Nature, 4 
June 9, 1904 
Index 
XXI 
Fabry (Charles) Photometry of Lights of Different Colours, 
72; on the Intensity of the Light Produced by the Sun, 
167, 234; the Luminous Intensity of the Vega, 239; 
Wave-length of the Green Cadmium Line, 543 ; the Satel- 
lite Rays in the Spectrum of Cadmium, 576 
Fahie (J. J.), Galileo: his Life and Work, 505 
Faraday Society, 191, 381, 551, 598 
Farmer (Prof. J. B., F.R.S.), on Stimulus and Mechanism 
in Organisation, 18; Resemblances between the Cells of 
Malignant Growths in Man and Those of Normal Repro- 
ductive Tissues, 285; Observations on the Nature of 
Cancerous Growths, 319; Cancer and Parthenogenesis, 
392 
Farming, W. M. Tod, 172 
Farr (Dr. Coleridge), Rate of Dissipation of Electrical 
Charges in the Open Air, 450 
Farrington (Dr. O. C.), the Geographical Distribution of 
Meteorites, 399 
Fasciculi Malayenses, N. Annandale and H. C. Robinson, 
530 
Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, the, 
Rhynchota, vol. ii., part i. (Heteroptera), W. L. Distant, 
390 ? 
Fauna, the Malay, N. Annandale and H. C. Robinson, 530 
Favé (M.), a System of Damping, 623 
Fawsitt (Dr. C. E.), Physicochemical Investigations in the 
Amide Group, 286; Relation between the Chemical Com- 
position of Some Organic Substances and the Densities 
of their Solutions, 453 
eS Comet, Search-ephemeris for, Herr E. Strémgren, 
5 
Federation, on the Biology of, Sir John Cockburn, 443 
Fenneman (Prof. N. W.), on the Lakes of South-Eastern 
Wisconsin, 222 
Fenton (H. J. H.), Decomposition of Hydrogen Dioxide 
under the Influence of Radium Bromide, 527 
Fermentation : Practical Management of Pure Yeast, Alfred 
Jorgensen, 4 
Fernbach (A.), the Composition of Potato Starch, 408 
Ferraris (Galileo), Opere di, 246 
Féry (Ch.), Convenient Method for Determining the Con- 
stants of Lenses, 35; the Temperature of Flame, 143 
Fibre Plants in Hawaii, L. G. Blackman, 618; 
Fields of France, the, Little Essays in Descriptive 
Sociology, Madame Mary Duclaux (A. Mary F. Robin- 
son), ISI | 
Fiévez (M.), the Leonid Shower of 1903, 446 
Findlay (A.), Freezing Point Curves _ of 
Isomerides, 478 
Findlay (Alex.), the Phase Rule and its Applications, 57 
Findlay (F. R. N.), Big Game Shooting and Travel in 
South-East Africa, 313 
Finn (S. W.), Junior Algebra Examination Papers, 28 
Fireballs in January, W. F. Denning. 310 
Fireballs Visible in the Spring Months, W. F. Denning, 
Dynamic 
571 
Fire-clay Ware, the Abnormal Red, Blue and Black Color- 
ations of, Messrs. Hopwood and Jackson, 305 
First of Empires, the, W. St. Chad Boscawen, 337 
Fischer (E.), Biological Species of Parasitic Fungi, 17 
“* Fish Hypothesis ’’ and the Transmission of Leprosy, the, 
Jonathan Hutchinson, F.R.S., 395; Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 
395; Dr. John Knott, 442 
Fisher (Prof. W. R.), the Universities and Technical Educa- 
tion, 223; Traité de Sylviculture, Prof. P. Mouillefert, 
410 
Fisheries: Spawn of Food Fishes and Trawling, Dr. Gil- 
christ, 91; Report to the Government of Ceylon on the 
Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar, W. A. 
Herdman, F.R.S., 465; Kent and Essex Sea Fisheries 
Committee, Report on the Sea Fisheries and Fishing 
Industries of the Thames Estuary, Dr. James Murie, 577 
Fleming (Prof.), Measurement and Standard of Small In- 
ductance, 551; a Hot-wire Ammeter for Measuring Very 
Small Alternating Currents, 551 
Flora of the Swiss Alps, the, M. C. Jerosch, 340 
Flora of the Upper Gangetic Plain and of Adjacent Siwalik 
and Subhimalayan Tracts, J. F. Duthie, 125 
Florida Coast, Certain Aborginal Remains of the North- 
West, Clarence B. Moore, 45 
Flowering Plants, South African, Prof G. Henslow, 460 
Fluorescence: Action of Fluorescing Substances on Fer- 
ments and Toxins, H. von Tappeiner, 15 
Fluorescent Bodies Excited by Radium, 523 
Flying-fishes, the Flight of, Captain Barrett-Hamilton, 279 
Fog, Dissipation of, by Electrification, Sir Oliver J. Lodge, 
F.R.S., 94, 135 
Fog Particles Condensed on X-ray and Other Nuclei, 
Photomicrographs of, Dr. C. Barus, 494 
Fog Particles, Direct Micrometric Method for the Measure- 
ment of the Diameter of, Dr. C. Barus, 443 
Folklore: the Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia, R. C. 
Thompson, 26; Macedonian Folklore, G. F. Abbott, 125; 
the Gordiide in Folklore, Nelson Annandale, 393; 
Weather Folklore and Local Weather Signs, Willis L. 
Moore, 485 
Food and Drugs Act, the, 179, 201 
Forbes (Dr. Henry O.), Corrections 
Orang Outang, Ca’ing Whale, 343 
Forestry : Forestry, Dr. W. Schlich, 281; Traité de Sylvi- 
culture, Prof. P Mouillefert, Prof. W. R. Fisher, 410; 
British Forestry, Earl of Onslow, 469 
Formation of Coal, Henry Hall, 250; Captain F. W. 
Hutton, F.R.S , 560 
Formation of Coral Reefs, the, J. Stanley Gardiner, 371, 
581 ;. Ernest H. L. Schwarz, 581 
Formation-Monographs, the Survey, 133 
Forsyth (Prof. A. R., F.R.S.), Universities, their Aims, 
Duties and Ideals, Address at the Southport Literary 
and Philosophical Society, 38 
Forthcoming Cambridge Meeting of the British Associa- 
tion, 585 
Fossil ‘‘ Rain-drops,’? Rev. E. C. Spicer, 535 
Foster (Sir C. Le Neve, F.R.S.), Coal Statistics during 
1902, 89; the Elements of Mining and Quarrying, 603 
Foster (Sir Clement Le Neve, F.R.S.), Death of, 586; 
Obituary Notice of, 614 
Foster (F.), Phenomena due to Repetitions of Stress, 599 
Fouqué (F. A.), Death of, 442 ; Obituary Notice of, 492 
Fournier (H.), Orthotoluic Aldehyde, 48 
Fowler (Prof. A.), Solar and Magnetic Disturbances, 6; 
the Spectra of Antarian Stars in Relation to the Fluted 
Spectrum of Titanium, 525 
Fowler (Dr.), Vertical Distribution of Two Biscayan 
Chetognatha, 381 
Fox, Arctic (Canis lagopus), Note on the, W. F. Lanchester, 
in Nomenclature : 
55 
Fox (Dr. Charles J.), the Vapour Pressure of Liquid 
Oxygen on the Scale of the Constant-volume Oxygen 
Thermometer, 70; Earth Structure, 438 
Fox (Philip), the Spectrum of Lightning, 137 
Fractional Distillation, Prof. S. Young, F.R.S., 410 
Fraichet (L.), Relation which Exists between Sudden Varia- 
tions of the Reluctance of a Magnetised Steel Bar Sub- 
mitted to Traction and the Formation of Luders’s Lines, 
8 
Reonces les Produits coloniaux d’Origine Animale 
(Bibliothéoue Coloniale), H. J. de Cordemoy, 28; the 
Fields of France, Little Essays in Descriptive Sociology, 
Madame Mary Duclaux (A. Mary F. Robinson), 181; a 
French-Chinese Calendar, 259; the French Academy, 
Oliver Heaviside, F.R.S., 317 
Francis (F. F.), Snake Killed by a Mouse, 134 
Francis (Dr. William), Death of, 302; Obituary Notice 
of, 326 
Franklin (Prof. W. L.), Demonstration of Magnetostric- 
tion, 581 
Frémont (M.), the Elastic Limit of Metals, 276 
French (C. H.). Graphs, or the Graphical Representation 
of Algebraic Functions, 363 
French (William), Practical Chemistry, 510 
Freshwater Lochs of Scotland, Bathymetrical Survey of the, 
Sir John Murray, K.C.B., F.R.S., and Laurence Pullar, 
546 
Friction and its Reduction, G. U. Wheeler, 330 
Friction and Lost Work in Machinery and Mill-work, a 
Treatise on, R. H. Thurston, 339 
Friedlinder (Mr.), the Palolo Worm of Samoa, 52% 
Friswell (R. J.), Intramolecular Changes Extending over 
Prolonged Periods of Time, 453 4 
Fritsche (Dr. H.), Atlas der Erdmagnetismus fiir die 
Epochen 1600, t700, 1780, 1842, and 1915, 268 
