XVI 
Griffiths (A. B.), on Certain Eocene Formations of Western 
Servia, 259 
Griffiths (J. A.), on Cycles, 46 
Griffiths (Capt. T.), and H. N. Williams, North-West Coast of 
Pembrokeshire, 482 
Vie Museum for Chester and North Wales, Opening of, 
34 
Groves (C. E., F.R.S.). Fresenius’s Quantitative Analysis, 2 
Grubb (Howard, F.R.S.), Telescopic Objectives and Mirrors, 
their Preparation and Testing, 85 ; 
Grye (M. de la), on International Orthography for Maps, 61 
Guesne Collection of Carib Antiquities, Otis T. Mason, 39 
Guignard (M. Léon), on the Effects of Pollinisation in the 
Orchid Family, 308 
Gulf Stream, Prince Albert of Monaco on, 458 
Gun, Forty-three-Ton, Explosion, 117 
Guns, Explosions of, Colonel Moncrieff on, 37 
Guns, Our, 517, 589, W. M. Williams, 569 
Gun-barrels, Erosion of, Sir F. Abel, F.R.S., and Colonel 
Maitland, 575 
Guppy (Dr. H. B.) : Pumice on the Cornish Coast, 29 ; Compo- 
sition of the Edible Bird’s Nest, 100 ; on the Mode of For- 
mation of the Coral Reefs of the Solomon Islands, 307 ; 
Solomon Islands and their Natives, Proposed Work on, 370 
Guthrie (Prof. F., F.R.S.), Death of, 625 
Guyot (Arnold), Life of, J. D. Dana, 158 
Hematoxyline Colouring, Dr. Benda’s, 236 
Hemorrhagic Dyspnea, Dr. Gad, 23 
Hailstorm, a Remarkable, A. Ernst, 122 
Hainan and its People, B. C. Henry, 591 
Hair, Human, Dr. Pohl-Pincus on the Polarisation Colours of 
the, 47 
Hairs, Collection of, after Earthquakes in China, W. T. Thisel- 
ton Dyer, F.R.S., 56 
Haldane (J. S.), Hand-book to the History of Philosophy by E. 
B. Bax, 73 
Hale (A.), Stone Age in the Malay Peninsula, 53 
Hale, on Malay Mines and Miners, 626 
Hale (Sarah), Infant-School Management, 215 
Half-Castes of New Caledonia, M. Moncelon, 185 
Haliburton (R. G.), on Tau Cross on Badge of Medicine-Man 
of the Queen Charlotte Isles, 610 
Hall (Prof. Asaph), Inner Satellites of Saturn, 490 
Halo, Solar, Capt. T. H. Tizard, 168 
Halo, Solar, and Sun-Pillar seen on June 5, 1886, F. A. Bellamy, 
193 
Halos, J. H. A. Jenner, 217 
Halos and Mock Suns, E. Douglas Archibald, Robert H. F. 
Rippon, 313 
Walphen (M.) at the Paris Academy of Sciences, 245 
Hamberg (H. E.), on the Influence of Forests onthe Climate of 
Sweden, 53 
Hambleton (G. W.), on the Scientific Prevention of Consump- 
tion, 608 
Hamilton (A. G.), Orchidez of the Mudgee District, 611 
Hamy (M.), African Collections in Jardin des Plantes, 556 
Hance (Dr, H. F.), Death of, 322 
Hand-book to the History of Philosophy, E. B. Bax, J. S. 
Haldane, 73 
Hann (Prof.), Temperatures of Vienna Forest, 603 
Harbord (F. W.), Elimination of Silicon, Phosphorus, &c., in 
the Basic Open-Hearth Process, 576 
Harding (Charles) : Severe Weather of the Winter of 1885-86, 
94; the Past Winter, 1885-86, 124; the Persistent Low Tem- 
perature, 340 ; Railway Weather-Signals, 361 
Harkness (Prof.), Application of Photography to Astronomy, 
16; on klexure of Meridian Instruments, 40 
Harmonic Analyser at the Meteorological Office, on the Work- 
ing of the, Robert H. Scott, F.R.S., and R. H. Curtis, 
F.R.Met.Soc., 135 j 
Harries (Hy.), Meteorology and Colliery Explosions, 361 
Harrison (W. J.), on a Deep-Water Boring in the New Red 
Marls, near Birmingham, 513 
Hartlaub (Dr. Clemens), Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Manatus- 
Arten, 214; Manatherium detheidi, 594 
Hartley (Prof. W. N., F.R.S.), onthe Fading of Water-Colours, 
Sit 
Ba ee D. II.), Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros, &c., 
4o 
INDEX 
[Wature, Dec. 2, 1886 
Hartwig (Dr.), the Observatory at Bamberg, 109 
Harveian Oration, Dr. Pavy, F.R.S., 606 
Hauslab Cartographical Collection, 605 
Haviland (E., F.L.S.), Parasitic Fungus on the Cucurbitacea, 95 
Hawaiian Islands, the Hymenoptera of the, 16 
Haptodus baylet, A. Gandy, 463 
Hatteria, Parietal Eye of, W. B. Spencer, 33 
Hatton (G.), Production of Soft Steel ina New Type of Fixed 
Converter, 512 
Haycraft (J. B.), Sense of Taste, 515 
Head (J.), Blow-Holes in Steel, 62 
Heart, Paralytic Ataxy of, Mariano Semmola, 491 
Heat, Disinfection by, H. F. Parsons, 581; Effect of, in 
Changing the Structure of Crystals of Potassium Chlorate, 
H. G, Madan, 66 ; Alterations Induced by, in Certain Vitreous 
Rocks, F. Rutley, F.G.S., 137; Real Atomic Heat, Prof. 
A. Sandrucci, 159; Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, and 
Specific Volume of Saturated Vapours, A. Perot, 188 ; 
Heats of Combustion, MM. Berthelot and Vielle, 139, 163; 
Heat and Light, Protective Influence of Black Colour from, 
2; Heat, Light, and Acoustics, W. Lees, M.A., 27 
Heating and Cooking by Gas, 266 
Heathcote (I. G., M.A.), Early Development of Fulus terrestris, 
67 
Hébert (M.), Observations on the Oldest Sedimentary Groups 
in the North-West of France, 331 ; Observations on Sedi- 
mentary Groups in the North-West of France, 355 ; Oldest 
Sedimentary Formations in North-West France, 380 
Hector (Dr. James, F.R.S.), the Recent Volcanic Eruptions in ~ 
New Zealand, 389 
Heidelberg University, the Celebration of the Five Hundredth 
Anniversary of, 276, 335 
Heim (Prof.), on the Number of Glaciers in the Alps, 245 
Heliometer of the Yale College Observatory, 84 
Helmholtz (Prof. von), the Doctrine of the Maximum Economy 
of Action, 308 
Hemsley (W. B.), Vegetation of South Georgia, 106; 
the Gallery of Marianne North’s Paintings of Plants and 
their Homes, Royal Gardens, Kew, 143 
Henry (B. C.), Hainan and its People, 591 
Henry (Louis), on the Mono-substituted Haloid Derivatives of 
Acetonitril, 403 
Henry (L.), Comparative Volatility of Methylic Compounds, 
88 
Hows (P. and P.), Astronomical Photography, 35 
Henslow (Rev. George), Sense of Smell, 572 
Herderite and Beryl, Chemical Composition of, S. L. Penfield 
and D. N. Harper, 402 
Herdman (Prof. W. A.): Actinotrocha on the British Coasts, 
387 ; and Hjalmar Theel, Zoological Results of the Challenger 
Expedition, 437 ; Abnormal Star-Fish, 596 
Herman (Douglas, F.I.C., ¥.C.S.), and the Action of Heat on 
Vitreous Rocks, 137 
Hermite (M. Gustave), on the Employment of Intermittent 
Light for the Measurement of Rapid Movements, 403 
Herschel (Sir W. J.), Mock Suns, 289, 336 
Hessian Fly, Miss Ormerod, 458 
Hicks (Dr. Henry, M.D., F.R.S.): Pre-Cambrian Age of 
Rocks in North-West Pembrokeshire, 162 ; Evidence of Man 
and Pleistocene Animals in North Wales prior to Glacial 
Deposits, 216; Caves of North Wales, 480; Evidence of 
Pre-Glacial Man in North Wales, 608 
Hidden (W. E.), Contributions to Mineralogy, 539 
Higgin (G.), Cholera in its Relation to Water-Supply, 149 
Highly Refractive Mediums, J. G. Hirst, 162 
Himalayan Snowfall, Blanford on the, 201 
Hind (J. R., F.R.S.), Brook’s Comet III., 436 
Hingston (Prof. W. H., M.D.), Influence of Canadian Climate 
on Europeans, 609 
Hirn (G. A.): Objections to the Kinetic Theory of the Gases, 
M. R. Clausius, 159; on the Pressure that exists in the Con- 
tracted Section of a Gaseous Vein, 380; Modern Kinetics 
and the Dynamism of the Future, 540 ; Modern Kinetics, 
62 
Hist (J. G.), Highly Refractive Mediums, 162 
His (Prof.), Zoological Station at Naples, and Urgency of a 
Scientific Central Establishment, 605 
Histioderma ?, What is, 53; A. Ramsay, 76; J. Victor Carus, 76 
Histoire des Sciences, Mathématiques, et Physiques, Maximi- 
lien Marie, 518 
