INDEX. 



Aardkorst, De V'ormen der, Inleiding tot de Sludie der 

 Physiographic, J. van Baren, 76 



Abel's Laboratory Handbook of Bacteriology, Prof. R. T. 

 Hewlett, 580 



Aberystwyth, New Chemical Laboratories at, 234 



Abraham (Henri), Propagation of Telephone Currents 

 through Subterranean Lines, 167 ; Conditions of Maximum 

 Yield for Telephonic Apparatus, 215 



Achard (M.), Influence of Feeding on the Course of 

 Experimental Tuberculosis, 05 



Aciers Sp^ciaux, les, L. Revillon, 317 



Acoustics : Singing Flames and Tubes with Flames of 

 Several Notes, M. Athanasiadis, 167 ; Propagation of 

 Telephone Currents through Subterranean Lines, Henri 

 Abraham and M. Devaux-Charbonnel, 167; an Early 

 Acoustical Analogue of Michelson's Echelon Grating, 

 Prof. P. Zeeman, 247 ; on the Impulses of Compound 

 Sound Waves and their Mechanical Transmission through 

 the Ear, Sir Thomas Wrightson, Bart., 289 ; the Sensi- 

 tiveness of Many Persons to Small Differences of Pitch, 

 Dr. N. Stiicker, 304; High Wires in Concert Halls, &c., 

 325 ; Sensibility of the Ear to the Direction of Explosive 

 Sounds, A. Mallock, F.R.S., 332 ; Photography of the 

 \'ibrations of the \'oice, M. Marage, 527 ; Method of 

 Photographing the Vibrations of a Thin India-rubber 

 Membrane acted on by the Human Voice, Dr. M. 

 Marage. 580 ; School-room Experiment for Showing the 

 Absorption of Energy by an Acoustic Resonator, Prof. 

 .Aristide P'iorentino, 5(17 



" .Acquired " Characters, the Inheritance of. Rev. E. C. 

 Spicer, 247, 342 ; Dr. G. Archdall Reid, 293, 342, 391 ; 

 Dr. H. Charlton Bastian, F.R.S., 319, 390; A. D. D., 

 .>43 ■ J- T. Cunningham, 367 



.Xctualit^s scientifiques. Max de Nansouty, 437 



Adami (Prof. J. George), Inflammation, an Introduction 

 to the Study of Pathology, 126 



.Adams (C. E.), Tabulated Values of Certain Integrals, 462 



.Adams (Prof. F. D.I. the I.aurentian System of Canada, 



.Adams (J.), Studies in Plant Life, ^c,^ 



.Adams (Prof. W. S.), Spectroscopic Determination of the 

 Rotation of the Sun, 158; Sun-spot Spectra, 421 



.Adda (Lorenzo d'), the Substitution of Cement for Steel in 

 the Armour of Battleships, 543 



Adye (E. H.), Modern Lilholocy, illustrated and defined for 

 the use of University, Technical, and Civil-Service 

 Students, 125 



Aeronautics : Flight of Pilot Balloons from the Seine, 13 ; 

 New Aeroplanes, 105 ; Scientific Balloon Ascents of July 

 22-27, '36 ; Results obtained by the Balloon Observa- 

 tions made in the British Isles, July 22-27, 1^7 '■ Meteor- 

 ological Observations at the Britrish Kite Stations, Session 

 iQo(>-7, Miss M. White, T. V. Pring and J. E. Petavel, 

 188 ; Possibilities of a Topography of the Air based on 

 Balloon Observations, Capt. C. H.' Ley, 188; Histoire de 

 la Navigation a^rienne, W. de Fonvielle, 217; Henry 

 Farman and the Deutsch-.Archdeacon Prize, 254 : H. 

 Farman and his .Aeroplane, 493 ; Franklin's Descriptions 

 of the first Balloon .Ascents, Prof. .A. L. Rotch. 2.i;6 ; 

 Stability in Flight, A. Mallock, F.R.S., 293; Major' B. 

 Baden-Powell, 320 : Herbert Chatley, 320 ; Balloon .Ascent 

 of July 25, 1907, M. J. Vincent, 445:' Unmanned Balloon 

 .Ascents in 1907 at Munich, .A. Schmauss, 40:; ; the 

 Lagging of Temperature Changes at Great Heights 

 behind those at the Earth's Surface shown by Records 

 of Sounding Balloons liberated at St. Louis in April 

 .ind May, iqo6. H. H. Clayton, 49c ; Dr. Alexander 

 Graham Bell's Experiments with his Cygnet Man-lifting 

 Kite, 496; .Airships Past and Present, together with 



Chapters on the Use of Balloons in Connection with 

 Meteorology, Photography, and the Carrier Pigeon, A. 

 Hildebrandt, 562; M. Delagrange's Aeroplane, 564; 

 Scientfic Kite and Balloon Ascents, September-December, 

 1907, 542 



Aeroplanes, New, 105 



Aflalo (F. G.), Sunshine and Sport in Florida and the West 

 Indies, 128 



.Africa ; Climate of Eritrea, Captain Tancredi, 88 ; Labour- 

 saving Appliances in Transvaal Mines, E. J. Way, 114; 

 Notes on some Bushman Crania and Bones from the 

 South African Museum, Cape Town, Dr. F. C. Shrubsall, 

 211; " Kimberlite " and the Source of the Diamond in 

 South Africa, Dr. F. H. Hatch, 224; the Sutherland 

 Volcanic Pipes and their Relationship to other Vents in 

 South Africa, A. W. Rogers and A. L. du Toit, 224 ; 

 the Diamond Pipes and Fissures of South Africa, H. S. 

 Harger, 224 ; the Occurrence in Kimberlite of Garnet- 

 pyroxene Nodules carrying Diamonds, G. S. Corstorphine, 

 224 ; Kimberlite Dykes and Pipes, F. W. Voit, 224 ; 

 the Origin of Diamonds, F. W. Voit, 224 ; Geological 

 Survey of the Eastern Portion of Griqualand West, 

 A. L. du Toit, 224 ; Ueber die siidafrikanischen Dia- 

 mantlagerstattcn, A. Macco, 224 ; Ifntersuchungen iiber 

 einige sUdafrikanische Diamantenlagerstatten, R. Beck, 

 224 ; Transvaal Mines Department, Report of the Geo- 

 logical Survey for the Year 1906, Dr. F. H. Hatch, 346; 

 .Aus Namaland und Kalahari, Prof. Leonhard Schultze, 

 Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., 385 ; Petrology and 

 Physiography of Western Liberia, J. Parkinson, 527; 

 Flora of Natal, J. M. Wood, 565 



-Agriculture : Action of Lime on the Available Soil Con- 

 stituents, F. B. Guthrie and L. Cohen, 23 ; the 

 Haustorium of the Sandal-wood Tree, C. A. Barber, 40 ; 

 Work to be Done at the Experiment Stations at Knysna 

 and Robertson, Cape Colony, Dr. Nobbs, 64 ; Use of 

 Heat for ihe Treatment of Coffee Plants against the 

 Indian Borer, Louis Boutan, 96; Report of Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society, 134; Composition of Indian Oil Seeds, 

 Dr. Leather, 136; Pot Culture at Pusa, Dr. Leather, 136; 

 Agricultural Statistics of India, 208 ; the Barley Disease, 

 "Deaf Ears," Prof. M. C. Potter, 256; South Aus- 

 tralian Wheat Yield during the Last Decade, 279 ; Cyclo- 

 pedia of American Agriculture, 292 ; Seed and Soil In- 

 oculation for Leguminous Crops, Prof. W. B. Bottomley, 

 330 ; (i) Races bovines, France— Etranger, (2) Races 

 chevalines. Prof. Paul Diffloth, 339; the Journal of the 

 South-eastern Agricultural College, Wye, Kent, 345 ; 

 Experimental Breeding of the Indian Cottons, H. Martin 

 Leake, 360 ; Influence of Stimulating Compounds on 

 Crops, M. Uchiyama, 376 ; Forage Crops for Soiling, 

 Silage, Hay, and' Pasture, Dr. Edward B. Voorhees, 388; 

 the Lines of Flow of Water in Saturated Soils, especially 

 Peat-mosses, L. F. Richardson, 407; the Food of 

 American Birds, W. L. McAfee, 564 ; Agricultural Experi- 

 ments and Reports, cqo ; Investigation of the Washes for 

 Spraying Fruit Trees, Mr. Pickering, 590 ; Molasses as 

 Cattle Food, Messrs. Lindsey, Holland and Smith, 590-1 ; 

 History of the Gooseberry Mildew Order of July, 1907, 

 E. S. Salmon, 591 ; the " Black Scab " or " Warty 

 Disease " of Potatoes, E. .S. Salmon, 591 ; the Plasmo- 

 para Vine Disea.se in .Algeria, Mr. Lounsbury, 591 ; the 

 Pine Disease, Diplodia pinea, 591 ; Occurrence of Cyano- 

 genetic Glucosides in Feeding Stuffs, T. A. Henry and 

 S. J. M. Auld, 598; Improvement of the Sugar-cane, 614 



-Aitken (Dr. John, F.R.S.), the Winding of Rivers, 127 



Aitken (Prof.), Two Hundred New Double Stars, 328 ; the 

 Moving Object near Jupiter, 497 



.Aitken (Thomas), Road-making and Maintenance, 244 



