Index 



Boltzmann (Prof.), Zermelo and the Kinetic Theory of Gases, 

 1 06 



Bompas (G. C. ), Horary Variation of Meteors, 296 



Boaney (Prof. T. (J., F. K.S. ), Glacial Geology of Arctic Europe, 

 II., 263 



Bordas (L.), -Sub-intestinal Nervous System of PlalyphyiliDii 

 }^};anteiim^ 616 



Bordas (M.), the Freezing-Point of Milk, 456 



Boring a Coral Reef at F'unafuti, \V. W. Watts, 201 



Borings : Mr. Morton on a Boring near Altcar and another 

 Boring on the West of Bidston Ilill, 586 



Bosc (M.), Stability of Blood rendered incoagulable by Extract 

 of the Leech, 520 



Bose (I'rof. J. Chunder), on an Apparatus for Studying the 

 Properties of Electric Waves, 567 



Bosnia-Herzegovina and Dalmatia, Rambles and Studies in, 

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



Bost (W. D. A ), the Spontaneous Combustion of Charcoal, 

 577 



Botany : Magical Growth of Plants, W. R. M. Semple, 8 ; 

 Linnean Society, 23, 190 ; Death of R. P Delavay, 33 ; 

 the alleged Development of Veast Cells from Moulds, iVIessrs. 

 Kliicker and Schionning },t, ; the germination of Cockle-bur 

 Seeds, Prof. J. C. Arthur, 34 ; Nuclear Division in Spores of 

 Fegaletla coiina. Prof. J. B. F'armer, 38 ; Cocoa : all about 

 it, 50 ; Index Kewensis Plantarum Phanerogamarum Suni]>- 

 tibus beati Caroli Roberti Darwin ductu et consilio Josephi 

 D. Hooker confecit B. Daydon Jackson, Fasciculus IV., 74 ; 

 Influence of Terrestrial Disturbances on the Growth of Trees, 

 Prof. B. E Fernou, 77 ; Protective Alkaloids in the Solanacex, 

 Dr. Ph. Molle, 83; New South Wales Linnean Society, 96, 

 168, 240, 384, 544, 592 ; -Annals of the Royal Botanic 

 (iardens, Calcutta, 98 ; the Philippine Island Bean, 106 ; 

 Plant Structure revealed by Rontgen Rays, G. J. Burch, m ; 

 Effect of Rontgen Rays on Oat-Germination, A.. Schober, 

 155; Persian Cyclamens, A. Hebert and G. Truffant, 119; 

 New Soluble Oxidising Vegetable Ferment, G. Bertrand, 

 119; Plant-Breeding, Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., 138; 

 Proterandry in Palm, J. Daveau, 157 ; Osmotic Pressures in 

 Leaf-Cells, Henry Dixon, 167 : Monographic der Gattung 

 Euphrasia, Dr. R. vonWettstein, W. Bolting Hemsley, F. R.S., 

 169 ; Die Protrophie, eine neue leben.sgemeinschaft in ihren 

 aufialligsten erscheinungen, Arthur Minks, G. Massee, 170 ; 

 Death of Lord Lilford, 182 ; Efi'ect of Coloured Light on 

 Vegetable Growth, M. Flammarion, 184 ; the Preservation 

 of Rare Cape Plants, Sir F. von Mueller, 184 ; Journal of 

 Botany, 213, 591 ; Nuovo Giornale Boianico Italiana, 213, 

 334; BoUettino della Societa Botanica Italiana, 213,334; 

 Wayside and Woodland Blossoms, Edward Step. 221 ; Arti- 

 ficial Petrifaction of Vegetable Tissues, Enrico Clerici, 229; 

 Erigeron slrigosiis, Thomas Meehan, 240 ; Extraction of 

 Chlorophyll by Benzol, Dr. J. A. Keller, 240 ; Origin of 

 Australian Vegetation, Henry Deane, 253 ; Digestion in Car- 

 nivorous Plants, Dr. A. L. Gillespie, 263 ; the Principles of 

 Vegetable Digestion, V. Poulet, 384 : the "Running-out" of 

 Peas, 279 ; Fertilisation and Spore-Segmentation in F"ucus, 

 Prof. J. B. Farmer and J. LI. Williams, 286 ; the Lime-Tree 

 near Krasnoyarsk (Siberia), M. Prein, 311; the Displace- 

 ment of Native Plants in New Zealand, T. Kirk, 327 ; F'lora 

 der Ostfriesischen Inseln, Prof. Dr. Buchenau,W. B. Hemsley, 

 F.R.S., 341; the Mandrake, Kumagusa Minakata, 343; 

 Death of Dr. Kanitz, 351; AcarusCIalls on Sciiidafisiis di/a- 

 ceratus. Dr. deGasparis, 403; (Juercitin in Onion Skin, A. G. 

 Perkin and J. J. Hummel, 408 ; Myricetin Colouring Matter 

 of Myrica nagi Bark, A. G. Perkin and J. J. Hummel, 408 ; 

 Myricetin Colouring Matter of Sicilian Sumach, A. G. Perkin 

 and G. V. Allen, 40S ; Fisetin Colouring Matter of Quer- 

 bracho Colorado, \. G. Perkin and O. Gunnell, 408 ; Botany 

 for Beginners, FL Edmonds, 412 ; English Weeds as Pasture- 

 grasses in France and Australia, 423 ; the Student's Hand- 

 book of British Mosses, H. N. Dixon, 434 ; Orientation 

 Tendency of Sylphiiwi laiiiialuiii and Tcrebinthiitaceum, E. 

 J Hill, 447; the Tuberculoids of the Leguminosa;, D. Clos, 

 456 : Dr. Warming's Lehrbuch der Okologischen Pflanzen- 

 gcfgraptiie, 458; the Crossing of Carnations, Martin Smith, 

 549; Manual of Botany, Prof. J. R. Green, F'.K.S., 570; 

 Death of Baron Sir V. von Mtiller, 576 ; Obituary Notice 

 of Baron Sir F. von MuUer, W. B. Hemsley, F.R.S., 

 596 ; Riii hiopteris cylindfica, Thomas Hick, 591 ; Tubers 

 of Anlhoceros Itiberosus, J. H. .\shworth, 591 : Eucalypts 



and Loranths, J. J. Fletcher, 592 ; Compendium of General 



Botany, Dr. Max Westermaier, 594 ; Death of Dr. H. 



Trimen, F'.R.S., 596 ; Obituary Notice of, W. B. Hemsley, 



F'.R.S., 628; Abnormal Hickory Nuts, F. H. Herrick, 639; 



Botanical Expedition into Nyika Plateau, Alexander Whyte, 



629. See a/so Section K, British -Association 

 Bothamly (C. H.), Becquerel and Lippmann's Colour Photo- 

 graphs, 77 

 Bott (Samuel), Text-book of Physical Exercises, 341 

 Bougault (J.), Actionof Chloride of Sulphur on Penta-Erythrite, 



312 

 Boulenger (George Albert), Catalogue of the Snakes in the 



British Museum (Natural History), 266 

 Bouny (M.), Measurements of Work in Driving Bicycle, 192; 



Control of Results obtained by Dynamometric Pedal of 



Bicycle, 239 

 Bourquelot (E.), Action of Soluble Oxidising Mushroom 



Ferment on Naphthols, 456 

 Bourot (M.), Digestibility of Cocoa-Butter and ordinary Butter, 



639 

 Bousset (W.) the Antichrist Legend, 491 

 Bouveault (L.), Action of Ethyl-oxalyl Chloride on Aromatic 



Hydrocarbons in pre.sence of Aluminium Chloride, 71, 119; 



Action of Hydrazine on Glycoxylic -Acids, 216; New Method 



of Preparing Aromatic Aldehydes, 239 

 Boxall (G. E.y, the Reclamation of the Australian Deserts, 41 

 Boyce (Prof.), on the Bacteriology of the Oyster, 635 

 Boys (Prof. C. V., F. R.S.), Geometric Wall Brackets and Steady 



Blocks, 37 

 Bradshavv (Dr. T.), on the Behaviour of Litmus in Amphoteric 



Solutions, 5S4 

 Branch (C. W. ), Foreign Snails in W^est Indies, 392 

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

 Bread from Screened Flour, Food-Values of, A. Girard, 167, 



192 

 Bread-making, a Text-book of the Science and -Art of, William 



J ago, 51 

 Breckenridge (J. E.), the Separation of Potassium and Sodium> 



639 

 Brehm (Alfred Edmund), from North Pole to Equator, 194 

 Bremen Climate and Sunspots, 572 



Brester (Dr. A. jun.), the Total Solar Eclipse at Bodo, 390 

 Brewer (W. H.), Earth Tremors and Sounds produced by 



Niagara Falls, 155 

 Bricard (R. ), a Self-registering Thermometer Balance, 23 

 Brinton (Dr. D. G.), the Reason of Right-handedness, 230 

 British Association : Meeting at Liverpool, 462 ; Local 

 Arrangements, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F'.K.S., 199, 367, 

 416, 492, 547 ; Inaugural Address by Sir Joseph Lister, 

 F.R.S., President, 463 



Section A (Mathematics and Physics) — Opening Address by 

 Prof. J. J. Thomson, F. R.S. (President of the Section), 

 471 ; Report of the Committee on the Establishment of a 

 National Physical Laboratory, Sir Douglas Galton, 565 ; 

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

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



E. Rutherford, 565 ; Prof. Ayrton, 566 ; Prof Rlicker on 

 Mea.surement of Transparency of Glass and Porcelain to 

 Rontgen Rays, 566 ; Lord Kelvin on Measurements of 

 Electric Currents through Air at different Densities down to 

 one five-millionth of the Density of ordinary Air, 566; Dr. 



F. T. Trouton, on the Results of Experimenis on the 

 Duration of X-radiation at each Spark, 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 ; M. 

 Birkeland's Recent Observations of Discontinuous Line 

 Spectrum of Kathode Rays, produced by Magnetic De- 

 flection, 566 ; Prof. S. P. Thompson on Hyper-phos- 

 phorescence, 566 ; Lord Kelvin on the Molecular 

 Dynamics of Hydrogen Gas, Oxygen Gas, Ozone, Peroxide 

 of Hydrogen, Vapour of Water, Liquid Water, Ice, and 

 (,)uartz Crystal, 566 ; Mr. E. Rutherford on a Method of 

 Detecting Electro-Magnetic Waves, 567 ; Prof J. Chunder 

 Bose on an Apparatus for Studying the Properties ot 

 Electric Waves, 567 ; Mr. A. W. Clayden's Report on the 

 -Application of Photography to the Elucidation of Meteoro- 

 logical Phenomena, 567 ; Reports submitted by the Com- 



• mittee on Electrolysis and the Electrical Standards 

 Committee, 567 ; Mr. W. N. Shaw on the Total Heat of 



