Index 



of Cape Colville Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand, 



Prof. Sollas, F.R.S., 234 

 Newall (H. F.), Polarisation Phenomena at Guelma in 



the Eclipse 1905 August 30, 191 

 Newcomb (Prof.), the Zodiacal Light to the North of the 



Sun, 161 

 Newkirk (Dr.), the Ring Nebula in Lyra, 448 

 Newsholme (Dr.), the Decline of Human Fertility, 230 

 Newton (Prof. Alfred), Ootheca Wolleyana : an Illustrated 



Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs formed by the 



late John Wolley, 387 

 Newtonian Laws, Molecular Forces and, Alex. Clark, 51 

 Niagara, Canadian Electric Power Stations at, Orrin. E. 



Dunlap, 161 

 Nicholson (William), Smoke Abatement : a Manual for the 



Use <>f Manufacturers, Inspectors, Medical Officers of 



Health, Engineers, and Others, 411 

 Nicol Prism, the Inventor of the, 340, 371 ; Prof. Silvanus 



P. Thompson, F.R.S., 340 

 Nicolson (J. G.), Rare Plants found in Scotland, 323 

 Nile Quest, the, a Record of the Exploration of the Nile 



and its Basin, Sir Harry Johnston, K.C.M.G., K.C.B., 



39' 

 Nitrates, the Electric Production of. from the Atmosphere, 



Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S., at Roval Institu- 

 tion. 355 

 Nitrogen, Utilisation of, in Air by Plants, Thos. Jamieson, 



531, 607; A. D. H., 60S 

 Nobel Prize Awards, 156 

 Noble (Sir Andrew, Bart., K.C.B., F.R.S.), Researches on 



Explosives, 116 

 Nolda (Dr. A.), Climate of St. Moritz, 350 

 Nomenclature, a Suggested Change in. Dr. Chas. W. 



Andrews, 224 

 Nomenclature of Kinship; its Extension, Dr. Francis 



Galton, F.R.S., 150 

 Nopcsa (Baron), Carnivorous Dinosaurs from the Oxford 



Clay, 15; Kerunia from the Egyptian Eocene, 15 

 Nordenskjbld (Baron Erland), Expedition to the Andes, J4 

 Nordmann (Charles), Ionisation of the Atmosphere 



during Total Solar Eclipse, 208 

 Norfolk, Eastern, Nature in, Arthur H. Patterson, 221 

 Norlund (N. E.), the Orbit of £ Ursse Majoris, 255 

 Norman (F. J.), the Fighting Man of Japan, 271 

 North Pole, Catalogue of Stars within Two Degrees of 



the, Dr. Caroline E. Furness, 375 

 Northern Trails: Some Studies of Animal Life in the 



Far North, W. J. Long, 177 

 Nova Aquilae, Nebulosity around, Prof. Frost, 279, 518; 



Prof. E. C. Pickering, 279 

 Nova Aquila? No. 2, Prof. Wolf, .87; J. A. Parkhurst, 136 

 Nova Geminorum, Observations of, Dr. K. Graff, 305 

 Nova Persei (No. 2), the Spectrum of, iS; Observations of. 



Dr. K. Graff, 305 

 Nutrition, Physiological Economy in, 328 

 Nymphaja. a Monograph of the Genus, the Waterlilies, 



Henry S. Conard, 379 



Oates (E. W.), Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs 

 in British Museum (Natural Historv), 53 



Objective-prism Determinations of Stellar' Radial Veloci- 

 ties, Geo. C. Comstock, 592 



Observatories : Report of the Yerkes Observatory, Prof. 

 Hale, iS : the Solar Observatory on Mount Wilson, Cali- 

 fornia, Contributions from the Solar Observatory of the 

 Carnegie Institution of Washington, Prof. G. E. Hale, 

 67; a Fire Near the Mount Wilson Observatory, 326- 

 Prof. Hale, 375 ; the Companion to the Observatory, 

 1906, 182: the United States Naval Observatory, Rear- 

 Admiral Chester, 373; Publications of the U.S. Naval 

 Observatory, American Observations of the Total Solar 

 Eclipses of 1000 and 1901, Rear-Admiral Colbj \l 

 Chester, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 486; Photographies 

 de la Granulation solaire faites a Poulkowa, Prof. A. 

 Hansky, W. E. Rolston, 401 ; Harvard College Observ- 

 atory, Prof. Pickering, 404; Mounting the 60-inch Re- 

 flector at Harvard, ,6q ; the Melbourne Observatory, 569 



Oceanography of the Pacific, Dr. James M. Flint, 586 



Oehmen (Mr.), an Instrument Devised by, for Surveying 

 Bore-holes, 92 



Okada (T.), the Climate of the Bonin Islands, S6 ; Rainfall 



of China and Corea, 107 

 Oldham (R. D.), Constitution of the Interior of the Earth 



as revealed by Earthquakes, 502 ; Earthquake Origins, 



Major E. G. Harboe, 620 

 Oliver (Prof. F. W.), the Origin of Gymnosperms, 542 

 Oliver (T.), Relation between Normal "Take-up" and 



Degree of Twist in Twisted Threads, 383 

 Olszewski (Prof.), Unsuccessful Attempt to Liquefy 



Helium, 325 

 Oltramare (Prof. Gabriel), Death of, 613 

 Omond (R. T.), Interpretation of Meteorological Records, 



5,2 + 



Ophthalmology : Physiologie de la Lecture et de lT.criture, 



Emile Javal, J. Herbert Parsons, 268 

 Optics : Border occasionally seen between Light and 

 Dark Regions on Photographic Prints, Sir Oliver Lodge, 

 F.R.S., 5, 54; Dr. F. J. Allen, 29; R. Child Bayley, 29; 

 Light Emission by Plants, Prof. H. Molisch, 85 ; on 

 Constant-Deviation Prisms, T. H. Blakesley, 95; De- 

 termination of the Angle between the Optic Axes of a 

 Crystal in Parallel Polarised Light, Dr. J. W. Evans, 

 166; the Analytical Theory of Light, J. Walker, 241; 

 the Colour Sensitivity of the Peripheral Retina, John 

 Wallace Baird, 260 ; the Electromagnetic Theory of 

 Light, Dr. C. E. Curry, 316; Fresnel's Theory of 

 Double Refraction, James Walker, 319; the Inventor of 

 the Nicol Prism, 340, 371 ; Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson, 

 F.R.S., 340; the Practical Photographer, No. 27, Photo- 

 graphic Optics and Lenses, No. 28, the Optical Lantern 

 for Projection and Enlarging, 437; die optischen Instru- 

 mente, Dr. Moritz von Rohr, 461; Sommerfeld's Diffrac- 

 tion Problem and Reflection by a Parabolic Mirror, Prof. 

 H. Lamb, 479; Talbot's Lines, J. Walker, 502; 

 Mechanism of the Positive Light, P. Villard, 527; 

 Cooper-Hewitt Lamp as a Source of Monochromatic 

 Light, Ch. Fabry and H. Buisson, 551 ; Improved 

 Apparatus for measuring Magnetic Rotations and obtain- 

 ing a Powerful Sodium Light, W. H. Perkin, sen., 623 

 Orbit of a Corona? Borealis, the. Prof. Doberck, 39 

 Orbit of £ Ursae Majoris, the, N. E. Norlund, 255 

 Orbital Elements of Two Meteors, Dr. P. Moschick, 161 

 Orbits, Double Star, Prof. Doberck, 305 

 Ore Analysis, Technical Methods of, A. H. Low, 532 

 Ore and Stone Mining, a Treatise on, Sir C. Le Neve 



Foster, 220 

 Oregon, Preliminary Report on the Geology and Water 



Resources of Central, I. C. Russell, 376 

 Organic Chemistry, Introduction to the Study of, John 



Wade, 172 

 Organic Evolution, C. W. Saleeby, 99 

 Organisms, Ions and, 193 



Organography of Plants, Dr. K. Goebel, 412 

 Orientation : the Great Gnomon of Florence Cathedral, 



258 

 Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse, the, W. 



Ridgeway, 126 

 Origin of Living Matter, the Nature and, Dr. H. Charlton 



Bastian, F.R.S., 361 

 Origines de la Statique, les, P. Duhem, Supp. to November 



3°. ix 

 Orkney Islands, Bird-life at the South, Wm. Eagle Clarke, 



570 

 Ornithologv : Travels of a Naturalist in Northern Europe, 

 Norway, 1S71, Archangel, 1S72, Petchora, 1875, J. A. 

 Harvie-Brown, 50; Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' 

 Eggs in the British Museum (Natural Historv - ), E. W. 

 Oates and Captain S. G. Reid, 53 : Wild Wines, Adven- 

 tures of a Camera-hunter among the Larger Wild Birds 

 of North America on Sea and Land, H. K. Job, 123 ; 

 the Exterminated Reunion Starling, G. Renshaw, 134: 

 Life-history of the Emperor Penguin, Edward A. Wilson 

 at Roval Institution, 211 ; Frigate-birds as Letter-carriers, 

 322 ; Habits of Diamond-tailed Geckos, 322 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Sir Robert L. Patterson, 347 : Ootheca 

 Wolleyana, an Illustrated Catalogue of (he Collection of 

 Birds' Eggs formed by the late John Wolley, Prof. 

 Alfred Newton, -587 ; Eggs of the Native Birds of Britain 

 and List of British Birds,' Past and Present, W. J. 

 Gordon, 387; the Bird Watcher in the Shetlands. with 

 some Notes on Seals — and Digressions, Edmund Selous, 



