Index 



Algebra : Elementary Algebra, W. G. Borchardt, 293 ; 

 l'Algebre de la Logique, Louis Couturat, 386; a Text- 

 book of Algebra, A. E. Layng, Supp. to November 30, 

 viii. ; an Introduction to Algebra, R. C. Bridgett, Supp. 

 to November 30, viii 



Alicyklischen Verbindungen, Chemie der, Prof. Ossian 

 Aschan, 601 



Allan (J.), Battack Printing in Java, 455 



Allbutt (Prof. T. Clifford, F.R.S.), on Professional Educa- 

 tion, with Special Reference to Medicine, an Address 

 •delivered at King's College, London, 530 



Allen (A. O.), Advanced Examples in Physics, 578 



Allen (Dr. K. J.), Border occasionally seen between Light 

 and Dark Regions on Photographic Plates, 29 



Allen (H. S.), Dewar's Method of producing High Vacua 

 by Means of Charcoal, 207 



Almanac, the British Journal Photographic, and Photo- 

 grapher's Daily Companion for 1906, 221 



Alternate Current Generators, Parallel Running of, M. 

 Boucherot, 545 



Altitudes and Azimuths, Graphical Methods of determining, 

 Mr. Littlehales, 63 



Aluminium, the Production of, and its Industrial Use, 

 Adolphe Minet, 579 



Amar (Jules), Gaseous Osmosis through a Colloidal Mem- 

 brane, 551 



America : some Characteristics of American Universities, 

 Address at University of Wales, Aberyswyth, Principal 

 H. R. Reichel, 44 ; Wild Wings, Adventures of a Camera- 

 hunter among the Larger Wild Birds of North America 

 on Sea and Land, H. K. Job, 123 ; American Practice in 

 Refrigeration, H. M. Haven and F. W. Dean, 122 ; 

 Mathematical Lectures for American Mathematicians, 

 122 ; Plant-breeding in America, 242 ; American Insects, 

 Vernon L. Kellogg, 292 ; American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, 303 ; New Orleans Meeting of 

 the American Association, 403 ; the Behaviour of 

 Platinum and Iridium in Chlorine Water and in Dilute 

 Hydrochloric Acid, 403 ; Popular Conception of the 

 Scientific Man, Prof. W. G. Farlow, 403 ; the Relation 

 of Mechanics to Physics, Prof. Alexander Ziwet, 403 ; 

 the Partition of Energy, Prof. W. F. Magie, 404 ; the 

 Sanitary Value of a Water Analysis, Prof. Leonhard P. 

 Kinnicutt, 404 ; the Generic Concept in the Classification 

 of the Flowering Plants, Prof. B. L. Robinson, 405 ; 

 Investigations and Commercial Tests in Connection with 

 the Work of an Engineering College, Prof. D. S. 

 Jacobus, 406; Preliminary Report on the Geology and 

 Water Resources of Central Oregon, I. C. Russell, 376; 

 a Geological Reconnaissance Across the Cascade Range, 

 G. O. Smith and F. C. Calkins, 376 ; Geology of the 

 Hudson Valley between the Hoosic and the Kinderhook, 

 T. N. Dale, 376; Report of Progress in the Geological 

 Re-survey of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, 

 Waldemar Lindgren and F. L. Ransome, 376 ; Petro- 

 graphy and Geology of the Igneous Rocks of the High- 

 wood Mountains, Montana, L. V. Pirsson, 376; Twenty- 

 fifth Annual Report of the U.S. Geological Survey, 

 100^-4, 376 ; Indiana, Department of Geology and 

 Natural Resources, Twenty-ninth Annual Report, iqo4, 

 W. S. Blatchley. 376 ; Physical Research in America, 

 427; Economic Geology of the United States, Heinrich 

 Ries, 437; the Yellowstone Reserve, 475; the Lincoln 

 Reserve, 475 ; the Gila River Reserve, 475 ; Publications 

 of the U.S. Naval Observatory, American Observations 

 of the Total Solar Eclipses of iqoo and 1901, Rear- 

 Admiral dlhv M. Chester, Dr. William J. S. Lockver, 

 486 



Amos (A.), Determination of Available Plant Food in Soil 

 by the use of Weak Acid Solvents, 357 



Amundsen (Captain), Expedition to the North Magnetic 

 Pole, 59 



Anatomy : Death and Obituary Notice of Prof. Albert 

 von Kolliker, 58; Development of the Thymus Gland in 

 the Lung-fish Lepidosiren paradoxa, Dr. T. H. Bryce, 

 304; Bearing of the Structure of Foetal Whale-flippers 

 on the Development of Additional Digits and Joints in 

 the Hand and Foot of Vertebrates generally. Prof. 

 Svmington, -,04; Topography of the Thorax and Abdo- 

 men, Prof. Potter, 252 ; the Anatomy of Agchylostoma 

 duodenale, Duh., A. Looss, Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, 



F.R.S., w4i Death of Prof. W. F. R. Weldon, F.R.S., 

 589; Obituary Notice of, On 



Anderson (R. H.), Remarkable Surface Outcrop of an Iron 

 Ore Deposit, 517 



Anderson (W.), on the First Tertiary Rocks of Marine 

 Origin discovered in South Africa, 92" 



Andre- (G.), Variations of Phosphoric Acid and Nitrogen 

 in the Juices of the Leaves of Certain Plants, 335 



Andrew (G. W.), Interaction of well-dried Mixtures of 

 Hydrocarbons and Oxygen, 3ii 



Andrews (Dr. Chas. W.), a Suggested Change in Nomen- 

 clature, 224 



Angel (A.), Cuprous Formate, 431 



Angot (A.), the Temperature of France, 230 



Animals : Extinct Animals, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, 

 F.R.S., 6; 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 Origin of Variations in Animals and Plants, 

 Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, 197 ; Comparative Studies in 

 the Psychology of Ants and of Higher Animals, E. Wass- 

 mann, Lord Avebury, F.R.S., 315 ; the Intelligence of 

 Animals, Prof. W. Galloway, 440 



Annandale (Dr. N.), the Dugong, 143 



Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society, Medal Awards, 

 129 



Annuaires, French Astronomical, 233 



Annular Nebula in Cygnus (N.G.C. 6894), G. Tikhoff, 



3°5 



An .ilous Tails of Comets, the, Prof. Barnard, 136 



Anschauungen, Neuere, auf dem Gebiete der anorganischen 



Chemie, Prof. A. Werner, Prof. A. Smithells, F.R.S., 



433 



Antarctica : the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 

 42 ; Antarctic Earthquakes, Observations made with 

 Horizontal Pendulum in the Antarctic Regions, Prof. J. 

 Milne, F.R.S., at Royal Society, 210; the Voyage of the 

 Discovery, Captain R. F. Scott, Prof. J. W. Gregory, 

 F.R.S., 207 



Anthropology: Colour and Race, Dr. John Beddoe, F.R.S., 

 14 ; Difference between Men and Women in the Recog- 

 nition of Colour and the Perception of Sound, Mabel S. 

 Nelson, 61 ; Anthropological Institute, 191, 213, 239, 3S1, 

 454, 503; the Biometrics of Brain-weights, 200; Origin 

 of Eolithic Flints from Natural Causes, S. H. Warren, 

 239; Relationships of the Race of Men whose Remains 

 have been discovered at Krapina, Prof. Goyanovie- 

 Kramberger, 252 ; Man, an Introduction to Anthropology, 

 Dr. W. E. Rotzell, 203 ; Psvchologv and Sociology of the 

 Todas and other Indian Tribes, Dr. W. H. R. ' Rivers, 

 334 ; the Senses of the Todas, Dr. W. H. R. Rivers, 

 517; Anthropological Notes, 354; Totemism among the 

 Khonds, J. E. Friend-Pereira, 354; Ethnography in 

 Assam, Major P. R. T. Gurdon, 354 ; Physical Anthro- 

 pology and Ethnology of British New Guinea, Dr. C. G. 

 Seligmann, 371 : the Agaiambo Dwarfs, British New 

 Guinea, Sir F. Winter, 372 ; Origin of Mankind (accord- 

 ing to the Lamaic Mythology), Rai Sarat Chandra Das 

 Bahadur, 432 ; the Alpine Races in Europe, J. L. Myres, 

 492 ; Ancestor Worship in Japan, W. G. Aston, 503 ; 

 Palaeolithic Imolements from the Neighbourhood of 

 Southampton, W. Dale, 503 ; Tatu in Borneo, R. Shel- 

 ford and Dr. C. Hose, 503 ; Studies of Native Tribes, 

 549 ; Moro History, Law, "and Religion, 540 ; Manners 

 .in.l Customs of Australian Tribes, R. H. Mathews, 

 1149; the Extinct Indians of the Santa Barbara Islands, 

 Dr. G. Eisen, 567; the Euahlayi Tribe, a Study of 

 Aboriginal Life in Australia, K. Langloh Parker, 610; 

 see also British Association 



Antiquities, the Preservation of, a Handbook for Curators, 

 Dr. Friedrich Rathgen, 412 



Ants, Comparative Studies in the Psychology of, and of 

 Higher Animals, E. Wassmann, Lord Avebury, F.R.S.. 



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Aplin (O. V.), the Bird Watcher in the Shetlands, with 

 some Notes on Seals — with Digressions, Edmund Selous, 

 414; Nature-tones and Undertones, J. Maclair Boraston, 

 414 ; the Birds of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Rev. 

 J. E. Kelsall and Philip W. Munn, 465 



Apparent Enlargement of the Moon at the Horizon, Ed. 

 Claparede, 4110 



