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RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, Limited,

LONDON AND BUNGAY.

INDEX

ABBE (Prof. Cleveland), the "Rollers" of Ascension and St. Helena, 585

Abel (Sir Frederick, F.R.S.), Smokeless Explosives, 328, 352 Abercromby (Hon. John), a Trip through the Eastern Caucasus, 391

Abercromby (Hon. R.), the Motion of Dust, 406

Abney (Captain W. de W., F.R.S.), Photo-nephograph, 491
Abnormal Shoots of Ivy, W. F. R. Weldon, 464
Aborigine, a Surviving Tasmanian, Hy. Ling Roth, 105
Acetic Acid Solutions, Vapour-pressure of, Raoult and Recoura,
431

Accumulations of Capital in the United Kingdom in 1875-85,
Robert Giffen, 211

Achlya, Prof. Marcus M. Hartog, 298
Acoustics: Melde's Vibrating Strings, Rev. W. Sidgreaves,
355; Propagation of Sound, Violle and Vautier, 359; the
Testing of Tuning-forks, Dr. Lehmann, 383

Acquired Characters, Palæontological Evidence for the Transmission of, Henry Fairfield Osborn, 227

Acquired Characters and Congenital Variation: the Duke of
Argyll, F.R.S., 173, 294, 366; W. T. Thiselton Dyer,
F.R.S., 315; F. V. Dickins, 316; Right Rev. Bishop R.
Courtenay, 367; Dr. J. Cowper, 368; Herbert Spencer, 414;
Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F. R.S., 415. See also Panmixia
Actinometric Observations at Kiev, 1888-89, R. Savelief, 359
Acworth (W. M.): Railways of England, 434; Railways of
Scotland, 434

Adams (Prof. J. C., F. R.S.), on certain Approximate Formulæ
for Calculating the Trajectories of Shot, 258
Adamson (Daniel): Death of, 256; Obituary Notice of, 279
Advancement of Science, Australasian Association for the, Prof.
Orme Masson, 441

Africa H. M. Stanley's Exploration of, 20, 73; Reported
Massacre of Dr. Peters's Party, 21; South African Gold-fields,
the, G. D. Cocorda, 164; the Land of an African Sultan,
Walter B. Harris, 270; East Africa and its Big Game, Cap-
tain Sir J. Willoughby, 298; African Monkeys in the West
Indies, Dr. P. L. Sclater, F. R.S., 368; Meteorology of
the Gold and Slave Coast, Dr. Danckelmann, 479
Agriculture: Sheep Farming in Australia, Prof. Wallace, 113;
Practical Observations on Agricultural Grasses and other
Pasture Plants, William Wilson, 196; Field Experiments on
Wheat in Italy, Prof. Giglioli, 404

Ahrens's Polarizing Binocular Microscope, 93

Aitken (John, F.R.S.), On the Number of Dust Particles in the Atmosphere of Certain Places in Great Britain and on the Continent, with remarks on the relation between the Amount of Dust and Meteorological Phenomena, 382, 394 Aitkens (Sir William), Animal Alkaloids, Second Edition, 161 Aka Expedition of 1883, Colonel Woodthorpe, 86 Algæ, a New Atlas of, Dr. J. Reinke, 127

Algebra: an Elementary Text-book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools and for Colleges, Prof. G. Chrystal, 338 Algebraic Equations, Roots of, Prof. A. Cayley, F.R.S., 335 Algeria, Earthquake in, 113

Algol, Satellite of, W. H. S. Monck, 198

Algol, Spectroscopic Observations of, Prof. Vogel, 164, 285 Alpine Chain, a Geological Map of the, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 483

Alpine Expeditions of Dr. Emil Zsigmondy, 291
Aluminium and Nitric Acid, A. Ditte, 599
Amber, Mexican, G. F. Kunz, 372

America: Sir Daniel Wilson on the Recent Toronto Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 17; European Weeds in, 18; American Journal of Mathematics, 71, 332, 525; American Resorts, with Notes upon their Climate, Dr. Bushrod W. James, 79; American Journal of Science, 46, 92, 309, 405, 500, 598; American Meteorological Journal, 92, 357, 501; American Meteorological Society, 324; American Ethnological Reports, J. W. Powell, 99; American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 136; American Naturalist,

231

Among Cannibals, Carl Lumholtz, 200

Amsterdam, Royal Academy of Sciences, 24, 96, 216, 383, 552, 600

Analytical Tables, Coloured, H. W. Hake, 29

Anatomy: a Glossary of Anatomical, Physiological, and Biological Terms, T. Dunman, 173; a Text-book of Human Anatomy, Prof. Alex. MacAlister, F.R.S., 269

Anchovies on the South Coast of England, J. T. Cunningham, 230

Anderson (Joseph), Sugar losing its Attractions for Lepidoptera, 349

André (Ch.), Jupiter's Satellites, 94
Anemometers, W. H. Dines, 212

Angot (Alfred): Wind-Velocity at Top of Eiffel Tower, 48, 67 ; the Observations of Temperature on Top of Eiffel Tower, 167; on the Eiffel Tower Observations, 181; Diurnal Range of Barometer, 449

Animal Life, Glimpses of, W. Jones, 409

Animals and Plants, Distribution of, by Ocean Currents,
Rev. Paul Camboué, 103

Animals, Effects of Music on, A. E. C. Stearns, 470
Animaux, Les Industries des, F. Houssay, 409

Annuario Meteorologico of the Italian Meteorological Society, 231

Anomalies, Temperature, Dr. R. Spitaler, 303 Anoura, the Metamorphosis of, E. Bataillon, 23 Anthropology: the Malay People, Dr. B. Hagen, 21; the Last Living Aboriginal of Tasmania, 43 ; Prehistoric Burial-ground discovered in Caucasus by Beyern, 43; Anthropological Institute, 119, 256, 406; Journal of the Anthropological Institute, 594; Inheritance of Acquired Mental Peculiarity, Handtmann, 209; L'Anthropologie, 300; the Veddahs of Ceylon, Dr. Arthur Thomson, 303; Classification of Races, Based on Physical Characters only, M. Denniker, 332; Modern Crania in Montpellier, De Lapouge, 357; the Cephalic Index of Corsican Population, Dr. A. Fallot, 357; the Chin Tribes of North Burma, G. B. Sacchiero, 375; Characteristic Survivals of Celts in Hampshire, T. W. Shore, 406; Charlotte Corday's Skull, Dr. Topinard, 500; Jacques Bertillon on the Identification of Criminals by Measurement, 592

Anthropometry, Cambridge: Dr. John Venn, F.R.S., 450, 560; Francis Galton, F. R.S., 454

Antilles, the Lesser, Owen T. Bulkeley, 268

Antiparallel, the Use of the Word, W. J. James, 10; E. M. Langley, 104

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Apex of the Sun's Way, Lewis Boss, 548

Aplin (O. V.), the Birds of Oxfordshire, R. Bowdler Sharpe,

169

Aquaria, the Management of, W. P. Seal, 18
Arc Light, Joseph McGrath, 154

Archæology: Interesting Remains discovered in Hamburg, 21;
Archæological Congress at Moscow, 283; Cambridge Archæo-
logical Museum, 324; Proposed Archæological Survey of
Ceylon, 372; Vaphio (Morea) Rock-Sepulchre, S. Reinach,
500; Archæology and Ethnology of Easter Island, Walter
Hough, 569

Arctic Ice Cap, is Greenland our, S. E. Peal, 58

Arctic (North Pole) Expedition, Dr. Nansen's Plan for, 374
Arctic Voyagers, Cause of Change of Skin-Colour in, Prof.
Holmgren, 546

Area of the Land and Depths of the Oceans in Former Periods,
T. Mellard Reade, 103

Argentina, Dr. Hermann Burmeister on the Fossil Horses and

other Mammals of, 82

Argentine Ornithology, P. L. Sclater, F.R. S., and W. H.
Hudson, R. Bowdler Sharpe, 7

Argyll (the Duke of, F.R.S.): Acquired Characters and Con-
genital Variation, 173, 294, 366; and the Neo-Darwinians,
W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 247

Arloing (M.), Diastases Secreted by Bacillus heminecrobiophilus,
143

Armenia, the Catastrophe of Kantzorik, F. M. Corpi, 190
Armstrong (Prof. H. E., F. R.S.), Constitution of Tri-derivatives
of Naphthalene, 454

Arnaud, Digitaline and Tanghinine, 48

Arrest's (D'), Comet, G. Leveau, 596

Ascension, the "Rollers" of, Prof. Cleveland Abbe, 585

Ascidians and Crabs, Prof. W. A. Herdman, 344

Asia, Central: Colonel Roborovski's Expedition in, 234; the

Russian Expeditions in, 352

Asia Minor, Prof. Bornmüller's Botanical Tour through, 136

Asiatic Cholera, Bacteria of, Dr. E. Klein, F. R.S., 509
Assaying, Text-book of, C. Beringer and J. J. Beringer, Thomas
Gibb, 245

Assmann (Dr.): Aspiration Thermometers, 239; Climatological
Considerations about Influenza, 325

Association for Improvement of Geometrical Teaching, 207, 282
Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors, 324

Assyrian Sculptured Group, Explanation of, Dr. E. B. Tylor,
F.R.S., 283

Asteroids, Discovery of, Dr. Palisa, 522; M. Charlois, 522

Astronomy: Our Astronomical Column, 19, 44, 68, 87, 114,

138, 163, 210, 232, 256, 285, 304, 326, 350, 374, 402, 428,

449, 472, 496, 521, 548, 571, 595; Stellar Parallax by means of

Photography, Prof. Pritchard, 19; Measurements of Double

Stars, S. W. Burnham, 19; Barnard's Comet, 1888-89, 19;

Biographical Note on J. C. Houzeau, M. A. Lancaster, 20;

Karlsruhe Observatory, 20; Objects for the Spectroscope, A.

Fowler, 20, 44, 68, 87, 114, 138, 163, 183, 210, 232, 256,

285, 304, 326, 350, 374, 402, 428, 449, 472, 496, 521, 548,

571, 595; Large Scale Charts of the Constellations, Arthur

Cottam, 45; Barnard's Comet, II. 1889, March 31, 45; the

Structure of Jupiter's Belt 3, III., Dr. Terby, 45; Hand-book

of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy, G. F. Chambers,

49; Ancient Chinese Astronomical Instruments, 66; the

Minimum Sun-spot Period, M. Bruguière, 68; Return

of Brorsen's Comet, Dr. E. Lamp, 69; the Companion

of n Pegasi, 69; General Bibliography of Astronomy, 69; J.

C. Houzeau's Vade Mecum, 69; a New Comet discovered

by Lewis Swift, 69; Total Solar Eclipse of 1886, 88; Palermo

Observatory, 88; Variable Star Y Cygni, 88; Paramatta

Observatory, 88; Minor Planet, 282 (Clorinde), 88; Comet

Davidson (e 1889), 88; New Variable Star in Hydra, 88;

Rev. S. J. Perry, F.R.S., on Sun-spots in High Southern

Latitudes, 88; Origin of Shooting-Stars, 92; M. H.

Faye on the Orbit of Winnecke's Periodical Comet, 94 ;

Jupiter's Satellites, Ch. André, 94; Star Distances,

Miss A. M. Clerke, 81; Sun-spot of June, July, and

August 1889, 115; Photographic Star Spectra,_115;

Comet Brooks (d 1889, July 6), Dr. Knopf, 115; Comet

Swift (f 1889, November 17), Dr. Zelbr, 115; S Cassio-

peiæ, Rev. T. E. Espin, 115; New Double Stars, Miss A.

M. Clerke, 132; Brazilian Honours to French Astronomers,

135; Photometric Intensity of Coronal Light, 139; Corona of

January 1, 1889, Prof. Tacchini, 139; Minor Planet

(Victoria), 139; Comet Swift (f 1889, November 17), Dr. R.

Schorr, 139; Periodic Comets, 139; the Eclipse Parties,

139; Period of U Coronæ, S. C. Chandler, 163; Identity of

Brooks's Comet (d 1889) with Lexell's Comet, S. C. Chand-
ler, 163; some Photographic Star Spectra, 163; Magnitude
and Colour of ʼn Argûs, 164; Orbit of Barnard's Comet,
1884 II., 164; Spectrum of Algol, 164; the Newall Tele-
scope for the University of Cambridge, 166; Variable Star
in Cluster G.C. 3636, Prof. Pickering, 183; Changes in
Lunar Craters, Prof. Thury, 183; the Satellite of Algol, W.
H. S. Monck, 198; Recent Observations of Jupiter, W. F.
Denning, 206; Dr. Peters's Star Catalogue, 210; Longitude
of Mount Hamilton, 211; Comet Borelly (g 1889, December
12), 211; Comet Brooks (d 1889, July 6), 211; the Solar
Eclipse, 211; Identity of Comet Vico (1844) with Brooks's
(1889), 233; Observations of some Suspected Variables, Rev.
John G. Hagen, 233; Spectrum of a Metallic Prominence,

233; Comet Swift (f 1889, November 17), Dr. Zelbr, Dr.

Lamp, 233; Solar Spots and Prominences, Prof. Tacchini, 233;

Meteor, Rev. T. W. Morton, 249; the Temperature of the
Moon, Prof. Langley, 257; on the Orbit of Struve 228, J.
E. Gore, 257; Orbit of Swift's Comet (V. 1880), 257; on
the Variability of R Vulpeculæ, 257; on the Rotation of
Mercury, 257; the Cluster G.C. 1420, and the Nebula
N.G.C. 2237, Dr. Lewis Swift, 285; on the Spectrum of
Ursa Majoris, Prof. Pickering, 285; Spectroscopic Obser-
vations of Algol, Prof. Vogel, 286; the Meteorite of Migheï,
J. Rutherford Hill, 298; Total Eclipse of January 1, 1889,
Prof. Holden, 305; Orbits of the Companions of Brooks's

Comet (1889, V., July 6), 305; Greenwich Observatory, 305;

Star Land, Sir Robert S. Ball, F. R. S., 315; Eight Rainbows

seen at the same time, Sir William Thomson, F.R.S., 316;

Dr. Percival Frost, F. R.S., 316; Annuaire du Bureau des

Longitudes, 1890, 327; Annuaire de l'Observatoire Royal de

Bruxelles, 1890, 327; Royal Astronomical Society, 327;

Total Solar Eclipse of 1886, Dr. Schuster, F. R.S., 327;

Solar Halos and Parhelia, 330; a Photographic Method for
Determining Variability in Stars, Isaac Roberts, 332; Earth
Tremors from Trains, and their Effects on Astronomical In-
struments, H. H. Turner, 344; the Nuclei of Great Comet
II. of 1882, F. Tisserand, 358; Spectrum of the Zodiacal
Light, Maxwell Hall, 351; Solar and Stellar Motions, Prof.
J. R. Eastman, 351; Dun Echt Observatory, 351; Transit
Observations at Melbourne Observatory, 351; the Maintaining
and Working of the Great Newall Telescope, 357; Is the

Copernican System of Astronomy True? W. S. Cassedy, 366;

Progress of Astronomy in 1886, Prof. Winlock, 374; Maximum

Light Intensity of the Solar Spectrum, Dr. Mengarini, 374;

Spectrum of Borelly's Comet (g 1889), 374; Spectra of 8 and μ

Centauri, 374; on the Star System & Scorpii, 374; the Total

Eclipse, Prof. David P. Todd, 379; Scenery of the Heavens,

by J. E. Gore, 391; the Distance of the Stars, Dr. W. H. S.

Monck, 392; Ephemeris of Brooks's Comet (d 1889), 403;

New Short Period Variable in Ophiuchus, 403; Observations

of the Magnitude of Iapetus, 403; Observations of Ursæ

Majoris and 8 Auriga, 403; the Movement of Planets, F.

Tisserand, 406; Total Solar Eclipse of December 22, 1889,

M. A. De La Baume Pluvinel, 428; Comets and Asteroids

discovered in 1889, 428; Mass of Saturn, Asaph Hall, 429;

the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College, 446; the

Solar and the Lunar Spectrum, Prof. Langley, 450; the

Corona of 1889, December 22, W. H. Wesley, 450; Nebular

Hypothesis, Herbert Spencer, 450; Nebula, General Cata-

logue No. 4795, W. E. Jackson, 450; a New Asteroid, 450;

Hues's Treatise on the Globes (1592), 459; Astronomy with

an Opera Glass, Garrett P. Serviss, 462; Méguéia Meteorite,

Prof. Simaschko, 472; Velocity of the Propagation of

Gravitation, J. Van Hepperger, 472; Vatican Observatory,

472; Double-Star Observations, S. W. Burnham, 472; Sun-

spot in High Latitudes, G. Dierckx, 472; the Elements of

Astronomy, Prof. C. A. Young, 485; Death and Obituary Notice

of, Prof. C. M. V. Montigny., 479; Observatory at Madagascar,

497; the Great Comet of 1882, 522; Melbourne Star Cata-

logue, 522; Brooks's Comet (a 1890), 522; Discovery of

Asteroids, 522; Solar Activity in 1889, 522; New Light from

Solar Eclipses, William M. Page, William E. Plummer, 529;

the Apex of the Sun's Way, Lewis Boss, 548; Stability of the

Rings of Saturn, O. Callandreau, 548; Brooks's Comet (a 1890),

549; Bright Lines in Stellar Spectra, Rev. J. E. Espin,

549; the Moon in London, Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, 586;

the Effect of Railways on Instruments in Observatories, 592;

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