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 June II, 1908, 



Index 



Man from about the End of the Fifth to the Beginning 

 of the Thirteenth Century, P. M. C. Kermode, 26; 

 Orientation of the Avebury Circles, Rev. Ed. H. Goddard 

 320; Burial Customs of Ancient Egypt, Prof. J. Garstang 

 H. R. Hall, 439 ; Megalithic Remains in Central France 

 .A. L. Lewis, 503 ; Martinmas in May, Rev. C. S. Taylor 

 510; Paljeolithic Paintings of Man and Animals in the 

 Portal Cave, Ren6 Jeannel, 528; Papers of the British 

 School at Rome, 532 ; an Early Notice of Neolithic 

 Implements, Prof. John L. Myres, 535 ; Index of 

 Archaeological Papers, 557 ; L'Europe pr^historique, 

 Sophus Miiller, Dr. William Wright, 1578 : Ancient Britain 

 and the Invasions of Julius Casar, Dr. T. Rice Holmes, 

 iioi ; The Tabernacle : its History and Structure, Rev. 

 W. Shaw Caldecott, Supp. to March 5, x; Solomon's 

 Temple : its History and Structure, Rev. W. Shaw 

 Caldecott, supp. to March 5, x 

 .Architecture. Naval, a Contribution to the History of Iron- 

 clads, Lord Rosse, 356 ; see Naval 

 Arctica : Death and Obituarv Notice of Sir F. L. McClin- 

 tock, K.C.B., F.R.S., 61 ; Results obtained by the 

 Zieglcr Polar Expedition of 1903-s, J. A. Fleming, 207: 

 -Anthony Fiala, Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 544; the Arctic 

 Whaling Voyage of Last Year, T. Southwell, 417 ; 

 Return of Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen and the Anglo- 

 American Polar Expedition, 541 

 Aristotelian Society, Proceedings of the, 290 

 Arithmetic : Arithmetic for Schools, Rev.. J. B. Lock and 

 V. M. Turnbull, 27 ; Arithmetic, chiefly Examples, G. W. 

 Palmer, 27 ; a Modern Arithmetic, with Graphic and 

 Practical Exercises, H. Sydney Jones, 27; Notes on 

 Indian Mathematics — .Arithmetical Notation, R. Kaye, 

 347 ; Whittaker's Arithmetic of Electrical Engineering 

 for Technical Students and Engineers, 365 

 Arloing (S.), Characters of Tuberculous Infection in Their 



Relations with the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis, 503 

 Armature Construction, H. M. Hobart and A. G. Ellis, 532 

 Armour of Battleships, the Substitution of Cement for Steel 



in the. Lorenzo d'Adda, 543 

 Arndt '(Dr. Kurt), Technische Anwendungen der Physik- 



alischen Chemie, 52 

 Arunta, New Facts about the, M. Freiherr v. Leonhardi, 44 

 .Asia, the Pulse of, a Journey in Central Asia illustrating 

 the Geographic Basis of History, Ellsworth Huntington, 

 Prof. Grenville -A. J. Cole, 314 

 .Asiatic Society of Bengal, 16S, 359, 455, 504 

 Association of Economic Biologists, 590 

 Astrographic Catalogue, the. Prof. Ricc6, 158 

 Astrographic Congress, the President of the, '^20 

 Astronomy : Dr. Edward Sang's Collection of MS. Calcula- 

 tions in Trigonometry and Astronomy, Dr. R. H. 

 Traquair, F.R.S., 13 ; Our -Astronomical Column, 17, 

 42, 66, 89, 115, 137, 158, 182, 208, 234, 258, 281, 302, 

 328, 353, 377, 401. 421. 446, 470. 497, 520- ,';44' S''?, 

 590, 616; Comet Mellish (i907e), 17, 138; M. Borrellv, 

 17; G. van Biesbroeck, 17; Dr. M. Ebell, 18, 66; P. 

 Chofardet, 23 ; Ephemeris for Comet 1907^, Dr. Wirtz, 

 281 ; Observations of. Dr. J. Holetschek, 353 : the 

 Transit of Mercury, M. Bigourdan, 18; the Recent 

 Transit of Mercury, MM. Javelle and Simonin, 116: 

 M. Charlois, 116; M. Bourget, 116; M. Borrelly, 116; 

 M. Esmiol, 116; Abb^ Th. Moreux, 116; Comte de la 

 Raume Pluvinel, 116; Observations of the Transit of 

 Mercury of November 14, J. Comas Sold, 167; M. 

 Pidoux, 567: .M. Gautier, ^67; Mercurv as a Morning 

 Star, iii;; Measurements of the Diameters of Mercury, 

 Robert Jonckheere, ^31 ; Changes on Saturn's Rings, 

 Prof. Campbell, 18; Saturn's Rings, Dr. Ristenpart, 67: 

 Prof. Hartwig, 67: Prof. Lowell, 67, 116, 616; Paul 

 Guthnick, 67 ; Prof. B. Peter. 90 : M. Schaer, 90 ; Dr. 

 Hassenstein, 90; Rev. T. E. R. PhilHos, 23^; Dr. Lau, 

 234; Prof. Barnard, 401; Mr. Lampland, 616: Saturn 

 Apparently without Rings, M. Flammarion, 182 ; Saturn, 

 n New Ring Susnected, G. Fournier, 302 ; the Saturn 

 Perturbations of Various Comets, Dr. Johannes Wendt, 

 _<6S ; a Bright Meteor, .Arthur Mee, 18 ; November 

 Meteors, John R. Henry. 31 ; Occultation of Neptune 

 bv the Moon. Dr. Downing, 42 : the Improvement of 

 Celestial Photographic Images. Prof. Lowell, 42 : the 

 Great Red Spot on Tupiter. Mr. Denning, 42 : Photo- 

 graphs of Jupiter, M. Ou^nissrt, 00 ; Photographs of 



Jupiter's Satellites VI. and VII., 137; Uniformly Dis- 

 tributed Dark Spots on Jupiter, Scriven Bolton, 401 ; 

 Simultaneous Observations of Jupiter, Jean Mascart, 

 259 ; a Possible New Satellite to Jupiter, P. Melotte, 

 470 ; Observations of Jupiter during the Present Opposi- 

 tion, P. Vincart, 471 ; the Moving Object near Jupiter, 

 Prof. Albrecht, 497 ; Prof. Aitken, 497 ; the Recently 

 Discovered Satellite of Jupiter, Mr. Melotte, 567 ; Mutual 

 Occultations and Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites, Mr. 

 Whitmell, 567; the New Eighth Satellite of Jupiter, 

 Astronomer Royal, 575 ; A. C. D. Crommelin, 575 ; Red 

 Stars near Nova Velorum, Mrs. Fleming, 42 ; Prof. 

 Pickering, 42 ; the Systematic Error of Latitude observed 

 with a Zenith Telescope, Herr Battermann, 42 ; K. 

 Hirayama, 42 ; Investigation of Inequalities in the 

 Motion of the Moon produced by the Action of the 

 Planets, Prof. S. Newcomb, assisted by Frank E. Ross, 

 43 ; Notes on .Ancient British Monuments, Sir Norman 

 Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 56, 82, 150, 249, 36S, 414, 

 4^7' 53^ ; 'J Large Solar Prominence, Dr. A. A. Ram- 

 baut, 66 ; Mars as the Abode of Life, Prof. Lowell, 66, 

 471 ; Comparisons of the Places of Mars for the Opposi- 

 tions of 1907 and 1909, Dr. Downing, 67 ; Photographs 

 of Mars, Prof. Lowell, 182 ; Is Mars Habitable? a 

 Critical Examination of Prof. Lowell's Book, " Mars 

 and its Canals," with an Alternative Explanation, Dr. 

 Alfred Russel Wallace, F.R.S., Dr. William J. S. 

 Lockyer, 337 ; the Possibility of Life in Mars, C. O. 

 Bartrum, 392; Dr. J. W. Evans, 392, 413; Dr. W. 

 Ainslie Hollis, 438 ; Prof. Percival Lowell, 461 ; Dr. G. 

 Johnstone Stoney, F.R.S., 461 ; Water Vapour in the 

 Martian Atmosphere, William E. Rolston, 442 ; Mr. 

 Slipher, 497 ; Presence of Water Vapour in the Atmo- 

 sphere of Mars, Prof. P. Lowell, 503, 606; Elements 

 and Ephemeris for the Minor Planet Patroclus, V. 

 Heinrich, 67 ; Astronomical Occurrences in December, 

 89; in January, 20S ; in February, 302; in March, 421: 

 in .April, 520; in May, 616; Final Designations of 

 Recently Discovered Variables, 90 ; a Large Eruptive 

 Prominence, Mr. Fox, 90 ; Surveys of Nebula;, P. Gotz, 

 90 ; Royal Astronomical Society, 94, 478, 575 ; Ultra- 

 violet Region in Sun-spot Spectra and Spectrum of 

 Comet d, 1907, J. Evershed, 94; the Permanency of 

 some Photovisual Lenses, Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer, 94; 

 Spectroscopic Observations of Cyanogen in the Solar 

 .Atmosphere and in Interplanetary Space, H. F. Newall, 

 04 ; the Total Solar Eclipse of January 3, 1908, Dr. 

 W. J. S. Lockyer, 104, 274 ; the Recent Total Solar 

 Eclipse, 544; a Bright Meteor, T. F. Connolly, 115; 

 Death of 'Dr. .Asaph Hall, 132; Obituary Notice of, 154; 

 Temperature Control of Silvered Mirrors, Dr. Heber D. 

 Curtis, 137 ; Orbits of Spectroscopic Binaries, Dr. Curtis, 

 138 ; Solar Prominences in 1906, Prof. Ricco, 138 ; 

 Search Ephemeris for Comet 1907a (Giacobini), Prof. 

 Weiss, 138 ; a Further Observation of Comet 1907a, 

 Prof. Wolf, 158; the Giacobini Comet 1907a, MM. 

 Giacobini and Javelle, 167 ; Presence of Sulphur in some 

 of the Hotter Stars, Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., 

 F.R.S., 141 : the " Day bv Day " Tellurian, Messrs. G. 

 Philip and Son, 157: the Maximum of Mira, iqo6, Naozo 

 Ichinohe, 158; the Recent Maximum of Mira Ceti, Felix 

 de Rov, 544 : Spectroscopic Determination of the Rota- 

 tion of the Sun, Prof. Adams, 158; Newly Discovered 

 Spectroscopic Binaries, A. B. Turner, 158; the Astro- 

 graphic Catalogue, Prof. Ricc6, 158 ; Stars having 

 Peculiar Spectra, Mrs. Fleming, 158 ; Weakened Lines 

 in Sun-spot Spectia, Mr. Nagaraja, 158; Sun-spot 

 Spectra, Prof. W. S. Adams, 421; Charles M. Olmsted. 

 421 ; Apparatus designed for Stars Composed Partly of 

 Gas and Partly of Solid Particles, H. Deslandres, 167 ; 

 Provisional Elements for the Spectroscopic Binary 

 o .Andromeds, Dr. H. Ludendorff. 182 ; Nova Persei. 

 1901, Prof. Barnard, 182: the Recent Spectrum and 

 Magnitude of Nova Persei No. 2, Prof. Hartmann. 377 ; 

 the Moon in Modern Astronomy, Ph. Fauth, W. E. 

 Rolston, 195 : .Astronomical Essavs. Historical and De- 

 scriptive, J. Ellard Gore, W. E. Rolston, 195 ; Evolution 

 of Planets, Edwin G. Camp. W. E. Rolston, los ; 

 Daniel's Comet. I907d. Herr Kritzinger. 208. 544: Dr. 

 J. Holetschek. 3,3 ; Ephemeris for, Herr Kritzinger, 

 421; Ephemeris for Encke's Comet, M. Kamensky and 



