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{iSy6 I.), 137; Joseph and Jean Fric, 600; I'eirine (1895 



I\'. ), Joseph and Jean Fric", 600; Comet 1890 VII., Dr. 



Spitaler, 374 ; New Comei., 448 ; Telegrams about Comets, 



599; Comet Sperra, I'rof. Lamp, 551; The Elements o( 



Comet 1885 III., 579 ; Comet 1870 II., 632 

 Comey (Arthur Messinger), a Dictionary of Chemical Solu- 

 bilities, 244 

 Computation Rules and Logarithms, Prof. Silas W. Holman, 



76 

 Complexion and Disease, Dr. John Beddoe, t.R.S., 260 

 Comstock (G. C. ), an Investigation on Aberration and 



Atmospheric Refraction, 426 

 Conant (Prof Levi Leonard), the Number Concept ; its Origin 



and Development, Prof. A. C. Haddon, 145 

 Conchology, a Rare \'ariation in Pteroicia /ainlns, Dr. A. 



Willey, 240 

 Conic Sections, ApoUonius of Perga, Treatise on, 314 

 Conn (Prof.), the liacteriology of Milk, S2 

 Connecticut, Agriculture in, 206 

 Connection, a Curious, Margaret McEvoy, 248 

 Constant, the Solar, J. Vallot, 239 

 Constants for Nautical Almanacs, 84 

 Contemporary Review, Science in the, 41, 42, 260, 331, 454, 



589 

 Continent, in the Heart of a, Capt. Frank E. Vounghusband, 



Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 130 

 Conway Arctic Expedition to Spitzbergen, the, 324, 401 ; Dr. 



J. W. Gregory, 437 : Trevor-Battye, 543 

 Cope (Prof. E. D. ), Vertebrate Remains from Port Kennedy, 



(U.S.A.), Bone-Fissure, 312 

 Copeman (Dr.), on the Action of Glycerine upon the Growth of 



Bacteria, 635 

 Copenhagen, Meteorology of, V. Williams, 578 

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



Sollas, 517 

 Corals : Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British 



Museum (Natural History), H. M. Bernard, 593 

 Cornish (Vaughan), on the Formation and Distribution of Sand- 



Dunes, 588 

 Cornwall, Earthquakes in, 106 

 Corona, Determination of the General Brightness of the, Joseph 



Lunt, 17 

 Cosmographical Review of the Universal Law of the Affinities 



of Atoms, a, James Henry Loader, 268 

 Counting, the Evolution of, Prof. Levi Leonard Conant, Prof. 



A. C. Haddon, 145 

 County Councils and Agriculture, 368 



Cowell (P. H.), Inclinational Terms in Moon's Coordinates, 22 

 Cowper (H. S. ), on a Journey in the Tarhuna and M'Salata 



districts of Tripoli, 588 

 Cox (Prof.), Rontgen Rays affected by Magnetic Attraction, 141 

 Crabs, on the Utility of Specific Character in Crabs, Walter 



Garstang, 605 ; Dr. C. H. Hurst, 605 ; Rev. T. R. R. 



Stebbing, 605 

 Crabs, Measurements of, J. T. Cunningham, 621 

 Crawford (J. H.), Wild Life of Scotland, 268 

 Cretin (Surg.-Maj. E.), Habits and Distribution of Galeodes, 



366 

 Criminal Identification, the Bertillon System in Ceylon, 518 

 " Cromerite," a Mechanical Problem, 622 

 Crosfield (M. C. ), Geology of Carmarthen Neighbourhood, 23 

 Cross (C. F. ), Constitution of Cereal Celluloses, 46 

 Crows and Turnips, 255 

 Crump (T. G.), Increasing the Efficiency of Rilntgen Ray 



Tubes, 225 

 Cru.st.acea, Affinities of Anaspides to Fossil, W. T. Caiman, 119 

 Cryoscopy of Precision, F. M. Raoult, 568 

 Crystallography: Grundriss der Krystallographie fiir Studi- 



rende und zum Selbstunterricht, Gottlob Linck, 7 ; Crj-stal- 



lography for Beginners, C. J. Woodward, 522 

 Cuckoo, the Note of the, A. H. Macpherson, 526 

 "Cup and Ring" Markings on Stucco, Natural, C. Carus- 



Wilson, 38 

 Cumming (Linna'us), Mechanics for Beginners, 546 

 Cunningham (J. T. ), the Utility of Specific Characters, 295, 



522 ; Measurements of Crabs, 621 

 Curtis (R. H.), the Exposure of Anemometers, 94 

 Curtius ( Prof. P3. 1, Death of, 252 



Gushing (Prof. F. N.^ Archeology of S.-W. Florida, 230 

 Cyanide Processes, E. B. Wilson, T. K. Rose, 7 



Cyclones: The Paris Cyclone, 481; Most Destructive West 



Indian Cyclone on Record, 577 

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



Cyprus, 325 



Dallas (James), Information on Scientific Questions, 296 



Dalmatia, Rambles and Studies in Bosnia- Herzegovina and, 

 Robert Munro, Prof. W. Boyd-Dawkins, F.R.S., 78 



Dalton's Atomic Theory, 28 ; L. Dobbin, 126 



Danilewsky (B.), Influence of Lecithine on Growth of Warm- 

 blooded Animals. 312 



Dannemann (Dr. Friedrich), Grundriss einer Geschichte der 

 Naturwissenschaften, 316 



Dannevig's Flodevigen Salt-water Fish- Hatchery, J. W. 

 Woodall, 605 ; Dr. J. Hjort, 605 



Darby (J. H.), Mond Gas as applied to Steel-making, 40 



D'Arcy (R. F.), Condition of Sodium Sulphate in Solution, llS 



Dark Light, the Condensation of, G. Le Bon, 71 



Darwin (Charles) and his Theory, M. A. Antonovich, loi 



Date of the Glacial Period, the, Percy F. Kendall, 319 



Daubeny, (G. A.), Forestry in Germany, 353 



Daubree (Prof.), Death of, 105 ; Obituary Notice of, 132 



Daveau (J.), Proterandry in Palm, 157 



David (Prof. W. E.), Diatomaceous Earth Deposits of War- 

 rumbungle Mountains, 384 



Davidson (Dr.), the California Trap-door Spider, 28S 



Davies (Benjamin), New Form of Apparatus for the Production 

 of Rontgen Rays, 281 ; Remarkable Lightning Flash, 573 ; 

 Extension of Visible Spectrum, 622 



Davison (Dr. C), the Relative Lengths of Post-Glacial Time in 

 the Two Hemispheres, 137 



Davison (J. M.), Wardite, 383 



Davy-Faraday, the Research Laboratory, 200 



Dawkins (Prof. W. Boyd, F.R.S.), Rambles and Studies in 

 Bosnia-Herzegovina and Dalmatia, Robert Munro, 78 ; Les 

 Cavernes et leurs Habitants, Julien Fraipont, 339 : on the 

 Geology of the Isle of Man, 586 ; on the Lake Village of 

 Glastonbury, 610 



Dawson (Sir W.), on pre-Cambrian Fossils, 385 



Deaf- Mutes, Krenig's System of Visual Aid in Oral Teaching 

 of, T. Hawksley, 523; A. Farrar. jun. , 573 



Deane (Henry), Origin of Australian Vegetation, 253 



Death, Cau,ses of, in Colliery Explosions, Dr. John Haldane, 

 207 



Debierre (Prof. Ch.), Atlas d'Osteologie, Articulations et Inser- 

 tions Musculaires, 148 



Declinations, Halley's Chart of Magnetic, Thos. Ward, 196 



Declinations of Fifty-six Stars, 206 



Deeley (R. M.), Mammalian Remains in Old Derwent River 

 Gravels near Derby, 70 



Deep Sea, by the, Edward Step, 522 



Defacoz (E. ), Analytical Characters of Tungsten Compounds, 

 360 



Deherain (P. P.), Oxidation of Organic Soil-matter, 359 



Delavay (R. P.), Death of, 33 



Delebecque (Andre), the Fata Morgana, 432 



Delepine (Marc), the Methylamines, 144 ; Action of Water on 

 Formic Aldehyde, 287 



Delezenne (C), Slowness of Coagulation of Blood in Birds, 

 144 ; Stability of Blood rendered incoagulable by Extract of 

 Leech, 520 



Deluge, Testimony of Science to, W. B. Galloway, 594 



Demerliac (R. ), Application of Clapyron's Formula to Melting- 

 points of Benzene, 95 



Demoussy (E. ), Oxidation of Organic Soil-Matter, 359 



Denning (W. F. ), Two Brilliant Meteors, 27; the August 

 Meteor-Shower, 415 ; the November Meteors, 623 ; the Re- 

 turn of Brook's Comet, 251 



Dennis (Prof.), Potassium Platino Cyanide best for Fluorescent 

 Screens, 481 



Dental Histology, on some Points in. Prof. Paul, 635 



Deslandres (M.), Displacement of Lines in Spectrum of Jupiter, 

 162 ; the Solar Eclip.se of April 16, 1893, 301 



Deviations, Plumb-Line, M. Mes.serschniitt, 301 



Dewar (Prof. J.), on Low Temperature Research, 584 



Dewar (T. I.), Algebraic Spherical Catenary, 159 



Diademodon, on a Skull of, brought from Wonder Boom, I'rof. 

 Seeley, 587 



Diamond : a Compound harder than Diamond, H. Moissan, 

 34 ; Study of the Black Diamond, H. Moissan, 336 ; the 



