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8.1899 



1 essenden (Prof. Reginald A.), Absolute Determination of the 



Ohm. 605 

 Fichtenholtz (.\.), Mode of Action of Bacillus siibtilis in 



Phenomena of Denitrification, 408 

 Ficker(Dr. Martin), \italityof Pathogenic Bacteria in Artificial 



Surroundings, 516 

 Kidler (T. Claxton), Calculations in Hydraulic Engineering, 



148 

 Field (Mr.), Vitality of Typhoid Bacillus in Milk and Butter, 



.346 

 Fierz (Kd. ), Les Recettes du Distillateur, 339 

 Filon (L. N. G.), Diffraction Fringes as Applied to Micrometric 



Observations, 117 

 Finite Order, Theory of Groups of, W. Burnside, F. R.S., Prof. 



II Burkhardt, 122 

 Fire Prevention Committee, Publications of the British, Edwin 



O. Sachs, 76 

 Fire Prevention, Lessons of Home Building Fire, Pittsburg, 



U.S.A., G. Kaufmann, F,. Swensson, and F. L. Garlinghouse, 



348 

 Fireslicks, Tasmanian, H. Ling Roth, 606 

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



Fischer (Dr. Ferdinand), Cheniische Technologic an den 

 Universilaten und technischen Hochschulen Deutschlands, 

 361 

 Fischer (Dr. H.), Inulin, 302 

 Fisher (G. E.), Text-Book of Algebra, 198 

 Fisheries : Lobster and Crab Fishing in Cornwall, T. T. Cun- 

 ningham, 62 ; Starfish in Oyster Beds, 422 ; Statistics of Seal 

 and Whale Fishery in 1S98, Thomas Southwell, 544 ; the Re- 

 sources of the Sea, \V. C. Mcintosh, F.R.S., Prof. W. A. 

 Herdman. F.R.S., 602 

 Fishes : Syrian Fishes with Abnormal Eyes, Saleem Makarius, 

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

 Fishes of the Nile, Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., 399 

 Fison (A. II.), Recent Advances in Astronomy, 367 

 Fitzgerald (Prof. Geo. Fras. , F.R.S.), Diffusion in Relation to 

 Work, 36 ; Asymmetry and \'italism, 76 ; Converse of the 

 Zeeman Effect, 222 ; Experiment to Illustrate the Zeeman 

 Effect, 509, 557 ; a Hydrodynamical Hypothesis as to Electro- 

 magnetic Actions, 335 

 Fitzgerald ( Prof. Maurice I". ), Flight of Birds, 609 

 Five Windows of the Soul, the, E. H. .-Xitken, 293 

 Fizeau .\pparatus for Determining Coefficients of Expansion, 259 

 Flames containing Vaporised Salts, Electrical Conductivity and 

 Luminosity of, Arthur Smithells, H. M. Dawson, and H. A. 

 Wilson, 166 

 Flashlights on Nature, Grant Allen, 268 



Fleming (Mrs.), Stars of the Fifth Type in the Magellanic 

 Cloud, 330 ; Classification of the Spectra of Long Period 

 Variables, 330 

 Fleming (Dr. W'. J), Method of Localising with Riintgen Rays, 



563 

 !■ liche (P. ), Ptinis sylvestris in l,)uaternian Gravels near Troyes, 



240 

 Flight of Birds, Prof. Maurice F. Fitzgerald, 609 

 Floresco (X.). Hepatic Chlorophyll of Invertebrates, 407 

 Flow of Water, Prof. H. S. Hele-Shaw, 222 

 Flowers and Insects, Prof. F. Plateau, 613 

 Fog, Possible Utilisation of, H. Earlsclifle, 377 

 Folgheraiter (Dr.), Magnetisation of Ancient Greek Vases, 563 

 Folk-lore: Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies, Abbe J. 

 A. Dubois, Dr. M. Winternitz, 145 ; Australian Legendary 

 Tales, Mrs. K. Langloh Parker, H. Ling Roth, 292; 

 More Australian Legendary Tales, H. Ling Roth, 292; 

 Creation Myths of Primitive America in Relation to the 

 Religious History and .Mental Development of Mankind, 

 Jeremiah Curtin, 38S ; the Native Tribes of Central .\ustralia. 

 Prof. B. Spencer, F. G. Gillen, Hy. Ling Roth, 511 

 Fohvell (k. Prescott), the Designing, Construction and Mainten- 

 ance of Sewerage Systems, 363 

 Food, Animals feeding on Poisonous Plants as, Chas. A. Sil- 



berrad, 177 

 Foote (H. W.), Chemical Composition of Tourmaline, 453 

 F'orbidden Land, in the, A. Henry Savage Landor, 9 

 F"orce and Work, .Matter, Energy, Silas W. Holman, 199 

 Ford 'Dr. Napier), Perchoid, a substitute for Rubber, 81 

 Forestry : Internal Remedy against Beech Parasite Cryptococcus 

 fagi, John Shortt, 397 



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



557 

 Fossils : Recent and Fossil Rhinoceroses, H. F. (Jsbom, 87 ; 



Fossil Plants for Students of Botany and Geology, A. C. 



Seward, F.R.S., 146: Fossil Vertebrates in the American 



Museum of Natural History, Prof. Henry F. Osborn, 272 ; 



Another Stockton Dragon, 461 ; Fossil Jelly-fish, C. D. 



Walcolt, 568 

 Foster (Dr. C. Le N.). Mineral Output of United Kingdom, 



60 

 Four-Footed Americans and their Kin, Afabel Osgood Wright, 



124 

 Fourier's Series, Prof. Alliert A. Michelson, 200 ; Prof. J. 



Willard Gibbs, 200; A. E. H. Love, F.R.S.,200; R. B. 



Hayward, F.R.S., 271 ; H. F. Baker, 319; Prof. J. Willard 



Gibbs, 606 

 Fowler (Sir John), Death and Obituary Notice of, 79 

 Fox (Francis), Ventilation of Tunnels and Buildings, 156 

 Fox (Howard), Birds and Poisonous Fruit, 149 

 Foyers, .\luminium Manufacture at, 205 

 France : Spider Silk Manufacture in France, Si ; Meteorology 



in France, 505 ; Wireless Telegraphy between France and 



England, 514 

 Franchimont Prof), Neutral Glycerine Esters (Triacylines) 



from Saturated Monobasic Acids with even number of C-atoms, 



624 

 Francis (F. E.), Separation of Normal and Iso- Heptane from 



American Petroleum, 71 ; Action of Fuming Nitric Acid on 



Paraffin, 71 

 Fraokland (Prof. Percy F., F.R.S.), .Asymmetry and Vitalism, 



30 

 Frankland (Mrs. Percy), the Micro-organism of Faulty Rum, 



339 

 Franz (Prof.), on the Elongation of the Lunar Globe, 158 

 Frazer(Dr. William), Death of, 592 

 Freer (Miss A. Goodrich), on the Folk-lore of the Outer 



Hebrides, 164 

 Freezing Mixtures, the IsoUition of. Prof. W. Hempel, 257 

 French Associations, Meetings of British and, in 1S99, 181 

 Friedel (C. ), Reactions of Hexane with .\luminium Chloride, 



23 ; Carnotite, 455 

 Friedel (Prof. Charles), Death of, 611 

 Frilled Fringe of the South Coast, 457 

 Friswell (R. J.). Chemists and Chemical Industries, 390, 461 

 Froggatt (W. W, ), Grasshoppers on Trees, 96 

 Frot (M.), X'elocity of Sound, 24 

 Fruits, Sketch of the Evolution of our Native, L. II. Bailey, 



3S7 

 Fruits, Bush, Fred. W . Card, 459 

 Fuel, Oil, Sir .Marcus Samuel, 594 

 Fumigation of Trees, the, 177 

 Funafuti : Recent Coral Boring Operations at Funafuti, 22 ; 



the Boring of a Coral Reef at Funafuti, Prof T. G. Bonney, 



F.R.S., 29; Funafuti, r Three Months on a Coral Island, 



Mrs. Edgeworth David Prof. T. G. Bonney. F. K.S., 554 

 Functions, .Vnalylic, Introduction to the Theory of, J. Harkness, 



F. Morley, Prof. W. Burnside. F.R.S. 3S6 

 Functions. Theory of. Prof. ]. Harkness, 533 ; Prof. F. Morley, 



Prof. W. Burnside, F.R.S., 533 



Gadow (Dr. II., F.R.S.), a Classification of Vertebrala, Recent 

 and Extinct, 27 ; Orthogenic Variations in the Carapace of 

 Chelonia, I iS ; Vergleichende .\natomie der Wirbelthiere 

 mit Beriicksichtigung der Wirbellosen, Carl Gegenbaur, 169 



Gallop (E. G. ), Change of Independent Variables and Theory of 

 Cyclicants and Reciprocants, 479 



Galloway (R. L. ), Annals of Coal .Mining and the Coal Trade, 



337 

 Galton (Sit Douglas, F.R.S.), Death of, 469 ; Obituary Notice 



of, 512 

 Galvanometers and Magnetic Dip, A. P. Trotter, 102 

 Gandolfi (Dr. A.), Velocity of Propagation of Hertzian Waves, 



30« 

 Garefowl, the Range of the. Prof. Alfred Newton, F.R.S., 



125 

 Garlick (A. H.), Psychology in the School-room, 413 

 Garlinghouse ( F. L. ), Lessons of Home Building Fire, 34S 

 Garrigou (F. ), .Absence of Iodine in Toulouse .Atmosphere, 576 

 (Harrison (Wendell Phillips), the New Gulliver, 222 



