Naliin, June 9, 1S57] 



Assam, History of the Province of, during tlie Ifist Fifty Years, 



422 

 Association's "Geometry," the, Prof. Geo. Brace Halsted, 557 

 Asteroids, Comets and, Prof. Daniel Kirkwood, 474 

 Astigmatism in the Eye, Influence of, on Astronomical Observa- 

 tions, Prof Seeliger, 59 

 Astronomy : .-Vstronomical Theory of the Great Ice Age, W. 

 H. S. Monck, 7 ; Sir Robert S. Ball, F.R.S., 53 ; Rev. E. 

 Hill, loi ; Astronomical Refractions, Herr Oppolzer's, 17 ; 

 Binary Star 7 Corons Australis, H. C Wilson, 17 ; Binary 

 Star 5 Equulei, 401 ; Temple Observatory, 401 ; Brightness 

 and Mass of Binary Stars, W. H. S. Monck, 402 ; Astro- 

 nomical Column, 17, 37, 59, 85, 113, 134, 159, 181, 206, 23t, 

 257, 282, 307, 329, 352, 377, 401, 424, 445, 474, 496, 546, 

 569, 595, 614 ; Astronomical Phenomena for the Week, 18, 

 37. 59> 86, 113, 135, 160, 181, 207, 232, 25S, 283, 308, 330, 

 353. 378, 402, 425. 446, 474. 497. 520, 546, 595. 614; 

 Habenicht on the Morphology of the Kosmos, 35 ; the 

 Leander McCormick Ohservatory, 35 ; New Map of the 

 Moon, 58 ; Influence of Astigmatism in the Eye on Astro- 

 nomical Observations, Prof Seeliger, 59 ; Gould's Astro- 

 nomical Journal, 59 ; Ten Years' Progress in Astronomy, 

 Prof C. A. Young, 67, 86, 117; Spectroscopic Method of 

 Determining the Distance of a Double Star, A. A. Rambaut, 

 206; Comet Barnard (1886/), 207 ; T. W. Backhouse, 

 224 ; Prof. A. Ricco, 296 ; Discovery of a New Comet 

 (Barnard 2), 402; Comet Barnard (1887 c), Prof. S. Weiss, 

 352 ; Dr. H. Oppenheim, 424 ; Comet 1887 d (Barnard, 

 February 15), Prof. Boss, 424,446; Names of Minor Planets, 

 207, 402 ; New Minor Planet, Prof. C. H. F. Peters, 282 ; 

 Observations of the Minor Planets, 312 ; Minor Planet No. 

 264, 353 ; Minor Planet No. 265, M. Bigourdan, 474 ; New 

 Minor Planet, Herr Palisa, 425 ; Comet Finlay (i8S6 e). Dr. 

 J. Holetschek, 207 ; Meteor, 224 ; Meteor of December 28, 

 1886, W. F. Denning, 248 ; the Andromedes, November 27, 

 1886, P. F. Denza, 231 ; Reduction of the Positions of Close 

 Polar Stars from one Epoch to another. Prof. W. A. Rogers 

 and Miss Anna Winlock, 231 ; Si.x Inner Satellites of Saturn, 

 Prof. Asaph Hall, 257 ; Stellar Parallax, Prof. Asaph Hall, 

 258 ; Bright Lines in Stellar Spectra, O. T. Sherman, 37S ; 

 Astronomical Prizes of the Paris Academy of Sciences, 258 ; 

 Madras Observatory, Mr. Pogson, 282 ; New Method for the 

 Determination of the Constant of Aberration, M. Loewy, 282, 

 424, 431 ; M. Houzeau, 377; New Variables in Cygnus, Dr. 

 Gould, 282 ; New Varial'les, S. C. Chandler, 307 ; the New 

 Algol-Type Variable, Mr. Chandler, 329; Gore's Variailenear 

 x' Orionis, Dr. G. Miiller, 329 ; Probable New Variable, 402 ; 

 Three New Comets, 307 ; Washington Observatory, 30S ; 

 Revue Mensuelle d'Astronomie populaire de Mete'orologie, et 

 de Physique du Globe, 310 ; Photography the Servant of Astro- 

 nomy, Edward S. Holden, 317 ; Progress of Astronomical 

 Photography, 321 ; the Southern Comet, 329, 438 ; a Short 

 Method for Computing Refractions, M. Schaeberle, 329 ; 

 Celestial Motions, W. T. Lynn, 350 ; Comet Brooks (1887/.), 

 Dr. Rud. Spitaler, 352, 424, 496 ; Minor Planet No. 262, 497 ; 

 Harvard College Observatory, 497 ; Mr. Peek's Repdrt on 

 Rousdon Observatory, 353 : Application of Photography to 

 the Determination of Stellar Parallax, Prof Pritchard, 377 ; 

 Alleged Ancient Red Colour of Sirius, Mr. Lynn, 378 ; 

 Observations of Variable Stars in 1885, Edward Sawyer, 

 378 ; Note on the Origin of Comets, 381 ; Harvard College 

 Observatory, Prof Pickering, 424 ; Solar .\ctivity in 1886, 

 Prof Taccfiini, 445 ; Warner Observatory, Lewis Swift, 446 ; 

 Tails of the Comets of 1886, Prof Th. Bredichin, 474 ; 

 Comets and Asteroids, Prof Daniel Kirkwood, 474 ; Paris 

 Astronomical Congress, 584; Homeric Astronomy, A. M. 

 Gierke, 585, 607 ; U.S. Naval Observatory, 595 ; Researches 

 on the Sun's Diameter, Prof Di Legge, 595 ; Liverpool 

 Astronomical Society, 402 ; Telegraphic Determination of 

 Australian Longitudes, 474 ; Researches on the Diameter of 

 the Sun, Herr .Auwers, 496 ; the Parallax of 2 1516, M. O. 

 Struve, 546 ; Baron D'Engelhardt's Observatory, 546 ; New 

 Red Star, 546 ; Orbit of the Binary Star 14 [i) Orionis, J. E. 

 Gore, 569 ; Washington Observatory, Capt. R. L. Phythian, 

 569 ; Names of Minor Planets, 569 ; Barnard's First and 

 Second Comets 1SS7, 614 ; ProbableiRe-discovery of Hesperia, 

 614 ; Ellipticity of Uranus, 614 ; Washington Observatory, 

 614 ; Paris Conference, 614 

 Atkinson (W. N. and J. B.), Explosions in Coal-Mines, Prof. 

 T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., I 



Atlantic Weather Charts, 469 



Atlantic, Purity of the Air of, 595 



Atlantica, Spolia, 603 



.\tom. Electric Charge on the, A. P. Laurie, 131 



Atomic Weights of Elements, 612 



Atmosphiire, Grundziige einer Theorie der kosmischen Atmo- 

 spharen mit Beriicksichtigung der irdischen, 389 



Atmosphere, New Method for Quantitative Estimation of 

 Micro-organisms in, Dr. P. F. Frankland, 188 



Atmosphere, on the Direct Fixation of the Gaseous Nitrogen of 

 the, by Vegetable Soils, M. Berthelot, 335 



Atmosphere, Direct Fixation of the Gaseous Nitrogen of the, 

 479 



Atmosphere of j8 Lyrce, O. T. Sherman, 45 1 



Atmosphere, Movements of the, 479 ; M. Faye, 455 



Atmospheric Movements in Connection with CoUadon and 

 Lasne's Cyclonic Theories, 527 



Atmospheric Oxidation, Note on the Development of Voltaic 

 Electricity by, C. R. Alder Wright, F.R.S., 598 



Atmospheric Temperature in Germany, 504 



Auk, the, 204 



Aurora, Prof F. Hahn, 8 ; Dr. M. A. Veeder, 54, 126, 272 



Aurora Borealis : Display of, at Throndhjem in Norway, 112 ; 

 M. S. Lemstrom, A. M. Gierke, 433 ; in Northern Sweden, 

 443 



Australia : Australian Earthworms, J. J. Fletcher, 95 ; on some 

 Further Evidence of Glaciation in the Australian Alps, James 

 Stirling, 182 ; the Gould Collection of Australian Birds at 

 Philadelphia, 204 ; Native Plants of Australia, 205 ; Baron 

 von Mueller, on the Acacias (Wattles) of, 282 ; Sociology of 

 the Australian Races, 357 ; Manual of Physical Geography of 

 Australia, H. Beresford de la Poer Wall, 389 ; Bee-hives dis- 

 covered in a Gigantic Eucalyptus-Tree in, 423 ; Relief of the 

 Australian Mediterranean, Dr. Otto Kriimmel, 447 ; Tele- 

 graphic Determinations of Australian Longitudes, 474 ; Cata- 

 logue of Minerals in the Australian Museum, 485 ; Australian 

 Rabbit, 569 



."Vus'Talasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 228 



.Austria, Ice Cavern in. Discovery of, 17 



Autograpliometer, Floran de Villepigne, 444 



Autumnal Flow'ering, Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, 1 1 



Avifauna of the Western Spur of the Pamir Plateau, V. Bianchi, 

 328 



Awaruite, Oktibehite or. Dr. Jas. Hector, F.R.S., 513 



Axolotl, the, in sicco, 16 



Ayrton (Prof. W. E.) and Prof. John Perry, Experiment to show 

 that Capacity varies inversely as a Thickness of the Dielecti'ic, 

 526; Note on Magnetic Resistance, 526 ; Practical Electricity, 

 601 

 Azines, New Method of producing, 3S4 



Babington (Dr. Churchill), Birds of Suffolk, 193 



Bacillus, Luminous, 3S3 



Bacillus, Swamp Fever and, 405 



Backhouse (T. W.), Barnard's Comet, 54, 224 



Backlund (Herr), Mass of Mercury, 85 



Bacteria, on Staining, 404 



Baert (Lieut.), Journey up the Mongalla, 446 



Baginski (Dr. A.), Acetonuria in Children, 551 



Bagshot Beds-of the London Basin, Physical History of. Rev. 



A. Irving, 382 

 Bahamas, a Balanoglossus Larva from the, W. F. R. Weldon, 



477 

 Bailey (E. H. S.), and Edward L. Nichols, the Sense of Smell, 



74 



Bailey-Denton (T.), Ten Years' Experience in Works of Inter- 

 mittent Downward Filtration, 195 



Baird's (Prof.) Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 372 



Baker (J. G.), Flora of Leicestershire including the Cryptogams, 

 4H 



Baku, Outburst of Natural Naphtha Fountam at, 352 



Balanoglossus Larva from the Bahamas, a, W. F. R. Weldon, 



477 

 Baldness in the United States, 595 

 Balfour (Prof Bayley) : Botanical Lecture Experiment, 126; 



Ginger-Beer Plant, 358 

 Ball (John, F.R.S.), Notes of a Natur.alist in South America, 



529, 553 



