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Index 



Nature, 

 March 23,>igii 



finitive Elements for the Orbit of Comet 1904 II. (1904^), 

 J. Sedlac'ek, 218; Designations of Newly Discovered 

 Variable Stars, 218; Nova Arse 98, 1910, Dr. Ristenpart, 

 218; Publications of the Allegheny Observatory, Prof. 

 Schlesingor, 218; Dr. Schlesinger and D. Alter, 218; 

 Dr. R. H. Baker, 218; Royal Astronomical Society, 226; 

 Multiple Solutions in the Determination of Orbits from 

 Three Observations, C. \^. L. Charlier, 226 ; Accuracy of 

 the Positions of the Star Images in the " Harvard Sky," 

 H. H. Turner, 226 ; Determination of Selenographic 

 Positions, and the Measurement of Lunar Photographs, 

 S. A. Saunders, 226-7 ; the Quadrantid Meteor Shower, 

 T. W. Backhouse, 236 ; Determination of the Inter- 

 national Boundaries in Africa, 247 ; New Experimental 

 Demonstration of the Earth's Rotation, Father Hagen, 

 248; B. Latour, 248; Investigation of the Orbit of the 

 Wolf's Comet, 1898-1911, M. Kamensky, 248; the Light 

 Changes of Forty-nine Variable Stars, Dr. L. Pracka, 

 248 ; January Meteors, John R. Henry, 271 ; the Spectrum 

 of the America Nebula, Dr. Max Wolf, 282 ; the Move- 

 ments of Certain Stars, in Space, compared with that 

 of the Sun, Dr. P. Stroobant, 282 ; the Italian Observa- 

 tories, 282 ; Astronomy at the Brussels Exhibition, Dr. 

 Stroobant, 282 ; Tracing the Solar Corona in Lunar 

 Observations, Em. Touchet, 283 ; Annual Publications, 

 283 ; Determination of the Solar Parallax, Charles D. 

 Perrine, 287 ; the Stars from Year to Year, with Charts 

 for Every Month, H. Periam Hawkins, 304 ; the Star 

 Calendar for 1911, H. Periam Hawkins, 304; the Star 

 Almanac for 1911, H. Periam Hawkins, 304; the New 

 Hamburg Observatory, 309 ; Death and Obituary Notice 

 of, Dr. M. W'ilhelm Meyer, 313 ; Discovery of an Eighth- 

 magnitude Nova, Mr. Espin, 319; Nineteen .Stars with 

 Newly Discovered Variable Radial Velocities, O. J. Lee, 

 319; Observations of Planets, J. Halley, 319; Aims of 

 Astronomy of Precision, S. C. Hough, F.R.S., at Roval 

 Society of South Africa, 323 ; Observations of the Sun 

 made at the Observatory of Lyons during the Third 

 Quarter of 1910, J. Guillaume, 327 ; Round the Year 

 with the Stars, Garrett P. Serviss, 333 ; Astronomical 

 Society of Barcelona, 344 ; the January Meteors, W. F. 

 Denning, 348 : Nova Lacerta;, Mr. Hinks, 348 ; Mr. 

 Espin, .348, 384; Prof. Max Wolf, 384, 453, 1^23, i^t;2 ; 

 Prof. Pickering, 3S4, 523 ; Mr. Bellamy, 384 ; Dr. Graff, 

 417; Prof. Barnard, 453; Prof. Millosevich, 453; Dr. 

 Miinch, 41^3 ; Prof. Hertzsprung, 4c;3 ; Felix de Roy, 4153 ; 

 Herr Mewes, 453 ; P. Idrac, 486, 523 ; Prof. Nijland, 

 523 ; Dr. Kiih!, 523 ; P. M. Ryves, 523 ; First Observa- 

 tions on the New Star in Lacerta, P. Idrac, 463 ; Comets 

 Due to Return in 1911, Mr. Lynn, 348; Preliminarv 

 Results derived from Radial-velocity Determinations, 

 Prof. Campbell, 348: Stellar Magnitudes, J. E. Maybee, 

 348 ; Temperature Changes and Solar Activity, Prof. 

 F. H. Bigelow, 3152 ; Fireball of January 9, W. F. 

 Denning, 372 ; the Orbits of Several Spectroscopic 

 Binaries, R. H. Baker, 384 ; F, C. Jordan, 385 ; the 

 Discovery of Kepler's Laws, M. Bigourdan, 381; ; Bright 

 Bolides, M. Birkenstock, 385 ; the Astrographic Cata- 

 logue, Catania Zones, 385 ; Effective Diameters of the 

 Stars, Charles Nordmann, 395 ; Death and Obituary 

 Notice of Gustave Leveau, 414 ; Death of F. W. 

 Hermann Leppig, 414 : Death of M. Roz^, 414 ; Meteors 

 in February, W. F. Denning, 417 ; a New Variable or 

 Nova (134, 1910, Piscium), E. Ernst, 417; Mass-ratios of 

 the Components of Kriiger 60 and Castor, Dr. H. N. 

 Russell, 418; Double Stars, Dr. R. G. Aitken, 418; Prof. 

 Burnham, 418 ; the United States Naval Observatory, 

 418; Star Colours, Mr. Innes, 418; Absorbing Matter in 

 Space, Messrs. Innes and W'orssell, 41:3 ; Photographic 

 Determinations of Stellar Parallax, Prof. F. Schlesinger, 

 , 4<;4 ; Lines in the Spectra of Nebulas, Dr. W. H. Wright, 

 -KJ. ; Utilisation of the Sun's Heat, Prof. Ceraski, /^tA : 

 Splendid Meteor on January 21;, W. F. Denning, 4^3; 

 a Morning Meteor, Joseph H. Elgie, 471:;; Cometary 

 Theories, Messrs. Roe and Graham. 486 ; Prof. Eginitis, 

 486 ; Polarisation in the Spectrum of o Ceti, Dr. W'right, 

 486; the Earth's Action on Sunlight and Heat, James 

 D. Roots, 486 ; Stars shown to the Children, Ellison 

 Hawks, 506 ; Standard Astronometrv, W. E. Cooke, 523 ; 

 New Spectroscopic Binaries, J. H. Moore, 523 ; Mr. 

 Paddock, 523 ; Prof. Campbell, 524 ; The Progressive 



Disclosure of the Entire Atmosphere of the Sun, Albert 

 Alfred Buss, 540 ; the Spectra of some Wolf-Rayet Stars, 

 J. C. Duncan, 552 ; Southern Nebulre, Mr. Innes, 5152 ; 

 Mr. Woods, 552 ; Mr. Mitchell, 552 ; a Slowly Moving 

 Meteor, F. E. Baxandall, c<;2 



-Astrophysics : les Theories Modernes du Soleil, J. Bosler, 

 68 ; Vorlesungen iiber die Physik der Sonne, Prof. E. 

 Pringsheim, 68 ; the Solar Physics Observatory, 373 ; the 

 Progressive Disclosure of the Entire Atmosphere of the 

 Sun, Dr. H. Deslandres at Royal Institution of Great 

 Britain, 422, 457 



Athens, the Annual of the British School at, H. R. Hall, 



Athens, the Latitude of, Demetrius Eginitis, 56 



Atkinson (Prof. G. F.), Botany for High Schools, 370 



Atmospheric Nitrogen, Fixation of. Prof. J. Zenneck, 556 



.Atomic Weights of Cadmium, Manganese, Bromine, Lead, 

 Arsenic, Iodine, Silver, Chromium, and Phosphorus, 

 Researches upon the, G. P. Baxter, 202 



Atomistik, die experimentelle Grundlegung der, W. 

 Mocklenberg, 403 



Audas (J. W.), Botanical Expedition in the Victorian 

 Alps, Plants recorded in the District by Dr. A. J. Evvart, 

 177 



Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 the, 558 



Australia : the Tribe, and Intertribal Relations in Aus- 

 tralia, G. C. Wheeler, 267 ; Two Representative Tribes 

 of Queensland, with an Inquiry concerning the Origin of 

 the Australian Race, J. Mathew, 267 ; a Research on the 

 Pines of Australia, R. T. Baker and H. G. Smith, 465 



Aviation : Morning Post National Fund Airship's Flight 

 from Moisson to Aldershot, 18 ; Death of Octave Chanute, 

 211;; Aeroplane Patents, Robert M. Neilson, 270; 

 Aviators and Squalls, M. Durand-Gr^ville, 322 ; Flight 

 in a Curtis Biplane from Selfridge Field, Eugene Ely, 

 4i> ; Increasing the Stability of Aeroplanes by Means of 

 Gyroscopes, M. Girardville, 429; Oversea Flight by Mr. 

 McCurdy, 448 ; the Structural Design of Aeroplanes, 

 Prof. Herbert Chatley, 41^2 ; Forthcoming Attempt to 

 Cross the Atlantic Ocean by Airship, 484 ; Loss of Life 

 by Aeroplane Accidents, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 484 ; the 

 Airship for the British Navy, 555 



Ayrton (Hertha), Sex Relationship, 406; Motion of Oscil- 

 lating Water, 462 



Babylon, the German Excavations at, H. R. Hall, 312 

 Backhouse (T. W.), the Quadrantid Meteor Shower, 236 

 Bacteriology : Applications of the Kinematograph to 

 Bacteriological Photomicrography, iq ; Method for Isolat- 

 ing and Growing the Lepra Bacillus of Man, E. W. 

 Twort, 127 ; Oxidation of Phenol by Certain Bacteria in 

 Pure Culture, G. J. Fowler, E. Ardern, and W. T. 

 Lockett, 127 ; Search for Bacterium coU in Sea Water by 

 the Methods Employed for Fresh Water, P. Fabre- 

 Domergue and R. Legendre, 162 ; Bacterial Disease of 

 the Potato Plant in Ireland and the Organism causing it, 

 G. H. Pethybridge and Paul A. Murphy, 296 ; Per- 

 manency of the Characters of the Bacteria of the Bacillus 

 coli Group, Dr. R. Greig-Smith, 362 ; Soil Fertility, Dr. 

 R. Greig-Smith, 362 

 Baensch (Otto), Baruch de Spinoza, Ethik, 367 

 Bagster (L. S.), Properties of some Binary Mixtures of 



some Liquefied Gases, 453 

 Baikie (Rev. James), the Sea-Kings of Crete, 235 

 Bailey (L. H.), Manual of Gardening, 132 

 Baker (Dr. R. H.), Publications of the Allegheny Observa- 

 torv, 218; the Orbits of Several Spectroscopic Binaries, 



.S84 

 Baker (R. T.), a Research on the Pines of Australia, 465 

 Baker (W. M.), Public School Arithmetic, 167 

 Baldwin (Prof. James Mark), Darwinism and the 



Humanities, 504 

 Ball (F.), Altitude Tables, computed for Intervals of Four 

 Minutes between the Parallels of Latitude 0° and 30° and 

 Parallels of Declination o* and 24°, designed for the 

 Determination of the Position-line at all Hour Angles 

 without Logarithmic Computation, 201 

 Ball (Sir Robert S.), a Popular Guide to the Heavens, 136 



