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Bahama Islands: Sponge Trade of the, 20; Telegraphic Con-
nection with, 114

Bailey (E. H. S.), Tonganoxie Meteorite, 119
Bailey (G. H.), Superheated Steam, 414

Baird (Mr. Spencer F.), Death of, 278

432, 456, 576; Berlin Physiological Society, 48, 95, 168,
240, 312, 432, 456, 576, 599; Berlin Meteorological Society,
95, 168, 312, 432, 576; Rainfall and Thunderstorms of, 114
Bernard (H.), a New Form of Mechanical Stage for Micro-
scopical Work, 239

Bakhuis Roozeboom(Dr.), Influence of Isomorphism on Behaviour Bernays (Dr. A. J.), Death of, 258
of Double Salt, during Solution, 240

Balansa (B.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 349

Ball (Sir Robert, F. R.S.): the Cause of an Ice Age, 365;
Prof. G. H. Darwin, F. R. S., 289; Henry H. Howorth, 440;
Election of, to succeed the late Prof. Adams in the Lowndes
Professorship of Astronomy at Cambridge, 402

Ball (Dr. Valentine, F.R.S.), the Koh-i-Nur, 126
Ballance (Chas. A.), a Treatise on the Ligation of the Great
Arteries in Continuity, with Observations on the Nature,
Progress, and Treatment of Aneurism, Dr. M. Armand
Ruffer, 530

Ballistics: Calculation of Trajectories of Elongated Projectiles,
Rev. F. Bashforth, 473

Balloon Voyage for Scientific Purposes, the First, Prof. Hell-
mann, 471

Balloon Voyages, Meteorological Observations during, Dr. Ass-
minn, 168

Barclay (Dr. A.), Rain and Mildews in India, 477

Barlow (C. W. C.), Elementary Mathematical Astronomy, 579
Barnard (E. E.): Jupiter and his First Satellite, 159; Refrac-
tive Power of Cometary Matter, 237

Barometer, How to use the Aneroid, Edward Whymper, 339
Barometrical Depression (Nov. 11, 1892), Phenomenal, G. J.
Symons, 65

Barrett-Hamilton (G. E. H.), Harrow Birds, 342

Barus (Carl): the Solution of Vulcanized India-rubber, 118;
Relation of Melting-point to Pressure in Igneous Rock Fusion,
311

Bashforth (Rev. F.), Calculation of Trajectories of Elongated
Projectiles, 473

Basses Pyrénées, Extermination of the Wild Daffodil in the, 545
Basset (A. B., F. R.S.): on Selective and Metallic Reflection,

119; on the Theory of Elastic Wires, 215; Phoronomy, 486
Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences, 88

Bites (H. W., F.R.S.): Death of, 377; Obituary Notice of, 398
Bateson (W.), Variations in the Colour of Cocoons, 143
Bats flying in the Daytime, R. Haig Thomas, 8

Batten (E. H. M.), the Opium Question, 545

Batters (E. A. L.), a New Marine Alga, Gonimophyllum
Buffhami, 596

Baumann (Prof. Oscar), Projected East African Expedition, 65
Bausch (Edward), Manipulation of the Microscope, 342
Beaches, Formation of, Signor P. Cornaglia, 362
Beaches, the Formation and Erosion of, 415
Beast and Man in India, John Lockwood Kipling, 131
Beddard (Frank E.): Formation of a Temporary Cyst in the
Fresh-water Annelid olosoma, 28; Warning Colours, 78;
Preliminary Notice of a New Branchiate Oligochate, 109
Bedford College and the Gresham University, Dr. W. J.
Russell, F. R.S., Lucy J. Russell, 391

Beeby (W. H.), Grafted Plants, 151

Behrens (Mr.), Microscopic Structure of Hard Steel, 48
Belajeff (Herr W.), the Pollen Tube of Gymnosperms, 471
Bell (Alex. Graham), a Rare Phenomenon, 79

Bell (C. Napier), on Sanitary Engineering, 426

Bell (Dugald), the Alleged Submergence in Scotland during the
Glacial Epoch, 527

Bell (Prof. F. Jeffrey), on the Echinoderms collected during the
Fishing Survey on the West Coast of Ireland, 598
Belopolsky (A.), the Rotation of Jupiter, 70

Bemmelen (Heer van), the Difference of Colloid Oxides and
Crystalline Hydrates, 576

Ben Nevis, Dust-Counting on, Angus Rankin, 582

Benham (Dr. W. B.), the Nephridium of Lumbricus and its
Blood-Supply, 140

Bennett (Alfred W.): Inheritance of Acquired Characters, 53;
Alleged Pseudopodes of Diatoms, 177

Bent (Theodore): the Zimbabwe Ruins, 402; Finds at the
Great Zimbabwe Ruins, 551

Berberich (Dr.), Wolf's Periodic Comet, 237

Berg (E.), Frequency and Geographical Distribution of Heavy
Daily Rainfall, 258

Berlin Prof. Pictet's Laboratory at, Prof. R. du Bois-Rey-
mond, 31; Berlin Physical Society, 48, 96, 168, 240, 312,

Berthelot (D.): Existence of Acid or Basic Salts of Monobasic
Acids in very Dilute Solutions, 72; Heat of Formation of
Hydrazine and Hydrazoic Acid, 95; the Three Basicities of
Phosphoric Acid, 192; the Spontaneous Oxidation of Humic
Acid and Vegetable Soil, 288; a Method of Organic Analysis,
408

Besant (Dr. W. H., F.R.S.), Phoronomy, 462
Besson (M.): Phosphides of Boron, 136; the Bromine Deriva-
tion of Methyl Chloride, 143; Two New Compounds of
Carbon, Chlorine, and Bromine, 351; a Silicon Chloro-
sulphide, 240

Bienfait (Dr. Alfred) and the Physiology of Respiratory Centres,
624

Biese (Dr. E.), Meteorology of Finland, 87
Bigourdan (M.), Observations of Nebulae and Star Clusters, 352
Binnie (W. J. E.), Electric Self-recording Rain-Gauge, 95
Biology of Seaside Plants, W. Botting Hemsley, F. R.S., 3;
Suggestions for Securing Greater Uniformity of Nomenclature
in Biology, Prof. T. Jeffery Parker, F. R.S., 68; Preliminary
Notice of a New Branchiate Oligochete, Frank E. Beddard,
109; the Marine Biological Association, 116; Discoloration
of Water by Minute Marine Organisms in Port Jackson,
Sydney, 184; Proposed Columbus Station at Jamaica,
401; Prof. Ray Lankester, 420; Wandering Cells in Echino-
derms, &c., H. E. Durham, 450; the Excretory Processes in
Marine Polyzoa, S. F. Harmer, 450; on Onchnesoma steen-
strupii, A. E. Shipley, 450; Note on a Sieve-like Membrane
across Oscula of a Species of Leucosolenia, E. A. Minchin,
450; the Nauplius Eye persisting in some Decapods, Margaret
Robinson, 450; a New Genus of Synascidians from Japan,
Oka and Willey, 450; Anatomy and Habits of Alcyonium, S.
J. Hickson, 455; Appointment of Mr. George Brebner as
first Marshall Scholar, 183; Evolution of Life, or Cause of
Change in Animal Forms, Hubbard Winslow Mitchell, 364;
the Limpet's Power of Adhesion, Percy A. Aubin, 464;
the Limpet's Strength, J. Lawrence Hamilton, 487; Biology
of the Sunflower, A. Gordyaghin, 597; Prof. A. Chauveau
elected President of the Société de Biologie, 612

Bird Gallery in the British Museum, 154

Birds, Extinct, on a Recent Discovery of the Remains of, in
New Zealand, Prof. Henry O. Forbes, 416

Birds, Fossil, Catalogue of, in the British Museum, Richard
Lydekker, 33

Birds, Harrow, G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, 342
Birds, Intelligence in, A. Wilkins, 151, 177
Birds, Migratory, passing over Dublin, 20

Birds, Struthious, of Australasia, on the Origin of the, Prof.
Hutton, 425

Birds in Victoria, the Protection of, Baron von Mueller, 280
Birkinbine (John), Production of Pig Iron in United States, 208
Bishop (Mrs.), Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, 248
Blackie (Prof.), on the Most Recent Phases of Greek Literary
Style, 624

Blake (J. F.), Annals of British Geology, 1890, 77
Blakesley (Thos. H.), a Possible Misunderstanding, 441
Bianford (Henry F., F. R. S.), Winter Storms of Northern India,
490

Bleicher (M.), Microscopic Structure of Oolitic Iron from
Lorraine, 504

Blindness, Colour, and Colour Perception, F. W. Edrige Green,
195

Blondlot (R.) Experimental Determination of Velocity of Pro-
pagation of Electro-magnetic Waves, 72; Influence on
Electro-magnetic Resonance of Unsymmetrical Arrangement
of Propagation Circuit, 408

Blood, Influence of Leucocytes on the Clotting of, Dr.
Lilienfeld, 599

Blowpipe Analysis, J. Landauer, 580
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, 418

Boerlage (Dr. J. G.), Handleiding tot de Kennis der Flora
van Nederlandsch Indie, 28

Boernstein (Prof.), Extraordinarily Rapid Evaporation on
Glacier, 312

Boilers, Modern Lancashire, Samuel Boswell, 22

Bois-Reymond (Prof. R. du), Prof. Pictet's Laboratory at
Berlin, 31

Boisbaudran (Lecoq de): Researches on Samarium, 504; the
Spark Spectra of Gallium, 575

Bollettino della Società Botanica Italiano, 478

Boltzmann-Maxwell Law of Partition of Kinetic Energy, on
the, Rev. H. W. Watson, F.R.S., 512

Bombay Natural History Society, Account of the Taming of a
Heron, 588

Bonaparte's (Prince Louis Lucien), Collection of Metals, 348
Bonaparte (Prince Roland), Measures of Variations in Lengths
of Dauphiny Glaciers, 576

Bonavia (E.), Philosophical Notes on Botanical Subjects, 483
Bonney (Prof. T. G., F.R S.): With Axe and Rope in the
New Zealand Alps, George Edward Mannering, 147; Note
on Specimens of Rock Exposed to High Temperature, 357;
the Hornblende Schists, Gneisses, and other Crystalline
Rocks of Sark, 359; Cirques, 391; Travels among the
Great Andes of the Equator, Edward Whymper, 561; the
Year-book of Science, 1891, 604

Bonnier (Dr. G.), the Relation of the Mistletoe to its Parent
Tree, 421

Bonvalot (Gabriel), Across Thibet, 269

Books, Forthcoming Scientific, 476

Boquet (M.), Astronomy at the Paris Academy, April 11, 589
Borkovsky (M.), the Grain Production of Russia, 67
Boston, Fossils Recently Discovered near, Warren Upham, 622
Boswell (Samuel), Modern Lancashire Boilers, 22
Botany: Biology of Seaside Plants, W. Botting Hemsley, F.R. S.,
3; Botany of the Emin Relief Expedition, W. T. Thiselton
Dyer, F.R.S., 8; Major J. A. M. Jephson, 9; Handleiding
tot de Kennis der Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, Dr. J. G.
Boerlage, 28; B. Daydon Jackson's Index of Genera and
Species of Flowering Plants, 39; Wild Maize found in
Mexico, 39; Government Mission to Investigate the Botany
of Sierra Leone, 64; Botanical Museums and Gardens of
Southern Hemisphere, Prof. Goodale, 65; the Acclimatization
of the Avocado Pear in New South Wales, F. Turner, 66;
Botanical Gazette, 70, 287, 478, 596; Third Series of Hooker's
Icones Plantarum, 86; Pupils at the Missouri Botanical
Gardens, 88; Disease among the Cocoa-nuts of Jamaica,
88; Zoology and Botany of the West Indian Islands, 139:
Grafted Plants, W. K. Beeby, 151; Current Botanical
Expeditions, 155; Insectivorous Plants, R. Lindsay, 157;
the Prolongation of the Gooseberry Season, D. Thomson,
157; Revisio Genera Plantarum Vascularium Omnium, atque
Cellularium Multarum, secundum Leges Nomenclaturæ În-
ternationales, cum enumeratione Plantarum in Itinere Mundi
Collectarum, Dr. Otto Kuntze, W. Botting Hemsley, F. R. S.,
169; Some Peculiar Changes in Colour of Flower of Swain-
sonia procumbens, J. P. Eckert, 185; the Ginger-beer
Plant, Prof. H. M. Ward, F. R.S., 190; Parasitic Fungi in
Fodder, F. Turner, 236; Chinese Fibres, 278; the Flora of
the River Gambia, Dr. Brown Lester's Collection, 278;
List of Staff of Kew and Corresponding Colonial Establish-
ments, 278; Obituary Notice of Walter Hood Fitch, 302;
Chloride of Sodium in Plants, P. Lesage, 312; the Kew
Bulletin, 323, 402, 586; Proposed Discontinuance of the
Kew Bulletin, 494; Jubilee of Kew Gardens, 378; Herr
J. Bornmüller's Botanical Expedition, 378; Caoutchouc-con-
taining Cells of Eucommia ulmoides, F. E. Weiss, 335; the
Genus Dianthus, F. N. Williams, 383; Grasses of the
South-West, Dr. George Vasey, 390; Sisal Hemp, 402;
Ripe Seeds of the Monkey-Puzzle Tree (Araucaria imbricata)
of Chili, grown in England, Dr. R. C. A. Prior, 421; the
Relation of the Mistletoe to its Parent Tree, Dr. G. Bonnier,
421; a New West Indian Form of Agave rigida, J. H.
Hart, 445; Method of Fertilization in Ixora, J. C. Willis,
455; the Pollen-tube of Gymnosperms, Herr W. Belajeff,
471; Rain and Mildews in India, Dr. A. Barclay, 477;
a New Capillary Theory, F. Pasquale, 478; Earthquakes
and Vegetation, A. Goiran, 478; the Relationship of
Autumn- to Spring-Blossoming Plants, A. F. Foerste, 478;
the Effect of Mechanical Movement on the Growth of
Certain Plants, H. L. Russell, 478; Movements of the Flower
and Fruit of Erodium gruinum, Dr. R. Cobelli, 478; Philo-
sophical Notes on Botanical Subjects, E. Bonavia, 483;
Award by Royal Society of New South Wales of Clarke
Memorial Medal to Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, 495; the
Spanish Broom as a Fibre Plant, 495; Uganda Bark Cloth,
495; New Papuan Plants, Diagnoses of, Baron v. Mueller,

496; the Oak, a Popular Introduction to Forest Botany,
H. Marshall Ward, F.R.S., 509; Intermediate Forms of
Azaleas, Mr. William Sowerby, 519; Effects of Earthquakes
on Vegetation, Signor Goiran, 520; Influence of Electricity
on Growth of Plants, Prof. Aloi, 520; a New Seaweed
from Cape Colony (Phacelocarpus disciger), 526; Extermina-
tion of the Wild Daffodil in the Basses Pyrénées, 595;
Botanical International Congress to be held at Genoa in
connection with Celebration of Quatercentenary of Discovery
of America by Columbus, 545; Remarkable Development of
Botanical Establishment of Harvard University by Munificence
of Prof. G. L. Goodale, 545; the Ants attracted by Cynips
calycis Galls, a Protection to Quercus pedunculata, Dr. Ráthay,
546; a New Theory of the Morphology of the Carpel in
Flowering Plants, F. Pasquale, 546; Dr. J. T. Rothrock
on the Flora, &c., of the Bahamas and Jamaica, the Man-
grove as a Source of Tannin, 546; Fertilization of the Casua-
rinaceæ, 548; Sets of Exsiccate Coccide to be issued by the
Institute of Jamaica, 567; Panax Gum, J. H. Maiden, 557;
Sunflower Cultivation in Southern Russia, 568; Biology of
the Sunflower, A. Gordyaghin, 597; J. Carruthers appointed
Lecturer in Botany at the College of Agriculture, Downton,
586; Lectures on Systematic Botany at St. Thomas's Hospital,
586; Evolution in Methods of Pollination, Miss Alice Carter,
596; on the Phenomena concerned in the Production of
Forked and Branched Palms, D. Morris, 598; Our Trees,
John Robinson, 603

Bothamley (C. H.): the Ilford Manual of Photography, 460;
the Optical Lantern as an Aid in Teaching, 437
Botocudos of Brazil, the, 615

Boulenger (G. A.), Zoological Regions, 104
Bourne (Dr. A. G.), Pelomyxa viridis, 140

Bow as Origin of Stringed Instruments, the, Dr. E. B. Tylor,
F.R.S., 184

Bowman (Sir William, F.R.S.): Death of, 517; Obituary
Notice of, Prof. J. Burdon Sanderson, F. R. S., 564
Bower (Capt.), Journey from China to Simla, 615
Bragg (Prof.), Mathematical Analogies between various Branches
of Physics, 423

Brain, the Intracranial Circulation and its Relation to the Phy-
siology of the, James Cappie, M.D., 26

Branchiate Oligochate, Preliminary Notice of a New, Frank
E. Beddard, 109

Brazil: Dismissal of Dr. Fritz Müller, 156; the Mineral Wealth
of, 235; the Botocudos of, 615

Brebner (Mr. George), Appointment as first Marshall Scholar
in Biology of, 183

Brewing, the Science of, E. R. Moritz and G. H. Morris, 100
Briggs (J. F.), Relative Orienting Effect of Chlorine and
Bromine, 525

Briggs (W.), Synopsis of Non-Metallic Chemistry, 604
British Art, Science Museum and Gallery of, at South Kensing-
ton, 348

British Association, Arrangements for Edinburgh Meeting, 401
British Columbia, the Salmon Industry in, 279

British Earthworm, a Rare, Rev. Hilderic Friend, 365
British Edible Fungi, how to Distinguish and how to Cook them,
M. C. Cooke, 75

British Flies (Diptera), an Account of, Hon. M. Cordelia E.
Leigh and F. V. Theobald, 173

British Fungi, Phycomycetes and Ustilagineæ, G. Massee, 411
British Geology, 1890, Annals of, J. F. Blake, 77

British Guiana, Proposed Establishment of an Agricultural
College in, 520

British Isles, Volcanic Action in the, Sir Archibald Geikie,
F.R.S., 398

British Museum: Catalogue of Fossil Birds in, Richard
Lydekker, 33; Bird Gallery in the, 154; Mr. A. S. Wood-
ward appointed Assistant-Keeper of the Department of
Geology, 566

Broads, how to Organize a Cruise on the, E. R. Suffling, 52
Brochet (A.), Pyrogeneous Hydrocarbons formed in Gas Industry,
504

Brodie (F. J.), the Prevalence of Fog in London, 1871-90, 215
Bronze Age in the East and Southern Europe, the, Prof.
Montelius, 39

Bronze in the London Atmosphere, Prof. Roberts-Austen, 443
Brooks's Comet (1890 II.), Rediscovery of, 326

Brown (Prof. A. Crum, F. R.S.), Rule for Determining whether
a given Benzene Mono-derivative shall give a Meta-di-deriva-
tive or a Mixture of Ortho- and Para-di-derivatives, 525

Brown (Arthur E.), Aurora, 605
Brown (A. J.), the Influence of Oxygen and Concentration on
Fermentation, 453

Brown (H. T.), Search for a Cellulose-dissolving Enzyme in
Digestive Tract of certain Grain-feeding Animals, 452
Brown (J. A.), the Continuity of the Paleolithic and Neolithic
Periods, 503

Browne (R. G. Mackley), the Precipitation and Deposition of
Sea-borne Sediment, 598

Bruce (E. S.), an Aerial Graphoscope for Showing Effects of
Persistence of Vision, 574

Brücke (Dr. Ernst von), Death of, 303

Brugsch-Bey (H.), Egypt under the Pharaohs, 363

Brun (E.), Combinations of Cuprous Iodide with Ammonium
Thiosulphate, 528

Brussels Academy of Sciences, 216, 624

Bruyn (Dr. de), a New Hydroxylamine, 48

Bryan (G. H.), Elementary Mathematical Astronomy, 579
Buchanan (Dr. George), Knighted, 544

Buckinghamshire, Proposed County Museum for, 114

Buckland (Dr. F. O.), Health Springs of Germany and Austria,
510

Buda Pesth, Natural History Society of, 471

Budde (Dr.), Experiments on the Inert Layer in Emulsions of
Chloroform and Soda, 599

Building and Decoration, Stones for, Geo. P. Merrill, 222
Bulletin de l'Académie des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, 70, 597
Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes de Moscou, 141
Bulletin of the New York Mathematical Society, 597
Bunsen (Prof.) and the Chemical Society, 469

Burbury (S. H., F. R. S.), Prof. Burnside's Paper on the Partition
of Energy, 533

Burial Mound in Florida, Opening of a, C. B. Moore, 567
Burnham (S. W.), New Double Star, 26 Auriga, 473
Burnside's (Prof.) Paper on the Partition of Energy, R. S. E.,
July 1887, Prof. W. Burnside, S. H. Burbury, F.R.S., 533
Burton (Dr. C. V.), a New Theory concerning the Constitution
of Matter, 142

Butler (G. W.): the October Eruption North-West of Pantelleria,
154; on the Matter thrown up during the Submarine
Eruption North-West of Pantelleria, October 1891, 251;
Abstract of Mr. A. Ricco's Account of the Submarine Eruption
North-West of Pantelleria, October 1891, 584
Butterflies, Pigment in Yellow, F. Gowland Hopkins, 197
Buve (Abbé), the Quantity of Sugar produced in Various Plants
as a Means of determining the Meteorological Elements
concerned, 279

C.G.S. System of Units, O. H. Tittmann, 581; Prof. J. D.
Everett, F. R.S., 581

Cabinet-Making, the Art and Craft of, D. Denning, 459
Caddis-fly, Abbreviated Wings of the Male, R. McLachlan,
F.R.S., 623

Calculations, Chemical, R. Lloyd Whiteley, 604

Calculus, an Introduction to the Differential and Integral, T.
Hugh Miller, 52

Calcutta, Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, W. L.
Sclater, 50

California, Earthquake in, 471

California Foxes, Prof. Edward S. Holden, 8
California, Severe Earthquake in, 614

Call (R. Ellsworth), the Tertiary Silicified Woods of Eastern
Arkansas, 119

Callendar (H. L.), a Compensating Air-Thermometer, 212
Calvert (Albert F.), Ornithology of the Sandwich Islands, 485,
558

Camargue, Reclaiming and Cultivation of Land in the, M.
Chambrelent, 143

Cambridge: Cambridge Philosophical Society, 47, 143, 166,
455, 526; Cambridge Philosophical Society and the late
Prof. Adams, the, 322; Election of the Duke of Devon-
shire to Chancellorship, 233; Preliminary Installation of the
Duke of Devonshire as Chancellor of Cambridge University,
257; the Vacant Chair of Astronomy at, 337; Election of
Sir R. S. Ball to succeed late Prof. Adams in Lowndes Pro-
fessorship, 402

Camel, Herr Lehmann on the, 87

Camera Lucida Measurements, Apparatus for making Accurate,
Sir W. J. Sendall, 46

Campbell (A. J.), Nest and Egg of Bird of Paradise, 379
Campbell (Charles W.), Korea, 307

June 2, 1892

Canada, Aborigines of the Dominion, Hon. E. Dewdney, 587
Canal between New York and Philadelphia, Proposed Ship,
Prof. L. M. Haupt, 497

Canals of Arizona, the Prehistoric Irrigation, 186

Cannizzaro (Prof. Stanislao): Royal Society Medallist, 111;
Banquet to, 183

Cap Horn, Mission Scientifique de, J. Deniker and P. Hyades,
577

Cape Colony, Dr. Thomas Muir appointed Superintendent-
General of Education for, 443

Cape Observatory, Photography at the, D. Gill, 600

Cape of Good Hope, Vedalia cardinalis successfully Colo-
nized at the, 615

Cappie (James, M.D.), the Intracranial Circulation and its
Relation to the Physiology of the Brain, 26

Capture of Comets by Planets, Prof. H. A. Newton, 186
Carbonyl, Iron, from Water Gas, A. E. Tutton, 36; Mond and
Langer on, 89; Berthelot on Nickel Carbonyl, 89
Carlill (S. B.), Notes on Zebras, 526

Carpenter (Dr. Alfred), Death of, 323

Carpenter (W. B., F. R.S.): the Microscope and its Revelations,
313; on Eozoon, Sir J. William Dawson, F.R.S., 461
Carr (George S.), on the Terms Centrifugal Force and
Force of Inertia, 463

Carruthers (J.), Appointed Lecturer in Botany at the Colleg
of Agriculture, Downton, 586

Carter (Miss Alice), Evolution in Methods of Pollination, 596
Carus-Wilson (C.), Warning against the Use of Rotten Flints
for Macadamizing Roads, 379

Carvallo (E.), Crystalline Absorption and the Choice between
the Different Theories of Light, 528

Castello (F. de), Viticulture for Victoria, 324
Casuarinaceæ, Fertilization of the, 548

Cat, Origin of the, in China, Dr. Macgowan, 285
Cave, the Adelsberg, 207

Celestial Mechanics, Two New Laws of, H. Struve, 70

Centenarian, Prof. Ignace Vonberg, 518

Centrifugal Force and Force of Inertia, on the Terms,

George S. Carr, 463

Century Dictionary, the, W. Dwight Whitney, 316

μ Cephei, Observations of, J. E. Gore, 137

Cepheus, Two New Variables in, Paul S. Yendall, 570

Ceratodus, the Lung Fish of Queensland, on the Habits of,
Prof. Spencer, 425

Ceylon and Borneo, About, Walter J. Clutterbuck, 149.
Chadwick (W. I.), the Leach Lantern Microscope, 47
Chaix (M.), Temperature Observations at Geneva, 304
Challenger, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage
of H.M.S., during the years 1873-76, Prof. John Judd,
F.R.S., 409

Chambers's Encyclopædia, 196

Chambrelent (M.), Reclaiming and Cultivation of Land in the
Camargue, 143

Champignons, Les, A. Acloque, 222

Chandler (Dr. S. C.): on the Variation of Latitude, 117, 404,
589; Algol, 446

Changefulness of Temperature as an Element of Climate, 610
Chappuis (James), Refraction of Liquefied Gases, 384

Charpy (Georges): the Direct Combination of Metals with
Chlorine and Bromine, 47; Vapour Tensions of Cobalt
Chloride Solutions, 167; the Density of Aqueous Solutions,
480

Chassevant (A.), a Double Chloride of Copper and Lithium, 72
Chauveau (Prof.): his Laboratory at the Paris Museum of
Natural History, 86; elected President of the Société de
Biologie, 612

Cheal (J.), Practical Fruit Culture, 579

Cheddar Cheese-making, Experiments in, 614

Chemistry: Isolation of Free Hydroxylamine, 20; Alum Solu-
tion, T. C. Porter, 29; Prof. Pictet's Laboratory at Berlin,
Prof. R. du Bois-Reymond, 31; Results of Experiments at
Rothamsted on the Question of the Fixation of Free Nitrogen,
Dr. J. H. Gilbert, F.R.S., 32; Fixation of Nitrogen of
Arable Soils, Gautier and Drouin, 192; the Fixation of
Free Nitrogen of Plants, Schloesing, Jun., and Laurent, 143;
Prizes offered by the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences, 134;
the Spontaneous Oxidation of Humic Acid and Vegetable
Soil, Berthelot and André, 288; Iron Carbonyl from Water
Gas, A. E. Tutton, 36; Experiments on the Production of
Ozone by Electric Silent Discharge, Siemens and Halske, 39;
Sulphides and Selenides of Boron and Silicon Selenide, Paul

June 2, 1892.

Sabatier, 41; Butylene Monobromides, E. Reboul, 47; the
Direct Combination of Metals with Chlorine and Bromine,
Gautier and Charpy, 47; a New Hydroxylamine, Dr. de Bruyn,
48; a Text-book of Chemical Physiology and Pathology,
W. D. Halliburton, Dr. E. H. Starling, 51; Two New
Phospho-iodides of Boron, H. Moissan, 67; Action of Aqueous
Solution of Ammonia on Phthalic Chloride, Hoogewerff and
van Dorp, 72; a Double Chloride of Copper and Lithium, A.
Chassevant, 72; Existence of Acid or Basic Salts of Mono-
basic Acids in very Dilute Solutions, D. Berthelot, 72; Arith-
metical Exercises in Chemistry, Leonard Dobbin, 76; Mond
and Langer on Iron Carbonyl, 89; Berthelot on the Oxidation
of Nickel Carbonyl, 89; Chemical Society, 92, 213, 262, 382,
429, 452, 525, 550, 623; Prof. Bunsen and the Chemical
Society, 469; Magnetic Rotatory Power of Solutions of
Ammonia and Sodium Salts of Fatty Acids, Dr. W. H.
Perkin, F.R.S., 92; Action of Water Gas on Iron, Roscoe
and Scudder, 92; Dissociation of Liquid Nitrogen Peroxide,
J. T. Cundale, 92; Ortho- and Para-nitro-ortho-toluidine,
Green and Lawson, 92; Gedda Gums, the Dextro-rotatory
Varieties, C. O'Sullivan, 93; Some Compounds of Oxides of
Silver and Lead, Emily Aston, 93; Electrolysis of Potassium
Acetate Solutions, Dr. T. S. Murray, 93; New Method of
Preparing B-dinaphthylene Oxide, Hodgkinson and Limpach,
93; Van der Waals's Generalizations regarding Correspond-
ing Temperatures, Pressures, and Volumes, Prof. Sydney
Young, 93; Heat of Formation of Hydrazine and Hydrazoic
Acid, Berthelot and Matignon, 95; the Dielectric Power,
Julien Lefebvre, 95; Treatise on the Manufacture of Sulphuric
Acid, George Lunge, Ph.D., Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S.,
121; a Hand-book of Industrial Organic Chemistry, Samuel
P. Sadtler, 125; Further Researches upon Azoimide, N,H,
A. E. Tutton, 127; Phosphides of Boron, Moissan and Besson,
136; the Bromine Derivatives of Methyl Chloride, A. Besson,
143; the Ammonia in the Air and Rain of a Tropical Region,
Marcano and Muntz, 143; Attraction of Liquid Oxygen by
Faraday Magnet, Prof. Dewar, 154; Curious Compound of
Lead Sodium and Ammonia, Joannis, 158; Vapour Tensions
of Cobalt Chloride Solutions, Georges Charpy, 167; Thermal
Data concerning Active Malic Acid and Potassium and Sodium
Malates, G. Massol, 167; Ammonia in Atmospheric Waters,
Albert Lévy, 168; Chemical Constitution of Adenin and
Hypoxanthin, Dr. Krüger, 168; two New Methods of pre-
paring Free Solid Hydroxylamine, M. Crismer, 185; the Three
Basicities of Phosphoric Acid, D. Berthelot, 192; a Green
Solid Chromic Sulphate, A. Recoura, 192; Crystallization of
Tetra-iodide of Carbon, M. Moissan, 209; Phosphorous
Oxide, ii., Thorpe and Tutton, 213; Frangulin, ii., Thorpe
and Miller, 214; Structure and Chemistry of Flames, Smithells
and Ingle, 214; the Structure of Luminous Flames, A.
Smithells, 214; Mydatic Alkaloid Hyoscyamine in Lettuce,
T. S. Dymond, 214; Cryptopine, Brown and Perkin, 214;
Action of Sodium on Ethereal Salts, iii., Benzylic Ortho-
toluate, R. W. Hodgkinson, 214; New Compounds of Carbonyl
Platinum Chloride and Bromide with Ammonia Derivatives,
Dr. Foerster, 236; Molecular Weight of Gadolinia, 237;
Metallic Borates, H. Le Chatelier, 240; a Silicon Chlorosulph-
ide, A. Besson, 240; Influence of Isomorphism on Behaviour
of Double Salts during Solution, Dr. Bakhuis Roozeboom,
240; the Chemistry of Paints and Paintings, A. H. Church,
F.R.S., Dr. Hugo Müller, F.R.S., 241; Colour and Spectrum
of Free Gaseous Fluorine, Moissan, 260; Metallic Hydro-
sulphides, Linder and Picton, 262; Physical Composition of
some Sulphide Solutions, H. Picton, 263; Solution and
Pseudo-Solution, ii., Picton and Linder, 263; Change in
Acidified Solution of Sodium Thiosulphate, when Products
retained within System, A. Colefax, 263; Action of Sulphurous
Acid on Flowers of Sulphur, A. Colefax, 263; a and B
Modifications of Chloro-benzene Hexachloride, F. E. Matthews,
263; Sulphochlorides of Isomeric Dibromonaphthalenes,
Armstrong and Rossiter, 263; Action of Alcohols
Sulphonic Chlorides as means of producing Ethereal Salts of
Sulphonic Acids, Armstrong and Rossiter, 263; Action
of Bromine on Mixture of Ortho- and Paranitro-a-
acenaphthalide, Armstrong and Rossiter, 263; Camphrone,
Armstrong and Kipping, 263; Metaxylenesulphonic Acids, ii.,
G. T. Moody, 263; Direct Combination of Nitrogen with the
Alkaline Earthy Metals, Maquenne, 264; Nitration of
Hydrocarbons of the Methane Series, Konovaloff, 264;
Magnesium Nitride, Dr. Merz, 280; Manganates of Potash,
G. Rousseau, 288; Outlines of Practical Physiological

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Chemistry, F. Charles Larkin and Randle Leigh, 292;
Problems in Chemical Arithmetic, E. J. Cox, 293; New
Liquid Compound of Carbon, Oxygen, and Chlorine, M.
Fauconnier, 3c6; Lithium Nitride, Dr. Merz, 307; Origin of
Flame Coloration, Prof. Smithells, 306; Composition of
Iolite, O. C. Farrington, 310; a Series of Cæsium
Trihalides, H. L. Wells, 310; Action of Carbon
Monoxide on Iron and Manganese, M. Guntz, 311;
Chloride of Sodium in Plants, P. Lesage, 312; the Indexing
of Chemical Literature, 324; Remarkable Series of Com-
pounds of Halogen Salts of Casium, with two more Atoms
of Chlorine, Bromine, or Iodine, Wells and Penfield, 325 ; the
Characteristic Equation of Water Vapour, Ch. Antoine, 336;
the Estimation of Molybdenum, E. Péchard, 336: Guide to
the Examinations in Chemistry, W. Jerome Harrison, 342;
Two New Compounds of Carbon, Chlorine, and Bromine,
M. Besson, 351; Barium and Strontium Nitrates, M.
Maquenne, 360; Action of Metals on Salts dissolved in
Organic Liquids, Raoul Varet, 360; Experiment illustrating
the Power of Palladium of occluding Hydrogen, Prof.
Wilson, 380; Certain Ternary Alloys, v., C. R. A. Wright,
F.R.S., 381; the Luminosity of Coal Gas Flames, V. B.
Lewes, 382; the Action of Dilute Nitric Acid on Coal, R. J.
Friswe 1, 383; a Pure Fermentation of Mannitol and Dulcitol,
Frankland and Frew, 383; Synthesis of Hexahydro-
terephthalic Acid, Mackenzie and Perkin, 383; Magnetic
Rotation of Dissolved Salts, W. Ostwald, 383; the Dissocia-
tion of Nitrogen Peroxide, W. Ostwald, 383; Corydaline,
Dobbie and Lauder, 383; Silver Compounds of Thiourea,
J. E. Reynolds, 383; Determination of Freezing Point of
very Dilute Solutions, as applied to Cane-sugar, M. Raoult,
384; Refraction of Liquefied Gases, James Chappuis, 384;
Decomposition of Sulphurous Acid by Water at very High
Temperatures, M. Scheurer-Kestner, 384; Chlorosulphide
and Bromosulphide of Lead, F. Parmentier, 384; Manual
of Chemical Technology, Rudolf von Wagner, 386; Interest-
ing Compound of Carbon and Barium, M. Maquenne, 403;
a New Method of Organic Analysis, M. Berthelot, 408;
Action of Alkaline Metals on Boric Acid, H. Moissan, 408;
Variation with Temperature of Dielectric Constant of Liquids,
D. Negreano, 408; Zeitschrift für Anorganische Chimie,
421; the Preparation of Amorphous Boron, M. Moissan,
421; on the Progress of Chemistry in Australasia, W. M.
Hamlet, 423; A. Liversidge, F.R.S., on the Rusting of
Iron, 424; Pedetic Motion in relation to Colloidal Solution,
W. Ramsay, 429; the Acid Action of Drawing-papers, W.
N. Hartley, 430; the Interactions occurring in Flames, Sir
G. G. Stokes and Dr. Armstrong, 430; Properties of Alco-
holic and other Solutions of Mercuric and other Chlorides, S.
Skinner, 430; the Isothermals of Mixtures of Gases, Prof.
Tait, 431; Researches on Ethyl Monochlor-, Monobrom-,
and Monocyanacetoacetate, Haller and Held, 432; Tartronic
Acid and Tartronates of Sodium and Potassium, G. Massol,
432; Prize offered by Schnyder von Wartensee's (Zurich)
Foundation, 443; Chromosulphuric Acid, M. Recoura, 445;
Phosphorous Oxide, A. E. Tutton, 446; Search for a Cellu-
lose-dissolving Enzyme in Digestive Tract of certain Grain-
feeding Animals, H. T. Brown, 452; on the Influence of
Oxygen and Concentration on Fermentation, A. J. Brown,
453; Limettin, W. A. Tilden, 453; the Acid Action of
Drawing-papers, Prof. Hartley, 453; the Heats of Forma-
tion of Potassium Carballylates, G. Massol, 456; the Com-
position of Hæmocyanin, M. Zune, 456; Milk Ferment
Identical with "Kefyr" in use in Canada and United States,
C. L. Mix, 471; New Mode of Synthesizing Tartaric Acid,
M. Genvresse, 472; the Density of Aqueous Solutions,
Georges Charpy, 480; a Study of the Velocity of Decomposi-
tion of Diazo-compounds of Water, P. T. Muller and J.
Hausser, 480; the late Prof. Stas's "Silver" (the results of
further Stöchiometrical Investigations), Prof. Spring, 497;
the Action of Dry Hydrochloric Acid Gas on Dry Carbon-
ates, Wilson and Hughes, 503; Researches on Samarium,
Lecoq de Boisbaudran, 504; Periodic Heat Maxima
observed in Spectra furnished by Flint and Crown Glass and
Rock Salt, M. Aymonnet, 504; some Well-defined Alloys of
Sodium, M. Joannis, 504; Citric Acid, G. Massol, 504;
Pyrogenous Hydrocarbons formed in the Compressed Gas
Industry, A. Brochet, 504; a Treatise on Chemistry, Sir
H. E. Roscoe, F.R.S., and C. Schorlemmer, F.R.S., 509;
Prof. Ignace Vonberg, 518; the Properties of Amorphous
Boron, A. E. Tutton, 522; Rule for determining whether a

given Benzene Mono-derivative shall give a Meta-di-derivative
or a Mixture of Ortho- and Para-di-derivatives, Brown and
Gibson, 525; Relative Orienting Effect of Chlorine, (1) the
Constitution of Parabrom- and Parachloranilinesulphonic Acids,
Armstrong and Briggs, 525; Anhydrides of Sulphonic Acids,
H. E. Armstrong, 525; the Aconite Alkaloids, ii., Dunstan
and Umney, 525; Do., iii., Dunstan and Passmore, 525;
the Carbon deposited by Coal Gas Flames, W. Foster,
525; Chromic Acid, Eleanor Field, 525; Origin of
Acetylene in Flames, V. B. Lewes, 525; the Pro-
perties of Amorphous Boron, H. Moissan, 527; Combina-
tions of Cuprous Iodide with Ammonium Thiosulphate, E.
Brun, 528; the Principles of Chemistry, D. Mendeléeff,
529; Synthesization of Two New Liquids containing Fluorine,
M. Meslans, 547; Conditions of Combination between
Cyanides of Zinc and Mercury, W. R. Dunstan, 550; Lecture
Experiment to Illustrate Phenomena of Coal Dust Explosions,
T. E. Thorpe, 551; Production of Ketone 1:2:4; Acet-
orthoxylene from Camphor by Action of Sulphuric Acid and
Zinc Chloride, Armstrong and Kipping, 551; Platinum
Tetrachloride, W. Pullinger, 551; a New Acid from
Camphoric Acid, W. H. Perkin, Jun., 551; Specific Rotatory
and Cupric Reducing Power of Invert Sugar, and of Dextrose
obtained from Cane Sugar by Means of Invertase, J.
O'Sullivan, 551; Ethyldimethylamidobenzene, Hodgkinson
and Limpach, 551; Action of Nitric Acid on Oxanilide and
its Analogues, A. G. Perkin, 551; Action of Potassium
Fluoride on Anhydrous Chlorides, C. Poulenc, 552;
Anhydrous Sulphates of Zinc, Nickel, Copper, and Cobalt
obtained in Crystals, M. Klobb, 569; the Difference of
Colloid Oxides and Crystalline Hydrates. Van Bemmelen, 576;
Ethylaldoxime, Franchimont, 576; Quantitative Chemical
Analysis, Frank Clowes and J. Bernard Coleman, 578;
Titanium Phenylate and other Compounds in which Hydroxylic
Hydrogen of Phenols is replaced by Titanium, M. Levy, 589;
Recent Advances in Physical Chemistry, Prof. W. Ostwald, 590;
Experiments on the Inert Layer in Emulsions of Chloroform
and Soda, Dr. Budde, 599; Outlines of Theoretical Chemistry,
Lothar Meyer, Prof. M. M. Pattison Muir, 601; Synopsis of
Non-Metallic Chemistry, William Briggs, 604; Chemical Cal-
culations, R. Lloyd Whiteley, 604; Silent Combination of
Hydrogen and Oxygen, Prof. Victor Meyer and Herr
Askenasy, 616

Cheshire (F.), Wave Motion Model, 347
Chicago, the Congress of Electricians at, 19

Chicago Exhibition: Australia and the, 113; Economic British
Minerals at the, 155; Proposed Indian Bureau Exhibit, 184;
Proposed U.S. Patent Office Exhibit in Illustration of Pro-
gress of Mechanical Civilization, 207; Messrs. Siemens and
Halske's Exhibit (Electrical Engineering), 207; Prof. Put-
nam's Anthropological Exhibit at, 259; the English Electrical
Exhibit, 377; Cabot Relics to be sent to, 443; Electricity
Building at, 443; Monster Steam Hammer, 497; the South
African Diamond Industry at, 567; Leather Industry at the,
587; Use of Mica at the, 615

Chilton (Charles), a New Isopod, 66

China, the Origin of the Ass, the Cat, and the Sheep in, Dr.
Macgowan, 285

China, the Manchu Race, 523

China to Simla, Capt. Bower's Journey from, 615
Chinese Fibres, 278

Chloroform and Soda, Experiments on the Inert Layer in Emul-
sions of, Dr. Budde, 599

Chree (C.): Long Rotating Circular Cylinders, 455; Change in
Dimensions of Electric Solids due to given System of Forces,
527

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Chromosphere Spectrum, Note on the, Prof. C. A. Young, 28
Chromosphere Line Angström 6676'9, Rev. A. L. Cortie, 103;
Prof. C. A. Young, 198

Chronophotography: Use of, for Study of Aerial Locomotive
Machines, Marey, 71; Chronophotography or Photography as
Applied to Moving Objects, 228

Church (A. H., F. R.S.), the Chemistry of Paints and Paintings,
Dr. Hugo Müller, F. R. S., 241

Circulation of the Atmosphere, the General, Dr. J. M. Pernter,
593

Cirques, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F. R. S., 391; Prof. G. Frederick
Wright, 317; Prof. Israel C. Russell, 317

City and Guilds of London Institute, Report on 1891 Techno-
logical Examinations, 38

June 2, 1892

Civilization, Ancient, of Central America, Alfred P. Maudslay,
617

Clarke (Sir Andrew, F. R.S.), Elected (fifth time) President of
Royal College of Physicians, 566

Clarke (W. E.), the Great Skua in Scotland, 545
Clerke (A. M.), Euvres Complètes de Christiaan Huygens, 434
Climate of British Empire during 1891, 38

Climate, Changefulness of Temperature as an Element of, 610
Climatology: the Weather Bureau of the United States, 86;
Projected Exhibition of Instruments, &c., relating to, 258
Cloud Observations at Sea, Prof. C. Abbe, 70
Clouds, Luminous, Proposals for a Co-operative Observation of
the So-called, 117

Clouds, Nacreous, T. W. Backhouse, 365

Clowes (Frank and J. Bernard Coleman), Quantitative Chemical
Analysis, 578

Clutterbuck (Walter J.), About Ceylon and Borneo, 149
Coagulation of the Blood, Pekelharing, 600
Coal on Tenasserim River, Discovery of, 496
Coal-Dust Explosion, Lecture Experiment to illustrate Phe-
nomena of, T. E. Thorpe, 551

Cobelli (Dr. R.), Movements of the Flower and Fruit of
Erodium gruinum, 478

Coccid, the Icerya purchasi at St. Helens, 115
Cockerell (T. D. A.), Alpine Rubi, 320
Cocoa-nut Palms of Jamaica, Disease among the, 88
Cocoons, Variations in the Colour of, W. Bateson, 143
Cohen (E.), Meteoric Iron, 69

Coke Industry, the Utilization of the By-products of the, Dr.
B. Terne, 157

Colchester, Capture of a Spotted Eagle near, 158
Cole (F. N.), Klein's Modular Functions, 597
Cole (Prof. G. A. J.), the Variolite of Annalong, Co. Down,
455

Colefax (A.): Change in Acidified Solution of Sodium Thiosul-
phate when Products retained within System, 263; Action of
Sulphurous Acid on Flowers of Sulphur, 263

Coleman (J. Bernard) and Frank Clowes, Quantatitive Chemical
Analysis, 578

Colleges, University, in Great Britain, Report of Committee on
Grants to, 544

Colliding Bodies, the Virial of a System of Hard, Lord
Rayleigh, F. R.S., 80

Colliery Manager's Hand-book, Caleb Pamely, 77
Collins (F. Howard), Migration of the Lemming, 149
Colloid Solutions, on the Nature of, C. E. Linebarger, 622
Colot (Edmond), on the Tensions of Saturated Vapours of
Different Liquids at the same Pressure, 528

Colour, First Visible, of Incandescent Iron, Capt. A. Noble,
F.R.S., 484

Colour Blindness, Hering on a Rare Case of, 115; and Colour
Perception, F. W. Edridge Green, 195

Colour Photography by Lippmann's Process, 119
Colour Photometry, Captain Abney, 213; First Visible Colour
of Incandescent Iron, Capt. A. Noble, F. R. S., 484
Colours of Fish and other Animals, a Medium for Preserving
the, 212

Colours, Warning, Frank E. Beddard, 78; Edward B. Poulton,
F.R.S., 174; W. L. Distant, 174

Colours, Supplementary, Prof. S. P. Thompson, F.R. S., 452
Colours, on Insect, F. H. Perry Coste, 513, 541

Colson (Albert), on the Flow of Liquids in Capillary Tubes, 120
Columbia, British, the Similkameen Indians of, Mrs. Allison,
164

Columbia College, New York, Electrical Engineering at School
of Mines, 207

Columbus Marine Biological Station at Jamaica, Proposed,
401; Prof. Ray Lankester, 420

Columbus, Quatercentenary of Discovery of America by,
Botanical International Congress to be held at Genoa in con-
nection with Celebration, 545

Comenius (Johann Amos), Tercentenary of Birth of, 495
Cometary Matter, Refractive Power of, E. E. Barnard, 237
Comets Tempel-Swift's Periodic Comet, 21; Tempel-Swift
Comet, 159; Comet Swift, March 6, 548; Wolf's Periodic
Comet, 42; Dr. Berberich, 237; Wolf's Comet, 1891 II.,
Herr Dr. Thraen, 548; Capture of Comets by Planets, Prof.
H. A. Newton, 186; Re-discovery of Brooks's Comet (1890
II.), 326; a New Comet discovered by Prof. Lewis Swift,
446; Prof. Krueger on Motions of Periodic Comets, 446; a
Bright Comet, 473; New Comet, W. F. Denning, 484, 513;

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