Supplement to Se 
June 17, 1897 
Index 
XXVil 
of Oil at Sea, M. Baretge, 360; a Manual of Elementary 
Seamanship, D. Wilson-Barker, 459 
Nebulz : the Trifid Nebula, Prof. Pickering, 329 
Neolithic Troglodytes, the Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic 
of the, M. Ed. Piette, 229 
Nerve Cells, the Structure of, Alfred Sanders, 101 
Nerve Cells, the Union of, F. C. Kenyon, 248; A. Sanders, 
248 
Neudrucke von Schriften und Karten iiber Meteorologie und 
Erdmagnetismus, 437 
Neural Descriptive Terms, some, Prof. Burt G. Wilder, 224 
Neville (F. H.), Freezing-point Curves of Zinc Alloys, 502 
New Georgia, Ethnography of, Lieut. B. T. Somerville, 143 
New Guinea: Sir William Macgregor’s Recent Journey across 
New Guinea and Re-ascent of Mount Victoria, J. P. Thomp- 
son, 157; Dr. Henry O. Forbes, 247 
New Mexico, a Meteorite from, Warren M. Foote, 572 
New South Wales Linnean Society, 72, 191, 240 
New South Wales, Two New Plants in, J. H. Maiden, E. 
Betche, 239 
New York Academy of Sciences, 190; Annual Exhibition of, 
589 
New Zealand: Climbs in the New Zealand Alps, E. A. Fitz- 
gerald, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 102; Pioneer Work in 
the New Zealand Alps, Arthur E. Harper, Prof. T. G. Bonney, 
F.R.S , 458 
Newcomb (Prof. Simon), Physical Causes of Variation, 191 ; 
Solar Motion as Gauge of Stellar Distances, 191 
Newfoundland, Discoveries of Minerals in, 11 
Newman (F. E.), Theorie der doppelten Strahlenbrechung, 
abgeleitet aus den Gleichungen der Mechanik, 100 
Newth (S. G.), Detection of Potassium Compounds by Flame 
Test, 543 
Newton (Prof. Alfred, F.R.S.), a Dictionary of Birds, 505 ; 
Early Arrival of the Swift, 508 
Newton (Sir Edward), Death and Obituary Notice of, 613 
Niagara Falls Electrical Machinery, Starting of, 58 
Nichols (E. F.), Heat Rays of Great Wave-Length, 329 ; 
Behaviour of Quartz towards Infra-red Rays, 524 ; Heat Rays 
of Great Length, 524 
Nickel Stress Telephone, a, T. A. Garrett, 574 
Nile Cataracts, Plan to Generate Electricity at the, 562 
Nipher (Prof. F. E.), Frictional Effect of Trains on Air, 454 
Nitrogen, Papilionaceous Plants and, Prof. W. Somerville, 399 
Nittis (M.). Protective Power of Serum influenced by Nerve 
Lesion, 264 
Nobel (Alfred), Death and Obituary Notice of, 232 
Non-Metallic Chemistry : the Tutorial Chemistry, Part i., Non- 
Metals, G. H. Bailey, 195; Elementary Non-Metallic 
Chemistry, S. R. Trotman, 195 
N6rdlinger (Dr. Herman von), Death of, 348 
North American Mosses, Analytical Key to the Genera and 
Species of, C. R. Barnes, 389 
North Atlantic, March Weather in, 589 
North Polar Problem, the, Dr. Nansen, 495 
Norton (Charles L.), a Powerful and Efficient Means of Driving 
X-Ray Tubes, 460 
Notes of the Night, and other Outdoor Sketches, Charles C. 
Abbott, 77 
Nova Aurigze, Prof. W. W. Campbell, 617 
Noyes (Mr.), Reaction of Ferric Chloride, Potassium Chloride 
and Hydrochloric Acid, 543 
Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, 142, 406 
“ieee (G.), Is Animal Life possible in the Absence of Bacteria ? 
23 
Nyland (A. A.), the Period of Rotation of Jupiter’s Spots, 352 
Oats, the Cultivation of, 496 
Oberbeck (A.), Dissipation of Electricity from Conductor into 
Air, 380 
Observatories : Strassburg Observatory, 14 ; Companion to the 
Observatory, 163 ; Mountain Observatories, 183 ; the Western 
Australia Government Observatory, 183 ; Melbourne Observa- 
tory, 235; Annuaire de l’Observatoire Municipal de Mont- 
souris pour Annee 1897, 340; Belgian Observatory Annual, 
516; Columbia University Observatory’s Publications, 544 ; 
Harvard College Observatory Report, Prof. E. C. Pickering, 
566 
Oceanic Ichthyology, George Brown Goode, Tarlton H. Bean, 
SHAE) 
Oddone (Dr. E.), the Periodicity of Earthquakes in Liguria, 82 
O’Donahue (T. A.), Colliery Surveying, 438 
Ogilvie (Dr. Maria M.), Recent Work on the Madreporarian 
Skeleton, 126 ; the Classification of Madreporaria, 280 
Ogilvie (William), Gold discovered in Canada, 540 
Oil at Sea, Effects of, M. Baretge, 360 
Oliver (W. D.), Crags and Craters, Rambles in the Island of 
Réunion (Bourbon), 365 
Oloufsen (M.), the Pamir Country, 27 
Omori (Prof. F.), After-Shocks of Great Japanese Earthquake of 
November 4, 1854, 205 ; Intensity and Amplitude of Motion 
_ in Great Japanese Earthquake of 1891, 444 
Oology : Death of Major C. E. Bendire, 417 
Opinion, Scientific, the Need of Organising, Dr. Henry PB. 
Armstrong, F.R.S., 409, 433 
Oppel (Albert), Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Mikroskopischen 
Anatomie der Wirbelthiere, 74 
Optics: the Origin of Anti-Kathodic Rays, P. de Heen, 13; 
Luciferase, R. Dubois, 24 ; Optical Conditions of Fatigue in 
Reading, H. Griffing and S. J. Franz, 82; Photo-Electric 
Residual Action of Kathode Rays, J. Elster and H. Geitel, 
92; some Experiments with Kathode Rays, A. A. C. 
Swinton, 568 ; Interference Refractometer for Electric Waves, 
O. Wiedeburg, 92; Refraction Constants of Crystalline 
Salts, W. J. Pope, 93 ; Application of Illusions accompanying 
Formation of Penumbra to Réntgen Rays, G. Sagnac, 119; 
Uranic Rays, H. Becquerel,119, 454 ; Optical Properties of Glass 
Cylinder in Rapid Rotation in Magnetic Field, C. Duperray, 
161; Flicker Photometers, Prof. O. N. Rood, 190; Telescope 
Free from Secondary Colour, Prof. C. S. Hastings, 191 ; 
Influence of Magnetisation on Emitted Light, Dr. Zeeman, 
192; Electro-Capillary Light, P. Schott, 214; Glow-worm 
Light, H. Muraoka, 214 ; Curious Optical Phenomenon, Dr. 
C. B. Warring, 232; Variation of Accidental Double Refrac- 
tion of Quartz, with Direction of Compression, R. Dongier, 
263; Ophthalmoscopic Appearances of Fundus Oculi in 
Primates, Dr. Lindsay Johnson, 333; the Direct Synthesis of 
Optically Active Proteid-like Substances, Dr. Henry E. 
Armstrong, F.R.S., 341; Absorption of Ultra-Violet Light 
by Crystals, V. Agafonoff, 350; Subjective Colour Pheno- 
mena, Shelford Bidwell, F.R.S., 367; the Use of very Small 
Mirrors with Paraffin Lamp and Scale, H. H. Hoffert, 382 ; 
Changes of Colour in Flashes of Light of Short Duration, Aug. 
Charpentier, 407; the Colours of the Brazilian Diamond 
Beetle’s Scales, Dr. Garbasso, 444; Diffraction Pattern near 
Telescope Focus, R. H. D. Mayall, 479 ; Behaviour of Quartz 
towards Infra-Red Rays, E. F. Nichols, 524; Heat Rays of 
Great Wave-length, H. Rubens and E. F. Nichols, 524; 
Luminosity and Photometry, J. B. Hayeraft, 525; Dr. 
Zeeman’s Phenomenon in Eye, E. G. A. ten Siethoff, 527 ; 
Partial Polarisation of Luminous Rays under Influence of 
Magnetic Field, N. Egoroff and N. Géorgiewsky, 575; 
New Cadmium Lamp for producing Interference Fringes, 
Maurice Hamy, 576 
Orbit of Jupiter’s First Satellite, the, Dr. Fritz Cohn, 421 
Orbits of Bodies, Lecture-room Demonstration of the, under 
the Action of a Central Attraction, R. W. Wood, 620 
O'Reilly (Dr. M. F.) on Mass, 317 
Organic Selection, Prof. J. Mark Baldwin, 558 
Origin of Manna, the, B. Timothy, 440 “ 
Origin of the Stratus-Cloud, the, and some Suggested Changes 
in the International Methods of Cloud Measurements, H. 
Helm Clayton, 197 
Original Work, on the Publication of, Swale Vincent, 79 | 
Ormerod (Eleanor A.), Report of Observations of Injurious 
Insects and Common Farm Pests during the Year 1896, with 
Methods of Prevention and Remedy, 557 : 
Ornithology: the Swallows, Henry Cecil, 53 ; Observations of 
Swallows, S. Stainer, 109; Death of Heinrich Gatke, 348 ; 
a Dictionary of Birds, Prof. Alfred Newton, F.R.S., 505; 
the Ostrich, 546; the Affinities of Hesperornzs, Prof. B. C 
Marsh, 534; Death and Obituary Notice of Sir Edward 
Newton, 613 
Osmotic Pressure, Prof. J. H. Poynting, F.R.S., 33; Lord 
Kelvin, F.R.S., 273: Dr. J. Larmor, F.R.S., 545 ; Osmotic 
Pressure and Ionic Dissociation, Dr. Henry E. Armstrong, 
F.R.S., 78: the Theory of Dissociation into Ions, Prof. 
Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 150; W. C. D. Whetham, 151, 606 ; 
E. F. Herroun, 152 ; Spencer Pickering, F.R.S., 223 : Semi- 
permeable Films and Osmotic Pressure, Prof. J. Willard 
Gibbs, 461 
Ostrich, the, 546 
