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Index 



[Nature, 

 Decemler lo, 1903 



variant Systems, containing One Gaseous Phase, A. 

 Bouzat, 360 ; Elementary Physics, Practical and Theoreti- 

 cal, John G. Kerr and John N. Brown, 365 ; Lehrbuch 

 der technischen Physik, Prof. Dr. Hans Lorenz, 364 ; 

 New Instruments of Precision from the Ryerson Labora- 

 tory, R. A. Millikau, 375 ; Apparatus for Determining 

 Latent Heats of Evaporation in Electrical Units, A. 

 Cameron Smith, 383 ; Elements of Physics, Experimental 

 and Descriptive, Amos T. Fisher, 389 ; Molecular Con- 

 dition of Demagnetised Iron, James Russell, 408 ; 

 Radiation in the Solar System, its Effect on Temperature 

 and its Pressure on Small Bodies, J. H. Poynting, F.R.S., 

 430 ; Experiments for Determining the Pressure Due to 

 Radiation, E. F. Nichols and G. F. Hull, 530; Loss of 

 Weight of Musk by Volatilisation, F. R. Sexton, 548 ; 

 E:xpansion Curves, Prof. J. Perry, F.R.S., 548, Prof. 

 Alfred Lodge, 599 ; Elastic Constants of a Substance not 

 Affected by Surrounding Medium, Prof. M. Cantone, 552 ; 

 Experiments on the Thickness of the Liquid Film formed 

 by Condensation on the Surface of the Solid, Dr. G. J. 

 Parks, 552 ; Periodic System of the Elements, Sir William 

 Ramsay, 587; Traits de Chimie phvsique Les Principes, 

 Jean Perrin, 597; the Arithmetic of Elementary Physics 

 and Chemistry, H. H. Timpany, 597 ; the Sub-mechanics 

 of the Universe, Osborne Reynolds, F.R.S., Prof. G. H. 

 Bryan, F.R.S., 600; Flow of Steam from Nozzles, Prof. 

 John Perry, F.R.S., 624 

 Physiology : Ergebnisse der Physiologie, Dr. H. M. 

 Vernon, 3 ; the Principles of Anim.al Nutrition with 

 Special Reference to the Nutrition of Farm Animals, 

 Henry Prentiss Armsby, 30 ; Comparative Physiology of 

 the Two Kidneys, J. Albarran, 96 ; Conjugation in Amoeha 

 undulans, Signora Margherita Traube Mengarini, 87 ; 

 Obituary Notice of Dr. Jean Baptiste Vincent Laborde, 

 Dr. J. Deniker, 105 ; on the Presence of Cadaverine in 

 the Products of the Hydrolysis of Mussels, MM. A. :^tard 

 and Vila, 120 ; Physiological Reports from the Laboratory 

 of the Royal College of Phvsicians, Edinburgh, 123 ; the 

 Human Plantar Reflexes, Dr. Alex. M. M'Aldowie, 143; 

 the Degradation of Carbohydrates in the Anim'al 

 Organism, A B.ach and F. Battelli, 144; Action of the 

 Becquerel Rays on the Nervous System and on the Eye 

 Dr. London, 180 ; the Nature of Intercellular Tissue, Prof. 

 A. Schuberg, 182 ; Method for the Rapid Determination 

 of the Specific Gravity of Blood, Prof. W. J. SoUas, 

 F.R.S., 184; on the Adaptation of Pancreas to Different 

 Foodstuffs, F. A. Bainbridge, 189 ; Hydrolysis of Fats in 

 vitro by Means of Steapsin, Dr. J. Lewkowitsch and Dr. 

 J. J. R. Macleod, 189 ; the Measurement of Tissue Fluid 

 in Man, Dr. George Oliver, 189 ; Hermann von Helm- 

 holtz, Leo Koenigsberger, Sir J. Burdon-Sanderson, Bart., 

 F.R.S., 193; Conditions of Oxidation of Salicylic 

 Aldehyde, by Organs and Extracts of Organs, J. E. 

 Abelous and J. Aloy, 216; Method of Determining the 

 Temperature-limits of Nerve Activity in Warm-blooded 

 and Cold-blooded Animals, Dr. N. H. Alcock, 238; In- 

 fluence of Altitude on the Duration of the Reduction of 

 the Oxyhemoglobin in Man, A. H^nocque, 240; Action 

 of Carbon Dioxide on the Eggs of Echinoderms, C. 

 Vjguier, 240; Physical Chemistry for Physicians and 

 Biologists, Ernst Cohen, 245 ; Intravenous Injection of 

 Glycerol, Maurice Nicloux, 263 ; Influence of the Nervous 

 System on the Ontogenesis of the Limbs, P. Wintrebert, 

 288 ; Abhandlungen zur Physiologie der Gesichtsempl 

 findungen, J. von Kries, Dr. W. H. R. Rivers, 291 ; the 

 Synthesis of Fats Accompanying Absorption from the In- 

 testine, Benjamin Moore, 311; the Resuscitation of the 

 Apparently Drowned, 326; Use of a Calorimetric Bomb 

 to Demonstrate the Presence of Arsenic in the Organism 

 Gabriel Bertrand, 336; the Corpus Luteum of Dasyuru's 

 vivernnus. Dr. F. P. Sandes, 384 ; Alkaline Reaction of 

 the Blood, H. Labb^, 384; Two Fundamental Properties 

 of Protoplasm, Dr. D. Eraser Harris, 408 ; the CEstrous 

 Cycle and the Formation of the Corpus luteum in the 

 Sheep, Francis H. A. Marshall, 429 ; Die Neuronenlehre 

 und ihre Anhanger, Dr. Franz Nissl, 435 ; the Production 

 of Sugar in the Blood during the Passage of the latter 

 through the lungs, R. Lupine and M. Boulud, 544; 

 Ergebnisse der Physiologie, 547 ; Essai sur la Psycho- 

 physiologie des Monstres Humains, N. Vaschide and CI. 

 Vurpas, Dr. C. S. Myers, 570; Impressions and Sensa- 



tions, and their Connection with the Surface of the 

 Brain, Prof. Ziehen, 586 ; a Laboratory Manual of 

 Physiological Chemistry, Ralph W. Webster and Walde- 

 mar Koch, Prof. W. D. Halliburton, F.R.S., 594; Radio- 

 activity and the Constitution of Matter and its bearing on 

 Biological Processes, Dr. W. H. AUchin, 603 ; Death of 

 Prof. Alexander RoUet, 603 ; the Detection and Estimation 

 of Urea in the Tissues of Vertebrate Animals, Nestor 

 Gr^hant, 616 ; the Sense of Smell in the Old, M. 

 Vaschide, 639; Plant Physiology, the Influence of Light 

 and Darkness upon Growth and Development, D. T. 

 MacDougal, 10; Temperature of the Subterranean 

 Organs of Plants, Dr. Henry H. Dixon, 23 ; Influence of 

 the Nature of the External Medium on Plant Acidity, 

 E. Charabot and A. Hubert, 24 ; the Origin of Seed- 

 bearing Plants, Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., at the Royal 

 Institution, 377 ; a Text-book of Plant Physiology, George 

 James Peirce, 493 

 Pickard (R. H.), Cholesterol, 117 



Pickering (Prof. E. C), Nova Geminorum, 16 ; Variability 

 of, 89 ; the Harvard Meridian Photometer Observations, 

 17 ; a Remarkable Algol Variable, 42 ; Cooperation in 

 Astronomy, 61 ; the Harvard Photographs of the Entire 

 Sky, 138; Intensity of Spectral Lines, 491; Reported 

 Discovery of a Nova, 580 ; the Opposition of Eros in 

 1905, 580 

 Pickering (Prof. W. H.), the Moon's Phases and Thunder- 

 storms, 232 

 Pierce (G. W.), Formation, of " Liesegang's Rings," by 



Precipitation of Silver Chromate in Gelatin, 578 

 Pierson (Clara Dillingham), Among the Night People, 366 

 Pilot Chart, Meteorological Office, for May, 14 ; for June, 



136 ; for July, 206 

 Piper (C. Welborne), Phenomena of Vision, 177 

 Pitchford (Dr. Watkins), Cape Horse-Sickness, no 

 Pjetursson (Helgi), on a Shelly Boulder-clay in the so- 

 called Palagonite Formation of Iceland, 118 

 Plague Bacilli, Insect Vermin and. Prof. Simpson, 603 

 Planets : Evidence for Life on Mars, A. R. Hinks, 16 ; 

 a Reported Projection on Mars, in ; Projection on Mars, 

 Messrs. Lowell and Slipher, 353 ; the South Pole Cap of 

 Mars, Prof. Barnard, 138; the Canals on Mars, E. W. 

 Maunder and J. E. Evans, 190; E. M. Antoniadi, 461; 

 Observations of Mars, MM.* Flammarion and Benoit, 606 ; 

 the Satellites of Saturn, W. J. Hussey, 184 ; Reported 

 Change on Saturn, Prof. Barnard, 207 ; White Spot on, 

 W. F. Denning, 229 ; Another White Spot on, W. F. 

 Denning, 247 ; the White Spots on Saturn, J. Comas 

 Sold, 425 ; Bright Spots on, W. F. Denning, 279 ; the 

 Spots on, W. F. Denning, 390 ; the Rotation Period of 

 Saturn, W. F. Denning, 519; Leo Brenner, 554; Red 

 Spot on Jupiter, Stanley J. Williams, 208; Retarded 

 Motion of the Great Red .Spot on, W. F. Denning, 390 ; 

 Occultation of a Star by Jupiter, T. Banachiewicz, 631 ; 

 Herr Kostinsky, 631 ; Mr. Denning, 631 ; the Satellite of 

 Neptune, Prof. Perrine, 353 ; Diameter of, C. W. Wirtz, 

 580; Mass of Mercury, Prof. T. J. J. See, 491 ; Rotational 

 Velocity of Venus, V. M. Slipher, 631 

 Plant Physiology : the Influence of Light and Darkness 

 upon Growth and Development, D. T. MacDougal, 10 ; 

 Temperature of the Subterranean Organs of Plants, Dr. 

 Henry H. Dixon, 23 ; Influence of the Nature of the 

 External Medium on Plant Acidity, E. Charabot and A. 

 Hubert, 24 ; the Origin of Seed-bearing Plants, Dr. D. H. 

 Scott, F.R.S., at the Royal Institution, 377; a Text-book 

 of Plant Physiology, George James Peirce, 493 

 Plant-Surgery, the Basis of. Dr. Ernst Kiister, 244 

 Plants, the K6le of Diffusion and Osmotic Pressure in, 



B. E. Livingston, 174 

 Plimmer (R. H. Aders), the Chemical Changes and Pro- 

 ducts resulting from Fermentations, 99 

 Plummer, (Fred G.), Forestry in the Cascade Range, 406 

 Plunket (Hon. Emmeline M.), Ancient Calendars and Con- 

 stellations, 593 

 Pochin (E. A. N.), Wireless Telegraphy, 187 

 Pocock (R. I.), Geographical Distribution of the Mygalo- 

 morphae, 47 ; Mapping of the World into Zoological Re- 

 gions, 47 ; the Coloration of the Quaggas, 356 

 Poids et Mesure, Comity international des, 525 

 Pope (Prof. W. J., F.R.S.), Longstaff Medal Awarded to, 

 94 ; Recent Advances in Stereochemistry, 280 ; on the 



