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Rays, Sir G. G. Stokes. 167; the Heating of Anodes in X- 
Ray Tubes, Walter Chamberlain, 198; A. A. C. Swinton, 
225; Sesamoid Bones, F. J. Reid, 225 ; Electrification of Air 
by Rontgen Rays, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S., Dr. J. C. Beattie, 
Dr. Smoluchowski de Smolan, 199; Dissociation of Neutral 
Electricity produced in Gases by Rontgen Rays, Jean Perrin, 
232; the Baldness produced by Rontgen Rays, M. Broca, 
232; the Alleged Injurious Effects of X-Rays, J. L. Thomas, 
590; Dermatitis due to, T. C. Gilchrist, 541; Length of 
Exposure for Radiographs through Limbs of different Dimen- 
sions, L. N. Vandevyver, 232; Transparency of Glass and 
China to, Prof. Riicker, 232; Rontgen Rays applied to 
Diagnosis of Thoracic Diseases, Ch. Bouchard, 239; J. 
Bergonie, 239 ; Relatiye Transparency of Alkaline Metals to 
Roéntgen Rays, Prof. C. Marangoni, 279; Conductorless X- 
Ray Bulbs and Tubes, Rev. Frederick J. Smith, F.R.S., 
294; Tubes for the Production of Réntgen Rays, 296; the 
Law of Transparency for X-Rays, L. Benoist, 312; Annul- 
ment by Ozonation of Power of discharging Electrification 
created in Air by Rontgen Rays, Prof. Villari, 326; Bio- 
logical Inaction of Rontgen Rays, Prof. Stefano Capranica, 
326; the Apparent Deflection of Rontgen Rays behind 
Opaque Obstacles, Prof. A. Roiti, 326 ; Chemical Inaction of 
Rontgen Rays, A. de Hemptinne, 327; Fluorescence of 
Vitrified Materials under Rontgen Rays, M. Radignet, 335 ; 
on the Conductive Effect produced in Air by Réntgen Rays, 
and by Ultra-Violet Light, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S., Dr. J. C. 
Beattie, Dr. Smoluchowski de Smolan, 343; Radiography of 
Soft Parts of Men and Animals, MM. Remy and Contre- 
moulin, 359; Diagnosis of Stone by Réntgen Rays, Henry 
Morris, 372; Rontgen Rays and Phenomena of the Anode 
and Kathode, Edward P. Thompson, 386; the Constitution 
and Functions of Gases, the Nature of Radiance and the Law 
of Radiation, Severinus J. Corrigan, 386; Influence of 
Rontgen Rays on Explosive Distance of Electric Spark, M. 
Guggenheimer, 407; Discharge by Rontgen Rays, Jean 
Perrin, 454 ; a Powerful and Efficient Means of driving X- 
Ray Tubes, Charles L. Norton, Ralph R. Laurence, 460 ; 
on Apparent and Real Diselectrification of Solid Dielectrics 
produced by Roéntgen Rays and by Flame, Lord Kelvin, 
F.R.S., Dr. M. Smoluchowski de Smolan, Dr. J. C. 
Beattie, 472; Patterns produced by Charged Conductors 
on Sensitive Plates, James Anson, 269; John Brown, 
294; Fernando Sanford, 485; on the Influence of, in 
respect to Electric Conduction through Air, Paraffin, and 
Glass, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S., Dr. C. Beattie, and 
Dr. M. Smoluchowski de Smolan, 498 ; Visibility of Ront- 
gen Rays, G. Brandes and E. Dorn, 524; Sciagraphs of 
British Batrachians and Reptiles, J. Green and J. H. Gardiner, 
G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., 539 ; Rapidity with which Radio- 
graphs are now taken, Dr. John Macintyre, 541 ; Fomm’s 
Experiments on Wave-length of X-Rays, 552 ; X-Ray Photo- 
graphy, William Webster, 559; some Experiments with 
Kathode Rays, A. A. C. Swinton, 568; Action of X-Rays on 
Heart, Gaston Seguy and F. Quénisset, 576; Varying Electro- 
static Stresses of Glass of Rontgen Lamp, J. L. Thomas, 
590 ; the Effect of Rontgen Rays on Solid and Liquid Insu- 
lators, Prof. J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., 606 ; Diffraciion Pheno- 
mena produced with Rontgen Rays, R. W. Wood, 614 
Rood (Prof. O. N.), Flicker Photometers, 190 
Ros Rosarum : Dew of the Ever-living Rose, 173 
Rose (Dr. T. K), the Alloys of Copper and Zinc, 130; the 
Extraction of Gold by Chemical Methods, 448 ; 
Rotation of Jupiter’s Spots, the Period of, A. A. Nyland, 352 
Rotation of Venus, the, Percival Lowell, 421 
Rotch (A. L.), the Exploration of the Air, 302 ; Meteorological 
Use of Kites, 623 
Roth (H. Ling), the Natives of Sarawak and British North 
Borneo, Prof. Alfred C. Haddon, 128 
Rothen (Dr. Timothée), Death of, 397 
Rouget, Cause of, S. Jourdain, ror 
Rough Notes and Memoranda relating to the Natural History 
of the Bermudas, J. L. Hurdis, 604 
Round of the Year, the, a Series of Short Nature Studies, Prof. 
L. C. Miall, F.R.S., 265 
Roux (Dr.), the Plague Bacillus, 370 
Royal Commission on Vaccination, Report of the, 15 
Royal Geographical Society Annual Honours Award, 563 
Royal Meteorological Society, 119, 215, 334, 407, 623 
Royal Microscopical Society, 47, 166 
Royal Society, 188, 214, 238, 263, 332, 356, 381, 406, 429, 452, 
Index 
(ae to Nature, 
June 17, 1897 
477, 501, 525. 548, 574, 621; Medal Awards for 1896, 37: 
Anniversary Meeting, 111 ; New Foreign Members, 320 
Rubens (H.), Heat Rays of Great Wave-length, 329, 524 
Riicker (Prof.), Transparency of Glass and Porcelain to Réntgen 
Rays, 232 
Rudd (R. T.), Musical Tubes, 165 
Rundell (W. W.), Obituary Notice of, 512 
Runge (Herr), Oxygen in the Sun, 303 
Russell (Hon. F. A. Rollo), Haze, Fog, and Visibility, 119 ; 
Haze and Transparency, 407 
Russell (Prof. I. C.), How Igneous Rocks intrude, 445 
Russell (Israel C.), Glaciers of North America, 556 
Russell (Dr. J. S. R.), Origin and Destination of Afferent and 
Efferent Tracts in Medulla Oblongata, 502 
Russia, Southern, the Anthropological 
Zaborowski, 184 
Russian Observations of the Corona of August 9, 1896, Baron 
Nicolas Kaulbars, 298 
Rutile, Vanadium in Scandinavian, Prof. B. Hesselberg, 544 
Rydal Water, Whirlwind on, Henry J. C. Anderson, 5 
Rydberg-Schuster Law of Elementary Spectra, the, Prof. A. S. 
Herschel, F.R.S., 271 
History of, M. 
Sabatier (Paul), Action of Cuprous Oxide on Solutions of Silver 
Nitrate, 407 ; Action of Nickel on Ethylene, 527 
Saccardo (Dr. F.), Death of, 80 
Saccharomyces, L’Origine des, MM. Kloécker and Schidnning, 
469 
Sacred Tree, the, or the Tree in Religion and Myth, Mrs. J. H. 
Philpot, 483 ; 
Sagnac (G.), Application to Réntgen Rays of Illusions accom- 
panying Formation of Penumbra, 119 
Sailing Flight, S. E. Peal, 278 
St. Andrews, the Opening Ceremony at the Gatty Marine 
Laboratory at, 43 
St. Louis Academy of Science, 454 
St. Martin (Vivien de), Death of, 231 
St. Medard’s Day and Rain, Prof. Cleveland Abbe, 258 
St. Petersburg Central Physical Observatory, Annals of, 591 
St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists, Memoirs of, 428 
Sakaki (Dr. Siuku), Death of, 562 
Salmon (Edward), Cabot and Vasco Da Gama, 541 
Sanarelli (Dr. G.), the Bacillus of Yellow Fever, 370 
Sanders (Alfred), the Structure of Nerve Cells, 101 ; the Union 
of Nerve Cells, 248 
Sanford (Fernando), Patterns produced by Charged Conductors 
on Sensitive Plates, 485 
Sanford (Dr. L. J.), Death of, 205 
Sanyal (Rambramha), Hours with Nature, 28 
Sarawak and British North Borneo, the Natives of, H. Ling 
Roth, Prof. Alfred C. Haddon, 128 
Sargant (Miss Ethel) on the Heterotype Division of Le/izm_ 
martagon, 20 
Satellite of Procyon, the, Isaac W. Ward, 153 
Saturn, Observations of, Herr A. Anton Wonazek, 183; Herr 
L. Brunner, 183 
Saturniiden, Die, A. Radcliffe Grote, 536 
Saville-Kent (W.), suggested Reef Boring at the Bermudas and 
elsewhere, 101 ; in the Australian Bush and on the Coast of 
the Coral Seas, Prof. Richard Semon, 227 
Savoire (M.), Modifications of Nutrition in Cancerous Subjects, 
168 
Scandinavian Rutile, Vanadium in, Prof. B. Hasselberg, 544 - 
Schacht (G. F.), Death of, 205 
Schaerberle (Prof.), the Companion to Procyon, 498 ; Observa- 
tions of Jupiter’s Fifth Satellite, 566 
Schafer (Prof. E. A., F.R.S.), 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; the Cell in Development and Inheritance, 530 
Scharff (Dr. R. F.), Origin of European Fauna, 95 
Schiaparelli (Prof.), the Planet Mars, 516 
Schiff (Dr. Moritz), Death of, 11 
Schionning (M.), L’Origine des Saccharomyces, 469 
Schloesing (Th.), Uniform Distribution in Atmosphere of Argon, 
48; Nitric Acid in Seine, Marne, and Yonne, 143; Argon 
and Nitrogen in Blood, 383 
Schmidt (G. C.), Electrostatic Deflection of Kathode Rays, 
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