Index 



Francis (Dr. F. E. ), <>n Abnormalities in the Behaviour of 

 Ortho-derivatives of Orthamido- and Orthonitro-benzilaniine, 



584 

 Frankland (Prof. Percy F., F.R.S.), Koch's Gelatine Process 



for the Examination of Drinking Water, 52 

 Frankland (Mrs. Percy), Kacteria and Carbonated Waters, 375 

 Fraser (Colonel A. T.), Researches on Riintgen Rays, 483 

 Fraser (J. iM.), Dry Periods, 591 

 Freezing-point Curves of Alloys of Silver or Copper with 



another Metal, C. T. Heycock and F. II. Neville, 263 

 Fric (Joseph and Jean), Comets Perrine (1895 IV.) and Perrine- 



Lamp (1896), 600 

 Friedel (G.), Substitution of Water in Zeolites by other Sub- 

 stances, 47 

 Frith (J.), Different Effects of superimposing Small Alternating 



on Direct Current Arc with Cored or Solid Carbons, 159 

 Frith (Mr.), Electric Arc, 214 



Frith and Rogers (Messrs. ), True Resistance of Electric Arc, 69 

 Frost (C. ), Three Australian Lizards, 544 

 Fry (Sir Edw., F.R.S.), Barisal Guns, 8 

 Fucus, P'ertilisation and Spore-Segmentation in. Prof. J. B. 



Farmer and J. LI. Williams, 286. 

 Fuller (O) Eucalyptus Gall-making Coccids, 279 

 Fulton's (John) Memoirs of Prof. F. A. B. Barnard, Sir J. G. 



Fitch, 409 

 Funafuti, Boring a Coral Reef at, W. W. Watts, 201 

 Functions, Elements of the Theory of. Dr. H. Durege, :oi 

 Fur and Feather Series — the Hare, 315 



Galeodes, Habits and Distribution of, Surgeon-Major E. Cretin, 



366 ; R. I. Pocock, 367 ; F. Gleadow, 574 

 Gallatly (W.), Mechanics for Beginners, 148 

 Galloway (Prof. W. ), Coal-Dust Explosions, 414 

 Galloway (W. B, ), the Testimony of Science to the Deluge, 594 

 Gait (Alexander), Communication of Electricity from Electrified 



Steam to Air, 622 

 Galton (Sir Douglas), Report of the Committee on a National 



Physical Laboratory, 565 

 Galton (Francis, F. R. S. ), a Curious Idiosyncrasy, 76; the 



Bertillon System of Identification, 569 

 Game, Big, in German East Africa, the Preservation of, Mr. 



Gosselin, 630 

 Garbasso (Dr. A.), Experiments on Riintgen Rays, 62, 355 

 Garber (Dr. David), Death of, 597 

 Gardening: Plant-Breeding, Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., 



138 

 Gardiner (C. I.), the Position of Science at Oxford, 270 

 Gardner (W. M.), Wool Dyeing, 571 



Garstang (Walter), Respiratory Process in Sand-burrowing 



Annelids and Crustacea, 38 ; on the Utility of Specific 



Character in Crabs, 605 ; on the Ancestry of the Vertebrates. 



606 



Garwood (Mr.), Report on the Work on Carboniferous Zones, 



586 

 Gas Testing in Electric Culverts, Portable Apparatus for. Prof. 



Clowes, 37 

 Gas Inflammable in Air, Detection and Measurement of, Prof. 



F. Clowes and B. Redwood, 620 

 Gases, the Kinetic Theory of, Dr. C. del Lungo, 298 

 Gases, Reflected Waves in the Explosion of. Prof. H. B. 



Dixon, E. H. Stiange, E. Graham, 583 

 Gaskell (W. H., F. R.S. ), Opening Address in Section I of the 

 British Association, the Origin of the Vertebrates, 551 ; on 

 the Ancestry of the Vertebrates, 606 

 Gassmann (Ch.), Rapid Estimation of Mixtures of Amines, 360 

 Gasparis (Dr. de), Acarus-Galls on Scindapsits dilaceraltis, 403 

 Gattermann's (Dr. Ludwig) Practical Organic Chemistry, 619 

 Gaudry.(Prof. Albert), Essai de Paleontologie Philosophique, 



619 

 Gautier (H.), the Fusibility of Metallic Alloys, 287 

 Geelmuyden (Prof. H.), the Recent Solar Eclipse, 519 

 Geikie (Sir Archibald), on .some Rocks hitherto described as 



Volcanic Aggregates in Anglesey, 585 

 Geitel (Prof.), Investigations as to the Cause of the Surface 

 Colorisation of Colourless Salts (KCl, NaCl) by the Kathode 

 Rays discovered by Goldstein, 567 

 Gelatine Process for the Examination of Drinking Water, 

 Koch's, Frank Scudder, 52 ; Prof. I'ercy F. Frankland, 

 F.R.S.,52 ^ 



Genoud (M.), Effect of Rontgen Rays on Tuberculosis, 255 

 Geodesy : Systematic Errors in Levellings of Precision, Ch. 

 Lallemand, 456 ; Stability of Provisional Bench-marks in 

 Levelling of Precision, C. Lallemand, 520 

 ('•eography : Reclus' Proposed Gigantic Model of the Earth, 

 Dr. A. R. Wallace, 42 ; Memoirs oi Caucasian Branch of 

 Russian Society, 46 ; Geographical Evolution of Jamaica, 

 Dr. J. W. Spencer, 94 ; the Relief of the Earth's Crust, 

 Prof. Wagner, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 112; the Nicaragua 

 Canal, A. R. Colquhoun, 127 ; the Heart of a Ccmtinent, 

 Captain Frank E. Younghusband, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 

 130; Royal Geographical Society Medal .Sic. Awards for 

 1896, 134; Le9ons de Geographic Physique, Albert de 

 Lapparent, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 146 ; the Roborovsky 

 Expedition, 282 ; Russian Geographical Society Medal 

 Awards, 298 ; Izvestia of Russian Geographical .Society, 

 311 ; Depth-measurements of Lake Onega, 311 ; the Lime 

 Tree near Krasnoyarsk (.Siberia), M. Prein, 311; Through 

 Jungle and Desert, Travels in Eastern Africa, W. A. Chanler, 

 Dr. J. W. Gregory, 313 ; the Great Rift Valley, Dr. J. W. 

 Gregory, Dr. W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., 347; Pauliny's New 

 Method of Drawing Relief Maps, Herr F. Benesch, 352 ; 

 Hausaland, C. H. Robinson, 364 ; Messrs. P. and F. 

 Sarasin's Celebes Expedition, 372 ; the Ancient Geography 

 of Gondwana Land, Dr. W. T. Blanford, 373 ; Dr. Nansen's 

 Polar Expedition, 374 ; the Eastern Tian-Shan, G. E. G. 

 Grzimailo, 38S ; Submarine Range in Davis Strait, 400 ; the 

 Conway Expedition to Spitzbergen, Dr. J. W. Gregory, 437 ; 

 Death of Prof. Egli, 446 ; Geographical History of Mam- 

 mals, R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 457; Is the Land round 

 Hudson Bay rising? J. B. Tyrrell, 488; the Great Barrier 

 Reef of Australia, A. Agassiz, 48S ; Sand-buried Towns in 

 Central Asia, Sven Hedin, 550. See also Section E British 

 Association. 

 Geology : Geological Society, 22, 70, 94, 166, 191, 263 ; 

 Junction-Beds of Northamptonshire Upper Lias and Inferior 

 Oolite, Beeby Thompson, 22 ; Geology of Carmarthen 

 Neighbourhood, M. C. Crosfield and E. G. Skeat, 23 ; 

 Geology of British East Africa, Dr. J. W. Gregory, 38; 

 Climatic Zones in Jurassic Times, A. E. Ortmann, 45 ; Meta- 

 morphism of Gabbro in St. Laurence Co., N.Y., C. H. 

 Smith, jun., 45; Free Gold in Granite, G. P. Merrill, 45; 

 New Fossils from Carboniferous Limestone, Dr. G. Hinde, 

 70 ; Eocene Deposits of Dorset, Clement Reid, 70 ; 

 Mammalian Remains in Old Derwent River-Gravels near 

 Derby, H. H. Arnold-Bemrose and R. M. Deeley, 70; 

 Geographical Evolution of Jamaica, Dr. J. W. Spencer, 94 ; 

 Death of M. Daubree, 105"; Obituary Notice of, 132; the 

 Relative Lengths of Post-Glacial Time in the Two Heini- 

 spheres. Dr. C. Davison, 137 ; the alleged Artesian Leakage, 

 J. P. Thomson, 156; Pliocene Deposits of Holland, F. W. 

 Harmer, 166 ; Period of Earth's Free Eulerian Precession, J. 

 Larmor, 166; Death of Sir Joseph Prestwich, F.R.S., 182; 

 Obituary Notice of, 202 ; Age of Yellowstone Igneous Rocks, 

 A. Hague, 1S9 ; Foliated CSranite and Crystalline Schists in 

 Eastern Sutherland, J. Home and E. Greenly, 191 ; a 

 Geological Sketch Map of Africa South of the Zambesi, 

 E. P. T. Siruben, 221 ; Glacial Geology of Arctic Europe, 

 II., Colonel H. W. Feilden and Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 

 263 ; The Student's Lyell : a Manual of Elementary 

 lieology, 265 ; the Date of the Glacial Period, Percy F. 

 Kendall, 319 ; the Gorge of the Aar and its Teachings, Dr. 

 A. R. Wallace, 331 ; the Great Rift-Valley, Dr. J. W. 

 Gregory, Dr. W. T. Blanford. F.R.S., 347: Death of Dr. 

 II. E. Beyrich, 371 ; Diatomaceous Earth Deposits of 

 Warrumbungle Mountains, Prof. T. W. E. David, 384 : 

 Death and Obituary Notice of. Prof. J. D. Whitney, 401 ; 

 Death of Prof. A. H. Green, F.R.S., 401 ; Obituary Notice 

 of, 421 ; Geology of Novaya Zemlya, Ptof. Chernyshefl", 402 ; 

 the Conway Expedition to Spitzbergen, Dr. J. W. Gregory, 

 437; the Scenery of Switzerland, Right Hon. Sir John 

 Lubbock, F. R.S., Dr. Maria M. Ogilvie. 439, 547 ; the Great 

 Barrier Reef of Australia, A. Agassiz, 488 ; the Royal 

 Society's Coral Reef Boring Expedition Prof. Sollas, 517 ; 

 Mineral Composition of Sedimentary Deposit Evidence of 

 Climate, (J. P. Merrill, 577 : the Testimony of Science to the 

 Deluge, W. 15. Galloway, 594 : Eozooii Caiiadeiisa, James 

 Thomson, 595. See also Section C, British Association 

 Geometric Wall Brackets and Steady Blocks, Rev. F. J. Smith, 

 F.R.S., and Prof. C. V. Boys, F.R.S. 37 



