Nature, 1 

 June 14, 1906J 



Index 



August 24 to 26 in Counties Dublin and Wicklow, Sir 

 John W. Moore, 95; the Gales of November 26, 107; 

 Rainfall of China and Corea, T. Okada, 107 ; Use of 

 Platinum Resistance Thermometers in Determining the 

 Temperature of (he Air at Helwan, E. B. H. Wade, 107; 

 Future Problems of Maritime Meteorology, Prof. Herge- 

 sell, 135 ; a Preliminary Investigation of the More Im- 

 portant Features of the Meteorology of Southern Asia, 

 the Indian Ocean, and Neighbouring Countries during the 

 Period 1S92-1902, Sir John Eliot, F.R.S., 136; Meteoro- 

 logie und Klimatologie, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Trabert, 

 149 ; Investigation of the Upper Air, 162 ; the Pulse of 

 the Atmospheric Circulation, Dr. W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 

 175 ; Method Employed by the Prince of Monaco for 

 Ascertaining the Conditions of the Upper Air by Means 

 of Unmanned Balloons, Prof. H. Hergesell, 181 ; Highest 

 Kite Ascent, 207 ; Kite and Balloon Ascents, Dr. Herge- 

 sell, 207 ; Flying Kites in Barbados, C. J. P. Cave, 

 262 ; Observations with Registration Balloons in 

 America, A. L. Rotch, 349 ; Ascents of Two Unmanned 

 Balloons, 615 ; Thunder and Lightning, Camille 

 Flammarion, 196 ; Rainfall of Chemulpo, 207 ; Period- 

 icity of Rainfall, A. P. Jenkin, 209 ; the Forms of 

 Cirrus-clouds, Prof. Oslhoff, 209 ; Recent Studies of 

 Periods in Meteorology, 209 ; Seasons in the British Isles 

 from 1878, Dr. W. N. Shaw, 210; Correlation of Hydro- 

 graphic, Biological, and Meteorological Data, Otto 

 Petterson, 210; the Temperature of France, A. Angot, 

 230 ; Severe Gale of January 5-6, 254 ; Lehrbuch der 

 Meteorologie, Prof. Julius Hann, 270 ; Rainfall of 1905, 

 Dr. H. R. Mill, 304; Rainfall Observations for the 

 Years 1896-1904 at Seoul, Corea, Mr. Li, 324 ; Results 

 of Observations Made with a Black Bulb Thermometer 

 in Vacuo, J. R. Sutton, 324; the International Meteor- 

 ological Conference at Innsbruck, 331 ; Hurricanes in 

 the West India Islands, Hesketh Bell, 348 ; Climate of 

 St. Moritz, Dr. A. Nolda and C. Biihrer, 350 ; Weather 

 of Canada for 1903, 374; Rainfall of South Australia, 

 Sir Chas. Todd, 399 ; a 300-Year Climatic and Solar 

 Cycle, Thos. W. Kingsmill, 413 ; Cloud Studies, Arthur 

 W. Clayden, Prof. H. Hildebrand Hildebrandsson, 416; 

 Death and Obituary Notice of Henry James Chaney, 

 419 ; Carbondale, Pennvsylvania, Tornado of August 30, 

 1905, W. M. Dudley, 423 ; Tornado at Meridian, Missis- 

 sippi, 447 ; Hurricane in South Pacific on February 7 

 and 8, 447 ; the Vertical Distribution of the Meteor- 

 ological Elements above the Atlantic, Dr. A. L. Rotch 

 and L. Teisserenc de Bort, 449 ; Wintry March Weather 

 over the British Islands, 469 ; Climatology of 1905, MM. 

 Flammarion and Loisel, 471 ; Meteorological Report of 

 Ceylon for 1904, 471 ; New Meteorological Instruments, 

 Messrs. Lander and Smith, 472 ; the Thunderstorm of 

 February 8, Mr. Lander, 472 ; Interpretation of Meteor- 

 ological Records, Dr. John Aitken, F.R.S., 485, 534 ; 

 R. T. Omond, 512; A. Lander, 584; a More Rational 

 Treatment of Climatology, R. de C. Ward, 493 ; Is 

 London Fog Inevitable? Dr. W. N. Shaw, 493 ; Weather 

 during Week Ending March 29, 517 ; the Climate of 

 Beyrout, Dr. S. Kostlivy, 568 ; Meteorological Office's 

 Annual Summary for 1905, 568; Konstant auftretende 

 secundare Maxima und Minima in dem jahrlichen Ver- 

 lauf der Meteorologischen Erscheinungen, Dr. van 

 Rijckevorsel, 594 ; Studies of Temperature and Pressure 

 Observations, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 594; Study of 

 the Meteorological Observations Made during Nansen's 

 North Polar Expedition in 1893-6, Prof. Mohn, 595 ; 

 Barometrische Ausgleichsbewegung in der Erdatmo- 

 sphare, Dr. Wilhelm Krebs, 595 ; a Horizontal Rainbow, 

 W. R. M. Church, 608 

 Meteors : the Leonid Meteors, 1905, John R. Henry, 28 ; 

 the Meteors of Biela's Comet, Mr. Denning, 64; Orbital 

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

 Observations of the Lyrid Meteors, April, 1904, Dr. 

 Jirf Kavan, 352 ; Fireball of January 27, 1906, W. F. 

 Denning, 427 ; a Brilliant Fireball, Mr. Denning, 474 ; 

 the April Meteors, W. F. Denning, 560 ; John R. Henry, 

 560 

 Methven (C. W\), on South African Harbours, 65 

 Metropolis, the Control of the Gas Supply of the, 273 

 Meunier (Prof. Stanislas), Dust Due to Eruption of 

 Vesuvius, 614 



Mexican Cotton-Boll Weevil, the, W. D. Hunter and 

 W. E. Hinds, Fred V. Theobald, 257 



Meyer (G.), Light Emitted by Radium Bromide due to 

 the Impact of the Becquerel Rays on the Particles of 

 Nitrogen, 325 



Meyerhoffer (Dr.), Landolt-Bornstein — Physikalisch-chem- 

 ische Tabellen, Supp. to November 30, vi 



Micrometer Measures of Double Stars, Dr. H. E. Lau, 

 2 3 2 



Micrometer Measures of Struve Double Stars, Dr. H. E. 

 Lau, 495 



Microscopy: Royal Microscopical Society, 23, 118, 287, 

 357, S°3, 575 1 Simple Portable Camera for Use with 

 the Microscope, E. Moffat, 23 ; Hand Microtome, Mr. 

 Flatters, 23 ; Nature through Microscope and Camera, 

 Richard Kerr, 104 ; the Movements of Diatoms Caused 

 by the Evolution of Gas, Daniel D. Jackson, 159 ; the 

 Formation of Spicules, W. Woodland, 179 ; Segmentation 

 and Phylogeny of Arthropods, Prof. Carpenter, 252 ; 

 Photographs of Diatoms taken by the Zeiss Apparatus, 

 Designed by Dr. August Kohler, Photomicrography with 

 Ultra-Violet Light, Mr. Rheinberg, 287 ; Elements of 

 Applied Microscopy, Charles-Edward Amory Winslow, 

 365 ; Microscopes and Accessories : How to Make and 

 Use Them, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 412 ; Microscopic 

 Aquatic Plants of Our Waters, Dr. F. E. Fritsch 

 at London Institution, 499 ; Death and Obituary Notice 

 of Prof. Lionel Smith Beale, 540 ; a Newly Discovered 

 Synangium, D. M. S. Watson, 542 



Miers (H. A.), Refractive Indices of Crystallising Solu- 

 tions, 357; Studies in Crystallisation: Sodium Nitrate, 



358 

 Milk, Action of Bacteria in the Souring of, 85 

 Milk, Bacteriological Examination of, Dr. A. C. Houston, 



492 

 Milk and Copper, John Golding and Dr. Feilman, 399 

 Mill (Dr. H. R.), Rainfall of 1905, 304 

 Millais (J. G.), the Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland, 



Supp. to November 30, iii 

 Miller (Edward Y.), the Bataks of Palawan, 584 

 Miller (N. H. J.), Estimation of Carbon in Soils, 623 

 Miller (W. G.), Cobalt-Nickel Arsenides and Silver De- 

 posits of Temiskaming, Ontario, 231 

 Millosevich (Prof. E.), Comets 19056 and 1905c, 182 

 Milne (Prof. John, F.R.S.), the British Association and 



Our Colonies, 77 ; Antarctic Earthquakes, Observations 



Made with Horizontal Pendulum in the Antarctic 



Regions, Paper at Roval Society, 210 

 Milroy (Dr. J. A.), Zur 'Erkenntniss der Kolloide : Ueber 



irreversible Hydrosole und Ultramikroskopie, Richard 



Zsigmondy, 410; Physiologie des Menschen, Dr. L. 



Luciani, 606 

 Mimicry, the Bates-MUIler Hypothesis of, a Question of 



Historical Accuracy, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 100 

 Minchin (H. D.), a Simple Arrangement for Purifying 



Mercury, 494 

 Minerals : Minerals Recently Found in the Binnenthal, 



R. H. Solly, 167; Mineral Production of India, T. H. 



Holland, F.R.S., 493; the Mineral Wealth of Alaska, 



5 Q 5 

 Mineralogy : Mineralogy of Ceylon, A. K. Coomaraswamy 

 and James Parsons, 134; Mineralogical Society, 166, 

 358 ; the Production of Gold and Silver in the United 

 States in 1904, W. Lindgren, 306 ; Copper Production 

 of the United States, W. H. Weed, 306 ; Fluorspar De- 

 posits of Southern Illinois, H. Foster Bain, 306; Zinc 

 and Lead Deposits of North-Western Illinois, H. Foster 

 Bain, 306; Kleinite, Dr. A. Sachs, 325; Geikielite and 

 the Ferro-Magnesian Titanates, T. Crook and B. M. 

 Jones, 358 ; the Iron-Ore Deposits of Sydvaranger, 

 G. Henriksen, 398 : Technical Methods of Ore Analysis, 

 A. II. Low, 532; Death of Gustave Davalque, 543; the 

 Nature of Carnotite, Messrs. Hillebrand and Ransome, 

 547 ; Analysis of Dumortierite, Mr. Schaller, 547 ; Occur- 

 rence of Bauxite in India, Dr. T. H. Holland, 547 ; 

 Precious Stones Considered in Their Scientific and 

 Artistic Relations, Prof. A. H. Church, F.R.S., Supp. 

 to November 30, x 

 Miners' Worm, Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, F.R.S., 344 

 Minet (Adolphe), the Production of Aluminium and its 

 Industrial Use, 579 



