Supplement to Natu al 
Index 
XXill 
June 17, 1897 
Lemoine (M.), Application of Rontgen Rays to Paleontology, 
Sr 
Lendenfeld (R. von), Aus der Alpen, 102 
Leonids, the, 42, 84; the Leonid Meteor Shower, 1896, W. F. 
Denning, 54; Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer, 54; C. T. Whitmell, 
54, 153; Leonids of November 15, a.m. 1896, Prof. A. S. 
Herschel, F.R.S., 173 ; Leonid Meteors in America, 137 
Lepidoptera: the Lepidoptera of the British Islands, Chas. G. 
Barrett, 222; British Butterflies, J. W. Tutt, 536; Mono- 
graph of the Bombycine Moths of America, North of Mexico, 
A. S. Packard, 536; Die Saturniiden, A. Radcliffe Grote, 
536; New Works on the Classification of Lepidoptera, 536 
Lescoeur (H.), Neutrality of Saits with reference to Coloured 
Indicators, 95 
Lespieau (R.), 1:3 di-Bromo-propylene, 191 ; Hexadiinediol, 
239 
Levat (M.), Steel Tempering in Phenol, 143 
Liebenow (Herr), the Jacques Cell, 420 
Life Assurance Explained, William Schooling, 414 
Life in Ponds and Streams, W. Furneaux, 265 
Life and Work of Charles Pritchard, F.R.S., the, 601 
Light : W..T. A. Emtage, 77 ; the Atmospheric Absorption of 
Light, W. E. Plummer, 235; the Effect of Magnetisation on 
the Nature of Light Emitted by a Substance, Dr. P. Zeeman, 
3473; Dark Light, M. Perrigot, 624 
Lighting : L’Eclairage aux gaz, 1x huiles, aux acides, gras, Kc., 
Prof. Julien Lefevre, 388 
Lilium martagon, on the Heterotype Division of, Miss Ethel 
Sargant, 20 
‘* Lincei,” the, and Experimental Science, Signor Todaro, 135 
Lincolnshire, South, a History of the Fens of, W. H. Wheeler, 
436 
Linebarger (C. E.), Viscosity of Mixtures of Liquids, 91 
Ling (H. R.), Action of Diastase on Starch, 358 
Linnean Society, 94, 166, 189, 310, 334, 430, 502, 526, 598 
Linneeus, Portraits of, W. Carruthers, F.R.S., 502 
Lippmann (G.), Method of Comparing Oscillations of Pendulums, 
with Aid of Electric Spark, 311 
Liquefaction of Air by Self-intensive Refrigeration, Dr. W. 
Hampson, 485 
Liquid Coherers and Mobile Conductors, Rollo Appleyard, 525 
Liquid Crystals, Dr. Lehmann’s, Prof. H. A. Miers, F.R.S., 
233 
Liquid Body, Ellipsoidal Forms of Equilibrium of Revolving, 
S. Kriiger, 455 
Liquids, Method for Measuring Vapour Pressures of, Lord 
Kelvin, F.R.S., 273; Note on, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S., 295 
Lister (Lord, P.R.S.), the Value of Pathological Research, 329 
Littleton (F. T.), Heat of Formation of Silver Amalgam Ag,Hgg, 
142 
Tverpach Opening of New Laboratories at University College, 
103 
Liversidge (Prof, A.), Gold in Sea-water, 162 ; Crystalline Struc- 
ture of Gold, 406 ; Gold in Natural Salts and Seaweed, 407 
Liverwort, Pellia epiphylla, on the Life-history of a Fungus 
which is the Cause of a Parasitic Disease in the, W. G. P. 
Ellis, 20 
Lobley (J. L.), Depth of Source of Lava, 503 
Lobry de Bruyn (Prof.), Chitosamine, 455 
Local Societies, the Work of, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., T. V. 
Holmes, 53 
Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S., Celestial Eddies, 249 ; Results 
with Prismatic Camera during 1896 Eclipse, 263 ; the Question 
of Carbon in Bright Line Stars, 304, 341; Iron Lines in 
Hottest Stars, 452 
Lockyer (Dr. W. J. S.), the Leonid Meteor Shower 1896, 54 
Locusts, use of Fungus for Destroying, Dr. W. A. Soga and H. 
P. Browne, 514 
Lodge (Prof. Alfred), the Symbols of Applied Algebra, 293 
Lodge (Prof. Oliver J., F.R.S.), Extension of the Visible 
Spectrnm, 33; Production of X-Rays, 100; the Pound as a 
Force, 124, 223 ; the Theory of Dissociation into Ions, 150 ; 
the Meaning of the Symbols in Applied Algebra, 246, 317 ; 
the Absence of Mechanical Connection between Ether and 
Matter, 477 
Loew (O.), Physiological Action of Amido-Sulphonic Acid, 93 
Long-Exposure Photographs, Isaac Roberts on, 544 
ee Weather Forecasts of India, the, Douglas Archi- 
ald, o5 
Longridge (Michael), Break-downs of Stationary Steam-Engines, 
45 
Love (Dr. J. K.), Deaf-Mutism, 550 
Lowe (Dr. G. M.), Radiography, 154 
Lowe (W. F.), Oysters and Copper, 366, 415 
Lowell (Percival), the Rotation of Venus, 421 ; Drawings of 
Mercury, 447 ; the Planet Mercury, 617 
Lubbock (Sir John, F.R.S.), Stipules, 526 
Luedecke (Dr. Otto), Die Minerale des Harzes, 246 
Luminosity and Photometry, J. B. Hayeraft, 525 
Lunar Photographs, Camille Flammarion, 373 
Lunar Theory, an Introductory Treatise on the, Prof. E. W. 
Brown, 266 
Lundgren (Dr. E. A. Bernhard), Death of, 348, 417 
Lung-fish, the American, T. G. Kerr and J. S. Budgett, 278 
Lunge (Prof. Dr. G.), Tabellen fiir Gasanalysen, 460 
Lunt (Joseph), Water and its Purification, 602 
Lydekker (R., F.R.S.), a Reputed Malagasy Monkey, 89 
Lynch (R. Irwin), Origin of the Cultivated Cineraria, 341 
Lynn (W. T.), Hindu Astronomy, W. Brennand, 193 
Lyons (A. B.), Chemical Composition of Hawaiian Soils, 188 
McAdie (A.), Fog-dispersal by Electricity, 350 
Macallum (Prof. A. B.), British Association Meeting in Toronto, 
319 ‘ 
McConnell (A. H.), Cobalt Oxides and Cobaltites, 502 
MacDougall (Alan), British Association Toronto Meeting, 1897, 
127 
MacDowall (A. B.), Influence of Sun-spots on Weather, 623 
McGee (W. J.), Marriage Observances of American Aborigines, 
302 
MacGregor’s (Sir William) Recent Journey across New Guinea 
and Re-ascent of Mount Victoria, J. P. Thompson, 157; Dr. 
Henry O. Forbes, 247 
Mach (Prof. E.), Die Principien der Warmelehre, historisch- 
kritisch entwickelt, 529 
Machinery, Hydraulic, R. G. Blaine, 556 
Macintyre (Dr. John), Experiments on Rontgen Rays, 64 ; 
Rapidity with which Radiographs are now taken, 541 
McKendrick (Prof.), the Structural and Physiological Nervous 
Units, 190 
Maclean (Dr. Magnus), on Electrical Properties of Fumes pro- 
ceeding from Flames and Burning Charcoal, 592 
Macloskie (G.), Acquired Immunity from Insect Stings, 533 
McMahon (Captain A. H.), Voleanic and other Rocks near 
Baluchistan-Afghan Frontier, 549 
McMahon (Prof. J), Hypothesis of Successive Transmission of 
Gravity, 46 
MacMahon (Major P. A., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of James 
Joseph Sylvester, 492 
Macpherson (Rev. H. A ), Fur and Feather Series: Red Deer. 
Natural History, 195 
Madagascar: a Reputed Malagasy Monkey, R. Lydekker, 
F.R.S., 89 
Maddison (Isabel), Handbook of Courses open to Women in 
British, Continental, and Canadian Universities, 100 
Madreporaria, the Classification of, Dr. Maria M. Ogilvie, 280 
Madreporarian Skeleton, Recent Work on the, Dr. Maria M. 
Ogilvie, 126 , 
Magnetism: Hertz’s Miscellaneous Papers, 6; Folgheraiter’s 
Method of estimating Ancient Dip by means of Baked Clay, 
40; Terrestrial Magnetism in Etruscan Epoch, Dr. G. 
Folgheraiter, 206; the Magnetisation of Etruscan Vases, 
Dr. G. Folgheraiter, 418 ; Resistance of Conducting Jelly, 
containing Iron Filings, in Magnetic Field, A. Griffiths, 47 ; 
Influence on Electromotive Force of Magnetisation, U. Lala 
and A. Fournier, 95; a Case of Abnormal Magnetic Attrac- 
tion, Lieut. A. G. Froud, Thos. Rogers, 127 ; Optical Pro- 
perties of Glass Cylinder in Rapid Rotation in Magnetic 
Field, C. Duperray, 161; the Effect of Magnetisation on the 
Nature of Light emitted by a Substance, Dr, P. Zeeman, 
347 ; Neudrucke von Schriften und Karten iiber Meteorologie 
und Erdmagnetismus, No. 7-9, 4373 Partial Polarisation of 
Luminous Rays under Influence of Magnetic Field, N. 
Egoroff and N. Geéorgiewsky, 5753 Magnetic Fields of 
Force, Prof. H. Ebert, 579; the Practical Treatment of 
Magnets. Dr. Carl Barus, 614 ; ; 
Magnus (Prof.), on some Recent Observations on the Chytri- 
diaceous Genus Uvophlyctes, 20 ; 
Magnus (Sir Philip), the Newest German Polytechnic, 34 
Maiden (J. H.), New Plants in New South Wales, 239 
Mairet (M.), Coagulating and Toxic Properties of Liver, 191 
Maitland (Gibb), Artesian Basins in North America, 182 
