INDEX 



Abbe (Prof. Cleveland), Rev. J. Stewart Smith's Photographs of 

 Ribbon Lightning, 347 ; the Origin of Atmospheric Elec- 

 tricity, 452 



Abegg (I'rof. R.), Colours of Lal<es and Seas, 80 



Abscess, Tubercidous, Treatment by Iodoform Iniection of, M. 

 Lannelongue, 311 



Accumulators, Small, 245 



Acetylene Gas Generators, Conditions of Safety in, 422 



Acoustics : Velocity of Sound, M. Frot, 24 ; Tones of Vibrating 

 Strings, A. Guillemin, 24 ; Errors in localising Sounds, E. 

 Weber, 155; Tuning-Plates as Substitutes for Tuning-Forks 

 at Hieh Pitches, F. Melde, 214 ; Sound-Amplification in 

 Phonographs, M. Dussaud, 456 



Action of Fermentation Amyl Alcohol on its Sodium Derivative, 

 M. Guerbet, 431 



Adams (W. Marsham), Pyramid and Planisphere, 507 



Advancement of Science in the Antarctic, 102 



Aeronautics: Reported Discovery of Remains of Andree Expe- 

 dition, 375 ; Unconfirmed, 394 ; the Balloon as Instrument of 

 Scieniific Research, Rev. j. M. Bacon, 447 ; Three Un- 

 manned Balloon Ascents, L. T. de Bort, 564 ; Flight of 

 Birds, Prof. Maurice F. FilzGerakl, 609 



Africa : Polypterus in Nile Valley, N. R. Harrington and Dr. 

 R. Hunt, 15 ; Ancient Stone Circles on Upper Gambia, 

 Captain J. W. \V. Carroll, 40; the Zoological Exploration 

 of the Great African Lakes, 152; Superstitions of German 

 East Africa, 183 ; Nine Years on the Gold Coast, Rev. 

 Dennis Kemp, 193 ; the Gold Coast, Past and Present, 

 George Macdonald, 193 ; Economic Botany in Nyasaland, 

 211 ; the Fishes of Tanganyika and other Great Lakes, 251 ; 

 Geology of Southern Morocco, Joseph Thomson, 334 ; 

 Rinderpest in Cape Colony, 346 ; P'our hundred and twenty 

 Ears from One Grain of South African Wheat, Dr. F. H. 

 Bowman, 359 : the Witwatersrand (Jold-fields ; Banket and 

 Mining Practice, S. J. Truscott, 482 ; Secret Tribal 

 Societies, H. P. F. Marriott, 492 ; the Plague in Uganda, 

 Bishop Hanlon, 502 ; Two Hares from British East Africa, 

 W. E. de Winton, 527 ; Climate of the Congo, A. Lancaster, 

 564 ; Under the African Sun : a Description of Native Races 

 in Uganda, Dr. W. J. Ansorge, 579 



Agamennone (Dr. G), the Labuan Earthquakes of September 

 1897, 206 ; Hayti Earthquake of December 29, 1897, 256, 



Agriculture : Special Report on the Beet-Sugar Industry in the 

 United States, 4; Handbook of Insects Injurious to Orchard 

 and Bush Fruit, Eleanor A. Ormerod, 75 ; the Story of the 

 Farm, James Long, 76 ; Impracticability of destroying 

 Prickly Pear with Cochineal Insect, Dr. Bourne, 82 ; Ab- 

 sorption of Halogen Salts of Potassium by Plants, E. 

 Demoussy, 95 ; Absorption of Carbohydrates by Roots, Jules 

 Laurent, 95 ; Utilisation of Phosphoric .\cid dissolved by 

 Plants in Soil-water, M. Schloesing, jun., 119; Consti- 

 tution of Peat, B. Renault, 119; the American Agricultural 

 Vear-Book, 129 ; Niiragin and Nodules of Leguminous 

 Plants, Maria Dawson, 214; an Experimental Course of 

 Chemistry for Agricultural Students, T. S. Dymond, 245 ; 

 .Scientific Work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 283 ; 

 Incubators and Chieken-rearing Appliances, 316 ; Soils for 

 .Artificial Cultures, Prof. R. Warington, F.R.S., 324; 

 Possible Utilisation of Fog, H. Earlsclifie, 377 ; the Hessian 

 Fly in the United States, Prof H. O^born, 378 ; Sketch of 

 the Evolution of our Native Fruits, L. H. Bailey, 3S7 ; Mode 

 of Action of Bacillus suhfilis in Phenomena of Denitrifi- 



cation, A. Fichtenholtz, 408 ; the Principles of Agriculture, 

 509 ; Fertilisers, E. B. Voorhees, 582 ; Electrical De- 

 termination of Soluble Mineral Matter in Soil, T. H. 

 Mears, 621 

 Air Temperature, Sunspots and, 77 

 Air Thermometer, Concerning the Thermodynamic Correction 



for an, W. McF. Orr, 126 

 Air, Liquid, Density of. Prof. A Ladenburg and Dr. C. Kriigel, 

 329 ; Experiments with, W. C. Peckham, Prof Dewar and 

 C. E. Tripler, 543 

 Air Resistances determined by New Rotation .Apparatus, O. 



Mannesmann, 428 

 Airolo Landslip, the, 254 ; Fresh Rock-Falls, 394 

 Aitken (E. H.), the F'ive Windows of the Soul, 293 

 Aitken (John, F. R.S.), the Colour of Sea- Water, 509 

 Aitken (Prof. R. G.), Orbit of Comet 1896 III. (Swift), 519 

 Alabama, Iron-making in, Dr. W. B. Phillips, 565 

 Alcock (Major A.), Deep-Sea Madreporaria, 422 

 .\lexander ( Prof. Thomas), Attraction in a Spherical Hollow, 



270 

 Algebra : Traite d'Algebre Superieure, Prof Henri Weber, 4 ; 

 the New Explicit Algebra in Theory and Practice, James J. 

 O'Dea, 25 ; a Middle Algebra, William Briggs, G. H. Bryan, 

 149 ; Text-Book of Algebra, G. E. Fisher, I. J. Schwa'.t, 

 198 ; .Set of Operations in relation to Groups of Finite Order, 

 A. N. Whitehead, 35S ; the Tutorial Algebra, Part II., Wil- 

 liam Briggs, G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 508 

 .\lgol Variable, New, 17 ; Edwin F. Sawyer, 136 

 .\llchin (J. H. ;, the Protection of Swallows and Martins, 1S3 ; 



the Decrease of Swallows and Martins, 271 

 Allen (Grant), Flashlights on Nature, 268 



Allman (Dr. George James, F. R.S.), Death of, 104 ; Obituary 



Notice of, 202 ; the Late Dr. George James Allman as a 



Botanist, Prof. George James Allman, F. R.S. , 269; Prof 



G. B. Howes, F.R.S.', 269 



Allman (Prof George James, F. R.S.), the Late Dr. George 



James Allman as a Botanist, 269 

 Alloys : Sir William Roberts- Austen, 566 ; Metallic Alloys and 

 the Theory of Solution, Charles T. Heycock, F.R.S. , 212: 

 Alloys of Iron and Nickel, R. A. Hadfield, 546 

 Alluvium, a Stream of, Sir Martin Conway, 390 

 Almanac, a New, A. Hall, 613 

 .\lps : Ball's Alpine Guide, the Western Alps, W. A. B.Coolidge, 



Alps, Life of Man on the High, Angelo Mosso, 289 



Altai Mountains, Zoology and Botany of, H. J. Elwes, F.R.S. 

 310 



Aluminium Manufacture at Foyers, 205 



America : Physics at American Association, N. E. Dorsey, 44 ; 

 Section B (Physics), a Redetermination of the Ampere, Prof 

 G. W. Patterson and Mr. Karl E. Guihe, 44 ; Velocity of 

 Light in a Magnetic Field, Profs. E. V. Morby, H. T. Eddy, 

 and D. C. Miller, 45 ; a New Gas, Mr. Charles F. Brush, 

 45 ; on the Relative Brightness of Pigments by Oblique 

 Vision, Prof F. P. Whitman, 45 ; Bulletin of American 

 Mathematical Society, 46, 140, 261, 404, 500, 575 ; 

 American Agricultural Vear-Book, 129; American Journal) 

 Mathematics, 140, 357 ; American Journal of Science, 1S9, 

 214, 332,453,549,621 ; Creation Myths of Primitive America 

 in Relation to the Religious History and Mental Development 

 of Mankind, Jeremiah Curtin, 3S8 ; Fossil Vertebrates in 

 the American Museum of Natural History, Prof. Henry F. 

 Osborn, 272 ; American and English Winters, Alex. B. Mac- 



