Prof. H. Bouasse, 185; Death of H. E. Harrison, 225;
Public Supply of Electric Power, G. L. Addenbrooke,
228; the Bell Telephone, 244; How Telegraphs and
Telephones Work, C. R. Gibson, 244; Technical Elec-
tricity, H. T. Davidge and R. W. Hutchinson, 244; New
Method of Determining an Electrical Resistance in Abso-
lute Measure, E. B. Rosa, 266; Einführung in die Elec-
trotechnik, Dr. C. Heinke, Prof. Gisbert Kapp, 273;
History and Present Position of the Question of the
Fundamental Electrical Units, Prof. Paul Janet, 97;
Phenomena Exhibited by Electric Arcs between Mctal
Electrodes, W. G. Cady and G. W. Vinal, 297; Be-
haviour of Rectifiers of Alternating Electric Currents,
G. W. Pierce, 355; Electrical Strength of Air, E. A.
Watson, 376; die Strahlen der positiven Elektrizität,
Prof. E. Gehrcke, 394; the Royal Observatory and Elec-
tric Tramways, 399; Rapid Electro-analysis with
Stationary Electrodes, J. T. Stoddard, 404; Lengths of
the Waves emitted by Generators of Short Electric
Waves, H. W. Webb and L. E. Woodman, 435; Cata-
logue of the Wheeler Gift of Books, Pamphlets, and
Periodicals in the Library of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers, Prof. C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 512; the
King opens Royal Edward Tuberculosis Institute at
Montreal by Electric Current, 524

Elgie (J. H.), the Recent Perseid Shower, 267; Observa-
tions of Mars, 405

:

Ellis (T. S.), the Lower Severn Valley, River, and Estuary
from the Warwickshire to the Bristol Avon, 497
Elm Seedlings, Wych, Rosamund F. Shove, 99
Elmhirst (R.), Whelks as Cod-Food, 204

Employment, Child, and Evening Continuation Schools,
Cyril Jackson, 50

Encke, the Identity of Comets 1908a and 19086, Dr. Ebell, 83
Endemann (Dr. Hermann), Death of, 524

Energie, das Prinzip der Erhaltung der, Dr. Max Planck,
361
Engineering: Obituary Notice of Dr. G. F. Deacon, 16;
Ilgner-operated Winding-engines, R. H. Collingham, 19;
Mechanical Testing of Cast Iron, Ch. Frémont, 45;
New Rules Issued by Lloyd's Register, 45; Resistance
of Rivets, Ch. Frémont, 81; New Magnetic Gearing,
Jules Lecoche, 82; Efficiency of Reaction Steam Tur-
bines, 109; Ignition Systems of Motor Cars, 138; Effect
of Internal Friction in Cases of Compound Stress, G. H.
Gulliver, 149; Experimental Method of Investigating
Certain Systems of Stress, G. H. Gulliver, 10 Results
of Some Experiments on Solid Steel Bars under Com-
bined Stress, C. A. Smith, 355: Recent Improvements
in the Internal-combustion Engine, H. E. Wimperis, 171,
201, 23 the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 175;
Refrigerating Installations on Ships, Robert Balfour, 198;
Conference of Engineers and Shipbuilders at Glasgow,
203; Trials and Performances of the SS. Otaki, Engineer-
Commander W. McK. Wisnom, 203; the Screw Pro-
peller, and other Competing Instruments for Marine Pro-
pulsion, A. E. Seaton, 213; New Formula Connecting
the Pressure and Temperature of Saturated Steam, S.
Godbeer, 228; Metal-cutting by Means of Oxygen, 228;
Gas-engine Theory and Design, A. C. Mehrtens, 245;
Standardisation of Lathe and Planer Tools on a Large
Scale, 267; the Lea Water-Recorder, 267; Problemi grafici
di Trazione Ferroviaria, P. Oppizzi, Prof. Gisbert Kapp,
303; Applied Mechanics for Engineers, E. L. Hancock,
332; Aqueduct from the Catskill Mountains to the
City of New York, 355; Fulton's Invention of the Steam-
boat, 355: the Force of the Wind, Prof. Herbert Chatley,
366; Death of T. Currie Gregory, 372; the Parseval Air-
ship, 375; the Watt Steam Tilt Hammer, 376; Copen-
hagen Congress on the Testing of Materials of Construc-
tion, 377 Graphical Determination of Earth Slopes, Re-
taining Walls, and Dams, Prof. C. Prelini, 303; the
Design of Highway Bridges, and the Calculation of
Stresses in Bridge Trusses, Prof. M. S. Ketchum, 393;
the Pilliod Motion, 404; Coating for Pipes for Use
Underground. H. A. Humphrey, 436; Serviceable Life
and Cost of Renewals of Permanent Way of British
Railways, R. Price-Williams, 437: Tests for Determining
the Economy of Steam Engines Used in Driving Revers-
ing Rolling-mill Engines, C. A. Ablett, 437; Fuel
Economy of Dry Blast, Greville Jones, 437; R. S.

Moore, 437; Strength of Propeller-blades in Aëroplanes,
464; Model Engineer Exhibition, 494; Brinell Method of
Determining Hardness, Harold Moore, 497; Catalogue
of the Wheeler Gift of Books, Pamphlets, and Periodicals
in the Library of the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers, Prof. C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 512; Institution of
Civil Engineers' Awards, 524; Gas-driven Water Pump,
H. A. Humphrey, 527; Heat Transmission, Prof. W. E.
Dalby, at Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 533; In-
fluence of the Railroads of the United States and Canada
on the Mineral Industry, Dr. J. Douglas, 539; see also
British Association

England: Illustrated Guide to the Trees and Flowers of
England and Wales, H. G. Jameson, 422
Enock (F.), Living Stick-Insects (Bacillus rossi), 21
Entomology: Living Stick-Insects (Bacillus rossi), F.
Enock, 21; Plume-moths of Ceylon, T. B. Fletcher, 22;
Effect of Physical and Chemical Agencies on Butterfly
Pupa, H. S. Fremlin, 22; Anatomy of Ixodes reduvius,
E. K. Suworow, 22; Cecropia Peltata und ihr Verhältnis
zu Azteca Alfari, zu Atta sexdens und anderen Insekten,
Karl Fiebrig, 23; Slavery and Social Parasitism among
Ants, Rev. E. Wasmann, 79; Parasites and Antheraea
tyrrhea Caterpillar, 107; Life-histories of the Human
Pediculi, C. Warburton, 114; Distribution and Habits of
the Tsetse-fly, Glossina palpalis, S. A. Neave, 114; In-
vestigations of the Large Larch Saw-fly, Nematus erich-
soni, Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, 114; Uniformity of Thoracic
Structure in all Orders of Insects, R. E. Snodgrass, 135;
Brassolidæ, Dr. H. Stichel, 245; African Entomological
Research Committee, 278; the Scaly-winged, a Book or.
Butterflies and Moths for Beginners, R. B. Henderson,
304 Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the
British Museum, Vol. viii., Catalogue of the Noctuidæ,
Sir George F. Hampson, Bart., 455; the Reproductive
Apparatus of Insects, Prof. J. Meisenheimer,
Attempt to Check Ravages on Tea-plants in Ceylon of
theShot-hole Borer" Beetle by Introducing a Preda-
ceous Beetle (Clerus formicarius), E. E. Green, 462;
Water-Beetle, Laccobius scutellaris, at Brockenhurst, Dr.
David Sharp, 462; New Beetle, Dryops anglicus, from
Horning, J. Edwards, 462; Occurrence in Sussex of the
Continental Dragon-fly, Somatochlora metallica, E. R.
Speyer, 462; Occurrence of the Trichopterid Limnophilis
fuscinervis in the West of Ireland, K. J. Morton, 462;
die geographische Verbreitung der Schmetterlinge, Dr.
Arnold Pagenstecher, 482; the Occurrence in India of the
Pappataci Fly (Phlebotomus papatasii), Dr. N. Annan-
dale, 518

433:

Entwicklungserregung des tierischen Eies, die chemische
(Künstliche Parthenogenese), Jacques Loeb, 459

Entwicklungsgeschichte der Wirbellosen Thiere, Lehrbuch
der vergleichenden, Prof. E. Korschelt and Prof. K.
Heider, 511

Environment, Man and, F. C. Constable, 306

Eötvös (Prof. Baron), Results of Three Years' Work with
Torsion Balance, 427

Erblichkeitslehre, Elemente der Exakten, W. Johannsen,
Dr. H. M. Vernon, 424

Eredia (Dr.), Torrential Rains in Sicily and Thunderstorms
in Syracus and Catania, 169

Erk (Dr. F.), Relations of the Upper Inversion of Tem-
perature to the Areas of High and Low Atmospheric
Pressure, 227

Erk (Dr. Fritz), Death of, 311

Errera (Léo), Notice sur, L. Fredericq and J. Massart, 333:
Recueil d'Euvres de, 333

Esch (Dr. W.), the Manufacture of Rubber Goods, 391
Eskdalemuir Observatory, 86

Esprit, Comment Former un, Dr. Toulouse, 394
Ethnography: Archæological and Ethnographical Explora-
tions, 232; the Bashongo Tribe, E. Torday, W. M.
Hilton-Simpson, and N. H. Hardy, 232

Ethnology: Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of
American Ethnology, 230; the Pima Indians, Frank Rus-
sell, 230; Social Condition, Beliefs, and Linguistic Rela-
tionship of the Tlingit Indians, John R. Swanton, 230;
Need for a National Museum of British Ethnology, Henry
Balfour, 265; Ethnology in America, 268; Observations
on the Creek and Cherokee Indians, Dr. B. S. Barton,
268; the Archæology and Ethnology of Nicaragua, E. G.

Squier, 269; Life among the Bushmen, W. E. Stanford,
270

Étirage, Tréfilage, Dressage des Produits métallurgiques,
M. Georges Soliman, 68

Etymology:

Derivation of the Word

"Theodolite,"

É. H. V. Melvill, 517
Euclid's Elements, the Thirteen Books of, T. L. Heath,
271

Eugenics a First Study of the Inheritance of Vision and
of the Relative Influence of Heredity and Environment
on Sight, Amy Barrington and Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 49;
the Problem of Practical Eugenics, Prof. Karl Pearson,
374; Relative Strength of Nurture and Nature, Ethel M.
Elderton, 463

Evershed (Mr.), Radial Motion in Sun-spot Vapours, 82;
Temperature and Pressure Conditions in the Solar Atino-
sphere, 356

Evolution: the Darwin Celebrations at Cambridge, '7;
Evolution in Applied Chemistry, Prof. Otto N. Witt at
Seventh International Congress of Applied Chemistry,
51; Nutrition and Evolution, Hermann Reinheimer, 68;
Natural Selection and Plant Evolution, James B. John-
ston, 159; Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., 188; Various Criti-
cisms against the Darwinian Theory, Prof. Poulton, 168;
Tennyson and Evolution, Rev. F. St. John Thackeray,
195; "Selection Index Numbers" for Breeding, Messrs.
Pearl and Surface, 196; the Cult of the Unfit, E. B.
Iwan-Müller, 264; Man and Environment, F. C. Con-
stable, 306; Evolution, a General Sketch from Nebula to
Man, Joseph McCabe, 425

Ewald (Carl), the Pond and other Stories, 485

Ewart (Dr. J. C., F.R.S.), Possible Ancestors of the
Horses Living under Domestication, 57; the Prehistoric
Horse of Bishop's Stortford, 223

Explorations in Central Asia, Dr. Stein, 368

Explosives the Rise and Progress of the British Explosives
Industry, 190; History of Propellants, Sir Andrew Noble,
203

Fabry (Louis), Oscillation of the Sea on June 15, 1909, in
the Port of Marseilles, 210

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

Falconer (Dr. J. D.), Preliminary Mineralogical and Geo-
logical Survey of Northern Nigeria, 263

Faraday (Michael), Naturgeschichte einer Kerze von, 95
Farbstoffe, Untersuchung und Nachweis organischer, auf
spektroskopischen Wege, J. Formánek, 37
Farmer, the State and the, Prof. L. H. Bailey, 157
Faucon (M. A.), the Latent Heat of Fusion and the Specific
Heat of Propionic Acid, 210

Fayrer (Sir Joseph), on the Poison of Venomous Snakes
and the Methods of Preventing Death from their Bite,
186

Fearnsides (W. G.), the Howgill Fells and their Topo-
graphy, 89

Feeble-minded, the Problem of the, 158

Ferber (Captain), Death and Obituary Notice of, 398
Ferguson (Dr. Alexander R.), Studies on Immunity, 214
Fergusson (S. P.), Exploration of the Air with Ballons-
sondes at St. Louis and with Kites at Blue Hill, 223
Fermor (L. L.), Mining Administration in India, 219
Fernbach (A.), a Poison Elaborated by Yeast, 300
Fertilisers and Manures, A. D. Hall, F.R.S., 483
Féry (Dr.), the Solar Constant and the Apparent Tempera-
ture of the Sun, 47

Fiebrig (Karl), Cecropia peltata und ihr Verhältnis zu
Azteca Alfari zu Atta sexdens und anderen Insekten, 23
Finger (Dr. H.), Influence of the Surrounding Medium on
the Lines of the Spark Spectrum, 496

Finn (Frank), Wild Beasts of the World, 332; the Making
of Species, 481

Fireball in Sunshine, W. F. Denning, 456
Fisheries Report for 1908 on the Lancashire Sea-fisheries
Laboratory at the University of Liverpool and the Sea-
fish Hatchery at Piel, Prof. Herdman, F.R.S., Andrew
Scott, and J. Johnstone, 142; Quarantining Mussels, J.
Johnstone, 142; the Herring-fisheries of the World,
H. M. Smith, 433; Successful Shipments of Salmon Ova
to New Zealand, 461; North Sea Fisheries Investiga-

25,

tions, 491; Probability of Survival of Trawl-caught Fish
Returned to the Sea, J. O. Borley, 491; Size and Age
of Plaice at Maturity, Dr. W. Wallace, 492; Records
of Catches furnished by Captains of Lowestoft Sailing.
trawlers, Miss R. M. Lee, 492; Attempt to Re-introduce
the Sturgeon into the Rivers of the Atlantic Coast,
Horace G. Knowles, 524

Fishes: Colour Changes in Tropical Sea Perches from the
Bermudas, C. T. Regan, 119; Changes of Colour among
Tropical Fishes, C. H. Townsend, 174; Papers on
Reptiles and Fishes, 203; Catalogue of the Fresh-water
Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural
History), G. A. Boulenger, 216; the Fishes of Illinois,
S. A. Forbes and R. E. Richardson, 216; Andrew
Garrett's Fische der Südsee, A. C. L. Günther, 216;
Ova of a Distoma found in the Skeletal Muscles of
Saccobranchus fossilis, G. C. Chatterjee and T. C.
Ghosh, 270

Fishing an Angler's Season, W. Earl Hodgson, 37
Fitzmaurice (Maurice, C.M.G.), the National Consumption
of Water, W. R. B. Wiseman at Royal Statistical
Society, 47

Flammarion (Camille), la Planète Mars et ses Conditions
d'Habitabilité, 33

Fleischmann (F. N. A.), Occurrence of Gyrolite in Ireland, 28
Fleming (Prof.), New Method to Secure an almost Un-
damped Series of Oscillations in the Secondary Circuit
of the Sender, 19

Fletcher (T. B.), Plume-moths of Ceylon, 22
Flora Koreana, T. Makai, 422

Flora of the West of Ireland, a Tourist's, R. L. Praeger,

422

Florence (J. E.), Proof of Experimental Ammoniuria in
Epilepsy, 330

Fluids of the Body, the Mercers' Company Lectures on
the, Prof. Ernest H. Starling, F.R.S., 362

Flying Animals and Flying Machines, A. Mallock, F.R.S.,

247

Foà (Édouard), Résultats scientifiques des Voyages en
Afrique d', 31

Fodor (Antal), Application of the Magnetic Properties of
Metals to Automatic Coin Machines, 150

Folklore: Folk-tales Current among Yoruba-speaking
Peoples, J. Parkinson, 18; a National Folk-museum,
Henry Balfour, 115

Food: a Compendium of Food-microscopy, E. G. Clayton,
97; Refrigerating Installations on Ships, Robert Balfour,
198; Artificially Bleached Flour, Prof. Halliburton, 496
Föppl (Dr. August), Vorlesungen über technische
Mechanik, 274

Forbes (S. A.), the Fishes of Illinois, 216
Forchheimer (Dr. Philip), Mathematical
Underground Flow of Water, 81

Solutions of

Forel (F. A.), Bronze-age Interments in Switzerland, 371
Forest Boundary Stones in Essex, 195

Forestry Our Forests and Woodlands, Dr. J. Nisbet, 63:
Trees a Handbook of Forest Botany for the Woodlands
and the Laboratory, H. Marshall Ward, 63; Forest
Practice in India and Burma, B. Moore, 80; Forests of
Colorado, Prof. F. Ramaley, 108; the Loranthus Para-
site of the Moru and Bau Oaks, E. P. Stebbing, 150;
Proposed "Arbour Day," W. R. Boelter, 165; Forest
Administration in Southern Nigeria, H. N. Thompson,
402; Forest Experiment Stations, 525
Formánek (J.), Untersuchung und Nachweis organischer
Farbstoffe auf spektroskopischen Wege, 37

Forsyth (Dr. David), Children in Health and Disease, 454
Fortpflanzung der Tiere, die, Dr. R. Goldschmidt, 243
Fossil Plants, E. A. Newell Arber, 304

Fossil Plants, Adaptation in, Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., at
Linnean Society, 115

Fourneau (Ernest), New Alkaloid Extracted from the Bark
of Pseudocinchona Africana, 60

Fournier (L.), Evolution of Hydrogen from Silicochloro-
form under Silent Discharge, 90

Fowler (Prof. A.), Photographs of the Spectrum of
Scandium, 20; Spectrum of Magnesium Hydride, 58;
Magnetic Storm of September 25, 396

Fox (Phillip), Micrometer Measures of Double Stars. 83
Foxcraft (C.), an Elementary Course in Practical Science,
363

, 1909

25,

Fraissinet (J. A.), Death of, 432

France, the Cyanamide Industry of, M. Pluvinage, 222
Franck (Dr. T.), Charge upon Gaseous Ions, 472

Franklin (Prof. W. S.), the Elements of Electricity and
Magnetism, 66

Fraser (Prof. A.), Death of, 166

Fraser (Col. A. T.), the Volcanic Origin of Coal and
Modern Geological Theories, 246

Fraser (Miss H. C. I.), Nuclear Phenomena of Ascomy-
cetes in Relation to Heredity, 537

Frazer (Prof. J. G.), Beliefs and Customs of the Australian
Aborigines, 275

Fredericq (L.), Notice sur Léo Errera, 333

Freire-Marreco (Miss B.), Hair- and Eye-colour of School
Children in Surrey, 167

Fremlin (H. S.), Effect of Physical and Chemical Agencies
on Butterfly Pupæ, 22

Frémont (Ch.), Mechanical Testing of Cast Iron, 45;
Resistance of Rivets, 81

Frey (Dr. Hans), Mineralogie und Geologie für schweizer-
ische Mittelschulen, 334

Friend (Dr. J. Newton), Corrosion of Iron, 437; Action
of Air and Steam on Pure Iron, 437

Fritsche (Dr. H.), Mean Temperature of the Air at Sea-
level exhibited as a Function of Longitude, Latitude, and
Period of the Year, 81

Froodis (Dr. Otto), Remains of a Lake-dwelling in Sweden,
460

Frost (Prof. E. B.), the Yerkes Observatory, 111
Fubini (Guido), Propagation of Light Waves, 81

Fuchs (Paul), Artificial Imitation of Lunar Landscape,
356

Fujii (Dr. K.), Structure and Affinities of Cretaceous
Plants, 26

Fyson (P. F.), Improving the Indian Cottons, 108

Gain (Edmond), Seeds Killed by Anæsthetics, 90
Galitzin (Prince), Determination of the Azimuth of the
Seat of an Earthquake by Combining the Indications
of Two Seismographs, 370

Gallagher (W. J.), Pests of Para Rubber Trees, 462
Gams (A.), Synthesis of Papaverine, 150

Garbasso (Prof. Antonio), Propagation of Light Waves, 81
Gardner (Prof. Walter M.), the Dyeing and Cleaning of
Textile Fabrics, F. A. Owen, 5

Garrett (H.), Fall of Meteoric Stone on July 13, 134
Garrett's (Andrew) Fische der Südsee, A. C. L. Gunther,
216

Garrod (Dr. A. E.), Inborn Errors of Metabolism, 96
Gas and Gas-meters, Practical Testing of, C. H. Stone, 97
Gas-engine Theory and Design, A. C. Mehrtens, 245
Gases, to Determine the Refractivity of, Available only in
Minute Quantities, Lord Rayleigh, O.M., F.R.S., 519
Gaster (Leon), Modern Methods of Illumination, Lectures
at Royal Society of Arts, 500

Gates (Dr. R. R.), Effects of Tropical Conditions on the
Development of Certain English Enotheras, 538
Gaudechon (H.), Reduction of Plant Assimilation during
Cloudy Weather, 149; Thermal Effects of Moistening
Soils, 239

Gautier (Armand), Gases of Volcanic Fumeroles, 59:
Nature and Origin of the Gases which Form in Volcanic
Fumeroles and Craters of Old Volcanoes, 120
Gay-Lussac's Law-its Centenary, Dr. A. N. Meldrum,
519

Gehrcke (Prof. E.), die Strahlen der positiven Elektrizität,
394

Geiger (Dr. H.), Ionisation Produced by an a Particle, 27;
Diffuse Reflection of a Particles, 27

Genius, How to Diagnose, a Study of Human Energetics,

121

Geodesy Theoretical Tides of the Geoïd, Ch. Lallemand,
360; the Meeting of the International Geodetic Asso-
ciation in London and Cambridge, 426; Determination
of the Lunar Earth-tides, Prof. Hecker, 427; Sir George
Darwin, 427; Progress of the Great African Arc of
Meridian, Sir David Gill, 427: Results of Three Years'
Work with Torsion Balance, Prof. Baron Eötvös, 427;
Movements of the Earth's Surface, Ch. Lallemand, 457:

La Mesure rapide des Bases géodésiques, J. René Benoit
and Ch. Ed. Guillaume, 515

Geography: the South Polar Expedition, E. H. Shackle-
ton, 16; Plateau of the San Francisco Peaks with Refer-
ence to its Effect on Tree Life, Dr. P. Lowell, 18; Il
Ruwenzori parte scientifica; risultati delle osservazioni
di S.A.R. il Principe Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, Duca
degli Abruzzi, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B.,
31: Résultats scientifiques des Voyages en Afrique
d'Edouard Foà, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B.,
31; Scenery of the Greater Antilles, Sir H. H. Johnston,
45; 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; Scottish Expedition to Spitsbergen, Dr.'
William S. Bruce, 87; Bathymetrical Survey of the
Fresh-water Lochs of Scotland, Sir John Murray,
K.C.B., F.R.S., and Laurence Pullar, 155; Sixteenth'
Century MS. Map of British Isles, W. Reinhard, 169;
Bathy-orographical Map of Africa, 187; Bathy-orograph-
ical Map of Asia, 187; Cambridge County Geographies:
Somerset, Francis A. Knight and Louie M. Dutton, 188;
Hypsometrical Model of the District of Ingleborough, J.
Foster Stackhouse, 267; the Region known as Chang-
chenmo, Pousse Caillou, 354; Entwickelung und Unter-
gang des Kopernikanischen Weltsystems bei den Alten,
O. T. Schulz, 365; Explorations in Central Asia, Dr.
Stein, 368; New Mouth of the Juba, 401; Coast Changes
in East Yorkshire, T. Sheppard, 403; a Sketch of the
Geography and Geology of the Himalaya Mountains and
Tibet, Col. S. G. Burrard, F.R.S., and H. H. Hayden,
424; Tarim River Connected with the Saichar Glacier,
Dr. T. G. Longstaff, 432; the Journal of an Expedition
Across Venezuela and Colombia, 1906-7, Dr. Hiram
Bingham, 453; die geographische Verbreitung der
Schmetterlinge, Dr. Arnold Pagenstecher, 482; Biblio-
theca Geographica, 515; the Mongolia-Sze-Chuan Expedi-
tion, Captain P. K. Kozloff, 526; see also British
Association
Geology: Volcanic "Neck " at Scawt Hill, 18; Geology
and Petrology of the Canoblas, N.S.W., C. A. Sussmilch
and Dr. H. I. Jensen, 30; II Ruwenzori; parte scien-
tifica risultati delle osservazioni di S.A.R. il Principe
Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, Duca degli Abruzzi, Sir H. H.
Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 31; Gold: its Geological
Occurrence and Geographical Distribution, J. Malcolm
Maclaren, 34; Death and Obituary Notice of James Par-
sons, 78; Geological Society, 89; Carboniferous Lime-
stone of County Clare, James A. Douglas, 89; the How-
gill Fells and their Topography, J. E. Marr, F.R.S.,
and W. G. Fearnsides, 89; die Adamellogruppe, ein
alpines Zentralmassiv, und seine Bedeutung für die
Gebirgsbildung und unsere Kenntniss von dem Mechan-
ismus der Intrusionen, Wilhelm Salomon, 101; Death
and Obituary Notice of Dr. V. R. Matteucci, 134; Miocene
Beds of Nebraska of Aërial Origin, Dr. F. B. Loomis,
135 Carboniferous Fauna from Novaia Zemlya, Dr.
G. W. Lee, 149; Radio-activity and Geology, Prof. J.
Joly, F.R.S., 152; Former Extension of the Antarctic
Continent, Prof. H. Kolbe, 167; Tides and the Crust
and the Elasticity of the Terrestrial Globe, Ch. Lalle-
mand, 239: the Volcanic Origin of Coal and Modern
Geological Theories, Col. A. T. Fraser, 246; Preliminary
Mineralogical and Geological Survey of Northern Nigeria,
Dr. J. D. Falconer, 263; Uber das Problem der Schicht-
ung und über Schichtbildung am Boden der heutigen
Meere, E. Philippi, 266; Eoliths found with Remains of
Elephas meridionalis at Dewlish, in Dorset, W. G.
Smith, 266; Mineralogie und Geologie für schweizerische
Mittelschulen, Dr. Hans Frey, 334; the Eskers at Drum-
fane, 353; Geologischer Führer durch Dalmatien, Dr. R.
Schubert, 365; Causes of the Asymmetrical Form of the
North-and-South River Valleys in Galicia, Dr. Georg von
Smolenski, 374; Evidence in Favour of an Early Tertiary
Land-connection between North and South America, Dr.
R. F. Scharff, 402; Pitting of Flint Surfaces, C. Carus-
Wilson, 403; Geology of the City of New York, L. P.
Gratacap, 423; a Sketch of the Geography and Geology
of the Himalaya Mountains and Tibet, Col. S. G. Bur-

rard, F.R.S., and H. H. Hayden, 424; the Geology of
South Africa, Dr. F. H. Hatch and Dr. G. S. Corstor-
phine, 455; Handbook for Field Geologists, Dr. C. W.
Hayes, 455; the Peat Deposits of Maine, E. S. Bastian
and C. A. Davis, 490; Investigation of the Peat Bogs
and Peat Industry of Canada during the Season 1908-9,
Messrs. Nyström and Anrep, 490

Geometry: Geometrie der Kräfte, H. E. Timerding, Sir
Robert Ball, F.R.S., 34; the Thirteen Books of Euclid's
Elements, T. L. Heath, 271; das Theorem des Pytha-
goras, Dr. H. A. Naber, 361; Il passato ed il presente
delle principali Theorie geometriche, Prof. Gino Loria,
361

German Botanical Congress, 378

German Schools, Science Teaching in, 429

Gernez (D.), the Nature of the Change undergone by
Crystals of Heptahydrated Sodium Sulphate in Contact
with Crystals of the Decahydrate, 120

Gheury (M. E. J.), Suggested Reforms in Meteorological
Methods, 464

Ghigi (Prof. A.), Feathers of Kalij Pheasants, 196

Ghosh (T. C.), Ova of a Distoma found in the Skeletal
Muscles of Saccobranchus fossilis, 270

Gibb (David), Motion of Neptune's Satellite, 149
Gibbs (H. D.), Oxidation of Phenol, 404

Gibbs (R. C.), Absorption and Fluorescence of Canary
Glass at Low Temperatures, 473

Gibson (C. R.), How Telegraphs and Telephones Work,
244

Gibson (Prof. R. J. Harvey), Biology, 243

Gidley (J. W.), Primitive Diprotodonts, 204

Gifford (Lieut-Colonel J. W.), New Cemented Triple for
Spectroscopic Use, 474

Gilg (Prof. E.), Phanerogamen, 451

Gill (Sir David), Progress of the Great African Arc of
Meridian, 427

Gilson (G.), a Parasite of the Schizopod Crustacean Gas-
trosaccus spinifer, 44

Gimel (Gilbert), Washing of Cider Apples with an Oxidising
Calcium Salt leading to Pure Fermentation, 420
Glaser (O. C.), Physiology of Nematocysts, 107
Glasgow, Conference of Engineers and Shipbuilders at, 203
Gleditsch (Mlle.), Ratio between Uranium and Radium in
Radio-active Minerals, 209

Glycole, Abhandlung über die, oder Zwei atomige Alko-
hole, Adolf Wurtz, 64

Godbeer (S.), New Formula connecting the Pressure and
Temperature of Saturated Steam, 228

Goddard (E. H.), Roman Antiquities in Wiltshire, 108
Goddard (E. J.), Knowledge of Australian Hirudinea, 480;
Australian Fresh-water Polyzoa, 480

Goethals (Colonel), the Panama Canal, 448

Gold its Geological Occurrence and Geographical Distri-
bution, J. Malcolm Maclaren, 34

Gold (E.), Diurnal Variation of Temperature in the Free
Atmosphere, 6; Report on the Present State of Our
Knowledge of the Upper Air, 473

Goldschmidt (Dr. R.), die Fortpflanzung der Tiere, 243
Goldstein (Prof. E.), on the Three-fold Emission Spectra of
Solid Organic Compounds, 470

Goodrich (Dr. E.), Origin of the Vertebrates, 504
Gordon (Dr. G. B.), Tribes Inhabiting the Koskokwin
Valley, 478

Gordon (W. T.), Structure of a New Zygopteris, 537
Gorgeu (P.), Machines-Outils, Outillage, Verificateurs, 332
Gothard (Eugen von), Death and Obituary Notice of, Herr
von Konkoly, 166

Göttingen Royal Society of Sciences, 270

Gouy (M.), Magneto-anodic Phenomena, 239
Gowland (Prof.), Hardness of Ancient Bronzes, 405
Gradinesco (A.), Suprarenal Capsules and their Exchanges
between the Blood and Tissues, 239

Gradmann (Dr. R.), Nomenclature in Connection with
Plant Formations, 526

Graebner (Dr. P.), die Pflanzenwelt Deutschlands, 451
Gramophone, Further Experiments with the, Prof. John
G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 488

Granville (Dr. Wm. A.), Plane and Spherical Trigono-
metry and Four-place Tables of Logarithms, 241
Graphics: Problemi grafici di Trazione Ferroviaria,
P. Oppizzi, Prof. Gisbert Kapp, 303

Gratacap (L. P.), Geology of the City of New York, 423
Gray (H. St. George), Excavation of the So-called Roman
Amphitheatre at Charterhouse-on-Mendip, 313

Gray (M. H.), Musical Sands in Chile, 126
Green (E. E.), Attempt to Check Ravages on Tea-plants
in Ceylon of the Shot-hole Borer " Beetle by Intro-
ducing a Predaceous Beetle (Clerus formicarius), 462
Green (G.), Group-velocity and the Propagation of Waves
in a Dispersive Medium, 29

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

Greenish (Prof. Henry G.), Grundriss der Pharmakochemie,
Dr. O. A. Oesterle, 184; Southall's Organic Materia
Medica, J. Barclay, 184; Lehrbuch der Pharmakognosie,
Dr. George Karsten and Dr. Friedrich Oltmanns, 454
Greenwood (H. C.), Approximate Determination of the
Boiling Points of Metals, 25

Greenwood (H. W.), Technical Assay of Zinc, 540
Gregory (T. Currie), Death of, 372

Greig-Smith (Dr. R.), Influence of the Dilution of Serum
upon the Phagocytic Index, 330

Greinacher (Dr. H.), Effects of Incidence of a Rays on a
Dielectric, 266

Guérin (C.), Determination of the Bovine or Human Origin
of Tuberculosis, 135

Guerrieri (E.), Observations of Sun-spots, 1908, 20
Guignard (L.), Influence of Anesthesia on the Decomposi-
tion of Certain Glucosides in Plants, 120

Guillaume (Ch. Ed.), la Mesure rapide des Bases géo-
désiques, 515

Guinchant (M.), Galvanometer for Alternating Currents,
29; Calorimetric and Cryoscopic Constants of Mercuric
Bromide, 360; Thermal Properties of Silver Nitrate, 480
Gulliver (G. H.), Effect of Internal Friction in Cases of
Compound Stress, 149; Experimental Method of Investi-
gating Certain Systems of Stress, 149

Guncotton and Nitroglycerine, Improvements in Production
and Application of, Sir Frederic L. Nathan at Royal
Institution, 144, 178

Gunther (A. C. L.), Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee,
216

Gupte (B. A.), Measurements of a Series of Skulls De-
posited in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 374
Gurney (Robert), the Malacostracan Cirolana foutis, 44
Guye (Ph. A.), Reduction of Weighings to Vacuum Applied
to the Determination of Atomic Weights, 510

Gypsies: Origin and Rites of the Gypsies, 142; the Home
of the Gypsies, Prof. R. Pischel, 142; Gypsy Rites,
E. O. Winstedt, 143

Gyroscopic Motion, an Elementary Treatment of the
Theory of Spinning Tops and, Harold Crabtree, Prof.
C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 182

Haddon (Dr. A. C., F.R.S.), Recently Discovered Fossil
Human Remains and their Bearing upon the History of
the Human Race, Moritz Alsberg, 131; an Anthropo-
logical Survey of the Sudan, 491

Hadwen (Dr. Seymour), Discovery of a Curative Treat-
ment for Malignant Jaundice in the Dog and for Red-
water in Cattle, with a Demonstration of the Effects of
Trypanblau upon the Parasites, 21; Successful Curative
Treatment of Piroplasmosis, 114

Hæmoglobin in Invertebrate Blood, the Presence of,
Geoffrey Smith, 395

Haggerty (M. E.), Imitation in Monkeys, 195, 434

Hahn (Dr. Otto), Methods of Separation of Radio-active
Products, 470

Haig (Dr. H. A.), Mitosis in Higher Plants, 265
Haldane (Mr.), on the Promise of Aviation, 177
Hale (Prof. G. E.), Nature of the Hydrogen Flocculi on
the Sun, 26; Magnetic Fields of Sun-spots, 137; Mag-
netic Work of the Past Ten Years of U.S. Coast and
Geodetic Survey and the Carnegie Institute of Washing-
ton, 471

Hall (A. D., F.R.S.), the Fixation of Nitrogen by Soil
Bacteria, 98; Factors determining the Yield of Wheat,
475. 535 Fertilisers and Manures, 483; Conservation of
Soil Fertility, 536

Hall (Maxwell), Fracture of Cables by the Earthquake of
January 14, 1907, 198

November 25, 1909

Haller (A.), Dimethylcamphor and Dimethylcampholic Acid,
29; Trialkylacetophenones and the Trialkylacetic Acids
derived from Them, 90
Halley's Comet, Dr. Holetschek, 46; L. Matkiewitsch,
46; Prof. Burnham, 376; Prof. Millosevich, 528; Father
Searle, 528; Prof. Newall, 529; Halley's Comet Re-
discovered, Prof. Max Wolf, 355; Messrs. Cowell and
Crommelin, 355; Visibility of Halley's Comet, W. F.
Denning, 395; Observations of, Prof. Wolf, 404;
Elements and Ephemeris for Halley's Comet (1909c),
436; Ephemeris for, Mr. Crommelin, 465
Halliburton (Prof.), Artificially Bleached Flour, 496
Hallowes (K. A. K.), Mining Administration in India, 219
Halo, Remarkable, of August 21, W. McKeon, 305
Hampson (Sir George F., Bart.), Catalogue of the Lepido-
ptera Phalænæ in the British Museum, Vol. viii., Cata-
logue of the Noctuidæ, 455

Hancock (E. L.), Applied Mechanics for Engineers, 332
Hansen (Prof. Emil Christian), Death of, 294; Obituary
Notice of, Arthur R. Ling, 310

Happel (Dr. H.), Properties of the Monatomic Gases, 198
Harcourt (George), the Grain Industry, 447
Harcourt (Prof. R.), Comparative Milling and Baking
Qualities of a Number of Canadian Wheats, 476;
Baking Qualities of Certain Flours, 536

Harcourt-Bath (W.), Aurora Display on October 18, 487
Harden (A.), Fermentation of Glucose, Mannose, and Fruc-
tose by Yeast-juice, 57

Hardy (N. H.), the Bashongo Tribe, 232

Hardy (W. B.), Influence of the Minerals of Flour on its
Quality, 476

Harker (A., F.R.S.), the Natural History of Igneous
Rocks, 331

Harris (Dr. D. Fraser), John Reid, 1809-1849, 163

Harris (R. G.), Illuminating Power of Groups of Pin-hole
Burners, 149

Harrison (H. E.), Death of, 225

Harrison (W. J.), Decay of Surface Waves Produced by
a Superposed Layer of Viscous Fluid, 27
Hartland (Sidney), Ethnographic Survey of Canada, 477
Harwood (A.), Results of Hourly Observations with
Registering Balloons, June 2-3, 1909, 473; Report on
the Present State of Our Knowledge of the Upper Air,
473

Hatch (Dr. F. H.), the Geology of South Africa, 455
Haustiere, die Stammesgeschichte unserer, Prof. Dr. T.
Keller, 243

Havelock (Dr. T. H.), Elementary Mechanics, 156
Hawes (C. H.), Researches in Crete, 478

Hawk (Prof. Philip B.), Practical Physiological Chemistry,
67

Hawks (E.), the Recent Perseid Shower, 267

Hayden (H. H.), Mining Administration in India, 219: a
Sketch of the Geography and Geology of the Himalaya
Mountains and Tibet, 424

Hayes (Dr. C. W.), Handbook for Field Geologists, 455
Hayes (Rev. J. W.), Origin and Date of the So-called
Dene-holes, 313

Hazard (Daniel L.). Results of Observations made at the
Coast and Geodetic Survey Magnetic Observatories,
205
Health Congress at Leeds, the, 140; the Nature and Extent
of Air Pollution by Smoke, Prof. J. B. Cohen and
A. G. Ruston at, 468

:

Heat the Absolute Value of the Mechanical Equivalent
of Heat in Terms of the International Electrical Units.
Prof. H. T. Barnes, 25; Approximate Determination of
the Boiling Points of Metals, H. C. Greenwood, 25: on
the Calculation of Thermochemical Constants, H. Stanley
Redgrove, 37; Action of Metallic Oxides on Methyl
Alcohol, Paul Sabatier and A. Mailhe, 59: Temperature
of the Oxyhydrogen Flame, Edmond Bauer, 60: Heat
and other Forces, Colonel W. F. Badgley, 363: Thermal
Properties of Silver Nitrate, M. Guinchant, 480; Heat
Transmission, Prof. W. E. Dalby at Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, 533

Heath (T. L.), the Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements,
271

Hébert (Alexandre), Influence of the Radium Radiations on
the Chlorophyll and Respiratory Functions of Plants, 150

Hecker (Prof.), Determination of the Lunar Earth-tides,
427

Hecker (Dr. O.), Earth Tides, 472

Hedley (C.), Mollusca from the Hope Islands, North
Queensland, 480

Heidenhain (Prof. Martin), Plasma und Zelle, 212
Heider (Prof. K.), Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Entwick-
lungsgeschichte der Wirbellosen Thiere, 511

Heil (Adolf), the Manufacture of Rubber Goods, 391
Heinke (Dr. C.), Einführung in die Electrotechnik, 273
Helium Lines, Difference between Longitudinal and Trans-
versal Zeeman Effects in, Prof. H. Nagaoka, 188
Helium Lines, Variation in Relative Intensity of, P. G.
Nutting and Orin Tugman, 189

Helium Production from the Complete Series of Uranium
Products, Rate of, Hon. R. J. Strutt, F.R.S., 158
Hellmann (G.), Codex of Resolutions adopted at Inter-
national Meteorological Meetings, 1872-1907, 5

Henderson (R. B.), the Scaly-winged, a Book on Butter-
flies and Moths for Beginners, 304

Henderson (Thomas), Supposed Ancient Canoe Discovered
near Lochmaben, 435

Hennings (Dr. C.), die Säugetiere Deutschlands, 243
Henri (Victor), Action of the Ultra-violet Rays upon the
Acetic Fermentation of Wine, 210

Henriot (Emile), Radio-activity of Potassium Salts, 90
Hepburn (Prof. D.), Anatomy of the Weddell Seal, 29
Herchefinkel (H.), Disengagement of the Radium Emana-
tion, 209; Decomposition of Carbon Dioxide by the
Ultra-violet Rays, 239

Herdman (Prof. W. A., F.R.S.), Report for 1908 on the
Lancashire Sea-fisheries Laboratory at the University of
Liverpool and the Sea-fish Hatchery at Piel, 142; Results
obtained by Tow-netting with Modern Nets in the Irish
Sea, 142; Our Food from the Waters, 356
Heredity: a First Study of the Inheritance of Vision and
of the Relative Influence of Heredity and Environment
on Sight, Amy Barrington and Karl Pearson, F.R.S.,
49; Imitation in Animals, R. W. Yerkes, 79; Inheritance
of Fecundity in Poultry, Raymond Pearl and Frank M.
Surface, 79; Elemente der Exakten Erblichkeitslehre,
W. Johannsen, Dr. H. M. Vernon, 424; the Pitcairn
Islanders, C. B. Williams, 518

Hergesell (Prof.), Proposed Zeppelin Polar Expedition,
493

Herman (Otto), Birds Useful and Birds Harmful, 421
Heron (A. M.), Mining Administration in India, 219
Herrick (Mr.), Nervus terminalis in the Frog, 107
Hertzsprung (Ejnar), the Ursa-Major System of Stars, 465
Herzog (Dr. Th.), Vegetation in Sardinia, 312

Hevea brasiliensis or Para Rubber, its Botany, Cultivation,
Chemistry, and Diseases, Herbert Wright, 3

Hewitt (Dr. C. Gordon), Investigations of the Large Larch
Saw-fly, Nematus erichsoni, 114

Hewlett (Prof. R. Tanner), Disinfection and Disinfectants,
44: Effect of the Infection of the Intra-cellular Con-
stituents of Bacteria (Bacterial Endotoxins) on the
Opsonising Action of the Serum of Healthy Rabbits, 57;
Bacteria in Relation to Country Life, Dr. Jacob G. Lip-
mann, 62; Purification of Water by Storage, Dr.
Houston, 269

Hiesemann (Martin), How to Attract and Protect Wild
Birds, 100

Hildebrandsson (H. H.), Codex of Resolutions adopted at
International Meteorological Meetings, 1872-1907, 5;
sur la Compensation entre les Types des Saisons
simultanés en différent Régions de la Terre, 467

Hill (Prof. M. J. M., F.R.S.), Tables of Bessel Functions,
38

Hill-Tout (Mr.), Ethnology of the Okanagan of British
Columbia, 477

Hillebrand (C.), Search-ephemeris for Winnecke's Comet,
465

Hilton-Simpson (W. M.), the Bashongo Tribe, 232

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

Hinton (M. A. C.), the Fossil Hare of Ossiferous Fissures
of Ightham, Kent, and Recent Hares, 89
Hitier (M.), Agriculture in Russia, 197