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102; John R. Henry, 126; Observations of the, W. H.
Milligan, 83; W. F. Denning, 353: Observations of
Leonids at Harvard, 1904, 233; Real Paths, Heights,
and Velocities of Leonids, Mr. Denning, 306

• Leonis, Spectra of, E. Haschek and K. Kostersitz, 354
Lepidocarpon and the Gymnosperms, Dr. D. H. Scott,
F.R.S., 201

Lépinay (Prof. Macé de), Death of, 181

Lepine (R.), Modifications of Glycolysis in the Capillaries
Caused by Local Modification of the Temperature, 23;
the Reduction of Oxyhæmoglobin, 599

Leroux (Henri), the Tetrahydride and Decahydride of Naph-
thalene, 47: B-Decahydronaphthol, 455
Lespiault (Prof.), Death of, 181

Lespieau (M.), 8-Bromobutyric Acid, 72; Action of Hydro-
cyanic Acid Epiethyline, 407; Cryoscopic Behaviour of
Hydrocyanic Acid, 544; Liquefaction of Allene and Ally-
lene, 600

Lévy (Albert), Estimation of Carbon Monoxide in Confined
Atmospheres, 287

Lewis (A. L.), Stanton Drew, 584

Lewis (Francis J.), Plant Associations in Moorland
Districts, 257

Leyden, Physical Research at, 218

Lhasa: an Account of the Country and People of Central
Tibet, Perceval Landon, 585

Library, a National University, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S.,
366

Lie's Theory of Finite Continuous Transformation Groups,
Introductory Treatise of, John Edward Campbell, 49
Liebenow (C.), Presence of Radium throughout the Earth's
Volume as Compensating for the Loss of Heat by Con-
duction, 113

Liebig (Justus von) und Friedrich Mohr, Dr. Georg W.
A. Kahlbaum, 25

Liege, le, ses Produits et ses Sous-produits, M. Martignat,
413

Life, the Origin of, George Hookham, 9, 101; Geologist,
31; Dr. F. J. Allen, 54

Life and Energy-Four Addresses, Walter Hibbert, 271
Light: Observations of the Zodiacal, A. Hansky, 401; zur
Theorie der Extinktion des Lichtes in der Erdatmo-
sphare, Dr. A. Bemporod, 402

Light-curve of 8 Cephei, Dr. B. Meyermann, 234

Light Energy, its Physics, Physiological Action, and Thera-
peutics, Dr. Margaret A. Cleaves, Dr. Reginald Morton,

269

Lighthouse, New Light at St. Catherine's, 231

Lighting: Practical Determination of the Mean Spherical
Candle-power of Incandescent and Arc Lamps, G. B.
Dyke, 95

Lightning, Second Pyramid of Ghizeh Struck by, 565
Lindgren (W.), the Hauraki Goldfields of New Zealand,
421; a Geological Reconnaissance across the Bitterroot
Range and Clearwater Mountains in Montana and Idaho,
450

Linnean Society, 70, 142, 180, 239, 380, 430, 478, 550, 599
Linnean Society, New South Wales, 192, 263
Linsbauer (Dr.), Geotropism in Plants, 590

Linton (Mr.), Identity of Various Trypanosomes of Man,

499

Lippmann (G.), Measurements of the Velocity of Propaga-
tion of Earthquakes, 95; the Inscription of Seismic
Movements, 95: Interference Fringes Produced by a
System of Two Perpendicular Mirrors, 263
Lissajous's Figures by Tank Oscillation, T. Terada, 296
Lisson (C. I.), Annelid Remains and Ammonites in the
Salto del Fraile and Morro Solar Districts, 541
Lister (J. J., F.R.S.), Dimorphism of the English Species
of Nummulites, 71; Relation in Size between the Megalo-
sphere and the Microspheric and Megalospheric Tests in
the Nummulites, 550

Liverpool: New Buildings of the University of Liverpool,
The George Holt Physics Laboratory, New Medical
Buildings of the University of Liverpool, 63

Liversidge (Prof. A., F.R.S.), Tables for Qualitative
Chemical Analysis, 4

Lo Surdo (Antonino), the Law of the Conservation of Mass
in Chemical Action, 494

Local Government Board, Scientific Reports of the, Prof.
R. T. Hewlett, 237

Lock (R. H.), Varieties of Cacao Trees Existing in Ceylon,
567
Lockyer (Sir J. Norman, K.C.B., F.R.S.), Enhanced Lines
of Titanium, Iron, and Chromium in the Fraunhoferic
Spectrum, 94; on the Group IV. Lines of Silicium, 189;
Notes on Stonehenge, 297, 345, 367, 391, 535; the Stellar
Line near à 4686, 475; the Spectrum of μ Centauri, 476;
the Arc Spectrum of Scandium and its Relation to
Celestial Spectra, 476; Further Researches on the Tem-
perature Classification of Stars, 501

Lockyer (Dr. William J. S.), the Approaching Total Solar
Eclipse of August 30, 393; the Spectroheliograph of the
Solar Physics Observatory, 502

Lodge (Sir Oliver, F.R.S.), Recently Observed Satellites,
295: Historical Note on Dust, Electrification, and Heat,
582

Lodin (A.), Influence Exerted by the Removal of the Moisture
from the Air Supplied to the Blast Furnace, 143
Loewy (M.), Determination of the Difference in Longitude
between Greenwich and Paris made in 1902, 191; Pre-
cautions Necessary in Execution of Researches Requiring
High Precision, 455

Logarithms, Blackie's Handy Book of, 271; Vier- und
fünfstellige Logarithmentafeln, 271
Logwood, Bastard," S. N. C., 222

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Lohse (Dr.), Photographic Spark Spectra of Titanium and
Other Metals, 373

Lois naturelles, les, Félix le Dantec, 5

Loisel (Gustave), Sterility and Alopecy in Guinea-pigs
Previously Submitted to the Influence of Ovarian Ex-
tracts of the Frog, 504

Loisel (J.), Climatology of the Past Year, 493
London: Annual Report of the Technical Education Board
of the London County Council, 1903-1904, 34; London
Fog Inquiry, 1901-3, 259; the London Conference on
School Hygiene, Sir Arthur Rücker, 377; Some Scientific
Centres, the Physiological Research Laboratory of the
University of London, Dr. Augustus D. Waller, F.R.S.,
441; the Society of Arts and the London Institution,
539

Loney (S. L.), the Elements of Trigonometry, 507
Longer Term in the Polar Motion, Correction of the, Mr.
Kimura, 133

Longitude Observations of Points on Mars, Mr. Lowell, 449
Longitudes, the “ Annuaire ” du Bureau des, 234

Longitudes, Discussion of Central European, Prof. Th.
Albrecht, 424

Lorenzo (Dr. de) Naples Volcanic Formations, 62
Lowell (P.), the Rotation of Venus, 47; the Rotation of
Mars, 47: Seasonal Development of Martian Canals, 282;
Alternating Variability of Martian Canals, 494; Long-
itude Observations of Points on Mars, 449; Changes on
Mars, 618

Lowry (T. M.), Electrical Conductivity and Other Pro-
perties of Sodium Hydroxide in Aqueous Solution, 141
Loyalty Islands, Zoological Results based on Material from,
Dr. Arthur Willey, 411

Lucas (F. A.), Eocene Whales, 102; Measurements of
Whales at Balena, Newfoundland, 326

Luehmann (J. G.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 279
Lumsden (J. S.), the Reduction Products of Anisic Acid, 358
Lunar Formation, Origin of, G. Romanes, 256; Dr. John-
ston-Lavis, 256; Dr. G. K. Gilbert, 256
Lunar Rainbow, a, J. McCrae, 366

Lunge (Dr. G.), Techno-chemical Analysis, 458
Luttringer (A.), the Migration of Ethylene Linkage in Un-
saturated Acyclic Acids, 311; Characterisation of Lac-
tones by Means of Hydrazine, 527

Lutz (L.), Use of Leucine and Tyrosine as Sources of
Nitrogen for Plants, 383; Comparative Assimilability of
Ammonia Salts, Amines, Amides, and Nitriles, 480
Lydekker (R., F.R.S.), the Supply of Valuable Furs, 115;
the Transposition of Zoological Names, 608

Lyle (Prof. T.. R.), Investigation of the Variations of Mag-
netic Hysteresis with Frequency, 95

Lynn (W. T.), Pericdical Comets due to Return in 1905, 306
Lyons (Captain H. G.), Variations of Level of Lake
Victoria Nyanza, 15; the Nile Flood in Relation to the
Variations of Atmospheric Pressure in North-East Africa,
616

Lyrid Meteors, the, John R. Henry, 560

McClean (Dr. Frank, F.R.S.), Death of, 36; Obituary
Notice of, 58
McClelland (Prof. J. A.), Secondary Radiation, 390;
Secondary Radiation and Atomic Structure, 503; Second-
ary Radiation produced when the B and y Rays of
Radium Impinge on Metallic Plates, 543
Maccoll (Norman), Death of, 181

McCrae (J.), a Lunar Rainbow, 366

MacDowall (Alex. B.), the Moon and Barometer, 320
Macfarlane (Walter), Laboratory Notes on Practical Metal-
lurgy, 413

Machine Drawing, Alfred P. Hill, 149

McIntosh (Prof.), Community of Type between South
African and European Marine Annelids Generally, 492
McKendrick (Prof. John G., F.R.S.), Uber das Studium
der Sprach Kurven, E. W. Scripture, 250; Fertilisation
of Jasminum nudiflorum, 319

Maclaren (J. Malcolm), Gold at Chota Nagpur, Bengal, 161
MacMahon (Major P. A., F.R.S.), Orthogonal and other
Special Systems of Invariants, 430

McMurry (Charles A.), Special Method in Elementary
Science for the Common School, 316

Macnamara (N. C.), Craniology of Man and the Anthropoid
Apes, 125

MacPherson (H. A.), a Fauna of the North-west Highlands
and Skye, 202

Macqueen (Mr.), Methods of Dealing with Dust in the Air
in a Cornish Mine, 209

McWeeney (Dr. E. J.), Carbon Monoxide Asphyxiation in
Dublin, 88

McWilliam (A.), on the Occurrence of Widmannstätten's
Figures in Steel Castings, 32; Acid Open-hearth Manipu-
lation, 40

Maddrill (Mr.), Observations on Comets, 449
Madreporarian Polyps, West Indian, J. E. Duerden, Prof.
Sydney J. Hickson, F.R.S., 18

Magic Origin of Moorish Designs, Dr. Ed. Westermarck,
165
Magnetism: Simultaneous Occurrence of Solar and Mag-
netic Disturbances, A. Nippoldt, 16; Magnetic Dis-
turbances 1882 to 1903 and their Association with Sun-
spots, E. W. Maunder, 118; Magnetic Storms and As-
sociated Sun-spots, Rev. A. L. Cortie, 311; Prof.
Schuster, 311; Investigation of the Variations of Mag-
netic Hysteresis with Frequency, Prof. T. R. Lyle, 95;
an Ingenious Method of Constructing Magnetic Charts,
Prof. N. Umow, 184; Analysis of the Results from the
Falmouth Magnetographs on Quiet Days during 1891-
1902, Dr. Charles Chree, 261; Higher Text-book of
Magnetism and Electricity, Dr. R. Wallace Stewart, 270;
Action of a Magnetic Field on the Discharge through a
Gas, Dr. R. S. Willows, 358; a Contemplated Magnetic
Survey of the North Pacific Ocean by the Carnegie
Institution, Dr. L. A. Bauer, 389; Drift Produced in
Ions by Electromagnetic Disturbances, and a Theory of
Radio-activity, George W. Walker, 406; Elements of
Electromagnetic Theory, S. J. Barnett, G. F. C. Searle,
409; Coefficient of Magnetisation of Bismuth, Georges
Meslin, 431; Effect of Temperature on the Magnetisation
of Steel, Nickel, and Cobalt, Prof. H. Nagaoka and S.
Kusakabe, 448; the Magnetic Survey of the United
States, 449; Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory,
New Year Island, Captain H. L. Crosthwaite, 515;
Terrestrial Magnetism and its Causes, F. A. Black, 557;
a Magnetic Survey of Japan Reduced to the Epoch 1895-0
and the Sea Level, A. Tanakadate, Prof. Arthur Schuster,
F.R.S., 578; the Diamagnetism of Bismuth, A. Leduc,
599; Electromagnetics in a Moving Dielectric, Oliver
Heaviside, F.R.S., 606; Determination of the Moment of
Inertia of the Magnets Used in the Measurement of the
Horizontal Component of the Earth's Field, Dr. W.
Watson, 622

Magnitude Equation in the Right Ascensions of the Eros
Stars, Prof. R. H. Tucker, 618

Maiden (J. H.), the Commercial Timbers of New South
Wales, 157; the Genus Eucalyptus, 422

Maignan (F.), Production of Alcohol and Acetone by
Muscles, 624

Mailhe (A.), the Three Methylcyclohexanones and the Cor-
responding Methyl-cyclohexanols, 383; Monochloro-de-
rivatives of Methylcyclohexane, 551

Malaria, Mosquitoes and, Major Ronald Ross, F.R.S., 590
Malclès (L.), Researches on Dielectric Solids, 167
Malfitano (G.), the Colloidal State of Matter, 143; Electrical
Conductivity of Colloidal Solutions, 240
Mammalia: the Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland,
J. G. Millais, 121; the Land and Sea Mammals of
Middle America and the West Indies, D. G. Elliot, 212
Man, Blood Pressures in, Prof. J. Clifford Allbutt, F.R.S.,
375

Man, Craniology of, and the Anthropoid Apes, A. T.
Mundy, 125; N. C. Macnamara, 125

Man, Electricity in the Service of, R. M. Walmsley, 124
Man, the Origin of, 433

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 23, 71, 167,
191, 334, 383, 431, 575; Wilde Lecture at, the Early
History of Seed-bearing Plants as Recorded in the
Carboniferous Flora, Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., 426
Mankind in the Making, H. G. Wells, 193
Manouvrier (Prof.), Negroid" Characters in European
Skulls, 453

66

Mansfield (Mr.), Food of the Maine Lumbermen, 254
Maps, the First True, C. Raymond Beazley, 159
Maps, Popular Star, Comte de Miremont, 484
Maquenne (L.), Constitution of Ricinine, 119
Marage (M.), Application of the Vowel Siren to the Study
of Deafness, 456

Marcet (Mrs.), Rediviva, Chemistry for Youths, 435
March (F.), New Method of Synthesis of Alkyl Derivatives
of Cyclic Saturated Alcohols, 431; 1-Methyl-4-benzylcyclo-
hexanol and 1-Methyl-4-dibenzylcyclohexanol, 479
Marine Biology: Ecology and Deposits of the Cape Verde
Marine Fauna, C. Crossland, 502; on a Method of Using
the Tow-net as an Opening and Closing Tow-net, George
Murray, F.R.S., 364; Report of the Government of
Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of
Manaar, W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., 395: Larva and Spat
of the Canadian Oyster, J. Stafford, 468; Eumedon con-
victor, a Crustacean accompanying a Sea-urchin, E. L.
Bouvier and G. Seurat, 479; Community of Type between
South African and European Marine Annelids Generally,
Prof. McIntosh, 492; Distinct Second Family Type of
Lancelets (Cephalochordata), Dr. R. Goldschmidt, 590;
Memoirs on Marine Biology, 618; see also Biology
Marine Expedition, a New British, 562
Mark (Edward Laurens), Anniversary Volume, 169
Marloth (Dr. R.), a New South African Cypress (Callistris
schwarzi), 168; Mimicry among Plants, 232

Marr (Dr. J. E.), Classification of the Sedimentary Rocks,

477

Mars Seasonal Development of Martian Canals, Mr.
Lowell, 282; the Alternating Variability of Martian
Canals, Mr. Lowell, 494; Longitude Observations of
Points on Mars, Mr. Lowell, 449; Forthcoming Op-
position of, R. Buchanan, 494; Reality of Various
Features on, V. Cerulli, 592; Changes on, Mr. Lowell,
618; Mr. Lampland, 618; Prof. W. H. Pickering, 618;
see also Astronomy

Marsh (J. E.), Photographic Radiation of some Mercury
Compounds, 455

Marshall (H.), Salts and their Reactions, 200
Martignat (M.), Le Liège, ses Produits et ses Sous-pro-
duits, 413

Martin (Geoffrey), Have Chemical Compounds a Definite
Critical Temperature and Pressure of Decomposition? 609
Martin (G. H.), Practical Chemistry, a Second Year Course,

100

Martin (Dr. Sidney), Bacteria of Proteus vulgaris, 237
Martine (C.), a Synthesis of Menthone and Menthol, 311
Martini (Antonio de), Obituary Notice of, 38
Mason (Prof. J. W.), Death of, 325

Massee (George), Heterogenetic Fungus-germs, 175
Massoulier (Pierre), Study of Ionisation in Flames, 479;
Ionisation in Flames, 600

Masterman (Dr.), the Salmon Fisheries of England and
Wales, 18

Mathematics: Patent Flexible Curves and a Parabolic
Curve, W. J. Brooks, 15: a New General Theory of
Errors, William Edward Story, 15: a Simple Differ-
entiating Machine, Dr. J. Erskine Murray, 38; Intro-
ductory Treatise of Lie's Theory of Finite Continuous
Transformation Groups, John Edward Campbell, 49; the

Zeros of Certain Classes of Integral Taylor's Series,
G. H. Hardy, 70; Reducibility of Covariants of Binary
Quantics of Infinite Order, P. W. Wood, 70; Mathe-
matical Society, 70, 166, 310, 382, 478; New School
Arithmetic, Charles Pendlebury and F. E. Robinson, 75;
New School Examples in Arithmetic, Charles Pendlebury
and F. E. Robinson, 75; a School Geometry, H. S. Hall
and F. H. Stevens, 75; Theoretical Geometry for Be-
ginners, C. H. Allcock, 75: Elementary Plane Geometry,
V. M. Turnbull, 75; Mathematical Problem Papers, Rev.
E. M. Radford, 75; the Collected Mathematical Papers of
James Joseph Sylvester, 98; Compound Singularities of
Curves, A. B. Bassett, F.R.S., 101; Singularities of
Curves, T. B. S., 152; Quadratic Partitions, Lieut.-Col.
Allan Cunningham, 124; Application of Basic Numbers
to Bessel's and Legendre's Functions, Rev. F. H. Jack-
son, 166; Groups of Order paqß, Prof. W. Burnside,
166; Failure of Convergence of Fournier's Series, Dr.
E. W. Hobson, 166; Extension of Borel's Exponential
Method of Summation of Divergent Series Applied to
Linear Differential Equations, E. Cunningham, 166; a
New Geometry for Senior Forms, S. Barnard and J. M.
Child, 174; on a Rapid Method of Approximate Harmonic
Analysis, Prof. S. P. Thompson, 190; Leçons sur la Pro-
pagation des Ondes et les Equations de l'Hydrody-
namique, Jacques Hadamard, 196; an Elementary
Treatise on Graphs, George A. Gibson, Prof. George M.
Minchin, F.R.S., 211; Die Bilderzeugung in optischen
Instrumenten vom Standpunkte der geometrischen Optik,
Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 217; Grundzüge der Theorie
der optischen Instrumente nach Abbe, Dr. Siegfried
Czapski, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 217; the Mathe-
matical Theory of Eclipses according to Chauvenet's
Transformation of Bessel's Method, Roberdeau Buchanan,
144: Solutions of the Exercises in Godfrey and Siddon's
Elementary Geometry, E. A. Price, 248; Death of G. W.
Hemming, 253; the Form of the Surface of a Fowl's
Egg, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 254; Blackie's Handy Book
of Logarithms, 271; Vier- und fünfstellige Logarith-
mentafeln, 271: Polyhedral Soap-films, W. F. Warth,
273; Opere mathematiche di Francesco Brioschi, 293;
Opere mathematiche di Eugenio Beltrami, 293; Polar
Plotting Paper, Dr. C. G. Knott, 296; Alternants and
Continuous Groups, Dr. H. F. Baker, 311; Death of
Prof. J. W. Mason, 325; Death of Prof. Achsah
Ely, 350; Billiards Mathematically Treated, G. W. Hem-
ming. S. H. Burbury, F.R.S., 362; Death of Robert
Tucker, 371; Obituary Notice of, 398; General
Theory of Transfinite Numbers and Order Types,
Dr. E. W. Hobson, 382; Asymptotic Expansion
of Integral Functions of Finite Non-zero Order,
Rev. E. W. Barnes, 382; Death of Dr. Guido Hauck,
420; Death of J. C. V. Hoffmann, 420; Orthogonal and
other Special Systems of Invariants, Major P. A. Mac-
Mahon, F.R.S., 430; Verb Functions or Explicit Opera-
tions, Major Ronald Ross, C.B., F.R.S., 431; the Pro-
jection of Two Triangles on to the Same Triangle, Prof.
M. J. M. Hill, Dr. L. N. G. Filon, and H. W. Chapman,
478: the Weddle Quartic Surface, H. Bateman, 478;
Elementary Pure Geometry, with Mensuration, E.
Buddon, 507; Lessons in Experimental and Practical
Geometry, H. S. Hall and F. H. Stevens, 507; the
Elements of Geometry, Theoretical and Practical, B.
Arnett, 307; the Elements of Trigonometry, S. L. Loney,
so: Elementary Algebra, W. M. Baker and A. A.
Bourne, 507: Clive's Shilling Arithmetic, 507; Graphic
Statics, T. Alexander and A. W. Thompson, 507; the
Algebra of Invariants, J. H. Grace and A. Young, Prof.
G. H Bryan, F.R.S., 601; the Dynamical Theory of
Gases, J. H. Jeans, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 601; a
Treatise on the Analytical Dynamics of Particles and
Rd Bodies, E. T. Whittaker, Prof. G. H. Bryan,
FR.S., 601

M.

Matère, la, l'Ether et les Forces physiques, Lucien Mottez,

Vat gnon (C.), Combinations of Samarium Chloride with
Ammonia, 311; Oxidation of Metals in the Cold in Pre-
sence of Ammonia, 551

Marthex (W. D.), Arboreal Ancestry of Mammals, 351
Matthews (E. R.), Coast Erosion and Protection, Paper
read at Institution of Civil Engineers, 92

Maunder (E. W.), Magnetic Disturbances 1882 to 1903 and
their Association with Sun-spots, 118

Mawley (E.), Phenological Observations for the Year 1904,
430

Mawson (D.), Radio-activity and Radium in Australian
Minerals, 168
Maxwell (Mrs. J. M.), Children's Wild Flowers, 510
Mayer (André), the Composition of Colloidal Granules, 167
Measurements, an Introduction to the Theory of Mental
and Social, Edward L. Thorndike, 99
Measures: Construction and Verification of a New Copy of
the Imperial Standard Yard, H. J. Chaney, 543
Mechanical Appliances, Mechanical Movements and Novel-
ties of Construction, Gardner D. Hiscox, 557
Mechanics: Laboratory Apparatus for Measuring the
Lateral Strains in Tension and Compression Members,
Prof. Coker, 143; Die technische Mechanik: elementares
Lehrbuch für mittlere maschienentechnische Fachschulen
und Hilfsbuch für studierende höherer technischer
Lehranstalten, P. Stephan, Prof. George M. Minchin,
148; a Simple Model for illustrating Wave-motion, K.
Honda, 295; the Slow Stretch in Indiarubber, Glass, and
Metal Wires Subjected to a Constant Pull, P. Phillips,
359; Effects of Momentary Stresses in Metals, Prof.
Bertram Hopkinson, 501
Mediæval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus, Robert Steele,
559

Medical Buildings of the University of Liverpool, 63
Medicine Obituary Notice of Antonio de Martini, 38;
Abstention from Vaccination diminishing, 237; Medical
Research in Egypt, 307; Bacteriology and the Public
Health, Dr. George Newman, Dr. A. C. Houston, 388;
Relations between Arterial Pressure and the Amounts
of Chloroform Absorbed, J. Tissot, 408; Trypanosomiasis
and Experimental Medicine, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 498;
Physical Chemistry of Anæsthesia, Prof. Moore and Mr.
Roaf, 499; a German-English Dictionary of Terms Used
in Medicine and the Allied Sciences, Hugo Lang and B.
Abrahams, 533; Composition of the Oil from Bir Bahoti
or the "Rains Insect" (Bucella carniola), E. G. Hill,
551-2
Medlicott (H. B., F.R.S.), Death of, 565; Obituary Notice
of, 612

Meehan (Rev. Joseph), Intelligence of Animals, 176
Mees (C. E. Kenneth), the Science and Practice of Photo-
graphy, Chapman Jones, 29; the Molecular Condition in
Solution of Ferrous Potassium Oxalate, 358; the Theory
of Photographic Processes on the Chemical Dynamics
of Development, 454
Meldola (Prof. R., F.R.S.), Isomerism of the Amidines of
the Naphthalene Series, 118; the Chemical Synthesis of
Vital Products, and the Inter-relation between Organic
Compounds, 170; Method for the Direct Production of
Certain Amino-azo-compounds, 239; B-NH-ethenyldi-
aminonaphthalene, 382; the late Prof. Tacchini, 583
Mellor (E. T.), Geological Survey of the Transvaal, Report
for the Year 1903, 55

Mellor (J. W.), Chemical Statics and Dynamics, 532
Melting of Floating Ice, the, Heat, 366

Mendeléeff (Prof.) on the Chemical Elements, 65
Menschen, der Gang des, Otto Fischer, Dr. A. Keith,
145

Mensuration, Elementary Pure Geometry, with, E. Buddon,
507

Mental and Social Measurements, an Introduction to the
Theory of, Edward L. Thorndike, 99

Mentone Caves, Recent Exploration in the, Prof. Marcellin
Boule, 276

Meridian Observations, Constant Errors in, J. G. Porter,
495

Merritt (Ernest), Absorptive Power of Fluorescent Sub-
stances during Active Fluorescence, 423

Merz (John Theodore), a History of European Thought in
the Nineteenth Century, 241

Meslin (George), Coefficient of Magnetisation of Bismuth,

431

Mesnil (F.), on Surra and the Differentiation of Trypano-
somes, 551

Metallurgy Extraction of Vanadium from the Natural
Lead Vanadate, H. Herrenschmidt, 24; on the Occur-
rence of Widmannstätten's Figures in Steel Castings,

Prof. J. O. Arnold and A. McWilliam, 32; on the
Application of Dry Air Blast to the Manufacture of Iron,
James Gayley, 40; Removal of Moisture from the Air
Blown into Blast Furnace by Freezing, Economy of Fuel,
Alfred Picard and M. Heurteau, 119; Influence Exerted
by the Removal of the Moisture from the Air Supplied to
the Blast Furnace, A. Lodin, 143; on the Use of Dry Air
in Blast Furnaces, Henri Le Chatelier, 143; Method of
Drying the Air for the Blast, Mr. Gayley, 327; Iron
Manufacture in Lagos, C. V. Bellamy, 40; Development
and Rise of High-speed Tool Steel, J. M. Gledhill, 40;
Acid Open-hearth Manipulation, A. McWilliam and
W. H. Hatfield, 40; Photographic Method of Recording
the Temperature of Pieces of Steel during Cooling, H. Le
Chatelier, 88; the Use of Helium as a Thermometric Sub-
stance and its Diffusion through Silica, Adrien Jaquerod
and F. Louis Perrot, 95; Invar and its Applications,
Dr. Ch. Ed. Guillaume, 134; Corr., 158; Calcium Metal,
R. S. Hutton, 180; Death of Sir Lowthian Bell, Bart.,
F.R.S., 181; Obituary Notice of, 230; Need of Testing
Materials to be Subjected to Rapidly Repeated or to
Alternating Loads Otherwise than by determining the
Tensile Strength and Elastic Limit, A. E. Seaton and A.
Jude, 184; on the Possibility of Producing a Non-brittle
Steel Tempered Blue, Ch. Frémont, 191; Report of the
Commission appointed by Clifford Sifton, Minister of
the Interior, Ottawa, Canada, to investigate the Different
Electrothermic Processes for the smelting of Iron Ores
and the making of Steel in Europe, Prof. J. O. Arnold,
258; Influence of Steam on the Reduction of the Oxides
of Iron by Carbon Monoxide and Dioxide, O. Boudouard,
263; Chrome-vanadium Steels, Captain Riall Sankey and
J. Kent Smith, 305; Increase of Volume of Molten Cast
Iron, Saturated with Carbon in the Electric Furnace, at
the Moment of Solidification, Henri Moissan, 335:
Laboratory Notes on Practical Metallurgy, Walter Mac-
farlane, 413; Death of Dr. Ernest F. Dürre, 420; Recent
Developments in Electric Smelting in Connection with
Iron and Steel, F. W. Harbord, 502; Death and Obituary
Notice of Prof. Bruno Kerl, 540; Electrically Heated
Carbon Tube Furnaces, R. S. Hutton and W. H. Pat-
terson, 598; Special Brasses for Naval Construction, L.
Guillet, 616

Metals Arc Spectra of the Alkali Metals, F. A. Saunders,
133; Further Observations on Slip-Bands, Novel Method
of investigating the Micro-structure of Metals, Walter
Rosenhain, 500; Effects of Momentary Stresses in
Metals, Prof. Bertram Hopkinson, 501

Metaphysical Reality, Scientific Fact and, Robert Brandon
Arnold, 485

Metcalfe (Dr. Maynard M.), an Outline of the Theory of

Organic Evolution, with a Description of some of the
Phenomena which it Explains, 509

Meteorology: Sir. J. Eliot's Address at Cambridge, J. R.
Sutton, 6; Sir John Eliot, F.R.S., 7; the Floods of the
Spring of 1903 in the Mississippi Watershed, H. C.
Frankenfeld, 10; the Passaic Floods of 1902 and 1903, 11;
Rainfall for 1903 in Mauritius, 14; United States
Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes for the Winter
of 1903-4, 15; a Sensitive Hygrometer, Dr. W. M. Thorn-
ton, 47; Investigation of Accuracy of Self-registering
Thermometers, Mr. Claxton, 62; the Melting of Glaciers
in Winter, Dr. R. von Lendenfeld, 62; Kite Observations
on the Lake of Constance, Dr. H. Hergesell, 87; Scien-
tific Experiments in Italy with Unmanned Balloons, Dr.
L. Palazzo, 113; Royal Meteorological Society, 119, 216,
334, 430, 503, 622; Decrease of Fog in London, 119, 542;
T. J. Brodie, 119; London Fogs, 132; Report of the
Meteorological Council upon an Inquiry into the Occur-
rence and Distribution of Fogs in the London Area,
during the Winters of 1901-2 and 1902-3, with Reference
to Forecasts of the Incidence and Duration of Fogs in
Special Localities, to which is Appended the Report by
R. G. K. Lempfert on the Observations of the Winter
1902-3, 259: Meteorological Results of the National
Antarctic Expedition, W. Krebs, 131; the Storm of
December 6, 157; Monthly Wind Charts for the South
Atlantic Ocean, 157; the Cyclones of the Far East, Rev.
José Algué, S.J., 198; the Climate of Shanghai, Rev. J.
de Moidrey, S.J., 209; Meteorology in Mysore for 1903,
210; Smoke Problem, F. J. Rowan, 210; the Study of

the Minor Fluctuations of Atmospheric Pressure, Dr.
W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., and W. H. Dines, 216; Mean
Temperatures of High Southern Latitudes, Prof. Julius
Hann, 221; the " Piesmic " Barometer, A. S. Davis, 232;
Observations at Odessa for 1901-3, 255; the Abnormal
Tides of January 7, 258; a Method of Reading Large
Surfaces of Mercury, A. Berget, 287; Observations
océanographiques et météorologiques dans la Région du
Courant de Guinée (1855-1900), 293; Super-cooled Rain
Drops, Edward E. Robinson, 295; Cecil Carus-Wilson,
320; Method of Studying Raindrops, W. A. Bentley, 399;
Climatological Records of the British Empire for 1903,
305; the Duration of Rainfall, T. Okada, 305; the Moon
and Barometer, Alex. B. MacDowall, 320; Rainfall of
the British Isles for 1904, Dr. H. R. Mill, 326; the
General Motion of Clouds, Prof. H. H. Hildebrandsson,
329; Connection of Meteorology with Other Sciences,
Captain D. Wilson-Barker, 334; Résultats du Voyage du
S.Y. Belgica en 1897, 1898, 1899, sous le Commandemant
de A. de Gerlache de Gomery, 337; Indian and South
African Rainfalls 1892-1902, D. E. Hutchins, 342; High
Barometric Readings over the British Isles during the
Latter Part of January last, 351; Remarkable Tempera-
ture Inversion and the Recent High Barometer, W. H.
Dines, 365; the Circulation of the Atmosphere, James
Thomson, 365; Influence of the Time Factor on the Cor-
relation between the Barometric Heights at Stations more
than 1000 Miles Apart, F. E. Cave-Browne-Cave, 379:
the Action of Hail Cannons, J. Violle, 383; Automatic
Registration of Atmospheric Ionisation, Charles Nord-
mann, 407; Fall of Dust at Santa Cruz (Canaries) on
January 29 and 30, 422; Present Problems of Meteor-
ology, A. L. Rotch, 423; Phenological Observations for
the Year 1904, E. Mawley, 430; Denkmäler mittelalter-
licher Meteorologie, 438; Aeronautical Monthly Ascents
of 1904, Prof. H. Hergesell, 447; Electrical Effects of
Dryness of Atmosphere at Winnipeg, Prof. A. H. R.
Buller, 448; Rainfall from the Beginning of the Year,
467; on a Relation between Autumnal Rainfall and the
Yield of Wheat of the Following Year, Dr. W. N. Shaw,
F.R.S., at Royal Society, 470; Preliminary Results of the
Kite Ascents made on the Yacht of the Prince of Monaco
in the Summer of 1904, Prof. H. Hergesell, 467; Cli-
matic Features in the Land Surface, Dr. Albrecht Penck,
472; Climatology of the Past Year, J. Loisel, 493; the
Growth of Instrumental Meteorology, Richard Bentley,
503; Inversions of Temperatures and Humidity in Anti-
cyclones, Dr. A. Lawrence Rotch, 510; Magnetic and
Meteorological Observatory, New Year Island, Captain
H. L. Crosthwaite, 515; Observations at Hong Kong
Observatory in 1903, 516; Rainfall of Six Months Sep-
tember, 1904, to February, 1905, 516; Highest Maximum
Temperatures Recorded in the British Empire, W. E.
Cooke, 542; State of the Ice in the Arctic Seas during
1904, 567; Meteorological Conditions of the Antarctic,
Discovery Expedition, C. W. R. Royds, 568; Atmospheric
Electricity in High Latitudes, George C. Simpson, 573:
Extraordinary Halo Observed at Paris on March 26,
Louis Besson, 576; Inversions of Temperature on Ben
Nevis, Andrew Watt, 583; the Nile Flood in Relation to
the Variations of Atmospheric Pressure in North-east
Africa, Captain H. G. Lyons, 616; Observations at
Crinan in 1904, W. H. Dines, 622; Rate of Fall of Rain
at Seathwaite, Dr. H. R. Mill, 622
Meteors the Perseid Shower, A. King, 40; Observations
of Perseids, M. Chrétien, 89; M. Perrotin, 89; G. A.
Quignon, 89; Observations of Perseids, 1904, Prof. S.
Zammarchi, 133; the Perseids for 1904, V. Fournier, A.
Chaudot, and G. Fournier, 167: Observations of the
Leonid Meteors, 1904, W. H. Milligan, 83; the Leonids,
1904, Alphonso King, 102; John R. Henry, 126; Ob-
servations of Leonids at Harvard, 1904, 233; Real Paths,
Heights, and Velocities of Leonids, Mr. Denning, 306;
Heights of Meteors, Mr. Denning, 89; the November
Meteors of 1904, W. F. Denning, 93; Observations of
Bright Meteors, Dr. J. Möller, 211; Parallax of a Low
Meteor, P. Götz, 133; a Bright Meteor, J. Ryan, 329;
Bright Meteors, R. L. Jones, 449; the Lyrid Meteors,
John R. Henry, 560; Real Path of a Bright Meteor,
H. Rosenberg, 569; Radiant Point of the Bielid Meteors,
K. Bohlin, 469

Nature,
June 8, 1905

Meteorites: the Temperature of, H. E. Wimperis, 81; the
Cañon Diablo Meteorite, Henri Moissan, 95, 287
Mettam (Prof. A. E.), (1) on the Transmissibility of Tuber-
culosis of the Monkey to the Ox and Goat; (2) on the
Use of Tuberculin in the Detection of Tuberculosis, 503
Meunier (L.), Action of Magnesium Amalgam upon Di-
methylketone, goz

Meyer (Fernand), Preparation of Iodide of Gold by the
Action of Iodine on Gold, 72

Mever (Dr. H.), Star Places in the Vulpecula Cluster, 519
Meiermann (Dr. B.), Light-curve of 8 Cephei, 234

Miall (L. C.), House, Garden, and Field, a Collection of
Short Nature Studies, 52

Micheli (F. J.), the Genesis of Temporary Radio-activity,
143

Microchemistry: Death of Dr. T. H. Behrens, 325, 420
Microscopy: Royal Microscopical Society, 47, 142, 262, 358,
455, 550 on the Reconstruction of a Fossil Plant Lygino-
dendron oldhamium, Dr. Dukinfield H. Scott, F.R.S., 47;
Death of Prof. Ernst Abbe, 278; Obituary Notice of,
301; the Twentieth Century Atlas of Microscopical Petro-
graphy, 341; Practical Micrometallography, J. E. Stead,
F.R.S.. 455; Further Observations on Slip-bands, Novel
Method of investigating the Micro-structure of Metals,
Walter Rosenhain, 500; Bausch and Lomb's B.B.P.
Portable Microscope, 568
Microseismography: Sound Waves of a Cannon have no
Appreciable. Effect on a Building, Prof. Vicentini, 621
Middlekauff (G. W.), Constancy of Spark" Wave-lengths,

545

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Middleton (Prof. T. E.), Agricultural Education and Re-
search, 236

Mill (Dr. H. R.), Rainfall of the British Isles for 1904, 326;
Rate of Fall of Rain at Seathwaite, 622

Millais (J. G.), the Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland,

121

Millet (J. B.), Submarine Signalling by Sound, 595

Milligan (W. H.), Observations of the Leonid Meteors, 1904,
83

Millochau (G.), the Photographic Spectrum of Jupiter, 89
Millosevich (Prof.), Encke's Comet (1904 b), 89, 114
Mimicry among Plants, Dr. R. Marloth, 232
Minchin (Prof. George M.), die technische Mechanik, ele-
mentares Lehrbuch für mittlere maschienentechnische
Fachschulen und Hilfsbuch für studierende höherer tech-
nischer Lehranstalten, P. Stephan, 148; an Elementary
Treatise on Graphs, George A. Gibson, 211
Mineralogy: on the Occurrence of Widmannstätten's
Figures in Steel Castings, Prof. J. O. Arnold and A.
McWilliam, 32; Change in the Colour of Moss Agates,
C. Simmonds, 54: A. Hutchinson, 101; Blue-stained
Flints, F. J. Allen, 83; Thomas L. D. Porter, 126; Blue
Flints at Bournemouth, J. W. Sharpe, 176; the Cañon
Diablo Meteorite, Henri Moissan, 95; the Micrographical
Study of the Meteorite of the Diablo Canyon, H. Moissan
and F. Osmond, 287; Mineralogical Society, 118, 381, 574;
Mineral Tables for the Identification of Minerals by their
Physical Properties, Arthur S. Eakle, 123; Tin-ore in
Ross-shire, 161; on the Constitution of Arable Earth, A.
Delage and H. Lagatu, 191; Hæmatite Deposits of Peru,
Señor Venturo, 236; Nickeliferous Veins of La Mar,
Eduardo de Habich, 236; Alkaline Micro-granites of the
Zinder Territory, A. Lacroix, 263; Death of Prof. Ben-
jamin W. Frazier, 325: a New Mineral Containing
Radium, J. Danne, 335; Fiedlerite, A. de Schulten, 359;
the Preparation of the Diamond, Henri Moissan, 359;
Enormous Transvaal Diamond, 372; Plumbiferous Earths
of Issy-l' .vêque contain Radium, M. Danne, 373; Epidote
from Inverness-shire, H. H. Thomas, 381; Regular
Growth of Crystals of One Substance upon those of
Another, T. V. Barker, 382; Zinc and Lead Deposits
of Northern Arkansas, G. I. Adams, 450; the Copper
Deposits of the Encampment District, Wyoming, A. C.
Spencer, 450; Economic Resources of the Northern Black
Hills, J. D. Irving and S. F. Emmons, 450; T. A.
Jaggar, jun., 450; Refractory Siliceous Ores of South
Dakota, J. D. Irving and S. F. Emmons, 452; Petro-
graphy of the Witwatersrand Conglomerates, with Special
Reference to the Origin of Gold, Dr. F. H. Hatch and
Dr. G. S. Corstorphine, 471; the "Cullinan " Diamond,
Dr. F. H. Hatch, 540; New Oxychloride of Copper

from Sierra Gorda, Chili, G. T. Prior and G. F. Herbert
Smith, 574; Dundasite from North Wales, G. T. Prior,
574; Three New Minerals from the Binnenthal, Smithite,
Hutchinsonite, and Trechmannite, R. H. Solly, 574
Minerals. Minerals from the Lengenbach Quarry Binnen-
thal, R. H. Solly, 118; Radio-activity and Radium in
Australian Minerals, D. Mawson and T. H. Laby, 168;
on the State in which Helium Exists in Minerals, Prof.
Morris W. Travers, F.R.S., 248; Beckelite, Prof. J.
Morozewicz, 305; a New Thallium Mineral, G. T. Prior,
534; the Mineral Resources of Canada, 571
Mining an Elementary Class-book of Practical Coal-
mining, T. H. Cockin, 150; the Royal Commission on
Coal Supplies, 324; Annals of Coal Mining and the Coal
Trade, R. L. Galloway, Bennett H. Brough, 361; Gold
at Chota Nagpur, Bengal, J. Malcolm Maclaren, 161;
Gold Mining in France, 445; Copper in the United
States, W. H. Weed, 162; Methods of Dealing with
Dust in the Air in a Cornish Mine, Messrs. Thomas and
Macqueen, 209; Interim Report of British Association
Committee on Ankylostomiasis in Britain, 209; Calcium
Carbide as an Explosive in Mining Work, Marcel P.: S.
Guedras, 240; Cyaniding Gold and Silver Ores, H.
Forbes Julian and Edgar Smart, 292; Cerro de Pasco
Silver Mines, 542; Severe Explosion of Rock in the New
Hillgrove Mine, New South Wales, J. B. Jaquet, 616
Minor Planet, Variability of a,: Prof.. Wendell, 569
Minor Planets discovered during 1904, Permanent Numbers
for the, 401

Minor Planets, Orbits of, Prof. J. Bauschinger, 469
Miremont (Comte de), Popular Star Maps, 484

Mississippi Watershed, Floods of the Spring of 1903 in the,
H. C. Frankenfeld, 10

Misuse of Words and Phrases, T. B. S., 9, 54; A. B.
Basset, F.R.S., 30

Mitchell (C. Ainsworth), Inks: their Composition and
Manufacture, 269

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Mittelmeerlände, die orientalische Christenheit der, Dr.
Karl Beth, 53

Modern Electric Practice, I

Mohr (Friedrich) und Justus von Liebig, Dr. Georg W.
A. Kahlbaum, 25

Moidrey (Rev. J. de, S.J.), the Climate of Shanghai, 209
Moissan (Henri), Boron Trifluoride and Silicon Tetraflu-
oride, 71; the Cañon Diablo Meteorite, 95; the Micro-
graphical Study of the Meteorite of the Diablo Canyon,
287; Physical Properties of Metallic Calcium, 327; In-
crease of Volume of Molten Cast Iron, Saturated with
Carbon in the Electric Furnace at the Moment of Solidi-
fication, 335; the Preparation of the Diamond, 359;
Determinations of the Physical Constants of Pure Marsh
Gas, 400; Study of the Silicide of Carbon from the
Cañon Diablo Meteorite, 407

Molengraaff (Dr. G. A. F.), Geology of the Transvaal,

55

Molesworth (Sir Guilford L.), Public Works in India
during the last Fifty Years, 13

Molinari (Dr. E.), Trattato di Chimica Inorganica Gene-
rale e Applicato all' Industria, 339

Möller (Dr. J.), Observations of Bright Meteors, 211;
Colours of Stars in the Southern Hemisphere, 256
Molliard (Marin), Floral Abnormalities produced by. Para-
sities acting at a Distance, 144

Molyneux (A. J. C.), the Physical History of the Victoria
Falls, 619

Montana and Idaho, a Geological Reconnaissance across
the Bitterroot Range and Clearwater Mountains in, W.
Lindgren, 450

Monte Rosa and Col d'Olen International Laboratories,
the, Prof. Mosso, 443; Sir M. Foster, K.C.B., F.R.S.,
443

Montgomery (Dr. T. H.), Morphological Superiority of
the Male Sex in Animals, 542

Monti (R.), New Species of Hydrachnidæ, Polyxo placo-
phora, 543

Moon: Variations on the Moon's Surface, Prof. W. H.
Pickering, 114; Changes upon the Moon's Surface, Prof.
William H. Pickering, 226; a Possible Explanation of
the Formation of the Moon, George Romanes, 143;
Origin of Lunar Formation, G. Romanes, 256; Dr.
Johnston-Lavis, 256; Dr. G. K. Gilbert, 256; Geology of

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