Dec. 12, 1901J 



Index 



MacMahon (Prof.), on the Teaching of Mathematics, 592 

 Macnair (P.), on the Structure and Probable Succession of the 



Schists of the Southern Highlands, 565 

 McRitchie (D.), the " Picts' Houses" of Scotland, 311 

 MacRitchie (R. A. S.). Hints of Evolution in Tradition, 615 

 Madan (H. G.), the Colloid p'orm of Piperine, 175 

 Maercker (Prof.), Death of, 635 

 Maeterlinck (Maurice), the Life of the Bee, 231 

 Magic and Religion : the Golden Bough, a Study in, J. G. 

 Frazer, 201 ; Magic, Religion and Science, Dr. Frazer's views 

 of the Relation between, J- S. Stuart Glennie, 615 

 Magnetisation, Direction of, in Clay Beds Baked by Lava Flow, 



B. Brunhes and P. David, 320 

 Magnetism : Magnetic Observations during Total Solar Eclipse, 

 Dr. William Ellis, F.R.S., 15 : the Growth of Magnetism in 

 Iron under Alternating Magnetic Force, Ernest Wilson, 46 ; 

 New Yoke for Measuring Hysteresis, Z. Crook, 92 ; Hysteresis 

 of Iron under various Magnetic Fields, Alberto Dina, 638 ; 

 Magnetic Deflection of Kathode Rays, H. A. Wilson, 95 ; 

 Permeability of Nickel-Steels in Intense Fields, Rene 

 Paillot, 96 ; a Treatise on Electromagnetic Phenomena and 

 on the Compass and its Deviations Aboard Ship, Mathe- 

 matical, Theoretical and Practical, Commander T. A. Lyons, 

 125 ; on the Determination of Magnetic Force on Board Ship, 

 by Captain Creak's Modified Dip Circle, 5S6 ; Electro- 

 Magnets, T. L. James, 168 ; Influence of Temperature on 

 Electromotive Force of Magnetisation, Rene Paillot, 175 ; 

 Die Erdstnime im Deutschen Reichstelgraphengebiet und ihr 

 zusammenhang mit den Erdmagnetischen Erscheinungen, Dr. 

 B. Weinstein, 230 ; Variations of the Magnetic Needle, 384 ; 

 Death and Obituary Notice of Charles A. Schott, 406 ; 

 Behaviour of Ifamoglobin Compounds in Magnetic Field, 

 Dr. Arthur Gamgee, F.R.S., 415; Ma.xwell's Theory and 

 Kerr's Phenomenon, Luigi Giuganino, 554 ; on the Magnetic 

 Rotation of Light and he Second Law of Thermod-, amies. 

 Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 577; Magnetic Obsers,.>ions at 

 Mauritius, 582 ; on the Magnetic Effects of Electrical Con- 

 vection, Dr. Cremieu, Dr. H. A. Wilson, Lord Kelvin, 5S6 ; 

 Asymmetry of Zeeman Efl^ect, G. W. Walker, 66S ; Terres- 

 trial Magnetism : the Norwegian North Polar Expedition, 

 1893-96, Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 151; Report on Observa- 

 tions in Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity 

 made at the Central Meteorological Observatory of Japan for 

 the Year 1897, Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 151; the Collected 

 Scientific Papers of John Couch Adams, 576 

 Magnus (Sir Philip), on the Creation of Local Educational 



Authorities, 593 

 Magog, Gog and, 577 



Mailhe (A.), Action of Mercuric O.xide on Aqueous Solutions 

 of Metallic Salts, 248 ; Action of Copper Hydrate on 

 Solutions of Metallic Salts, 344 

 Makgill (Mr.), Neutral Red a Test for Colon Bacillus, 637 

 Malaria, Mosquitoes and, G. Noe, 88 ; Major Ronald Ross, 

 F.R.S., 453; the Question of Priority, 287; the Anti- 

 Mosquito Campaign in Sierra Leone, 579 ; Major R. Ross, 

 F.R.S., 489 ; on the Story of Malaria, Major R. Ross, 588 ; 

 the West African Campaign, Major Ronald Ross, 636 ; 

 Simultaneity at Constantine of Mo.squitoes and Malaria, A. 

 Billet, 524 ; the Malaria-free District of Massarosa, Dr. 

 Grassi, 581 

 Malays, the " Pontianak " of the. Dr. R. Lasch, 555 

 Malay Peninsula : on the Half-Siamese, Half-Malay Community 

 of Sai-Kau, Mr. Annandale, Mr. Robinson, 614; on the 

 Vegetation of Mount Ophir, A. G. Tansley, 616 

 Malayan " Myrmecophilous " Ferns, on Two, R. H. Yapp, 617 

 Maldes (M.), Solubility of Mixtures of Sulphate of Copper 



and Sulphate of Soda, 368 

 Maldives, the Coral Islands of the, J. Stanley Gardiner, 587 

 Malpeaux (L.), La Betterave i Sucre, 28 

 Mammoth, the Siberian, 286 



Man, Hair on the Digits of, Dr. Walter Kidd, 351 

 Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 47, 175, 644 

 Manometer, Recording, for High Pressures, J. E. Petaval, 613 

 Manual of Laboratory Physics, A., H. M. Tory and F. H. 



Pitcher, 350 

 Manual of School Hygiene, A. E. W. Hope and E. A. Browne, 



373 

 Maps ; on Weather Maps published daily by various Countries, 

 W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 591 ; Maps, their Uses and Construc- 

 tion, James Morrison, 599 



Maquenne (L.), Glucamine, 24 



March (F.), Action of Bromacetophenone on Sodium .A.cetyl- 

 acetone, 272 



Marchlewski (Herr), Chemical Relationship between Pfamo- 

 globin and Chlorophyll, 265 



Marckwald (Prof. Willy), on the Properties of Radium, 612 ; 

 on so-called Phototropic Substances, 612 



Marconi (Mr.), Syntonic Wireless Telegraphy, 139 



Marconi's Wireless Telegraphy on the Lake Champlaiii 

 Atlantic Liner, iii ; on the Liicania, 3S1, 406, 553 



Margerison (Samuel), on the Transport of British Timber, 619 



Marine Biology : the Marine Resources of British West Indies, 

 Dr. J. E. Duerden, 31 ; Luminous Bacteria, 57 ; Coloration 

 of Marine Animals. Prof. W. C. Mcintosh, 62 ; Marine 

 Biology in Liverpool, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., 115; 

 Rate of Growth of Corals, J. S. Gardiner, 143 ; the Marine 

 Mollusca of Tasmania, Prof. Ralph Tate and VV. L. May, 

 548 ; Marine Poisons and Burrowing Habit, G. Bohn, 644 



Marine Engineering, New Turbine-driven Vessel, 133 



Marine Resources of the British West Indies, the. Dr. J. G. 

 Duerden, 31 



Maritime Works, Recent Progress in Waterways and. Papers 

 read at International Engineering Congress at Glasgow, 639 



Market Garden, an Anglo-American Work on the, L. H. Bailey, 

 122 



Markings on Jupiter, W. F. Denning, 351 



Marriott (W.), the Weather of March, 1901, 47 



Marroquin y Revira (M.), the Subterranean Waters of the 

 Ajusco (Mexico) Chain, 288 



Mars, Climate and Time and, 106 



Mars on Glacial Epochs, Percival Lowell, 107 



Mars, Observations of, 384 



Marshall (F. H. A.), Hair in the Equida;, 271 



Marsupials, the Australian, B. A. Bensley, 88 



Martin (Geoffrey), a Possible Method of Attaining the Absolute 

 Zero of Temperature, 376 



Martine (C), Action of Benzaldehyde on Sodium Menthol, 272 



Martre (M.), Action of Currents of High Frequency on Urinary 

 Secretion, 272 



Massol (M.), Solubility of Mixtures of Sulphate of Copper and 

 Sulphate of Soda, 368 



Masters (Dr. Maxwell T., F.R.S.), Agricultural Seeds, 30 



Materials of Construction, Testing and Strength of, Experi- 

 mental Engineering, W. C. Popplewell, 597 



Mathematics : Solution of Cubic and Biquadratic Equations, 

 Prof. G. Chrystal, 5 ; II Calcolo Grafico applicato alia 

 Misura delle Volte, Prof. Ernesto Breglia, 27 ; Trihomo- 

 logous Triangles, J. A. Third, 41 ; Bulletin of American 

 Society, 45, 221, 341 ; the Use of Axis- vectors. Prof. F. Slate, 

 54 ; American Journal of Mathematics, 92, 295, 572 ; Mathe- 

 matical Society, 95, 223 ; a Treatise on Electromagnetic 

 Phenomena and on the Compass and its Deviations aboard 

 Ship, Mathematical, Theoretical and Practical, Commander 

 T. A. Lyons, 125 ; Death and Obituary Notice of William 

 Walton, 164 ; Non-Oscillatory Linear Differential Equations 

 of Second Order, Prof. Bocher, 198 ; Elements of Quaternions, 

 Sir W. Hamilton, 206 ; Proof of Fundamental Surface 

 Functions, S. Zaremba, 214 ; Algebraic Potential Curves, 

 Dr. E. Kasner, 221 : Edinburgh Society of Mathema- 

 tics, 224 ; the Comptometer, C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 265 ; 

 the Teaching of Mathematics, F. L. Ward, 280 ; Prof. 

 Perry, 592 ; Death of J. Hamblm Smith, 285 ; Congruent 

 Reductions of Bilinear Forms, T. J. I'A. Bromwich, 295 ; 

 Obituary Notice of Prof. Tait, Prof. G. Chrystal, 305 ; Sur- 

 faces whose first and second fundamental forms are second 

 and first of another, Dr. Eisenhart, 341 ; Some Discontinu- 

 ous and Determinate Functions, C. K. Wead, 357 ; Essays 

 on the Theory of Numbers, Richard Dedekind, 374 ; 

 Lehrbuch der Mathematischen Chemie, J. J. van Laar, 375 ; 

 the Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus, J. 

 W. A. Young, C. E. Linebarger, 396 ; Difterential and 

 Integral Calculus with Applications for Colleges, Universities 

 and Technical Schools, E. W. Nickols, 396 ; -An Introduc- 

 tion to the Practical Use of Logarithms, F. G. Taylor, 424 ; 

 Geometrical Exercises from Nixon's Euclid Revised with 

 Solutions, Alexander Larmor, 497 ; Two Problems of 

 Geometry, D. M. Y. Somerville, 526 ; Plane and Solid 

 Geometry, Arthur Schullze and F. L. Sevenoak, Prof. 

 George M. Minchin, F.R.S., 573; Euclid's Elements of 

 Geometry, Charles Smith and Sophie Bryant, 623 ; Simple 



