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Index 



F.R.S., 290 ; Report on Observatory Department of National 

 Physical Laboratory, 407; the Liquefaction of Hydrogen, 

 302 ; the Crystallisation of Salt Solutions, Dr. IL M. 

 Dawson, 336 ; a Manual of Lal)oratory Physics, H. M. Tory 

 and F. H. Pitcher, 350 ; a Possible Method of attaining the 

 Absolute Zero of Temperature, Geoffrey Martin, 376 ; Polish, 

 Lecture at Royal Institution, Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, 

 F. R.S., 385 ; the Laboratory of Wilhelm Ostwald, 428 ; on 

 the Cellular Distribution of Eddies produced in Liquid Films 

 when Convection Currents are set up, Henri Benard, 454 ; 

 Papers on Mechanical and Physical Subjects, Prof. Osborne 

 Reynolds, F.R.S., 5491 Interesting Phenomenon in Con- 

 nection with Theory of Sound, Bergen Davis, 554 ; a Simple 

 Model for Demonstrating Beat, K. Honda, 626 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Rudolph Koenig, 630 ; a Curious Flanie, 

 L. L. Garbutt, 649 ; Experiments on Period of Rod Vibrating 

 in Liquid, M. T- Northway and A. S. Mackenzie, 657 ; 

 Variation with Temperature of Thermoelechomotive Force 

 and Electric Resistance of Nickel, Iron and Copper,^ E. F. 

 Harrison, 667 ; Asymmetry of Zeeman Effect, G. W. 

 Walker, 668 

 Physiography. Outlines of, an Introduction to the Study of the 



Earth, A. J. Herbertson, 325 

 Physiology : a Contribution to the Study of the Blood and 

 Blood-pressure, George Oliver, M.D., I ; Carbon Monoxide 

 in Blood of Newly-born, M. Nicloux, 224 ; Iodine in Blood, 

 MM. Stassano and P. Bourcet, 24S ; the Sugars from Blood, 

 MM. R. Lepine and Boulud, 320 ; Action of Alcohol on 

 Gas:ric Secretion, Albert Frouin and M. Molinier, 24 ; 

 Absence of Bacteria in Air and Food prejudicial to Animal 

 Organism, MM. Charrin and Guillemonat, 4S : Law of 

 Electrical Stimulation of Nerves, Georges Weiss, 72 ; Physio- 

 logical Action of Radium Rays, H. Becquerel and P. Curie, 

 17s ; Glycolytic Enzvme in Muscle. Sir Liuder Brunton, 

 F.R.S., and Herbert Rhodes, 198 ; Variations of Alkaloidal 

 Nitrogen in Urine, H. Guillemard, 200 ; Action of Currents 

 of high frequency on urinary secretion, MM. Denoyes, 

 Martre and Rouviere, 272 ; Reaction Time in different 

 Races, L. Lapicque, 224 ; an Introduction to Physiology, 

 William Townsend Porter, Benjamin Moore, 29S ; can 

 Sulphuretted Hydrogen Poisoning be caused through Skin 

 and Mucous Membrane? A. Chauveau, 320; Viscera of 

 Porpoise, Drs. D. Hepburn and D. Waterston, 344 ; Die 

 Krystallisation von Eiweisslofen und ihre Bedeutung fiir die 

 Eiweisschemie, Dr. Fr. N. Schulz, 375 ; the Mechanical 

 Efficiency of Bicyclists, Drs. Atwater and Sherman and 

 R. C. Carpenter, 382 : Lectures on the History of Physiology 

 during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries ; 

 Lane Lectures at Coop'^r Medical College in San Francisco, 

 Sir M. Foster, K.C.B., Sec.R.S., 417; Death and Obituary 

 Notice of Dr. Adolf Fick, 432 ; Temperament and Exercise, 

 W. W. Davis, 435 ; Regeneration and Liability to Injury in 

 Animals, Prof. T. H. Morgan, 455 ; Reflex Action and 

 Instinct ; Paper read at Derby Medical Society, Dr. W. 

 Benthall, 459 ; the Evolution of Consciousness, Leonard 

 Hall, 467 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. J. L. W. 

 Thudicum, 527; Death and Obituary Notice of Prof A.F.W. 

 Schimper, Percy Groom, 551; Antimony in Organism, G. 

 Pouchet, 596 ; Excitability of Spinal Marrow, A. N. Vitznou, 

 620 ; Influence of Spermotoxin on Reproduction, C. de 

 Leslie, 620 ; Physiological Chemistry, the Feeding of Animals, 

 W. M. Jordan, 625 ; Plant Physiology, Vitality of Seeds, Dr. 

 Henry II. Dixon, 256 ; Die Reizleitung und die reizleitenden 

 Strukturen bei den Pflanzen, Dr. B. Nemec, n\;see also 

 Section I in the British Association 



Pickard (R. H.), Reactions of Ilydroxamides, 175 



Pickering (Edward C), a Photometric Durchmusterung, in- 

 cluding all Stars of the Magnitude 7-5, and brighter North of 

 Declination - 40°, obtained with the Meridian Photometer 

 during years 1895-98, 257 



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



Pigment, L'Evolution du. Dr. G. Bohn, 28 



Pigott (T. Digby), Charles St. John's Note Book, 1846-1853, 



177 

 Pilot Chart of North Atlantic and Mediterranean for June, 112 ; 



for July, 238 ; for August, 332 ; for Septeinber, 434 ; for 



October, 529 

 Finns, on the Histology of the Sieve Tubes of, A. W. Hill, 618 

 Pisciculture, Canadian, Railway Tank Car for Carrying Live 



Fish, 490 



Pitch ; the Subjective Lowering of, E. Hurren Harding, 103, 

 182 ; Prof. F. J. Allen, 182, 301 ; G. W. Hemming, 182, 

 308 ; G. C. Sherwood, 233 ; Suggested Experiment, 308 



PIttman (E. F.), Geological Notes on Kosciusko (N.S.W.), 143 



Pittsburg, the Carnegie Technical School at, 570 



Plague : the. Rats and, 18 ; the Diagnosis of Plague. Dr. E 

 Klein, F.RS., 91 



Plane and Solid Geometry, Arthur Schultze and F. L. Sevenoak, 

 Prof. George M. Minchin, F.R.S., 573 



Planets : Variability of Eros, 63, 359, 384 ; Opposition of Eros 

 in 1903, 491 ; the Planet Saturn, W. F. Denning, 114; the 

 Centenary of the Discovery of Ceres, 129 ; Dark Spot on 

 Jupiter, 240; Markings on Jupiter, W. F. Denning, 351 ; 

 Light Variation of the Minor Planet {345) Tercidina, 265 ; 

 the Minor Planet Tercidina, 289 ; Photography by the Light 

 of Venus, 336 ; Diameter of Venus, 556 ; Observations of 

 Mars, 384 ; Diameter of Mercury, 523 ; Periodicity of the 

 Inequalities of Mercury, 524 ; Evidence of the Existence of 

 an Ultra-Neptunian Planet, Prof. G. Forbes, 524 ; on a 

 Supposed New Planet beyond Neptune, Prof. G. Forbes, 

 587 ; Micrometric Observations cf Neptune and its Satellite, 



639 

 Plant Physiology, Vitality of Seeds, Dr. Henry H. Dixon, 256 ; 

 Die Reizleitung und die Reizleitenden Strukturen bei den 

 Pflanzen, Dr. B. Nemec, 371 

 Plant Studies, an Elementary Botany, John M. Coulter, 300 

 Plants, New Garden, a Study in Evolution, 446 

 Plate (L.), Ueber Bedeutung und Tragweite des Darwin'schen 



Selectionsprincips, 49 

 Plateau (Prof. F. ). Sources of Insect-attraction in Flowers, 264 

 Plato's Staat, F. Schleiermacher, 4 

 Plowright (Dr. C. B.), Woad as a Blue Dye, 413 

 Plumstead (E.), on the Determination of Positions in Polar 



Exploration, 27S 

 Poch (Dr. R.), Wooden Human Effigies from German New 



Guinea, 358 

 Poincare (H.), Electricite et Optique, La Lumicre et ses 



Theories Electrodynamiques, 273 

 Polar Exploration, on the Determination of Positions in, E. 



Plumstead, 278 ; Civilian, 626 

 Polarisation, the Colour and, of Blue Skylight, Dr. N. E. 



Dorsey, 138 

 Polish, Lecture at Royal Institution, Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, 



F.R.S., 385 

 Political Economy, Death and Obituary Notice of Angelo 



Messedaglia, 59 

 Political Evolution, Influence of Geographical Environment on, 



Prof. Alleyne Ireland, 589 

 Politics and Culture (1492-1899), Annals of, G. P. Gooch, 53 

 Polluted Sea-water, on the Absorption of Ammonia from, by 



Ulva latissiina. Prof. Letts, John Hawthorne, 619 

 Polyphem ein Gorilla, Dr. Th. Zell, 467 



Polyplerus, on the youngest known Larva of, J. E. Budgett, 5S8 

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

 Pope (W. J.), Optically -Active Nitrogen Compounds, 174 

 Popplewell (W. C. ), Experimental Engineering, Testing and 



Strength of Materials of Construction, 597 

 Population of Paris, the Increase of the, 163 

 Porpoise, on the Pelvic Cavity of the, as a Guide to the Deter- 

 mination of the Sacral Region in Cetacea, Dr. Hepburn, 587 ; 



Dr. Waterston, 587 

 Porpoise, Viscera of. Dr. D. Hepburn and Dr. Waterston, 344 

 Porter (William Townsend), an Introduction to Physiology, 298 

 Positions in Polar Exploration, on the Determination of, E. 



Plumstead, 278 

 Post Office, the Telephone System of the British, T. E. Herbert, 



599 



Potato, Bacterial Disease of, G. Delacroix, 464 



Potato Beetle, the Colorado, W. F. Kirby, 450 



Pottery, the Use of Lead Compounds in, Prof. T. E. Thorpe, 

 F.R.S., 408 



Pouchet (G.), Antimony in Organism, 596 



Poulsen (Herr), the Telegraphone, 183 



Poulton(Prof. Edward B., F.R.S.), National Antarctic Expedi- 

 tion, 156, 206; Resignation of Prof. J. W. Gregory, 83 



Poulton (Prof.), Discharges of Formic Acid in Ant-nests, 223 



Poultry Farm, G. C. Watson. 575 



Powder, Nitro-cellulose and Theory of the Cellulose Molecule, 

 Smokeless, John B. Bernadou, 600 



Prain (Major), the Indian Rainfall of Autumn, 1900, 530 



