Nature, ] 
December 14, 1899 
Index 
Xxxi 
Saccharification of Starch by Malt Diastase, Chemical Processes 
involved in the, Dr. A. Fernbach, 608 i 
Sagittarius, New Star in, 88 
St. Lawrence, Tides of the Gulf and River, and Bay of Fundy, 
Sir J. W. Dawson, F.R.S., 291 
St. Petersburg, Meeting of the International Meteorological 
Committee at, 591 
Salamander, a Curious, Dr. Charles Minor Blackford, 389 
Salvador (M.), Electrolytic Action in Neighbourhood of 
Crookes’ Tube, 216 
Sanatoria for Consumptives in Various Parts of the World, F. 
Rufenacht Walters, 221 
Sanchez-Rosal (Dr. E.), Practical Dictionary of Electrical 
Engineering and Chemistry in German, English and Spanish, 
221 
Sand Beaches, the Wearing away of, W. H. Wheeler, 115 
Saporta (A. de), Physique et Chimie Viticoles, 364 
Sappin-Trouffy (M.), Division of Nucleus in Spermatogenesis 
of Man, 312 
Sarawak, the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres 
Straits and, Prof. Alfred C. Haddon, F.R.S., 413 
Saturn’s New Satellite, Prof. E. C. Pickering, 21 
Saunders (Howard), an Illustrated Manual of British Birds, 
241 
Saw-fly, Gooseberry, Prof. L. C. Miall, F.R.S., 222 
Scales for Meteorological Use, Thermometric, J. Y. Buchanan, 
F.R.S., 364 
Schlagdenhauffen (M.), the Flame of Hydrogen, 72 
Sclater (W. L. and P. L.), the Geography of Mammals, 217 
Schlossmann (Dr.), Milk as a Food Article, 87 
Schoeler (Dr. H. v.), Kritik der Wissenschaftlichen Erkenntniss, 
147 
School Laboratory Plans, Hugh Richardson, 199; A. E. 
Munby, 222, 292; T. S. Dymond, 245 
Schoolboys, Physical Measurements of Public, 198 
Schoolmaster, a Country, James Shaw, of Tynron, Dumfries- 
shire, 341 
Schools, Chemistry for Continuation, R. L. Taylor, 411 
Schools, Science, and Classes, 381 
Schreiner (C.), the Springbuck ‘‘ Trek” in Cape Colony, 135 
Schroder (W.), das Heidelberger Schloss und seine Garten in 
alter und neuer Zeit und der Schlossgarten zu Schwetzingen, 
52 
Schulhof (M. L.), Tempel’s Comet (1873 II.), 63 
Schuster (Prof. Arthur, F.R.S.), Kanon der Physik Felix 
Auerbach, 314 
Schwetzingen, das Heidelberger Schloss und seine Girten in 
alter und neuer Zeit und der Schlossgarten zu, H. R. Jung, 
W. Schroder, John Weathers, 52 
Science: Scientific Worthies, Simon Newcomb, M. Leewy, 1 ; 
Recent Science in Italy, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 8; 
Scientific Papers, Peter Guthrie Tait, Prof. Horace Lamb, 
F.R.S., 98; Results of the Scientific Expedition to Sokotra, 
116; Heart and Science, 147; Science at the Women’s 
International Congress, 228; Science and Education, 324 ; 
Science Schools and Classes, 381; Progressive Lessons in 
Science, A. Abbott, Arthur Key, 543; Forthcoming Books 
of Science, 601; the Scientific Conference at Wiesbaden, 
634 : 
Scoring at Rifle Matches, A. Mallock, 366, 412 ; S. H. Burbury, 
F.R-S., 412 
Scotland, the Absence of Flint Implements in, Rev. F. Smith, 
13 
Bese (Re H., F.R.S.), Heavy Rainfalls, 1871-98, 214 
Sea Defence: Death and Obituary Notice of Edward Case, 
536 
Sea Elephant, the, Rupert Vallentin, 190 
Sea Fisheries, the Lancashire, Charles L. Jackson, 341 
Sea Serpent Myths, the Origin of, 35 
Sea Temperatures, on the Use of the Fahrenheit Scale for 
Observations on, William S. Bruce, 545 
Sea-Gulls and Weather, Prince Kropotkin, 439 
Sea-Gulls, Movement of, with a coming Change of Weather, 
Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S., 491; W. F. 
Sinclair, 545 
Sea-water, the Corrosion of Metals by, 375 
Seal, Fur, Herds of the North Pacific, 354 
Sébire (Le R. P. A.), Les Plantes Utiles du Sénégal, 148 
(Secchi’s Type IV.), Spectra of Red Stars, G. E. Hale and F. 
Ellerman, 429 
Sedge-Warblers Seizing Butterflies, Oswald H. Latter, 520 
Sedgwick (Adam, M.A., F.R.S.), Opening Address in Section 
D of the British Association, Variation and some Phenomena 
connected with Reproduction and Sex, 502 
See (Prof. T. J. J.), the Sun’s Heat, 402; the Life of a Star, 
519 
Seeley (Prof. H. G., F.R.S.), Distal End of Mammalian 
Humerus from Tonbridge, 143; Evidence of Bird from 
Wealden Beds of Ansty Lane, 143 
Seismograph, Preliminary Results of a Year’s Work with the, at 
Mauritius, T. F. Claxton, 587 
Seismology: Bollettino della Societa Italiana, 46, 237, 287; 
Methods of Determining Position of Epicentre in Distant 
Earthquakes, G. Agamennone and F. Bonetti, 46 ; Spurious 
Earthquakes, Dr. Charles Davison, 139; the Hereford 
Earthquake of December 17, 1896, Charles Davison, Prof. J. 
Milne, F.R.S., 194; Relation between Hereford Earth- 
quake of 1896 and Geological Structure of Bangor-Anglesey 
District, E. Greenly, 375 ; Seismic Observations in Greece, 
1893-8, D. Eginitis, 240; Earthquakes, Prof. C. G. Knott, 
311; Prof. F. Omori on Earthquake Motion, 4313; the 
Darjeeling Disaster, Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., 545; the 
Calabro-Messinese Earthquake of November 16, 1894, Prof. 
Riccd, 576 
Selection, Evolution without, M. C. Piepers, 97 
Sell (W. J.), Synthesis of 8§'-dipyridyl Derivatives from 
Citrazinic Acid, 47 
Semon (Richard), 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, 169 
Senderens (J. B.), Hydrogenation of Acetylene in Presence of 
Nickel, 72 
Sénégal, les Plantes Utiles du, le R. P. A. Sébire, J. M. 
Hillier, 148 
Sentiments, de la Méthode dans la Psychologie des, F. Rauh, 
543 : ? 
Serotherapy: Protective Inoculation against Tick-Fever, 
Frank Tidswell, 62; die Bedeutung der Reize fiir 
Pathologie und Therapie im Lichte der Neuronlehre, Dr. A. 
Goldschneider, 73; Inoculation for Red-Water, Alexander 
Edington, 91; Enzyme Negativing Action of Anthrax 
Bacillus, R. Emmerich and O. Low, 185; Influence of 
Manner of Introduction on Therapeutic Effects of Anti- 
Diphtheritic Serum, S. Arloing, 215; the Mechanism of 
Immunity, Dr. Th. Tchistovitch, 302; Prevention and Cure 
of Toxic Epilepsy by Injection of Normal Nerve Substance, 
MM. V. Babes and Bacoucea, 312; on the State Refractory 
to Eel Serum, L. Camus and E. Gley, 336; Success of Indian 
Inoculation against Plague, Dr. Chinoy, 548; Preventive 
Qualities of Blood Serum of Immunised Heifer against Con- 
tagious Peripneumonia in Cattle, MM. S. Arloing and 
Duprez, 636 
Seward (A. C., F.R.S.), Lepidodendron Stem from Dalmeny 
Calciferous Sandstone, 239 
Sewellels, Dr. D. G. Elliot, 427 
Sewer Design, H. N. Ogden, 172 
Sewerage Analysis, J. Alfred Wanklyn, W. J. Cooper, 172 
Shadow, Halo round a, A. Mallock, 567 
Sharp (D.), /dolum diabolicum, 119 
Sharpe (J. W.), Variation of Species, 102 
Shaw (James), of Tynron, Dumfriesshire, a Country School- 
master, 341 
Shaw (W.N.), Platinum Thermometry, 587 
Sheep, Fertility of Different Breeds of, Walter Heap, 166 
Shelley (Henry C.), Chats about the Microscope, 518 
Shellwien (Dr. E.), Typical Marine Permo-Carboniferous Fauna 
in Eastern Alps, 36 
Sherborne (C. Davies), Index Animalium, 174 
Shepherd (E. S.), Trichromatic Light Filters, 539 4 
Sheppard (W. F.), on the Calculation of Differential Coefficients 
from Tables involving Differences, with an Interpolation 
Formula, 390 
Shropshire, the Fauna of, being an Account of all the Mammals, 
Birds, Reptiles and Fishes found in the County of Salop, 
H. E. Forrest, 388 
Shufeldt (R.), Chapters on the Natural History of the United 
States, 170 
Sight, Curiosities of Light and, Shelford Bidwell, F.R.S., 389 
Sigmoidal Curves in the Earth’s Crust, Mrs. M. M. (Ogilvie) 
Gordon on, 611 
