

Nature, T 

 December lo, 1903 J 



Index 



XXIll 



Atom, 1 19 ; Influence of the Solvent on the Rotatory Power 

 of Certain Molecules, 215; Influence of the Introduction 

 of Unsaturated Radicles on the Rotatory Power of Active 

 Molecules, 239 ; Action of Epichlorhydrin upon the 

 Sodium Derivatives of Acetone-Dicarboxylic Esters, 263 



Halliburton (Prof. W. D., F.R.S.), a Laboratory Manual 

 of Physiological Chemistry, Ralph W. Webster and 

 Waldemar Koch, 594 



Hamadryad Snake, a Little-known Peculiarity of the 

 Franli E. Beddard, F.R.S., 623 



Hamilton (A.), Maori Art, 35 



Hamilton (James), Means for Converting a Moderate 

 Speed Steamer into One of V^ery High Speed for War- 

 like Purposes, 208 



Hamlet (William M.), the Protection of Iron and Other 

 -Metal-work, 639 



Hammer (William J.), Radium and Other Radio-active 

 Substances, with a Consideration of Phosphorescent and 

 Fluorescent Substances, the Properties and Applications 

 of Selenium and the Treatment of Disease by the Ultra- 

 violet Light, 621 



Hampshire Days, W. H. Hudson, 125 



llampstead Scientific Society, Report of the, 16 



Hamy (Maurice), the Use of Mercury Baths in Preventing 

 Oscillations, 23 



Hand Camera Photography, Walter Kilbey, 198 



Hann (Prof. J.), Air-currents at the Summit of the Santis, 

 254 



Hanna (Mr.), Venom of Russell's Viper {Dahoia Russellii), 

 ^7 



Hanriot (M.), the So-called Colloidal Silver, 288 



Hansen (Dr. H. J.), on the Genera and Species of the 

 Myriopod Order Symphyla, no; the Ingolfiellida, 

 fam. n. ; a New Type of Amphipoda, 118 



Harden (Dr. Arthur), the Chemistry of the Albumins, 307 



Hardy (W. B., F.R.S.), Influence of Electrons pn Colloidal 

 Solutions, 239 ; the Oxidising Action of the Ravs from 

 Radium Bromide, 431 ; Radium and the Cosmical Time 

 Scale, 548 



Harris (Dr. D. Eraser), Two Fundamental Properties of 

 Protoplasm, 408 



Harris (Walter), Practical Chemistry, 495 



Harris (W. H.), " Dentition " of Flies, 41 



Harrison (Joseph), Practical Plane and Solid Geometry for 

 Elementary Students, 293 ; Illustrations of Graphical 

 Analysis, 633 



Hartley (Prof. W. N., D.Sc, F.R.S., F.R.S.E.), Spectrum 

 of Pilocarpine Nitrate, 46; Opening Address in Section 

 B at the Southport Meeting of the British Association, 

 472 



Hartmann (Prof. J.), the Occurrence of Spark Lines in 

 Arc Spectra, 17 ; the Relationships between Arc and 

 Spark Spectra, 163 ; Wave-lengths of Silicon Lines, 306 ; 

 a Coronae a Spectroscopic Binary, 398 



Hartog (P. J.), the Atomic Theory "and the Development 

 of Modern Chemistry, 82 



Hartwig (Prof.), Comet 1903 c, 255 



Harvard Meridian Photometer Observations, the. Prof. 

 E. C. Pickering, 17 



Harvard Photographs of the Entire Sky, the. Prof. E. C. 

 Pickering, 138 



Harvard Psychological Studies, 342 



Haupt (Prof. Paul), Bible and Babel, 349 



liaviland (Alfred), Death of, 135 



Hawkins (C. H.), the Thunderstorm of May 31, 247 



Hawksley (Charles), Opening Address in Section G at the 

 Southport Meeting of the British Association. 504 



Head (Archd. P.). the Speed of Overhead and Other 

 Cranes as a Factor in the Economic Handling of 

 Material in Working, 186 



Health, the Royal Institute of Public, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 



Health of the Great Armies of Europe, Dr. V. Lowenthal, 

 b()5 



Heat: Standard Points on the Temperature Scale, Messrs. 

 Heycock and Neville, no; T. W. Richards and R. C. 

 Wells, no; on the Decomposition of Lithium Carbonate 

 by Heat, P. Lebeau, 119; on the Combined Hydrogen 

 contained in Reduced Copper, Anatole Leduc, 119; Effect 

 of Temperature on the lonisation of Gases Acted on by 

 Rontgen Rays, R. K. McClung, 142 ; Thompson Effect 



in Alloys of Bismuth and Tin, S. C. Laws, 142 ; Inter- 

 relations of the Resistance and Magnetisation of Nickel 

 at High Temperatures, Prof. C. G. Knott, 143; Evapora- 

 tion and Boiling of Metals in Quartz-Glass and in the 

 Electric Furnace in the Vacuum of the Kathode-light, 

 Dr. F. KralTt, 162 ; External Thermal Conductivity of 

 Silver Wires Plunged in Water, E. Ragovsky, 167 ; the 

 Positive lonisation Produced by Hot Platinum in Air 

 at Low Pressures, O. W. Richardson, 190; the Dilatation 

 of Steel at High Temperatures, G. Charpy and L. 

 Grenet, 231; the Spectra of Metals and Gases at High 

 Temperatures, Prof. J. Trowbridge, 234; Relation 

 between the Dielectric Cohesion of a Gas and its 

 Temperature, E. Bouty, 240; Influence of Temperature 

 on the Dichroism of Mixed Liquids, Georges Meslin, 

 312; Estimation of Stellar Temperatures, Prof. Kayser, 

 353 ; Pressure Curves of Univariant Systems Containing 

 One Gaseous Phase, A. Bouzat, 360 ; the Coefficient of 

 Thermal Surface-conductivity Across the Surface of 

 Separation of a Solid and a Fluid, L. Austin, 374 ; 

 Apparatus for Determining Latent Heats of Evaporation 

 in Electrical Units, A. Cameron Smith, 383 ; Determina- 

 tions of the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Fused 

 Quartz, L. Holborn and V. Hemming, 422 ; Karl Sheel, 

 422 ; Radiation in the Solar System, its Effect on 

 Temperature and its Pressure on Small Bodies, J. H. 

 Poynting, F.R.S., 430; Underground Temperatures, 

 F. G. Meachem, 517; Iridium Apparatus, Prof. Nernst, 

 587 ; on the Temperature of Inflammation, and on the 

 Slow Combustion of Sulphur in Oxygen, Henri Moissan, 

 bi6 ; Heating Effect of the Radium Emanation, Prof. E. 

 Rutherford, F.R.S., 622; Prof. H. T. Barnes, 622 



Heaviside (Oliver, F.R.S.), the Undistorted Cylindrical 

 Wave, 54; Extension of Kelvin's Thermoelectric Theory, 

 78 ; Psychophysical Interaction, 102 



Heawood (E.), on the History of Geography, 633 



Hubert (A.), Influence of the Nature of the External 

 Medium on Plant Acidity, 24 



Heidelberg University, the Centenary of, 345 



Heider (Prof. K.), Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Entwick- 

 lungsgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere, 523 



Heilprin (Prof. Angelo), Mont Pel^e and the Tragedy of 

 Martinique, 73 ; the Ascending Obelisk of Mont Pel^e, 

 530 



Helium from Radium, Experiments in Radio-Activity and 

 the Production of. Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., 

 and F'rederick Soddy at the Royal Society, 354 



Helium from Radium, the Amount of Emantion and. Prof. 

 E. Rutherford, F.R.S., 366 



Helmholtz (Hermann von), Leo Koenigsberger, Sir J. 

 Burdon-Sanderson, Bart., F.R.S., and Harold Hilton, 



193 . 

 Hemming (V.), Determinations of the Coefficient of Thermal 



Expansion of Fused Quartz, 422 

 Hemming (G. W.), Psychophysical Interaction, 102 

 Hempel (W.), Simple High Temperature Furnaces, 210 

 Hemsley (W. Botting, F.R.S.), Enlargement of Kew 



Herbarium, 58 ; the Germination of the Seeds of Davidia 



involucrata, 262 

 Henderson (Dr. G.), Strange Resemblance between 



Withered Leaf of Quercus incana and Slugs, 94 

 H^nocque (A.), Influence of Altitude on the Duration of 



the Reduction of the Oxyhjemoglobin in Man, 239 

 Henri (Victor), Lois g^n(5rales de 1 'Action des Diastases, 



221 ; Action of Emulsin on Salicin and Amygdalin, 240 

 Henrici (Prof. O.), on the Introduction of Vectorial Methods 



into Physics, 609 ; Vectors and Rotors, with Applications, 



617 

 Henriet (H.), on -Formic .Acid from the Air, 192 

 Henry (Charles), the Luminous Efficiency of Oil Lamps 



and Flames Generally, 628 

 Henry (John R.), The Lyrids of 1903, 526 

 Henry (Prosper), Death and Obituary Notice of, 326 

 Henry (T. A.), Cyanogenesis in Plants, Phaseolunatin, 287 

 Henshall (James A.), Bass, Pike, Perch and Others, 363 

 Heraeus (H.), New Resistance Furnaces and New Iridium 



Furnace, 210 

 Herbarium, Enlargement of Kew, W. Botting Hemsley, 



F.R.S., 58 

 Herdman (Prof.), Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean, 614 

 Heredity : Mendel's, Principles of Heredity in Mice, W. 



