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Index 



Toxicology : the Venom of Egyptian Scorpions, Dr. Wilson, 

 307; Influence of the Radium Emanation on the Toxic 

 Power of Snatie Poison, C. Phisalix, 456 ; Sterility and 

 Alopecy in Guinea-pigs previously submitted to the influ- 

 ence of Ovarian Extracts, Gustave Loisel, 504 ; the Anti- 

 dote to Nicotine, C. Zalackas, 504 ; Influence of Cobra- 

 venom on the Proteid Metabolism, Dr. J. Scott, 621 



Trachoma, Dr. J. Boldt, 19S 



Training of Teachers, Welsh Conference on the, 66 



Trannoy (R.), Combinations of Samarium Chloride with 

 Ammonia, 311 



Transition from Primary to Secondary Spectra, the, P. G. 

 Nutting, 63 



Transpiration der Pflanzen, die. Dr. Alfred Burgerstein, 51 



Transposition of Zoological Names, the, R. Lydekker, 

 F.R.S., 60S 



Transvaal, Geological Survey of the, Report for the Year 

 1903, H. Kvnaston, E. T. Mellor, A. L. Hall, Dr. 

 G. A. F. Moiengraaff, Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, 55 



Traquair (Dr. R. H.), Pal<Bontology of the Upper Old Red 

 Sandstone of the Moray Firth Area, 623 



Travers (Prof. Morris W., F.R.S.), on the State in which 

 Helium Exists in Minerals, 248 ; Comparison of the 

 Platinum Scale of Temperature with the Normal Scale, 

 429 



Treacher (L.), .^ge and Relations of the Phosphatic Chalk 

 of Taplow, 622 



Trees, Prof. H. Marshall Ward, 290 



Treves (Sir Frederick, Bart.), the Other Side of the 

 Lantern, 553 



Triangulation of the Pleiades Stars, Dr. Elkin, 329 



Tribot (J.), a Colloidal Hydrate of Iron obtained by 

 Electrodialysis, 311 



Trigonometry, the Elements of, S. L. Loney, 507 



Trillat (A.), Formation of Formaldehyde during the Com- 

 bustion of Tobacco, 72 ; Antiseptic Properties of Smoke, 

 528 ; New Method of Testing for Ammonia, Application 

 to the Examination of Water for Sanitary Purposes, 3S3 



Tringali (E.), Date of the most Recent Sun-spot Minimum, 

 133 



Tropical Form of Stick-insect in Devonshire, Occurrence of 

 a. Prof. Robert O. Cunningham, 55 



True (Frederick W.), the Whalebone Whales of the Western 

 North Atlantic, 84 



Trypanosomiasis and Experimental Medicine, Prof. R. T. 

 Hewlett, 498 



Tuberculosis : Two Distinct Forms of Tubercle Bacilli, 

 Human and Bovine, 130 



Tucker (Robert), Death of, 371 ; Obituary Notice of, 398 



Tucker (Prof. R. H.), Magnitude Equation in the Right 

 .Ascensions of the Eros Stars, 618 



Tukulti-Ninib I., King of .Assyria, Records of the Reign 

 of, about B.C. 1275, L. W. King, F.S.A., 222 



Turbine, Spread of the Steam, for Marine Propulsion, 

 Lord Glasgow, 594 



Turchet (M.), New Method of Testing for Ammonia, Ap- 

 plication to the Examination of Water for Sanitary 

 Purposes, 383 



Turchini (.M.), Variation of the Specific Induction Power of 

 Glass with the Frequency, 527 



Turin Observatory, .Astronomical " .\nnuario " of the, 256 



Turnbull (V. M.), Elementary Plane Geometry, 7^; 



Turner (Prof. H. H., F.R.S.), the Eleventh Eros Circular, 

 154 ; Astronomical Discovery, 410 



Turner (Sir William), Penalla, a Crustacean Parasitic on 

 the Finner Whale, 431 



Turner (W. E. S.), Influence of the Hydroxyl and Alkoxyl 

 Groups on the Velocity of Saponification, 599 



Tutcher (W. J.), Some New Species and other Chinese 

 Plants, 3S1 



Tutin (F.), Relation between Natural and Synthetical 

 Glycerylphosphoric Acids, 478 



Tweedy (John), John Hunter and his Influence on Scientific 

 Progress, Hunterian Oration at Royal College of 

 Surgeons, 403 



Twentieth Century .Atlas of Microscopical Petrography, 

 341 



Twiss (D. F.), Grignard Reaction applied to the Esters of 

 Hydroxy-acids, 166 



Tvphoid Bacillus in Shell-fish, \'italitv of the. Dr. Klein, 

 F.R.S., 421 



Uhlig (Dr. Victor), the .Ammonite Fauna of the Spiti 

 Shales, 161 



Ulpiani (C), Intimate Connection between the Configura- 

 tion of Chemical Substances and their Susceptibility to 

 Fermentation, 352 



Umow (Prof. N.), an Ingenious Method of Constructing 

 Magnetic Charts, 184 



United Kingdom, .Museums, their History and their Use, 

 with a Bibliography and List of Museums in the, D. 

 Murray, 554 



United States : Forestry in the United States, 32 ; Hydro- 

 logy in the, 187; U.S. Department of .Agriculture, General 

 Index to Experiment Station Record, 188 ; Report of 

 the United States Naval Observatory, Rear-Admiral 

 Chester, 211 ; Destructive Floods in the, in 1903, E. C. 

 Murphy, 30S ; Forestry in the, 427 ; the Magnetic Survey 

 of the, 449 ; some Recent Work of the United States 

 Geological Survey in the Western States, 450 ; the 

 United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 519 



Universities : University and Educational Intelligence, 22, 

 46, 69, 94, 117, 139, 162, 18S, 215, 238, 260, 285, 309, 

 331. 356, 379. 406. 428, 453, 475. 499. 526, 547, 572, 

 596; New Buildings of the University of Liverpool, the 

 George Holt Physics Laboratory, New Medical Buildings 

 of the University of Liverpool, 63 ; Lord Kelvin and 

 Glasgow University, 104 ; a National University Library, 

 Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 366 



Urbain (G.), Purification of Gadolina and on the Atomic 

 Weight of Gadolinium, 455 



Ussher (R. J.), Extinct Mammalia in a Carboniferous 

 Cavern near Doneraile, 71 



Vaile (P. .A.), Great Lawn Tennis Players, 436 



Valpy {Robert Harris), Death of, 253 



Valuable Furs, the Supply of, R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 115 



Variability of a Minor Planet, Prof. Wendell, 569 



Variable of the .Algol Type, a Probable, J. E. Gore, 55 



Variable Radial Velocity of Sirius, Prof. Campbell, 494 



Variable Radial Velocities, Stars with, 569 



Variable Stars : Harvard Observations of Variable Stars, 



Prof. E. C. Pickering, 133 ; Designations of the Variable 



Stars Discovered during 1904, 185 ; Variable Stars and 



Nebulous .Areas in .Scorpio, Miss H. S. Leavitt, 282 ; 



New Variable Stars in the Region about 5 Aquilee, Prof. 



Wolf, 519 

 Variation in Animals and Plants, H. M. Vernon, 243 

 Variation in Insects, Studies of, Vernon L. Kellogg and 



Ruby G. Bell, 545 

 Variations on the Moon's Surface, Prof. W. H. Pickering, 



114 

 Variot (G.), the Nutritive Value of Sterilised Cows' Milk, 



167 

 Vasey (Dr. S. Arch.), What is Brandy? 53 

 Vegetable Fibres, Spinning and Twisting of Long (Flax, 



Hemp, Jute, Tow, and Ramie), Herbert R. Carter, Prof. 



Aldred F. Barker, 579 

 Veley (Mrs. L. J.), PeXomyxa palustris, 599 

 Veley (Dr. V. H., F.R.S.), What is Brandy? 53; Hydro- 

 lysis of .Ammonium Salts, 239 

 Velocities of Certain Stars, Radial, Prof. Campbell and 



Dr. H. D. Curtis, 519 

 Velocities, Stars with Variable Radial, 569 

 Velocity of the Earth's Rotation, Apparatus for Measuring 



the. Prof. A. Foppl, 39 

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

 Venture (Senor), Haematite Deposits of Peru, 236 

 Vererbungs-lehre, Ergebnisse und Probleme der Zeugungs- 



und. Prof. Oscar Hertwig, 559 

 Verne (Jules), Death of, 514 

 Verneuil (.A.). .Memoire sur la Reproduction artificielle du 



Rubis par Fusion, 180 

 Vernon (H. M.), Variation in Animals and Plants, 243 

 Vertebrates, the Animals of New Zealand, an Account of 



the Colony's Air-breathing, F. W. Hutton and J. 



Drummond, 199 

 Vicentini (Prof. G.), Radio-active Sediments of Thermal 



Springs, 448 ; Radio-active Muds, 543 

 Vicentini (Prof.), Sound • Waves of a Cannon have no 



.Appreciable Effect on a Building, 621 

 Victoria, the Government Observatory at, P. Baracchi, 



449 



