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Index 



Motion of the Moon, Theory of the, Ernest W. Brown, 



F.R.S., 272 

 Motor-Car Mechanism and Management, the Petrol Car, 



VV. Foynter Adams, 580 

 Moulton (F. R.), the Evolution of the Solar System, S7 

 Mount Vesuvius, Eruption of, 540 ; see Volcanoes 

 Mount Wilson Observatory, A Fire Near the, 326 ; Prof. 



Hale, 375 

 Moureaux (Th.), Magnetic Disturbance during the Recent 



Auroral Display, 161 

 Moureu (Charles), Determination of the Rare Gases in 

 Natural Gaseous Mixtures, 263 ; Condensation of the 

 Acetylenic Nitriles with Alcohols, 3S3 ; Condensation of 

 the Acetylenic Nitriles with Phenols, 431 

 Move (Prof.), a la Poursuite d'une Ombre, 606 

 Muir (Dr. James), Overstraining of Iron by Tension and 



Compression, 501 

 Muir (Dr. Thomas), Cooperation between Scientific 



Libraries, 372 

 Mulhouse, Prize Subjects of the Industrial Society of, 164 

 Muller (F.), Hohenklima und Bergwanderungen in ihrer 



Wirkung auf den Menschen, 553 

 Muller (Prof. Alexandre), Death and Obituary Notice of, 371 

 Municipal Engineering, British Progress in, W. H. Max- 

 well, 217 

 Munn (Philip W.), the Birds of Hampshire and the Isle of 



Wight, 465 

 Muntz (A.), Intensive Nitrification, 143 ; Function of Or- 

 ganic Matter in Nitrification, 431 

 Muret (E.), les Variations periodiques des Glaciers, 320 

 Murrav (Donald), Atomic Disintegration and the Distribu- 

 tion of the Elements, 125 

 Museums : Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in 

 the British Museum (Natural History), E. W. Oates and 

 Captain S. G. Reid, 53 ; New Museum and Laboratories 

 of Zoologv at Liverpool, 88 ; Summary of Progress of 

 the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom and 

 Museum of Practical Geology for 1904, 204 ; Catalogue 

 of the Indian Decapod Crustacea in the Collection of the 

 Indian Museum, part ii., Anomura, Fasciculus i., 

 Pagurides, Dr. A. Alcock, F.R.S.. 317; Catalogue of the 

 Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural 

 History). Henry M. Bernard, 412 : Catalogue of the 

 Fossil Plants of the GlossoDteris Flora in the Depart- 

 ment of Geology, British Museum (Natural History), 

 being a Monograph of the Permo-Carboniferous Flora of 

 India and the Southern Hemisphere, E. A. Newell Arber. 

 A. C. Seward, F.R.S., 577; Anales del Museo Nacional 

 de Buenos Aires, qSi 

 Mvcologv : British Mosses. E. F.. 54 

 Myres (J. L.), the Alpine Races in Europe, 492 

 Mythology : Origin of Mankind (according to the Lamaic 

 Mythology), Rai Sarat Chandra Das Bahadur, 432 



Nr'ialoi Dialect, the, Otto Scheerer, Dr. A. C. Haddon, 

 F.R.S., 5S4 



Naherungsmethoden, Vorlesungen uber mathematische, Dr. 

 Otto Biermann, 245 



Naming of Colours, the, Alfred H. Crook, 246 



Nansouty (Max del, Actualites Scientifiques, 76 



Naples, Memoirs of the Royal Society of, 327 



National Antarctic Expedition, the Work of the, Capt. 

 R. F. Scott, Prof. J. W. Gregorv, F.R.S., 2Q7 



National Engineering and Trade Lectures, 217 



National Physical Laboratory, the, 514 



Native Tribes, Studies of, 540 



Natural Colours, Photography in, 330 



Natural Historv : Quiet Hours with Nature, Mrs. 

 Brightwen, 4 ;" Death of Captain F. W. Mutton, F.R.S., 

 13 : Obituary Notice of, 32 ; New South Wales Linnean 

 Society, 24, 216, 3S4 ; Travels of a Naturalist in 

 Northern Europe : Norway. 1S71, Archangel, 1S72, Tet- 

 chora, 1S75, J. A. Harvie-Brown. 30 ; Catalogue of the 

 Collection of Birds' Eggs in British Museum (Natural 

 History), E. W. Oates'and Caplain S. G. Reid, 53; My 

 Strange Pets and Other Memories of Country Life, 

 R. Bell, 76; Nature through Microsrone and Camera, 

 Richard Kerr, 104 : the Seat of the Recognition-Sense 

 among Ants, H. Pi<5ron, fu : My Life: a Record of 

 Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace, 145 ; Pic- 



tures from Nature, Richard and Cherry Kearton, 148; 

 Sporting Sketches, E. Sandys, 140 ; Linnean Society, 

 107, 214, 287, 381, 454, 503, 39S ; Beasties Courageous: 

 Studies of Animal Life and Characters, D. English, 177; 

 Northern Trails : Some Studies of Animal Life in the 

 Far North, W. J. Long, 177 ; the Habits of Bees and the 

 Colours of Flowers, Gaston Bonnier, 191 ; Alleged Sheep- 

 killing Habit of the New Zealand Kea Parrot, 205 ; Car- 

 nivorous Habits of the New Zealand Kea Parrot, Prof. 

 W. B. Benham, 559 ; Nature in Eastern Norfolk, Arthur 

 H. Patterson, 221 ; Death and Obituary Notice of 

 Harrison Weir, 251 ; Frigate-Birds as Letter-Carriers, 

 322 ; Habits of Diamond-Tailed Geckos, 322 ; Nebula to 

 Man, Henry R. Knipe, 342 ; More Natural History 

 Essays, Graham Renshaw, 343 ; Death and Obituary 

 Notice of C. J. Cornish, 347; the Falkland Island box, 

 R. N. Rudmose-Brown, 365 ; Natural History and 

 Archaeology of the Waterlilies, 379 ; Catalogue of the 

 Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural 

 History), Henry M. Bernard, 412 ; the Bird Watcher in 

 the Shetlands, with Some Notes on Seals— and Digres- 

 sions, Edmund Selous, O. V. Aplin, 414; Nature-Tones 

 and Undertones, J. Maclair Boraston, O. V. Aplin, 414: 

 the Intelligence of Animals, Prof. W. Galloway, 440 ; 

 the Birds of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Rev. J. E. 

 Kelsall and Philip W. Munn, O. V. Aplin, 465 : Mode 

 in which the American Prongbuck Protects its Voung, 

 H. H. Cross, 470 ; the Natural History of Selborne, Rev. 

 Gilbert White, 581 

 Natural Science in Hvgiene, or the Life-history of the 

 Non-bacterial Parasites Affecting Man, Dr. James Rodger 

 Watson, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 484 

 Natural Selection : Death and Obituary Notice of Canon 



Tristram, F.R.S., 469 

 Nature, La, et la Vie, Henri de Varigny, 402 

 Nature, the Interpretation of, C. Lloyd Morgan, F.R.S., 



265 

 Nature, the Metaphysics of, Carveth Read, 290 

 Nature and Origin o'f Living Matter, the, Dr. H. Charlton 



Bastian, F.R.S., 361 

 Naval Architecture : Mast and Sail in Europe and Asia, 

 H. Warrington Smvth, Sir W. H. White, K.C.B., 

 F.R.S., 536; Institution of Naval Architects. 571 

 Naval Observatory, the United States, Rear-Admiral 



Chester, 37^ 

 Navigation : Vacht Measurement Rules, R. E. Froude, 572 ; 

 Motor-Boats, Linton Hope, 572 ; James A. Smith, 572 ; 

 Gas Engines for Ship Propulsion, J. E. Thornycroft, 572 

 Nebula to" Man, Henrv R. Knipe, 342 



Nebula in Cvgnus (N.G.C. 6S94), Annular, G. Tikhoff, 305 

 Nebula, the Ring, in Lyra, Dr. Newkirk, 448, Prof. E. E. 



Barnard, 448 

 Nebula in Scorpio, a Large Photographic, Prof. Barnard, biS 

 Nebula?, Cluster of, in Perseus, Dr. Max Wolf, 44S 

 Nebulae, Observations of, M. Bigourdan, 617 

 Nebula;, Stars and, Prof. R. A. Gregory, 505 

 Nebular Hypothesis, Some Suggestions on the. Dr. Halm, 38 

 Nebulosity' around Nova Aquilac, Prof. Frost, 279 ; Prof. 



E. C. Pickering, 279 

 Nebulosity around Nova Aquike No. 2, the Supposed, 



Prof. Frost, 518 

 Nebulous Matter, the Probable Volcanic Origin of, Prof. 



J. M. Schaeberle, 296 

 Negritos of Zamabales, William Allan Reed, Dr. A. C. 



Haddon, F.R.S., sS 4 

 Nelson (Mabel S.), Difference between Men and Women 

 in the Recognition of Colour and the Perception of 

 Sound, 61 

 Nelson (R. M.V the Elixir Fluid Turbine, 350 

 Nemec (Prof. B.1, Studien uber die Regeneration. 170 

 Neptune's Satellite, Suggested Name for, M. Fouche, 182 

 Neville (A.), Resolution of 2 : 3-Dihydro-3-Methylindene-2- 

 Carboxylic Acid into its Optically Active Isomerides, 431 

 New Orleans Meeting of the American Association, the, 



402 ; see also American Association 

 New South Wales Linnean Society, 24, 216, 3S4 

 New South Wales Royal Society, 240, 456 

 New Zealand : Botany of the Far North of New Zealand, 

 Dr. L. Cockayne, 16; the Geography of New Zealand, 

 P. Marshall, 123 : Carnivorous Habits of New Zealand 

 Kea Parrot, 203 ; Prof. W. B. Benham, 359 ; the Rocks 



