XX 
Index [ee to Nature, 
June 17, 1897 
W. Wien, 46; Temperatures Inside Vacuum Tubes, R. W. 
Wood, 46; Method of Measuring Temperatures of Incan- 
descent Lamps, P. Janet, 48 ; Heats of Formation of Lithium 
Hydride, M. Guntz, 48; Observations with D’Arsonval 
Calorimeter on Marmot, &c., Dr. U. Dutto, 60; Residual 
Viscosity and Thermal Expansion, H. D. Day, 92; Melting 
Points of Metals, S. W. Holman, R. R. Laurence, and L. 
Barr, 110; Heat of Formation of Silver Amalgam, Hg, Hg,, 
F. T. Littleton, 142; Variations of Melting Point with Pres- 
sure, R. Demerliac, 287; Absolute Thermal Conductivity 
of Air, E, Miiller, 309 ; Specific Heats of Elementary Gases, 
M. Berthelot, 311; Heat Rays of Great Wave-length, H. 
Rubens, E. F. Nichols, 329 ; Determination of Ratio of Two 
Specific Heats of Acetylene, G. Maneuvrier, J. Fournier, 
335 3; a Convection Scope and Calorimeter, A. R. Bennett, 
359; Thermo-Electric Qualities of Liquid Metals, Beckit 
Burnie, 430; Temperature-Coefficients of Aneroids, L. H. 
Siertsema, 431; Freezing Point Curves of Zinc Alloys, C. T. 
Ileycock and F. H. Neville, 502 ; High Temperature Action 
on Antimony Peroxide, H. Baubigny, 504 ; Effect of Sur- 
rounding Gas-pressure on Temperature of Crater of Electric 
Arc, Messrs. Wilson and Fitzgerald, 514; M. Guillaume, 
514 ; Heat Rays of great Wave-length, E. F. Nichols and H. 
Rubens, 524 ; Thermometer for very Low Temperatures, F. 
Kohlrausch, 524 ; Heat-Indicating Paint, Dr. S. P. Thomp- 
son, 525; Latent Heats of Evaporation and Law of Van der 
Waals, George Darzens, 527 ; Die Principien der Warmelehre 
historisch-kritisch entwickelt, Prof. E. Mach, 529; Special 
Points in Melting-Curve, Prof. Van der Waals, 551; Con- 
stant Volume Air Thermometer, J. E. Murray, 551 ; Action of 
High Temperature on Metallic Sulphides, A. Mourlot, 576; 
the Critical Point Theory, P. de Heen, 614 
Heating of Anodes in X-Ray Tubes, A. A. C. Swinton, 225 
Heating with Hot Air, Accidents from, N. Gréhant, 575 
Heath (Thomas), Earth Tremors at Edinburgh between August 
25 and September 6, 4; Two Unfelt Earthquakes, 439 
Heawood (Edward), Geography of Africa, 364 
Hedin (Sven), Travels in Central Asia of, 58, 589 
Heen (P. de), the Origin of Anti-kathodic Rays, 13; Photo- 
graphy by Impact of Dust-laden Current of Air, 279; the 
Critical Point Theory, 614 
Heilprin (Prof. Angelo) the Earth and its Story : a First Book of 
Geology, 316 
Hele-Shaw (Prof. 
Association, 5 
Heliades, the Tears of the, or Amber as a Gem, W. Arnold 
Buffam, John R. Jackson, 194 
Helium, M. Berthelot, 311 
Hellmann (Dr.), the Oldest Meteorographs, 614 
Helmholtz (H.),; Zwei Hydrodynamische Abhandlungen, 100 
Hemiptera-Homoptera of the British ISlands, the, James 
Edwards, 389 
Hemptinne (A. de), Chemical Inaction of Rontgen Rays, 327 
Helmsley (W. Botting, F.R.S.), Tournefort and the Latitudinal 
and Altitudinal Distribution of Plants, 52 
Henderson (J. B.), Measuring Electrolytic Conductivity by Con- 
tinuous Currents, 23 
Henriet (M. H.), Les Gaz de I’ Atmosphére, 533 
Henry (A. J.), Relative Humidity and Cotton Manufacture, 398 
Henslow (Rev. George), Natural Selection and Origin of Species 
in Plants, 189 ; How to Study Wild Flowers, 222 
Hentschel (Dr. W.), Rain-making by Electricity, 349 
Hepworth (T. C.), the Camera and the Pen, 268 
Herdman (Prof. W. A., F.R.S.), the Oyster Question, 293 ; 
the Natural History of the Marketable Marine Fishes of the 
British Islands, 361 ; Oysters and Copper, 366 
Heredity : the Inheritance of Specific Characters, F. A. Bather, 
Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 29; Heredity of Acquired 
Characteristics, Leonard Hill, 160; Prichard and Acquired 
Characters, Wilfred Mark Webb, 342; Prof. R. Meldola, 
F.R.S., 342 ; the Utility of Specific Characters, Rev. John 
T. Gulick, 508 
Hermann’s (Prof.) Theory of the Capillary Electrometer, G. J. 
Burch, 214 
eenenn (Dr. Gustav), the Mechanics of Pumping Machinery, 
304 
Herroun (E. F.), the Theory of Dissociation into Ions, 152 
Herschel (Prof. A. S., F.R.S.), Leonids of November 15, a.m. 
1896, 173; the Rydberg-Schuster Law of Elementary 
Spectra, 271 
Hertwig (Richard), the General Principles of Zoology, 149 
H. S.), the G Section of the British 
Hertz (Heinrich), Miscellaneous Papers, 6 
Hesperornis, the Affinities of, Prof. O. C. Marsh, 534 
Hess (Albert), New Method of Storing Acetylene, 527 
Fleterocephalus glaber in North Somaliland, Prof. Henry H. 
Giglioli, 440 
Heycock (C. T.), Freezing-point Curves of Zinc Alloys, 502 
Hicks (Dr. Henry, F.R.S.), Morte Slates of North Devon and 
West Somerset, 623 
Hickson (Prof. Sidney J., F.R.S.), the Coral Reef at Funafuti, 
439 
Hildebrand (R.), Simple Method of separating Alternating 
Discharges in Vacuum Tubes, 47 
Hill (Dr. A.), Results of Staining Brain by Chrome-Silver 
Method, 359 
Hill (J. P.), Development and Succession of Teeth in Marsupials, 
350 
Hill (Leonard), Heredity of Acquired Characteristics, 160 
Himmel und Erde, 15, 208 
Hind (Dr. W.), Subdivisions of Carboniferous Period in Great 
Britain, 215 
Hindu Astronomy, W. Brennand, W. T. Lynn, 193 
Hindu Medicine, H.H. Sir Bhagvat Sinh Jee, 221 
Histology : Histology of the Blue-Green Algze, Prof. Zacharias, 
21; Handbuch der Gewebelehre der Menschen, A. Koelliker, 
74; Lehrbuch der Histologie der Menschen, einschliesslich 
der mikroskopischen Technik, A. Bohm, M. von Davidoff, 
74; Lehrbuch der vergleichenden mikroskopischen Anatomie 
der Wirbelthiere, Albert Oppel, 74; Prof. E. A. Schafer, 
F.R.S., 74 
Ifodgson (Brian Houghton), Life of, British Resident at the 
Court of Nepal, Sir William Wilson Hunter, 290 
Hoff (Prof. J. H. van ’t), Studies in Chemical Dynamics, 98 ; 
Vorlesungen iiber Bildung und Spaltung von Doppel-salzen, 
07 
Hoftert (H. H.), the Use of very Small Mirrors with Paraffin 
Lamp and Scale, 382 
Hoffmann (M. W.), Discharge Rays, 381 
Hogg (Dr. Robert), Death of, 495 
Holborn (L.), Measurement of Low Temperatures, 46 
Holden (Prof. ), Comet Perrine, 42 
Holman (S. W.), Melting Points of Metals, 110 
Holmes (T. V.), the Work of Local Societies, 53 
Honey-Birds and Cingalese Loranthus Seeds, F. W. Keeble, 
109 
Hooker (Sir Joseph D.), Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph 
Banks, P.R.S., during Captain Cook’s First Voyage in 
H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-71, 73 
Hopkinson (J., F.R.S.), Capacity and Residual Charge of 
Dielectrics as affected by Temperature and Time, 381 
Horizon, the, Distance of the Visible, L. Cumming, 198 
Horn Expedition, the, to Central Australia, 185 oh 
Horticulture; a History of Gardening in England, Hon. Alicia 
Amherst, 75; Origin of the Cultivated Cineraria, R. Irwin 
Lynch, 341; the Culture of Vegetables for Prizes, Pleasure, 
and Profit, E. Kemp Toogood, 557 
Hot Air Heating, Accidents from, N. Gréhant, 575 
Houdaille (M.), Actinometric Observations on Mont Blanc, 143 
Hours with Nature, Rambramha Sanyal, 28 
‘ Hourst’s (Lieut.) Niger Expedition, Return of, 133 
Howard (L. O.), Household Insects of United States, 233; 
Cotton and Insects, 301 ; Clothes Moths and Cold Storage, 327 
Howe (Herbert A.), a Study of the Sky, 580 . 
Huggins (Dr. William, F.R.S.), Carbon in Bright-Line Stars, 
16 
ghee (Prof. D. E., F.R.S.) and the Early History of the 
Microphone, 496 ‘ 
Huie (Miss Lily), on the Changes in the Tentacle of Drosera 
rotundifolia produced by feeding with Egg Albumen, 22 ; 
Changes in Tentacle Gland-Cells of Sundew, 350 d 
Hull (Prof. Edward, F.R.S.), another Possible Cause of Glacial 
Epoch, 189; a Gigantic Geological Fault, 581 
Human Incubators, 396 
Human Nature, on, Arthur Schopenhauer, 460 
Hummel (J. J.), the Colouring Matter of Wallflowers and 
Hawthorn, 93 
Humphreys (H. A.), the Mond Gas-producing Plant, 497 
Hunter (Sir William Wilson), Life of Brian Houghton Hodgson, 
British Resident at the Court of Nepal, 290 ’ 
Hurdis (J. L.), Rough Notes and Memoranda relating to the 
Natural History of the Bermudas, 604 
Hutchinson (Rev. H. N.), Prehistoric Man and Beast, 314 
