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Index 



[Nature, 

 December lo, 1903 



versity of London, 201; a • Charlottenburg Institute for 

 London, 203 ; the Allied Colonial Universities Conference, 

 ffljl) 250 ; School Geometry Reform, Prof. Frank R. Barrell, 

 296 ; Thirty Years of University Education in France, 

 Cloudesley Brereton, 323 ; a School Geometry, H. S. Hall 

 and F. H. Stevens, 414; the Teaching of Psychology in 

 . the Universities of the United States, Dr. C. .S. Myers at 

 Psychological Society at Cambridge, 425 ; an Introduction 

 to Nature-study, E. Stenhouse, 546 ; Arithmetic for Schools 

 and Colleges, John Alison and John B. Clark, 547 ; 

 Botany in Boys' Schools, H. J. Glover, 548; University 

 Education, Sir Victor Horsley, 555 ; Cambridge in the 

 Old World and in the New, Dr. C. S. Myers, 572 ; Human 



. Science and Education, Prof. P. Gardner, 597 ; the Effect 

 of Education and Legislation on Trade, Dr. F. Mollwo 

 Perkin, 602 ; Higher Technical Education in Great 

 Britain and Germany, Dr. F. Rose, Prof. J. Wertheimer, 

 274; a Technical School for the Highlands of Scotland, 

 ^97; Technical Education and Industry, Sir William 

 Ramsay, 576 



Edwards (William), Surface ■ Geology of Cheshire in its 

 Relation to Agricjlture, 579 



Egypt : Survey of the Fishes of the Nile, W. S. Loat, no; 

 Manures in Use in Egypt, E. P. Foaden,;358; Topo- 

 graphy and Geology of the Eastern Desert of Egypt 

 ((Central Portion), T. Barron and W. F. Hume, 569 



Egyptology : the Restoration of the Ancient Irrigation 

 Works of the Tigris : or the Re-creation of Chaldea and 

 Egypt Fifty Years Hence, Sir William Willcocks, 81 ; 

 Fossil Vertebrata from the Fayum, 185 ; Excavations at 

 Beni Hasan, Mr. Garstang, 229; Giant Land Tortoise 



. from the Eocene of the Fayum District, Dr. Andrews 

 and Mr. Beadnell, 255 ; Note on the Corrosion of an 

 Egyptian Image, H. Bassett, jun., 238 ; Skull of Egyptian 

 Eocene Mammal Arsinotherium zUteli in the Natural 

 History Museum, Dr. C. W. Andrews, 349 



Eiffel (G.), Experiments on the Resistance of the Air, 263 



Eiweissmolekiils, Die Grosse des. Dr. F. N. Schulz, 

 F. Escombe, 123 



Elb6e (L.), Mammoth Discovered in lakousk, 109 



Elbs (Dr. Karl), Electrolytic Preparations, 571 



Electricity : Contribution a 1 'Etude du Mode de Production 

 de I'Electricitc^ dans les fitres vivants. Dr. Louis Querton, 

 5 ; Commencement of the Proposed Electric Railway to 

 the Summit of Mont Blanc, 12 ; Proposed Wireless Tele- 

 graphy with Iceland, 14 ; the Power of the Marconi Wire- 

 less Telegraph Station at Poldhu, Prof. Fleming, 134; 



- Relations between the Pest Office and the Marconi Wire- 

 less Telegraph Co., Austen Chamberlain, 134; Wireless 

 Telegraphy, E. A. N. Pochin, 187 ; Wireless Telegraph 

 Experiments by the Navy Department of the United 



. States, 395 ; Wireless Telegraphy in Mid-Atlantic, Mr. 

 Marconi, 420 ; the Berlin Conference on Wireless Tele- 

 graphy, Maurice Solomon, 437 ; System of Wireless Tele- 

 graphy for Warning Ships at Sea of Approaching Danger, 



C. E. Kelway, 604; Use of Electricity in Mines, Selby 

 Bigge, 14 ; on the Carrying of the Charge in Experi- 

 ments on Electric Convection, N. Vasilesco-Karpen, 24 ; 

 Electric Lighting, A. G. Cooke, 30; New Pattern of 

 Electric Lamp, 41 ; the Cleanliness of Electric Lighting, 



D. S. Munro, 181 ; Nernst Lamps, J. Stottner, 117; Two 

 Incandescent Electric Lamps Designed to give Good 

 Illumination Vertically Downwards, E. . Bohm, 350 ; 

 Death of Worms de Romilly, 38 ; Electrification of the 

 Mersey Railway, 40 ; Use of a Rotating Kathode in the 

 Electrolytic Determination of the Metals, F. A. Gooch 

 and H. E. Medway, 46 ; Metallic Diaphragms, Andr6 

 Trochet, 47 ; Transmission Dynamometer, MM. Gaiffe 

 and Giinther, 47 ; Electrical Problems for Engineering 

 Students, W. L. Hooper and R. T. Wells, 52 ; the Un- 



■ distorted Cylindrical W'ave, Oliver Heaviside, F.R.S., 54; 

 Photograph of Oscillatory Electric Spark, C. J. Watson, 

 56 ; Behaviour of the Weston Galvanic Cell, 66 ; Construc- 

 tion and Attachment of Galvanometer Mirrors, Dr. 

 ■ Watson, 71; Telephone Lines, W. C. Owen, 76 ; Tele- 

 phonic Communication between London and Brussels, 

 158; Extension of Kelvin's Thermoelectric Theory, Oliver 

 Heaviside, F.R.S., 78; Opening of London County 

 Council's Electrical Tramways, 85; Electric Installation 

 for Electromedical work at Middlesex Hospital, 85 ; Mag- 



netic Action of Convection Currents, MM. Cr^mieu and 

 Pender, 87 ; Electrolytic Reduction of Pheno- and 

 Naphtho-morpholones, F. H. Lees and F. Sheddon, 94 ; 

 Electrolysis of Alkaline Sulphides, Andr^ Brochet and 

 Georges Ranson, 95 ; Electrical Conductivity of Selenium 

 in the Presence of Bodies Treated with Ozone, Edmond 

 van Aubel, 96 ; Atmospheric Electricity, G. T. R. Wilson, 

 F.R.S., 102 ; lonisation of Air by an Electrified Point, 

 Prof. A. Righi, 109 ; on the Photo-electric Discharge 

 from Metallic Surfaces in Different Gases, W. Mansergh 

 Varley, 116; the Electrolysis of. Barium Sulphide with a 

 Diaphragm, Andr6 Brochet and Georges Ranson, 119; 

 the Electrolytic Separation of Manganese and Iron, of 

 Aluminium from Iron or Nickel, and of Zinc, from Iron, 

 MM.Hollard and Bertiaux, 120; Cause of the Electrical 

 Conductivity of the Air in the Neighbourhood of Phos- 

 phorus Undergoing Slow Oxidation, Messrs. Elster and 

 Geitel, 137 ; Thompson Effect in Alloys of Bismuth and 

 Tin, S. C. Laws, 142 ; Electrolytic Reduction of Un- 

 saturated Acids, C. Marie, 144 ; Mono-rail High Speed 

 Electric Railway between Liverpool and Manchester, 158 ; 

 New General Relation between Electromotive Forces of 

 Saline Solutions, M. Berthelot, 167 ;. Electrical Osmosis, 

 Jean Perrin, 167; Internal Combustion Engines for 

 Driving Dynamos, H. A. Humphrey, 186 ; the Positive 

 lonisation Produced by Hot Platinum in Air at Low 

 Pressures, O. W. Richardson, 190 ; Discharge of Elec- 

 tricity from Hot Platinum, Harold A. Wilson, 261; Con- 

 ditions which Determine the Sense and Magnitude of 

 Electrification by Contact, Jean Perrin, 191; New Ex- 

 pression of the Law of Electrical Stimulation, M. and- 

 Mme. L. Lapicque, 192 ; a Treatise on the Theory of 

 Solution, including the Phenomena of Electrolysis, 

 W. C. D. Whetham, 197 ; Luminosity of the Ions, W. von 

 Bolton, 211; La Tecnica delle Correnti . Alternate, 

 G. Sartori, 221 ; Investigation of the Bending of Electric 

 Waves Round a Spherical Obstacle, H. M. MacUonald, 

 F.R.S., 232 ; the " Blaze " Currents in Animal and Vege- 

 table Tissues, Dr. Waller, . 238 ; Electrolytic Estimation 

 of Minute Quantities of Arsenic, Prof. T. E. Thorpe, 

 F.R.S., 238; Influence of Electrons on Colloidal Solutians, 

 W^ B. Hardy, F.R.S., 239 ; Precipitation of Colloidal 

 Solutions by Electrolytes, Dr. Freundlich, 255 ; Contact 

 Electrification and the Theory of Colloid Solutions, Jean 

 Perrin, 6i6; the Action of the Electrophorus, Dr. Otto 

 Geschoser, 253 ; lonisation in Atmospheric Air, J. A. 

 McClelland, 262 ; the Power Transmission Installation 

 from St. Maurice to Lausanne, Dr. D. K. Morris, 278 ; 

 Chlorine Smelting with Electrolysis, Mr. Swinburne, 285 ; 

 the Theory of Electrolysis, W. C. Dampier Whetham, 

 288 ; American Electrochemical Society, Presidential 

 Address, Dr. Joseph W. Richards, 299 ; Relation between 

 the Dielectric Cohesion of a Gas and its Temperature, 

 E. Bouty, 240 ; Determination of the Electrochemical 

 Equivalent of Silver, MM. Pellat and Leduc, 240 ; Action 

 of Tesla Coil on Radiometer, Prof. P. L. Narasu, 295 ; 

 the Electrical Dichroism of Liquids Containing Crystal- 

 line Particles in Suspension, J. Chaudier, 336; Electrical 

 Type-setting Machine, M. Tavernier, 351 ; Summer 

 Lightning, Sir Arch. Geikie, F.R.S., 367; the Fire on 

 the Paris Metropolitan Railway, 373 ; Apparatus for 

 Determining Latent Heats of Evaporation in Electrical 

 Units, A. Cameron Smith, 383 ; Quantitative Chemical 

 Analysis by Electrolysis, Prof. Classen, Dr. F. Mollwo 

 Perkin, 412; Electric Automobile Chairs, 421; Alkaline 

 Storage Battery Developed for Commercial Use, Mr. 

 Edison, 460; Electric Railway at Zossen, 516; Electric 

 Railway Trials between Zossen and Marienfeld, 529 ; 

 Trials of the High Speed Electric Cars on the Berlin- 

 Zossen Military Line, 577 ; High-speed Trials of Siemens 

 Car at Berlin, 627 ; a Treatise on Electromagnetic Pheno- 

 mena and on the Compass and its Deviations Aboard 

 Ship, Commander T. A. Lyons, 524; an Unpublished 

 Manuscript of Volta, Prof. Alessandro Volta, 552 ; II 

 Moto degli loni nelle Scariche elettriche, Augusto Righi, 

 571 ; Cheap ■ Electric Switchboards for Use with Con- 

 tinuous Current, William Bennett, 580 ; Electrolytic Pre- 

 parations,. Dr. Karl Elbs, 571 ; Atmospheric Electricity at 

 High Altitudes, W. Saake, 578 ; Conditions which Deter- 

 mine the Sign and the Magnitude of Electrification by 



