XXX 
Index 
Nature, 
December 14, 1899 
Les Végétaux et les Milieux Cosmiques (Adaption-Evolu- 
tion), J. Constantin, 409 
Théorie du Potentiel Newtonien, H. Poincaré, 410 
Faune de France—Mammiferes, A. Aclogue, 410 
Anatomical Diagrams for the Use of Art Students, James M. 
Dunlop, 410 
Chemistry for Continuation Schools, R. L. Taylor, 411 
The Negritos: the Distribution of the Negritos in the 
Philippine Islands and elsewhere, A. B. Meyer, Prof. A. 
C. Haddon, F.R.S., 433 
Bacteria ; especially as they are related to the Economy of 
Nature to Industrial Processes, and to the Public Health, 
George Newman, F.RS., Dr. A. C. Houston, 434 
Leitfaden der Kartenentwurfslehre, Prof. Dr. Karl Zoppritz, 
Dr. Alois Bludau, Sir C. W. Wilson, K C.B., F.R.S., 
435 
The Dog, its External and Internal Organisation, 435 
(Euvres complétes de Christiaan Huygens publices par la 
Société Hollandaise des Sciences, Dr. J. L. E. Dreyer, 457 
The Living Organism: an Introduction to the Problems of 
Biology, Alfred Earl, 458 
“An Account of the Deep-Sea Ophiuroidea collected by the 
Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship /zzvestégator, R. Koehler, 
459 
The Indian Eclipse 1898, 489 
The Story of Eclipses, G. F Chambers, 489 
oe de Taxinomie Générale, J. P. Durand (de Gros), 
499 
Die Welt als That. Umrisse einer Weltansicht auf Naturwissen- 
schaftlichen Grundlage, J. Reinke, 490 
La Liquefaction des Gaz: Méthodes nouvelles-Applications, 
J. Cauro, 490 
L’éclairage 4 Incandescence, P. Truchot, 517 
New Plane and Solid Geometry, W. W. Beman and D. E. 
Smith, 517 
An Elementary Course of Mathematics, H. S. Hall and F. 
H. Stevens, 518 
Carvell’s Nursery Handbook with Hints, J. M. Carvell, 518 
Chats about the Microscope, Henry C. Shelley, 518 
Chimie vegétale et Agricole, M. Berthelot, 541 
Bird Life in an Arctic Spring ; the Diaries of Dan Meinertz- 
hagen and R, P. Hornby, 542 
Progressive Lessons in Science, A. Abbott, Arthur Key, 543 
De la Méthode dans la Psychologie des Sentiments, F. Rauh, 
543 
Histoire Abrégée de I’Astronomie, Ernest Lebon, 543 
General Physiology, Prof. Max Verworn, W. B. Hardy, 565 
Living Pictures, H. V. Hopwood, 567 
Tables and Data, W. W. F. Pullen, 567 
Electro-magnetic Theory, Oliver Heaviside, C. S. Whitehead, 
589 
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Northumberland, Durham 
and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, J. E. Robson, 590 
The Process Year-Book for 1899, 590 
Mathematical Tables, James P. Wrapson and W, W. Haldane 
Gee, 590 
Opinions et Curiosités touchant la Mathématique, G. Maupin, 
90 
The Life Story of the late Sir Charles Tilston Bright ; with 
which is incorporated the Story of the Atlantic Cable and 
the First Telegraph to India and the Colonies, Edward 
Brailsford Bright and Charles Bright, 613 
The Maintenance of Solar Energy, 615 
Official Report of the National Poultry Conference held at 
Reading in July 1899, 615 
The Story of Ice in the Present and the Past, W. A. Brend, 
61 
Reveliiee (A.), Outlines of Physical Chemistry, 197 
Ribbon and Dark Lightning, 423 
Riccd (Prof. A.), the Recent Eruption of Etna, 424; the 
Calabro-Messinese Earthquake of November 16, 1894, 576 
Rice, Asia, the Land of, Taylor White, 8 
Rich (E. M.), Resolution of Racemic Tetrahydroparatoluquin- 
aldine into Optically Active Constituents, 214 
Richardson (Hugh), School Laboratory Plans, 199 
Richet (Prof. Charles), La Vibration Nerveuse, 625 
Riecke (E.), Work consumed in Spark Gap, 540 
Rieggenbach (N.), Death of, 350 
Rifle Matches, Scoring at, A. Mallock, 366, 412; S. H. Bur- 
bury, F.R.S., 412 
Righi (Prof. A.), the Reciprocal Phenomenon of Production of 
Magnetic Field by Circularly Polarised Ray, 206; Rotatory 
Power of Chlorine in Magnetic Field, 206 
Ritter (E.), Eruptive Rocks of Cape Blanc, Algeria, 144 
Roberts-Austen (Prof. Sir W. C., K.C.B., F.R.S.), Historical 
Note on Recalescence, 173 
Robertson (David), Electrostatic Dust Figures, 486 
Robson (J. E.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Northumber- 
land, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 590 
Rocks, Eruptive, of Cape Blanc, Algeria, L. Dupare and E. 
Ritter, 144 
Rontgen Rays: Wehnelt Interrupter, Dr. J. Macintyre, 8 ; 
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 Rontgen Rays, 
Dr. C. M. Moullin, 426 ; Surgery and the, Dr. C. M. Moullin, 
426; the Power of, A. Moffatt, 576 
Rood (O. N.), the Flicker Photometer, 516 ; Colour Vision and 
the Flicker Photometer, 611 
Roosa (Dr. D, B. St. John), Defective Eyesight, 341 
Roscoe (Sir Henry E., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of Prof. 
Bunsen, 424; Symbiotic Fermentation, 609 
Rosccelite, W. F. Hillebrand and H. W. Turner, 212 
Rose (J. L.), the Synthesis of Camphoric Acid, 214 
Rose-Innes (Mr.), Thermal Properties of Normal Pentane — 
(Part IT.), 118; Absolute Value of Freezing Point, 166 
Rosenhain (Walter), Experiments in Micro-metallurgy ; Effects — 
of Strain, 67 
Rosenstiehl (A.), Improvement of Wines by Preliminary Heat- 
ing of Must, 24 
Ross (Major R.), Mosquitoes and Malaria, 229, 398, 5353 
Life-history of the Parasites of Malaria, 322; the Cause 
and Prevention of Malaria, 357; Return of Major Ronald 
Ross, 574 
Rotation, Magneto-optic, and its Explanation by a Gyrostatic 
System, Prof. Andrew Gray, F.R.S., 379, 404 
Rotation of the Sun, the, C. A. Schultz Steinheil, 577 
Rotch (A. L ), on the Progress achieved during the past Year 
at Blue Hill, Massachusetts, in the Exploration of the Air 
with Kites, 587 
Roth (H. Ling), Antiquities from the City of Benin in the 
British Museum, C. H. Read, O. M. Dalton, 219; Cave 
Shelters and the Aborigines of Tasmania, 545 
Rothschild (Hon, N. C.), a New Flea from Argentina, 549 
Routh (Edward John, F.R.S.), a Treatise on the Dynamics or 
a Particle, 74 
Rowbotham (Francis J.), Maternal Devotion of Spiders, 413 
Royal Institution, Centenary of the, 129 
Royal Photographic Society’s Exhibition, the, 539 
Royal Society, 23, 44, 67, 91, 142, 166, 190, 212, 237, 287, 
309, 359; the Royal Society Selected Candidates, 31 ; Royal 
Society Conversazione, 44, 210 
Royal Victoria Hall, Lectures at the, Dr. W. J. Russell, F.R.S., 
545 
Rubénowitch (E.), Action of Phosphoretted Hydrogen on 
Copper and Copper Salts, 168; Action of Hydrogen Phos- 
phide on Copper Oxide, Hydrate and Carbonate, 384 
Rticker (Prof., F.R.S.), on the Existence of Matter smaller 
than the Atoms, 586 ; on the Characteristics of a University, 
598 
Rudski (P.), the Radial Displacement of the Earth’s Surface 
under Weight of Ice-caps, 230; the Theory of the Physics 
of the Earth, 623 
Runge (Prof, C.), on the Deduction of Increase-rates from 
Physical and other Tables, 365 
Rural Education, John C. Medd, 616; Prof. R. Meldola, 
F.R.S., 616 
Russell (E. J.), Combustion of Carbon Disulphide, 70 
Russell (I. C.), Glaciers of Mount Rainier, 182 
Russell (Dr. W. J., V.P.R.S,), Pictures produced on Photo- 
graphic Plates in the Dark, 208; Lectures at the Royal 
Victoria Hall, 545 
Russia, Meteorological Services in, Prof. C. Abbe, 299 
Russian Weights and Measures, New, 399 
Rutley (Frank), Rhyolites of Hauraki Goldfields, 143 
Rylands(Enrigueta Augustina), the Presentation of the Freedom 
of the City of Manchester to, 578 
Sabatier (Paul), Hydrogenation of Acetylene in presence of | 
Nickel, 72 
