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June 9, 1904 
the n-Rays of Physiological Origin, Augustin Charpen- 
tier, 239; Differential Characters of the Physiological 
Radiations According as their Origin is Muscular or 
Nervous, Augustin Charpentier, 264; Physiological 
Radiations Capable of Being Transmitted Along 
Wires, Augustin Charpentier, 335; Physiological Ac- 
tion of the n-Rays and Conducted Radiations, Augustin 
Charpentier, 359; Action of the n-Rays on the Smell, 
Augustin Charpentier, 455; Physiological Action of 
n,-Rays, Augustin Charpentier, 480; the Property 
of Emitting the n-Rays Conferred by Compression 
on Certain Bodies and on the Spontaneous Emis- 
sion of the n-Rays by Other Bodies in a State of 
Constrained Molecular Equilibrium, R. Blondlot, 167; 
M. Blondlot’s n-Ray Experiments, A. A. Campbell Swin- 
ton, 272; S. G. Brown, 296; on the Production of the 
n-Rays by Sound Vibrations, J. Macé de Lépinay, 287; 
the Emission of n-Rays by Plants, Edouard Meyer, 287; 
on the Dispersion of the n-Rays and on Their Wave- 
length, R. Blondlot, 311; Emission of the Blondlot Rays 
During the Action of Soluble Ferments, M. Lambert, 
335; the Blondlot n-Rays, John Butler Burke, 365; 
Radiations Producing Photographic Reversal, Charles 
E. S. Phillips, 365; Notes in Elucidation of the Most 
Recent Researches of R. Blondlot on the n-Rays, O. 
Lummer at the German Physical Society, 378; 
Mechanism of the Transmission of the n-Rays through 
Wires, E. Bichat, 383; Conduction of the n-Rays Along 
String, Augustin Charpentier, 408; the Blondlot n-Rays, 
A. A. Campbell Swinton, 412; W. A. Douglas Rudge, 
437; Dr. C. C. Schenck, 486; Prof. John G. McKen- 
drick, F.R.S., and Walter Colquhoun, 534; Comparative 
Actions of Heat and the n-Rays on Phosphorescence, R. 
Blondlot, 503; Natural Rotatory Power of Certain 
Bodies for the n-Rays, H. Bagard, 503; New Species 
of n-Rays, R. Blondlot, 455; Action of the n-Rays on a 
Feebly Lighted Surface, R. Blondlot, 455; Transparency 
of Certain Bodies for the n-Rays, E. Bichat, 455; Par- 
ticular Cases in the Emission of the n-Rays, E. Bichat, 
455; Magnetic Rotation of Plane of Polarisation of the 
n-Rays, H. Bagard, 455; the Objective Action. of the n- 
Rays on Luminous Calcium Sulphide, J. Macé de Lépinay, 
552; Penetrating Power of the n-Rays and their Storage, 
Julien Meyer, 599; Application of the Blondlot Rays to 
Chemistry, Albert Colson, 600; Method of Measuring 
the Gradual Falling Off in the Intensity of the Phos- 
phorescence of Bodies Excited by Kathode Rays, Fritz 
Buchner, 89; the Treatment of Cancer by the X-Rays, 
M. Biraud, 96; Action of the X-Rays upon Animal Tis- 
sues, R. Lépine and M. Boulud, 287; Negative Elec- 
tricity given Off by a Metal exposed to Réntgen Rays, 
Prof. Thomson, F.R.S., 143; Application of the X-Rays 
to the Examination of Fine Pearls, Raphael Dubois, 
359; Chemical Action of Roéntgen Rays on Bromide- 
gelatin Photographic Plates, R. Luther and W. A. 
Uschkoff, 256; Dependence of the Ionisation, produced 
by Réntgen Rays, upon the Type of the Rays, R. K. 
McClung, 462; Polarisation in R6ntgen Rays, Charles 
G. Barkla, 463; Energy of Secondary Réntgen Radi- 
ation. C. G. Barkla, 551; MRadio-active Substances, 
Madame S. Curie, 136 Projection of Imitation Spinthar- 
iscope Appearance, Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., 247; 
J. B. B., 270; Radio-active Gas in Mineral Springs, 
Lord Blythswood and H. S. Allen, 247; Atmospheric 
Absorption and Emission of the Extreme Ultra-violet 
Radiations, Dr. Victor Schumann, 262; Treatment of 
Malignant Growths by Physicotherapeutic Means, Dr. 
J. A. Riviére, 280; Light Emitted by Certain Salts 
of Uranium, Henri Becquerel, 335, 377; Radio- 
tellurium, Prof. Marckwald, 347, 461; Frederick Soddy, 
347, 461; Action of Magnetic Fields on Feebly 
Luminous Sources, C. Gutton, 359; Analogies Between 
Radio-activity and the Behaviour of Ozone, Prof. Richarz 
and Dr. Schenck, 377; Relative Amount of Ionisation 
Produced in Air and Hydrogen by Réntgen Rays, R. K. 
McClung, 383; Comparison of Capacities in Electrical 
Work, Prof. J. A. McClelland, 383; on a Dynamical 
System Illustrating the Spectrum Lines and_ the 
Phenomena of Radio-activity, Dr. H. Nagaoka, 392; 
G. A. Schott, 437; the Evolution of Matter as Revealed 
by the Radio-active Elements, F. Soddy, 418; Experi- 
ments to Determine Rate of Decay of the Emanation 
from Actinium, M. Debierne, 443; Radio-activity of the 
Air and the Soil, Prof. Elster and Prof. Geitel, 444; 
Occurrence of Radio-active Constituents in Common Sub- 
stances, Prof. J. J. Thomson, 454; Action of Magnetic 
Fields on Phosphorescent Substances, C. Gutton, 455; 
a Spinthariscope called Perman’s Radioscope, E. Philip, 
495; a Study of the Radio-activity of Certain Minerals 
and Mineral Waters, Hon. R. J. Strutt at the Royal 
Society, 473 ; Degradation of Elements, S$. H. Woolhouse, 
512; Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., 512; the 
Use of Light and Other Radiations in the Treatment of 
Disease, 535; Two New Elements, Carolinium and 
Berzilium, Prof. Baskerville, 564; Atmospherical Radio- 
activity in High Latitudes, George C. Simpson, 573; 
Radio-activity and the Law of Conservation of Mass, 
O. W. Richardson, 606 
Radium: Radium and Plants, Dr. Henry H. Dixon, 5; 
Heating Effect of the Radium Emanation, Prof. Arthur 
Schuster, F.R.S., 55; Prof. E. Rutherford, F.R.S., and 
Prof. H. T. Barnes, 126; the Heat of Radium, Prof. 
Edmund J. Mills, F.R.S., 224; Radium and Animals, 
E. G. Willcock, 55; Action of Radium on Bacteria, Dr. 
Henry H. Dixon and J. T. Wigham, 81; a Simple 
Lecture Experiment with Radium Rays, Dr. L. Bleek- 
rode, 103; Secondary Radiation Produced by Radium 
Rays, L. R. Wilberforce, 198; Does the Radio-activity 
of Radium Depend upon its Concentration? Prof. E. 
Rutherford, F.R.S., 222; Researches Relating to 
Radium, Frederick Soddy, 297; Destructive Action of 
Radium, Lord Blythswood, 317; the a Rays of Radium, 
J. T. Nance, 343; Frederick Soddy, 343 ; Radium Débris, 
John B. Coppock, 365; Réntgen Rays and the y Rays 
from Radium, A. S. Eve, 436; Nature of the y Rays 
from Radium, Prof. E. Rutherford, F.R.S., 436; 
Secondary Radiations of Radium, J. S. Davis, 489; 
Fluorescent Bodies Excited by Radium, 523; Photo- 
graphic Effect of Radium Rays, Prof. Henry Stroud, 
560; the Atomic Weight of Radium, William Sutherland, 
606; see also Radiography 
Railways: American Railways, Edwin A. Pratt, 52; Com- 
pletion of the Electrical Equipment of the Liverpool and 
Southport Line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- 
way, 493; Notes on Electric Railway Economics and 
Preliminary Engineering, W. C. Gotshall, 579; En- 
gineering Preliminaries for an Interurban Electric Rail- 
way, E. Gonzenbach, 579 
Rain, Destructive Action of, upon Animal Life, W. Ruskin 
Butterfield, 296 
“© Rain-drops,’’ Fossil, Rev. E. C. Spicer, 535 
Rainfall, Total, from January 3, 348 
Ramage (H.), Boiling Points of Homologous Compounds, 
52 
eee Marsh-country, Herbert W. Tompkins, 510 
Ramsay (Sir William, K.C.B., F.R.S.), Degradation of 
Elements, 512; a New Mineral from Ceylon, 533, 559; 
Introduction to the Study of Physical Chemistry, 579 
Ramsden (W.), Weather Changes and the Appearance of 
Scum on Ponds, 104 
Rankin (Angus), Coloured Haze Around the Moon, 344 
Rapid Changes in a Sun-spot, Mr. Denning, 568 
Rathbone (Miss Mary), Myriactis Areschougii and Coilo- 
desme Californica, 167 
Rau (Prof. H. Narayana), on a Deep-sea Deposit from an 
Artesian Boring at Kilacheri, 407 
Rawling (Captain), Survey Expedition to Tibet, 61 
Ray (P. C.), Mercuric Nitrite and its Decomposition by 
Heat, 574 
Rayleigh (Lord, O.M., F.R.S.), Compressibilities of 
Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Carbonic Oxide be- 
tween One Atmosphere and Half an Atmosphere of 
Pressure, and on the Atomic Weights of the Elements 
Concerned, 381; the Theory of Optical Images, 497; on 
the Measurement of Certain Very Short Intervals of 
Time, 560 
Rayman (Prof.), Bacterial Cell Possesses a Nucleus, 136 
Reade (T. Mellard), the Evolution of Earth Structure, with 
a Theory of Geomorphic Changes, 251, 
Reale Istituto Lombardo, Prize Awards of the, 422 
