Index 



Preparation of the Diamond, II. Moissan, 327 ; the Diamond 



Sands of Brazil, H. Moissan, 359 ; the Formation of 



Diamonds in Steel, M. Rossel, 279 

 Dickson (H. N.), the Specific Gravity of the Waters of the 



Sea, 235 

 Didier (ll.), a Basic Nitrate of Magnesia, 23 

 Dielectrics, K. Appleyard, 93 

 Diftraction dratings, the Reproduction of, Lord Ravleigh, 



KK.S., 332 

 Diffusion of Metals, the. Prof. W. C. Roberts- Austen, F.R.S., 



55 

 Digestion, Influence of Alcohol on, Drs. Chittenden and Mendel, 



598 

 Dikshit (Saukara Balkrishna), the Indian Calendar, 219 

 Diminution of Chemical Action due to Limitations of Space, 



Prof. Oscar Liebreich, 584 

 Diptera from South Asia, Catalogue of llie Described, F. M. 



Van der VVulji, 435 

 Diphtheria : the Antitoxin Treatment of Diphtheria, Dr. 



Lennox Browne, 260 ; Diphtheria Toxine Preparation, M. 



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

 tion of .\nti-toxin Serum, 447 

 Disease: Complexion and Disease, Dr. John Beddoe, F. R.S., 



260 ; See also Morbology 

 Distortion of the Earth's Surface, Prof Milne, 256 

 Dixey (Dr. F. A.), Ueber (lerminal-Selection ; eine Ouelle 



bestimmt gerichteter \'ariation, August Weismann, 121 

 Dixon (A. K.), Method of Reconstruction of Serial Micro- 

 scopical Sections by use of Glass Plates, 38 

 Dixon (Charles), British Sea Birds, 433 

 Dixon (Edward T. ), the Positions of Retinal Images, 54 

 Dixon (Henry), O.smotic Pressures in Leaf-cells, 167 

 Dixon (H.B. ), Chemical Inactivity of Riintgen Rays, 40S 

 Dixon (Prof. H. B. ), Reflected Waves in the Explosion of 



Gases, 583 

 Dixon (H. N.), the Student's Handbook of British Mosses, 434 

 Dobbin (Leonard), Dalton's Atomic Theory, 126 

 Doberck (Dr.), Shooting Star Radiants, 186; Double Star 



Observations, 426 

 Doherty (W.M.), Method of Detecting Boric Acid, 47 

 Dolley's (Dr. C. S.) Planktonokrit, 120 

 Domestic Science Readers, Vincent T. Murche, 196 

 Domesticated -Animals, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, 220 

 Donath (Bruno), Bolonietric Investigations of Absorption 



Spectra of Fluorescent Substances and Ethereal Oils, 455 

 Donnan (F. G.), Dependence of the Colour of the Solutions on 



the Nature of the Solvent, 55 

 Double Star Orbits, Dr. See, 280 



Drapes (Thomas), the Increase of Insane under Detention, 589 

 Drinking- Water, Koch's Gelatine Process for the Examination 



of, Frank Scudder, 1 50 

 Drobisch (Dr. .M. W.), Deatli of, 576 

 Drudc (P), Anomalous Electric Dispersion of Liquids, 189; 



Refractive Indices of Water and Aqueous Solutions, 544 

 Duane (W.), Damping Action of Magnetic Fields on Rotating 



Insulators, 311 

 Dublin Royal .Society, 119, 167 

 Dubois (Dr.), Pithecanthropus erecltis, 135 



Ducks and Pigeons, Colour Variations in, W. T. Van Dyck, 54 

 Dufau (E.), a New Cobaltite, 336 

 Duk-duk, on the, and other Customs as P'orms of Expression of 



the Melanesian's Intellectual Life, Graf von Pfeil, 611 

 Dunlop (Dr. J. C.), Action of Acids on the Metabolism, 71 

 Dunsink Observatory, the, 301 



Dunstan (W. R.), Hydriodides of Ilydroxylamine, 22 

 Dupre (Dr. A., F. R.S.), Researches on Rontgen Rays and 



Fluorescence, 354 

 Durege (Dr. H,), Elements of the Theory of Functions, loi 

 Durham (Dr.), on some Points in the Mechanism of the Re- 



.action to Peritoneal Infections, 635 

 Durrant (R. G.), New Coballic Acid Salt, 47 

 Dussy (J.). Specific Heat of Viscous Sulphur, 359 

 Dust-Storm, a Remarkable, 41 

 Dwelshauvers-Dery (Dr. F. V.), Actinochroism of Rontgen 



Rays, 356 ; Reflection of Rontgen Rays, 356 

 Dj'ck (W. T. Van), Colour Variations in Ducks and Pigeons, 54 

 Dyeing, Wool, W. M. Gardner, 571 

 Dyer (W. T. Thiselton, F.R.S.), the Utility of Specific 



Character, 435 

 Dynamics, Theoretical, a Point in. Sir R. Ball, F.R.S., 166 



Earth's Crust, the Relief of the, Prof. Wagner, Dr. Hugh 

 Robert Mill, 112 



Earth's Rotation, on the, Th. Sloudski, 161 ; Possible Changes 

 in the Earth's Rotation, Prof Nevvcomb, 15S 



Earth's Surface, Distortion of the. Prof. Milne, 256 



Earthquakes : Earthquakes in Cornwall and Scotland, 106 : 

 Earthquakes in Japan, 1S2, 446: Earthquakes in Cyprus, 

 229 ; the June-July Earthquakes in Cyprus, 325 ; the Earth- 

 quake of January 22, 1896, in S.W. Germany, Prof A. 

 Gerland, 352 ; Record of Mediterranean Earthquakes for 

 1895, Dr. Agamennone, 373 ; Earthquakes in Iceland, 446, 

 517, 518: the Recent Earthquakes in Iceland, Dr. J. 

 Stefansson, 574 : Earthquake in N.W. Italy, 597 ; a Seismic 

 Survey of the World, 234 



Easterfield (T. H.), Charas, the Active Principle of Indian 

 Hemp, 22, 94 



Eastern Question in Anthropology, the, Arthur J. Evans, 527 



Ebeling (A. ), Magnetic Irregularity and Annealing of Iron and 

 Steel, 285 



Eccles (A. S.), the Practice of Massage, 411 



Eclipses : the Solar Eclipse of April 16, 1893, J. Norman 

 Lockyer, F.R.S., 36, 46 ; M. Deslandres, 301 ; the Approach- 

 ing "Total Eclipse of the Sun, 153 ; the Eclipse of the Sun, 

 344, 369 ; the Total Eclipse of the Sun, J. Norman Lockyer, 

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

 Geelmuyden, 519 ; the Total Solar Eclipse at Bodo, Dr. A. 

 Brester, jun., 390 ; Air Temperature during, Dr. II. R. Mill, 

 391 ; SirG. Baden-Powell's Expedition, Mr. Shackleton,400 ; 

 the Russian Expeditions, 400 ; the Solar Eclipse in North 

 Finland, 427 ; Thermometer Readings during the Eclipse, H. 

 Wollaston Blake, 436 ; Remarkable Eclipses, W. T. Lynn, 76 



Edinburgh Royal Society, 71, 118, 166, 191, 263, 335 



Edison ("T. A.), New Electric Lamp, 112 ; Award and Presenta- 

 tation of the Rumford Premium to, 207 



Edmonds (H.), Botany for Beginners, 412 



Education : the New Education Bill and Libraries, Museums, 

 and Art Galleries, John J. Ogle, 8 ; the Position of Science 

 at Oxford, 225, 342 ; Oswald H. Latter, 269 ; C. J. Gardiner, 

 270; the Writer of the Article, 318; G. F. Fitzgerald, 

 F. R.S., 391 ; T. H. Warren, 491 ; the University of 

 London, 236 ; London University Commission Bill, 284 ; the 

 Salaries of Science Demonstrators, 271, 317; Frederic 

 Baker, 196 ; Saville Shaw, 247 ; Report cf Science and Art 

 Department, 382 ; Scientific Education in Germany and 

 England, Prof. Ostwald, 385, 405 ; Memoirs of Prof. F. A. B. 

 Barnard, J. Fulton, Sir J. G. Fitch, 409; Kcenig's System of 

 \'i.sual Aid in Oral Teaching of Deaf Mutes, T. Hawksley, 

 523 ; A. Farrar, jun., 573 ; Sir H. E. Roscoe on Chemical 

 Education in England and Germany, 585 ; Science Teaching 

 in Elementary Schools, 5S5 ; Influence of Atmospheric 

 Variation on Attention of School Children, Dr. M. C. 

 Schuyten, 631 



Eel, the Freshwater, in Alpine Lakes, Dr. Imhof, 134 



Eginitis (Mr.), the Constantinople Earthquake, 447 



Egli (Prof), Death of, 446 



Egrets, the Destruction of, Sir William Flower, 204 



Egypt; Prof. Petrie on Iron Tools discovered in Egypt, 611 ; 

 on the Geography of the Egyptian Sudan, Sir Charles Wilson 

 588 



Eiloart (Dr. Arnold), Progress in Stereo-chemistry, 321 



Electricity : Action of Powerful Magnetic Field on Kathodic 

 Rays in Crookes' and HittorfTs Tubes, Kr. Birkeland, 16; 

 Electrostatic Deviation of Kathode Rays, G. Jaumann, 47, 

 III; M. Poincare, 47 ; Rotation of Kathode Disc, Prof. 

 F. E. Nipher, III; the Kinetic Theory of Kathodic Rays, 

 R. P. Leray, 112; Electric Welding of Steam Pipes, 

 Samuel MacCarthy, 20; Action of X-Rays on Electrified 

 Bodies, L. Benoit and D. Hurmuzescu, 23 ; Manner 

 in which X-Rays discharge Electrified Bodies, Emile 

 Villari, 287 ; Effect of Rontgen Rays on Electrified 

 Bodies, Prof. E. Villari, 355 ; Prof. A. Righi, 355 ; How 

 Rontgen Rays discharge Electrified Surfaces, Dr. Oliver 

 Lodge, 402 ; the Discharge of Electrified Bodies by X-Rays, 

 488 ; Rontgen Ray Phenomena, J. William Gifford, 53 ; on 

 the Action of Rontgen Rays and Ultra-Violet Light on 

 Electric Sparks, Dr. .A. Sella, Dr. Q. Majorana, 53 ; Simi- 

 larity of Eflects of Rontgen Rays and Ultra-Violet Light on 

 Electrified Bodies, Prof'A. Righi, III ; Attempt to Polarise 

 Rontgen Rays, Dr. John Macintyre, 109 ; Rontgen Rays and 

 Resistance of Selenium, J. W. Giltay, 109 ; Prof Haga, 109 ; 



