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372; D. A. van Bastelaer's Observations on Ozone, 373; Magnetical and Meteorological Observations made at the Government Observatory, Bombay, 1890, with an Appendix, 379; Colonial Meteorology, C. J. Symons, F.R. S., 390; Observations of Atmospheric Electricity in America, T. C. Mendenhall, Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, F. R.S., 392; Dew, Herr Wollny, 398; Report of the Meteorological Council for Year ending March 31, 1892, 422; Summary of Weekly Weather Report, 1892, 422; on the Particles in Fogs and Clouds, John Aitken, 431; on the Hygrometry of the Atmosphere at Ben Nevis, A. J. Herbertson, 431; Report on the Phenological Observations for 1892, E. Mawley, 430; Relation between the Duration of Sunshine, the Amount of Cloud, and the Height of the Barometer, W. Ellis, 431; Winter Temperatures on Mountain Summits, W. Piffe Brown, 431; High Atmospheric Pressures observed at Irkutsk from January 12 to 16, 1893, Alexis de Tillo, 432; Stonyhurst College Observatory, 450; Hot Winds in Texas, May 29 and 30, 1892, J. M. Cline, 454; the Electrification of the Lower Air during Auroral Displays, A. McAdie, 454 ; Scottish Meteorological Society, 469; the High Barometer Readings for January, 470; Observation made at Fotsdam Meteorological Institute on the Recent Coldest Day in January, Prof. Sprung, 480; a Short Cycle in Weather, James P. Hall, 499; on some Meteorological Problems, Shelford Bidwell, F. R. S., 502; on the True Theory of Waterspouts and Tornadoes, with special reference to that of Lawrence, Massachusetts, M. H. Faye, 503; Remarkable Cold Wave over China in January, 1893, S. B. J. Skertchly, 516; Severe Frost at Hongkong, W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., 535; Charles Ford, 535; W. Doberck, 536; Practical Meteorology in Spain, 543; Synoptic Daily Weather Charts of North Atlantic Ocean, 543; the Thermal Exchanges of the Atmosphere, Prof. ven Bezold, 552; Hail Storms, H. C. Russell, 573; Exploration of the Free Air, Prof. M. W. Harrington, 574; the General Winds of the Atlantic Ocean, Prof. W. M. Davis, 574 Fossil Floras and Climate, Sir William Dawson, F. R.S., 556; J. Starkie Gardner, 582; the Afterglows and Bishop's Ring, T. W. Backhouse, 582; Complimentary Dinner to Mr. Henry Perigal, 585; the Surface Configuration of Maryland, Prof. W. B. Clark, 585; a Highly Sensitive Mercury Barometer, Dr. Carlo del Lungo, 586; Exploration of the Higher Atmosphere, Gustave Hermite, 600; New Methods of Disseminating Weather Forecasts in New England, 613; Harmonic Analysis of Hourly Observations of Air Temperature and Pressure at British Observatories, Lieut.-General R. Strachey, F.R.S., 21; the Direction of the Wind over the British Isles 1876-80, F. C. Bayard, 623; Notes on Two Photographs of Lightning taken at Sydney Observatory, December 7, 1892, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 623; Constructive Errors in some Hygrometers, W. W. Midgley, 623 Meteors Prof. C. A. Young, 150; Great Meteor in Alabama, 86; December Meteors (Geminids), W. F. Denning, 226; a Brilliant Meteor, W. Pollard, 247; Meteor Shower of November 23, 1892, 257; Remarkable Meteor in Texas, C. F. Maxwell, 279; a Meteor, W. L. Distant, 316; a Brilliant Meteor, Dr. Jas. Rorie, 495; Meteor of March 18, 1893, G. P. Bailey, 516; Meteor Showers, 590 Meteoric Iron, Diamond in, C. Friedel, 192 Meteoric Iron of Cañon Diablo, on the, C. Friedel, 408 Meteoric Stone Found at Makariwa, near Invercargill, New Zealand, on a, G. F. H. Ulrich, 381

Meteorites: a Large Meteorite from Western Australia, James R. Gregory, 90; Lines of Structure in the Winnebago County Meteorites and in other Meteorites, Prof. H. A. Newton, 370; Study of the Cañon Diablo Meteorite, Henri Moissan, 408; Observation on the Conditions which appear to have obtained during the Formation of Meteorites, M. Daubree, 432; Mineralogical and Lithological Examination of the Meteorite of Kiowa county, Kansas, M. Stanislas Meunier, 456; Great Meteorite from Western Australia, 469; Fall of a Meteorite, 565

Meunier (M. Stanislas), Mineralogical and Lithological Examination of the Meteorite of Kiowa county, Kansas, 456 Meyer (Prof. A. B.), the Cause of Sexual Differences of Colour in Eclectus, 486

Mice, Field, in Thessaly and Scotland, the Plague of, 396 Michael (A. D.), a New Species (and genus) of Acarus found in Cornwall, 502

Michel (L), Artificial Production of Rutile, 168

Michigan, Geology of the Iron, Gold, and Copper Districts of, Prof. M. E. Wadsworth, Sir Archibald Geikie, Dr. Hicks, H. Bauerman, 117

Micro-organisms at Various Temperatures, Investigations on the Behaviour of, 234

Micro-organisms and their Investigation, Mrs. Percy Frankland, 446

Microbes, Researches on the Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen, by M. Berthelot, 23

Microscopy: American Microscopical Society, Prizes offered for Encouragement of Research, 15; Messrs. Swift's Aluminium Microscope, G. C. Karop, 47; Medical Microscopy, Frank J. Wethered, Dr. A. H. Tubby, 51; the Reflector with the Projection Microscope, G. B. Buckton, F. R. S., 54; Fungus Internally Parasitic in Diatoms, C. H. Gill, Mr. Bennett, 118; on the Anatomy of Pentastomum teretiusculum, Prof. W. Baldwin Spencer, 260; Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 260; on the Development of the Optic Nerve of Vertebrates and the Choroidal Fissure of Embryonic Life, Richard Assheton, 261; on the Development of the Genital Organs, Ovoid Gland, Axial and Aboral Sinuses in Amphiura Squamata, together with some Remarks on Ludwig's Hamal System in this Ophiurid, E. W. MacBride, 261; on a New Species of Aquatic Oligochata belonging to the family Rhinodrilidæ found in England by W. B. Benham, 261; on the Minute Structure of the Gills of Palaemonetes Varians, Edgar J. Allen, 261; Royal Microscopical Society, 359; the Microscope: its Construction and Management, Dr. Henri Van Hewick, Rev. Dr. Dallinger, F. R. S., 409 Midgley (W. W.), Constructive Errors in some Hygrometers, 623

Miers (H. A.), the Rare Silver Minerals Xanthoconite and
Rittingerite, 70

Migration of Birds, the, an Attempt to Reduce Avian Season-
Flight to Law, Charles Dixon, 169
Military Telephones, 182

Milk, Methods of Examining, for Tubercle Bacillus, Ilkewitsch and Thorner, 254

Milky Way, the, Dr. Otto Boeddicker, 337

Milky Way, Stellar Magnitudes in Relation to the, Prof. Kapteyn, 64

Millar (J. H.), Formation and Nitration of Phenyldiazoimide, 311

Milne (Prof. John, F.R.S.), the Volcanoes of Japan, Part 1, Fujisan, 178; Yezo and the Ainu, 330; Instruments for the Earthquake Laboratory at the Chicago Exhibition, 356 Milton (J. T.), Notes on Boiler-testing, 521

Mimicry, Aggressive, the Volucella as Examples of, Edward B. Poulton, F. R. S., 28; W. Bateson, 77

Mineralogy: Establishment of the Tetrahedral Hemisymmetry of Binnite, Dr. Trechmann, 70; the Rare Silver Minerals Xantheconite and Rittingerite, H. A. Miers and G. T. Prior, 70; Baddeleyite, Fletcher, 70; Mineralogical Society, 70; Artificial Production of Rutile, L. Michel, 168; Death of Nikolai Ivanovitch Koksharoff, 278; a New Coaly Mineral, 280; the Occurrence of Native Zirconia (Baddeleyite), L. Fletcher, F. R.S., 283; Hæmatite as an Illustration of the Tendency of Inorganic Matter to Simulate Inorganic Forms, 374; on a Meteoric Stone found at Makariwa, near Invercargill, New Zealand, G. H. F. Ulrich, 381; Study of the Cañon Diablo Meteorite, Henri Moissan, 408; on the Meteoric Iron of Cañon Diablo, C. Friedel, 408; on the Presence of Graphite Carbonado and Microscopic Diamonds in the Blue Earth of the Cape, Henri Moissan, 408; Mineralogical and Lithological Examination of the Meteorite of Kiowa county, Kansas, M. Stanislas Meunier, 456: Analysis of the Ashes of the Diamond, Henri Moissan, 479; Remarks on the Native Iron of Ovifak and the Bitumen of the Crystallised Rocks of Sweden, M. Nordenskiöld, 552; Valuable Ruby discovered at Burma Mines, 586.

Miner's Safety-lamp, a New Portable, Prof. Frank Clowes, 596

Minervini (Signor), the Blood-vessels of the Skin in Different Parts, 254

Minor Planets, 352, 547

Mirrors, Japanese, Magic, Prof. S. P. Thompson, F.R.S., 381
Mohn (Prof.), the Climate of Greenland, 474
Moissan (Henri), Chemical Study of Opium Smoke, 168; a
New Electric Furnace, 192; Action of High Temperature
on Metallic Oxides, 192; Study of the Cañon Diablo

Meteorite, 408; on the Presence of Graphite Carbonada and Microscopic Diamonds in the Blue Earth of the Cape, 408; Ready Preparation of Large Quantities of the More Refractory Metals by Means of the Electric Furnace, 424; the Chemical Properties of the Diamond, 472; Analysis of the Ashes of the Diamond, 479; the Use of the Electric Current in Producing High Temperatures, 497; on the Preparation of a Variety of Swelling Graphite, 527

Molecular Force, Mr. Sutherland's Paper on the Laws of, Prof. Fitzgerald, Dr. Gladstone, S. H. Burbury, Prof. Ramsay, Macfarlane Gray, Prof. Herschel, 117

Mollusca, the Mantle-Cells of Ascidians, Kowalevsky, 62; on the Reproduction of Orbitolites, H. B. Brady, 119; Catalogue of the New Zealand Mollusca, H. Suter, 397 Mollusks, Hints for Collectors of, William H. Dall, 140 Monckton (Horace W.), on the Occurrence of Boulders and Pebbles from the Glacial Drift in Gravels south of the Thames, 501

Mondes, Autres, Amédée Guillemin, 485

Mongolia and Central Tibet, C. Woodville Rockhill, 426
Monsters, Extinct, Rev. H. N. Hutchinson, 250

Mont Blanc Observatory, 204

Montagu (S., M. P.), the Decimal System, 323
Monteil's (Capt.) Mission, Completion of, 89

Month and Year, a Simple Rule for finding the Day of the
Week corresponding to any given day of the, 509
Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples, Manners and, Marquis de
Nadaillac, 316

Moody (G. T.), Studies on Isomeric Change, ii. and iii., 311

Moon, Occultation of Mars and Jupiter by the, Prof. Barnard,

41; Lunar "Volcanoes" and Lava Lakes, S. E. Peal, 486 Moore (T. J.), Death of, late Curator of Liverpool Derby Museum, 37

Morbology: the Alleged Increase of Nervous Diseases with
Growth of Civilisation, Dr. Brinton, 280, 374; on the Patho-
geny of Diabetes, MM. A. Chaveau and Kaufmann, 384;
Typhoid Fever attributed to bathing in polluted water, Herr
Jaeger, 398; the Clasmatocytes, the Fixed Cellules of the
Connective Tissue and the Pus Globules, M. L. Ranvier,
408; on the Urea contained in the Blood in cases of Ec-
lampsia, M. L. Butte, 456; Experimental Medicine, 593;
Prof. Behring's Experiments with Preventive Serum, 600
More About Wild Nature, Mrs. Brightwen, 125
Mormyrus and Malapterurus, on the Origin of the Electric
Nerves in the Torpedo, Gymnotus, Gustav Fritsch, 271
Morocco, Lieut. -Col. Sir R. Lambert Playfair and Dr. Robert
Brown, 298

Morocco, the Mixed Character of the Population of, A. Le
Châtelier, 61

Morphology: The Sense Organs of the Skin, Feathers, and Hairs in Mammalia, Herr Maurer, 87; Contribution à l'Etude de la Morphologie et du Développement des Bactériacées, Dr. A. Billet, Dr. Rubert Boyce, 532 Morris (Rev. F. O.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 372 Morrison (Mr.), Experiments on the Value of the Steam jacket,

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Moscow, International Zoological Congress at, 236

Moth, the Death's Head, and Bees, J. R. S. Clifford, 234
Moths of India, 387

Motion in the Line of Sight, M. H. Deslandres, 88
Motion of Nova Auriga, Prof. W. W. Campbell, 256
Motion of B Persei, 115

Motion of the Solar System, Prof. J. G. Porter, 41

Motion of a Solid Body in a Viscous Liquid, A. B. Basset, F.R.S., 512

Motions, Proper, M. Deslandres, 115

Motive Power, Waves as a, H. Linden, 438

Mottelay (P. Fleury), William Gilbert, of Colchester, Physician, of London, on the Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies, and on the Great Magnet, the Earth. A New Physiology, Demonstrated with Many Arguments and Experiments, 556 Mouillefort (M.), the Vineyards of Cyprus, 517 Mound, Kansas, the Great Spirit Spring, E. H. S. Bailey, 87 Mound-Excavations in the Ohio Valley, the Recent, M. de Nadaillac, 16

Mountain Ranges, Experiments on Folding and on the Genesis of, Prof. E. Reyer, 81

Mountain Group in Podolia, a Curious, 617
Mudfishes, the Brain in, Dr. Rudolf Burckhardt, 339

Muir (Prof. James), Manual of Dairy Work, 555 Mulcaster (Richard), Foster Watson, 279

Müller (Dr. Felix), Tabular History of Astronomy to the year 1500 A.D., 18

Müller (P. A.), the Evaporation from a Snow Surface, 301
Mummies, Egyptian, Prof. Macalister, 623

Mundella (Mr.), the Board of Trade and the Electrical Engineers, 85

Munk (Dr. J.), Experiments on the Nutrition of Fasting Men, 552

Munro (Dr.), Yew Poisoning, 285

Murphy (Joseph John), an Optical Phenomenon, 365
Murray (Helen J.), a Wild Rabbit Tamed, 86

Murray (T. S.), Synthesis of Oxazoles from Benzoin and Nitriles, 430

Muscle, the Cross Striping of, Prof. Richard Ewald, and Prof. Haycraft, 92

Museum of Sanitary Appliances, Hornsey Local Board, 587 Music, Sound and, Rev. J. A. Zahm, 222

Musical Instruments, Women and, Henry Balfour, 55

Musk Ox, 559; Suggested introduction into Scotland of the, Col. H. W. Fielden, 349

Mycology, British Fungus-Flora, George Massee, 26; a new Luminous Fungus from Tahiti, 157

Myers (W. S.), Production of Orcinol, &c., from Dehydracetic acid, 237

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Nathan on the Improvement of Cider by Wine-Yeast, 208 Native Birds of New Zealand, the Preservation of the, 394 Natural History: Edgar B. Waite appointed Assistant Curator in Australian Museum, Sydney, III; American Society of Naturalists, 205; the Naturalist on the River Amazons, Henry Walter Bates, F.R.S., 269; Lion-Tiger and Tiger-Lion Hybrids, Dr. V. Ball, F.R.S., 390; LionTiger Hybrids, S. F. Harmer, 413; Idle Days in Patagonia, W. H. Hudson, Dr. Alf. Russel Wallace, 483; Applied Natural History, W. L. Calderwood, 492; the Musk-Ox, 559; Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Annual Address of, H. B. Woodward, 562; Wild Spain, Abel Chapman and Walter J. Buck, 583; Natural History of Plants, Anton Kerner Von Marilaun, 605; Blind Animals in Caves, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F. R.S., 389, 486; J. T. Cunningham, 439, 537; A. Anderson, 439; G. A. Boulenger, 608; Bequest to Illinois Wesleyan University of Mr. Lichtenthaler's Collection, 613

Nature, the Beauties of, and the Wonders of the World we
Live in, Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, F. R.S., 28
Nature, a Description of the Laws and Wonders of, Richard A.
Gregory, 74

Nature, Evolution and Man's Place in, Henry Calderwood, 385 Naue (J.), Discovery near Schaffhausen of Prehistoric Drawings on Limestone, 279

Nautical Almanac for 1896, the, 326

Naval Architecture: the Strength of Bulkheads, Dr. Elgar, 529; Experiments on the Transmission of Heat through Tube-plates, A. J. Durston, 521; Notes on Boiler-testir.g, J. T. Milton, 521; an Apparatus for Measuring and Registering Vibrations of Steamers, E. Otto Schlick, 521; Experiments with Engines of ss. Iveagh, John Inglis, 521 Naval Architects, Institution of, 519; Annual General Meeting, 494 Navigation; the Measurement of Wake Currents, G. A. Calvert, 519

Navigation, Graphical Solutions of Problems in, 547

Nayudu (P. Lakshmi Narasu), Notes on Qualitative Chemical Analysis, 100

Neave (Newman), a Fork-tailed Petrel, 31

Nebula near & Persei (N. G.C. 1499), the Large, Dr. Scheiner, 546

Neesen (Prof.), Experiments on Photographic Recording of Oscillation of Projectiles, 216

Nelson (R. H.), Death of, 353

Neolithic Village of the Roche-au-Diable, near Tesnières, Canton of Lorez-le-Bocage (Seine-et-Marne), Armand Viré, 576

Netto (Eugen), the Theory of Substitutions and its Applications to Algebra, 338

Neumann (Herr), Power of Hydrogen-Absorption of Various Metals, 63

Neville and Heycock, Isolation of Gold and Cadmium Compounds, 40

New England, New Methods of disseminating Weather Forecasts in, 613

New England Grammar Schools, Change recommended by Association of College Officers in Curriculum of, 279

New Guinea, British, J. P. Thomson, Henry O. Forbes, 345, 414; Prof. Alfred C. Haddon, 414

New Hebrides, on some Islands of the, Lieut. Boyle T. Somerville, 455

New South Wales: Artesian Boring and Irrigation in, J. W.

Boultbee, 183; Physical Geography and Climate of, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 258; Plants most visited by Bees in, 614 New York Mathematical Society, Bulletin of, 23

New York State Pecuniary Contributions to Agriculture, the, 349

New York, Columbia College; the Loubat Prizes, 496

New Zealand: Earthquake in, 372; the Preservation of the Native Birds of, 394; Catalogue of the New Zealand Mollusca, H. Suter, 397

Newall (II. F.), Nova Auriga, 7

Newberry (John Strong), Obituary Notice of, 276

Newcastle College of Science, Laying Foundation Stone of, 129

Newcomb-Engelmann's Populäre Astronomie, 291

Newth (G. S.), Note on the Colours of the Alkali Metals, 55; Chemical Lecture Experiments, Sir Henry E. Roscoe, F.R.S., 97

Newton (Prof. Alfred, F.R.S.), Pala ontological Discovery in Australia, 606

Newton (E. T.), some New Reptiles from the Elgin Sandstone, 189

Newton (Prof. H. A.), Lines of Structure in the Winnebago
County Meteorites and in other Meteorites, 370
Niagara Spray Clouds, the, Chas. A. Carus-Wilson, 414
Nicaragua, the Boundaries of Costa Rica and, Dr. H. Pola-
kowsky, 257

Nicholls (H. A. Alford), a Text-book of Tropical Agriculture, 313

Nicobar Pottery, E. H. Man, 455

Nicolsky (Dr.), Study of the Form of Eggs, 253

Nikitine (S.), Constitution of the Quaternary Deposits in
Russia and their Relations to the Finds resulting from the
Activity of Prehistoric Man, 523

Nile, the Stars and the, Capt. H. G. Lyons, 101
Nile, the Sacred, J. Norman Lockyer, F. R.S., 464
Nitrate of Soda: the Origin of Caliche, G. M. Hunter, 254
Nitrogen, Atmospheric, Researches on the Fixation by Mi-
crobes of, M. Berthelot, 23

Niven (W. D., F. R.S.), the Harmonics of a Ring, 406 Nomenclature, Biological; the rule "Once a Synonym, always a Synonym," Elliott Coues, 39

Nomenclature, Botanical, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R. S., 53; Sereno Watson, 53

Nordenskiöld (M.), Kemarks on the Native Iron of Ovifak and the Bitumen of the Crystallised Rocks of Sweden, 552 Noorden (Dr. von), Four Experiments on Nutrition, 504 Norfolk Coast, Sowerby's Whale on the, T. Southwell, 349 Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society; Annual Address by H. B. Woodward, 562

North Sea, Destruction of Immature Fish in the, Ernest W. L. Holt, 160

North Sea, Magnetic Observations in the, A. Shück, 555 North American Indians, Educational Work among the, 350 Notes from the Leyden Museum, 357

Nottingham Meeting of the British Association, the Coming,

612

Nova Auriga, 159, 399; H. F. Newall, 7; Prof. Barnard, 282;

June 1, 1893

Mr. Huggins, 425; Motion of Nova Auriga, Prof. W. W. Campbell, 256; Hydrogen Line HB in the Spectrum of, Herr Victor Schumann, 425; Spectra of Planetary Nebulæ and Nova Auriga, M. Eugen Gothard, 352

Novel (M. J.); on a new Soldering Process for Aluminium and various other Metals, 384

Nubibus, Dynamics in, "Waterdale," 601

Nuttall (Zelia), the Calendar System of the Ancient Aztecs, 156

Obrutcheff (M.), Further Researches in Siberia, 255 Observatories: a New Observatory at Abastouman, 133; Com. panion to the Observatory for 1893, 159; Mont Blanc Observatory, 204; Lick Observatory, Miss Milicent W. Shinn, 209; the Harvard College Observatory, Prof. E. C. Pickering, 304, 403; Stonyhurst College Observatory, 450; United States Naval Observatory, 452; Yale Astronomical Observatory, 452; Bermerside Observatory, 473; the Melbourne Observatory, 498; Natal Observatory, 498; Wolsingham Observatory, 518; Circular No. 35, 590; T. E. Espin, 452; Paris Observatory in 1892, M. Tisserand, 546; Magnetical and Meteorological Observations made at the Government 05servatory, Bombay, 1890, 379; “The Observatory,” 566 Observational Astronomy, Arthur Mee, 437

Occultation of Mars and Jupiter by the Moon, Prof. Barnard, 41

Odorographia: a Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs used in the Perfume Industry, J. Ch. Sawer, 52 Odours, Analysis of Complex, Jacques Pa-sy, 48

Oesten (Herr), Filtered Sewage Water Favourable to Fish Life, 350

Ohio Valley, the Recent Mound-Excavations in the, M. de Nadaillac, 16

Oil in Calming Waves, Experiments on the use of, RearAdmiral Cavelier de Cuverville, 279

Olphe-Galliard (Victor Aimé Leon), Death and Obituary Notice of, 395

Olszewski (Herr), Use of Total Reflection to determine LightRefraction of Liquid Oxygen, 614

Omori (F.), Instruments for the Earthquake Laboratory at the Chicago Exhibition, 356

Ophthalmology: the Association of Shipping Disasters with Defective Vision in Sailors, Dr. T. H. Bickerton, 16

Opium Smoke, Chemical Study of, Henri Moissan, 168; Phy-iological Study of, G. Gréhant and Em. Martin, 168 Opposition of Mars, the Recent, Prof. W. H. Pickering, 235 Optics Optical Illusions, R. T. Lewis, 31; W. B. Croft, 78; Refraction and Dispersion of Light in Metal Prisms, D. Shea, 68; a New "Shortened Telescope," Dr. R. Steinheil, 113; the Passage of a Wave through a Focus, P. Joubin, 143; Existence of Distinct Nervous Centres for Perception of Fundamental Colours of Spectrum, A. Chauveau, 143; the New Telephotographic Lens, T. R. Dallmeyer, 161; Remarkable Optical Phenomenon near Zermatt, F. Folie, 303; on the Minimum Perceptible Amount of Light, M. Charles Henry, 312; the Polarising Action of the Moon on the Atmosphere, Clémence Royer, 325; the Alleged Sexual Difference in the Eye, Herr Greef, 325; Optical Continuity, Francis Galton, F. R. S., 342; an Optical Phenomenon, Joseph John Murphy, 365; Helmholtz Physiological Optics, Prof. J. D. Everett, F.R.S., 365; Preliminary Note on the Colours of Cloudy Condensation, C. Barus, 380; the Perception of Colour, W. F. Stanley, 381; on Semicircular Interference Fringes, M. G. Meslin, 384; Modern Optics and the Microscope, Dr. Henri van Heurck, Rev. Dr. Dallinger, F.R.S., 409; Electrical Actinometers used by Messrs. Elster and Geitel in Measurement of Sun's Ultra-Violet Radiation, 422; Two Experimental Verifications Relative to Refraction in Crystals, J. Verschaffelt, 428; the Fundamental Law of Complementary Colours, Pau Glan, 455; a New Hypothesis Concerning Vision. John Berry Haycraft, 478: a New and Handy Focometer, Prof. J. D. Everett, F.R.S., 500; on the Measurement of Direct Light by Means of the Tintometer, J. W. Lovibond, 501; on the Chromatic Curves of Microscope Objectives, Dr. W. H. Dallinger, 501; IBfluence of the Motion of the Earth on the Propagation of Light in Doubly Refracting Media, Mr. Lorentz. 504; Pene tration of Thin Metallic Plates by Cathode Rays causing Phosphorescence, 518; the Dioptrics of Gratings, Dr. Larmor, F. R.S., 526; on Spherical Aberration of the Human

Supplement to Nature, June 1, 1893

Eye; Measurement of Senilism of the Crystalline, M. C. J. A. Leroy, 528; Measurement of Large Differences of Phase in White Light, M. P. Joubin, 528; Sensitiveness of the Eye to Light and Colour, Capt. W. de W. Abney, F. R. S., 538; Contrivance for Determining Refractive Index of Liquid, 544; Experiments on Phosphorescence-Producing Kathode Rays of a Geissler Tube, Dr. P. Lenard, 564; Use of Total Reflection to Determine Light-Refraction of Liquid Oxygen, Herren Olszewski and Witkowski, 614; Researches at the Berlin Imperial Physico-Technical Institute on the Siemens Platinum Foil Unit as a Standard for the Intensity of a Source of Light, 615

Orang-Utan, Remarkable Specimen of, 423

Orbitolites, on the Reproduction of, H. B. Brady, 119
Ordnance Survey, 447

Ordnance Survey and Geological Faults, the, James Durham, 510

Organic Chemistry, Outlines of, Clement J. Leaper, 124
Organic Substances, Qualitative Analysis Tables and the Re-
actions of Certain, E. A. Letts, Chapman Jones, 361
Origin, Unusual, of Arteries in the Rabbit, Philip J. White, 365
Origin of Colour, VII, VIII and IX, H. E. Armstrong, 551
Origin of Lake Basins, the Duke of Argyll, F.R. S., 485; J. C.
Hawkshaw, 558

Origin of the Year, the, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 32, 228
Orme (Temple), Matriculation Chemistry, 99

Ornithology: a Fork-tailed Petrel, Newman Neave, 31; the
Food of Humming-birds, Dr. Morris Gibbs, 63; Assumption
of the Male Plumage by a Pea-hen, G. N. Douglas, 71;
Corncrake Caught in Wales, December 8, 1892, 157; the
Migration of Birds, an Attempt to Reduce Avian Season-
Flight to Law, Charles Dixon, 169; Study of the Form of
Eggs, Dr. Nicolsky, 253: Death and Obituary Notice of Rev.
F. O. Morris, 372; the Flight-Speed of Wild Ducks, H. L.
Clark, 374; the Preservation of the Native Birds of New
Zealand, 394; Death and Obituary Notice of Victor Aimé
Leon Olphe-Galliard, 395; the Flight of Birds, Herbert
Withington, 414 Formation of a Cage-Bird Club, 495;
Ornithology in Relation to Agriculture and Horticulture, John
Watson, 533; the Protection of the Osprey in Scotland, 42
Osborn (Prof. Henry F.), Protocerus, the New Artiodactyle,
321; Artionyx, a Clawed Artiodactyle, 610
Osmium, Chemistry of, A. E. Tutton, 400
Osmium, Metallic, M. Joly and Vèges, 497

Osmotic Pressure, J. W. Rodger, 103; Prof. Spencer Pickering, F.K.S., 175

Osprey in Scotland, the Protection of the, 612

Ostwald's Klassiker der Exacten Wissenschaften, Nos. 31-37, 149, 38-40, 245

Oudemans (Dr. A. C.), the Great Sea Serpent, 506

Owen (Sir Richard), Obituary Notice of, 181; the Proposed Memorial to, 232, 252, 307

Oxford, Medical Education at, Lord Salisbury, 449

Oxford Medical Society, Inaugural Address by Sir James Paget, 60

Oxford University Junior Scientific Club, 95, 119, 167, 359, 431, 502

Oxford University Museum, Catalogue of Eastern and Australian
Lepidoptera heterocera in the Collection of the, Col. C.
Swinhoe, 53

Oxley (Rev. W. H.), Travelling of Roots, 414
Oxygen for Limelight, T. C. Hepworth, 176

Oxygen, Liquid, Use of Total Reflection to Determine Light-
Refraction of, Herren Olszewski and Witkowski, 614

Oyster Culture, on the Attempt at, in the Roscoff Laboratory, M. de Lacaze-Duthiers, 456

Oysters, Observations on, Prof. R. C. Schiedt, 375

Ozone, D. A. Van Bastelaer's Observations on, 373

Ozone, W. G. Black, 390

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Penck's (Prof.), Scheme for a Map of the World on a uniform
scale, 426

Perfume Industry, Odorographia: a Natural History of Raw
Materials and Drugs used in the, J. Ch. Sawer, 52
Peripatus Egg, the Hatching of a, Arthur Dendy, 508
Perkin (W. H., sen.), Magnetic Rotation of Sulphuric and
Nitric Acids, 165

Pacific Slope, Grasses of the, including Alaska and the adjacent Perigal (Mr. Henry), Complimentary Dinner to, 585
Islands, Dr. Geo. Vasey, 173

Paddington Railway, Clapham Junction and, 515
Paderborn, Shower of Pond Mussels at, 278

Padua, Galileo Galilei and the Approaching Celebration at,
Prof. Antonio Favaro, 82, 180

Page (M.), the Stanley Falls District of the Congo, 282

Paget (Sir George E., K. C. B., F. R. S.), Some Lectures by, Persei, Relative Position of Stars in Cluster x, Sir Robert Ball 485

Paget (Sir James). Inaugural Address to Oxford Medical Society, 60

Palæolithic or Unground Stage of the Implement-makers' Art, On the Rude Stone Implements of the Tasmanians, showing them to belong to the, Dr. Tylor, 527 Palamonetes Varians, Anatomy of Larva of, E. J. Allen, 237 Palæontology, Discovery of Ureus Arctos in the Malta Pleistocene, J. H. Cooke, 62; Relics found in Yorkshire Caves, Rev. Edward Jones, 112; Walrus in the Thames Valley, W. J. L. Abbott, 132; Some New Reptiles from the Elgin Sandstone, E. T. Newton, 189; Death of Dr. D. Stur, 206; Protocerus, the New Artiodactyle, Prof. Henry F. Osborne, 321; Restoration of Anchisaurus Colurus, Prof. O. C. Marsh, 349; a Catalogue of British Jurassic Gasteropoda, W. H. Hudlestone, F.R.S., and Edward Wilson H. Woods, 363; Johns Hopkins University Palæontological Collections, 471; Fossil Fauna of the Black Sea, T. J. van Beneden, 544 ; Artionyx-a Clawed Artiodactyle, Prof. Henry F. Osborn, 610; Palæontological Discovery in Australia, Prof. Alfred Newton, F. R. S., 606 Paleozoic Ice-Age, a, W. T. Blanford, F.R. S., 101, 152; Henry F. Blanford, F. R. S., 101

Palestine, Geology of, Prof. Edward Hall, F.R.S., 166 Palmberg (Dr. Albert), a Treatise on Public Health, Dr. H. Brock, 507

Palmer (Mr.), a Lilac Colour produced from Extract of Chestnut, 132

Papasogli, Colorimeter for Comparing Intensity of Colour in
Solution, 131

Papuans, the Native, T. H. Hatton-Richards, 590
Parallax of 8 Cygni, Harold Jacoby, 399

Parallaxes of μ and @ Cassiopeia, Harold Jacoby, 5
Parasitism of Volucella, W. E. Hart, 78

Parker (J.), Carnot's Principle applied to Animal and Vegetable Life, 95

Parker (Prof. T. Jeffrey, F.R.S.), on the Cranial Osteology, Classification and Phylogeny of the Dinornithida,, 431 Parker (Prof. W. N.), on an Abnormality in the Veins of the Rabbit, 270

Paris Academy of Sciences, 23, 47, 71, 96, 119, 143, 167, 192, 215, 239, 263, 287, 311, 335, 360, 384, 408, 431, 456, 479, 503, 527, 551, 576, 599, 623; Prize List for 1892, 215

Paris Observatory in 1892, M. Tisserand, 546
Paris, the Question of the Purity of Ice Consumed in, 614
Parry (John), on the American Iron Trade and its Progress
during sixteen years, Sir Lowthian Bell, F.R.S., 195
Pasquale (Dr. B.), the "Mal Nero" Vine Disease, 130
Pasquale (Cav. G. A.), Death of, 421

Passy (Jacques), Analysis of Complex Odours, 48
Pasteur (M.), Proposed Testimonial to, 37
Pasteur's (M.), Seventieth Birthday, 204

Patagonia, Idle Days in, W. H. Hudson, Dr. Alf. Russel
Wallace, 483

Pathology: the Croonian Lecture, 487; on the Histology of the
Blood of Rabbits which have been rendered Immune to
Anthrax, Lim Boon Keng, 502

Peal (S. E.), Lunar "Volcanoes" and Lava Lakes, 486
Pearcey (F. G.), Foraminifer or Sponge? 390

Peary (Lieut.), Proposed Arctic Expedition of, 133, 452
Pekelharing (Mr.), the Peptone of Kühne, 624

Peloponnes Der, Versuch einer Landeskunde auf Geologischer
Grundlage, Dr. Alfred Philippson, 6

Pencils, Slate, Aluminium, 131

Perigal Family, Longevity of the, Dr. C. T. Williams, 585 Perry (G. H.), Interaction of Iodine and Potassium Chlorate, 165

Perry (Prof. J., F. R.S.) on the differential equation of Electric
Flow, 574; on the Viscosity of Liquids, 575
Persei, Motion of B, 115

and Arthur Rambaut, 376

Persei, the large Nebula near έ (N.G.C. 1499), Dr. Scheiner,
546

Perseids, Observations of, 88

Perthshire Society of Natural Science, Dr. F. B. Waite's Col-
lection of Lepidoptera presented to, 206

Peru (Southern) Indications of a Rainy Period in, A. E.
Douglass, 38

Petrel, a Fork-tailed, Newman Neave, 31

Petrie (Prof. W. Flinders), appointed to Chair of Egyptology

at University College, London, III; First Lecture on

Egyptology, 278; Ancient Egypt, 301

Pflanzeneeben, Anton Kerner von Marilaun, 605

Phenological Observations for 1892, Report on the, E. Mawley,

430

Phoenician Tombs at Malta, Depredations among the recently-
discovered, 396

Philippson (Dr. Alfred), Der Peloponnes; Versuch einer Lan-
deskunde auf Geologischer Grundlage, 6

Phosphate Beds, The Florida, T. N. Lupton, 325

Phosphorescence: a new Luminous Fungus from Tahiti, 157

Phosphorescence in Centipedes, R. I. Pocock, 545

Photography: Traité Encyclopédique de Photographie, Charles

Fabre, 6; the Photography of an Image by Reflection,

Frederick J. Smith, 10; Photographic Dry Plates, Arthur

E. Brown, 11; Coloured Photographs of the Spectrum, G.

Lippmann, 23; American Opinion of Photography in Eng-

land, Xanthus Smith, 86; a Macual of Photography, A.

Brothers, 98; Conditions of Production of Lippmann's

Coloured Photographs, G. Meslin, 157; the New Telephoto-

graphic Lens, T. R. Dallmeyer, 161; on the Photographic

Spectra of some of the Brighton Stars, J. Norman Lockyer,

F.R.S., 261; Photographic Absorption of our Atmosphere,

Prof. Schaeberle, 304; Eclipse Photography, M. De la

Baume Pluvinel, 326; a new Method of Photographing the

Corona, M. H. Deslandres, 327; Photography first dis-

covered by a Dr. Schultz in Halle, 336; Dust Photographs,

W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, F. R. S., F. J. Allen, 341; Dust

Photographs and Breath Figures, W. B. Croft, 364; on the

Progress of the Art of Surveying with the aid of Photography

in Europe and America, M. A. Lausedat, 384; on Electric

Spark Photographs, or Photography of Flying Bullets, &c.,

by the Light of the Electric Spark, C. V. Boys, F. R. S.,

415, 440; British Journal Photographic Almanac for 1893,

462; Photographic Reproduction of Gratings and Micro-

meters engraved on glass, M. Izarn, 479; Photography of

certain Phenomena furnished by Combinations of Gratings,

M. Izarn, 503; Photography of Gratings engraved upon

Metal, M. Izarn, 623; Prof. Hale's Solar Photograph, 498;

Photographic Properties of Cerium Salts, MM. Auguste and

Louis Lumière, 503; Equipotential Lines due to current

flowing through Conducting Sheet fixed Photographically, E.

Lommel, 544; Anthropological Uses of the Camera, 548;

Photographic Chart of the Heavens, M. Loewy, 589; Notes

on two Photographs of Lightning taken at Sydney Obser-

vatory, December 7, 1892, H. C. Russel, F. R. S., 623

Photometer, a Photoptometric, Charles Henry, 24

Photometry on Phosphorescent Sulphide of Zinc considere i

as a Photometric Standard, Charles Henry, 312

Photomicrography, the Use of Monochromatic Yellow Light in,

T. H. Gill, 47

Physics: Berlin Physical Society, 24, 312; the Laws of Com-

pressibility of Liquids, E. H. Amagat, 48; the Temperature

of Maximum Density of Mixtures of Alcohol and Water, L. de

Coppet, 48; Analysis of Complex Odours, Jacques Passy, 48;

Physical Society, 69, 116, 165, 190, 358, 381, 429, 500, 574;

Mr. Williams on the Relation of the Dimensions of Physical

Quantities to Directions in Space, Prof. Fitzgerald, Mr.

Madan, Prof. Rücker, Prof. Henrici, Dr. Sumpner, 69;

Williams on the Dimensions of Physical Quantities, Dr.

Burton, Prof. A. Lodge, Mr. Boys, W. Baily, Mr. Swinburne,

Mr. Williams, 116; the Determination of the Critical Volume,

Dr. Young, 70; Mr. Sutherland's paper on the Laws of

Molecular Force, Dr. Young, 70; Prof. Fitzgerald, Dr. Glad-

stone, S H. Burbury, Prof. Ramsay, Macfarlane Gray, Prof.

Her-chel, 117; Lenticular Liquid Microglobules and their

Conditions of Equilibrium, C. Maltézos, 71; Dilatation of

Iron in a Magnetic Fluid, M. Berget, 71; Laws of Dilatation

of Gases under Constant Pressure, E. H. Amagat, 96; Con-

ditions of Equilibrium and Formation of Microglobules, C.

Maltézos, 96; the Form of Isothermals of Liquids and Gases,

to

E. H. Amagat, 143; Interesting Results in Application of
Cold, 184; Breath Figures, W. B. Croft, 187; Method for
determining Density of saturated Vapours and Expansion of
Liquids at Higher Temperatures, B Galitzine, 189; Relation
between Velocity of Light and Size of Molecules of Refracting
Liquids, P. Joubin, 192; Sound and Music, Rev. J. A. Zahm,
222; Employment of Springs in Measurement of Explosive

Pressures, 236; the Temperature of the Electric Arc, J. Violle,

240; Magnetic Properties of Oxygen, P. Curie, 240;

High Temperatures and Carbon Vaporisation, M. Berthelot,

240; a Simple Explanation of the Hall Effect, E.

Lommel, 254; on Thermo-Electric Phenomena between two

Electrolytes, Henri Bagard, 263; Pure Gases incapable of

producing Electrification by Friction, Mr. Wesendonck, 280;

on the Temperature Coefficient of the Electrical Resistance
of Mercury and on the Mercury Resistance of the Imperial
Institution, D. Kreichgauer and W. Jaeger, 286; Diffusion
of Light by Rough Surfaces, Christian Wiener, 286; on the

Solubility-Curve for Systems oftwo Bodies, Bakhuis Roozeboom,

288; Physical Education, Frederick Treves, 292; the Rate of

Explosion in Gases, Prof. Harold B. Dixon, 299; on a State

of Matter characterised by the Mutual Independence of the

Pressure and the Specific Volume, P. de Heen, 309; the

Thermal Conductivities of Liquids, R. Wachsmith, 350; on

a Modification of the Transpiration Method suitable for the

Investigation of very Viscous Liquids, C. Brodmann, 357;

the Viscosity of Liquids, Prof. J. Perry, F.R.S., 575;

Isothermals, Isopiestics, and Isometrics relative to Viscosity,

C. Barus, 380; Gemeinverständliche Vorträge aus dem

Gebeite der Physic, Prof. Dr. Leonhard Sohncke, Dr. James

L. Howard, 361; Uses of Planes and Knife Edges in Pendulums

for Gravity Measurements, J. C. Mendenhall, 380; the

Determination of the Thermal Expansion of Liquids, T. E.

Thorpe, 405; the Determination of the Thermal Expansion

and Specific Volume of certain Paraffins and Paraffin Deriva-

tives, T. E. Thorpe and L. M. Jones, 405; on Electric Spark

Photographs or Photography of Flying Bullets, &c., by the Ligh

of the Electric Spark, C. V. Boys, F. R.S., 415, 440; on the

Common Cause of Surface Tension and Evaporation of Liquids,

G. Van der Mensbrugghe, 428, 621; Description of an

Instrument to show the small Variations in the Intensity of

Gravitation, M. Bouquet de la Grye, 431 ; Simple Instrument

for measuring Densities of Liquids, A. Handl, 471 ; the Value

of the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, E. H. Griffiths, 476,

537; the Effects of Mechanical Stress on the Electrical Resist-

ance of Metals, James H. Gray and James B. Henderson, 478;

Photographic Reproduction of Gratings and Micrometers en-

graved on Glass, M. Izarn, 479; Photography of certain Pheno-

mena furnished by Combinations of Gratings, M. Izarn, 503;

Photography of Gratings engraved upon Metal, M. Izarn, 623;

the Specific Heat of Liquid Ammonia, C. Ludeking and J. E.

Starr, 499; on the Influence of Time upon the Mode of Forma-

tion of the Meniscus at the Temperature of Transformation, P.

de Heen, 500; Experiments on the Influence of Temperature

on Electromagnetic Rotation of Light in Iron, Cobalt, and

Nickel, Prof. Kundt, 503; on the Influence of Temperature

upon Circular Ferro-Magnetic Polarisation, Emil Hirsch,

525; Magnetisation of a radially slit Iron Ring, Heinrich

Lehmann. 525; on the Stability of a Thin Rod loaded ver-

tically, Mr. Love, 526; the Resistance of Ice, M. Force,

564; on the Differential Equation of Electric Flow, T. H.

Blakesley, Prof. Perry, Prof. O. J. Lodge, Dr. Sumpner,

Mr. Swinburne, 574; on Action of Temperature upon the

Rotatory Power of Liquids, M. A. Aignan, 576; Laws and

Properties of Matter, R. T. Glazebrook, F.R.S., 580; the

Radiation and Absorption of Heat by Leaves, Alfred Golds-

borough Mayer, 596; the Absolute Thermal Conductivities of

Copper and Iron, R. Wallace Stewart, 599; Expansion of

Water at Constant Pressure and at Constant Volume, E. I

Amagat, 623

Physiography, Elementary, Richard A. Gregory, 74

Physiology: Obstacles to Ice-Formation in Animal Body, Herr

Kochs, 16; Introduction to Physiological Psychology, Dr.

Theodor Zichen. 28; Influence of Bodily Exertion on Diges-

tive Process, Herr Rosenberg, 62; Further Researches on

Nucleinic Acid, Prof. Kossel, 72; a Manual of Veterinary

Physiology, Veterinary-Captain F. Smith, 76;
on the

Physiology of Grafting, Dr. Hermann Vöchting, 128; the

Respiratory Centre, Prof. Gad, 144; Influence on Respira-

tion of Upper Tracts leading fr m Cerebrum to Respiratory

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