Index 



The Detection and' Measurement of Inflammable Gas and 

 Vapour in the Aii;, F. Clowes and Boverton Redwood, 

 620 

 Mensuration, Alfred Lodge, 620 



Reynolds and Branson's (Messrs.) New X-Ray Meter, 62 



Reynolds (Sir J. R., F.R.S.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 

 105 ; his Presidential Address to the British Medical 

 Association, 133 



Ricco (Prof.), Telluric Lines, 280 



Rice (C. B. ), New Method for Reading Deflections of Galvan- 

 ometers, 639 



Richards (E. W.), Presidential Address to Institution of 

 Mechanical Engineers, 19 



Richards (J. W. ), Resistance to Liquids of Aluminium and its 

 Alloys, 253 



Ridgeway (Prof.) on the Starling-point of the Iron-Age in 

 Europe, 610 ; on the Mykemtan Age, 610 



Ridsdale (E. L. J.), Food of Chameleons, 248 ; Chameleonic 

 Notes, 573 



Riecke (Prof. Edward), Lehrbuch der Experimental Physik, 

 Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S., 363 



Righi (Prof. A.), Similarity between Effects on Electrified 

 Bodies of Rontgen Rays and Ultra-Violet Light, iii ; Effect 

 of Rontgen Rays on Electrified Bodies, 355 ; the Electric 

 Connection following Lines of Force of Rontgen Rays, 432 



Right handedness, the Rea.son of. Dr. D. G. Brinton, 230 



Ring Nebula in Lyra, the. Prof. Barnard, loS 



Ripon, Bi.shop of, on Hu.xley and Science, 31 



Rivers and Canals, L. F. Vernon-Harcourt, 459 



Riverside Letters ; a Continuation of " Letters to Marco," G. D. 

 Leslie, 122 



Riviere (E. ), the Grotto of Spelugues, 239 



Roberts- Austen (Prof W. C, F.R.S.), Electrical Heating of 

 Aluminium Wire, 37 ; the Diffusion of Metals, 55 



Robinson (C. H.), Hausaland, 364 



Roborovsky Expedition, the, 282 



Robson (W. G.), Study of X-Rays at St. Andrews University, 

 118 



Rochard (Dr.), Death of, 597 



Rodger (T. W. ), Relation between Viscosity and Chemical 

 Nature of Liquids, 213 



Rogers (Messrs. Frith and). True Resistance of Electric Arc, 

 69 



Rogers (W. A.), X-Ray Pictures obtainable with Static Elec- 

 tricity, 4S1 



Roiti ( Prof. A. ), a New Rontgen Ray Tube, 185 ; Cryptochroisni 

 in Rontgen Rays, 576 



Roman Fowl Disease, Bacteriology of. Dr. S. Santori, 229 



Roniburg (Dr. P. van). Action of Iodine on Potassium Cyanide 

 and of Iodine Cyanide on Caustic Potash, 360 



Rontgen Rays : a Biological Application of Rontgen 

 Photography, Alexander Meek, 8 ; the Archives of 

 Clinical Skiagraphy, Sydney Rowland, 17; an Advance 

 in Rontgen Photography, Dr. John Macintyre, 29 ; 

 Mode of Action on Photographic Plates of, R. Col- 

 son, 23 ; New Name (Hyperdiabatic Radiations) pro- 

 posed for, F. P. Le Roux, 23 ; Action on Electrified Bodies 

 of, L. Benoist and D. Hurmuzescu, 23 ; Use of Phosphor- 

 escent Materials in rendering Visible the Rontgen Rays, Her- 

 bert Jackson, 36 ; Surgical Applications of the Rontgen Rays, 

 Sydney Rowland, 36 ; the Nature of the X-Kays, D. A. Gold- 

 hammer, 45 ; on the Action of Rontgen Rays and Ultra- 

 Violet Light on Electric Sparks, Dr. A. Sella, Dr. (J. 

 Majorana, 53 ; Rontgen Ray Phenomena, J. William Gif- 

 ford, 53 i fluorescence of Photographic Plates under the 

 Rontgen Rays, W. J. D. Walker, 62 ; Rontgen Photographs 

 with Wimshurst Machine, H. S. Pyne, 62: New X-Ray 

 Meter, Messrs. Reynolds and Branson, 62 ; Researches and 

 Experiments on Rontgen Rays, Dr. A. Garbasso, 62 355 ; 

 Prof. A. Battelli, 62, 355 ; Prof Rowland, 65 : Prof. A. 

 Michelson, 65 ; S. W. Stratton, 65 : Prof A. M. Mayer, 65. 

 66, 189; Prof O. N. Rood, 66, 488 ; Prof A. W. Wright, 

 66; Dr. John Macintyre. 71, 109, 159; Prof McKendrick, 

 71 ; J. W. Giltay, 109 : Prof Haga, 109, 639 ; Prof W. N. 

 Hartley, no; T. C. Porter, no; G. J. Burch, ni; M. 

 Meslin, 11 1 ; Shelford Bidwell, ni ; Prof G. Jaumann, ni ; 

 Prof. A. Kighi, ill, 355, 432; Prof F. E. Nipher, in ; T. 

 A. Edison, 112; R. P. Leray, 112; W. G. Robson, 118; 

 M. Ilurion, nS ; Mr. Izarn, 118; M. Gouy, 118,264; C. 

 Henry, 118, 432; G. Leguy, 118; A. A. C. Swinton, 125, 



166; Prof G. Sormani, 136 ; Prof. Cox, 141 ; Prof Callen- 

 dar, 141 ; T. C. Porter, 149 ; A. Schober, 155 ; Prof. S. B. 

 Thompson, 159, 165; Prof Dubois, 166; Prof. A. Gray, 

 166; Prof A. Roiti, 184, 576; Leon Gerard, 204; 

 Prof. S. Capranica, 204 ; Alex Thurburn, 248 ; NL 

 Lortet, 255 ; M. Genoud, 255 ; O. Zoth, 285 : 

 Emile Villari, 287, 355, 456, 488, 639 ; F. Berton, 287 ; 

 Dr. A. Dupre, F.R.S., 354 ; J. A. MacClelland, 354; Dr. L. 

 Fomm, 355 ; Dr. F. V. DwelshauversDery, 356 ; P. D. 

 Heen, 356; W. Arnold, 356; Dr. ¥. Gia/.zi, 357; M. 

 Colandeau, 357; F. Beaulard, 359; G. D. Metz, 384: H. 

 Poincare, 384 ; L. Lecercle, 384 ; Dr. Oliver Lodge, 402 ; 

 H. B. Dixon, 408 ; H. B. Baker, 408 ; Sir G. G. Stokes, 

 427 ; Otto Muller. 456 ; Prof Dennis, 481 ; W. A. Rogers, 

 481 ; Colonel A. T. Fra.ser, 483 ; Rev. F.J. Smith, F.R.S , 

 594 ; a Theory of the X-Rays, Prof Albert A. Michelson, 66 ; 

 Jaumann's Experiments, R. Swyngedauw, 71 ; the Old Light 

 and the New, Willi,am Ackroyd, 76 ; Reversing Current Re- 

 viving Focus Tube, J. M. Barr, 82 ; the Rontgen Rays not 

 present in Sunlight, M. C. Lea, 92 ; Emission of New Radia- 

 tions by Metallic Uranium, H. Becquerel, 94; Some Proper- 

 ties of X-Rays Penetrating Ponderable Media, C. Maltezos, 

 95 ; Recent Researches on Rontgen Rays, 109 ; Effect on 

 Diphtheria Bacilli, n2 ; Are Rontgen Rays Polarised? J. 

 William Giftbrd, 172 ; Increasing the Efficiency of Rontgen 

 Ray Tubes, T. G. Cruriip, 225 ; Practical Radiography, H. 

 Snowden Ward, 245 ; New Form of Apparatus for the 

 Production of Rontgen Rays, Benjamin Davies, 281 : 

 the Rede Lecture, Prof. J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., 302; 

 the X-Rays, Arthur Thornton, 316; Application of Rontgen 

 Rays to the Soft Tissues of the Body, Dr. John Macintyre, 

 451 ; Prof S. P. Thompson on Hyper-phosphorescence, 566 ; 

 Rontgen Rays and Allied Phenomena, Prof P. Lenard, Sir 

 George Stokes, Prof. Fitzgerald, Profs. J. J. Thomson and 

 E. Rutherford, 565 ; Prof. Ayrton, 566 ; Prof Riicker uii 

 Measurements of the Transparency of Glass and Porcelain to 

 Rontgen Rays, 566 ; Dr. F. T. Trouton on the Results of 

 Experiments on the Duraticm of X-Radia',ion at each Spaik 

 made by Rotating a Wheel between the Discharge Tube and a 

 Sensitive Plate, 566 ; Prof S. P. Thompson on the Relation 

 between Kathode Rays, X-Rays, and Becquerel's Rays, 566; 

 Dr. J. H. Gladstone and Mr. W. Hibbert, Contrast between 

 the Action of Metals and their Salts on Ordinary Light and 

 on the New Rays, 583 ; Effect on Hands of the Rontgen Rays, 

 621 



Rood (Prof. O. N.), Experiments on Rontgen Rays, 66; Re- 

 flection of Rontgen Rays from Polished Metallic Surfaces, 

 488 



Rooks at Nesting Time, F. E. Baines, 9 



Rope Driving, Abram Combe, 328 



Roscoe (Sir H. E. ), on Chemical Education in England and 

 Germany, 585 



Rose (T. K.), the Treatment of Phthisis, Dr. A. Ransome, 7 



Ross (Mrs. H. A.), Hatching Lizards' Eggs, 55 



Ross (Dr. W. H.), Death of, 597 



Rossel (M. ), the Formation of Diamonds in Steel, 279 



Rotation : Possible Changes in the Earth's Rotation, Prof. 

 Newcomb, 158 ; on the Rotation of the Earth, Th. Sloudski, 

 161 ; the Rotation Period of Jupiter, Prof. A. A. Rambaut, 

 280 ; the Solar Rotation, Lewis Jewell, 526 ; E. J. 

 Welczynski, 579 



Rotch (A L. ), the Brocken Meteorological Observatory, 6S ; 

 the first use of Kites in Meteorology, 455 ; Scientific Kite- 

 Flying, 598 



Rousset (L. ), Action of Ethoxalyl Chloride on Naphthalene in 

 Presence of Aluminium Chloride, 264 



Roux (Wilhelm), tlesammelte Abhandlungen iiber Entwicklungs- 

 mechanik der Organismen, 217 



Rowland (Sydney), the Archives of Clinical Skiagraphy, 17 ; 

 Surgical Applications of Rontgen Rays, 36 ; Experiments on 

 Riinlgen Kays, 65 



Royal Geographic:!] Society, Medals and Awards for 1896, 134 



Royal Meleoroloi;ical Society, 94, 215 



Royal Microscopical Society, 215 



Royal Society : Selected Candidates, 9; Royal Society, 36, 46. 

 71,92, 143. 159, 213, 237, 261, 286, 311, 334; the Royal 

 Socieiy Conversazione, 46 ; the Royal Society Ladies' Con- 

 versazione, 159 ; the Royal Society's Coral Reef Boring Ex- 

 pe<lition, Pr.il. Sollas, 517 



Royal Socieiy of Canada, 141 



