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ABBEY (George), 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, 5

Abegg (Prof. R.), a Question of Percentages, 220
Ablett (C. A.), Tests for determining the Economy of
Steam Engines Used in Driving Reversing Rolling-mill
Engines, 437

Abraham (George D.), British Mountain Climbs, 485 Abruzzi (S.A.R. il Principe Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, Duca degli), I Ruwenzori, parte scientifica, risultati delle osservazioni e studi compiuti sul materiale raccolto dalla spedizione di, 31

Absorption of Light in Space, the, J. A. Parkhurst, 314 Acarus Crossii, the, Charles E. Benham, 127

Acoustics: Musical Sands, Cecil Carus-Wilson, 69, 159; Rev. Dr. A. Irving, 99; Musical Sands in Chile, M. H. Gray, 126; Barisal Guns in Australia, Dr. J. Burton Cleland, 127; Further Experiments with the Gramophone, Prof. John G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 488; the Analysis of Sounds Used in Speech, Edwin Edser, 533 Adamellogruppe, die, ein alpines Zentralmassiv, und seine Bedeutung für die Gebirgsbildung und unsere Kenntniss von dem Mechanismus der Intrusionen, Wilhelm Salomon,

101

Adamson (E.), Tests on Cast Iron, 438

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

Addenbrooke (G. L.), Public Supply of Electric Power, 228 Adhicary (Birendra Bhusan), Aurvedic Metallic Preparations, Part i., 270

Adie (R. H.), Junior Chemistry, 95

Aerodynamics: Experimental Method for Aerodynamical Researches, A. Rateau, 29

Aeronautics: the Aeronautical Society, Eric Stuart Bruce, 6; Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 6; Ascent of Balloon Albatross, Lieut. Mina and Signor Piacenza, 225 Æther of Space, the, Charles W. Raffety, 127 Africa I Ruwenzori: parte scientifica risultati delle osservazioni e studi compiuti sul materiale raccolto dalla spedizione 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; Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia 1898-1899, das Kapland, insonderheit das Reich der Kapflora, das Waldgebiet und die Karroo, pflanzengeographisch dargestelt, Rudolf Marloth, 129; Bathyorographical Map of Africa, 187; Catalogue of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History), G. A. Boulenger, 216; African Entomological Research Committee, 278; the Geology of South Africa, Dr. F. H. Hatch and Dr. G. S. Corstorphine, 455; Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition in South-west Africa, 1908-9, Prof. H. H. W. Pearson, 466, 499 Agriculture: Swine in America, F. D. Coburn, 3. Ideal British Wheat, A. E. Humphries, 78; Bacterial Disease of Lucerne, 79; Endoparasites of Australian Stock, Dr. Georgina Sweet, 79; Journal of Agriculture of South Australia, 79: Diminished Yield of Cotton due to Insufficient Drainage, W. Lawrence Balls, 80; Improving

the Indian Cottons, P. F. Fyson, 108; the Experimental Breeding of Indian Cottons, H. M. Leake, 434; Fall in the Average Yield of Egyptian Cotton, 137; Cotton in America, Stewart J. McCall, 227; the Fixation of Nitrogen by Soil Bacteria, A. D. Hall, F.R.S., 98; Turkish Tobacco in Cape Colony, 108; Removal of Charlock from Corn Crops, G. F. Strawson, 108; Use of Soya Beans as Cattle Food, 137; Processes for the Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen, 143; the State and the Farmer, Prof. L. H. Bailey, 157; Boric Acid in Milk from Cows Fed on Indian Cotton Cake, Mr. Collins, 168; Wheat in South Australia, 168; Milk Testing, C. W. Walker-Tisdale, 187; the Journal of the Cooper Research Laboratory, 187; Agriculture in Russia, M. Hitier, 197; Sterilisation by the Ultra-violet Rays, Application to the Butter Industry, MM. Dornic and Daire, 210; Onions in Northern Indiana, 226; Estimation of Fat in Unsweetened Evaporated Milk, Messrs. Hunziker and Spitzer, 226; Milking Machine, 227; Recent Publications on Agriculture from India and Ceylon, 231; Thermal Effects of Moistening Soils, A. Muntz and H. Gaudechon, 239; Importance of Phosphates in Fertility, Messrs. Whitson and Stoddart, 265; Bovine Tuberculosis in Wisconsin, Messrs. Russell and Hoffmann, 266; the "King System of Ventilating Barns and Cow-sheds, 266; Agriculture in the Transvaal, 268; the Administration of Agricultural Education, 428; Climatic Features of Wyoming and their Relation to Dry-farming," W. S. Palmer, 435; Pests of Para Rubber Trees, H. C. Pratt, 462; W. J. Gallagher, 462; Attempt to Check Ravages on Tea-plants in Ceylon of the " Shot-hole Borer Beetle by introducing a Predaceous Beetle (Clerus formicarius), E. E. Green, 462; Fertilisers and Manures, A. D. Hall, F.R.S., 483; Death of Prof. J. Scott, 493; see also British Association Air Pollution by Smoke, the Nature and Extent of, Prof. J. B. Cohen and A. G. Ruston at Health Congress, 468 Aitken (Dr. John, F.R.S.), the Ringing of House-bells without Apparent Cause, 246

Aitken (Prof. R. G.), Double-star Measures, 138
Alcock (Dr. F. M.), Changes in the Habits of the Women
of the Upper Middle Classes during the Last Fifty
Years, 476

Alcock (Dr. N. H.), Report of the Committee on Anæsthetics, 507

Allen (E. Heron), Arenaceous Foraminifera, 79
Allen (Prof. Frank), Effect on the Persistence of Vision
of Fatiguing the Eye with Red, Orange, and Yellow,
473: New Method of Measuring the Luminosity of the
Spectrum, 473

Alliot (Henri), Washing of Cider Apples with an Oxidising
Calcium Salt leading to Pure Fermentation, 420
Alsberg (Moritz), Recently Discovered Fossil Human Re-
mains and their Bearing upon the History of the Human
Race, 131

Alt (E.), Double Daily Oscillation of the Barometer, 81
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
Alty (Mr.), Electromagnetic Method of Studying the

Theory of and Solving Algebraical Equations of any
Degree, 119

Alway (Prof.), Soil Problems, 536

Amaftounsky (A.), Changes of Form in Sun-spots, 110
Ameghino (Dr. Florentino), Supposed New Genus, Dipro-
thomo, 353; the Antiquity of Man in South America,
534
America Swine in America, F. D. Coburn, 35; Mineral
Resources of the United States, Prof. Henry Louis, 174;
Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American
Ethnology, 230; Ethnology in America, 268; American
Invertebrates, 299; Peat in North America, 490; the
Antiquity of Man in South America, Dr. Florentino
Ameghino, 534; Señor Outes, Dr. Ducloux, and Dr. H.
Bücking, 534

Amphlett (J.), the Botany of Worcestershire, 422
Analytical Engine, a New, designed by Percy E. Ludgate,
Prof. C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 14

Anatomy: Death and Obituary Notice of Prof. D. J.
Cunningham, F.R.S., 15; Nervus terminalis in the Frog,
Mr. Herrick, 107; Pair of Nerves in the Carp, R. E.
Sheldon, 107; Development of the Auditory Ossicles in
the Horse, Ray F. Coyle, 149; Death of Prof. A. Fraser,
166; an Introduction to the Study of the Comparative
Anatomy of Animals, Prof. Gilbert C. Bourne, 513
Anderson (Col.), Deep Water and Railway Communica-
tions, 448

Anderson (Dr. Tempest), Volcano Metavanu, 447
Andrew J. H.), Liquidus Curves of the Ternary System,
Aluminium-Copper-Tin, 26

Andrews (Dr. C. W., F.R.S.), Remains of Rhinoceros and
Mammoth from the Thames Alluvium, 21; the Systematic
Position of Maritherium, 305

Anemographic Observations in India, 521
Angler's Season, an, W. Earl Hodgson, 37

Angot (Alfred), Magnetic Disturbance and Aurora Borealis
of September 25, 1909, 480; Earthquake of October 8,
1909, 510

Animals: the Place of Animals in Human Thought,
Countess Evelyn Martinengo Cesaresco, 276; an Intro-
duction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of
Animals, Prof. Gilbert C. Bourne, 513
Annandale (Dr. N.), Baskets used in Repelling Demons,
38; New Species of Japanese Fresh-water Sponges, 225;
Globular Organisms in the Tide-wash on the Orissa
Coast of India, 296; Indian Cirripedia Pedunculata, 373;
the Occurrence in India of the Pappataci Fly (Phlebo-
tomus papatasii), 518

Anrep (Mr.), Investigation of the Peat Bogs and Peat
Industry of Canada during the Season 1908–9, 490
Anschütz (Dr.), V. v. Richter's Chemie der Kohlenstoff-
verbindungen oder organische Chemie, 215
Antarctica: the South Polar Expedition, E. H. Shackleton,
16; Former Extension of the Antarctic Continent, Prof.
H. Kolbe, 167; Government Grant in Aid of Shackleton's
Expedition in Antarctic Regions, 263; Lieut. Shackleton's
Antarctic Expedition, 295; Polar Expeditions and
Observations, 338; Projected British Antarctic Expedi-
tion, 401

Anthropology: Cult of the Python at Uganda, Rev. J.
Roscoe, 18; Baskets used in Repelling Demons, Dr. N.
Annandale, 38; Mediæval Sinhalese Art, Ananda K.
Coomaraswamy, 39; Head-hunting among the Hill
Tribes of Assam, T. C. Hodson, 80; 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; Origin and Rites of the Gypsies,
142; the Home of the Gypsies, Prof. R. Pischel, 142;
Gypsy Rites, E. O. Winstedt, 143; the Flight of
Nigerian Arrows, Dr. C. G. Knott, 149; Hair- and Eye-
colour of School Children in Surrey, Miss B. Freire-
Marreco, 167: Different Types of Human Ears, R. B.
Bean, 227; Filipino Ears, a Classification of Ear Types,
R. B. Bean, 435; Somatological Study of the Benguet
Indians, R. B. Dean, 266; Eoliths Found with Remains
of Elephas meridionalis at Dewlish, in Dorset, W. G.
Smith, 266; Beliefs and Customs of the Australian
Aborigines, Prof. J. G. Frazer, 275; the Bandar Cult
among the Kandyan Sinhalese, Dr. C. G. Seligmann,
403; Prehistoric Cemeteries at Koshtamna, in Nubia,
Dr. G. A. Reisner, 463; Drs. G. Elliot Smith and

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D. E. Derry, 463; an Anthropological Survey of the
Sudan, Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 491; Death and
Obituary Notice of Prof. C. Lombroso, 494; Semitic
Magic, its Origins and Development, R. Campbell
Thompson, 514; Rock Paintings of the Lower Ebro,
l'Abbé Breuil and Juan Cabré, 522; the Antiquity of
Man in South America, Dr. Florentino Ameghino, 534;
Señor Outes, Dr. Ducloux, and Dr. H. Bücking, 534;
see also British Association

Antimony, its History, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology,
Metallurgy, Uses, Preparations, Analysis, Production and
Valuation, Chung Yu Wang, 68

Antoniadi (M.), Observations of Mars, 355, 430, 465;
Mars, 498

Apiculture: Black Wax of Burma, D. Hooper, 108
Apsit (Jean), Seeds Killed by Anæsthetics, 90
Arber (E. A. Newell), Fossil Plants, 304
Archæology: Ancient Modelled Heads of Various Races,
Prof. Flinders Petrie, F.R.S., 21; Chalk Figurine Dis-
covered in a Stratum containing Instruments and
Weapons Characteristic of the Stone Age, 43; Polished
Stonework in the Haut-Oubanghi, A. Lacroix, 59;
Ionia and the East, D. G. Hogarth, 94; Roman Antiqui-
ties in Wiltshire, E. H. Goddard, 108; Notes on a
Stone Circle in County Cork, Captain Boyle T. Somer-
ville, 126; Sun and Star Observations at the Stone
Circles of Keswick and Long Meg, Dr. John Morrow,
128; a Guide to Avebury and Neighbourhood, R. H.
Cox, 154; Forest Boundary Stones in Essex, 195; Dis-
covery at Jaederen of a House of the Middle Iron Age,
198; Archæological and Ethnographical Explorations,
232; Remarkable Discovery in the Neighbourhood of
Peshawar, Dr. D. B. Spooner, 232; Origin and Date
of the So-called Dene-holes, Rev. J. W. Hayes, 313;
Excavation of the So-called Roman Amphitheatre at
Charterhouse-on-Mendip, H. St. George Gray, 313;
Bronze-age Interments in Switzerland, F. A. Forel, 371;
Discoveries along the Colorado River, 372; Excavations
at the Roman Camps of Chester and Caerleon, 374; Sup-
posed Ancient Canoe Discovered near Lochmaben,
Thomas Henderson, 435; Notable Discoveries at Susa,
435; Remains of a Lake-dwelling in Sweden, Dr. Otto
Froodis, 460; Discoveries on the Site of the City of
Sparta, 463; Prehistoric Cemeteries at Koshtamna, in
Nubia, Dr. G. A. Reisner, 463; Drs. G. Elliot Smith
and D. E. Derry, 463

Archibald (Prof. E. H.), the Atomic Weight of Platinum,
29; New Determination of the Atomic Weight of
Iridium, 474; Electrical Conductivity of Solutions of
Iodine and Platinum Tetraiodide in Ethyl Alcohol, 474
Archibald (R. D.), Electrical Laboratory Course for Junior
Students, 66

Arctica the Attainment of the North Pole, 306; Polar
Expeditions and Observations, 338; Captain Bernier's
Arrival at Point Amour, Labrador, 432; Forthcoming
Attempt to Reach North Pole, Evelyn Baldwin, 460;
Proposed Zeppelin Polar Expedition, Prof. Hergesell,
493
Arithmetic: the Invicta Number Scheme, J. W. Ladner,
515

Armstrong (Dr. E. F.), Chemical Properties of Flour, 476;
Proteins, the Relation between Composition and Food
Value, 476: Difference in Composition of Different
Proteins, 508; Strength of Wheat, 536

Armstrong (Geo. A.), Drought in South-west Ireland, 487
Armstrong (Prof. H. E., LL.D., F.R.S.), Opening Address
in Section B at the Meeting of the British Association at
Winnipeg, 279; on the Three-fold Emission Spectra of
Solid Organic Compounds, 470

Arnsperger (Dr. Hans), die Röntgenuntersuchung der
Brustorgane und ihre Ergebnisse für Physiologie und
Pathologie, 222

Arth (Prof. G.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 134
Ashby (Dr.), Prehistoric Antiquities of Malta, 478
Ashford (C. E.), the Elementary Theory of Direct Current
Dynamo Electric Machinery, 66

Asia Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, 30, 150, 270;
Bathy-orographical Map of Asia, 187; Explorations in
Central Asia, Dr. Stein, 368

Assmann (Dr. R.), Island of Norderney, 143
Association of Economic Biologists, 114