October 24, 1912

Reviews and Our Bookshelf (continued):

Borchardt (W. G.) and the Rev. A. D. Perrott, Geometry
for Schools, 602, 655

Briggs (H.), the Effects of Errors in Surveying, 605
Crawford (Dr. W. J.), Elementary Graphic Statics, 655
Cross (M. I.) and M. J. Cole, Modern Microscopy, 525
De (Rajanikanta), Intermediate Course of Practical

Physics, 343

Draper (Dr. C. H.), Heat and the Principles of Thermo-
dynamics, 603

Ebert (Prof. H.), Lehrbuch der Physik, 343

Eder (Prof. J. M.) and Prof. E. Valenta, Atlas typischer
Spektren, 554

Forsyth (Dr. A. R., F.R.S.), Lectures on the Differential
Geometry of Curves and Surfaces, 579

Fowler (J. S.) and Wm. Marriott, Our Weather, 267
Ghosh (Prof. L. K.), Plane Trigonometry (for Indian
Universities Syllabus), 655

Godfrey (C., M.V.O.) and A. W. Siddons, Algebra for
Beginners, 602

Hall (Rev. C. A.), How to Use the Microscope, 525
Hall (H. S.), a School Algebra, 602

Hall (H. S.) and F. H. Stevens, Examples in Arith-
metic, 602

Hannyngton (Major-Gen. J. C.), Tables of Logarithms
and Anti-logarithms (Four Figures) 1 to 10,000, 318
Heywood (Prof. H. B.) and Prof. M. Fréchet, l'Equation
de Fredholm et ses Applications, 499
Hooton (W. M.) and A. Mathias, Introductory Course of
Mechanics and Physics for Technical Students, 343
Houssay (Prof. Frédéric), Forme, Puissance et Stabilité
des Poissons, 319

Hun (J. G.) and C. R. MacInnes, the Elements of Plane
and Spherical Trigonometry, 655

Jelinek's Psychrometer-Tafeln Anhang: Hygrometer-
Tafeln von J. M. Pernter, 5

Jones (F. T.) and Prof. R. R. Tatnall, Laboratory
Problems in Physics, 603

"J. R. B." Patent Adjustable Curve Ruler, 477
Lalesco (Prof. T.), Introduction à la Théorie des Équa-
tions Intégrales, 499

Lebon (Ernest), Savants du Jour: Gabriel Lippmann, Si
Loria (Prof. Gino), Poliedri, Curve e Superficie secondo
i metodi della Geometria Descrittiva, 655

Love (Prof. A. E. H., F.R.S.), Some Problems of
Geodynamics, 471

McDowall (S. A.), a Laboratory Note-book of Physics,
317

Mach (E.), Dr. K. Habart, Grundriss der Naturlehre für
Gymnasien und Realschulen, 343

Mair (D. B.), Junior Mathematics, 655

Manilius, H. W. Garrod, Editor, Manili Astronomicon
Liber II, Dr. J. K. Fotheringham, 239

Mann (Prof. C. Riborg), the Teaching of Physics for
Purposes of General Education, 630

Merchant (Dr. F. W.) and Prof. C. A. Chant, Ontario
High School Physics, 343; Ontario High School
Laboratory Manual in Physics, 343

Milne (Rev. J. J.), an Elementary Treatise on Cross-
ratio Geometry, 655

Muir (Dr. T., C.M.G., F.R.S.), the Theory of Deter-
minants in the Historical Order of Development, 237
Nutting (P. G.), Outlines of Applied Optics, 603
Ogley (D. H.), Elementary Course on Practical Applied
Electricity and Magnetism, 343

Ordnance Survey, New Series: Measurement of a
Geodetic Base Line at Lossiemouth in 1909, and a
Discussion of the Theory of Measurement by Metal
Tapes and Wires in Catenary, 479

Parker (G. W.), Elements of Hydrostatics, 603
Pearson (Prof. Karl, F.R.S.), the Grammar of Science :
Part i., Physical, 188

Reid (Prof. L. W.), the Elements of the Theory of
Algebraic Numbers, 164

Rotch (A. Lawrence) and A. H. Palmer, Charts of the
Atmosphere for Aëronauts and Aviators, 57

Roth (Prof. W. A.) and Dr. F. Eisenlohr, Refrakto-
metrisches Hilfsbuch, 1II

Satterly (Dr. John), Junior Heat, 603

Scheffer (Prof. W.), Wirkungsweise und Gebrauch des
Mikroskops und seiner Hilfsapparate, 525

Scott (E. Erskine), Tables of Logarithms and Anti-
logarithms to Five Places, 318

Sommerville (Dr. D. M. J.), Bibliography of Non-
Euclidean Geometry including the Theory of Parallels,
the Foundations of Geometry and Space of N Dimen-
sions, 266

Swanwick (F. T.), Elementary Trigonometry, 655
Turner (Prof. H. H., F.R.S.), the Great Star Map, 398
Volterra (Vito), E. Rutherford, R. W. Wood, and C.

Barus, Lectures at the Celebration of the Twentieth
Anniversary of the Foundation of Clark University, 528
Whitehead (Dr. A. N., F.R.S.) and Bertrand Russell,
F.R.S., Principia Mathematica, 474

Wilkinson (P.) and F. W. Cook, Macmillan's Reform
Arithmetic, 655

Young (J. W. A., Editor), Monographs on Topics of
Modern Mathematics Relevant to the Elementary Field,
J. W. A. Young, 395

Medicine:

Bahr (P. H.), Filariasis and Elephantiasis in Fiji, 487
Bennett (Sanford), Exercising in Bed: the Story of an
Old Body and Face made Young, Prof. R. T. Hewlett,
527

Bradley (Dr. O. C.), a Guide to the Dissection of the
Dog, 630

Browning (Dr. Carl H.) and Ivy Mackenzie, with others,
Recent Methods in the Diagnosis and Treatment of
Syphilis, 575

Bryce (Dr. Alexander), Modern Theories of Diet and
their Bearing upon Practical Dietetics, 422
Burdon-Sanderson (the late Lady), and his Nephew and
Niece, Sir John Burdon-Sanderson: a Memoir, 55
Byrne (Dr. Joseph), On the Physiology of the Semi-
circular Canals and their Relation to Sea-sickness, 575
Chaillon (A.) and L. MacAuliffe, Morphologie Médicale :
Etude des quatre Types Humains, 237

Clarke (J. Jackson), the Cause of Cancer: Part iii. of
Protozoa and Disease, 601

Crispin (E. S.), the Prevention and Treatment of Disease
in the Tropics, 575

Davenport (Č. B.), Heredity in Relation to Eugenics, 263
Dell (J. A.), the Gateways of Knowledge: an Introduc-
tion to the Study of the Senses, 476

Duggar (Prof. B. M.), Plant Physiology, with special
reference to Plant Production, 265

Edridge-Green (Prof. F. W.), Hunterian Lectures on
Colour-vision and Colour-blindness, 476

Fürth (Prof. Dr. Otto von), Probleme der physiologischen
und pathologischen Chemie, 422

Green (Charles E.), the Local Incidence of Cancer, 601
Halliburton (Prof. W. D., F.R.S.), Physiology, 166
Jones (Dr. D. W. Carmalt), an Introduction to Thera-
peutic Inoculation, 60

Jordan (W. H.), Principles of Human Nutrition: a Study
in Practical Dietetics, 422

Lee (Prof. Fred. S.), Scientific Features of Modern
Medicine, 575

Lickley (Dr. J. D.), the Nervous System, 575

Lyster (Dr. R. A.), Text-book of Hygiene for Teachers,
604

Ogden (Prof. H. N.), Rural Hygiene, Prof. R. T.
Hewlett, 527

Pakes (W. C. C.), Dr. A. T. Nankivell, the Science of
Hygiene, 604

Palladin (Prof. W.), Pflanzenphysiologie, 371
Rischbieth (Dr. H.) and Amy Barrington, Francis Galton
Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs: Treasury of Human
Inheritance: Dwarfism, 375

Rogers (Prof. L.), Cholera and its Treatment, 136
Ross (H. C.), J. W. Cropper, and E. H. Ross, Further
Researches into Induced Cell-reproduction and Cancer,
601

Russell (Rollo), Preventable Cancer, 601

Savage (Dr. William G.), Milk and the Public Health,

422

Shelly (Dr. C. E.) and E. Stenhouse, Life and Health:
with Chapters on First Aid and Home Nursing, 397
Shennan (Dr. Theodore), Post Mortems and Morbid
Anatomy, 477

Sinclair (Upton), the Fasting Cure, Prof. R. T. Hewlett,

527

Reviews and Our Bookshelf (continued):

Stier (Dr. Ewald), Untersuchungen über Linkshändigkeit
und die funktionellen Differenzen der Hirnhälften,
Prof. G. Elliot Smith, F.R.S., 108

Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories at Khartoum :
Report: A, Medical, 10

Whetham (W. C. D., F.R.S.) and Catherine D.
Whetham, Heredity and Society, 263; an Introduction
to Eugenics, 263

Woodcock (H. de C.), the Doctor and the People, 575
Technology:

Arndt (Prof. Kurt), die Bedeutung der Kolloide für die
Technik, 28

Brearley (Harry), the Heat Treatment of Tool Steel,
F. W. Harbord, 501

Browne (Edith A.), Peeps at Industries: Sugar, 5;
Rubber, 554

Darling (C. R.), Pyrometry: a Practical Treatise on the
Measurement of High Temperatures, 29

Garrett (A. E.), the Advance of Photography, 187
Harbord (F. W.) and J. W. Hall, the Metallurgy of
Steel, Prof. J. O. Arnold, F.R.S., 315

Hirschwald (Prof. J.), Handbuch der bautechnischen
Gesteinsprüfung, 344

MacDonald (G. W.), Historical Papers on Modern
Explosives, 372

Ridley (H. N., C.M.G., F.R.S.), Spices, 374

Sindall and Bacon, the Testing of Wood Pulp: a Prac-
tical Handbook for the Pulp and Paper Trades, 658
Smith (Dr. G. F. Herbert), Gem-stones and their Dis-
tinctive Characters, 294

Thompson (Prof. M. de Kay), Applied Electrochemistry,
J. Swinburne, 136

Miscellaneous:

Abderhalden (Prof. E., Editor), Fortschritte der natur-
wissenschaftlichen Forschung, 373

Bedrock a new Quarterly Review of Scientific Thought,

144

Board of Education, Annual Volume of Statistics of
Public Education in England and Wales, 675

Boutroux (Prof. E.), J. Nield, the Beyond that is Within,
and Other Addresses, 630

Brown (G. E.) and A. Mackie, Photographic Copyright,
631

Gerland (Georg), der Mythus von der Sintflut, 605

Keltie (Dr. Scott, Editor), the Statesman's Year Book,

1912

Lay (Ed. J. S.), the Teachers' Book of Constructive
Work for Elementary Schools, 528

McDougall (Wm.), Body and Mind: a History and a
Defence of Animism, 396

Myers (Dr. C. S.), a Text-book of Experimental
Psychology, 316

New Zealand Institute: Transactions and Proceedings,
644

Poulton (Prof. E. B., F.R.S.), John Viriamu Jones, and
other Oxford Memories, 419

Rimington (Prof. A. Wallace), Colour-Music, 166

Rowell (Percy E.), Introduction to General Science, with
Experiments, 165

Scott (Prof. W. D.), Increasing Human Efficiency in
Business, 629

Stromeyer (C. E.), Unity in Nature: an Analogy between
Music and Life, 86

Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories at Khartoum :
Fourth Report: B, General Science, 10

Road, the Past, Present, and Future: Royal Institution
Discourse, Right Hon. Sir John H. A. Macdonald,
K.C.B., F.R.S., 127

Röntgen Rays: Distribution of the Scattered Röntgen
Radiation, J. A. Crowther, 104; Passage of Homo-
geneous Röntgen Rays through Gases, E. A. Owen,
104; Attempt to Refract Röntgen Radiation, J. C.
Chapman, 313

Rotating Films, Experiments, C. V. Boys, 493
Rotatory Power of Camphor dissolved in Carbon Tetra-
chloride, and the Concentration, A. Faucon, 79
Rothamsted, 649: Resignation of Director, 142
Rotifera, New, since 1889, C. F. Rousselet, 77

Royal Academy and Nature-study, Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer,

244

24,

Royal Geographical Society: Anniversary Dinner, 300;
New Headquarters at Lowther Lodge, 562
Royal Institution Discourses: the Gyrostatic Compass
and Practical Applications of Gyrostats, G. K. B.
Elphinstone, 74; the Road, Sir J. H. A. Macdonald,
K.C.B., F.R.S., 127; Total Eclipse of the Sun, April,
1911, at Tonga Islands, Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer, 151; the
Origin of Radium, F. Solly, F.R.S., 203: Electricity
Supply, A. A. C. Swinton, 281; Very High Tempera-
tures, Dr. J. A. Harker, F.R.S., 514; the North Sea,
Prof. D'Arcy W. Thompson, C.B., 593; Sir William
Herschel, Sir G. H. Darwin, K.C.B., F.R.S., 620, 645;
the Use of Pedigrees, W. C. Dampier Whetham, F.R.S.,
310; the Gaumont Speaking Kinematograph Films, Prof.
Wm. Stirling, 333

Royal Meteorological Society, Southport Meeting, 302
Royal Sanitary Institute Congress at York, 483
Royal Society: the 250th Anniversary, 195, 505, 533;
Conversazione, 271; Memorial Volume of Celebration,

566
Rubber: Rubber and Gutta-percha: Reports of Imperial
Institute, 41; Production of Synthetic Rubber, Prof.
W. H. Perkin, 402; West Indian Rubber, 484; Peeps
at Industries: Rubber, Edith A. Browne, 554
Rubies, Manufactured, Dr. G. F. H. Smith, 247

St. Elmo's Fire, J. McV. M., E. Gold, 7
Salmon and Trout, Age and Growth of, in Norway, as
shown by their Scales, Knut Dahl, Ian Baillie, 523
Sandal Tree, Host-plants of the, Rama Rao, 174
Sanitation Congress of the Royal Sanitary Institute at
York Instrument for Testing Variation in Condition of
Public Water Supplies, Dr. M. Coplans; Purification of
Water, Dr. M. Coplans; Air Pollution by Coal Smoke,
A. G. Ruston; Effects of Sewage Contamination of Sea-
water, J. E. Purvis and G. Walker, 590
Sardines, 194; Sardines in Science and Commerce, 271
Saturn, Observations of, Dr. H. E. Lau, 199
Savoy Costumes, Traditions, and Songs of, Estella
Canziani, 289

Science, General: Fourth Report of the Wellcome Tropical
Research Laboratories, 10; Promotion of Research by
the Carnegie Institution, 126; Introduction to General
Science with Experiments, Percy E. Rowell, 165; the
Grammar of Science, Prof. Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 188;
Fortschritte der naturwissenschaftlichen Forschung, Prof.
E. Abderhalden and others, 373; South Kensington
Science Museum, New Director, 380; les Sciences de la
Nature en France au XVIIIe Siècle, Prof. D. Mornet,
476; Handwörterbuch der Naturwissenschaften, 502;
and Reservations, H. Conwentz and others, A. E.
Crawley, 665

Scientific Worthies: Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace, D.C.L.,
O.M., F.R.S., Prof. H. Fairfield Osborn, 367

Sea Sea Oscillations on Coast of Sicily, Dr. G. Platania,
68; New System for Preventing Collisions at Sea, Sir H.
Maxim, 542; Board of Trade Committee to advise
respecting Safety of Life at Sea, 584

Sea-sickness, Physiology of the Semicircular Canals and
their Relation to, Dr. J. Byrne, 575

Seal, Alaskan Fur-, Dr. F. A. Lucas, 240

Search-lights for the Mercantile Marine, Dr. Henry Wilde,
F.R.S., 338

Seiches Temperature Observations in Loch Earn, E. M.
Wedderburn, 131; Sea-Seiches, Dr. W. B. Dawson,
Kôtarô Honda, 174

Seismograph applied to Measure Vibrations of Railway
Carriages, Prof. Omori, 174: Choice of a Seismograph,
Prof. H. F. Reid, 405

Seismology: the Upper Rhine, W. Salomon, 14; Dispersion
of Seismic Waves due to Friction of Displaced Material,
Prince Galitzin, 119: Earthquakes recorded in Italy in
1908, 120; Earthquake in South Africa on February 20,
174; Earthquake recorded on May 6, 248; Earthquake of
May 23, F. E. Norris, 377: Messina Earthquake Notices,
383 Periods of Brückner and Earthquakes, F. D. de
Ballore, 625; see also Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Selective Media, C. Revis, 586

Selsey Bill Historic and Prehistoric, Ed. Heron-Allen,

290; Foraminifera of the Shore-sands at Selsey Bill,
Sussex, E. Heron-Allen and A. Eariand, 290

Senses, the Gateways of Knowledge: Introduction to the
Study of the, J. A. Dell, 476

Serum for Treatment of Wounds, MM. Leclainche and
Vallée, 79

Sewage Contamination of Sea-water, J. E. Purvis and
G. Walker, 590

Sex-determination: Dinophilus gyrociliatus, Dr. C. Shearer,

40

Sheep Earthworms and Sheep-rot, Rev. Hilderic Friend,
8; Effect of Desert Life on Ears of New Bighorn Race,
J. Grinnell, 405; see also Yukon

Shellfish and Sewage, Prof. Herdman, 645

Shells: Variation of Planorbis multiformis, Dr. H. G. A.
Hickling, 131; Land-shells collected in Queensland by
S. W. Jackson, C. Hedley, 600

Ships: Watertight Bulkheads and Board of Trade, 301;
Ship of New Type for transporting Submersible Boats
(the Kanguroo), Messrs. Schneider and Co., 565; Boats
and Life-saving Appliances on Ships, 661; see also
Boats

Siam a Handbook of Practical, Commercial, and Political
Information, A. W. Graham, 138

Silica, Expansion of Vitreous, Prof. H. L. Callendar, 286
Silicates: die Silicate in chemischer und technischer
Beziehung, Dr. W. Asch and Dr. D. Asch, Dr. C. H.
Desch, 212

Silver, Electrical Collodial, precipitated by Electrolytes,
G. Rebière, 391

Skins, Salt Stains on, G. Abt, 574

Sky, Brightness of the, Dr. H. Diercks, 354

Sleeping Sickness, II; Sleeping Sickness Bureau and
Tropical Diseases Bureau, 274, 508; Prof. Lanfranchi
infected, 351; Transmission of Sleeping Sickness, 402
Slipper Limpet, see Oysters

Smelt in Rostherne Mere, T. A. Coward, 338
Smithsonian Expeditions, 674

Smoke Smoke Abolition Measures in Manchester, 39;
International Smoke Abatement Exhibition, 125; Smoke :
a Study of Town Air, Prof. J. B. Cohen, F.R.S., and
A. G. Ruston, 139; Smoke Problem, Prof. J. B. Cohen,
the Reviewer, 217; Research at Pittsburgh University,
538; Air Pollution by Coal Smoke, A. G. Ruston, 590
Snake, Circulatory System of the Common Grass-, C. H.
O'Donoghue, 259

Snow, White Sheep slaking Thirst with, 539

Societies:

American Philosophical Society, 334

Asiatic Society of Bengal, 132, 322, 365, 495
British Psychological Society, 338

Cambridge Philosophical Society, 52, 208, 312, 467
Challenger Society, 259, 521

Chemical Society, 118; General Meeting, 248
Geological Society, 52, 104, 156, 258, 286, 442, 573
Göttingen Royal Society of Sciences, 235, 261, 522
Institute of Chemistry, 16

Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 52, 234, 337
Institution of Naval Architects, 124

Iron and Steel Institute, 278

Linnean Society, 77, 104, 234, 286, 416, 467; Anniversary
Meeting, 351

Linnean Society of New South Wales, 301, 600, 626
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 78, 131,
260, 287, 338

Mathematical Society, 77, 183, 417

Mineralogical Society, 77, 443

Paleontographical Society, 118

Paris Academy of Sciences, 25, 53, 79, 104, 131, 157, 183,
209, 235, 260, 313, 338, 364, 390, 417, 443, 468, 495,
547, 573, 599, 625, 652, 677

Physical Society, 286, 337, 415, 466, 546

Ray Society, 90

Society of Medicine, Opening of New Building, 300.
Society of South Africa, 287, 469, 626, 677

Society of Victoria, 469

Zoological Society of Ireland, 302

Société helvétique des Sciences naturelles : next Meeting,
403

Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker, 352

Zoological Society, 77, 130, 144, 207, 259, 312, 364, 416
Soil: Experiments on Dry Stony Soil at Clifton-on-
Bowmont, Mr. Elliot, 67; Boden und Klima auf klein-
stem Raum, Prof. G. Kraus, Dr. E. J. Russell, 186;
Protozoa from Sick Soils and Life-cycle of a Monad
Flagellate, C. H. Martin, 442; Degradation of Phosphatic
Manures, A. Müntz and H. Gaudechon, 599
Soil-fertility, Dr. R. Greig-Smith, 600; Soil-fertility:
Royal Institution Discourse, A. D. Hall, F.R.S., 648
Solar Halos on May 17, W. P. Haskett-Smith, 322, 348 ;
Solar Halos and Mock Suns, 377

Solution Solution of Copper in Water, J. Pionchon,
157; van't Hoff Theory of Solution, A. Colson, 183;
Estimates of Sulphates in Solution by a Volumetric
Method, A. Bruno and P. T. d'Auzay, 209; Solvate
Theory of Solution, Prof. H. C. Jones, 334; Thermal
Relations of Solutions, Prof. W. F. Magie, 334; Viscosity
of Solutions, C. Chéneveau, 547

Sootfall of London, S. A. Vasey, Correction, 42

Sound Phenomena, Anomalous, of Explosions or Volcanic
Eruptions, S. Fujiwhara, 146

Spectra a Critical Study of Spectral Series, Prof. W. M.
Hicks, 52; Ultimate Lines of Vacuum Tube Spectra of
Manganese, Lead, Copper, and Lithium, Miss Genevieve
V. Morrow, 157; Appearance of New Lines in a Geissler
Tube containing Bromine in a Magnetic Field, G. Ribaud,
261; Ultimate Lines and Quantities of Elements produc-
ing these Lines in Spectra of the Oxyhydrogen Flame
and Spark, Sir W. N. Hartley and H. W. Moss, 285;
Changes in Absorption Spectra of "Didymium" Salts,
W. C. Ball, 363; Changes in certain Absorption Spectra
in different Solvents, T. R. Merton, 363; Mass of
Particles emitting the two Spectra of Hydrogen, C. Fabry
and H. Buisson, 390; Vacuum Tube Spectra of some
Non-metallic Elements and Compounds, Dr. J. H.
Pollok, 495; Influence of Self-induction on the Spark
Spectra of the Non-metallic Elements, Miss Genevieve V.
Morrow, 495; Atlas typischer Spektren, Prof. J. M. Eder
and Prof. E. Valenta, 554; Experimental Illustration of
Reversal of Bright Line Spectra, Prof. E. P. Harrison,
631
Spectroscopes, the Principle of Reflection in, Lord Ray-
leigh, O.M., F.R.S., 167; Spectroscopic Determination
of Aqueous Vapour in the Atmosphere, F. E. Fowle, 566
Spectroscopy, Chemical: Introduction à l'Étude de la
Spectrochimie, Prof. G. Urbain, Prof. E. C. C. Baly,
F.R.S., 211

Spices, H. N. Ridley, C.M.G., F.R.S., 374

Spiders, &c., of Switzerland, Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge,

77

Spinning of Flax, Regulations, 536

Spirals: "Principles of Growth and Beauty," Isaac Biker-
staffe, 587

Sponge and Alga in Association, R. Kirkpatrick, 353
Sporting Reminiscences, Sir E. Durand, Bart., 35
Staining, Method of Examining Tissues by intra-vitam,
Prof. E. Goldmann, 76

Standards of Capacity, Paper Condensers and, 16
Star Catalogues and Charts: New Star Catalogue, T. W.
Backhouse, 175; the Great Star Map, Prof. H. H.
Turner, F.R.S., 398; Dr. Peters's and Photographic
Charts, 433; Astrographic Catalogue, W. E. Cooke and
others, 487

Stars: Tentative Explanation of the "Two Star Streams
in terms of Gravitation, Prof. H. H. Turner, F.R.S.,
208; Faint Stars with Large Proper Motions, Herr
Kostinsky, 250; Motions of Stars in Plane of Milky
Way, H. C. Plummer, 312; Radial Velocity, Prof. W. W.
Campbell, 335: Relations between Spectra and other
Characteristics of Stars, Prof. H. N. Russell, 335;

Secondary Oscillations in Radial Velocity Curves, Dr.
Schlesinger, 385; Constitution of the Milky Way, Prof.
Charlier, 407; Magnitude Observations at Harvard, Prof.
Pickering, 486; Occultation of a Star by Jupiter, A.
Burnet, 632

Stars, Double: Spectrum and Orbit of B Scorpii, Dr.
Daniel and Dr. Schlesinger, 121; Masses, Dr. Doberck,
511; y Geminorum a Spectroscopic Binary of Excep-
tionally Long Period, Mr. Harper, 670

Stars, Variable: Nova Geminorum No. 2, Various, 42, 94,
121, 131, 176, 200, 207, 208, 209, 250, 277, 329, 364, 384,
408; Supposed Lines of Radium in Spectrum, Dr. H.
Giebeler, 432; R. Furuhjelm, Dr. Ludendorff, 589; Nova
or Variable in Perseus, 87, 1911, 175; Parallax of Nova
Lacertæ, 1910, Prof. Slocum, 176; Nova Cygni, Prof.
E. E. Barnard, 207; Nova Lacertæ, Prof. E. E. Barnard,
207; Origins of Bright Lines in Nova Spectra, Prof.
Fowler, 277; Relation between Temporary Stars and the
Sun, H. Deslandres, 339; a New Variable, G. Deme-
tresco, 364; Spectrum of P Cygni, Prof. Frost, 384;
Permanent Designations of Variable Stars, 408;
Changeable Red Star, WX Cygni, Prof. Barnard, 432;
Photometric Observations of Mira, Prof. Bemporad, 541;
Observations of New Stars, Prof. E. E. Barnard, 566;
Polaris, J. Stebbins, 669

Statesman's Year Book, 1912, 398

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Statics, Elementary Graphic, Dr. W. J. Crawford, 655
Statistics Tables of Statistical Error, Sir R. Ross and
W. Stott, 15; Application of Fourier's Series, G. H.
Knibbs, 92; Methods of Measuring Association between
two Attributes, G. Udny Yule, 406; Measurement of
Employment, A. L. Bowley, 667; Systems of Birth
Registration, 668

Steel Constitution of Steel, Prof. Arnold, 278; Metallurgy
of Steel, F. W. Harbord and J. W. Hall, Prof. J. Ö.
Arnold, F.R.S., 315; Heat Treatment of Tool Steel,
H. Brearley, F. W. Harbord, 501; Self-demagnetisation,
S. W. J. Smith and J. Guild, 546

Stimuli Sensibility of the Human Subject to Differences
in Rate of, Dr. K. Dunlap, 13
Stomatograph, W. L. Balls, 24

Stone and Metal Implements, Transition, O. Bates, 563
Stones, Precious, see Gem

Stream Lines of Fishes, Prof. F. Houssay, 319
Strepsiptera in India, E. E. Green, "the Reviewer," 632
Streptococci, Observations on Variability of, in relation to
Fermentation Tests, E. W. A. Walker, 442
Stresses in Spherical Shells, Dr. H. Reissner, 642
Stromatoporoids, Nature of, R. Kirkpatrick, 607
Submerged Forest laid bare in Pembrokeshire, 89

Sugar Peeps at Industries: Sugar, Edith A. Browne, 5;
Sugar Beet: Some Facts and Some Illusions, by "Home
Counties" (J. W. Robertson-Scott), 28; Manufacture of
Palm Sugar in Upper Burma, 68

Sulphur, Fertilising Action of, A. Demolon, 25; Volatility
of Sulphur and its Action on Water, F. Jones, 338
Sulphuric Acid, Simple Process for Purifying to Detect
Arsenic, G. Bressanin, 486

Sun Cycles of the Sun and Weather, Prof. R. A. Gregory,
147; the Telluric Bands due to Oxygen, Dr. Fortrat,
157; the Radiation Constant, Messrs. Abbott and Fowle,
199; Position of Sun's Axis from Photographs, Dr.
F. W. Dyson, F.R.S., and E. W. Maunder, 312; Con-
tinuous Spectrum of Metallic Vapours and the Solar
Photosphere, M. Gouy, 495; Radium and the Solar
Chromosphere, Dr. Dyson, F.R.S., 541; Pressure at the
Surface, M. Gouy, 547

Sun Eclipse of April 17, Abbé Moreux, 93; Dr. Graff, 93:
M. Fayet, M. Bigourdan, 147; Dr. Lockyer and F.
Maclean, 175; 192; Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer and others,
219; J. Y. Buchanan, F.R.S., 241; Various, 250, 260-
261, 277; M. Flammarion, Comte de la Baume Pluvinel,
304 313: Allen (A. C. and Miss), 355: Various, 541;
Prof. Schorr, 670; Halo during the Solar Eclipse of
April 17, Dr. Marie C. Stopes, 217; Moon's Diameter,
J. J. Landerer, 338, Prof. Hartmann, 408; the Green
Coronal Line, A. Perot, 339; Kinematography of the
Solar Eclipse, C. Lobo, 364, 541; Effect on Radio-
telegraphic Signals, M. Flajolet, 390; Photography, M.
Rudaux, 407; Lunar Profile, Dr. Graff, 670; see also
Electricity

Sun, Eclipses: Total Eclipse of the Sun, April, 1911, as
observed at Vavau, Tonga Islands: Royal Institution
Discourse, Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer, 151; a Peculiarity in
the Shadows Observed during a Partial Eclipse of the
Sun, E. Edser, 216; Brazilian Eclipse on October 10,
Harold Thomson, 433

Sun-heat Absorber, the Shuman, A. S. E. Ackermann, 122
Sun Prominences, Prof. Riccò, 250, 304, 511
Sun-spots: Sun-spots and Faculæ in 1911, Prof. Riccò, 42;
Diurnal Inequalities of Barometric Pressure in Years of
Sun-spot Maximum and Minimum, Dr. E. Leyst, 564
Sunshine at Trieste, Dr. E. A. Kielhauser, Dr. E. Gold,
151; Daily Sunshine in Russia, 226

:

Tannins Chemical Structure, E. Fischer, 303
Tapeworm, Asexual, from the Musquash, Dr. F. E.
Beddard, 416

Tasmanian Devil Remains near Victoria, J. Mahony, 668
Teachers' Book of Constructive Work for Elementary
Schools, E. J. S. Lay, 528

Teaching and Method, Prof. Welton, 144

Technical Institutions, Annual Conference of Association
of Teachers in, 358

Technical Instruction for Ireland, Department of: Summer
Courses, 207

Telegraphy: Handbuch der Phototelegraphie und Telauto-
graphie, Profs. A. Korn and B. Glatzel, 110
Telephone Exchange, New Automatic, 299
Temperature: Effects of Seasonal Changes on Body Tem-
perature, Prof. S. Simpson, 78; Temperature Oscilla-
tions in Loch Earn, E. M. Wedderburn, 131; Very High
Temperatures: Royal Institution Discourse, Dr. J. A.
Harker, F.R.S., 514; Physical Significance of the Mean
Diurnal Curve of Temperature, Dr. J. R. Sutton, 678
Therapeutics: an Introduction to Therapeutic Inoculation,
Dr. D. W. Carmalt Jones, 60; Hypotensive Action of
Guanine, MM. Desgrez and Dorléans, 235; Therapeutic
Methods based on altering the Activity of the Endocrinal
Glands by Physical Means, Ph. Nogier, 261

Thorium, Transformations of the Active Deposit of, E.
Marsden and C. G. Darwin, 285

Tides of Baltic and Gulf of Finland, R. Witting, 615
Time Measurement, Prehistoric, in Britain, Dr. McAldowie,
619

Titanic, the Loss of the, 170, 201, 324, 542, 661; Finding
of Court of Inquiry, 561; Lord Mersey's Report, 581;
Board of Trade Committee to advise on Safety of Life at
Sea, &c., 584

Tobacco Growing in England, G. H. Garrad, 568
Topaz and Beryl from the Granite of Lundy Island,
W. F. P. McLintock and T. C. F. Hall, 443
Tortoise, Gilbert White's, "Timothy," 587
Toxic, see Poison

Tow-nets, New Method of Working Vertical, 521
Trachoma, Susceptibility of the Ape Macacus inuus to, C.
Nicolle and others, 574

Trade Resources of the Empire, Royal Commission on,
Lewis Harcourt, Colonial Secretary, 172
Transformer Design, H. M. Hobart, 475
Transformisme et l'Expérience, le, E. Rabaud, 501
Trees British Trees, including the Finer Shrubs, the late
Rev. C. A. Johns, E. T. Cook, 30; Trees in Illinois and
Insect Pests, 430

Trematodes from Australian Frogs, Dr. S. J. Johnston, 626
Triceratops, Skull in British Museum, 509
Trigonometry: Elementary Trigonometry, F. T. Swanwick,
655 the Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry,
J. G. Hun and C. R. MacInnes, 655; Plane Trigo-
rometry (for Indian Universities), Prof. L. K. Ghosh, 655
Tropical Diseases: Research Fund: Report, 40; Tropical
Diseases, 508; Prevention and Treatment of Disease in
the Tropics, E. S. Crispin, 575

Tropical Medicine, London School of, 13; Sir E. Grey,
537; Appeal for Endowment Fund, 509

24,

Tropical Veterinary Bulletin, 508
Trypanosomes: Transmission of Trypanosoma nanum
(Laveran), Dr. H. L. Duke, 51; Relation of Wild
Animals to Trypanosomiasis, Capt. A. D. Fraser and
Dr. H. L. Duke, 51; Measurement of Trypanosoma
rhodesiense, Dr. J. W. W. Stephens and Dr. H. B.
Fantham, 258; T. grayi, 404
Tuberculosis: Culture of the Koch Bacillus in a definite
Chemical Medium, P. Armand-Delille and others, 25;
Tuberculosis and Telephones, Dr. Spitta, 38; Tubercular
Osteitis, Treatment by High-frequency Discharge, E.
Doumer, 157; Delay in Consolidation of a Broken Limb
in a Tuberculous Case, A. Robin, 235; Report of the
Tuberculosis Committee, 270; Tuberculosis, Heredity,
and Environment, Prof. K. Pearson, F.R.S., 427; Helio-
therapy applied to Children, Gertrude Austin, 538;
Exhibition of Appliances, &c., 613

Tunicata, British, J. Alder and A. Hancock, J. Hopkinson,
523

Turbines: Steam Turbine Design, Dr. J. Morrow, 159;
Marine Steam Turbines, Dr. G. Bauer and O. Lasche,
and others, 159; the Steam Turbine: the Rede Lecture,
Sir Charles A. Parsons, K.C.B., 159; the Ljungström
Steam Turbine, 175

Typhoid Fever, Inoculation against, E. Metchnikoff and
A. Besredka, 547

Ultra-violet Rays: Photolytic Decomposition of Smokeless
Powder, Picric Acid, &c., by, D. Berthelot and H.
Gaudechon, 25; Effects of, on the Eye, Dr. E. K.
Martin, 76, Dr. L. Bell, 511; Decomposition of Glycerol
by, 314; Action on Starch, J. Bielecki and R. Wurmser,
365; Alleged Ultra-violet Rays from Filament Lamps,
A. P. Trotter, 377; Variation of Abiotic Power with
Wave-length, Mme. and Victor Henri, 600; Application
to Chemical Analysis, M. Landau, 625; Quantitative
Study of Absorption, J. Bielecki and V. Henri, 677; see
also Meteorology

United States: National Museum, 405; Mineral Resources
and Developments: Bulletins, 617

Unity in Nature: an Analogy between Music and Life,
C. E. Stromeyer, 86

Universe, Sub-mechanics of the Prof. Osborne Reynolds's
Theory, J. Mackenzie, 175

Universities Universities of the Empire: Congress, 385.
477; University Education in Germany, Prof. W. Münch,
518; University Budgets, 623

Uranium, Atomic Weight of, P. Lebeau, 547; Influence of
Uranium Salts on Alcoholic Ferments, E. Kayser, 574
Uranus, Spectroscopic Discovery of the Rotation of, Prof.
P. Lowell, 277, 312

66

Uz, the Land of, Abdullah Mansur," G. Wyman Bury, 35

Vaunthompsonia, Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, 77
Vegetation, Types of British, Members of the Central
Committee for the Survey and Study of British Vegeta-
tion, 212

Ventilation Influence of Ozone, L. Hill and M. Flack, 72
Veterinary Studies for Agricultural Students, Prof. M. H.

Reynolds, 58; Guide to the Dissection of the Dog, Dr.
O. C. Bradley, 630

Vibrations, Forced, Prof. John Perry, F.R.S., 424; J. L.
Dunk, 477; J. P. Dalton, 528;

Views and Reviews, Sir Harry Johnston, G.C.M.G.,
K.C.B., 553

Viscosity of Carbon Dioxide, Dr. P. Phillips, 363
Vitalism, Burdon Sanderson and, Dr. J. S. Haldane,
F.R.S., 215

Vivisection Report, 65

Volcanoes of Central Madagascar, A. Lacroix, _ 25; of
New Zealand, Dr. J. M. Bell, 38; the Etna Eruption
of September, 1911, Prof. A. Riccò, 149; New Vent in
Etna, 303; Destructive Eruption of Chiriqui Peak, near
Bocas del Toro, Panama, 171; Warnings of Eruptions in
the Philippines, Rev. M. Saderra Masò, 328; Taal
Volcano in the Philippines, D. Worcester, 430; Volcanic
Eruption in Aleutian Islands, 381; Eruptions of the
Asama-Yama (Japan), Prof. F. Omori, Dr. C. Davison,
487

Vortex Rings in Liquids, A. W. Ackerman, Prof. C. V.
Boys, F.R.S., 15

Wales National Museum, 350
Wapiti in Wyoming, 405

Wasps, Fossorial, of family Scoliidæ, R. E. Turner, 312
Water Expansion of Water by Freezing, G. R. M. Temple,
15; U.S. Geological Survey, 150, 486; Hydrogen Peroxide
in Rain and Snow, and the Solar Ultra-violet Rays,
M. Kernbaum, 175; Report on
Research Work:
Organisms, Dr. Houston, 225: Water Analysis for Sani-
tary and Technical Purposes, H. B. Stocks, 552; Artesian
Wells of Canterbury, N.Z., Dr. Speight, 644
Water-lily, North American, Messrs. Miller and Standley,
587

Water-power: the French "Service des Grandes Forces
Hydrauliques," 72; Water-power in the Highlands, A.
Newlands, 328

Wave-problem of Cauchy and Poisson for Finite Depth and
slightly Compressible Fluid, F. B. Pidduck, 24
Weather, see Meteorology

Weights and Measures Reform Bill for S. Africa, 66
Whales, Fossil, Prof. F. W. True, 225; Casts of Bones and
Flipper Structure, 615

Whaling, Modern, T. E. Salvesen, 173
Wheat: Wheat-growing in Canada, the United States, and
the Argentine: including Comparisons with other Areas,
W. P. Rutter, 135; Rothamsted Experiments, 649
Wind: Storm of March 4, E. Kitto, 34; Diurnal Varia-
tions of Force on Ben Nevis, Prof. J. Hann, 41; New
Type of Instrument for continuously recording Direction,
Messrs. Negretti and Zambra, 120; Hurricanes and other
Tropical Cyclones, Dr. O. L. Fassig, 489

Wireless Telegraphy: Application to Storm Prediction, M.
Flajolet, 105; Loss of the Titanic, 201; Italian Naval
and Military Experiments, 274; International Radio-
telegraphic Convention, 352; Jahrbuch der drahtlosen
Telegraphie und Telephonie, Prof. Dr. J. Zenneck, Dr.
G. Eichhorn, Dr. J. Erskine-Murray, 400; Calibration
of Wave-meters, Prof. G. W. O. Howe, 415; Inter-
national Radio-telegraphic Conference, 483; Efficiency of
Generation of High-frequency Oscillations by means of
an Induction Coil and Spark Gap, Prof. G. W. O. Howe
and J. D. Peattie, 546; Committee to consider Needs of
British Army, 585; Bill for Control of Messages in
United States, 613

Wood, Preservation of, E. Pinoy, 53

Wood Pulp, the Testing of a Practical Handbook for the
Pulp and Paper Trades, Sindall and Bacon, 658
Wounds Specific Treatment, MM. Leclainche and Vallée,
79