Nature, | 
June 9, 1904 
Index xlvii 
Smith (F. B.), Agriculture in the Transvaal and Farming 
Problems, 184 
Smith (F. E.), the Construction of Some Mercury 
Standards of Resistance with a Determination of the 
Temperature Coefficient of Resistance of Mercury, 526 
Smith (Prof. G. Elliot), Cranial Casts, 7 
Smith (G. F. Herbert), Prismatic Method of Determining 
Indices of Refraction, 142 
Smith (James Perrin), the Carboniferous Ammonoids of 
America, 115 
Smith (J. P.), Periodic Migrations between the Asiatic and 
the American Coasts of the Pacific Ocean, 542 
Smith (Dr. R. Greig), the Slime of Dematium pullulans, 
168; the Gum and By-products of Bacterium sacchari, 
168; Vegetable Gums, 450 
Smith (Robert H.), Table of Multiplication, Division and 
Proportion for the Ready Calculation of Quantities and 
Costs, Estimates, Invoice Prices, Interests and Discounts, 
Weights and Strengths, Wages and Wage Premiums, 508 
Smith (W. S.), Strange Winter Scenes Connected with 
Lough Neagh, 343 
Smithells (Prof. Arthur, F.R.S.), the Teaching of Scientific 
Method and Other Papers on Education, Henry E. Arm- 
strong, F.R.S., 289; Chalk-stuff Gas, 412 
Smithsonian Institution, Annual Report of the, 206 
Smitt (Prof. Fredrik Adam), Death and Obituary Notice of, 
469 
Snail, Olfactory Sense of the, Emile Yung, 48 
Snake Killed by a Mouse, F. F. Francis, 134 
Snake Poison, Influence of the Radium Radiations on the 
Toxicity of, C. Phisalix, 432 
Snake Venoms, on the Physiological Action and Antidotes 
of Colubrine and Viperine, Dr. Leonard Rogers, 263 
Snyder (Carl), New Conceptions in Science, 219 
Snyder (Prof. H.), the Chemistry of Plant and Animal Life, 
533 D 
Sociétés, la Lutte pour l’Existence et 1’Evolution des, 
J. L. de Lanessan, 77 
Society of Arts, Mining of Non-metallic Minerals, Bennett 
H. Brough, 475 
Saciology : the Fields of France, Little Essays in Descriptive 
Sociology, Madame Mary Duclaux (A. Mary F. Robin- 
son), 151 
Soddy (Frederick), Researches Relating to Radium, 2097; 
the a Rays of Radium, 343; Radio-tellurium, 347, 461; 
the Evolution of Matter as Revealed by the Radio-active 
Elements, 418 
Séderbaum (H. G.), Jakob Berzelius, 558 
Soil, a New Theory of the, M. Whitney and F. K. Cameron, 
58 
Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri, the Natural History of, 199 
Solar Atmosphere, Absorption in the, Frank W. Very, 543 
Solar Eclipse of May, 1900, the Total, 160 
Solar and Magnetic Disturbances, Dr. 
F.R.S., 6; Prof. A. Fowler, 6 
Solar Observations at Lyons Observatory During 1902, 
J. Guillaume, 65 
Solar Observations, Cooperation in, Prof. Ricco, 473 
Solar Phenomena, Magnetic Storms, Aurora and, 
William J. S. Lockyer, 9 
Solar Phenomena and Magnetic Storms, M. Quénisset, go 
Solar Phenomena, Observations of, M. Deslandres, 137 
Solar Photographs, an Atlas of, Prof. Janssen, 399 
Bese Physics, a New Epoch in, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 
60. 
Solar Spectrum, Intensity of Atmospheric Lines in the, 281 
Solar and Terrestrial Changes, Simultaneous, Sir J. Norman 
Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 351 
Solly (R. H.), Minerals from the Binnenthal, 142 
Solomon (Maurice), Electricity and Magnetism, C. E. Ash- 
ford, 243; Electric and Magnetic Circuits, Ellis H. 
Crapper, 243 ; a Text-book of Electrical Machinery, H. J. 
Ryan, H. H. Norris and G. L. Hoxie, 243; the National 
Physical Laboratory, 491 
Sommelet (M.), New General Method for the Synthesis of 
Aldehydes, 287 ‘ 
Sondericker (Jerome), Graphic Statics, with Applications 
to Trusses, Beams and Arches, 292 
Sorel (E.), la Grande Industrie Chimique Minerale, 242 
‘Source of the Energy of Radium Compounds, the, William 
Ackroyd, 295 
Charles Chree, 
Dr. 
South African Flowering Plants, Prof. G. Henslow, 460 
Southport Literary and Philosophical Society, Address at, 
Universities, their Aims, Duties and Ideals, Prof. A. R. 
Forsyth, F.R.S., 38 
Southport, International Meteorological 
Simultaneous Solar and Terrestrial 
Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 351 
Southwell (Mr.), Sealing and Whaling for 1903, 472 
Spain, Telegraphic Disturbances in, on October 31, Prof. 
Augusto Arcimis, 29 
Spawning of the Plaice, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R-S., 
465, 488; Wm. Wallace, 489; Dr. T. Wemyss Fulton, 
Committee at, 
Changes, Sir J. 
535 
Speen Analysis: Suggested Existence of Radium in the 
Sun, 12; on the Gas ‘** Occluded or Liberated ”’ by Radium 
Bromide, Profs. Dewar and Curie, 335, 399; Examination 
of a Sample of Gas Occluded in Radium Bromide, Profs. 
Curie and Dewar, 444; Revision of Rowland’s Wave- 
lengths, Prof. Hartmann, 37; Light Waves and their 
Uses, A. A. Michelson, 50; the ‘‘ Dew-bow,’’ Edward 
Hewitt, 57; the Spectrum of Lightning, Philip Fox, 137; 
Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer, 137; the Line Spectra of the 
Alkaline Metals, H. Konen and A. Hagenbach, 137; the 
Total Solar Eclipse of May, 1900, 160; Principal 
Characters of Band and Line Spectra, H. Deslandres, 
191; General Law of Distribution of Rays in Band 
Spectra, H. Deslandres, 383; the Distribution of Lines 
in Banded Spectra, M. Deslandres, 446; Spectrum of 
Mira Ceti, Joel Stebbins, 207; Light Economy in Spec- 
trum Photography, J. A. Humphreys, 234; Atmospheric 
Absorption and Emission of the Extreme Ultra-violet 
Radiations, Dr. Victor Schumann, 262; Differences 
between the Spectra at Anode and Kathode in Certain 
Gases, Prof. Liveing, F.R.S., 382; Flame Spectra of the 
Alkaline Metals, C. de Watteville, 383 ; on a Dynamical 
System Illustrating the Spectrum Lines and the Pheno- 
mena of Radio-activity, Dr. H. Nagaoka, 392; G. A. 
Schott, 437; Attachment for Reading the Lines in a 
Direct Vision Spectroscope, Mr. Stringer, 453; Pre- 
liminary Measurement of the “Short Wave-lengths Dis- 
covered by Schumann, Theodore Lyman, 465; Degrada- 
tion of Elements, S. H. Woolhouse, 512; Sir William 
Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., 512; the Spectra of Antarian 
Stars in Relation to the Fluted Spectrum of Titanium, 
A. Fowler, 525; Wave-length of the Green Cadmium 
Line, Ch. Fabry, 543; the Satellite Rays in the Spectrum 
of Cadmium, Ch. Fabry, 576; Spectra of Mixed Gases, 
P. G. Nutting, 543; the Spectra of Nove, H. Ebert, 589; 
Spectrum of the Glow Discharge at Atmospheric Pressure, 
Dr. G. A. Hemsalech, 599; Stars having Peculiar 
Spectra, Prof. Pickering, 620; Spectra Obtained from the 
Wehnelt Interrupter Discharge, H. W. Morse, 620 
Spelling Reform, T. B. S., 297; the Reviewer, 297 
Spencer (E. D.), Arrangement for Determining the Capaci- 
ties of Condensers by the Successive Discharge Method, 
599 
Spencer (Herbert), Death of, 133; Obituary Notice of, 155 
Spencer (L. J.), Irregularly Developed Crystals of Zircon 
from Ceylon, 575; ‘* Feather-ore,’’ ‘‘ Warrenite’’ and 
** Jamesonite,’’ 575 
Spicer (Rev. E. C.), Fossil ‘‘ Rain-drops,’’ 535 
Spindler (Captain), Deposits of Pure Epsom Salt in the 
Gulf of Kara-bughaz, Caspian Sea, 281 
Spinthariscope Appearance, Projection of Imitation, Sir 
Oliver Lodge, F:R-S:, 247; J.B. B., 270 
Spiral Nebulas, on the Origin of, Prof. J. M. Schaeberle, 
248 
Sport, English, 267 
Sprankling (C. H. G.), Dissociation Constants of Tri- 
methylenecarboxylic Acids, 142 
Sprigge (Mr.), Stars and Sextants, 532 
Spring Months, Fireballs Visible in the, W. F. Denning, 
571 - 
Square Circled, the, 269 
Staley (A. E. and Co.’s), Prism Binocular, 
Standard Velocity Stars, M. A. Belopolsky, 
Stanford (L. C.), the Waterfowl Family, 73 
Stanton (Dr. T. E.), on the Distribution and Intensity of the 
Pressure on Thin Plates and Combinations of Plates 
Placed in a Uniform Current of Air, 204 
Starks (E. C.), Osteology of Berychoid Fishes, 519 
