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Index 



r Nature, 



\_December lo, 1903 



" Red Rain " and the Dust-storm of February 22, Dr. 

 T. E. Thorpe, C.B., F.R.S., 53, 222; Analysis of Red 

 Rain, R. S. Earp, 109; "Red Rain," F. Chapman and 

 H. J. Grayson, 423 ; Fall of Dust between February 21 

 and 23, 65 ; Dust Storms in New. Zealand, P. Marshall, 

 223 ; Our Rainfall in Relation to Bruckner's Cycle, Alex. 

 B. MacDowall, 56 ; a Regulating or Recording Thermo- 

 meter, H. S. Allen, .69 ;. Weather Forecasts for Agri- 

 culturists, 85 ; International Scientific Balloon Ascents 

 on March 5, 85 ; on April 2, 109 ; on May 7, 206 ; on June 

 4 278; First Use of the Word " Barometer," 86; Value 

 of Averages in Meteorology and on the Variability of 

 Temperatures in France, Alfred Angot, 96 ; Rainfall and 

 River Flow in the Thames Basin, Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 

 104; Terrific Tornado at Gainsville, Georgia, 108; 

 Extraordinary Rains in Parts of the United States, 108 ; 

 Violent Thunderstorms in London on May 30, 108 ; the 

 Thunderstorm of May 31, C. H. Hawkins, Dr. W. N. 

 Shaw, F.R.S., 247; Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 270; 

 Thunderstorms of the Past Week, 278; Photographs of 

 Snow Crystals, W. A. Bentley, 129 ; Report of the Fernley 

 Observatory for 1902, Comparisons between Instruments 

 and Methods, Mr. Baxendell, 135 ; Meteorological Observ- 

 ations in Formosa, H. Kondo, 137 ; the Royal Observ- 

 atory, Greenwich, 138; Theory of Cyclones and Anti- 

 Cyclones, Prof. F. H. Bigeiow, 139 ; Atmospheric 

 Variations, Prof. F. H. Bigeiow, Prof. T. H. Davis, 

 Prof. K. Kassner, 139; the Question of Prominence, 

 Facula, and Spot Circulation, Prof. Bigeiow, 139 ; 

 Sonnenflecken, Prof. • K. Kassner, 140 ; Royal Meteor- 

 ological Society, 142, 261 ; Relation of the Rainfall to 

 the Depth of Water in a W'ell, C. P. Hooker, 142; the 

 Frost of April, W. Marriott, 142 ; Destructive Flood at 

 Heppner, Oregon, 159 ; Earliest Telegraphic Daily 

 Meteorological Reports and Weather Maps, W. Marriott, 

 159 ; Heavy Fall of Rain, Week Ending June 13, 159 ; 

 Rainfall for the Week Ending June 20, 180 ; British 

 Rainfall, 1902, 366 ; Meteorological Observations at the 

 Dynamite Factory of Modderfontein, William Cullen, 165 ; 

 Kinematography of Barometric Movements, P. Garrigou- 

 Lagrange, 168 ; Meteorological Observations at the 

 Abbassia Observatory during 1900, 181 ; the Diurnal 

 Period of the Aurora Borealis, Charles Nordmann, 191 ; 

 the Prediction of Barometric Variations, Gabriel Guilbert, 

 192 ; the Climate of the District of the Panama Canal, 

 231 ; Experiments upon the Rate of Evaporation, J. R. 

 Sutton, 232 ; Air-currents at the Summit of the Santis, 

 Prof. J. Hann, 254; Meteorological Aspects of the. Storm 

 of February 26-27, J^^. W. N.* Shaw, F.R.S., 261 ; 

 lonisation in Atmospheric Air, J. A. , McClelland, 262; 

 the Dines-Baxendell Anemograph- and Anemometer, 

 J. Baxendell, 262 ; Tides at Port Darwin, R. W. Chap- 

 man, 295 ; the Moon's Phases and Thunderstorms, Prof. 

 W. H. Pickering, . 232 ; Ottavio Zanotti. Bianco, 296; 

 Observations at the Batavia Observatory during 1901, 

 303; Gales on the Coasts of the British Islands, 1871- 

 1900, 303 ; a Simple Form of Tide Predictor, R. W. 

 Chapman, 322 ; Hurricane at Martinique, 350 ; Damage 

 to Trees by Lightning, in 1901, in Austria, 351 ; Summer 

 Lightning, Sir Arch. Geikie, F.R.S., 367; Rocket 

 Lightning, 599, 627; Prof. J. D. Everett, F.R.S., 599; 

 W. H. Everett, 599 ; a Mirage at Putney, H. E. Wimperis, 

 368 ; Hurricane over Jamaica, 372 ; Floods and Deforest- 

 ation, 373; Bishop's Circle and the Eruptions at 

 Martinique, F. A. Forel, 384; Bishop's Ring and the 

 Eruption of Mont Pel^e, F. A. Forel, 396 ; the New 

 Bishop's Ring, Dr. A. Lawrence Rotch, 623 ; Peculiar 

 Clouds, Alfred O. Walker, 416; the Cloud World, its 

 Features and Significance, Samuel Barber, 436 ; Daily 

 Weather Report, September 4, 460 ; Storm of Unusual 

 Violence over the British Islands on September 10, 489 ; 

 the Steamship Route between the Bristol Channel and 

 Jamaica, 489 ; Wet Season in England Seldom Followed 

 by Wet Season in Australia, H. C. Russell, 517; Height 

 of the Atmosphere Determined from the Time of Dis- 

 appearance of Blue Colour of the Sky after Sunset, Dr. 

 T. J. J. See, 526; Glow-worm and Thunderstorm, also 

 Milk, Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., 527; Excessive Down- 

 pour of Rain in New York on October 8-9, 578 ; Our 

 Winters in Relation to Bruckner's Cycle, Alex. B. 

 MacDowall, 600 ; Photogrammetric Measurement of the 



Height of Clouds at Simla, W. L. Dallas, 604 ; Climate 

 of the Argentine Republic, W. G. Davis, 604 



Meteors : Radiant Points of July and August Meteors, Mr. 

 Denning, 184 ; the Lyrids, 1903, Alphonso King, 270 ; 

 John R. Henry, 526 



Meteorites : the Bath Furnace Meteorite, H. A. Ward, 46 ; 

 Recent Papers on Meteorites, 532 



Meyer (Dr. IL), Determination of Radicles in Carbon Com- 

 pounds, 319 



Meyer (Prof. Hans), Researches on Tetanus, 287 



Meyermann (Dr.), Comet 1903 c, 255 



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

 F.R.S., 33 ; Prof. W. F. R. Weldon, F.R.S., 34 



Microbioscope at the Alhambra, 396 



Micro-organisms in the Arts and Manufactures, Dr. Lafar, 

 Prof. G. Sims Woodhead, 290 



Microscopy : on the Genera and Species of the Myriopod 

 Order Symphyla, H. J. Hansen, no; on the Radiolarian 

 Planktonetta atlantica, Dr. G. H. Fowler, no; New 

 Monochromatic Light Apparatus, C. L. Curties, 142 ; New 

 Form of Museum Microscope, W. Watson, 142 ; Royal 

 Microscopical Society, 142, 239; Micrcstcpic Structure of 

 the Mountain Limestones of Derbyshire, J. Barnes, 304 ; 

 Optical Theories of the Microscope, J. W. Gordon, 553 ; 

 Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. C. T. Hudson, F.R.S., 

 627 



Miers (Prof. H. A., F.R.S.), Results of the Observation 

 of the Growth of Crystals by a New Method, 214; 

 Mineralogy : an Introduction to the Scientific Study ol 

 Minerals, 433 



Military Topography, Colonel A. Laussedat, 545 



Milk, Glow-worm and Thunderstom, also. Sir Oliver Lodge, 

 F.R.S., 527 



Mill (Dr. Hugh Robert), Rainfall and River Flow in the 

 Thames Basin, 104 ; on the Rate* of Fall of Rain at 

 Scathwaite, 635 



Miller (Mr.), Identification of Basic Salts, 137 



Millikau (R. A.), New Instruments of Precision from the 

 Ryerson Laboratory, 375 



Minis (C. T.), Technical Arithmetic and Geometry, 434 



Millosevich (Prof.), Comet 1903 c, 255 



Milne (Prof. John, F.R.S.), Seismometry and Geite, 

 127 



Milne (J. R.), Application of the well-known Heliometric 

 Device of the Divided Lens, 408 



Milner (Miss E. M.), Robin's Nest in a Small Leather Hand- 

 bag, 85 



Mimicry : Protective Resemblance of Butterflies to Dead 

 Leaves and Fragments of Dead Leaves, Prof. E. B. 

 Poulton, F.R.S., 185; Mimicry between Butterflies, 

 Roland Trimen, F.R.S., 615; New Case of Protective 

 Mimicry in a Caterpillar, R. Shelford, 187 



Minakata (Kumagusu), Distribution of Calostoma, 296 



Minchin (Prof. George M., F.R.S.), the Glorification of 

 Energy, 31 ; Vectors and Rotors, with Applications, 

 O. Henrici, 617 



Mind of Man, the, Gustav Spiller, 174 



Miner (J. B.), Motor, Visual and Applied Rhythms, 423 



Mineral Waters, Radio-active Gas from Bath, H. S. Allen, 

 343 



Mineralogy : the Probable Source of Some of the Pebbles 

 of the Triassic Pebble-beds of South Devon and of the 

 Midland Counties, O. A. Shrubsole, 23 ; Occurrence of 

 Keisley-Limestone Pebbles in " the Red Sandstone-Rocks 

 of Peel (Isle of Man), E. L. Gill, 23 ; Meteoric Iron from 

 N'Goureyma, E. Cohen, 46; Discoveries of Gold along 

 Lake Victoria, Commander Whitehouse, R.N., 136; Re- 

 markable Mass of Wollastonite at Santa F6, Mexico, 

 H. F. Collins, 214; Mineralogical Society, 214; an Irish 

 Specimen of Dopplerite, Richard J. Moss, 215, 461 ; the 

 Petrological Examination of Paving Sets, Prof. Joly, 

 422 ; an Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals, 

 Henry A. Miers, F.R.S., 433 ; Kunzite, a New Gem, Dr. 

 George F. Kunz, 460 ; the Petrology of Fiji, Walter G. 

 Woolnough, 520 ; a New Mineral, Grandidierite, A. 

 Lacroix, 616 



Minerals : Mise en Valeur des Gites Min^raux, F. Colomer, 

 198 ; Les Richesses Min^rales de I'Afrique, L. de Launay, 

 313; Les Produits Coloniaux d'Origine Min^rale, Prof. 

 Laurent, 494 ; Gisements Min^raux, Stratigraphie et 

 Composition, Francois Miron, 597 



