[Nature, Jan. 4, iSSj 



Armagh Observatory, Appointment of J. L. E. Dreyer as 

 Director of, SS 



Armstrong (Sir Wm.) on the Treatment of Steel for the Con- 

 struct!' in of Ordnance, 494 



Arnoghssus Lop/iotes, Specimen of, 556 



Arran, Dr. Geikie, F.R.S, in, 39 



Arsenious Sulphide in Arsenious Oxide, Colloidal Form of, 

 614 



Art, Primer of, John Collier, Miss L. S. Bevington, 5 



A-ia, by A. H. Keane, Rev. A. H. Sayce. 317 



Asia, the Central Plateau of, Sir kichard Temple, 437 



Astronomical Column, 18, 42, 68, 90, 114, 137, 101, 185, 210, 

 223, 2S1, 307, 331, 344, 448, 4S3, si i, 541, 613, 635 



Astronomical Observations, Dr. Simon Newcomb, 326 



A tr mimical Observatories, Continental, 331 



Atlintis, Ignatius Donnelly, 341 



Atlases, McAlpine's, 175 j Prof. T. J. Parker, 292 ; Dr. 

 McAlpine, 386 



Atmosphere at ihe Surface of the Earth, Mean Temperature of, 

 as Determined by Observations and by Theory, O. Reichen- 

 bach, 150 



Atomic Weights, 271 



Atomic Attraction, F. D. Bronn, 332 



Atta della R. Accademia dei Lincei, 23, 71, 94, 360, 519 



August Meteors, Donald Cameron, 37S, 523 



Aurora? : 453 ; Aurora Au-tralis, T. H. Potts, 126 ; in Green 

 land, 130 ; on the Newfoundland Coast, 160 ; Observatory 

 for, Lophus Tromholt, 220, 230 ; E. J. Stone on, 556 ; Rev. 

 A. E. talon on, 626 ; the Recent, Prof. O'ReiUy, S. Kverhed, 

 W. J. Lineham, Dr. G. Plarr, Elizabeth Brown, 548 ; W. H. 

 M. Christie, F.R.S., G. M. Seabroke, A. P. Smith, J. K. 

 Watts, Anne Gifford, W. Larden, H. Mellisb, 571 ; Aurora 

 Borealis, 56; Prof. J. P. O'Reilly, 56; W. Pullinger, 81 ; 

 S. Maitlmd Baird G'enmll, 105 ; in France, 5S5 



Australian Museum, Report of Trustees of, 379 



Australian Aborigines, A. \V. Howitt, 452 



Austrian Solar Me'eorologicaJ lixpt-dition, 231 



Aye-Aye of Madagascar, Notes on, Rev. R. Baron, 504 



B.A. Unit, R. T. Glazebrook, 597 



Backhouse (T. W.), Spectrum of Wells' Comet, 56 



Bacteria, Influence of Light on Development of, Jas. Jamieson, 



244 

 Bagot (Alan), Colliery Ventilation, W. Galloway, 339 

 Bahr-el-lebel, Journey of Dr. Emin-Bey in East of, 282 

 Baker (B ), on the Forth Bridge, 494. 624 

 Balbi's Universal Geography, New Edition of, 282 

 Balfour (Prof. F. M.), Death of, 305, 329 ; Obituary Notice of 



by Dr. M. Foster, F.R.S., 313, 365 ; Burial of, 351 i Prof. 



Alfred Newton on, 342 ; G. Griffith on, 365 ; Prof. Arthur 



Ganv/ee on, 405 ; Prof. J. Bell on, 5S4 ; Presentation of his 



Scientific Library to University of Cambridge, 611 ; Proposed 



Memorial to, 583, 63J 

 Ball (J., F.R.S. ), Note on Soroche (Mountain Sickness) in the 



Andes, 477 

 Ball (Prof. K. S., F.R.S.), Dunsink Observatory, 236 

 Ball (Prof. V.) : the Salt Supply of India, 468 ; Diamond Mines 



in India, 468 

 Balliol College, Oxford, Endowment of Lectureship in Physical 



Science, 279 

 Ballion (E.), Index to Bulletin of Moscow Impl. Society of 



Naturalists, 557 

 Balloons: Experiments on the Steering of, 17 ; Vote of Subsidy 



for Photographing Paris by Captive Balloons, 231 ; Woolwich 



Balloons sent to E/ypt, 471 ; Scientific Ascents at Paris, 585 ; 



Regulations by Vienna Municipal Authorities for Persons 



wishing to Manoeuvre, 613 

 Bamberg, Beque-t by Dr. Kemeis for Observatory in, 230 

 Bancr. ft ( H. K.), History of the Pacific States of North 



A n. nca, 55S 



Bark ini ted into England from Columbia, 66 



Barne- (Jo epli), Elementary Qualitative Analysis, 621 

 Barometers, J. T. Brown, 282 



Baron, Rev. K.I. Notes on the Aye-Aye of Madagascar, 504 

 Barrett (Prsrf. W. F), Alteration in Dimension ol Magnetic 



Metal, by Act of Magnetisation, 585 

 Bartoli and Papasogli, Mellogen, 568 

 Battery, New Forms of Secondary, 308 ; Chemistry of Plante 



and Faure, Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., 342; Sulphate of 



Heat in Secondary, Prof. O. J. Lodge, 596 



Becquerel, Monument to, 479, 529 



Bedford (Henry), Matter and Magneto-electric Action, 8 



Belgian Horticulture, 280 



Belgian Academy, Prize offered for Essay on Destruction of 

 Fish by River Pollution, 28 1 



Belgique, Bulletin de l'Academie ^Royale de Sciences de, 

 312 



Bell (Prof. J.), on Death of F. M. Balfour, 584 



Ben Nevis Observatory, 279 ; Damage to Meteorological 

 Instrument, C. L. Wragge, 330 



Ben Nevis and Fort William Meteorological Observations, 

 112 



Bergen, Metamorphic Rocks of, 5G7 



Berger and Bardonnant, Translation of Cully's Practical Tele- 

 graphy, 557 



Bergsma (Dr. P. A.), Death of, 159 



Benchte iiber die Verhandlungen der Natui forschenden Gesell- 

 schaft zu Freiburg, 592 



Berlin Physical Society, 144, 167, 215 ; Proceedings of, 239 



Berlin: Physiological Society, 71, 120, 216, 2S7, 336, 384; 

 Proceedings of, 239 



Berne, Platrage of Wines in, 3S0 



Berthelot's Generalisation as to Presence of Four Salts in Mixed 

 Solution of Two Salts proved by Briigelmann 614 



Besancon, Observatory E-tablished at, 88 



Bevington (Miss L. S.), " Primer of Art," John Collier, 5 



Bidte (Surgeon-Major), White Ants, 549 



Binary Star 73 Ophinchi, 541 



Binocular Perspective, W, Le Conte Steveus, 68 



Biology : Biological Notes, 42, 542 ; Biology and Agriculture, 

 IOI ; Teaching of at the K0y.1l Agricultural College, Ciren- 

 cester, 112; Biology in an Arts Curriculum, Prof. F. W. 

 Hutton, 209; Studies from Biological Laboratory of Johns 

 Hopkins University, 331 ; Biologicnl Station at Sydney, 480 



Birds, Gizzard-contents of some Oceanic, H. B. Guppy, 12 ; 

 Instantaneous Photography of Birds in Flight, 84, 85, 86 ; 

 Coues Check List of North American Birds, 362 



Birmingham (J.), Red Variable Stars, " Variable Cygni x 

 (Birmingham), 1881," 8 



BUck, W. J. the Rainfall of the Gl be, 222 



Blake (J. F.), " A Monograph of British Fossil Cephalopods," 

 25 



Blindness, Trof. Plateau on, 41 



Bloxam (Prof.), and the Royal Military Academy, 40 



" Boats of all Nations," G. H. Andrews, 556 



Bibbers, Prof. H. N. Moseley, F.R.S., 501 



Bock (Carl), Exploration in Siam, 550 



Bohemia, Science in, 164, 237 



Bonn, Phylloxera at, 584 



Bornet and Grunow, a New Genus of Cryplophyceoe, 557 



Bossekof Observatory, 378 



" Botanical Atlas ; a Guide to the Practical Study of Plants," 

 D. McAlpine, 175 



Botanical Society, German, 280 



Botany, Jackson's Guide to the Literature of, Jas. Britten 

 417 



B .ttnmley (J. T.), James Prescott Joule, 617 



Boulder, Preservation of Granite, fnm Mount Sorrel, 257 



Bouty (M), Analogy to Thermoelectric Phenomena, 309 



Bove Expedition, Wreck of, 415 



Bower Birds, Affinities of, 558 



Bowerbank (Dr.), a Monograph of the British Spon°id£e 

 55° 



Bowman (W.), the Researches of, Prof, Arthur Garngee, 

 410 



Bradford, Opening of the Technical School at, 207 



"Brain and its Functions," J. Luys, 103 



Bramwell (Sir F. J.) on Compressed Air as applied to Locomo- 

 tion^ 495 



Brazza's (M. de) Discoveries in Ogowe, 209 



Breathing, Course of Air in Nasal Cavity in, Dr. Paulsen, 

 232 



Breguet (Antoine), Death of, 257 



" Brehm's Zoological Atlas," 510 

 Bristol, New Technical School in, 1S4 



British Association : Meeting at Southampton, 16; General 

 Arrangements, Excursions, &c, 337; Opening of, 390; 

 Inaugural Address of the President, C. William Siemens, 

 D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., 390; the Proposed Meeting in 

 Canada, 421, 457 ; Grants, 421 ; Report of Committee for 



