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Index 



Our Mountain Seclusion, Sir Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., 206 : 

 Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. Joseph de Come, 261 ; 

 Chemical Analysis of Scotch Sandstones, Dr. W. Mackie, 

 264; the Mineralogy of Scotland, M. Forster Heddle, Prof. 

 U. A. Miers, F.R.S., 395; the Geological History of the 

 Rivers of East Yorkshire, F. R. Cowper Reed, 277 ; Peculiar 

 Forms of Stalactites and Stalagmites, Dr. O. C. Farrington, 

 288 ; Use of a Geological datum, Beeby Thompson, 295 ; 

 Intrusive Tuff-like Rocks in Ireland, J. R. Kilroe and A. 

 McHenry, 295 ; Buried Glaciers on Great Lyakhoff Island, 

 Baron Toll, 310; Zones in Chalk, Dr. H. W. Rowe, 355; 

 Fossils of Prolohippus found in Texas, 356: theFarafra Oasis, 

 Egypt, H. J. L. Beadnell, 359; the Uakhla Oasis, Egypt, 

 H. J. L. Beadnell, 581 ; the Bituminous Deposits ol Cuba, 

 H. E. Peckham, 365 ; Carboniferous Goniatiies in Sahara, 

 M. CoUot, 392 ; the Size of the Ice-grain in Glaciers, J. Y. 

 Buchanan, F.R.S., 399 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Prof. 

 Baron Adolf Erik von Nordenskjold, W. S. Bruce, 450; 

 Sharks' Teeth Discovered at Woking, 523 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Dr. E. W. Claypole, 528 ; Essai d'une 

 Explication par les Causes actuelles de la Partie theorique de 

 la Geologic, H. Hermite, 575 ; La Geologic, II. Guede, 575 ; 

 on the Mean Temperature ot the Atmosphere and the Causes 

 of Glacial Periods, II. N. Dixon, 590; K New Miocene 

 Flightless Auk, Dr. F. A. Lucas, 60S ; Ricerche Petrogra- 

 fiche e Geclogiche sulla Valsesia, E. Artini and G. Melzi, Dr. 

 H. T- Tohnston-Lavis, 640; the Sivamalai series of Eloeolite 

 and Corundum-Syenites, T. H. Holland, 657 ; i«« a/JO Section 

 C of the British Association 

 Geometry : Problems of Geometry, A. B. Basset, F.R.S., 400 ; 

 Death of Admiral de Jonquieres, 432 ; Geometrical Exercises 

 from Nixon's "Euclid Revised" with Solutions, Alexander 

 Larmor, 497; Two Problems of Geometry, D. M. Y. Sommer- 

 ville, 526 ; Plane and Solid Geometry, Arthur Schultze and 

 F. L. Sevenoak, Prof. George M. Minchin, F.R.S.^573; 

 Euclid's Elements of Geometry, Charles Smith and Sophie 

 Bryant, 623 

 Gerin (F.), Nitromannite and Nitrocellulose, 596; Reducing 

 Properties of Nitric Esters, 620 ; Nitro-derivative of Pentaery- 

 thrite, 644 ; Nitro-derivatives of Arabite and Rhatnnite, 668 

 Germany : Von den Antillen Zum Fernen Westcn : Reiseskiz- 

 zen Eines Naturforschers, F. Doflein, 2 ; Report on German 

 East Africa, A. C. Ilollis, 67 ; the Hamburg Meeting of the 

 German Association, 609 

 Germinal Selection in Relation to Inheritance, Prof. J. Arthur 



Thomson, 588 

 Gesang der Vogel, Der, Dr. Valentin Hacker, 52 

 Giant Festivals, the, 531 



Giard (A.), Sex Determination in Lepidoptera, 464 

 Gibson (Prof. J.), Relations between Electrical Conductivity 

 and Chemical Character of Solutions, 119; on the Electro- 

 lytic Conductivity of Halogen Salt Solutions, 612 

 Giglioli (Prof. Italo), Cultura del Frumento, 1899-1900, 229 

 Giglio Tos (Dr. Ermanno), Les l^roblemes de la Vie, Essai d'une 

 Interpretation Scientifique de Phenomenes Vitaux, La Sub- 

 . stance Vivante et la Cytodicrcse, 321 

 Gilet (M.), Electrolysis of Animal Tissues, 120 

 Gill (Sir David, F.R.S.), the Cape Photographic Durch- 

 musterung for the Equinox, 1875, 257 ; the Cape Observa- 

 tory, 410 

 Giuganino (Luigi), Maxwell's Theory of Tensions and Kerr's 



Phenomenon, 554 

 Glacial Epochs, Mars on, Percival Lowell, 107 

 Glacial Periods, the Climate of, H. Arctowski, 238 ; on the 

 Mean Temperature of the Atmosphere and the Causes of 

 Glacial Periods, H. N. Dickson, 590 

 Glaciers : Buried Glaciers on Great Lyakhoff Island, Baron Toll, 

 310 ; the Size of the Ice-grain in Glaciers, J. Y. Buchanan, 

 F.R.S., 399; on Overflow Channels and other Phenomena 

 Indicating Glacier-dammed Lakes in the Cheviots, Prof. P. 

 F. Kendall, H. B. Muff, 565 

 Gladstone (Dr. J. H.), on the Teaching of Science in Elemen- 

 tary Schools, 593 

 Glasgow : the Ninth Jubilee of Glasgow University, 1S6 ; 

 Glasgow International Engineering Congress, 431 ; Recent 

 Progress in Waterways and Maritime Works, Papers Read at 

 International Engineering Congress at Glasgow, 639 ; on the 

 Mechanical Exhibits at the Glasgow Exhibition, D. H. 

 Morton, 613 ; British Association Meeting at Glasgow, see 

 British Association 



Glass, Jena, Prof. S. P. Thompson, F.R.S., 199 



Glass, Optical, Dr. Glazebrook, 5S6 ; Mr. Hinks, 586 



Glazebrook (Dr. R. T., F.R.S.), the Aims of the National 

 Physical Laboratory, Discourse delivered at the Royal Insti- 

 tution, 290 ; Optical Glass, 586 



Globe, Ancient, at Tsarskoe-Selo, 286 



Gnezda (Julius), Formation of Isatin Derivative of Albumen, 

 596 



Goeldi (Dr. Emilio A.), Album de Aves Amazonicas, 397 



tJog and Magog, 577 



Gold : Gold in Wicklow, E. St. J. Lyburn, 134 ; the Cape 

 Nome Gold Region, Alaska, F. C. Schrader and A. II. 

 Brooks, 409 ; Gold Mining in Egypt, C. J. Alford, 636 ; on 

 the Influence of Organic Matter on the Deposition of Gold 

 in Veins, J. Malcolm Maclaren, 566 ; on the Source of the 

 Alluvial liold of the Kildonan Field, Sutherland, J. Malcolm 

 Maclaren, 566 



Golden Bough : a Study in Magic and Religion, the, J. G. 

 Frazer, 201 ; on Dr. Frazer's Views of the Relations between 

 Magic, Religion and Science, J. S. Stuart Glennie, 615 



Gomperz (Theodor), Greek Thinkers ; a History of Ancient 

 Philosophy, 345 



Gooch (G. P.), Annals of Politics and Culture (1492-1899), 



Goodchild (J. G.), on the Scottish Ores of Copper, 565 

 Gordon (J. W.), Examination of Abbe Difi"raction Theory of 



Microscope, 320 

 Gordon (W. J.), Out Country's Shells and How to Know 



Them : a Guide to British MoUusca, 206 

 Gorilla, Polyphem ein. Dr. Th. Zell, 467 

 Gorst (Sir John), Opening Address in Section L at the Glasgow 



Meeting of the British Association, 562 ; on the Teaching of 



Botany in Universities, 593 

 Gottingen Royal Society, 548 



Gouvea (Dr. H. de). Mosquitoes and Yellow Fever, 655 

 Grablowitz (Prof.), Simple Recording Seismological Tide gauge, 



554 

 Graham (James), Commercial Education at Home and Abroad, 



442 

 Graham (W. H.), Hoopoes on Lundy Island, 164 

 Graphical Mensuration of Vaults, the, Prof. Ernesto Breglia, 27 

 Grasse (Dr.), the Malaria-free District of Massarossa, 581 

 Gravaris (G.), Probable Relation between Characteristic Angle 



of Deformation of Metals and Newtonian Coefficient of 



Restitution, 392 

 Gravel Flats of Berkshire and Surrey, on the Origin of the, 



H, W. Monckton, 566 

 Gravitation : Essays in Illustration of the Action of Astral 



Gravitation in Natural Phenomena, William Leighton Jordan, 



155 

 Gravitational Matter, Absolute Amount of, in any Large 



Volume of Interstellar Space, Lord Kelvin, 586-626 

 Gray (Prof. Andrew, F.R.S.), a Treatise on Physics, 97 

 Gray (J.), on the Frequency and Pigmentation Value of the 



Surnames of Scottish School Children in Eastern Aberdeen- 

 shire, 614 

 Greece, Myths of. Explained and Dated, George St. Clair, 



i8o 

 Greece, the Older Civilisation of, 11 

 Greece, the Oldest Civilization of. Studies of the Mycena:an 



Age, H. R. Hall, 280 

 Greek Thinkers : a History of Ancient Philosophy, Theodor 



Gomperz, 345 

 Green Corona Line, Wave Length of, Sig. Ascarza, 289 

 Greenwich, the Royal Observatory, 136 

 Greenwich Star Catalogue for 1890, Ten-Year, 216 

 Gregory (Prof. J. W., F.R.S.), Resignation of Leadership of 



Scientific Staff of National Antarctic Expedition, 58, 132, 



iSi 

 Griesbach (H.), Physikalisch-Chemische Propadeutik, 53 

 Griffiths (E. H.), on Determining the Depression of the 



Freezing Points of Extremely Dilute Solutions, 586 

 Griffon (Dr. Ed.), Assimilation Chlorophylienne et la Structure 



des Plantes, 28 

 Groom (Percy), Death and Obituary Notice of. Prof. A. F. W. 



Schimper, 551 

 Groombridge, Radial Velocity of 1830, 491 

 Guede (H.), La Geologic, 575 

 Guerbet (Marcel), Action of Ethyl Alcohol on Barium Ethylate, 



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