5438х A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE VOLUME XXIX NOVEMBER 1883 to APRIL 1884 "To the solid ground Of Nature trusts the mind which builds for aye."-WORDSWORTH London and New York MACMILLAN AND CO. 1884 INDEX ABBADIE (A. d'), the Remarkable Sunsets, 132 Algeria, Sinking of Earth at Bona, 460 Almanac, the Nautical, 89 Abney (Capt., F.R.S.), Wave-lengths of A, a, and Lines in Algiers, Earthquake in, 415 Africa: Exploration of Stanley's Congo Expedition, 15; Portu- Agardh (Dr.), on Algæ, Mary P. Merrifield, 340 Alpine Clubs, German, 462; Austrian, 462; French, 488 Amazons (Upper Regions), Topography and Ethnography of, America: Co-education of the Sexes in, 158; November Meet- Agassiz (Prof. Alex.), Embryological Monographs, 16; the Por- Amu-Daria, Russian Explorers on the Old Bed of the, 416, 557 Agates, Prof. M. Forster Heddle, 419 Agriculture, an American Rothamsted, Prof. W. Fream, 238 Agricultural Society, Royal, Journal of, 75 Air, Velocity of Sound in, D. J. Blaikley, 148 Air, Dusty, on the Formation of Small Clear Spaces in, John Air-Wave, the Krakatoa, General Strachey, F.R.S., 181 Airy (Sir G. B., F.R.S.), on Chepstow Railway Bridge, 75 Alaska: Zoology and Botany of, 362; the Volcanic Eruption Albany (Duke of), Death of, 534 Alexander (Thos.), Protection by Mimicry-a Problem in Alexeyeff's Theory of Solutions, 391 Alfta, Remarkable Meteor and Aurora at, 159 Amur, Changes of Level of, 15 Anatomy for Artists, John Marshall, 30, 56, 123 Anderson's Handbook of Archæological Collections in Indian Anthropology: Anthropological Institute, 119, 166, 254, 303, Algæ, Drs. Agardh and Rabenhorst on, Mary P. Merrifield, Arabia, Geology of, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 350 Arabin Gums, C. O'Sullivan, 253 A 2 Archæological Collections of the Indian Museum, 27 Archives of the Physical and Natural Sciences, Geneva, 277, Arctic Expedition (Dijmphna), New, 88 Arctic Expedition, another attempt to rescue the Greely, 415 Arizona, Geological Survey of, H. M. Wilson, 272 Artists, Anatomy for, 30, 56, 123 Ascidia Compositæ, Classification of the, Prof. Herdman, 429 Ashes (Volcanic), Analysis of Krakatoa, Renard, 134 Asia Minor, Earthquakes in, 437 Asian Explorations, Dr. Riebeck's, 417 Asiatic Society of Bengal, Centenary of, 316 Association of German Naturalists and Physicians, 18 Astronomical Column, 45, 69, 88, 112, 135, 159, 185, 246, 273, Astronomical Station on Pic du Midi, Studies made for establish- Atlantic, Relative Level of Mediterranean and, Tillo and Atlantic, Greatest Depth of, 319 Atmosphere, the Upper Currents of the, 154 Atmosphere of China, Dust, Prof. J. P. O'Reilly, 260 Atomic Weight of Tellurium, Brauner, 391 Atomic Weights, Redeterminations of, 391 Atti dell' Accademia Reale dei Lincei, 47, 95, 443, 466, 565, Attraction et Gravitation d'après Newton, Mme. Clémence Royer, Audebert (J.), Wild Tribes of Madagascar, 347 Aurora Borealis: Prof. Lemström's Observations of the, III; Austral Judgment, the, 49 Australia: Initiation Ceremonies, A. W. Howitt, 254; Geological Austrian Polar Expedition, Results of, Lieut. Wohlgemuth, Axioms of Geometry, Edward Geoghegan, 551; Prof. O. Azerbijan, Austrian Botanical Expedition to, 316 Bacas (Dario) Determinants, 378 Bacillus of Typhoid Fever, Prize offered for Essay on, 583 Bacteria, 559; Bicentenary of, Ferdinand Cohn, 154 Baker (J. G.) Review of Tuber-bearing Solanums, 328 Baltic Scientific Researches, Finnish Government Steamer for, Bamboo in Transcaucasia, Proposed Cultivation of, Woeikoff, Barlow (Capt.), Sea covered with Pumice, 488 Barlow (W.), Internal Symmetry of Crystals, 186, 205; Pro- Barometrical Sympathy with Earthquakes, Dr. Hector, F.R.S., Barometro Araucano, Baron Maclay, 303 Barrett (Prof. W. F.), on a Magnetic Sense, 476 Barrington (R. M.), the Remarkable Sunsets, 153; on the Barytes from Chirbury, H. A. Miers, 29; C. J. Woodward, Bashfo th (Rev. F.), On a Method of Estimating the Steadiness Batteries, New Elements for Primary, Lalande and Chaperon, Bead Ornaments of Paleolithic Man, Worthington G. Smith, Beadon (Robert), the Remarkable Sunsets, 225 Bealby (J. P.), Java Eruption and Earthquake Waves, 30 Becquerel (H.), Researches on Infra-red Rays of the Spectrum, 227 Beddard (F. E.), the New Prosector of the Zoological Society, Bees, Habits of, Isabella Herschel, 104 Behm (Dr.), Death of, 487 Beketoff (Prof.), on Dr. Sachs' Theory of the Relations between Bengal Dyes and Tans, H. W. McCann, 147 Bennett (A. W.), on the Reproduction of the Zygnemaceæ, 142 Berlin Cremation Society, 461; Physiological Society, 72, 144, Bermuda, Earthquake in, 15 Bernstein (Dr. R.), Death of, 415 Berwick-on-Tweed, Remarkable Meteor seen at, 272 Beryllium, Spectrum of, 90; Hartley on, 391 Beyerinck (Dr.), the Remarkable Sunsets, 175, 308 Bias in Walking, Unconscious: G. H. Darwin; Thos. Hawks- Bickmore's (Prof.), Lectures on Natural History to School Bicycles and Tricycles, C. V. Boys, 478 Biddulph (Sir R., C. B.), the Cedar Forests of Cyprus, 597 Biological Notes, 16 Biological Laboratory on the English Coast, a, 473 Biological Investigation of the British Coasts, Society for, 533 Birds, Towering of, Sir J. Fayrer, F.R.S., 55 Birds' Eggs, the Structure of, Prof. Tarkhanoff, 461 Birds of Japan, New List of, 604 Bishop (S. E.), Remarkable Sunsets, 259, 549, 573 Blake (Jas.), on the Incubation Period of Scientific Links, 168 Bles (E. J.), the Remarkable Sunsets, 427 Blue Sun, a, E. Metzger, 252 Blyth (A. W.), Poisons, Dr. Thos. Stevenson, 451 Bonney (Prof. F.R.S.), Geology of South Devon Coast, 119; Borneo Commercial Development, 462 Börnstein (Prof.), a New Anemometer, 280 Bosnia, Earthquake in, 159 Budge (E.), New Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar, 375 Buildings, Earthquakes and, Dr. A. Ernst, 595 Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, 161 Bulletins de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, 277 Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes de Moscou, 300 Burder (George F.), Remarkable Sunsets, 251, 525 Burnett Lectures, On Light, G. G. Stokes, Prof. P. G. Tait, Boston (U.S.A.), Water-Supply, Contamination by Spongilla | Burnham's (Mr.) Double-Star Measures, 409 Botanic Garden Board, Report of New Zealand, 206 Botanical Work in China, Chas. Ford, 134 Botanical Expedition to Azerbijan, Austrian, 316 Botanico-Physiological Station in North Sweden, Proposed, 225 Botany in India, Progress of, III Botany of Alaska, Zoology and, 362 : Botany Relations between the Increase and Segmentation of Botany, Economic, the Kew Museums of, 581 Bourdalou, Relative Level of Mediterranean and Atlantic, 185 Bovey (Prof.), Applied Mechanics, A. R. Willis, 122 Bows, Circular Cloud, E. H. L. Firmstone, 406 Boys (C. V.), the Ear a Barometer, 333; Bicycles and Bozward (J. Ll.), the Remarkable Sunsets, 131, 178 Brake, Achard's Continuous Electric, 245 Brauner (B.), the Remarkable Sunsets, 223 Brazil, Pale Sun in, 87 Brauner, Atomic Weight of Tellurium, 391 Bremen Geographical Journal, 161 Bremen, Geographical Society of, 535, 585 Breguet (M.), Death of, 14 Bridge, on Chepstow Railway, Sir G. B. Airy, F. R.S., 75 British Association, Montreal Meeting, 435, 459; Arrange- British Islands, Origin of the Scenery of the, A. Geikie, F.R.S., British Noblemen during last three Generations, Weights of, Brodhurst (B. E.), the Remarkable Sunsets, 153 Bronn (Dr. H. G.), Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier- Brooks' Comet, W. T. Sampson, 335] Brorsen's Comet, 88 Brounoff's Researches into Variations of Temperature in conse- quence of Cyclones, 414 Brown (E.), the Remarkable Sunsets, 132 Brown (Dr. J. C.), Finland: Its Forests and Forest Manage- Brown (Prof. W. G.), the Remarkable Sunsets, 309 Brown (Wm.), Instinct, 428 Browne (Walter R.), Science and Engineering, 57 Browne (Lennox), Voice, Song, and Speech, Dr. W. H. Brugnone (Abbé), Death of, 436 Brussa, Earthquake near, 272 Bryce's Bill to secure Access to Mountains and Moorlands in Brydone-Jack (W.), the Remarkable Sunsets, 250 Budde (Dr.), the Remarkable Sunsets, 177 Burton (F. M.), the Remarkable Sunsets, 225 Cable-Protection Convention, 487 Cadell (H. M.), Geognosy of the Harz Mountains, 303, 447. Callorhynchus antarcticus, on some Embryos of, T. J. Parker, Cambrian Conglomerates, H. Hicks, M.D., and Prof. Bonney, Cambridge: Fellowship Examinations, Independent Work Campbell (Prof. Lewis), the Remarkable Sunsets, 196 Cannibalism among Cave-Dwellers, Prof. Nehring, 366 Cape Horn, Report of French Mission to, Dr. Hyades, 191 Carpenter (W. Lant), Energy in Nature, 74; Science Teaching Carpineto-Romano, Meteorological Observatory, 556 Casey (J., F.R.S.), Sequel to the First Six Books of Euclid, Cats, Heredity in, E. B. Poulton, 20; Deafness in White, Ceratodus forsteri, Morton, 16 Cetacea, Evolution of the, S. V. Wood, 147; Prof. W. H. : Challenger (H.M.S.), Zoological Reports of Voyage of, vols. Chenery (Thomas) Death of, 364 Chepstow Railway Bridge, on, Sir G. B. Airy, F.R.S., 75 |