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Index 



Mellanby (Prof. A. L.), the Place of the Laboratory in the 

 Training of Engineers, Lecture at Institution of Engineers 

 and Shipbuilders in Scotland, 211 



Mellish Comet (19076), 17, 138; M. Borrellv, 17; G. van 

 Biesbroeck, 17 ; Dr. M. Ebell, 18, 66 



Mellone (Dr. S. H.), Elements of Psychology, 267 



Melotte (P.), a Possible New Satellite to Jupiter, 470; the 

 Recently Discovered Satellite of Jupiter, 567 



Mendeliari Characters among Shorthorns, Prof. James 

 Wilson, 509, 559; Prof. Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 559; Prof. 

 John G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 5S2 



Mendelian Phenomena, the Interpretation of, Geo. P. 

 Mudge, 8 ; G. .\rchdall Reid, 9, 54 ; R. H. Lock, 32 ; 

 J. T. Cunningham, 54; H. H. O'Farrell, 271 



Mendelism and Sex, G. .Vrchdall Reid, at Linnean Socielv, 

 236 



Meniere (P.), New Method of estimating the \ apour of 

 Mercury in Air, 576 



Mercury: the Transit of .Mercury, M. Bigourdan, 18; MM. 

 Javelie and Simonin, 116; M. Charlois, 116; M. Bourget, 

 116: M. Borrelly, 116; M. Esmiol, 116; Abb^ Th. 

 Moreux, 116; Comte de la Baume Pluvinel, lib; M. 

 Gautier, 567 ; M. Pidoux, 567 ; Mercury as a Morning 

 Star, IIS 



Mercury, Satellites of Yellow and Green Lines of. Prof. 

 H. Nagaoka, 581 



Meridian Circle Observations of Parallax Stars, 544 



Merlin (A. A. C. E.), " Ghost Images," 280 



Merrill (G. P.), the Canyon Diablo Meteorites, 20S 



Merrill (J. P.), Catalogue of the Type and Figured Speci- 

 mens of Fossils, Minerals, Rocks, and Ores in the 

 Department of Geology, U.S. Mus., 91 



.Metabolism, the Influence of Inanition on, Francis Gano 

 Benedict, 610 



Metallography, Death of Dr. H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., 403 ; 

 Obituary Notice of, 465 



Metallurgy : Spinel in Blast-furnace Slags, J. Krenner, 41 ; 

 Phenomena of Permanent Deformation of Metals, G. H. 

 Gulliver, 41 ; the Separation of Tin-oxide from Wolfram, 

 k. Treloar and G. Johnson, 119; the Assay of Telluride 

 Ores, G. T. HoUoway and L. E. B. Pearse, igo ; the 

 Refining of Copper, D. Saito, 206 ; the Solubility of 

 Graphite in Iron, Georges Charpy, 215; Gases occluded 

 in Steels, G. Belloc, 215; the E.xtraction of the Gases 

 contained in Metals, O. Boudouard, 215: Constitution of 

 Cast Irons containing Manganese, L. Guillet, 288 ; les 

 .\ciers sp^ciaux, L. Revillon, 317; Alloys of Gold and 

 Tellurium, Dr. T. K. Rose, 406 ; Method of settling Slimes 

 as applied to their Separation from Solution in Cyanide 

 Treatment, H. G. Nichols, 406; the Evolution of Malle- 

 able Cast Iron, W. H. Hatfield, 543 ; the Corrosion of 

 Iron and Steel, Dr. Frank Clowes, 560; Iron and Steel, 

 J. H. Stansbie, 570; Some Unsolved Problems in Metal- 

 mining, " James Forrest " Lecture at Institution of Civil 

 Engineers, Prof. Henry Louis, 619 



Metals : la Tecnologia delle Soldature autogene dei Metalli, 

 Prof. S. Ragno, 508 ; the Radio-activity of Ordinary 

 Metals, the Penetrating Radiation from the Earth, Prof. 

 J. C. McLennan, 607 



Mctchnikoff (Elie). the Prolongation of Life, 289 



Meteoric an3 Artificial Nickel-iron Alloys, Thermomagnetic 

 .\nalysis of, S. W. J. Smith, 574 



Meteorites : the Williamette Meteorite, Dr. H. K. Ward, 

 12 ; the Bath Furnace Aerolite, Dr. H. A. Ward, 12 ; 

 Indian Meteorites, L. L. Fermor, 13; Analyses of 

 Meteoric Irons, Prof. O. C. Farrington, n : the Canyon 

 Diablo Meteorites, G. P. Merrill and Wirt Tassin, 208 



Meteorology : Remarkable Hailstoim in Cairo, 15 : a Horti- 

 cultural Hygrometer, 40 ; Rainfall of the Philippine 

 .Archipelago, Rev. M. S. Mas6 and Rev. Father ."Mgu^, 

 iij : Climate of Eritrea, Captain Tancredi, 88 ; the Week's 

 AWather, 88, 157, 232, 256, 419, 612 ; Climate of 

 .\bbassia, B. F. E. Keeling, 115; Notes on Maritime 

 M"teorolcgy. Commander M. W. C unpbell Hepworth, 

 C.B., 126; Scientific Balloon Ascents of July 22-27, 136: 

 Results obtained by th.^ Balloon Observations made in 

 the British Isles, Julv 22-27, ^^1 \ the Balloon Ascent of 

 July 25, 1907, M. J. Vincent, 44:; ; Possibilities of a 

 Topography of the Wr based on Balloon Observations, 

 Capt. C. H. Ley, 188 ; Possibility of a Topography of 



. the Air based on Balloon Observations with Special 

 Theodolites, Capt. C. H. Ley, 566; Unmanned Balloon 

 .'\scents in 1907 at Munich, A. Schmauss, 495 ; the 

 Lagging of Temperature Changes at Great Heights behind 

 those at the Earth's Surface shown by Records of Sound- 

 ing Balloons liberated at St. Louis in April and May, 

 1906, H. H. Clayton, 495 ; Airships Past and Present, 

 together with Chapters on the Use of Balloons in Con- 

 nection with Meteorology, Photography, and the Carrier 

 Pigeon, A. Hildebrandt, 562 ; the Periodical Variations 

 of Atmospheric Pressure, Dr. E. Herrmann, 157 ; 

 Globular Lightning, Elihu Thomson, 178; Estimation of 

 Amount of Cloud, Prof. E. Leyst, 179 ; Royal Meteor- 

 ological Society, 187, 453, 478, 599; Meteorological 

 Observations at the British Kite Stations, Session 1906—7, 

 Miss M. White, T. V. Pring, and J. E. Petavel, 188 ; 

 a Micromanometer, L. Bairstow, 188 ; Indications of 

 Approaching Frost, R. Strachan, 188 ; Weather for 1907, 

 204 ; Rainfall of the British Isles during the past Year, 

 Dr. H. R. Mill, 279 ; Summary of Greenwich Air- 

 temperature Observations, 1841-1905, W. Ellis, F.R.S., 

 206; Relations between Mortality of Infants and High 

 Temperatures. Dr. E. Van Everdingen, 206; Results 

 obtained by the Ziegler Polar Expedition of 1903-5, 

 J. A. Fleming, 207; I brontidi del Bacino Bolsenese, 

 Barisal Guns, P'rof. L. Palazzo, 256 ; Drifted Ice-crystals, 

 Dr. Walter Leaf, 271 ; Stock P'rost or Ground Ice, Rev. 

 John J. Hampson, 295; James Thomson, 366; Prof. 

 H. T. Barnes, 412 ; Rainfall and Water Supply, Dr. 

 H. R. Mill, at Royal Meteorological Society, 286; Rain- 

 fall of the Ligurian Riviera, Dr. Eredia, 301 ; Electrical 

 Phenomena of the Atmosphere and their Relations with 

 Solar .Activity, Prof. Schuster, 301 ; Death of A. 

 Lancaster, 324 ; Atmospheric Electricity and Fog, Dr. 

 Charles Chiee, F.R.S., 343 ; Auroral Characteristics of 

 Clouds. George C. Simpson, 344 ; Meteorological Observa- 

 tions in South Australia and the Northern Territory 

 during 1905, Sir Charles Todd, 352 ; Memoirs of the 

 Indian Meteorological Department, being Occasional 

 Discussions and Compilations of Meteorological Data 

 relating to India and Neighbouring Countries, Vol. xviii.. 

 Part iii., V., a Discussion of the Anemographic Observa- 

 tions recorded at -Allahabad from September, 1890, to 

 August, 1904 ; VI., a Discussion of the Anemographic 

 Observations recorded at Lucknow from June, 1878, to 

 October, 1892, Sir John Eliot, K.C.I. E., F.R.S., 353; 

 Death of Lieut. -General Sir Richard Strachey, G.C.S.I., 

 F.R.S., 373 ; Obituary Notice of. Dr. W. N. Shaw, 

 F.R.S., 395 ; the Isothermal Laver of the Atmosphere, 

 W. H. Dines, F.R.S., 390, 462, 486: Dr. Charles Chree, 

 F.R.S., 437; C. E. Stromeyer, 485: Death of Prof. Ivan 

 Stozir. 397 ; Meteorology of October and November, 1907, 

 419 ; Rothesay Summers and Greenwich Winters, Alex. 

 15. MacDowall, 43S ; " Black Rain" in Ireland on 

 October 8-9, 1907, Dr. O. Boeddicker, 445 ; the Formation 

 of " Snow Rollers " at Ryton on Dunsmore, January 

 29-30, 1907; C. Browett, 453; Comparison of Ships' 

 Barometer Readings with those deduced from Land 

 Observations, E. Gold, 453 ; the Calm Region in the 

 -Atmosphere near Calcutta, C. Little, 455 : Machines for 

 driving away Hail, J. VioUe, 455 ; Death of Sir John 

 Eliot, K.C.I.E., F.R.S., 467; Obituary Notice of, 490; 

 Moon's Influence on the Wind Components at Hamburg, 

 Prof. J. Schneider, 469 ; Typhoon at the Caroline Islands, 

 March, 1907, Father .Algu^, 469 ; the Dawn of 

 Meteorology, Dr. G. Hellmann, 478 ; a Case of Ball 

 Lightning, Isidore Bay, 479 ; Comparison of the Rainfall 

 of Sydney and Melbourne, 1876 to 1905, A. Duckworth, 

 479 ; the Supposed Cloud-dispersing Power of the Full 

 Moon, J. R. Sutton, 518; Climatology of the Past Year 

 at Juvisy, 542 ; Variations of Temperature of the Spring 

 of Sainte -Baume (Var), E. .A. Martel, 576; Report of 

 Falmouth Observatory, 1907, 589 ; Stonyhurst College 

 Observatory Results for 1907, 589 ; Phenological Observa- 

 tions for 1907, E. Mawley. 599 ; .Anticyclonic Belt of the 

 Southern Hemisphere. Colonel H. E. Rawson, 599 ; an 

 Extremely Sensitive Electric Hygroscope, J. Pionchon, 

 600 

 Meteors : a Bright Meteor, -Arthur Mee, 18 ; T. F. Connolly, 

 115 ; November Meteors, John R. Henry, 31 ; the Spectra 



