Index 



Arctic Regions, Otto 



19^. 264, 392, 476, 596 

 3. 548 



Natural Philosophy, Death of Dr. J. D. Everett, F.R.S., 



387 ; Obituary Notice of, 397 

 Nature of the a Rays Emitted by Radio-active Substances, 



the. Dr. Harold A. Wilson, loi 

 Naval .Architecture, Prof. C. H. Peabodv, Sir \V. H. 



White, K.C.B., K.R..S., 12.1 

 Naval Observatory, the German Royal, Prof. Dr. C. 



Stechert, 205 

 Navigation : Magnetic Disturbances and Navigation, Dr. 



.\ugust Krogh, 480 ; Modern Navigation, W. Hall, 599 

 Naville (Prof.), an Important .Archseological Discovery in 



Egypt, 155 

 Nebula, Primitive Conditions of the Solar, Francis E. 



Nipher, 132 

 Nebula, Radial Velocity of the Orion, Messrs. Frost and 



Adams, 285 

 Nebulae in Relation to the Gala-xy, Distribution of. Dr. C. 



Easton, 536 

 Nebulous .Areas of the Sky, Prof. H. C. Wilson, 186 

 Negris (Ph.), .Alteration of Level of the Mediterranean, 360 

 Nelson (Mr. I, on Grayson's 120,000 Band Plate, 118 

 Nemec (Dr.), Nuclear Fusion in Vegetative Cells, 185 

 Neptune and Uranus, Spectra of, V. M. Siipher, 390 

 Neumeister (Prof. R.), Betrachtungen fiber das Wesen der 



Lebenserscheinungen, 3 

 Neurology : die Entwicklung des menschlichen Gehirns 



wahrend der ersten Monate, Prof. Wilhelm His, 293 

 Neuroptera, New Zealand, a Popular Introduction to the 



Life-histories and Habits of May-Flies, Dragon-Flies, 



Caddis-Flies, and -Allied Insects Inhabiting New Zealand, 



including Notes on their Relation to Angling, G. \'. 



Hudson. 194 

 New Land, Four Years in the 



Sverdrup, 152 

 New South Wales Linnean Society, 

 New South Wales Royal Society, 2 

 New Zealand : the New Zealand Vegetable Caterpillar, 



W- F. Kirby, 44; Index Fauna; Novae Zealandi^, 78; 



New Zealand Neuroptera, a Popular Introduction to the 



Life-histories and Habits ■ of May-Flies, Dragon-Flies, 

 ■* Caddis-Flies, and Allied Insects inhabiting New Zealand, 



including Notes on their Relation to Angling, G. ^^ 



Hudson. 194 

 Newal! (H. F.), Extension in the Ultra-violet Part of the 



Spectrum as a Criterion of Stellar Temperatures, 537 

 Newcomb (Prof.), Principal Planes of the Stars, 308 

 Newcomb (Prof. Simon), Mathematical .Analysis of Causes 



of Production of Sex in Human Offspring, 352 

 Newfoundland, Currents around the Coasts of. Dr. W. Bell 



Dawson, 234 

 Newman (George), Bacteriology of Milk, 451 

 Newstead (Robert), Monograph of the Coccidae of the 



British Isles, 194 

 Newton (Prof. .Alfred. F.R.S.), Further Discovery of Dodos' 



Bones, 626 

 Newtonian Reflector, a Modified Form of the. Rev. Chas. 



Davies. 309 : M. E. Schaer, 309 

 Nichols (E. L.), Lommel's Contradiction of Stokes's Law 



of Fluorescence, 3,3 ; Studies on Fluorescence, 558 

 Nickel, Les Applications des .Aciers au, avec un Appendice 



■sur la Theorie des Aciers au Nickel, Ch. E. Guillaume, 



326 

 Nicloux (Maurice), Development of Acid in Oily Seeds, 311 

 Nicolas (Dr. .Ad.), Spokil, an International Language, 174 

 Nijiand (Prof.), Further Ephemeris for Comet 1904 a, 308 

 Nipher (Francis E.), Primitive Conditions of the Solar 



Nebula, 132 

 Nitrogen, a New Band Spectrum of, Percival Lewis, 416 

 Nitrous Oxide, the Density of. Lord Rayleigh, O.M., 



F.R.S., at Royal Society, 523 

 Nitsch (M.), Rabies in Rabbits, Earliest Symptoms of In- 

 fection, 609 

 Noguchi (Dr.), ..Action of Snake Venom on Cold-blooded 



Animals, 255 

 Nomenclature, Botanical, Prof. T. D. .A. Cockerell, 318 

 Non-metallic Minerals, their Occurrence and Uses, George 



P. Merrill, 174 

 Nordman (Dr. C), Foundation of a New .Astrophysical 



Observatory, 160 

 Nordmann (Charles), Continuous Registration of Gaseous 



lonisation and of Radio-activity by Methods of Loss of 



Charge, 216 

 Norse Mythology in the Isle of Man, Traces of the, P. TVI. C. 



Kermode, W. A. Craigie, 576 

 Norway, Geology in, 211 

 Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896, Scientific 



Results, 549 

 Notes from a Diary, Sir M. E. Grant Duff, Lord Avebury, 



F.R.S., 172 

 Nova Persei, Magnitude Observations of. Father Hagen, 



S.J., 39 

 Novitskiy (Lieut. -Colonel V. T.), From India to Fergana, 



79 



Nuclei, Condensation, C. T. R. Wilson, F.R.S., at Royal 

 Institution, 641 



Number of Kinsfolk in each Degree, Average, Dr. Francis 

 Galton, F.R.S., 529, 626 



Nutrition of Man, on the. Prof. W. O. Atwater, 617 



Nuttall (Dr. G. H. F., F.R.S.), on the Precipitin Tests in 

 the Studv of Animal Relationships, 540; Blood Immunity 

 and Blood Relationship, a Demonstration of Certain 

 Blood-relationships amongst .Animals by Means of the 

 Precipitin Test for Blood, Supp. to May 5, vi 



Nutting (P. G.), Atomic Structure in the Light of Secondary 

 Spectra, 342 



Observations in the Southern Hemisphere, Prof. W. H. 

 Wright, 610 



Observatories : Solar Work at the Smithsonian and Astro- 

 physical Observatory, 39 ; a Spectroheliograph for the 

 Catania Observatory, 62 ; Proposed New Observatories, 

 Profs. Boss, Campbell, and Hale, no; Prof. J. W. 

 Hussev no; Report of the Oxford University Observ- 



" atory 'Prof. H. H. Turner, no; the Royal Observatory, 

 Greenwich 135 ; Foundation of a New Astrophysical Ob- 

 servatory, Dr. C. Nordman, 160: the Government Ob- 

 servatory', Bombay, 186; the German Royal Naval 



■ Observatory, Prof. Dr. C. Stechert, 205 ; " Annuano of 

 the Rio de' Janeiro Observatory, 1904, 256; Annual Re- 

 port of the Paris Observatory, 447; the Spectro- 

 heliograph at the Solar Physics Observatory, South Ken- 

 sincton ^37 • the Goodsell Observatory Expedition to the 

 Rocky Mountains, Dr. H. C. Wilson and Prof. Payne, 

 560; 'the Lick Observatory Programme for Next Years 

 Solar Eclipse, 584 



Oceanography, International, 139 , , • 



Ochsenius (Dr! Carl), Influence of Potash Salts on the Agri- 

 cultural Production of Prussia, 160 



Ocoulitsch (M.), Ephemeris for Encke s Comet, 353: 

 Ephemeris for the Return of Encke s Comet, 439 



Octopolaritv and Valence, Frank A. Healy, 318 



Odontology : Recherches de Morpholog.e phylog^n^tique sur 

 les Molaires sup^rieures des Ongulfe, F. Ameghino, 301 



Odoriferous Substances Used in Perfumery, Prof. R- 

 Meldola, F.R.S., 597 



CFcologica! Plant-Geography, 573 .... . , <:, 



Oertel (Prof. K.), the Repsold Registering Micrometer 62 



O'Farrelley (M.), Distillation of a Mi.xture of Two Metals, 



Oiif Fats and Waxes, Chemical Technology and Analysis 

 of' Dr I. Lewkowitsch, C. Simmonds, 502 



Old Riddle and the Newest Answer, the, John Gerard, 504 



Oldham (H. Yule). Changes in the Fen District since the 

 Seventeenth Century, 541 



Oliver (Dr. George), the Tissue-Lymph Circulation, Lee 

 ture at Royal College of Physicians, 88 . ■• j 



Optics : the Diffraction Theory of the Microscope as Applied 

 to the Case when the Object is in Motion, Dr. K. 1- 

 Glazebrook, 22 ; Effect of the Intensity on the \elooty of 

 Light T. E. Doubt, 39 ; New Phosphorescent Materials 

 H Jackson, 69 ; Cylindrical Telescope for the Rotation of 

 Images Dr. G. J. Burch, F.R.S., 69: Function of the 

 n-Ravs'in Causing Changes of Visibility in Feeb y Illu- 

 minated Surfaces, Jean Becquerel, 95; Optical Illusion 

 observed when Lvcopodium Powder Strewn on Water is 

 made to Gyrate b^ a Jet of Air, 107, 202 ; T. Terada, 107 : 

 Influence of the Colour of Luminous Sources on their 

 Sensibility to the .i-Rays, C. Gutton, 216; Colours in 

 Metal Glasses and in Metallic Films, J. C Maxwell 

 Garnett, 213; Lommel's Contradiction of Stokes s Law 



