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Index 



June 18, 1903 



Various Grades of Schools, Dr. Kimmins, 237 ; Heuristic 

 Method of Teaching Chemistry, Prof. Armstrong, 237 ; 

 the Methods of Nature-Study, H. Wager, 237 ; Tachy- 

 genesis and University Studies, Prof. Leopoldo Maggi, 

 252 ; London Conference of Science Teachers, 259 ; 

 Teaching of Geometry, W. D. Eggar, 260 ; Methods of 

 Botanical Teaching, Prof. Farmer, F.R.S., 260; Death 

 and Obituary Notice of Quintin Hogg, 276 ; the Associa- 

 tion of Public School Science Masters, Wilfred Mark 

 Webb, 284; Tyranny of Greek, J. Talbot, 285; How to 

 make Practical Work of any Use in " a Low Big Form," 

 E. C. Sherwood, 285; the Schoolmaster's Yearbook for 

 1903, a Reference Book of Secondary Education in 

 England and Wales, 367 ; Science and the Education 

 Act of 1902, Rev. D. A. Irving, 369; Constitution of 

 the New Education Committee, 371 ; Interest and Educa- 

 tion, the Doctrine, of Interest and its Concrete Applica- 

 tion, Prof. C. DeGarmo, 413 ; Recent Conferences be- 

 tween Science Masters and Examiners, 419 ; Mr. J. 

 Jackson's System of Upright Penmanship, 445 ; Principles 

 ul Class Teaching, J. J. Findlay, Supp. February 5, iv ; 

 See also British Association, Section L 



Edwards (R. \V.), Elementary Plane and Solid Mensuration 

 for Use in Schools, Colleges, and Technical Classes, 200 



1 : u (W. D.), the Teaching of Geometry, 260; Practical 

 Exercises in Geometry, 577 



Egnell (Axel), Variation of the Mean Velocity of the Wind 

 in the Vertical, 383 



Egypt : the Zoology of Egypt — Mammalia, Dr. J. Anderson 

 and W. E. de Winton, 266 ; the Egyptian Medical Con- 

 gress, 27', : Mosquitoes and Malaria in, Major Ronald 

 Ross, 327 



Egyptology : a History of Egypt from the End of the 

 Neolithic Period to the Death of Cleopatra VII., B.C. 30, 

 E. A. Wallis Budge, Supp. to November 6, 1902, iii 



Eigenmann (Dr. C. H.), the Solution of the Eel Question, 

 136 



Electricity: the Generators of Electricity at the Paris Ex- 

 hibition of 1900, C. F. Guilbert, 4 ; Wireless Telegraphy 

 between Europe and America, 35; Transatlantic Wireless 

 Telegraphy, 170; Maurice Solomon, 206; Wireless Tele- 

 graphy between the U.S. and England, Mr. Marconi, 

 27; : Chess Match between Atlantic liners by Wireless 

 Telegraph'- 276 ; the Present State of Wireless Tele- 

 graphy, Maurice Solomon, 131 ; Wireless Telegraphy 

 from the Cape to Cairo, 276 ; Wireless Telegraphy with a 

 Moving Train, 349 ; Mr. Marconi and the Post Office, 

 Maurice Solomon, 370; Interception of Wireless Tele- 

 graphic Messages, Prof. Fleming, 51S; the Orling- 

 Armstrong System of Wireless Telegraphy and Tele- 

 phony, 541 ; La Telegrafia Senza Filo, Augusto Righi 

 and Bernardo Dessau, 582 ; Wireless Telegraphy in Italy, 

 590; the Multiplex System of Page-printing Telegraphy, 

 the late H. A. Rowland, 65; New System of Telegraphic 

 Time Signals in the United States, 277; Die Inter- 

 naiionalen absoluten Masee insbesondere die elektrischen 

 Masse, Dr. A. von Waltenhofen, 29 ; Galvanic Batteries, 

 their Theory, Construction and Use. S. R. Bottone, 31 ; 

 the Waste of Energy from a Moving Electron, Oliver 

 Heaviside, F.R.S., 6, 32 ; the Automatic Telephone Ex- 

 change, 40 : Telephonic Communication between Copen- 

 hagen and Frankfort, 349; Instantaneous Chemical 

 Reactions and the Theory of Electrolytic Dissociation, 

 L. Kahlenberg, 41 ; Free Ions in Aqueous Solutions of 

 Electrolytes, Julius Olsen, 45; the Size of Atoms, H. V. 

 Ridout. if : Electrical Resistance of Lead Sulphide at 

 Very Low Temperatures, Edmond van Aubel, 47 ; the 

 Elements of Electrical Engineering, Tyson Sewell, 53 ; 

 Electric Tramways, C. and B. Hopkinson and E. Talbot, 

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

 Lamps in Lanterns, C. Turnbull, 464: on Hall's 

 Phenomenon and Thermoelectric Power, Edmond van 

 Aubel, 72 ; Conductivity of Solutions at Low Tem- 

 peratures. J. Kunz, 72 ; Electrical Conductivity of Sub- 

 stances Dissolved in Liquid Hydrocyanic Acid, Messrs. 

 Kahlenberg and Schlundt, qo ; Theory of the Aluminium ' 

 Anode, W. W. Taylor and J. K. H. Inglis, 93 ; Pro- 

 duction of Sleep and of General Anaesthesia by Electric 

 Currents, S. Leduc, 06 ; Der Parallelbetrieb von 

 Werhselstrommaschinen, Dr. Gustav Benischke, 101 ; Die 

 Grundgesetze der Wechselstromtechnik, Dr. Gustav 



Benischke, 580 ; Measurement of Temperature by 

 Electrical Means, 1 12 ; the Dissociation Theory of 

 Electrolysis, Prof. Kahlenberg, 112; Battery in which the 

 Depolariser is Atmospheric Oxygen, G. Rosset, 112; 

 Ionisation of a Salt Flame, Georges Moreau, 119; Practi- 

 cal Electricity, J. Hope Belcher, 149; Capital in New 

 York State interested in the Development and use of 

 Electricity, 156; Some Limits in Heavy Electrical En- 

 gineering, James Swinburne at Institution of Electrical 

 Engineers, 159 ; Bipolar Electrodes with a Soluble Anode, 

 Andre Brochet and C. L. Barillet, 168 ; Electrochemical 

 Laboratories at Nancy, M. Arth, 182 ; Portable Capillary 

 Electrometer, S. W. J. Smith, 190; Improvement in 

 Exner's Electroscope, Messrs. Elster and Geitel, 209; 

 Sound Waves and Electromagnetics, the Pan-potential, 

 Oliver Heaviside, F.R.S., 202 ; Electrochemical Notes, 

 211; Spontaneous Ionisation in Air, J. Patterson, 215; 

 the Fulham Baths Accident, 231 ; the Emanation from 

 Phosphorus, Eugene Bloch, 239 ; Magnetofriction of the 

 Anode Bundle, H. Pellat, 239; the Hewitt Mercury Lamp 

 and Static Converter, 248; Death and Obituary Notice 

 of James Wimshurst, F.R.S., 250; Transmission of 

 Vision to a Distance by Electricity, Lieut. J. H. Coblyn, 

 252 ; Dielectric Cohesion of Gases, E. Bouty, 263 ; 

 Freezing-point Depression in Electrolytic Solutions, Prof. 

 James Walker and A. J. Robertson, 263; Electro-plating 

 and Electro-refining, A. Watt and A. Philip, 295 ; Electrii 

 Automobiles, H. E. Joel, 304 ; Proof of a Rotating 

 Electromagnetic Field produced by a Helicoidal Modifica- 

 tion of Stratifications in a Tube of Rarefied Air, Th. 

 Tommasina, 311; a Course of Simple Experiments in 

 Magnetism and Electricity, A. E. Munby, 316; Electric 

 Generating Plant at Niagara Falls Destroyed by Fire, 

 324; on the Electrodynamic and Thermal Relations oi 

 Energy of Magnetisation, Dr. J. Larmor, Sec. R.S., 

 333 ; Theory of the Quadrant Electrometer, G. W. 

 Walker, 334; Photometric Work at the National 

 Physical Laboratory, Dr. R. T. Glazebrook, 340 ; 

 Measurement of Electric Resistance as Analysis for Fer- 

 mentations and in Pathological Cases, M. Lesage, 350 ; 

 Electrochemical Society, the, 354; Electric Waves, H. M. 

 Macdonald, F.R.S., Dr. J. Larmor, F.R.S., 361 ; Re- 

 sults obtained by depositing thin films of metal on glass 

 and other surfaces by Kathodic Rays in a bell glass 

 receiver, L. Houllevigue, 375 ; Effects of Frost in New 

 York on Elevated Railway, 397; Electric Discharge 

 through Hydrogen in Silica-glass Vacuum Tubes, Prof. 

 J. Trowbridge, 398; New Electric Heating Apparatus 

 E. G. Rivers, 397; Electrolytic Valves, Albert Nodon, 

 407 ; Response in the Living and Non-Living, Jagadis 

 Chunder Bose, 409 ; Secondary Batteries : their Theory, 

 Construction, and Use, E. J. Wade, Maurice Solomon. 

 410; the Dissociation Theory of Electrolysis, J. Brown, 

 F.R.S., 414; Action of Acetylene as Kathodic De- 

 polarising Agent in the Electrolysis of Acid and Alkaline 

 Solutions, Dr. Billitzer, 425 ; Measurement of Small 

 Capacities and Inductances, Prof. Fleming and Mr. 

 Clinton, 429; Electromotive Force in Plants, A. B. Plow- 

 man, 429 : Action of a Polarised Bundle of very Re- 

 frangible Radiations on very small Electric Sparks, R. 

 Blondlot, 431 ; Text-book of Electrochemistry, Svante 

 Arrhenius, 437 ; Electricity and Matter, 450, 487 ; Sir 

 Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., at Bedford College for Women, 450 ; 

 Characteristics of Electric Earth-current Disturbances and 

 iluir Origin, J. E. Taylor, 454; Opera di Galileo 

 Ferraris, 460; Two Simple Lecture Experiments, Dr. 

 Garbasso, 470 ; on a Thermostat with Electrical Heating 

 and Regulation, C. Marie and R. Marquis, 480; Per- 

 manent Electric Vibrations, Dr. H. C. Pocklington, 486 ; 

 New Storage Battery Invented by Mr. Edison, 494 ; on 

 Distribution losses in Electricity Supply, Messrs. Con- 

 stable and Fawssett, 494 ; on the Measurement of Small 

 Resistances, A. Campbell, 501 ; a Resistance Comparator, 

 Dr. R. A. Lehfeldt, 501 ; a Potentiometer for Thermo- 

 couple Measurements, Dr. Lehfeldt, 501 ; the Dynamics 

 of the Electric Field, Prof. J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., 502 ; 

 Effect of Temperature on Electrocapillary Phenomena. 

 M. Gouv, 1503 ; the Dielectric Cohesion of Mixture of 

 Gases, M. Bonty, 503 : a Sensitive Gold-Leaf Electrometer, 

 C. T. R. Wilson, F.R.S., 503 ; the Dimensions of Large 

 Inductance Coils, James E. Ives, 520; Electrification of 



