Index 



rSiipfiUment to Nature^ 

 L December lo, 1896 



Observations of Turkish Earthquakes, Dr. Agamennone, 447 ; 

 Mr. Eginitis, 447 ; the Great Seismic Wave of Japan, 449; 

 Death and Obituary Notice of Luigi Pahiiieri, 4S2 ; the 

 Syracuse Earthquake of April 13, 1895, Prof. Arcidiacono. 

 525 ; the Recent Earthquakes in Iceland, Dr. J. Stefansson, 

 574 ; Prof. Milne on his .Seismological Observations during 

 the Year in the Isle of Wight, 587 

 Seguy (<;.), Photometry of Phosphorescent Sulphide of Zinc 



excited by Kathode Rays, 119 

 Seiss (C. F. ), Breeding Habits o{ Periplaneia orieiitalis, 72 

 Selection, on behalf of, August Weismann, Dr. F. A. Dixey, 



121 

 Sella (Dr. A.), on the ,\clion of Riintgen Rays and Ultra- 

 violet Light on Electric Sparks, 53 

 Semen (Prof. R.), .\nthropology of .Australia, 135 

 Seniple (W. R. M.), Magical Growth of Plants, 8 

 Sero-Therapy : Blood-Brotherhood, G. Archdall Reid, 77 ; 

 Pasteur Anti-Rabic Treatment in Russia, 106 ; Bactericidal 

 Power of Blood Serum, S. .\rloing, 192 ; Athens Pasteur 

 Institute, 252 ; the Anti-Toxin Treatment of Diphtheria, Dr. 

 Lennox Browne, 260 ; Diphtheria Toxine Preparation, M. 

 Nicole, 372 ; Report of Austrian State Institute for Prepara- 

 tion of Anti-Toxin Serum, 447 ; Prof. Kitasato's Anti-Cholera 

 Serum Experiments, 279 ; Snake Venom and Anti-Venomous 

 Serum, Prof. A. Calmette, 380 ; Anti-Staphyloccic Sero- 

 Therapy, M. Capman, 592 

 Seton-Karr (H. W.), Pala;olithic Implements from Somaliland, 



92 

 -Sevvell (Robert), the Indian Calendar, 219 



• Shackleton (Mr.), Sir G. Baden-Powell's Solar Eclipse Ex- 

 pedition, 4C0 

 ■ Shaler (Nathaniel Southgate), Domesticated Animals, 220 

 Sharpe (R. Bowdler), a Handbook to the Birds of Great Britain, 

 ^ 58, 433 . 



Shaw (Saville), the Salaries of Science Demonstrators, 247 

 Shaw (Mr. W. N.),on the Total Heat of Water, 567 

 Shooting-Star, a Fine, Prof. A. S. Herschel, F. R.S., 221 

 Shooting-Star Radiants, Dr. Doberck, 1S6 

 Shropshire, on the Superficial Deposits of. Dr. Callaway, 586 

 Sidgreaves (Rev. Walter), Influence of Strong Magnetic Field 



on Electric Discharge in Vacuo, 367 

 Sidis (Boris), Mediccval Mental Epidemics, 5S9 

 Siebert (John S. ), Modern Stone-Cutting and Masonry, 27 

 ■Siemens (Alexander), Cable Laying on the Amazon River, 162 

 Siemens' Smokeless Grate, the, F. W. Foster, 462 ; P. W. 



Claydon, 492 

 Siemens and Co., Electric Discharges in Vacuo, 159 

 Siertsema (Dr. H. L. ), Magnetic Rotation Measurements, 640 

 'Signals, Acoustic, at Sea, the Direction of, E. Hardy, 373 

 '5ilberschmidt (Dr.), Anthrax disseminated by Horsehair, 204 

 Silk, the Manufacture of Artificial, 66 

 Simon (Jules), Death and Obituary Notice of, 133 

 Simony (Dr.), Death of, 351 



Skeat (E. G.), Geology of Carmarthen Neighbourhood, 23 

 Skiagraphy, the Archives of Clinical, 17 

 Skiagraphy : see Rontgen Rays 

 Skomer Island, Messrs. Howard and Small on the Rocks of, 



585 

 Slack (H. J.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 351 

 ■Slavery in North Carolina, Prof J. S. Bassett, 157 

 . Sloudski (Th.), on the Rotation of the Earth, 161 

 Small (Mr.), Mr. Howard and, on the Rocks of Skomer Island, 



585 

 Smell : Die Physiologie des Geruchs, Dr. H. Zwaardemaker, 



75 

 Smith (C. ), Constitution of Cereal Celluloses, 46 

 ; Smith (C. H., jun. ), Metamorphism of Gabbro in St. Lawrence 



Co., N. Y.,45 

 Smith (David E.), History of Modern Mathematics, 435 

 Smith (Rev. F. J., F.R.S.), Geometric Wall Brackets and 

 Steady Blocks, 37 ; Discharge of an Electrified Body by 

 Means of the Tesla Spark, 296 ; Tesla Spark and X-Ray 

 Photography, 594 

 Smith (Prof. Lorrain), on Febrile Reaction produced in Mice 



by Inoculation with certain Bacilli, 633 

 Smith (Martin), the Crossing of Carnations, 549 

 Smith (M.), New Zealand Method of Smelting Iron Sand, 39 

 Smith (Worthington G.), Effect of Lightning, 271 

 Smokeless Grate, the Siemens, F. W. Foster, 462 ; P. W. 

 Clayden, 492 



Snails, Foreign, in West Indies, C. W. Branch, 392 

 Snake-Bites, an Antidote to, "Scorpion Oil," W. Larden, 573 

 Snake Venom and Anti-Venomous Serum, Prof A. Calmette, 



380 

 Snakes, Catalogue of the, in the British Museum (Natural His- 

 tory), (ieorge Albert Boulenger, F. R. S., 266 

 Snelius (Mr.), Process of Covering Telephone Cables with 



Lead by Extrusion, 39 

 Societe d'Encouragement, French, Prize Awards, 252 

 Sociology, the Principles of, Prof. Franklin, Henry Giddings, 



Carveth Read, 49 

 Soft Tissues of the Body, Application of Rontgen Rays to the, 



Dr. John Macintyre. 451 

 Sohncke (L. ), Polarised Fluorescence, 311 

 Sokolow (A. P.), Electrolysis of Water, 285 

 Solar Constant, the, J. Vallot, 239 



Solar Corona, Photography of. Count de la Baume Pluvinel, 374 

 Solar Eclipse of April 16, 1893, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 



36, 46 : M. Deslandres, 301 

 Solar Eclipse of August 9, 1896, the, 153, 344, 369 ; J. Norman 



Lockyer, F.R.S., 197, 395, 418, 441; M. Tisserand, 487 ; 



Prof. H. Geelmuyden, 519 ; the Total Solar Eclipse at Bodii, 



Dr. A. Brester, jun., 390; Air Temperature during. Dr. H. 



R. Mill, 391 ; Sir G. Baden-Powell's Expedition, Mr. 



.Shackleton, 400 ; the Russian Expeditions, 400 ; the Solar 



Eclipse in North Finland, 427 ; Thermometer Readings 



during the Eclipse, H. WoUaston Blake, 436 

 Solar and Lunar Discs, Meteors Transiting the, 449 ^_ 



Solar Phenomena, Explanation of, J. Fenyi, 281 M 



Solar Photography at Meudon, Dr. Janssen, 64 H 



Solar Prominences, Visibility of. Prof Hale, 185 ■ 



Solar Rotation, the, Lewis Jewell, 526 ; E. J. Welczynski, 579 

 SoUas (Prof ), the Royal Society's Coral Reef Boring Expedition, 



S'7 

 Solomon Islands, Fossil Tridacnids in the. Dr. Arthur Willey, 



52.3 

 Solubilities, a Dictionary of Chemical, Arthur Messinger 



Comey, 244 

 Solutions, Dependence of the Colour of, on the Nature of the 



Solvent, F. G. Donnan, 55 

 Somersetshire, on the Discovery of an Ancient British Interment 



in, F. T. Elworthy, 611 

 Somerville (Prof.), Manurial Experiments on Turnips, 62 

 Sbnnblick Meteorological Observations for 1895, Dr. Trabert, 



425 



Sormani (Prof G. ), Rontgen Rays Inactive on Bacteria, 136 



Sounds, Remarkable, Kumagusu Minakata, 78 



South African Museum, the, 107 



Southern Stars, Magnitude of, S. I. Bailey, 231 



Southwell (Thomas), the Official Guide to the Norwich Castle 

 Museum, 292 



Spain, Northern, Steel Making in, 514 



Spas and Mineral Waters of Europe, Hermann Weber, F. 

 Parkes-Weber, 195 



Specific Characters, the Utility of. Prof E. Ray Lankester, 

 F.R.S., 245, 365, 491 ; W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., 293, 

 435, 522; Prof W. F. R. Weldon, F.R.S., 294, 413, 546; 

 J. T. Cunningham, 295, 522 ; Prof. David Wetterhan, 342 ; 

 Prof Karl Pearson, F. R.S., 460; among MutillidL^, Prof 

 T. D. A. Cockerell, 461 ; Prof R. Meldola, F.R.S., 594 



Specific Characters the Result of Natural Selection, Are, Dr. St. 

 George Mivart, F. R.S. , 246 



Specific Gravity of the Waters of the Sea, H. N. Dickson, 235 



Spectrum Analysis : Photograph of Coronal Spectrum Rings in 

 Total Solar Eclipse of April 16, 1893, ]■ Norman Lockyer, 

 F. R. S. , 36, 46 ; the Solar Eclipse, August 9, 1 896, J. Norman 

 Lockyer, F.R.S., 395, 418, 441; Photographic Spectra of 

 a Cygni, y Cygni, and Arcturus, J. Norman Lockyer, F. R. S., 

 36; Photographic Spectra of Bessemer Flame, Prof. Hartley, 

 F.R.S., 36; Spectrum Photography with Captain Abney's 

 Colour Patch Apparatus, 37 ; Determination of Composition 

 of a White Sou by, W. N. Hartley, 47 ; Carbon and Oxygen 

 in Sun, J. Trowbridge, 91 ; Photography of whole Length of 

 Spectrum at once. Prof Liveing, 94 ; Spectroscopic and 

 Heliographic Observation at Greenwich Observatory, 140 ; 

 Photographs of Stellar Spectra, Dr. F. McClean, 158; 

 Spectrum of Phosphorus in Fused Salts and Alloys, A. de 

 Gramont, 239 ; the Displacement of Line in Spectrum of 

 Jupiter, M. Deslandres, 162 ; Spectroscopic Photographs of 

 Velocity of Altair in Line of Sight, 162 ; Unknown Lines in 



