Supplement to rie 
June 17, 1897 
L[ndex 
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sservatory, 235; the Wonderful Universe, Agnes Giberne, 
246 ; Celestial Eddies, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 249; 
Arthur Mee’s Amateur’s Almanac, 260; the Algol Variable 
+ 17° 4367 W Delphini, Prof. S. C. Pickering, 260; Comet 
‘Notes, 261; the Universal Meridian, 261; an Introductory 
‘Treatise on the Lunar Theory, Prof. E. W. Brown, 
266; Double-Star Measures, R. G. Aitken, 280; Oxy- 
gen in the Sun, Herren Runge and Paschen, 303; 
‘Lewis Jewell, 447; the Question of Carbon in Bright | 
Line Stars, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 304, 341; 
Dr. William Huggins. F.R.S., 316; Tables for Finding | 
Latitude Variations, Prof. S. C. Chandler, 329; the Trifid 
Nebula, Prof. Pickering, 329; Heat Rays of Great Wave- 
Length, H. Rubens, E. F. Nichols, 329; Cours 
‘d’Astronomie, M. B. Baillaud, 339; the Period of Rotation 
of Jupiter’s Spots, A, A. Nyland, 352; the Orbit of Jupiter’s 
Fifth Satellite, Dr. Fritz Cohn, 421 ; Observations of Jupiter’s 
Fifth Satellite, Prof. J. M. Schaeberle, 566; the Spectro- 
scopic Binary a’ Geminorum, A. Belopolsky, 352; Prizes in 
Astronomy, 373; Double-Star Measures, 373 ; Lunar Photo- | 
‘graphs, Camille Flammarion, 373; Periodical Comets, 401; | 
the Rotation of Venus, Percival Lowell, 421; Death of | 
Wilhelm Do6llen, 443; Drawings of Mercury, Percival 
Lowell, 447 ; the Planet Mercury, Percival Lowell, 617; | 
Prominence Photography, 447 ; the Chemistry of the Stars, | 
447; Iron Lines in Hottest Stars, J. Norman Lockyer, 
F.R.S., 452; Coudé Mountings for Reflecting Telescopes, 
472; Three Brilliant Stellar Systems, Prof. T. J. J. See, | 
498; Double-Star Measures, 516; Belgian Observatory 
Annual, 516; Bis an’s Ende der Welt! Astronomische | 
Causerien, Prof. F. J. Studniéka, 532; Mr. Isaac Roberts 
on Long Exposure Photographs, 544; Vanadium in Scandi- | 
navian Rutile, Prof. B. Hasselberg, 544 ; Columbia University | 
Observatory’s Publications, 544 ; Prof. Harold Jacoby on the | 
Reduction of Stellar Photographs and on the Permanence of 
the Rutherfurd Photographic Plates, 544; Relationship | 
between the Masses and Distances of the Four Outer Planets, 
G. E. Sutcliffe, 559; Harvard College Observatory Report, 
Prof. E. C. Pickering, 566; the International Unification 
of Time, 567; a Meteorite from New Mexico, Warren M. 
Foote, 572; a Study of the Sky. Herbert A. Howe, 580 ; 
Reflector and Portrait Lens in Celestial Photography, Dr. 
Max Wolf, 582; Death of Dr. Edward von Haerdtl, 589 ; | 
Obituary Notice of, 592; Refraction and the Apparent 
Diurnal Movements of Stars, Dr. A. A. Rambaut, 592; | 
Astronomy: Charles Pritchard, F.R.S., Late Savilian Pro- 
fessor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford ; Memoirs | 
of his Life, Ada Pritchard. 601 ; Peculiar Stellar Spectra, 
616 ; Nova Aurige, Prof. W. W. Campbell, 617 
Astrophysics : Relative Temperature in Geissler Tubes, R. W. 
Wood, 274: the Astrophysical Journal, 110 
Atlantic, Northern, Deep-Sea Fishes of the, 559 
Atmosphere, Les Gaz del’, M. H. Henriet, 533 
Atmosphere, the Gases of the, William Ramsay, F.R.S., 435 
Atmospheric Absorption of Light, the, W. E. Plummer, 235 
Attraction, Central, Lecture-room Demonstration of the Orbits | 
of Bodies under the Action of a, R. W. Wood, 620 
Aurora Borealis, the, Alfred Angot, 173 
Austen (Prof. Peter T.), Notes for Chemical Students, 77 
Australasia : Sir William Macgregor’s Recent Journey across 
New Guinea, and Re-ascent of Mount Victoria, J. P. Thomp- 
son, 157 
Australia: Western Australia Government Observatory, 183; 
the Horn Expedition to Central, 581; in the Australian 
Bush and on the Coast of the Coral Seas, Pro!. Richard 
Semon, W. Saville-Kent, 227 ; Glaciation in, Rev. J. M. 
Curran, 240; the Australian Snow Country, John Kummer, 
301 
Austro-Hungarian Map of Franz Josef Land, the, Prof. Ralph 
Copeland, 29 ; Arthur Montefiore Brice, 52 
Autvbiographical Sketch of James Croll, J. C. Irons, 362 
Axe-heads as Currency, Dr. A. Gotze, 591 
Ayrton (Prof.), Sixty Years of Submarine Telegraphy, 403 | 
Babylonian Tablets, &c., Cuneiform Texts from, in the British 
Museum, L. W. King, 243 
Bacteriology : the Geological Work of Bacteria, Dr. B. Renault, 
40; Death of Dr. R. Kerry, 81; Bacterial Water Purifica- 
tion, Mrs. Percy Frankland, 163 ; Influenza Bacilli in Central 
Nervous System, A. Pfuhl and K. Walter, 182; Capacity of 
Bacillus Radicicola of growing on Foreign Culture Media, 
Messrs. Stutzer, Barri and Maul, 206; the Bacteria which 
we breathe, eat, and drink, Dr. A. A. Kanthack, 209: the 
Vitality of Cholera Vibrios, Herr Wernicke, 2333 Is Animal 
Life possible in the absence of Bacteria? G, Nuttall and H. 
Thierfelder, 238 ; the Oyster Question, Prof. W. A. Herd- 
man, F.R.S., 293 ; Oysters and Copper, W. F. Lowe, 366, 
415; Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., 366; Diphtheria 
Bacilli in Milk, Prof. Schottelius, 301; a Text-book of 
Bacteriology, E. M. Crookshank, Dr, A. A. Kanthack, SR33 
Behaviour of Bacteria towards Chemical Reagents, T. Paul 
and B. Kronig, 328 ; the Plague Bacillus, Dr. Roux, 370; Dr. 
Yersin and Plague Virus, Mrs. Percy Frankland, 378; the 
Bacillus of Yellow Fever, Dr. G, Sanarelli, 370; Papilion- 
aceous Plants and Nitragen, 399; Prof. W. Somerville, 399 ; 
Influence of Diet and Starvation on effects of certain Micro- 
bial Toxines, J. Teissier and L. Guinard, 408; Applied 
Bacteriology, T. H. Permain, C. G. Moore, Dr. A. A. 
Kanthack, 413; Bacteria, Alge and Free Nitrogen, P. S. 
Kossovich, 428; Bacteria of the Sputa and Cryptogamic 
Flora of the Mouth, Filandro Vincentini, Dr. E. Klein, 
F.R.S., 437; Dr. Koch’s Reports on Rinderpest, 450; the 
James Forrest Lecture, Dr. G. Sims Woodhead, 517 ; Death 
of Dr. de Marbaix, 562; Koch’s Recent Researches on 
Tuberculin, Dr. G, Sims Woodhead, 567 ; Action of Currents 
of High Frequency on Virulence of Streptococcus, Louis 
Dubois, 576 ; Widal’s Bacteriological Diagnosis of Typhoid 
Fever, 590 
Baghot-De La Bere (Kinard B.), the New Poultry Guide for 
British Farmers and others, 485 
Bahnson (Kristian), Death of, 276 
Bailey (G. H.), the Tutorial Chemistry, Part I., Non-Metals, 
195; First Stage Inorganic Chemistry, 532 
Baillaud (M. B.), Cours d’Astronomie, 339 
Baillie-Grohman (W. A.), Sport in the Alps in the Past and 
Present, 102 
Baker (Bethune), 
Orotava, 142 
Baker (J. L.), Action of Diastase on Starch, 358 
Baker (R. T.), Manna on Blue Grass, 383 
Baldwin (Prof. J. Mark), Organic Selection, 558 
Balfour (Arthur J.) on Science and Industry, 85 
Balfour (Henry), Ancient Assyrian Bow found in Egypt, 71 
Ball (J.), Influence of Dissolved Metallic Salts on rate of Solu- 
tion of Zinc in Dilute Acids, 166 
Ball (Sir Robert, F.R.S.), Elements of Astronomy, 28 
Ballard (Dr. Edward), Death and Obituary Notice of, 299 
Ballistics: the Measurement of Pressures in the Bore of Guns, 
Rev. F. Bashforth, 460 
Yellow Butterfly-catching Spider from 
| Balmokand, the Priceless Gem, 233 
Baly (E. C.), Passage of Electricity through Gases, 309 
Bancroft (W. D ), Chemical Potentials of Metals, 110 
Banks (Right Hon. Sir Joseph, P.R.S.), Journal of the, during 
Captain Cook’s First Voyage in H.M.S. Zudeavour, 1768-71, 
Sir Joseph D. Hooker, 73 
Bar-Hebraeus (Mar Gregory John), Maphrian of the East, the 
Laughable Stories collected by, E. A. Wallis Budge, 98 
| Baretge (M.), Effects of Oil at Sea, 360 
Barfield (T. C.), Model Drawing and Shading from Casts, 52 
Barlow (William), a Mechanical Cause of Homogeneity of 
Structure and Symmetry, 477 ; 
Barnes (C. R.), Analytical Keys to the Genera and Species of 
North American Mosses, 389 
Barr(L.), Melting-points of Metals, 110 
Barrett (Chas. G.), the Lepidoptera of the British Islands, 
Barrett (Rosa M.), Cultivation of Woad, 79 
222 
| Barry (J. Wolfe, F.R.S.), Abstract of the Presidential Address 
before the Institution of Civil Engineers on November 3, 
by, 1 
Barton {Dr.), Absorption of Electrical Waves along Wires by 
Terminal Bridge, 70 1 
Barus (C.), Interferential Induction Balance, 406 ; Excursions 
of Telephone Diaphragm, 476 
Barus (Dr. Carl‘, the Practical Treatment of Magnets, 614 
| Bashforth (Rev. F.), the Measurement of Pressures in the Bore 
of Guns, 460 : : 
Basins, Artesian, in North America, Gibb Maitland, 182 
Bastin (Dr. E. S.), Death of, 613 
Bather (F. A.), the Inheritance of Specific Characters, 29 
Batrachians, Sciagraphs of British, and Reptiles, J. Green and 
J. 1. Gardiner, 539; G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., 539 
Baubigny (H1.), Estimation of Antimony in Peroxide State, 
