River Basin in Illinois, 462; Section F (Zoology), Prof. H. F. Osborn on the Mammals of the Upper Cretaceous, 462; Section G (Botany), Evolution and Classification, C. E. Bessey, 534; Section H (Anthropology), Dr. Brinton on the Mexican Calendar System, 462; Section I (Economic Science and Statistics), 463; Theories of the Origin of Mountain Ranges, Prof. Le Conte, 551; Geological Society of America, 578; Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, U.S. Army, Dr. A. T. Myers, 611
Ammonia Vapour as a Disinfectant, Herr Rigler, 298
Amoebæ, Artificial, Prof. Bütschli's, Dr. John Berry Haycraft,
594
Amphioxus and its Development, the, Dr. B. Hatscheck, 613 Amphipods, Swarms of, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F. R. S., 28 Ampère's Swimmer, a Substitute for, Alfred Daniell, 294, 370 Amsterdam Royal Academy of Sciences, 96, 168, 312 Analytical Statics, a Treatise on, Edward John Routh, F.R.S., Prof. A. G. Greenhill, F. R.S., 609 Anatomy, Human and Comparative, at Oxford, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F. R. S., 616
Anderson (Dr. William, F.R.S.), the Interdependence of Ab-
stract Science and Engineering, 65
Andouard (A.), the Desert Sands of Lower Egypt, 336 Anemometrical Observations at Vienna, 1873-92, Dr. J. Hann, 108
Aneroid, the Corry "Protected," Edward Whymper, 160 Anglo-Saxon Remains and Coeval Relics from Scandinavia, on, Prof. Hans Hildebrand, 557
Angot (M.), the Eiffel Tower Experiments, Variation with Height of the Meteorological Elements, 12
Animal Heat and Physiological Calorimetry, Prof. Rosenthal, 88
Animal Intelligence, the Limits of, Prof. C. L. Morgan, 350 Animal Life, Types of, St. George Mivart, F.R.S., 148 Animals, the Intelligence of, Charles William Purnell, Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, 73
Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, 92
Anomalous Dispersion, a Mechanical Analogue of, 527
Antarctic Exploration: Cruise of the Dundee Whalers, W. S. Bruce and C. M. Donald, 555
Antarctic Whaler Balana, Return of, 112
Antarctic Whaling Expedition, Norwegian, 574
Antennæ, Trilobites with, at last! H. M. Bernard, 582
Anthrax Bacilli, Production of Sporeless, M. Phisalix, 545
Anthropology: the Population of France, 108; Anthropolo-
gical Institute, 118; Index to Publications, 482; the Baram
District of Borneo, Charles Hose, 118; Anthropological
Society of Washington, Prize Subjects for 1893, 229; Racial
Dwarfs in the Pyrenees, J. S. Stuart-Glennie, 294; Strange
Heathen Ceremony at Raiates, Miss Teuira Henry, 398;
the Ancient Burial Mounds of Japan, Romyn Hitchcock,
398; the Breaking of Clay Vessels as a Funeral Rite in
Modern Greece, Prof. N. G. Politis, 445; Dr. Brinton on
the Earliest Men, 460; Opening Address in Section H of the
British Association, by Dr. Robert Munro, 503; Ethno-
graphic Aspect of Dancing. Mrs. Lilly Grove, 557; on
Anglo-Saxon Remains and Coeval Relics from Scandinavia,
Prof. Hans Hildebrand, 557; Origin and Development of
Early Christian Art, J. Romilly Allen, 558; Ethnographical
Notes on the Congo Tribes, Herbert Ward, 558; the "Mad
Head," Dr. Crochley Clapham, 558; on the Structure of
Lake-dwellings, Dr. Munro, 558; on a British Village of
Marsh Dwellings, Arthur Bulleid, 558; Chicago International
Congress of Anthropology, 570
Anthropometrical Measurements, A. Bertillon's System of, 250
Antibes, Four Simultaneous Water-spouts at, M. Naudin, 360
Antipodean Retrenchment, Dr. E. A. Abbott, 249
Antiquities, Assyrian, the Thieving of, 343; H. Rassam, 508,
540
Antiquities, the Thieving of, Prof. W. M. Flinders Petrie, 613
Ants, the Use of, to Aphides and Coccidæ, Dr. Geo. J.
Romanes, F. R. S., 54; Alfred O. Walker, 54
Ants, the Sound-producing Organs of, Dr. D. Sharp, F.R.S.,
64
Ants, the Fungus Gardens of certain South American, John C.
Willis, 392.
Antwerp Exhibition, "Castle in the Air" for forthcoming, 569 Apex of the Sun's Way, the, Prof. II. G. Van de Sande Bak- huyzen, 401
Aphides and Coccidæ, the use of Ants to, Dr. Geo. J. Romanes, F. R.S, 54; Alfred O. Walker, 54
Aphis, What becomes of the, in the Winter? J. A. Sharpe, 77 April Meteors, the, W. F. Denning, 5 Arago, a New Statue of, 154, 223
Ararat, Mount, Ascent of, H. F. B. Lynch, 548 Arcangeli (Dr. G.), Growth of Leaf-stalk of Nymphæaceæ, 92 Archæology: Congress of Archæological Societies, 251; the Archæological Survey of England, 272; the Thieving of As- syrian Antiquities, H. Rassam, 343, 508, 540; the Thieving of Antiquities, Prof. W. M. Flinders Petrie, 613
Archibald (E. Douglas), the Greatest Rainfall in Twenty-four
Hours, 77, 317; the Big and Little Monsoons of Ceylon, 175
Architecture : Prehistoric Naval Architecture of Northern
Europe, G. H. Boehmer, 274; Institution of Naval Archi- tecture, 277; Fast Ocean Steamships, Dr. F. Elgar, 278; Experiments on Combination of Induced Draughts and Shot Air, applied to Marine Bilers, J. D. Ellis, 278; Transmission of Heat through Boiler Plates, A. Blechynden, 278; Water Tube Boilers, J. T. Milton, 278; the Bulkhead Question, G. H. Bryan, 279; the Mechanics of Architecture, E. Wynd- ham Tarn, 515
Arcimis (Prof. Augusto), Afterglows in Spain, 29
Arctic Exploration: Death of Capt. Richard Pike, 82; the
Race to the North Pole, Dr. H. R. Mill, 250; an Expe- dition to the North Magnetic Pole, Col. W. H. Gilder, 250; Sailing of Dr. Nansen's Expedition (June 24, 1893), 205; Dr. Nansen's Expedition, 301, 425, 574; Departure of Lieut. Peary on his Second Expedition, 234; Departure of Mr. F. G. Jackson for Nova Zembla, 327; the Steam Whaler Newport's Voyage, 574
Arctic Problem, the, and Narrative of the Peary Relief Expe- dition of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Prof. Angelo Heilprin, 434
Aren's (Herr), Method of Detecting Cholera Bacillus in Water, 523
Argentinia and Chile, Flora and Fauna of, Dr. Philippi, 619 Argyll, a Vertebrate Fauna of, and the Inner Hebrides, J. A.
Harvie-Brown and T. E. Buckley, 123
Arithmetic, Algebra, Euclid and Trigonometry, Enunciations in, P. A. Thomas, 564
Arloing (S.), Microbian Origin of Purulent Surgical Infection,
407
Armstrong (Prof. Henry E., F.R.S.), the Appreciation of
Science by German Manufacturers, 29; the Conditions
Determinative of Chemical Change, 237; Ortho-, para-, and
peri-disulphonic derivatives of Naphthalene, 262; the Nature
of Depolarisers, 308
Arnè (Riccardo), Diathermanous Power of Ebonite for Heat
Waves, 299
Arnold-Bemrose (Mr.) on the Derbyshire Toadstone, 532
Arran, Composite Dykes in, Prof. J. W. Judd, F.R.S., 285,
Arrow-Poison of East Equatorial Africa, the, Dr. T. R. Fraser,
F.R. S., and Dr. Joseph Tillie, 92
Arsenic, Products of Sublimation of, Dr. Retgers, 510
Arsonval (M. d'), Physiological and Therapeutic Effects of In-
jection of Orchitic Liquid, 23; Duration of Excitability of
Nerves and Muscles after Death, 240; Electric Excitability
of Muscles after Death: the Myophone, 399; Experiments
on Effect of Strong Alternating Magnetic Fields on Animals,
481; Dr. W. S. Hedley on M. d'Arsonval's Work, 481
Art, the Department of Science and, 403
Art. Early Christian, Origin and Development of, J. Romilly
Allen, 558
Artari (A. L.), Some Protococcoidæ, 92
Artificial Immunity and Typhoid Fever, 211
Artistic Rows of Elms, Rev. Alex. Freeman, 223
Ascherson (Herr), the Metallic-looking Deposits on Teeth of
Ruminating Animals, 231
Ashwell (Frank), Warming and Ventilating, 556
Asia, General Glaciation of, Prince Kropotkin, 533
Asiatic Quarterly Review, 301
Asphyxia, on the Physiological Action of the Inhalation of
Oxygen in, 575
Assyrian Antiquities, the Thieving of, 343; H. Rassam, 508,
540
Association for Advancement of Science, Australasian, 569 Asterisms, the Early, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 438, 518 Astronomy: the April Meteors, W. F. Denning, 5; Daylight Meteor, March 18, J. E. Clark, 54; Meteor Showers, 15, 254, 326; Meteor Observations, W. F. Denning, 135; an
Ascending Meteor, Prof. Von Niessl, 209; a Remarkable
Meteor, J. Lloyd Bozward; J. Lovel, 567; August Meteors,
601; the Genesis of Nova Auriga, Richard A. Gregory, 6;
Nova (T) Aurige Spectrum, W. W. Campbell, 524; Our
Astronomical Column, 15, 39, 61, 81, 111, 135, 158, 183, 208,
233, 254, 276, 300, 326, 355, 379, 401, 425, 447, 483, 512,
524, 548, 573, 600, 622; South Polar Cap of Mars, Prof.
George Comstock, 15; the Brightness of the Major and Minor
Planets, Dr. G. Müller, 15; Astronomy Popularised in
America, 15; Optical Tests for Objectives, Dr. Ludwig
Mach, 16; Photograph of a Bolid, 16; Meridian Circle
Observations, 39; the Lunar Atmosphere, 40; the Recent
Solar Eclipse, 40; Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F. R. S., 53; the
Total Solar Eclipse (April, 1893), M. Deslandres, 81; M.
Bigourdan, 111; M. N. Coculesco, 135; Observations
made during the Eclipse of April, 1893, 326; a Method
of Detecting the Existence of Variable Stars by Continuous
Photometric Observations, Dr. J. Joly, F.R.S., 47; Dis-
tortion of Photographic Star Images due to Refraction, Prof.
A. A. Rambaut, 47; Roche's Limit, Prof. G. H. Darwin,
F.R.S., 54; Finlay's Comet (1886 VII.), 51, 81, 112,
135, 158, 184, 208, 276, 300, 326, 355; M Schulhof,
233, 254; Comet Finlay and the Præsepe, 512; the
Greatest Brilliancy of Venus, Dr. G. Müller, 61;
L'Astronomie, 62, 158, 254; the Lunar Atmosphere,
M. Spée, 62; Bulletin Astronomique for April, 62; Vari-
able Star Nomenclature, 81; the Moon's Surface, G.
K. Gilbert, 82; Amédée Guillemin, 82; the Satellites of
Jupiter, Prof. W. H. Pickering, 81, 209; Observation on
Jupiter, M. Lumsden, 158; Sun, Moon, and Stars: As-
tronomy for Beginners, A. Gilberne, 101; Death of Dr.
Charles Pritchard, F. R.S., 107; Aurora Observations, 112;
the Constant of Aberration, Prof. Chandler, 112; the As-
tronomical Day, 112; Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 112;
Washburn Observations, 135; the Cause of Sunspots, Dr.
G. J. Storey, F.R.S., 143; Determinations of Gravity, 158;
Solar Observations at the Royal College, Rome, Prof.
Tachini, 158; a New Variable u Cygnus, 183; a Bright
Comet, 184, 233; Observations of Nebulæ, Dr. Rudolf
Spitaler, 184; the Yerkes Telescope, 184; the Smithsonian
Report for Year ending 1892, 184; the Smithsonian Astro-
Physical Observatory, 184; Practical Astronomy, P. S.
Michie and F. S. Harlow, 197; Stars having Peculiar
Spectra, 208; Stars with Remarkable Spectra, T. E. Espin,
233; the Sun's Motion through Space, 208; the Period of
Rotation of Venus, 233; the Newall Telescope, 233; John-
ston's Notes on Astronomy, 233; the Hodgkins Fund Prizes,
233; a New Comet, 254, 622; Ephemeris of the New
Comet, Prof. E. Lamp, 276; the Discovery of the New
Comet, 300; Himmel und Erde for July, 254; for August,
355; Observations of the Planet Victoria, 276; Difference
of Longitude between Vienna and Greenwich, 277; Photo-
graphs of the Milky Way, Prof. E. E. Barnard, 277;
Changes in the Spectrum of 8 Lyræ, 301; the Variable Star Cygni, Prof. N C. Duner, 301; New Determination of
the Constant of Universal Attraction, 301; the Coronal
Atmosphere of the Sun, 301; Variable Stars, 301; Remarks
on Herschel's Second Method of Calculating Probable Orbit
of Binary Star, J. A. C. Oudemans, 312; the Astronomical
History of On and Thebes, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S.,
318, 371; Rordame-Quénisset Comet, 1893, 326, 401; Herr
E. Lamp, 355; the Spectrum of the Rordame-Quénisset
Comet, Prof. Campbell, 379; Earth Movements, Herr E.
von Rebeur-Paschwitz, 326; the Observatory of Yale Uni-
versity, 327; Astronomische Gesellschaft, 327; Observa-
tions of Aurora, Dr. M. A. Veeder, 355; New Determination
of the Constant of Universal Attraction, 355; Total Solar
Eclipses, 355; Photography of Comet b, 1893, F. Quénisset,
360; Old and New Astronomy, Richard A. Proctor, 361;
the Origin of New Stars, Prof. A. W. Bickerton, 379; At-
mospheric Refraction and Star Photographs, Prof. A. A.
Rambaut, 379; Astronomy Popularised, 380; Comet Ap-
pearances in the Year 1892, Proi. H. Kreutz, 380; Astrono-
mical Photography, Rt. Hon. Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 391;
the Cordoba Durchmusterung, 401; a Simple Equatorial
Mounting, 401; a Remarkable Source of Error, 401; the
Apex of the Sun's Way, Prof. H. G. Van de Sande Bakhuy-
zen, 401; the Origin of New Stars, 402; an Old Device
Resuscitated, F. W. Levander, 416; Old and New
Astronomy, A. C. Ranyard, 416; the Reviewer, 416;
Honorary Distinctions, 425; a Meteor, 425; a Bequest to
Astronomy, 425; Old and New Astronomy, Mrs. S. D.
Proctor-Smyth, 438; the Reviewer, 438; the Early Asterisms,
J. Norman Lockyer, F. R. S., 438, 518; the Transit of Venus
of 1874, 447; the Planet Venus, Ellen M. Clerke, 447 ;-
Memorie della Societa, &c., 448; Variations of Latitude, Prof.
C. L. Doolittle, 451; Latitude Determination at Bethlehem,
1892-93, Prof. Doolittle, 460; Astronomical Photography,
Dr. A. A. Common, F.R.S., 459; H. F. Newall, 517; Sir
Robert S. Ball, F. R.S., 541; a Determination of the Con-
stant of Aberration, Prof. Geo. C. Comstock, 460; Mr.
Tebbutt's Observatory, 483; Universal Time in Australia,
484; Bishop's Ring, T. W. Backhouse, 509; Double Star
Measures, 512; Pubblicazioni della Specola Vaticana, 512;
Fireball of January 13, 1893, Prof. H. A. Newton, 524;
Report of the Committee on Solar Radiation, 525; the
Moon's Atmosphere and the Kinetic Theory of Gases, G. H.
Bryan, 526; Shooting Stars of August, 1893, P. F. Denza,
535; the Constellations of the Far East, Kumagusu Minakata,
541; on the Parallax of the Planetary Nebula B. D. +
41°4004, 548; Solar and Lunar Ephemeris for Turin,
548; Observatory on Mont Blanc, 549; Astronomy at
the World's Fair, 573; the Aurora of July 15, 1893, M.
A. Veeder, 573; New Variable Stars in Cygnus, Herr Fr.
Deichmüller, 573; Deductions from Pulkowa Latitude Obser-
vations, S. Folie, 583; the Scintillation of Stars, M. Dufour,
600; a Universal Telescope Stand, 600; Popular Astronomy,
600; Astronomy of the Fellahin of Palestine, P. J. Balden-
sperger, 601; Determination of Geographical Longitude, Herr
C. Runge, 623; Astronomy and Astro-Physics at Chicago,
623; a New Astronomical Observatory at Manila, 623; the
Visibility of Venus to the Naked Eye, 623; Meyer's Con-
versational Lexicon, 623
Asymmetrical Frequency Curves, Prof. Kar! Pearson, 615
Atlantic Water, Density and Alkalinity of, J. Y. Buchanan, 168
Atlas, the Universal, 147
Atlatl, or Throwing Stick, the Mexican, P. T. Mason, 597
Atmosphere, the General Motions of the, W. L. Dallas, 341
Atmosphere, High, Thermometer Soundings in the, W. de
Fonvielle, 160
Atmosphere, the Lunar, 40; M. Spée, 62
Atmosphere of the Sun, the Coronal, 301
Atmospheric Oxygen, Origin of, T. L. Phipson, 384
Atmospheric Phenomenon in the North China Sea, Capt.
Chas. J. Norcock, 76
Atmospheric Refraction and Star Photographs, Prof. A. A.
Rambaut, 379
Atom, Prof. Ebert's Method of Estimating the Radiating Power
of an, 527
Atomic Weight of Oxygen, Prof. Morley's Final Determination
of the, 461
Aubel (M. van), Resistance of Bismuth, 571
Augen-Structure in Relation to the Origin of Eruptive Rocks
and Gneiss, J. G. Goodchild, 532
August Meteors, the, 1893, W. F. Denning, 374 Aurora Observations, 112
Aurora of July 15, 1893, M. A. Veeder, 573
Aurora Borealis, Observation of an, M. le duc Nicolas de
Leuchtenberg, 608
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Aurora, the Observation of, Dr. M. A. Veeder, 355
Ausdehnungslehre, Grassman's, Prof. R. W. Genese, 517
Australia, Journey of Guy Boothby across, 40; Prize offered
by Hon. Ralph Abercromby for Study of 'Southerly
Burster," 77; the New Flora and the Old in Australia, A.
G. Hamilton, 161; the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, its
Products and Potentialities, W. Saville Kent, Prof. Alfred C.
Haddon, 217; Australasian Association for Advancement of
Science, 229, 569; Universal Time in Australia, 484; The
Hour-Zone System of Time-reckoning for, 601; Australian
Museum, Annual Report for 1892, 621
Austria, Disastrous Floods in, 376
Automatic Balance of Reciprocating Mechanism, Mr. Beau-
mont, 556
Automatic Gem Separator, an, Wm. S. Lockhart, 557
Autumn of 1893, Spring and, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Fry, F.R.S.,
509
Aveling (Edward), an Introduction to the Study of Geology,
Bacchus Marsh Boulder Beds, the, Graham Officer, Lewis
Balfour, 342; R. D. Oldham, 416
Backhouse (T. W.), Bishop's Ring, 509
Bacteriology: the Nitrogen-fixing Micro-organisms,
Berthelot, 23; Bacteria, their Nature and Function, Dr. E.
Klein, F.R.S., 82; a Manual of Bacteriology, George
M. Sternberg, 172, B. Griffiths, 219; Bacilli in the Saliva
of Domestic Animals, 181; Antagonistic Effect of Bacillus
Fluorescens Liquefaciens on other Organisms, Herr Olitzky,
181; the Cholera Bacillus, Herren Bujwid and Linkelburg,
207; Method of Detecting Cholera Bacillus in Water, Koch
and Ar ns, 523; Discovery of the Bacillus Anthracis in Well-
mud, M. Dia roptoff, 230; Interaction of Micro-organisms,
274; Effect of Ammonia Vapour on Bacilli, Herr Rigler,
29; Bacilli in Norwegian Ice, 323; Loeffler's and Laser's
Bacilli and Mouse Plagues, 323; Sulphuretted Hydrogen-
producing Bacillus of the Black Sea, 323; Loeffler's Bacillus
Typhi Murium and Laser's Bacillus der Mäuse-seuche, 323;
Bacillus Hydrosulfuricus Ponticus, 323; Micro-organisms
producing Sulphuretted Hydrogen, Fromme and Stagnitta-
Balistreri, 352 Susceptibility of Micro-organisms to Various
Strengths of Disinfectants, Signor Trambusti, 352; Resist-
ance of some Micro-organisms to High Temperatures, Herr
Heim, 377; Greater Efficiency of Disinfectants at High
Temperatures and with Moisture, MM. Chamberland and
Fernbach, 377; Diagnostik der Bakterien des Wassers, Dr. Alexander Lustig, Mrs. Percy Frankland, 387; Modification of Loeffler's Method for Exhibiting in Stained Preparations the Cilia of Micro-organisms, MM. Nicolle and Morax, 399; Chemical and Bacterial Condition of Elbe at Magdeburg, Herr Ohlmüller, 399; Production of Ammonia in Soil by Microbes, Émile Marchal, 406; Microbian Origin of Purulent Surgical Infection, 407; Bacteria in their re- lation to Vegetable Tissues, Mr. Russell, 422; the Vitality of Pathogenic Bacteria in Vegetable Tissues, Herr Lominsky, 445; Prof. P. Frankland on the Present Position of Bacteri- ology, 530; Production of Sporeless Anthrax Bacilli, M. Phisalix, 545; Manual of Bacteriology for Practitioners and Students, Dr. S. L. Schenk, 562; Bactericidal Action of Per- oxide of Hydrogen, Richardson, Traugott, Van Tromp and Altehoefer, 599; Strauss's Method of Colouring Cilia of Living Micro-organisms, 621
Baginsky (Dr.), Relation of Glossopharyngeal and Olfactory Nerves to Sensory End-organs, 408
Bailey (E. H. S.), Effects of Cyclone of June 21 in Kansas,
352
Baily (Francis G.), Telephone Lines and their Properties, William J. Hopkins, 99
Baker (H. B.), Influence of Moisture on Chemical Action, 118
Bakhuyzen (Prof. H. G. Van de Sande), the Apex of the Sun's
Way, 401
Baldwin (James Mark), Elements of Psychology, 292
Balfour (Lewis), New Conclusions, 342
Ball (Sir Robert S., F.R.S.), Wanderings of the North Pole,
349; the Discussion on Quaternions, 391; Astronomical
Photography, 541
Bal! (Prof. Valentine), Relationship between Physical Geography and Geology, 554
Balland (M.), Interior Temperature of Bread coming out of
Oven, 632
Ballooning: Electrification suggested as Cause of Ignition of
Balloon Humboldt, Prof. Börnstein, 120; Thermometer
Soundings in the High Atmosphere, W. de Fonvielle, 160;
Trial of Langlois' Screw for Vertical Propulsion, M. Mallet,
360; "Castle in the Air" for forthcoming Antwerp Exhibi-
tion, 569
Ballou (H. M.), the Chinook Wind, 21
Baluchistán, the Earthquake in, 348
Baly (E. C. C.). Sodium Potassium High Temperature Thermo- meters, 63
Bancroft (T. L.), the Habit and Use of Nardoo (Marsilea
Drummondii), 407
Banks's (Sir Joseph) Correspondence, 205
Barker (David Wilson), the Glaciation of Brazil, 614; Scintil- lation of Stars, 614
Barker (Geo. F.), Physics, Advanced Course, Prof. Oliver
Lodge, F.R.S., I
Barnard (Prof. E. E.), Photographs of the Milky Way. 277 Barnavave Carlingford, on the Igneous Rocks of, Prof. W. J.
Sollas, 532
Barrett (Charles G.), the Lepidoptera of the British Islands, 585
Barrier Reef of Australia, the Great, its Products and Poten-
tialities, W. Saville-Kent, Prof. Alfred C. Haddon, 217
Bartoli (Prof.), Corrected Formula of Heat necessary to Raise
a Gramme of Water to ° C., 299
Barton (E. H), Electric Interference Phenomena, 527
Basic Eruptive Rocks of Gran (Christiana Region), on the
Genetic Relations of the, Prof. W. C. Brogger, 531
Basset (A. B., F. R.S.), Toroidal Functions, 23; Electro-Optics,
34; the Publication of Physical Papers, 222, 292; Prof.
Oliver Lodge, F. R S., 292; Mr. Love's Treatise on Elasti-
city, 415, 543; Organisation of Scientific Literature, 436;
the Publication of Scientific Papers, 529
Batchelder (S. F.), New Series of Isanomalous Temperature
Charts, 239
Battersby (J.), Crocodile's Eggs with Solid Shell, 248
Battin (Joseph), Death of, 481
Baumann's (Dr.), Exploration to North-East of Lake Tangan-
yika, 548
Beadle (C.), Cellular Thiocarbonates, 94
Bean (T. E.), Sex Proportions of Butterfly production, 231
Beard (Dr. J.), Obituary Notice of Carl Semper, 271
Beaumont (Mr.), Automatic Balance of Reciprocating Me-
chanism, 556; a Variable Power Gear for Electrical Loco-
motives, 557
Beaver Creek Meteorites of May 26, 1893, E. E. Howell, 351 ;
Prof. B. J. Harrington, 426
Bebber (Prof. Dr. W. J. Van), Katechismus der Meteorologie, 387
Beevor (Dr. C. E.), Analysis by Electric Stimulation of Motor Region of Cortex Cerebri in Macacus sinicus, 142 Belgian Academy, Prize Subjects for 1894, 107 Belgique, Bulletin de l'Academie Royale de, 188, 332, 406, 583 Bell (Dugald), the Shell-beds of North Scotland, 181; In- vestigation into the Shell-bearing Clays of Clava in Nairn, 532
Bell (Prof. F. Jeffery), Singular Swarms of Flies, 127 Ben Nevis, the Meteorological Observatory on, 428 Benda (Dr.), Microscopical Investigations on Development and Function of Mammary Gland, 408
Bendigo Gold-fields, the, E. J. Dunn, 207
Bengal Duars, Experiences in the, E. Heawood, 555 Benham (W. B.), New Species of Nais, 115 Benischke (Dr. G.), Alternate Current Utilised for Investigating Dielectric Constants of Solids, 378
Bennett (Alfred W.), Popular Botany, 104
Benson (C.), Normal Distribution of Rainfall in Madras
Presidency, 230
Berget (Alphonse), New Determination of Mass and Density of
Earth, 251
Bergholz (Dr. P.), Bremen Meteorological Observations for
1892, 422
Berlin Geographical Society, 40
Berlin Meteorological Society, 120
Berlin Physical Society, 48, 144, 288, 407
Berlin Physiological Society, 47, 119, 288, 408
Berliner Wetter-Buch, das älteste, Prof. Hellmann, 11 Bernard (H. M.), Trilobites with Antenna at Last! 582 Berthelot's Principle Applied to Magmatic Concentration, A.
Harker, 532
Bertillon (A.), System of Anthropometrical Measurements, 250
Bertillonage, E. R. Spearman, 249
Berzelius and Liebig, Correspondence of, 561
Bessey (Prof. C. E.), Evolution and Classification, 534
Bevan (E. J.) Cellulose Thiocarbonates, 94
Bezold (Prof. von), Meteorology as Physics of Atmosphere,
140, 239
Bible, Helps to the Study of the, Henry Froude, 539
Bickerton (Prof. A. W.), Origin of New Stars, 379 Bidgood (John), Popular Botany, 175
Bifurcation of the Sciences, Thoughts on the, suggested by the
Nottingham Meeting of the British Association, Prof.
Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 564
Bigourdan (M.), the Eclipse of April, 1893, 111
Binswanger (Mr.), Electric Heating Applicances for Domestic Use, 546
Biology: Aids to Biology, Joseph W. Williams, 26; Medical
Biology, 29; Biological Institute at Heligoland, 59; the
Conjoint Board's Medical Biology, Walter E. Collinge, 75; Turbellaria of the Black Sea, Dr. Sophie Pereyaslawzewa, 109; Biological Station started on Heligoland, 231; Bio-
logical Station established at Gall Lake, Minnesota, 324;
the Minute Structure of Plant Hybrids, Prof. J. Muirhead
Macfarlane, 402; Projected Biological Survey of Indiana,
421; Origin and Meaning of the Term Biology, J. S. Burdon
Sanderson, F. R. S., 464; Opening Address in Section D of
the British Association, by Rev. H. B. Tristram, F.R.S.,
490; Biology at the British Association, 574; Marine
Biology, Dredging Expedition of the Liverpool Committee,
14; the Week's Work of the Plymouth Station, 14, 39, 61,
81, 111, 134, 158, 183, 208, 232, 253, 275, 300, 326, 354,
379, 401, 425, 447, 483, 524, 547, 573, 600, 622; Plankton
of Northern Lagoon of Jan Mayen, G. Pouchet, 119; Whit-
suntide Work of Liverpool Committee, Prof. Herdman, 133;
Submarine Borers and Submarine Cables, W. H. Preece, F.R. S., 160; Animal Phosphorescence, D. Zabolotny, 92; Marine Biological Association, 236; European Laboratories of Marine Biology, 404; the Port Erin Station, 423 Birds' Method of Steering, F. W. Headley, 293; F. A. Lucas, 414
Birds, Sexual Colouration of, T. C. Headley, 413 Birds in a Village, W. H. Hudson, 409
Birds, Weight of, in Relation to their Bulk, 501
Birkeland (M.), Reflection of Electrical Waves at Extremity of Linear Conductor, 14
Biscay, Bay of, Currents of, A. Hautreux, 601 Bishop's Ring, T. W. Backhouse, 509
Black Sea, Turbellaria of the, Dr. Sophie Pereyaslawzewa, 109; Sulphuretted Hydrogen-producing Bacillus of the, 323 Blake (Prof. J. F.), Felsites and Conglomerates between Bethesda and Llanllyfni, 118
Blake and Franklin (Messrs.), Is Colour-Blindness a Product of Civilisation? 206
Blakesley (Mr.), Dr. Lodge's Foundation of Dynamics, 166; Photometry, 190
Blanford (W. T., F.R.S.), Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum, George Albert Boulenger, 313
Blanyulus guttulatus, a New Enemy of the Vine, M. Fontaine, 632
Blechynden (A.), Transmission of Heat through Boiler- plates, 278
Bleeding Bread, M. C. Cooke, 578
Blind, the Sense of Touch in the, Dr. Goldscheider, 48
Blomefield (Rev. Leonard), Death of, 445, 483
Blyth (A. Wynter), Lectures on Sanitary Law, 246
Bodenstein (Herr), the Action of Heat on Hydriodic Acid
Gas, 111
Bodily Powers of Man and other Animals, Jeremiah Head, 498 Boehmer (G. H.), Prehistoric Naval Architecture of Northern Europe, 274
Bohr (Dr. Christian) on the Effect of the Stimulation of the
Vagus on Disengagement of Gases in the Swim-bladder of
Fishes, 575
Bois (H. E. G. G. du), Polarisation of Undiffracted Infra-red Radiation by Metal Wire Gratings, 406
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Bonney (Prof. T. G., F.R.S.). Louis Agassiz: his Life and
Work, Charles Frederick Holder, 52; Relationship be-
tween Physical Geography and Geology, 554; Coral Reefs,
576
Boothby, Guy, Journey across Australia, 40
Borel (Charles), Question of true Hysteresis in case of Dielec-
trics, 110; Dielectric Constants of Biaxial Crystals, 240
Borneo, the Baram District of, Charles Hose, 118 Borneo, North, Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, John White- head, 564
Börnstein (Prof.), Electrification suggested as Cause of Ignition of Balloon Humboldt, 120
Boron, on the Quantitative Determination of, M. Henri Moissan, 96
Boscher (E.), Imitation or Instinct by a Male Thrush, 369 Botany: Italian Stations for Economic Investigations of Plant Diseases, 13; Colours of Canadian Flowers with relation to
Time of Flowering, A. T. Drummond, 37; Difficulty of
Determining Plants by Local Names, B. B. Smyth, 37;
Beiträge zur Biologie und Anatomie der Lianen, im Beson- deren der in Brasilien einheimischen Arten, Dr. H. Schenck, 53; Some Protococcoida (Algæ), Al. Artari, 92; a New
(Bay) Gall-Insect, Dr. C. Massa Congo, 92; Growth
of Leaf-Stalk of Nymphæaceæ, Prof. G. Arcangeli, 92;
a Fall of Rain from Lime-trees, Prof. F. Pasquale, 92;
Bolletino della Societá Botanica Italiana, 92, 333; Chemistry
and Physiology of Foliage Leaves, H. T. Brown and G. H.
Morris, 94; Popular Botany, Alfred W. Bennett, 104; John
Bidgood, 175; the Transpiration of Tropical Plants, Herr
Haberlandt, 108; the Protective Function of Oxalic Acid in
Plants, Herr Giessler, 109; Nuovo Giornale Botanico
Italiano, 115, 333; Flora of Pollard Willows near Cam-
bridge, J. C. Willis and J. H. Burkill, 143; Plants dis-
tributed by Cambridge Dust Carts, J. H. Burkill, 143; the
New Flora and the Old in Australia, A. G. Hamilton, 161;
Multiplicity of Homologous Parts in Relation to Gradation of Species, A. Chatin, 167; Hygroscopic Plants, G. Falken- horst, 253; Tobacco Culture in Trinidad, 275; Botanical Gazette, 284, 333, 359, 559; Oligodynamic Phenomena of Living Cells, Prof. Carl v. Nägeli, 331; Journal of Botany, 333, 559; Studies in Morphology of Spore producing Mem- bers, I. Equisetineæ and Lycopodineæ, F. O. Bower, F. R.S., 334; Failure of Efforts to introduce Cultivation of Japanese Paper Mulberry into India, 353; Cattle Poisoning Species of Homeria (Cape Tulip) in Victoria, Dr. McAlpine, 378; In- fluence of Solar Radiation upon Plants, G. Landel, 384; the Habit and Use of Nardoo (Marsilea Drummondii), T. L. Bancroft, 407; Tubulane, a Caucasian Truffle, A. Chatin, 407; Grasses of the Pacific Slope, including Alaska and the adjacent Islands, Dr. Geo. Vasey, 411; the Anatomy of Magnoliaceæ, Sadahisa Malsada, 482; Ad- ditions to Kew Herbarium, 510; Gesammelte Abhandlungen über Pflanzen-physiologie, Prof. Sachs, 513; Pollination of Yucca, Prof. C. V. Riley, 523; Botanical Exploration of St. Vincent, H. H. Smith and G. W. Smith, 544; Subtropical Botanical Laboratory established at Eustis, Florida, 545; Madison Botanical Congress, 597; Localisation of the Active Principle in Capparideæ, M. Léon Guignarel, 608; Lehrbuch der Botanik nach dem Gegenwartigen Stand der Wissen-chaft, 612; Insects and Flowers: Labiatæ, Chas. Robertson, 619 Bothamley (C. H.), the Composition of Mineral Waters, 22 Boulder Clay, Intrusive Masses of, Percy F. Kendall, 370
Boulders, Ice, as an Excavator of Lakes and a Transporter of,
Sir Henry H. Howorth, F. R. S., 247
Boulenger (George Albert), Catalogue of the Snakes in the
British Museum, W. T. Blanford, F. R. S.., 313
Boundoulaou Grotto, the, E. A. Martel and Émile Rivière, 231
Bourdon (M.), Curious Optical Illusion, 180
Bourquelot (Em.), Emulsine-like Ferment in Mushrooms, 512 Bourne (Gilbert), Coral Reefs, 576
Boussiresq (J.), Simplification of Formulæ Depending on Resist-
ing Power of Solids by introducing Greatest Linear Extension
▲ supportable by Material in Place of Corresponding Elastic
Force, 216
Boutan (Louis), Submarine Photographs, 377 Boutille (M.), New Electric Fire Alarm, 423
Bouty (M. E.), the Capacity of Polarisation, 180; Researches
of Polarisation, 336
Boulder Beds, the Bacchus Marsh, R. D. Oldham, 416
Bower (F. O., F. R. S.), Studies in Morphology of Spore Produc-
ing Members; I, Equisetineæ and Lycopodineæ, 334
Bowman (Sir William, F.R.S.), the Collected Papers of J.
Burdon Sanderson, F. R.S., and J. W. Hulke, F.R.S., 26
Boyer (G.), Two New Diseases of the Mulberry, 432
Boys (C. V., F. R.S.), Drawing of Curves by their Curvature,
116
Bozward (J. Lloyd), Wasps, 459; a Remarkable Meteor, 567;
the Summer of 1893, 614
Brabourne's (Lord) Library; Sir Joseph Banks's Correspondence, 205
Brain of Women, the, Prof. L. Büchner, 350
Bramcote and Stapleford Hills, Composition of the Rock of, Prof. Clowes, 532
Brandon, the Flint Industry at, Edward Lovett, 180 Braun (Dr. C.), a Simple Rule for finding the Day of the Week corresponding to any given Day of the Month and Year, 222 Brazil Coffee Culture, 423
Brazil, the Supposed Glaciation of, Dr. Alfred R. Wallace,
F. R.S., 589; Sir Henry H. Howorth, F. R.S., 614; David
Wilson Barker, 614
Bread, Bleeding, M. C. Cooke, 578
Bread coming out of Oven, Interior Temperature of, M.
Balland, 632
Breath Figure, John Aitken, 71
Brehm (A. E.), Les Merveilles de la Nature, La Terre, les Mers,
et les Continents; Géographie Physique, Géologie et Minéra-
logie, Fernand Priem, Prof. A. H. Green, F.R.S., 25
Bremen Meteorological Observations for 1892, Dr. P. Bergholz,
Brew (William), a Peculiar Discharge of Lightning, 370
Bridge Construction, a Practical Treatise on, T. Claxton
Fidler, 612
Brightness of the Major and Minor Planets, the, Dr. G. Müller,
15
Brillouin (Marcel), Proper Vibrations of Medium indefinitely
extended outside a Solid Body, 287
Brinton (Dr. Daniel G.), on the Earliest Men, 460; on the
Mexican Calendar System, 462
British Agriculture, the Future of, Prof. Sheldon, 174
BRITISH ASSOCIATION: Meeting at Nottingham, 485; Prof.
Frank Clowes, 295, 344, 419, 443, 463, 520; Arrange-
ments for Work of Chemical Section of the, Prof. J.
Emerson Reynolds, F. R. S., 416; Inaugural Address by
J. S. Burdon Sanderson, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., 464
Section A (Mathematics and Physics)-Opening Address
by R. T. Glazebrook, F.R.S., President of the Section,
473; Report of the Committee on Solar Radiation, 525;
Prof. G. F. Fitzgerald on the Period of Vibration of Dis-
turbances of Electrification of the Earth, 526; the Moon's
Atmosphere and the Kinetic Theory of Gases, G. H.
Bryan, 526; Grinding and Polishing of Glass Surfaces,
Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 526; Apparatus for Observing
and Photographing Interference and Diffraction Pheno-
mena, W. B. Croft, 526; on Sun-spots and Solar En-
velopes, Rev. F. Howlett, 526; on Our Present Know-
ledge of Electrolysis and Electro-Chemistry, T. C. Fitz-
patrick, 527; on the Connection between the Ether and
Matter, Prof. O. Lodge, 527; a Mechanical Analogue
of Anomalous Dispersion, 527; Note on Prof. Ebert's
Method of Estimating the Radiating Power of an Atom,
527; on Electric Interference Phenomena, E. H. Barton,
527; on the Passage of Electric Waves through Layers of
Electrolyte, 527; W. B. Croft on the Plan of Science
Teaching at Winchester School, 527; on Standards of
Low Electrical Resistance, J. Viriamu Jones, 528; Appa-
ratus for Comparing Nearly Equal Resistances, F. H.
Nalder, Dr. O. Lodge, F. R. S., 528; a Simple Interference
Experiment, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 528; on Specula for
Reflecting Telescopes, Dr. A. Shafarik, 528; the Publica-
tion of Scientific Papers, A. B. Basset, 529; a New Form
of Air Pump, Prof. J. J. Thompson, 529; on a Peculiar
Motion assumed by Oil Bubbles in Ascending Tubes con-
taining Caustic Solutions, F. T. Trouton, 529
Section B(Chemistry)-Opening Address by Prof. Emerson
Reynolds, F. R. S., President of the Section, 477; G. J.
Fowler on the Preparation and Properties of Nitride of
Iron, 529; T. W. Hogg on Cyanonitride of Titanium,
529; Report of the Committee for Investigating the
Action of Light upon Dyed Colours, 529; the Method of
Isolation and the Properties of Fluorine, MM. Moissan
and Meslans, 529; the Iodine Value of Sunlight in the
High Alps, Dr. S. Rideal, 529; Report of the Committee
on the Action of Light on the Hydracids of the Halogens
in the Presence of Oxygen, 530; the Expansion of Chlorine
and Bromine under the Influence of Light, Dr. Richardson,
530; Prof. P. Frankland on the Present Position of Bac-
teriology, more especially in its Relation to Chemical
Science, 530; on Explosions in Mines, with Special
Reference to the Dust Theory, Prof. H. B. Dixon, Mr.
Hall, Mr. Galloway, Prof. Thorpe, Mr. Stokes, 530
Section C (Geology)-Opening Address by J. J. H. Teall,
F.R.S., President of the Section, 486; on the Genetic
Relations of the Basic Eruptive Rocks of Gran (Christiana
Region), Prof. W. C. Brögger, 531; on the Dissected
Volcano of Crandall Basin, Wyoming, Prof. J. P. Iddings,
531; on Structures in Eruptive Bosses which resemble
those of Ancient Gneisses, Sir Archibald Geikie, For. Sec.
R.S., 531; on Berthelot's Principle applied to Magmatic
Concentration, A. Harker, 532; on the Igneous Rocks of
Barnavave, Carlingford, Prof. W. J. Sollas, 532; o
Augen-Structure in Relation to the Origin of Eruptive
Rocks and Gneiss, J. G. Goodchild, 532; on the Derby
shire Toadstone, Mr. Arnold-Bemrose, 532;
Igneous Rocks of South Pembrokeshire, Messrs. Howan 1
and Small, 532; Composition of the Rock of Bramcote
and Stapleford Hills, Prof. Clowes, 532; Source of Not-
tingham Water Supply, Prof. E. Hull, 532; Investigation
into the Shell-bearing Clays of Clava in Nairn, Dugald
Bell, 532; General Glaciation of Asia, Prince Kropotkin,
533; the Esker Systems of Ireland, Prof. Sollas, 533 F
Origin of the Glacial Period, C. A. Lindvall, 533+
Glaciers, Prof. Bonney, 533; on the Geology of Central
East Africa, Walcot Gibson, 533; Geology in Secondary
Education, 533
Section D (Biology)-Opening Address by Rev. H. B. Tris-
tram, F.R.S., President of the Section, 490; Zoology of
the Sandwich Islands, David Sharp, 574; on the Physico-
Chemical and Vitalistic Theories of Life, Dr. J. S. Hal-
dane, Mr. Langley, Prof. Cleland, Prof. Burdon Sander-on,
574; on the Digestive Ferments of a Large Protozoon, Prof.
Marcus Hartog and Augustus E. Dixon, 575; on the Effect
of the Stimulation of the Vagus on Disengagement of Gases
in the Swim-bladder of Fishes, Dr. Christian Bohr, 575;
on Nerve Stimulation, Prof. F. Gotch, 575; Physiological
Action of the Inhalation of Oxygen in Asphyxia, 575 =
Dredging Expeditions in the Irish Sea lying around the
Isle of Man, 575; on the Origin of Organic Colour, F. T.
Mott, 575; on the Roots of Lemna and the Reversing of
the Fronds in Lemna minor, Miss Nina F. Layard, 575;
on the Etiology and Life History of some Vegetal Galls
and their Inhabitants, C. B. Rothera, 575; Lime Salts in
Relation to some Physiological Processes in the Plant, Dr.
J. Clark, 575; Coral Reefs, Prof. W. J. Sollas, F.R.S.,
Dr. Hickson, 575; Dr. Rothpletz, Gilbert Bourne, Prof.
Bonney, Sir H. Howorth, Mr. Stebbing, H. O. Forbes,
576; the Lateral Canal System of Fishes, W. E. Collinge,
576; on the Ovipositor of the Cockroach, Prof. Denny,
576; on Certain Gregarinidæ and the Possible Connection
of Allied Forms with Tissue Changes in Man, Dr. C. H.
Cattle and Dr. J. Millar, 576; the Starch of the Chloro-
phyll Granule and the Chemical Processes involved in its
Dissolution and Translocation, Horace T. Brown, F.R.S.,
576; on Nuclear Structures in the Hymenomycetes, H.
Wazer, 576
Section E Geography)-Opening Address by Mr. Seebohm, President of the Section, 554 on the Relationship between Physical Geography and Geology, Clements R. Markham, F.R.S., W. Topley, F.R.S., E. G. Ravenstein, Prof. C. Lapworth, F.R.S., Prof. Valentine Ball, Dr. R. D. Roberts, Dr. H. R. Mill, H. Yule Oldham, Prof. Bonney, F. R.S., Sir Archibald Geikie, 554; Cruise of the Dundee Whalers, Balana and Active, toward the Antarctic Regions, W. S. Bruce and C. M. Donald, 555; Experiences in the Bengal Duars; the Settlement of Santal Colonists in that Region, E. Heawood, 555
Section G (Mechanical Science)-Opening Address by Jere- miah Head, President of the Section, 497; Automatic Balance of Reciprocating Mechanism, Mr. Beaumont, 556; Warming and Ventilating, Frank Ashwell, 556; Watch- making by Machinery, T. P. Hewitt, 556; Pneumatic Caulking and Chipping Tool, Mr. Ross, 556; Relative Cost of Conductors with Different Systems of Electrical Power Transmission, 556; on Water Power as a Source of Electricity, A. B. Snell, 557; a Variable Power Gear for Electrical Locomotives, Mr. Beaumont, 557; Fla-hing Lights for Marine Purposes, O. T. Olson, 557; an Auto- matic Gem Separator, William S. Lockhart, 557; the Wicksteed Testing Machine, Prof. Robinson, 557
Section H (Anthropology)—Opening Address by Dr. Robert
Munro, President of the Section, 503; Ethnographic
Aspect of Dancing, Mrs. Lilly Grove, 557; on Anglo
Saxon Remains and Coeval Relics from Scandinavia, Prof.
Hans Hildebrand, 557; Origin and Development of Early
Christian Art, J. Romilly Allen, 558; Ethnographical
Notes on the Congo Tribes, Herbert Ward, 558; Dr.
Crockley Clapham, the Mad Head, 558; Dr. Munro on
the Structure of Lake Dwellings, 558; Arthur Bulleid on
a British Village of Marsh Dwellings, 558; Thoughts on
the Bifurcation of the Sciences suggested by the Nottingham
Meeting of the British Association, Prof. Oliver J. Lodge,
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