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Index 



r Nttu>e, 

 \.July 28, iqio 



Coming Total Eclipses of the Sun, Dr. Pio Emanuelli, 

 468 ■ 



Economics : Death of Sir Robert Giffen, K.C.B., F.R.S., 

 iqb ; Obituary Notice of, 254 



Eddington (A. S.), Halley's Observations on Halley's 

 Comet, 1682, 372 



Eddy Formation — a Correction, E. H. Harper, 397 ; 

 G. H. B., 398 



Edgar (Graham), Velocities of Certain Reactions between 

 Metals and the Halogens, 467 



Edinburgh Royal Society, 148, 329, 478 



Edridge-Green (Dr. F. VV.), Vision and Colour Vision, 7 



Edser (Edwin), the Davy-Faraday Laboratory, 40 



Education : the Organisation of Technical Education, Dr. 

 R. T. Glazebrook, F.R.S., at Association of Technical 

 Institutions, 83; Death of Sir Frederick Mappin, Bart., 

 103; the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of 

 Teaching, 112; Method and Matter of Science, Prof. 

 John Dewey, 116; Classics and Science in Education, 

 A. E. Crawley, 161 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Sir 

 William Bousfield, 195 ; Scientific Knowledge and Indus- 

 trial Development, Principal E. H. Griffiths, F.R.S., 

 203 ; a National System of Technical Education, Dr. 

 Robert Pohl at Association of Teachers in Technical 

 Institutions, 206 ; Association of Teachers in Technical 

 Institutions, 508; Importance of Scientific and Technical 

 Education to Industrial Progress, J. Wilson, 508; the 

 Relation between the Technical School and the Uni- 

 versity, Dr. Price, 508 ; the Schoolmaster's Year-book 

 and Directory, 1910, 217; Death and Obituary Notice 

 of Sir Walter Palmer, Bart., 227 ; Education in England 

 and Abroad, Otto Siepmann at North of England Educa- 

 tion Conference, 234 ; Development of University (and 

 Other) Education in India, H. W. Orange, CLE., 281 ; 

 Industrial Work and Educational Development, 509 ; 

 Universities and Technical Training, Prof. A. Senier at 

 Royal Dublin Society, 539 



Edwardes (Tickner), Lift-luck on Southern Roads, 367 



Edwards (T. G.), the Procession and Pupation of the Larva 

 of Cnelhocatnpa pinivora, 147-8 



Eginitis (D.), Observations of Halley's Comet, 410, 439 ; 

 Observations of Halley's Comet made at the Observatory 

 of Athens, 449 ; the Transit and Tail of Halley's Comet, 

 502 



Egy (W. L.), Thermal Conductivity of Fire-clay at High 

 Temperatures, 200 



Egypt : Egyptian Birds, for the Most Part seen in the 

 Nile Valley, Charles Whymper, 66 ; Egypt and the 

 Egyptians, Rev. J. O. Bevan, 217; the Light of Egypt, 

 from Recently Discovered Pre-dynastic and Early 

 Christian Records, R. de Rustafjaell, 247 



Egyptology : the Medum Mummy, Dr. George A. Reisner, 

 136; Evolution of the Practice of Mummification in 

 Egypt, Prof. G. Elliot Smith, 407 



Eisenhart (Prof. L. P.), a Treatise on the Differential 

 Geometry of Curves and Surfaces, 152 



Eisenmenger (Dr. G.), le Tremblements de Terre, 187 



Ektropismus oder die physikalische Theorie des Lebens, 

 Felix Auerbach, 520 



Elborne (S. L.), Auroral Display, 170 



Elderton (Ethel M.), Influence of Parental Alcoholism on 

 the Physique and Ability of the Offspring, 381 



Electricity : the Work of Lord Kelvin in Telegraphy and 

 Navigation, Prof. J. A. Ewing, C.B., F.R.S., at Institu- 

 tion of Electrical Engineers, 23 ; New Arc-lamp, P. A. 

 Mossay, 45 ; Some Recent Applications of Ozone, 47 ; 

 Electrical Resistance of the Human Body, Prof. 

 W. W. H. Gee and F. Brotherton, 59 ; Electricity, 

 H. M. Hobart, Prof. Gisbert Kapp, 65 ; Radiation from 

 Directive Aerials in Wireless Telegraphy, Dr. W. H. 

 Eccles, 107; Telephone Circuits, Prof. J. Perry, 118; 

 Makers of Electricity, Brother Potamian and Prof. 

 James J. Walsh, 124 ; Electrical Discharges over Photo- 

 graphic Plates, Prof. Alfred W. Porter, 142 ; Coherers, 

 Dr. W. H. Eccles, 146 ; Properties of Coherers, M. 

 Tissot, 348; M. Blein, 348; Earth-air Electric Currents, 



' G. C. Simpson, 147; Dynamo Laboratory Manual for 

 Colleges and Technical Schools, W. S. Frank'in, 

 W. Esty, S. E. Seyfert, and C. E. Clewell, i5.«; ; Electro- 



' technics, Dr. John Henderson, Prof. Gisbert Kapp, 185 ; 



tion of Insulating 

 Neutral Doublets 

 Garrett and J. J. 

 Internal-combustion 



Practical Testing of Electrical Machines, L. Oulton and 

 N. J. Wilson, Prof. Gisbert Kapp, 185; the Electrifica- 

 Materials, Walter Jamieson, 189 ; 

 at Atmospheric Pressure, A. E. 

 Lonsdale, 218; Electric Ignition of 

 Engines, J. W. Warr, 230 ; 

 Demonstration of Telephone Currents in Loaded and 

 Unloaded Lines, B. S. Cohen, 239 ; Measurement of 

 very High Potentials by Means of an Electrometer under 

 Pressure, C. E. Guye and A. Tscherniavski, 239 ; 

 Phenomena of Electric Transport in Solutions of Certain 

 Colouring Materials, L60 Vignon, 239 ; Vibration 

 Galvanometer, F. Wenner, 258 ; Electric Waves, Prof. 

 W. S. Franklin, 274 ; Wireless Telegraphy and VVireless, 

 Telephony, Prof. A. E. Kennelly, 274 ; Wireless Tele- 

 phones and How They Work, Dr. J. Erskine-Murray, 

 274 ; Handbook for Wireless Telegraph Operators, 274 ; 

 Physiological Effects of an Alternating Magnetic Field 

 on the Human Body, A. A. C. Swinton, 289 ; Method of 

 Preparing a Serum very Free from Electrolytes by Elec- 

 trical Dialysis, Ch. Dh6r6 and M. Gorgolewski, 299 ; 

 Electrically Driving the Machinery of Cotton and other 

 Textile Mills, 319; a New Telephone Relay and its 

 Applications, S. G. Brown at Institution of Electrical 

 Engineers, 322 ; the Development in the Production of 

 Electric Power, D. Selby Bigge, 325 ; Conduction of 

 Electricity through Gases and Radio-activity, Dr. R. K. 

 McClung, 334; Halley's Comet and Magnetic and Elec- 

 trical Phenomena, Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 367 ; Death 

 and Obituary Notice of Major Philip Cardew, R.E., 404 ; 

 a New Amperemeter, 413 ; Existence of Two Explosive 

 Potentials, P. Villard and H. Abraham, 418 ; Very 

 Sensitive Electrolytic Detector Working without an 

 Auxiliary Electromotive Force, Paul J^gou, 419 ; the 

 Thermo-generator, 438 ; Presentation of Bust of the late 

 Dr. John Hopkinson, F.R.S., to the Institution of Elec- 

 trical Engineers, 497 ; an Oscillation Detector Actuated 

 Solely by Resistance-temperature Variations, Dr. W. H. 

 Eccles, 477 ; Limitations of the Weston Cell as :■■ 

 Standard of Electromotive Force, S. W. J. Smith, 478 . 

 Matriculation Magnetism and Electricity, Dr. R. H. 

 Jude and J. Satterly, 485 ; Electric Section of the 

 Observatory of the Ebro, Rev. J. Garcia MoUd, 499; 

 Measurements of the Temperatures of the Metallic Fila- 

 ments of Incandescent Electric Lamps, Dr. M. v. Pirani, 

 500; the One-fluid Theory of Electricity, Prof. F. E. 

 Nipher, 504; Applications of Electricity to Marine Work, 

 533 ; Action at a Distance on the Coherer Produced by , 

 Metallic Contacts, B. Szilard, 548 



Elements, Diagram showing the Classification of the,; 

 Periodic Arrangement, 457 



Elgie (J. H.), a Naked-eye Sun-spot Group, 20 ; Altruisr 

 in Animal Life, 489 



Emanuel (Victor), National Monument to, 380 



EmanuelH (Dr. Pio), Observations of Halley's Comet, 321 j 

 Coming Total Eclipses of the Sun, 468 



Embryology : Voordrachten over den Bouw van he! 

 centrale Zenuwstelsel — een Voorbereiding tot de KlinieS 

 der Zenuwziekten, Door Prof. J. W. Langelaan, 308 



Emde (Fritz), Funktiontafeln mit Formeln und Kurven, 364 



Emerson (Dr. N. B.), the Hula or Folk-drama of Hawaiii 



293 , 



Emery (Dr. W. d'Este), Immunity and Specific Therapy^ 



306 



Encke's Comet, Dr. Backlund, 232 



Engineering : Fuel Tests with House-heating Boilers, J. M^ 

 Snodgrass, i8 ; New Shrinking and Tempering Shop fc 

 Guns at Woolwich Arsenal, 19 ; the Brennan Mono-rail 

 System, 20; the Fuel Question in the United States, 21; 

 Stability of Flying Machines, Prof. Herbert Chatley, 4,'; | 

 Tests on a Water-tube Boiler having Two Types of Tile 

 roof Furnaces, J. M. Snodgrass, 45 ; a Manual of Locc 

 motive Engineering, W. F. Pettigrew, 67 ; Report of tN 

 Royal Commission on Canals, 72 ; Water Supply fof 

 Liverpool, 103 ; Bureau Veritas International Registet 

 of Shipping Rules, 107 ; Application of the Marine Stear 

 Turbine and Mechanical Gearing to Merchant ShipsJ 

 Hon. C. A. Parsons, iii ; Marine Steam Turbines, Sif 

 William White, 438 ; Trials of the Brazilian Battleship 

 Sifo Paulo, 438 ; Engineering as a Profession, Prof. G. Fj 



