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Index 



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Anderson (Prof. A.), Measurement of Contact Differences 

 of Potential, 607 



Anderson (M.), Mammals collected in Shen-si, Central 

 China, 337 



Andr^ (E.), New Method of Preparing j3-DiUetones, 507 



Andrews (Dr. C. W.), a New Species of Dinotherium from 

 British East Africa, 505 



Angus (Prof. W.), Australian Agriculture and Science, 265 



Animals: Distinguished Animals, H. Perry Robinson, 14; 

 Domestic Animals and Plants, Prof. E. Davenport, 107 



Annelids, Ray Society, a Monograph of the British, Prof. 

 W. C. Mcintosh, F.R.S., Prof. F. W. Gamble, F.R.S., 

 408 



Anselmino (Dr. O.), das Wasser, 177 



Antarctic Expeditions, 156 ; the Australasian Antarctic 

 Expedition, Dr. Douglas Mawson, 231 ; Australasian 

 Antarctic Expedition, 267 



Anthropology : Cave Exploration at Gibraltar, Dr. W. L. H. 

 Duckworth, 100 ; Implements of Moustierian Type from 

 Gibraltar, Dr. W. L. H. Duckworth, 245 ; Anthropology, 

 Dr. H. S. Harrison, 174 ; History of Anthropology, Dr. 

 A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., A. H. Quiggin, 308; the Racial 

 Problem in Nubia, Prof. C. Elliot Smith, 347 ; Physical 

 Anthropology of Australasian Races, Prof. R. J. Berry, 

 Dr. A. W^ ' W. Robertson, Mr. K. Stuart Cross, 433 ; 

 Classification of Prehistoric Remains of E. Essex, S. H 

 Warren, 472 ; a Prehistoric Skeleton, Dr. A. Keith, 472 ; 

 the Racial Anatomy of the Philippine Islanders, intro- 

 ducing New Methods of Anthropology, Prof. R. B. Bean, 

 Prof. G. Elliot Smith, F.R.S., 513 ; Anthropological 

 Expedition to New Guinea, 531 ; Memories of Eighty 

 Years, Dr. John Beddoe, F.R.S., 551 ; Proposed Imperial 

 Bureau of Anthropology : Memorial from the Royal 

 Anthropological Institute, 572 ; the Jews : a Study of 

 Race and Environment, M. Fishberg, Dr. A. C. Haddon, 

 F.R.S., 578 



Apple Blossoms and Flow of Sap, F. C. Constable, 



Arber (E. A. Newell), Compulsory Latin Diagnosis for 

 Fossil Plants, 380 



Archaeology : Antiquities of the St. Francis, White, and 

 Black Rivers, Arkansas, C. B. Moore, Dr. A. C. 

 Haddon, F.R.S., 60; Cyzicus, F. W. Hasluck, H. R. 

 Hall, 138; the Land of the Hittites, Prof. J. Garstang, 

 145 ; the Egyptian Influence on Rhodesia Ruin Builders 

 or vice-versa, H. W. Tarbutt, 236 ; die Eiszeit und der 

 vorgeschichtliche Mensch, Prof. G. Steinmann, 243 ; Cliff 

 Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe, Rev. S. Baring- 

 Gould, 248 ; the Archaeological Survey of Nubia, Prof. 

 G. A. Reisner, 283 ; Handbook of American Indians 

 North of Mexico, 379 ; the Past at Our Doors, W. W. 

 Skeet, 379 ; the Dawn of Mediterranean Civilisation, 

 A. Mosso, M. C. Harrison, Rev. J. Griffith, 385 



Arctic Tides, Rollin A. Harris, 465 



Argentine : Ornitologia Argentina, Dr. R. Dabbene, 378 



Argentine Republic : los Aborigenes de la Republica 

 Argentina, Prof. F. F. Outes, Prof. C. Bruch. 481 



Arithmetic : the Student's Arithmetic, W. M. Baker, A. A. 

 Bourne, 377 



Arloing (S.), Influence of the Anaemia of the Organs on 

 the Incidence of Tuberculous Lesions, 506 



Aronssohn (F.), Mineral Composition of the Bee, 406 



Arrhenius (Prof.), Habitability of Mars, 534 



Art Metal W^ork : Oriental Silverwork, Malay and Chinese, 

 H. Ling Roth, 353 



Artificial Gems, Production and Identification of, Noel 

 Heaton, 433 



Arwidsson (I.), Some Irish Maldanidae, 506 



Asiatic Society of Bengal, 609 



Astronomy : Newcomb-Engelmann's " Populare Astro- 

 nomic," 73 ; Our Astronomical Column, 23, 54, 91, 122, 

 15s. 191. 223, 254, 292, 322, 359, 393, 426, 460, 495, 528, 

 564, 595 ; Remarkable Meteor on February 19. 23, 

 54 ; Nova Lacertae, Max Wolf, 24 ; Prof. Millo- 

 sevich, 91, 156; Prof. Miinch, 254; H. Shapley, 322; 

 Prof. W. H. Wright, 393 ; Abnormally Coloured Stars 

 near. Dr. Slocum, 322 ; Halley's Comet, Prof. Barnard, 

 24, 322, 460; Various, 91, 191; Knox Shaw, 167; M. 

 Antoniadi, M. Chofardet, 223 ; Mr. Keeling, 292 ; Mr. 

 J. H. Reynolds, 292 ; Prof. Eginitis, 426 ; Zodiacal Light 

 and Gegenschein, 24, 155 ; Expedition to Khartoum to 

 Observe, Prof. Kr. Birkeland, 79 ; the Murnpeowie 

 Meteorite, 24 ; Carnegie Institution Report, 29 ; Deter- 



minacion de la Latitud por la Observaci6n de Distancias 

 Cenitales de la Estrella Polar, C. Puente, 41 ; Spectrum 

 and Orbit of o Persei, Mr. Jordan, 91 ; Latitude Deter- 

 mination by the Talcott Method with a Field Theodolite, 

 Kiyofusa Sotome, 91 ; Relation between Separation and 

 Magnitude of Visual Double Stars, R. G. Aitken, 91 ; 

 Path of Comet 1886 I, Dr. Redlich, 91 ; Earthshine on 

 the Moon, J. H. Elgie, 91 ; Observations of Saturn, 

 M. Maggini, 92 ; Adoption of Standard Time in France, 

 92 ; H. Cathenod, 156 ; Water Vapour on Mars, Prof. 

 F. W. Very, no; Sydney Observatory, 122; Spectra of 

 Spiral Nebulae and Globular Star Clusters, Mr. Fath, 

 123 ; Dark Borders of the Martian Snowcaps, M. 

 Antoniadi, 123 ; Double-star Observations, Dr. Doberck, 

 Mr. Motherwell, 123 ; the Ebro Observatory of Cosmic 

 Physics, 125 ; a Kinetic Theory of Gravitation, C. F. 

 Brush, 130; Sir O. Lodge, F.R.S., 142; Dr. C. V. 

 Burton, 246 ; a Wave Theory of Gravitation, Rev. H. V. 

 Gill, S.J., 180; Angular Speed of Rotation of a Long- 

 enduring Prominence, A. A. Buss, 143 ; Revision of 

 Leverrier's Theory of the Motions of the Planets Jupiter 

 and Saturn, R. T. A. Innes, 149 ; Halos, Appeal for 

 Observations by Amateurs of, M. Besson, 156; Star List 

 of the American Ephemeris, 1911, 156; Ephemeris for 

 Wolf's Comet, 156; Report of the Canadian Dominion 

 Observatory, 160 ; Meeting of the Royal Astronomical 

 Society, March 10 : a Research on the Aberration Con- 

 stant and the Variation of Latitude by Means of the 

 Floating Zenith Telescope, the late Mr. Bryan Cookson ; 

 the Principle of Relativity in Gravitational Astronomy, 

 Dr. W. de Sitter ; Photographs of Jupiter's Satellite 

 VIII, Helwan Observatory, Egypt; Photographic Deter- 

 mination of Positions of Reference Stars and Funda- 

 mental Stars, Prof. H. H. Turner, 166; Daylight 

 Saving? Prof. John Milne, F.R.S., 183, 378; L. 

 Southerns, 278; the Voice of the Sluggard, 349; Day- 

 light and Darkness, 349 ; T. W. Backhouse, 484, 508 ; 

 the Total Eclipse of the Sun on April 28, 191 1, C. P. 

 Butler, 185, 313; Father Cortie, Mr. Worthington, 359; 

 Mr. C. L. Wragge, 3,S9, 5.54; C. W. Raffety, 554; the 

 British Solar Eclipse Expedition, Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer, 

 426, 461, 496, 529, 565; Faye's Comet, Dr. Max Wolf, 

 191 ; Prof. Barnard, 322 ; Comet 1910a photographed. 

 Dr. K. Bohlin, 191 ; Proposed Method of Determining 

 Spectral Types Quantitatively, Dr. S, Albrecht, 191 ; 

 Meridian Observations at the Royal Observatory, 

 Belgium, 191 ; Popularising Astronomy, Rev. W. G. 

 Pritchard, 192 ; J. H. Elgie, 223 ; the Radiation produc- 

 ing Aurora Borealis, L. Vegard, 212 ; Detonating Meteor 

 in Messina, 223 ; Circulation in the Solar Atmosphere, 

 F. Slocum, 223 ; Antwerp Astronomical Society, 223 ; 

 Orbits of Two Spectroscopic Binaries, J. B. Cannon, 

 J. S. Plaskett, 223; April Meteors, W. F. Denning, 254; 

 Different Quality of Light Reflected from Various Parts 

 of the Lunar Surface, A. Miethe, B. Seegert. 2t;4 ; the 

 Pyrheliometric Scale, C. G. Abbot, L. B. Aldrich, 254; 

 Micrometric Measures of Nebulae at Cincinnati, 255 ; 

 Motion of certain Stars in Space, Prof. Stroobant, 255 ; 

 Proposed Australasian Observatories, 266 ; Comets as 

 Merely Optical Phenomena, Signor Luigi Armellini, 292 ; 

 " Astronomlschen Jahresberichts," 292 ; Intrinsic Light 

 and Effective Temperatures of Algol and its Satellite, 

 Dr. Nordmann, 292 ; Observations of Jupiter, Antoniadi, 

 292 ; Absorption and Diffusion of Light by Meteorites of 

 Intersidereal Space, Salet, 303 ; Application of Interfer- 

 ence Phenomena to Study of Nebulae, Ch. Fabry, H. 

 Buisson, 303 ; Maya Astronomy, C. P. Bowditch, 307 ; 

 New Minor Planets Found at Transvaal Observatory, 

 322 ; Proper Motions in Sun-spot Groups, Dr. Brunner, 

 Herr Wolfer, 323 ; Relation between Diameter of a 

 Photographic Image and Exposure, Dr. Mees, 323 ; 

 Photographic Measures of Stellar Temperatures and 

 Diameters, Adolph Hnatek, 323 ; Canadian Observer's 

 Handbook for 1911, 323; Absorption Markings in " K " 

 Spectroheliograms, J. Evershed, 348 ; Calendar Reform, 

 Alex. Philip, 348; H. C. P., 349: W. T. Lynn, 381; a 

 Zenith Halo. K. C. Krever, 349 ; Dr. E. van Everdingen, 

 448 ; E. Gold, 349, 448 ; Meteors, Rev. T. E. R. Phillips, 

 J. H. Elgie. S. A. Wilson, F. T. Naish, 3i:;q; Spark 

 Spectra of Calcium and Hydrogen in a Magnetic Field, 

 M. Hemsalech, 31^9 ; the Solar Constant, C. G. Abbot, 

 F. E. Fowle, jun., .159 ; Photographic Observations of 



