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Hill-Tout, 477; the Blackfoot Medical Priesthood, Dr.
John Maclean, 477; Present Native Population and
Traces of Early Civilisation in the Province of New
Brunswick, William McIntosh, 477; Copper Imple-
ments from a Site in Western Ontario, Prof. E. Guthrie
Perry, 478; Race Types in the Ancient Sculptures and
Paintings of Mexico and Central America, Miss A.
Breton, 478; Arms and Accoutrements of the Ancient
Warriors at Chichen Itza, Miss Breton, 478; Tribes
Inhabiting the Koskokurm Valley, Dr. G. B. Gordon,
478; Recent Hittite Research, Dr. G. Hogarth, 478;
Prehistoric Antiquities of Malta, Dr. Ashby and Mr.
Peet, 478; Archæological and Ethnological Researches
in Sardinia, Dr. Duncan Mackenzie, 478; Researches
in Crete, C. H. Hawes, 478; Neolithic Sites in Thes-
saly, 478; Excavations at the Nubian Cemetery at
Anibeh, Dr. Randall-MacIver, 478
Section I (Physiology)—Opening Address by Prof. E. H.
Starling, M.D., F.R.S., President of the Section, the
Physiological Basis of Success, 384; Report of the
Committee on Anæsthetics, Dr. Waller, 507; Dr. N. H.
Alcock, 507; Prof. A. R. Cushny, 507; Prof. W. T.
Porter, 507; Use of Atropine in Conjunction with
Anæsthetics, Dr. Webster, 507; Inorganic Composition
of the Blood in Puerperal Eclampsia, Prof. A. B.
Macallum, 507; Tracts in the Spinal Cord, Dr. Page
May and Prof. Sutherland Simpson, 507; the Delimita-
tion of the Motor Area in the Cerebral Cortex Demon-
strated by the Method of Retrograde Chromatolysis,
Dr. Page May, 508; the Pyramidal Tract in the Sheep
and Guinea-Pig, Dr. Sutherland Simpson, 508; Study
of the Thyroids and Parathyroids, Mrs. Thompson, 508;
Effect of excluding the Blood Passing Through the
Adrenals from the Circulation, Dr. Young, 508; Effect
of Local Heat on Vegetable and Animal Tissues, Dr.
Waller, 508; Difference in Composition of Different
Proteins, Dr. E. Frankland Armstrong, 508
Section K (Botany)-Opening Address by Lieut.-Colonel
David Prain, C.I.E., LL.D., F.R.S., President of the
Section, 406; Organisation and Reconstruction of the
Nuclei in the Root-tips of Podophyllum peltatum, Prof.
J. B. Overton, 537; Nucleus of the Yeast Plant, Harold
Wager and Miss A. Peniston, 537: Nuclear Phenomena
of Ascomycetes in Relation to Heredity, Miss H. C. I.
Fraser, 537; Production and Dispersion of Spores in
the Hymenomycetes, Prof. A. H. R. Buller, 537:
Number of Bacteria in the Air of Winnipeg, Prof.
Buller and C. W. Lowe, 537; Prothallium and Embryo
Sporophyte of Danæa, Prof. D. H. Campbell, 537;
Ancestry of the Osmundaceæ, Prof. D. T. Gwynne
Vaughan and Dr. Kidston, 537; Structure of a New
Zygopteris, W. T. Gordon, 537; Fundamental Causes
of Succession among Plant-associations, Prof. H. C.
Cowles, 537: the Rocky Mountain Flora in Relation
to Climate, Prof. F. Ramaley, 537; Observations and
Experiments on the Ecology of Spiraea ulmaria, Prof.
R. H. Yapp, 537: History of the Wheats, Dr. O. Stapf,
538; Delayed Germination of Seeds, Prof. Pammel,
538; the Industry of Rubber Cultivation, J. Parkin,
538; Chemistry of Chlorophyll, Prof. R. Willstätter,
538; Evolution of the Inflorescence, J. Parkin, 538;
Life-history of Trichodiscus elegans, Miss E. J. Wels-
ford, 538; Effects of Tropical Conditions on the
Development of Certain English Enotheras, Dr. R. R.
Gates, 538; Perception of Light in Plants, Harold
Wager, 538

Sub-section of K (Agriculture)-Opening Address by
Major P. G. Craigie, C.B., F.R.S., Chairman of the
Sub-section, 411; Experimental Farm System in
Canada, Dr. W. Saunders, 53 Possibility of extend-
ing the Food Production of Canada, Prof. Brigham,
535 Prof. Mavor, 535: Factors Determining the Yield
of Wheat, A. D. Hall and E. J. Russell, 535: the
Influence of Environment on the Composition of the
Grain, F. T. Shutt, 535; Strength of Wheat, A. E.
Humphries, 536; Dr. E. F. Armstrong, 536; Baking
Qualities of Certain Flours, Prof. Harcourt, 536; Ex-
periments in Breeding Wheat, Dr. C. Saunders, 536;
Forestry Problems, Prof. Somerville, 536; R. H. Camp-
bell, 536; History of the Aberdeen-Angus Breed of
Cattle, Prof. Wilson, 536; Soil Problems, F. T. Shutt,

536; Prof. Alway, 526; Soil Moisture, Prof. King, 536;
Conservation of Soil Fertility, A. D. Hall and E. J.
Russell, 536

Section L (Educational Science)-Opening Address by
the Rev. H. B. Gray, D.D., Warden of Bradfield
College, Berkshire, President of the Section, the Educa-
tional Factors of Imperialism, 442

British Birds in their Haunts, Rev. C. A. Johns, 100
British Birds and their Eggs, with a New Method of
Identification, J. Maclair Boraston, 99

British Explosives Industry, the Rise and Progress of the,

190

British Medical Association, Physiology at the, 200
British Mountain Climbs, George D. Abraham, 485
British Museum: Guide to the Whales, Porpoises, and
Dolphins (Order Cetacea) Exhibited in the Department
of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell
Road, London, S.W., 4; British Museum Report, 78;
Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa in the
British Museum (Natural History), G. A. Boulenger,
216; Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the
British Museum, Vol. viii., Catalogue of the Noctuidæ,
Sir George F. Hampson, Bart., 455

British Rainfall, 1908, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 514
Britton (Prof. N. L.), the Genus Cereus, 462
Bronson (Dr. H. L.), on Clark and Weston Standard Cells,

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534

Building Materials, Introduction to the Chemistry and
Physics of, Alan E. Munby, 62

Buisson (M.), Comparison of the Spectra of the Centre
and Edge of the Sun's Disc, 110

Buller (Prof. A. H. R.), Production and Dispersion of
Spores in the Hymenomycetes, 537; Number of Bacteria
in the Air of Winnipeg, 537

Bumstead (Prof.), Ascertained Properties of Light of very
Short Wave-lengths ("Schumann Rays "), 469
Burkill (I. H.), Coptis, 30; Cymbopogon Martini, Stapf,
30

Burnham (Prof.), Double-star Measures, 376; Halley's
Comet, 376

Burns (Gavin), the Number of the Stars, 229
Burpee (Lawrence J.), the Water Route from Lake
Superior to the Westward, 506

Burrard (Col. S. G., F.R.S.), a Sketch of the Geography
and Geology of the Himalaya Mountains and Tibet,
424

Burton (E. F.), Influence of Electrolytes on Colloidal
Ferric Oxide Solutions, 470

Buss (A. A.), Solar Research, 200; Temperature and
Pressure Conditions in the Solar Atmosphere, 356; Ha
Images on Spectroheliograms, 376

Butier (C. P.), Origin of Certain Lines in the Spectrum
of Orionis, 26

Butler (Dr. E. J.), Fungal Disease, Coryneum mori, in
the Mulberry Nurseries near Srinagar, 226
Büty (M. de), Application of the Magnetic Properties of
Metals to Automatic Coin Machines, 150

Cabré (Juan), Rock Paintings of the Lower Ebro, 522
Cadastral Survey of Egypt, 1892-1907, the, Capt. H. G.
Lyons, 194

Cady (W. G.), Phenomena Exhibited by Electric Arcs
between Metal Electrodes, 297

Caillou (Pousse), the Region Known as Changchenmo,
354

Cajori (Prof. F.), Invention of the Slide Rule, 470
Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 30, 150, 270
Caldecott (W. A.), Development of Heavy Gravitation
Stamps, 539

Calendar, Styles of the, W. T. Lynn, 277

Callendar (Prof. H. L., F.R.S.), Osmotic Phenomena
and their Modern Physical Interpretation, Discourse at
Royal Institution, 235

Calmette (Dr. A.), Determination of the Bovine or Human
Origin of Tuberculosis, 135; Venoms, Venomous
Animals, and Anti-venomous Serum-therapeutics, 154
Cambage (R. H.), Native Flora of New South Wales,
240; New Species of Eucalyptus from the Monaro Dis-
trict, N.S.W., 240

Cambridge, the Darwin Celebrations at, 7

Cambridge, the Meeting of the International Geodetic
Association in London and, 426

Cambridge County Geographies: Somerset, Francis A.
Knight and Louie M. Dutton, 188

Campbell (A.), Measurement of Wave-length for High-
frequency Electrical Oscillations, 119

Campbell (Prof. D. H.), New Flora of Krakatau, 296;
Prothallium and Embryo Sporophyte of Danæa, 537
Campbell (Prof.), Water Vapour in the Martian Atmo
sphere, 376

Campbell (R. H.), Forestry Problems, 536

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Canaan Stone,' a, G. Harold Drew, 486

Canada, Report on the Mining and Metallurgical Indus-
tries of, 1907-8, 511

Cancer Research Fund, the Imperial, 86

Cape Town: Royal Society of South Africa, 30, 239, 270,
510

Carhart (Prof. H. S.), a Transition Point in Zinc
Amalgam, 119

Carnegie, First Magnetic Results obtained on the, in the
North Atlantic, Dr. L. A. Bauer and W. J. Peters, 529
Carnetz (V.), Sense of Direction of Man, 166

Carpenter (Prof. H. C. H.), Growth of Cast Irons after
Repeated Heatings, 437

Cartography: the Imperial Gazetteer of India, Atlas, 1
Carulla (F. J. R.), Process of Manufacturing Artificial
Magnetic Oxide of Iron, 437

Carus-Wilson (Cecil), Musical Sands, 69, 159; Pitting of
Flint Surfaces, 403

Cassell's "Nature Copies (Wild Flowers), 246

Castle (Frank), Five-figure Logarithmic and other Tables,
484

Castro (R.), Search-ephemerides for Comet 1896 VII.
(Perrine), 170

Catania Observatory, the Spectroheliograph of the, Prof.
Riccò, 376

Cavers (Dr. F.), Botany for Matriculation, 451
Cecropia peltata und ihr Verhältnis zu Azteca Alfari, zu
Alta sexdens und anderen Insekten, Karl Fiebrig, 23
Celestial Charts, the Palisa and Wolf, Dr. Palisa, 230
Ceramics Liquefaction of Clay by Alkalis and Use of
Fluid Clay Casting in the Ceramic Industry, Dr. E.
Weber, 375

Cesaresco (Countess Evelyn Martinengo), the Place of
Animals in Human Thought, 276

Cetacea Guide to the Whales, Porpoises, and Dolphins
(Order Cetacea) Exhibited in the Department of Zoology,
British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road,
London, S. W., 4

Cetus, a Newly Discovered Nebula Cluster in, Prof. Wolf,
436

Ceylon, Recent Publications on Agriculture from India
and, 231

Chagas (Carlos), a New Human Trypanosome Parasite
(T. cruzi), 46

Challenger Society, 119

Chalmers (S. D.), the Sine Condition in Relation to the
Coma of Optical Systems, 119

Chamberlain (C. W.), the Relative Motion of the Earth
and Ether and the FitzGerald-Lorentz Effect, 474
Chamberlin (Prof. T. C.), the Tidal and other Problems,

102

Chandler (Dr. S. C.), Earth Tides, 472
Chapman (Dr. H. G.), Hexone Bases of Egg-white, 240
Charpy (Georges), Separation of Graphite in White Cast
Iron Heated under Pressure, 60

Chassy (A.), Conductivity of a Gas at Atmospheric Pressure
under the Influence of a High Alternating Voltage, 90
Chatley (Prof. Herbert), the Force of the Wind, 366; the
Stability of Aëroplanes, 366

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Chatterjee (G. C.), Ova of a Distoma found in the
Skeletal Muscles of Saccobranchus fossilis, 270
Chemistry: the Atomic Weight of Platinum, Prof. E. H.
Archibald, 29; Use of Platinum Felt as a Filtering
Medium, W. O. Snelling, 404; Dimethylcamphor and
Dimethylcampholic Acid, A. Haller and Ed. Bauer, 29;
Action of some Organo-magnesium Compounds
Methyl-2-pentanone-4, F. Bodroux and F. Taboury, 29;
Pseudo-morphine, Gabriel Bertrand and V. I. Meyer,
29: Evolution in Applied Chemistry, Prof. Otto N. Witt
at Seventh International Congress of Applied Chemistry,
51; Fermentation of Glucose, Mannose, and Fructose by
Yeast-juice, A. Harden and W. J. Young, 57; Muta-
rotation of Glucose, Y. Osaka, 528; Pharmacological
Action of Protocatechyltropeine, Prof. C. R. Marshall,
59: Gases of Volcanic Fumaroles, Armand Gautier, 59;
Ordinary Carbon, H. Le Chatelier and M. Wologdine,
59; Action of Metallic Oxides on Methyl Alcohol, Paul
Sabatier and A. Mailhe, 59; Hydrolysis of Salts in
Amphoteric Electrolytes, Miss H. H. Beveridge, 59;
Formation of Oxygen Compounds of Nitrogen and their
Metallic Combinations (Iron and Lead) in the Produc-
tion of Ozone for the Sterilisation of Water, Ed. Bon-
jean, 60; Processes for the Fixation of Atmospheric
Nitrogen, 143; New Alkaloid Extracted from the Bark
Pseudocinchona Africana, Ernest Fourneau, 60;
Formation of Lactones from Acid Alcohols, E. E. Blaise
and A. Koehler, 60; Introduction to the Chemistry
and Physics of Building Materials, Alan E. Munby, 62;
Modern Organic Chemistry, Dr. C. A. Keane, 64: Prac-
tical Organic Chemistry, Dr. J. J. Sudborough and
T. C. James, 64; the Elements of Organic Chemistry,
E. J. Lewis, 64; Abhandlung über die Glycole oder Zwei
atomige Alkohole, Adolf Wurtz, 64; Practical Physio-
logical Chemistry, Prof. Philip B. Hawk, 67; Value of
Benzidine for the Detection of Minute Traces of Blood,
Prof. E. J. McWeeney, 89: Trialkylacetophenones and
the Trialkylacetic Acids derived from Them, A. Haller
and Edouard Bauer, 90; Tautomeric Changes Elucidated
by Means of the Magnetic Rotatory Power, P. Th. Muller
and M. Thouvenot, go; Evolution of Hydrogen from
Silicochloroform under Silent Discharge, A. Besson and
L. Fournier, 90; Oxidation of Aldehydes of Silver, Mar-
cel Delépine and Pierre Bonnet, 90; Hydrolysis of Pro-
teid Materials by Means of Hydrofluoric Acid, L.
Hugounenq and A. Morel, 90; Naturgeschichte einer
Kerze von Michael Faraday, 95: Junior Chemistry,
R. H. Adie, 95: Chemistry, Prof. W. A. Tilden, F.R.S.,
95; Histoire du Développement de la Chimie depuis
Lavoisier jusqu'a nos Jours, Prof. A. Ladenburg, 96;
Nature of the Change undergone by Crystals of Hepta-
hydrated Sodium Sulphate in Contact with Crystals of
the Decahydrate, D. Gernez, 120; New Method of
Separating Uranium X, B. Szilard, 120; Rate of Helium
Production from the Complete Series of Uranium Pro-
ducts, Hon. R. J. Strutt, F.R.S., 158; Chemical Action
of the Penetrating Rays of Radium on Water, Miroslaw
Kernbaum, 120; Hydrolytic Decomposition of Bismuth
Bromide, René Dubrisay, 120; the Hydrolytic Dissocia-
tion of Bismuth Iodide, René Dubrisay, 330; Extraction
of Lutecium from the Gadolinite Earths, G. Urbain,
MM. Bourion and Maillard, 120: Rapid Method for
Testing Plants for Hydrocyanic Acid, Marcel Mirande,
120; Essays, Biographical and Chemical, Sir William
Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., C. Simmonds, 122; Death and
Obituary Notice of Prof. G. Arth, 134; Synthesis of
Papaverine, Amé Pictet and A. Gams, 150; the Cata-
lysis of the Fatty Acids, J. B. Senderens, 150; New Base
extracted from Rye containing Ergot, Ergothioneine, C.
Tanret, 150; Grundriss der allgemeinen Chemie, Wilhelm
Ostwald, 183; Grundriss der Pharmakochemie, Dr. O. A.
Oesterle, Prof. Henry G. Greenish, 184: Southall's
Organic Materia Medica, J. Barclay, Prof. Henry G.

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Greenish, 184; the Rise and Progress of the British
Explosives Industry, 190; Death of Prof. S. W. John-
son, 194; Properties of the Monatomic Gases, Dr. H.
Happel, 198; Recent Advances in Our Knowledge of
Silicon and of its Relations to Organised Structures,
Prof. J. Emerson Reynolds, F.R.S., at Royal Institution,
206; New Method of Analysis by Curves of Miscibility,
its Application to Oils used for Food, E. Louïse, 209;
the Allotropic States of Phosphorus, Pierre Jolibois, 209;
Action of the Ultra-violet Rays upon the Acetic Fer-
mentation of Wine, Victor Henri and Joseph Schnitzler,
210; the Latent Heat of Fusion and the Specific Heat of
Propionic Acid, G. Massol and M. A. Faucon, 210;
Paralysing Influence exercised by Certain Acids
Alcoholic Fermentation, Mlle. M. Rozenband, 210;
Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and
Waxes, Dr. J. Lewkowitsch, C. Simmonds, 211; V. v.
Richter's Chemie der Kohlenstoffverbindungen oder
organische Chemie, Dr. R. Anschütz and Dr. G.
Schroeter, 215; Analyse und Konstitutionsermittelung
organischer Verbindungen, Dr. Hans Meyer, 215; the
Cyanamide Industry of France, M. Pluvinage, 222;
Estimation of Fat in Unsweetened Evaporated Milk,
Messrs. Hunziker and Spitzer, 226; Osmotic Phenomena
and their Modern Physical Interpretation, Prof. H. L.
Callendar, F.R.S., at Royal Institution, 235; Ethyl
Acetal of Tetrolic Aldehyde, P. L. Viguer, 239; Method
for the Rapid Estimation of Metallic Aluminium, E.
Kohn-Abrest, 239; Decomposition of Carbon Dioxide by
the Ultra-violet Rays, H. Herchefinkel, 239; Hexone
Bases of Egg-white, Dr. J. M. Petrie and Dr. H. G.
Chapman, 240; Influence of the Reaction of the Medium
on the Development and Proteolytic Activity of Davaine's
Bacteridium, Mlle. Eleonore Lazarus, 269; Synthesis of
Unsaturated Fatty Ketones, F. Boudroux and F.
Taboury, 269; Genesis of the Chemical Elements, James
Moir, 270; Aurvedic Metallic Preparations, Part i.,
Panchanan Neogi and Birendra Bhusan Adhicary, 270;
Death of Prof. Emil Christian Hansen, 294; Obituary
Notice of, Arthur R. Ling, 310; Death of L. Bouve-
ault, 311; Action of Iodo-eosin as a Test for Free
Alkalis in Dried Plant Tissues, Dr. A. C. Hof, 312;
Apparatus for Determining the Calorific Power of
Gaseous Combustibles, P. Lemoult, 330; Chemistry in
the Service of the State, Sir Edward Thorpe, 340; Curious
Case of Corrosion Occurring in a Stand-by Boiler, G. N.
Huntly, 354; Calorimetric and Cryoscopic Constants of
Mercuric Bromide, M. Guinchant, 360; a Manual of
Volumetric Analysis, Dr. H. W. Schimpf, 364; Lique-
faction of Clay by Alkalis and Use of Fluid Clay Casting
in the Ceramic Industry, Dr. E. Weber, 375; the Mag-
netic Rôle of Oxygen in Organic Compounds, P. Pascal,
390; Estimation of Phosphorus in Combustible Substances
by the Calorimetric Bomb, P. Lemoult, 390; the Manu-
facture of Rubber Goods, Adolf Heil and Dr. W. Esch,
391: Oxidation of Phenol, H. D. Gibbs, 404; Washing
of Cider Apples with an Oxidising Calcium Salt leading
to Pure Fermentation, Henri Alliot and Gilbert Gimel,
420; Corrosion of Iron, Dr. J. Newton Friend, 437;
Action of Air and Steam on Pure Iron, Dr. J. Newton
Friend, 437 Process of Manufacturing Artificial Mag-
netic Oxide of Iron, F. J. R. Carulla, 437; Death and
Obituary Notice of Richard Bannister, 460; Thermal
Properties of Silver Nitrate, M. Guinchant, 480; Exam-
ination of Essence of Turpentine, Paul Nicolardot and
Louis Clément, 480; Revision of the Density of Gaseous
Hydrochloric Acid the Atomic Weight of Chlorine, Otto
Scheuer, 510; Derivatives of Hexahydro-oxybenzoic Acid,
P. J. Tarbouriech, 510; Total Sugar of the Plasma and
Globules of the Blood, R. Lepine and M. Boulud, 510;
Gay-Lussac's Law, its Centenary, Dr. A. N. Meldrum,
519: Death of Dr. Hermann Endemann, 524; a Series
of Isomeric Phenylphthalimides, Mr. Kuhara and Mr.
Komatsu, 528; see also British Association

Child Employment and Evening Continuation Schools, Cyril
Jackson, 50

Children in Health and Disease, Dr. David Forsyth, 454
Chile, Musical Sands in, M. H. Gray, 126

China Philosophical Society, Inaugural Meeting of the,
Wang Shoh Lian, 461

Nature

25

Chinese Names of Colours, Alfred Tingle, 367
Chofardet (P.), Comet 1909a, Borrelly-Daniel, 46; Observa-
tions of the Comet 1909a (Borrelly-Daniel) at the
Observatory of Besançon, 29

Chree (Dr. C., F.R.S.), Results of Observations made at
the Coast and Geodetic Survey Magnetic Observatories,
Daniel L. Hazard, 205; Magnetic Storm of September
25, 395; Magnetic Storms and Solar Eruptions, 456
Christian Science, the Faith and Works of, 513
Christie (W. A. K.), Mining Administration in India,

219

Chronology Styles of the Calendar, W. T. Lynn, 277
Chronometry: the Daylight Saving Bill, 294; Standard
Clock at Hamburg Observatory Connected to Trunk
Telephone System, 433

Claparède (Dr. Ed.), Psychologie de l'Enfant et Pédagogie
expérimentale, 214

Clark (Latimer), a Monument to, Prof. C. V. Boys,
F.R.S., 512

Clarke (Dr. Eagle), Young of the Sanderling, 136
Clarke (W. E.), Elementary Practical Botany, 451
Clay's Successful Gardening, 451

Clayton (E. G.), a Compendium of Food-microscopy, 97
Clayton (H. Helm), Exploration of the Air with Ballons-
sondes at St. Louis, and with Kites at Blue Hill, 223;
Suggested Reforms in Meteorological Methods, 464
Clayworking Industry in the United States, History of the,
Dr. H. Ries and H. Leighton, Dr. J. W. Mellor,
452

Cleland (Dr. J. B.), Diurnal Variations in the Tempera-
tures of Camels, 60; Barisal Guns in Australia, 127;
Australian Fauna and Flora, 353

Clément (Louis), Examination of Essence of Turpentine,
480

Clément (P.), Proof of Experimental Ammoniuria in
Epilepsy, 330

Climatology of Styria, Dr. Robert Klein, 81

Cobb (Dr. N. A.), Fungus Maladies of the Sugar Cane,
496

Coblentz (Prof. Wm. W.), Supplementary Investigations of
Infra-Red Spectra, 82

Coburn (F.), Breeding of the Marsh-Warbler in Worcester-
shire, 495

Coburn (F. D.), Swine in America, 35

Cockerell (Prof. T. D. A.), Skull of a Ground-sloth from
Colorado, 264

Coffin (Dr. J. G.), Vector Analysis, 392
Cohen (Prof. J. B.), the Nature and Extent of Air Pollu-
tion by Smoke, Paper at Health Congress, 468
Cole (L. J.), Importance of "Tagging" Birds, 87
Coleman (Prof. A. P.), Extent of the Ice Sheets in the
Great Plains, 446; the Bearing of Pre-Cambrian Geology
on Uniformitarianism, 446; Metal Mining in Canada,
Collingham (R. H.), Ilgner-operated Winding-engines, 19
Collins (Mr.), Boric Acid in Milk from Cows Fed on Indian
Cotton Cake, 168

447

Colombia, the Journal of an Expedition across Venezuela
and, 1906-7, Dr. Hiram Bingham, 453

Colour among Tropical Fishes, Changes of, C. H. Town-
send, 174

Colours, Chinese Names of, Alfred Tingle, 367
Combustion, Spontaneous, Dr. John Knott, 268
Comets the Comets of 1907 and 1908, Prof. Kobold, 20;
Comet 1909a (Borrelly-Daniel), 20, 83; M. Chofardet,
46; Ephemeris for Comet 1909a (Borrelly-Daniel),
Dr. M. Ebell, 267; Halley's Comet, Dr. Holetschek,
46; L. Matkiewitsch, 46; Ephemeris for Halley's Comet,
1909c, Mr. Crommelin, 465; Observations of Halley's
Comet, 1909c, Prof. Wolf, 404; Visibility of Halley's
Comet, W. F. Denning, 395; Elements and Ephemeris
for Halley's Comet (1909c), 436; Halley's Comet Re-
discovered, Prof. Max Wolf, 355; Messrs. Cowell and
Crommelin, 355; Halley's Comet, Prof. Burnham, 376;
1909b, Dr. Max Wolf, 376; Prof. Millosevich, 528;
Father Searle, 528; Prof. Newall, on the Identity of
Comets 1908a and 1908b (Encke), Dr. Ebell, 83; Search-
ephemerides for Comet 1896 VII. (Perrine), F. W.
Ristenpart, 170; R. Castro and A. Repenning, 170;
Re-discovery of Perrine's Comet, Herr Kopff, 229; Herr

Ristenpart, 229; Comet 1909b (Perrine, 1896 VII.), Herr
Ristenpart, 207; Prof. Kobold, 267, 298; Observa-
tions of Perrine's Comet, 315; Observations of Perrine's
Comet, 1909b, Dr. Max Wolf, 376; Dr. Ebell, 376;
Search-ephemeris for Winnecke's Comet, C. Hillebrand,

465

Commutative Law of Addition and Infinity, the, Philip
E. B. Jourdain, 69; G. B. M., 69

Comparison Prism, a New Form of, Prof. Louis Bell,
40

Conchology: Discovery of Large Quantities of Shells of
the Pearl-mussel (Unio margaritifer) in Gravel of Appar-
ently Pleistocene Age in the Thames near Mortlake,
J. W. Jackson and A. S. Kennard, 495
Congress of Medicine, the Sixteenth International, 369
Constable (F. C.), Man and Environment, 306; Remark-
able Pink Glow, 352

Contamination of Milk, the, Dr. Orr, 74

Continuation Schools, Report of the Consultative Com-
mittee of the Board of Education on Attendance, Com-
pulsory or Otherwise, at, 172

Cooke (W. E.), Magnificent Aurora in Australia on Sep-
tember 25, 524

Cookson (Bryan), Death and Obituary Notice of, 372
Coolidge (Prof. J. L.), Problems Connected with Games of
Chance, 496

Coomaraswamy (Ananda K.), Mediæval Sinhalese Art, 39
Cooper Research Laboratory, the Journal of the, 187
Copeland (Dr. E. B.), Ferns of the Malay Archipelago,

197

Copenhagen Congress on the Testing of Materials of Con-
struction, 377

Corbin (G. B.), Smooth Snake still found in the New
Forest, 433

Cork, Notes on a Stone Circle in County, Captain Boyle
T. Somerville, 126

Corona, the Polarisation of the Solar, M. Salet, 46
Coronas (Rev. J.), Two Severe Typhoons Experienced in
1908, 109

Coronas (Señor), Typhoons on October 4, 8, and 13, 1908,
354

Corpuscular Radiation, Homogeneous, Charles A. Sadler,
516
Corstorphine (Dr. G. S.), the Geology of South Africa,
455

Cosserat (E. and F.), Théorie des Corps déformables, 67
Cotter (G. de P.), Mining Administration in India, 219
Cotton (L. A.), Metasomatic Processes in a Cassiterite Vein
from New England, 60; Note on the Guyra Lagoon,
N.S.W., 60

Courmont (J.), Slight Penetration of the Ultra-violet Rays
through Liquids Containing Colloidal Substances, 210
Couturat (L.), Weltsprache und Wissenschaft, 218
Cowell (Mr.), Halley's Comet Re-discovered, 355
Cowles (Prof. H. C.), Fundamental Causes of Succession
among Plant Associations, 537

Cox (R. H.), a Guide to Avebury and Neighbourhood,
154

Coyle (Ray F.), Development of the Auditory Ossicles in
the Horse, 149

Crabtree (Harold), an Elementary Treatment of the
Theory of Spinning Tops and Gyroscopic Motion, 182
Craig (Mr.), Terrestrial Refraction in Egypt, 436
Craigie (Major P. G., C.B., F.R.S.), Opening Address in
Sub-section K at the Meeting of the British Association
at Winnipeg, 411; Agricultural Development of Canada,
1904-9, 506

Cramp (W.), Vectors and Vector Diagrams applied to
Alternating-current Circuit, 93

Craniology Measurements of a Series of Skulls Deposited
in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, B. A. Gupte, 374
Crocker (Dr. Radcliffe), Death and Obituary Notice of,

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Gurney, 44; Indian Cirripedia Pedunculata, Dr. N.
Annandale, 373

Crystallography: the Seven Styles of Crystal Architecture,
Dr. A. E. H. Tutton, F.R.S., 299

Cullis (Prof. C. E.), Properties of Möbius's Surface, 375
Cunningham (Lieut.-Colonel Allan), Verification of a Mer-
senne's Number, 194

Cunningham (Prof. D. J., F.R.S.), Death and Obituary
Notice of, 15

Cunningham (J. T.), a Question of Percentages, 159
Cushny (Prof. A. R.), Report of the Committee
Anæsthetics, 507

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Cyanamide Industry of France, the, M. Pluvinage, 222
Cytology: Plasma und Zelle, Prof. Martin Heidenhain, 212

Dabrowski (M.), the Brownian Movement and Molecular
Constants, 360

Daire (M.), Sterilisation by the Ultra-violet Rays, Applica-
tion to the Butter Industry, 210

Dalby (Prof. W. E.), Heat Transmission, Lecture at Insti-
tution of Mechanical Engineers, 533

Dalmatien, Geologischer Führer durch, Dr. R. Schubert,
365

Danish Researches on the Eel and the Plaice, 191
Danneman (Dr. Friedrich), Naturlehre für höhere Lehran-
stalten auf Schulerübungen gegrundet, 66
Dannenburg (P.), Zimmer- und Balkonpflanzen, 451
Daru (N. D.), Mining Administration in India, 219
Darwin (Sir George), Determination of the Lunar Earth-
Tides, 427; Earth Tides, 472

Darwin Celebrations at Cambridge, the, 7
Darwinism and Politics, Sidney Low, 310
Datta (P. N.), Mining Administration in India, 219
Davidge (H. T.), Technical Electricity, 244

Davies (W.), Breeding of the Marsh-Warbler in Worcester-
shire, 495

Davis (C. A.), the Peat Deposits of Maine, 490
Dawydoff (C.), Regeneration in the Enteropneusta, 462
Deacon (Dr. G. F.), Obituary Notice of, 16

Dean (R. B.), Somatological Study of the Benguet Indians,

266

Deerr (Noel), Bacterial Flora of Hawaiian Sugars, 226
Delépine (Marcel), Oxidation of Aldehydes by Silver Oxide,

90

Dellinger (O. P.), Physical Structure of Protoplasm, 373
Delvalez (.), Hall Effect in Liquids, 404
Demons, Baskets used in Repelling, Dr. N. Annandale, 38
Denning (W. F.), the Perseids of 1909, 189; August
Meteoric Shower, 224, 246; Visibility of Halley's Comet,
20 Fireball in Sunshine, 456; the Meteor in Sunshine,
October 6, 487

Dermatology: Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. Radcliffe
Crocker, 294

Derr (Louis), Photographic Study of Mayer's Floating
Magnets, 228

Derry (Dr. D. E.), Prehistoric Cemeteries at Koshtamna, in
Nubia, 463

Deslandres (H.), Movements in the Sun's Upper Atmo-
sphere, 170; Ha Images on Spectroheliograms, 376;
Movements of the Upper Solar Atmosphere Above and
Round the Faculæ, 390; Multiple Monochromatic Images
of the Sun given by the Large Lines of the Spectrum,
420; the Nature of Solar Faculæ, 465; Hydrogen Layers
in the Solar Atmosphere, 498

Dew-Ponds, Scientific Studies of, E. A. Martin, 458
Dewar (Douglas), the Making of Species, 481
Dickson (J. D. Hamilton), Percentages in School Marks,
367

Dickson (W. E. Carnegie), a Text-book of General Patho-
logy for the Use of Students and Practitioners, 36
Dinosaurs, the Upper Cretaceous Iguanodont, 160
Diprotodonts, Primitive, J. W. Gidley, 204
Disease, Röntgen Rays in the Diagnosis of, 220
Diurnal Variation of Temperature in the Free Atmosphere,
E. Gold, 6

Dixon (A. L.), Results in the Theory of Elimination, 25
Doberck (Prof.), Double-Star Observations, 436
Dodge (Prof.), Formation of Arroyos in Adobe-filled Valleys
in the South-western United States, 506

Dohrn (Prof. Anton), Death of, 400; Obituary Notice of,
Sir E. Ray Lankester, K.C.B., F.R.S., 429
Dollo (Prof. Louis), Nematonurus lecointei, 29; Extinct
Gigantic Reptiles of Belgium, 148

Domin (Dr. K.), Study of Various Morphological Features
in the Umbelliferæ, 297

Dornic (M.), Sterilisation by the Utra-violet Rays, Applica-
tion to the Butter Industry, 210

Dorsey (Dr. H. G.), Magnetostriction, 474

Doubek (Miss M.), Nature of the Tendrils in the Cucur-
bitaceæ, 226

Double Stars: Micrometer Measures of Double Stars,
Phillip Fox, 83; Double-Star Measures, Prof. R. G. Ait-
ken, 138; Prof. Burnham, 376; Double-Star Observa-
tions, Prof. Doberck, 436; Publikationen des astro-
physikalischen Observatoriums zu Potsdam, Doppelsterne,
Prof. O. Lohse, 492

Douglas (Dr. J.), Influence of the Railroads of the United
States and Canada on the Mineral Industry, 539
Douglas (James A.), Carboniferous Limestone of County
Clare, 89

Downey (Prof. June), "Muscle Reading," 198

Drew (G. H.), Reproduction and Early Development of
Laminaria digitata and Laminaria saccharina, 58
Drew (G. Harold), a Canaan Stone, 486

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Drought in South-west Ireland, Geo. A. Armstrong, 487;
Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 517

Drugs, the Chemistry of, Prof. Henry G. Greenish, 184
Drugs and the Drug Habit, Dr. Harrington Sainsbury, 271
Drummond (W. B.), Elementary Physiology for Teachers
and Others, 425

Duane (William), Heat of Polonium, 29
Dublin Royal Society, 89

Dubrisay (René), the Hydrolytic Decomposition of Bismuth
Bromide, 120; the Hydrolytic Dissociation of Bismuth
Iodide, 330

Ducloux (Dr.), the Antiquity of Man in South America, 534
Dufour (A.), Electric Discharge through Vacuum Tubes,
Deviable Rays not due to Free Positive Electrons, 19
Duhem (Pierre), Études sur Léonard de Vinci, ceux qu'il
a lus et ceux qui l'ont lu, 2; Essai sur la Notion de
Théorie physique de Platon à Galilée, 361
Dumville (Benjamin), the Science of Speech, an Elementary
Manual of English Phonetics for Teachers, 124
Dustless Roads, Tar Macadam, a Practical Treatise for
Engineers, Surveyors, and Others, T. Walker Smith, 92
Dutta (B. B.), Constitution of the Roots of Arisaema con-
cinnum, 270

Dutton (Louie M.), Cambridge County Geographies :
Somerset, 188

Dyeing and Cleaning of Textile Fabrics, the, F. A. Owen,
Prof. Walter M. Gardner, 5

Dynamics Geometrie der Kräfte, H. E. Timerding, Sir
Robert Ball, F.R.S., 34; a First Dynamics, C. S. Jackson
and W. M. Roberts, 156; Vorlesungen über technische
Mechanik, Dr. August Föppl, 274

Earhart (R. F.), Effect of Temperature Variations on the
Luminous Discharge in Gases for Low Pressures, 473
Earland (A.), Arenaceous Foraminifera, 79

Earth Slopes, Retaining Walls, and Dams, Graphical
Determination of, Prof. C. Prelini, 393

Earth's Surface, Movements of the, Ch. Lallemand, 457
Earthquakes: Two Severe Earthquakes in Mexico City,
166; Fracture of Cables by the Earthquake of January
14, 1907, Maxwell Hall, 198; Earthquake in Central
Japan, 225; Earthquake Shocks on September 22, 401:
Earthquake in Shetland, 460; Earthquake at Reggio di
Calabria, 460; Earthquake of October 8, 1909, Alfred
Angot, 510

Ebell (Dr. M.), the Identity of Comets 1908a and 1908b
(Encke), 83; Ephemeris for Comet 1909a (Borrelly-
Daniel), 267; Observations of Perrine's Comet, 1909b, 376
Ebro, Rock Paintings of the Lower, l'Abbé Breuil and
Juan Cabré, 522

Eclipse, the Solar, of June 17, 1909, Father Rigge, 171
Economic Biologists, Association of, 114

Eddington (A. S.), Law of Distribution of Stellar Motions,
471

Edinburgh Royal Society, 29, 59, 148

Edinger (Prof. Ludwig), Einführung in die Lehre vom
Bau und den Verrichtungen des Nervensystems, 219

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Edridge-Green (Dr. F.), Spectroscope for estimating Colour
Perception, 20

Edser (Edwin), the Analysis of Sounds Used in Speech, 533
Education: Child Employment and Evening Continuation
Schools, Cyril Jackson, 50; the King on Increased Pro-
vision for Advanced Scientific Instruction and Research,
83; the Position of Higher Education, 113; State Aid for
University Education, 133; Report of the Consultative
Committee of the Board of Education an Attendance,
Compulsory or Otherwise, at Continuation Schools, 172;
the Position of Science Teaching in Public Schools, 192;
Psychologie de l'Enfant et Pédagogie expérimentale, Dr.
Ed. Claparède, Prof. J. A. Green, 214; the Administration
of Agricultural Education, 428; die biologischen
Schülerübungen, Erich Leick, 429; Freiwillige Schüler-
übungen in Physik in humanistischen Gymnasien, Prof.
Dr. Edmund Hoppe, 429

Edwards (C. A.), Liquidus Curves of the Ternary System
Aluminium-Copper-Tin, 26

Edwards (J.), New Beetle, Dryops anglicus, from Horning,
462

Eel, Remarks on the Metamorphosis and Distribution of
the, (Anguilla vulgaris, Turt.), Johs. Schmidt, 191
Egypt: an Egyptian Oasis: an Account of the Oasis of
Kharga in the Libyan Desert, with Special Reference to
its History, Physical Geography, and Water Supply,
H. J. Llewellen Beadnell, Prof. John W. Judd, C.B.,
F.R.S., 70; the Cadastral Survey of Egypt, 1892-1907,
Capt. H. G. Lyons, 194; Terrestrial Refraction in Egypt,
Mr. Xydis, 436; Messrs. Craig and Keeling, 436
Egyptology: Find of String Nets of the Seventeenth
Egyptian Dynasty, Prof. Flinders Petrie, 403
Eichhorn (Dr. Gustav), Vererbung, Gedächtnis und Trans-
zendentale Erinnerungen vom Standpunkte des Physikers,
361

Elderton (Ethel M.), Relative Strength of Nurture and
Nature, 463

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Electricity: New Method to Secure an Almost Undamped
Series of Oscillations in the Secondary Circuit of the
Sender, Prof. Fleming, 19; Effect of Electrostatic Con-
densers in Preventing or Extinguishing Arcs, W. M.
Mordey, 20; Metallic Filament "Tubolite, the Linolite
Company, 20; Model of Leakage Path Device for Regu-
lating Voltage of Alternators, Hon. C. A. Parsons,
F.R.S., 20; the Absolute Value of the Mechanical
Equivalent of Heat in Terms of the International Elec-
trical Units, Prof. H. T. Barnes, 25; Electric Induction
through Solid Insulators, Prof. H. A. Wilson, 26;
Passage of Electricity through Gaseous Mixtures, E. M.
Wellisch, 27; the Coefficients of Capacity and the Mutual
Attractions or Repulsions of Two Electrified Spherical
Conductors when Close Together, Dr. A. Russell, 27;
Experiment with the Spark Gap of an Induction Coil,
Dr. Dawson Turner, 29; Ionisation of Air by High-
tension Electric Mains, L. Houllevigue, 29; Galvanometer
for Alternating Currents, M. Guinchant, 29; Effect of a
Magnetic Field on the Electrical Conductivity of Flame;
Prof. H. A. Wilson, 56; Electrical Reactions of Certain
Bacteria Applied to the Detection of Tubercle Bacilli in
Urine by Means of an Electric Current, C. Russ, 57; the
Elements of Electricity and Magnetism, Prof. W. S.
Franklin and Barry Macnutt, 66; a Short University
Course in Electricity, Sound, and Light, Dr. Robert A.
Millikin and J. Mills, 66; the Elementary Theory of
Direct Current Dynamo Electric Machinery, C. E. Ash-
ford and E. W. E. Kempson, 66; Electrical Laboratory
Course for Junior Students, R. D. Archibald and R.
Rankin, 66; Experiments on the Inertia of the Negatively
Charged Particles of the B Rays from Radium distinctly
in Favour of "Principle of Relativity,' " Dr. E. Hupka,
82; Vectors and Vector Diagrams Applied to Alternat-
ing-current Circuit, W. Cramp and C. F. Smith, 93:
Occasional Unexplained Ringing of House-bells, Sir
Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., 98; Rev. C. L. Tweedale, 189; Dr.
John Aitken, F.R.S., 246; Most Probable Value of the
Atomic Charge e of Electricity, M. Moulin, 109;
Measurement of Wave-length for High-frequency Elec-
trical Oscillations, A. Campbell, 110; the Acarus Crossii,
Charles E. Benham, 127; Modern Electric Practice,
Maurice Solomon, 151; Magneto- und Elektro-optik, Dr.
Woldemar Voigt, 185; Cours de Physique, Electroptique,

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