Supplement to eo 
June v7, 1807 
Ludex 
XV 
Extraction of an Alcohol-producing Ferment from Yeast, the, 
Dr. E. Buchner, 442 
Extraction of Gold by Chemical Methods, the, Dr. T. K. Rose, 
448 
Fabry (Ch.), Absolute Electrometer for Small Forces, 327 ; 
Measurement of Coefficient of Viscosity of Air, 383; Les 
Piles Electriques, 533 
Family, the Formation of the, Prof. Ernst Grosse, Edward B. 
Tylor, F.R.S., 51 
Farm and Garden Insects, Prof. Wm. Somerville, 605 
Farmer (Prof. Bretland), on the Present Position of Cell-division 
Problems, 20 
Farnum (J. E.), Manikaland, 515 
‘*Farthest North,” Fridtjof Nansen’s, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 
393 
Fascine Training and Protection Works, 156 
Fault, a Gigantic Geological, Prof. Edward Hull, F.R.S., 581 
Faune, Changes in, due to Man’s Agency, Prof. T. D. A. 
Cockerell, 462 
Faye (H.), True and False Waterspout, 383 ; the Mount Etna 
Observatory, 599 
Fens: a History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire, W. H. 
Wheeler, 436 : 
Fenton (H. J. H.), New Synthesis in Sugar Group, 502 
Ferment, the Extraction of an Alcohol-producing, from Yeast, 
Dr. E. Buchner, 442 
Fernando Po, D. E. Bonelli, 205 
Ferns, on the Enumeration of Spore-mother-cells and Spores as 
a Basis of Comparison of, Prof. Bower, F.R.S., 21 ; on some 
Peculiar Cases of Apogamous Reproduction in, Mr. Lang, 21 
Ferraris (Galileo), Death of, 348 
Ferriére (Emile), Le Cause Premiére d’aprés les données 
Expérimentales, 533 
Fibres, Synaptic, L. Ranvier, 454 
Field Columbian Museum: Collecting Expeditions, 471 
Fire, Siemens’ Domestic Gas, Sir H. T. Wood, 6 
Fischer (Prof. Emil), Relation between the Optically Active and 
Inactive Forms of Methylmannoside, 30 
Fishes : the Natural History of the Marketable Marine Fishes 
of the British Islands, J. T. Cunningham, W. A. Herdman, 
F.R.S., 361 ; Nocturnal and Diurnal Changes in the Colours 
of certain Fishes and of the Squid (Zo/zgo), with Notes on 
their Sleeping Habits, A. E. Verrill, 451; the Discovery of 
the Larva of the Common Eel, J. T. Cunningham, 467 ; 
Deep-sea Fishes of the Northern Atlantic, 559 
Fitzgerald’s (Mr.) Ascent of Mt. Aconcagua, 277 
Fitzgerald (E. A.) Climbs in the New Zealand Alps, 102 
Fitzgerald (Prof. Geo. Fras., F.R.S.), Effect of Surrounding 
Gas-Pressure on Temperature of Crater of Electric Arc, 332, 
514; Dynamical Units, 389, 439 
Flames and Burning Charcoal, on Electrical Properties of 
Fumes proceeding from, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S., Dr. Magnus 
Maclean, 592 
Flammarion (Camille), Mists on Mars, 235; Lunar Photo- 
graphs, 373 
Fleischmann (W.), the Book of the Dairy, 122 
Fleming (Mrs.), Stars with Peculiar Spectra, 84 
Fletcher (Thos.), the Laboratory use of Acetylene Gas, 535 
Fleurent (E.), Chemical Method of Valuing Wheat Flour, 71 
Flight, Sailing, S. E. Peal, 271 
Flight of Gulls in the Wake of Steamers, the, F. W. Headley, 
390 
Flints, Worked, from Cromer Torest Beds, W. J. L. Abbott, 
300 
Fleuriais (Admiral), Gyroscopic Horizon, E. Guyon, 47; A. 
Schwerer, 48 
Floating Mercury on Water, C. Stromeyer, 53 
Flowering and Flowerless Plants, the Discovery of another 
Connecting Link between, 396 
Flowers, How to Study Wild, Rev. Geo. Henslow, 222 
Fluids: Decrease with Diminishing Volume of 4 in Equation 
of, Prof. van der Waals, 192; Capillary Ascent between 
Two Concentric Cylindrical Tubes, Dr. Verschaffelt, 192 
Flying Bullets, 79 
Fog-dispersal by Electricity, A. McAdie, 350 
Folgheraiter (Dr. G.), Method of Estimating Ancient Magnetic 
Dip by Means of Baked Clay, 40; Terrestrial Magnetism in 
pias Epoch, 206 ; the Magnetisation of Etruscan Vases, 
41 
Folk-lore: the Laughable Stories collected by Mar Gregory 
John Bar-Hebreeus, Maphrian of the East, E. A. Wallis 
Budge, 98; the Buddhist Praying Wheel: a Collection of 
Material bearing upon the Symbolism of the Wheel and 
Circular Movements in Custom and Religious Ritual, William 
Simpson, 171; Marriage of the Dead, Kumagusu Minakata, 
224; St. Medard’s Day and Rain, Prof. Cleveland Abbe, 
258; the Legendary History of Funafuti, Ellice Group, Prof. 
W. J. Sollas, F.R.S., 353 the Popular Religion and Folk- 
lore of Northern India, W. Crooke, 577 
Fomm (L.), Wave-length of Rontgen Rays, 47; Fomm’s 
Experiments on Wave-Length of X-Rays, D. G. Tiddens, 
552 
Foote (Warren M.), a New Meteorite, 309; a Meteorite from 
New Mexico, 572 
Forbes (Dr. Henry O., F.R.S.), Sir William MacGregor’s 
Journey Across New Guinea, 247 
Force, Units of, C. S. Jackson, 198 
Force, Magnetic Fields of, Prof. H. Ebert, 579 
Force of One Pound, the, Thomas Wallace Wright, Prof. 
John Perry, F.R.S., 49, 176; Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 
223; Prof. A. M. Worthington, F.R.S., 247; Dr. T. W. 
Wright, 270 
Force of a Ton, the, 415; Prof. A. G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 
395 
Forde (H.C.), Death of, 417 
Forest and Stream, the Story of, James Rodway, 246 
Forest Land, the Polar Limit of True, K. Roder, 349 
Forestry: Death of Prof. Franz Baur, 348; Death of Dr. 
Hermann von Nordlenger, 348 
Formalin a Preventive. of Mould, Mr. Blandford, 142 
Formation of the Family, the, Prof. Ernst Grosse, Edward B. 
Tylor, F.R.S., 51 
Formule for Computing Wave-lengths, 137 
Forrest, the James, Lecture; Bacteriology, Dr. 
Woodhead, 517 
Forster (M. O.), Methylcamphorimine, 406 
Fossil Cone, Chezrostrobus, a New, D. H. Scott, F.R.S., 333 
Foster (Pref. M., Sec.R.S.), Obituary Notice of Henry Newell 
Martin, 56 
Foundations of Coral Reefs, Rear-Admiral W. J. L. Wharton, 
C.B., F.R.S., 390 , 
Fournier (A.), Influence of Magnetisation on Electromotive 
Forces, 95 " 
Fournier (J.), Determination of Ratio of Two Specific Heats of 
Acetylene, 335 
France, Bulletin de la Societé Astronomique de, 62, 592 ; Astro- 
nomical Society of France, 208 
Franchimont (Prof.), the Fusing-point of Organic Bodies, 192 ; 
Nitro Group of Nitramines, 551 ; 
Frankland (Prof. Percy, F.R.S.), the Pasteur Memorial Lecture 
of the Chemical Sociéty, 518 
Frankland (Mrs. Percy), Bacterial Water Purification, 163 ; Dr. 
Yersin and Plague Virus, 378 , 
Franz (S. J.), Physical Conditions of Fatigue in Reading, 82 
Franz Josef Land, the Austro-Hungarian Map of, Prof. Ralph 
Copeland, 29; Arthur Montefiore-Brice, 52 
Freshfield (Douglas W.), the Exploration of the Caucasus, 440, 
35, 580 
FroRic.), Fatty Materials in Abydos Tombs, 55! 
Froc (Rev. L.), the Typhoon of July 22-25, 1896, 351 F 
Froud (Lieut. A. G.),a Case of Abnormal Magnetic Attraction, 
127 
Fruit-Culture for Amateurs, S. T. Wright, 340 
Fry (Agnes), Position of Boughs in Summer and Winter, 198 
Fry (Right Hon. Sir Edw., F.R.S), on the Alternations of 
Generations in Plant Life, 422 
Fur and Feather Series, Red Deer, Natural History, Rev. H. 
A. Macpherson, 195 
Fucus vesiculosus, the Additional Colouring Matter of, Clarence 
Waterer, 508 
Fuel and Refractory Materials, A. Humboldt Sexton, 222 _ 
Funafuti, Ellice Group, the Legendary History of, ProkW. J- 
Sollas, F.R.S., 353 ; the Coral Reef at Funafuti, Prof. Sydney 
J. Hickson, F.R.S., 439; Report on the Coral Reef at 
Funafuti, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., Prof. Sollas, Beno 5 
G. Sims 
73 é 
rind (Dr.), Anti-cholera Vaccination in India, 445 
Fungus, Termites and, J. H. Hart, 81 
Fungus, Calictzum popudneum a Pure, P. A. Dangeard, 207 
Furneaux (W.), Life in Ponds and Streams, 265 
