Index 



r Nalun, 

 L/"« 8, 1899 



Houston, 338 ; the Micro-Organism of Faulty Rum, V. II. 

 Veley, F.R.S., and Lilian J. Veley, Mrs. Percy Frankland, 

 339 ; Vitality of Typhoid Bacillus in Milk and Butter, Messrs. 

 BoUey and Field, 346 ; Experimental Typhoid Infection in 

 Dog, R. Lepine ami B. Lyonnet, 407 ; Slode of Action of 

 Bacillus siiblilis in Phenomena of Denitrification, A. Ficht&n- 

 holtz, 408 ; Bacterial Diseases of Potatoes, Emile Laurent, 

 472 ; Pigment-producing O.xydase secreted by Colt bacillus, 

 G. Roux, 503 ; \'itality of Pathogenic Bacteria in Artificial 

 Surroundmgs, Dr. Martin Ficker, 516 ; Pathogenic Organisms 

 of Cancer, H. G. Plimmer, 550 



Baddeckite, Dr. G. C. Hoflfmann, 231 



Baden-Powell (Sir Geo.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 79 



Badenoch (L. N.), True Tales of the Insects, 610 



Bagard(H.), Variations of Resistance of Electrolytic Conductor 

 in Magnetic Field, 287 



Bagnall (E. II.), Methanetrisulphonic Acid, 71 



Bagot (Richard), the Alleged Destruction of Swallows and 

 Martins in Italy, 224 



Bailey (Charles), the Permanent Root-Sheath of Pontederia 

 crassipes, 359 



Bailey (L. H.), Sketch of the Evolution of our Native Fruits, 



387 



Bailey (Dr. L. \\.), Geology of South-western Nova Scotia, 

 283 



Bain (H. F.) Iowa Geological Survey, 294 



Baker (H. F., F.R.S.), Fourier's Series, 319 



Baker (R. T.), Two New Eucalypti, 96 



Bakhuyzen (Prof. H. G. van de S.), Rotation-period of Spot- 

 variation of Mars, 545 



Balance, an Ampere, Prof. W. E. Ayrton, F.R.S., and Prof. 

 L Virianiu Jones, F.R.S., 115 



Balfour (.Mr.), on Technical and Secondary Education, 352 



Ball (Prof, v., F.R.S.), a Manual of the Geology of India. 

 Part I. Corundum, 558 



Balthazard (M.), Sodium Peroxide in Respiratory Studies, 383, 



398 

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



412 

 Balloon, Meteor Observations from a, A. Hansky, 546 

 Balloon as Instrument of Scientific Research, the. Rev. J. M. 



Bacon, 447 

 Barbier (Ph.), Synthesis of Dimethyl-Heptenol, 288 

 Barclay (Isabella), the Way the World went Then, 199 

 Bark-Beetles, De Danske Barkbiller (Scolytids et Platypodidce 



Danidje), E. A. Lovendal, 221 

 Barnes (C. L.), Science in Historical English Dictionary, 455 

 Barnes' Plant Life, Prof. C. R. Barnes, 487 ; the Reviewer, 



487 , . . 



Barrett (Charles G. ), the Lepidoptera of the British Isles, 604 

 Barrett (Prof. W. F. ), Remarkable Thernio-Electric Behaviour 



of Alloys of Nickel Steel, 502 ; Electric Conductivity and 



Magnetic Permeability of Steel Alloys, I., 502 

 Barrow (John, F.R.S.), Death of, 205 

 Bartlett (.-V. D.), Wild Animals in Captivity, 173 

 Barton (Dr. E. H. ), Equivalent Resistance and Inductance of 



Wire to Oscillatory Discharge, 332 ; Criterion for Oscillatory 



Discharge of Condenser, 526 

 Barus (C), Thermodynamic Relations of Heated Glass, 332 

 Barwise (Sidney), the Purification of Sew.ige, 363 

 Basset (A. B., F. U.S.), the Mildness of the Season, 127 

 Ba.stianelli (Dr G.), Mosquitoes and Malaria, 231; Malaria 



Propagation by Mosquitoes, 563 

 Battersby (Major), Rontgen Rays and Military Surgery, 254 

 Baubigny (H. ), Separation and Estimation of Halogen Salts in 



combination with Silver, 240 ; Separation of Chlorine, 



Bromine, and Iodine Silver Salts, 263 

 Baudrtaux (E.), Mode of obtaining Electric F'igures showing 



Lines of Force of Electric Field in Air, 575 

 Baume-Pluvinal {.\. de la), B-group in Solar Spectrum observed 



at Snmmit of Mont Blanc, 359 

 Bauschinger (Ilerr J.), Relation of Eros to Mars, 494 

 Baxter (Mr.), the Atomic Weights of Nickel and Cobalt, 594 

 Beal(Prof. F. E. L.), Food of Cuckoos, 61 

 Bean (T. H.), Ichthyology of New York State, 347 

 Becker (Prof. E. \ a New Dome for Equatorials, 295 

 Becker (Dr. G. F.), Mineral Resources of Philippines, 276 

 Becquerel (Henri), Rotatory Magnetic Polarisation, 47 ; 



Anomalous Dispersion and Magnetic Rotatory Power of 



certain Incandescent Vapours, 167 ; Anomalous Dispersion 



of Incandescent Sodium Vapour, 311 ; Properties of Radiation 



of Uranium Rays, 551 

 Beddard (F. E. ), the Structure and Classification of Birds, 49 

 Beddoe (Dr.), on the Mediaeval Population of Bristol, 161 ; od 



an Early .Singhalese Bronze Image of Buddha, 163 

 Beddow ( Frederick), First Stage Inorganic Chemistry ( Practical)| 



52 

 Beecher (Dr. C. E.), the Origin and Significance of Spines : 



.Study in Evolution, 568 

 B?er (Th.), a Comparative Study of Visual Accommodation 



54J 

 Bees: Arctic and Sub- -Arctic Bees. Prof. T. D. \. Cockerell^ 



76 

 Beet-Sugar Industry in the United States, Special Report on 



the, 4 

 Behn (V.), Specific Heats of Metals at Low Temperatures, 94 

 Behrendsen (O. ), Use of Coherer, 357 

 Bell (Ernest D. ), Mammalian Longevity, 486 

 Bell (Robert), Chloroform, 149 

 Beman (W. W.), Higher .Arithmetic, 75 

 Bemont (.M.), a New Element, Radium, 232 

 Bengal, Mica Mining in, A. M. Smith, 397 

 Benigcs(G.), Combinations of Fatty Aldehydes with Mercuric 



Sulphates, 40S 

 Benson (Margaret), the Temple of Mut in Asher, 530 

 Berlin, .Antarctic Meeting at, 442 

 Bernard (H. M.), Recent Porilidae, 406 

 Berries, the Cultivation of, 459 

 Berthelot (Daniel), Relations between Luminous and Chemical 



Energy, 119; Synthesis of Phenol from .\cetylcne, 167; 



Estimation of Phosphorus, Sulphur and Chlorine in Plants 



and their Ashes, 263 ; Moisture in Sunlit and Shaded Parts of 



same Plant, 311 ; Coefficientsof Expansion of perfectly Gaseous 



State, 431 ; a Simple Relation giving Molecular Weight of 



Liquids as a function of their Densities and Critical Constants, 



480 ; Explosive Aptitude of Acetylene when mixed with Inert 



Gases, 551 

 Bertrand (Gabriel), Action of Sorbose Bacteria on Aldehydic 



Sugar, 72 ; Silico-Tungstic Acid as Reagent for Alkaloids, 



528 

 Besley (W. E.), the Geminid Meteors, 176 

 Bessel's Meridian Observations, on a New Reduction of, Dr. 



Fritz Cohn, 159 

 Bewegung im Weltraum, Die, E. Kethwisch, 245 

 Beyerinck (Prof.), the Contagium of Tobacco Spot- Disease, 



216 

 Bi-quaternions, Octonions, a Development of Clifford's, Alex. 



McAulay, Prof. W. Burnside, F.R.S., 411 

 Bianchini's Seventeenth Century Sketches of the Constellations, 



Prof. Porro, 159 

 Bicycle, Stability of Motion of, F. J. W. Whipple, 516 

 Bidwell (Shelford, F.R.S.), Multiple Vision, 559 

 Biggs (C. H. W.), First Principles of Electricity and Magnetism, 



27 



Bignami (Dr. .\. ), Mo.squitos and Malaria, 156, 231 ; Malaria 

 Propagation by Mosquitos, 563 



Biology : Asymmetry and \'italism, Herbert Spencer, 29; Prof. 

 F. R. Japp, F.R.S., 29, 54, loi ; Prof. Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 

 30, 125; Prof. Percy F. Frankland, F.R.S., 30; Prof. F. 

 Stanley Kipping, F. K.S., 53 ; William J. Pope, 53 ; W. M. 

 Strong, 53 ; Prof. Geo. Eras. FitzGerald, 76 ; the Temperance 

 Question from a Biological Standpoint, Dr. Archdall Reed, 

 41 ; Influence of Temperature on Sex-Determination, Marin 

 MoUiard, 47 ; Death of Dr. J. I. Peck, 79 ; Obituary Notice, 

 154 ; Method of Colouring Protoplasm by Bacterial Pigments, 

 L. Matruchot, 119 ; Biology of Varlicclla putiiiui. Dr. G. H. 

 Broadbent, 142; Cristatella Mucedo, Henry Scherren, 150; 

 Organic Evolution Cross-examined, the Duke of .\rgyll. Prof. 

 R. Meldola, F.R.S., 217 ; the Curve of Life, Dr. W. Ainslie 

 Hollis, 224, 486 ; Mammalian Longevity, Ernest D. Bell, 

 Dr. W. Ainslie Hollis, 4S6 ; Peneroplis, eine Studie zur 

 Biologischen Morphologic und zur Species-frage, Dr. F. 

 Dreyer, Prof. W. F. R. Weldon, F.R.S., 364 : La Cytologic 

 Experimentale, .-\. Labbe, 366 ; Marine Biology, the Ciibo- 

 medusae, Franklin Story Conant, 4 ; Mr. Walter Garstang's 

 First Survey of English Channel, 396 : Deep Sea Madrepor- 

 aria. Major \. Alcock, 422 : Gastric Gland of Mollusca, C. 

 A. McMunn, 525 : Deith of Eric T. Townscnd, 562 



Birds : (he Structure and Classification of Birds, F. E. Beddard, 

 49 ; Why Birds are not Killed by Eating Poisonous Fruit, 



