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Dawkins (Prof. Boyd, F.R.S.), Spruce Fungus, 71 Dawn of Civilization, the: Egypt and Chaldæa, G. Maspero, 196

Dawson (Charles), Discovery of a Large Supply of "Natural Gas" at Waldron, Sussex, 150

Dawson (Dr. G. M.), Glaciation of Western Canada, 572 Dawson (Philip), Electric Traction in America and Europe, 379

Dawson (S. E.), Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel, North America: Vol. I. Canada and Newfoundland, 223

Dawson (Dr. S. E.), John Cabot's Landing-place in America, 616

Dead, the Book of the, E. A. Wallis Budge, F.S.A., 337
Deane (Henry), New Eucalyptus, 95

Décombe (L.), Direct Measurement of Period of Hertzian
Oscillations, 407

Deer, the Woburn Abbey, 201

Defacqz (Ed.), Iodide of Tungsten, 552

Delachanal (M.), Biological Preparation of Levulose from Mannite, 72

Deléarde (Dr.), Alcohol in Relation to Microbial Diseases, 355

Delépine (M.), Hydrocinnamide, 455

Delpino (Prof. T.), the Lesser Celandine, 517

Demoussy (E.), Oxidation of Aminonia Compounds by Soil Ferments, 310

Dendy (Prof. A.), Pontobolbos manaarensis, 119

Denigès (G.), General Reaction of Ethylenic Hydrocarbons, 624

Deniker (J.), Anthropological Characteristics of European Races, 351

Denning (W. F.), the Great Meteoric Shower of November, 7; the Leonid Display, 1897, 30, 82'; the November Meteors, 36; the Height of Meteors, 540; Presentation of Royal Astronomical Society's Gold Medal to W. F. Denning, 376; the Present Appearance of Jupiter, 586 Densities of Carbonic Oxide, Carbonic Anhydride, and Nitrous Oxide, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 208 Desgrez (A.), Decomposition of Chloroform and Bromoform by Liquid Potash, 95; Decomposition of Chloroform in Organism, 168; Mucinoid Substance produced by Bacteria, 431; Partial Decomposition of Chloroform in Organism, 480 Developmental Mechanics, Dr. Wilhelm Roux, 531 Devonshire (Duke of), Speech at the Anniversary Dinner of the Royal Society, 113; on Technical Education, 330 Devonshire Geologist, a, 4

Dew and Absorption, T. Wilson, 436

Dewar (Prof.), Detection of Impurities in Liquid Air, 93;
Absorption of Hydrogen by Palladium, 93

Diamond, Papers and Notes on the Genesis and Matrix of the,
Prof. Henry Carvill Lewis, F.R.S., 315
Diamonds, William Crookes, F.R.S., 315

Dianthacia, British Moths and the Genus, Charles G. Barrett,
W. F. Kirby, 460

Dibdin (W. J.), the Purification of Sewage and Water, 601 Dickson (J. D. H.), Electric Resistance of Wire and Temperature, 157

Differential Equations, Introductory Course in, D. A. Murray, 340

Differential Equations, Ordinary, with an Introduction to Lie's Theory of the Group of one Parameter, James Morris Page, 340

Diphtheria in Russia, Serum Treatment of, Dr. Rauchfuss, 351

Disease, the Winter Meteorology of Egypt, and its Influence on, H. E. Leigh Canney, 52

Disease, Air, Food, and Exercises; an Essay on the Predisposing Causes of, Dr. A. Rabagliati, 99

Diseases, Microbial, Alcohol in Relation to, Dr. Deléarde, 355 Divining Rod, a Mechanical Theory of the, Prof. M. E. Wadsworth, 221

Divisibility, a Test for, Henry T. Burgess, 8, 30

Divisibility, the Law of, Dr. C. Börgen, 54; a Correction,

136; Henry T. Burgess, 55

Division, Abridged Long, Rev. C. L. Dodgson, 269; Robert W. D. Christie, 390

Dixey (Dr. F. A.), Mr. Merrifield's Experiments on the Relation of Temperature to Variation, 184

Dixon (H. A. K.), Philip's Artistic Animal Studies, 606

June 16, 1898

Dixon (Dr. Henry H.), Coccoliths in our Coastal Waters, 80; Distribution of Coccoliths, 575; Transpiration into a Space saturated with Water, 173

Dixon (Will. A.), Insusceptibility of Insects to Poisons, 365 Dobbie (Prof. J. J.), Orthochlorobromo-benzene, 430; Connection between Electrical Properties and Chemical Composition of Various Glass, 500

Dodgson (Rev. C. L ), Abridged Long Division, 269
Dodgson (Rev. C. L.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 279
Dolbear (Prof. A.), Cricket-chirp and Temperature, 133
Domestic Economy, the Teacher's Manual of Object-Lessons
in, Vincent T. Murché, 463

Donnan (F. G.), Lord Rayleigh's Proof of Van 't Hoff's
Osmotic Theorem, 53

Doolittle (Prof. C. L.), Constant of Aberration, 472

Dorn (E.), Heating Effect of Röntgen Rays, 401

Double Stars: New Double Stars, R. T. A. Innes, 179

Double and Multiple Southern Stars, Dr. T. J. J. See, 617 Dowsing Faculty, the Supposed, Prof. W. F. Barrett, 79; the Writer of the Article, 80

Dragendorff (Dr. J. G. N.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 612 Drawing, Elementary, a Series of Practical Papers for Beginners, Elizabeth Moore Hallowell, 100

Driffield (V. C.), a New Actinograph, 471

Drouin (M.), Palladium Chloride as Detective of Minimal
Quantities of Carbon Monoxide, 552

Druce (Geo. Claridge), the Flora of Berkshire, 579
Drude (E.), Torsion and Magnetism, 401
Drude (P.), Optical Constants of Sodium, 500
Dublin Royal Society, 215, 239, 431, 526, 575

Dubois (E.), Variation of Brain-weights as Surface of Animal, 281

Ducamp (A.), Oysters and Typhoid Fever, 72 Dufour (Leon), Influence of Bismuth Subnitrates in Hardening of Cider. 239

Dugong, the, W. F. Sinclair, 198

Dumont (Eugène), Magnetic Properties of Nickel Steel, 479 Dunstan (W. R., F.R.S.), Indian and American Podophyllum, 430; Pharmacology of Aconitine, Diacetylaconitine, Benzaconine, and Aconine, 453; Iceland Spar from Kilwa Island, 491

Dust Fog in the Canaries, Prof. Augusto Arcimis, 582
Dust Shower, a, C. St. A. Coles, 463
Dymond (T. S.), Damage to Agricultural Soil by Salt-water
Flood, 490

Dynamics: the Treatment of Parallelograms of Velocities, R.
F. Muirhead, 86; Waves in Medium having Periodic Dis-
continuity of Structure, Prof. H. Lamb, 143; Dynamical
Illustrations of Certain Optical Phenomena, Prof. J. D.
Everett, 477

Early Man in Scotland, Sir Wm. Turner, F. R.S., 234, 256
Early Spring Flowers, Miss E. Armitage, 365

Earth Movements, Modification of the Great Lakes by, Prof.
G. K. Gilbert, 211

Earthquakes the Calcutta Earthquake of June 12, Prof. F. Omori, 59; Recent Seismology, Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., 246, 272; Earthquake in North Britain, James M'Cubbin, 391; Earthquakes in Montserrat, H. Hamilton, 543; Earthquake in California, 565

Easterfield (T. H.), Cannabinol, 525

Ebert (W.), New Method for Determining the Vertical, 191 Eclipses the Total Eclipse of the Sun, 35, 105, 294, 325, 365 Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C. B., F.R.S., 342; Arrival of Eclipse Parties at Bombay, 230; Partial Eclipse of the Moon, 207; Eclipse Negatives, 419; Total Solar Eclipse of 1900, 159

Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 142, 191, 310, 431, 526
Edinburgh, Meteorology of, R. C. Mossman, 86
Edinburgh Royal Society, 191, 287, 309, 503, 575
Edridge-Green (F. W.), Memory and its Cultivation, 197
Edser (Edwin), Extension of Maxwell's Electro-magnetic
Theory of Light, 599

Education International Congress on Technical Education, 9; Progress of Technical Education, 259; the Duke of Devonshire on Technical Education, 330; the Teacher's Manual of Object Lessons in Domestic Economy, Vincent T. Murché, 463; the Science Buildings at South Kensington, 485; the London University Bill, 587

Eggs, some Rare Birds', 438

Egypt the Winter Meteorology of Egypt and its Influence on Disease, H. E. Leigh Canney, 52; the Dawn of Civilization, Egypt and Chaldæa, G. Maspero, 196; the Book of the Dead, E. A. Wallis Budge, F.S.A., 337; Discovery of Tomb of Amenophis II. by M. Loret, 566; Recherches_sur_les Origines de l'Egypte : Ethnographie Prehistorique et Tombeau Royal de Negadah, J. de Morgan, 578; the Metals used by the Great Nations of Antiquity, Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F. R.S., 594

Ehrenreich (Dr.), the Guayaki of Paraguay, 551 Ekenstein (A. van), Caroubinose and d-Mannose, 72 Electricity on the Constitution of the Electric Spark, Prof. Arthur Schuster, F. R.S., 17; a Link in the Evolution of a certain Form of Induction Coil, Rev. F. J. Jervis-Smith, F. R.S., 30; Retardation of Spark Discharge, E. Warburg, 92; Electricity and Magnetism for Beginners, F. W. Sanderson, 29; the Theory of Electricity and Magnetism, being Lectures on Mathematical Physics, A. G. Webster, 49; Practical Electricity and Magnetism, John Henderson, 509; the Magnetic Circuit, H. du Bois, Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S., 385; a Magnetic Storm, Dr. Charles Chree, F.R.S., 492; Electric Movements on Air and Water, with Theoretical Inferences, Lord Armstrong, F.R.S., 31; Electrical Oscillations in Wires, H. C. Pocklington, 47; Lectures on Physiology, first series, on Animal Electricity, A. D. Waller, F.R.S., 50; les fours Électriques et leurs Applications, Ad. Minet, 53; Bibliography of X-Ray Literature and Research, 53; Mechanism of Conductordischarge by Röntgen Rays, G. Sagnac, 263; Emission of Secondary Rays in Air under X-Rays, G. Sagnac, 407; Diffusion of Röntgen Rays, Drs. Malagoli and Bonacini, 545; La Teoria dei Raggi Röntgen, Prof. Filippo Re, 483; Heilmann's Electric Locomotive, 58; Dielectric Constants at Low Temperatures, R. Abegg, 70; Depolarisation of Mercury and Platinum Electrodes, K. R. Klein, 70; Electro-chemical Method of converting Alternating into Direct Currents, L. Graetz, 70; Photo-electric Properties of Fluorspar and Selenium, G. C. Schmidt, 92; Mutual Influence of Kathode Rays, J. Bernstein, 92; Nature of Coloration of Salts by Kathode Rays, R. Abegg, 92; Deflection and Reflection with Two Kathodes, Dr. Tollenaar, 96; Chemical Effect of Impact of Kathode Rays, Prof. J. J. Thomson and Mr. Skinner, 119; Deflection of Kathode Rays; W. Kaufmann and E. Aschkinass, 238; Magnetic Deflection of Kathode Rays, W. Kaufmann, 238; Kathode Rays, E. Wiedemann and G. C. Schmidt, 238; Colour-Changes of Salts under Kathodic Rays, Profs. Elster and Geitel, 255; Relation between Positive Light and Dark Kathode Space, E. Wiedemann, 402; Properties of Kathodes in Magnetic Field, André Broca. 479; Composition of Kathode Rays, M. Villard, 545; Electric Decomposition of Kathode Rays, Dr. J. R. von Geitler, 545; Temperature Variations in E. M.F. of H-form of Clark Cells, W. L. Waters, 71; Electric Balloon Signalling as applied to Arctic Exploration, E. S. Bruce, 85; Electric Observations by Balloon, R. Bornstein, 238; "Nymph Attachment for Pleasure-craft, 86; the Carbon Electric Arc, R. Herzfeld, 92; Conductivity of Electrodes for Rapid Oscillations, J. A. Erskine, 92; Absorption of Electric Oscillations by Luminescent Gases, E. Wiedemann and G. C. Schmidt, 92; Temperature-Coefficient of Potential of Calomel Electrode, T. W. Richards, 104; Failure of German Silver and Platinoid Wires, Rollo Appleyard, 116; the Material of Resistance-Coil Wires in Tropical Climates, Rollo Appleyard, 418; Electric Resistance of Wire and Temperature, J. D. H. Dickson, 157; Thermostat for Drying Varnish on Coils, W. Watson, 117; a Pocket Voltmeter, M. Joyce, 119; Projected Exploiting of the Trollhättan Waterfalls, 135; the Capillary Electrometer, G. J. Burch, 148; Temperature Compensators for Standard Cells, Albert Campbell, 166; the Zeeman Effect Photographed, Thos. Preston, 173; Electrical Measurements by Alternating Currents, H. A. Rowland, 189; Electric Conductivity of Nitric Acid, V. H. Veley, F.R.S., and J. J. Manley, 190; Cause of Irregularities in Clarke's Weston-Element, Dr. Cohen, 192; Motive Power and Gearing for Electrical Machinery, E. Tremlett Carter, Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S., 193; the Local Distribution of Electric Power in Workshops, Ernest Kilburn Scott, 197; the Magnetic Properties and Electrical Resistance of Iron at High Temperatures, Dr. David K. Morris, 232; Origin of Contact Electricity, C. Christiansen, 237; Temperature of

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Mercury Arc Lamp Electrodes, L. Arons, 238; the Elements of Electro-Chemistry, Dr. Robert Lüpke, 243; the ElectroChemical Industries, J. W. Swan, F.R.S., 284; Current Intensity of Lightning-Flash, F. Pockels, 301; Cause of Death by Electric Shock, Prof. T. Oliver and Dr. R. A. Bolam, 302; a Thermometric Mercury Ammeter, Ch. Camichel, 310; Resistance of Crystallised Silicon, F. Le Roy, 310; Phosphorescence produced by Electrification, J. Trowbridge and J. E. Burbank, 333; Electric Signalling without Conducting Wires, Prof. Oliver Lodge, 334; a Tesla Oscillator, 335; the Refraction of Electric Waves, Prof. Jagadis Chunder Bose, 353; Electroscopic Detection of Electric Waves, A. Toepler, 401; Novelty in Vacuum Tubes, Prof. Trowbridge and Mr. Burbank, 371; Electric Traction in America and Europe, Philip Dawson, 379; Electro-Magnetic Induction in Current Sheets, G. H. Bryan, 382; Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions of Potassium and Sodium Sulphates, É. H. Archibald, 398; Reversal of Valve Action in Discharge Tubes, E, Hagenbach, 401; Theory of Galvanic Polarisation, A. Oberbeck, 401; Excitation of Stationary Waves by Spark Discharges, F. Melde, 401; Stratified Discharge in Open Air, Max Toepler, 401; Counter Electromotive Force of Aluminium, V. von Lang, 401; Influence of Magnetism on Strength of Electric Vacuum Discharges, A. Paalzow and F. Neesen, 402; Magnetic and Electric Wind, O. Lehmann, 402; Chemical Actions of Silent Discharge, M. Berthelot, 431, 455, 479, 503; Direct Measurement of Period of Hertzian Oscillations, L. Décombe, 407; New Contact-Breaker for Induction Coils, V. Crémieu, 407; Recherches expérimentales sur quelque Actinomètres Electrochimiques, H. Rigollot, 411; Electrolytic Reflectors, Sherard Cowper-Coles, 419; Influence of Silent Discharge on Air, W. A. Shenstone and W. T. Evans, 430; the Electrician Electrical Trades Directory and Handbook for 1898, 435 ; the Universal Electrical Directory, 435; Kelvin Quadrant Electrometer as Wattmeter and Voltmeter, Ernest Wilson, 453; the Theory of Alternating Currents, W. G. Rhodes, 454; Student's Guide to Submarine Cable-testing, H. K. C. Fisher and J. C. H. Darby, 459; Temperature of Incandescent Lamps, P. Janet, 479; Explosion of Marsh-gas Mixtures by Electric Currents, H. Couriot and J. Meunier, 479; Preparation of Beryllium by Electrolysis, P. Lebeau, 479; Molecular Mechanism of Electrolytes, W. M. Hamlet, 494; Canal Rays, E. Goldstein, 500; Potential Gradients in Vacuum Tubes, W. P. Graham, 500; Connection between Electrical Proper. ties and Chemical Composition of Various Glass, Prof. Andrew Gray, F. R.S., and Prof. J. J. Dobbie, 500; Discharge by Ultra-violet Light, E. Rutherford, 503; Conductivity of Thin Silver Plates, G. Vincent, 503; Journal of Electricity, 524; Circulation of Gaseous Matter in Crookes' Tube, A. A. C. Swinton, 525; Thermo-electric Pyrometers, A. Stansfield, 525; the Kinetic, Theory of Gases, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 536; L'Électro-chimie, Production Électrolytique des Composés Chimiques, A. Minet, 561; Present State of Supply of Electricity in London, A. H. Preece, 566; Electric Conductivity of Solution of Permanganate of Potassium, Emmanuel Legrand, 576; Telegraphy by Circuit, Dr. Slaby, 589; New Coherer for Wireless Telegraphy, Dr. H. Ruff, 612; Extension of Maxwell's Electromagnetic Theory of Light, Edwin Edser, 599; Rays emitted by Uranium and Thorium Compounds, Slodowska Curie, 600; Helios Company Model illustrating Three-phase Method of transmitting Power, Prof. S. P. Thompson, 623 Elementary Practical Physiography, John Thornton, 244 Elements of Electro-Chemistry, the, Dr. Robert Lüpke, 243

Elliot (D. G.), the Gallinaceous Game Birds of North America,

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Enchanted Mesa, an, F. W. Hodge, 450

Energy, the Principle of Conservation of, Hans Januschke, Prof. G. II. Bryan, F. R.S., 74

Engelmann's (Prof. T. W.), Spectroscopic Tables, 85 English Beaver Park, an, C. J. Cornish, 130 Engineering: Heilmann's Electric Locomotive, 58; Microscopic Observations on Fatigue Deteriorations in Steel Rails, Thomas Andrews, 58; Projected Electrical Exploitation of Trollhättan Waterfalls, 135; the Law of Condensation of Steam, Prof. Hugh L. Callendar, F.R.S., and John T. Nicholson, 139; Premium Award of Institution of Civil Engineers, 177; Motive Power and Gearing for Electrical Machinery, E. Tremlett Carter, Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S., 193; the Local Distribution of Electric Power in Workshops, Ernest Kilburn Scott, 197; on a Method of Determining the Reactions at the Points of Support of Continuous Beams, Geo. Wilson, 238; Death of Sir C. H. Gregory, 253; Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 379; Electric Traction in America and Europe, Philip Dawson, 379; Report of Gas Engine Research Committee of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Prof. F. W. Burstall, 379; Whittaker's Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book, Philip R. Björling, 434; Student's Guide to Submarine Cable-Testing, H. K. C. Fisher and J. C. H. Darby, 459; Death of Sir Henry Bessemer, F.R.S., 468; Obituary Notice of, 487; Death and Obituary Notice of James I'Anson, 566; Tractive Resistance of Express Trains, 611 Entomology: Researches on Mimicry on the Basis of a Natural Classification of the Papilionidæ, Dr. Erich Haase, 1, 25; Mimicry in Insects, Roland Trimen, F.R.S., 304; Protective and Pseudo-Mimicry, Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart., 364; Protective Mimicry and Common Warning Colours, Prof. Edward B. Poulton, F.R.S., 389; a Bee's Movements in a Room, J. Parkin, 8; Insects on the Summit of Mauna Loa, Dr. H. B. Guppy, 20; Insects and Colour, Rev. Alfred Thornley, 30; Entomological Society, 71, 118, 167, 309, 383, 454, 501, 526, 623; Remarkable Termite Mounds of Australia, W. Saville-Kent, 81; Effect of Temperature on Hibernation of Injurious Insects, Dr. L. O. Howard, 85; Attraction of Flowers for Insects, Sir John Lubbock, 94; Flowers and Insects, Prof. F. Plateau, 179, 255; Life Histories of American Insects, C. M. Weed, 99; Useful Insect Products, Dr. L. O. Howard, 114; Fire-fly Light, Dr. Carlo del Lungo, 130; Cricket-Chirp and Temperature, Prof. A. Dolbear, 133; the Germinative Plates of Coleoptera, A. Lécaillon, 143; the Rouget Parasite, M. Brucker, 143; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. G. H. Horn, 156, 323; Destructive Propensities of Dermestes vulpinis, Mr. Blandford, 167; the Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly in December, W. F. Kirby, 173; Mr. Merrifield's Experiments on the Relation of Temperature to Variation, Dr. F. A. Dixey, 184; Entomology of Hawaiian Islands, R. C. L. Perkins, 190; Scale Insects and Ladybirds, Mr. Froggatt, 216; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. E. L. Taschenberg, 300; Insusceptibility of Insects to Poisons, Will. A. Dixon, 365; the Reviewer, 365; Miss H. B. Potter, 412; the San José Scale, R. Newstead, 440; the Lepidoptera of the British Islands, Charles G. Barrett, W. F. Kirby, 460; the Gipsy Moth in Massachusetts, L. O. Howard, 491; Ants and Aphides, J. G. Goudie, 517; Report of Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests during the Year 1897, Eleanor A. Ormerod, 558

Equations, Differential, Introductory Course in, D. A. Murray, 340

Equilibriums, Graphic Representation by means of 5-Function of, Prof. van der Waals, 95 Erlanger (Dr. R. von), Death of, 253

Erskine (J. A.), Conductivity of Electrodes for Rapid Oscillia tions, 92

Eschenhagen (Dr.), Magnetic Observations in the Hartz Mountains, 318

Escombe (F.), Note on the Influence of very Low Temperature on the Germinative Power of Seeds, 138

Espin (Rev. T. E.), a Probable New Star, 374; a Remarkable
Object, 400

Etard (A.), a Crystallised Hydride of Dicamphene, 407
Ether, the Isothermals of, J. Rose-Innes, 70
Ethnography: Further Explorations in American Mounds, 400
Ethnology: the Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Or-
naments of Great Britain, Sir John Evans, K.C.B., 290; an
Enchanted Mesa, F. W. Hodge, 450 ; Origin of Australasian

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Eucalyptus, New, Henry Dean and J. H. Maiden, 95
Euclid's Elements of Geometry, Books I. and II., Charles
Smith and Sophie Bryant, 433

Europe, the Tailless Batrachians of, G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., 577

Evans (Sir John, K.C.B.), the Ancient Stone Implements,
Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, 290
Evans (Thomas J.), Notes on Carpentry and Joinery, 602
Evans (W. T.), Influence of Silent Electrical Discharge on Air,
430

Everett (Prof. J. D.), Dynamical Illustrations of certain
Optical Phenomena, 477

Evolution: Random Selection, Prof. Karl Pearson, F.R.S.,
N. L. G. Filon, 210; the Law of Ancestral Heredity, Prof.
Karl Pearson, F. R.S., 452

Ewart (Prof. J. C., F.R.S.), Zebra Horse Hybrids, 397
Ewing (Prof. J. A., F.R.S.), Applied Mechanics, Prof. John
Perry, F.R.S., 313; Dr. Linde's Method of Producing Ex-
treme Cold and Liquefying Air, 469
Examinations, Report on Technological, 40
Explorations in American Mounds, Further, 400
Explosion Waves, the Collision of Two, R. H. Jones and J.
Bower, 383

Explosives: Death and Obituary Notice of Col. Sir V. D.
Majendie, 612

Eykman (Mr.), Influence of Seasons on Combustion of Nutritive Matter in Man, 263

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Faraday's Lines of Force, some Errata in Maxwell's Paper on,
Prof. Ludwig Boltzman, 77

Farnkräuter der Erde, Die, Dr. H. Christ, 338
Fauna, Antarctic: Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic Ex-
pedition, Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., 427; Prof. D'Arcy W.
Thompson, 427

Fauna, Subterranean, A. Viré, 301

Faurie (G. A.), Effects of Longitudinal Stress on Metals, 359
Fayrer (Surgeon-General Sir Joseph), Biography of Inspector-
General Sir James Ranald Martin, F.R.S., 462
Feilmann (M. E.), Formation of Hydrolysis of Esters, 239
Fenton (H. J. H.), Dihydroxytartaric Acid, 166; Volumetric
Estimation of Sodium, 383

Fergusson (S. P.), Highest Kite Ascensions in 1897, 372 Fergussonite, Prof. W. Ramsay, F.R.S., and M. W. Travers, 381

Fermentation, Yeast and Alcoholic, Prof. J. Reynolds Green,
F.R.S., 591

Ferns of Nicaragua, the, B. Shimek, 373
Ferret and Trout, J. Robson, 300

Fertility of the Land, the, Isaac P. Roberts, 75
Féry (Ch.), Application of Photographic Irradiation, 527
Fever, Mediterranean, Malta or Undulant, Louis Hughes, 581
Fiji Group, Coral Reefs of, A. Agassiz, 405
Filon (N. L. G.), Random Selection, 210
Filters, Water, the Efficiency of, 324

Filtration, Sterilisation of Liquids by, J. Hausser, 504
Finck (E.), Action of Carbon Monoxide on Palladious Chloride,
455

Fire-fly Light, Dr. Carlo del Lungo, 130

Fischer (A.), Untersuchungen über den Bau der Cyanophyceen und Bakterien, 29

Fischer (Prof. T.), the Lake of Garda Moraine Ampitheatre, 441

Fisher (H. K. C.), Student's Guide to Submarine CableTesting, 459

Fisheries Exhibition, Liverpool, 13

Fishing Manner of obtaining Silkworm Gut, 158
Fitzgerald (Prof.), Cause of Doubling in Zeeman Effect, 334
Five-fingered Crab, R. I. Pocock, 436

Flammarion (M. Camille), Cinematograph in Astronomy, 419

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Flanery (David), the Variability of Mira Ceti, 245
Fletcher (Thomas), the Commercial Uses of Coal Gas, 29
Fleurent (Emile), Manuel d'Analyse Chimique Appliquée a
l'examen des produits Industriels et Commerciaux, 267
Flight, Artificial, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 135
Flora of Berkshire, the, Geo. Claridge Druce, 579
Flour, Detection of Sawdust in, G. A. Le Roy, 576
Flower Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand, the, Mrs.
Rowan, 436

Flowers, Abnormal Colours of, Hector Colwell, 129

Flowers blooming out of Season, the Colours of, E. HughesGibb, 100

Flowers, Early Spring, Miss E. Armitage, 365

Flowers and Insects, Sir John Lubbock, 94; Prof. F. Plateau, 179, 255

Fluorescing Bodies, on the Absorption of Light by, Prof. C. E. Guillaume, John Burke, 427

Fluorine, the Liquefaction of, 82

Flying Machine, a Railroad, Profs. Langley and Watkins, 156 Fog, Dust, in the Canaries, Prof. Augusto Arcimis, 582 Folgheraiter (Prof.), the Magnetic Properties of Etruscan Vases, 281

Folk Lore: Gleanings from the Natural History of the Ancients, Rev. M. G. Watkins, 146; Christmas Mummers, Laurence Gomme, F.S.A., 175; on Augury from Combat of Shell-fish, Kumagusu Minakata, 342; the Mandrake, Kumagusu Minakata, 412; Marriage Customs in Many Lands, Rev. H. N. Hutchinson, 535

Fonvielle (W. de), les Ballons-Sondes, 76; the International Balloon Conference, 565

Food Sugar superior to Fat as Food, A. Chauveau, 503

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Fordham (H. G.), the Hereford Earthquake in Hertfordshire, 229
Forestry: Bau und Leben unserer Waldbaume, Dr. M. Büsgen,
William Somerville, 126; Forests and Rainfall, Prof. H. A.
Hazen, 213; Practical Forestry, C. E. Curtis, 292
Formosa, Aborigines of, Albrecht Wirth, 518

Forsyth (Prof. A. R., F.R.S.), the Integration of Partial
Differential Equations, 262

Forthcoming Books of Science, 497

Fossils: Spencerites, D. H. Scott, F.R.S., 142

Foster (Prof. Michael, Sec. R. S.), Presidential Address in Section I of the British Association, 20; Marcello Malpighi e l'opera sua, Scritti Varii, 529

Foundations of Scientific Agriculture, the, Samuel Cooke, 243
Fours Electriques et leurs Applications, les, Ad. Minet, 53
Fowler (A.), the Concise Knowledge of Astronomy, 266
Fowler (Henry), Calcium Carbide and Acetylene, 523
Fowling, a History of, being an Account of the many Curious
Devices by which Wild Birds are, or have been, captured in
different parts of the World, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, 98
Franchimont (Prof.), Action of Nitric Acid on Methyl Nitra-
mines, 192

Frankland (P.), Effect of Chloracetyl Groups on Rotary Power
of Methylic and Ethylic Glycerates and Tartrates, 383
Frankland (Mrs. Percy), Sewer Gas and its Influence on
Health, 387

Freezing Point, Boiling Point, and Conductivity Methods, the,
Harry C. Jones, 606

Freire (Dr. D.), the Yellow Fever Bacillus, 24
Frenzel (Dr. J.), Death of, 85

Frog Larvæ, Influence of Wave-movement on Development of,
E. Yung, 600

Froggatt (Mr.), Scale Insects and Ladybirds, 215
Frye (C. C.), Action of Bromine on Benzene, 478
Funafuti, Coral Boring at, Prof. Edgeworth David, Prof. T. G.
Bonney, F.R.S., 137; Prof. J. W. Judd, 501

Fungi: the Laboulbeniace, a New Field of Study among,
Roland Thaxter, 620

Gabba (Prof. Dr. Luigi), Manuale del Chimico e dell' Industriale, 7

Gale of November 28-29, the, 178

Gallinaceous Game Birds of North America, the, D. G. Elliot,

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Game Birds of North America, the Gallinaceous, D. G. Elliot, 219

Garbasso (Dr.), Researches on Röntgen Rays, 544
Garden, the Chemistry of the, Herbert H. Cousins, 463
Gardiner (C. J.), Geology of Lambay Island, 167

Gardiner (J. S.), Geology of Rotuma, 117; the Coral Reefs of
Funafuti, Rotuma, and Fiji, 502

Gardner (J. A.), Oxidation of Fenchene, 358

Garrigou (F.), Means of augmenting Intensity and Rapidity of Action of Rontgen Rays, 600

Garwood (E. J.), Glacial Geology of Spitsbergen, 405

Gas: the Commercial Uses of Coal Gas, Thos. Fletcher, 29; Discovery of a Large Supply of "Natural Gas" at Waldron, Sussex, Charles Dawson, 150; Gas Mixtures, A. Leduc, 310; the Law of, A. Leduc, 440; Determination of Density of Gas on very small volumes, Th. Schloesing, jun., 314; Measurement of Density of, Th. Schloesing, jun., 374; Report of Gas Engine Research Committee of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Prof. F. W. Burstall, 379

Gases, the Refractivities of Various, Prof. W. Ramsay, F.R.S., and M. W. Travers, 189; the Constitution and Function of, Severinus J. Corrigan, 316; the Kinetic Theory and Radiant Energy, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 536

Gautier (A.), Estimation of Carbon Monoxide largely diluted with Air, 503; Action of Reagents on Carbon Monoxide, 526; Method of estimating Carbon Monoxide in Air, 552 Geikie (Sir Archibald, F. R.S.), the Founders of Geology, 169; Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic Expedition, 426 Geitel (Prof.), Colour Changes of Salts under Kathodic Rays, 255

Geitler (Dr. J. R. von), Electric and Magnetic Decomposition of Kathode Rays, 545 Geminid Meteors, 136

Genesis and Matrix of the Diamond, Papers and Notes on the, Prof. Henry Carvill Lewis, F.R.S., 315

Genève, Memoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève, 244

Geoghegan (S.), the Critical Temperature of Water, 101 Geography: Death of Sir Rutherford Alcock, 12; on the Summit of Mauna Loa, Dr. H. B. Guppy, 20; Palestine Exploration, Lieut. -Colonel C. R. Conder, 21; the JacksonHarmsworth Arctic Expedition, 40; Volcanoes of North America, Israel C. Russell, 73; Chauncy Maples, D.D., a Sketch of his Life with Selections from his Letters, 76; Alaska, T. G. Brady, 103; the Arctic Work of Mr. R. E. Peary, 132; Death of G. G. Hubbard, 156; Obituary Notice of, 254; Hints to Teachers and Students on the choice of Geographical Books for Reference and Reading, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 172; British Central Africa, Sir Harry H. Johnston, 174; Death of Prof. W. Joest, 204; Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel, North America, S. E. Dawson, Vol. I. Canada and Newfoundland, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 223; Death of Dr. Eugen Zintgraff, 228; Obituary Notice of, 254; the Noreia of Polybius and of Castorius, Fritz Pichler, 256; First Book of Physical Geography, Ralph S. Tarr, 268; a Run Round the Empire: being the Log of Two Young People who Circumnavigated the Globe, Dr. Alex. Hill, 316; Mr. H. S. H. Cavendish on his Journey to Lake Rudolf, 331; Variation of Water Level under Wind Pressure, A. R. Hunt, 365; Crater Lake, Oregon, 375; Izvestia of Russian Society, 189, 381, 396; Coral Reefs of Fiji Group, A. Agassiz, 405; the Navigability of the Mekong, Comte P. de Barthelémy, 419; Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic Expedition, Sir Clements Markham, F.R.S., 424; the Navigability of the Niger, Lieut. de Chevigné, 442; an Enchanted Mesa, F. W. Hodge, 450; the Spitsbergen Glaciers, 472; Zoological Evidence of Connection of Lake Tanganyika with Sea, J. E. S. Moore, 476; a History of Ancient Geography, H. F. Tozer, 482; Submarine Geography, Sir James Hector, F. R.S., 495; Antarctica, Sir James Hector, F.R.S., 496; the Exploration of Central Australia, W. H. Tietkins, 496; Korea and her Neighbours, Mrs. Bishop, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 512; the Triangulation of Sumatra, Mr. Muller, 527; from Tonkin to India by the Sources of the Irawadi, Prince Henri d'Orleans, 557; John Cabot's Landing-place, Dr. S. E. Dawson, 616

Geology a Memoir of William Pengelly of Torquay, F. R.S., Geologist, with a Selection from his Correspondence, 4

Small Scale of Experiments Unimportant, W. Prinz, 14; Obituary Notice of Rev. P. B. Brodie, 31; Geologists in Canada, 62; Geology of Southern Patagonia, J. B. Hatcher, 70; Former Extension of Appalachians, J. C. Branner, 70; Volcanoes of North America, Israel C. Russell, 73; a Geological Map of the Southern Transvaal, F. H. Hatch, 77; Geology of Western Australia, Dr. O. Holst, 86; Geological Society, 93, 117, 166, 238, 309, 359, 405, 501, 551, 599; Geology of Carshalton Sewerage Works, W. W. Watts, 93; Geology of Hendon-Edgware Sewerage Works, Dr. H. Hicks, F.R.S., 93; Quartzite from Criccieth, H. B. Woodward, 93; Paleontology of English Brachyura, James Carter, 93; Geology of Moluccas, Prof. Martin, 95; Geology and Sanitary Science, W. Whitaker, F.R.S., 101, 319; H. B. Woodward, 319; Geology of Rotuma, J. S. Gardiner, 117, the Coral Reefs of Rotuma, J. S. Gardiner, 502; Geology of Witwatersrand, Dr. F. H. Hatch, 117; Spencerites, D. H. Scott, F.R.S., 142; a Handbook to the Geology of Cambridgeshire for the use of Students, F. R. Cowper Reed, 149; Geology of Lambay Island, C. J. Gardiner and S. H. Rey. nolds, 167; the Founders of Geology, Sir Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., Prof. T. McKenny Hughes, F. R.S., 169; Cordieritebearing rock from Broken Hill, Australia, J. C. Moulden, 192; Nickeliferous Opal in Never-Never Ranges, N.S. W., D. A. Porter, 192; Notions Générales sur l'Écorce Terrestre, Prof. A. de Lapparent, 196; Crystalline Gneisses Representative of Portions of Original Earth Crusts, J. Lomas, 205; the Northam Pebble Ridge, W. H. Wheeler, 209; Modifica tion of the Great Lakes by Earth Movement, Prof. G. K. Gilbert, 211; Early Man in Scotland, Sir Wm. Turner, F.R.S., 234, 256; Pyromerides of Boulay Bay, J. Parkinson, 238; Exploration of Ty Newydd Cave, Rev. G. Č. H. Pollen, 238; the Glacial Period and the Irish Fauna, G. W. Lamplugh, 245; the Glacial Period and the Irish Fauna, Dr. R. F. Scharff, 341; G. W. Lamplugh, 342; Basalts of Bathurst, New South Wales, W. J. C. Ross, 288; Structure of Davos Valley, A. S. Jennings, 309; Papers and Notes on the Genesis and Matrix of the Diamond, Prof. Henry Carvill Lewis, F.R.S., 315; Diamonds, William Crookes, F. R.S., 315; the Lava-Sheets of Franz Josef Land, Messrs. Newton and Teall, 324; the Bagshot Gravels, H. W. Monckton, 359; Chloritoid in Kincardineshire, George Barrow, 359; Cheltenham as a Holiday Resort, S. S. Buckman, 364; Death and Obituary Notice of John Carrick Moore, 370; Crater Lake, Oregon, 375; Notes on some Volcanic Phenomena in Armenia, T. McKenny Hughes, F.R.S., 392; Man in Relation to the Glacial Period, Dr. H. Hicks, F.R.S., 402; Glacial Geology of Spitsbergen, E. J. Garwood and Dr. J. W. Gregory, 405; Quartz-rock in Carboniferous Limestone of Derbyshire, H. H. Arnold-Bemrose, 406; Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic Expedition, the Duke of Argyll, F. R.S., 423; Sir Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., 426; Geological Photographs, Prof. W. W. Watts, 437; the Lake of Garda Moraine Amphitheatre, Prof. T. Fischer, 441; Sedimentary Erratics of Kloosterholt, J. H. Bonnerra, 455; the Spitsbergen Glaciers, 472; the Lake Superior Iron Ore Region, Bennett H. Brough, 473; Submerged Rock Valleys in South Wales, Devon, and Cornwall, T. Codrington, 479; New Carboniferous Plants, W. L. Gresley, 479; the Mines of New South Wales, C. W. Carpenter, 484; the Submerged River Valleys and Escarpments off the British Coast, Prof. Edward Hull, F. R.S., 484; Sub-Oceanic Terraces and River Valleys of the Bay of Biscay, Prof. Edward Hull, F.R.S., 582; Twenty-first Annual Report of the Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Indiana, W. S. Blatchley, 484; Early Life on the Earth, Prof. F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., 494; the Funafuti Coral Boring Expedition, Prof. T. W. E. David, 494; Lowest Core from Funafuti Borings, Prof. J. W. Judd, 501; the Coral Reefs of Funafuti, Rotuma, and Fiji, J. S. Gardiner, 502; Geology of West Australia, E. L. Pittman, 495; Artesian Water in New South Wales, Rev. J. M. Curran, 495; Glaciation in Australia, Rev. J. M. Curran, 495; Glacial Traces in Inman Valley, South Australia, Prof. David and Walter Howchin, 495; Glacial Boulders at Yellow Cliff, Central Australia, Prof. W. B. Spencer and P. M. Byrne, 495; Glacial Evidence in Bacchus Marsh District, C. C. Brittlebank, G. Sweet, and Prof. David, 495; Auriferous Conglomerate of Transvaal, G. F. Becker, 500; Clipperton Atoll, RearAdmiral Sir W. J. Wharton, F.R.S., 502; Phosphotised

Trachyte from Clipperton Atoll, J. J. H. Teall, F.R.S., 502; Hann, Hochstetter, Pokorny-Allgemeine Erdkunde, Prof. Ed. Brückner, 534; Eocene Deposits of Devon, Clement Reid, 551; Outlier of Cenomanian and Turonian near Honiton, R. T. Jukes-Browne, 551; Cone-in-Cone, W. S. Gresley, 551; Glaciation of North America, 571; Continental Elevation of Glacial Epoch, Dr. J. W. Spencer, 571; PreGlacial Decay of Rocks in Eastern Canada, R. Chalmers, 571; Glaciation of North-Western Canada, J. B. Tyrrell, 572; Glaciation of Western Canada, Dr. G. M. Dawson, 572; Southern Lobe of Laurentian Ice-Sheet, Prof. C. H. Hitchcock, 572; Glaciation of Don Valley, Prof. A. P. Coleman, 572; Drift Phenomena of Puget Sound, Bayley Willis, 573; Glacial Phenomena of Western New York, Prof. II. L. Fairchild, 573; Relation of Champlain Submergence to Great Lakes and Niagara, F. B. Taylor, 573; the Phlegræan Fields, R. J. Günther, 583; Palæolithic Implements from Plateau-gravels, W. Cunnington, 599; Death and Obituary Notice of Jules Marcou, 612; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. J. S. Hyland, 612

Geometry: Obituary Notice of Rev. C. L. Dodgson, 279; Geometry of Differential Expressions in Hexaspherical Coordinates, Dr. V. Snyder, 357; Analytic Geometry for Technical Schools and Colleges, P. A. Lambert, 292; Geometry for Beginners, G. M. Minchin, F.R.S., 433; Euclid's Elements of Geometry, Books I. and II., Charles Smith and Sophie Bryant, 433.

Germinative Power of Seeds, Note on the Influence of very Low Temperature on the, Horace T. Brown, F.R.S., 138, 150; F. Escombe, 138

Geyser-Action, a New Theory of, Prof. T. C. Porter, 454
Ghersi (I.), Leghe Metalliche ed Amalgame, 7
Giacosa (Prof. P.), Physiological Effect of High Altitudes, 204
Gilbert (Prof. G. K.), Modification of the Great Lakes by Earth
Movements, 211

Giglioli (Prof. Italo), Does a Phosphorescent South American
Liana exist? 412

Gill (Dr.), Parallax of Sirius, 374; Parallaxes of Stars, 400 Gin (M.), Dissociation of Barium and Manganese Carbides, 479

Giraffe from the Niger Territories, W. Hume McCorquodale, 389

Giran (H.), Combination of Phosphoric Anhydrides with Benzene, 431

Girard (Prof. Aimé), Death and Obituary Notice of, 587 Glacial Geology of Spitsbergen, E. J. Garwood and Dr. J. W. Gregory, 405

Glacial Period and the Irish Fauna, the, G. W. Lamplugh, 245, 342; Dr. R. F. Scharff, 341, 342

Glacial Period, Man in Relation to the, Dr. H. Hicks, F.R.S,

402

Glaciation in Australia, Prof. T. W. E. David, Walter Howchin,
Prof. W. B. Spencer, P. M. Byrne, C. C. Brittlebank, G.
Sweet, Rev. J. M. Curran, 495
Glaciation of North America, Dr. J. W. Spencer, 571: R.
Chalmers, 571; L. B. Tyrrell, 572; Dr. G. M. Dawson,
572; Prof. C. H. Hitchcock, 572; Prof. A. P. Coleman,
572; Bayley Willis, 573; Prof. H. L. Fairchild, 573; F. B.
Taylor, 573

Glaciation, Recent Papers on, 571
Glaciers, the Spitsbergen, 472

Gladstone (Dr. J. H., F.R.S.), the Metals used by the Great
Nations of Antiquity, 594

Glass, Connection between Electrical Properties and Chemical
Composition of Different Kinds of, Prof. Andrew Gray,
F.R.S., and Prof. J. J. Dobbie, 500
Glass, Expansion by Heat of, Albert Campbell, 166
Globe, Climatology of the, Julius Hann, 290
Globus, 551

Gloucester's Small-pox Epidemic, the Story of, 221; Alex.
Wheeler, 537, 606

Glow-worm Light, H. Muraoka and M. Kasuya, 500 Glycerinated Calf Lymph for Protective Vaccination against Small-pox, on the Use of, 391

Gold: the Treatment of Stamp Battery Slimes from Gold Ores, W. A. Caldecott, 129; Gold in Silver, R. F. Arnott, 205; Tetrahedric Crystal of Gold, Prof. Martin, 455; Auriferous Conglomerate of Transvaal, G. F. Becker, 500; Gold Production in Canada, 517

Goldstein (E.), Canal Rays, 500

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