitution of Ammonium-magnesium Arseni- 

 ate of Analysis, 310 



Australia : On the Date of the Discovery of, E. Heawood, 20 ; 

 the Naval Pioneers of Australia, Louis Becke, Walter Jeffery, 

 53 ; Eaglehawk and Crow : a Study of the Australian Abori- 

 gines, including an Inquiry into their Origin and a Survey of 

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

 F.R.S., 193; Geology of Western Australia, A. G. Maitland 

 and T. Blatchford, 259 ; Memoirs of Royal Society of South 

 Australia, Dr. E. C. Stirling, F.R.S., and A. H. C. Zietz, 

 275 ; the Melbourne Meeting of the Australasian Association, 

 494 ; Australian Experimental Farms, 528 ; Marine Zoology 

 in Australia, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., 590 



Avigliana Dynamite Explosions, Effect of. Dr. M. Baratta, 45 1 



Ayrton (Prof. ), Use of Price's Guard Wire in Insulator Tests, 

 .334 



Babylonian Religion and Mythology, L. W. King, Frank Rede 

 Fowke, 437 



Bacei(Dr. P.), Wehnelt's Interrupter, 328 



Bachhold (Dr.), Bacteria and Sewage Disposal, 63 



Bachi da Seta, i., Prof. Tito Nenci, 77 



Bacteriology : Bacteria and Sewage Disposal, Dr. Bachhold, 

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

 the Turnip, 66 ; Death of Dr. Camara Pestana, 84 ; the Rate 

 of Multiplication of Yeast Cells, Dr. H. P. Hoyer, 113 ; 

 Veast-increase without Fermentation in Presence of Limited 

 Quantity of Air, A. Rosenstiehl, 336 ; Insects as Carriers of 

 Disease, Dr. G. H. F. Nuttall, 153 ; Outlines of Bacteriology, 

 Dr. L. II. Thoinot and E. J. Masselin, 221; the Bacillus of 

 " Doubleface" Disease in Beer, M. van Laer, 287 ; Bacterial 

 Origin of Scurvy, Prof. A. M. Levin, 400 ; System der 

 Bakterien, Dr. W. Migula, Dr. E. Klein, F.R.S.,464; New 

 Bacteria in Coal, B. Renault, 508 ; the Bacteriology of the 

 Soil, Thos. T. Watson, 515 ; Effect of Liquid Air on Bacteria, 

 Dr. Allan Macfadyen, 529; Influence of Temperature of Liquid 

 Air on Bacteria, Dr. Allan Macfadyen and S. Rowland, 603 ; 

 New Pathogenic Microbe in Rabbit, C. Phisalix, 580 



