Nature, | 
Dec. 18, 19¢2 
Index 
XXX 
Mountain Masses and Latitude Determinations, Major S. J. 
Burrard, 80 
Moureaux (Th.), Magnetic Perturbation on May 8, 96 
Mud, Flames from, ona Sea-shore, Rev. H. T. Dixon, 151 
Muir (Thomas, F.R.S.), Formula for the Perimeter of an 
Ellipse, 174 
Muir (Dr. Thomas, F.R.S.), Symbol for Partial Differentiation, 
271, 520 
Municipal Engineering and Sanitation, M. M. Baker, 173 
Munro (John), Time-signals by Wireless Telegraphy, 416; 
Murché (Vincent T.), the Teacher’s Manual of Object Lessons 
in Geography, 270 
Murchison Falls, the, C. Steuart Betton, 188 
Museums: Catalogue of the Collection of Birds Eggs in the 
British Museum (Natural History), E. W. Oates, 322; Guide 
to the Galleries'‘of Mammalia in the British Museum (Natural 
History), 322; Guide to the Coral Gallery in the British 
Museum (Natural History), R. Kirkpatrick and F. J. Bell, 
322; F. W. Rudler and the Museum of Practical Geology, 
553; on the Classification and Arrangement of Anthropo- 
logical Museums, Dr. W. H. Holmes, 664 
Mushrooms : the Most Effectual Plan for Starting the Germin- 
ation of Spores of Agaricus campestris, Dr. Margaret C. 
Ferguson, 612 
Mycology: Mycoplasm, E. M. Freeman, 7 ; Fungal Diseases of 
the Tea-plant, J. B. Curruthers, 136; Rust-fungus, Prof. 
Marshall Ward, 210 
Mycoplasm, E. M. Freeman, 7 
Myers (Dr. C. S), Observations in the Smallest Perceptible 
Musical Tone-difference as Examined in the People of Scotland 
and of the Torres Straits, 666 
Mythology: the Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times in India, 
South-western Asia and Southern Europe, J. F. Hewitt, 145 ; 
History and Chronology of the Myth-making Age, J. F. 
Hewitt, 145; Celtic Mythology, Lady Gregory, 489; Japan- 
ische Mythologie, Nihongi‘‘ Zeitalter der Gotter,” Dr. Karl 
Florenz, 546 
Nascius (I. C. de), ajla Conquéte du Ciel, 199 
Natural History: Linnean Society, 22, 47,94, 263 ; the Sweet Briar 
as a Goat Exterminator, Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., 
31; a Rare Wild Sheep, R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 32; Means 
‘Taken by the Different County Councils for Training Teachers 
in the Best Methods of Imparting ‘‘ Nature-knowledge” to 
their Pupils, 39 ; Death and Obituary Notice of John Clavell 
Mansel-Pleydell, 65; Memoirs of the Kazan Society of 
Naturalists, 70; New South Wales Linnean Society, 96, 
264, 312, 384, 516; Death of John Bellows, 113; Chickens 
Hatched in a Tree, W. I1. Hall, 127 ; Memoir of Dr. C. Berg, 
Senor A. Gallardo, 184; Nature Study and Life, C. F. 
Hodge, 245; the Nature Study Exhibition, Wilfred Mark 
Webb, 324; Nature Study in Elementary Education, Prof. 
Lloyd Morgan, 326; Nature Study, Lord Avebury, 326; 
How County Councils may Encourage Nature Siudy, Henry 
Hobhouse, 326; Realistic Geography Model Based on the 
6-inch Ordnance Survey, G. Herbert Morrell, 606 ; Natural 
History of the British Surface-Feeding Ducks, J. G. Millais, 
T. Digby Pigott, C.B., 266 ; Spiderland, Rose Haig Thomas, 
270; the Lake Counties, W. G. Collingwood, 271 ; Report 
on the Collections of Natural History Made in the Antarctic 
Regions during the Voyage of the Southern Cross, R. B. 
Sharpe and F. J. Bell, 322; Catalogue of the Collection of 
Birds’ Eggs in the British Museum (Natural History), E. W. 
Oates, 322; Guide to the Galleries of Mammalia in the 
British Museum (Natural History), 322; Guide to the Coral 
Gallery in the British Museum (Natural History), R. Kirk- 
patrick and F. J. Bell, 322; the Seasonal Study of Natural 
History, Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, 326; Death and 
Obituary Notice of Oliver Collett, 228; the late Prof. A. 
Hyatt, 330; Ilow the Sabre-toothed Tigers Killed their 
Prey, 357; the Cambridge Natural History, Mammalia, 
F. E. Beddard, 373 ; the Face of Nature, Rev. C. T. Ovenden, 
439; Animal Intelligence, L. C. Hurt, 459; Bipedal Loco- 
motion of a Ceylonese Lizard, E. Ernest Green, 492; Rose 
Haig Thomas, 551; Bipedal Locomotion in Lizards, N. An- 
nandale, 577; W. Saville Kent, 630; the Naturalist on the 
Thames, C. J. Cornish, 632 ; Upland Game-Birds, E. Sandys 
and T. S. Van Dyke, 652; Wild Fruits of the Country-side, 
F. Edward Hulme, F.S.A., 653 
Natural Selection: Colour-Variation in the Guinea-Fowl, F. 
Finn, 126; Material for Natural Selection, Prof. T. D. A. 
Cockerell, 607 
Naval Architecture : the Proposed Experimental Tank for Test- 
ing Ship Models for Resistance. 128; Les Bateaux Sous- 
Marins et les Submersibles, R. D’Equevilley, 290; Death 
and Obituary Notice of Benjamin Martell, 305 
Neve Balloon Accident, French, Lieutenant Baudic Drowned, 
103 
Navigation : Meteorological Pilot Chart for May, 15; for June, 
114, 206; for August, 307 . for November, 635; the Malay 
Type of Sea-going Boat, 114 ; Coast Fog Signals, E. Price 
Edwards, 115 ; Single-handed Dividers, F. Howard Collins, 
37 
Naylor (W.), Trades’ Waste, its Treatment and Utilisation, 
413 
Nebula, the Orion, and Movement in the Line of Sight, Prof. 
H. C. Vogel and Dr. Eberhard, 18 
Nebulosity, Remarkable Naked Eye, W. H. Robinson, 233 
Neelect of Anthropology in British Universities, the, ‘‘ An- 
thropotamist,” 654 
Neal (W. G.), the Ancient Ruins of Rhodesia, 34 
Nearer East, the, D. G. Hogarth, 649 ? 
Negris (Ph.), Plissements et Dislocations de l’Ecorce ‘Terrestre 
en Grece, 28 
Nep'une, the Discovery of, by the late Prof. J. Couch Adams, $4 
Neptune, the Search fora Planet beyond, T. Grigull, 614 
Nerve, Fatigue and, Prof. Gotch, 666 
Nerves, on the Regeneration of, Prof. Halliburton, Dr. Mott, 
664 
Nevado de Chani, Archzeological Remains on the Summit of the, 
Dr. Erland Nordenskidld, F.R.S., 440 
New South Wales Linnean Society, 96, 264, 312, 384, 516 
New South Wales Royal Society, 360, 456, 572 
New York Central Railway to be Worked Electrically, D. J. 
Arnold, 308 
New York School Children, Ophthalmia among, 539 
New York Zoological Park, 232 
Newell (Lyman C.), Experimental Chemistry, 170 
Neyroz (Dr. U.), Experimental Investigations on the Depth of 
Sleep, 137 
Niagara Falls Power Plant as a Factor in Engineering Develop- 
ment, 232 
Nicholls (Dr. II. A. Alford), Notes on the Recent Eruptions of 
Mont Pelée, 638 
Niedenfuhr (Mr.), a Comparative Economic Study of the 
Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid by the Anhydride and the 
Modern Lead Chamber Processes, 330 
Nile, the Black Coloration of the Rocks Forming the Cataracts 
of the, MM. Lortet and Hugounengq, 95 
Nile, the ‘‘Sudd” of the White, 666 
Nitrogen, Commercial Fixation of, 135 
Noble (Wilson), Mechanical Break, 22 
Nodon (M.), New Electric Valve, 159; Actino-electric Phe- 
nomena, 240 
Norddeutschlands, die Heide, P. Graebner, 27 
Nordenskiéld (Dr. Erland, F.R.S.), Archaslogical Remains on 
the Summit of the Nevado de Chani, 440 
Nordenstrom (Prof. O. G.), Death of, 535 
Nordmann (M.), Propagation of Electric Force from the Sun 
into Space, 136 
North Atlantic Pilot Chart for May, 15; for June, 114, 206 ; 
for August, 307 ; for November, 635 
North Queensland Ethnography, Walter E. Roth, 380 
Notation of Variable Stars, 208 
Nova Persei, 282 ; Observations of, 233; Discoverer of Nova 
Persei, 282 ; the Spectrum of Nova Persci. Prof. Campbell 
and Mr. Wright, 425; the Changes in the Nebula Surround- 
ing, Prof. Louis Bell, 426 
Nugent (Paul C.), Plane Surveying, a Text an:l Reference Book 
for the Use of Students in Engineering and for Engineers 
Generally, 243 
Nutting (P. G.), the Effect of Light on Cyanin, 416 
Oates (E. W.), Catalogue of the Collection of Birds’ Eggs in 
the British Museum (Natural Hi-tory), 322 
Observatories : Meteorological Observations at Stonyhurst Col- 
Jege Observatory for 1901, 38; Colaba Observatory, 68; the 
Royal Observatory Visitation, 161 ; Mr. Tebbutt’s Observatory 
