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Index 
Nature, ~ 
December 14, 1899 
Fortey (F. H.), a Plague of Frogs, 246 
Fossil Egg from South Dakota, Dr. O. C. Farrington, 536 
Fossil Lepidodendron Stem from Dalmeny Calciferous Sand- 
stone, A. C. Seward, F.R.S., and A. W. Hill, 239 
Foster (Prof. Carey), Platinum Thermometry, 587 
Foster (Sir Michael, K.C.B., Sec.R.S.), Inaugural Address 
at the Dover Meeting of the British Association, 464 
Fourier’s Series, Prof. A, A. Michelson, 52; M. Poincaré, 
52; Prof. A. E. H. Love, F.R.S., 100 
Fournier (H.), Di-isoamylacetic Acid, 119 
France: Higher Education in Paris, A. T. Simmons, 10; 
Faune de France, Mammiferes, A. Aclogue, 410 ; Bulletin de 
la Société Astr. de France, 513 
Francois (Maurice), Dissolution of Mercurdiammonium Iodide, 
360 
Frankel (Dr. C.), Nature and Modus operandi of Tubercular 
Infection, 109 
Frankland (Sir Edward, K.C.B., F.R.S.), Death and Obituary 
Notice of, 372 
Freezing Point, Absolute Value of, Mr. Rose-Innes, 166 
Fresh Water Pearls of America, the, 150 
Friedel (Prof. Charles), Obituary Notice of, Dr. J. H. Glad- 
stone, F.R.S., 57 
Frogs, a Plague of, F. H. Fortey, 246 
Fron (G.), a Gutta-percha Plant capable of Cultivation in 
Temperate Climates, 612 
Fuchsine Film, Phase-change associated with the Reflection of 
Light from a, Edwin Edser, 44 
Fumigation, the Destruction of Orange-tree Pests by, W. J. 
Allen, 548 
Fundy, Bay of, the Bore at Moncton, W. Bell Dawson, 161 
Fundy, Bay of, Tides of the Gulf and River St. Lawrence, and, 
Sir J. W. Dawson, F.R.S., 291 
Fundy, Tides in the Bay of, W. H. Wheeler, 461 
Fungus, a Horn-destroying, Prof. H. M. Ward, F.R.S., 92 
Fungus, the Trinidad Cacao, G. Massee, 353 
Fur-seal Herds of the North Pacific, 354 
Gage (Prof. S. H.), Importance and Promise in Study of 
Domestic Animals, 562 
Gaillard (M.), Toxicity of Children’s Urine, 215 
Galapagos, the Giant Tortoises of the, W. Herbert Purvis, 199 
Galdieri (Dr. A.), New Alga, Pleurococcus sulphurarius, 485 
Galt (Dr. Alexander), Heat of Combination of Solid Metals, 95 
Galton (Dr. Francis, F.R.S.), a Measure of the Intensity of 
Hereditary Transmission, 28 ; the Median Estimate, 584 
Gardening : Die Alpen-Pflanzen in der Gartenkultur der Tie- 
flander, Erich Wocke, John Weathers, 6 
Garstang (Walter), Survey of Western English Channel, 157 ; 
First Report on the Periodic Investigation of the Plankton 
and Physical Conditions of the English Channel during 1899, 
631; on the Artificial Rearing of Young Sea-fish, 631 
Garstin (Sir William), the Forests of the Sudan, 4o1 
Garwood (EB. J.), the Glacial Phenomena of Spitzbergen, 239 
Gas Lighting: L’éclairage 4 Incandescence, P. Truchot, 517 
Gaseous Nebule, Temperatures in, F. E. Nipher, 377 
Gases : the Free Expansion of Gases, Memoirs by Gay-Lussac, 
Joule, and Joule and Thomson, J. S. Ames, 7; Liquid Air 
and the Liquefaction of Gases, T. O’Conor Sloane, 268 
Gattermann (Prof.),Silicomesoxalic Acid, 63 ; Diazo-compounds, 
New Method of Carrying-out Reaction, 186 
Gaudry (A.), the Neomylodon, 564 
Gautier (Armand), Iodine in Sea-water, 47 ; Variation of Iodine 
Compounds in Sea-water from Different Depths, 264; Pre- 
sence of Iodine in Chlorophyll containing Algze, 336 
Gautier (H.), Magnesium Phosphide, 72 
Gautrelet (E.), the Egols, New General Antiseptics, 288 
Gecko Cannibalism, F. P. Bedford, 8 
Gee (W. W. Haldane), Mathematical Tables, 590 
Gegenschein, the Terrestrial, Prof. S. Newcomb, 544 
Geikie (Sir Archibald, D.C.L., D.Sc., F.R.S.), Opening 
Address in Section C of the British Association, 496 
Geitel (Prof.), Becquerel Rays and Magnetic Field, 230; Bec- 
querel Rays, 623, 635 
a Geminorum, Motion of Apse Line of, A. Belopolsky, 377 
¢ Geminorum, Variable Radial Velocity of, 114 
Gemmill (Dr. J. F.), on Negative Evidence regarding the 
Influence of Nutrition in determining Sex, 631 
General Physiology: Max Verworn, W. B. Hardy, 565. 
Geography : Through New Guinea and the Cannibal Countries, 
H. Cayley Webster, 49; Results of the Scientific Expedition 
to Sokotra, 116 ; the Philippines and Round About, Major G. 
J. Younghusband, 149; the Plans for Antarctic Exploration, 
202; Government Grant in aid of Antarctic Exploration, 
256; the Geography of Mammals, W. L. and P. L. Sclater, 
217; Seventh International Geographical Congress, 227, 
632; Impressions of America, T. C. Porter, 291; Leitfaden 
der Kartenentwurfslehre, Prof. Dr. Karl Zoppritz, Sir C. W. 
Wilson, F.R.S., 435; Fleas and the Permanency of Con- 
tinents, 549 ; Death of Chief Justice C. P. Daly, 575 
Geology : the Origin of Peneplains, Prof. W. M. Davis, 16 ; 
Volcanoes, their Structure and Significance, T. G. Bonney, 
F.R.S., 27 ; Typical Marine Permo-Carboniferous Fauna in 
Eastern Alps, Dr. E, Shellwien, 36; Obituary Notice of Sir 
Frederick McCoy, F.R.S., 83 ; Geological Society, 94, 118, 
142, 191; Limestone Knolls in Craven District, J. E. Marr, 
F.R.S., 943 J. R. Dakyns, 94 ; Lamellibranchs from British 
Carboniferous Rocks, Dr. W. Hind, 94; Early Tertiary Vol- 
canoes of Absaroka Range, Arnold Hague, 112; the Wearing 
away of Sand Beaches, W. H. Wheeler, 115 ; Palzotrochis, 
H. S. Williams, J. S. Diller, 117; Argillaceous Rock associ- 
ated with Quartz Veins in Diamantina (Brazil) Region, O. A. 
Derby, 117 ; Geology of Davos District, A. V. Jennings, 118; 
Geology of County Waterford, F. R. C. Reed, 119 ; Geology 
of the Lozére, Ernest Cord, 135 ; Geology of Southern Dal- 
matia, G. Bukowski, 135 ; Moldavite in Pyrope-bearing Sands 
of Northern Bohemia, J. J. Jahn, 135; Cast from Footprint 
in Stourton Trias, H. C. Beasley, 142; Rhyolites of Hauraki 
Goldfield, James Park and Frank Rutey, 143; Progressive 
Metamorphism of Dalradian Sediments near Loch Awe, J. B. 
Hill, 143; Eruptive Rocks of Cape Blanc, Algeria, L. 
Duparc and E, Ritter, 144 ; Applied Geology, J. V. Elsden, 
148 ; Geology of Mont Blanc, Louis Duparc, Ludovic Mrazec, 
Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 152; a ‘‘ Boulder-Pavement,” 
G. K. Gilbert, 159; Glacial Sculpture in Western New York, 
G. K. Gilbert, 159; United States Geological Survey, 182 ; 
Mount Rainier, I. C. Russell, 182; G. O. Smith, 182; 
Age of Franklin White Limestone of Sussex County, New 
Jersey, J. E. Wolff and A. H. Brooks, 182 ; Geology of San 
Clemente Island, W. S. T. Smith, 182; Recent Earth 
Movement in North American Lake Region, G. K. Gilbert, 
182; Geology of Christmas Island, C. W. Andrews, 191 ; 
Geology of Northern Anglesey, C. A. Matley, 191; In- 
trusion of Granite into Diabase at Sorel Point, Jersey, John 
Parkinson, 191 ; Theory of the Earth, with Proofs and Illus- 
trations, James Hutton, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 220 ; 
the Radial Displacements of Earth’s Surface under Weight of 
Ice-Caps, P. Rudski, 230; the Glacial Phenomena of Spits- 
bergen, E. J. Garwood, 239 ; Glacial Wash-Plains of Southern 
New England, J. B. Woodworth, 258 ; Lepidodendron Stem 
from Dalmeny Calciferous Sandstone, A. C. Seward, F.R.S., 
and A. W. Hill, 239 ; Trap-Dykes of Orkneys, J. S. Flett, 
239; Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Prestwich, 265; the 
Cosmic Origin of Moldavite, 276; Geology of Coolgardie 
Goldfield, T. Blatchford, 300; Residual Effect of Former 
Glacial Epoch on Ground Temperatures, Rev. O. Fisher, 300 ; 
Andesites from Fiji, A. S. Eakle, 301; Paleontological 
Divisions in Stramberg Limestone, Dr. M. RemeS, 352; 
Relation between Hereford Earthquake of 1896 and Geological 
Structure of Bangor-Anglesey District, E. Greenly, 375 ; the 
Mouth of Grand River, E. H. Mudge, 383; La Geologie 
Expérimentale, Prof. Stanilas Meunier, 388; Palzotithic 
Implement of Hertfordshire Conglomerate, Worthington G. 
Smith, 390; Note on the Discovery of A/zolania and of 
Glossothertum (Neomylodon) in Patagonia, Dr. Francesco P. 
Moreno, 396; a Fold-Making Apparatus for Lecture Pur- 
poses, Prof. G. A. Lebour, 411 ; Gold Deposits of South- 
Eastern Quebec, R. Chalmers, 428 ; the Depressions of the 
Northern Dolomites, Prof. C. Diener, 440; Torsion Struc- 
ture in the Alps, Prof. Suess, Dr. Maria M. Ogilvie, 443 ; 
the Devonian System of Canada, J. F. Whiteaves, 515 ; 
Fossil Egg from South Dakota, Dr. O. C. Farrington, 536 ; 
Geological Time, Rev. O. Fisher, 544; Italian Volcanic 
Rocks, H. S. Washington, 612; the Trap of Rocky Hill, 
A. H. Phillips, 612; the Story of Ice in the Present and 
Past, W. A. Brend, 615; the Parent Rock of the South 
African Diamond, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 620 
Geometry : Textbook of Practical Solid Geometry, E. H. de 
V. Atkinson, 122 ; Geometrical Drawing, E. C. Plant, 122; 
