XXVIll 
Purvis (W. Herbert), the Giant Tortoises of the Galapagos, 
199 
Puscariu (E ), the Pathogenic Agent of Hydrophobia, 24 
Putnam (Prof. Frederic Ward), a Problem in American 
Anthropology, 451 
Qualitative Chemical Analysis, Chapman Jones, 76 
Quantitative Metallurgical Analysis for Laboratory use, Tables 
for, J]. James Morgan, 291 
Quaternions, Elements of, Sir W. R. Hamilton, 387 
Quebec, Gold Deposits of South-eastern, R. Chalmers, 428 
Quinine in India, the Sale of, 1897-8, Surgeon-Major D. Prain, 
12 
Quinine, Action of, on Malarial Parasite, Dr. L. Monaco and 
L. Panichi, 576 
Quinn (J. Henry), a Manual of Library Cataloguing, 124 
Rabaud (Etienne), Influence of Freezing on Development of 
Hen’s Egg, 72 
Rabinowitsch (Dr.), Tuberculous Infection from Cows, 206 
Radial Velocity of ¢ Geminorum, Variable, 114 
Radiographic Bulb with Cold Antikathode, A. Bugnet and V. 
Chabaud, 636; New Radio-active Material from Pitchblende, 
eA. Debdierne, 636 
Radiography: the Heating of the Anti-Kathode in X-Ray 
Work, Dr. J. Macintyre, ror ; Becquerel Rays and Magnetic 
Field, Profs. Elster and Geitel, 230; the Diffraction of 
Roitgen Riys, Prof. H. Haga and Dr. C. H. Wind, 300; 
Medicine and the Réntgen Rays, Dr. C. M. Moullin, 426 ; 
Surgery and the Rontgen Rays, Dr. C. M. Moullin, 426; 
Kathode Rays, A. Wehnelt, 456; Experiments on Kathode 
Rays Profs. E. Wiedemann and A. Wehnelt, 576 ; the Power 
of Roéntgen Rays, A. Moffatt, 576; a Radio-active Sub- 
stance, E. de Haén, 540; Becquerel Rays, Profs. Elster and 
Geitel, 623, 635 ; Canal and Kathode Rays, P. Ewers, 635 ; 
Law of Development of Hittorf’s Dark Space, H. Ebert, 
6 
Raina, the South Devon Atmospheric, Sir 
Bramwell, 327-8 
Railways, Electric Signalling on Pennsylvania System, 548 
Rainfall, the Influence of Altitude on, Mr. Symons, 400 
Rainfall, Researches in, Dr. Hildebrandsson, 374 
Rainfalls, Heavy, 1871-98, Dr. R. H. Scott, F.R.S. 
Rateau (Prof. A.), the Theory of 
Woltmann Mill, 549 
Ratzel (Prof. Friedrich), the History of Mankind, 269 
Rauh (F.), de la Méthode dans la Psychologie des Sentiments, 
Frederick 
214 
the Pitot Tube and 
Royleigh (the Right Hon. Lord, F.R.S.), Transparency and 
Opacity, 64 
Rays, Rontgen: Rontgen Rays and Convection Currents, John 
Zeleny, 86; Measurement of Energy of Rontgen Rays, Rev. 
Alexander Moffatt, 87; the Diffraction of Rontgen Rays, 
Prof. H. Haga and Dr. C. H. Wind, 300; Medicine and the 
Réntgen Rays, Dr. C. M. Moullin, 426; Surgery and the, 
Dr. C. M. Moullin, 426; the Power of, A. Moffatt, 576 
Read (C. H.), Antiquities from the City of Benin in the British 
Museum, 219; Opening Address in Section H of the British 
Association, Prehistoric Antiquities of our own Country, 554 
Reading, Official Report of the National Poultry Conference 
held at, in July, 1899, 615 
Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Prize Awards, 297 
Reality, a Theory of, Prof. George Trumbull Ladd, 270 
Reason, the Dawn of, James Weir, 100 
Rebuschini (Dr. E.), Organoterapia, 316 
Recalescence, Historical Note on, Prof. W. F. Barrett, F.R.S., 
173; Prof. Sir W. C. Roberts-Austen, K.C.B., F.R.S., 173 
Recent Science in Italy, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 8 
Recent Works on Medical Science, 73 
Recherches Geologiques at Pétrographiques sur la Massir du 
Mont Blanc, Louis Dupare et Ludovic Mrazec, 152 
Red Spot on Jupiter, the, W. F. Denning, 210 
Red Stars (Class III. 4), Spectra of, Prof. G. E. Hale, 186 
Red Stars, Spectra of (Secchi’s Type IV.), Messrs. G. E. Hale 
and F. Ellerman, 429 
Red-water or Texas Fever, Alexander Edington, 91 
Rede Lecture, the Wave Theory of Light; its Influence on 
Modern Physics, Prof. A. Cornu, 292 
Reed (Prof. E. W., F.R.S.), Intestinal Absorption, 23 
Index 
Nature 
December 14, 1899 
Reed (F. R. Cowper), Contributions to the Geology of Co. 
Waterford, 119 
Refrigeration : la Liquéfaction des Gaz, J. Cauro, 490 
Regeneration: Thatsachen und Auslegungen in Bezug auf, 
August Weismann, 242 
Registration of Opticians, the, 88 
Regnault (Félix), the Struggle between Peoples, 185 
Reinach (Salomon), the Tin Trade of Prehistoric Europe, 596 
Reinke (J.), Die Welt als That, 490 
Religion, the Origin of, C. L. Henning, 135 
Remarkable Lightning Flashes, C. E. Stromeyer, 520; Prof. 
Henry Stroud, 520; T. W. Backhouse, 520; F. H. Glew, 
520 
Remes (Dr. M.), Palzeontological Divisions in Stramberg Lime- 
stone, 352 
Reminiscences of Darwin, Sir Joseph D. Hooker, F.R.S., 187 
Renard (Prof. A.), on the Origin of Chondritic Meteorites, 610 
Reproduction and Sex, Variation and some Phenomena Con- 
nected with, Adam Sedgwick, M.A., F.R.S., 502 
Reptiles : Gecko Cannibalism, F. P. Bedford, 8 
Research Work and the Opening of the Medical Schools, 569 
Resistance of the Blood, the Electrical, Dr. Dawson Turner, 245 
Resistance- Box, an Improved, 64 
Retinal Fatigue, Subjective Impressions due to, W. J. Millar, 
391 
REVIEWS AND OuR BOOKSHELF : 
The Entropy Diagram and its Applications, J. Boulvin, Prof. 
John Perry, F.R.S., 3 
Haunts and Hobbies of an Indian Official, Mark Thornhill, 5 
Die Alpen Pflanzen in der Gartenkultur der Tieflander. Ein 
Leitfaden fiir Gartner und Gartenfreunde, Erich Wocke, 
John Weathers, 6 
Commercial Cuba, William J. Clark, 7 
The Free Expansion of Gases: Memoirs by Gay-Lussac, 
Joule, and Joule and Thompson, J. S. Ames, 7 
The New Science and Art of Arithmetic for the Use of Schools, 
A. Sonnenschein and H,. A. Nesbit, 7 
A School Arithmetic, R. F. Macdonald, 7 
Outlines of Industrial Chemistry, Frank Hall Thorp, 27 
Volcanoes, their Structure and Significance, T. G, Bonney, 
PRESS 2y7 
Recueil de données numeriques, publié par la Société Fran- 
caise de Physique Optique, H. Dufét, 28 
The Natural Mineral Waters of Harrogate, F. W. Smith, 28 
Through New Guinea and the Cannibal Countries, H. Cayley 
Webster, 49 
The Philosophy of Memory and other Essays, D. T. Smith, 51 
Das Heidelberger Schloss und Seine Garten in alter und 
neuer Zeit und der Schlossgarten zu Schwetzingen, H. R. 
Jung, W. Schroder, John Weathers, 52 
Graduated Test Papers in Elementary Mathematics, Walter J. 
Wood, 52 
The Story of the British Race, John Munro, 52 
Natural Selection, the cause of Mimetic Resemblance and 
Common Warning Colours, Edward B. Poulton, F.R.S., 
Prof. R Meldola, F.R.S., 55 
The Administrative Control of Tuberculosis, Sir Richaid 
Thorne Thorne, K.C.B., F.R.S., 73 
Die Bedeutung der Reize fiir Pathologie und Therapie im 
Lichte der Neuronlehre, Dr. A. Goldscheider, 73 
Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Local Government 
Board, 1897-98, 73 
The Natural History of Digestion, A. Lockhart Gillespie, 
F:R.S., 73 
Diet and Food Considered in Relation to Strength and 
Power of Endurance, Training and Athletics, Alexander 
Haig, 73 
On Centenarians and the Duration of the Human Race, T. E. 
Young, 73 
A Treatise on the Dynamics of a Particle, Edward John 
Routh, F.R.S., 74 
Qualitative Chemical Analysis, Chapman Jones, 76 
Practical Inorganic Chemistry for Advanced Students, Chap- 
man Jones, 76 
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, G. H. Bailey, 76 
La Bicyclette : sa Construction et sa Forme, Dr. C. Bourlet, 77 
The Spirit of Organic Chemistry, Arthur Lachman, 78 
Elementary Physics and Chemistry, First Stage, Prof. R. A. 
Gregory, A. T. Simmons, 78 
