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345 ; an Alleged Originator of the Theory of Atoms, Dr. 

 J. L. E. Dreyer, 368; Mosaic Origin of the Atomic 

 Theory, Dr. John Knott, 4S6 ; on the Physical .Aspect of 

 the -Atomic Theory, Wilde Lecture of Manchester Literary 

 and Philosophical Society, Prof. J. Larmer, Sec.R.S., 

 430 ; the Electromagnetic Theory of Dispersion in Gases, 

 L. N'atanson, 352 ; New Type of Dynamical Stability, 

 -A. Stephenson, 359; Formation of Gas Bubbles in the 

 Glass of Vacuum Tubes, A. .A. Campbell Swinton, 374; 

 Recalescence Curves, W. Rosenhain, 3S2 ; die Zustands- 

 gleichung der Gase und Fliissigkeiten und die Con- 

 tinuitatstheorie, Prof. J. P. Kuenen, 387; the Lines 

 of Flow of Water in Saturated Soils, especially Peat- 

 mosses, L. I^ Richardson, 407 ; a Fundamental Con- 

 tradiction between the Electrical Theory of Dispersion 

 and the Phenomena of Spectrum Series, Dr. G. -A. Schott, 

 413 ; Report of the Committee on the National Physical 

 Laboratory, 417; National Physical Laboratory during 

 1907, 521 ; Further Consideration of the Stability of the 

 Pear-shaped Figure of a Rotating Mass of Liquid, Sir 

 G. H. Darwin, K.C.B., F.R.S., 430; Influence of Sun- 

 light on the Disengagement and on the Orientation of 

 the Gaseous Molecules in Solution in .Sea-water, Raphael 

 Dubois, 431 ; the Use of Gyrostats, Prof. J. Perry, 

 F.R.S., at Physical Society', 447; les D^couvertes 

 modernes en Physique, O. Manville, 458 ; the Viscosity 

 of Water at Very Low Rates of Shear, L. E. Gurney, 

 470 ; E.xperimental E.xamination of Gibbs's Theory of 

 Surface Concentration regarded as the Basis of Absorp- 

 tion and its .Application to the Theory of Dyeing, 

 W. C. M. Lewis, 477 ; the New Matriculation Heat, 482 ; 

 the New Matriculation Light, 482 ; the New Matricula- 

 tion Sound, 482 ; a F'irst Year's Course in Geometry and 

 Phvsics, Ernest Young, 482 ; a Second Year's Course in 

 Practical Physics, James Sinclair, 4S2 ; a Third Year's 

 Course in Practical Physics, James Sinclair, 482 ; Deter- 

 mination of Viscosity at High Temperatures, Dr. C. E. 

 Fawsitt, 502 ; Certain Dynamical .Analogues of Tempera- 

 ture Equilibrium, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 503 ; Velocity of 

 Evaporation and a Method of determining the Hygro- 

 metric State, P. \'aillant, 503 ; the Corpuscular Theory 

 of Matter, Prof. J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., 505 ; Diffusion 

 and Osmosis, Prof. St^phane Leduc, 519; an .Annotated 

 Copy of Newton's " Principia," Bruce Smith, 510; 

 W. R. B. Prideaux, 534 ; Handbuch der Physik, Dr. A. 

 Winkelmann, 559 ; the Plug Permeameter, Dr. C. V. 

 Drysdale, 575"; Lehrbuch der Physik, Prof. H. A. 

 Lorentz, 580; I'Energ^tique et le Mechanisme au Point 

 de Vue des Conditions de la Connaissance, .Abel Rev, 

 580; lonisation of .Air by Ultra-violet Light, Frederic 

 Palmer, jun., 582 ; Lehrbuch der medizinischen Physik, 

 Prof. H. Boruttau, 604 ; the Radio-activity of Ordinary 

 Metals, the Penetrating Radiation from the Earth, Prof. 

 J. C. McLennan, 607 ; Scottish National .Antarctic Expe- 

 dition, Report on the Scientific Results of the S.Y. Scotia 

 during the Years 1902, 190'^, and 1904, under the Leader- 

 ship of W. S. Bruce, Vol. i'i., Physics, 61S 

 Phvsiography : de Vormen der .Aardkorst, Inlciding tot de 

 Studie der Physiographie, J. van Baren, 76; Physio- 

 graphical Experiments in Aggrading and Degrading 

 Stream, 351 ; Physiography, Prof. R. D. Salisbury, 

 Supp. to March 5, v 

 Physiology : Mechanism of the Transformation of Glycogen 

 into Glucose by the Muscles and the Animal Tissues, F. 

 Maignon, 23 : the Physiology of Alimentation, Prof. 

 Mardn H. Fischer, 26;' the Sugar in the Blood Plasma, 

 R. Lepin^ and M. Boulud, 47; Life-history of Leucocytes, 

 Part ii., on the Origin of the Granules, Part iii., 

 Phenomena occurring in Leucocytes, C. E. Walker, 71 ; 

 Influence of High .AUitude on the Loss of Water by the 

 Organism, H. Guillemard and .Aug. Moog, 93 ; Or- 

 ganische Zweckmassigkeit, Entwicklung und Vererbung 

 von Standpunkte der Physiologic, Dr. Paul Jensen, 100; 

 Physiologisches Praktikum fiir Mediziner, Prof. Max 

 Verworn, 14S; on the Incidence of Daylight as a Deter- 

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

 F.R.S., 150: Distribution of Arteries supplying the 

 Human Brain, Dr. C. E. Beevor, 1S7; Influence of 

 Increased Barometric Pressure on Man, Leonard Hill, 

 F.R.S., and M. Greenwood, jun., 1S7 ; zur vergleichenden 

 Physiologie des Gesichtssinnes, Prof. E. Raehlmann, 193 ; 



the Excito-secretory .Action of the Internal Branch of the 

 Spinal Nerve on the Stomach and Pancreas, F. X. Lesbre 

 and F. Maignon, 216; Physiological Properties of 

 Tubercle Bacilli which have been submitted to the Action 

 of Chlorine, MM. Moussu and Goupil, 216; a Manual of 

 Veterinary Physiology, Colonel F. Smith, C.B., C.M.G., 

 Dr. Percy T. Herring, 219; Ethyl Chloride in the_ Blood 

 during .Anaesthesia, Lucien Camus and Maurice Nicloux, 

 240 ; Structure of the Fundamental Substance of Hyaline 

 Cartilage, Ed. Retterer, 263 ; Action of Choline on the 

 Arterial Pressure, .A. Desgrez and J. Chevalier, 288 ; 

 .Arterial Pressure in Man, Dr. G. A. Gibson, 335 ; the 

 Prolongation of Life, Elie Metchnikoff, 289 ; Reciprocal 

 Innervation of .Antagonistic Muscles, Prof. C. S. 

 Sherrington, F.R.S., 333 ; Attempt at Grafting Articular 

 Tissues, Henri Judet, 336; Reissner's Fibre In the 

 Frog, George E. Nicholls, 344: the Equilibrium 

 between the Cell and its Environment in Regard 

 to Soluble Constituents, Prof. Moore and Dr. Roaf, 

 399 ; the Middle Cells of the Grey Matter of the 

 Spinal Cord, Dr. J. H. Harvey Pirie, 431 ; Physiologie 

 und Anatomie des Menschen mit ausblicken auf den 

 ganzen Kreis der Wirbeltiere, Dr. Felix Kienitz-Gerloff, 

 484 ; Excitability and Conductibility of Nerves exposed 

 to the Action of'Distilled Water, W. K. Denemark, 498; 

 Localisation of Function in the Lemur's Brain, Dr. F. W. 

 Mott and Prof. W. D. Halliburton, F.R.S., 501 ; 

 Asymmetry of the Figure and its Origin, Richard 

 Liebreich, 503 ; die Mechanik des Geisteslebens, Prof. 

 Max Verworn, 556 ; Nerve as a Master of Muscle, Prof. 

 C. S. Sherrington, F.R.S., at Royal Institution, 569; 

 the Influence of Inanition on Metabolism, Francis Gano 

 Benedict, 610; Comparative Electro-physiology, Prof. 

 J. C. Bose, Supp. to March 5, iii ; Plant Physiology, 

 Immunity to Disease among Plants, Prof. F. E. Weiss 

 at British Pharmaceutical Conference at .Manchester, 20; 

 Lectures on Plant Physiology, Prof. Ludwig Jost, 97 ; 

 der Einfluss des Klimas auf den Bau der Pflanzengewebe, 

 Anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen in den 

 Tropen, Dr. Carl HolteriTiann, 313 

 Pickard (R. H.), Resolution of sec-Octyl .Alcohol, 166 

 Pickering (Prof.), the Harvard College Observatory, 567 : 



Spectroscopic Binaries now under Observation, 590 

 Pickering (S.), Emulsions, 143 ; Interaction of Metallic Sul- 

 phates and Caustic .Alkalis, 143; Chemistry of Bordeaux 

 Mixtures, 143 

 Pickering (Mr.), Investigation of the Washes for spraying 



Fruit Trees, 590 

 Pictorial .Annual, Penrose's, 1907-8, 292 

 Pidoux (M.), the Transit of Mercury, November, 1907, 567 

 Pigott (Sir T. Digby), Luminous Owl, 155 ; the Luminous 



Owl seen in Norfolk, 205 

 Pilze, Chemie der hoheren, eine Monographic, Dr. Julius 



Zellner, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 553 

 Pionchon (J.), an Extremely Sensitive Electric Hygroscope, 



600 , _ 



Pirie (Dr. J. H. Harvey), the Middle Cells of the Grey 



Matter of the Spinal Cord, 431 

 Pirrie (Dr. .A. M.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 62 

 Pisciculture : Marine Fish-culture in United States, G. M. 



Bowers, 179 

 Plague : Plague and Fleas, 59 : the Interdependence of the 

 Rat and Plague, Dr. As'hburton Thompson, 113; Rats 

 and Plague in India, Dr. W. C. Hossack, 205 ; Present 

 Methods of Combating Plague, Dr. Haffkine, 133 : Pro- 

 tection of India from Plague, Dr. .Ashburton Thompson, 

 13-,; Bubonic Plague at San Francisco, 254; Reports on 

 P'lague Investigations in India issued bv the .Advisory 

 Committee appointed bv the Secretary of State for India, 

 the Roval Society and the Lister Institute, 585 ; Report 

 on Plague in Oueensland (February, 1900-June 30, 

 1907), B. Burnet~t Ham, 585; the Etiology and Epi- 

 demiology of Plague, Major G. Lamb, 585 

 Plagues aiid Pleasures of Life in Bengal, Lieut.-Colonel 



D. D. Cunningham, 223 

 Planer (V.), Comparison of the Energy Losses due to 

 Hysteresis in Iron. Steel, and Nickel, in Alternating and 

 Rotating Magnetic Fields respectively, 327 

 Planetary Photography, Prof. Percival Lowell, 402 

 Planets ;' the Transit of Mercury. M. Bigourdan, 18; the 

 Recent Transit of Mcrcurv, MM. Javelle and Simonin, 



