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8, 1899J 



Index 



Dimorphism, Seasonal, in Lepidoptera, Roland Ttimen, 



K.R.S., 568 

 Dines (W. H.)> Connection between Winter Temperature and 



Height of Barometer in North-Western Europe, 215 

 Dinosaur, Discovery of Huge Fossil, Prof. W. H. Reed, 253 

 Diphtheria, Result of Antitoxin Treatment of, 564 

 Diphtheria Toxin, Effect of MetaboUsm of, S. Noel Paton, 



527 

 Direction of a Magnetic Line of Force, Constiuction for the. 



Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S., 32 

 Discharge of Electricity through Gases, the, Prof. J. J. Thom- 

 son, F.R.S., 241 

 Disease: Oysters and, Profs. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., and 

 Rubert Boyce, 305 ; the Study of Tropical Diseases, 323 ; 

 Plague in China, Kumagusu Minakata, 370 

 Distallation : Les Recettes du Distillateur, Ed. Fiesz, 339 

 Distribution de I'Energie par Courants Polyphases, J. Rodet, 



199 

 Ditte (A.), Properties of Aluminium, :67, 335 ; Properties and 



Application of Aluminium, 551 

 Divers (E. ), Absorption of Nitric Oxide in Gas Analysis, 117 ; 

 Interaction of Nitric Oxide with Silver Nitrate, 117 ; 

 Preparation of Pure Alkali Nitrites, 117; Preparation of 

 Hyponitrite from Nitrite through Oxyamidosulphonate, 117 

 Dixon (A. E. ), Lcissner's Benzoylethyloxysulphocarbaniic Acid 



and Pseudourea Formation, 430 

 Debbie (J. J.), the Absorption Spectra of Isatin, Carbostyril, 



and their Alkyl Derivatives, 430 

 Doberck (Prof.), the Orbit of Castor, 17 

 Dolmens of Japan, the Builders of the, W. Gowland, 564 

 Dome for Equatorials, a New, 257 ; Prof. E. Becker, 295 

 Domestic Economy : the Teacher's Manual of Object Lessons 



in, Vincent T. Murche, 2S 

 Domestic Hygiene, Arnold W. Williams, 28 

 Domestic Science, Lessons in, Ethel R. Lush, 28 

 Dootson(F. W. ), Halogen Derivatives of Acetonedicarbo.xylic 



Acid, 334 

 Dorp (Dr. van), Imides of Bibasic Acids, heated with Methyl- 

 alcohol, transformed into Ethers of Amidic Acids, 120 

 Dorn (E.), Coherers, 46 ; Visibility of Rcintgen Rays, 357 

 Dorsey (N. Ernest), Pliysics at the American Association, 44 

 Double Star Catalogue, Prof. G. W. Hough, 616 

 Downing (A. M. W., F.R.S.), the Orbit of the Leonid Meteor 



Swarm, 497 

 Dowzard (E.), Determination of Sucrose in Presence of Lactose, 



334 

 Dragon, another Stockton, 461 

 Dreyer (Dr. F. ), Peneroplis, eine Studie Biologischen iSIorpho- 



logie und zur Species-frage, 364 

 Drift-Bottles and Surface-Currents, 539 

 Drygalski (Dr. E. von), the Proposed South Polar Expedition, 



442 

 Dubhn Royal Society, 143, 335, 430, 502 

 Dubois (Abbe J. A. ), Hindu iManners, Customs and Ceremonies, 



145 

 Ducretet (E.), Hertzian Telegraphy without Wires in Paris, 71 

 Dufau (E. ), Nature of Diabetic Sugar, 383 

 Duff (Prof. A. Wilmer), Periodic Tides, 247, 585 

 Duff (Right Hon. Sir M. E. Grant), Notes from a Diary ; kept 



chiefly in Southern India, 582 

 Dumont (A. ), Natalite et Democratic, 245 

 Dumontpallier (Dr.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 300 

 Duncan (John), Birds of the Briti.sh Isles, 14S 

 Dunkin (Edwin, F.R.S.), Death of, 104; Obituary Notice of, 



131 

 Dunsink Observatory, New Star Catalogue, 566 

 Dunstan (W. R. ), Orthohydroxyacetophenone in Chione glabra, 

 117; Hyoscyamine in Hyoscyamus iniiliiits, 167; Reaction 

 of Alkyl Iodides with Hydroxylamine, 47S 

 Durston (Sir A. J.), Water-Tube Boilers for War-Ships, 471 

 Dussaud (.M.), Sound-Amplification in Phonographs, 456 

 Dymond (T. S.), an Experimental Course of Chemistry for 

 Agricultural Students, 245 



Eakle (A. S.), Biotite-Tinguaite Dike from Manchester-by-the 



Sea, Mass., 214 

 Early Astronomy : Researches into the Origin of the Primitive 



Constellations of the Greeks, Phoenicians, and Babylonians, 



Robert Brown, jun., 553 



Early Chapters in Science, Mrs. W. Awdry, 556 



Earth, the Smell of, C. T. Whitmell, 55 



Earth, Gravitational Constants and Mean Density of, F. 

 Richarz and O. Krigar-Menzel, 93 



Earth, the Twelfth Movement of the, Prof. J. P. O'Reilly, 176 



Earth : the Plan of the Earth and its Causes, Dr. J- W. 

 Gregory, 330 



Earth Sculpture, James Geikie, 265 



Earth's History, Outlines of the ; a Popular Study of Physio- 

 graphy, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, 604 



Earthquakes: Seismology, Prof. John Milne, F.R.S., Prof. 

 John Perry, F.R.S., 97 ; Remarkable Effect of the Indian 

 "Earthquake of June 12, 1897, 1S7 : Earthquake in Greece, 

 300 ; Earthquake in Mexico, 325 : Earthquake Echoes, Prof. 

 John Milne, F.R.S., 368 ; Earthquake Precursors, Prof. John 

 Milne, F.R.S., 414; a Seismological Observatory and its 

 Objects, Prof. John Milne, F.R.S., 487; a New Vertical 

 Component Microseismograph, 523 



Earlscliffe (H.), Possible Utilisation of Fog, 377 



Easterfield (T. H.), Derivatives of Dibenzylmesitylene, 383 



Ebert (H.), Alternate Current Energy Consumed in Vacuum 

 Tubes, 621 



Ebert (W. ), Application to Measurement of Latitudes of Abso- 

 lute Determination of Directions making Angle of 45° with 

 Horizon, 479 



Echelon Spectroscope, the Michelson, Charles P. Butler, 607 



Echoes, Earthquake, Prof. John Milne, F.R.S., 36S 



Eclipses : Eclipses of the Moon in India, Robert Sewell, 52 ; 

 a Total Eclipse of the Moon, 185 ; the Total Solar Eclipse 

 of January 22, 1898, 157 



Economic Botany in Nyasaland, 211 



Economic Effects of Ship Canals, the, 160 



Eddy (Prof. H. T.), Velocity of Light in a Magnetic Fiel<l, 



45 

 Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 95. 215, 383, 431, 503 

 Edinburgh Royal Society, 191, 263, 311, 431, 502, 527, 599 

 Education : a Short History of Scientific Education, Father 

 A. L. Cortie, 6 ; Scientific Education in Rural Districts, the 

 Countess of Warwick and Prof. Raphael Meldola, F. R.S., 

 7 ; an Introduction to Practical Physics for use in Schools, 

 D. Rintoul, 51 ; the Teaching of Science in Elementary 

 Schools, 87 ; Science in Elementary Schools, A. T. Simmons, 

 126; Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., 126 ; the Imperial Uni- 

 versity of London, 102 ; University College and the Uni- 

 versity of London, 153 ; Higher Commercial Education and 

 the University of London, Sir Philip Magnus, 58S ; Science 

 in Education, Sir Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., 108; the New 

 Liverpool Museums Extension Buildings, 209 ; Progressive 

 Education, 235 ; Signs of Progress in Science Teaching, Dr. 

 J. TI. Gladstone, F.R.S., 29S'; the Duke of Devonshire on 

 Secondary Education, 306 ; the Duke of Devonshire and the 

 Secondary Education Bill, 451 : Mr. Balfour and Prof. Jebb 

 on Technical and Secondary Education, 352 ; Geometry rw-iK-r 

 Euclid, Prof. George M. Minchin, F.R.S., 369; the Teach- 

 ing of Geometry, R. J. Dallas, 416 ; Psychology in the 

 Schoolroom, T. F. G. Dexter and A. H. Garlick, 413 : the 

 Northern Polytechnic, HoUoway, A. T. Simmons, 449 : 

 Local Authorities for Science and Art Instruction, A. T. 

 Simmons, 498 ; the Progress of Technical Education, 573 ; 

 Technical Education in Germany, 619 ; the Science Buildings 

 at South Kensington, 610 

 Egg-capsules in Gasteropoda, Formation of, J. T. Cunningham, 



"S57 



Eggs, Tuatara, the Hatching of. Prof. Arthur Dendy, Prof. G. B. 

 Howes, F.R.S., 340 



Egyptology : British Museum, a Guide to the Second and First 

 Egyptian Rooms, E. A. Wallis Budge, F.S.A., 50; Fac- 

 simile of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus in the British 

 Museum, E. A. Wallis Budge, F.S. A., 73 ; Zoology of Egypt, 

 Vol. i., Reptilia and Batrachia, John Anderson, F.R.S.,G.A. 

 Boulenger, F.R.S., 195; from Sphinx to Oracle, A. Silva 

 White," 266 ; the Fishes of the Nile, Dr. John Anderson, 

 F.R.S., 399 ; the Book of the Master, W. Marsham Adams, 

 507 ; the Temple of Mut in Asher, Margaret Benson, Janet 

 Gourlay, 530 



Ehlert (Dr. Reinhold), Death of, 254 



Elasticity, Semi-inverse Method of Solution of Equation of, Dr. 

 C. Chree, 479 



Electricity: Death of Latimer Clark, F.R.S., 14; Obituary 

 Notice of, 38 ; Electrical Power absorbed by Shafting and 



