Nature, ] 
December 14, 1899, 
L[ndex 
vii 
System, Ch. V. Zenger, 597 ; Orbit of Eros, Herr Hans Osten, 
625 ; Strassburg Observatory, 625 
Astrosclera Willeyana, J. J. Lister, 631 
Athénes, Annales de l’Observatoire National d’, publiées par 
Demetrius Eginitis, 266 
Athens, Meteorology at, 157 
Atkinson (E. H. de V.), Text-book of Practical Solid Geometry, 
122 
Atlantic Cable ; the Life Story of Sir Charles Tilston Bright : 
with which is Incorporated the Story of the Atlantic Cable 
and the first Telegraph to India, Edward Brailsford Bright 
and Charles Bright, 613 
Atmospheric Railway, the South Devon, Sir Frederick Bram- 
well, 327-8 
Atomic Weights, Proposal to Establish an International Com- 
mittee on, Prof. Tilden, 609 
Atoms, on the Existence of Masses Smaller than the, Prof. 
J. Thomson, M. Broca, Prof. Riicker, Sir Norman 
Lockyer, Prof. Oliver Lodge, 586 
Auden (H. A.), the Synthesis of Camphoric Acid, 214 
Auerbach (Felix), Kanon der Physik, 314 
Aurora, the Height of the, Prof. Cleveland Abbe, 130 
Australasian Association, the, 82 
Australia: Meteorology of South Australia, Sir Charles Todd, 
134; in the Australian Bush and on the Coast of the Coral 
Sea: being the Experiences and Observations of a Naturalist 
in Australia, New Guinea and the Moluccas, Richard 
Semon, 169 
Ayrton (Mrs. W. S.), the Reason for the Hissing of the 
Electric Arc, 282, 302 
Babes (V), Prevention and Cure of Toxic Epilepsy by Injection 
of Normal Nerve Substance, 312 
Backhouse (T. W.), Remarkable Lightning Flashes, 520 
Bacon (Rev. J. M.), the Audibility of Sound in Air, 484 
Bacteriology: Bacteria and Tobacco, G. C. Nuttall, 159; 
Enzyme Negativing Action of Anthrax Bacillus, R. Emmerich 
and O. Low, 185; a Polymorphous Bacterium, S. Hashi- 
moto, 185; Malaria and Mosquitoes, Prof. Grassi, 157 ; 
Major Ronald Ross, 229, 398, 535, 574; Prof. Koch, 595 ; 
Life-History of the Parasites of Malaria, Major Ronald Ross, 
322; the Cause and Prevention of Malaria, Major Ronald 
Ross, 357; Investigations on Mosquitoes and Malaria, Dr. 
Daniels, 333; the Present Position of the Investigation of the 
Malarial Parasite, 439; Investigation of the Malarial Para- 
site, 546 ; Action of Quinine on the Parasite of Malaria, Dr. 
D. L. Monaco and L. Panichi, 576; Bacteria, Dr. George 
Newman, F.R.S., Dr. A. C. Houston, 434 
Bacoucea (M.), Prevention and Cure of Toxic Epilepsy by In- 
jection of Normal Nerve Substance, 312 
Baden, the Anthropology of, Otto Ammon, 145 
Bailey (G. H.), Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 76 
Baillie (Charles William), Death and Obituary Notice of, 204 
Bain (H. F.), the Western Interior Coal-field of America, 36 
Baker (C. H.), a Gigantic Annual Plant, 485 
Balance, Gravity, Quartz Thread, R. Threlfall and J. A. 
Pollock, 69 
Balance, Gravity, a Portable, Profs. Threlfall and Pollock, 587 
Balbiani (Prof.), Death of, 327 ; Obituary Notice of, 399 
Baldwin (Prof. J. Mark), the Story of the Mind, 172 ; Heredity 
and Variation, 591 
Balland (M.), Change of Flour-gluten with Age, 360 
Balloons: Wireless Telegraphy between two, 278 ; Unmanned 
Balloon Ascent, 351 ; Mathematical Investigation of Theo- 
retical Vertical Movements of a Free Balloon, Dr. Hergesell, 
400 
Barcera (Mariano de la), Death of, 35 
Barnard (Prof. E. E.), Fifth Satellite of Jupiter, 207; Comet, 
1899 a (Swift), 231 ; Temperature Changes in Yerkes Object- 
glass, 281 
Barnes (Prof. C. R.), Progress and Problems of Plant Physio- 
logy, 563 
Barral (Et.), Preparation of Phenylic Chlorocarbonates, 240 
Barrachi (P.), the Melbourne Observatory Annual Report, 551 
Barrett (Prof. W. F., F.R.S.), Historical Note on Recalescence, 
173; the Thermo-electric Properties of an Alloy Contain- 
ing Iron 68°8 per cent., Nickel 25-0, Manganese 5’0, and 
Carbon 12, 586 
Barton (Dr.), Criterion for Oscillatory Discharge of Condenser, 
70 
Basset (A. B., F.R.S.), Bessel’s Functions, ror, 174 
Bats and their Insect Prey, C. Oldham, 624 
Baubigny (H.), the Separation of Traces of Bromine existing in 
Chlorides, 72; Separation and Estimation of Traces of 
Bromine in presence of large excess of Chlorides, 95 ; 
Estimation of Traces of Chlorine in presence of very large 
excess of Bromine, 143 
Baumann (Dr. Oscar), Death and Obituary Notice, 594 
Baxendell (J.), Self-recording Anemoscope, 215 
Bay of Fundy, W. Bell Dawson, 161; Tides in the, Sir J. W. 
Dawson, F.R.S., 291; W. H. Wheeler, 461 
Beasley (H. C.), Cast from Footprint in Stourton Trias, 143 
Beattie (Prof. J. C.), Electrical Leakage from Charged Bodies, 95 
Becquerel Rays, Profs. Elster and Geitel, 623, 635 
Becquerel Rays and Magnetic Field, Profs. Elster and Geitel, 
230 
Beddard (Frank E., F.R.S.), a Note upon Phosphorescent 
Earthworms, 52 
Bedeutung der Reize fiir Pathologie und Therapie im Lichte der 
Neuronlehre Die, De A. Goldschneider, 73 
Bedford (F. P.), Gecko Cannibalism, 8 
Bee-culture in United States, Frank Benton, 352 
Beeton (Mary), Inheritance of Longevity in Man, 356 
Békel (A.), Mixed Anhydrides of Formic Acid, 192 
Belgian Antarctic Expedition, the Work of the, Lieut. Gerlache, 
13; the Soundings of the Ae/gica, Henryk Arctowsky, 352 
Bell (Ernest D.), Mammalian Longevity, 30 
Belopolsky (A.), Motion of Apse Line of a Geminorum, 377 
Beman (W. W.), New Plane and Solid Geometry, 517 
Benham (Prof. Wm. Blaxland), the Development of the 
Tuatara, 79; the Skull of Hatteria, 567; Phosphorescent 
Earthworms, 591 
Benin, Antiquities from the City of, in the British Museum, 
C. H. Read, O. M. Dalton, H. Ling Roth, 219 
Benton (Frank), Bee Culture in United States, 352 
Benzaldehyde, on the Action of Caustic Soda on, Dr. C. A. 
Kohn, 609; Dr. W. Trantom, 609 
Benzenoid Compounds, on Laws of Substitution, especially in, 
Prof. Armstrong, 609 
Bergens Museum, Report on Norwegian Marine Investigations, 
1895-97, Dr. Johan Hjort, O. Nordgaard, and H. H. Gran, 
313 
Bérgstrand (Osten), Stellar Parallax, 538 
Berlin Tuberculosis Congress (1899), Dr. 
108, 154 
Berry (Arthur), a Short History of Astronomy, 196 
Berthelot (M.), the Formation of Alcohol by Plants, 167 ; 
Argon and its Combinations, 288 ; Combination of Sulphide 
of Carbon with Hydrogen and Nitrogen, 312; Ammoniacal 
Silver Nitrate, 384 ; Metallic Derivatives of Acetylene, 408 ; 
Reaction of Argon and Nitrogen with Mercury Alkyls, 408 ; 
Velocity of Detonations of Acetylene, 456; Chimie végétale 
et agricole, 541; Trimethylene, 564 
Bertin (L. E.), Marine Boilers, 289 
Bertrand (Gabriel), Properties of Dioxyacetone, 384 
Bessel’s Functions, A. B. Basset, F.R.S., 101, 174; Prof. A 
Gray, F.R.S., 149 
Bevan (E. J.), Oxidation of Furfural by Hydrogen Peroxide, 118 
Bicycle; La Bicvclette, sa Construction et sa Forme, Dr. C. 
Bourlet, 77 
Bidwell (Shelford, F.R.S.), Magnetic Strain in Bismuth, 222 ; 
Curiosities of Light and Sight, 389; Dark Lightning Flashes, 
F. W. Tunnicliffe, 
591 
Billow Clouds, Wave or, 235 
Biology : a Biological Aspect of Cancer, F. J. Faraday, 23; 
Obituary Notice of Charles Naudin, 58; Results of the 
Scientific Expedition to Sokotra, 116; L’Année Biologique, 
195; Thatsachen und Auslegungen in Bezug auf Regener- 
ation, August Weismann, 242 ; Die Methode der Variations- 
statistik, Georg Duncker, 338; the Soluble Ferments and 
Fermentation, J. Reynolds Green, F.R.S., 361; the Living 
Organism, an Introduction to the Problems of Biology, 
Alfred Earl, 458; Death of Johannes Miiller, Prof. Virchow, 
595; the Nature and Origin of Life, Dr. F. J. Allen, 623 ; 
Marine Biology, Survey of Western English Channel, 
Walter Garstang, 157; an Account of the Deep Sea 
Ophiuroidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey 
Ship Zzvestigator, R. Koehler, 459 
Birds: Cries and Calls of Wild Birds, C. A. Witchell, 171; 
Habits of the Cuckoo, Wm. H. Wilson, 175; an Illustrated 
