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Eclipse, Prof. R. W. Wood, 250; Eclipse Photography, 

 Prof. Francis E. Nipher, 325 ; Solar Corona Detected by 

 Means of Thermo-couple, II. Deslandres, 24 ; Observations 

 of the Infra-red Spectrum of the Solar Corona, M. Des- 

 landres, 67 ; on the Nature of the Solar Corona, with some 

 Suggestions for Work at the next Total Eclipse, Prof. R. W. 

 Wood, 230 ; the Fraunhofer Lines in the Spectrum of the 

 Corona, A. Fowler, 394 ; Recent Studies of the Infra-red 

 Region of the Solar Spectrum, Prof. S. P. Langley, 68 ; 

 Suggested Solar Oscillation, Prof. J. T. Morrison, 266 ; the 

 Sun's Motion in Space, G. H. Knibbs, 267 ; Our Stellar 

 System, Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S. ,29; New 

 Variable Stars, 39, 115, 260, 525; R. T. A. Innes, 309; 

 New Variable Star in Lyra, A. Stanley Williams, 92 ; New 

 Variable in Cygnus, A. Stanley Williams, 188 ; New Variable 

 Star, I, 1901 (Cygni), Stanley Williams, 426; New Variable, 

 2, 1901 (Cygni), Dr. T. D. Anderson, 502 ; New Variable 

 Star, 70 (1901), Ursa Majoris, 620 ; Observations of Circum- 

 polar Variable Stars, 502 ; Cooperation in Observing Vari- 

 able Stars, Prof. E. C. Pickering, 477 ; Catalogue of New 

 Variable Stars, 452 ; Catalogue of Southern Variable Stars, 

 Alexander W. Roberts, 548 ; Light Curve of Algol, A. A. 

 Nijland, 525 ; Ephemeris of Comet 1900 b (Borelly- 

 Brooks), 39 ; Elements of, 92 ; Elements of Comet 19CXD c, 

 260; Elliptic Elements of Comet 1900 c, 333; Obser- 

 vations of, at Algiers, MM. Rambaud and Sy, 291 ; 

 Brorsen's Comet, 333 ; Definitive Elements of the Orbit of 

 Comet 1898 VII., 355 ; Astronomical Work at Dunsink 

 Observatory, 39; the Leonid Meteors, 39, 92, 116; the 

 Leonid Meteoric Shower, W. F. Denning, 39 ; Annual 

 Report of the Melbourne Observatory, P. Baracchi, 67 ; 

 Abnormal Stars in Clusters, Prof. E. E. Barnard, 68 ; the 

 Zodiacal Light, 68 ; Visual Observation of Capella(o Aurigse), 

 Prof. W. J. Hussey, 92 ; Distribution of Minor Planets, M. 

 Freycinet, 116; New Minor Planets, W. R. Brooks, 240; 

 the Telescopic Planets, M. de Freycinet, 123 ; Catalogue of 

 One Hundred New Double Stars, Prof. W. J. Hussey, 141 ; 

 Double Star Measures, 286 ; Dr. Doberck, 383 ; Catalogue of 

 Double Stars, 596 ; Brooks' Minor Planets, 333; "Annuaire 

 Astronomiquefor 1901," 163; the Heavens at a Glance, 1901, 

 164; Companion to the Observatory, 1901, 164; Can Spec- 

 trum Analysis Furnish us with Precise Information as to the 

 Petrography of the Moon ? Dr. W. J. Knight, 180 ; Marking 

 on Mars, Mr. Douglass, 189 ; Opposition of Mars in 1888, 

 G. V. Schiaparelli, 286 ; Relative Motion of the Earth and 

 the Ether, William Sutherland, 205 ; Tychoniana at Prague, 

 Prof. Dr. F. I. Studnicka, 206 ; Diameter of Venus, Prof. 

 T. J. J. See, 212 ; Reduction of Occultations, L. Cruls, 212 ; 

 Heliometer Measures of h and x Persei, Prof. Schur, 240 ; 

 Annuaire pour 1901 Bureau des Longitudes, 240 ; Catalogue 

 of Stars (Hamburg), 240; Spain and Greenwich Time, 240; 

 the Stability of a Swarm of Meteorites, Prof. Andrew Gray, 

 F.R.S., 250; Visible Spectrum of Nova Aquilse, Prof. 

 W. W. Campbell, 260 ; Normal Positions of Ceres, Prof. 

 G. W. Hill, 2bo ; the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, its 

 History and Work, E. W. Maunder, 271 ; Origin of Terres- 

 trial Magnetism, 286 ; the Almucantar, C. S. Howe, 309 ; 

 Die Photographie im Dienste der Himmelskunde, Dr. Karl 

 Kostersitz, 324 ; a Primer of Astronomy, Sir Robert Ball, 

 F.R.S., 325; Refraction within Telescope Tube, James 

 Renton, 334; Variations in the Motion of the Terrestrial 

 Pole, 354 ; New Component of the Polar Motion, Prof. S. C. 

 Chandler, 452 ; Jupiter and his Markings, W. F. Deiining, 

 355 ; Photographic Catalogue of Polar Stars, 355 ; Catalogue 

 of Principal Stars in Coma Berenices Cluster, 383 ; United 

 States Naval Observatory, 383; Kant's Cosmogony, W. 

 Hastie, 413 ; Constant of Aberration, C. L. Doolittle, 405 ; 

 Harvard College Observatory, 406 ; the New Star in Perseus, 

 420, 477, 482 ; Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 441, 

 467, 540 ; J. Janssen, 483 ; Prof. Edward C. Pickering, 497 ; 

 Prof. H. C. Vogel, 502, 620 ; Prof. Copeland, 507 ; C. Easton, 

 540 ; Prof. Hale, 596 ; Mr. Sharp, 628 ; Dr. Rambaut, 628 ; 

 Chart for Observations of Nova Persei, 525 ; the Spectrum of 

 Nova Persei, Prof. H. C. Vogel, 575 ; New Type of Shortened 

 Telescope, E. Schaer, 452 ; aCosmic Atmosphere, Dom Lamey, 

 459; Maps in Theory and Practice, Prof. J. D. Everett. F.R.S., 

 464 ; Dimensions of the Saturnian System, Prof. T. J. J. See, 

 477 ; Royal Astronomical Society, 482, 627 ; Modern As- 

 tronomy, H. H. Turner, F.R.S., 488; the Orientation of 

 Greek Temples. Dr. F. C. Penrose, F.R.S., 49* J a Re- 



markable Group of Nebulous Spots, 596 ; Stonyhurst College 

 Observatory, 596 ; Rutherfurd Measures of Pleiades, Harold 

 Jacoby, 548 ; on a Solar Calorimeter depending on the rate 

 of Generation of Steam, J. Y. Buchanan, F. R. S., 548; the 

 Romance of the Heavens, A. W. Bickerton, 607 ; Reduction 

 of Photographs of Stellar Spectra, 620 



Atkinson (Llewelyn B.), the Principles of Magnetism and 

 Electricity, 515 



Atlas, Philip's London School Board, 344 



Atlas, the London School, 344 



Atlantic, North, on the Results of a Deep-sea Sounding Expe- 

 dition in the, during the Summer of 1899, R. E. Peake, Sir 

 John Murray, K.C.B., F.R.S., 487 ; North Atlantic Weather 

 in Winter 1898-9, 499 



Atmosphere : on the Spectrum of the more Volatile Gases of 

 Atmospheric Air. which are not condensed at the Tempera- 

 ture of Liquid Hydrogen, Prof. G. D. Liveing, F.R.S., Prof. 

 J. Dewar, F.R.S., 189 



Atmosphere : Researches on the Past and Present History of 

 the Earth's Atmosphere, Dr. T. L. Phipson, 537 



Atmospheric Electricity, Drs. Elster and Geitel, 283 ; Variatioiv 

 of, E. Pellew, 491 



Atoll of Miorikoi, the, J. S. Gardiner, 195 



Atoms : Matter, Ether and Motion, A. E, Dolbear, 533 ; La 

 Constitution du Monde, Dynamique des Atomes, Madame 

 Clemence Royer, 533 : Mutmassungen iiber das Wesen der 

 Gravitation, der Elektricitats und der Magnetismus, Dr. 

 Hermann Fischer, 533 ; Ueber mogliche Bewegungen mc^- 

 licher Atome, Dr. Hermann Fischer, 533 



Audibility of the Sound of Firing on February i, 355, 372, 420 j 

 Sir W. J. Herschel, 395 ; Arthur R. Hinks, 441 ; Robert R 

 Hay ward, F.R.S., 538 



Aurora, Photography of the, 525 



Australia : the Geology of Sydney and the Blue Mountains, Rev^.. 

 J. Milne Curran, 81 ; Investigations of the Habits and Folk- 

 lore of Australian Aborigines, 88 ; Origin of Australian 

 Aborigines, R. H. Mathews, 574 ; Fossil Remains from Lake 

 Callabonna, E. C. Stiriing and A. H. C. Zeitz, 181 ; the 

 Vegetable Resources of Australia, R. T. Baker, 331 ; Glacial 

 Phenomena of Australia, Prof. Penck, 405 ; de Paris aux 

 Mines d'Or de I'Australie Occidentale, O. Chemin, 440 



Autotomic Curves, H. L. Orchard, 7 ; A. S. Thorn, 7 ; A. B. 

 Basset, F.R.S., 82 



Auvergne and Ireland, Early Observations of Volcanic Phe- 

 nomena in. Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, 464 



Avebury (Lord, F.R.S..), Huxley's Life and Work, 62, 92^ 

 116 



Baby and Nursery, Mother, Genevieve Tucker, 418 



Bacon (Rev. John M. ), by Land and Sky, 203 



Bacteriology : the Form and Size of Bacteria, Dr. Allen Mac- 

 fadyen and J. E. Barnard, 9 ; Vibrio bresmiae. Pathogenic 

 Organism of Fish, R. G. Smith, 100 ; Gases produced by 

 Bacteria from certain Media, W. C. C. Pakes and W. H. 

 Jollyman, 123; Bacterial Disease of Turnip, Prof. M. C. Potter, 

 218; the "Clouding" of White Wine, R. G. Smith, 220; 

 the Essentials of Practical Bacteriology, H. J. Curtis, 274 ;. 

 Bacteriology of Sea Air and Water, Dr. R. Minervini, 282 ; 

 Anaerobic Life, Dr. Klett, 307 ; the Micro-organism of Dis- 

 temper, Dr. Copeman, 332 ; the Tubercle- Bacillus in Milk, 

 Dr. Klein, 332 ; Vitality of Bacteria in Milk, F. Valagussa 

 and C. Ortona, 404 ; Thermal Death-point of Tubercle- 

 Bacillus, Messrs. Russell and Hastings, 353 ; the Effect of 

 Physical Agents on Bacterial Life, Dr. Allen Macfadyen, 359 ;; 

 Microbes et Distillerie, Lucien Levy, 370 ; Abstract of In- 

 terim Report on Yellow Fever by Drs. Durham and Myers,. 

 401 ; the Death of Dr. Myers, 402 ; Influence of Physical 

 Agents on Bacteria, 420 ; Bacterial Decomposition of Formic 

 Acid, W. C. C. Pakes and W. H. Jollyman, 433 ; Influence 

 of Ozone on Bacteria, Dr. A. Ransome, F. R. S. , and A. G. R. 

 Foulerton, 453 ; Death and Obituary Notice of A. C. Jones, 

 521 ; Production of Acetyl- Methyl-Carbinol by Bacillus 

 tartricus, L. Grimbert, 532 ; Dr. Metchnikoff on Microbes 

 and the Human Body, 62 1 ; Action of Bacillus coli communis 

 on Carbohydrates, A. Harden, 626 



Bailey (C), Ranunculus Bachii, 459 



Baker (R. T.), an Obsidian "Bomb," 148; the Vegetable Re- 

 sources of Australia, 331 



Baker (T. J.), Thermo-chemistry of Copper-zinc Alloys, 363 



