Georges Soliman, 68; the Dressing of Minerals, Prof.
Henry Louis, 91; a Transition Point in Zinc Amalgam,
Prof. H. S. Carhart, 119; Technical Assay of Zinc,
H. W. Greenwood and Dr. E. J. Brislee, 540; Copper
and Copper Alloys, J. T. Milton, 405; Hardness of
Ancient Bronzes, Prof. Gowland, 405; Use of Heating
Curves, Dr. Shepherd, 405; Relation between Science
and Practice, Sir Gerard A. Muntz, Bart., 406; Sparks
as Indicators of Different Kinds of Steel, Max Bermann,
436; the Iron and Steel Institute, 437; Production of
Iron and Steel by the Electric Smelting Process, E. J.
Ljungberg, 437; Constitution of Carbon-tungsten Steels,
T. Swinden, 438; Report on the Mining and Metallurgical
Industries of Canada, 1907-8, 511; Surface Appearance
of Solders, C. O. Bannister and H. J. Tabor, 540;
Causes of Corrosion of Copper and Brass, E. L. Rhead,
540 Copper-zinc Alloys, Prof. T. Turner and M. T.
Murray, 540; Elastic Breakdown of Non-ferrous Metals,
Prof. C. A. Smith, 540; Production of Pure Spelter,
J. S. Primrose, 540

Metals, the Institute of, A. McWilliam, 405
Meteorites Fall of Meteoric Stone on July 13, H. Garrett,
134

372;

Meteorology Codex of Resolutions adopted at International
Meteorological Meetings, 1872-1907, H. H. Hilde-
brandsson and G. Hellmann, 5; Diurnal Variation of
Temperature in the Free Atmosphere, E. Gold, 6; Tem-
perature of the Upper Atmosphere, F. J. W. Whipple, 6;
Weather for June, 17; Weather for July, 169; Summer
Weather in 1909, 133; the Summer Season of 1909,
Alex. B. MacDowall, 335; Cool September,
Unsettled September Weather, 401; the Past Summer,
295, 433; Source of "Cold Waves " in North
America, R. F. Stupart, 19; Royal Meteorological
Society, 28; Inter-diurnal Variability of Temperature in
Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Regions, R. C. Mossman,
28; Rainfall of South Africa, A. G. Howard, 30; a Dis-
cussion of Australian Meteorology, Dr. William J. S.
Lockyer, Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 40;
Observing and Forecasting the Weather, D. W. Horner,
45: Some Facts about the Weather, W. Marriott,
Note on the Guyra Lagoon, N.S.W., L. A. Cotton,
60; Double Daily Oscillation of the Barometer, E. Alt,
81; Mean Temperature of the Air at Sea-level Exhibited
as a Function of Longitude, Latitude, and Period of
the Year, Dr. H. Fritsche, 81; Eskdalemuir Observa-
tory, 86; Central Asiatic Russia and the Level of the
Lake Basins, J. de Schokalsky, _90; Two Severe
Typhoons Experienced in 1908, Rev. J. Coronas,
109; Meteorological Conditions Prevailing before the
South-west Monsoon of 1909, Dr. Walker, 137; the
Monsoon, 313; Climatological Reports, 143; Island of
Norderney, Dr. R. Assmann, 143; Austrian Meteoro-
logical Service for 1907, 143; Report on the Rains of
the Nile Basin and the Nile Flood of 1907, Captain
H. G. Lyons, 143; Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Year-book for 1908, 143; Torrential Rains in Sicily and
Thunderstorms in Syracusa and Catania, Dr. Eredia,
169 Water Contents of Clouds, Dr. A. Wager, 198:
Oscillation of the Sea on June 15, 1909, in the Port of
Marseilles, Louis Fabry, 210; Exploration of the Air
with Ballons-sondes at St. Louis and with Kites at Blue
Hill, H. Helm Clayton and S. P. Fergusson, 223;
Observations and Investigations made at the
Blue
Hill Meteorological Observatory, Massachusetts, U.S.A.,
under the Direction of A. Lawrence Rotch,
Relations of the Upper Inversion of Temperature to the
Areas of High and Low Atmospheric Pressure, Dr. F.
Erk, 227; New Recording Rain Gauge, 227; Evapora-
tion in a Current of Air, Part i., J. R. Sutton, 270;
West Indian Hurricane on August 28, 295; General
Treatise of Meteorology, Prof. A. Klossovsky, 303;
Remarkable Halo of August 21, W. McKeon,
305; Death of Dr. Fritz Erk, 311; Remarkable
Pink Glow, F. C. Constable, 352; Typhoons on
October 4, 8, and 13, 1908, Senor Coronas, 354; Hurri-
cane in the Neighbourhood of the Mexican Gulf, 372;
Report of the Meteorological Committee for Year ending
March 31, 1909. 375; Magnetic Storm of September 25,
Dr. Chree, F.R.S., 395; Prof. A. Fowler, 396 (see
also Magnetism); Evaporation in Egypt and the

223;

Sudan, B. F. E. Keeling, 403; Meteorological Charts
of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, 435; Climatic
Features of Wyoming and their Relation to "Dry-
farming, W. S. Palmer, 435; Scientific Studies of
Dew-ponds, E. A. Martin, 458; Violent Storm at Havana
and the Coast of Florida, 460; Reductions applied to
the Transvaal Air-temperatures that will in the Mean
for the Whole Country Reproduce the Assumed Tem-
peratures at Sea-level, R. T. A. Innes, 463; Suggested
Reforms in Meteorological Methods, M. E. J. Gheury,
464; H. H. Clayton, 464; Prof. Köppen, 464; sur la
Compensation entre les Types des Saisons simultanés
en different Régions de la Terre, H. Hildebrand Hilde-
brandsson, 467; Drought in South-west Ireland, Geo. A.
Armstrong, 487; Drought in South-west Ireland, Dr.
Hugh Robert Mill, 517; an Aurora Display on October
18, W. Harcourt Bath, 487; Ernest J. Baty, 518; W.
Austin Morley, 518; Aurora on October 17, 18, and 19,
523; Magnificent Aurora in Australia on September 25,
W. E. Cooke, 524; Annual Meteorological Reports, 503;
Probable Influence of the Motion of the Moon on Atmo-
spheric Radio-activity, some Meteorological Consequences,
Paul Besson, 510; British Rainfall, 1908, Dr. Hugh
Robert Mill, 514; Anemographic Observations in India,
521; Analysis of the Underground Temperature at Osaka,
T. Okada and T. Takeda, 527; Storms of Wind and
Rain during the Past Week, 527

Meteors: Stationary Meteor Radiants, Prof. W. H.
Pickering, 110; the Perseids of 1909, W. F. Denning,
189; the Recent Perseid Shower, J. H. Elgie, 267;
J. C. Jefferson, 267; Prof. Kobold, 267; a Brilliant
Meteor, M. Borelly, 200; August Meteoric Shower,
W. F. Denning, 224, 246; the Bolide of April 20 as
Observed in France, M. Quénisset, 298; Meteor Observa-
tions, 315; Fireball in Sunshine, W. F. Denning, 456;
the Meteor in Sunshine, October 6, W. F. Denning, 487:
Remarkable Meteors, 465; September Meteors, Torvald
Köhl, 498

Méthode dans les Sciences, de la, Prof. H. Bouasse, 361
Metrology: Report of International Committee of Weights
and Measures, 199

Meyer (Dr. Hans), Analyse und Konstitutionsermittelung
organischer Verbindungen, 215

Meyer (V. I.), Pseudo-morphine, 29

Microbiology: Death of Prof. Emil Christian Hansen,
294; Obituary Notice of, Arthur R. Ling, 310
Micrometer Measures of Double Stars, Phillip Fox, 83
Microscopy: a Compendium of Food-microscopy, E. G.
Clayton, 97; the Microscope and its Practical Applica-
tions, J. E. Barnard, 232

Migula (Dr. W.), Pflanzenbiologie, 451
Milk, the Contamination of, Dr. Orr, 74
Milk Testing, C. W. Walker-Tisdale, 187
Mill (Dr. Hugh Robert): Prof. Otto Petterssen on Tide-
like Movements in Deep Water, 119; British Rainfall,
1908, 514; Drought in South-west Ireland, 517
Millar (Prof. W. G.), the Pre-Cambrian Rocks of Canada,
446

Miller (Prof. G. A.), Generalisations of the Icosahedral
Group, 470

Miller (G. S.), the Mouse-deer (Chevrotains) of the Rhio-
Linga Archipelago, 526

Miller (John), the Grain Industry, 447
Miller (Prof.), Mining in Canada, 447

Millikan (Dr. Robert A.), a Short University Course in
Electricity, Sound, and Light, 66
Millosevich (Prof.), Halley's Comet, 528

Mills (J.), a Short University Course in Electricity, Sound,
and Light, 66

Milne (Prof. John, F.R.S.), a New Departure in Seismo-
logy, 38; Large Disturbances of Seismographs by
Distant Earthquake Shocks, 524

Milton (J. T.), Copper and Copper Alloys, 405
Mina (Lieut.), Ascent of Balloon Albatross, 225
Minchin (Prof. E. A.), Sponge Spicules, 265
Mineralogy: Carnotite and an Associated Mineral-complex
from South Australia, J. Crook and G. S. Blake, 28;
Species Pilolite and the Analysis of a Specimen from
China, G. S. Whitby, 28; Phenakite from Brazil, Dr.
G. F. Herbert Smith, 28; Occurrence of Gyrolite in

E.

Ireland, F. N. A. Fleischmann, 28; Mineralogical
Society, 28; Metasomatic Processes in a Cassiterite
Vein from New England, L. A. Cotton, 60; Mineralogie
und Geologie für schweizerische Mittelschulen, Dr. Hans
Frey, 334; Some Notes on Mineralogy, Prof.
Sommerfeldt, 150; a New Mineral from a Gold-washing
Locality in the Ural Mountains, P. Walther, 335; Orthite
in North Wales, Herbert H. Thomas, 487; a Supposed
New Mineral, Richard J. Moss and Henry J. Seymour,
518
Minerals the Dressing of Minerals, Prof. Henry Louis, 91;
Mineral Resources of the United States, Prof. Henry
Louis, 174; Influence of the Railroads of the United
States and Canada on the Mineral Industry, Dr. J.
Douglas, 539

Mining the Dressing of Minerals, Prof. Henry Louis, 91;
Early Mining Industries of Egypt, E. S. Thomas, 137;
Mining Administration in India, T. H. D. La Touche,
H. H. Hayden, P. N. Datta, E. Vredenburg, L. L.
Fermor, G. E. Pilgrim, G. H. Tipper, H. Walker,
K. A. K. Hallowes, G. de P. Cotter, J. J. A. Page,
H. C. Jones, A. M. Heron, M. Stuart, N. D. Daru,
W. A. K. Christie, 219; Report of Mysore Mines for
1997-8, 403; Report on the Mining and Metallurgical
Industries of Canada, 1907-8, 511; Development of Heavy
Gravitation Stamps, W. A. Caldecott, 539

Mira, Maximum of, in 1908, M. Luizet, 138; Naoza
Ichinoke, 267; Dr. Nijland, 376

Mirande (Marcel), Rapid Method for Testing Plants for
Hydrocyanic Acid, 120

Mitchell (W. M.), Water Vapour in Sun-spots, 229; Solar
Observations: a Novel Spectroscope, 498

Mnemischen Empfindungen in ehren Beziehungen zu den
Originalempfindungen, die, Prof. Richard Semon, Prof.
John G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 302

Möbius (Dr. M.), Kryptogamen, 451

Modern Electric Practice, Maurice Solomon, 151
Modern Life, Science in, 274

Moeritherium, the Systematic Position of, Dr. Chas. W.
Andrews, 305

Moeritherium and Palæomastodon, the Feeding Habits of,
Prof. H. F. Osborn, 139

Moffat (C. B.), Reason Why Certain Birds Construct
Covered Nests, 225

Moir (James), Genesis of the Chemical Elements, 270
Molecular Scattering and Atmospheric Absorption, Prof.
Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 97

Moll (Dr. Albert), Hypnotism, including a Study of the
Chief Points of Psycho-therapeutics and Occultism, 272
Moll (Prof. J. W.), Transport of Carbon Dioxide in Leaves,
80; Mikrographie des Holzes der auf Java vorkommenden
Baumarten, 241

Mollusca: Australian Fresh-water Polyzoa, E. J. Goddard,
480; Mollusca from the Hope Islands, North Queensland,
C. Hedley, 480

Moody (R. S.), the Reptile Isodectes punctulatus, 525
Moon: Physical Interpretation of Lunar Features, M.
Puiseux, 138; Why has the Moon no Atmosphere? Prof.
Alexander Johnson, 486

Moore (B.), Forest Practice in India and Burma, 80
Moore (Prof. Benjamin), Inaccurate Method of Stating
Dosage, 196

Moore (Dr.), Growth of the Bacillus Tuberculosis, 142
Moore (Harold), Brinell Method of Determining Hardness,
497

Moore (J. H.), the Orbit of X Sagittarii, a Cepheid Vari-
able, 170

Moore (R. S.), Fuel Economy of Dry Blast, 437
Morbology: Discovery of a Curative Treatment for Malig-
nant Jaundice in the Dog and for Redwater in Cattle,
with a Demonstration of the Effects of Trypanblau upon
the Parasites, Prof. George H. F. Nuttall, F.R.S., and
Dr. Seymour Hadwen, 21; a New Human Trypanosome
Parasite (T. Cruzi), Carlos Chagas, 46; Virulence of
the Trypanosomes of Mammals Modified after Passage
through Cold-blooded Vertebrates, A. Laveran and A.
Pettit, 210; the War against Tuberculosis, 48; Deter-
mination of the Bovine or Human Origin of Tuber-
culosis, A. Calmette and C. Guérin, 135; Tuberculosis,
Dr. Robinson, 142; Growth of the Bacillus Tuber-
culosis, Dr. Moore and R. S. Williams, 142; Vaccination

Nature,
November 25, 1909

of Cattle against Tuberculosis, M. Rappin, 239; Reports
of the Sleeping Sickness Commission of the Roya!
Society, 73; the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 86;
Successful Curative Treatment of Piroplasmosis, Prof.
G. H. F. Nuttall and Dr. S. Hadwen, 114; Extinction
of Yellow Fever in Rio de Janeiro, Nerêu Rangel Pestana,
136; Veterinary Inspection of Dairy Cattle, H. G.
Bowes, 141; Chamberland Filter will not Allow the
Cattle-plague Virus to Pass Through, E. H. Ruediger,
196; Röntgen Rays in the Diagnosis of Disease, 220;
die Röntgenuntersuchung der Brustorgane und ihre
Ergebnisse für Physiologie und Pathologie, Dr. Hans
Arnsperger, 222; Ova of a Distoma found in the Skeletal
Muscles of Saccobranchus fossilis, G. C. Chatterjee
and T. C. Ghosh, 270; Malaria in India, 371; Imperial
Malaria Conference, 494; Sanitation and Public Health in
West African Colonies, Prof. W. J. Simpson, 374; Aniline
Antimonyl Tartrate in the Treatment of Trypanosomiasis,
A. Lavesan, 450

Mordey (W. M.), Effect of Electrostatic Condensers in Pre-
venting or Extinguishing Arcs, 20

Morel (A.), Hydrolysis of Proteid Materials by Hydrofluoric
Acid, 90

Morley (W. Austin), the Auroral Display of October 18,
518
Morphology: Untersuchungen über Bau und Entwickelung
die Niere, Prof. Karl Peter and Michio Inouye, 94;
Physical Structure of Protoplasm, O. P. Dellinger, 373:
Development and Origin of the Respiratory Organs in
Araneæ, Dr. W. F. Purcell, 462

Morris-Airey (Mr.), Explanation of the Discordant Results
Obtained when Two Lights of Different Colours are
Compared together by Photometers of the Bunsen and
of the Flicker Type Respectively, 313

Morrow (Dr. John), Sun and Star Observations at the
Stone Circles of Keswick and Long Meg, 128
Morton (K. J.), Occurrence of the Trichopterid Limnophilis
fuscinervis in the West of Ireland, 462

Moss (Richard J.), a Supposed New Mineral, 518
Mossman (R. C.), Interdiurnal Variability of Temperatures
in Antarctic and Sub-antarctic Regions, 28

Motors: Panflex" Spring Wheel for Motor Vehicles,
Hon. R. C. Parsons, 21

Moulin (M.), Most Probable Value of the Atomic Charge
e of Electricity, 109

Moulton (Prof. F. R.), the Tidal and other Probelms, 102
Mountaineering: British Mountain Climbs, George D.
Abraham, 485

Muir (F.), Peripatus found in Ceram, 17

Muir (Prof. Robert), Studies on Immunity, 214
Muller (P. Th.), Tautomeric Changes Elucidated by Means
of the Magnetic Rotatory Power, 90

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

Münch (W.), Observations of Variable Stars, 436
Muntz (A.), Reduction of Plant Assimilation during Cloudy
Weather, 149; Thermal Effects of Moistening Soils.
239

Muntz (Sir Gerard A., Bart.), Relation between Science
and Practice, 406

Murray (Sir John, K.C.B., F.R.S.), Bathymetrical Survey
of the Fresh-water Lochs of Scotland, 155
Murray (M. T.), Copper-Zinc Alloys, 540
Muschler (Dr. R.), Classification of African Species of the
Polymorphic Genus Senecio, 434; Phanerogamen, 451
Museums: 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; New Buildings of the Victoria and
Albert Museum, 17; British Museum Report, 78; the
Museums Association, 115; a National Folk-Museum,
Henry Balfour, 115; 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
Musical Sands, Cecil Carus-Wilson, 69, 159; Rev. Dr. A.
Irving, 99

Musical Sands in Chile, M. H. Gray, 126

Mycology: Black Spots on Chilled Beef, Dr. Klein, 354;
Life of Fungi in Fatty Media, A. Roussy, 360; the

25,

Epiphytic Mycorrhiza that Invests the Roots of Mono-
tropa Hypopitys, Dr. J. Peklo, 373: Examination of
Parasitic Fungi that Attack Scale Insects, 496; Fungus
Maladies of the Sugar-cane, Dr. N. A. Cobb, 496
Myers (Prof. C. S.), a
Text-book of Experimental

Psychology, 123

Myres (Prot. John L., M.A., F.R.S.), the Influence of
Anthropology on the Course of Political Science, Opening
Address in Section H at the British Association Meeting
at Winnipeg, 379

Naber (Dr. H. A.), das Theorem des Pythagoras, 361
Nagaoka (Prof. H.), Difference between Longitudinal and
Transversal Zeeman Effects in Helium Lines, 188
Natal Government Observatory, the, Mr. Nevill, 529
Nathan (Sir Frederic L.), Improvements in Production and
Application of Guncotton and Nitroglycerine, Discourse
at Royal Institution, 144, 178

National Efficiency, Continuation Schools and, 172
National Physical Laboratory, Researches at the, 163
Natural History: the Balance of Nature, and Modern
Conditions of Cultivation: a Practical Manual of Animal
Foes and Friends, for the Country Gentleman, the
Farmer, the Forester, the Gardener, and the Sportsman,
George Abbey, 5; Warning Coloration in Some Weasel-
like Carnivora, R. I. Pocock, 21; Cecropia peltata und
ihr Verhältnis zu Azteca Alfari, zu Atta sexdens und
anderen Insekten, Karl Fiebrig, 23; New South Wales
Linnean Society, 30, 60, 240, 330, 480; Diurnal Varia-
tions in the Temperatures of Camels, Dr. J. B. Cleland,
60; a Naturalist in Tasmania, G. Smith, 61; Behind
the Veil in Bird-land, Oliver G. Pike, 67; a Guide to
the Natural History of the Isle of Wight, 72; Linnean
Society, 89; the Romance of Bird-life, John Lea, 99:
British Birds and their Eggs, with a New Method of
Identification, J. Maclair Boraston, 99; the Young
People's Birds'-nest Chart, Rev. S. N. Sedgwick, 100;
Birds and their Nests and Eggs, found in and near
Great Towns, George H. Vos, 100; British Birds in
their Haunts, Rev. C. A. Johns, 100; How to Attract
and Protect Wild Birds, Martin Hiesemann, 100; the
Book of Nature-study, 101; Polyphyletic Origin of Mam-
mals, Dr. G. Steinmann, 106; Success of the Brent
Valley Bird Sanctuary, 100; Inauguration of the Statue
of Jean de Lamarck, Dr. Edmond Perrier, 106; a
Speckled Otter from Lough Sheelin, Dr. R. F. Scharff,
135; Osteology of Antarctic Seals, Dr. R. B. Thomson,

149;

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a New Zealand Naturalist's Calendar, Geo. M.
Thomson, 162; the Nature Book, 162; the Book of
Nature-study, 162; Collection of American Egrets as
Ospreys, Dr. E. Menegaux, 167; Imitation in
Monkeys, M. E. Haggerty, 195, 434: Feathers of Kalij
Pheasants, Prof. A. Ghigi, 196; Reason why Certain
Birds Construct Covered Nests, C. B. Moffat, 225; Re-
markable Photographs of a Water-rail, E. L. Turner,
226; Cassell's Nature"
Copies (Wild Flowers), 246;
Death of Dr. R. E. C. Stearns, 263; Attempt
Acclimatise the American Robin (Merula migratoria) in
England, 264; Naturwissenschaftliches Unterrichtswerk
für höhere Mädchenschulen, Dr. K. Smalian and K.
Bernan, 273; the Place of Animals in Human Thought,
Countess Evelyn Martinengo Cesaresco, 276; African
Big Game and Big-game Shooting, Dr. E. Trouessart,
311; Death of Thomas Southwell, 311; Obituary Notice
of, 351 Feeding-grounds of the Laughing Kingfisher,
Cat-bird, and Noisy Pitta in the Coolabunia Pine-scrubs,
311; Wild Beasts of the World, Frank Finn, 332; Gilbert
White and Selborne, Henry C. Shelley, 334; Australian
Fauna and Flora, Dr. J. B. Cleland, 33; Peale's Phila-
delphia Museum, 373; Carl von Linné's Bedeutung als
Naturforscher und Arzt, 391; Star-fishes of Alaska and
British Columbia, Prof. A. E. Verrill, 402; Report of the
Natural History Section of the Indian Museum for
1908-9, 433: the Burma Mole Rat, 462; Knowledge of
Australian Hirudinea, E. J. Goddard, 480; the Pond and
other Stories, Carl Ewald, 485; Fauna of the Malay
Peninsula, H. C. Robinson, 495; the Mouse-deer (Chev-
rotains) of the Rhio-Linga Archipelago, G. S. Miller,
526

Natural Selection and Plant Evolution, James B. Johnston,
159; Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., 188

Naval Architecture: the Screw Propeller, and other Com-

peting Instruments for Marine Propulsion, A. E. Seaton,
213
Navigation: Altitude Tables, computed for Intervals of
Four Minutes between the Parallels of Latitude 24° and
60°, and Parallels of Declination 24° and 60°, designed
for the Determination of the Position Lines at all Hour
Angles without Logarithmic Computation, Frederic Ball, 4
Neave (S. A.), Distribution and Habits of the Tsetse-fly,
Glossina palpalis, 114

Nebula Cluster in Cetus, a Newly-discovered, Prof. Wolf,
436

Neesen (Dr. Friedrich), Horbare, Sichtbare, Elektrische
und Röntgenstrahlen, 363

Nelson (E. W.), Kohlrausch's Physical Measurements, 189;
the Leporida of North America, 433

Neogi (Panchanan), Aurvedie Metallic Preparations, Part i.,
270

Nernst (Prof. W.), Physical Properties of Water from the
Thermodynamical Point of View, 464
Neurology Einführung in die Lehre vom Bau und den
Verrichtungen des Nervensystems, Prof. Ludwig Edinger,
219; the Central Nervous System of Vertebrates, J. B.
Johnston, Prof. John G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 274
Nevill (Mr.), the Natal Government Observatory, 529
New South Wales Linnean Society, 30, 60, 240, 330, 480
New South Wales Royal Society, 330

New York, Geology of the City of, L. P. Gratacap, 423
New Zealand Naturalist's Calendar, a, Geo. M. Thomson,

162

Newall (Prof.), Halley's Comet, 528

Newcomb (Prof. Simon), Death of, 78; Obituary Notice of,
Sir Robert S. Ball, F.R.S., 103
Newman (Dr.), Child Mortality, 141

Newsholme (Dr.), Some Conditions of Social Efficiency in
Relation to Local Administration, 141

Newton (R. B.), Cretaceous Shells from Zululand, 226
Nichols (Prof. E. L.), Effects of Low Temperature on
Fluorescence Spectra, 473

Nicolardot (Paul), Examination of Essence of Turpentine,
480

Niere, Untersuchungen über Bau und Entwickelung der,
Prof. Karl Peter and Michio Inouye, 94

Nijland (Dr.), the Maximum of Mira in October, 1908, 376
Nisbet (Dr. J.), Our Forests and Woodlands, 63
Nitrogen, the Fixation of, by Soil Bacteria, A. D. Hall,
F.R.S., 98

Nitrogen, Processes for the Fixation of Atmospheric, 143
Nitroglycerine, Improvements in Production and Applica-
tion of Guncotton and, Sir Frederic L. Nathan at Royal
Institution, 144, 178

Noble (Sir Andrew), History of Propellants, 203
Noctuidæ, Catalogue of the, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera
Phalænæ in the British Museum, Vol. viii., Sir George
F. Hampson, Bart., 455

Nogier (Th.), Slight Penetration of the Ultra-violet Rays
through Liquids containing Colloidal Substances, 210
Nordmann (Charles), Method Permitting the Measurement
of the Effective Temperature of the Stars, 480
North Pole, the Attainment of the, 306
North Sea Fisheries Investigations, 49!
Nutrition and Evolution, Hermann Reinheimer, 68
Nuttall (Prof. George H. F., F.R.S.), Discovery of a Cura-
tive Treatment for Malignant Jaundice in the Dog and
for Redwater in Cattle, with a Demonstration of the
Effects of Trypanblau upon the Parasites, 21; Successful
Curative Treatment of Piroplasmosis, 114

Nutting (P. G.), Variation in Relative Intensity of Helium
Lines, 189

Nyström (Mr.), Investigation of the Peat Bogs and Peat
Industry of Canada during the Season 1908-9, 490

Observatories: the Transvaal Observatory, Johannesburg,
20, 356; Eskdalemuir Observatory, 86; the Yerkes
Observatory, Prof. E. B. Frost, 111; Reports of Observa-
tories, Mr. Hough, 200; M. Baillaud, 200; Results of
Observations made at the Coast and Geodetic Survey
Magnetic Observatories, Daniel L. Hazard, Dr. C. Chree.
F.R.S., 205; Annuaire astronomique de l'Observatoire
royal de Belgique, 1909, 219; Exploration of the Air with
Ballons-sondes at St. Louis and with Kites at Blue Hill,.

H. Helm Clayton and S. P. Fergusson, 223; Observa-
tions and Investigations made at the Blue Hill Meteoro-
logical Observatory, Massachusetts, U.S.A., under the
Direction of A. Lawrence Rotch, 223; the Spectrohelio-
graph of the Catania Observatory, Prof. Riccò, 376; the
Royal Observatory and Electric Tramways, 399; Pub-
likationen des Astrophysikalischen Observatoriums
Potsdam, Doppelsterne, Prof. O. Lohse, 492; the Natal
Government Observatory, Mr. Nevill, 529
Occultism, Hypnotism, including a Study of the Chief
Points of Psycho-therapeutics and, Dr. Albert Moll, 272
O'Dell (G. E.), Effect of Previous Magnetic History on
Magnetisation, 28

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Oesterle (Dr. O. A.), Grundriss der Pharmakochemie, 184
Ohm (Dr. P.), das Seelenleben der Tiere, 394
Ohrenheilkunde, Lehrbuch der, für Ärzte und Studierende,
Dr. Paul Ostmann, 124

Oils, Fats and Waxes, Chemical Technology and Analysis
of, Dr. J. Lewkowitsch, C. Simmonds, 211

Okada (T.), Analysis of the Underground Temperature at
Osaka, 527

Oltmanns (Dr. Friedrich), Lehrbuch der Pharmakognosie,
454

Omori (Prof.), Seismograph in Simla, 169

Oppizzi (P.), Problemi grafici di Trazione Ferroviaria, 303
Optics Wave Motion of a Revolving Shaft and Sugges-
tion as to the Angular Momentum in a Beam of
Circularly Polarised Light, J. H. Poynting, 56;
Propagation of Light Waves, Prof. Antonio Garbasso
and Guido Fubini, 81; the Sine Condition in Rela-
tion to the Coma of Optical Systems, S. D. Chalmers,
119; a Kinematic Illusion, W. B. Croft, 158;
C. S. Jackson, 220; Magneto- und Elektro-optik, Dr.
Woldemar Voigt, 185; Cours de Physique, Electroptique,
Prof. H. Bouasse, 185; an Optical Phenomenon, L. G.
Hoxton, 220; Periscope Lens to see Completely Round
the Horizon, 227; New Method of Determining the
Focal Length of a Converging Lens System, Irwin G.
Priest, 228; the Benham Top, F. Peake Sexton, 275;
Charles E. Benham, 335; Explanation of the Discordant
Results Obtained when Two Lights of Different Colours
are Compared Together by Photometers of the Bunsen
and of the Flicker Type Respectively, Mr. Morris-Airey,
313; Useful Supplementary Lens for Attachment to a
Naturalist's Telescope, 314

B Orionis, the Spectroscopic Binary, J. Plaskett, 267
Ornithology: Bird Notes, 87; the Icterine Tree-warbler,
O. J. Lie-Pettersen, 87; Bird Protection in Australia,
87; Importance of Tagging Birds, L. J. Cole, 87;
the Romance of Bird Life, John Lea, 99; British Birds
and their Eggs, with a New Method of Identification,
J. Maclair Boraston, 99; the Young People's Bird's-
nest Chart, Rev. S. N. Sedgwick, 100; Birds and their
Nests and Eggs, Found in and near Great Towns,
George H. Vos, 100; British Birds in their Haunts,
Rev. C. A. Johns, 100; How to Attract and Protect
Wild Birds, Martin Hiesemann, 100; Young of the
Sanderling, Dr. Eagle Clarke, 136; Classification of
Starlings, Dr. A. Brauner, 246; Black-headed Gull,
P. H. Barr, 352; Excursionsbuch zum Studien der Vögel-
stimmen, Prof. Voigt, 365; Birds of the World, Dr.
Frank H. Knowlton and Frederic A. Lucas, 421; Birds
Useful and Birds Harmful, Otto Herman and J. A.
Owen, 421; Breeding of the Marsh-warbler in Worcester-
shire, W. Davies and F. Coburn, 495

Orr (Dr.), the Contamination of Milk, 74
Orthite in North Wales, Herbert H. Thomas, 487

Orton (J. R.), Occurrence of Protandric Hermaphroditism
in Crepidula fornicata, 58

Osaka (Y.), Mutarotation of Glucose, 528

Osborn (Prof. H. F.), the Feeding Habits of Maritherium
and Palæomastodon, 139

Osiris's (M.) Bequest to the Pasteur Institute, 264
Osmotic Phenomena and their Modern Physical Interpreta-
tion, Prof. H. L. Callendar, F.R.S., at Royal Institu-
tion, 235

Ostmann (Dr. Paul), Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkunde für
Ärzte und Studierende, 124

Ostwald (Prof. Wilhelm), Grosse Männer, 121; Grundriss

der allgemeinen Chemie, 183; Weltsprache und Wissen-
schaft, 218

Oswald (Dr. Felix), Degeneration of Armour in Animals,
167

Otology: Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkunde für Arzte und
Studierende, Dr. Paul Ostmann, 124

Outes (Señor), the Antiquity of Man in South America, 534
Overton (Prof. J. B.), Organisation and Reconstruction of
the Nuclei in the Root-tips of Podophyllum peltatum, 537
Ovum, the Cleavage of the, 511

Owen (F. A.), the Dyeing and Cleaning of Textile
Fabrics, 5

Owen (J. A.), Birds Useful and Birds Harmful, 421
Owen (Luella A.), Floods in the Great Interior Valley of
North America, 506

Page (J. J. A.), Mining Administration in India, 219
Pagenstecher (Dr. Arnold), die geographische Verbreitung
der Schmetterlinge, 482

Palæobotany: Microscopic Structure of Fossil Plants
from Japan, Dr. Marie Stopes, 21; Structure and
Affinities of Cretaceous Plants, Dr. M. C. Stopes and
Dr. K. Fujii, 26; Adaptation in Fossil Plants, Dr.
D. H. Scott, F.R.S., at Linnean Society, 115; J. F.
Walker's Collection of Fossil Brachiopoda Presented to
British Museum, 165; Natural Selection and Plant
Evolution, James B. Johnston, 159; Dr. D. H. Scott,
F.R.S., 188; Fossil Plants, E. A. Newell Arber, 304
Palæolithic Man, Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 131
Palæolithics: Flint Implements Discovered at Larne, Nina
Layard, 18

Palæomastodon, the Feeding Habits of Moritherium and,
Prof. H. F. Osborn, 139

Palæontology: Remains of Rhinoceros and Mammoth from
the Thames Alluvium, Dr. C. W. Andrews, F.R.S., 21;
Lower Palæozoic Hyolithidæ from Girvan, F. R. Cowper
Reid, 29; Reptilian Remains from the Trias of Lossie-
mouth, D. M. S. Watson, 89; the Fossil Hare of Ossi-
ferous Fissures of Ightham, Kent, and Recent Hares,
M. A. C. Hinton, 89; Recently Discovered Fossil
Human Remains and their Bearing upon the History of
the Human Race, Moritz Alsberg, Dr. A. C. Haddon,
F.R.S., 131; the Feeding Habits of Meritherium and
Palæomastodon, Prof. H. F. Osborn, 139: the
Systematic Position of Moritherium, Dr. Chas. W.
Andrews, 305; Extinct Gigantic Reptiles of Belgium,
Prof. Louis Dollo, 148; the Upper Cretaceous Iguano-
dont Dinosaurs, 160; Remains of the Large Dinosaurian
Trachodon, 194; New Find of Devonian Vertebrates
between Cassel and Marburg, Prof. O. Jaekel, 196;
Primitive Diprotodonts, J. W. Gidley, 204; the Pre-
historic Horse" of Bishop's Stortford, Prof. J. C. Ewart,
F.R.S., 223; Cretaceous Shells from Zululand, R. B.
Newton, 226; Skull of a Ground-sloth from Colorado,
Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, 264; Discovery of "Rodent-
goat in a Cave in Majorca, Dorothea Bate, 310; Sup-
posed New Genus, Diprothomo, Dr. Ameghino, 353;
Fossil Human Skeleton at Dordogne, 460; James Nelson
Collection of Scottish Carboniferous Fossils, 494; the
Reptile Isodectes punctulatus, R. S. Moody, 525; the
Antiquity of Man in South America, Dr. Florentino
Ameghino, 534; Señor Outes, Dr. Ducloux, and Dr. H.
Bücking, 534

66

Palisa (Dr.), the Palisa and Wolf Celestial Charts, 230
Palmer (W. S.), Climatic Features of Wyoming and their
Relation to Dry-farming," 435

66

Palms, Asiatic, Lepidocaryeæ, Annals of the Royal Botanic
Garden, Calcutta, Odoardo Beccari, 181

Pammel (Prof.), Delayed Germination of Seeds, 538
Pappataci Fly (Phlebotomus papatasii), the Occurrence in
India of the, Dr. N. Annandale, 518

Paris Academy of Sciences, 29, 59, 90, 120, 149, 209, 239,
269, 300, 329, 360, 390, 420, 450, 480, 510

Paris Academy of Sciences, Distribution of the Bonaparte
Fund, 105

Parkhurst (J. A.), the Absorption of Light in Space, 314
Parkin (J.), the Industry of Rubber Cultivation, 538;
Evolution of the Inflorescence, 538

, 1909

25, 1909

Parkinson (J.), Folk-tales Current among Yoruba-speaking
Peoples, 18

Parsons (Hon. C. A., F.R.S.), Model of Leakage Path
Device for Regulating Voltage of Alternators, 20
Parsons (James), Death and Obituary Notice of, 78
Parsons (Hon. R. C.), “ Panflex " Spring Wheel for Motor
Vehicles, 21

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

Parville (Henri de), Death of, 105

Pascal (P.), Magnetic Role of Oxygen in Organic Com-
pounds, 390

Pathology: a Text-book of General Pathology for the Use
of Students and Practitioners, Prof. J. M. Beattie and
W. E. Carnegie Dickson, 36; Death and Obituary Notice
of Dr. Otto von Bollinger, 263

Patrick (W. A.), Electrical Conductivity of Solutions of
Iodine and Platinum Tetraiodide in Ethyl Alcohol,
474

Patten (Prof. C. J.), on the Germinal Disc in Naturally
Incubated Eggs of Passer domesticus, 505

Pearl (Raymond), Inheritance of Fecundity in Poultry, 79;
Physiology of Reproduction in the Domestic Fowl, 107
Pearl (Mr.), "Selection Index Numbers" for Breeding,
196

Pearson (Prof. H. H. W.), Percy Sladen Memorial Expedi-
tion in South-west Africa, 1908-9, 466, 499
Pearson (Prof. Karl, F.R.S.), a First Study of the In-
heritance of Vision and of the Relative Influence of
Heredity and Environment on Sight, 49; the Problem
of Practical Eugenics, 374

Peat 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

Peet (Mr.), Prehistoric Antiquities of Malta, 478
Peklo (Dr. J.), the Epiphytic Mycorrhiza that Invests the
Roots of Monotropa Hypopitys, 373

Peniston (Miss A.), Nucleus of the Yeast Plant, 537
Percentages, a Question of, J. T. Cunningham, 159; Lewis
Whalley, 220; Prof. R. Abegg, 220; Spencer Pickering,
F.R.S., 275

Percentages in School Marks, J. D. Hamilton Dickson,
367

Perrier (Dr. Edmond), Inauguration of the Statue of Jean
de Lamarck, 106

Perrin (Jean), the Brownian Movement and Molecular
Constants, 360; the Brownian Movement of Rotation,
450

Perrine, Search-ephemerides for Comet 1896 VII., F. W.
Ristenpart, 170; R. Castro and A. Repenning, 170;
Re-discovery of Perrine's Comet, Herr Kopff, 229; Herr
Ristenpart, 229; Perrine 1896 VII., Comet 1909b, 298;
Observations of, 315; Dr. Max Wolf, 376; Dr. Ebell,
376

Perry (Prof. E. Guthrie), Copper Implements from a Site
in Western Ontario, 478

Perry (Prof.), Variation of the Specific Heat of Mercury
at High Temperatures, 472

Perseid Shower, the Recent, J. H. Elgie, 267; J. C. Jeffer-
son, 267; E. Hawks, 267

Perseids of 1909, the, W. F. Denning, 189

Pestana (Nerêu Rangel), Extinction of Yellow Fever in
Rio de Janeiro, 136

Peter (Dr. Bruno), die Planeten, 36

Peter (Prof. Karl), Untersuchungen über Bau und
Entwickelung der Niere, 94

Peters (W. J.), First Magnetic Results obtained on the
Carnegie in the North Atlantic, 529

Petersen (C. G. Joh.), on the Larval and Post-larval Stages
of some Pleuronectidæ (Zeugopteris, Arnoglossus, Solea),

191

Petrie (Prof. Flinders, F.R.S.), Ancient Modelled Heads
of Various Races, 21; Find of String Nets of the Seven-
teenth Egyptian Dynasty. 403

Petrie (Dr. J. M.), Hexone Bases of Egg-white, 240
Petrology Rocks and Rock Minerals, L. V. Pirsson, 242;
Genesis of Metallic Ores and of the Rocks which Enclose
Them, B. Symons, 242; the Natural History of Igneous
Rocks, A. Harker, F.R.S., 331

Pettersson (Dr. O.), Movements of the Deeper Waters of
the Skagerack, 197

Pettit (A.), Virulence of the Trypanosomes of Mammals
Modified after Passage through Cold-blooded Vertebrates,
210; Trypanolytic Power of the Blood of some Cold-
blooded Vertebrates with Respect to Trypanosoma
evansi, 390

Pfaundler (L.), Weltsprache und Wissenschaft, 218
Pflanzenbiologie, Dr. W. Migula, 451

Pflanzenwelt Deutschlands, die, Dr. P. Graebner, 451
Phanerogamen, Prof. E. Gilg and Dr. R. Muschler, 451
Pharmacognosy : Grundriss der Pharmakochemie, Dr.
O. A. Oesterle, Prof. Henry G. Greenish, 184; Southall's
Organic Materia Medica, J. Barclay, Prof. Henry G.
Greenish, 184; Lehrbuch der Pharmakognosie, Dr.
George Karsten and Dr. Friedrich Oltmanns, Prof.
Henry G. Greenish, 454

Pharmacology: Inaccurate Method of Stating Dosage,
Prof. Benjamin Moore, 196

Philippi (E.), Über das Problem der Schichtung und über
Schichtbildung am Boden der heutigen Meere, 266
Phillips (C. E. S.), Permanently Luminous Watch Dial and
Military Night Compass, 20

Phillips (Dr. P.), on the Re-combination of Ions in Air at
Different Temperatures, 472

Philology Weltsprache und Wissenschaft, L. Couturat,
O. Jespersen, R. Lorenz, W. Ostwald, L. Pflaundler, 218
Philosophy tudes sur Léonard de Vinci, ceux qu'il a lus
et ceux qui l'ont lu, Pierre Duhem, 2; Materialistische
Epoche und monistische Bewegung, Paul Volkmann, 361
Phonetics the Science of Speech, an Elementary Manual
of English Phonetics for Teachers, Benjamin Dumville,
Prof. John G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 124; the Analysis
of Sounds used in Speech, Edwin Edser, 533
Photography: die Photographie, W. Zimmermann, 274;
Exhibition of the Photographic Salon, 351

Physics: tudes sur Léonard de Vinci, ceux qu'il a lus et
ceux qui l'ont lu, Pierre Duhem, 2; Decay of Surface
Waves Produced by a Superposed Layer of Viscous
Fluid, W. J. Harrison, 27; 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 To-
gether, Dr. A. Russell, 27; Group-velocity and the
Propagation of Waves in a Dispersive Medium, G.
Green, 29; Heat of Polonium, William Duane, 29;
Hermann and Robert Grassmann's Electronic Theory,
Dr. F. Kuntze, 45; Pressure Perpendicular to the Shear
Planes in Finite Pure Shears, and on the Lengthening
of Loaded Wires when Twisted, J. H. Poynting, 56;
Wave Motion of a Revolving Shaft and Suggestion as
to the Angular Momentum in a Beam of Circularly
Polarised Light, J. H. Poynting, 56; Thermal Conduc-
tivity of Air and other Gases, G. W. Todd, 56; Intro-
duction to the Chemistry and Physics of Building Mate-
rials, Alan E. Munby, 62; the Elements of Electricity
and Magnetism, Prof. W. S. Franklin and Barry Mac-
nutt, 66; a Short University Course in Electricity,
Sound, and Light, Dr. Robert A. Millikan and J. Mills,
66; Naturlehre für höhere Lehranstalten auf Schuler-
übungen gegrundet, Dr. Friedrich Danneman, 66; the
Elementary Theory of Direct Current Dynamo Electric
Machinery, C. E. Ashford and E. W. E. Kempson, 66;
Electrical Laboratory Course for Junior Students, R. D.
Archibald and R. Rankin, 66; the Theory of Crookes's
Radiometer, Lord Rayleigh, O.M., F.R.S., 69; Con-
ductivity of a Gas at Atmospheric Pressure under the
Influence of a High Alternating Voltage, A. Chassy, 90;
Molecular Scattering and Atmospheric Absorption, Prof.
Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 97; Physical Society, 119:
Introduzioni Teoriche ad Alcuni Esercizi Pratici di
Fisica, Alfonso Sella, 125; the Æther of Space, Charles
W. Raffety, 127; Negative Attempt to Detect Fluores-
cence Absorption, Dr. R. A. Houstoun, 149; Existence
in the Magnetic Decomposition of the Absorption Bands
of a Uniaxial Crystal of Dissymmetry of Positions, Jean
Becquerel, 150; Researches at the National Physical
Laboratory, 163; an Elementary Treatment of the Theory
of Spinning Tops and Gyroscopic Motion, Harold Crab-
tree, Prof. C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 182; Magneto- und
Elektro-optik, Dr. Woldemar Voigt, 185; Cours de