Nature, Dec. 2, 1886): 
INDEX Vv 
a 
Bach (E.) and R. Leukhart, Ammonium Formate, 464 
Backelandt (L.), Oxidation of Hydrochloric Acid under Influ- 
ence of Light, 159 
Backhouse (T. W.), Luminous Clouds, 239 ; the Bright Clouds, 
312; Bright Clouds and the Aurora, 386 
Bacteria in Culture-‘Tubes, on a Device for the Better Examina- 
tion of, F. R. Cheshire, 235 
Bagshot Beds of the London’. Basin, the, Monckton and Herries, 
210; Rev. A. Irving, 217 ; Horace W. Monckton, 265 
Bahamas, Alligators in the, J. Gardiner, 546 
Bailey (Acting-Governor Arthur), Peat Floods in the Falk- 
lands, 440 
Bailey (G. H., D.Sc.), on an anaes for Maintaining Con- 
stant Temperatures up to 100° C., 512; Alchemy, H. Kopp, 
44 
Batley (W.), Curved Diffraction-Gratings, 70 
Baker (T. J.), Description of a New Calorimeter for Lecture 
Purposes, 509 
Baku, Mud Volcanoes near, Dr. H. Sjogren, 464 . 
Balfour (Prof. B.), Value of the ‘‘ Type System” 
Botany, 536 
Balkhash, Lake, Drying-up of, Nikolsky, 201 
Ball (V., F.R.S.), Lion-Breeding, 601 
Ballarat School of Mines Report, 531 
Ballistics, Exterior, in the Plane of Fire, Capt. J. M. Ingalls, 
in Teaching 
493 
Balloon : Photography from a, Nadar, 276, 308 ; Journey from 
Cherbourg to the Neighbourhood of London, M. L’Hoste’s, 
324; the largest in the World, 371 
Baltic Canal, Herr Beseke, 628 
Bamberg, Observatory at, Dr. Hartwig, 109 
Banyuls-sur-Mer, Marine Biological Station at, P. L. Sclater, 
596 
Barbados, Guide to, Rev. J. H. S, Moxly, 168 
Barkly (Lieut. -Governor), Peat Floods in the Falklands, 440 
Barley Pest or ‘‘ Krog” in Norway, Herr Schoyen on, 39 
Barnard (E. E.),«Black Transit of Jupiter's Fourth "Satellite, 
202 
Barnes (Chas. R.), J. C. Arthur, and John M. Coulter, Hand- 
book of Plant-Dissection, 261 
Barometer, Annual Movement of the, in Central Russia, General 
A. de Tillo, 516 
Barometric Pressure of May 13, £886, 95 
Barrett (Prof. W. F.), Earth Currents and Aurora, 408 
Barrow (J., F.R.S.), Mountain Ascents in Cumberland and 
Westmoreland, 168 
Barus (C.) and V. Strouhal, Strain-Effect of Sudden Cooling in 
Glass and Steel, 208 
Barus (C.) and V. Strouhal, Strain-Effect of Sudden Cooling, 
Basic Bessemer Process in South Lancashire, W. Hutchinson, 
512 
Basic Sulphates, 
Athanasesco, 332 
Bath (W. H.), Humming in the Air caused by Insects, 547 
Soe Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, Proceedings 
of, 130 
Bathy-hypsographical Map of the British Isles, 506 
Baur (C,), Action of Tones on Water-Jets, 22 
Bay of Bengal, Upper Wind-Currents over the, in March, and 
Malaysia in April and May, Hon. Ralph Abercromby, 288 
Bax (E. B.), Hand-book to the History of Philosophy, 73 
Bayne (H. A., M.D.), Obituary Notice of, 553 
_ Becher (H. M.), on some Cupriferous Shales in the Province of 
Houpeh, China, 259 
Oe (G. F.), Cretaceous Metamorphic Rocks of California, 
0, 158 
Becquerel (M. Henry), on the Variation of the Absorption- 
Spectra in Non-Isotropic Mediums, 307 
Beduwe (M.), Transportable Electric Lighthouse, 501 
Bidwell (Shelford), on a Modified Form of Wheatstone’s Rheo- 
stat, 70 
Buchan (A.), the Meteorology of Ben Nevis, 211 
Behring Straits, Stejneger’s Explorations in, 15 
Beitrage zur Biologie der Pflanzen, 587 
Beketoff (Prof.), on the South Russian Steppes, 226 
Belfast Naturalists’ Field Club, 130 
Belgium, a New Observatory in, 61 
Bell (C. A.), Sympathetic Vibrations of Jets, 138 
Bell (C, N.), Prehistoric Man in Manitoba, 610 
Crystallised, Researches on some, M. 
Bell (Louis), the Ultra-Violet Spectrum of Cadmium, 208 
Bellamy (F. A.), Solar Halo and Sun Pillar seen on June 5, 1886, 
193 
Belopolsky (M. A.), Movements on the Sun’s Surface, 54 
Ben Nevis, the Meteorology of, A. Buchan, 211 ; Work at the 
Observatory, 460 
Benda’s (Dr.) Heematoxyline Colouring Method, 236 
Beneden (P. J. Van), Fossil Cetaceans from the Caucasus, 
208 
Benedikt (Dr. R.), the Chemistry of the Coal Tar Colours, 25 
Bennett (A. W.), the Poison of the Stinging-Nettle, 53 
Bennett (Alfred), Brooding Habits of the Emu, 225 
Benton (W.), on Surface Subsidence caused by Lateral Coal- 
Mining, 514 
Benzene, New Derivatives of, E. G. Korner, 587 
Benzoic Acid, on some Decompositions of, Prof. Odling, F.R.S., 
12 
Berberich (Dr. A.), Comets Brooks I. and III., 202 
Bericht iiber die Thatigkeit der botanischen Section der Schles- 
chischen Gesellschaft, 587 
Berlin: Physical Society of, 22, 
Society of, 23, 47, 71, 96, 164, 236, 332; Meteorological 
Society of, 23; Prussian Meteorological Institute, 23 ; Che- 
mical Society of, 356, 404, 464, 492; Publication of Original 
Communications as to the Contents. of the Collection of the 
Royal Ethnological Museum, 322 ; Central Geodetic Office, 
529; Meeting of German Naturalists and Physicians, 605 
Bert (M.) and Tonquinese Academy, 458 
3erthelot (M.), Sugars, 563 
Berthelot and André (MM.), on the Formation of Oxalic Acid 
in Plants, 47, 71; Quantitative Analysis of Ammonia found 
in the Ground, 95, 163, 211; on the Displacement of Ammonia 
by other Bases, and on its Quantitative Analysis in the Soil, 
307, 335; Tension of Dry Bicarbonate of Ammonia, 635 
Berthelot and Vielle (MM.), Heats of Combustion, 139, 163 
Beseke, Herr, Baltic Canal, 628 
Bessemer (H.), some Early Forms of Bessemer Converters, 575 
Beyer (Dr. H. G.), Structure of Lingula pyramidata, 17 
Bezold (Prof. von), Prussian Meteorological Institute, 23 
Biarritz, International Congress on Climatology at, 129 
Bicarbonate of Ammonia, Tension of, MM. Berthelot and 
André, 635 
Bichat (M. E.) and R. Blondlot, Note on the Construction of 
an Absolute Electrometer adapted for the Measurement of 
very High Potentials, 331 
Bichat and Blondlot (MM.), an Absolute Electrometer, 436 
Bidwell (S., M.A.), Lifting Power of Electro-Magnets and 
Magnetisation of Iron, 159 ; a Voltaic Cell with a Solid Elec- 
trolyte, 211 
Biela Meteors of November 27, 1885, the, H. A. Newton, 207 
Bigourdan (M.), Personal Equation in Observations of Double 
Stars, 555 
Billups (M.), Larvae of Meloé, 306 
Bilobites, Jurassic, M. S. Meunier, 140 
Binary Stars : y Coronz Australis, H. C. Wilson, 176 ; OS 234, 
459; a Centauri, 61 ; 7 Cygni, J. E. Gore, 603 
Binomial Equation x» — 1 = 0, Miss Scott, 521 
Biology: Notes, 16, 132; Hymenoptera of the Hawaiian 
Islands, 16; Prof. itso Vegetable Parasites of Codfish, 17 ; 
as Meehan on Superimposed Stamens, 17; H. G. Beyer, 
Structure of ZLingula pyramidata, 17; Parietal Eye of 
Hatteria, W. B. Spencer, 33 ; Development of Ophiopholis 
and Echinarachnius, W. Fewkes, 132; the Leeches of 
Japan, 132; New Element in the Blood and its Relation to 
Coagulation, G. ‘. Kemp, 132; Eggs of British Marine 
Fishes, Prof. McIntosh, 147; Report of Marine Biological 
Association, 177 ; Laboratory at Plymouth, 178 ; Conjugation 
of the Paramecia, E. Maupas, 492; Circulatory Apparatus 
of the Ophiures, 516 ; Nerve Centres in the Arachnidz, M. 
G. Saint-Remy, 540 ; Nerve-Action, Dr. H. P. Bowditch, 559 ; 
Nervous System of the Gasteropods, H. de Lacaze-Duthiers, 
588 ; Origin of Species, E. Catchpool, 617 ; Biologia Centrali- 
Americana—Mammalia, E. R. Alston, P. L. Sclater, 615. 
See also British Association, Section D, Biology 
Biondi (Dr.), on the Intermaxillary Bone, 47 
Birds, Migratory, Do they Return to their Old Haunts ?, 53 ; 
Composition of the Edible Bird’s Nest, H. B. Guppy, 100 ; 
A.O.U. List of North American Birds, R. Bowdler Sharpe, 
169 ; Wings of Birds, Prof. W. H. Flower, F.R.S., 204 ; 
Observations on Migrations of, at Lighthouses, 482; Birds of 
48, 212, 308; Physiological 
