A WEEKLY 6949× ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE VOLUME XXXVI MAY 1887 to OCTOBER 1887 "To the solid ground Of Nature trusts the mind which builds for aye."-WORDSWORTH London and New York MACMILLAN AND CO. 1887 INDEX ABBAY (R.), Shadow of Adam's Peak, 152 Abbe (Prof. Cleveland), Popular Errors in Meteorology, 375 Abercromby (Hon. Ralph): Upper Wind Currents near the Aberration, a General Method of Determining the Constant of, Abrus precatorius, the Proteids of Seeds of, Dr. Sidney Absolute Wave-length, Recent Determinations of, L. Bell, 524 Absorption-Spectra of Rare Earths, Dr. G. H. Bailey, 570 Acetic Ether, Velocity of Formation of, Prof. Menschutkin, 569 Acoustics: Experiments on Laws of Vibration of Tuning Forks, Adam's Peak, Shadow of, R. Abbay, 152; Hon. Ralph Aber- Admiralty Manual of Scientific Inquiry, 255 Aeronautics: Captive Kite-Balloon, E. Douglas Archibald, 278 Affinity, Residual, Wm. Durham, Prof. H. E. Armstrong, Affinity and Solution, Chemical, Wm. Durham, 318 After-glows at Helensburgh, Robert H. Scott, F. R.S., 175; Agardh (J. G.), Till Algernes, Systematik, Mrs. Mary P. Merri- Agricultural Chemistry, Experiments in, J. Raulin, 456 Agricultural Pests of India, Surgeon-General Edward Balfour, Aino Studies, the Language, Mythology, and Geographical Air, Micro-Organisms in, a New Method for Determining, Prof. Airy (Sir G. B., F. R.S.), on the Establishment of the Roman Aitken (Sir W.), the Growth of the Recruit and Young Soldier, Ajax, H.M. Ship, the Steering of, 61 Alaska, Shores and Alps of, A. W. Seton Karr, 220 Albert Nyanza and Muta-Nzige, 499 Albuquerque (J. A.), Primeiros Principios da Theoria dos Alcock (Dr. Thomas), Natural History of the Coast of Lan- Alcohol, Bichlorureted, M. Delacre, 116 Alcohol, New Tetrahydric, M. Combes, 587 Alcohol and Water Combinations, Prof. Mendeléef, 570 Alcoholic Fermentation, Chemical and Physiological Equation Algæ, Gelatinous Sheathing of Filaments of, Herr G. Klebs, Algæ, the Classification of, J. G. Agardh, Mrs. Mary P. Merri- Algebra, Higher, H. S. Hall and S. R. Knight, 409, 507 Algiers, the Locust Plague in, 350 Algol Type, New Variable of the, E. Sawyer, 376 Alkyl Nitrites, the Reduction-Products of the Nitro-Paraffins Alphita, a Medico-Botanical Glossary from the Bodleian Alps, Preliminary Note on Traverses of the Western and of the Alps of Alaska, Shores and, W. H. Seton Karr, 220 Altai, Flora of the, A. Krasnoff, 325 Alumina, on the Reduction of, M. G. A. Faurie, 528 Amagat (E. H.): Expansion and Compressibility of Water, Amati (Prof. A.), on the State of Education in Italy, 45 Amber, Remarkable Piece of, 63 America American Association for the Advancement of Science, 14, 398, 429; American Woman's Education Association, Seaside Laboratory for Study of Biology, 15; American Journal of Science, 64, 113, 479, 551, 575; Anales de la Oficina Meteorologica Argentina, 110 Analysis, Qualitative Chemical, Dr. C. Remigius Fresenius, Analysis, Qualitative, Outlines of, A. H. Sexton, 410 Analytical Statics, a Treatise on, I. Todhunter, 459 Anatomical Researches on the Physiology of the Spinal Ganglia, Ancon, the Necropolis of, Prof. A. H. Keane, 281 André (MM. Berthelot), on the Liberation of Ammonia by Animals, Breeding for Intelligence in, Dr. H. Rayner, 246 Animals Liable to become addicted to Opium-Poisoning, Animals, Lower, Effects of Earthquakes upon, Prof. Milne, Annalen der Hydrographie und Maritimen Meteorologie, 136, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 165, 375 Annales de l'Institut Pasteur, 112 Annals of Botany, the New Botanical Periodical, 254 Antarctic Expedition, Proposed Victorian, 17; Antarctic Ex- Anthropology: Anthropological Institute, 72, 117, 143; on the Relative Recuperative Powers of Man in Rude and Civilized States, Dr. G. Harley, F.R.S., 143; a Suggestion for Anthropologists, Dr. William F. Warren, 198; Opening Address by Prof. A. H. Sayce, President of Section H at the British Association, 511; the Primitive Seat of the Aryans, Canon Isaac Taylor, 597: the Non-Aryan and Non-Semitic White Races and their Place in the History of Civilization, J. S. Stuart Glennie, 598; on the Picture Origin of the Characters of the Assyrian Syllabary, Rev. W. Houghton, 598; Boat-shaped Graves in Syria, Geo. St. Clair, 598; the Effect of Town Life upon the Human Body, J. Milner Fothergill, 598; on the Bosjes Pelvis, Prof. Cleland, F. R. S., 598; Experimental Production of Chest Types in Man, G. W. Hambleton, 599; Scientific Treatment of Consump- tion, G. W. Hambleton, 599; Tattooing, Miss A. W. Buck- land, 599; Early Ages of Metal in South-East Spain, Henri and Louis Siret, 599; Certain Degenerations of Design in Papuan Art, S. J. Hickson, 599; Origin of Totemism, C. Staniland Wake, 599; Gypsies and an Ancient Hebrew Race in Sus and the Sahara, R. G. Haliburton, 599; Colour-Names amongst the English Gypsies, W. E. A. Axon, 599 on the Migrations of Pre-Glacial Man, Henry Hicks, F.R.S., 599; Observations on Recent Explorations made by General Pitt- Rivers, at Rushmore, J. G. Garson, 600 Anticyclone, the Jubilee, 248 Anticyclones, is Cold the Cause of?, H. Helm Clayton, 268 Apatite in Slag, Occurrence of, W. M. Hutchings, 460 Aquila, Meetings of the Geodynamical Committee of the Italian Arabia, South-West, General Haig's Journey to, 211 Arabia, Southern, Contemplated Journey in, Ed. Glaser, 478 Archæological Institute, Congress of the, 348 Archibald (E. Douglas): Upper Wind Currents near the Equator Arctic Flora in Central Sweden, Discovery of Fossil Remains of Ardennes, Walks in the, Percy Lindley, 340 Areovolumeter, Dr. Sandrucci's, 45 Areschong (Prof. J. E.), Death of, III Argentine Republic, Meteorology in, 283 Argyll (Duke of, F. R.S.): Thought without Words, 52; the Aristotelian Society, Abstract of its Proceedings, 586 Armstrong (Prof. H. E., F. R.S), Residual Affinity, 30; Note Anaudeau (M.), Proposed Aerial Postal Tube between Dover Arnold (Edwin Lester), Bird Life in England, Prof. R. Arrol (William), Machinery employed at the Forth Bridge, 356 Art and Literature, the Connection between Science and, Prof. Artists, Science for, 199; Ed. L. Garbett, 221 Aryans, the Primitive Seat of the, Canon Isaac Taylor, 597 Ascherson's (Prof. Paul) Botanical Researches in Egypt, 254 Asia, Central, MM. Bonvalot Capus and Pepin's Journey in, 588 Asiatic Society of Bengal, 95 Assyrian Syllabary, on the Picture Origin of the Characters of Astronomy Astronomical Column, 16, 43, 65, 90, 112, 138, 161, 185, 232, 256, 282, 308, 376, 401, 431, 454, 477, 501. 527, 542, 564, 588, 616; Astronomical Phenomena for the Week, 16, 44, 65, 90, 113, 138, 161, 186, 210, 232, 257, 282, 308, 326, 350, 377, 401, 431, 456, 478, 502, 527, 544, 565, 588, 616; the Orbit of the Minor Planet Eucharis, Dr. L. de Ball, 16; New Organization for furthering Astronomical August 19, 1887, 60; Dr. A. Woeikof, 77; in Japan, Prof. David P. Todd, 609; Microme' ric Measures of Jupiter and Saturn, Dr. Dob rek, 65; Present Appearance of Saturn's King, M. Stuyvaert, 65; the Red Spot upon Jupiter, 65; Discovery of a New Comet, 65; on a General Method for Determining the Constant of Aberration, M. Loewy, 72, 118; Photography the Servant of Astronomy, M. de Gothard, 90; a New Minor Planet, 90; Comet 1887 e (Barnard, 1887, May 12), 138; Dr. E. Lamp, 90; Astronomical Photo- graphy, Prof. C. A. Young, 113; Paris Observatory, M. Mouchez, 112; Astronomical Photography, 113; Comet 1887 e (Barnard, May 12), Dr. H. Oppenheim, 113; Minor Planet No. 266, 138; Parallax of a Tauri, 138; Madras Meridian Observations, 138; Annual Visitation of the Royal Observatory, 139; the Great Southern Comet (1887 a), 161, 185; New Minor Planets, 161; Companion of Sirius, 186; a Short Method of Computing Refractions for all Zenith Distances, 186; Relative Positions of the Principal Stars in the Pleiades, Dr. W. L. Elkin, 232; Researches on the Diameter of the Sun, Prof. Auwers, 256; the Nice Observatory, M. Faye, 282; Photographic Chart of Heavens, Mouchez, 287; Total Solar Eclipse of 1886, W. H. Pickering, 308; New Variable of the Algol Type, E. Sawyer, 376; Annals of the Astrono mical Observatory of Harvard College, Edward C. Pickering, 388; Magnitudes of Nautical Almanac Stars, [401; Comet 1887 e (Barnard, May 12), 401; Note on Work carried out at |