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Index 



Nature-, 

 . Juuc iS, 1903 



Collimator in the Focal Plane of a Lens or Telescope 

 Objective, G. Lippmann, 37; Physical Society, 45, 93, 

 141, 190, 333, 429, 501, 550; Relationship between 

 Spectra of Some Elements and the Squares of their 

 Atomic Weights, Dr. W. M. Watts, 45 ; Radio-activity 

 from Rain, C. T. R. Wilson, 46; the Secular Bending 

 of a Marble Slab under its own Weight, Dr. T. J. J. 

 See, 56; Spencer Pickering, F.R.S., 81; W. Bowman, 

 420 ; the Bending of Marble, Francis Jones, 503 ; the 

 Bending of Two Alabaster Slabs in the Alhambra, Dr. 

 Bleekrode, 135 ; the Conservation of Mass, D. M. V. 

 Sommerville, 80; Prof. C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 103; J. Joly, 

 F.R.S., 262 ; the General Solution of Laplace's Equation 

 and of the Differential Equation of Wave-motions, and 

 on an Undulatory Explanation of Gravitation, E. T. 

 Whittaker, 94; Wave Motions with Discontinuities at 

 Wave-fronts, Prof. A. E. H. Love, 262 ; Hand- und 

 Hiilfsbuch zur Ausfiihrung physikochemischer Mess- 

 ungen, W. Ostwald and R. Luther, 101 ; another Hodgkins 

 Gold Medal Awarded, 104; Death of Prof. O. N. Rood, 

 m; Physical Chemistry Applied to Toxins and Anti- 

 toxins, Dr. A. Harden, 114; Cavitation in Liquids, S. 

 Skinner, 119; Physical Apparatus, Max Kohl, 121; 

 Phvsikalische Apparate, Ferdinand Ernecke, 121 ; Acht 

 Yortrage iiber phvsikalische Chemie, J. H. van 't Hoff, 

 149 ; Experiments depending on Hawksbee's Law of 

 Fluids, C. L. Barnes, 166; on an Inversion of Ideas as 

 to the Structure of the Universe, Prof. Osborne Reynolds, 

 F.R.S., 171; Apparatus for a Lecture Experiment on 

 Gaseous Diffusion, Prof. L. R. Wilberforce, 190; Vapour- 

 density Determinations, Sir W. Ramsay and Dr. Steele, 

 190 ; a Sub-Tropical Solar Physics Observatory, Prof. 

 S. P. Langley, 206 ; Dimensions of Physical Units, Dr. 

 Ladislaus Gorczy ski. 232 ; a Curious Projectile Force, 

 247 ; Sir Norman Lockver, K.C.B., F.R.S., 297 ; Death 

 of Rev. Dr. H. W. Watson, F.R.S., 250; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of James Wimshurst, F.R.S., 250; the 

 Deformation of a Thin Cylindrical Disc of Plastico- 

 viscous Material under the Action of Normal Pressure on 

 its Opposite Faces, Dr. Ladislaus Natanson, 251 ; Plas- 

 ticity of Clays, B. Zschokke, 278 ; the Teaching of 

 Chemistrv and Physics in the Secondary School, Alexander 

 Smith and Edwin H. Hall, Prof. A. 'Smithells, F.P..S., 

 20? ; the Principle of Least Action, Lagrange's Equations, 

 Oliver Heaviside, F.R.S., 297; A. B. Basset, F.R.S., 

 343, 464; the Principle of Activity and Lagrange's Equa- 

 tions, Rotation of a Rigid Body, Prof. W. McF. Orr, 

 36S ; Oliver Heaviside, F.R.S., 36S ; Proof of Lagrange's 

 Equations of Motion, &c, Prof. W. McF. Orr, 415; 

 R. F. W., 415 ; Phvsico-Chemical Tables, vol. i., 

 Chemical Engineering and Physical Chemistrv, John 

 Castell-Evans, 314; an Oscillating Table for Determining 

 Moments of Inertia, W. H. Derriman, 333 ; Balance by 

 which Moments of Inertia can be Determined without 

 the Use of Stop Watches, Mr. Skinner, 333 ; a Simple 

 Sensitive Flame, Dr. E. H. Barton, 345 ; Death of Sir 

 George Gabriel Stokes, Bart., F.R.S., 324; the Funeral 

 of, 345 ; the Scientific Work of, 367 ; Lord Kelvin, 

 F.R.S., 337; Radio-activitv of Ordinary Materials, Hon. 

 R. J. Strutt, 369, 439; Prof. J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., 

 391; Prof. Henry E. Armstrong, F.R.S., 414; Prof. E. 

 Rutherford, 511 ; Results Obtained by Depositing Thin 

 Films of Metal on Glass and Other Surfaces by Kathodic 

 Rays in a Bell Glass Receiver, L. Houllevigue, 375 ; 

 Comparative Strength and Elasticity of Portland Cement, 

 Mortar, and Concrete, when Reinforced with Steel Rods 

 and when not Reinforced, Prof. W. H. Warren, 407 ; 

 De Ether, Dr. V. A. Julius, 413 ; L'Etere e la Materia 

 ponderabile, M. Barbera, 413 ; Protective Action of Wire 

 Gauze Against Explosions, Dr. H. Mache, 423 ; Dr. 

 L. H. Siertsema's Measurements of the Magnetic Rota- 

 tion of the Plane of Polarisation of Liquefied Chloride 

 under Atmospheric Pressure, 423 ; the Diathermanosity 

 of Water and Certain Solutions, Otto Dechant, 425 ; 

 Freezing Points of Aqueous Solutions are Lowered by 

 Pressure to Greater Extent than that of Water, A. 

 Lampa, 425 ; Commutator for Condenser Tests, A. 

 Campbell, 430; Thickness of Liquid Film Formed by 

 Condensation at Surface of a Solid, Dr. G. J. Parks, 

 430 ; Death of Dr. Henocque, 442 ; the Methods of 

 Liquefying Gases, Dr. M. W. Travers, 443 ; Electricity 



and Matter, Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., at Bedford Col- 

 lege for Women, 450 ; Liquidogenic Theories of Fluids, 



E. Mathias, 455 ; the Evaporation of Water in a Current 

 of Air, Dr. E. P. Perman, 477; the Modulus of Rigidity 

 of Copal Varnish, G. de Metz, 479-80; the Bearing of 

 Recent Discoveries on the Physics of Taste and Smell, 



F. Southerden, 486 ; the Movement of Air Studied by 

 Chronophotographv. M. Marey, 487 ; the Slipperiness of 

 Ice, S. Skinner, 502 ; Practical Exercises in Heat, 

 E. S. A. Robson, 510; the Tutorial Physics, R. Wallace 

 Stewart, 533 ; the Formation of Definite Figures by the 

 Deposition of Dust, Dr. W. J. Russell, F.R.S., 545; 

 Problems in Biological Energetics, M. A. Chaveau, 

 551—2 ; Rapports presented au Congres International de 

 Physique reuni a Paris en 1900, 556 ; Practical Chemistry 

 and Physics, J. Young, 608 ; Elements of Physics, Ernest 

 J. Andrews and H. N. Howland, 609; Sir O. Lodge and 

 the Conservation of Energy, Dr. E. W. Hobson, F.R.S.. 

 611; Death of Prof. J. Willard Gibbs, 615; Physical 

 Properties of Nickel Carbonyl, James Dewar, F.R.S., 

 and Humphrey Owen Jones, 623 ; a Text-book of Physics, 

 Properties of Matter, J. H. Poynting, F.R.S., and J. J. 

 Thomson, F.R.S., Supp. February 5, ix ; Astro Physics; 

 Recently Discovered Terrestrial Gases in the Chromo- 

 sphere, Prof. S. A. Mitchell, 619 



Physiology : Grundzuge der physiologischen Psychologie, 

 Wilhelm Wundt, 2 ; Carlsbad Meeting of the German 

 Association of Naturalists and Physicians, Dr. F. 

 Schuman-Leclercq, 20 ; the Action of Immune-ha?mo- 

 lysine, Dr. Kraus, 21 ; Physiological Albuminuria, Prof. 

 Leube, 21; Arsenic in the Animal Kingdom, Gabriel 

 Bertrand, 72 ; Armand Gautier, 72 ; Localisation of 

 Normal Arsenic in some Organs of Animals and Plants, 

 Armand Gautier, 95 ; Musculamine, S. Posternak, 00 ; 

 Vitality and Low Temperatures, W. J. Calder, 104; Ex- 

 perimental Researches on Adrenaline, Ch. Bouchard and 

 Henri Claude, 143; Adrenalin as a Life Restorer, 326; 

 Physiological Injections, Yves Delage, 143 ; Ratio of 

 the Weight of the Liver to the Total Weight of the 

 Animal, E. Maurel, 144, 359; Descending Intrinsic 

 Spinal Tracts in the Mammalian Cord, C. S. Sherring- 

 ton, F.R.S., and E. E. Laslett, 165; Death of Prof. 

 Leonard Landois, 180 ; Zeitschrift fur allgemeine Physio- 

 logie, 212 ; an Introduction to Physiology, William 

 Townsend Porter, 222 ; Error in the Estimation of tftfe- 

 Specific Gravity of the Blood by Hammerschlag's 

 Method, A. G. Levy, 23S ; the Callosities of the Horse, 

 Prof. Cossar Ewart, 239 ; Nuclear Emissions Observed 

 in the Protozoa, A. Conte and C. Yaney, 240; Condition 

 of the Blood in Cyanosis, Dr. G. A. Gibson, 20^ ; 

 Diminution in the Amount of Lecithin in Heated Milk, 

 M. Bordas and Sig. de Raczkowski, 264 ; the Revivifica- 

 tion of the Heart, A. Kuliako, 264 ; Variations in the 

 Activity of Reduction of Oxyhemoglobin in the Course 

 of a Balloon Ascent, M. Tripet, 2S7 ; Die Zersetzung 

 stickstofffreier organischen Substanzen durch Bakterien, 

 Dr. O. Emmerling, F. Escombe, 316; Directions for 

 Laboratory Work in Physiological Chemistry, Holmes 

 C. Jackson, 316; Counting the Red Corpuscles of the 

 Blood by Photography, Dr. C. A. MacMunn, 327; De- 

 scriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Physiological 

 Series of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, 

 London, 340; the Heart of Tuberculous Subjects, MM. 

 Ch. Bouchard and Balthazard, 3^0 ; Die Biogen-hypo- 

 these, Prof. Max Verworn, 385 ; Practical Physiology, 

 A. P. Beddard, J. S. Edkins, Leonard Hill, j. J. R. 

 Macleod, and M. S. Pembrey, 388; Negative Variation 

 in the Nerves of Warm-blooded Animals, Dr. H. N. 

 Alcock, 405 ; Mechanism of the Action of Secretin on 

 the Pancreatic Secretion, C. Fleig, 407 ; the Implantation 

 of Dead Bone in Contact with Living Bone, V. Cornif 

 and P. Coudray, 407 ; Epithelia Hyperplasia, Ed. 

 Retterer, 432 ; the Physiological Laboratory of the 

 University of London, 441 ; Method for Estimating 

 Glycerol in the Blood, Maurice Nicloux, 45c • Glycerine 

 in Normal Blood, Maurice Nicloux, 528; Methods and 

 Theory of Physiological Histology, Gustav Mann, 4S4 ; 

 the Weight of the Human Brain, F. Marchand, 498-9 : 

 the Heart in a Pathological State, MM. Ch. Bouchard 

 and Balthazard, 503 ; on Animal Heat, A. Chaveau, 57? ; 

 A. Laveran, 575; on Nephrotoxins, H. Bierry, 576; 



