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INDEX 



Abbott (George), Cellular Magnesian Limestone of Dur- 

 ham, 214-15 



Abercromby (the Hon. John), the Oldest Bronze-age Ceramic 

 Type in Britain, 11S 



Aberration, Spherical, of the Eye, Edwin Edser, 559 



Aboriginal Remains in North-west Florida, Clarence B. 

 Moore, 612 



Academy, the British, 104 



Academy of Sciences, Prizes Proposed by the, for the Year 

 1903, 259 



d'Achiardi (Dr. Antonio), Death of, 155 



Aconcagua and Tierra del Fuego, Sir M. Conway, 175 



Acoustics : Quasi-waves, P. Duhem, 71 ; the Paradox of the 

 Piano Player, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 127; Sound 

 Waves and Electromagnetics, the Pan-potential, Oliver 

 Heaviside, F.R.S., 202 ; on the Vowel " I " (as in Pique), 

 Louis Bevier, 251 ; the Archives of Phonographic Re- 

 cords, 301 ; the Affective Quality of Auditory Rhythm, 

 Robert MacDougall, 399 ; Characteristics of Electric 

 Earth-current Disturbances and their Origin, J. E. 

 Taylor, 454 ; Transmission of Sound through the Atmo- 

 sphere, C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 502 



Across Coveted Lands, A. H. Savage Landor, 489 



Activity, the Principle of, and Lagrange's Equations, 

 Rotation of a Rigid Body, Prof. W. McF. Orr, 368 ; 

 Oliver Heaviside, F.R.S., 368 



Adams (G. I.), Eastern Choctaw Coalfield, 448 ; the Oil- and 

 Gas-fields of the Western Interior and Northern Texas 

 Coal-measures, and of the Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary 

 of the Western Gulf Coast, 449 



Adams (Lionel), the Mole (Talpa Europaea), 95 



Adams (Prof.), Proper Motion of the Sun Compared with 

 Stellar Velocities, 400 ; New Spectroscopic Binaries, 472 



Adeney (Dr. W. E.), Ultra-violet Spark Spectrum of 

 Ruthenium, 406 



Adkin (R.), a Hybrid Selenia bilunariaxS. tetralunaria, 

 214 



Ador (E.), GEuvres completes de Jean-Charles Galissard de 

 Marignac, 146 



Adrenalin as a Life Restorer, 326 



Aerial Navigation : a Practical Handbook on the Construc- 

 tion of Dirigible Balloons, Aerostats, Aeroplanes and 

 Aeromotors, Frederick Walker, 21S 



Ae'rography, Evolution of, Percival Lowell, 114 



Aeronautics : International Balloon Ascents made from April 

 to June last, Dr. H. Hergesell, 13 ; in July, August and 

 September, Dr. Hergesell, 135 ; of October 2 and 

 November 6, 1902, Dr. Hergesell, 326; of December 4, 

 Dr. Hergesell, 39S ; International Balloon Ascents of 

 January 9, 444; Lebaudy's Navigable Balloon Ascent, 63 ; 

 the Lebaudy Dirigible Balloon, 350; Meteorology at Great 

 Altitudes, A. Lawrence Rotch, 137 ; Dr. von Bezold on 

 the Importance of Aeronautics for Meteorological Re- 

 searches, 138 ; Prof. Hergesell on International Aero- 

 nautical Experiments for the Scientific Exploration of the 

 Atmosphere, 138 ; General Rykatchef on the Preliminary 

 Results attained with Kites, Ballons-sondes, and 

 Manned Balloons during the past Five Years in Russia, 



138 ; M. Teisserenc de Bort on Results of Observations of 

 the Decrease of Temperature in the High Atmosphere, 



139 ; Observations of the Berlin Aeronautical Observatory, 

 Prof. Assmann, 139 ; Registration Balloon of Caoutchouc, 

 Prof. Assmann, 139: Sensitive Then..ometer for Registra- 

 tion Balloons, M. Teisserenc de Bort, 139 ; Exploration 



of the Atmosphere over the Ocean by Kites and Kite 

 Stations, A. L. Rotch, 139 ; Results obtained from Con- 

 tinuous Soundings of the Atmosphere, M. Teisserenc de 

 Bort, 140 ; Atmospheric Carriers of Electricity, Prof. 

 Ebert, 140 ; Journeys across the Sea in a Balloon, Henri 

 Herv^'s Balloon, Lieut.-Colonel G. Espitalier, 181 ; 

 Aerial Navigation : a Practical Handbook on the Con- 

 struction of Dirigible Balloons, Aerostats, Aeroplanes and 

 Aeromotors, Frederick Walker, 218; Variations in the 

 Activity of Reduction of Oxyhemoglobin in the Course of 

 a Balloon Ascent, M. Tripet, 287 ; Travels in Space, E. 

 Seton Valentine and F. L. Tomlinson, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 

 F.R.S., 293; International Aeronautical Ascents of 

 February 5, 519; Experiments by M. Canovetti on the 

 Resistance of the Air to Moving Bodies, M. Barbet, 592 



Afforestation of the Black Country, Prof. W. Senium, 

 F.R.S., 395 



Africa : the South African Sheep and Goat Disease known 

 as " Heartwater," C. P. Lounsbury, 38; Agriculture and 

 Forestry in the Transvaal, 86 ; Discovery of a New Form- 

 ation, the " Ibiquas Series," in Cape Colony, 113; the 

 Enemies of Lepidoptera in Natal, G. F. Leigh, 166 ; 

 Traces of Past Glacial Action in the Orange River 

 Colony, South Africa, G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, 223 ; 



. Quartz Crystals of Peculiar Habit from South Africa, 

 T. V. Barker, 382 ; the Sedimentary Deposits of Southern 

 Rhodesia, A. J. C. Molyneux, 383 ; Uniform Time 

 Adopted by South African Governments, 519; Die 

 Wanderheuschrecken und ihre Bekiunpfung in unseren 

 afrikanischen Kolonieen, Dr. L. Sander, 244 ; Bird Ex- 

 termination about Cairo, Dr. W. Innes, 32S 



Aftermath of the Paris Exhibition, the, Dr. F. Molhvo 

 Perkin, 465 



Agassiz (Alexander, For. Mem. R.S.), on the Formation of 

 Barrier Reefs and of the Different Types of Atolls, Paper 

 read at the Royal Society, 547 



L'Age de la Pierre, G. Riviere, 35 



Agriculture : Meteorological Observatories and Agriculture 

 in U.S.A., 65 ; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Field 

 Operations of the Bureau of Soils, 1901, 485 ; Field Oper- 

 ations of the Division of Soils, 1900, Milton Whitney, 

 Supp. November 6, 1902, vi. ; Agriculture and Forestry 

 in the Transvaal, 86 ; Agricultural Industry and Educa- 

 tion in Hungary, 102 ; Phellomyces sclerotiophorus 

 Potato Scab, Prof. T. Johnson, 166; Swede-rot from 

 County Down, Prof. T. Johnson, 263 ; Bird Extermination 

 about Cairo, Dr. W. Innes, 328; Agricultural Notes, 3S4; 

 Agriculture in West Indies, 355 ; Cotton Cultivation in 

 the West Indies, 343 ; Annali della Regia Scuola Superiore 

 di Agricoltura di Portici, 582 ;,. Chemical Agriculture : 

 Circuit of Nitrogen, Prof. Meyer, 21 ; the Problem of 

 Alkali in the Soil, J. D. Tinsley, 66; Pot Experiments to 

 Determine the Limits of Endurance for Injurious Sub- 

 stances, Wheat, F. B. Guthrie and R. Helms, 120; In- 

 ternal Action of Copper Sulphate in the. Resistance of 

 the Potato to Phytophthora infestans, Eniile Laurent, 

 167; Chimica Agrarfa", Campestre e Silvano, Iialo 

 Giglioli, 169 ; Virgil on Agriculture and the Nitrification 

 of the Soil, Dr. George Henderson, 191 ; the Potash 

 Salts : their Production and Application to Agriculture, 

 Industry and Horticulture, L. A. Groth, 222 ; Fluctua- 

 tions in the Level and in the Alkaline Character of the 

 Ground Water, W. P. Headden, 305 ; Nitrogen and 

 Carbon in Clavs and Marls, Dr. N. H. J. Miller, 478; 



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