December 8, 1898

DEC 22 1898

ABBE (Prof. C.), Barisal Guns, 353; the Altitude of the Aurora
Borealis, 603

Abbott (W. J. L.), some Particulars of Henry Lewis's Career,
16

Aberration, Constant of, and Stellar Magnitudes, Prof. Doberck,

258

Aberson (J. H.), a New Isomeride of Malic Acid, 232
Ackworth Birds, being a List of Birds in the District of Ack-
worth, Yorkshire, Major Walter B. Arundel, 292
Acland (H. D.), Volcanic Series in Malvern Hills, 142
Acland (Sir Henry W., K.C.B., F. R.S.), Medical Missions in
their Relation to Oxford, 222

Acoustics Study of Speaking Voice by Phonograph, M.

Marage, 23; the Spirate Fricatives, Dr. Lloyd, 46; Max

Meyer's Theory of Audition, Dr. S. P. Thompson, 166;

Thermophones, F. Braun, 335

Actinometer, an Absolute, A. Crova, 95

Adenoid Growth, Dr. H. W. Meyer, 625

Adschidarja Gulf, the, 525

Aeronautics: Fifth International Balloon Ascent of June 8,

1898, 278; a Propeller Kite, Laurence Hargrave, 312; the

Use of Kites in Meteorology, 382; Captive Kite Balloon

Trials, 382; Experiments in Aerial Research, Percival

Spencer, 327; the International Aeronautical Conference,

380; the Instrumental Equipment of Balloons, 381; Ascent

of Ballon Sonde" Langenburg," 382;. Proposed Balloon-Ex-
ploration of Africa, MM. Dex and Dibos, 399; Remarkable
Balloon Ascent, Stanley Spencer and Dr. Berson, 513; at-
tempted Balloon Passage of Alps, Capt Spelterini, 549

Aethurus glirinus, a New Rodent, W. E. de Winton, 95

Africa Travels in the Coastlands of British East Africa and

the Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, W. W. A. Fitzgerald,

6; a Plague Centre in German East Africa, Prof. Koch, 254;

Report of Cape of Good Hope Bacteriological Institute, 278;

Proposed Balloon Exploration of Africa, MM. Dex and Dibos,

399; the Marine Fauna in Lake Tanganyika, and the Ad-

visability of Further Exploration in the Great African Lakes,

J. E. S. Moore, 404; South African Coleoptera, L. Périn-

guey, 423; the Tsetze Disease in Mammals, Prof. Kanthack

and Mr. Durham, 426; Trout Acclimatisation in Cape

Colony, J. D. F. Gilchrist, 628

Agamennone (Dr.), Mean Surface-Velocity of Pulsations from
Calcutta Earthquake of June 12, 1897, 109; Attempt to
Calculate Velocity of Aidin Earthquake of August 9, 1895,

421

Agassiz, the Glacial Lake, Warren Upham, 81

Agriculture: Travels in the Coastlands of British East Africa

and the Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, W. W. A. Fitz-

gerald, 6; Death of M. Demontzey, 16; Nitrogenous Nu-

trition of Phanerogamous Plants, L. Lutz, 24; Method of

Reducing Losses of Ammonia in Manufacture of Farm

Manure, P. P. Déherain, 71; a Text-Book of Entomology,

including the Anatomy, Embryology, and Metamorphoses of

Insects, for Use in Agricultural and Technical Schools and

Colleges, Prof. Alpheus S. Packard, 244; Study of Phos-

phoric Acid Dissolved by the Water of the Soil, 384; Tea,

Coffee, and Cinchona Cultivation in India, 423; Toxicity of

Copper Salts for Wheat, H. Coupin, 492; Action of Lime

and Chalk on Humic Materials, G. André, 564

Air, on a New Constituent of Atmospheric, Prof. William

Ramsay, F.R.S., and Morris W. Travers, 127

Air, Liquid, at One Operation, Lord Rayleigh, F. R.S., 199

Air Waves, Formed by Projectiles, Studied by Means of In-

terference Bands, Herr Mach, 422

| Aitchison (Surgeon-Major J. E. T., M.D., F. R.S.), Death of,
550; Obituary Notice of, W. Botting Hemsley, F.R.S., 578
Akerman (R.), the Swedish Iron Industry, 430

Albahary (J. M.), Ovalbuminic Acid, 288

Albert-Levy (M.), the Carbonic Acid of the Air, 168

Albrecht (Prof.), the Movement of the Earth's Polar Axis,

1890 0-18975, 42

Albumens, Prof. A. Kossel on, 481

Albuminous Substances, Synthesis of, Dr. Leo Lilienfeld, 351
Alcock (A. W.), Report on the Natural History Results of the
Pamir Boundary Commission, 493

Algae: Reproduction of Dictyota dichotoma, Lloyd Williams, 632;

Form of Protoplasmic Body in Florideæ, Prof. Philips, 633

Algebra: Connection of Algebraic with Automorphic Functions,

E. T. Whittaker, 93; Introduction to Algebra, for the Use of

Secondary Schools and Technical Colleges, G. Chrystal, 340;

a Treatise on Universal Algebra, with Applications, Alfred

North Whitehead, 385

Algeria: L'Algérie, le Sol et les Habitants, J. A. Battandier et

L. Trabut, 51; Climate of Algeria, Dr. A. Thevenet, 117

Allaire (H.), Double Iodides and Borates, 635

Allen (Prof. F. J.), a High Rainbow, 175; Stereochemistry

and Vitalism, 520

Allen (Dr. Harrison), Study of Hawaiian Skulls, 230

Alloys the Electrical Resistance and Micro-Structure of,

Saville Shaw, 356: Dr. A. Galt on the Heat of Combination
of Metals in the Formation of Alloys, 532; Surfusion of
Metals and, Prof. W. C. Roberts-Austen, F.R.S., 619; an
Old Alloy, D. Berthelot, 635

Alternators, High Speed Telegraph Transmission by Means of,

Prof. A. C. Crehore, Lieut. G. O. Squier, 211

Aluminium for Cooking Utensils in India, the Use of, Prof.

Chatterton, 488

Amagat (E. 'H.), Compressibility of Air as Gaseous Mixture,

287

:

Amazon River at Obydos, Volume of, Dr. Friedrich Katzer, 399

Amazonian Rubber, the Supply of, W. A. Churchill, 603

Amboy Clays, the Flora of the, John Strong Newberry, 81

Ameghino (M.), Arhino lemur, a New Mammifer, 492

America American Journal of Mathematics, 22; American

Journal of Science, 92, 117, 187, 335, 432, 539, 634;

Bulletin of American Mathematical Society, 92, 187, 310,
431; Ceremonial Dances of the American Indians, 125; the
American Association, 233; Boston Meeting, 486; the
American Excavations in Mesopotamia, J. P. Peters, 243;

Bird Neighbours: an Introductory Acquaintance with One

Hundred and Fifty Birds commonly found in the Gardens,

Meadows, and Woods about our Homes, Neltje Blanchan,

388; Glyptic and Graphic Art applied to Paleontology,

392; Bird Studies, an Account of the Land Birds of Eastern

North America, W. E. D. Scott, 541

Amsterdam Academy of Sciences, 47, 143, 288, 359, 636

Amu-Daria, the Old Beds of the, 430

Anatomy: Lehrbuch der Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen,

Dr. J. Kollmann, 77; Anatomy of the Swallows, Dr. R. W.

Shufeldt, 199; Death of Dr. E. J. Bonsdorff, 396; Elements

of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates, Dr. Robert

Wiedersheim, W. N. Parker, 409; Anatomia vegetale, Dr.

F. Tognini, 100

Anæsthetics, Action on Protoplasm of, J. D. Farmer and A.

D. Waller, F. R.S., 93

Analysis of Öres, Methods for the Iron and Steel, in Use at the

Laboratories of Iron and Steel Works in the Region about

Pittsburg, Pa., John Parry, 149

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