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