xlii 
Still Unknown Law of Rotation of Planets of Feeble Bright- 
ness, H. Deslandres, 360; Spectral Researches on the Rota- 
lion of the Planet Uranus, H. Deslandres, 572; Automatic 
Spectrographs Registering the Radial Movements and the 
Thickness of the Solar Chromosphere, H. Deslandres, 
624 
Spencer (L. J.), Reasons for the Non-existence of ‘* Kalgoor- 
lite” and *‘ Coolgardite”’ as Mineral Species, 215 
Spencer’s (Stanley) Air Ship, 539 
Spiderland, Rose Haig Thomas, 270 
Spiders, the Common, of the United States, James H. Emerton, 
630 
Spirals, Vortex, Dr. J. Larmor, F.R S., 630 
Spurge, Action of, on Salmonoid Fishes, H. M. Kyle, 45 
Stafford (Mr.), Reactions between Acid and Basic Amides in 
Liquid Ammonia, 541 
Stars: New Variable Stars, 68, 234; Naming of, 425 ; Variable 
Stars, 309; Notation of Variable Stars, 208 ; Observations 
of the Variable Star x* Cygni during 1899, 282; a New Algol 
Variable, 115; Mrs. Fleming, 331; A. Stanley Williams, 
551, 638; Observations of Variable Stars of Long Period, 
638 ; Prof. Vickering, 486; Catalogue of North Polar Stars, 
Prof. Pickering, 88 ; Occultations of Stars and Solar Eclipses, 
Francis Cranmer Penrose, 149; Observations of Nova Persei, 
233, 252; Discoverer of Nova Persei, 282; Spectrum of Nova | 
Persei, Prof. Campbell and Mr. Wright, 425 ; the Changes in 
the Nebula surrounding Nova Persei, Prof. Louis Bell, 426 ; 
Distribution of the Stars in the Cape Photographic Durch- 
musterung, Dr. Downing, 238; Photographic Magnitude of 
Stars, Prosper Henry, 282; Rotation of the Brighter Fixed 
Stars, as a Whole, with Respect to the Fainter Stars, Sir 
David Gill, 282 ; Hong Kong Double Star Observations, W. 
Doberck, 282; Double Stars, Rev. T. E. Espin, 353; Cata- 
logue of New Double Stars, W. J. Hussey, 450 ; the Spectro- 
scopic Binary 8 Cephei, Prof. Frost and W. S. Adams, 352 ; 
Light of the Galaxy and Bright Stars, C. Easton, 3533 Sir 
David Gill’s New Theory of Stellar Movement, 515 ; Correc- 
lions to the Right Ascensions of the Principal Stars of the 
Berliner Jahrbuch, Senor Campos Rodrigues, 557 
Statistics : the Mining Statistics of the World, Prof. C. Le Neve 
Foster, 163; Statistical Methods in Biology, Biometrika, 
234; Trade Statistics, F. Evershed. 550, 607; Dr. F. 
Mollwo Perkin, 550; Changes in the Birth and Death 
Rates in Italy during the Last Forty Years, Prof. Giuseppe 
Sormani, 660 
Steam: Liquid Fuel for Steam Purposes, J. S. S. Brame, 186; 
Use of Peat in Sweden as a Substitute for Coal for 
Steam Engines, 256; Steam Turbines, Hon. C. A. Parsons, 
643 
Steart 
166 
Stebbing (E. P.), the Habits of the Larvz and Adults of Sirex 
and Thalessa, 407 ; 
Steel: the Iron and Steel Institute, 62; Constituents of 
Hardened Steel, Prof. J. O. Arnold and Mr. McWilliam, 63 ; 
Brinell’s Researches on the Influence of Chemical Compo- 
sition on the Soundness of Steel Ingots, Axel Wahlburg, 63 ; 
Electrical Conductivity of Steel and Pure Iron, C. Benedicks, 
160; the Compression of Steel during Solidification in the 
Ingot Mould, A. Harmet, 487; the Overheating of Mild 
Steel, Prof. Heyn, 487 
Stein (M. A.), Preliminary Report on a Journey of Archzo- 
logical and Topographical Exploration in Chinese Turkestan, 
284 
Stellar Movement, Sir David Gill’s New Theory of, 515 
Sterba (Jean), on an Oxycarbide of Cerium, 72; Cerium Sili- 
cide, 336 
Stereoscope, Application of the, to Lantern Projections, J. 
Mace de Lépinay, 581 
Stereoscopic Method of Photographic Surveying, H. G. Four- 
cadeat the South African Philosophical Society, 139 
Sterneck (Dr. Jacob von), Monographie der Gattung Alectoro- 
lophus, 4 
Stewart (Charles), Earthquake of May 28 at the Cape and | 
Coincident Meteorological Effects, 369 
Stock (A.), Gaseous Antimony Hydride, 281 
Stockem (L.), Apparatus for the Electrolytic Separation of 
Calcium from the Fused Chloride, 636 
Stockman (Dr. Ralph), Therapeutic Value of Arsenic, 353 
(F. A.), Overthrusts in the Braysdown Colliery, 
Index 
Nature, 
Dec. 18, 1902 
Stokes (Sir G. G.), Mathematical and Physical Papers, Prof. 
Horace Lamb, F.R.S., 49 
Stomach, on the Movement and Innervation of the, Dr. Page 
May, 665 : 
Stonehenge and its Barrows, the Wiltshire Archzological and 
Natural History Magazine, William Long, F.S.A., Sir Norman 
Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 25 
Stonehenge Bibliography Number, the Wiltshire Archeological 
and Natural History Magazine, W. Jerome Harrison, Sir 
Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 25 
Stoney (Dr. Johnstone), on Substituting for Huyghen’s Wave 
Surface a Wave Film of Finite Thickness within which 
lee Phases of the Disturbance were Given Proper Values, 
61 
Stonyhurst College Observatory, Meteorological Observations. 
at, for 1901, 38 
Storer (Prof. F. [1.), Mannan in Sugar-maple Trees, 541 
Strasburger (Dr. Eduard), Das botanische Practicum, 605 
Stress, Microscopic Effects of, on Platinum, Thomas Andrews, 
F.R.S., and Charles Reginald Andrews, 213 
Stromeyer (C. E.), Mathematical Training, 103 
peas (Mr.), Experiments with Wireless Telephony, 
15 
Submarine Cables : 
148 
Submarines, les Bateaux Sous-Marins 
K. D’Equevilley, 290 
Sudd, the, of the White Nile, 666 
Sulphur Contents of Slags, Baron Jiiptner, 63 
Sun: Sun-pillar and Parhelion, Prof. Grenville A, J. Cole, 32; 
Sun-pillar of March 6, 38; Sun-pillar? Sir W. J. Herschel, 
Bart., 77 3 a Remarkable Solar Halo, Rev. T. C. Porter, 76 ; 
Voleanic Eruption in Java, Brilliant Sunset Glows in 1gor, 
and Probable Glows from the Eruption in Martinique, Henry 
Helm Clayton, 101; MKemarkable Sunsets at Madeira, 
F, W. T. Krohn, 199; A. R. Tankard, 254; Sunset Glows 
les Cables Sous-Marins, Alfred Gay, 
et les Submersibles, 
at Madeira, F. Krohn, 540; the Coloured Sunsets, Dr. 
William J. S. Lockyer, 222; J. Edmund Clark, 223 ; 
Peculiar Appearance at and after Sunset, Dr. C. B. Plow- 
right, 230; A. R. Jenkin, 230; Recent- Coloured Sunsets, 
254; Sunset Effects, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 390; S. Pace, 
390; Propagation of Electric Force from the Sun into Space, 
M. Nordmann, 136; Connection Between the Photographs 
of the Solar Corona and of the Entire Solar Chromosphere 
Obtained on the same Day, H. Deslandres, 167 ; the Sun- 
spot Curve and Epochs, 186; Mean Maximum Temperature 
and the Rainfall of Jamaica and Sunspot Frequency, Maxwell 
Hall, 206 ; Sunspots and Wind, Alex. B. MacDowall, 320: 
Apparent Deformations of the Sun’s Disc near the Horizon, 
259; Height of Sunset Afterglows in June, 1902, Prof. A. S. 
Herschel, F.R.S., 294 ; Solar Phenomena during 1901, 401 ; 
Hypothesis on the Nature of Solar Prominences, Prof. W. H. 
Julius, 450; Instructions on the Observation of the Sun, 557 
Sun-flower, Manufacture of Oil Cakes from the Seeds of the, 
232 
Surgery, the Rontgen Rays in Medicine and, as an Aid in 
Diagnosis and as a Therapeutic Agent, Francis H. Williams, 
438 
Sanne (Dr.), the Use of Oxygen Inhalers in Connection with 
High Balloon Ascents, 306 
Surveying : Stereoscopic Method of Photographic, H. G. Four- 
cade at the South African Philosophical Society, 139 ; Photo- 
graphy as an Aid to the Surveyor, Arthur O. Wheeler, 206 ; 
Photography as Applied to Architectural Measurement and 
Surveying, J. Bridges Lee at Society of Arts, 235 
Sutton (J. R.), Cold Weather in South Africa, 247; a Series 
Related to Bernoulli's Numbers, 492 
Sverdrup Arctic Expedition, Return of the, 542 
Swedish Polar Expedition, Progress of, 421 
Sweet Briar, the, asa Goat Exterminator, Sir W. T. Thiselton 
Dyer, F-R-S.; 31 
Swift's Comet (a 1899), Reduction of Measures of, from Photo- 
graphs, with Portrait Lens of 30-inch Focus and 5-inch 
Aperture, Mr. Filon, 238 
Swinhoe (R. C. J.), Prehistoric Man in Burma, 541 
Swordy (R.), Remarkable Shower of Haiistones, 159 
Sykes (Major Percy Molesworth), Ten Thousand Miles in 
Persia, or Eight Years in Iran, 418; the Geography of 
Southern Persia, 642 
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