INDEX. 



Reviews (cont.) — 



Engineering, 440 



Ethics, 278 



Geography, 117, 158, 191, 358, 448 



Geology, 32, 75, 191, 230, 319, 398 



History, 398 



Horticulture, 359 



Mathematics, 278 



Medicine, 75 



Meteorology, 33 



Microscopy, 231, 440 



Mining, 117 



Natural History, 359 



Oceanography, 448 



Ornithology, '117, 279, 359, 448 



Painting in North Italy, 76 



Philosophy, 76, 231 



Photography, 33 



Physics, 33, 77, 118, 232, 319, 448 



Physiology, 360, 398 



Political Economy, 398 



Psychology, 279 



Radio-activitv, 77, 118, 360 



Sport, 399 



Year Books, 78, 120, 232 



Zoology, 33, 78, 119, 159, 192, 232, 280, 

 320, 360, 399, 440 

 Rhizocephalan, New, 107 

 Riebeckite rock from Arran, A, 146 

 Right-handed ? Why are we, 205 

 Ripening of fruits, The artificial, 300 

 River water, Pathogenic organisms in, 



428 

 Robinson, Louis, 410 

 Rock-formers, Calcareous algae as, 430 

 Rock from Arran, A Riebeckite, 146 



sections, Photographing, 25 



Rbntgen radiation, 186 

 Rowan, William, 132 

 Royal Institution, The, 134 



Microscopical Society, The, 23, 105 



— — Observatory, Greenwich, Meteoro- 

 logy and magnetism at the, 269 



Society's Conversazione, The, 224 



Rubber, Synthetic, 34, 41 

 , Wild lettuce, 346 



SALVINIA, DEVELOPMENT OF, 18 



Sandeman, John Glas., 68 



Sandstone at Southall, Old Red, 219 



Sandstones, Petrology of, 22 



Sapphire in Mull, 386 



Sardine, Races of, 435 



Satellite, Saturn's ninth, 264 



, Ganymede, 1911, August 13th, The 



occultation of the Star Mayer 588 by 



Jupiter's third, 97 

 Satellites of Neptune, Limiting distance 



for hypothetical, 18 

 Saturn, 18 



Saturn's ninth satellite, 264 

 Scales in Siren, Vestiges of, 152 

 Scallop's eyes, The, 152 

 Schaumasse's Comet, 265 



new comet, The orbit of, 218 



Schmidt, Peter, 333 

 Scholes, J. W., 334 

 School Science Societies, 68 



work on the lungs, Effect of, 209 



Scintillations, 55 



Sea-horse, Movements of the, 152 



Sea-sickness, The true cause of, 253 



Sector shutters, 313 



Seeds, Biological method of identifying, 



307 



, Testing the vitality of, 384 



, The " After-ripening " of, 306 



Selaginella, A British fossil, 218 

 Selborne Extension Lectures, 334 

 Selenium photometer, The, 265 

 Senior, Edgar, 25, 65, 106, 150, 185, 222, 



274, 312, 350, 391, 434, 466 

 Sense of direction, 152 

 Sensitiveness to light, Utility of, 187 

 Serpents, Feeding habits of, 107 

 Shingle beach, The, 1 

 Shrimps, Behaviour of fairy, 435 

 Shutter, Sector, 313 

 Signalling among Termites, 435 

 Signals, Effect of atmospheric conditions 



on wireless, 466 

 Silkworm, Chemistry of the, 353 

 Silver prints. Fading of, 150 



— — , Glazing, 434 



Siren, Vestiges of scales in, 152 



Skin, Poison of amphibian, 435 



Skull, The Sussex, 61 



Sky, The face of the, 28, 57, 112, 139, 177, 



225, 250, 303, 355, 381, 436, 457 

 Smith. T. F., 105 

 Soar, Charles D., 127, 312 

 Sodium radio-active ? Is, 275 

 , Reduction of metallic chlorides by, 



100 

 Soil, Action of caustic lime on, 346 

 Solar activity, Signs of reviving, 59 



eclipses, 59 



disturbances, 27, 69, 108, 143, 188, 



227, 260, 314, 340, 394, 438, 460 

 observatory in New Zealand, A, 



364 

 radiation from free balloons, A 



measure of, 97 

 , Possible short-period variations 



in the, 144 

 Southall, Old Red Sandstone at, 219 

 Specificity, 393 



Spectrograph, A new grating, 142 

 Spectro-heliograph, The, 217 

 Spectroscopic determination of the Sun's 



rotation, 217 

 Spectroscopy for beginners, Stellar, 407, 



441 

 Spiders, Cave, 276 

 Spiral theory of the Milky Way, 217 

 Spirit, The future of motor, 266 

 Spontaneous generation, Some notes on 



the history and significance of the 



theory of, 289 

 Spores of a new species of Polytoma, 



Auxetic action of, 109 

 Star Mayer 588 by Jupiter's third satellite, 



Ganymede, 1911, August, 13th, The 



occultation of the, 97 



Polarissima, The, 264 



Starfish see ? How much does a, 276 

 Stars, Appeal for more volunteers for 



observation of variable, 306 

 , Determination of radial velocities 



of fainter, 460 



■ , Giant and dwarf, 383 



, Prolonged observations of tem- 

 porary, 264 



, The Double (and Binary), 128, 239 



, nomenclature of variable, 421 



, number of " Double," 293, 334 



, visible, 383 



, sizes and distances of the, 179 



, Spurious diameters of, 298 



Steavenson, W. H., 449 



Steel, The critical points of, 429 



Stellar distance units, 298, 334 



" Motions," and Sir David Gill's 



" History of the Cape Observatory," 



Campbell's, 461 



parallax, 143 



photography for amateurs, 449 



spectroscopy for beginners, 407, 



441 

 Stenhouse, T., 429, 464 

 Stereoscope, The modern evolution of the, 



327 



Stevens, A., 267, 308, 347, 385, 429, 



464 

 Stonyhurst College Observatory, 196 

 Storm in Kansas, March 23rd, Electrical, 



349 

 Stormer, Professor Carl, 263 

 Storms on the Atlantic, January, 1913, 



220 

 Strickland, W. W., 189 

 Stuart, A. H., 142 

 Subliminal Self, The, 257 

 Sugar from saw-dust, The manufacture of, 



60 

 Sulfinol developer, 353 

 Sulphide Ores, The enrichment of, 430 

 Summer of 1911, Some effects of the hot, 



dry, 70 

 Sun, 1913, September 29th, The partial 



eclipse of the, 459 



, The magnetic field of the, 345 



Sun's radiation, Variation in the, 264 

 rotation, Spectroscopic determination 



of the, 217 

 Sunspots, 143 



— — for prominences, Attraction of, 59 

 Sussex skull, The, 61 



Swallow ringed in Staffordshire and re- 

 covered in Natal, 105 

 Swifts, The late stay of, 105 

 Synthetic rubber, 34, 41 



TANK, CALCITE CRYSTALS FROM 



A WATER, 464 

 Tarred roads upon vegetation, Effect of, 



267 

 Teeth in upper jaw of sperm whale, 



Functional, 314 

 Tektites, Origin of, 465 

 Telephoto lenses, "Adon," 107 

 Telescope, Simple directions for photo- 

 graphy with a small, 252 

 Telescopic vision, The psychology of, 4 

 Tendrils, Strength of, 98 

 Termites, 388 



, More about black, 393 



, Signalling among, 435 



Tetra-iodide, Carbon, 307 



Thomson, Professor J. Arthur, 26, 67, 



107, 152, 187, 224, 275, 314, 353, 



392, 435, 468 

 Thorianite, Composition of, 61 

 Thrush and blackbird, The nests of the 



song, 343 

 Thunderstorms in Egypt, 433 

 Tick, An Australian, 221 

 Tide, Periwinkles and the, 393 

 Timber trees, Indian, 345 

 Toning, Platinum, 350 

 Topography, Earth-movements and Iso- 



stasy, 308 

 Tornado in Wales, 465 

 Tornadoes of March 23rd, 1913, The U.S., 



349 

 Tree growth, Wind and, 144 

 Trees, Indian timber, 345 

 Trilobites, Habits of, 187 

 Trojan group of planets, The, 306 

 Trombidoidea, 127 

 Trypanosomes, 197, 214 

 Tubes, Commensal crustaceans in Chaeto- 



pterus, 468 



, Corrosion of condenser, 429, 464 



Turquoise, Origin of, 268 



Typhoon, and cyclone, Hurricane, 309 



Tyrrell, G. W., 22, 61, 101, 146, 183, 219, 



268, 308, 347, 386, 430, 464 



