June 8, igosJ 



Index 



xlv 



Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, J. H. Harvey Pirie 

 and R. N. Rudmose Brown, 425 



Scott (Dr. Diikinfield H., F.R.S.), on the Reconstruction of 

 a Fossil Plant Lyginodcndroii Oldhamiiim, 47 ; Fossil 

 Plants from the Palaeozoic Rocks, v.. New SphenophyU- 

 aceous Cone from the Lower Coal-measures, 164 ; 

 Lepidocarpon and the Gymnosperms, 201 ; the Early 

 History of Seed-bearing Plants as recorded in the Car- 

 boniferous Flora, Wilde Lecture at Manchester Literary 

 and Philosophical Society. 426 



Scott (Dr. J.), Influence of Cobra-Venom on the Proteid 

 Metabolism, 621 



Scott (Captain R. F.), the National Antarctic Expedition, 

 41 ; Geographical Results of the National Antarctic Ex- 

 pedition, 421 



Scripture (E. W.), Uber das Studium der Sprach Kurven, 

 250 



Sea-fishing Industry of England and Wales, the, F. G. 

 Aflalo, 153 



Sea-perch, a Large Indian, Major A. Alcock, F.R.S., 415 



Searle (G. F. C), Elements of Electromagnetic Theory, 

 S. J. Barnett, 409 



Seaton (.\. E.), Need of Testing Materials to be subjected 

 to Rapidly- Repeated or to Alternating Loads otherwise 

 than by Determining the Tensile Strength and Elastic 

 Limit, 184 



Secondary Radiation, Prof. J. A. McClelland, 390 



See (Dr. T. J. J.), Observations of Occultations by Planets, 

 185 ; Physical Conditions of the Planets, 424 ; the Physical 

 Cause of the Earth's Rigidity, 559 



Seed Plants, Pah-eozoic, E. A. N. Arber, 68 



S^guy (Gaston), Photogenic Radio-active Properties of Cal- 

 cined Coral placed in a Radiant Vacuum and submitted 

 to the influence of the Kathode Rays, 287 



Seismology: Seismological Notes, 19, 308, 620; Application 

 of Earthquake Observations to the Investigation of the 

 Constitution of the Interior of the Earth, Prof. L^ska, 

 iq ; Gravitational Anomalies detected under Mount Etna, 

 Prof. Ricco, 20 ; Nature of Wave Motion in Third Phase 

 of Record of Distant Earthquake, Prof. Grablovitz, 20 ; 

 Work done by Great Earthquakes, Dr. R. von Koves- 

 ligethy, 20; Variations of Sea Level on the East Coast 

 of Japan, Prof. Omori, 20; Present Condition of Kilauea, 

 Dr. Otto Kuntze, 20 ; Modulus of Elasticity of Rocks, 

 S. Kusakabe, 20; Level of Maximum Rate of Propaga- 

 tion, Prof. Imamura, 20; Distribution of Submarine 

 Earthquakes, Wilhelm Krebs, 21 ; Measurements of the 

 Velocity of Propagation of Earthquakes, G. Lippmann, 

 95 ; the Inscription of Seismic Movements, G. Lippmann, 

 95 ; Earthquakes, Clarence Edward Dutton, 147 ; 

 Seismology in Japan, Baron Dairoliu Kikuchi, 224; the 

 Earthquake in Transbaikalia on September 28, 231 ; the 

 Leicester Earthquakes of August 4, 1893, and June 21, 

 1904, Dr. C. Davison, 262 ; the Derby Earthquakes of 

 July 3, 1904, Dr. C. Davison, 262 ; Twin-earthquakes, 

 Dr. C. Davison, 262 ; Device for Overcoming the Ten- 

 dency to Adherence in the Electric Contacts of Delicate 

 .Seismoscopes, Prof .\lippi, 309 ; Mist-poeffers, Prof. 

 Alippi, 309 ; Relation between the Variations in Lati- 

 tude at Tokio and the Occurrence of Earthquakes in 

 Japan, Prof. Omori, 309 ; a Study of Recent Earth- 

 quakes, Charles Davison, 532 ; Propagation of Earth- 

 quake Waves, M. P. Rudzki, 534; Propagation of 

 P^arthquake Waves, Rev. O. Fisher, 583 ; the Indian 

 Earthquake of April 4, 563 ; Detailed Record of the 

 Indian Earthquake by Horizontal Pendulum at Birming- 

 ham, Dr. Davison, 5S9 ; the Synodic Monthly Variation 

 in Frequency, Dr. Imamura, 620 ; Daily Periodic 

 Changes of Level in Artesian Wells, K. Honda, 621 ; 

 Sound Waves of a Cannon have no Appreciable Effect 

 on a Building, Prof. Vicentini, 621 



Selenipedium, the Direction of the Spiral in the Petals of, 



George Wherry, 31 

 Sellers (William), Death of, 372 

 Senderens (J. B.), Catalytic Power of Reduced Nickel, 



423 ; Reduction of Nitrijes to Amines, 423 

 Sennett (A. R.), Across the Great St. Bernard, the Modes 



of Nature and the Manners of Men, 197 

 Senter (George), Studies on Enzyme Action, 46 

 Senter (Dr. George), R6le of Diffusion in the Catalysis of 

 Hydrogen Peroxide by Colloidal Platinum, 574 



Serotherapy : Prof. A. E. Wright's System of Anti- 

 typhoid Inoculation in the Army, 14 ; Abstention from 

 \'accination Diminishing, 237 ; Protective Inoculation 

 against Asiatic Cholera, Dr. Strong, 352 ; Physical 

 Chemistry of the Toxin-antitoxin Reaction, J. A. Craw, 

 598 

 Serrin (Victor), Death and Obituary Notice of, 325 

 Sertularidae, American Hydroids, part ii., C. C. Nutting, 



33' 



Seurat (G.), Eumedon convictor, a Crustacean accompany- 

 ing a Sea-urchin, 479 



Sewall (C. H.), Wireless Telegraphy, i 



Seward (A. C, F.R.S.), Compulsory Greek at Cambridge, 



390 



Sharpe (J. W.), Blue Flints at Bournemouth, 176 



Shaw (Dr. W. N., F.R.S.), the Study of the Minor Fluctu- 

 ations of Atmospheric Pressure, 216 



Sheppard (S. E.), the Molecular Condition in Solution of 

 Ferrous Potassium Oxalate, 358 ; the Theory of Photo- 

 graphic Processes, on the Chemical Dynamics of Develop- 

 ment, 454 



Shimek (Prof. B.), the Joess of Natchez and of the Lower 

 Mississippi Valley, 472 



Shore (T. W.), Death of, 278 



ShuU (G. H.), Place-constants for Aster prenanthoides, 493 



Sidgreaves (Father), Stonyhurst College Observatory, 592 



Sifton i,>^uHord), Report of the Commission appointed by. 

 Minister of the Interior, Ottawa, Canada, to Investigate 

 the Different Electrothermic Processes for the Smelting 

 of Iron Ores and the Making of Steel in Europe, 258 



Signalling by Sound, Submarine, J. B. Millet, 595 



Silberrad (O.), Constitution of Nitrogen Iodide, 70 ; Metallic 

 Derivatives of Nitrogen Iodide, 166 



Silicate Analysis, Practical, 219 



Silk-raising in Ceylon, 468 



Silver {A. P.), the Wild Horses of Sable Island, 615 



Silver Ores, Cyaniding Gold and, H. Forbes Julian and 

 Edgar Smart, 292 



Simmonds (C), the Industrial and Artistic Technology of 

 Paint and Varnish, A. H. Sabin, 50; Food Inspection 

 and Analysis, Albert E. Leach, 50 ; Oils for Motor-cars, 

 205 ; Inks, their Composition and Manufacture, C. Ains- 

 worth Mitchell and T. C. Hepworth, 269 : the Cultivation 

 and Preparation of Para Rubber, W. H. Johnson, 321 ; 

 Change in the Colour of Moss Agates, 54 



Simon (L. J.), a Method for the Volumetric Estimation of 

 Hydroxylamine, 504 



Simpson (George C), Atmospheric Electricity in High 

 Latitudes, 573 



Simpson (R. R.), the Jammu Coal-fields, 471 



Sinclair (W. J.), Exploration of the Potter Creek Cave in 

 California, 472 



Singularities of Curves, T. B. S., 152 



Singularities of Curves, Compound, A. B. Basset, F.R.S., 



lOI 



.Sinnesorgane der Pflanzen, die, G. Haberlandt, 123 



Sirius, the Orbit of. Prof. Doberck, 133 



Sirius, Variable Radial Velocity of. Prof. Campbell, 494 



Skeats (Prof. E. W.), Origin of the Dolomites of Southern 

 Tyrol, 190 



Skeptizismus, der, in der Philosophic, Raoul Richter, 27 



Skinner (Sidney), E.\periment on Pressure due to Waves, 609 



Skottsberg (C), the Limit of an Antarctic Phytogeo- 

 graphical Zone, 326 



Skye, a Fauna of the North-west Highlands and, J. A. 

 Harvie Brown and H. A. MacPherson, 202 



Slade (Jeremiah), Death of, 491 



Slator (A.), Chemical Dynamics of the Reactions between 

 Sodium Thiosulphate and Organic Halogen Compounds, 

 part ii.. Halogen Substituted Acetates, 59S 



Slow Transformation Products of Radium, Prof. E. Ruther- 

 ford, F.R.S., 341 



Smart (Dr.), Encke's Comet (1904 b), 114 



Smart (Edgar), Cyaniding Gold and Silver Ores, 292 



Smedlev (H. E. H.), Models of Palaeozoic Seeds and Cones, 

 '83 



Smell? can Birds, Dr. Alex. Hill, 318 



Smiles (S.), an Asymmetric Synthesis of Quadrivalent 

 Sulphur, 550 ; Action of a-Halogen Ketones on Alky! 

 Sulphides, 550 



Smith (.'Vssheton), the Late, Prof. Philip J. White, 125 



