Index 



Recherches sur les Instruments, les Methodes et le dessin 



Topographiques, Colonel A. Laussedat, 481 

 The Gold-fields of Australasia, Karl Schmeisser, 482 

 The Witwatersrand Gold-fields, Banket and Mining Prac- 

 tice, S. J. Truscott, 482 

 Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 



London, Arthur C. Claudet, 482 

 .Medical Works of the Fourteenth Century, together with a 

 List of Plants recorded in Contemporary Writings, with 

 their Identification, Rev. Prof G. Henslow, 483 

 The Chemistry of Coke, O. Simmerbach, 484 

 Class Book of Physical Geography, Wm. Hughes, 484 

 English-French Dictionary of .Medical Terms, H. de Meric, 



4S4 , 

 Traite Elementaire de Meteorology, Alfred Angot, 505 

 River Development as Illustrated by the Rivers of North 



America, Prof. J. C. Russell, 506 

 The Book of the Master ; or the Egyptian Doctrine of the 



Light born of the Virgin Mother, W. Marsham Adams, 507 

 .\ Laboratory Manual in Astronomy, Mary E. Byrd, 508 

 The Tutorial Algebra, William Briggs and G. H. Bryan, 



K.R.S., 50S 

 .An Elementary Text-book of Botany, Sydney H. Vines, 



F.R.S., 509 

 The Principles of Agriculture ; a Text-book for Schools and 



Rural Societies, 509 

 Birds, A. H. Evans, 529 

 The Temple of Mut in Asher ; an Account of the Excavation 



of the Temple and of the Religious Representations and 



the Objects found therein, as Illustrating the History of 



Egypt and the Main Religious Ideas of the Egyptians, 



Margaret Benson and Janet Gourlay, 530 

 Die Medial-Fernrohre, L. Schupmann, 532 

 Mathematical and Physical Tables, James P. Wrapson and 



W. W. Haldene Gee, 532 

 La Photographic Animee, Eug. Trutat, 533 

 Researches into the Origin of the Primitive Constellations of 



the Greeks, Phcenicians, and Babylonians, Robert Brown, 



j""-. 553 



Funafuti, or Three Months on a Coral Island ; an Unscientific 

 Account of a Scientific Expedition, Mrs. Edgeworth David, 

 Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 554 



The Right to the Whole Produce of Labour, Dr. Anton 

 Menger, 555 



L' Audition et ses Organes, Dr. M. E. Gelle, 556 



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



Notes from a Diary in Asiatic Turkey, jLord W^arkworth, 

 M.P., 557 



Lectures on Theoretical and Physical Chemistry, J. H. van't 

 Hofif, 557 



The Groundwork of Science : a Study of Epistemology, St. 

 George Mivart, F.R.S., Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 577 



Under the African Sun ; a Description of Native Races in 

 Uganda, Sporting Adventures, and other Experiences, Dr. 

 W. J. Ansorge, 579 



The Wild Fowl of the United States and British Possessions ; 

 or the Swan, Geese, Ducks, and Mergansers of North 

 America, D. G. Elliot, 5S0 



An Introduction to Stellar Astronomy, W. H. S. Monck, 581 



Electrolysis and Electrosynthesis of Organic Compounds, Dr. 

 Walther Lob, 58 1 



Report of Observations of Injurious Insects and Common 

 Farm Pests during the Year 1898, with the Methods of 

 Prevention and Remedy, Eleanor A. Ormerod, 581 



Notes from a Diary ; kept chiefly in Southern India, 1881- 

 1S86, The Right Hon. Sir M. E. Grant Dutf, 582 



Fertilisers : the Source, Character, and Compositions of 

 Natural, Home-made and Manufactured Fertilisers ; and 

 Suggestions as to their use for different Crops and Condi- 

 tions, E. B. Voorhees, 582 



A History of Physics, Prof. Florian Cajori, Prof. Arthur 

 Schuster, F.R.S., 601 



The Resources of the Sea, as shown in the Scientific Experi- 

 ments to test the Effects of Trawling and of the Closure 

 of Certain Areas off the Scottish Shores, W. C. Mcintosh, 

 F.R.S., Prof. W. .A. Herdman, F.R.S., 602 



The Lepidoptera of the British Islands, Charles G. Barrett, 

 604 



An Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Attraction, 

 Francis A. Tarleton, 604 



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

 graphy, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, 604 

 Admiral Sir William Robert Mends, G.C.B., Bowen Stilon 



Mends, 605 

 The Great Salt Lake Trail, Colonel H. Inman and Colonel 

 W. F. Cody, 605 

 Reye (Theodor), Lectures on the Geometry of Position, 242 

 Reynolds (Prof. O., F.R.S.), the Slipperiness of Ice, 755 

 Rhind Mathematical Papyrus in the British Museum, Fac- 

 simile of the, 73 

 Rhinoceroses, Recent and Fo.ssil, H. F. Osborn, 87 

 Ribaga(Dr. A.), Overlooked Asymmetrical Structure in Female 



Bed Bug, 599 

 Ricettario Industriale, I. Ghersi, 174 



Richards (Prof. T. W. ), the Retention and Release of Gases 

 Occluded by Metal Oxides, 232 ; Constancy of " Melting 

 Point " of Crystallised Salts sufficient for Standardising 

 Thermometers, 565 ; Method of Standarising Thermometers, 

 R. A. Lehfeldt, 622 ; the Atomic Weights of Nickel and 

 Cobalt, 594 

 Richardson (James C. ), Precipitation of Gold by Charcoal, 



558 

 liicharz (F. ), Gravitational Constant and Mean Density of Earth, 



93 

 Richthofen (Ferdinand Freiherr von), Schantung und seine 



Eingangspforte Kiautschou, 291 

 Ricco (Prof. A.), Meteorological Observations at Catania and 



Etna, 544 

 Ridsdale (E. L. J.), the Wanton Destruction of Rare Visitants- 



to our shores, 296 

 Ridewood (Dr. W. G.), the Caudal Diplospondyly of Sharks, 



358 



Riecke(E.), Reaction Pressure of Kathode Rays, 357 



Righi (Prof. A.), a Magneto-Optic Phenomenon, 47 ; Die Optik 

 der Elektrischen Schwingungen,i48 ; Absorption of Light by 

 Body in Magnetic Field, 263 



Right to the Whole Produce of Labour, the. Dr. Anton 

 Menger, 555 



Rijke (Dr. P. L.), Death of, 562 



Rinderpest, the Serum Treatment of, 57 



Rinderpest in Cape Colony, 346 



Ring Barrow at Blackheath, Yorkshire, Excavation of. Dr. J. 

 L. Russell, 215 



Rintoul(D.), an Introduction to Practical Physics for use in 

 Schools, 51 



Rive (L. de la), Influence of Magnetism on Heat Conductivity 

 of Iron, 407 



River Development, as illustrated by the Rivers of North 

 America, Prof. I. C. Russell, 506 



Roberts (Dr. Isaac), the Nebulous Region round 37 Cygni, 63 



Roberts (Sir William, F.R.S.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 

 592 



Robetts-Austen (Prof. W. C, C.B., F.R.S.), the Extraction of 

 Nickel from its Ores by the Mond Process, 63 ; the Micro- 

 photography of Steel Rails, 300 ; Alloys, 566 



Robertson (David), Dust Figures of Electrostatic Lines oi 

 Force, 263 



Rocks, the Records of the, 313 



Roder(J. ), Distribution de I'energie par courants polyphaseSj 

 199 



Romanes (Dr. G. J.), Darwin and After Darwin, 121 



Romero (Matias), Coffee and India-rubber in Mexico. 99 



Rontgen Rays, Electric Currents produced by, A. Winkelman, 

 46 ; Skiagraphic Atlas, John Poland, 100; Radiation, H. H. 

 Francis Hyndman, 123; Convection Currents and Fall of 

 Potential at Electrodes caused by Rontgen Rays, J. Zeleny, 

 142; Nature of Rontgen Rays, G. Guglielmo, 184; Con- 

 densation Nuclei produced in Gases by Rontgen Rays, C. 

 T. R. Wilson, 190; Rontgen Rays in Military Surgery,, 

 Major Battersby, 254 ; Diminution by Tubes of Electro- 

 Dispersive Power of Rontgen Rays, Prof. E. Villari, 328 ; 

 Mode of Lowering Vacuum in Rontgen Ray Tubes, C. C. 

 Hutchins, 332 ; the Measurement of Opacities of Variou.s 

 Substances to Rontgen Rays, E. A. W. Henley, 335 ; Effect 

 on Spark Discharges of Rontgen Rays, H. Starke, 357 ; 

 Visibility of, E. Dorn, 357 ; Difterence between Rays from 

 one Body, G. Sagnac, 359 ; Wehnelt's Contact-Breaker for 

 Induction Coils, Dr. John Macintyre, 438 ; R. J. Strutt, 510 ; 

 William Webster, 510; Method of Localising with Rontgen 

 Rays, Dr. W. J. Fleming, 563 ; Archives of Rontgen Rays, 



