ABBE (Prof. Cleveland), Recent Progress in Dynamic Meteoro-
logy, 450
Abbe (Prof. Cleveland) and Prof. David P. Todd, Additional
Results of the United States Scientific Expedition to West
Africa, 563
Abbott (Dr.), East African Zoological Collection, 497
Aberration, Determination of the Constant of, MM. Loewy and
Puiseux, 498
Aberystwith University College, the Physical Laboratory at,
108
Abraham (H.): Thermo-electric Researches, 24; Researches
in Thermo-electricity, 95
Acoustics Koenig's Superior Beats, Rev. Walter Sidgreaves,
9; the Researches of Dr. R. Koenig on the Physical Basis of
Musical Sounds, Prof. Silvanus Thompson, 199, 224, 249;
Squeaking Sand versus Musical Sand, H. Carrington Bolton,
30; the Sense of Hearing, Prof. W. Rutherford, 431
Acquired Characters: Are the Effects of Use and Disuse In-
herited?, William Platt Ball, Prof. Geo. J. Romanes, F. R.S.,
217
Adams (Prof. Henry), Hand-book for Mechanical Engineers,
Addy (George), on Milling Cutters, 23
Adie (R. H.): Compounds of Oxides of Phosphorus with Sul-
phuric Anhydrides, 454; Osmotic Pressure of Salts in Solu-
tion; Direct Comparison of Constants of Raoult's Method
and those ascertained by Direct Observation of Osmotic
Pressure, 478
Adriatic, Austrian Government, Oceanographic Investigation of,
230
Aluropus melanoleucus, Skin of, procured by Herren Potanin
and Beresowski, 355
Aeronautics: Captive Balloons, 17
Affinities of Hesperornis, on the, Dr. F. Helm, 368
Afghanistan, Western, and North-Eastern Persia, J. E. T.
Aitchison, F.R.S., 174
Africa, the Nyassaland Region, H. H. Johnston, 45
Africa, the Development of, by Arthur Silva White, 149
Africa, Ptolemaic Geography of, 448
Africa, West, Additional Results of the United States Scientific
Expedition to, Profs. Cleveland Abbe and David P. Todd,
563
African Butterfly, an Assumed Instance of Compound Protective
Resemblance in an, W. L. Distant, 390
Agarics: M. C. Cooke on Attractive Characters in Fungi, 57;
the Value of Attractive Characters in Fungi, Charles R.
Straton, 9, 79, 80; R. Haig Thomas, 79; T. Wemyss
Fulton, 269
Agassiz (Alexander), Rate of Growth in Corals, 65
Agriculture: Agricultural Education at Cambridge, 23, 476;
Agricultural Education, P. McConnell, 182; Field Experi-
ments at Rothamsted, 189; the Action of Lime on Clay
Soils, Alexander Johnstone, 308; James Muir appointed
Professor of Agriculture at Yorkshire College, Leeds, 397;
Proposed International Agricultural Congress at the Hague,
542; the Wheat Harvest in relation to Weather, 569;
Corn and Squirrels, C. P. Gillette, 620
Air, Nocturnal Temperature of the, 63
Air respired by Different Persons, Different Volumes of, Dr.
Marcet, 451
Aitchison (J. E. T., F.R.S.), Western Afghanistan and North-
Eastern Persia, 174
Ajaccio Magnificent Grotto discovered near, 521
Alabama, History of Education in, Willis G. Clark, 362
Alabama, Varieties of Cotton grown in, P. H. Mell, 521
Alaska the Geodetic Survey of, 207; Proposed United States
Topographical Survey of, 279
Albino Frog, an, J. E. Harting, 383
Albrecht (Herr), Behaviour of Water as to Passage of Different
Light Rays, 520
Alcohol from Potatoes, Distillation of, Aimé Girard, 120
Alexeyeff (Prof.), Death of, 398
Alexis and his Flowers, Beatrix F. Cresswell, 79
Alga: Tuomeya fluviatilis, Harvey, 65; Marine, of Berwick-
on-Tweed, Edward A. L. Batters, 66; Growing in Mollusk
Shells, Bornet and Flahault, 185
Algeria, the Past Winter in, M. Marès, 567
Algebra: Elementary, W. A. Potts and W. L. Sargant, 28;
Algebra of Vectors, on the Rôle of Quaternions in the, Prof.
J. Willard Gibbs, 511; Prof. P. G. Tait, 535, 608; Solu-
tions of the Examples in Elementary Algebra, H. S. Hall
and S. R. Knight, 389; Algebraic Symbols in Applied
Mathematics, the Meaning of, Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, F. R.S.,
513; W. H. Macaulay, 558
Algiers, Earthquake in, 279
Algiers, the Recent Earthquake in, 356
Alpine Flora, with a Suggestion as to the Origin of Blue in
Flowers, T. D. A. Cockerell, 207, 533; W. T. Thiselton
Dyer, F.R.S., 581
Altitudes, Solar Spectrum at Medium and Low, Dr. Ludwig
Becker, 399
Amagat (E. H.), New Method of Studying Compressibility and
Expansion of Liquids and Gases, 168
Amat (L.), Transformation of Sodium Pyrophosphite into
Hydrogen Sodium Phosphite, 480
Amber Flora, Monographie der baltischen Bernsteinbäume, H.
Conwentz, 221
America: an American Geological Railway Guide, James Mac-
farlane, 8; American Association for Advancement of Science,
42; American Ornithologists' Union, 42, 301; the Four
Hundredth Anniversary of the Discovery of, and the Phi
Beta Kappa Society, 62; American Journal of Science, 71,
260, 309, 500, 598; American Spiders and their Spinning
Work, Henry C. McCook, D. D., 74; Exemption of Educa-
tional Books by McKinley Tariff, 88; Life Areas of North
America, Dr. C. H. Merriam, 88; American National
Academy of Sciences, 131; the Fish-eating Birds of America,
W. Palmer, 132; Who are the American Indians ?, H. W.
Henshaw, 137; Profs. W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn on
the Fossil Mammals of North America, 177; American
Meteorological Journal, 185, 285, 382, 548; Garden Scholar-
ships at Missouri, 187; American Blast-Furnace Work, 211;
American Morphological Society, 301; Remarkable Ancient
Sculptures from North-West America, James Terry, Dr.
Alfred R. Wallace, 396; Psychology in America, 506;
American Race, the, Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, 556; American
Journal of Mathematics, 571
Amigues (E.), a Purely Algebraic Demonstration of the Funda-
mental Theorem of the Theory of Equations. 336
Amphioxus, on the Atrial Chamber of, Prof. E. Ray Lankester,
F.R.S., 70
Amsterdam, Royal Academy of Sciences, 72, 288, 408, 528,
600
Amu-Daria Region, Ornithological Fauna of the, M. Zarudnoi,
334
Anahuac applied by mistake to Plateau of Mexico, the Name,
Dr. Seler, 208
Analysis of a Simple Salt, William Briggs and R. W. Stewart,
126
Anatomy and Development of Apteryx, Prof. T. Jeffery Parker,
F.R.S., 17
Anatomy of Corambe testitudinaria, H. Fischer, 360
Ancient Mounds at Floyd, Iowa, Clement L. Webster, 213
Ancient Sculptures from North-West America, Remarkable,
James Terry, Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, 396
Andaman Islands, Naturalized Flora since 1858 of, Dr. Prain,
398
Andamans necessary for Meteorological Purposes, Cable to the,
451
André (G.), Sulphur in Vegetables, 311; the Cause of the
Odour of Earth, 528
Andrews (Thos.), the Passive State of Iron and Steel, II., 358
Andromeda Nebula, Variability of the, Isaac Roberts, 379
Anemometer, Huet's, W. J. Lewis, 323; Lind's Anemometer,
323
Angle, Mechanical Trisection of any, Captain A. H. Russell,
547
Animal Kingdom, Natural History of the, for the Use of Young
People, 435
Animal Life and Intelligence, C. Lloyd Morgan, Dr. Alfred R.
Wallace, 337
Animals, Action of Excessive Cold on, G. Colin, 408
Animals, Classification of, W. E. Fothergill, Emil Selenka,
and J. R. A. Davis, 124
Animals, Mutual Aid among, William Elder, 56
Annalen des k.k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 28
Annals of Harvard College Astronomical Observatory, 301, 356
Annals of a Fishing Village, 389
Annelid Morphology, some Problems of, Prof. E. B. Wilson,
458
Annelids and Crustacea, Prof. T. H. Morgan, 459
Annuaire de l'Académie Royale de Belgique, 301
Annuaire du Bureau des Longitudes, 356
Ant, Caringa, of the Malay Peninsula, the Red, H. N. Ridley,
620
Antelopes of Nyassaland, the, Richard Crawshay, 143
Anthropology: Anthropological Society of Bombay, 62: Con-
ference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies of the British
Association, 93, 94; Anthropological Institute, 192, 278,
310, 535; Thumb and Finger-markings as Proofs of Identity,
Francis Galton, F. R.S., 192; General Relation of State and
Increase of Population in France, Emile Levasseur, 192; the
Hill Arrians of India, Rev. A. F. Painter, 212; Ancient
Mounds at Floyd, Iowa, Clement L. Webster, 213; Resem-
blances between Husband and Wife, Hermann Fol, 255;
Krilof's Portraits of Typical Representatives of Russian Races,
255; Remarkable Ancient Sculptures from North-West
America, James Terry, Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, 396; Austra-
lian Aboriginal Weapons and Implements, R. Etheridge,
Jun., 545; a Peculiar Gesture of Zuñi and Navajo Indians,
J. W. Fewkes, 592
Anticyclones and Cyclones, the Causes of, Henry F. Blanford,
F.R.S., 15, 81
Antipathy (?) of Birds for Colour, William White, 608
Anvers (N. D'), the Life Story of our Earth, 103; the Story of
Early Man, 103
Ape Heads, Sculptured Anthropoid, James Terry, Dr. Alfred
R. Wallace, 396
Apodidæ, Hermaphroditism of the, Rev. H. Bernard, 343
Apteryx, the Anatomy and Development of, Prof. T. Jeffery
Parker, F.R.S., 17
Arachnidæ, some Habits of the Spider, 55
Arachnids, on the Origin of Vertebrates from, by Dr. W.
Patten, 70
Araucaria Cones: Duke of Argyll, F.R.S., 8; Dr. A. Irving,
29; John L. Plummer, 29; E. Brown, 29; Dr. Maxwell T.
Masters, F. R. S., 56; D. Sharp, 57; A. D. Webster, 57;
William Gardiner, 80; James Shaw, 81; Adrian Weld-
Blundell, H. N. Dixon, 128
Arcana Fairfaxiana, 366
Archæology: Lake-Dwellings of Europe, being the Rhind
Lectures in Archæology for 1888, Robert Munro, Prof. W.
Boyd Dawkins, F. R.S., 341; Discovery of a Vault full of
Mummies, &c., near Thebes, Egypt, 398: Important Dis-
covery by W. Flinders Petrie at Maydoom, Egypt, 591
Architecture, Naval: the Science of Boiler Construction, A. F.
Yarrow, 500
Arctic Expedition, Dr. Nansen's coming, 450
Arctic Expedition by Lieut. Robert Peary, U.S. N., the Projected,
426, 619
Arctic Tern, the Flight of, John R. Spears, 319
Argelander-Oeltzen Star Catalogue, Dr. E. Weiss, 357
Argot (M.), Results of Comparisons of Pressure and Tempera-
ture Observations at Eiffel Tower with Low-level Stations
(1889), 254
Argyll (Duke of, F.R.S.): Araucaria Cones, 8; Darwin on
the Unity of the Human Race, 415
Aristotle and Hunter, Jonathan Hutchinson, F.R.S., 377
Arithmetic, the Century, 175
Arithmetic Key to Arithmetic in Theory and Practice, J.
Brooksmith, 294
Arizona, the Fauna and Flora of, Dr. C. H. Merriam, 88
Armengaud (M. Jacques), Death of, 376
Armenia, a Ride through Asia Minor and, Henry C. Barkley,
Armenia, Destruction of a Hamlet by Earthquake in, 566
Armitage (E), the Influenza, 608
Armstrong (H. E., F.R.S.), Andresen's B-Naphthylaminedisul-
phonic Acid, 478; Chloro- and Bromo-Derivatives of Naphthol
and Naphthylamine, 503
Arnaud (A.), Transformation of Cupreine into Quinine, 599
Art Work, Eskimo, John R. Spears, 464
Arthropods, Locomotion of, H. H. Dixon, 223
Asia Minor and Armenia, a Ride through, Henry C. Barkley,
487
Asia Minor, Botanical Results of Herr J. Bornmüller's Expedi-
tion to, 43
Asia, Central, G. E. Grum-Grzimailo's Expedition to, 571
Asiatic Society of Japan, 183
Aspergillin, a Vegetable Hæmatin, G. Linossier, 456
Assyriology; the newly-discovered Version of the Story of the
Creation, T. G. Pinches, 163
Asteroids: Names of, Dr. Palisa, 379; New, 400, 428, 475,
480, 569; the Question of the Asteroids, Richard A. Gregory,
587
Astronomy: Rotation of Venus, 22; Spectrum of the Zodiacal
Light, Prof. C. Michie Smith, 22; D'Arrest's Comet, 22;
Astronomical Column, 22, 44, 64, 89, 110, 133, 165, 210, 232,
256, 280, 302, 328, 356, 379, 399, 427, 452, 474, 498, 545,
588; Measures of Lunar Radiation, C. C. Hutchins, 44 ;
Electro-dynamic Origin of Planetary Motion, C. V. Zenger,
48; the Duplicity of a Lyræ, A. Fowler, 64; the Catania
Observatory, 65; Washington Observations, Asaph Hall, 65,
188; Prof. Holden on the Parallaxes of Nebulæ, 65; a New
Comet (?), 89; Stars 121 and 483 Birm., 90; Apex of the
Sun's Way, 90; Orbits of 61 Cygni, Castor, and 70 Ophiu-
chi, 90; Two New Comets (e and f, 1890), 90; the Star
D. M. + 53° 2684, 90; Rapid Development of a Solar Pro-
minence, Jules Fenyi, 95; a Chaldean Astronomical Annual
used by Ptolemy, J. Oppert, 95; J. L. E. Dreyer's Life of
Tycho Brahe, 98; Sun, Moon, and Stars, &c., William
Durham, 103; the Distances of the Stars, John I. Plummer,
104; Measures of Lunar Radiation, Earl of Rosse, 104; Aid
to Astronomical Research, Prof. Edward C. Pickering, 105;
the Variations in Latitude, 110; New Asteroids, 111, 400,
428, 475, 569; Asteroid (308) M. Charlois, 480; the Pho-
tography of Solar Prominences, G. E. Hale, 133; the Fre-
quency of Meteors, Terby and Van Lint, 133; Variation of
Certain Stellar Spectra, Rev. T. E. Espin, 165; British Astro-
nomical Association, 165; Elements and Ephemeris of Zona's
Comet, 165; the System of the Stars, Agnes M. Clerke, 169;
Greenwich Spectroscopic Observations, 210; Perihelia of
Comets, Dr. Holetschek, 233; on the Orbit of a Virginis,
Prof. H. C. Vogel, 235; Spectroscopic Observations of Sun-
spots, Rev. A. L. Cortie, 256; Turin Observatory, 257; the
Duplicity of a Lyræ, 257; a Mock Sun, T. Mann Jones, 269;
Stereoscopic Astronomy, 269; W. Le Contc Stevens, 344;
the Photographic Chart of the Heavens, 276, 516, 540, 568;
Stars having Peculiar Spectra, Prof. Pickering, 280: Harvard
College Observatory, D. W. Baker, 28ɔ; Dark Transits of
Jupiter's Satellites, Mr. Keeler, 302; Solar Activity (July-
December 1890), Prof. Tacchini, 302; Planet or New Star,
Dr. Lescarbault, 303; Astronomical Lessons, John Ellard
Gore, 317; Determination of Masses of Mars and Jupiter by
Meridian Observations of Vesta, Gustave Leveau, 384; Prof.
Newcomb on the Transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769, 328;
Leyden Observatory, 328; Personal Equation in Transit
Observations, F. Gonnessiat, 336; Annuaire du Bureau
des Longitudes, 356; United States Naval Observatory,
357; a New Theory of Jupiter and Saturn, G. W. Hill, 357;
Argelander-Oeltzen Star Catalogue, Dr. E. Weiss, 357; Lati-
tudinal Distribution of Solar Phenomena, P. Tacchini, 360;
Babylonian Astronomy and Chronology, 369; Variability of
the Andromeda Nebula, Isaac Roberts, 379; Eccentricities
of Stellar Orbits, Dr. T. J. J. See, 379; a New Nebula near
Merope, E. E. Barnard, 379; Names of Asteroids, Dr.
Palisa, 379; Solar Spectrum at Medium and Low Altitudes,
Dr. Ludwig Becker, 399; a Method of Measuring Atmo-
spheric Dispersion, Prosper Henry, 400; Wolf's Relative
Numbers for 1890, 400; New Asteroids, 400; a Hand-book
and Atlas of Astronomy, W. Peck, 414; Recent Photographs
of the Annular Nebula in Lyra, A. M. Clerke, 419; the
Permanence of Markings on Venus, Dr. Terby, 427; Ob-
servations of Mars, J. Guillaume, 428; New Variable Star,
428; New Asteroid, 428; Observations of Sun-spots in
1889 Em. Marchand, 432; Euvres Complètes de Christiaan
Huygens, A. M. Clerke, 433; Photographic Spectrum of
the Sun and Elements, Prof. Rowland, 452; a Variable
Nebula, 453; Astronomical and Physical Geography for
Science Students, R. A. Gregory, 459; the "Capture
Theory" of Comets, O. Callandreau, 474; Annuaire de
l'Observatoire de Bruxelles, 475; New Asteroids, 475; De-
termination of the Constant of Aberration, MM. Loewy and
Puiseux, 498; New Comet, W. F. Denning, 516; Astro-
nomical Congress, 516; Stars having Peculiar Spectra, Prof.
E. C. Pickering and Mrs. Fleming, 545; the Nebula near
Merope, Prof. Pritchard, Prof. Barnard, 546; Comet a 1891,
546; Charts of the Constellations, Arthur Cottam, 557; the
Discovery of Comet a 1891; W. F. Denning, 558; on
some Points in the Early History of Astronomy, Prof. J.
Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 559; the Solar Corona, 568;
Prof. Charroppin on the, 568; Prof. Frank H. Bigelow on
the, 568; Mr. Schaeberle on the, 568; Prof. Berberich on
the Elements of the Comet Barnard-Denning (a 1891), 569;
the Planet Mercury, 569; New Asteroid, 569; the Question
of the Asteroids, Richard A. Gregory, 587; a New Variable
Star, 590; a Meteor, W. Budgen, 608
Aterica meleagris, W. L. Distant, 390
Atkinson (Ll. B. and C. W.), Electric Mining Machinery, 355
Atkinson (W.), Our Latest Glacial Period, 270
Atlantic Finley's Storm-tracks, &c., Charts of North, 231;
Pilot Chart for October of North, 108; December 1890,
279; April, 592; Synchronous Daily Weather Charts of the
North Atlantic, 59
Atmospheric Dispersion, a Method of Measuring, Prosper
Henry, 400
Attractive Characters in Fungi, Dr. M. C. Cooke, 224, 393;
Worthington G. Smith, 224; Dr. T. Wemyss Fulton, 269
Aubert (E.), Simultaneous Emission of Oxygen and Carbon
Dioxide by Cacti, 552
Auk Tribe, on the Morphology of the, W. Kitchen Parker,
F.R.S., 486
Aurora Problem, a Solution of the, Prof. F. H. Bigelow, 405
Ausiaux (G.), Influence of Exterior Temperature on Heat-pro-
duction in Warm-blooded Animals, 432
Australia: Australasian Association for the Advancement of
Science, 496; Australian Batrachia, Geographical Distribution
of, J. J. Fletcher, 132; Australian Museum, Sydney, 132;
Australian Aborigines, Rev. John Mathew and Edward
Stephens, 185; Australian Aboriginal Weapons and Im-
plements, R. Etheridge, Jun., 544; Local Magnetic Dis-
turbance of the Compass in North-West Australia, Commander
E. W. Creak, F.R.S., 471; Weather Forecasting in, 497;
Australian Year-book for 1891, 591
Austrian Government Oceanographic Investigations of Adriatic,
230
Autobiography of the Earth, Rev. H. N. Hutchinson, 365
Automatic Lamp-lighter, an, Shelford Bidwell, F.R.S., 395
Ayrton (Prof. W. E., F.R.S.): the Proposed South Kensington
and Paddington Subway, 278; Proof of Generality of Mr.
Blakesley's Formule, Tests of a Transformer, 478; Measure-
ment of Power Supplied by any Electric Current to any
Circuit, 572
Babes (V.) and A. V. Cornil on Bacteria, 195
Babylonian Astronomy and Chronology, 369
Bacilli: Koch's Cure for Consumption, 49; Bacillus, Dr. E.
Klein on Infectious Diseases, 416, 446; Bacillus anthracis,
72; Bacillus radicicola, Accumulation of Atmospheric Nitro-
gen in Cultures of, Mr. Beyerinck, 600
Backhouse (T. W.), Rainbows on Scum, 416
Bacteria, A. V. Cornil and V. Babes, 195
Bacteria, Exhibition of Drawings of, 107
Bacterium, Life-History of a Pigment, 288
Badgley (Colonel), Dew, 311
Bagnall (James E.) and W. B. Grove, the Fungi of Warwick-
shire, 413
Bailey (E. H. S.), Halotrichite or Feather Alum, 598
Baker (D. W.), Harvard College Observatory, 280
Baker (J. G., F. R.S.), Flora of Warwickshire, 413
Baker (Sir Samuel W., F.R.S.), Wild Beasts and their Ways,
78
Baker (W. G.), the British Empire, the Colonies and Depend-
encies, 607
Baldwin (Prof. J. M.): the Origin of Right- or Left-handedness,
43; Hand-book of Psychology, 100; Infant Psychology,
256
Ball (Valentine, F. R.S.): the Great Mogul's Diamond and the
Koh-i-nur, 103; Cackling of Hens, 583
Ball (William Platt), Are the Effects of Use and Disuse In-
herited?, Prof. Geo. J. Romanes, F. R. S., 217
Balloons, Captive, 17
Baratta (Signor), Photography applied to Mechanical Registra-
tion of Motions of Seismo-microphone, 209
Barbier (M.), Relations between Optical Dispersive Power of
Alcohols, Ethers, and Fatty Acids, and their Molecular
Weight and Constitution, 133
Barkley (Henry C ), a Ride through Asia Minor and Armenia,
487
Barnard (Prof. E. E.), a New Nebula near Merope, 379, 546
Barnard-Denning Comet (a 1891), Prof. Berberich on the
Elements of, 569
Barometer, Self-recording, Redier and Meyer, 255
Barral (M.), Glycolyptic Power of Human Blood, 528
Barrell (Prof. F. R.), Apparatus for determining Acceleration
due to Gravity, 335
Barrett-Hamilton (E. H.), the Irish Rat, 255
Bartlett (A. D.), the Crowing of the Jungle Cock, 319
Bartlett (Edw.), Appointment of, as Curator of Sarawak
Museum, 472
Barton (E. A.), the Colonist's Medical Hand-book, 150
Bass Fibre in English Market, West African, 300
Basset (A. B., F. R.S.): Elementary Treatise on Hydro-
dynamics and Sound, 75; Reflection and Refraction of Light
at Surface of Magnetized Medium, 286
Bateson (W.), Nature of Supernumerary Appendages in Insects,
527
Bateson (W. and A.), Variations in Floral Symmetry of certain
Plants with Irregular Corollas, 575
Bather (F. A.), Stereom, 345
Batrachia, Geographical Distribution of Australian, J. J.
Fletcher, 132
Batrachian Heart, Action of the Nerves of the, in Relation to
Temperature and Endocardiac Pressure, G. N. Stewart, 548,
558
Batters (Edward A. L.), Marine Algæ of Berwick-on-Tweed,
66
Bavaria, Coffee Cultivation of, 398
Baxter-Wray, Round Games with Cards, 414
Baynes (Robert E.), Prof. Van der Waals on the Continuity of
the Liquid and Gaseous States, 487
Bears and Telegraph Poles, J. D. Pasteur, 184
Beasts, Wild, and their Ways, Sir Samuel W. Baker, F. R. S.,
78
Beaumont (Roberts), Colour in Woven Design, 343
Bebber (Dr. J. W. van), Typical Winter Weather Conditions,
567
Becker (Dr. Ludwig), Solar Spectrum at Medium and Low
Altitudes, 399
Becquerel (H.), Phosphorescence of Minerals under Light and
Heat, 504
Beddard (Frank E.): the Homology between Genital Ducts and
Nephridia in the Oligochata, 116; Zoological Record for
1889, 316; New Form of Excretory Organ in Oligochatous
Annelid, 477
Bedford College and Scientific Teaching for Women only, 425;
Opening of Shaen Wing of, 496
Bee, Hive, the Comb of the, Wm. Knight, 80
Bee, the Honey, by T. W. Cowan, Rev. T. Tuckwell, 578
Bees' Cells, the Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Carlisle, 295
Beetle, the Coco-Nut, H. N. Ridley, 476
Behring Sea, Volcanic Eruption in, 279
Belknap (Admiral), on the Depths of the Pacific Ocean, 183
Bell (Arthur John): Whence comes Man?, 460; Why does
Man exist?, 460
Bellamy (Edward), Death of, 230
Bemmelen (Van), New Compounds of Mercuric Oxide, 528
Ben Nevis, Meteorology of, Dr. Alexander Buchan, 538
Bengal, Forestry in, 232
Bennett (Alfred W.): the proposed South Kensington and Pad-
dington Subway, 246; the Flight of Larks, 248
Benzoyl Fluoride, M. Guenez, 64
Berberich (Prof.), on the Elements of the Barnard-Denning
Comet (a 1891), 569
Berberine, Prof. W. H. Perkin, Jun., F.R.S., 335
Beresowski (Herr), Skin of Æluropus melanoleucus procured
by, 355
Berge's Complete Natural History, 366
Berget (A.), Graphical Method of Determining Relative Values
of Gravity in various Places, 504
Berghaus (Dr.), Death of, 131
Berlin, Meeting in Honour of Dr. Schliemann's Memory at,
425
Bernard (Rev. H.), Hermaphroditism of the Apodidæ, 343
Berthelot (Daniel): Derivation of the name of Bronze, 95;
Waves caused by Explosions, &c., 264; Sulphur in Veget-
ables, 311; Volatile Nitrogen Compounds given off by Veget-
able Mould, 336; Action of Heat on, and a Reaction of
Carbonic Oxide, 528; the Cause of the Odour of Earth, 528;
Conductivities of Isomeric Organic Acids and their Salts,
264
Bertin (George), Death of, 425
Besson (M.): Silicon Bromoform, 474; Chlorobromides of
Silicon, 592
Beyerinck (M.): Life-History of a Pigment Bacterium, 288;
Accumulation of Atmospheric Nitrogen in Cultures of
Bacillus radicicola, 600
Bidwell (Shelford, F.R.S.): an Automatic Lamp-lighter, 395;
Experiments with Selenium Cells, 262
Bigelow (Prof. Frank H.): a Solution of the Aurora Problem,
405; on the Solar Corona, 568
Biology: Mutual Aid among Animals, William Elder, 56; the
Laboratory of Vegetable Biology at Fontainebleau, 37; Rate
of Growth in Corals, Alexander Agassiz, 65; Tuomeya
fluviatilis, Harvey, 65; Biological Notes, 65, 184; Marine
Algae of Berwick-on-Tweed, Edward A. L. Batters, 66; Con-
ference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies of the British
Association, 92, 93; Biological Terminology, R. J. Harvey
Gibson, 175; Illusions of Woodpeckers and Bears with respect
to Telegraph Poles, J. D. Pasteur, 184; Algæ Living in
Mollusk Shells, Bornet and Flahault, 185; Journal of the
Marine Biological Association, 109; Medusæ of Millepora
and their Relation to Medusiform Gonophores of Hydro-
medusæ, S. J. Hickson, 407; Biological Lectures delivered
at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's Holl in the
Summer Session of 1890, 457; Wood's Holl Biological
Lectures, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F. R.S., 516; the Wood's
Holl (Mass.) Laboratory, 591; Projected Station of Marine
Biology at Sebastopol, 543; the Marine Laboratory of Luc-
sur-Mer, Normandy, 567; Fathers of Biology, Charles
McRae, 245; Animal Life and Intelligence, C. Lloyd
Morgan, Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, 337; Hermaphroditism of
the Apodidæ, Rev. H. Bernard, 343; Biological Station at
Plöner See, East Holstein, Projected, 377; the Darwinian
Theory of the Origin of Species, Francis P. Pascoe, Prof. R.
Meldola, F.R.S., 409; Biological Society of Washington,
425; Biological Expedition to West Indies and Yucatan,
Dr. Rothrock's, 426; on the Modification of Organisms, David
Syme, Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, 529
Bird (Charles), Elementary Geology, Prof. A. H. Green,
F.R.S., 242
Birds of America, the Fish-eating, W. Palmer, 132
Birds, Antipathy of, for Colour, 558; William White, 608
Birds of Norfolk, Henry Stevenson, 313
Birds a Remarkable Flight of Birds, Rev. E. C. Spicer, 222;
on the Flight of Oceanic Birds, Captain David Wilson-
Barker, 222
Birds, on the Soaring of, 30; Prof. F. Guthrie, 8; W. Froude,
287
Birds' Eggs, the Protection of Wild, 376
Birds' Nests, E. J. Lowe, F.R.S., 199
Birmingham, Medical Faculty of Queen's College, Removal of,
542
Birth and Growth of Worlds, Prof. A. H. Green, F.R.S., 221
Bishop (Dr. A. W.), Action of Ethyl Dichloracetate on Sodium
Derivative of Ethyl Malonate, 550
Bissell (Mary Russell, M.D.), Household Hygiene, Dr. H.
Brock, 461
Bizio (Prof. Giovanni), Death of, 619
Black Mountain Expedition, the, 543
Blackie (Prof.), Bistratification in Modern Greek, 527
Blaikie (James) and W. Thomson, a Text-book of Geometrical
Deduction, 487
Blakesley (T. H.): the Determination of the Work done upon
the Cores of Iron in Electrical Apparatus subject to Alter-
nating Currents, 116; Solution of a Geometrical Problem in
Magnetism, 191; Further Contributions to Dynamometry, 478
Blanford (Henry F., F.R.S.): the Causes of Anticyclones and
Cyclones, 15, 81; the Genesis of Tropical Cyclones, 81; an
Elementary Geography of India, Burma, and Ceylon, 29;
the Paradox of the Sun-spot Cycle, 583; Variations of Rain-
fall at Cherra Poonjee, Assam, 599
Blarez (Ch.), Solubility of Potassium Bitartrate, 432
Blast-Furnace Work, American, 211
Blood, Glycolytic Power of Human, Lépine and Barral, 528
Blood, Herr von Hedin's Hæmatokrit for Determining Volume
of Corpuscles, 398
Blood of Vertebrata, Comparative Alkalinity of, René Drouin,
Blood-clotting, Experiments on, A. S. Grünbaum, 527
Blow-fly, Anatomy, Physiology, Morphology, and Development
of the, B. Thompson Lowne, 77
Blyth (A. Wynter), a Manual of Public Health, Dr. J. H. E.
Brock, 267
Boas (Dr. J. E. V.), Lehrbuch der Zoologie für Studirende und
Lehrer, 268
Boettger (O.): Reptilia and Batrachia, George A. Boulenger,
361; the Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and
Burma, 361
Boiler Construction, the Science of, A. F. Yarrow, 500
Bolton (Prof. H. Carrington), Squeaking Sand versus Musical
Sand, 30
Bombay Anthropological Society of, 62; Journal of Natural
History Society, 132; Education in, 209; Proposed Attempt
to Acclimatize Game Birds Common in other Parts cf India
in, 543
Bonneville, Lake, Grove Karl Gilbert, Prof. T. G. Bonney,
F.R.S., 485
Bonney (G. E.), the Electro-plater's Manual, 579
Bonney (Prof. T. G., F.R.S.): the Origin of the Great Lakes
of North America, 203; Destruction of Fish in the late
Frost, 295, 368; Temperature in the Glacial Epoch, 373;
the North-West Region of Charnwood Forest, 310; Note on
a Contact-structure in Syenite of Bradgate Park, 310; Lake
Bonneville, Grove Karl Gilbert, 485; Ninth Annual Report
of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the
Interior, 1887-88, J. W. Powell, 509
Booth's (the late Mr. T. E.), Museum of British Birds, 20
Borgman (Prof. J. J.), a Lecture Experiment Illustrating the
Magnetic Screening of Conducting Media, 583
Borneo, British North, Proposed Survey of Mount Kinabalu,
327
Bornet (Ed.), Alga Growing in Mollusk Shells, 185
Bornmüller (Herr J.), Expedition to Asia Minor, Botanical Re-
sults of, 43
Boron Iodide, M. Moissan, 568
Boscastle, Earthquake at, 519
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