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INDEX. 



Abel (Dr. O.), Phylogenetic Evolution of the Cetacean 

 Dentition and the Systematic Relations of the 

 Physeteridfe, 516 



Aberystwyth, Address at University of Wales, some 

 Characteristics of American Universities, Principal H. R. 

 Reichel, 44 



Abetti (Dr.), Comet 1906a (Brooks), 494 



Abney (Sir W. de W.), Instruction in Photography, 124 



Abram (Dr.), Extract of the Duodenal Mucous Membrane 

 counteracts Diabetes, 474 



Absolute Motion, the Existence of, Daniel Comstock, 582 



Absolute Motion, a Plea for, Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 

 462 ; Norman R. Campbell, 484 ; F. J. W. Whipple, 535 



Absorption Spectra of Ultra-violet Rays by Vapour and 

 Liquids, Prof. E. Wiedemann, 101 



Acoustics : the Reason why Deaf Mutes can hear Low 

 Notes better than High Ones, M. Marage, 06 ; the Con- 

 struction of a Vowel Organ, Prof. E. W. Scripture, 159 ; 

 an Acoustical Method for the Demonstration of the Mag- 

 netism of Liquids, T. Terada, 197 ; Sound and Rhythm, 

 W. Edmunds, Prof. John G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 483 



Actinium, a New Product of, Dr. O. Hahn, 559 



Action of Wood on a Photographic Plate, Dr. William J. 

 Russell, F.R.S., 152 



Actualites Scientifiques, Max de Nansouty, 76 



Adami (Prof.), the Question of the Transference of Bovine 

 Tuberculosis to Man through Milk, 516 



Adams (G. I.), Geology of the Iola Quadrangle, Kansas, 



3°7 



Adams (Prof.), Sun-spot Spectra, 425 



Adams (W. Poynter), Motor-car Mechanism and Manage- 

 ment, the Petrol Car, 580 



Adulteration of Butter, the, C. Simmonds, 466, 535; J. H. 

 Lester, 535 



Aeger in the Rivers Trent and Ouse, the, W. H. Wheeler, 

 29 



Aeronautics : the Exploration of the Atmosphere over the 

 Tropical Oceans, Dr. A. L. Rotch and L. Teisserenc 

 de Bort, 54; Highest Kite Ascent, 207; Kite and Balloon 

 Ascents, Dr. Hergesell, 207 ; Tetrahedral Cell Kites de- 

 signed by Dr. A. Graham Bell, 275 ; Observations with 

 Registration Balloons in America, A. L. Rotch, 349 ; 

 Mathematical Investigation of Motions of Aeroplanes and 

 Aerocurves, Captain Ferber, 350 ; Obituary Notice of 

 Colonel Charles Renard, Ch. Ed. Guillaume, 423 ; the 

 Vertical Distribution of the Meteorological Elements above 

 the Atlantic, Dr. A. L. Rotch and L. Teisserenc de Bort, 

 449 ; Ascents of Two Unmanned Balloons, 615 



Afghanistan, Ruins of a Large City found in, 515 



Africa : Transactions of the South African Philosophical 

 Societv, Catalogue of Printed Books, Papers, and Maps 

 relating to the Geology and Mineralogy of South Africa 

 to December 31, 1904, Miss M. Wilman, 28; South 

 African Zoology and Palaeontology, 56 ; Guide to the 

 Victoria Falls, F. W. Sykes, 58 ; Hippopotami at the 

 Victoria Falls, 84; Higher Education at the Cape, no; 

 Ruins in Rhodesia, D.^Randall Maclver, 213-4; Results 

 of Observations made with a Black Bulb Thermometer 

 in vacuo, J. R. Sutton, 324 ; a Grammar of the Kafir 

 Language, J. McLaren, Sir H. H. Johnston, K.C.M.G., 

 481 ; Crustacea from Lakes Tanganyika, Nyasa, and 

 Victoria Nvanza, Dr. W. T. Caiman, 526 ; Fresh-water 



Sponges obtained from Lakes Victoria Nyanza, Tangan- 

 yika, and Nyasa, R. Kirkpatrick, 526 



Agar (W. E.), Development of the Skull and Visceral 

 Arches in Lepidosiren, 239 



Agchylostoma duodenale. Dub., the Anatomy of, A. Looss, 

 Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, F.R.S., 344 



Age of the Earth and other Geological Studies, the, W. J. 

 Sollas, F.R.S., 513 



Agriculture : Decay of Mangoes prevented by Immersion 

 in Solution of Formalin, 16; Nitrates and Nitrites as 

 Manure, Th. Schlcesing, 95 ; Green Manures, H. Wright, 

 134 ; the Mexican Cotton-boll Weevil, Messrs. Hunter 

 and Hinds, 138 ; the Cotton Bollworm, A. L. Quaintance 

 and C. T. Brues, Fred. V. Theobald, 257 ; the Mexican 

 Cotton Boll Weevil, W. D. Hunter and W. E. 

 Hinds, Fred. V. Theobald, 257 ; Auto-cotton- 

 picker, 159 ; Stage at which Grasses should be cut for 

 Fodder, H. H. Cousins, 206 ; the Useful Plants of the 

 Island of Guam, W. E. Safford, 221 ; Agricultural 

 Education and Colonial Development, 250; Dr. J. Walter 

 Leather, 485 ; Bodenkunde, E. Ramann, 266 ; Soils and 

 Fertilisers, Prof. H. Snyder, 266; Minnesota Plant 

 Diseases, Dr. E. M. Freeman, 291 ; Agriculture in the 

 Trans-Caucasus for the Year 1905, Ravages of Locusts, 

 Consul Stevens, 324; the Electric Production of Nitrates 

 from the Atmosphere, Prof. Sylvanus P. Thompson, 

 F.R.S., at Royal Institution, 355 ; Death and Obituary 

 Notice of Prof. Alexander Muller, 371 ; the Mineral 

 Constituents of the Soil Solution, F. K. Cameron and 

 J. M. Bell, 398; Function of Organic Matter in Nitrifi- 

 cation, A. Miintz and E. Laine, 431 ; Experiments with 

 Egyptian Cotton in Sind, Muir MacKenzie, 445 ; English 

 Beet-sugar Industry, Cultivation Trials, G. Clarke, 446 ; 

 Sugar-cane Cultivation in Madras, C. A. Barber, 447 ; 

 the Agathi Plant, 470; Yams Cultivated in Jamaica, 

 Dr. W. Harris, 471 ; Agriculture and the Empire. Sir 

 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., 488; M. J. R. 

 Dunstan, 511; the Utilisation of Nitrogen in Air by 

 Plants, T. Jamieson, 531, 607, A. D. H., 607; Annual 

 Report of the Imperial Department of Agriculture for 

 the Year 1904-5, Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, K.C.M.G., 

 F.R.S., 587; Death and Obituary Notice of Prof. Adolf 

 Emmerling, 5S9 ; the United States Reclamation Service, 

 591 ; Treatment of Seed with Copper Salts, E. Br^al, 

 600; Estimation of Carbon in Soils, A. D. Hall, N. H. J. 

 Miller, and N. Marmu. 623 



Ahlum (C. Chester), Modification of the Volumetric Estim- 

 ation of Free Acid in the Presence of Iron Salts, 431 



Air, Investigation of the Upper, 162 



Aitken (Dr. John, F.R.S.), Interpretation of Meteorological 

 Records, 485, 534 ; Sea-sickness and Equilibration of the 

 Eyes, 560 



Aitken (Prof.), Comet 19056, ioq 



Aitken (Prof. R. G.), Catalogue of Binary Star Orbits, 136 



Alaska, the Mineral Wealth of, 595 



Alcock (Dr. A., F.R.S.), Catalogue of the Indian Decapod 

 Crustacea in the Collection of the Indian Museum, 

 part ii., Anomura Fasciculus i., Pagurides, 317 



Alder (the late Joseph), the British Tunicata, an Un- 

 finished Monograph, 508 



Alford (Charles J.), Mining Law of the British Empire, 

 482 



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