June 14, tgooj 



INDEX 



AniiE (Prof. Cleveland), the Aims and Methods of Meteorological 

 Work, especially as conducted by National and State Weather 

 services, 448 



ot (C. G. ), the Wastefulness of Artificial Lights, 546; a 

 I (impound Prism of Uniform Dispersion, 597 

 Abegg (Prof.), Use of Violuric Acid in Calorimetric Investiga- 

 tions, 402 

 Abelous (E. ), Transformation of Nitrobenzene into Aniline by 



Horse-kidney Ferment, 407 

 Abelous (J.), Co-existence of Reducing and Oxidising Diastase 



in Animal Organs, 192 

 Abney (Sir W. de W.), Monochromatic Vision, 433 

 Abraham (M.), Researches on Kerr's Phenomenon, 112 

 Abraham (H.), Time of Establishing Electric Spark, 360; 



Instantaneous Disappearance of Rotatory Polarisation, 435 

 .\coustics : Note on Distances to which Explosions are Felt and 

 Heard, Dr. Charles Davison, 91 ; Barisal Guns, Henry S. 

 Schurr, 127 ; Barisal Guns and Earthquakes, Prof. A. Issel, 

 60 ; Highest Audible and Inaudible Notes, R. Kdnig, 190; 

 Mechanism of Hearing, Firmin Larroque, 311 ; Earthquake 

 Sounds, Dr. C. Davison, 329 ; Movements of Expired Air 

 during Formation of Speed Sounds, E. Gelle, 384 ; Photo- 

 graphs of Sound Waves, Prof. R. W. Wood, 433 ; New 

 Method of Measuring Aculeness of Hearing for Intensity of 

 Sound, E. Toulouse and N. Vaschide, 436; an Interesting 

 Case of Resonance, Kenneth McMurtrie, 445 ; the Acoustic 

 Analysis of the Vowels from the Phonographic Record, Prof. 

 Louis Bevier, 467 ; Syntony, P. E. Shaw, 529 ; Electrical 

 Micrometer, P. E. Shaw, 529 

 Addenbrooke (Mr.), Model illustrating Flow-actions of Electric 



Current, 23 

 Adie (R. H.), Reaction between Sulphuric Acid and Potassium 

 Ferrocyamde, 190 ; Sulphate of Bismuth, 190 ; Volumetric 

 Estimation of Potassium, 405 

 Adrian (M. ), Colouring Matter of Digitalis, 144 

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

 Aerolites, H. L. Ward, 190 ;'W. M. Foote, 190 

 Aeronautics : Death and Obituary Notice of H. T. Coxwell, 

 257 ; Danilewsky's Divisible Balloon, 372 ; Recent In- 

 ternational Balloon Ascents, Dr. H. Hergesell, 572 ; Recent 

 Exploration in Upper Air and its bearing on Theory of 

 Cyclones, H. H. Clayton, 611; Aeronaut Poisoned by 

 Hydrogen Arsenide, 618 

 Aflalo {V. G.), Types of British Animals, 77 ; the Necessity for 



Legislative Regulation of Sea Angling, 235 

 Africa: the Situation of Ophir, Dr. Carl Peters, 203; the 

 African Horse Sickness, Dr. R. Wallace. 235 ; the Orange 

 River Ground Moraine near Prieska, Messrs. Rogers and 

 Schwarz, 240 ; Mineral Wealth of Zoutpan.sberg, D. S. S. 

 Steuart, 281 ; Journals and Papers of Chauncy Maples, D.D., 

 late Bishop of Likoma, Lake Nyasa, 294 ; In Dwarf Land 

 and Cannibal Country, a Record of Travel and Discovery 

 in Central Africa, A. B. Lloyd, 314 ; Geology of Mount 

 Kenya, Dr. J. W. Gregory, 382 ; Elaeolite-syenite and 

 Fourchites of British South African Coast, Dr. J- W. Gregory, 

 382 ; Soils of South-west Cape Colony, C. F. Juritz, 436 ; 

 a Plesiosaurian from Uitenhage, Cape Colony, Mr. Schwarz, 

 544 ; Remarkable Hiilstorm in Cape Colony, O. D. Deacon, 

 594 ; Mammals of Mount Kenya, O. Thomas, 458 ; the 

 Fauna of South Africa. Birds, A. C. Stark, 516 ; the Birds 

 of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethio- 

 pian Region, G. F. Shelley, 516; Flint Implements from 

 Nile Valley, 597 ; the Protection of Wild Animals, 616 



Agamennone (Dr. G.), Balikesri Earthquake of September 14, 

 1896, 500 



Agassiz (Prof. Alexander), Results of Recent Soundings in the 

 Pacific, 211 ; the Pacific Corals, 432; Trawling in Pacific, 

 529 



Agriculture : the Utility of the Sulphate of Ammonia in Agri- 

 culture, James Muir, loi ; Progress of Agricultural Chemistry, 

 Prof. Maercker, 1 16; the Wheat Problem, Sir William Crookes, 

 r.R.S. ; Sir R. Giffen, K.C.B., F.R.S., 169; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Dr. J. F. Hodges, 184 ; Scientific Weather 

 Prediction for Agricultural Purposes, Dr. van Webber, 185 ; 

 the "Wilt" Disease of Cotton, &c., E. F Smith, 186; the 

 Eradication by Spraying of Charlock and Runch, J. R. 

 Campbell, 186 ; Eradication of Charlock by Spraying, Prof. 

 W. Somerville, 619 ; the Use of Sulphate of Copper, Dr. 

 J. A. Voelcker, 281 ; Agricultural Education, 332 ; the West 

 Indian Agricultural Conference, Prof. J. P. d'Albuquerque, 

 392 ; Rice Culture in U.S.A., Dr. S. A. Knapp, 401 ; 

 Nitragin and the Nodules of Leguminous Plants, Maria 

 Dawson, 405 ; Soils of South-west Cape Colony, C. F. Juritz 

 436 ; Death and Obituary Notice of L. J. McCormick, 476 ; 

 the Bacteriology of the Soil, Thos. T. Watson. 515 ; Nitragin 

 ineffective in increasing Clover Crop, 519 ; the Work of the 

 Research Association, 519 ; the Price of Wheat at Hadding- 

 ton, 1627-1897, R. C. Mossmann, 519 ; Australian Experi- 

 mental Farms, 528 ; the Locust Plague in New South Wales, 

 W. W. Froggart, 620 



Agrumi, Gli, Prof. Antonio Aloi, 294 



Ahrens (C. D.). Large Nicol Prisms, 31 



Aitken (John, F.R.S.), Atmospheric Electricity, 514 ; Dynamics 

 of Cyclones, 531 



Air, the Resistance of the. Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 107, 248 



Air, Liquid, as Anaesthetic, Dr. A. C. White, 258 ; the Distilla- 

 tion of Liquid Air, E. C. C. Baly, 457 ; Its Uses for Re- 

 searches at Low Temperatures, Prof. Ram.say, 458 



Air Movement at Simla and in the Western Himalayas, 380 



Alaska and the Klondike, Angelo Heilprin, 122 



Albrecht (Prof. Th ), Variation of Latitude, 574 



Albuquerque (Prof. J. P. d'), the West Indian Agricultural Con- 

 ference, 392 



Alby (M.), on the Construction and Erection of the Alexander 

 III. Bridge over the Seine in Paris, 21 



Alcock (A.), an Account of the Deep-sea Brachyura, being 

 Systematic Reports upon the Materials collected by the Royal 

 Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator, 291 



Alcoholism, Acute, N. Grehant, 95 



Ale, Birch, Dr. W. C. Maclagan, 286 



Alembert (D'), Abhandlung der Dynamik, 390 



Alexandria, Hero of, W. Schmidt, 202 



Algebra, Elementary, C. H. French and G. Osborn, 200 



Algeria, Petroleum in, M. Neuburgher, 618 



Algol Type, Variable Stars of the, H. C. Wilson, 521 



Algol Variable, Light Curve of Ceraski's First, 355 



Algol Variable in Cygnus, New, 17 



Algol Variable in Cygnus, Ceraski's Second New, 355 ; Prof. 

 E. C. Pickering, 454 



Alkali Industry, Impending Changes in the General Develop- 

 ment of Industry, and particularly in the. Prof. G. Lunge, 92 



Allbutt (Prof. T. C, F.R.S.), a System of Medicine by many 

 Writers ; Edited by, 584 



Allen (E. J.), the Stockholm Fisheries Conference, 54, 227 ; 

 Report of the Marine Biologist for the Year 1898 ; Cape of 

 Good Hope Department of Agriculture, 562 



