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Index 



XXIX 



. mental Method of Investigating certain Systems of 

 Stress, G. H. Gulliver, 203 ; Smithsonian Mathematical 

 Tables, Hyperbolic Functions, G. F. Becker and C. E. 

 van Orstrand, 216; Tafeln fiir numerisches Rechnen mit 

 Maschinen, O. Lohse, 216; Mathematical Tables, 

 R. W. M. Gibbs and G. E. Richards, 338 ; Einfiihrung 

 in die V'ektoranalysis, mit Anwendungen auf die mathe- 

 matische Physik, Prof. Richard Gans, 364 ; die V'ektor- 

 analysis und ihre Anwendung in der theoretischen Physik, 

 Dr. VV. V. Ignatowsky, 364 ; Vorlesungen zur Einfiihrung 

 in die Mechanik raumerfullender Massen, Prof. Alexander 

 Brill, 364 ; Funktiohentafeln mit Formein und Kurven, 

 Prof. Eugen Jahnke and Fritz Emde, 364; die Zentrifugal- 



. kraft. Prof. Friedrich Poske, 364 ; Interpolationsrechnung, 

 Prof. T. N. Thiele, 364 ; the Magic Square of Sixteen 

 Cells, a New and Completely General Formula, Ernest 

 Bergholt, 368 ; Practical Curve Tracing, with Chapters 

 on Differentiation and Integration, R. Howard Duncan, 

 423 ; Report on the Various Notations of Vector Analysis 

 with a View to Unification, Profs. C. Burali Forti and 

 R. Marcolongo, 437 ; the Fourth Dimension Simply 

 Explained, 457 ; Curve Tracing and Curve Analysis, 

 A. P. Trotter, 461 ; Mathematical Theory of Random 

 Migration and Epidemic Distribution and Inheritance of 

 Complex Forms, such as Stature, on Mendel's Theory, 

 Dr. J. Brownlee, jTq ; Death of Prof. Louis Rafify, 490; 

 Methodologisches und Philosophisches zur Elementar- 

 mathematik. Dr. G. Mannoury, 518; Death of Dr. 

 Julius Weingarten, 530 



Mathews (R. H.), Certain Sacred Stones used in Burial 

 and other Rites by the Aborigines of Australia, 287 



Matiere, les Etats physiques de la. Prof. Ch. Maurain, 366 



Matschie (Dr. P.), Is'ew Species of Flying-fox from the 

 Island of Pemba, 17 ; Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, 

 Amphibia, Pisces, 421 



Matter, Spirit, and the Cosmos, H. Stanley Redgrove, 68 



Mattingley (A. H. E.), Breeding-habits of Australian 

 Cuckoos, 262 



Maugham (R. C. F.), Zambezia, a General Description of 

 the Valley of the Zambezi River from its Delta to the 

 River Aroangwa, with its History, Agriculture, Flora, 

 Fauna, and Ethnography, 376 



Maurain (Prof. Ch.), les Etats physiques de la Matiere, 366 



Maurette (Laurent), Discovery of a Burial Cave, probably 

 Neolithic, at Montouliers, 514 



Maxwell-Lefroy (H.), Indian Insect Life, a Manual of the 

 Insects of the Plains (Tropical India), 481 



May (Herr), Maximum of Mira, 1909, 320 



Mayet (Lucien), Discovery of a Burial Cave, probably 

 Neolithic, at Montouliers, 514 



Mechanics : Elementary Mechanics of Solids and Fluids, 

 Dr. A. Clement Jones and C. H. Blomfield, Prof. G. H. 

 Bryan, F.R.S., 241 ; Initiation a la Mecanique, Ch. Ed. 

 Guillaume, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 241 ; die 

 Mechanik, eine Einfuhrung mit einem metaphysischen 

 Nachwort, Dr. Ludwig Tesar, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 

 F.R.S., 241 ; Vorlesungen iiber technische Mechanik, 

 Prof. Dr. August Foppl, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 241 ; 

 Royal Society of London, Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 

 1800-1900, 361 



Medicine: Beit's Medical Research Scholarships awards, 

 16 ; the Scientific Reports of the Local Government 

 Board, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 22 ; Bacteria of Sewer Air, 

 Dr. Andrewes, 22 ; Relative Efficacy of the various Anti- 

 meningococcus Sera, Drs. Gordon and Horder, 22 ; 

 Mastitis in Cows, Dr. Savage, 22 ; Presence of Para- 

 typhoid Bacilli in Man, Dr. Savage, 22 ; Toxic Products 

 of Streptococci, Dr. Sidney Martin, 22 ; Occurrence of 

 " Carrier " Cases in Enteric Fever, Dr. Theodore 

 Thomson and Dr. Ledingham, 22 ; Prevalence and 

 Sources of Tubercle Bacilli in Cows' Milk, Prof. Del^- 

 pine, 22 ; Effect of the Storage of Glycerinated Vaccine 

 Lymph at Temperatures below Freezing Point, Dr. 

 Blaxall and Mr. Fremlin, 22 ; International Expedition to 

 the Peak of TeneriiTe for Investigating Effect of High 

 Altitudes and Sunshine on Medical and Biological Pro- 

 cesses, 7^ ; Australasian Medical Congress, 337 ; the Last 

 Days of Charles II., Dr. Raymond Crawford. 361 ; 

 Decomposition of Chloroform in the Organism, Maurice 

 Nicloux, 389 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. Eliza- 

 beth Blackwell, 435 



Mediterranean, Oceanographicai Investigations in the 



Atlantic and, 412 

 Medium of Celestial Space, the, 526 

 Meisenheimer (Prof. Johannes), Experimentelle Studien zur 



Soma- und Geschlechts-Differenzierung, 335 

 Melandra, Excavations at Toothili and, 225 

 Meldola (Prof.), Specimen of the Common " Shark," 

 Cucullia umbratica, with one of the PoUinia of O. 

 tnaculata attached, 229 

 Mellanby (Prof. A. L.), Experimental. Steam Engine, 319 

 Mennell (F. P.), the Miners' Guide, 309 ; an Introduction to 



Petrology, 365 

 Menneret (M.), Movements of a Liquid in a Tube, 299 

 Menzies (A. W. C), Method for Determining Boiling 



Points under Constant Conditions, 479 

 Mercalli (Prof. G.), Report on the Messina Earthquake, 44 

 Mercanton (Paul), Stability of Magnetisation of Lake 



Pottery, 513 

 Mercer (J.), Sturm-Liouville Series of Normal Functions in 



the Theory of Integral Equations, 58 

 Mercury, a Brush for Collecting, George Winchester, 461 

 Merczyng (Prof.), Indices of Refraction of Liquids for 



Electric Waves of small Wave-length, 500 

 Merlin (A. A. C. Eliot), Measurement of the Diameter of 

 the Flagella of the Cholera Bacillus prepared by LoflBer's 

 Method, 179 

 Merrill (G. P.), Comet 1910a, 79 ; a Stony Meteorite, 167 

 Messina Earthquake and its Predecessors, the, 353 

 Messum (Commander Stuart, V.S.C.), Hydrographic Sur- 

 veying, 482 

 Metallurgy : Annual Report of Institution of Mining and 

 Metallurgv. 103 ; Brittleness of Mild Steel due to 

 Nitrogen, C. E. Stromeyer, no; Chrome-steel Magnets, 

 Prof. W. Brown, 119; Influence of Changes of Internal 

 Structure on the Physical Properties of Copper, Hermann 

 Gewecke, 139 ; Ninth Report to the Alloys Research 

 Committee of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 

 the Properties of some Alloys of Copper, Aluminium, and 

 Manganese, Dr. Walter Rosenhain and F. C. A. H. 

 Lantsberry, 140 ; New Principle of Depositing Metals, U. 

 Schoop, 299 ; the Iron and Steel Institute, 325 ; Cutting 

 Properties of Tool Steel, Edward G. Herbert, 325 ; 

 Uniform Nomenclature of Iron and Steel, Prof. J. O. 

 Arnold, 326; Recent Investigations on Case-hardening, 

 Sydney A. Grayson, 326 ; Possibility of Non-axial Loading 

 occurring in Test-pieces held in the Testing Machine on 

 Spherical Seats, C. A. M. Smith, 326 ; Origin of Laterite, 

 J. M. Campbell, 328 ; Native Iron Smelting in Haute 

 Guin6e, J. M. Campbell, 328; Light Alloys, Dr. Waher 

 Rosenhain, 461 ; Infectious Diseases of Metals, Prof. E. 

 Cohen, 467 

 Metalography (Printing from Metals). Charles Harrap, 336 

 Metaphysics : Are Secondary Qualities Independent of 

 Perception? Dr. T. Percy Nunn, 538; Dr. F. C. S. 

 Schiller, 538 

 Metchnikoff (M.), Experiments in Typhoid Fever, 149 

 Meteorites : a Stony Meteorite, G. P. Merrill, 167 ; Meteorite 



at Bombay, W. F. Denning, 533 

 Meteorology : February Weather, 15 ; Proposed Imperial 

 Meteorological Organisation, 18 ; Weather Forecasts, 42 ; 

 Weather for Week ending March 5, 42; May 21, 380; 

 Weather of Seven Weeks ending April 23, 256 ; Weather 

 during April, 287 ; Royal Meteorological Society, 59, 147, 

 298, 418, 513; Distribution of Thunderstorm Frequency 

 in Central and Northern Europe, Dr. E. Alt, 77 : Gales 

 recorded at .'\nemograph Stations in 1909, 75 ; a Sample 

 of Spurious Correlation. Alex. B. MacDowall, 96; Dr. 

 Gilbert T. Walker. 97 ; Remarques tneteorologiques, 

 Ernest Blin. 107 ; Distribution of Slean Annual Rainfall 

 over the Counties of Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, and 

 Meath, W. J. Lyons, 119; Death of Hans Christian 

 Printz, 137 : Five Years' Temperature Observations 

 (1902-6) made at Belgrade, P. Vujevic, 138 ; Climatic 

 Influences in Egypt and the Sudan, Capt. H. G. Lyons, 

 147 ; W^eather for First Three Months of Present Year, 

 165 ; Wet-bulb Mercurial Thermometer higher than Dry- 

 bulb Mercurial Thermometer. R. M. Barrington, i6> ; 

 Auroral Displays, Wilfred C. Parkinson, 169 ; S. L. 

 Elborne, 170; R. M. Deeley, 219; Photographs of the 

 Aurora Borealis and a New Method of Measuring their 

 .Altitude, Carl Stormer, 514; Attempts at Utilising 



