Index 



son, 327; the Variable Star Z Herculis, I'diil S. Vendell, 

 527; Variable Star Z Uerculis, CiUhbert Peek, 595; 

 Occultation of Jupiter, 137 ; Spits and Marks on 

 •upiter. Prof. Hough, 137: the Displacement of Lines in 

 Spectrum of Jupiter, M. Deslanilres, 162; Rotation Period 

 of Jupiter, Prof. A. A. Rambaut, 2S0 ; Comet Perrine 

 Lamp (1896 L), 137: Comets Perrine (1S95 IV.) and 

 Perrine Lamp (1896), Joseph and Jean Fric, 600; 

 llreenwich Observatory, 139 ; Work with Equatorials at, 

 139; Greenwich Observatory Photographic Chart and Cata- 

 logue, 140: Photographs of Stellar Spectra, Dr. F. McClean, 

 1 58; the Natal Observatory, 158; Possible Changes in the 

 Karth's Rotation, Prof. Newcomb, 158 ; on the Rotation of 

 the Earth, Th. Sloudski, 161 ; Work at Paris Observatory, 

 1895, >L Tissandier, 162 ; Moon- Photographs at Paris 

 Observatory, 162 : Spectroscopic Photographs of Velocity of 

 .Vltair in Line of Sight, 162 ; Period of Earth's Free Eulerian 

 Precession, J. Larmor, 166 ; Visibility of Solar Prominences, 

 Prof. Hale,'iS5; Shooting Star Radiants, Dr. Doberck, 186 ; 

 Kepler and his Work, Dr. Ernst (loldbeck, 186 ; Declina- 

 tions of Fit'ty-six Stars, 206 : Graphical Prediction of Occul- 

 tations, M.ijor Grant, 206 ; Mass of the Asteroids, G. Ravene, 

 2o5 : New Nebulosity in the Pleiades, W. Stratonoff, 327 ; 

 the Pleiades, 449 : Nfagnitudes of Southern Stars, S. L 

 Bailey, 231; Rugby Observatory, 251; Harvard College 

 Observatory, Prof. Pickering, 231 ; a Solar Halo, Dr. H. 

 Warth, 248 : the Cluster in Coma Berenices, 256 : Objective 

 Gratings, Messrs. Hall and Wadsworth, 256 ; Distortion of 

 the Earth's Surliice, Prof. Milne, 256; Double Star Orbits, 

 Dr. See, 280 ; Double Star Observations, Dr. Doberck, 426 ; 

 Telluric Lines, Prof. Ricco, 2S0 ; Explanation of Solar 

 Phenomena, J. Fenyi, 281 ; Plumb-Line Deviations, AL 

 Messerschmitt, 301 ; the Hamburg Observatory, Prof. 

 Rumker, 301 ; the Dunsink Observatory, 301 ; Ob.servatory 

 of Moscow, 301 ; SunSpots and Faculce, James Renton, 

 317 ; the Reproduction of Diffraction Gratings, Lord Ray- 

 leigh, F. R. S., 332 ; Meeting of International Committee of 

 the Carte du Ciel, 350 ; Personal Equation in observing 

 Transits, R. H. Tucker, 354 ; Lunar Photographs, Prof. 

 Weinek, 374 ; Distribution of Binary Star Orbits, Miss 

 Everett, 374; Comet 1890, VH., Dr. Spitaler, 374; Photo- 

 graphy of Solar Corona, Count de la Baume Pluvinel, 374 ; 

 Obituary Notice of Prof. H. A. Newton, 394 ; Death of 

 Frederick Brodie, 401 ; the Cape Observatory, 426 ; an 

 Investigation on Aberration and Atmospheric Refraction, 

 G. C. Comstock, 426 ; New Feature on Mars, 427 ; New 

 Feature on Mars, 487 ; the Canals on Mars, 600 ; Mars at 

 Opposition in 1894, Percival Lowell, Dr. W. J. .S. Lockyer, 

 625 ; Telegrams to Astronomischen Nachrichten, 448 ; New 

 Comet, 448 ; Comet Giacobini, 520, 632 ; Dr. H. Kreutz, 

 487, 551 ; a New Spectroscopic Binary, Prof. E. C. Picker- 

 inS- 527 ; the Solar Rotation, Lewis Jewell, 526 ; E. J. 

 Welczynski, 579 ; Death of W. C. Winlock, 549 ; Comet 

 -Sperra, Prof. Lamp, 551 ; Obituary Notice of Prof. Ludwig 

 Philip V. Seidel, Prof. Seeliger, 551 ; Astronomical Society 

 of Wales, 579; the Elements of Comet 1885, HL, 579; the 

 Leander .McCormick Observatory, 579 ; Death of JL Tisse- 

 rand, 597 ; Obituary Notice of, 628 ; 'Telegrams about Comets, 

 599 ; Comet 1870, H., 632 ; Planetary Notes, Percival Lowell, 



Athanasiu (J. ), the Coagulation of the Blood, 432 



.\thens, Seismological Observatory formed at, 16 ; the British 



School of Archaeology at, 254 ; Athens Pasteur Institute, 252 

 .\tlantic. North, Pilot Chart of, 372 

 Atlas d'Osteologie, Articulations et Insertions Musculaires, 



Prof. Ch. Debierre, 148 

 Atlas of Nerve-cells, Dr. .M. A. Starr, Prof. E. .\ Schafer, 



F.R.S., 340 

 Atmospheric Refraction, an Investigation on Aberration and, 



G. C. Comstock, 426 

 Atolls, a Query concerning the Origin of, Prof. Ralph S. 



Tarr, loi 

 Atomic Theory, Dalton's, 28; Leonard Dobbin, 126 

 -Atoms, a Cosmographical Review of the Universal Law of 



the Affinities of, James Henry Loader, 26S 

 .\ugust Meteor Shower, 1896, W. F. Denning, 415 

 .Aurora, an Auroral Display on May 2nd, 9 

 .Aurora Borealis, suggested Origin of, Kr. Birkeland, 16 

 .Atist ClilT, Mr. Montagu Browne on the True Bone-Bed of, 



and the Piillastra arcnicola Bed which occurs above it, 5S6 



Austen (E. E. ), Zoological Voyage up Lower Amazons, 215 



Australia : the Reclamation of the Deserts of, G. E. Boxall, 41 ; 

 Anthropology of. Prof. R. Semon, 135; the .Alleged Artesian 

 Leakage, J. P. Thomson, 156; New Cambrian Fauna from 

 .Australia, R. Etheridge, jun., 184; Report on the Horn 

 Scientific Expedition to Central .Australia, 241 ; Origin of 

 Australian Vegetation, Henry Deane. 253 ; the Causes of 

 Australian Weather, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 374 ; Diatomace- 

 ous Earth Deposits of Warrumbungle Mountains, Prof. T. W. 

 E. David, 384 ; English Weeds and Pasture Grass in, 423 ; 

 the Great Barrier Reef, A. Agassiz, 488 ; the Royal Society's 

 Coral Reef Boring Expedition, Prof. Sollas, 517 ; New Aus- 

 tralian Araneidtc, W. J. Rainbow, 544 ; Three Lizards, A. H. 

 S Lucas and C. Frost, 544 ; New Coleoptera, A. M. Lea, 

 544 ; Australian Museum, 59S 



Austrian State Institute for Prep.aration of Anti-toxin Serum, 

 Report of, 447 



.Ayrton (Prof W. E. ), Small Dynamo for Measuring Permea- 

 bility and Hysteresis of Iron, 159; Rontgen Rays and allied 

 Phenomena, 566 ; the Tests of Glow-lamps, 609 



Azimuth Tables for the Higher Declinations, H. B. Goodwin, 

 Rev. F. C. Stebbing, 337 



Bablich (H.),Morin, I., 118 

 Baby-Talk, the World's, Chas. Johnston, 589 

 Babylonian Magic and Sorcery, L. W. King, 489 

 Bacteriology : Fermentation of Uric .Acid by Micro-organisms, 

 E. Gerard, 47, 312 ; the B.icteriology of Milk, Prof. C jnn, 82 ; 

 Effect of Rontgen Rays on Diphtheria Bacillus, 112 ; .Action 

 of Rontgen Rays on Diphtheria Bacillus, F. Berton, 2S7 ; 

 Rontgen Rays inactive on Bacteria, Prof G. Sormani, 136 ; 

 Diphtheria Toxine Preparation, M. Nicole, 372 ; Fossil 

 Bacteria, B. Renault, 120 ; Weitere Ausftihrungen fiber den 

 Bau der Cyanophyceen und Bacterien, Prof. O. Biitschli, 124 ; 

 New Distinguishing Test of Colon and Typhoid B.acilli, Dr. 

 Piorkowski, 156 ; Association of Typhoid Bacillus with Osteo- 

 myelitis, Dr. Bruni, 184; B.actericidal Power of Blood .Serum, 

 S. Arloing, 192 ; Bacteriology of Roman Fowl Disease, Dr. 

 S. Santori, 229; Bacteria in Paris Air, M. Miquel, 229; 

 Bacteriology of Valparaiso Water, Dr. Mourgues, 254 ; In- 

 action of High Frequency Currents on Microbian Poisons, 

 L. A. Marmier, 298 ; Dr. Nobbe's Nitragin, 326 ; Action of 

 Rarefied Air on Pneumococcus of Fraenkel, Dr. D. Kuthy, 

 352 ;the Bacillococcus of Anatolian Goat-Pneumonia, M. Nicole 

 and Refik Bey, 372 ; Bacteria and Carbonated Waters, (i. C. 

 Frankland, 375 ; Influence of Sodium Bicarbonate on Bacteri- 

 cidal Properties of Blood, M. London, 432 ; Bacteriology of 

 Norwegian Pult-ost Cheese, Dr.JAxel Hoist, 484 ; Dr. Klein's 

 Micro-organisms and Disease, Joseph Lunt, 490 ; Bacteriology 

 of St. Petersburg Milk, M. P. Sacharbekoff, 550 ; Bacteri- 

 ology of Sea-water, Prof. B. Fischer, 577 ; Profs. Lorrain 

 Smith and Westbrook on Febrile Reaction on Inoculation with 

 certain Bacilli, 633 ; Dr Copeman on the Action of Gly- 

 cerine upon the Growth of Bacteria, 635 ; Dr. Durham on some 

 Points in the Mechanism of the Reactions to Peritoneal In- 

 fections, 635 ; Dr. Kanthack on the Bacteria in Food, 635 ; 

 Dr. Sims Woodhead on the Organisation of Bacteriological 

 Research, 635 ; Profs. Boyce and Herdman on the B.acteri- 

 ology of the Oyster, 635 

 Baden- Powell's (Sir G. ) Solar Eclipse Expedition, Mr. 



Shackleton, 400 

 Bailey (S. I.), Magnitude of Southern Stars, 231 

 Baily(F. G.), Hysteresis of Iron in Rotating Magnetic Field, 



237 

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



Baker (Charles Frederic), the Salaries of Science Demon- 

 strators, 196 

 Baker (H. B. ), the Position of Science at Oxford, 295 ; 



Chemical Inactivity of Rontgen Rays, 408 

 Baku and its Oil Industry, Dr W. F. Hume, 232 

 Ball (Sir R.), a Point in Theoretical Dynamics, 166 

 Balloon, Captive, for Reconnoitring Purposes, 483 

 Baly (E. C. C. ), the .Atomic Weight of Oxygen, 258 

 Bangor .Agricultural Department Field Experiments, 62 

 Barisal Guns, 102 ; Sir Edward Fry, F. R. S , 8 

 Barley Straw, Report of the Committee on the Constituent-^ of, 



58s 

 Barlow (Dr L.), the Laws of Osmosis, 185 ; on Osmosis, 635 

 Barnard (Prof.), the Ring Nebula in Lyra, loS ; the Planet 

 Saturn, 327 



