Index 



r Nature, 

 \_Dec. 12, 190 



Temperature and Allied Problems, Prof. James Dewar, 

 F.R.S., 243 ; on the Separation of the Least Volatile Gases 

 of Atmospheric Air and their Spectra, Prof. G. D. Liveing, 

 F.R.S., and Prof. J. Dewar, F.R. S. , 294 ; Brightness of the 

 Solar Corona, January 22, 1898, 437 



koyer (Clemence), Histoire du Ciel, 497 



Rucker(Prof. Arthur W., F.R.S.), the Dust of " Blood-rain," 

 30 ; Irlaugural Address at the Glasgow Meeting of the 

 British Association, 470 ; on the Teaching of Mathematics, 

 592 



Rudolf (G.), the Periodic Classification and the Problem of 

 Chemical Evolution, 51 



Ruft(Dr. O.), the Existence of Ammonium, 637 



Rural Readers, Book I., Vincent T. Muiche, Prof. R. Meldola, 

 F.R.S., 394 



Rural Schools, the Teacher's Manual of Object Lessons for, 

 Vincent T. Murche, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 394 



Russell (H. L), Public Water-supplies: Requirements, Re- 

 sources, and the Construction of Works, 179 



Russell (Hon. RoUo), Unusual Agitation of the Sea, 6 



Russian Geographical Society's Medal Awards, 286 



Rutherford (Prof. E.), Emanations from Radio-active Substances, 

 157 



Ryan (H.), Preparation of Synthetical Glucosides, 47 



Sabatier (Paul), the Addition of Hydrogen to Hydrocarbons, 



143 ; New Method of preparing Aniline, 392 

 Safford (Prof. T. H.), Death of, 261 

 Sagnac (G. ), L'Optique des Rayons de Rontgen et des Rayons 



Secondaires que en Derivent, loi 

 St. Clair (George), Myths of Greece Explained and Dated, an 



Embalmed History from Uranus to Perseus, including the 



Eleusinian Mysteries and the Olympic Games, 180 

 St. John's (Charles) Note-book, 1846-1853, T. Digby Pigott, 



177 

 St. Louis Academy of Science, 72 

 Sakurai (Prof. Joji). on Some Points in Chemical Education, 



612 

 Salt-deposits of Salton, California, iS 



Salt Solutions, the Crystallisation of. Dr. H. M. Dawson, 336 

 San Francisco, Lane Lectures at Cooper Medical College in, 



History of Physiology during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and 



Eighteenth Centuries, Sir M. Foster, K.C.B., Sec.R.S., 417 

 Sanchez ( P. C. ), the Subterranean Waters of the Ajusco (Mexico) 



Chain, 288 

 Sand Waves in Tidal Currents, Dr. Vaughan Cornish, 412 

 Sarasin (Dr. Paul and Dr. Fritz), Uber die geologische 



Geschichte der Insel Celebes auf Grund der Thierverbreitung, 



203 

 .Saturn, the Planet, W. F. Denning, 114 

 Savage (Mr.), Neutral Red a Test for Colon Bacillus, 637 

 Sawyer (B.), the Caves of Fiji, 143 

 Sazerac(R. ), Biochemical Differentiation of Two Ferments of 



Vinegar, 224 

 Scenery, the, of Scotland, viewed in connection with its 



Physical Geology, Sir Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., 33 

 Schaefer (C. ), Influence of Temperature on the Elasticity of 



Metals, 119 

 Schenck (C. C. ), the Spark Spectrum of Cadmium, 358 

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



Percy Groom, 551 

 Schleiermacher (F. ), Plato's Staat, 4 

 Schloesing (T. ), Alumina in Madagascar Soil, 119 

 Scholl (R. ), Synthesis of Aromatic Aldoximes by Fulminating 



Silver, 191 

 Schijnichen (Dr. Walther), B. Eyferth's Einfachste Lebens- 



formen des Tier-und Pflangenreiches, 301 

 School Hygiene, Edward Shaw, 373 

 School Hygiene, a Manual of, E. W. Hope and E. A. Browne, 



373 

 Schott (Charles A.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 406 

 Schott (Dr. G.), Oceanographical Results of Valdivta Expedi- 

 tion. 263 

 Schrader (F. C), the Cape Nome (Alaska) Gold Region, 409 

 Schulten (A. de). Synthesis of Boronatrocalcite, 24S 

 Schulize (Arthur), Plane and Solid Geometry, 573 

 Schulz (Dr. l<"r. N.), Die Krystallisation von Eiweisss'offenund 



ihre Bedentung fiir die Eiweisschemie, 375 

 Schur (Dr. W.), Death of, 356; Obituary Notice of, Dr. 



William J. S. Lockyer, 3S0 



Schuster (Prof.), Experiments on the Passage of Electricity 

 through Mercury Vapour, 587 



Schuyler (James D.), Reservoirs for Irrigation, Water-power 

 and Domestic Water-supply, 154 



Science : Science and Mediiijval Thought, Prof. T. Clifford 

 AUbutt, F.R.S., 76; the Scientific Memoirs of Thomas 

 Henry Huxley, 76 ; Mr. Balfour on Scientific Research, 109 ; 

 the Leipzig Chemical Laboratory, 127 ; the Sixth Annual 

 Congress of the South-eastern Union of Scientific .Societies, 

 192 ; Recent Scientific Work in Holland, 20S ; Scientific 

 Worthies, Sir William Huggins, K.C.B., Prof. H. Kayser, 

 225 ; England's Neglect of .Science, Prof. Perry, F. R.S., 

 Prof. George M Minchin, F.R.S., 226 : Science in 

 Australia, Prof. Liversidge, 296 ; Scientific Work in Egypt, 

 317 ; Hi.storyas a Science, J. S. Stuart Glennie, 326 ; Some 

 Scientific Centres, the Laboratory of Wilhelm Ostwald, 428 ; 

 Prize-subjects in Applied Science, 43S ; the Denver Meeting 

 of the American Association, Address by Prof. R. S. Wood- 

 vvard. President of the Association, 498 ; Opening Address in 

 Section E at the Glasgow Meeting of the British Association, 

 on Research in Geographical Science, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 

 532; Zoology of the Twentieth Century, Address at the Ameri- 

 can Association for Advancement of Science at Denver, Prof. 

 C. B. Davenport, 566 ; Royal College of Science and the 

 University of London, Prof. W. A.'Tilden, F.R.S., 583; 

 Forthcoming Books of Science, 593 ; Addresses of Authors of 

 Scientific Papers, Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, F.R.S., 601 ; 

 Scientific Topography, Recherches sur les Instruments, les 

 Methodes et le Dessin Topographiques, Colonel A. Laussedat, 

 622 



Scope of the Royal Society, Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., 

 29 



Scotland : the .Scenery of Scotland, Viewed in Connection with 

 its Physical Geology, Sir Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., 33; the 

 Mineralogy of Scotland, M. Forster Heddle, Prof. H. A. 

 Miers, F.R.S., 395; Recent Advances in Scottish 

 Geology, Opening Address in Section C at the Glasgow 

 Meeting of the British Association, John Home, F. R.S., 509 ; 

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

 the Geological Distribution of the Fishes of the Carboni- 

 ferous Rocks and of the Old Red Sandstone of Scotland, Dr. 

 Traquair, 565 ; R. Kidston, 565 ; on a Botanical Survey of 

 Scotland, Prof. W. G. Smith, 590 ; on the Methods and 

 Plans of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, W. S. 

 Bruce, 591 ; on the Distribution of certain Forest Trees in 

 Scotland, W. N. Niven, 618 



Scott (Dr. D. H., F.R.S.), on the Teaching cf Botany in Uni- 

 versities, 593 ; on a Primitive Type of Structure in Calamites, 

 617 ; on a Calamitefrom the Calciferous Sandstone of Burnt- 

 island, 617 



Sea, Unusual Agitation of the, Hon. Rollo Russell, 6 



Sea, the Second International Conference for the Exploration of 

 the, 218 



Sea Birds of Louisiana Gulf Coast, Protection of. Prof. Beyer, 



19 



Sea Fisheries: the Decay of our Sea Fisheries, 310; the 

 Destruction of Shore-fish Ova and Fry, Prof M'Intosh, 523 



Seashore, Life by the, an Introduction to Natural History, 

 Marion Newbigin, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F. R.S., 621 



Sea-urchin, on a Large Nematode Parasitic in the. Dr. J. F. 

 Gemmill, 5S8 



Seebohm (Henry), the Birds of Siberia, a Record of a 

 Naturalist's Visit to the Valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei, 32 



Seed-sowing : the Moon and Vegetation, 454 



Seeds, Agricultural, Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., 30 



Seeds, Vitality of. Dr. Henry H. Dixon, 256 



Seeds and Fruits, on the Strength and Resistance to Pressure 

 of Certain, Prof. G. F. Scott Elliot, 619 



Seeley (H. G. ), Dragons of the Air : an Account of Extinct 

 Flying Reptiles, 645 



Seeliger (Osivaldj, Tierleben der Tiefsee, 423 



Seismograph as Sensitive Barometer, F. N. Denison, 271 



Seismology : the Reported Earthquakes in the Channel Islands 

 and South Devon on April 24, Dr. Charles Davison, 126 ; 

 the Palomhara Earthquake of April 2-1, 1901, Dr. Luigi 

 Palazzo, 288 ; the International Seismological Conference at 

 Strassburg, Dr. F. Omori, 340 ; the Inverness Earthquake of 

 September 18, Dr. Charles Davison, 527 ; Rev. Dr. Andrew 

 Henderson, 601 ; the Non-existence of Isophygmic Curves, 

 F. de M. de Ballore, 524 ; Simple Recording Tide-gauge, 



