Index 



Messrs. Pastorelli and Rapkin, 62 ; Rainfall of tfie Wet 

 Year, 1903, 130 ; British Rainfall, 1903, 457 ; the Past 

 and Present Condition of Ocean Meteorology, Captain 

 D. Wilson Barker, 130 ; Chief Causes of Rain, Hon. F. A. 

 Rollo Russell, 141 ; Observations of Rainfall, at Green- 

 wich, 1815-1903, W. C. Nash, 141 ; Royal Meteorological 

 Society, 141, 191 ; Meteorographs on Mountains in 

 Swedish Lapland, Dr. .A. Hamberg, 158; a World-wide 

 Barometric See-Saw, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 177; 

 Report of the Meteorological Grant Committee, 181 ; 

 Decrease of Temperature with Height up to 10 kilometres. 

 Dr. J. Hann, 184 ; Effects of a Lightning Stroke at Earl's 

 Fee on April 13, Rev. C. F. Box, 19 1 ; Variation of Atmo- 

 spheric .Absorption, Prof. S. P. Langley, For.M.R.S., 

 19S ; on the Dimensions of Deep-Sea Waves and 

 their Relation to Meteorological and Geographical Con- 

 ditions. Dr. Vaughan Cornish, 210; General Circulation 

 of the Atmosphere in Middle and Higher Latitudes, Dr. 

 W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., at the Royal Society, 225; Meteor- 

 ologfcal Results made on Board the Belgica during its 

 Detention in the Pack-ice, H. .Arctowski, 228 ; a Probable 

 Cause of the Yearly \'ariation of Magnetic Storms and 

 Auroras, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 249 ; Rainfall in 

 British East Africa, 254 ; New Pattern Rain Gauge, 

 Messrs. Lander and Smith, 254 ; New Self-recording Mer- 

 curial Barometer, W. H. Dines, 254 ; Weather for the 

 Week ending July 16, 281 ; the Dryness of the Air, J. R. 

 Plumandon, 282 ; Possible Relation between Sun-spots 

 and Volcanic and Seismic Phenomena and Climate, H. L 

 Jensen, 2S8 ; Relation of Rainfall to Run Off, 29q ; 

 Eifficacy of Artificial Clouds in Preventing late Frosts, 

 M. Bignon, 304 ; Daily Periodic Changes in the Level of 

 an .Artesian Well, K. Honda, 309 ; Marconi Weather 

 Telegrams, 396; Sooty Rain, Prof. J. B. Cohen, 424; 

 Meteorological Service in Japan, 445 ; Exceptional Rain- 

 fall in Cuba, W. A. Wilson, 484 ; Relation between the 

 Distribution of Air Pressure and Amount of Cloud, Dr. 

 F. M. Exner, 485 ; the Meteorological Summary for 1903, 

 534; Rainfall in Mysore for 1903, J. Cook, 558; Water- 

 droppers and Radium Collectors, Dr. C. Chree, 630 ; see 

 also BritTsh Association 



Meteors : the Leonids in 1903, Maurice Farman, Em. 

 Touchet and H. Chretien, 23 ; Meteor Radiants Observed 

 at .Athens, Prof. D. Eginitis, 39 ; June Meteors, 62 ; an 

 Interesting Meteor Trail, J. A. Perez, 205; the Perseid 

 Meteoric Shower of 1904, W. F. Denning, 416; the Fall 

 of Perseids in 1904, Henry Perrotin, 476 ; Observations 

 of the Recent Perseid Shower, Henri Perrotin, 512 ; E. S. 

 Martin, 536; W. Wetherbee. 536 



Meteorite, the Persimmon Creek, 308 



Metropolis, the Gas Supply of the, 188 



Meyer (Julien), .Action of Anesthetics on the Sources of the 

 n-Rays. 143 ; Action of the n-Rays on Pure Water, 191 



Meyer's (Richard), Jahrbuch der Cheniie for 1903, 600 



Meyers (Dr.), Anthropometric Investigations among the 

 Native Troops of the Egyptian Army, 562 



Meyrick (E., F.R.S.), Australian Gelechiadae, 392 



Michael (.Albert D.), British Tyroglyphidse, 28 



Micro-organisms, Action of Radium on. Dr. Alan B. Green, 

 117 



Microscopy : the Diffraction Theory of the Microscope as 

 Applied to the Case when the Object is in Motion, Dr. 

 R. T. Glazebrook, 22 ; the Repsold Registering Micro- 

 meter. Prof. K. Oertel, 62 ; Microscopical Preparations 

 and Diagrams of the.Chromatophores of the Higher Crus- 

 tacea. Frederick Keeble and F. W. Gamble, 69 ; the Re- 

 solving Power of a Microscopical Objective, Julius 

 Rheinberg, 85; Royal Microscopical Society, 118, 239; 

 on Nelson's New Formula Amplifier, A. A. C. Eliot 

 Merlin, 118; on Grayson's 120,000 Band Plate, Mr. 

 Nelson, 118; Direct Proof of Abbe's Theorems on the 

 Microscopic Resolution of Gratings, Prof. J. D. Everett, 

 239 ; L'ltramicroscopic Observations on Solutions of Pure 

 Glycogen, Wilhelm Biltz and Madame Z. Gatin- 

 Gruzewska, 548 



Middlesex Hospital, Archives of the, vol. ii.. Second Report 

 from the Cancer Research Laboratories, Prof. R. T. 

 Hewlett, 2S0 



Miers (Prof. H. A.), Development of the Kimberley 

 Diamond Mines, igi ; Occurrence of Gold in Pyrites 

 Crystals, 518 



Milk : Milk, its Production and Uses, Edward F. Wil- 

 loughby. Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 52 ; Radium and Milk, 

 William Ackroyd, 55 ; Just-Hatmaker Process for Drying 

 Milk, 283; Natural Causes of Variation in Milk, 310; 

 the Infants' Milk Depot, its History and Function, Dr. 

 McCleary, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 425 ; Milk Investigation 

 at Garforth, Dr. C. Crowther, 446; Freezing Point of 

 Milk in Health and Disease, JIM. Giraud and Lasserre, 

 448 ; Bacteriology of Milk, Harold Swithinbank and 

 George Newman, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 451 



Mill (Dr. H. R.), on the Unsymmetrical Distribution of 

 Rainfall, 537 



Millais (J. G.), New Vole {Microius orcadensis), 304 



Millington (J. P.), Spatial Configuration of Trivalent Nitro- 

 gen Compounds, 142 



Millochau (G.), New System of Micrometers, 643 



Milne (Prof. J.), on the Nature and Origin of Earth Move- 

 ments, 519 



Milne (J. R.), Experiments in Spectrophotometry, 448 



Milne (R. M.), Graphic Methods in an Educational Course 

 on Mechanics, 5 



Mimicry : the Protection from Enemies Secured by the 

 Coloration of Mantis religiosa, A. P. di Cesnola, 61 ; 

 Protective Resemblance, Pycnogonid Arachnida, L. J. 

 Cole, 389 



Minakata (Kumagusu), the Earliest Mention of Hydro- 

 dictyon, 396 



Minckelers (Jan Pieter), Statue to, the Discoverer of Coal 

 Gas, 329 



Mind of the Child, the, Dr. Charles S. Myers, 98 



Mind of a Great Thinker, the, 265 



Mineralogy : Precious Stones, a Popular Account of their 

 Characters, Occurrence, and Applications, with an Intro- 

 duction to the Determination for Mineralogists, Lapi- 

 daries, Jewellers, &c.. Prof. Max Bauer, 26; Gems and 

 Gem Minerals, Dr. Oliver Cummings Farrington, 26 ; 

 the Narraburra Siderite, Prof. A. Liversidge, F.R.S., 68; 

 Mineralogical Society, 191 ; Development of the Kimberley 

 Diamond Mines, Prof. H. A. Miers, 191 ; Tin Deposits 

 of the York Region, Alaska, A. J. Collier, 594 



Minerals : Relation between Uranium and Radium in Some 

 Minerals, Bertram B. Boltwood, 80; the Non-metallic 

 Minerals, their Occurrence and Uses, George P. Merrill, 

 174; Mineral Resources of the United States for 1902, 

 David T. Day, 259 ; Mineral Resources of Rio Grande do 

 Sul, H. Kilburn Scott, 594 



Miners' Phthisis, Bacteriological and Other Aspects of. Dr. 

 L. G. Irvine, 43 



Miner's Worm, Looss's Observations on Ankylosioma 

 duodenale. Dr. Elliot Smith, 519; A. E. Shipley, F.R.S., 

 519; G. P. Bidder, 520; Prof. Simmers, 520 



Mining : Evolution of the Treatment of By-products on the 

 Witwatersrand, M. Torrente, 42 ; on the Location and 

 Examination of Magnetic Ore Deposits by Magnetometric 

 Measurements, Eugene Haanel, 174; Mining Statistics 

 of the World, 199 ; Anthracite Coal Communities, Peter 

 Roberts, 220 ; the Problem of Gob-fires, George Farmer, 



Minor Planets, Variability of, J. Holetschek, 256 



Minot (Prof. C. S.), the Theory of Cellular Rejuvenation, 



540 ; Experiment with Telegony, 540 

 Misuse of Words and Phrases, E. S., 577 ; F. Escombe, 603 ; 



A. B. Basset, 627 

 Mitchell (Prof. A. Crichton), Rate of Convective Loss of 



Heat from a Surface Exposed to a Current of Air, 143 

 Mitchell (S. A.), the Tails of Borrelly's Comet (1903) and 



Light Pressure, 332 

 Mitchell (W. M.), "Reversals" in Sun-spot Spectra, 286 

 Modern Electric Practice, Maurice Solomon, 339 

 Modern Navigation, W. Hall, 599 

 Modern Printing Presses, Chas. T. Jacobi, 278 

 Moissan (Henri), Solubility of Silicon in Silver and Hydro- 

 fluoric Acid, 143; a New Carbide of Molybdenum, 215; 

 Distillation of a Mixture of Two Metals, 240 ; Use of 

 Metallic Calcium in the Preparation of Argon, 487 

 Moisture in the Atmosphere of Mars, .Arthur J. Hawkes, 55 

 Mojonnier (Mr.), Losses Occurring during the Cooking of 



Meat, 203 

 Molecular Dynamics and the Wave Theory of Light, Balti- 

 more Lectures on. Lord Kelvin, O.M., G.C.V.O., F.R.S., 

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