Nature, "I 

 June 18, 1903J 



Index 



XllX 



93 ; Suggested Nature of the Phenomena of the Eruption 

 of Mont Pelee on July 9, Observed by the Royal Society 

 Commission, Dr. Edward Divers, F.R.S., 126; Peculiar 

 Sequence followed by Eruptions of Mont Pele>, Dr. T. A. 

 Jag-gar, jun., 135 ; White River choked by Mont Pelee 

 Eruption, Prof. Lacroix, 155 ; Analysis of the Cases from 

 Mont Pel(5e, M. Moissan, 263 ; Argon, Oxide of Carbon 

 and Hydrocarbons in the Gas from the Fumaroles of 

 Mont Pel<5e, Henri Moissan, 192 ; Eruptions of Dense 

 Clouds from Mont Pel£e, A. Lacroix, 335 ; Consequences 

 of Shattering of the Cone in Crater of Mont PeWe, Prof. 

 Lacroix, 208: Fall of Volcanic Ash on the Island of 

 Barbadoes, on October 15, 16, 36; Analysis of Volcanic 

 Dust from Barbadoes, by Radcliffe Hall, 157 ; Complete 

 Darkness Caused by Fall' of Volcanic Dust at Barbadoes, 

 4Qi ; Volcanic Dust Phenomena, T. W. Backhouse, 174; 

 West Indian Volcanic Eruptions, Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., 

 91 ; Coloured Sunrises and Sunsets caused by the Vol- 

 canic Eruptions in the West Indies, P. Gruner, 493 ; the 

 Situation in Martinique, M. Lacroix, 36; a Preliminary 

 Report upon the Eruptions of Martinique and St. Vincent, 

 1902, Edmund Otis Hovey, 256 ; Volcanic Eruptions at 

 Savaii, Samoa, and at Hawaii,, and of Stromboli, 63 ; 

 Observations G^ologiques sur les lies Volcaniques explored 

 par l'Expedition du Beagle et Notes sur la Gtologie de 

 PAustralie et du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Charles 

 Darwin, 31; Recent Eruptions in Guatemala, 134; Vesu- 

 vius in Eruption, 180, 443, 468, 5iq ; Recent High Tides 

 in Leeward Islands possibly connected with late Volcanic 

 Disturbances, Francis Watts, 181 ; Volcanic Eruptions in 

 Nicaragua and Chili, 230 ; Seismic and Volcanic Centres 

 of the Philippine Archipelago, Saddera Maso, 279 ; Char- 

 acteristics of Recent Volcanic Eruptions, Dr. Tempest 

 Anderson at the Royal Institution, 308 ; Eruption of 

 Colima, 421, 443; Volcanic Studies in many Lands, 

 Tempest Anderson, 464 ; Eruption of Del Tierra Firme 

 (Colombia), C63 

 Voronin (Prof. M. S.), Death of, 492 



Wade (E. J.), Secondary Batteries, their Theory, Construc- 

 tion, and Use, 4 m 

 Wade (E. W.), the Birds of Bempton Cliffs, 472 

 Wager (Harold), Recent Observations on the Structure of 

 the Central Body in Various Species of Cyanophyceae, 

 20 

 Wager (H.), the Methods of Nature-study, 237 

 Wahl (A.), Ethyl Dinitroacetate, 311 

 Wanner (Dr. Franz), Das Sonnwendgebirge in Unterinn- 



thal. Ein Typus Alpinen Gebirgsbaues, 364 

 Walker (A. O.), Amphipoda of the Southern Cross Antarctic 



Expedition, 23S 

 Walker (G. W.), Theory of the Quadrant Electrometer, 



334 

 Walker^ (Prof. J.). State of Carbon Dioxide in Aqueous 

 Solution, 238 ; Qualitative Separation of Arsenic, Anti- 

 mony and Tin, 238 ; Hydrates and Solubility of Barium 

 Acetate, 238 

 Walker (Prof. James), Freezing-point Depression in Elec- 

 trolytic Solutions, 263 

 Walker (J. F.), Fossiliferous Band at the Top of the Lower 



Greensand near Leighton Buzzard, 406 

 Walker (Dr. J. W.), Catalytic Racemisation of Amvgdalin, 



7i 

 Walker (Frederick), Aerial Navigation, a Practical Hand- 

 book on the Construction of Dirigible Balloons, Aerostats, 

 Aeroplanes and Aeromotors, 218 

 Wallace (Dr. Alfred R., F.R.S.). Genius and the Struggle 

 for Existence, 296; Man's Place in the Universe as 

 Indicated by Astronomy, a/tj; Dr. A. R. Wallace's Rela- 

 tions with Darwin, 276 

 Wallach (O.), Briefwechsel zwischen J. Berzelius und F. 



Wohler, 49 

 Waltenhofen (Dr. A. von), Die Internationalen absoluten 



Masse insbesondere die elektrischen Masse, 29 

 Walter (Miss L. E.), on the Preliminary Training of 



Teachers with Special Reference to Women, 18 

 Ward (Prof. H. Marshall, F.R.S.), Experiments on the 

 Effect of Mineral Starvation on the Parasitism of the 

 Uredine Fungus, Puccinia dispersa, on the Species of 

 Bromus, Address ' at Royal Society, 235 ; On the His- 



tology of Lie Jo dispersa, and the Mycoplasm Hypothesis, 

 500 ; Rust-fungi and the " Mycoplasm " Hypothesis, 502 

 Warren (Prof. W. H.), Comparative Strength and Elas- 

 ticity of Portland Cement .Mortar and Concrete, when 

 Reinforced with Steel Rods and when not Reinforced, 



4°7 

 Washington (Henry S.), Quantitative Classification of 



Igneous Rocks based on Chemical and Mineral Charac- 

 ters, wjth a Systematic Nomenclature, 578 



Wasmann (E.), Symphilism, 351 



Water: L'Eau dans 1 'Alimentation, F. Malmejac, 246; 

 Lead in Peaty Water, Dr. Houston, 498 



Waters, Underground, Charles S. Slii hter, 347 



Waterhouse (C. O.), Index Zoologicus, 295 



Waterhouse (Major-General J.), the Holy Shroud of Turin, 



ji7, 345 

 Watkins (Alfred), Aspects of Photographic Development, 



'57 

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



Obituary Notice of, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 274 

 Watson (Thomas), Steel Ships, their Construction and 



Maintenance, a Manual for Shipbuilders, Ship Superin- 

 tendents, Students, and Marine Engineers, 389 

 Watt (A.), Electro-plating and Electro-refining, 295 

 Watteville (C. de), Spectra of Flames, 239 

 Watts (Francis), Recent High Tides in Leeward Islands, 



possibly Connected with late Volcanic Disturbances, 181 

 Watts (Dr. W. M.), Relationship between Spectra of Some 



Elements and the Squares of their Atomic Weights, 45 

 Watts (Prof. W. W.), the Older Rocks of Charnwood 



Forest, 423 

 Weather-shooting, International Conference on, 213 

 Webb (Wilfred Mark), the Association of Public School 



Science Masters, 2S4 

 Webber (Prof. Max), the Indo-Australian Archipelago and 



the History of its Fauna, 182 

 Webber (Thomas W.I, the Forests of Upper India and 



their Inhabitants, 19S 

 Weber (Carl Otto), the Chemistry of India-rubber, 313 

 Wedderburn (J. H. Maclagan), Isoclinal Lines of a Differ- 

 ential Equation of the First Order, 334 

 Weed (W. H.), Origin of Mineral Veins at Boulder Hot 



Springs in Nevada, 448 

 Wegscheider (Prof.), Influence of Constitution on the 



Affinity Constants of Organic Acids, 425 

 Weight, the Secular Bending of a Marble Slab under its 



Own, Dr. T. J. J. See, 56; Spencer Pickering, F.R.S., 



Si ; W. Bowman, 420 

 Weights and Measures, How to Introduce Order in the 



Relations between British, Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney, 



F.R.S., 431 

 W'einmayr (Mr.), Change in Catalytic Decomposition of 



Hydrogen Peroxide by Metallic Mercury, 424 

 Weldon (Prof. W. F. R., F.R.S.), Mendel's Principles of 



Heredity in Mice, 512, 610 

 Well Water, Radio-active Gas from, Prof. J. J. Thomson, 



F.R.S., 609 

 Welsbach (Auer von), the History of the Invention of 



Incandescent Lighting, 82 

 Welt, Bis an's Ende der, Prof. F. J. Studnicka, 311 

 Wendell (Prof. O. O), Transparency of Comet 1902 b, 



447 



Werner (Mr.), the Reversible Transformation of Ammo- 

 nium Thiocyanate into Thiourea, 253 



Wertheimer (Prof. J.), Secondary and Technical Education, 

 176; University Education in the United Kingdom and 

 Germany, 4113 



West (G. S.), Freshwater Alga:, New British Forms, 405 



West (Dr. Samuel), Diseases of the Organs of Respira- 

 tion, ^54 



West (W.), Freshwater Algae, New British Forms, 405 



West Indies : The Situation in Martinique, M. Lacroix, 

 36 ; Fall of Volcanic Ash on the Island of Barbadoes on 

 October 15-16, 36; West Indian Volcanic Eruptions, 

 Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., qi ; E. T. Hovey, 93 ; an Amer- 

 ican Report upon the West Indian Eruptions. Edmund 

 Otis Hovey, 256 ; Characteristics of Recent Volcanic 

 Eruptions, Dr. Tempest Anderson at the Royal Institu- 

 tion, 308; Agriculture in the West Indies, Sss 



Wharton (Sir W. J. L., K.C.B., F.R.S.), Local Magnetic 

 Focus in Hebrides, 84 



Wheat, Pot Experiments to Determine the Limits of 



