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Index 



position of Biologist of the Maine Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station ; appointment to the Chair of Biometry 

 and Vital Statistics, Johns Hopkins University, 129 



Pecheux (H.), The Thermo-electricity of Tungsten, 159 



Pekelharing (Prof. C. A.), Retirement from the Chair of 

 Physiological Chemistry in the University of Utrecht, 28 



Penrose (H. E.), Magnetism and Electricity for Home 

 Study, 162 



Percival (Bishop), [obituary], 269 



Perkin (Dr. F. M.), The Production of Oil from Mineral 

 Sources, 416 



Perkins (Prof. A. J.), Agricultural Research in Australia, 



2 47 

 Perls (P.), Employment of the Blind in Factories, 271 

 Peroi 1 Dr. A.), awarded, with Prof. C. Fabry, the Rumford 



Medal of the Royal Society, 229, 275 

 Perrett (J. R.), [obituary], 172 

 Perrett (Dr. YVV), The Perception of Sound, 1S4 

 Perrv (W. J.), The Megalithic Culture of Indonesia, 61 

 Petch (T.), Termite Nests and Fungi, 410 

 Peters (Dr. C), [obituarv], 49 

 Peterson (Dr. C. G. J.), The Sea Bottom and its Production 



of Fish Food, 216 

 Peterson (Sir VV.), Stricken with Paralysis, 391 

 Pethvbridge (Dr. G. H.), Possibility of Distinguishing the 



Seeds of Wild White Clover from those of Ordinary 



White Clover by Chemical Means, 398 ; and H. A. 



Lafferty, Disease of Tomato and other Plants caused 



by a new Species of Phytophthora. 340 

 Petrie (Prof. W. M. Flinders), Eastern Exploration, Past 



and Future, 463 

 Pettersson (Dr. H.), The Congress of Scandinavian Geo- 



physicists in Gothenburg, 493 

 Phillips (A. H.), Occurrence of Vanadium at certain Strati- 

 graphical Horizons, 72 

 Phillips (Dr. E. P.), A Botanical Collecting Trip in the 



French Hoek District, 134 

 Pickering (Prof. E. C), [death], 44S 

 Pittet (M.), Lrevoglucosane transformed into Dextrin by 



Re-polymerisation, 233 

 Pi^dallu (A.), Industrial Application of the Colouring Matter 



of the Glumes of the Sugar Sorghum, 60 ; Use of 



Explosives applied to Tree Planting, 290 

 Piercy (Rev. W. C), Gift in the Future of Stuart Relics to 



the Wilberforce Museum, Hull, 150 

 Pijper (Dr. A.), Diffraction Phenomena observed with 



Cultures of Micro-organisms, 332 

 Pilcher (R. B.), Activities of the Institute of Chemistry, 



Pingrirf (G. N.), A School Chemistry Method. Parts i., ii., 

 and iii., 503 ; Chemistry Notes and Papers for School 

 Use. Three parts, 503 

 Pinter (R.), The Estimation of a Person's Intelligence, 151 

 Pitt (Miss F.), Nesting Habits of the Bullfinch, 270 

 Plaskett (Dr. J. S.), The Canadian 72-in. Reflecting Tele- 

 scope, 292 ; The Spectrum of Nova Aquil*, 252 ; Twelve 

 New Spectroscopic Binaries, 373 

 Playfair (G. I.), New and Rare Fresh-water Alga?, 519 

 Plummer (Prof. H. C), An Introductory Treatise on 



Dynamical Astronomy, 322 

 Pocock (R. J.), [death], 172 : [obituary], 290 

 Polk (Dr. W. M.), Bequest by, to Cornell University, 99 

 Pope (Prof. W. J.), Chemistry in Education and Industry, 

 196 ; The Future of Chemistry, 150; to Deliver the 

 Streatfeild Memorial Lecture, in 

 Porsild (M. P.), Crowding of Narwhals in Disko Bay, 251 

 Porter (Dr. Annie), Leuctogregarines in South Africa, 135 

 Porter (Prof. A. W.), and others, The Occlusion of Gases in 



Metals, 234 I 



Porter (Dr. CO, The Future Citizen and his Mother, 424 

 Porter (Mrs. L.), The Attachment Organs of some Common 



Parmelias, 279 

 Portevin (A.), Comparison between the Internal Elastic 

 Equilibrium of Alloys after Tempering and after Hard- 

 ening bv Drawing in the Cold, 380 

 Potts (F: A.), awarded the F. M. 'Balfour Studentship at 



Cambridge University, 436 

 Poulton (Prof. E. ' B.), The Supposed " Fascination " of 

 Birds bv Snakes and the "Mobbing" of Snakes bv 

 Birds, 486 

 Power (D'Arcv), to Deliver the Bradshaw Lecture, iso 



Prashad (Dr. ■B.), Zoological Results of a Tour in the Far 



East; Echiuroids from Brackish Water, 100 

 Preece (W. L.), [obituary], 231 

 Prior (Dr. G. T.), The Nickeliferous Iron of the Meteorites 



of Bluff, etc., 238 

 Pritchard (Dr. E.), The Physical and Psychological Bases 



of Education, 415 

 Prothero (R. E.), A 'Ministry of Wal , 

 Pruvost (P.), Existence of Coal Measures at Great Depth 



at Merville (Nord), 438 

 Pull (F..), Modern Engineering Measu . 323 



Purdie (Mrs.), Bequest to St. Andrews 1 v , 476 



Putnam (Prof. J. W.), The Illinois and Mi higan Canal: 



A Study in Economic History, 363 

 Putterill (V. A.), Fungus causing "Rust" in Al . 134 

 Pyman (Dr. K. I.. I, appointed Professor of Technological 



Chemistry in the Manchester College of Technology, 56CJ 

 Pyper (Dr. C.), The Engraved Stones of the 1. 



District, Transvaal, 135 



Quervain (Prof, de), Suggestion for Sound Experimi 

 Quinan (K. B.), Letter of Congratulation to, from the 

 Institute of Chemistry, 409 



Rabot (M.i, The Water-power Resources of Iceland, 511 

 Rabut (C.i, Scientific Rules and Principles lor Driving 



Long Tunnels under a Sheet of Water, 470 

 Raff (Miss J. W.), Abnormal Development of the Head 



Appendages in the Crayfish, Parachaeraps bicarinatus, 



Gray, 280 

 Rak-hit (J. X.), Isolation of Porphyroxine, 20 

 Raleigh is;,- W.i, A Pioneer of Evolution, 192 

 Raman (C. V.), and P. N. Ghosh, The Colours of the 



Striae in Mica, 205 

 Rands (H.), and W. O. R. Gilling, Use of New Zealand 



Brown Coals, 251 

 Rathbun (Miss M. j.'i. Crabs Collected bj the Vustralasian 



Antarctic Expedition, 12 

 Raunkiar (C), Time of Leafing in the Beech, 470 

 Ray (Sir P. O), Biography of, 231 

 Rayleigh (Lord), Possible Disturbance of a Range-finder by 



Atmospheric Refraction due to the Motion of the Ship 



which carries it, 517: The Colours of the Stria? in 



Mica, 205; The Perception of Sound, 223, 304 

 Ravmond (Dr. W. W.I, [obituarv], 430 

 Rayner (Dr. M. C), Resignation of the Position of Lecturer 



" in Botany at University College, Reading, 376 

 Read (Sir H. C), A Remarkable Carved Ivory Object from 



Benin, 49 : War and Anthropology, 498 

 Reboul (G.), Influence of the Radius of Curvature of a 



Bodv on the Formation of Hoar-frost, fio 

 Redfield'(Hon. W. C), The Application of Science to 



Industry in the United States, | 

 Reed (E. C.), Place and Importance of Seience in Educa- 

 tion, ^9 

 Rees (W. J.), Silica Refractories for Glassworks Use, 279 

 Reeve (H. O), Purpose in Education, 135 

 Reillv (Dr. J.), and W. Hickinbottom, Determination of the 



Volatile Fatty Ateids by an Improved Distillation 



Method, 398 v * 

 Remington (Prof. J. P.), and others, The Dispensatory of 



the United Stati - ol Vmerica. Twentieth edition, 83 

 Renwick (Capt. H. A.), [obituarv], 71 



Repelin (J.), A Point of History of the Pacific Ocean, 479 

 Restler (Sir J. W.), [obituary], 213 

 Reverdin (F.), Facilitation of the Benzoylation of certain 



Aromatii I >i ivatives, 233 

 Reynolds (Stephen), [obituary], 492 

 Rheinberg (TO, Glass as a Substance full of Ultra-micro- 



Ricardo (H. R.1, awarded the Engineering Gold Medal of 

 the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers, 150; 

 High-speed Internal-combustion Engines, 307 



Ricco (Prof. A.), Observations of Solar Prominences, 97; 

 The Constitution of the Sun, 51 



Richardson (S. S.), The new "Pointolite" Lamp, 452 



Richet (Prof. C), War Nursing. What every Woman 

 should Know. Translated bv H. de Vere Beauclerk, 

 283 ; P. Brodin. and Fr. Saint-Girons, Injections of 

 Blood Plasma (Plasmo-therapv) for Replacing Blood, 

 260 ; P. Brodin, G. Noizet, and Fr. Saint-Girons, Ohm- 



