Nature, "1 

 June iS, 1Q03J 



Index 



xxxui 



Naturalist in the Indian Seas ; or Four Years with the 

 Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator, A. 

 Alcock, F.R.S., 320; La Vie des Animaux illustree, E. 

 Perrier, 342 ; the Fortress of the Mole, 379 ; Natural 

 History of Selborne, Gilbert White, with Notes by R. 

 Kearton, 419 ; Real Things in Nature, a Reading Book 

 of Science for American Boys and Girls, Edward S. 

 Holden, 461 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. Gustav 

 F. R. von Radde, 519; in the Andamans and Nicobars, 

 C. Boden Kloss, 514; Can Dogs Reason? Dr. Alex. 

 Hill, 558; Sir William Ramsey, K.C.B., F.R.S., 609; 

 the Natural History of Animals; the Animal Life of the 

 World in its Various Aspects and Relations, J. R. A. 

 Davis, 562; a Katydid's Resourcefulness, Arthur G. 

 Smith, 612; Death of G. P. Bulman, O16; Dr. E. Goeldi 

 on Brazilian Deer, 620 ; the Deer Family, T. Roosevelt, 

 Supp. November 6, 1902, ix ; Salmon and Trout, D. 

 Sage, Supp. November 6, 1902, ix ; Faune Infusorienne 

 des Eaux Stagnantes des Environs de Geneve, Dr. Jean 

 Roux, Supp. February 5, 1903, vi ; Faune Rhizopodique 

 du Bassin du Lehman, Dr. Eugene Penard, Supp. 

 February 5, 1903, vi ; Aus den Wanderjahren eines 

 Naturforschers, Reisen und Forschungen in Afrika, Asien 

 und Amerika, nebst daran ankniipfenden meist ornith- 

 ologischen Studien, Ernst Hartert, Supp. February 5, 

 1903, viii 

 Natural Law in Terrestrial Phenomena, Wm. Digby, 510 

 Natural Proportions in Architecture, Jay Hambidge at the 



Hellenic Society, 68 

 Natural Selection : Dr. A. R. Wallace's Relations with 

 Darwin, 276 ; Sir Edward Fry on Natural Selection, 

 Francis Galton, F.R.S., 343 ; Sir Edward Fry, 414 

 Nature and the Camera, A. Radclyffe Dugmore, 534 

 Nature Notebook, My, E. Kay Robinson, 558 

 Nature Student's Note Book, the, Rev. Canon Steward, 

 Tables for Classification of Plants, Animals, and Insects 

 in Full Detail, Alice E. Mitchell, 367 

 Nature Studies (Plant Life), G. F. Scot!- Elliott, 486 

 Nature Study Exhibition and Conferences, August, 1902, 



Official Report of the, 534 

 Naval Architecture : Submarine Warfare, Herbert C. Fyfe, 

 218; Steel Ships, their Construction and Maintenance. 

 A Manual for Shipbuilders, Ship Superintendents, 

 Students, and Marine Engineers, Thomas Watson, 389 

 Naval Engineering: Estimates of the Stresses in the 



Riveted Attachments in Ships, Dr. J. Bruhn, 278 

 Navigation : Pilot Charts of the Meteorological Office, 235 ; 

 Steam Navigation, Count Zeppelin's Automobile Launch, 



373 

 Navy, Science and the, 289 



Nebula around Nova Persei, the, Prof. C. D. Perrine, 16 

 Nebulosity Surro mding Nova Persei, Spectrum of the, 593 

 Nebulous Region in the Constellation Lynx, A. Rich, Prof. 



Max Wolf, 472 ; Wolf's Rich Nebulous Region in the 



Constellation Lynx, Dr. Isaac Roberts, 568 

 Nebulous Regions of the Heavens, Herschel's, Dr. Isaac 



Roberts, 94, 15S ; Dr. Isaac Roberts on, Prof. E. E. 



Barnard, 424 

 Neohelia porcellana. Horny Membrane of, Prof. Sydney J. 



Hickson, F.R.S., 344 

 Nernst (W.), Zur Theorie des Auerlichtes, 82 

 Nernst Lamp, the, Dr. C. C. Garrard, 67 

 Nernst Lamps in Lanterns, C. Turnbull, 464 

 Nestler (Dr. A.), Poisonous Effects of Leaves of Primula 



obconica, 426 

 Netley, Abandonment of the School of Medical Research at, 



400 

 Ne\ ille (Mr.), Asymmetric Optically Active Selenium Com- 

 pounds, 71 

 New England, Handbook of the Trees of, L. L. Dame 



and Henry Brooks, 79 

 New Forest, the, its Traditions, Inhabitants, and Customs, 



Rose C. de Crespigny and Horace Hutchinson, 461 

 New South Wales Linnean Society, 47, 168, 287 

 New South Wales Meteorite, a, George W. Card 345 

 New South Wales Royal Society, 47, 120, 312, 407 

 New Zealand : Magnetic Work in, Dr. Charles Chree, 



F.R.S., 41S; Plants of Chatham Island, L. Cockayne, 



Newall (Mr.), a New Star in Gemini, 522 ; Cooperative 

 Determinations of Velocities in the Line of Sight, 568 



Newton (Edwin T.), the Elk in the Thames Valley, 262 



Newton's Law of Gravitation, Apparent Deviations from, 

 Peter Lebedew, 91 



Next to the Ground ; Chronicles of a Country Side, Martha 

 McCullock Williams, 54 



Niagara : Electric Generating Plant at Niagara Falls 

 Destroyed by Fire, 324 ; a Remarkable Diversion in the 

 Waters of, caused by Ice, O. E. Dunlap, 618 



Nicloux (Maurice), Method for Estimating Glycerol in the 

 Blood, 455 ; Glycerine in Normal Blood, 528 



Nicobars, in the Andamans and, C. Boden Kloss, 514 



Nicolau (S.), Comparative Bactericidal Power of the Elec- 

 tric Arc between Poles of Ordinary Carbon or of Carbon 

 Containing Iron, 311 



Nicoll (Mr.), Rate of Decomposition of Diazo-compounds ol 

 the Naphthalene Series, 238 



Nijland (Prof. A. A.), the Period and Light-Curve of 

 8 Cephei, 568 



Nipher (Prof. F. E.), Distortion of a Magnetic Field by 

 Explosions, 600 



Nobel Prize Awards, 155 



Nodon (Albert), Electronic Valves, 407 



Nopessa (F. B., jun.), Systematic Position of the Armoured 

 Dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of the Gosau 

 District, 426 



Nordmann (Charles), Magnetic Properties of the Terrestrial 

 Atmosphere, 624 



Norman (Leonard), How to Work Arithmetic, 558 



North Sea Fisheries : International Scientific Investigation, 

 36; the Methods of Investigating the, Dr. D. Noel 

 Paton, 174 



North Sea Investigation Committee (Scotland), the Hydro- 

 graphical Work of the, Prof. D'Arcy W. Thompson, 246 



Norwegian North Polar Expedition, 1893-1896, Scientific 

 Results, Fridtjof Nansen, 97 



Nova Geminorum, Prof. Hartwig, 567 ; Prof. Hartmann 

 and Dr. Ludendorff, 567 ; Prof. Millosevich, 593 ; Dr. 

 Halm, 593 ; Drs. Ristenpart and Guthnick, 593 ; Prof. 

 Hartwig, 593 ; Nova Geminorum before its Discovery, 

 Prof. Pickering, 618 ; see also Astronomy 



Nova Persei : the Nebula Around, Prof. C. D. Perrine, 16 ; 

 Spectrum of the Nebulosity Surrounding, Prof. Perrine, 

 593; Change of Focus in 'the Light from, Prof. E. E. 

 Barnard, 66; Observations of the Light of Nova Persei, 

 496 ; Earlv Observations of, Prof. Pickering, 90 ; Proper 

 Motion and Parallax of, Asten Bergstrand, 183 ; Pulkova 

 Observations of, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 515; Density 

 and Change of Volume of, C. E. Stromeyer, 612 



November Swallows, G. W. Bulman, 56 



Nutation, Experiment to Illustrate Precession and, Rev. 

 H. V. Gill, 5S6 



Objectiv im Dienste der Photographie, Das, Dr. E. Holm, 

 486 



Observatories : the Meteorology of the Ben Nevis Observ- 

 atories, Dr. W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 61 ; Companion to the 

 Observatorv, 1903, 159 ; a Sub-Tropical Solar Physics 

 Observatory, Prof. S. P. Langley, 207: the Moscow 

 Observatory, 211; Report of the Harvard College Ob- 

 servatory, 307 ; Publications of West Hendon House 

 Observatory, Sunderland, T. W. Backhouse, 343 ; Report 

 of the United States Naval Observatory, 353 ; Annals of 

 the Royal University Observatory of Vienna, 545 



Occupations, Observations of, G. W. Hough, 254 



Oceanography : the Norwegian North Polar Expedition, 

 1893-1896, 'Scientific Results, Fridtjof Nansen, 97; Tidal 

 Currents in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, W. Bell Dawson, 

 228 _, , 



Oceans, a New Theory of the Tides of Terrestrial, R. A. 

 Harris, 583 



Oils and Allied Substances, the Analysis of, A. C. \\ right, 

 460 



Okapi, the, Dr. Forsvth Major, 88 



Okapi from Congo Free State, Dr. Forsyth Major, 118 



Okapis, Ocapia liebrechtsi. Dr. Forsyth Major, 210 



Oldham (R. D.), the Turkestan Earthquake of August 22, 

 8 ; Records of Shillong Seismograph Examined by R. D. 

 Oldham, 157 



Olivier (Charles P.), Observations of the Perseids, August 

 10 and 11, 1902, 211 



