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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, Paleontological Evidence for the Trans-
mission 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; Ameri-
can 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 Bio-
logical 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 In-
stitute, 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 Archæological 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 Congenital Variation, 173, 294, 366; and the Neo-Darwinians, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.K. 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

Asteroid, a New, 450

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

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(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. Chandler, 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 Telescope 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 Observations 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 Instruments, 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 u 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 Majoris and B 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 Soiar and the Lunar Spectrum, Prof. Langley, 450; the Corona of 1889, December 22, W. H. Wesley, 450; Nebular Hypothesis, Herbert Spencer, 450; Nebula, General Catalogue 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; Sunspot 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 Catalogue, 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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Mathematical Study of Solar Corona, Prof. F. H. Bigelow,
595; Solar Observations at Rome, Prof. Tacchini, 595;
D'Arrest's Comet, G. Leveau, 596; Astronomical Society
of France, 596; Observations of Sun-spots made at Lyons
Observatory in 1889, by Em. Marchand, 599

Atacama, on the Supposed Enormous Showers of Meteorites in

the Desert of, 108

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Bala Volcanic Series of Caernarvonshire and Associated Rocks;
being the Sedgwick Prize Essay for 1888, Alfred Harker, 414
Ball (John, F.R.S.), Botanical Bequest, 17

Ball (Sir Robert S., F.R.S.): "Time and Tide, a Romance of
the Moon," 30; "Star Land," 315

Ball (V., LL.D., F.R.S.), Tavernier's Travels in India, 313

Ballarat School of Mines, Melbourne, 593

Balloon, Asbestos Hot-air, in India, Successful Use of, Percival

Spencer, 325

Ballot (Christoforus Henricus Diedericus Buys), Obituary Notice

of, 371

Banana Disease in Fiji, Sea-water Cure for, 19

Bassot (M.), Difference of Longitude between Paris and Leyden

215

Basutoland, Sir Marshall Clarke on Education in, 86

Bataillon (E.), the Metamorphosis of Anoura, 23
Batoum, Curious Marine Phenomenon at, 426
Bears and Wolves in Bosnia, 325

Bebber (Dr. Van): Loomis on Rainfall of the Earth, 43; De-
pendence of the Force of Winds upon Surface over which
they blow, 372

Beck (C. R.), Crystalline Substances obtained from Fruits of
various Species of Citrus, 527

Becker (G. F.), Geology of the Quicksilver Deposits of the

Pacific Slope, 532

Beddard (Frank E.), the Pigment of the Touraco and the Tree

Porcupine, 152

Bedford College, London, Physical and Chemical Laboratories

at, 160, 279

Bee, Wax Organs of, G. Carlet, 407

Beetle Settlement in Disused Gasometer, T. H. Hall, 520

Beevor (C. E., M.D.), Arrangement of Excitable Fibres of

Internal Capsules of Bonnet Monkey, 165

Before and After Darwin, Prof. G. J. Romanes, F. R.S., 524

Behal (A.), a New Class of Diacetones, 215

Bellati (Prof. M.), the Absorption of Hydrogen by Iron, 380

Belt, Fighting for the, F. C. Constable, 199

Ben Nevis Observatory Report for January 1890, 348

Benda (Dr.), the Coiled Glands in the Skin, 24

Beneden (P. J. Van), Histoire Naturelle des Cétacés des Mers

d'Europe, 223

Benedikt (Dr. R.) and Dr. E. Knecht, Chemistry of the Coal
Tar Colours, 8

Bengal, Technical Education in, 65

Benham (W. B.), Earthworms from Pennsylvania, 560

Bennett (Alfred W.): Fossil Rhizocarps, 154; the Revised Ter-

minology in Cryptogamic Botany, 225

Benzoic Acid, New Form of, 594

Berget (Alphonse), Relation between Electric and Thermal
Conductivities of Metals, 287

Beringer (C.) and J. J. Beringer, Text-book of Assaying,

Thomas Gibb, 245

Berlin: Physiological Society, 23, 95, 119, 288, 359, 407, 479,

504, 528, 599; Berlin Academy of Sciences, Money Grants,

42; Research Grants, 426; Physical Society, 95, 167, 215,

239, 263, 383, 407, 480, 504, 551; the Proposed Berlin In-

ternational Horticultural Exhibition, 283; Berlin Nachtigall

Gesellschaft, 426; Meteorological Society of, 95, 215, 383,

479, 504; Berlin Natural Science Museum, Opening of, 112
"Bermuda Islands," the, Angelo Heilprin, Dr. H. B. Guppy,
193

Bermuda Islands, Proposed Meteorological Station at the, 85

Bernoulli on the St. Petersburg Problem, 165

Bernthsen (A.), a Text-book of Organic Chemistry, 172
Berry (David), Bequest of £100,000 to the University of St.
Andrews by, 41

Berthelot (M.): Animal Heat, 119; the Carbon Graphites,
311; Formation of Nitrates in Plants, 311; Berthelot and P.
Petit on Animal Heat and the Combustion of Urea, 94
Bertillon (Jacques): Application of Photography to Study of
Physical Peculiarities engendered by different Occupations,
230; on the Identification of Criminals by Measurement, 592

Bertrand (J.), Calcul des Probabilités, 6

Bertrand's Refractometer, Prof. S. P. Thompson, 526

Berwickshire, the Birds of, Geo. Muirhead, R. Bowdler Sharpe,
169

Besson (M.): Combination of Ammonia and Phosphorettel
Hydrogen with Dichloride and Dibromide of Silicon, 359;
Combination of Gaseous Phosphoretted Hydrogen with
Boron and Silicium Fluorides, 287

Bethnal Green Free Library, Proposed Enlargement of, 349
Betts (Benjamin), a New Logical Machine, 79

Bevan (E. J.): Acetylation of Cellulose, 142; the Constituents
of Flax, 143

Beyerinck (Dr.), Luminous and Plastic Food of Phosphorescent

Bacteria, 552

Beyern, Prehistoric Burial Ground in Caucasus discovered by,

43

Beynon (Richard), Effect of Oil on Disturbed Water, 205
Bezold (Prof. von), on the Production of Clouds, 95

Bible, the Religion of the Semites, Prof. W. Robertson Smith,
337

Bibliography of Astronomy, General, 69

Bibliothèque Photographique, P. Moëssard, 224 Biddulph, Lieut.-General Sir Robert, Cyprus, 45 Bidschof (Dr.), Comet Brooks (a 1890), 571

Bidwell (Shelford, F. R.S.), Electrification of Steam, 213 Big Game, East Africa and its, Captain Sir John C. Willoughby, 298

Bigelow (Prof. F. H.), Mathematical Study of Solar Corona, 595

Biology: Proposed Lacustrine Station on Lake Plön, 18; Prof.
Weismann's Essays, Dr. St. George Mivart, F. R. S., 38;
Marine Biology, the Puffin Island Station, 304; Biology of
Anaerobic Bacteria, Dr. Weyl, 359; the Botanical Institute
and Marine Station at Kiel, 397

Bionomics, "Like to Like," a Fundamental Principle in, Prof.
Geo. J. Romanes, F. R.S., 535; John T. Gulick, 535
Bird-preservation in the Farne Islands, H. G. Barclay, 112
Birds of Berwickshire, Geo. Muirhead, R. Bowdler Sharpe,
169

Birds Count Salvadori on the Birds of New Guinea and the
Molucca Islands, 85

Birds, Dr. R. W. Shufeldt on Avian Anatomy, 594
Birds of India, Vol. I., E. W. Oates, 388

Birds in My Garden, W. T. Greene, R Bowdler Sharpe, 169
Birds of Oxfordshire, O. V. Aplin, R. Bowdler Sharpe, 169
Birds, Sea, the Wanton Destruction of, G. W. Lamplugh, 490
Black Sea Proposed Scientific Investigation of, 348; the Level
of the, 356

Bladder in Fishes, the, Prof. Liebreich, 359

Blanchard (Prof. Raphael): Discovery of Carotine Pigment in Alpine Lake Crustacean, 325; a Colouring-matter from Diaptomus analogous to Carotin, 383

Blanford (Dr., F.R.S.), Presidential Address to the Geological Society, 455

Blind Species, Cave Fauna of North America, with Remarks on the Anatomy of the Brain and Origin of the, A. S. Packard, 507

Blumentritt (Dr. F.), Ethnology of Philippine Islands, 327
Blunfield (R. W.), Alexandrian Garden Pest, 181

Boat, Submarine, Periscope for Navigating, 349

Bodmer (G. R.), Hydraulic Motors, Turbines and Pressure Engines, 27

Bogdanovitch (M.), in Central Asia, 352

Boguski (J. J.), Variations of Electric Resistance of Nitric Peroxide at various Temperatures, 119

Boilers, Marine and Land, T. W. Traill, 486

Boilers, the Evaporative Efficiency of, C. E. Stromeyer, 516 Boisbaudran (Lecoq de), some New Fluorescent Materials, 287 Bollettino of Italian Geographical Society, 164

Bonavia (Dr. E.), the Cultivated Oranges and Lemons of India and Ceylon, C. B. Clarke, F.R.S., 579

Bone and Dentine, the Longevity of Textural Elements, particularly in, John Cleland, 392

Bonn, Earthquake at, 470

Bonney (Prof. T. G., F.R.S.): Crystalline Schists and their Relations to Mesozoic Rocks in Lepontine Alps, 333; a Geological Map of the Alpine Chain, 483

Bonsdorf (A. B.), the Secular Upheaval of the Coasts of Finland, 348

Boole (Mary), a New Logical Machine, 79

Borelly's Comet (g 1889, December 12), 211, 374, 429
Borneo (British North), Gold Exploration in, 182
Bort (Teisserenc de), Barometric Gradients, 161

Bosnia: Earthquakes in, 136; Bears and Wolves in, 325
Boss (Lewis), Apex of the Sun's Way, 548

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Botany On a New Application of Photography to the Demonstration of Physiological Processes in Plants, Walter Gardiner, 16; Foreign Botanical Appointments, 17, 136; Russian Botanical Appointments, 42; John Ball Bequest, 17; European Weeds in America, 18; Sea-water Cure for the Banana Disease, 19; some Provençal Tree Hybrids, G. de Saporta, 23; Retarded Germination, 31; the African Oil Palm in Labuan, 42; Street Plants in Manchester, 42; Enumeratio Specierum Varietatumque Generis Dianthus, F. N. Williams, 51; Morphology and Biology of Oidium albicans, Linossier and Roux, 72; the Flora of Derbyshire, by the Rev. W. H. Painter, 77; Pinks of Western Europe, by F. N. Williams, 78; Curious Dwarf Japanese Tree, Thuja obtusa, 86; Herr Kny, on Trees Growing in an Inverted Position, 86; How Plants maintain themselves in the Struggle for Existence, Prof. Walter Gardiner, 90; the Botanical Gazette,

92; Journal of Botany, 92; Nuova Giornale Botanico Italiano, 92; Cool Cultivation of Tropical, &c., Plants, Thiselton Dyer, 136; Botanical Tour through Asia Minor, Prof. Bornmüller's, 136; Tubercles on Roots of Leguminous Plants, Prof. H. Marshall Ward, F. R. S., 140; the Flora of Suffolk, by Dr. W. M. Hind, 149; Noxious Grass, Lalang, at Singapore, 182; the Useful Plants of Australia, J. H. Maiden, 194: Index of British Plants, Robert Turnbull, 196; Hand-book of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student, E. Strasburger, 223; the Revised Terminology in Cryptogamic Botany, Alfred W. Bennett, 225; Flower-Land, an Introduction to Botany, Robert Fisher, 247; the Coco de Mer, 256; Malayan Plants in Calcutta Herbarium, 283; the Weather Plant (Abrus precatorius), Dr. Francis Oliver, 283; St. Louis, the Shaw Bequest for the Endowment of Botanic Garden at, 324; the Kew Bulletin, 325, 426; Sweet-scented Fern, 349; Das australische Florenelement in Europa, Dr. Constantin Freiherr von Ettingshausen, 365; Effects of Fog on Plants under Glass, 372; Melilotus alba (Bokhara Clover) as a Weed in Western States of America, 372; Germination of Castor-oil Plant Seed, J. R. Green, 380; Die Arten der Gattung Ephedra, von Dr. Otto Stapf, 390; the Botanical Institute and Marine Station at Kiel, 397; Hygrometric Club Moss from Mexico, 401; Botanical Gazette, 405; Diseases of Plants, Prof. H. Marshall Ward, F. R. S., 436; the Botanical Laboratory in the Royal Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, 445; Haudleiding tot de Kennis der Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, 461; Abnormal Shoots of Ivy, W. F. R. Weldon, 464; Seeding of Sugar-Cane, D. Morris, 478; True Nature of Callus, Spencer Moore, 478; the Dispersal of Plants, as Illustrated by the Flora of the Keeling Islands, Dr. H. B. Guppy, 492; Salad-plants, H. de Vilmorin, 494; the Native Ebony of St. Helena, Morris, 519; Self-colonization of Coco-nut Palm, W. B. Hemsley, 537; Suggestion for Facilitating the Study of Botany in India, G. Carstensen, 546; Self-colonization of Coco-nut Palm, Captain W. J. L. Wharton, F.R.S., 585; Organization of Fossil Plants of Coal-measures, Prof. Williamson, F.R.S., 572; Botanical Condition of German Ocean, Major Reinhold, 569; a Blue Primrose, 569; Threatened Extinction of Cyclamen in Savoy, 569; How to know Grasses by their Leaves, A. N. M'Alpine, Prof. John Wrightson, 557 Bottomley (J. T., F.R.S.), Four-Figure Mathematical Tables, 510

Bouchard (Ch.), Mechanism of the Local Lesion in Infectious Diseases, 48

Bourdon's Pressure-Gauge: Prof. A. M. Worthington, 296; Prof. A. G. Greenhill, F. R.S., 517

Bournemouth Industrial and Loan Exhibition, Science Exhibits in, 545

Boussingault (M.), Proposed Statue to the late, 207, 348
Boutzoureano (M.), on a New Series of Salts of Selenite, 87
Bower (J. A.), Science of Every-day Life, 78

Boys (C. V., F. R.S.), on the Cavendish Experiment, 155 Brande (Dr.), Taxine, a New Alkaloid from Yew Leaves, &c., 496

Brandis (Sir D., F.R.S.), a Manual of Forestry, William Schlich, 121

Brassart Brothers' New Seismoscopes, 137

Brazil, Dr. Lund's Exploration of the Limestone Caverns of, 26 Brazilian Honours to French Astronomers, 135

Bréal (M.), Fixation of Nitrogen of the Leguminosæ, 23 Breathing, Thought and: R. Barrett Pope, 297; Prof. F. Max Müller, 317; Rev. W. Clement Ley, 317; Mrs. J. C. MurrayAynsley, 441

Brewery and Malt-House, the Microscope in the, Chas. Geo. Mathews and Francis Edw. Lott, 246

Brezina (A.), Die Meteoritensammlung des k.k. mineralog. Hofkabinetes in Wien, 127

Brezina (A.) and E. Cohen, Die Structur und Zusammensetzung der Meteoreisen erläutert durch photographische Abbildungen geätzter Schnittflächen, 127

Brick Buildings, Magnetism in, R. W. Wilson, 405
Bridge across the Bosphorus, Proposed, 568
Bridge, Chenab, Testing of, 372

Bridge, Testing of the New Forth, 281; Opening of the, 429
Bright Lines in Stellar Spectra, Rev. J. E. Espin, 549
Brinton (Dr. D. G.): Ethnologic Affinity of Ancient Etruscans,
66; Etruscans a Libyan Offshoot, 448; the Cradle of the
Semites, 569

British Association, Second Report of the Committee on Teaching Chemistry, 160

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