vi L[hdex 
Supplement to Nature, 
June 17, 1807 
Amsterdam Academy of Sciences, 192, 431, 455, 527, 551 
Anatomy: Text-Book of Comparative Anatomy, Dr. Arnold 
Lang, 4; Use of X-Rays in Research, Ch. Remy and G. 
Contremoulins, 48; Death of Dr. L. J. Sanford, 205 ; 
Death of Dr. Luigi Calori, 231 ; Death of Dr. Josef von 
Gerlach, 277; Death of Dr. Salvatore Trinchese, 348; 
Experiments on Distribution of Posterior Root-Fibres of 
Spinal Nerves, Prof. C. S. Sherrington, F.R.S., 356; Cata- 
leptoid Reflexes in Monkey, Prof. C. S. Sherrington, F.R.S., 
357; New Method of Preparing Specimens, N. Melnikoff- 
Rasvédenkoff, 359; Results of Staining Brain by Chrome- 
Silver Method, 359; Reciprocal Innervation of Antagonistic 
Muscles, Prof. C. S. Sherrington, F.R.S., 381 
Anderson (Henry J. C.), Whirlwind on ‘* Rydal Water,” 5 
André (G.), Arabinose, 24; Estimation and Transformation of 
Pyrophosphoric Acid, 95; Estimation of Pyrophosphoric 
Acid, 383 
Andrews (G, F.), the ‘‘ Spinning” Activities of Protoplasm in 
Echinoderm Eggs, 615 
Andrews (Thomas, F.R.S.), the Loss of Strength in Iron and 
Steel by Use, 418 
Anemometers, Robinson and Pressure-Tube, compared, C. E. 
Peek, 372 
Aneroids, Temperature-Coefficent of, L. H. Siertsema, 431 
Angot (Alfred), the Aurora Borealis, 173 
Animal Life possible in the Absence of Bacteria, Is, G. Nuttall 
and H. Thierfelder, 238 
Animals at Work and Play; their Activities and Emotions, C. 
J. Cornish, 52 
Annable (H.), Formation of Substituted Oxytriazoles from 
Phenylsemicarbazide, 310 
Annales of St. Petersburg Central Physical Observatory, 591 
Anniversary of the Foundation of the Naples Zoological Station, 
the Twenty-fifth, H. M. Vernon, 586 
Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society, the, 111 
Anode and Kathode, Réntgen Rays and Phenomena of the, 
Edward P. Thompson, 386 
Anodes, Heating of, in X-Ray Tubes, Walter Chamberlain, 198 ; 
A. A. C. Swinton, 225 
Anthropology: Die Formen der Familie und die Formen der 
Wirthschaft, Prof. Grosse, Edward B. Tylor, F.R.S., 51; 
the Mouthe Cave, M. Riviere, 55 ; Drawings on Rocks of 
La Mouthe Cave, M. Riviere, 575 ; the United States Army 
Identification Method, Dr. C. H. Alden, 59; Ancient 
Assyrian Bow found in Egypt, Henry Balfour, 71: Tailed 
Men in Indo-China, Paul d’Enjoy, 82 ; Ethnography of New 
Georgia, Lieut. B. T. Somerville, 143; Anthropological 
Institute, 143, 189 ; the Anthropological History of Southern 
Russia, M. Zaborowski, 184 ; the Symbolic Use of Wampum, 
Horatio Hale, 189 ; the Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic of 
the Neolithic Troglodytes, M. Ed. Piette, 229 ; on Certain 
Vestigial Characters in Man, Dr. Walter Kidd, 236; the 
Svaslika, S. E. Peal, 248; Death of Horatio Hale, 257; 
Selection in Man, Dr. John Beddoe, 260; Intermediate Links 
between Man and Lower Animals, Dr. Munro, 263 ; Marriage 
Observances of American Aborigines, W. J. McGee, 302; 
the Successive Adoption of the Mechanical Powers, Dr. O. T. 
Mason, 469; Kyz-Kiyik, the Wild Men of Tibet, P. K. 
Kozloff, 541 
Anti-Toxin, a New Diphtheria, Dr. Smirnow, 597 
Antiquity of certain Curved Knives, the, Dr. Otis T. Mason, 
534 
Appleyard (Mr.), Electrical Trevelyan Rockers, 23 
Appleyard (Rollo), Liquid Coherers and Mobile Conductors, 
525 
Applied Bacteriology, T. H. Permain, C. G. Moore, Dr. A. A. 
Kanthack, 413 
Archeology: Remarkable Find of Chud Implements near Perm, 
M. Sergueeft, 82 
Archibald (Douglas), the Long Period Weather Forecasts of 
India, 85 
Architecture, Naval: Institution of Naval Architects, 571 ; 
Water-Tube Boilers in Powerfa/ and Terrible, A. J. Durston, 
571; Application of Compound Steam Turbine to Marine 
Propulsion, Hon. Charles Parsons, 571 
Artesian ‘‘ Basins” in North America, Gibb Maitland, 182 
Arctic: Dr. Nansen’s Narrative, 11; the Early Life of Nansen, 
W. C. Broégger, Nordahl Rohlfsen, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 
201; Nansen’s Arctic Expedition, 352; Fridtjof Nansen’s 
“Farthest North,” Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 393; the North 
Polar Problem, Dr. Nansen, 495; the Geology of Greenland, 
Prof. R. S. Tarr, 13; the Austro-Hungarian Map of Franz 
Josef Land, Prof. Ralph Copeland, 29; Arthur Montefiore- 
Brice, 52 ; Reindeer and Severe Winter Weather in Alaska, 
Sheldon Jackson, 39; the Polar Limit of True Forest Land, 
K. Roder, 349; Lieut. Peary’s projected New Polar Expedi- 
tion, 371; Lieut. Peary’s Plan to reach the North Pole, 564; 
Arctic Sea Ice as a Geological Instrument, R. S. Tarr, 476; 
Scientific Kite-work in Arctic Regions, Dr. Harvey, 598 
Arendsee, Depth of the, Dr. W. Halbfass, 234 
Argon: Uniform Distribution in Atmosphere of, Th. Schloesing, 
48; the Spectra of, J. Trowbridge and J. W. Richards, 308 ; 
Argon and Nitrogen in Blood, P. Regnard and Th, Schlcesing, 
383; Argon in Plants, Dr. G. Tolomei, 399 
Armstrong (Dr. Henry E., F.R.S.), Osmotic Pressure and 
Tonic Dissociation, 78; the Direct Synthesis of Optically 
Active Proteid-like Substances, 341; the Need of Organising 
Scientific Opinion, 409, 433 ; 3’-Bromo-8-Naphthol, 165 
Aryan Medical Science, a Short History of, H.H. Sir Bhagvat 
Sinh Jee, 221 
Ashworth (J. R.), Discharge of Electricity by Phosphorus, 225 
Asia, Sven Hedin’s Explorations in Central, 58, 589 ; Mongolia 
and the Mongols, A. Pozdnéeff, 603 
Asphalt, Origin of, Stanislas Meunier, 239 
Asphalt Springs of El Menito, the, Baron H. Eggers, 470 
Assyrian Bow found in Egypt, Ancient, Henry Balfour, 71 
Aston (E.), Oxidation Products of ay-Dimethyl-e’-Chloro- 
pyridine, 623 
Astronomy: Our Astronomical Column, 14, 41, 61, $4, 110, 137, 
163, 183, 208, 235, 260, 279, 303, 329, 352, 373, 401, 421, 447, 
472, 498, 516, 544, 566, 592, 616; Strassburg Observatory, 
14; Himmel und Erde, 15, 208 ; Elements of Astronomy, Sir 
Robert Ball, F.R.S., 28; Mars, 41; Prof. Schiaparelli, 516 ; 
Mars in August last, Prof. V. Cerruli, 14; Mists on Mars, 
M. Flammarion, 235; the Canals of Mars, Herr M. Teoper- 
berg, 280; Origin of Mars’ Canals, Dr, J. Joly, F.R.S., 3353 
the Polar Cap of Mars, 303 ; Observations of Mars at Meudon, 
M. Perrotin, 401; the Ellipticity of the Disc of Mars, 
Prof. W. Schur, 421; Comet Perrine, 1896, December 8, 
208, 279; Ephemeris for Comet Perrine, Prof. H. Kreutz, 
41; Prof. Holden, 42 ; Otto Knopf, 110 ; Sunspots, Comets, 
and Climate Variations, Herr Johannes Unterweger, 42 ; 
the Leonids, 42, 84; the Leonid Meteor Shower, W. F. 
Denning, 54, 153; Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer, 54; C. T. Whit- 
mell, 54; Leonids of November 15 (a.m.), 1896, Prof. A. S. 
Herschel, F.R.S., 173; Leonid Meteors in America, 137 ; 
Hypothesis of Successive Transmission of Gravity, Prof. J. 
McMahon, .46; Celestial Mechanics, Prof. W. E. Brown, 
46; Disaggregation of Comets, O. Callandreau, 47; Partial 
Impact of Celestial Bodies, Prof. A. W. Bickerton, 61 ; the 
Companions of Procyon and Sirius, 62; the Satellite of 
Procyon, Isaac W. Ward, 153; the Companion to Procyon, 
Prof. Schaerberle, 498; the Period of Sirius’ Companion, 
329; Brisbane Astronomical Society, 62; Bulletin de la 
Société Astronomique de France, 62, 592; a New Specu- 
lation on the Past and Future Temperature of the Sun and 
Earth, 77; Stars with Peculiar Spectra, Mrs. Fleming, 84; 
Death of Dr. Benjamin Gould, 108; Obituary Notice of, 132 ; 
the Astrophysical Journal, 110; Planetary Notes, 111; a 
Companion to @ Scorpii, Dr. T. J. J. See, 111 ; a New Spec- 
troscopic Binary in Puppis, 137; the Spectrum of ¢ Puppis, 
352; Relative Motion of Stars in the Line of Sight, Prof. E. C. 
Pickering, 137; Formule for Computing Wave-Lengths, 137 ; 
Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy, Astronomer Royal, 
145; Diagrams of Terrestrial and Astronomical Objects and 
Phenomena, R. A. Gregory, 149; Death and Obituary 
Notice of Johan August Hugo Gyldén, 158; Bureau des 
Longitudes, 163 ; the System of the World, 163 ; Companion 
to the Observatory, 163; Death and Obituary Notice of 
Sidney Waters, 181 ; Mountain Observatories, 183 ; Observa- 
tions of Saturn, Herr A. Anton Wonaszek, Herr L. Brunner, 
183; Karlsruhe Meridian Observations, 183 ; the Western Aus- 
tralia Government Observatory, 183; Solar Motion as Gauge 
of Stellar Distances, Prof. Simon Newcomb, 191; Hindu 
Astronomy, W. Brennand, W. T. Lynn, 193; Astronomical 
Society of France, 208; Shooting Stars of January 2, Dr. 
H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., 225; W. F. Denning, 247 ; the Total 
Solar Eclipse of August 9, 1896, M. Deslandres, 235; the 
Total Solar Eclipse of August 8, 1896, 447; Results with 
Prismatic Camera during 1896 Eclipse, J. Norman Lockyer, 
F.R.S., 263 ; Russian Observations of the Corona of August 9, 
1896, Baron Nicolas Kaulbars, 298; the Melbourne Ob- 
