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Apex of the Sun's Way, Lewis Boss, 548

Aplin ((. V.), the Birds of Oxfordshire, R. Bowdler Sharpe,
169

Aquaria, the Management of, W. P. Seal, 18
Arc Light, Joseph McGrath, 154

Archæology: Interesting Remains discovered in Hamburg, 21;
Archæological Congress at Moscow, 283; Cambridge Archæo-
logical Museum, 324; Proposed Archaeological Survey of
Ceylon, 372; Vaphio (Morea) Rock-Sepulchre, S. Reinach,
500; Archæology and Ethnology of Easter Island, Walter
Hough, 569

Arctic Ice Cap, is Greenland our, S. E. Peal, 58

Arctic (North Pole) Expedition, Dr. Nansen's Plan for, 374
Arctic Voyagers, Cause of Change of Skin-Colour in, Prof.
Holmgren, 546

Area of the Land and Depths of the Oceans in Former Periods,
T. Mellard Reade, 103

Argentina, Dr. Hermann Burmeister on the Fossil Horses and
other Mammals of, 82

Argentine Ornithology, P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., and W. H.
Hudson, R. Bowdler Sharpe, 7

Argyll (the Duke of, F.R.S.): Acquired Characters and Con
genital Variation, 173, 294, 366; and the Neo-Darwinians,
W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 247

Arloing (M.), Diastases Secreted by Bacillus heminecrobiophilus,
143

Armenia, the Catastrophe of Kantzorik, F. M. Corpi, 190

Armstrong (Prof. H. E., F. R. S.), Constitution of Tri-derivatives
of Naphthalene, 454

Arnaud, Digitaline and Tanghinine, 48

Arrest's (D'), Comet, G. Leveau, 596

Ascension, the "Rollers" of, Prof. Cleveland Abbe, 585
Ascidians and Crabs, Prof. W. A. Herdman, 344

Asia, Central: Colonel Roborovski's Expedition in, 234; the
Russian Expeditions in, 352

Asia Minor, Prof. Bornmuller's Botanical Tour through, 136
Asiatic Cholera, Bacteria of, Dr. E. Klein, F. R.S., 509
Assaying, Text-book of, C. Beringer and J. J. Beringer, Thomas
Gibb, 245

Assmann (Dr.): Aspiration Thermometers, 239; Climatological
Considerations about Influenza, 325

Association for Improvement of Geometrical Teaching, 207, 282
Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors, 324

Assyrian Sculptured Group, Explanation of, Dr. E. B. Tylor,
F.R.S., 283

Asteroid, a New, 450

Asteroids, Discovery of, Dr. Palisa, 522; M. Charlois, 522
Astronomy: Our Astronomical Column, 19, 44, 68, 87, 114,
138, 163, 210, 232, 256, 285, 304, 326, 350, 374, 402, 428,
449, 472, 496, 521, 548, 571, 595; Stellar Parallax by means of
Photography, Prof. Pritchard, 19; Measurements of Double
Stars, S. W. Burnham, 19; Barnard's Comet, 1888-89, 19;
Biographical Note on J. C. Houzeau, M. A. Lancaster, 20;
Karlsruhe Observatory, 20; Objects for the Spectroscope, A.
Fowler, 20, 44, 68, 87, 114, 138, 163, 183, 210, 232, 256,
285, 304, 326, 350, 374, 402, 428, 449, 472, 496, 521, 548,
571, 595; Large Scale Charts of the Constellations, Arthur
Cottam, 45; Barnard's Comet, II. 1889, March 31, 45; the
Structure of Jupiter's Belt 3. III., Dr. Terby, 45; Hand-book
of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy, G. F. Chambers,
49; Ancient Chinese Astronomical Instruments, 66; the
Minimum Sun-spot Period, M. Bruguière, 68; Return
of Brorsen's Comet, Dr. E. Lamp, 69; the Companion
of n Pegasi, 69; General Bibliography of Astronomy, 69; J.
C. Houzeau's Vade Mecum, 69; a New Comet discovered
by Lewis Swift, 69; Total Solar Eclipse of 1886, 88; Palermo
Observatory, 88; Variable Star Y Cygni, 88; Paramatta
Observatory, 88; Minor Planet, 282 (Clorinde), 88; Comet
Davidson (e 1889), 88; New Variable Star in Hydra, 88;
Rev. S. J. Perry, F.R.S., on Sun-spots in High Southern
Latitudes, 88; Origin of Shooting-Stars, 92; M. H.
Faye on the Orbit of Winnecke's Periodical Comet, 94;
Jupiter's Satellites, Ch. André, 94; Star Distances,
Miss A. M. Clerke, 81; Sun-spot of June, July, and
August 1889, 115; Photographic Star Spectra, 115;
Comet Brooks (d 1889, July 6), Dr. Knopf, 115; Comet
Swift (f 1889, November 17), Dr. Zelbr, 115; S Cassio.
peiæ, Rev. T. E. Espin, 115; New Double Stars, Miss A.
M. Clerke, 132; Brazilian Honours to French Astronomers,
135; Photometric Intensity of Coronal Light, 139; Corona of
January 1, 1889, Prof. Tacchini, 139; Minor Planet

η

12

(Victoria), 139; Comet Swift of 1889. November 17), Dr. R.
Schorr, 139; Periodic Comets, 139; the Eclipse Parties,
139; Period of U Corona, S. C. Chander, 163; Identity of
Brooks's Comet (d 1889) with Lexell's Comet, S. C. Chand-
ler, 163; some Photographic Star Spectra, 103; Magnitude
and Colour of n Argus, 164; Örtit of Barnard's Comet,
1884 II., 164; Spectrum of Alg 1, 164; the Newall Tele-
scope for the University of Cambridge, 166; Variable Star
in Cluster G.C. 3636, Prof. Pickering, 183; Changes in
Lunar Craters, Prof. Thury, 183; the Satellite of Algol, W.
H. S. Monck, 198; Recent Observations of Jupiter, W. F.
Denning, 206; Dr. Peters's Star Catalogue, 210; Longitude
of Mount Hamilton, 211; Comet Bore lyg 1889, December
12), 211; Comet Brooks 1883, July 6, 211; the Solar
Eclipse, 211; Identity of Comet Vico 1844 with Brooks's
(1889), 233; Observations of some Suspected Variables, Rev.
John G. Hagen, 233; Spectrum of a Metallic Prominence,
233; Comet Swift ( 1889, November 17, Dr. Zelor, Dr.
Lamp, 233; Solar Spots and Prominences, Prof. Tacchini, 233;
Meteor, Rev. T. W. Morton, 249; the Temperature of the
Moon, Prof. Langley, 257; on the Orbit of Struve 228, J.
E. Gore, 257; Orbit of Swift's Comet V. 1880, 257; on
the Variability of R Vulpeculæ, 257; on the Rotation of
Mercury, 257; the Cluster G.C. 1420, and the Nebula
N.G.C. 2237, Dr. Lewis Swift, 285; on the Spectrum of
Ursa Majoris, Prof. Pickering, 255; Spectroscopic Obser-
vations of Algol, Prof. Vogel, 286; the Meteorite of Migher,
J. Rutherford Hill, 298; Total Eclipse of January 1, 1889,
Prof. Holden, 305; Orbits of the Companions of Brooks's
Comet (1889, V., July 6, 305; Greenwich Observatory, 305;
Star Land, Sir Robert S. Ball, F. R.S., 315; Eight RainbowS
seen at the same time, Sir William Thomson, F.R.S., 316;
Dr. Percival Frost, F.R.S., 316; Annuaire du Bureau des
Longitudes, 1890, 327; Annuaire de l'Observatoire Royal de
Bruxelles, 1890, 327; Royal Astronomical Society, 327;
Total Solar Eclipse of 1886, Dr. Schuster, F.R.S., 327;
Solar Halos and Parhelia, 330; a Photographic Method for
Determining Variability in Stars, Isaac Koberts, 332; Earth
Tremors from Trains, and their Effects on Astronomical In-
struments, H. H. Turner, 344; the Nuclei of Great Comet
II. of 1882, F. Tisserand, 358; Spectrum of the Zodiacal
Light, Maxell Hall, 351; Solar and Stellar Motions, Prof.
J. R. Eastman, 351; Dun Echt Observatory, 351; Transit
Observations at Melbourne Observatory, 351; the Maintaining
and Working of the Great Newall Telescope, 357; Is the
Copernican System of Astronomy True? W. S. Cassedy, 366;
Progress of Astronomy in 1886, Prof. Winlock, 374: Maximum
Light Intensity of the Solar Spectrum, Dr. Mengarini, 374;
Spectrum of Borelly's Comet 1889), 374; Spectra of 8 and μ
Centauri, 374; on the Star System & Scorpii, 374; the Total
Eclipse, Prof. David P. Todd, 379; Scenery of the Heavens,
by J. E. Gore, 391; the Distance of the Stars, Dr. W. H. S.
Monck, 392; Ephemeris of Brooks's Comet (d 1889), 403;
New Short Period Variable in Ophiuchus, 403; Observations
of the Magnitude of Iapetus, 403; Observations of Ursæ
Majoris and 8 Auriga, 403; the Movement of Planets, F.
Tisserand, 406; Total Solar Eclipse of December 22, 1889,
M. A. De La Baume Pluvinel, 428; Comets and Asteroids
discovered in 1889, 428; Mass of Saturn, Asaph Hall, 429;
the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College, 446; the
Solar and the Lunar Spectrum, Prof. Langley, 450; the
Corona of 1889, December 22, W. H. Wesley, 450; Nebular
Hypothesis, Herbert Spencer, 450; Nebula, General Cata-
logue No. 4795, W. E. Jackson, 450; a New Asteroid, 450;
Hues's Treatise on the Globes (1592), 459; Astronomy with
an Opera Glass, Garrett P. Serviss, 462; Méguéia Meteorite,
Prof. Simaschko, 472; Velocity of the Propagation of
Gravitation, J. Van Hepperger, 472; Vatican Observatory,
472; Double-Star Observations, S. W. Burnham, 472; Sun-
spot in High La'itudes, G. Dierckx, 472; the Elements of
Astronomy, Prof. C. A. Young, 485; Death and Obituary Notice
of, Prof. C. M. V. Montigny., 479; Observatory at Madagascar,
497; the Great Comet of 1882, 522; Melbourne Star Cata-
logue, 522; Brocks's Comet (a 1890), 522; Discovery of
Asteroids, 522; Solar Activity in 1889, 522; New Light from
Solar Eclipses, William M. Page, William E. Plummer, 529;
the Apex of the Sun's Way, Lewis Boss, 548; Stability of the
Rings of Saturn, O. Callandreau, 548; Brooks's Comet (a 1890),
549; Bright Lines in Stellar Spectra, Rev. J. E. Espin,
549; the Moon in London, Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, 586;
the Effect of Railways on Instruments in Observatories, 592;

Mathematical Study of Solar Corona, Prof. F. H. Bigelow,
595; Solar Observations at Rome, Prof. Tacchini, 595;
D'Arrest's Comet, G. Leveau, 596; Astronomical Society
of France, 596; Observations of Sun-spots made at Lyons
Observatory in 1889, by Em. Marchand, 599

Atacama, on the Supposed Enormous Showers of Meteorites in

the Desert of, 108

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Bala Volcanic Se-ies of Caernarvonshire and Associated Rocks ;
being the Sedgwick Prize Essay for 1888, Alfred Harker, 414
Ball (John, F.R.S.), Botanical Bequest, 17

Ball (Sir Robert S., F.R.S.): "Time and Tide, a Romance of
the Moon," 30; "Star Land," 315

Ball (V., LL.D., F.R.S.), Tavernier's Travels in India, 313

Ballarat School of Mines, Melbourne, 593

Balloon, Asbestos Hot-air, in India, Successful Use of, Percival

Spencer, 325

Ballot (Christoforus Henricus Diedericus Buys), Obituary Notice

of, 371

Banana Disease in Fiji, Sea-water Cure for, 19

Bassot (M.), Difference of Longitude between Paris and Leyden

215

Basutoland, Sir Marshall Clarke on Education in, 86

Bataillon (E.), the Metamorphosis of Anoura, 23

Batoum, Curious Marine Phenomenon at, 426

Bears and Wolves in Bosnia, 325

Bebber (Dr. Van): Loomis on Rainfall of the Earth, 43; De-

pendence of the Force of Winds upon Surface over which

they blow, 372

Beck (C. R.), Crystalline Substances obtained from Fruits of
various Species of Citrus, 527

Becker (G. F.), Geology of the Quicksilver Deposits of the
Pacific Slope, 532

Beddard (Frank E.), the Pigment of the Touraco and the Tree

Porcupine, 152

Bedford College, London, Physical and Chemical Laboratories

at, 160, 279

Bee, Wax Organs of, G. Carlet, 407

Beetle Settlement in Disused Gasometer, T. H. Hall, 520

Beevor (C. E., M.D.), Arrangement of Excitable Fibres of

Internal Capsules of Bonnet Monkey, 166

Before and After Darwin, Prof. G. J. Romanes, F. R.S., 524

Behal (A.), a New Class of Diacetones, 215

Bellati (Prof. M.), the Absorption of Hydrogen by Iron, 380

Belt, Fighting for the, F. C. Constable, 199

Ben Nevis Observatory Report for January 1890, 348

Benda (Dr.), the Coiled Glands in the Skin, 24

Beneden (P. J. Van), Histoire Naturelle des Cétacés des Mers

d'Europe, 223

Benedikt (Dr. R.) and Dr. E. Knecht, Chemistry of the Coal
Tar Colours, 8

Bengal, Technical Education in, 66

Benham (W. B.), Earthworms from Pennsylvania, 560

Bennett (Alfred W.): Fossil Rhizocarps, 154; the Revised Ter-

minology in Cryptogamic Botany, 225

Benzoic Acid, New Form of, 594

Berget (Alphonse), Relation between Electric and Thermal
Conductivities of Metals, 287

Beringer (C.) and J. J. Beringer, Text-book of Assaying,

Thomas Gibb, 245

Berlin: Physiological Society, 23, 95, 119, 288, 359, 407, 479,

504, 528, 599; Berlin Academy of Sciences, Money Grants,

42; Research Grants, 426; Physical Society, 95, 167, 215,

239, 263, 383, 407, 480, 504, 551; the Proposed Berlin In-

ternational Horticultural Exhibition, 283; Berlin Nachtigall

Gesellschaft, 426; Meteorological Society of, 95, 215, 383,

479, 504; Berlin Natural Science Museum, Opening of, 112
'Bermuda Islands," the, Angelo Heilprin, Dr. H. B. Guppy,
193

Bermuda Islands, Proposed Meteorological Station at the, 85

Bernoulli on the St. Petersburg Problem, 165

Bernthsen (A.), a Text-book of Organic Chemistry, 172
Berry (David), Bequest of £100,000 to the University of St.
Andrews by, 41

Berthelot (M.): Animal Heat, 119; the Carbon Graphites,
311; Formation of Nitrates in Plants, 311; Berthelot and P.
Petit on Animal Heat and the Combustion of Urea, 94
Bertillon (Jacques): Application of Photography to Study of
Physical Peculiarities engendered by different Occupations,
230; on the Identification of Criminals by Measurement, 592
Bertrand (J.), Calcul des Probabilités, 6

Bertrand's Refractometer, Prof. S. P. Thompson, 526

Berwickshire, the Birds of, Geo. Muirhead, R. Bowdler Sharpe,
169

Besson (M.): Combination of Ammonia and Phosphorette 1
Hydrogen with Dichloride and Dibromide of Silicon, 359;
Combination of Gaseous Phosphoretted Hydrogen with
Boron and Silicium Fluorides, 287

Bethnal Green Free Library, Proposed Enlargement of, 349
Betts (Benjamin), a New Logical Machine, 79

Bevan (E. J.): Acetylation of Cellulose, 142; the Constituents
of Flax, 143

Beyerinck (Dr.), Luminous and Plastic Food of Phosphorescent

Bacteria, 552

Beyern, Prehistoric Burial Ground in Caucasus discovered by,

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Biblograchy of Astronomy, General, 69

Bibliotheque Photographique, P. Monward, 224
Bitdish, Lient. General Sir Robert, Cyprus, 45
Bitch of Dr. Comes Brooks 1 1990, 571

B.dwell (Snefort, F.R.S.,, Electrification of Steam, 213
Big Game, East Africa and its, Captain Sir John C. Willoughby,
2,8

Bigelow (Prof. F. H., Mathematical Study of Solar Corona,
595

Biology: Proposed Lacustrine Station on Lake Plon, 18; Prof.
Weismann's Essays, Dr. St. George Mivart, F.R.S., 38;
Marine Biology, the Paffin Island Station, 304; Biology of
Anaerobic Bacteria, Dr. Weyl, 359; the Botanical Institute
and Marine Station at Kiel, 397

Blonomic, “Like to Like," a Fundamental Principle in, Prof.
Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 535; John T. Gulick, 535
Biri proervation in the Farne Islands, H. G. Barclay, 112
Birds of Berwickshire, Geo. Muirhead, R. Bowdler Sharpe,
159

Birdi: Count Salvadori on the Birds of New Guinea and the
Molucca Islands, 85

Birds, Dr. R. W. Shufeldt on Avian Anatomy, 594
Birds of India, Vol. I., E. W. Oates, 388

Birds in My Garden, W. T. Greene, R Bowdler Sharpe, 169
Birds of Oxfordshire, O. V. Aplin, R. Bowdler Sharpe, 169
Birds, Sea, the Wanton Destruction of, G. W. Lamplugh, 490
Black Sea: Proposed Scientific Investigation of, 348; the Level
of the, 356

Bladder in Fishes, the, Prof. Liebreich, 359

Blanchard Prof. Raphael): Discovery of Carotine Pigment in
Alpine Lake Crustacean, 325; a Colouring-matter from
Diaptomus analogous to Carotin, 383

Blanford (Dr., F.R.S.), Presidential Address to the Geological
Society, 455

Blind Species, Cave Fauna of North America, with Remarks
on the Anatomy of the Brain and Origin of the, A. S.
Packard, 507

Blumentritt (Dr. F.), Ethnology of Philippine Islands, 327
Blunfield (R. W., Alexandrian Garden Pest, 181

Boat, Submarine, Periscope for Navigating, 349

Bodmer (G. R.), Hydraulic Motors, Turbines and Pressure
Engines, 27

Bogdanovitch (M.), in Central Asia, 352

92; Journal of Botany, 92; Nuova Giornale Botanico Italiano,
92; Cool Cultivation of Tropical &c, Facts, Thiselt on Dyer,
136; Botanical Tour through Asia Minor, Prof Borners,
136; Tubercles on Roots of Leguminous Plants, Prof. H.
Marshall Ward, F.R.S., 140; the Flora of Suffolk, by Dr.
W. M. Hind, 149: Noxious Grass, Lalang, at Singapore,
182; the Useful Plants of Australia, J. H. Malten, 194:
Index of British Plants, Robert Tumbai', 196; Hand-book of
Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private
Student, E. Strasburger, 223; the Revised Terminology in
Cryptogamic Botany, Aifred W. Bennett, 225; Flower-Land,
an Introduction to Botany, Robert Fisher, 247; the Coce de
Mer, 256; Malayan Plants in Calcutta Hertanam, 283; the
Weather Plant Abras freestoria:), Ir. Francis Oliver, 283;
St. Louis, the Shaw Bequest for the Endowment of Botanic
Garden at, 324; the Kew Balletia, 325, 426; Sweet-scented
Fern, 349; Das australische Fiorenelement in Europa, Dr.
Constantin Freiherr von Ettingshansen, 305; Efects of Fog
on Plants under Glass, 372; Maliktus ar Bokhara Clover)
as a Weed in Western States of Amenca, 372; Germination
of Castor-oil Flant Seed, J. R. Green, 380; Die Arten der
Gattung Ephedra, von Dr. Otto Stapf, 390; the Botanical
Institute and Marine Station at Kiel, 397; Hygrometric Club
Moss from Mexico, 401; Botanical Gazette, 405; Diseases of
Plants, Prof. H. Marshail Ward, F.R. S., 436; the Botanical
Laboratory in the Royal Gardens, Peradeniya. Ceylon, 445;
Haudleiding tot de Kennis der Flora van Nederlandsch Indie,
461; Abnormal Shoots of Ivy, W. F. R. Weldon, 464; Seed-
ing of Sugar-Cane, D. Morris, 478; True Nature of Callus,
Spencer Moore, 478; the Dispersal of Plants, as Illustrated by
the Flora of the Keeling Islands, Dr. H. B. Gappy, 492;
Salad-plants, H. de Vilmorin, 494; the Native Ebony of St.
Helena, Morris, 519; Self-colonization of Coco-nut Palm, W.
B. Hemsley, 537: Suggestion for Facilitating the Study of
Botany in India, G. Carstensen, 546: Self-colonization of
Coco-nut Palm, Captain W. J. L. Wharton, F.R.S., 585;
Organization of Fossil Plants of Coal-measures, Prof. William-
son, F.R.S., 572; Botanical Condition of German Ocean,
Major Reinhold, 569; a Blue Primrose, 569; Threatened Ex-
tinction of Cyclamen in Savoy, 569; How to know Grasses
by their Leaves, A. N M'Alpine, Prof. John Wrightson, 557
Bottomley J. T., F.R.S.), Four-Figure Mathematical Tables,
510

Boguski (J. J.), Variations of Electric Resistance of Nitric Bouchard (Ch.), Mechanism of the Local Lesion in Infectious

Peroxide at various Temperatures, 119

Boilers, Marine and Land, T. W. Traill, 486

Boilers, the Evaporative Efficiency of, C. E. Stromeyer, 516
Boisbaudran (Lecoq de), some New Fluorescent Materials, 287
Bollettino of Italian Geographical Society, 164

Bonavia (Dr. E.), the Cultivated Oranges and Lemons of India
and Ceylon, C. B. Clarke, F.R.S., 579

Bone and Dentine, the Longevity of Textural Elements, par-
ticularly in, John Cleland, 392

Bonn, Earthquake at, 470

Bonney (Prof. T. G., F.R.S.): Crystalline Schists and their
Relations to Mesozoic Rocks in Lepontine Alps, 333; a Geo-
logical Map of the Alpine Chain, 483

Bonsdorf (A. B.), the Secular Upheaval of the Coasts of Fin-
land, 348

Boole (Mary), a New Logical Machine, 79

Borelly's Comet (g 1889, December 12), 211, 374, 429
Borneo (British North), Gold Exploration in, 182
Bort (Teisserenc de), Barometric Gradients, 161
Bosnia: Earthquakes in, 136; Bears and Wolves in, 325
Boss (Lewis), Apex of the Sun's Way, 548
Botany: On a New Application of Photography to the De-
monstration of Physiological Processes in Plants, Walter
Gardiner, 16; Foreign Botanical Appointments, 17, 136;
Russian Botanical Appointments, 42; John Ball Bequest,
17; European Weeds in America, 18; Sea-water Cure for
the Banana Disease, 19; some Provençal Tree Hybrids, G.
de Saporta, 23; Retarded Germination, 31; the African
Oil Palm in Labuan, 42; Street Plants in Manchester, 42;
Enumeratio Specierum Varietatumque Generis Dianthus, F.
N. Williams, 51; Morphology and Biology of Oidium albicans,
Linossier and Roux, 72; the Flora of Derbyshire, by the Rev.
W. H. Painter, 77; Pinks of Western Europe, by F. N.
Williams, 78; Curious Dwarf Japanese Tree, Thuja obtusa,
86; Herr Kny, on Trees Growing in an Inverted Position,
86; How Plants maintain themselves in the Struggle for
Existence, Prof. Walter Gardiner, 90; the Botanical Gazette,

Diseases, 48

Bourdon's Pressure-Gauge: Prof. A. M. Worthington, 296;
Prof. A. G. Greenhill, F R.S., 517

Bournemouth Industrial and Loan Exhibition, Science Exhibits
in, 545

Boussingault (M.), Proposed Statue to the late, 207, 348
Boutzoureano (M.), on a New Series of Salts of Selenite, 87
Bower (J. A.), Science of Every-day Life, 78

Boys (C. V., F.R.S.), on the Cavendish Experiment, 155
Brande (Dr.), Taxine, a New Alkaloid from Yew Leaves, &c.,
496

Brandis (Sir D., F.R.S.), a Manual of Forestry, William
Schlich, 121

Brassart Brothers' New Seismoscopes, 137

Brazil, Dr. Lund's Exploration of the Limestone Caverns of, 26
Brazilian Honours to French Astronomers, 135

Bréal (M.), Fixation of Nitrogen of the Leguminosæ, 23

| Breathing, Thought and R. Barrett Pope, 297; Prof. F. Max
Müller, 317; Rev. W. Clement Ley, 317; Mrs. J. C. Murray-
Aynsley, 441

Brewery and Malt-House, the Microscope in the, Chas. Geo.
Mathews and Francis Edw. Lott, 246

Brezina (A.), Die Meteoritensammlung des kk. mineralog.
Hofkabinetes in Wien, 127

Brezina (A.) and E. Cohen, Die Structur und Zusammensetzung
der Meteoreisen erläutert durch photographische Abbildungen
geätzter Schnittflächen, 127

Brick Buildings, Magnetism in, R. W. Wilson, 405
Bridge across the Bosphorus, Proposed, 568
Bridge, Chenab, Testing of, 372

Bridge, Testing of the New Forth, 281; Opening of the, 429
Bright Lines in Stellar Spectra, Rev. J. E. Espin, 549
Brinton (Dr. D. G.): Ethnologic Affinity of Ancient Etruscans,
66; Etruscans a Libyan Offshoot, 448; the Cradle of the
Semites, 569

British Association, Second Report of the Committee on Teach-
ing Chemistry, 160

British Earthquakes, Record of, Charles Davison, 9; William
White, 202

British Guiana, the Journal Timehri, 549

British Journal Photographic Almanac, 1890, 510

British Museum: Reading Room, 199; Electric Light at the,
301; Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the,
Richard Lydekker, 534

British Plants, Index of, Robert Turnbull, 196
Brodhun (Dr.), New Contrast-Photometer, 552
Brook and its Banks, the, Rev. J. G. Wood, 53

Brooks (W.): Comet a 1889, Comet d 1889, discovered by, 428;
Comet (d 1889, July 6) Dr. Knopf, 115, 211; Brooks's Comet
(1889), Identity of Comet Vico (1844) with, 233; Orbits of
the Companions of, 305; Brooks's Comet (a 1890), 522, 549;
Dr. Bidschof, 571

Brorsen's Comet, Return of, Dr. E. Lamp, 69

Brown (Arthur), Mirages, 225

Brown (A. B.), the Steering of Steam-ships, 516

Brown (Prof. Crum), a New Synthesis of Dibasic Organic Acids,
431

Brown (H. T., F.R.S.), Identity of Cerebrose and Galactose,

262

Browne (Montagu), the Vertebrate Animals of Leicestershire
and Rutland, 220

Bruce (E. S.), an Optical Feature of Lightning Flashes, 406
Bruguière (M.), Minimum Sun-spot Period, 68

Brush-Turkeys on the Smaller Islands north of Celebes, Dr.
A. B. Meyer, 514

Bryan (G. H.), Stability of Rotating Spheroid of Perfect Liquid,
526

Bryce's (Prof. J.) Speech on Presentation of A. R. Wallace for
Degree of D.C.L. at Oxford, 112

Buchan (A.), Atmospheric Circulation, 363
Buchan (Dr.), Influenza and Weather, 596
Buffalo in Northern Australia, Increase of, 18

Bulk of Ocean Water, Is the, a Fixed Quantity, A. J. Jukes-
Browne, 130

Bulk of Ocean Water, Does the, Increase, T. Mellard Reade,
175; Rev. Osmond Fisher, 197

Bulkeley (Owen T.), the Lesser Antilles, 268

Bulletin de l'Académie Royal de Belgique, 212, 237
Bulletin de la Société d'Anthropologie, 332

Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 92
Bummelen (Van), Composition of Tobacco-growing Soils in
Deli and Java, 384

Burder (Geo. F.), Self-luminous Clouds, 198

Burmah, a Thousand Miles on an Elephant in the Shan States,
Holt S. Hallett, 265

Burmeister (Dr. Hermann), on the Fossil Horses and other
Mammals of Argentina, 82

Burnham (S. W.): Measurements of Double Stars, 19; Double-
Star Observations, 472

Burton (C. V.), a Physical Basis for the Theory of Errors, 47
Burton (F. M.), Chiff-Chaff Singing in September, 298
Burton (Prof. W. K.), Electrical Cloud Phenomena, 10
Buschan (Herr), Prehistoric Textiles, 182

Butter, Cocoa-Nut, 162, 284

Butterflies, Maltese, George Fraser, 199

Buys Ballot (Prof. C. H. D.), Death of, 324

Caballero (Dr. E.), Remarkable Meteor at Pontevedra, 303
Cælum, New Variable in, Prof. Pickering, 571
Caernarvonshire, Volcanic Rocks of, Alfred Harker, 414
Calculus of Probabilities, J. Bertrand, 6

California, Spread of the Australian Ladybird in, J. R. Dobbins,
161

Callandreau (O.), Stability of the Rings of Saturn, 548
Calorimeter, the Steam, J. Joly, 212

Camboué (Rev. Paul), Distribution of Animals and Plants by
Ocean Currents, 103

Cambrian and Silurian, Sedgwick and Murchison, Prof. James
D. Dana, 421

Cambridge University of, Appointment of Examiners, 23;
the Mechanical Workshops at, 23; the John Lucas Walker
Fund, 23; Election of Fellows at St. John's College, 23;
Science and the Indian Civil Service, 25; Physiology at, 41;
the Newall Telescope, 166; Archæological Museum, 324;
University Natural Science Club Conversazione, 371; An-
thropometry at, 560; Dr. John Venn, F. R. S., 450; Francis
Galton, F.R.S., 454

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Campbell (A. J.), Collections of Western Australian Birdskins
and Eggs, 593

Canada, Mining and Mineral Statistics of, 87
Canary, Effects of Musical Sounds on a, 593
Cannibals, Among, Carl Lumholtz, 200

Capacity, Specific Inductive, Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 30
Capital, Accumulations of, in the United Kingdom in 1875-85,
Robert Giffen, 211

Capital, the Growth of, Robert Giffen, 553

Carbutt (Mrs. E. H.), Five Months' Fine Weather in Canada,
Western United States, and Mexico, 247

Cardani (Signor), New Method of measuring Small Elongations
of a Bar, 427

Carinthia, Earthquake in, 284

Carlet (G.), Wax Organs of Bees, 407

Carlier (E. W.), Note on a Probable Nervous Affection observed
in an Insect, 197

Carnelley (Prof.): the Relation of Physiological Action to
Atomic Weight, 189; Attempt to express Periodic Law of
Chemical Elements by Algebraic Formula, 304

Carotine Pigment in Alpine Lake Crustacean, Discovery of, by
Prof. Raphael Blanchard, 325, 383

Carruthers (G. T.), Locusts in the Red Sea, 153

Carstensen (G.), Suggestion for Facilitating Study of Botany in
India, 546

Cartailhac (Emile), La France Préhistorique, 102

Carter (Brudenell), Vision-Testing for Practical Purposes, 302
Cartography, Facsimile Atlas to the Early History of, A. E.
Nordenskiöld, 558

Carus-Wilson (Charles A.): Behaviour of Steel under Mechanical
Stress, 213; the Rupture of Steel by Longitudinal Stress,
574

Cashmere, North-West, Dauvergne's Journey in, 165

Cassedy (W. S.), Is the Copernican System of Astronomy True?,
366

Cassiopeiæ, S, Rev. T. E. Espin, 115

Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British
Museum (Natural History), Richard Lydekker, 534
Cattle-poisoning by Ergotized Lolium, 569

Caucasus, Prehistoric Burial Ground in, Beyern, 43
Caucasus, Search and Travel in the, D. W. Freshfield, 351
Caucasus, a Trip through the Eastern, Hon. John Abercromby,
391

Causes of Variation, E. D. Cope on, Prof. E. Ray Lankester,
F.R S., 128

Cave Dwelling in New Zealand, Discovery of, H. O. Forbes

209

Cave Fauna of North America, with Remarks on the Anatomy
of the Brain and Origin of the Blind Species, A. S. Packard,
507

Cavendish Experiment, C. V. Boys, F. R. S., on the, 155
Cayley (Prof. A., F.R.S.), Roots of an Algebraic Equation,
335, 359

Celebes Photographs, Dr. A. B. Meyer, 471; Brush-Turkeys
on the Smaller Islands north of, Dr. A. B. Meyer, 514
Celts in Hampshire, Characteristic Survivals of, T. W. Shore,
406

Centauri, Spectra of 8 and μ, 374

Cetacea, Rorqual musculus stranded in Médoc District, 113
Cétacés des Mers d'Europe, Histoire Naturelle des, P. J. Van
Beneden, 223

Ceylon Geodetical Survey of, 86; the Veddahs of, Dr. Arthur
Thomson, 303; Asiatic Society, 349; Proposed Archæological
Survey of, 372

Chabrié (M.): the Chlorides of Selenium, 284; Gas obtained
by Heating Silver Fluoride with Chloroform in Sealed Tube,
521

Chaffinch, the, E. J. Lowe, F.R.S., 394

Challenger Expedition: Report on the Magnetical Results of the
Voyage of H. M.S., E. W. Creak, F.R.S., 105; Zoological
Results of the, 217; Report on the Scientific Results of the
Exploring Voyage of H.M.S., 361; Meteorological Report
of the, 443

Chambers (G. F.), Hand-book of Descriptive and Practical
Astronomy, 49

Chandler (S. C.): Period of U Coronæ, 163; Identity of
Brooks's Comet (d 1889) with Lexell's Comet (1770), 163
Characters, Acquired: and Congenital Variation, the Duke of
Argyll, F.R.S., 173, 294; Palæontological Evidence for the
Transmission of, Henry Fairfield Osborn, 227; Congenital
Variation, the Duke of Argyll, F.R.S., 366; Right Rev.

Bishop R. Courtenay, 367; Dr. J. Cowper, 368; Inheritance
of, Herbert Spencer, 414; Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F. R. S.,
415; Transmission of, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 486
Charlois (M.), Discovery of Asteroids, 522

Charts of the Constellations, Large Scale, Arthur Cottam, 45
Chatelier (H. Le), Electrical Resistance of Iron Alloys at High
Temperatures, 383

Chelmsford, Earthquake at, 256

Chelmsford, Supposed Earthquake at, on January 7, Chas.
Davison, 369

Chemistry: Chemistry of the Coal-tar Colours, Dr. R. Benedikt
and Dr. E. Knecht, 8; Experiments upon Simultaneous Pro-
duction of Pure Crystals of Sodium Carbonate and Chlorine
Gas from Common Salt, Dr. Hempel, 19; the Microscope as
Applied to Physiological Chemistry, Prof. Kossel, 23; Sorbite,
Vincent and Delachanal on, 23; Double Nitrites of Ruth-
enium and Potassium, Joly and Vezes, 23; Agricultural
Chemistry, Fixation of Nitrogen by the Leguminosa, M.
Bréal, 23; Air in the Soil, Th. Schloesing, fils, 23; the
Exhaustion of Soils Cultivated without Manure, and the Value
of Organic Matter in Soil, P. P. Dehérain, 119; the Fer-
mentation of Stable Manure, Th. Schloesing, 143; Composi-
tion of Tobacco-growing Soils in Deli and Java, Van
Bummelen, 384; Absorption of Atmospheric Ammonia by
Soils, H. Schloesing, 479; Redetermination of Atomic Weight
of Palladium, Dr. E. H. Keiser, 44; Nitrosochloride of
Pinol, a new Isomer of Camphor, 44; Researches on Digita-
line and Tanghinine, Arnaud, 48; Phenyl-thiophene, A.
Renard, 48; the Composition of the Chemical Elements, A.
M. Stapley, 56; New Mode of Preparing Manganese, Dr.
Glatzel, 67; Laboratory at Stalybridge Mechanics' Institute,
85; a Case of Chemical Equilibrium, W. H. Pendlebury,
104; a New Method of Preparing Fluorine, M. Moissan,
117; Perfected Mode of Preparation of Fluorine, Henri
Moissan, 138; the Anhydrous Platinous Fluoride, H. Moissan,
119; Introduction to Chemical Science, R. P. Williams and
B. P. Lascelles, 128; Chemical Society, 142, 191, 262, 335,
468, 5c2, 519; Isolation of Tetrahydrate of Sulphuric Acid
existing in Solution, S. U. Pickering, 142; Magnetic Rotation
of Nitric Acid, &c., Dr. W. H. Perkin, F. R.S., 142; Phos-
phorus Oxyfluoride, Method of making, Thorpe and Hambly,
142; Acetylation of Cellulose, Cross and Bevan, 142; Action
of Light on Moist Oxygen, Dr. A. Richardson, 142; a-8-
Dibenzoylstyrolene and Zinin's Lepiden Derivatives, Japp and
Klingemann, 142; Oxyamidosulphonates and their Conversion
into Hyponitrites, Divers and Haga, 143; Constituents of
Flax, Cross and Bevan, 143; a Text-book of Organic Chemis-
try, A. Bernthsen, 172; Synoptical Tables of Organic and
Inorganic Chemistry, Clement J. Leaper, 510; Compounds of
Phenanthraquinone with Metallic Salts, Japp and Turner,
191; B-Inosite, Maquenne, 215; a New Class of Diacetones,
Behal and Auger, 215; Examination of Mighei (June 9, 1889)
Meteorite, Stanislas Meunier, 232; Frangulin, Thorpe and
Robinson, 262; Arabinon, C. O. Sullivan, F.R.S., 262; the
Identity of Cerebrose and Galactose, Brown and Morris,
262; Action of Chloroform and Alcoholic Potash on Hydra-
zines, Dr. S. Ruhemann, 263; Refracting Powers of Simple
Salts in Solution, E. Doumer, 263; the Chlorides of Selenium,
Chabrić, 284; Combinations of Gaseous Phosphoretted Hydro-
gen with Boron and Silicium Fluorides, Besson, 287; the
Story of Chemistry, Harold Picton, F.R.S., 292; the
Chemistry of Photography, R. Meldola, F.R.S., 293; At-
tempt to express Periodic Law of Elements by Algebraic
Formula, Prof. Carnelley, 304; the Physical and Chemical
Characteristics of Meteorites as throwing Light upon their
Past History, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 305; the Carbon
Graphites, Berthelot and Petit, 311; Formation of Nitrates
in Plants, Berthelot, 311; Refracting Power of Double Salts
in Solution, E. Doumer, 312; New Method of Synthesizing
Indigo, Dr. Flimm, 326; New Method of Estimating Oxy-
gen Dissolved in Water, Dr. Thresh, 335; Phosphorus
Trifluoride, M. Moissan, 349; Combinations of Ammonia
and Phosphuretted Hydrogen with Dichloride and Di-
bromide of Silicon, Besson, 359; Report on the Scientific
Results of the Exploring Voyage of H. M.S. Challenger,
361; Two Gaseous Fluorides of Carbon, Moissan, 373;
the Absorption of Hydrogen by Iron, Bellati and Lussana,
380; New Estimates of Molecular Distance, Dr. Peddie,
382; a Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Prof. T. E.
Thorpe, F. R.S., Vol. I., Sir H. E. Roscoe, M. P., F.R.S.,
387; New Compounds of Hydroxylamine with Metallic

Chlorides, Crisner, 401; Diethyline Diamine, Dr. J.
Sieber, 428; Analysis of Carcote (Chili) Meteorite, Drs. Will
and Pinnow, 428; Prof. Cum Brown on a New Synthesis of
Dibasic Organic Acids, 431; the Vapour-pressure of Acetic
Acid Solutions, Raoult and Recoura, 431; Volumetric Estima-
tion of Copper, Etard and Lebeau, 431 ; Crystalline Allotropic
Forms of Sulphur, Dr. Muthmann, 449; Nitrous Anhydride
and Nitric Peroxide, Prof. Ramsay, F. R.S., 454; Constitu-
tion of Tri-derivatives of Naphthalene, Armstrong and Wynne,
454; Estimation of Free Halogens and Iodides in presence
of Chlorine and Bromine, P. Lebeau, 479; a New Alkaloid
(Taxine) from Leaves, &c., of Yew Tree, Drs. Hilger and
Brande, 496; Behaviour of more Stable Oxides at High
Temperatures, Dr. G. H. Bailey and W. B. Hopkins, 502;
Influence of Different Oxides on Decomposition of Potassium
Chlorate, Fowler and Grant, 502; Ammonium Hypochlorite,
Cross and Bevan, 502; the Production of Ozone by Flames,
J. T. Cundall, 502; Action of Sulphuric Acid on Aluminium,
A. Ditte, 503; the a Dextro- and Lævo rotatory Borneol
Camphorates, A. Haller, 503; Isolation of Fluoroform, M.
Meslans, 521; Gas obtained by heating Silver Fluoride with
Chloroform in Sealed Tube, M. Chabric, 521; the Glow of Poos-
phorus, Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F. R.S., 523; Apparatus for Dis-
tilling Mercury in Vacuum, Prof. Dunstan, 526; Theory of
Osmotic Pressure, Prof. S. U. Pickering, 526; Crystalline Sub-
stances obtained from Fruits of various Species of Citrus, Prof.
W. A. Tilden, F. R.S., and C. R. Beck, 527; Studies on Iso-
meric Change, IV.; Halogen Derivatives of Quinone, A. R.
Ling, 527; Hydrazine, Drs. Curtius and Jay, 547; Crystals of
Lime, H. A. Miers, 560; a Nitrosoplatinichloride, M. Vezes,
576; Glycollic Nitrile and Direct Synthesis of Glycollic Acid,
Louis Henry, 576; Nessler's Ammonia Test as a Micro-
Chemical Reagent for Tannin, Spencer Moore, 585; New
Form of Benzoic Acid, 594

Chenab Bridge, Testing of, 372

Chiff-Chaff Singing in September, F. M. Burton, 298; Rev.
W. Clement Ley, 317

Chin Tribes, North Burma, the, G. B. Sacchiero, 375
China, Flora of, 46

China, Increasing Coldness of Climate in, 570
China, Scientific Education in, the Question of Language, 162
Chinese Astronomical Instruments, Ancient, 66
Chloroform, the Hyderabad Commission, 154, 289
Cholera, Bacteria of Asiatic, Dr. E. Klein, F.R.S., 509
Cholera Epidemics, the Suspected Connection between Influenza
and, Dr. Smolenski, 282
Chree (C.), Effects of Pressure on Magnetization of Cobalt, 237
Chrystal (Prof. G.), Algebra, an Elementary Text-book for the
Higher Classes of Secondary Schools and for Colleges, II.,
338

Cicadida, Oriental, W. L. Distant's Monograph on, 161
Cingalese Manuscripts, Ancient, 349
City and Guilds of London Institute, 160

City of Paris, the Accident to the Engines of, 592
Civil Service Examinations, the Future Indian, 265
Civilization, Early Egyptian, W. M. Flinders-Petrie, 109
Clarke (Sir Marshall) on Education in Basutoland, 86
Cleland (John), the Longevity of Textural Elements, particularly
in Dentine and Bone, 392

Clerke (Miss A. M.): Star Distances, 81; New Double Stars,
132

Climate, Dr. Bushrod W. James on American Resorts, with
Notes on their, 79

Climate in China, Increasing Coldness of, 570
Clorinde, New Minor Planet, 88

Cloud Phenomena, Electrical, Prof. W. K. Burton, 10
Clouds: Prof. von Bezold on the Production of, 95; Luminous
Night, Evan McLennan, 131; Self-luminous Clouds, Geo.
F. Burder, 198; C. E. Stromeyer, 225; TW. Backhouse,
297; Joseph John Murphy, 298; Robert B. White, 369;
Photographs of Luminous, O. Jesse, 592

Clover, Bokhara, as a Weed in Western States of America,
372

Clupea harengus, some Stages in Development of Brain of, E.
W. L. Holt, 525

Cluster G. C. 3636, Variable Star in, Prof. Pickering, 183
Cluster G.C. 1420 and the Nebula N.G.C. 2237, Dr. Lewis
Swift, 285

Coal-tar Colours, Chemistry of the, Dr. R. Benedikt and Dr.
E. Knecht, 8

Coal: Discovery of, in Kent, 400; Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins,

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