x vi In dex Supplement to Nature, 
June 17, 1897 
Magnetic Field, N. Egoroff and N. Géorgiewsky, 575; New 
Cadmium Lamp for producing Interference Fringes, Maurice 
Hamy, 576; Electric Variation of High Atmospheric Regions 
in Fine Weather, G. le Cadet, 576; Action of Currents of 
High Frequency on Virulence of Streptococcus, Louis Dubois, 
576; Effects of Electrical Discharge on Photographic Plates, 
James T’Anson, 5813; Electrical Vibrations of Mercury, 
Ernest Braun, 581; on Electrical Properties of Fumes Pro- 
ceeding from Flames and Burning Charcoal, Lord Kelvin, 
F.R.S., Dr. Magnus Maclean, 592; Law of Discharge in 
Gas of Electrified Uranium, Henri Becquerel, 599; Das 
Wesen der Electricitat und des Magnetismus auf Grund eines 
Einheitlichen Substanzbegriffes, J. G. Vogt, 604; the 
Destruction of Carbon Anodes in Electrolysis of Oxygen- 
Evolving Electrolytes, Alfred Coehn, 616 
Elger (T. G.), Death of, 299 
Eliot (J.), the Hot Winds of Northern India, 40 
Elliott (Prof., F.R.S.), Segar’s Theorem, 407 
Elliot (Mr. Scott), on the Influence of Habitat upon Plant- 
Habit, 22 
Ellipticity of the Disc of Mars, the, Prof. W. Schur, 421 
Ellis (W. G. P.), on the Life-History of a Fungus which is 
the Cause of a Parasitic Disease in the Liverwort (Pe//a 
epiphylla), 20 
Elster (Prof. J.), Photo-electric Residual Action of Kathode 
Rays, 92; Diselectrification of Phosphorus, 155 
Embryology: Grundriss der Entwicklungsgeschichte des Mens- 
chen und der Saugethiere, Dr. Oscar Schultze, 292; the 
Embryology of the Nautilus, Arthur Willey, 402 
Emtage (W. T. A.), Light, 77 ; 
Encyclopédie Scientifique des Aide-Mémoires : les Piles Elec- 
triques, Ch. Fabry, 533; les Machines Thermiques, Prof. 
Aimé Witz, 533; les Gaz de l’Atmosphére, M. H. Henriet, 
533 
Engineering ; some Engineering Advances in Sixty Years, J. 
Wolfe Barry, F.R.S., 17; the Value of the Steam Jacket : 
Experiment on Locomotive Engine, Prof. T. H. Beare and 
Bryan Donkin, 44; Heat-Transmission from Surface Con- 
densation through Metal Cylinders, Lieut.-Colonel English 
and Bryan Donkin, 44; Breakdown of Stationary Engines, 
Michael Longridge, 45 ; the Motor-Car Show, 81 ; the Bazin 
Roller Boat, 109, 379; Fascine Training and Protection 
Works, 156; Trial of Hon, Charles Parson's Steam Turbine 
Engine as applied to Marine Propulsion, 181 ; Chemistry 
for Engineers and Manufacturers, B, Blount and A. G. Bloxam, 
267; the Mechanics of Pumping Machinery, Dr. Julius 
Weisbach, Prof. Gustav Herrmann, 364; Institution of 
Mechanical Engineers, 44, 377; the Loss of Strength in Iron 
and Steel by Use, Thomas Andrews, F.R.S., 418 ; a History 
of the Fens of South Lincolnshire, W. H. Wheeler, 436; 
the Mond Gas-producing Plant, H. A. Humphreys, 497 ; 
Hydraulic Machinery, R. G. Blaine, 556; Plan to Generate 
poe, at the Nile Cataracts, 562; the Simplon Tunnel, 
17 
England, a History of Gardening in, Hon. Alicia Amherst, 75 
English Woad-Mill, a Visit to an, Francis Darwin, F.R.S., 
Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 36 
English (Lieut.-Colonel), Heat-Transmission from Surface Con- 
densation through Metal Cylinders, 44 
Enjoy (Paul d’), Tailed Men in Indo-China, 82 
Entombment, Final, of Pasteur, the, 204 
Entomology : Prestwichia aquatica, F. Enock, 47 ; Aberration 
of Tephrosia bistortata and Zygena exulans, Mr. Tutt, 47 ; 
the Tsetse Fly, Surgeon-Major Bruce, 47 ; Entomological 
Society, 47, 70, 142, 167, 333, 382, 430, 479, 526, 599; a 
Viviparous Ephemerid (Chleopss diptera), M. Causard, 48 ; 
Jumping Cocoons, Dr. D. Sharp, 65; AZélampias from 
Dauphiné Alps, Mr. Tutt, 70; the Beetroot Parasite, Paul 
Vuillemin, 72; Termites and Fungus, J. H. Hart, 81; the 
Ceylon Coccidz, Ernest Green, 142; Yellow Butterfly- 
catching Spider from Orotava, Bethune-Baker, 142; Bristle- 
eating Moth, Prof. Meldola, 142; Formalin as Preventive 
of Mould, Mr. Blandford, 142; the Lepidoptera of the 
British Islands, Chas. G. Barrett, 222 ; Household Insects 
of United States, L. O. Howard and C. L. Marlatt, 233; 
the Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burmah, 
245; Drunken Habits of Humble Bees, J. Ll. Williams, 
300; Insects and Colour in Flowers, Prof. F. Plateau, 300 ; 
Cotton and Insects, L. O. Howard, 301; Clothes Moths 
and Cold Storage, Dr. L. O. Howard, 327; the Hemiptera- 
Homoptera of the British Islands, James Edwards, 389 ; 
the Colours of the Brazilian Diamond Beetle Scales, Dr. 
Garbasso, 444; Insects and Flower Scents, Prof. F. Plateau, 
444; the Pigment of Lepidoptera Scales, A. G. Mayer, 469 ; 
the Introduction of Beneficial Insects into the Hawaiian 
Islands, R. C. L. Perkins, 499 ; the Larvz of British Butter- 
flies and Moths, William Buckler, 460 ; the Prothoracic Gland 
of Dicranula virula, O. H. Latter, 479; Antennophorus 
uhlmanni and Lasius méxtus, Charles Janet, 504; Series of 
Phigalia pedaria, Mr. Butterfield, 526 ; Colour-variation in 
Grasshoppers, Mr. Burr, 526; Report of Observations of 
Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests during the year 
1896, with Methods of Prevention and Remedy, Eleanor A. 
Ormerod, 557 ; Silk Covering of Tephrosia bistortata Ova, Mr. 
Tutt, 599; Farm and Garden Insects, Prof. Wm. Somerville, 
605; Four Dermestidee become Vegetarians, 615 ; on the 
Colour and Colour-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies, Alfred 
Goldsborough Mayer, 618 
Enock (F.), Prestwechta aquatica, 47 
Epirus, Earthquake in, 299 
Epistemology of Natural Science and Mr. Karl Pearson, the, 
Prof. Paul Volkmann, 342; Prof. Karl Pearson, FE. RSs 
343 
Epstein (Boleslas), Action of Bromine and Hydrobromic Acid 
on Ethyl Acetate, 551 
Equilibrium of a Cylindrical Shell, Thos. Alexander, 366 
Essays of George John Romanes, 340 
Etard (A.), the Spectrum of Chlorophyll, 95 
Ethnography : Description of the Ethnographical Researches of 
v. A. Sierochevsky on the Yakouti, 97 ; Ethnography of New 
Georgia, Lieut. B. T. Somerville, 143 
Ethnology: the Bureau of Ethnology at Washington, UrS.AS; 
9; the Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo, H. 
Ling Roth, Prof. Alfred C. Haddon, 128 ; Death of Kristian 
Bahnson, 276; Researches on the Antiquity of Man in the 
Delaware Valley and the Eastern Uniced States, Henry G. 
Mercer, 459; Curved Knives, Dr. Otis T. Mason, 5343 W. 
F, Sinclair 581; Recherches sur les Origines de Egypte, J. 
de Morgan, 578; Mongolia and the Mongols, A. Pozdnéetf, 
603. 
Etruscology: Death of Dr. W. Deecke, 277; the Magnetisa- 
tion of Etruscan Vases, Dr. G. Folgheraiter, 418 
Ettingshausen (Baron Constantin), Death and Obituary Notice 
of, 370 
Euler (H.), Measurements of Electrolytic Dissociations of 
Organic Acids, 110 
Evans {C. de B.), Tertiary Benzenoid Amines, 166 ; Enantio- 
morphic Forms of Ethylpropylpiperidonium Iodide, 502 
Evans (R. C. T.), Immunity from Snake Bite, 367 
Evaporation and Van der Waal’s Law, Latent Heats of, George 
Darzens, 527 
Everman (B. W.), Spawning Habits of Redfish and Chinook 
Salmon, 161 
Evolution : the Inheritance of Specific Characters, F. A. Bather ; 
Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 29 ; Specific Characters, Prof ae 
D. A. Cockerell, 414; the Utility of Specific Characters, 
Rev. John T. Gulick, 508; Measurements of Crabs, H. 
Thompson, 30, 224; Prof. W. F. R. Weldon, F.R.S., 305 
J. T. Cunningham, tor; J. A. Cobb, 155; the Letters of 
Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin, F.R.S., 196; on Certain 
Vestigial Characters in Man, Dr. Walter Kidd, 236; Inter- 
mediate Links between Man and Lower Animals, Dr. Munro, 
263 ; Is Natural Selection the Creator of Species? Duncan 
Graham, 365 ; Definite Variations, Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, 
439 ; the Cell in Development and Inheritance, Edmund B. 
Wilson, Prof. E. A. Schafer, F.R.S., 530 3 Organic Selection, 
Prof, J. Mark Baldwin, 558; the Clue to the Ages, Ernest 
Judson Page, 580; Rate of Racial Change that accompanies 
Different Degrees of Severity in Selection, Francis Galton, 
F.R.S., 605 
Examinations, Technical, Report on, 22 
Exhibition, Annual, of New York Academy of Sciences, 589 
Existence, the Function of Disease in the Struggle for, Prof. 
T. D. A. Cockerell, 534 
Experience: a Chapter of Prolegomena, Rey. Wilfrid Rich- 
mond, 4 
Experimental Science, the ‘Lincei” and, Signor Todaro, 
138 
Bxploration of the Caucasus, the, Douglas W. Freshfield, 440 
Explosions, Colliery and Coal-dust, Donald M. D. Stuart, 597 
Explosive Properties of Acetylene, the, Prof. A. Smithells, 42 
Explosives : Obituary Notice of Alfred Nobel, 232 
