Nature, May 27, 1880] 



XV 



Preece (W. H.), the Nature of Electricity, 334 ; the Post Office 



and the Telephone, 349 

 Prehistoric Stations in Carniola, F. von Hochstetter and Charles 



Deschmann on, 192 

 Prehistoric Man in Japan, Fred. V. Dickins, 350; S. Suguira, 



37' 

 Preston (S. Tolver), on a Mode of Explaining the Transverse 



Vibrations of Light, 256 ; a Psychological Aspect of the 



Vortex-Atom Theory, 323 ; on the Mode of the Transverse 



Propagation of Light, 369 

 Primeval Cell, 332 

 Pringle (E. H.), the Caudal Disk, 34 

 Prjeva!sky's Journey in Central Asia, 165, 476, 505 

 Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 



3'4 

 Prosser (Richard B.), the Word "Telegraph, 251 

 Pi .tag in, a Note on, Arthur Gamgee, F.K.S., 387 

 Psychological Aspect of the Vortex-Atom Theory, S. Tolver 



Preston, 323 

 Ptyaline and Diastase, 240 

 Public Health Conference, 548 

 Pulkowa Observatory, the New Telescope for, 524 

 Putnam (F. W.), Shell-heaps of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 



of North America, 357 ; Exploration of Ancient Mounds and 



Burial Places in Tennessee, 501 ; on Ancient American 



Pottery, 501 

 Puydt (M. E. de) Iconographical History of the Orchid, 357 

 Pyrenees Marble, 165 



Quadrant Electrometer, a Novel, 310 



Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 314, 626 



Quartzites, Tertiary, of the Ardennes, 164 



Queensland, Copper in, 474 



Quicksilver, Method fur Freezing, 426 



Radiation, Recent Experiments on, Dr. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 



'83 



Rae (J.), Stags' Horns, 349 ; Anchor-Ice, 538 



Rainbow, a Curious, J. U. Hannay, 56 



Rainbows, Supernumerary or Spurious, M. Montigny on, 267 



Rainfall : Result of an Inquiry into the Periodicity of, G M. 



Whipple, 338 ; in the Tropics, Dr. A. Woeikof, 347 ; of 



Austria-Hungary, Dr. Hann on, 385 ; of Paris and Sun-Spots, 



C. Meldrum, F.R.S., 166 ; on the Long Period Inequality in, 



Prof. Balfour Stewart, F.K.S., 541 

 Rammelsberg (Prof.), on the Chemical Monography of the Mica 



Group, 526 

 Ranyard (A. C), Observations made during Total Solar Eclipses, 



Dr. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 488 

 Rayleigh's (Lord) Election to the Chair of Experimental Physics 



at Cambridge, 162 

 Reale Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere, 290, 338, 433, 



530 ; Prizes, 263 

 Recall of Sights and Tastes, Dr. A. Ernst, 611 

 Red Crag, the, 578 



Redhouse (J. W.), " False Dawn," 33 

 Reflection of Sound Waves, New Method of Studying, Prol. O. 



N. Rood, 426 

 Regensburg (Ratisbon), Discovery of a Roman Structuie at, 116 

 Registrar General, Sir Brydges Henniker, Bart., Appointed, 214 

 " keihengraber," Herr Lissauer's Discovery of Unopened Graves, 



382 

 Reptiles : New Jurassic, 241 ; New Mosa'auroid, 308 

 Repulsion, Che nical, Edmund J. Mill*, F. R.S , 290 

 Ke- Reversal of Sodium Lines, (J. A. Young, 274 

 Research, the Local Endowment of, 487 

 Retina, the Human, 453 

 Revista de Camrias, 264 

 Revista Geografica Internationale, New Geographical Journal, 



266 

 Revue des Sciences Naturelles, 314 

 Revue d' Anthropologic, 45S 

 Revue Internati male des Sciences 99, 169, 362 

 Revue Internationale des Sciences hiologiques, 530 

 Reynolds (Prof. Osborne, F.R.S.), "A Treatise on the Mathe- 

 matical Theory of the Motion ;>f Fluids," by Horace Lamb, 



342 

 . Rhto tatic Machine, M. Plante's, 21 



Rhizopoda : a New Class of, Prof. Ernst Haeckel, 449 ; Fresh- 

 water, Prof. Leidy's Monograph on, 523 



Rhodes' (R. G.) "Audiphone," 243 ; Prof. Colladon on, 426, 

 469 



Rhone, Discovery of Interesting Objects in the Bed of the, 163 



Richardson (Dr. B. W., F.R.S.), Fleuss's Method of Diving 

 and remaining under Water, 62 



Ridout (R. II.), on a New Copying Process, 155 ; on Vibratory 

 Motion in Fluids, 506 



Right Side and Left Side in Different Races, 262 



Riley (J. H.), Explorations in China, 455 



Riley (Dr. C. V .), the Cotton-Worm, 466 



River Beds, Perforated Stones in, W. Curran, 348 



River Water, Prof. Tidy on, 507 



Riviera, Sanitary Science in the, 382 



Rivista Scientifico Industriale, 27, 458, 578 



Roberts (W. Chandler, F.R.S.), Copper-Tin Alloys, 272; on 

 the " Flashing" in Cu elled Buttons of Gold and Silver, 53c 



"Rocker," the Trevelyan, Prof. Barrett on the, 426, 507 



Rocks, Upper Devonian, of the North of France, 164 



Rocks, Stratified, the Structure and Origin of, H. C. Sorby, 

 F.R.S., 431 



Rodwell (G. F.), the History of Vesuvius during the Year 1879, 

 351 ; on Etna, 396; the Lipari Islands, 400; Notes from 

 Italy and Sicily, 457 



Rohlfs' (Dr. Gerhard) Expedition in North Africa, 23, 49, 241 ; 

 Arrival at Rome, 216 



Roland (Arthur), "Farming for Pleasure and Profit," 534 



Roman Structure, Recent Discovery of, at Regensburg (Ratis- 

 bon), 116 



Romanes (George J., F.R.S.), Mind in the Lower Anima's, by 

 W. Lauder Lindsay, M.D., 8 



Rome, Science Teaching in, 45S 



Rood's (Prof. Ogden N.), "Modern Chromatics, with Applici- 

 tions to Art and Industry," Prof. Silvanus Thompson on, 78, 

 395 ; New Method of Studying the Reflexion of Sound Waves. 

 426 



Roos (J. D. C. De), Linkages, 441 



Roots, the Action of Salts on Water-Absorption by, 576 



Ross (Col. W. A), Electricity of the Blowpipe " Flame," 275 



Roth (W. E.), the " Gastric Mill" of the Crayfish, 395 



Roy (Dr. Chas.), Report on the Pathological Histology of Epi- 

 zootic Pleuropneumonia, 175 



Royal College of Surgeons, Prof. W. K. Parker, F.R.S., Series 

 of Lectures at, 329 



Royal Institution, Lectures at, 239, 523 



Royal Microscopical Society, 99, 195, 358, 434, 556 ; Journal, 

 432 



Royal Society, 99, 123, 146, 169, 193, 218, 244, 267, 290, 314, 

 338, 3°2. 387. 433. 482, 506, 555, 626 ; Officers, &o., 4b ; 

 Medals, 69 ; proposed Arrangements for the Friday Evening 

 Lectures, 114; Anniversary Meeting of, 118; the New 

 Fellows, 616 



Royal Geographical Society, see Geography 



Rowney and King (Professors), on tie Origin of the Mineral, 

 Structural, and Chemical Characters of Ophites and Related 

 Rocks, 529 



Riidinger's (Prof.) Anatomical Model, 306 



Russia: Ru^siin Geographical Society, 22, 11S, 522, 620; 

 Works Recently Published by the, 23 ; Isvestia, 311 ; Medals 

 of the, 428 ; Journal of Rus ian Chemical and Physical So- 

 ciety, 75 ; Annual Meeting of, 2S5 ; Sixth Congress of Rus- 

 sian Naturalists, 2S8 ; Scheme for Introducing the Gregorian 

 Calendar into Russia, 408 ; the Barometric See-Saw between 

 Russia and India in the Sun-Spot Cycle, II. F. Blatiford, 477 



Rutenburg (Dr. Chr. ), Stone Monument to, 73 



Rye (E. C), Zoological Record, 467 



Rylcke (M.), Mea-urements on the Levels of the Baltic and 

 Black Seas, 73 



Sabine (Lady), Obitmry Notice of, 114 



" Sacred Books of the East," Edited by F. Max Miiller, Vols. 

 I., II., III., Prof. A. H. Sayce, 77 



Sadeheck (Dr. Alexander), Death of, 215 



Safety-Valves of Boilers, 189 



Sahara and Sudan, Dr. Gnstav Nachtigal, 198; French Expe- 

 dition for Exploring, 310; Formation of an Algerian Com- 

 pany for Cultivating the, 424 



Saidapet Experimental Farm Manual and Guide, C. Benson, 54 



