XXXVIlle 
Index 
Supplement to Nature 
June 17 1897 
Trail (Prof., F.R.S.), on the Floral Deviations in some Species 
of Polygonum, 21 
Trains, Frictional Effect of Air on, Prof. F. E. 
Travels in West Africa, Mary H. Kingsley, 416 
Travers (M. W.), the Gaseous Constituents of Minerals and 
Natural Waters, 406 
Trécul (Lucien), Death and Obituary Notice of, 11, 108 
Tree, the Sacred, or the Tree in Religion and Myth, Mrs. J. 
H. Philpot, 483 
Trees : onthe Ascent of Water in, Francis Darwin, F.R.S., 19 ; 
the Arrangement of Branches of, Thomas Swan, 155: Posi- 
tion of Boughs in Summer and Winter, Agnes Fry, 198 
Tremors, Earth, at Edinburgh between August 25 and Septeni- 
ber 6, Thos. Heath, 4 
Trifid Nebula, the, Prof. Pickering, 329 
Trigonometry, Velocity of Ducks measured by, Helm Clayton, 
278 
Trilobites, Classification of, C. E. Beecher, 476 
Trinchese (Dr. Salvatore), Death of, 348 
Troglodytes, Neolithic, the Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic 
of the, M. Ed. Piette, 229 
Trotman (S. R.), Elementary Non-Metallic Chemistry, 195 
Trowbridge (Prof. John), a Critic Criticised, 248; the Spectra 
of Argon, 308; the Multiple Spectra of Gases, 406 
True (F. W. j, Moles of North America, 301 
Tsetse Fly, the, Surgeon-Major Bruce, 47 
Tubercle Bacillus, on the so-called, Mr. Coppen Jones, 20 
Tuberculin, Dr. Koch’s Recent Researches on, Dr. G. Sims 
Woodhead, 567 
Tubes, Conductorless X-Ray Bulbs and, Rey. 
Smith, F.R.S., 294 
Tubes for the Production of Rontgen Rays, 296 
Tubes, Musical, R. T. Rudd, 165 
Tunnel, the Simplon, 617 
Turbinia, the, Hon. Charles Parsons, 571 
Turkish Inscriptions in Mongolia, the Old, Prof. N. Katanoff, 
262 
Turtle (Dermochelys ccriacea), Digestive Organs of, L. Vaillant, 
2: 
Nipher, 454 
Frederick J. 
4 
Tutt (J. W.), Aberrations of Zephrosza bistortata and Zygana 
exulans, 47; Melampias from Dauphiné Alps, 70; British 
Butterflies, 536 ; Silk Covering of Zephrosta bistortata Ova, 
599 
Tylor (Edward B., F.R.S.), die Formen der Familie und die 
Formen der Wirthschalt, Prof. Ernst Grosse, 51 
Typhoid Fever, Widal’s Bacteriological Diagnosis of, 590; 
Microscopic Demonstration of Widal’s Test for, Dr. Amand 
Ravold, 454 
Ule (Dr. Willi), Lehrbuch der Erdkunde fiir hohere Schulen, 
459 
Ultee Violet Light, on the Conductive Effect produced in Air 
by Réntgen Rays and by, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S , Dr. J. C. 
Beattie, Dr. Smoluchowski de Smolan, 343 
Unfelt Earthquakes, Prof. John Milne, F.R.S., 390; Thomas 
Heath, 439; Prof. Gerland, 558 
Unification of Time, the International, 567 
Union of Nerve Cells, the, F. C. Kenyon, 248; 
248 
Units, Dynamical, M. F. Jackson, 317; Prof. Geo. Fras. 
gerald, F.R.S., 389, 439 
Units of Force, C. S. Jackson, 198 
Universal Electrical Dictionary, the, 459 
United States : Army Identification Methods, Dr. C. H. Alden, 
59; Washington Weather Bureau's Method of Dissemination 
Forecasts, 59; Quiver Lake (Illinois) Biological Station, 81 ; 
Household Insects of United States, L. O. Howard and C. 
L. Marlatt, 233; Gold in Alaska, Prof. C. D. Walcott, 298 ; 
Researches on the Antiquity of “Man in the Delaware Valley 
and the Eastern United States, Henry C. Mercer, 459; 
Reports of Deep Water Ways Commission, 513 
Universal Meridian, the, 261 
Universe, the Wonderful, Agnes Giberne, 246 
University Intelligence, 23, 45, 69, 91, 118, 140, 164, 187, 214, 
262, 286, 307, 33% 355, 380, 495, 427, 451, 475, 501, 524 
548, 573, 598, 6 
Universities : the SO pEnIEE Ceremony of the Gatly Marine 
Laboratory, University of St. Andrews, 43; the Princeton 
Sesquicentennial, Dr. Wm. H. Hale, 43; Handbook of 
Courses open to Women in British, Continental, and Canadian 
Universities, Isabel Madison, Helen W. Thomas, Emma S. 
A. Sanders, 
Fitz- 
| Urbain (V. 
| Urophlyctzs, on some recent observations on the Chytridiaceous 
Wines, 100; Durham Degrees in Science, 295, 343; Rev. 
Henry Palin Gurney, 318; the Resources and Needs of Cam- 
bridge University, 612; Opening of New Laboratories at 
University College, Liverpool, 183 
Unterwegen (Herr Johannes), Sunspots, 
Variations, 42 
Uranic Rays, the, H. Becquerel, 119, 454 
Uranium, on Electrical Equilibrium between, and an Insulated 
Metal in its Neighbourhood, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S., Dr. J. C. 
Beattie, Dr. M. Smoluchowski de Smolan, 447 ; Law of Dis- 
charge in Gas of Electrified, H. Becquerel, 599 
Uranus, 111 
Urbain (G.), the Monazite Sands, 527 
), Les Suecédanés du Chiffon en Papeterie, 388 
Comets, and Climate 
genus, Prof. Magnus, 20 
Utility of Specific Characters, the, Rev. John T. Gulick, 508 
Vaccination, the Report of the Royal Commission on, 15 
Vaillant (L.), Digestive Organs of Turtle (Dermochelys cortacea), 
| 24 
Vallier (E.), Projectiles de Campagne de Siege et de Place ; 
Fusées, 388 
Vanadium in Scandinavian Rutile, Prof. B. Hasselberg, 544 
Vandevyver (L. N.), Length of Exposure for Radiographs 
through Limbs of Different Dimensions, 232 
Vanishing Knowledge, the Saving of, Prof. A. C. Haddon, 305 
Vapour ~Pressure Measurement with Micromanometer, A. 
Smits, 455; Prof. V. A. Julius, 455 
Vapour Pressures of Liquids, Method for Messunoe Lord 
Kelvin, F.R.S., 273; Note on, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S., 295 
Varanger Fjord, Glacial Phenomena of, Aubrey Strahan, 358 
Variable Stars: the Algol Variable + 17° 4367 W Delphini, 
Prof. E. C. Pickering, 260 
Variation in Swine, Study of Correlated, C. B. Davenport and 
C. Bullard, 471 
Variations, Definite, Prof. T. D, A. Cockerell, 439 
Vaschide (N.), Influence of Psychic Processes on Blood Pres- 
sure, 264; Influence of Brain Work on Blood Pressure, 399 
Vaschy (M.), an Error in Electro-Magnetism, 191 
Vasco da Gama, Cabot, Edward Salmon, 541 
Vegetables, the Culture of, for Prizes, Pleasure, and Profit, E. 
Kemp-Toogood, 557 
Venomous Snakes, the Natural Immunity of, 139 
Venus: the Rotation of Venus, Percival Lowell, 421 
Vernon (H. M.), the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Founda- 
tion of the Naples Zoological Station, 586 
Verrill (Prof. A. E.), Evolution of Phylogeny of Gasteropod 
Molluscs, 190; Nocturnal and Diurnal Changes in the 
Colours of certain Fishes, and of the Squid (Zo/zgo), with 
Notes on their Sleeping Habits, 451 
Verschaffelt (Dr.), Capillary Ascent between Two Concentric 
Cylindrical Tubes, 192 
Vestigial Characters in Man, on certain, Dr. Walter Kidd, 236 
Viard (G.), Velocity of Reduction of Chromic by Phosphorous 
Acid, 312 
Vibrations, Electrical, of Mercury, Ernest Braun, 581 
Vibrations, Molecular, on a New Law connecting the Periods 
of, Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 200, 223 
Villari (Prof. E.), Property of Rontgen Rays of inducing in 
Gases Power to discharge Electrified Bodies, 135; Annul- 
ment by Ozonation of Power of Discharging Electrification © 
created in Air by Rontgen Rays, 326; Action of Silent 
Electric Discharge upon Gases, 503 
Ville (Prof. Georges), Death of, 443 
Vincent (J. H.), Photography of Ripples, 430 
Vincent (Swale), on the Publication of Original Work, 79; 
Comparative Physiology of Suprarenal Capsules, 574 
Vincentini (Filandro), Bacteria of the Sputa and Cryptogamic 
Flora of the Mouth, 437 
Vines (Prof., F.R.S.), on Experiments on the Suction Forces of 
Branches, 20 
Vires (M.), Coagulating and Toxic Properties of Liver, 191 
Virus, Plague, Dr. Yersin and, Mrs. Percy Frankland, 378 
Viscosity : Viscosity of Mixtures of Liquids, C. E. Linebarger, 
91; Residual Viscosity and Thermal Expansion, H. D. Day, 
2; Recent Determinations by Efflux Method of Viscosity 
of Water, G. H. Knibbs, 259; Measurement of Coefficient of 
Viscosity of Air, Ch. Fabry and A. Perot, 383 ; the Coefficient 
of Expansion of Petroleum-Ether, Prof. F. Kohlrausch, 479 
Visible Horizon, the Distance of the, L. Cumming, 198 
