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Dec. 18, 1902 
Index 
XXiX 
Platinum, Walter Rosenhain, 262; Metallography, an Intro- 
. duction to the Study of the Structure of Metals, chiefly by 
the Aid of the Microscope, Arthur H. Hiorns, 415 ; Recovery 
of Tin from Tin-scrap, 449; the Over-heating of Mild Steel, 
Prof. Heyn, 487 ; Compression of Steel during Solidification 
in the Ingot Mould, A. Harmet, 487; Assaying and 
Metallurgical Analysis for the Use of Students, Chemists and 
Assayers, E. L. Rhead and Prof. A. Humboldt Sexton, 628 ; 
Aluminium and its Alloys, Prof. E. Wilson, 655; W. Murray 
Morrison, 655 
Metals, Film Structures in, George Beilby, $4 
Metaphysics: Elements of, J. S. Mackenzie, 198 ; Zur Meta- 
physik des Tragischer, L. Ziegler, 342 
Meteorology: Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic and Mediter- 
ranean for May, 15 ; for June, 114, 206 ; for August, 307 ; for 
November, 635; Caucasian Snow, A. Prun, 16: Tempera- 
ture Indicator for Use with Platinum Thermometers, R. S. 
Whipple, 22; Sun-Pillars and Parhelion, Prof. Grenville 
A. J. Cole, 32; the Sun-Pillar of March 6, 38 ; Sun-Pillar ? 
Sir W. J. Herschel, Bart., 77 ; a Solar Halo, R. T. Omond, 
103 ; the Halos of May 1, 8 and 22, Rev. T. C. Porter, 223 ; 
Meteorological Observations at Stonyhurst College Observa- 
tory for 1901, 38; Der grosse Staubfall von 9 bis 12 Marz, 
1901, in Nordafrica, Sud- und Mitteleuropa, G. Hellmann, 
W. Meinardus, 41; the Hurricanes of the Far East, Prof. 
Dr. Paul Bergholz, 51 ; Mont Pelée Eruption and Dust Falls, 
Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 53; Volcanic Eruption in Java, 
Brilliant Sunset Glows in 1901, and Probable Glows from the 
Eruption in Martinique, Henry Helm Clayton, ror; the 
Recent Volcanic Eruptions in the West Indies, Prof. J. Milne, 
F.R.S., 67, 107, 151, 370; Observations of Volcanic Activity 
in the West Indies, 178; Possible Connection between 
Volcanic Eruption and Sunspot Phenomena, H. J. Jensen, 
360 (see also Volcanoes); the Sunspot Curve and Epochs, 
186; Mean Maximum Temperature and the Rainfall of 
Jamaica and Sunspot Frequency, Maxwell Hall, 206; Sun- 
spots and Wind, Alex. B. MacDowall, 320; Apparatus for 
Registering Thunderstorms, Father J. Fényi and Father 
Johann Schreiber, 65 ; Meteorological Results of the Balloon 
Ascents of February 6, Dr. Hergesell, 66; Briickner’s Cycle 
and the Variation of Temperature in Europe, Alex. B. 
MacDowall, 77; the Weather in May, 85; Connection 
between Thunderstorms and the Lunar Phases, V. Ventosa, 
85; Tides in the Bay of Fundy, W. Bell Dawson, 85; the 
Daily Period of Rainfall, Dr. P. Polis, 86 ; the Prediction of 
the Minimum Yield of the Sources of the Vanne, Edmond 
Maillet, 95 ; Symons’s Meteorological Magazine, use of the 
Monthly Rainfall Tables, 114 ; Sandstorms, 114 ; Coast Fog 
Signals, E. Price Edwards, 115 ; Sea Temperature and Shore 
Climate, 116; Cornish Dust Fall of January, 1902, Dr. H. R. 
Mill, 119; Wind-Force Experiments on H.M.S. Worcester, 
119; Royal Meteorological Society, 119, 215}; Rainfall of 
Saxony, Dr. G. Hellmann, 136; Increase in the Electrical 
Conductivity of Air Produced by its Passage through Water, 
Prof. J. J. Thomson, 143; Radio-active Rain, C. T. R. 
Wilson, 143; Fall of a Yellow Powder on June 1 and 2 
during a Thunderstorm, C. Turner, 157; Curious Effect 
Produced by Lightning, Dr. Enfield, 158; Remarkable 
Shower of Hailstones. R. Swordy, 159; the Temperature of 
Kingston, Jamaica, Maxwell Hall, 159; Effects of Solar 
Eclipses on the Motion of Air-currents, Luigi de Marchi, 159; 
Meteorological Conditions Accompanying ‘‘ Fohn”’ and Up- 
Bank Thaws in Glen Nevis, R. C. Mossman, 167; Meteor- 
ological Items from Australia, India and South Africa, 183 ; 
Remarkable Sunsets at Madeira, F. W. T. Krohn, 199, 540; 
A. R. Tankard, 254 ; the Coloured Sunsets, Dr. William J. S. 
Lockyer, 222; J. Edmund Clark, 223 ; Peculiar Appearance 
at and after Sunset, Dr. C. B. Plowright, 230; A. R. Jenkin, 
230; Recent Coloured Sunsets, 254 ; Brilliant Sky Effects at 
Morges directly after Sunset, F. A. Forel, 278; Height of 
Sunset Afterglows in June, 1902, Prof. A. S. Herschel, 
F.R.S., 294; Sunsets of West of Switzerland and Dust from 
Mont Pelée, 306; Colours between Clouds at Sunset, John 
Baddeley, 370; Sunset Effects, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 
390; S. Pace, 390; Recent Sunset Effects and those which 
Followed the Eruption of Krakatoa, A. W. Clayden, 659 ; 
an Attempt to Keproduce an Aurora Borealis, Prof. W. 
Ramsay, F.R.S., 204; the Term ‘‘ Indian Summer,’ A. 
Matthews, 205 ; Surface Temperature of the Atlantic during 
April, 206 ; English Climatology 1891-1900, F. C. Bayard, 
215; Rainfall in India, 230, 278; Cold Weather in South 
Africa, J. R. Sutton, 247; on Some Phenomena which 
Suggest a Short Period of Solar and Meteorological Changes, 
Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., and William J. S. 
Lockyer, 248 ; Short Period Solar and Meteorological Varia- 
tions, Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., and Dr. William 
Lockyer, 456; Death of Abbé Maze, 255; the Drought in 
Queensland and in New South Wales, 255; Wind Velocity 
and Fluctuations of Water-level on Lake Erie, Prof. Alfred 
J. Henry, 256; the Californian Climate, Note on a Statement 
in the Article on Francis Drake in the Dictionary of National 
Biography, 256; Death of M. Hervé Faye, 251; Obituary 
Notice of, 277 ; Storm at Kieff, 305 ; Cyclone at Chalon-sur- 
Saéne, 305; the Atlantic Ice Record, June and July, 307; 
on the Correlation between the Barometric Height at 
Stations on the Eastern Side of the Atlantic, Miss F. E. 
Cave-Brown-Cave, Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 311; Investigation 
into the Connection between the Magnetic Currents in the 
Earth and the Aurora Borealis, Prof. Kr. Birkeland, 328 ; 
Results of International Balloon Ascents of March 6, 329; 
Annales de Observatoire National d’Athenes, Démétrius 
Eginitis, 331 ; Lehrbuch der Meteorologie, Dr. Julius Hann, 
Dr. W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 337; Ben Nevis Observatories, 
Sir Arthur Mitchell, 349; Rainfall of Sicily, 1880-1900, 
Filippo Eredia, 350; Rainfall in Dominica and St. Vincent, 
1900-1, 378; Rainfall of Great Britain, 512; Earthquake of 
May 28 at the Cape, and Coincident Meteorological Effects, 
Charles Stewart, 369; Fog Bow at Oxford, J. Rose, 416; 
Storms in Majorca and Cape Colony, 446 ; Sea Temperature 
Variations on the British Coasts, 452 ; Snow Waves and Snow 
Drifts, Dr. Vaughan Cornish, 453; Death of Dr. H. von 
Wild, 511; Convention of Weather Bureau Officials at 
Milwaukee, 543; Cyclone on the Eastern Sicilian Coast on 
September 26, 553; Typhoon at Yokohama on September 
29, 553; Cool Summer at Yokohama, Captain H. J. Shaw, 
554; Studies in Atmospheric Electricity, Prof. Y. Homma, 
555; Death of Dr. Julius Ziegler, 579; the International 
Meteorological Committee, 608; Series of Meteorological 
Tables at Truro, G. Penrose, 611 ; the Climates and Baths of 
Great Britain, 629; Map of Ireland showing Distribution of 
Rainfall, Dr. Mill, 644; Meteorology of the Equator, Dr. J. 
Hann, 660 
Meteorites ; the Action of Copper Sulphate upon Iron Meteorites, 
O. C. Farrington, 311 ; Meteorites ploughed up at Admire, 
Kansas, G. P. Merrill, 422; the Casas Grandes Mass of 
Meteoric Iron, Mr. Fletcher, 556; Fall of a Meteoric Stone 
near Crumlin (Co. Antrim) September 13, W. H. Milligan, 
577; Dr. L. Fletcher, 577 
Meteors: a Remarkable Bolide observed at Lyons on March 
19, 208 ; Bright Meteor on July 13, 281, 309; the August 
Meteoric Shower, W. F. Denning, 309 ; the Perseid Meteoric 
Shower of 1902, W. F. Denning, 406 ; Radiant Point of the 
Perseids, Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, 440; a Remarkable 
Meteor, Archibald MacDougall and W. E. Rolston, 557 ; 
Meteor Radiants, M. Eginitis, 557; a Possible Meteor 
Shower on October 4, G. Percy Bailey, 577 ; a Bright Meteor, 
W. Lascelles-Scott, 638 ; the Leonid Shower, Prof. Pickering, 
662; R. B. Taber, 662 
Metric System, Chart of the, Prof. C. Bopp, 630 
Metric System, Report on a Bill for Adoption of the, in the 
United States, 158 
Metz (G. de), Accidental Double 
Mechanically Deformed, 192 
Meyer (G.), Erdmagnetische Untersuchungung im Kaiserstuhl, 
Refraction of Liquids 
324 
Meyer (Dr. M. W.), Der Untergang der Erde und die 
kosmischen Katastrophen, 601 
Miall (L. C., F.R.S.), Injurious and Useful Insects, 293 
Micrometer, Electric, Dr. P. E. Shaw, 70 
Micrometer, Kew, Sir Joseph Hooker, 348 
Microscopy: Distinguishing between Pleurosigma angulatum 
and P. balticum under Low Powers, G. Marpmann, 39 ; 
Royal Microscopical Society, 46, 166, 262; M. Pillischer’s 
Pocket Microscope, 46; ‘‘Soloid” Microscopic Stains, 
Burroughs, Wellcome, 87 ; Microscopic Effects of Stress on 
Platinum, Thomas Andrews, F.R.S., and Charles Reginald 
Andrews, 213; Structure of Acinetines, Prof. Marcus Hartog, 
262; Metallography, an Introduction to the Study of the 
Structure of Metals chiefly by the Aid of the Microscope, 
Arthur H. Hiorns, 415 ; the Genus Syncheeta, C. F. Rousselet, 
