Index 



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Algebra, W. G. Borchardt, 293 ; Meccanica Razionale, 

 Roberto Marcolongo, 318; Science and Hypothesis, Prof. 

 H. Poincare\ Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 313; Wis- 

 senschaft und Hypothese, Prof. H. Poincar£, Prof. 

 Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 31} ; Integral Calculus for 

 Beginners, Alfred Lodge, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 

 337; Theorem in Hyper-complex Numbers, J. H. Mac- 

 lagen Wedderburn, 358 ; L'Algebre de la Logique, 

 Louis Couturat, 386; a Geometrical Political Economy, 

 H. Cunynghame, 386; the Collected Mathematical 

 Works of George William Hill, 409; A Problem in 

 Analytic Geometry with a .Moral, Prof. Maxime Bficher, 

 447; Sommerfeld's Diffraction Problem and Reflection 

 by a Parabolic Mirror, Prof. H. Lamb, 479 ; Lectures 

 on the Theory of Functions of Real Variables, J. Pier- 

 pont, 483 ; a Course in Mathematical Analysis, Edouard 

 Goursat, 511; Formula for Finding the Date of Easter, 

 Chas. Leigh, 535 ; the Integration of Functions of a Single 

 Variable, Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathe- 

 matical Physics, No. 2, G. H. Hardy, 55S ; a Property 

 which Holds Good for all'Groupings of a Normal Distri- 

 bution of Frequency for Two Variables with Applications 

 to the Study of Contingency-tables for the Inherit- 

 ance of Unmeasured Qualities, G. Udny Vule, 574 ; 

 Death of Prof. Gabriel Oltramare, 613 ; the Winchester 

 Arithmetic, C. Godfrey and G. M. Bell, Supp. to Novem- 

 ber 30, viii ; a Text-book of Algebra, A. E. Lavng, 

 Supp. to November 30, viii; an Introduction to Algebra, 

 R. C. Bridgett, Supp. to November 30, viii ; Elementary 

 Modern Geometry, H. G. Willis, Supp. to November 30, 

 viii; Tables and Constants to Four Figures, William 

 Hall, Supp. to November 30, viii 



Mathews (R. H.), Manner's and Customs of Australian 

 Tribes, 540 



Matignon (C), New Type of Compound in the Group of 

 Rare Metals, 287 



Matley (Dr. C. A.), the Carboniferous Rocks at Rush 

 (County Dublin), 312 



Matteucci (Dr. V. F. L.), Eruption of Vesuvius, 614 



Matthews (D.), Hydrographical Researches in the 

 Southern North Sea and in the English Channel, 256 



Maurain (Ch.), Kathodic Pulverisation's, 263 



Mauricheau-Beaupre' (Paul), Combustion o'f Acetylene by 

 Oxygen, 335 



Mawson (D.), Geology of the New Hebrides, 216 



Maximum Number of Double Points on a Surface the 

 A. B. Basset, F.R.S., 246 



Maxwell (W. H.), British Progress in Municipal Engineer- 

 ing, 217 



Maxwell's Theory of Light, 316 



Mayer (Prof. W.'), Death of,' 346 



M.ivet (M.), the Inoculation of Cancer, 263 



Meccanica Razionale, Roberto Marcolongo, 318 



Mechanics : an Introduction to the Design of Beams, 

 Girders, and Columns in Machines and Structures with 

 Examples in Graphic Statics, W. H. Atherton, 1 ; 

 Mechanics for Engineers, a Text-book of Intermediate 

 Standard, Arthur Morley, r; Mechanics of Materials 

 Mansfield Merriman, 25 ; Coefficient of Utilisation of 

 Helices, Edgar Taffoureau, 143; Ascent of Sap in Trees, 

 Frank Harris, 246; the Relation of Mechanics to 

 Physics, Prof. Alexander Ziwet, 403 ; les Origines cie 

 la Statique, P. Duhem, Supp. to November v. ix 



Medicine: Radium and Other Radio-active' Substances, 

 their Application especially to Medicine, Dr. Charles 

 Baskerville, 2 ; Sir Frederick Treves on the Army Medical 

 Service, 13; Death of Sir J. S. Burdon-Sanderson, Bart., 

 F.R.S., 105; Obituary Notice of, 127; the late Sir 

 John Burdon-Sanderson, Sir Lauder Brunton, F.R.S., 

 iso; Handbook of Physiology for Students and Prac- 

 titioners of Medicine, ' Dr. Austin Flint, Prof. J. S. 

 Macdonald, 2fio; Medical Inspection and Feeding of 

 Children in Schools, 2S6 ; a Text-hook of Materia Medica 

 for Students of Medicine, C. R. Marshall, ^39; the 

 Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London Cen- 

 tenary, 1805-190S, Dr. Norman Moore and Stephen 

 Paget, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 388; on Professional Edu- 

 cation with Special Reference to Medicine, an Address 

 delivered at King's College, London, on October 3 

 1905, Prof. T. Clifford Allbutt, F.R.S., 530; the Phar- 

 macological Action of Digitalis, Strophanth'us. and Squill 



on the Heart, G. S. Haynes, 542 ; Creatinin the Cause 

 of the Masking of the Sugar Reaction in Urine-testing, 

 Dr. MacLean, 542 

 Mediterranean Fever, 550 

 Mee (A.), the Heavens at a Glance, 425 

 Meidinger (Dr. Johann), Death of, 58 

 Meigen (Prof. W.), Atomic Disintegration, 389 

 Melanistic Form of the Wall-Lizard, G. A. Boulenger, 



F.R.S., 189 

 Melbourne Observatory, the, 569 



Meldola (Prof. R., F.R.S.), the Bates-MUUer Hypothesis 

 of Mimicry, a Question of Historical Accuracy, 100 ; 

 Chemistry in Rural Schools, 55S 

 Mellor (Dr. J. W.), Higher Mathematics for Students of 

 Chemistry and Physics, with Special Reference to Prac- 

 tical Work, 290 

 Mellor (E. T.), on the Evidences in the Transvaal of 

 Glacial Conditions in Permo-Carboniferous Times, 92 

 Memory, Stimulus and, 338 



Mennell (F. P.), Geological Problems of Rhodesia, 547 

 Menschen, Physiologie des, Dr. L. Luciani, Dr. J. A. 



Milroy, 606 ' 

 Menten (Miss M. L.), Chlorides in Nerve Cells and Fibres, 



3" 

 Mcnield (C. J.), Astronomical Refraction, 240 

 Merriam (Dr. C. H.), Is Mutation a Factor in Evolution of 



Higher Vertebrates? 491 

 Merrifield (F.), Influence of Temperature on Insects, 516 

 Merrill (E. D.), the Manila Elemi Plant, 423 

 Merriman (Mansfield), Mechanics of Materials, 25 

 Merriman (R.), the Tetrazoline Group, 119 

 Merzbecher (Dr. Gottfried), the Central Tian-Shan Moun- 

 tains, 227 

 Mesure et D^-veloppement de l'Audition, Dr. Marage, Prof. 



John G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 292 

 Metallurgy : Death and Obituary Notice of William Henry 

 Greenwood, 34 ; Methods for Determination of Man- 

 ganese in Iron and Steel, A. A. Read, 36 ; Properties 

 of a Series of Iron-Nickel-Manganese-Carbon Alloys, 

 Dr. H. C. H. Carpenter, R. A. Hadfield, and Percy 

 Longmuir, 10S; Handbook of Metallurgy, Prof. Carl 

 Schnabel, 124; Prehistoric Mass of Metal Found near 

 Nancy, G. Arth and P. Lejeune, 180; Composition of 

 a Cast-iron Cannon Ball Found under Old Moat of the 

 Bastille, A. Porlier, 181 ; Physics of Ore Flotation, J. 

 Swinburne and Dr. G. Rudorf, 214; Concentration of 

 Metalliferous Sulphides by Flotation, Prof. A. K. 

 Huntingdon, 214; the Nickel-Vanadium Steels, Dr. L. 

 Guillet, 350; the Largest Steel Ingot Ever Made, 371; 

 Copper and its Alloys in Antiquity, Prof. W. Gowland, 

 381 ; the Manufacture of Chilled Rolls, E. de Loisy, 

 398; the Origin of Bronze, Dr. John W. Evans, 414; 

 Overstraining of Iron by Tension and Compression, Dr. 

 James Muir, 501 ; Elementary Practical Metallurgy, Iron 

 and Steel, Percy Longmuir, A. McWilliam, 509 ; Re- 

 sistance of Iron and Steel to Reversals of Direct Stress, 

 Dr. T. E. Stanton and L. Bairstow, 617 

 Metamorphism, a Treatise on, Charles Edward van Hise, 



45° 



Metaphysics : Immanuel Kant's Kleinere Schriften zur 

 Logik und Metaphysik, 98 ; the Metaphysics of Nature, 

 Carveth Read, 290 



Meteorology : Report of Inter-State Astronomical and 

 Meteorological Conference, Adelaide, May, 1905, 8 ; 

 Rainfall in Mysore for 1904, J. Cook, 17; Constantly 

 Occurring Secondarv Maxima and Minima in the Yearly 

 Range of Meteorological Phenomena, Dr. van Rijckevor- 

 sel, 36; Martian Met -. rology, Prof. W. H. Pickering, 

 38 ; the Exploration -f the Atmosphere Over the 

 Tropical Oceans, Dr. n. L. Rotch and L. Teisserenc de 

 Bort, 54 ; Cyclone in the Philippine Islands, 61 ; Aurora 

 of November 15, Rowland A. Earp, 79 ; R. Langton 

 Cole, 80 ; Magnetic Storms and Aurora, Dr. Charles 

 Chree, F.R.S.'; 101, 173; F. C. Dennett, 152; Dr. 

 Alexander Graham Bell, 197; Prof. H. Gedmuyden, 197; 

 Aurora; of November 15 and December 12, Dr. Alexander 

 Graham Bell, 223 ; Aurora of November 15, Prof. M. P. 

 Rudzki, 246; Symons Gold Medal Awarded to Lieut. - 

 General Sir Richard Strachev, F.R.S., 84; the Climate 

 of the Bonin Islands, T. Okada, 86: Royal Meteor- 

 ological Society, 95, 262, 357, 455, 527; Rainstorm of 



