Supplement to Natu me] In dex XX XI 
June 17, 1897 
Queensland, Sugar Cane Growth in, 60 
Quelch (J. J.), the Electric Eel, 508 
Queénisset (F.), Action of X-Rays on Heart, 576 
Quincke (G.), Rotations in Constant Electric Field, 92 
Rabbit, New Mexican, Dr. C. H. Merriam, 300 
Rabies, the Extirpation of, 325 
Racial Change, Rate of, that accompanies Different Degrees of 
Severity in Selection, Francis Galton, F.R.S., 605 
Radignet (M.), Fluorescence of Vitrified Materials under 
Rontgen Rays, 335 
Radiography: Dr. G. M. Lowe, 154; W. I. Chadwick, 198 ; 
with Wimshurst Machine, W. G. Watson, 12; Uranic Rays, 
H. Becquerel, 119, 454 ; Length of Exposure of Radiographs 
through Limbs of Different Dimensions, L. N. Vandevyver, 
232; Transparency of Glass and Porcelain to Rontgen Rays, 
Prof. Riicker, 232; Radioscopy applied to Diagnosis of 
Thoracic Diseases, Ch. Bouchard, 239; J. Bergonié, 239; 
Patterns produced by Charged Conductors on Sensitive 
Plates, J. Brown, 294; James I’Anson, 269; Fernando 
Sanford, 485; Radiography of Soft Parts of Men and 
Animals, MM. Remy and Contremoulin, 359 ; Rapidity with 
which Radiographs are now taken, Dr. John Macintyre, 541 ; 
Dermatitis due to X-Rays, T. C. Gilchrist, 541 ; Production 
of X-Rays of different Penetrative Values, A. A. C. Swinton, 
621; Comparison between Absorption by Crystalline Media 
of Luminous Rays and Rontgen Rays, A. Agafnoff, 623. See 
also Réntgen Rays 
Rain-making by Electricity, Dr. W. Hentschel, 349 
Rainfall in the Lake District, 342 
Raisin (C. A.), the Rauenthal Serpentine, 478 
Ramage (H.), Rare Elements in Common Ores and Minerals, 
358 
Rambaut (Dr. A. A.), Refraction and the Apparent Diurnal 
Movements of Stars, 592 
Ramsay (Prof. W., F.R.S.), the Gaseous Constituents of 
Minerals and Natural Waters, 406; the Gases of the Atmo- 
sphere, 435; a New Scientific Club, 559 
Randolph (Dr. Robert), Alcohol as Disinfectant for Surgical 
Instruments, 60 
Ranvier (L.), a new Theory of Cicatrisation, 239; Synaptic 
Fibres, 454 
Rathmore, Landslip at, 205 
Rats and the Plague, Dr. Cantlie, 258 
Ravold (Dr. Amava), Microscopic Demonstration of Widal’s 
Test for Typhoid Fever, 454 
Ray (F. C.), Mercury Hypo-Nitrites, 142; Interaction of Mer- 
curous Nitrite and Alkyl Iodides, 142 
Rayleigh (Lord, F.R.S.), the Theory of Solutions, 253; Oxi- 
dation of Nitrogen Gas, 406 
Reade (T. M.), the Glacio- Marine Drift of Vale of Ciwyd, 623 
Reading, Physical Conditions of Fatigue in, H. Grithng and | 
S. I. Franz, 82 
Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic of the Neolithic Troglodytes, 
the, M. Ed. Piette, 229 
Recherches sur les Origines de Egypte, J. de Morgan, 578 
Red Deer, Fur and Feather Series, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, 
195 
Red Dust of Doubtful Origin, J. M. Yates, 508 
Redmayne (R. A. S.), H. F. Bulman and, Colliery Working and 
Management, 148 
Redwood (Boverton), a Treatise on Petroleum, 169 
Reed (F. R. C.), Fauna of Keisley Limestone, 166; the Bon- 
mahon Red Rocks, 502 
Reef-Boring at the Bermuda Islands, Suggested, W. K. Morri- 
son, 5; W. Saville-Kent, 101 
Reefs, Coral, Dr. John Murray, 551; Foundations of, Rear- 
Admiral W. J. L. Wharton, C.B., F.RS., 390; Formation 
of, Capt. W. Usborne Moore, 463 
Reflecting Telescopes, Coudé Mountings for, 472 
Reflector and Portrait Lens in Celestial Photography, Dr. Max 
Wolf, 582 
Refraction and the Apparent Diurnal Movements of Stars, Dr. 
A. A. Rambaut, 592 
Refrigeration, Self-intensive, Liquefaction of Air by, Dr. W. 
Hampson, 485 
Register of the Associates and Old Students of the Royal College 
of Chemistry, the Royal School of Mines, and the Royal 
College of Science, 340 
Regnard (P.), Argon and Nitrogen in Blood, 383 
Reid (Clement), the Hitchin Palzeolithic Deposits and the Glacial 
Epoch, 501 
Reid (F. J.), Sesamoid Bones, 225 
Reindeer in Alaska, Sheldon Jackson, 39 
Relationship between the Masses and Distances of the Four 
Outer Planets, G. E. Sutcliffe, 559 
Relative Motion of Stars in the Line of Sight, Prof. E. C. 
Pickering, 137 
Relics of Primeval Life, Sir J. William Dawson, F.R.S., 484 
Religious Superstitions of Northern India, 577 
Remy (Ch.), Use of X-rays in Anatomical Researches, 48 ; 
Radiography of soft parts of Men and Animals, 359 
Renault (Dr. B.), the Geological Work of Bacteria, 40 
Renwick (F. F.), Pinophanic Acid, 502 
Reproduction, Photographic, of Colours, 422 
Reptiles, Sciagraphs of British Batrachians and, J. Green and 
J. H. Gardiner, 539; G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., 539 
Research Laboratory, the Davy-Faraday, 208 
Research Laboratory of the Royal College of Physicians of 
Edinburgh, the New, 88 
Research, the Value of Pathological, Lord Lister, F.R.S., 329 
Researches on the Antiquity of Man in the Delaware Valley and 
the Eastern United States, Henry C. Mercer, 459 
Resources and the Needs of Cambridge University, the, 612 
Responsibility in Science, Prof. Edward B. Poulton, F.R.S., 
100; Dr. Charles Chree, 152 
Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies sur son Yacht 
par Albert 1°", Prince Souverain de Monaco, Robert Collett, 
59 
Résultats scientifiques de la Campagne du Cawdun dans le Golfe 
de Gascoigne, R. Koehler, 559 
Réunion (Bourbon), Crags and Craters, Rambles in the Island 
of, W. D. Oliver, 365 
REVIEWS AND OUR BoOKSHELF— 
Studien zu Methodenlehre und Erkenntnisskritik, Friedrich 
Dreyer, Prof. Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 1 
Erkenntnisstheoretische Grundziige der Naturwissenschalte n 
und ihre Beziehungen zum Geistesleben der Gegenwart, Dr. 
P. Volkmann, Prof. Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 1 
Text-book of Comparative Anatomy, Dr. Arnold Lang, 4 
Experience : a Chapter of Prolegomena, Rev. Wilfrid Rich- 
mond, 4 
Lehrbuch der Algebra, Heinrich Weber, 25 
Hours with Nature, Rambramha Sanyal, 28 
Elements of Astronomy, Sir Robert Ball, F.R.S., 28 
Practical Work in Physics, W. G. Woolcombe, 28 
Peasblossom, Caroline Pridham, 28 
Elements of Mechanics, Thomas Wallace Wright, Prof. John 
Perry, F.R.S., 49 
Die Formen der Familie und die Formen der Wirthschalt, 
Ernst Grosse, Edward B. Tylor, F.R.S., 51 
Annales de Géographie, No. 23, Bibliographie de I’Année 
1895, 51 
Animals at Work and Play, their Activities and Emotions, 
C. J. Cornish, 52 
Model Drawing and Shading from Casts, T. C. Barfield, 52 
A Short Catechism of Chemistry, A. J. Wilcox, 52 
Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., K.B., 
P.R.S., during Captain Cook’s First Voyage in H.M.S. 
Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Utahite, 
New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies, 73 
Handbuch der Gewebelehre der Menschen, A. Kvelliker, 
Prof, E. A. Schafer, F.R S., 74 
Lehrbuch der Histologie der Menschen, einschliesslich der 
mikroskopischen Technik, A. Bohn, M. von Davidoff, Prof. 
E. A. Schafer, F.R.S., 74 
Lehrbuch der vergleichenden mikroskopischen Anatomie der 
Wirbelthiere, Albert Oppel, Prof. E. A. Schafer, SRES:, 
74 ay 
A History of Gardening in England, Hon. Alicia Amherst, 
75 Fs 3 ; 
Grundeiss einer exacten Schdpfungs Geschichte, Hermann 
Habenicht, 76 
A New Speculation on the Past and Future Temperature ot 
the Sun and Earth, 77 
Light, W. T. A. Emtage, 77 
Tables for Iron Analysis, John A. Allen, 77 
Notes for Chemical Students, Prof. Peter T. Austen, 77 
Notes of the Night, and other Outdoor Sketches, Charles C. 
Abbott, 77 
