Masters of Medicine, John Hunter, Stephen Paget, 194;
William Harvey, D'Arcy Power, F.S. A., 481
Mathematics: Lectures on Quaternions, S. Kimura, 7; a Test
for Divisibility, Henry T. Burgess, 8, 55; Dr. C. Börgen, 54;
a Correction, 136; Death of Prof. Ernst Schering, 32;
Obituary Notice of, W. H. and G. Chisholm Young, 416; the
Theory of Electricity and Magnetism, being Lectures on
Mathematical Physics, A. G. Webster, 49; Das Princip der
Erhaltung der Energie und Seine Anwendung in der
Naturlehre, Hans Januschke, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S.,
74; Mathematical Society, 117, 167, 286, 406, 502; Pro-
ceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 510; Edin-
burgh Society, 142, 191, 310, 431, 526; Extension to Space
of n Dimensions of Euler's and Meunier's Theorems on Sur-
face-Curvatures, Luigi Berzolari, 157; Bulletin of American
Society, 164, 308, 357, 476, 598; New Method for deter-
mining Vertical, J. Perchot and W. Ebert, 191; the Col-
lected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley, F.R.S., 217;
American Journal of Mathematics, 261; the Integration of
Partial Differential Equations, Prof. A. R. Forsyth, F.R.S.,
262; Certain Definite Integrals, Prof. W. Kapteyn, 264;
Hyper-elliptic Integrals, Prof. A. S. Chessin, 308; Abridged
Long Division, Rev. C. L. Dodgson, 269; Robert W. D.
Christie, 390; Obituary Notice of Francesco Brioschi, 279;
Death and Obituary Notice of Rev. C. L. Dodgson, 279; the
Mathematics used in connection with Physics, Prof. A. G.
Webster, 317; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. Samuel
Newth, 322; a New Harmonic Analyser, A. A. Michelson and
S. W. Stroud, 333; Introductory Course in Differential Equa-
tions, D. A. Murray, 340; Ordinary Differential Equations,
with an Introduction to Lie's Theory of the Group of one Para-
meter, Jas. Morris Page, 340; Chambers's Algebra for Schools,
William Thompson, 388; Aurifeuillians, Lieut. Col. A. Cun-
ningham, 406; Transformation leaving Lengths of Arcs on
any Surface unaltered, J. E. Campbell, 406; Use of Logarith-
mic Coordinates in Physics, J. H. Vincent, 407; the Works
of Archimedes, Dr. T. L. Heath, 409; the Solution of
Quadratic Equations, E. Cuthbert Atkinson, Prof. G. B.
Mathews, F.R.S., 463; Mathematical Gazette, 524; Her-
mann's Method of Expanding Periodic Curves, G. Weiss,
524

Mathews (Prof. G. B., F.R.S.), the Solution of Quadratic
Equations, 463

Matignon (Camille), Sodium Carbide, 191

Matterhorn (the Valley of Zermatt and the, Edward Whymper,
292

Matthews (F. E.), Benzene Hexabromide, 478

Maudslay (Alfred P.), Prehistoric Ruins of Honduras and
Yucatan, 568

Mauna Loa, on the Summit of, Dr. H. B. Guppy, 20

Maurice (General), the First Application of X-Rays to Surgery,
135

Mauritius, Meteorology for 1896 of, 229

Mawley (E.), Phenological Observations for 1897, 478
Maxwell (Sir Herbert), Memories of the Months, 51
Maxwell's Electro-Magnetic Theory of Light, Extension of,
Edwin Edser, 599

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

Measurement of Horses and other Animals, Photographic,
Francis Galton, F. R.S., 230

:

Mechanics a Mechanical Theory of the Divining Rod, Prof.
M. E. Wadsworth, 221; on a Method of Determining the
Reactions at the Points of Support of Continuous Beams,
238; Applied Mechanics, Prof. John Perry, F.R.S., Prof.
J. A. Ewing, F.R.S., 313; a Text-book on Applied Me-
chanics, Andrew Jamieson, 483; Institution of Mechanical
Engineers, 379; Whittaker's Mechanical Engineer's Pocket
Book, Philip R. Björling, 434; Efficiency of Gearing under
Friction, Prof. C. M. Woodward, 527; Developmental
Mechanics, Dr. Wilhelm Roux, 531

Medicine: Lectures on the Action of, Dr. Lauder Brunton,
F.R.S., 26; Obituary Notice of Rev. Samuel Haughton,
M.D., F.R.S., 55, 79; Prof. Virchow's Jubilee, 66:
Röntgen Rays in Medical Work, Dr. David Walsh, 99;
Masters of Medicine, John Hunter, Stephen Paget, 194;
William Harvey, D'Arcy Power, F.S.A., 481; Annual
Meeting of Russian Institute of Experimental Medicine, 228;
a System of Medicine, 241; Death and Obituary Notice of
Ernest Hart, 251; Vita Medica, Chapters of Medical Life

June 16, 1898

and Work, Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson, F.R.S., 265;
Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform, 361; Researches
on Tuberculosis, Arthur Ransome, F.R.S., 435; Introduction
to Chemical Methods of Clinical Diagnosis, D. H. Tapp-
einer, 436; Biography of Inspector-General Sir James
Ranald Martin, F.R.S., Surgeon-General Sir Joseph Fayrer,
462; Death and Obituary Notice of Sir Richard Quain, Bart.,
F.R.S., 467; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. Henry
Marshall, 612; Death under Chloroform, Past and Present,
614

Mediterranean, Malta and Undulant Fever, Louis Hughes. 581
Mehnert (Dr. Ernst), Kainogenesis Als Ausdruck differenter
phylogenetischer Energien, 505

Meker (Georges), Ammonium Bromoplatinate, 191
Meker (G.), a Crystallised Hydride of Dicamphenes, 407
Melanesia, Zoological Results of Dr. A. Willey's Expedition to,
430

Melde (F.), Excitation of Stationary Waves by Spark Dis-
charges, 401

Melville (J. C.), the Origin of Wheat, 383

Memories of the Months, Sir Herbert Maxwell, 51
Memory and its Cultivation, F. W. Edridge-Green, 197
Mendeléeff (D.), the Principles of Chemistry, 145
Menschen, Das Wachstum das, Dr. F. Daffnfr, 363
Mercantile Marine, Colour Blindness in the, 58
Mercury, Favourable Apparition of, 519

Merklen (Prosper), La Tuberculose et son Traitement hygiénique,
535

Merrifield's (Mr.) Experiments on the Relation of Temperature
to Variation, Dr. F. A. Dixey, 184
Mesa, an Enchanted, F. W. Hodge, 450
Metallurgy: Leghe Metalliche ed Amalgame, J. Ghersi, 7;
Microscopic Study of Alloys, 11; the Connection between
the Characters of Isomorphous Salts and the Atomic Weight
of the Metals contained, A. E. Tutton, 36; the Treatment
of Stamp Battery Slimes from Gold Ores, W. A. Caldecott,
129; the Dry Crushing and Direct Cyaniding of Rand Ore,
Franklin White, 135; Effects of Longitudinal Stress, G. A.
Faurie, 359; Death and Obituary Notice of Prof. Styffe,
371; Melting Points of Gold and Silver, Daniel Berthelot,
383; the Metals used by the Great Nations of Antiquity,
Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F. R.S., 594

Metals, Canada's, Prof. Roberts-Austen, F.R.S., 533
Metals, the Chemistry of, H. E. Roscoe and C. Schorlemmer,
457

Metals: the Tutorial Chemistry, G. H. Bailey, 559
Metamorphosis, Mode of Travel from Lower to Upper Side of
Flatfish's Eye, Mr. Nishikawa, 15

Meteorology: in India, 1896-7, 13; Sunspots and the Weather,
A. Macdowall, 16; Ten Years' Rainfall of Cape Colony, Dr.
Buchan, 34; Monthly Weather Review, 46; Action of
Radiation from Uranium Salts in Cloud-Formation, C. T. R.
Wilson, 47: the Winter Meteorology of Egypt and its In-
fluence on Disease, H. E. Leigh Canney, 52; the Exploration
of the Air by Means of Kites, A. Laurence Rotch, 53; the
Use of Kites in Weather Prediction, 163; Highest Kite
Ascensions in 1897, S. P. Ferguson, 372; Obituary_Notice
of Hon. Ralph Abercromby, R. H. Scott, F.R.S., 55;
Storm-signals used by Various Nations, 59; Weather-clocks
in New York, 59; Meteorology of Edinburgh, R. C. Moss-
man, 86; Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 92, 165; Symons's
Monthly Magazine, 92, 237, 405, 524; Rainfall of October,
1897, 92; Five Years' Eiffel Tower Observations, A.
Woeikoff, 92: Temperature Variation in Arctic and Equatorial
Oceanic Climate, A. Woeikoff, 92; Simple Formula for Con-
version of Fahrenheit to Centigrade Degrees, Prof. G.
Hellmann, 92; Klondyke Winter Weather Record, E. W.
Nelson, 103; Anemometry, 103; the Week's Weather, 103;
the Rainfall of South Africa, 114; Meteorological Society,
118, 190, 309, 502, 623; Comparison of Campbell-Stokes
and Jordan Sunshine Recorder, R. H. Curtis, 118; Sunshine
Recorders Compared, R. H. Curtis, 518; on the Automatic
Registration of the Calorific Intensity of the Solar Radiation,
A. Crova, 119; Observations at Rousdon Observatory, C. E.
Peek, 134; Dr. Van der Stok's New Meteorological Atlas of
East Indian Archipelago, 134; Lunar Rainbow, W. A. Knight,
157; Seven Years' Rainfall at Basle, Prof. Riggenbach, 157;
Daily Range at Cairo, Dr. J. Hann, 165; Lord Kelvin's Ab
solute Method of Graduating Thermometers, J. Rose-Innes,
166; the Gale of November 28-29, 178; Temperature Variations

in November, 237 ; Rainfall of Seathwaite, W. Marriott, 190;
Precipitation in Caucasia, A. V. Vosnesensky, 205; the Solar
Constant, Dr. G. B. Rizzo, 205; Forests and Rainfall, Prof.
H. A. Hazen, 213; Meteorology of Mauritius for 1896, 229;
a Wet Day at the Lake District, 237; Remarkable Lunar
Corona, W. T. Balmer, 253; Severe December Weather in
North Atlantic, 282; Handbuch der Klimatologie, Julius
Hann, 290; Modern Views of the Rainbow, J. M. Pernter,
298; Unusually Mild Winter Weather, 301; Mild Winters,
Dr. G. Hellmann, 516; Warmth, Dryness, and High
Barometer in January 1898, 405; Undulations in Lakes and
Inland Seas due to Wind and Atmospheric Pressure, W. H.
Wheeler, 321; Meteorology of Bombay Presidency, 324;
Rainfall of the United States, 348; Theory of Daily Oscill-
ation of Barometer, Dr. J. Hann, 350; Report for 1896 of.
Hong Kong Observatory, 350; Severe Snowstorm (February
21) in South-west England, 397; West of England Snow-
storm, February 21, 524; Forty Years (February) Observ-
ations at Camden Square, 524; an Acoustic Thermometer,
G. Quincke, 401 27-Day Aurora Periods and Moon, H. H.
Clayton, 404; Cloud-production by Action of Ultra-Violet
Light in Moist Air, C. T. R. Wilson, 407; Neudrucke Von
Schriften und Karten über Meteorologie und Erdmagnetismus,
412; Report of Meteorological Council for Year ending March
31, 1897, 418; Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic Expedi-
tion, Dr. John Murray, F.R.S., 420; Dr. Alexander Buchan,
425; Dew and Absorption, T. Wilson, 436; the Laws of High
Air-Temperature, L. de Marchi, 441; a Method of Measuring
Wind Pressure, Prof. Francis E. Nipher, 449; a Dust
Shower, C. H. A. Coles, 463; Analysis of Red-Rain Dust,
Thomas Steel, 494; Dust Fog in the Canaries, Prof. Augusto
Arcimus, 582; the Mississippi Floods, Park Morrill, 470;
Likely Sources of Error in Thermometrical Determinations
of Temperature, Dr. Hergesall, 469, 470; Phenological |
Observations for 1897, E. Mawley, 478; a Magnetic Storm,
Dr. Charles Chree, F. R.S., 492; Measurement of Cloud
Height and Velocity, P. Baracchi, 493; the Source of
Periodic Waves, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 493; Photography
of Phenomena, A. W. Clayden, 502; La photographie et
l'étude des Images, Jacques Boyer, 509; the Aurora of March
15, A. George Smith, 511; Stormy Weather of Last Week
of March, 516; Icebergs in Southern Ocean, H. C. Russell,
543; Pilot Chart of North Pacific, 544; Russian Tempera-
ture Statistics, A. Varnek, 566; Remarkable Hailstones
(Illustrated), C. L. Prince, 567; Simple Method of Account-
ing for Varying Lengths of Rainfall Observation Periods,
A. J. Herbertson, 575; Kew Observatory Report for 1897,
613; the Twenty-six-Day Period, Prof. A. Schuster, 613;
the Frequency of Extra Large Tides at March Equinox, M.
Thiébaut, 613; No Relation between Activity of Vesuvius
and Moon's Phases, Prof. E. Semmola, 613; Arrhenius's
Views on Causes of Climate-Variations Criticised,
de Marchi, 614; Anticyclonic Systems, Major H. E.
Rawson, 623; Observations on Haze and Transparency,
Hon. F. A. Rollo Russell, 623

L.

Meteorites: Die Meteoriten in Sammlungen und ihre Literatur,
Dr. E. A. Wülfing, 53; Iron Meteorites, H. L. Preston,
333; Spectrum Analysis of Meteorites, W. N. Hartley and
Hugh Ramage, 546

Meteors: the November Meteors (Leonids), 7, 61, 88, W. F.
Denning, 7, 30, 36, 82; Spectrum of a Meteor, Prof. E. C.
Pickering, 101; some Systems of Meteors, Prof. Th. Bredi-
kine, 105 Meteors (Geminids), 136; a Remarkable Meteor,
Henry Cecil, 204; a Remarkable Meteoric Display, 228; a
Bright Meteor, Susanna Lehmann, 271; Address to the
Royal Astronomical Society, Sir Robert Ball, F.R.S., and
Presentation of Gold Medal to W. F. Denning, 376; the
Height of Meteors, W. F. Denning, 540; Remarkable
Meteor at Ealing, 588

Meudon Observatory, the, 568

Meunier (J.), Explosion of Marsh Gas Mixtures by Electric
Currents, 479

Mexico, Archæological Studies among the Ancient Cities of,
W. H. Holmes, 6

Meyer (Dr. M. Wilhelm), Das Weltgebäude: Eine Gemeinver-
standliche Himmels-kunde, 604

Meyer (S.), Magnetic Susceptibility and Atomic Magnetism, 401
Meyer (Prof. Victor), a proposed Memorial to, J. J. Sudborough,

Michel (Aug.), Origin of Setigerous Bulbs and Nephridia in
Annelids, 263

Michelson (A. A.), a New Harmonic Analyser, 333; a Spectro-
scope without Prisms or Gratings, 500

Micro-organisms, Pathogenic to Man, Notes on, Surgeon-Capt.
B. H. S. Leumann, 52

Microbial Diseases, Alcohol in Relation to, Dr. Deléarde, 355
Microphonograph, the, Dr. Louis Ollivier, 255
Microsclerometer, a, T. A. Jaggard, 189

Microscopy: Microscopic Study of Alloys, 11; Microscopic
Observations on Fatigue-deterioration on Steel Rails, Thomas
Andrews, 58; Botanical Microtechnique: a Handbook of
Methods of Preparation, Staining,and of Microscopical In-
vestigation of Vegetable Structures, Dr. A. Zimmermann,
340; Microscopic Plants Imparting Ill Odour to Water,
Messrs. Jackson and Ellms, 441; Photo-Micrography with
High Powers, J. Edwin Barnard, Thomas A. B. Carver,
448; Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 475;
Origin and Growth of Tri- and Quadri-radiate Spicules in
Clathrinidae, E. A. Minchin, 475.

Midland University, the Proposed, 277.

Miersite, a Cubic Modification of Native Silver Iodide, L. J.
Spencer, 574

Mill (Dr. Hugh Robert), Hints to Teachers and Students on the
Choice of Geographical Books for Reference and Reading,
172; Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel,
North America, Vol. I., Canada and Newfoundland, S. E.
Dawson, 223; Antarctic Research, 413; Korea and Her
Neighbours, Mrs. Bishop, 512; André's Balloon Expedition,
Henri Lachambre and Alexis Machuron, 609
Mills (Prof. E. J.), Photographic Surveying, 563
Millet, Poisonous Koda, Surgeon-Capt. A. E. Grant, 271
Milne (Prof. J., F.R.S.), Recent Seismology, 246, 272
Mimicry in Insects, Roland Trimen, F.R.S., 304
Mimicry, Protective and Common Warning Colours, Prof.
Edward B. Poulton, F. R.S., 389

Mimicry, Researches on, on the Basis of a Natural Classification
of the Papilionidae, Dr. Erich Haase, 1, 25
Minakata (Kumagusu), the Mandrake, 412; Oat-Smut as an
Artist's Pigment, 437

Minchin (E. A.), Origin and Growth of Tri- and Quadri-radiate
Spicules in Clathrinidae, 475

Minchin (Prof. G. M., F.R.S.), Geometry for Beginners, 433;
Balnibarbian Glumtrap Rhyme, 564

Mineralogy: Obituary Notice of Dr. M. Forster Heddle, 83;
Death of Dr. A. Schrauf, 177; Obituary Notice of, 203; a
Microsclerometer, T. A. Jaggar, 189; Sapphire from
Montana, G. F. Kunz, 189; Montana Corundum-bearing
Rock, L. V. Pirsson, 189; 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;
Fergusonite, Prof. W. Ramsay, F. R.S. and M. W. Travers,
381; Products found in old Cornish Tinworks Furnace, W.
P. Headden, 404; Ktypeite, A., Lacroix, 431 ; a Tetrahedrous
Crystal of Gold, Prof. Martin, 455; the Lake Superior Iron
Ore Region, Bennett H. Brough, 473; Iceland Spar from
Kilwa Island, W. R. Dunstan, 491 ; Auriferous Conglomerate
of Transvaal, G. F. Becker, 500; Mineral Production of
Canada, 517; Mineral Wealth, Our, Prof. W. Galloway, 522;
a Cubic Modification of Native Silver Iodide, L. J. Spencer,
574; Anastase and Brookite in Shankill Quarries, Prof. J. P.
O'Reilly, 575; Tabellarische Uebersicht der Mineralien nach
ihren krystallographisch-chemischen Beziehungen geordnet,
P. Groth, 581

Minet (Ad.), Les Fours Electriques et leurs Applications, 53;
l'Electro-chimie, Production Electrolytique des Composés
Chimiques, 551

Mine Accidents in 1897, 277

Mira Ceti, 105, 136; the Variability of, David Flanery, 245
Mirror, New Form of, for a Reflecting Telescope, 160
Misleading Applications of Familiar Scientific Terms, Lady

Mississippi Floods, the, Park Morrill, 470
Mitchell (A. H.), Quantitative Practical Chemistry, 435
Moissan (Henri), the Calcium, Strontium and Barium Borides,
47; New Method of Preparing Carbides, 143; Conditions of
Formation of Alkaline Carbides, 335

Molecular Asymmetry, Researches on, Alembic Club Reprints,
534

Molisch (Dr. Hans), Untersuchungen über das Erfrieren der
Pflanzen, 77

Möller (Herr J.), Comet Perrine, 16, 61, 105

Mollusca, Untwisting of Body in Gastropod, Prof. Hickson, 491
Moluccas, Geology of, Prof. Martin, 95

Monckton (H. W.), the Bagshot Gravels, 359

Mond (Ludwig, F.R.S.), the Occlusion of Hydrogen and
Oxygen by Palladium, 262

Monotremes and Marsupials, the Temperatures of Reptiles, A.
Sutherland, 67

Mont Blanc Observatory, M. J. Janssen, 230
Monthly Weather Review, 46

Montserrat, Earthquakes in, H. Hamilton, 543

Montsouris, Annuaire de l'Observatoire municipal de, pour
l'Anneé 1898, 244

Moplahs of Malabar, the, Dr. Emil Schmidt, 551

Moon: Theory of the Motion of the, Ernest W. Brown, 88;
Corrected Position of the Moon, M. Lagrula, 159; Partial
Eclipse of the Moon, 207

Moore (B.), Comparative Chemistry of Suprarenal Capsules,
238

Moore (John Carrick), Death and Obituary Notice of, 370
Moore (J. E. S.), Zoological Evidence by Connection of Lake
Tanganyika with Sea, 476

Moore (R.), Non-existence of Suprarenal Medulla in Teleostean
Fishes, 429

Moore (Major R. F.), Artificial Wings in Imitation of Flying-
Fox, 59

Morphology: the Rinderpest Germ, MM. Nencki, Sieber, and
Wyznikiewicz, 13; the Prevention and Cure of Rinderpest,
198; the Yellow Fever Bacillus, Dr. D. Freire, 24; Oysters
and Typhoid Fever, MM. Sabatier, Ducamp and Petit, 72;
Artificial Communication of Typhoid by Alimentary Tract,
Dr. P. Remlinger, 179; the Diffusion of Typhoid Fever,
Arthur Shadwell, 254; Report of German Commission on
Bombay Plague, 86; the Plague in Bombay, H. M.
Birdwood, 470; Air, Food and Exercises: an Essay on the
Predisposing Causes of Disease, Dr. A. Rabagliati, 99;
Cultivation-Media of Tubercle-Bacillus, Dr. A. Ransome,
F.R.S., 165; Growth of the Tubercle Bacillus at a Low
Temperature, F. J. Reid, 221; the Story of Gloucester's
Smallpox Epidemic, 221, 537, 606; Bacilli of Beriberi, G.
Nepveu, 310; Tuberculosis and Pseudo-Tuberculosis, MM.
Bataillon and Terre, 407; Researches on Tuberculosis,
Arthur Ransome, F.R.S., 435; Influenza in London, 350;
Parasites of Cancer and Sarcoma, F. J. Bosc, 407; Alcohol
in Relation to Microbial Diseases, Dr. Deléarde, 355; the
Parasite of Malaria, A. E. Griffin, 490; Sunstroke an In-
fectious Disease, Dr. L. Sambon, 516

Morphology: Experimental Morphology, Prof. G. F. Atkinson,

41

Moreau (G.), Magnetic Torsion of Iron and Steel, 524
Morfit (Dr. Campbell), Death of, 156

Morgan (Prof. C. Lloyd), Instinct and Intelligence in Animals,
326; Habit and Instinct, 553

Morgan (J. de) Recherches sur les origines de l'Égypte, 578
Morin (P.), Influence of Length of Magnets on Mean Intensity
of Magnetisation, 613

Morrell (R. S.), Action of Ferric Chloride on Ethereal Salts of
Ketone Acids, 525

Morrill (Park), the Mississippi Floods, 470

Morris (Dr. David K.), the Magnetic Properties and Electrical
Resistance of Iron at High Temperatures, 232

Morris (D.), West Indian Resources, 464
Mossman (R. C.), Meteorology of Edinburgh, 86

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

Motions, Proper, Large and Small, Prof. Kapteyn, 325
Motive Power and Gearing for Electrical Machinery, E. Trem-
lett Carter, Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S., 193

Motivity, Thermodynamics deduced from, Lord Kelvin, 575
Mott (Dr.), on the Effect on the Arterial Blood Pressure of the

Intravenous Injection of Choline, Neurine and Allied Sub-
stances, 20

Moulden (J. C.), Cordierite-bearing Rock from Broken Hill,
Australia, 192

Mounds, Further Explorations in American, 400

Moureau (M.), the Indian Earthquake of June 12 at Paris, 12:
Comparison of Magnetic Instruments of Parc St. Maur with
those of Kew, Uccle and Pavlovsk, 440; Magnetic Explor-
ation of Government of Koursk, 323

Mourlet (A.), Anhydrous Barium Sulphide, 455

Moxley (J. H. S.), a Suggested Improvement of the Current
Theories of the Tides, 461

Muirhead (R. F.), the Treatment of Parallelograms of Veloci-
ties, 86

Müller (Herr G.), Two New Variable Stars of Short Period,
519

Muller (Mr.), the Triangulation of Sumatra, 527
Mummers, Christmas, Laurence Gomme, F.S.A., 175
Muraoka (H.), Glow-worm Light, 500

Murché (Vincent T.), the Teacher's Manual of Object-Lessons in
Domestic Economy, 463

Murdoch (G. W.), an Extraordinary Heron's Nest, 537
Murray (D. A.), Introductory Course in Differential Equations,
340

Murray (Dr. John, F.R.S.), Scientific Advantages of an An-
tarctic Expedition, 420

Museum, the Australian, Sydney, Report of, 15
Mushroom-growing in Tunnels, 254

Mythology, Hellenic, Semitic Influence in, R. Brown, jun.,
530

Nansen (Dr.), Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic Expedition,
424

Nathorst (Dr. A. G.), a Proposed Swedish Expedition to the
Arctic Regions, 163

National Review, Science in the, 254

Native Silver Iodide, a Cubic Modification of, L. J. Spencer,
574

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

Natural History, Death of Dr. G. H. O. Volger, 12; the
Temperatures of Reptiles, Monotremes and Marsupials, A.
Sutherland, 67; Nights with an Old Gunner, and other Studies
of Wild Life, C. J. Cornish, 29; Memories of the Months, Sir
Herbert Maxwell, 51; Cricket-Chirp and Temperature, Prof.
A. Dolbear, 133; Les Choses Naturelles dans Homère, Dr.
A. Kums, 146; Gleanings from the Natural History of the
Ancients, Rev. M. G. Watkins, 146; the Works of Xeno-
phon, H. G. Dakyns, 146; Aristotle on Youth and Old Age,
Life and Death, and Respiration, Dr. W. Ogle, 146; Wild
Traits in Tame Animals, Dr. Louis Robinson, 149; the
Dugong, W. F. Sinclair, 198; the Woburn Abbey Deer, 201;
the Gallinaceous Game Birds of North America, D. G. Elliot,
219; the Glacial Period and the Irish Fauna, G. W. Lamp.
lugh, 245; Sixteenth Annual Meeting of American Society of
Naturalists, 281; Ferret and Trout, J. Robson, 300; Spiral
Growths in Nature, George Wherry, 302; Bipedal Lizards, W.
Saville-Kent, 341; the Habits of Ice-Seals, 346; Bulletin of
St. Petersburg Society, 357; Catalogue of the Madreporarian
Corals in the British Museum, Henry M. Bernard, 363; Irish
Naturalist, 381; Audubon and his Journals, Maria R. Audu-
bon, 386; Natural History of Cocos-keeling and Christmas
Island, 397; a Flower-hunter in Queensland and New Zea-
land, Mrs. Rowan, 436; a Sketch of the Natural History
(Vertebrates) of the British Isles, F. G. Aflalo, 533
Naturalists' Directory, the, 1898, 463

Nature and a Camera, with, R. and C. Kearton, 154
Nature and Habits of Pliny's Solpuga, the, R. I. Pocock, 618
Nature, some Unrecognised Laws of, Ignatius Singer, 121;
Lewis H. Berens, 121, 293

Nature Studies in Elementary Schools: a Manual for Teachers,
Mrs. L. L. W. Wilson, 340

Nature's Diary, Francis H. Allen, 364

Natürliche Schöpfungs-Geschichte, Ernst Haeckel, 291
Navigation: "Nymph" Electric Attachment for Pleasure-craft,
86; Death of M. Bazin, 300; Ship-model Experiment Tank,
517

Navigazione Aerea, Guglielmo N. Da Pra, 560

June 16, 1898

Nautical Almanac Corrigenda, 1898, 207
Nautical Almanac, 1901, 442

Nebula Variations in the Spectrum of Nebula in Orion, 180;
Nebula near Castor, Prof. Barnard, 326; New Photographs
of Nebulæ, M. A. Rabourdin, 374; the Photography of
Nebulæ, Prof. R. A. Gregory, 443

Necker (Dr. Karl), Obituary Notice of, 326

Neesen (F.), Influence of Magnetism on Strength of Electric
Vacuum Discharges, 402

Nelson (E. W.), Klondyke Winter Weather Record, 103
Nencki (M.), the Rinderpest Germ, 13

Nepveu (G.), Bacilli of Beriberi, 310

Nest, an Extraordinary Heron's, G. W. Murdoch, 537
Neumayer (Prof. Dr.), Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic
Expedition, 424

Neville (F. H.), Röntgen Photographs of Metallic Alloys, 503
New South Wales: Linnean Society, 95, 216, 311; Royal
Society, 192, 288, 431; the Wealth and Progress of New
South Wales, T. A. Coglan, 245; Basalts of Bathurst, W. J.
C. Ross, 288; the Mines of New South Wales, C. W. Car-
penter, 484

New Variable Stars, 179, 472; Dr. Anderson, 179; Two New
Variable Stars of Short Period, Herren G. Müller and P.
Kemp, 519

New York, Weather Clocks in, 59

New York Academy of Sciences, Annual Reception, 611
New Zealand, the Flower-hunter in Queensland and, Mrs.
Rowan, 436

Newfoundland, Currents of Great Banks of, Dr. G. Schott, 34
Newstead (R.), the San José Scale, 440

Newth (Dr. Samuel), Death and Obituary Notice of, 322
Newton (E. T., F. R.S.), Palaeolithic Man, 354
Newton (Mr.), the Lava-sheets of Franz Josef Land, 324
Newton's Rings, Method of Viewing, Prof. T. C. Porter, 622
Nicaragua, the Ferns of, B. Shimek, 373

Nicholson (John T.), the Law of Condensation of Steam, 139
Nichols (Prof. E. L.), the Outlines of Physics, 218
Nickel and Cobalt, the Atomic Weights of, 374
Nicloux (M.), Decomposition of Chloroform in Organism, 168;
Chemical Estimation of Carbon Monoxide in Air, 479; Partial
Decomposition of Chloroform in Organism, 480

Niger, the Navigability of the, Lieut. de Chevigné, 442
Niger Territories, Giraffe from the, W. Hume McCorquodale,
389

Nights with an Old Gunner, and other Studies of Wild Life, C.
J. Cornish, 29

Nipher (Prof. Francis E.), a Method of Measuring Wind
Pressure, 449

Nishikawa (Mr.), Mode of Travel from Lower to Upper Side
of Flatfish's Eye, 15

Nitrous Oxide, on the Density of, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 208
North America, Volcanoes of, Israel C. Russell, 73
North Britain, Earthquake in, James M'Cubbin, 391
Northam Pebble Ridge, the, W. H. Wheeler, 209

Notes on Micro-organisms Pathogenic to Man, Surgeon-Captain
B. H. S. Leumann, 52

Notions générales sur l'Ecorce terrestre, Prof. A. de Lapparent,
196

November Meteors (Leonids), 7, 61, 88; W. F. Denning, 7, 30,
36, 82

Noyes (Prof. W. A.), Organic Chemistry for the Laboratory, 29
Nyasa-Land, Sir Harry H. Johnston, 174

66

Nymph" Electric Attachment for Pleasure Craft, 86

Oat-Smut as an Artist's Pigment, David Paterson, 364; Prof.
H. Marshall Ward, F. R.S., 389; Kumagusu Minakata, 437
Oberbeck (A.), Theory of Galvanic Polarisation, 401
Object, a Remarkable, Rev. T. E. Espin, 400
Observatories: Resignation of the Director of the Lick Ob
servatory (Prof. Holden), 16; Mont Blanc Observatory,
M. J. Janssen, 230; the Arequipa Observatory, 249; Harvard
College Report, Prof. Pickering, 256; Harvard College
Observatory, Prof. Pickering, 617; Appointment of Prof.
G. M. Searle to the Vatican Observatory, 256; Longitude of
Madras, 284; Annals of the Cape Observatory, 513; the
Meudon Observatory, 568; the Manora Observatory, 617
Observers' Atlas of the Heavens, the, William Peck, 388
Occultation of Antares, 442
Occultation of Ceres, 400

Occultation of the Pleiades, 207

Occultations Photographically Observed, Prof. E. C. Pickering,
492

Occultations, Systematic Observations of, Herr H. Batterman,
105

Ogilby (J. D.), the genus Aphritis, 95

Ogle (Dr. W.), Aristotle on Youth and Old Age, Life and Death
and Respiration, 146

Oliver (Prof. T.), Cause of Death by Electric Shock, 302
Olivier (Dr. Louis), the Microphonograph, 255
Omelianski (V.), Fermentation of Cellulose, 239

Omori (Prof. F.), the Calcutta Earthquake of June 12, 59
Opaque Objects, the Alleged Vision through, 324
Ophthalmia in East Prussia, 59

Opposition of two Minor Planets, 159

Oppel (Dr., Med. Alb.), Lehrbuch der Vergleichenden Mikros-
kopischen Anatomie der Wirbelthiere, 581
Optics: a Folometer and Spherometer, Prof. Stroud, 23;
Partial Polarisation of Light from Source in Magnetic Field,
Prof. Lorentz, 95; Deflection and Reflection with two
Kathodes, Dr. Tollenaar, 96; Grey-glow, O. Lummer, 104;
Simple Proof of Change of Period of Sodium Light in
Magnetic Field, A. Cotton, 143; Optical Constants of
Sodium, P. Drude, 500; the Refractivities of Various Gases,
Prof. W. Ramsay and M. W. Travers, 189; Optical Illusions
produced by Observation of Rotating Spirals, O. F. F.
Grünbaum, 271; Hallucinations connected with Hemianopia,
Dr. W. Harris, 255; Experiment in Inverted Vision, Prof.
G. M. Stratton, 372; Transparency of Bismuth in Magnetic
Field, H. Buisson, 383; Simple Demonstration of Zeeman
Effect, W. König, 402; Cloud-production by Action of Ultra-
violet Light on Moist Air, C. T. R. Wilson, 407; Analogy
between Action of Luminous Rays and of Lines of Magnetic
Force, M. Birkeland, 431; Artificial Colour Blindness, G. J.
Burch, 454; Method for Viewing Lantern-projections in
Stereoscopic Relief, Prof. T. C. Porter, 454; Dynamical
Illustrations of certain Phenomena, Prof. J. D. Everett, 477;
Glow-worm Light, H. Muraoka and M. Kasuya, 500; Dis-
charge of Electricity by Ultra-violet Light, 503; Light
Visible and Invisible, Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson, F. R.S.,
506; Applications of Photographic Irradiation, Ch. Féry,
527; a Simple Extension of Gauss-Poggendorf Method of
Reflector Reading, Prof. W. H. Julius, 528; Relative
Retardation between Components of Light Streams Produced
by Passage through Crystalline Plate, James Walker, 551;
Extension of Maxwell's Electro-magnetic Theory of Light,
Edwin Edser, 599; Method of Viewing Newton's Rings,
Prof. T. C. Porter, 622

Orbits, Periodic, Prof. G. H. Darwin, 394
Oregon, Crater Lake, 375

O'Reilly (Prof. J. P.), Anastase and Brookite in Shankill
Quarries, 575

Organic Chemical Manipulation, J. T. Hewitt, 28

Organic Chemistry for the Laboratory, Prof. W. A. Noyes, 29
Organism, the Living Substance as such and as, Gwendolen
Foulke Andrews, 362

Orientation of Greek Temples, the, F. C. Penrose, F.R.S., 151
Orion, Variations in the Spectrum of Nebula in, 180

Orleans (Prince Henri d'), from Tonkin to India by the Sources
of the Irawadi, 557

Ormerod (Eleanor A.), Report of Observations of Injurious
Insects and Common Farm Pests during the Year 1897, 558
Ornithology: the Gallinaceous Game Birds of North America,
D. G. Elliot, 219; an Albino Lark, 228; some Rare Birds'
Eggs, 438; Birds of Franz Josef Land, W. E. Clarke, 575
Osmotic Pressure, Lord Rayleigh's Proof of Van 't Hoff's
Osmotic Theorem, F. G. Donnan, 53

Pacific Ocean, Currents of, 301

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

Paget (Stephen), Masters of Medicine, John Hunter, 194
Palæobotany: New Carboniferous Plants, W. S. Gresley, 479;
Spencerites, D. H. Scott, F. R.S., 142

Palaeolithic Implements from Plateau-gravels, W. Cunnington,
599

Paleolithic Man, E. T. Newton, F. R.S., 354

Paleontology: Carshalton Sewerage Works, W. W. Watts, 93;
Hendon Edgware Sewerage Works, Dr. H. Hicks, F.R.S.,
93; English Brachyura, James Carter, 93; Irish Wild Horse
Remains, Dr. R. F. Scharff, 228; Affinities of Alveepora,
H. M. Bernard, 262; Fossil Fishes of Arcadian Series of Old
Red Sandstone, Dr. R. H. Traquair, F.R.S., 309
Palestine Exploration, Lieut.-Col. C. R. Conder, 21
Palestine: the Metals used by the Great Nations of Antiquity,
Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F. R.S., 596

Palladine (W.), Influence of Oxygen, &c., on Chlorophyll
Production, 120

Papilionida, Researches on Mimicry on the Basis of the,
Dr. Erich Haase, 1, 25

Pannekoek (Herr), the Variable Star B Lyræ, 61

Panting (L. C.), Preparation of Anhydrous Hydrogen Cyanide
and Carbon Monoxide, 478

Parallax of Sirius, Dr. Gill, 374
Parallaxes of Stars, Dr. Gill, 400

Parasite of Malaria, the, A. E. Griffin, 490

Paris Academy of Sciences, 23, 47, 71, 94, 119, 143, 167, 191,
239, 263, 287, 310, 335, 359, 383, 407, 431, 455, 479, 503,
526, 552, 575, 599. 623; Prize-award for 1897, 287; Prize
Subjects of the Paris Academy of Sciences, 331

Paris Conference, Astronomical Constants at the, Dr. Fr. Porro,
127

Parish (Edmund), Illusions and Hallucinations, 197

Parker (Prof. T. J., F.R.S.). Death of, 177; Obituary Notice
of, Prof. G. B. Howes, F. R.S., 225

Parkin (J.), a Bee's Movements in a Room, 8
Parkinson (J.), Pyromerides of Boulay Bay, 238
Parsons (F. G.), Anatomy of Macropus Rufus, 319

Paschen (Prof. F.), Researches on the Spectra of Oxygen, Sul-

phur and Selenium, 320

Pasteur Institute, Antirabic Work at Tiflis, 103
Patent Cases, Scientific Experts and, 562

Paterson (David), Oat Smut as an Artist's Pigment, 364
Pathology: Death of Prof. Salomon Strecker, 565

Paton (Dr. Noel), on the Phosphorus Metabolism of the Salmon
in Fresh Water, 19; Life-History of Salmon in Fresh Water,
287

Patterson (T. S.), Effect of Chloracetyl Groups on Rotatory
Power of Methylic and Ethylic Glycerates and Tartrates,
383

Peabody Museum, Memoirs of the, 568

Pearson (Prof. Karl, F. R.S.), Randon Selection, 210; the Law
of Ancestral Heredity, 452

Pearson's Magazine, Science in, 254

Peary (R. E.), the Arctic Work of, 132

Peate (Rev. John), a Large Reflecting Telescope, 400

Pebble Bridge, the Northam, W. H. Wheeler, 209
Peck (William), the Observer's Atlas of the Heavens, 388
Peek (C. E.), the Variables S Cephei and T Ursa Majoris,
105; Meteorological Observations at Rousdon Observatory,
134; the Variables S Cassiopeia and S Ursa Majoris, 492
U Pegasi, Variable Star, 442

U Pegasi and Short Period Variables, O. C. Wendell, 352
Pellissier (G.), L'Eclairage a l'Acétylène, 219

Pendulum, New Form of Physical, J. S. Stevens, 333
Pendulum Observations, Magnetic and, 347

Pendulum-Curves, Stereoscopic Representation of Resultant of
Harmonic Motions of Different Periods, Prof. C. Schlichter,
323

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

Penrose (F. C., F.R.S.), the Orientation of Greek Temples,
151

Perchot (J.), New Method for Determining Vertical, 191
Periodic Comets, Theory of, M. Callandreau, 303

Periodic Orbits, Prof. G. H. Darwin, 394

Terkin (A. G.), Yellow Vegetable Colouring Matters, 93;

June 16, 1898

Colouring Matters of Indian Dye-stuff" 'Asbarg," 478;
Metallic Salts of Yellow Colouring Matters, 478

Perkin (W. H., jun.), Condensation of Formaldehyde with
Ethylic Malonate, 430; Sulphocamphylic Acid, 93; Decom-
position of Camphoric Acid by Fusion with Alkali, 166:
Synthesis of Camphoric Acid, 166

Perkins (R. C. L), Entomology of Hawaiian Islands, 190
Perman (E. P.), Rate of Escape of Ammonia from Aqueous
Solutions, 383

Pernter (J. M.), Modern Views of the Rainbow, 298
Perot (A.), a New Method of Interferential Spectroscopy, 263;
Study of Radiations by Interferential Spectroscopy, 359
Perrine (Prof.), Winnecke's Comet, 230

Perrine Comet 88, 492, 591, 617; Herr J. Möller, 16, 61, 105;
Dr. Ristenpart, 519; Prof. H. Kreutz, 568

Perry (Prof. John, F.R.S.), Applied Mechanics, 313
Perspective Course, Complete, J. Humphrey Spanton, 602
Peter (Dr. Bruno), Stellar Parallaxes, 546

Petit (J. M.), Oysters and Typhoid Fever, 72

Pflanzen, Untersuchungen über das Erfrieren der, Dr. Hans
Molisch, 77

Pharmacology: Lectures on the Action of Medicine, Dr.
Lauder Brunton, F. R.S, 26; Death of Dr. W. von
Schroeder, 349; Pharmacology of Aconitine, Diacetylaconi-
tine, Benzamine, and Aconine, J. T. Cash, F.R.S., and W.
R. Dunstan, F.R.S., 453; Death and Obituary Notice of
Dr. J. G. N. Dragendorff, 612

Phelps (I. K.), Combustion of Organic Substances in Wet
Way, 70

Phenomena Exhibited by Jackson Tubes, William Webster, 80
Philip's Artistic Fruit Studies, R. H. Wright, 606
Philip's Artistic Animal Studies, H. A. K. Dixon, 606
Philosophy of Knowledge, Prof. G. T. Ladd, 125

Phisalix (C.), Vespida Venom Vaccinatory against Viper Venom,
168; Bile Salts Vaccine against Snake Poison, 191; Tyrosin,
a Chemical Vaccine against Snake Poison, 360
Phlegræan Fields, the, R. T. Günther, 583
Phosphorescence Produced by Electrification, J. Trowbridge and
J. E. Burbank, 333

Phosphorescent Sap in Superior Plants, on, Dr. M. W.
Beigerinck, 511

Phosphorescent South American Liana Exist? Does a, Prof.
Italo Giglioli, 412

Photography: Photography of Faint Moving Celestial Objects,
Prof. Barnard, 16; Photography of Unseen Moving Celestial
Bodies, Prof. Barnard, 230; Bibliography of X-Ray Literature
and Research, 53; Röntgen Rays in Medical Work, Dr.
David Walsh, 99; Effect of Zinc on Photographic Plates,
Prof. J. J. Thomson, 119; Chemistry for Photographers, C.
F. Townsend, 126; With Nature and a Camera, R. and C.
Kearton, 154; Physical Aspect of Reversal of Image, Captain
Abney, 158; the Zeeman Effect Photographed, Thos. Preston,
173; Atlas der Himmelskunde auf Grundlage der Ergebnisse
der coelestischen Photographie, A. J. Scheveiger-Lerchenfeld,
220; Measurement of Horses and Other Animals, Francis
Galton, F.R.S., 230; Photographic Method of Measuring
Height of Balloon, L. Cailletet, 282; Photographic Magni-
tudes, Prof. Pickering, 303; New Photographs of Nebula,
M. A. Rabourdin, 374; the Photography of Nebula, Prof. R.
A. Gregory, 443; Astronomical Photography, Dr. Isaac
Roberts, 417; Geological Photographs, Prof. W. W. Watts,
437; Photo-Micrography with High Powers, J. Edwin
Barnard, Thomas A. B. Carver, 448; Die Photographische
Praxis, Prof. H. W. Vogel, 462; a New Actinograph, Dr.
Hurter and V. C. Driffield, 471; Skiagraphy after Injection
of the Blood Vessels with Mercury, Drs. H. J. Stiles and II.
Rainy, 485; Occultations Photographically Observed, Prof.
E. C. Pickering, 492; Photography of Meteorological
Phenomena, A. W. Clayden, 502; La Photographie et l'Etude
des Nuages, Jacques Boyer, 509; Concave Gratings for Stellar
Photography, 520; Applications of Photographic Irradiation,
Ch. Féry, 527; Photography and Travel, John Thomson,
539; Photographic Surveying, Prof. E. J. Mills, 563; the
Bakerian Lecture, Dr. W. J. Russell, V.P.R.S., 607
Photo-Micrography with High Powers, J. Edwin Barnard,
Thomas A. B. Carver, 448

Phylogenetic Energies, Canogenesis, the Expression of Various,
Dr. Ernst Mehnert, 505

Physicians and Students, Practical Toxicology for, Prof. Dr.
Rudolf Kobert, 535