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June x7, 1897 
Index 
XXV 
T. K. Rose, 130; Steel Tempering in Phencl, M. Levat, 
143 ; Methods of separating Aluminium from Iron, F. A. 
Gooch, F. S. Havers, 188 ; the Expansion of Nickel Steel, 
C. E. Guillaume, 335; Fourth Report to Alloys Research 
Committee, Prof. Roberts-Austen, 377 
Metaphysics, Autobiographical Sketch of James Croll, J. C. 
Trons, 362 
Meteorology: Severe Winter Weather in Alaska, Sheldon 
Jackson, 39 ; the Hot Winds of Northern India, J. Eliot, 40; 
Washington Bureau’s Method of disseminating Weather Fore- 
casts, 59 ; Cyclone in Gulf of Aden, 59; Separate Day and 
Night Rainfall Records, W. W. Wagstaffe, 81; the Long- 
Period Weather Forecasts of India, Douglas Archibald, 85 ; 
Rainfall Forecasts in India, 161 ; Long-Period Weather Pre- 
dictions based upon Hydrographical Phenomena, 542 ; Royal 
Meteorological Society, 119, 215, 334, 407, 623 ; Haze, Fog, 
and Visibility, Hon. F. A. Rollo Russell, 119; Haze and 
Transparency, Hon. F. A. Rollo Russell, 407; the Week’s 
Weather, 134, 278, 300, 348; Symons’s Monthly Magazine, 
142, 188, 428, 598; Climate of British Empire in 1895, G. J. 
Symons, F.R.S., 142; the Use of Kites for Meteorological 
Observations in the Upper Air, H. Helm Clayton, 150; A. 
L. Rotch, 623; Kite-work in Arctic Regions, Dr. Harvey, 
598 ; the Aurora Borealis, Alfred Angot, 173; Pilot Chart of 
North Atlantic, 182 ; March Weather in North Atlantic, 589 ; 
Meteorology of German East Africa, 182; a Red Rain at 
Bizerte, Tunis, M. Ginestous, 191 ; the Origin of the Stratus- 
Cloud, and some suggested Changes in the International 
Methods of Cloud Measurement, H. Helm Clayton, 197 ; 
Winter Climate of Egypt, Dr. L. Canney, 215; Barometric 
Oscillations in 1887, Prof. Sresnevsky, 234 ; Fifty Years’ Ob- 
servations at Bombay, 234; St. Medard’s Day and Rain, 
Prof, Cleveland Abbe, 258; Spectroscopic Study of Water 
Vapour Distribution in Air, L. E. Jewell, 258; the First 
Attempt to Measure Wind Force, Prof. Marvin, 259 ; Report 
of Ben Nevis Intermediate Station, T. 8. Muir, 263; De- 
crease of Trinidad Rainfall, Mr. Hart, 302 ; the Exploration 
of the Air, A. L. Rotch, 302; the Photographic Observation 
of Clouds, 322; Thermometer Screens, E. Mawley, 334; 
Zero displacement in Thermometers, L. Marchis, 479; Ther- 
mometer for very Low Temperatures, F. Kohlrausch, 524 ; 
Constant Volume Air-Thermometer, J. E. Murray, 551; 
Annuaire de l’Observatoire Municipal de Montsouris pour 
YAnnée 1897, 340; Rainfall in the Lake District, 342 ; Solar 
Halo, Mock Sun and Rainbow, J. W. Scholes, 349 ; Rain- 
making by Electricity, Dr. W. Hentschel, 349 ; Fog-Dispersal 
by Electricity, A. McAdie, 350; the Extraordinarily Cold 
Climate of Werchojansk, Siberia, Dr. Zenker, 351; the 
Typhoon of July 22-25, 1896, Rev. L. Froc, 351 ; a Convec- 
tion Scope and Calorimeter, A. R. Bennett, 359 ; Elementary 
Meteorology, Frank Waldo, 363; Robinson and Pressure- 
Tube Anemometers compared, C. E. Peck, 372; True and 
False Waterspouts, H. Faye, 383 ; the Story of the Weather, 
George F. Chambers, 413; Mount Etna Observatory, A. 
Ricco and G, Saija, 419; Mean Values for British Islands, 
1871-95, 419; Water at unusually Low Temperatures, G. 
J. Symons, F.R.S., 428 ; Neudrucke von Schriften und Kar- 
ten tiber Meteorologie und Erdmagnetismus, Nos. 7-9, 437 ; 
Atmospheric Pressure-Variations over Siberia and Eastern 
Asia during January and February, 1890, Rev. S. Chevalier, 
446; Estimation of Atmospheric Ozone on Mt. Blanc, Maurice 
de Thierry, 454; Report of Meteorological Council for 
1895-96, 468; High Air Collection, L. Cailletet, 479; A. 
Miintz, 479 ; Storms of Western South Atlantic, E. Knipping, 
514; Death of Dr. J. Breitenlohmer, 589; Annals of St. 
Petersburg Observatory, 591; the First Daily Weather Map, 
G. J. Symons, F.R.S., 598; the Mt. Etna Observatory, H. 
Faye, 599; Cloud Observations, A. L. Rotch, 614; the 
Oldest Meteorographs, Dr. Hellmann, 614; Relations be- 
tween Cold Periods and Anticyclones in England, W. H. 
Dines, 623 ; Influence of Sunspots on Weather, A. B. Mac- 
Dowall, 623 4 
Meteors: the Leonids, 54, 84; the Leonid Meteor Shower, 
1896, W. F. Denning, 54, 153; Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer, 54; 
C. T. Whitmell, 54; Leonid Meteor Shower, Prof. A. S. 
Herschel, F.R.S., 173; Leonid Meteors in America, 137 ; 
. Meteor at Sea, 160; Meteor in New York City, 181 ; Shoot- 
ing Stars of January 2, W. F. Denning, 247; a New 
Meteorite, W. M. Foote, 309; a Meteorite from New 
Mexico, Warren M. Foote, 572 
Metric System adopted in Mexico, 38 
Miller (J. H.), 
Metric System of Weights and Measures compared with the 
Imperial System, the, Prof. W. H. Wagstaff, 172 
Metzner (René), Selenic Anhydride, 191 ; Action of Ammonium 
on Tellurium Chloride, 263 
Meudon, Observations of Mars at, M. Perrotin, 401 
Meunier (Stanislas), Origin of Asphalt, 239 
Mexico, Metric System adopted in, 38 
Meyer (Prof. Victor), the Oxidation of Hydrogen and Carbon 
Monoxide, 61 
Miall (Prof. L. C., F.R.S.), the Round of the Year, a Series 
of Short Nature Studies, 265 
Micromanometer, Wapour-pressure Measurements 
Smits, 455; Prof. V. A. Julius, 455 
Microphone (Prof. D. E. Hughes, F.RS.), and the Early 
History of the, 496 
with, A. 
Microscopy : Royal Microscopical Society, 47, 166; Changes 
in Tentacle of Drosera rotundifolia produced by feeding 
with Egg Albumen, Lily Huie, 22; Changes in Tentacle 
Gland-cells of Sun-dew after feeding with White of 
Egg, Lily Huie, 350; Development and Succession of 
Teeth in Marsupials, J. T. Wilson and J. O. Hill, 350; 
Results of Staining Brain by Chrome-Silver Method, Dr. 
A. Hill, 359; Method of Mounting Rotifers, Nicholas de 
Zograf, 359; Microscopic Demonstration of Widal’s Test for 
Typhoid Fever, Dr. Amand Ravold, 454 
Miers (Prof. H. A., F.R.S.), Dr. Lehmann’s Liquid Crystals, 
235 
Milk, Diphtheria Bacilli in, Prof. Schottelius, 301 
Mill (Dr. Hugh Robert), the Early Life of Nansen, 201 ; 
Fridtjof Nansen’s Farthest North, 393 
Rotation of Maltose and Soluble Starch, 
310 
Milroy (Dr. T. H.), Nucleids and Paranucleids of Animal 
Cell, 238 
Milne (Prof. John, F.R.S.), Two Unfelt Earthquakes, 390 
Minakata (Kumagusu), Marriage of the Dead, 224 
Mineralogy: Discoveries in Newfoundland, 
11; Minerals 
formed from Lead Scoriz from Laurium, A. Lacroix, 144 ; 
Mineralogical Society, 166; Origin of Asphalt, Stanislas 
Meunier, 239; Die Minerale des Harzes, Dr. Otto Luedecke, 
246; Manual of Determinative Mineralogy, with an Intro- 
duction on Blowpipe Analysis, G. J. Brush, 292 ; Death of 
Dr. August Streng, 348; Rarer Elements in Common Ores 
and Minerals, W. N. Hartley and H. Ramage, 358 ; Crystal- 
line Structure of Gold, A. Liversidge, 406 ; Gold in Natural 
Salts and Seaweed, A. Liversidge, 407; Mineralogy of 
Polycandros, A, Lacroix, 527; Death of Dr. G. A. Kenngott, 
540 
Mining: Colliery Working and Management, II. F. Bulman 
and R. A. S. Redmayne, Bennett H. Brough, 148; Register 
of the Associates and Old Students of the Royal School of 
Mines, 340: the Diamond Mines of Kimberley, Dr. William 
Crookes, F.R.S., 519 ; Colliery Explosions and Coal-Dust, 
Donald M. D. Stuart, 597 
Miolati (Dr. A.), Celebration of Prof. Cannizzaro’s Jubilee, 
203 
Mists on Mars, M. Flammarion, 235 
Model Drawing and Shading from Casts, T. C. Barfield, 52 _ 
Moissan (Henri), Transformation of Diamond into Graphite in 
Crookes’ Tube, 551; Crystalline Iron Carbide, 565 
Molecular Vibrations, on a New Law connecting the Periods of, 
Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 200, 223 
Moles of North America, F. W. True, 301 
Mollusca : Evolution and Phylogeny of Gasteropods, Prof. A. E. 
Verrill, 190; Influence of Water-Aeration on Development 
of Fresh-Water Mollusca, Victor Willem, 300 
Monaco (Prince Albert of), Princess Alice Bank discovered by, 
443 
Mond Gas-Produce Plant, the, H. A. Humphreys, 497 a 
Money, the Evolution of, Axe-heads as Currency, Dr. A. Gotze, 
591 “ 
Mongolia, the Old Turkish Inscriptions in, Prof. N. Katanoff, 
262 ; Mongolia and the Mongols, A. Pozdnéeff, 603 
Monier System of Construction, Walter Beer, 278 
Monkey, a Reputed Malagasy, R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 89 
Mont Blanc, Chamounix and the Range of, Edward Whymper, 
Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 102 
Mont Blanc, Actinometric Observations on, MM. Crova and 
Houdaille, 143 "s 
Montsouris, Annuaire de l’Observatoire Municipal de, pour 
lAnnée 1897, 340 
