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Index 



Mira, the Maximum of, 1906, Naozo Ichinohe, 158 

 Mira Ccti, the Recent Maximum of, F^lix de Rov, 54^} 

 Mirage, Theory of the, Prof. Antonio Garb'asso, 356; 



Luigi Rolla, 356 

 " Mirror, Magic," Effects, Douglas Carnegie, 55 

 Mirrors, Temperature Control of Silvered, Dr. Heber D. 



Curtis, 137 ■ 

 Missouri, Columbia, and Vicinity, Flora of, F. P. Daniels, 



29 

 Mitton (G. E.), the Children's Book of Stars, 605 

 MofTatt (C. \V. P.), Science German Course, 53 

 Molisch (Prof. Hans), die Purpurbakterien, 53 

 Moll (Dr. J. W.), Handboek der botanische Micrographie, 



4S1 

 Molluscs : the Dorsal Sense-organs of Chitons, Dr. M. 



Nowikoflf, 135 

 Monnier (."Mfred), Traits de Chemie analytique qualitative, 

 suivi de Tables syst^matiques pour 1 'Analyse min^rale, 

 437 

 Monteverde (N. A.), the Absorption Spectrum of Proto- 



chlorophyll, 279 

 Moodie \K. M.), Derivatives of Tetramethyl Glucose, 239 

 Moog (.4ug.), Influence of High Altitude on the Loss of 



Water by the Organism, 95 

 Moon : Occultation of Neptune by the Moon, Dr. Downing, 

 42 ; Investigation of Inequalities in the Motion of the 

 Sloon produced by the .Action of the Planets, Prof. S. 

 Newcomb and Frank E. Ross, 43 ; the Moon in Modern 

 Astronomy, Ph. Fauth, W. E. Rolston, 195 ; Determina- 

 tion of the Moon's Light with a Selenium Photometer, 

 J. Stebbins and F. C. Brown, 258, 302 ; Observatory Map 

 of the Moon, Mr. Porthouse, 544 

 Moore (Prof.), the Equilibrium between the Cell and its 



Environment in Regard to Soluble Constituents, 399 

 Morbology : Connection between Crocodiles and Sleeping 

 Sickness, Prof. Koch, 16 ; the Cure and Prevention of 

 Sleeping Sickness, 36; Proceedings of the First Inter- 

 national Conference on the Sleeping Sickness held at 

 London, June, 1907, 440 ; New Method of Reaction of 

 the Skin to Tuberculosis and its Utilisation in Diagnosis, 

 J. Ligni^res, 23 ; Influence of Feeding on the Course of 

 Experimental Tuberculosis, MM. Lannelongue, .Achard,. 

 and Gaillard, 95 ; Malaria and Tuberculosis introduced 

 into America by the White Man, Dr. Robert Hessler, 

 231 : Drapers' Company Research Memoirs, ii., a First 

 Study of the Statistics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Prof. 

 Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 394 ; Characters of Tuberculous 

 Infection in their Relations with the Diagnosis of 

 Tuberculosis, S. .\rIoing and L. Th^venot, 503 ; Sana- 

 toria for Consumption, Dr. R. Fielding-Ould, 546 ; Rela- 

 tions between Lecithin and Tubercle Bacilli and Tuber- 

 culin. A. Calmette, L. Massol, and M. Breton, 552 ; 

 the Prevention of Malaria, Prof. Ronald Ross, 39 ; 

 Malaria, a Neglected Factor in the History of Greece 

 and Rome, W. H. S. Jones, 457 ; Therapeutics of 

 Trypanosomes, A. Laveran and .'\. Thiroux, 47 ; Experi- 

 mental Treatment of Trypanosomiasis in Rats, H. G. 

 Plimmer and J. D. Thomson, 238; the Development of 

 Trypanosomes in Tsetse-flies and other Diptera, Prof. 

 E. \. Minchin, 494 ; Concerning Trypanosoma cotigo- 

 h'tise, A. Laveran, 623 ; Plague and Fleas, 59 ; the Inter- 

 dependence of the Rat and Plague, Dr. .Ashburton 

 Thotnpson, 113; Rats and Plague in India, Dr. W. C. 

 Hossack, 205 ; Present Methods of combating Plague, 

 Dr. Haffkine, 133 ; Protection of India from Plague. 

 Dr. Ashburton Thompson, 133 ; Reports on Plague 

 Investigations in India issued by the .Advisory Committee 

 appointed by the Secretary of State for India, the Royal 

 Society and the Lister Institute, 585 ; Report on Plague 

 in Queensland (February, 1900, to June 30, 1907), B. 

 Burnett Ham, 585 ; the Etiology and Epidemiology of 

 Plague, Major G. Lamb, 585 ; Bubonic Plague at San 

 Francisco, 254 ; Experiments on Typhoid Fever Bacillus, 

 Dr. Ravold, 69 ; Ship Beri-beri and Scurvy, Prof. Hoist 

 and Dr. Frolich, 113: an Essay upon Disease, its Cause 

 and Prevention, Dr. G. E. Richmond, 365 ; the Diseases 

 of .Animals. Nelson S. Mayo, 416 ; the Disease of Dogs 

 due to the Prot6zoan Parasite Piroplasma canis, Captain 

 Christophers, 444 

 Moreux (.Abb^ Th.), the Recent Transit of Mercury, 116 

 Morgan (G. T.), Diazo-reaction in the Diphenyl Series, 



Morphology : Vergleichende Morphologic der Pflanzen, Dr. 



Jos. \"elenovsky, 7b 

 Morris (Sir D., K.C.M.G.), Disease-resisting Sugar-canes, 



43 S 

 Morrow (Dr. J.), Lateral \"ibration of Bars supported at 



Tw-o Points with One End Overhanging, 119 

 Mosaic Origin of the .Atomic Theory, Dr. John Knott, 4S6 

 .Mosquitoes : the Prevention of Mala'ria, Prof. Ronald Ross,. 



39 ; Chrysanthemum Powder as a Means of destroying. 



Mosquitoes in Houses, Dr. A. L. Herrera, 278 

 .Moss (H.|, Contact Potential Differences determined by 



.Means of Null Solutions, 477 

 .Moss (Richard J.), the Photoelectric Property of Selenium, 



19S 

 .Mcihs of the British Isles, the, Richard South, 4S3 

 .Mott (Dr. F. W.), Localisation of Function in the Lemur's 



Brain, 501 

 -Mottier (Prof. D. M.), Some Scientific Centres, xii., the 



Botanical Institute of the University of Bonn, Prof. E. 



Strasburger, 321 

 .Mountaineering : Ascent of Trisul, Himalayas, 134 ; the 



Climber's Pocket Book, Rock-climbing Accidents, with 



Hints on First Aid to the Injured, some Uses of the 



Rope, Methods of Rescue and Transport, Lionel F. 



\^'est, 196 

 Moureu (Charles), Isosparteine, 216; Researches on the 



Rare Gases of Thermal Springs, 432 

 Moussu (M.), Physiological Properties of Tubercle Bacilli 



which have been Submitted to the Action of Chlorine, 216 

 Mudge (Geo. P.), the Interpretation of Mendelian Phe.-io- 



mena, 8 

 Muirhead (R. F.), Simple Method of calculating First and 



Second Moments of (."ertain Elenientarv Figures, 88 

 Mulattos, Sir W. T. 'I hiselton-Dyer, K.C.M.G., F.R.S,, 



126; H. G. Wells, 149 

 Miiller (Bruno), the Air-sacs of Pigeons, 444 

 .Mijller (Dr. C), Light-emilting Plants, 542 

 Miiller (G.), Mikroskopisches und physiologisches Prak- 



tikum der Botanik fiir Lehrer, 481 

 Miiller (Sophus), I'Europe pr^historique, 578 

 Mundella (V. A.), Educational Leakage, 617 

 .Muntz (.A.), Utilisation of Turf for the Purification of 



Sewage, 287 

 Muscle, Nerve as a Master of. Prof. C. S. Sherrington, 



F.R.S. , at Royal Institution, 569 

 Museums : Death of John Maclauchlan, 63 ; Best Means 



of preserving Marine Inverfebrates for Museum Purposes, 



Dr. H. C. Sorby, 375 

 Music and Melody, Prof. W. C. Sabine, 37S 

 Musical Sands, Cecil Carus-Wilson, 222, 271 ; Prof. J. H. 



Poynting, F.R.S., 24S ; Sidney Skinner, 248 

 Mutation, Specific Stabilitv and. Sir \V. T. Thiselton-Dver, 



K.C.M.G., F.R.S., 77, 127; R. H. Lock, 127 

 Muusmann (P.), Meteors observed on January 2, 353 

 Myres (Prof. John L.), an Early Notice of Neolithic 



Implements, 535 



Nagaoka (Prof. H.), Satellites of Yellow and Green Lines 



of Mercury, 5S1 

 Nasaraja (Mr.), Weakened Lines in Sun-spot Spectra, 158 

 Namaland und Kalahari, aus. Prof. Leonhard Schultze, Sir 



H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., 385 

 Nansouty (Max de), Actualit^s scientifiques, 437 

 Natanson (L.), the Electromagnetic Theory of Dispersion 



in Gases, 352 

 National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4, 33 

 National Decay, Malaria and, 457 

 National Physical Laboratory during 1907, 521 

 Natural History • National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4, 

 33 ; the Story of Scraggles (a Sparrow), George W. 

 James, 77 ; the Egg of the Platypus, the Reviewer, 80 ; 

 Linnean Society, 142, 190, 334, 406, 476, 527, 598; some 

 Nature Biographies, Plant, Insect, Marine, Mineral, 

 J. J. Ward, 147; the F'airyland of Living Things, R. 

 Kearton. 147 : on the Incidence of Davlieht as a De- 

 termining Factor in Bird-migration, Prof. E. A. Schafer,. 

 F.R.S., 159; Science of Nature-history, Nasarvanji 

 Jivanji Readymoney, 172 ; New South Wales Linnean 

 Society, 192, 264; Newfoundland and its Untrodden 



