Caledonia, M. Glaumont, 45; L'Anthropologie, 45, 455;
Reputed Traces of Negrito Pygmies in India, Dr. V. Ball,
F.R.S., 80; the Story of Primitive Man, Edward Clodd,
173; Discovery of Aboriginal Indian Remains in Jamaica,
J. E. Duerden, 173; Terms of Imprisonment, Dr. Francis
Galton, F.R.S., 174; Sacred Thibetan Bone-Trumpet, Drum
and Flute, Dr. Geo. Harley, 182; Death of Dr. A. Eliseief,
200; Fallacies of Race Theories as Applied to National
Characteristics, W. D. Babington, 220; Romano-British Land
Surface, Worthington G. Smith, 222; Bulletins de la Société
d'Anthropologie de Paris, 455 (See also Section H of the
British Association).
Antinonnin, C. O. Harz and W. von Miller, 627; Prof. Aubry,
628
Antiquities, Classical, Atlas of, Th. Schreiber, 100
Antiquity of the Medical Profession, the, Surgeon-Major W. C.
Black, 174; Herbert Spencer, 197
Antiseptic Properties of Different Disinfectant Ointments, Dr.
Breslauer, 524
Antiseptics Antinnonin, C. O. Harz and W. von Miller, 627;
Prof. Aubry, 628
Antitoxin, Dr. Klein, 355
Antlers, Abnormal Deer, H. Pohlig, 398
Ants on the Origin of European and North American Ants,
C. Emery, 399; Tertiary Fossil Ants in the Isle of Wight,
P. B. Brodie, 570
Ants and Orchids, J. H. Hart, 627
Apple-Scab, Michigan Treatment of, 276
April Meteors, W. F. Denning, 33
Aquatic Hymenopterous Insect, an, Fred Enock, 105
Aquatic Insects, the Natural History of, Prof. L. C. Miall,
F.R.S., 242
Arachnida Stridulating Organ in a Spider, S. E. Peal, 148
Archæology: Death of Prof. Gustav Hirschfeld, 9;
Silchester Excavations, 9; Roman Mithræum at Wouldham,
181; the British School at Athens, H. R. H. the Prince of
Wales, 249; a Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics, Daniel G.
Brinton, 387; the Excavations at Eleusis, 511; Death of
Prof. V. Rydberg, 626; Death of Father Hirst, 626
Archbutt (L.), Chemical Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes,
and of the Commercial Products derived therefrom, Prof.
Dr. R. Benedikt, 265
Archdeacon (W. H.), Method of Preparing Cyanuric Acid, 312
Architects, the Institution of Naval, 207
Architecture for General Readers, &c., H. Heathcote Statham,
363
Architecture, the Elements of, H. Heathcote Statham, 546
Arctic Exploration: Projected Balloon Expedition, S. A.
Andrée, 47; Remarkable Lake on Kildine Island, MM.
Faussek and Knipowitsch, 303; Two Books on Arctic
Travel, Henry Seebohm, 385; Dr. Nansen's Expedition, 511;
the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition, 511, 626; Keturn of
Peary Expedition, 523; Scientific Work by Lieut. Peary,
Prof. Dyche, and Prof. Salisbury in North Greenland, 652
Arctowski (M.), Determinations of Solubility at very Low
Temperatures of Organic Compounds In Carbon Disulphide,
288; New Method of Preparing Crystallised Bromine, 552
Argentine Earthquake, October 27, 1894, Prof. Milne's Obser-
vation of the, Dr. E. von Rebeur Paschwitz, 55
Argentina, the Lower Gondwana Beds of, Dr. F. Kurtz, 523
Argon Lord Rayleigh, F. R.S., 159; Barnard Medal awarded
to Lord Rayleigh for Discovery of, 83; Argon and Dissocia-
tion, Prof. Penry Vaughan Bevan, 127; Lord Rayleigh, F. R.S.,
127; the Physical Properties of Argon, Lord Rayleigh, F. R.S.,
293; Prout's Hypothesis and the Periodic Law, E. A. Hill,
118;
a New Combination of, M. Berthelot, 202; the
Fluorescence of, M. A. Berthelot, 239; the Fluorescence of,
and its Combinations with the Elements of Benzene, 255;
Argon and the Kinetic Theory, Col. C. E. Basevi, 221;
Argon and Helium in Meteoric Iron, Prof. W. Ramsay,
F.R.S., 224; the Place of Argon among the Elements, C. J.
Reed, 278; the Estimation of Argon, Th. Schlosing, 636
Argyll (Duke of), Glaciation of Glenaray and Glenshira, 70
Arloing (Prof.), Persistence of Electric Irritability in Peripheral
Ends of Divided Nerves, 603
Arnold (J. O.), Steel Works Analysis, 26
Arrow-Poison of Akocanthera Schimperi, Prof. T. R. Fraser,
F.R.S., and Dr. Joseph Tillie, 237
Arsonville (M. d'), the Discharge of the Torpedo, 312
Arthus (Dr.), Calcium Salts necessary to Blood Coagulation,
603
Artificial Human Milk, Dr. E. Frankland, F.R.S., 546
Arts and Manufactures, Chemical Technology or Chemistry in
its Applications to, 45
Asbestos, Magnetism of, L. Bleekrode, 309
Aschkinass (E.), Invisibility of Infra-Red Rays, 373; Absorp-
tion Spectrum of Water for Red and Infra-Red Rays, 382
Asia, Eastern Siberia, P. P. Semenoff, I. D. Cherskiy, and G.
G. von Petz, 541
Astrapia splendidissima, New Bird of Paradise, 512
Astre (Ch.), Potassium Derivations of Quinone and Hydro-
quinone, 408; Peroxidised Potassium Derivatives of Benzo-
quinone, 660
Astronomy: Our Astronomical Column, 11, 37, 61, 86, 113, 135,
155, 180, 203, 231, 252, 277, 305, 327, 348, 374, 399, 421,
445, 487, 514, 425, 553, 579, 602, 629. 655; the Hamburgh
Observatory, II; the late M. Trouvélot, II; Ephemeris for
Barnard's Comet, 1884 II., Dr. Berberich, 11, 327; Saturn's
Rings, Prof. Barnard, 11; Spectroscopic Researches on
Saturn's Rings, H. Deslandres, 144; the Rotation of Saturn,
Mr. Stanley Williams, 231; Radical Velocities of Saturn,
655; the Sun's Place in Nature, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S.,
12, 156, 204, 253, 327, 422, 446; the Sun's Stellar Magnitude,
Mr. Gore, 135; Granulation of the Sun's Surface, Dr.
Scheiner, 203; Temperature of the Sun, H. Ebert, 231;
the Proper Motion of the Sun, M. Tisserand, 487; Sun-spot
Observations in 1894, Dr. A. Wolfer, 629; Solar Observa-
tions during First Quarter of 1895, P. Tacchini, 516; April
Meteors, W. F. Denning, 33; a Brilliant Meteor, Charles B.
Butler, 269; the August Meteors, 327, 507; Heights of
August Meteors, Prof. A. S. Herschel, F.R.S., 437; Rela-
tive Densities of Terrestrial Planets, S. S. Wheeler, 37; the
Orbit of Comet 1893 IV. (Brooks), Signor Peyra, 37; the
Spectrum of Mars, Mr. Jewell, 37; Dr. Janssen, 514; the
Rotation of Mars, Percival Lowell, 135; Long Period
Inequality in Longitude of Mars, G. Leveau, 660; Evidence
of a Twilight Arc upon the Planet Mars, Percival Lowell,
401; Astronomical Society of France, 37; Distribution of
Nebula and Star-clusters, Sidney Waters, 38; Unveiling of
Memorial Tablet to Prof. J. C. Adams, 59; Algol, 61;
Parallax and Orbit of Cassiopeia, 61; a Belgian Astro-
nomical Society, 62; Orbit of 1771 Comet, M. Bigourdan,
71; Stars with Remarkable Spectra, 86; the Paris Observatory,
86; the Colostat, G. Lippmann, 96, 399; Mercury and Venus,
113; the Total Solar Eclipse of 1898 (January 21-22), 113 ; the
Total Solar Eclipse of August 8, 1896, Col. A. Burton-Brown,
633; the Astro-Photographic Chart, 113; Award of the Watson
Medal to Dr. S. C. Chandler, 113; Relation of Plane of
Jupiter's Orbit to Mean Plane of 401 Minor Planet Orbits, H.
A. Newton, 118; the Satellites of Jupiter, Prof. Barnard,
203; Adams' Masses of Jupiter's Satellites, 399; the Forms
of Jupiter's Satellites, S. I. Bailey, 445; Red Spot on Jupiter
W. F. Denning, 507; the Moon, T. Gwyn Elger, 127;
Craters of the Moon, 579; on Photographs of the Moon
taken at the Paris Observatory, 439; the Motion of the
Solar System, 135; Comet 1892 V. (Barnard), J. G.
Porter, J. Coniel, 155; Measurement of Radial Velocities,
155; Two Remarkable Binary Stars, 155; Occultation of
Regulus, 180; the Recurrence of Eclipses, Prof. J. M. Stock-
well, 180; Variability of Nebula, 180; the Zi-ka-wei Ob-
servatory, 180; the Yerkes Observatory, 203; Variable
Stars, Dr. Chandler, 231; New Variable Stars, Rev. T. E.
Espin, 306; Short-Period Variable Stars, 252; the Relative
Powers of Large and Small Telescopes in showing Planetary
Detail, W. F. Denning, 232; the Laws of Stellar Velocities
and Distributions, Prof. J. C. Kapteyn, 240; the Nice Ob-
servatory, 252; Foucault's Pendulum Experiment, 252; the
Perseids observed in Russia in 1894, Th. Bredikhine, 261;
the Perseids of 1895, W. F. Denning, 395; Newton and
Huygens, A. Huet, 269; Death of Prof. F. Tietjen, 275;
Death of Prof. G. F. W. Spörer, 275; the New Madras Ob-
servatory, 277; Star Catalogues, Mdlle. Klumpke, 277; an
Analysis of Astronomical Motion, Henry Pratt, 292; Death
of G. A. L. Pihl, 301; Terrestrial Helium, 327; Helium
and the Spectrum of Nova Auriga, Profs. C. Runge and
F. Paschen, 544; the Rotation of Venus, 348, Signor
G. Schiaparelli, 374; Geodetical Observations, Dr. Geeld-
muyden, 348; Death of Dr. W. Fabritius, 372; Altitude
and Azimuth of Polaris, A. Tanakadate, 305; Observa-
tions of Double Stars, M. Bigourdan, 305; a Great
Nebula in Scorpio, Prof. Barnard, 305; the Observatory of
Yale University, Dr. W. L. Elkin, 375; the Nebula N.G.C.
2438, 375; Atmospheric Refraction, Prof. E. C. Comstock,
399; some Photographic Star-Charts, F. Renz, 407; Ruther-
furd's Stellar Photographs, 655; Photographs of Star-Spectra,
J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 660; Reappearance of Swift's
Comet, 421; Swift's Comet (August 20, 1895), G. Le Cadet,
456; Ephemeris of Swift's Comet, 446; Elements and
Ephemeris of Comet a, 1895 (Swift), Dr. Berberich, 553;
Virginis, Dr. See, 553; the Latitude Variation Tide, 421;
the Solar Parallax from Mars' Observations, 421; Comets
and the Sun-spot Period, Herr J. Unterweger, 446; the
Rotation of Venus, 487; Visibility of the Dark Side of Venus,
M. Camille Flammarion, 603; the Surface of Venus, M.
Perrotin, 660; Apparatus to Illustrate Doppler's Principle,
515; the Presepe Cluster, Dr. Wilhelm Schur, 515; Satellite
Evolution, James Nolan, Prof. G. H. Darwin, F.R.S., 518;
the Orbit of u2 Bootis ( 1938), Dr. T. J. J. See, 525; Return
of Faye's Comet, 553; Ephemeris for Faye's Comet, 603;
Suggestions for Astronomical Research, Dr. Isaac Roberts,
579; Measurement of Planetary Diameters, Prof. Campbell,
579; the Observatory on Mont Blanc, Dr. Janssen, 602, 611;
the Melbourne Observatory, R. L. J. Ellery, 603; a New
Observatory, 603; Planetary Perturbations, Prof. A. Weiler,
629; the System of a Centauri, A. W. Roberts, 629; Holmes'
Comet, Dr. H. J. Zweirs, 629; the Cape Observatory, 655
Atavism and Evolution, Prof. Lombroso, 257
Athens, the British School at, H. R. H. the Prince of Wales,
249
Atkinson (R. W.), Transformation of Moulds into Yeasts, 438
Atlantic, North, Fog during 1894 on, 302
Atlantic Ocean, North, Atmospheric Pressure of the, Capt. G.
Rung, 76
Atlantic Waves, Abnormal, James Yate Johnson, 569
Atlas of Classical Antiquities, Th. Schreiber, 100
Atmospheric Pressure of the North Atlantic Ocean, Capt. G.
Rung, 76
Atmospheric Refractions, Prof. E. C. Comstock, 399
Atomic Theory and its Author, the, Sir Henry E. Roscoe,
F.R.S., 169
Aubel (Prof. Van), Hall's Phenomenon as investigated on Thin
Layers of Bismuth deposited electrolytically, 71
Aubry (Prof.), Antinonnin, 628
garine, Messrs. Jolles and Winkler, 230; Distribution of
Thermophilic Bacteria, Dr. L. Rabinowitsch, 276; Three
New Vibrios from Polluted Well-water, A. Zawadzki and G.
Brunner, 305; the Sand Filtration of Water, Dr. Kurth,
346; the Part of Sedimentation in Water-purification, Dr.
H. J. van 't Hoff, 578; the Bacillus of Influenza Cold, Dr.
Cautley, 355; Recent Studies in Diphtheria, 393; the Pas-
teurisation of Milk, Dr. H. L. Russell, 419; Effect of
Fever Temperature on Typhoid Bacillus, Dr. Max Muller,
444; Bactericidal Properties of Disinfectant Ointment, Dr.
Breslauer, 524; Antinonnin, Prof. Aubry, 628; the Forma-
tion of Bacterial Colonies, Prof. H. Marshall Ward, F. R.S.,
658
Baden-Powell (Lieut. B.), on Navigating the Air by Means of
Kites, 584
Bagdad Date-Mark, the, Colonel A. T. Fraser, 31
Baginski (Prof.), Experiments on Children's Bile, 336
Baginsky (Prof.), the Antitoxin Treatment of Diphtheria, 354
Bailey (J. B.), Rules of Reference, 601
Bailey (Prof. L. H.), the Plant-Individual in the Light of Evo-
lution, 59; the Horticulturist's Rule-Book, 338
Bailey (S. I.), the Forms of Jupiter's Satellites, 445
Bailey (Vernon), Pocket Gophers of the United States, 278
Baillon (Prof.), Death of, 301; Obituary Notice of, 371
Baily (F. G.), on Hysteresis of Iron in an Alternating Magnetic
Field, 536
Baker (H. F.), Albrégé de la Théorie des Fonctions Elliptiques,
Charles Henry, 567
Baker (R. T.), New Elaeocarpus, 540
Baker (Sir Samuel), a Memoir, T. Douglas Murray and A. Silva
White, 409
Balanus, Mouth Parts of Cypris Stage of, T. T. Groom, 284
Baldwin (Prof. Mark), Consciousness and Evolution, 627
Ball (Sir Robert) and "The Cause of an Ice Age," Sir Henry
H. Howorth, F.R.S., 594
Ball (Dr. V., F.R.S.), the Cook Collections of South Sea Island
Weapons, &c., 11; Reputed Traces of Negrito Pygmies in
India, 80
Ball (Dr. Valentine, F.R.S.), Death and Obituary Notice of,
177
Balland (M.), Aluminium Utensils, 456
Auden (H. A.), on the Action of Nitric Oxide on certain Salts, Ballooning: Proposed Balloon Voyage to the North Pole, 226
536
August Meteors, the, 327; W. F. Denning, 507; Heights of
August Meteors, Prof. A. S. Herschel, F. R.S., 437
August, Rain in, 519
Aurelia aurita, Variation of Tentaculocysts of, E. T. Browne,
284
Australasia, Royal Geographical Society of, 540
Australasian Association, the, 65
Australia, the Geological Development of, 20; Mr. W.
Saville-Kent's Collection of Australian Madreporaria, pre-
sented to Natural History Museum, 301; Systematic Arrange-
ment of Australian Fungi, Dr. McAlpine, 435
Austria, Storms and Earthquakes during June in, C. V. Zenger,
432
Auto-Mobile Carriages in France, the Recent Race of, 300;
Display of, 600
Avalanche in Upper Gemmi Pass, 511
Ayrton (Prof.), Students' Apparatus for Determining Mechanical
Equivalent of Heat, 39; Argument against the existence of a
Back Electro-motive Force in the Electric Arc, 536
Ayrton (Mrs.), on the Connection between Potential Difference,
Current, and Length of Arc, in the Electric Arc, 535
Azimuth of Polaris, Altitude and, A. Tanakadate, 305
Babington (Prof. C. C., F.R.S.), Death of, 300; Obituary
Notice of, 371
Babington (W. D.), Fallacies of Race Theories as applied to
National Characteristics, 220
Bache (R. M.), Reaction Time according to Race, 627
Backhaus (Dr.), Artificial Human Milk prepared by, 512
Bacteriology: Infection by Flies, W. T. Burgess, 38; a Course
of Elementary Practical Bacteriology, A. A. Kanthack and
J. H. Drysdale, 53; the Action of Light on Animal Life,
Mrs. Percy Frankland, 86: Death of Dr. John Byron, 133;
the Extra-cellular Destruction of Bacteria in the Organism,
Prof. Metchnikoff, 134; Dairy Bacteriology, Dr. Ed. von
Freudenreich, 220; Effects of Water-weeds on Anthrax
Bacilli, Dr. Hoeber, 153; the Bacterial Contents of Mar-
Ballore (F. de M. de), a Superior Limit to Mean Area affected
by an Earthquake, 516
Baratta (M.), the Viggianello (Basilicata) Earthquake of May
28, 1894, 335
Barber (C. A.), the Tick Pest in the Tropics, 197
Barbier (P.), Condensation of Aldehydes and Saturated Ketones,
192; the Essence of Linaloë, 312
Bardeleben (Prof.), Death of, 522, 577
Barisal Guns and Mist Pouffers, Prof. G. H. Darwin, F.R.S.,
650
Barnard (Prof.), Saturn's Rings, II; Barnard Medal awarded
to Lord Rayleigh for Discovery of Argon, 83; (Barnard)
Comet 1892 V., J. G. Porter, J. Coniel, 155; Ephemeris for
Barnard's Comet, 1884 II., Dr. Berberich, 327; the Satel-
lites of Jupiter, 203; a Great Nebula in Scorpio, 305
Barnett (R. E.), Yellow Phosphate of Platinum, 95
Barrett (Charles G.), the Lepidoptera of the British Islands, 27
Basevi (Colonel C. E.), Argon and the Kinetic Theory, 221;
Clausius' Virial Theorem, 413
Basset (A. B., F.R.S.), MacCullagh's Theory of Double Re-
fraction, 595; the Theory of Magnetic Action on Light, 618
Bastin (Paul Edson), Laboratory Exercises in Botany, 316
Bateson (W.), Origin of the Cultivated Cineraria, 29, 103
Bauer (Dr. L. A.), some Bibliographical Discoveries in Terres-
trial Magnetism, 79: Halley's Equal Variation Chart, 197;
the Earliest Magnetic Meridians, 267; the Distribution and
Secular Variations of Terrestrial Magnetism, 431; Distribu-
tion and Secular Variation of Terrestrial Magnetism, 539
Baur (Dr. G.), the Flora of the Galapagos Islands, W. Botting
Hemsley, F.R.S., 623
Baye (Baron de), the Stone Age in the Ukraine, 45
Baylee (J. Tyrrell), Incubation among the Egyptians, 414
Baynes (R. E.), Clausius' Virial Theorem, 569; Oxford Endow-
ments, 644
Beard (W. S.) and A. Telfer, Longmans' School Algebra,
Bebber (Prof. Dr. W. J. van), Hygienische Meteorologie, 49;
the Improvement of Storm-warning Signals, 653
Beck (Dr. A.), Velocity of Blood in Portal Vein, 556
Beddard (F. E., F.R.S.), a Text-book of Zoogeography, R.
Lydekker, F.R.S., 289
Bedford College for Women, Instructions in Hygiene at, 346
Bedzon (P. P.), Argon in Rock-salt Gases, 312
Bee-keeping Exhibition in Russia, Travelling, F. Motschalkin,
523
Beehler (Lieut.), Origin and Work of Marine Meteorology in
United States, 587
Beer (Rudolf), the Penetration of Roots into Living Tissues,
630
Béhal (A.), Campholenic Acids and Amides, 48; Acids pro-
duced in Oxidation of Inactive Campholenic Acids, 588
Behrens (Prof. H.), Artificial Dichroism, 240
Belcher (Dr. H.), the Use and Abuse of Examinations, 66
Belgique, Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de, 94, 309, 611
Belgium, a Belgian Astronomical Society, 62
Belinfante (L.), Experimental Mountain-building, 459
Bell (Dugald), the Shelly Clays and Gravels of Aberdeenshire,
with regard to Submergence Question, 95
Bell (Prof. Jeffrey), Variations in Large Masses of Turbinaria,
Bellairs (N. E.), some Reactions of Ammonium Salts, 166
Ben Nevis Observatory, Effects of a Lightning Flash in, William
S. Bruce, 244
Benda (Dr.), Longitudinal Bands in Mucous Membrane of True
Vocal Cords, 336
Benedikt (Prof. Dr. R.), Chemical Analysis of Oils, Fats, and
Waxes, 265
Benham (C. E.), Colours of Mother-o'-Pearl, 619
Bennett (A. R ), the Telephone Systems of the Continent of
Europe, 147
Bennett (Alfred W.), the Teaching University for London, 294
Benzene, the Fluorescence of Argon and its Combination with
the Elements of, 255
Berberich (Dr.), Ephemeris for Barnard's Comet 1884 II, 327;
Elements and Ephemeris of Comet a, 1895 (Swift), 553
Berdoe (Dr.), Microbes and Disease Demons, 340
Berlin Meteorological Society, 71, 216
Berlin Physical Society, 71, 167, 359
Berlin Physiological Society, 71, 167, 336, 432
Bern, the International Congress of Physiologists at, Dr. F. W.
Tunnicliffe, 555, 603
Berridge (Dr. J. P.), on the Action of Light upon the Soluble
Metallic Iodides in presence of Cellulose, 537
Berthelot (M.), Thermochemical Relations between Isomeric
Salts of Glucose, 96; a New Combination of Argon, 202; the
Fluorescence of Argon, 239
Bertin (Émile), Amplitude of Rolling on a Non-Synchronous
Wave, 207
Bertrand (G.), Laccase in Plants, 312
Bessel Functions and their Applications to Physics, a Treatise
on, Andrew Gray and G. B. Mathews, Prof. A. G. Greenhill,
F.R.S., 542
Bessemer Process, Thermo-Chemistry of, Prof. W. N. Hartley,
F.R.S., 426
Bevan (Prof. Penry Vaughan), Argon and Dissociation, 127
Beyerinck (Prof.), Cynips calycis, 360
Bezold (W. von), the Double Refraction of Electric Rays, 94
Bezold (Prof. von), a Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism, 167
Bibliographical Discoveries in Terrestrial Magnetism, some, Dr.
L. A. Bauer, 79; Captain Ettrick W. Creak, F.R.S., 129
Bibliographical Reform, the Question of, 59
Bibliography of Spectroscopy, Prof. Herbert McLeod, F. R. S.,
105
Bidwell (Shelford), Electrical Properties of Selenium, 263
Biernacki (V.), Simple Objective Presentation of Hertzian Re-
flection Experiments, 539; New Method of Measuring
Distance of Air-Gap during Spark-Passage, 653
Bifilar Pendulum at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, the,
Thomas Heath, 223
Bigelow (F. H.), Earth a Magnetic Shell, 431
Biggart (A. S.), Gas-Works Machinery, 349
Biggs (Dr. Hermann), the Antitoxin Treatment of Diphtheria,
354
Bigourdan (M.), Orbit of 1771 Comet, 71; Observations of
Double Stars, 305
Binary Stars, Two Remarkable, 155
Bio-Optimism, H. G. Wells, 410
Biographer, Historian, and Man of Letters, the Evolution of the,
H. Spencer, 458
Biology: Death of Dr. Karl Vogt, 34; the Plant-Individual in
the Light of Evolution, Prof. L. H. Bailey, 59; Growth of
Diatoms in Surface Waters, 112; the Relation of Biology to
Geological Investigation, Chas. A. White, 258, 279; Micro-
scopic Foam and Protoplasm, Otto Bütschli, 291; Remarkable
Lake on Kildine Island, MM. Faussek and Kinpowitsch, 303;
Evolution or Epigenesis, H. Croft Hiller, 317; How was
Wallace led to the Discovery of Natural Selection? Dr. A. B.
Meyer and Dr. A. R. Wallace, F.R.S., 415; Protoplasme et
Noyau, J. Pérez, 543; Biology Notes, 593; the Penetration
of Roots into Living Tissues, Rudolf Beer, 630; Marine
Biology, Easter Vacation Work at Port Erin Station, 35; the
Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, a Summary of the Scientific
Results, Dr. Anton Dohrn, 121; the Whitsuntide Work at
Port Erin Station, 152; Pelagic Deep-Sea Fishing, L.
Boutan and E. P. Racovitza, 312; Oceanic Islands, F. W.
Headley, 366 (See also Section D of the British Association)
Birds Birds, Beasts, and Fishes of the Norfolk Broadland, P.
H. Emerson and R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 195; the Bird of
Paradise, Margaretta L. Lemon, 197; a Chapter on Birds,
R. Bowdler Sharpe, 220; the International Bird Protection
Conference, 325; a Remarkable Flight of Birds, R. A. Bray,
415; J. Evershed, 508; Late Nestlings, Jas. Shaw, 459; the
Land Birds in and around St. Andrews, George Bruce, 589;
the Migration of British Birds, including their Post-Glacial
Emigration as traced by the application of a New Law of
Dispersal, Charles Dixon, 589; Heligoland as an Ornitho-
logical Observatory, the Result of Fifty Years' Experience,
Heinrich Gätke, 589; a Hand-book to the Game-birds, W.
R. Ogilvie-Grant, 589; the Land-birds and Game-birds of
New England, with descriptions of the Birds, their Nests, and
Eggs, their Habits, and Notes, H. D. Minot, 589; Wild
England of To-day and the Wild Life in it, C. J. Cornish,
589; the Pheasant : Natural History, Rev. H. A. Macpher-
son, Shooting, A. J. Stuart-Wortley, Cooking, Alexander
Innes Shand, 589; Note on the Dendrocolaptine Species
Dendrexetastes capitoides of Eyton, Dr. Henry O. Forbes, 619
Bjerknes (V.), Electric Resonance, 189
Black (Surgeon-Major W. G.), the Antiquity of the Medical
Profession, 174
Blaikie (W. B.), on the Astronomical Relations of Geography,
563
Blake (Dr. E. W.), Death of, 626
Blanford (Dr. W. T., F.R.S.), the Southern Carboniferous
Flora, 595
Blass (E.), a Problem in Thermodynamics, 415
Bleekrode (L.), Magnetism of Asbestos, 309
Bodmer (G. R.), Hydraulic Motors, Turbines, and Pressure
Engines, 170
Boisbaudran (Lecoq de), Crystals forming at Bottom of Solution
of Greater Specific Gravity, 24; Volumes of Salts in Aqueous
Solutions, 287
Bollettino della Societa Botanica Italiana, 45
Bollettino della Societa Seismologica Italiana, 309, 335, 455,
Bolton (Reginald), Motive Powers and their Practical Selection,
170
Boltzmann (Prof. Ludwig), on the Minimum Theorem in the
Theory of Gases, 221
Boltzmann's Minimum Function, S. H. Burbury, F.R.S., 104
Boltzmann's Minimum Theorem, Edward P. Culverwell, 149
Boltzmann's Minimum Theorem, the Assumptions in, G. H.
Bryan, 29
Bonavia (E.), Studies in the Evolution of Animals, 411
Bonehill (E.), Direct Puddling of Iron, 425
Bonhote (J. L.), Harrow Butterflies and Moths, 388
Bonney (Prof. T. G., F.R.S.), Le Léman, Monographie Lim-
mologique, F. A. Forel, 52; My Climbs in the Alps and
Caucasus, A. F. Mummery, F.R.S., 219
Book of the Dead, the, E. A. Wallis Budge, I
Book-keeping, a Manual of, J. Thornton, 388
Books of Science, Forthcoming, 556
Boole (L. E.), Nature of Vesicating Constituent of Croton Oil,
310
Borchgrevink (C. E.), the Voyage of the Antarctic to Victoria
Land, 375
Period of Growth in Fruit of Cucurbita pepo, A. P. Ander-
son, 10; Wayside and Woodland Blossoms, Edward Step,
27; Origin of the Cultivated Cineraria, W. T. Thiselton-
Dyer, F.R.S., 3, 78, 128; W. Bateson, 29, 103; Prof.
W. F. R. Weldon, F.R.S., 54, 103, 129; W. Botting Hems-
ley, 54; Propagation of Fungi by Snails and Toads, P. Vog-
lino, 45; Bollettino della Societa Botanica Italiana, 45;
the Loranthaceae of Ceylon, F. W. Keeble, 46; the Plant
Individual in the Light of Evolution, Prof. L. H. Bailey,
59; Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, 94; the Brunissure
Vine Disease, Dr. U. Brizi, 94; a Handbook of Systematic
Botany, Dr. E. Warming, 101; Linnean Society's Gold
Medal awarded to Prof. Ferd. Cohn, 110; Object-Lessons
in Botany, Edward Snelgrove, 196; Death of Dr. W.
C. Williamson, 200; Chorisis in Flowers, Dr. Calavoský,
231; an Abnormal Rose, Newnham Browne, 244; W.
Botting Helmsley, F.R.S., 244; Death of Prof. Daniel C.
Eaton, 249; Obituary Notice of, 371; Death of J. Deby,
249; Botanical Work of American Government, J. M.
Coulter, 251; Journal of Botany, 261, 611; the Proposed
New York Botanic Garden, Prof. G L. Goodall, 274;
Starch in Embryonic Sac of Cacti and Mesembryanthema,
E. d'Hubert, 288; Acacia bakeri, J. H. Maiden, 288;
Variegation in Flowers and Fruits, J. D. La Touche, 295;
Death of Prof. C. C. Babington, F. R.S., 300; Obituary
Notice of, 371; Death of Prof. Baillon, 301; Obituary Notice
of, 371; the Flora of the Caucasus, M. Akinfieff, 304;
Laccase in Plants, G. Bertrand, 312; Laboratory Exercises in
Botany, Paul Edson, S. Bastin, 316; Brasilische Pilzblumen,
Alfred Möller, 365; Ecidium nymphoides, Dr. C. B.
Plowright, 382; Hand-list of Herbaceous Plants cultivated in
the Royal Gardens, Kew, 388; the Morphology of Moulds
and Yeasts, Dr. Jörgensen, 397; Part played by Hydrocar-
bons in Inter-Molecular Respiration of Higher Plants, W.
Palladin, 408; Joseph Thomson as a Botanist, W. Botting
Hemsley, F.R.S., 459; Death of F. H. Smiles, 485; Altera-
tion in the Colours of Flowers by Cyanide Fumes, Prof.
T. D. A. Cockerell, 520; the Insect Enemies of the Tea-
plant, 524 Prune Rust, Dr. McAlpine, 540; Groundsel
Rust, Dr. McAlpine, 540; New Elaeocarpus, J. H. Maiden
and R. T. Baker, 540; Analytical Key to the Natural Orders
of Flowering Plants, Franz Thonner, 543; Death of Moritz
Wilkomm, 577; the Elements of Botany, Francis Darwin,
F.R.S., 593; the Organisms responsible for the Production of
Saké, 601; Handbook of Grasses, William Hutchinson, 617;
the Flora of the Galapagos Islands, W. Botting Hemsley,
F.R.S., 623; Ants and Orchids, J. H. Hart, 627; Late
Leaves and Fruit, J. Lloyd Bozward, 644; Memorial to Dr.
Robert Brown, 625; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr.
Robert Brown, 651 (See also Section K of the British
Association).
Bothamley (C. H.), on the Sensitising Action of Dyes on
Gelatino-bromide Plates, 538
Bouchard (Ch.), Argon and Helium found in Nitrogen of
Pyrenean Sulphurous Waters, 487
Boule (M.), on the Finding of Remains of Elephas meridionalis
and E. antiquus in association with Worked Flints, 560
Boulger (G. S.), Geology of Norway Coast and Northern
Russia, 166
Bousey, France, Dam burst at, 9
Boussinesq (J.), Laws of Extinction of Simple Waves on High
Seas, 264
Boussingauit, Statue to, 275
Boutan (L.), Pelagic Deep-Sea Fishing, 312
Boutroux (Léon), Causes of Colour of Brown Bread, 48
Bouveault (L.), Condensation of Aldehydes and Saturated
Ketones, 192; the Essence of Linaloe, 312
Bowden (Mr.), an Electro-magnetic Effect, 263
Bower (Prof. F. A., F.R.S.), Remarks on the Archesporium, 584
Bower (J. A.), Simple Methods for Detecting Food Adultera-
tion, 642
Boyce (Prof. R.), on Oysters and Typhoid, 562
Boys (Prof. C. V., F.R.S.), the Projection of Ripples, 180;
Scale Lines on the Logarithmic Chart, 272
Boys (H. A.), the Great Gale of March 24 in the Midlands, 45
Bozward (J. Lloyd), Late Leaves and Fruit, 644
Brain of the Microcephalic Idiot, the, Prof. D. J. Cunningham,
F.R.S, and Dr. Telford-Smith, III
Branly (M.), Rate of Loss of Electric Charge due to Effect of
Light in Badly-Conducting Bodies, 10; Electrical Resistance
at Contact of Two Metals, 24
Brasilische Pilzblumen, Alfred Möller, 365
Bray (R. A.), a Remarkable Flight of Birds, 415
Brazil, Black Diamond from, H. Moissan, 564
Bread, Brown, Causes of Colour of, Léon Boutroux, 48
Brebner (G.), on the Prothallus and Embryo of Danæa, 584
Bredikhine (Th.), the Perseids observed in Russia in 1894, 261
Breslauer (Dr.), Antiseptic Properties of different Disinfectant
Ointments, 524
Brinton (Daniel G.), a Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics, 387
Brisbane Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, 540
Bristowe (Dr. J. S., F.R.S.), Death of, 418
Britain's Naval Power, Hamilton Williams, 173
BRITISH ASSOCIATION: Meeting at Ipswich, 370, 415, 461,
489; Inaugural Address by Sir Douglas Galton, F.R.S.,
President, 461
Section A (Mathematics and Physics).-Opening Address by
Prof. W. M. Hicks, F.R.S. (President of the Section),
472; Prof. Henrici on the Teaching of Geometrical Draw-
ing in Schools, 532; Dr. J. Murray on Cosmic Dust, 533;
Prof. Rücker and W. Watson on the Results of a Com-
parison of Magnetic Standard Instruments, 533; Lord Ray-
leigh on the Refractivity and Viscosity of Argon and
Helium, 533; Prof. Schüster on the Evidence to be gathered
as to the Simple or Compound Character of a Gas from the
Constitution of its Spectrum, 533; Lord Kelvin on the
Translational and Vibrational Energies of Vibrators after
Impacts on Fixed Walls, in which he sought to find an
exception to the Maxwell-Boltzmann Theorem relating to
the Average Translational Energy of the Molecules of a
Gas, 533; Prof. Hicks on a Spherical Vortex, 533; Colonel
Cunningham on Mersenne's Numbers, 534; Eric S. Bruce
on a New Theory of Lightning Flashes, 534; Earth
Tremors, 534; Prof. John Milne on Seismological Pheno-
mena in Japan, 534; Prof. Michie Smith on Indian
Thunderstorms, 534; Prof. Schüster, Observations on the
Atmospheric Electricity near the Ground at different Heights
above Sea-level, 534; Prof. Rücker on the Nature of
Combination Tones, 535; E. H. Griffiths on the Desir-
ability of a New Practical Heat Standard, 535; Dr. C. H.
Lees on the Method and Results of Experiments on the
Thermal Conductivity of Mixtures of Liquids, 535; Prof.
Ramsay and Miss Dorothy Marshall on a Method of Com-
paring Heats of Evaporations of Liquids at their Boiling-
points, 535; Lord Kelvin on the Results of Experiments
for the Electrification and Diselectrification of Air and
other Gases, 535; Prof. Rücker on Vertical (Earth-air)
Electric Currents, 535; Mrs. Ayrton on the Connection
between Potential Difference, Current, and Length of Arc,
in the Electric Arc, 535; Prof. Ayrton and Mr. Mather,
Arguments against the Existence of a Back Electromotive
Force in the Electric Arc, 536: Messrs. Edser and Starling
on the Velocity of Light in Vacuum Tubes conveying an
Electric Discharge, 536; F. G. Baily on Hysteresis of Iron
in an Alternating Magnetic Field, 536; Dr. Gladstone and
W. Hibbert on the Change of Molecular Refraction in
Salts or Acids Dissolved in Water, 536; Report of the
Electrical Standards Committee, 536; E. H. Griffiths on
the Apparatus Designed for the Calibration of High-
temperature Thermometer at Kew Observatory, 536; Lord
Kelvin, Magnus Maclean, and Alexander Galt on Electri-
fication and Diselectrification of Air and other Gases, 608
Section B (Chemistry).—Opening Address by Prof. Raphael
Meldola, F.R.S. (President of the Section), the State of
Chemical Science in 1851, 477; Sir Henry Roscoe and Dr.
A. Haden on Dalton's Discovery of the Atomic Theory,
536; Report of the Committee on the Teaching of Science
in Elementary Schools, 536; H. A. Auden and G. J.
Fowler on the Action of Nitric Oxide on certain Salts, 536;
Prof. Clowes on Further Experiments on the Respirability
of Air, in which a Candle Flame has burnt till it is extin-
guished, 537; D. J. P. Berridge on the Action of Light
upon the Soluble Metallic Iodides in presence of Cellulose,
537; How shall Agriculture best obtain the Help of
Science? Prof. R. Warington, 537; C. H. Bothamley on
the Sensitising Action of Dyes on Gelatino-bromide Plates,
538; Dr. J. J. Sudborough on Organic Chemistry, 538;
II. J. H. Fenton on a New Organic Acid obtained by
Oxidising Tartaric Acid under certain Conditions in presence
of a Ferrous Salt, 538; Dr. M. Wildermann on Physical
Chemistry, 538; C. F. Cross and C. Smith on the Chemical
History of the Barley Plant, 538
Section C (Geology).-Opening Address by W. Whitaker,
F.R.S., Underground in Suffolk and its Borders, 490; Mr.
Harmer on the Coralline and Red Crags, 558; Mr. Bur-
rows on the Distribution of Foraminifera in the Crags, 559;
H. B. Woodward on a Section recently exposed by denu-
dation at the North Cliff, Southwold, and Mr. Spiller on
recent Coast Erosion there, 559; Messrs. Reid and Ridley
on recent Researches by Boring, and an Examination of
the Deposits above the Water-level at Hoxne, 559; Prof.
Sollas on Artificial Glaciers or "Poissiers" made of Pitch,
559 Prof. W. B. Scott on the "Bad Lands," 559; R. B.
White on Various Deposits in Colombia (New Granada),
559; B. Thompson on Pre-Glacial Valleys in Northampton-
shire, 559; Report of the Committee on Coast Erosion,
559 Prof. Marsh on some European Dinosaurs, 559; G.
F. Dollfus on the Geological Conditions in Upper Tertiary
Times, 560; Van den Broeck on the present State of
Knowledge of the Upper Tertiary Strata of Belgium, 560;
M. Boule on the Finding of Remains of Elephas meridion-
alis and E. Antiquus in association with Worked Flints,
560; Dr. Hatch on the Auriferous Conglomerates of the
Witwatersrand, 560; E. A. Walford on the Succession of
Limestones, Clays, and Sandstones in Oxfordshire, 560;
W. Whitaker on the Succession of Rocks revealed by the
Experimental Boring at Stutton, 560: J. Francis on the
Methods and Results of the Attempt to determine the Dip
of Strata met with in Deep Wells at Ware and Turnford,
560; Prof. Claypole on some Whole Specimens of Clado-
donts from the Devonian Rocks of Ohio, 560; Prof.
Nicholson and Mr. Marr on the Phylogeny of the Grapto-
the Zonal
lites, 560; Messrs. Garwood and Muir on
Divisions of the Carboniferous System, 561
Section D (Zoology).-Opening Address by Prof. William A.
Herdman, F.R.S., 494; C. W. Andrews on the Stere-
ornithes, 561; Prof. W. E. Ritter (California), on Budding
in Compound Ascidians, 561; W. Garstang on a New Clas-
sification of the Tunicata, 561; Marine Fisheries, 561; Dr.
Bashford Dean on Oyster-Cultural Methods, 562; Prof. W.
A. Herdman and Prof. R. Boyce on Oysters and Typhoid,
562; J. T. Cunningham on Fish and Fishing Grounds in
the North Sea, 562; Prof. L. C. Miall on our Present
Knowledge of the Causes and Conditions of Insect Trans-
formation, 562; Dr. E. Frankland on Conditions affecting
Bacterial Life in River Water, 562; Dr. H. O. Forbes'
Criticisms on some Points in the Summary of the Results
of the Challenger Expedition, 562; Prof. Lloyd Morgan,
Experiments on Instinct in Young Birds, 562; Dr. Otto
Maas on the Morphology and Distribution of Medusa,
563; J. E. Moore on Spermatogenesis in Birds, 562
Section E (Geography).-W. B. Blaikie on the Astronomical
Relations of Geography, 563; H. N. Dickson, the Result
of the Recent International Observations on the North
Atlantic, 563; Rev. W. Weston on his Explorations in the
Japanese Alps, 563
Section G (Mechanical Science).-Opening Address by L. F.
Vernon-Harcourt, the Relation of Engineering to Science,
501; Major-General Webber on Light Railways as an
Assistance to Agriculture, 582; M. A. Gobert on
Freezing Process for Shaft-sinking, 582; W. H. Wheeler
on the Effect of Wind and Atmospheric Pressure on the
Tides, 582; G. J. Symons on the Autumn Floods of 1894,
582; Messrs. Rapier and Stoney on Weirs in Rivers, 582;
J. Napier on the Hermite Process of Purifying Sewage, 583;
Philip Dawson on the Modern Application of Electricity to
Traction Purposes, 583; Messrs. Preece and Trotter on an
Improved Portable Photometer, 583; H. A. Earle on
Storage Batteries, 583; Lieut. B. Baden-Powell on Navi-
gating the Air by means of Kites, 584
Section H (Anthropology).—Prof. W. M. Flinders Petrie on
the "New Race" lately discovered in Egypt, and on
Flint and Metal Working in Ancient Egypt, 580; H.
Swainson Cowper on the Senams, or Megalithic Monu-
ments of Tripoli, 580; W. J. Lewis Abbott on
Hastings Kitchen Midden, 580; Captain S. L. Hinde on
the Cannibal Tribes of the Congo, 580; Mr. Elworthy on
Horns of Honour, Dishonour, and Safety, 581; Mrs. Grove
on the Religious Origin of Dances, as Forms of Magic or
Worship, 581; Prof. W. M. Flinders Petrie on the Results
of Interference with the Civilisation of Native Races, 581;
Dr. Munro on the Newly Discovered Neolithic Settlement
at Butmir in Bosnia, 581; A. J. Evans on Primitive
European Idols, 581; Dr. Munro on the Lake Village of
Glastonbury, 581; Sir William H. Flower, F.R.S., F.
Cundall, and J. E. Duerden on Recently Discovered Remains
of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Jamaica, 607
Section K (Botany).-Opening Address by W. T. Thiselton-
Dyer, F.R.S., 526; Experimental Studies in the
Variation of Yeast Cells, Dr. Emil Chr. Hansen, 584;
Harold Wager on the Structure of Bacterial Cells,
584; A. Vaughan Jennings on the Occurrence in
New Zealand of two Forms of Peltoid Trente-
pohliacea and their relation to the Lichen Strigula, 584;
Prof. F. E. Weiss on a Supposed Case of Symbiosis in
Tetraplodon, 584; Prof. F. O. Bower, F. R.S., Remarks on
the Archesporium, 584; G. Brebner on the Prothallus and
Embryo of Danæa, 584; Dr. M. Treub on the Localisation,
the Transport, and rôle of Hydrocyanic Acid in Pangium
edule, Reinw., 584; Prof. Reynolds Green, F.R.S., on the
Diurnal Variation in the Amount of Diastase in Foliage
Leaves, 585; J. C. Willis on Cross and Self-Fertilisation, with
special reference to Pollen Prepotency, 585; Dr. D. H. Scott,
F.R.S., on the Chief Results of Williamson's Work on the
Carboniferous Plants, 585; Graf Solms-Laubach on a New
Form of Fructification in Sphenophyllum, 585; Dr. Con-
wentz on English Amber, 585; A. C. Seward on the
Wealden Flora of England, 586; Prof. H. Marshall Ward
on the Formation of Bacterial Colonies, 658; British
Association Committee on Coast Erosion, Charles E. De
Rance, 597; British Association, Corresponding Societies
of the, 605; British Association, the Toronto Meeting of
the, Dr. William H. Hale, 618
British Earthquakes, a History of, Charles Davison, 174
British Fungus-Flora, George Massee, 435
British Institute of Public Health, 372
British Islands, the Lepidoptera of the, Charles G. Barrett, 27
British Isles, Climbing in the, W. P. Haskett Smith and A. C.
Hart, 617
British Medical Association, 306, 352; Annual Meeting, 325;
Scientific Results of, 369
British Museum, the Papyrus of Ani in the, E. A. Wallis
Budge, I
British Pharmacopæia, the Revision of the, 510
Brizi (Dr. U.), the Brunissure Vine-Disease, 94
Broadbent (Sir William), Growth of the Art of Medicine, 353
Brocken, Meteorological Observatory on the, 551
Brodie (F. J.), Barometrical Changes preceding and accompany-
ing Rainfall of November 1894, 143
Brodie (P. B.), Tertiary Fossil Ants in the Isle of Wight, 570
Brodrick (Hon. G. C.), Personal Reminiscences of Huxley, 355
Broeck (M. Van den), on the Present State of Knowledge of the
Upper Tertiary Strata of Belgium, 560
Brooks, the Orbit of Comet, 1893 IV., Signor Peyra, 37
Broom (Robert), Barramys parvus: a New Fossil Mammal, 384
Brough (Bennett H.), the Gold Mines of the Rand, F. H. Hatch
and J. A. Chalmers, 638
Brown (Prof. A. Crum, F, R.S.), the Relations between the
Movements of the Eyes and the Movements of the Head,
184
Brown (F. E.), Death of, 419
Brown (H. T.), Lindner's Isomaltose, 311
Brown (Dr. Robert), Memorial to, 625; Death and Obituary
Notice of, 651
Brown (W. L.), Chemical Constitution of Mesogloea of Alcy-
onium digitatum, 285
Browne (E. T.), Variation of Tentaculocysts of Aurelia aurita,
284
Browne (G. F.), Bishop of Stepney, Off the Mill: some Occa-
sional Papers, 243
Browne (Newnham), an Abnormal Rose, 244
Bruce (Eric S.), on a New Theory of Lightning Flashes, 534
Bruce (George), the Land Birds in and around St. Andrews,
589
Bruce (William S.), Effects of a Lightning Flash in Ben Nevis
Observatory, 244
Bruner (Louis), Specific Heat of Superfused Liquids, 47; Solu-
bility of Superfused Liquids, 264; Specific Heat of Superfused
Salts, 264
Brunhes (M. B.), Cours Elémentaire d'Électricité, M. B.
Brunhes, 243
Brunner (G.), Three New Vibrios from Polluted Well-water,
305
Bruyn (Dr. Lobry de), the Preparation of Free Hydrazine, 360
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