ABBE (Prof. Cleveland): Macclesfield Observations, 365; Note
on his Work, 502

Abercromby (Hon. Ralph): a Meteorologist at the Royal Aca-
demy, 225; the Weather in the "Doldrums," 238; and R.
H. Scott, F.R.S., on Meldrum's Rules for Handling Ships in
the Southern Indian Ocean, 358; Photographs of Lightning-
Flashes, 547

Aberdare Hall, Cardiff, 257
Aberdeen University, 552
Aberration, Constants of, 185

Abney (Captain W. de W., F.R.S.): Colour Photometry, 212;
Photometry of Colour, 286; on the Determination of the
Photometric Intensity of the Coronal Light during the Solar
Eclipse of August 28, 29, 1886, 407

Abscess, Microbism and, Verneuil, 488

Absorption Spectra, the, of Crystals, M. Becquerel, A. E.
Tutton, 343

Academy of Sciences, Proposed Czeck, 302
Acari, A. D. Michael on, 94

Acheson (E. G.): Measurements of Sparking Distance in Air
of Alternate Currents used in Electric Lighting, 305; Inquiry
into Influence of Disruptive Discharges of Powerful Alter-
nating Currents, 577

Açores, Excursions Zoologiques dans les, Jules de Guerne, 113
Actinometer, Electro-chemical, Gouy and Rigollot, 119
Adam (Paul), New Organic Compounds of Diphenyl, 599
Adelaide Botanic Garden, Report of the, 623

Advancement of Science, the Australasian Association for the,
437

Eolotropic Elastic Solids, C. Chree on, 165

Aerolites, on the Orbits of, H. A. Newton, 63, 250
Aeronautics: Proposed Steel Vacuum Balloon, 185; Aëronaut-
ical Society of Great Britain, 230; a Compressed-Air Engine
for Flying Machine, L. Hargrave, 463; War Aërostation in
France, 552

Agassiz Seaside Assembly, 203

Agriculture in Canada, 87; Agricultural Education in Nor-
thern Italy and in Prussia, 138; the Principles of Agricultural
Practice as an Instructional Subject, Prof. John Wrightson,
220; New School of Agriculture at West Lavington, 228;
Report of the British Consul at Hakodadi, on Agriculture of
Yezo, Japan, 373; the Rothamsted Experiments on the
Growth of Wheat, Barley, and the Mixed Herbage of Grass
Land, William Fream, 465; Professorship of Agriculture
founded at Virginia University, 552; Rural School Education
in Agriculture in Scotland, Prof. Robert Wallace, 576; Pro-
posed Agricultural College, 598
Afforestation in America, 487
Afghans, the, M. L. Rousselet, 431

Afghan Delimitation Commission, the Botany of the, J. E. T.
Aitchison, F. R.S., 219

Africa: Dwarf Races in, R. G. Haliburton, 112; Tropical
Africa, Henry Drummond, 171; Lieutenants Kund and
Tappenbeck's Expedition into Cameroons, 186; a Century
of African Exploration, Dr. Supan, 186; Report of the South
African Museum for 1887, 230; Jules Borelli's African Ex-
plorations, 259; a Monograph of the Extra-Tropical Species

of South African Butterflies, Rowland Trimen, F. R.S., 266;
Incwadi Yama, or Twenty Years' Personal Experience in
South Africa, J. W. Matthews, 295; German East African
Possessions, Dr. Hans Meyer, 305

Ain, Notes on the Département de l', Dr. Aubert, 431
Ainos: Folk-Lore of the, 87; Burial Customs of the, Rev. J.
Batchelor, 331

Air Determination of the Weight of, M. J. M. Crafts, 192;
Movement of, in the Atmosphere, Dr. Lummer, 192

Air and Water, the Micro-organisms of, Dr. Percy F. Frank-
land, 232

Aitchison (J. E. T., F.R.S), the Botany of the Afghan
Delimitation Commission, 219

Aitken (Sir William, F.R.S.), the Animal Alkaloids, &c.,
170

Alaska, Lieut. Emmon's Ethnographical Collection from, 64
Al-Bîrûnî's India: an Account of the Religion, Philosophy,
Literature, &c., of India about A. D. 1030, 97

Albuminoid Substances in the White of an Egg, Study of, 164
Alcohol, a Treatise on, with Tables of Spirit Gravities, Thomas
Stevenson, IOI

Alcoholism and Criminality, M. Marambat, 135
Aldrovandia vesiculosa, M. Korzchinsky on, 160
Alexander (G. W.), Humming-bird and Mantis, 383
Alexander (Dr. H.), New Platinum Base obtained by, 256
Alexander (J.) and Prof. Carnelly on the Colour of some
Carbon Compounds, 141

Alkaline Phosphites, on the Action of the, on the Alkaline-
Earthy Oxides, M. L. Ouvrard, 168

Alkaloids, the Animal, Sir William Aitken, F.R.S., 170;
A. M. Brown, 170

Allen (Grant), and Electro-physics, 221

Allene, the Gas, Gustavson and Demjanoff, 552

Alps, Western, on the Constitution and Structure of the
Crystalline Schists of the, Prof. Ch. Lory, 506

:

Aluminium on Organic Compounds in their relations to Haloid
Salts of, G. Gustafson, 139; in certain Vascular Cryptogams,
on the Occurrence of, Prof. A. H. Church, 140, 228; Cowles's
Process for the Production of, 162; the Vapour-density of,
239; Production of, H. T. Castner, 326; Present Position of
the Manufacture of, 592; Freezing-point of Solutions of
Organic Compounds of, Louise and Roux, 608
Amaryllideæ, Hand-book of the, J. G. Baker, F.R.S., 362
Amber in West Jutland, Discovery of, 598
America: Scandinavian Colonization of, 17; American Na-
tional Academy of Sciences, 63; American Association for
Advancement of Science, 64, 256, 452; American Journal
of Science, 91, 189, 430, 462, 559; American Journal of
Mathematics, 164, 582; American Meteorological Journal,
112, 204, 326, 502; Implements of Paleolithic Type in
America, 184; New York "Blizzard," 204; Dr. David
T. Day's Pottery Collection, 206; American Observa-
tories, 231, 626; the International Congress of "Ame-
ricanists,' 256, 552; Trans-Mississippi Rainfall, 326
American Statistical Association, Water-power employed in the
United States, 349; American Philosophical Society, 351;
Native Birds of North America, 373; Cincinnati Exposition,

373; National Zoological Park at Washington, 397; Report
of the Trustees of the Museum of Natural History, New
York, 422; American Geology, 452; the Fourth Centenary
of the Discovery of America by Columbus, 487; Afforestation
in America, 487; American Association, 500, 552; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, 511; American Geographical
Society, 529

Amorétti (Félix) y Carlos M. Morales, Teoría Elemental de las
Determinantes y sus Principales Aplicaciones al Algebra y la
Geometria, 537

Amorphous Antimony, M. F. Hérard, 432

Ampère, S'atue of, 598

Amsterdam Royal Academy of Sciences, 24, 120, 216, 336,
632; Zoological Society, 62

Anagyrine, on, MM. E. Hardy and N. Gallois, 360

Analyst's Laboratory Companion, Alfred E. Johnson, 564
Anatomy, Comparative, Modifications of First and Second
Visceral Arches, Hans Gadow, 47

Ancêtres, Les, de nos Animaux, dans les Temps Géologiques,
Prof. Albert Gaudry, 4

Ancient Canoe in Norway, 134

Ancient Monuments of Egypt, H. H. Howorth, M.P., Sir J.
Fergusson, M.P., 326

Ancient Town, Remains of, on Right Bank of Volga, 374
André (Ch.), on the Luminous Bridges observed during the
Transits and Occultations of the Satellites of Jupiter, 359
Andrews (Thos.), Electro-chemical Effects on Magnetizing Iron,
262

Anenometers: Prof. Waldo, 112; Report on Experiments with,
G. M. Whipple and W. H. Dines, 191
Anglesey Rocks, Prof. Blake, 597

Animal Alkaloids, Sir William Aitken, F.R.S., 170; A. M.
Brown, 170

Animal Life, Forms of, George Rolleston, F.R.S., 25
Animals, Effect of Earthquake on, Prof. Milne, 500
Animals' Institute, the, 500

Animals and Plants, Distribution of, by Ocean Currents, A.
W. Buckland, 245; Isaac C. Thompson, 270

Another World, or, the Fourth Dimension, A. T. Schofield,
363

Anschütz's Instantaneous Photographs, 119

Antagonism, F. Howard Collins, 7; Thomas Woods, 56
Antarctic Islands, Flora of the, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F. R.S.,
Dr. H. B. Guppy, 40

Antarctic Regions, German Exploration of, 228
Anthrarobin and Chrysarobin, Dr. Weyl's Researches on the
Physiological Action of, 144

Anthropology: Les Pygmées, A. de Quatrefages, 4; Pygmy
Races of Men, Prof. Flower, F.R. S., 44, 66; Anthropological
Institute, 23, 214, 287; Dr. Topinard on the History of, in
1788, 212; Dr. P. Topinard on Neolithic Skull, 212;
Ethnographic Types from the Monuments of Egypt, Rev. H.
G. Tomkins, 214; Fixedness of the American Type, Dr.
Brinton, 256; Anthropology at the Cincinnati Exhibition,
279; the Nicobar Islanders, E. H. Man, 287; Paris
Anthropological Exhibition, 371; Journal of the Anthropo-
logical Institute, 396; Japanese "go-hei" and Shinto Worship,
Basil Hall Chamberlain, 396; Mr. Fawcett on the Saoros of
the Ganjam Hill Tracts, 453; Philosophy from an Anthropo-
logical Point of View, Dr. Fauvelle, 462; Anthropological and
Ethnological Study of Cambodia, Dr. E. Maurel, 463; the
Hand and Figure of Native East Indians, Dr. Mugnier, 463;
Platycnemia in Man and the Anthropoda, Manouvrier, 463
Anticyclones in Europe, Dr. P. Brounow, 63
Antipodean Notes, 29

Anutchin (M.), on Use of Sledges, &c., at Burials, 134
Apparatus for the Measurement of the Co-efficient of Expansion
by Heat, Prof. W. E. Ayrton, F. R.S., and Prof. J. Perry,
F.R.S., 141

Arabia Deserta, Travels in, C. M. Doughty, 195
Archæological Society of Sweden, 87

Archer's (W. J.) Journey in the District of Chiengmai, 280
Archibald (E. Douglas): Whirlwinds, Waterspouts, Storms, and
Rotating Spheres, C. L. Weyher, 104; Faye's Theory of Storms,
149; Cloud Electric Potential, 269; Life of Matthew
Fontaine Maury, 339

Arcs, on the Supernumerary, accompanying the Rainbow, M.
Boitel, 143

Arctic Regions, Contributions to our Knowledge of the Meteoro-
logy of the, 625

Argentine Ornithology, P. L. Sclater, F. R.S., and W. H.
Hudson, Prof. R. Bowdler Sharpe, 587

Argyll (the Duke of, F. R.S.): Functionless Organs, 341, 411;
Prophetic Germs, 564, 615

Arithmetic Graphical, the Elements of, and Graphical
Statics, John Y. Gray and Geo. Lowson, 4; Arithmetic
for Beginners, Rev. J. B. Lock, 76; Arithmetic, a Higher,
and Elementary Mensuration, P. Goyen, 218; Arithmetical
Exercises, H. S. Hall and S. R. Knight, 490

Arizona, Discovery of Prehistoric Cities in, 42
Arizona, Hemenway Expedition in, Thos. Wilson, 629
Armour of the Middle Ages, a Collection of, 134
Armstrong (Lord), on Technical Education, 313

Armstrong (Prof. H. E., F.R.S.): Report of the British
Association Committee on Isomeric Napthalene Derivatives,
596; Valency, 596

Arnaud (M.), Strophanthine, 311

Aromatic Monamines, M. Léo Vignon, 216
Art Wood-carving, School of, 574

Arteries, on the Proliferation of Endothelium-cells in, M.
Pekelharing, 216

Asbestos, its Production and Use, R. H. Jones, 148

Asia, Central: Lieut. Younghusband's Journey across, 65;
General Prjevalsky's Proposed Fourth Journey in, 66
Asiatic Society of Japan, 87

Assaying, Manual of Practical, J. Mitchell, 148
Assessors, Scientific, in Courts of Justice, 289
Asteroids, the Short Period Comets and, Prof. Kirkwood, 114;
Photometric Observations of, Henry M. Parkhurst, 554
Astronomy Astronomical Phenomena for the Week, 18, 43,
65, 89, 115, 136, 161, 186, 207, 231, 258, 279, 304, 328,
351, 375, 398, 423, 454, 487, 503, 529, 554, 577, 601, 626;
Astronomical Column, 43, 88, 114, 185, 206, 231, 258, 328,
350, 375, 397, 423, 503, 528, 553, 576, 600, 626; New Minor
Planets, Herr Palisa and M. Charlois, 43; Comet 1888 a
(Sawerthal), 43; Cincinnati Zone Catalogue, 43; Publi-
cations of Lick Observatory, 43; Comet 1888 a (Sawerthal),
Prof. Lewis Boss, 88; New Minor Plant, 88; Observations of
the Channels in Mars, 95; Comet 1888 a (Sawerthal), 114.
186, 258, 328; the Short Period Comets and Asteroids, Prof.
Kirkwood, 114; New Minor Planet, 115; Study of Mars, F.
Terby, 119; Prof. Russell on Chinese Astronomy, 134; Report
of the Astronomer-Roya!, 153; Report of the Paris Observa-
tory, 179; Dr. Gill's Proposed Star Catalogue, 180; Photo-
graphic Chart of the Heavens, 180; the Constant of Aber-
ration, 185; the Markings on Mars, 185; New Rings of
Saturn, Dom Lamey, 191; Rings of Saturn and on the
Planet Mars, M. Perrotin, 216; American Observatories,
231; Minor Planets, 231; the Rings of Saturn, 231; Rota-
tion Period of the Sun from Faculæ, Dr. J. Wilsing, 206;
Researches on the Accidental Errors occurring in the Obser-
vations of Transits, M. G. Rayet, 216; the Canals of the
Planet Mars, 239; the Markings on Mars, M. Perrotin,
258, 311; Liverpool Astronomical Society, 277; the New
Astronomy, Samuel Pierpoint Langley, A. M. Clerke, 291;
Projected Astronomical Observatory at Pekin, 302; Astro-
nomical Instruments for International Photographic Survey of
the Heavens, Sir H. E. Roscoe, M. P., F.R.S., 325; Variable
Stars, Mr. Sawyer, 328; Paris Astronomical Society, 336; the
Red Spot on Jupiter, W. F. Denning, 342; Michell's Prob-
lem, Joseph Kleiber, 342; Encke's Comet, 350; the Mass
of Titan, 350; Names of Minor Planets, 351; the Lick
Observatory, Prof. Holden, 355; on the Luminous Bridges
observed during the Transits and Occultations of the Satellites
of Jupiter, M. Ch. André, 359; Globular Star Clusters, A.
M. Clerke, 365; Partial Eclipse of August 7, A. E. Cromme-
lin, 364; Macclesfield Observations, Prof. Cleveland Abbe, 365;
a Lunar Rainbow, T. D. A. Cockerell, 365; Further Cometary
Discoveries, 375; Comet 1888 c (Books), Dr. H. Kreutz, 397;
Yale College Observatory, 397; Gravitation in the Stellar
Systems, Prof. Asaph Hall, 398; on the Determination of
the Photometric Intensity of the Coronal Light during the
Solar Eclipse of August 28-29, 1886, Captain W. de W.
Abney, F.R.S., and T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 407; Summary
of the Solar Observations made at the Royal Observatory of
the Collegio Romano, Second Quarter of 1888, M. P. Tacchini,
408; Resignation of Prof. Piazzi Smyth, 421; the Spectrum
of R Cygni, 423; Encke's Comet, 1888 d, 423, 503; Milan
Double-star Observations, 423; Faye's Comet, 432; Satel-
lites of Mars, 432, 553; Brooks's New Comet, 432; Mars