Nature, | 
December 14, 1899 
Index 
XXill 
Hurricanes in North Atlantic Ocean, 281; January and 
February Storms in North Atlantic Ocean, 351 ; the Week’s 
Weather, 299; Meteorological Services in Russia, Prof. C. 
Abbe, 299; Meteorology of Ben Nevis in Clear and Foggy 
Weather, J. Y. Buchanan, 311; Tornadoes: J. R. Musick, 
328 ; Prof. Cleveland Abbe, 328; Thermometric Scales for 
Meteorological Use, J. Y. Buchanan, F.R.S., 364; H. 
Helm Clayton, 491 ; the So-called Thunderstorm ; Prevalence 
of Anticyclones, 366 ; Severe Hurricane at Montserrat, 374; 
New Russian Weights and Measures, 399; Climatology of 
Panama, General H. J. Abbot, 427; Sea Gulls and 
Weather, Prince Kropotkin, 439; Movement of Sea-Gulls 
with a Coming Change of Weather, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. 
Godwin-Austen, F.R.S., 491; W. F. Sinclair, 545; the 
Forecast of the Monsoon, John Eliot, 438; Meteorological 
Means and Extremes for Faroe, Iceland and Greenland, 
484; Induced Lightning Flash, C. E. Stromeyer, 511; 
Remarkable Electric Displays at Shanghai, T. Kingsmill, 
511; Remarkable Lightning Flashes, C, E. Stromeyer, 520; 
Prof. Henry Stroud, 520; T. W. Backhouse, 520; F. H. 
Glew, 520; Dark Lightning Flashes, Dr. William J. S. 
Lockyer, 570; Shelford Bidwell, F.R.S., 591; the West 
Indian Hurricane of August 3-21, 512; the West Indian 
Hurricane of August 3-September 12, 1899, 622 ; the Gas 
Thermometer at High Temperatures, L. Holborn and A. 
L. Day, 516; on the Use of the Fahrenheit Scale for 
Observations on Sea Temperatures, William S. Bruce, 545 ; 
the Air Movement in the Western Himalayas, Mr. Eliot, 
549; the Canadian Weather Service, 549; Diurnal Vari- 
ation of Atmospheric Electricity, A. B. Chauveau, 564 ; 
Temperature-variation of Free Air, T. de Bort, 576; Meeting 
of the International Meteorological Committee at St. Peters- 
burg, 591; Payta, the Driest Spot in the World, Prof. D. 
G. Fairchild, 624 
Meteors: Remarkable Meteorite at Mount Zomba, 85; a 
Remarkable Meteor, Ch. André, 408; the Recent Perseid 
Meteoric Shower, W. F. Denning, 377; Luminous Trains 
of Shooting Stars, Ch. André, 432 ; Vanadium in Meteorites, 
M. B. Hasselberg, 487 ; Observations of Leonids, 578; the 
Coming Shower of Leonids, W. F. Denning, 592; Orbit of 
Shooting Star of August 24, 1899, J. C. Sola, 588 
Méthode dans la Psychologie des Sentiments, De la, F. Rauh, 
543 
Métral (P.), Simple Verification of Archimedian Principle for 
Gases, 87 
Meunier (Prof. Stanilas), ‘‘ La Géologie Expérimentale,” 388 
Mexico, the Squirrels North of, Dr. Allen, 537 
Meyer (Dr. A. B.), The Negritos: the Distribution of the 
Negritos in the Philippine Islands and elsewhere, 433 
Meyer (S.), Magnetic Properties of Elements, 384; Magnetic 
Susceptibilities of Inorganic Compounds, 635 
Miall (Prof. L. C., F.R.S.), Gooseberry Saw-fly, 222 
Michelson (Prof. A. A.), Fourier’s Series, 52 
Micro-metallurgy, Experiments in; Effects of Strain, Prof. 
Ewing, F.R.S., and Walter Rosenhain, 67 
Microscopy, New Method of Mounting Actinie, Dr. Sorby, 
F.R.S., 44; Microscopical Society, 47, 167, 239; the Micrc- 
scopy of Drinking Water, G. C. Whipple, 146; Method of 
Enlarging and Deepening Field of Compound Microscope, 
R. Forgan, 192 ; Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 
263, 488; Chats about the Microscope, Henry C. Shelley, 
518 
Milk as a Food-article, Dr. Schlossmann, 87 
Milk-coagulation, Existence in Horse-blood, Preventive of, 
A. Briot, 144 
Mill (Dr. Hugh Robert), Limnology, 174 
Millar (W. J.), Subjective Impressions due to Retinal Fatigue, 
391 
Milne (Prof. J., F.R.S.), the Hereford Earthquake of December 
17, 1896, 194; the Darjeeling Disaster, 545 
Mimicry, W. L. Distant, 428 
Mimicry and Warning Colours, Edward] B. Poulton, F.R.S., 
Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 55 
Mimicry and Common Warning Colours in Butterflies, Illus- 
tration of, Mark L. Sykes, 222 
Minakata (Kumagusu), Walrus, 150 
Mind, the Story of the, J. M. Baldwin, A. E. Taylor, 172 
Mineral Waters of Harrogate, the Natural, Dr. F. W. Smith, 
28 
Mineralogy: the Klondyke Gold Field, R. G. McConnell and 
J. B. Tyrrell, 159; Rosccelite, W. |F. Hillebrand and 
H. W. Turner, 212; Plumbogummite, E. G. J. Hartley, 
238; Chemical Compesition of Tetrahedrite, G. T. Prior 
and L. J. Spencer, 238; Mineralogical Society, 238 ; New 
Analyses of Moldavite Glass, Dr. C. v. John, 375; Spiral 
Fulgurite from Wisconsin, W. H. Hobbs, 383; Gold De- 
posits of South-eastern Quebec, RK. Chalmers, 428 ; the Ores 
of Colombia, H. W. Nichols, 442; an Albertite-like Asphalt, 
J. A. Taff, 516; the Separation of Alumina as Corundum 
from Molten Magmas, J. H. Pratt, 516; the Trap of Rocky 
Hill, A. H. Phillips, 612; Italian Volcanic Rocks, H. S. 
Washington, 612 
Mining: Relation of Underground Temperature and Spon- 
taneous Coal-fires to Oxidation, Dr. J. S. Haldane, F.R.S., 
and F. G. Meacham, 351; the Extinguishment of Under- 
ground Fires by Carbonic Acid Gas, George Spencer, 375 ; 
Mining Accidents in 1898, 441 
Miolania, Note on the Discovery of, and of Glossotherium 
(Meomylodon) in Patagonia, Dr. Francesco P. Moreno, 396 
Mira, Maxima of, A. A. Nijland, 232 
Missouri, Cyclone in, 14 
Mixter (W. G.). Experiments with Endothermic Gases, 117 ; 
Hypothetical Explanation of Partial Non-explosive Com- 
bination of Explosive Gases and Gaseous Mixtures, 117 
Moffat (Rev. Alexander), Measurement of Energy of Rontgen 
Rays, 87 
Moffatt (A.), the Power of Rontgen Rays, 576 
Moissan (Henri), Reparation of Fluorine by Electrolysis in 
Copper Apparatus, 239; Production of Ozone by Decom- 
position of Water with Fluorine, 635 
Moldavite, the Cosmic Origin of, 276 
Mollusca : the Fresh-water Pearls of America, 150 
Moluccas: 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 
Monaco (Dr. D. L.), Action of Quinine on Malaria Parasite, 
576 
Moncton, the Bore at, Bay of Fundy, W. Bell Dawson, 161 
Monkey-destruction on Gold Coast, R. Morley, 185 
Monotreme Larynx, on the Morphology of the Cartilages or 
the, Prof. Johnson Symington, 631 
Monsoon, the Forecast of the, John Eliot, 438 
Mont Blanc, the Geology of, Louis Duparc, Ludovic Mrazec, 
Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 152; Blue Ray of Sunrise over 
Mont Blanc, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S., 411 
Montserrat, Severe Hurricane at, 374 
Moon: Theory of the Motion of the, Ernest W. Brown, 260 ; 
the New Lunar Photographic Atlas, 491; Longitude from 
Moon Culminations, D. A. Pio, 538 
Moore (Benjamin), Elementary Physiology, 99 
Morbology: the Pathogenic Agent of Hydrophobia, E. 
Puscariu, 24; Red-water or Texas Fever, Alexander 
Edington, 91 ; a Parasitic Fungus in Cancerous Tumours, J. 
Chevalier, 120; Tuberculous Infection from Cows, Drs. 
Rabinowitsch and Kempner, 206; Zoological Distribution 
of Tuberculosis, Dr. W. Hutchinson, 215 ; Mosquitoes and 
Malaria, Major R. Ross, 229, 398, 535; Prof. Koch, 595 ; 
the Cause and Prevention of Malaria, Major Ronald Ress, 
357; Investigation of the Malarial Parasite, 546; Action of 
Quinine on Malaria Parasite, Dr. D. L. Monaco and L. 
Panichi, 576; Organism of Tsetse Fly Disease, H. J. 
Plimmer and J. R. Bradford, F,R.S., 309 
More (A.), Chemical Composition of Oleo-resin of Dacry- 
odes hexandra, 167 
Morel (Albert), Preparation of Phenylic Chlorocarbonates, 240 
Moreno (Dr. Francesco P.), Note on the Discovery of A/tolanza 
and of Glossotherium (Neomylodon) in Patagonia, 396 
Morley (R.), Monkey Destruction on Gold Coast, 185 
Morphology: the Caécar avis, common to all Mammalian 
Brains, Dr. Elliot Smith, 36; Morphology of Spore-pro- 
ducing Members, IV., Leptosporangiate Ferns, Prof. F. O. 
Bower, F.R.S., 46; Abdominal Bristle-like Apparatus of 
Hymenoptera, Dr. E. Zander, 432; Morphology of the 
Cartilages of the Monotreme Larynx, Prof. Johnson 
Symington, 631 
Morrell (R. S.), Action of Hydrogen Peroxide on Carbohydrates 
in Presence of Iron, 47 
Morrell (Mr.), Experiments on the Action of Hydrogen Per- 
oxide on Carbohydrates in Presence of Iron Salts, 609 
