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
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,
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
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
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
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
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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