Index 



r Nature, 

 VDcc. 12, 1901 



Circular Slide-Rule, Pierre Weiss, 523 ; Transactions of the 

 American Malhematical Society, 548 ; see also Section A of 

 the British Association. 



Matthaei (Miss G. L. C), Recovery of Foliage Leaves from 

 Surgical Injuries, 143 ; On Natural Surgery in Leaves, 619 



Matteucci (Prof. R. V.), Activity of Vesuvius in April — May, 

 1900, 134 



Mauritius Observatory, Repoit of, 135 ; Magnetic and Meteoro- 

 logical Observations at, 5S2 



Maxim (Sir H. S.), Attraction of Sounds for Mosquitoes, 655 



Maxwell's Theory of Tensions, Luigi Giuganino, 554 



May (W. L.), The Marine Mollusca of Tasmania, 54S 



Measurements of Solar Radiation, Annals of the Aslrnphysical 

 Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution, .S. P. Langley, 

 352 



Measures of Length, Best Alloy for, Dr. Benoit, 112 



Measures, Weights and, Le Systeme Metrique, G. Bigourdan, 

 250 



Mechanics : the Mechanical Forces of Nature and their 

 Exploitation, F. Reuleaux, 137 ; Apparatus for Strain- 

 Measurement, Dr. E. G. Coker, 199 ; Elastic Equilibrium 

 of Circular Cylinders, L. N. G. Filon, 246 ; Theoretical 

 Mechanics : an Elementary Treatise, W. Woolsey Johnson, 

 646 ; Papers on Mechanical and Physical Subjects, Prof. 

 Osborne Reynolds, F.R.S., 549; sec also Section G of the 

 Briti.sh Association. 



Medals, Bronze, Alloys for. Sir W. C. Roberts-Austen, 209 



Medieval Thought, Science and. Pro.''. T. Clifford Albutt, 

 F.R.S., 76 



Medicine : Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. Kohlstock, 40 : 

 Tannoform, 113; Phototherapy, M. H. Close, 301; the 

 Congress on Tuberculosis, 301 ; the Suppression of Tuber- 

 culosis, Prof. Robert Koch, 312 ; Scientific Research as Basis 

 of Medical Progress, Dr. G. B. Ferguson, 330 ; a Civilian 

 War Hospital, 346 : Reflex Action and Instinct, Paper 

 read at Derby Medical Society, Dr. W. Benthall, 459 ; 

 Chemistry Teaching in United States Medical Schools, Prof. 

 J. H. Long, 607 ; Prizes for Researches in Medical Science, 

 610 



Mediterranean Race : a Study of the Origin of European 

 Peoples, the, G. Sergi, 370 



Meeham (T.), the "Weeping" Habit in Trees the Result of 

 Diminished Vitality, 52S 



Megadyne per Square Centimetre, the Proposed New Unit of 



Pressure, the, Dr. Guillaume, 5S6 

 Megalilhic Remains in the Morbihan Archipelago, French 

 Stonehenge, an Account of the Principal, T. Cato Worsfold, 

 46s 



Meldola (Prof. R., F.R.S.), a Raid on Wild Flowers, 126; 

 Rural Readers, Book i., Vincent T. Murche, 394; the 

 Teacher's Manual of Object Lessons for Rural Schools, 

 Vincent T. Murche, 394 



Meldrum (Dr. Charles, F.R.S.), Death of, 452 



Melzi (G.), Ricerche Petrografiche e Geologiche sulla Valsesi.a, 

 640 



Memoires Originaux sur la Circulation generale de Tatmosphere, 

 Marcel Brillouin, 396 



Men, on the Movements of, by Land and Sea, Mr. Mackinder, 

 591 



Mensuration, the Graphical, of Vaults, Prof. Ernesto Breglia, 27 

 ■ Mercury : Diameter of Mercury, 523 ; Periodicity of the In- 

 equalities of Mercury, 524 



Mercury Vapour, Experinjents on the Passage of Electricity 

 through. Prof. Schuster, 587 



Mesozoic Floras of United States, Status of the, the Older 

 Me.=ozoic, Lester F. Ward, W. M. Fontaine, A. Warner and 

 F. H. Knowlton, 633 



Messedaglia (Angelo), Death and Obituary Notice of, 59 



Metabolism, Food Consumption and, Drs. Atwaterand Sherman 

 and R. C. Carpenter, 3S2 



Metallurgy : Idiomorphic Crystals in Blast Furnace Hearth, 

 J. E. Stead, 64 ; Influence of Copper on Steel Rails and 

 Plates, J. E. Stead and John Evans, 64 ; the Properties of Steel 

 Castings, Prof. J. O. Arnold, 64, 316 ; Brunell's Method of 

 Determining Hardness of Iron and Steel, A. Wallberg, 64 ; 

 a Steel Medal, B. H. Brough, 65 ; Probable Relation between 

 Characteristic Angle of Deformation of Metals and Newtonian 

 Coefficient of Restitution, G. Gravaris, 392 ; Copper and 

 Iron Alloys, J. E. Stead, 492 ; Steel Wire with and without 

 Copper, J. E. Stead and F. H. Wigham, 492 ; Flame-Spec- 



trum Phenomena of Basic Bessemer Blow, Prof. W. N. 

 Hartley and H. Ramage, 492 ; Bearing on Fracture of Internal 

 Strains of Iron and Steel, Arthur Wingham, 492 ; Evolution 

 of Resistance of Steel to Traction deduced from Resistance 

 to Shearing, Ch. Fremont, 496; on the Minute Structure of 

 Metals, G. T. Beilby, 612; on the Action of Ammonia on 

 Metals at High Temperature, G T. Beilby, 612 ; Prof. G. G. 

 Henderson, 612 ; on Aluminium Tin Alloys, Dr. W. C. 

 Anderson, 612 : G. Lean, 612 



Metals : Metals as Fuel, Lecture at Royal Institution by Sir W. 

 Roberts-Austen, K.C.B., F.R.S., 360; Aluminium and its 

 Uses, 650 



Meteorology: " Leitfaden der Wetterkunde," Dr. B. Bornstein, 

 180 ; Obituary Notice of Dr. A. Hirsch, 18 ; the Climate of 

 Pemba, T. Burtt, 20; the Dust of " Blood-Rain," Prof. W. 

 Riicker, F.R.S., 30; Blood-Rain, F. H. Perry-Coste, 55; 

 Analysis of Tunis Red Rain, E. Bertainchand, 72; Analysis 

 of Red Rain, M. Barac, 489 ; " Weather-Shooting," Dr. 

 J. M. Pernter, 39 ; Hailstorm Artillery, W. N. Shaw, 

 F.R.S., 159 ; a Method for Hail-prevention, G. M. 

 Stanoiewitch, 415 ; Hail-prevention by Cannonading, W. L. 

 Moore, 382 ; the Dispersion of Hail and Thunder Clouds by 

 Gun-firing, Signer Palazzo, 657 ; Fog Formations, A. G. 

 McAdie, 43 ; London Fog Inquiry, W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 

 649 ; the Weather of March 1901, W. Marriott, 47 ; the 

 Luzon Cyclone of September 8, 1900, Rev. J. Coronas, 61 ; 

 Recent Work of the United States Weather Bureau, 80 ; 

 Periodicity of Cyclonic Winds, Rupert T. Smith, 95 ; 

 Meteorological Society, 95, 271 ; Observatiims at Fernley 

 Observatory, J. Baxendell, 112; the North Atlantic and 

 Mediterranean Pilot Chart for June, 112; for July, 238 ; for 

 August, 332 ; for September, 434 ; for October, 529 ; 

 Symons's Magazine, 1 19 ; Meteorological Ob-servations taken 

 at Camden Square 1858-97, 119; Meteorologische Beobach- 

 tungen vom xiv. bis xvii. Jahrhundert, Dr. G. Hellmann, 124 ; 

 Report of Mauritius Observatory, 135 ; Meteorological 

 Observations at Mauritius, 582 ; the Royal Observatory, 

 Greenwich, 136; Report on Observations in Terrestrial 

 Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity made at the Central 

 Meteorological Observatory of Japan 1897, Dr. C. Chree, 

 F. R.S., 151 ; Meteorological Average for Brussels, 1 833- 1 900, 

 214 ; the Heat in New York, 237 ; the Recent Heat in New 

 York, Dr. Mill, 308 : Meteorological Council's Sunshine Values 

 for each iNIonth in the Year, 237 ; Comparison of Records of 

 Osier's and Dine's Anemometer, 237 ; the Climate of Glacial 

 Periods, H. Arctowski, 238 ; Snow conditions in the Ant- 

 arctic, C. E. Borchgrevink, 257 ; Cloud Observations in 

 India, E. H. Hill, 262 ; Kite Investigations at Smithsonian 

 Institution, Mr. Rotch, 269; Kite-raising by Tug-motion, 

 A. L. Rotch, 453 ; the Eclipse Cyclone, H. H, Clayton, 

 271 ; the Seismograph as a Sensitive Barometer, F. N. Deni- 

 son, 271 ; Fallacy of Explanation as to Double Diurnal 

 Barometer Wave, W. H. Dines, 308 ; the Victoria Nyanza 

 Rain Gauges, Sir William Garstin, 318 ; the Egyptian 

 Meteorological Department, 318 ; London Thunderstorm of 

 July 25, 331,434; Climates of Mammoth Tank, Colorado, 

 R. de C. Ward, 357 ; Atmospheric Conditions of Fog in 

 Belgium, Dr. E. Vanderlinden, 357 ; Observations in Franz 

 Josef Land, E. B. Baldwin, 357 ; Memoires Originaux 

 sur la Circulation Generale de I'Atmosphere, Marcel Bril- 

 louin, 396 ; Phenomena of Atmospheric Electricity, Prof. 

 H. Ebert, 3S2 ; Forecast and Fact, 400 ; the Distribution 

 of Rainfall over the Land, Dr. Andrew J. Herbertson, 

 423 ; the Moon and Wet Days, Alex. B. MacDowall, 

 424 ; the Moon and Vegetation, 454 ; the Development 

 of Rainfall Measurement, Dr. H. R. Mill, 455 ; Relations 

 between Climate and Crops, H. B. Wren, 493 ; the 

 Indian Rainfall of Autumn, 1900, Major Prain, 530 ; 

 Meteorological Arrangements on Board the Discovery, Dr. 

 H. R. Mill, 554; the Depression of the Earth's Crust Due 

 to an Area of High Barometric Pressure, can be Detected 

 by a Seismograph at great Distances from the Centre of the 

 Depression, F. L. Denisun, 5S7 ; on the Effects of Sea 

 Temperature and Wind Direction on the Seasonal Variation 

 oflAir Temperature in these Islands, W. N. Shaw, 587; 

 R. W. Cohen, 5S7 ; Results of Meteorological Observations 

 made at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, in the Eight 

 Years, 1S92-99, Arthur .4. Rambaut, F.R.S., 599; Rain of 

 Fish in South Carolina, 608 ; on the Inverse Ratio of 

 Chlorine to Rainfall, W. .Yckroyd, 612 ; the Achariach 



