Index 



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Ii6; M. Charlois, ii6; M. Bourget, ii6; iM. Borrelly, 

 1 16; M. Esmiol, 116; Abbd Th. Moreux, 116; Comte de 

 la Baume Pluvinel, 116; the Transit of Mercury, Novem- 

 oer, 1907, M. Gautier, 567, M. Pidoux, 567 ; Mercury 

 as a Morning Star, 115; Changes on Saturn's Rings, 

 Prof. Campbell, 18; Saturn's Rings, Dr. Ristenpart, b"] \ 

 Prof. Hart.vig, 67; Prof. Lowell, 67, 116, 616; Paul Guth- 

 nick, 67 ; Prof. B. Peter, 90 ; M. Schaer, 90 ; Dr. 

 Has.senstein, 90; Rev. T. E. R. Phillips, 234; Dr. Lau, 

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

 apparently without Kings, M. Flammarion, 182 ; Saturn, 

 a New Ring suspected, G. Fournier, 302 ; the Saturn Per- 

 turbations of various Comets, Dr. Johannes W'endt, 568 ; 

 Occultation of Neptune by the Moon, Dr. Downing, 42 ; 

 the Appearance of Neptune in small Telescopes, Mr. 

 Holmes, 258 ; Mr. Maw, 258 ; the Great Red Spot on 

 Jupiter, Mr. Denning, 42 ; Photographs of Jupiter, M. 

 Qu^nisset, 90; Photographs of Jupiter's Satellites VI. and 

 VII., 137; Simultaneous Observations of Jupiter, Jean 

 Mascart, 259 ; Uniformly Distributed dark Spots on 

 Jupiter, Scriven Bolton, 401 ; a Possible New Satellite to 

 Jupiter, P. Melotte, 470; Observations of Jupiter during 

 the present Opposition, 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 ; Investiga- 

 tion of Inequalities in the Motion of the 

 Moon produced by the Action of the Planets, Prof. 

 S. Newcomb and Frank E. Ross, 43 ; Mars as the Abode 

 of Life, Prof. Lowell, 66, 471 ; Comparisons of the Places 

 of Mars for the Oppositions 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 Alterna- 

 tive 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 

 Atmosphere of Mars, P. Lowell, 503, 606 ; Elements 

 and Ephemeris for the Minor Planet Patroclus, 

 V. Heinrich, 67 ; Evolution of Planets, Edwin G. Camp, 

 W. E. Rolston, 195 ; a Newly Discovered Bright Minor 

 Planet (1908 B.M.), Dr. Kopff, 281 ; a Usefuf Sun and 

 Planet Chart, 302 ; Occultations of Uranus in 1908, Dr. 

 Downing, 353 ; Planets now Visible, 353 ; Recent Observa- 

 tions of \'enus, J. M. Harg, 471 



Plankton, das Siisswasser-, Dr. Otto Zacharias, 556 



Plant Biology, a Text-book of Elementary Botany arranged 

 for Modern Methods of Teaching, Dr. F. Cavers, 554 



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 Unter- 

 suchungen in den Tropen, Dr. Carl Holtermann, 313 



Plants : Nature and Development of Plants, C. C. Curtis, 

 436; Studies in Plant Life, J. Adams, 554 



Plasmog^nie, Notions g<'>n^rales de Biologic ct de, com- 

 par^es, Prof. A. L. Herrera, 558 



Platypus, the Egg of the, the Reviewer, 80 



Platypus-nest, Eggs of, Prof. Gregg Wilson, 149 



Plimmer (H. G.), Experimental Treatment of Trypano- 

 somiasis in Rats, 238 



Pluvinel (Comte de la Baume), the Recent Transit of Mer- 

 cury, 116 . 



Polack (M.), Visibility of Night Signals at Sea, 95 



Polak (S.), the Theory and Practice of Perspective Drawing, 

 411 



Polarity of Matter, the, Alex. Clark, 219 



Polkinghorne (B. C), Excavation of a Barrow at Chapel 

 Carn Brca, Cornwall, 143 ; Holed Stone at Kerrow, 

 Cornwall, 143 ; Cist and Urn at Tregiffian Vean, 143 



Pollard (A. F. Campbell), an E-xperimental Study of Stresses 

 in Masonry Dams, 209 



Pollock (Prof. J. A.), Steady Deflection Method of Current 

 Measurement with an Electrometer, 24 



Pollution of Rivers, the, 36 



Poole (R. H.), Preparation of Conductivity Water, 431 

 Pope (F. G.), Colour and Constitution of Azomethine Com- 

 pounds, 3S3 

 Pope (W. J.), Diethylauric Bromide, 94 

 Popple well (\V. C), Strength of Materials, 412 

 Potsch (Dr. O.), Theory with regard to the Embryo Sac, 



300 

 Porter (Prof. Alfred W.), the Solidification of Helium, 437 

 Poller u^ary Winearls), What Rome was Built With, a 



Description of the Stones employed in Ancient Times for 



its Building and Decoration, 196 

 Porthouse (.Mr.), Observatory Map of the Moon, 544 

 Poseidonius on the Originator of the Theory of Atoms, 



Dr. T. J. J. See, 345 

 Post (J.), Traits complet d'Analyse chimique appliqu^e aux. 



Essais industriels, 331 

 Fotamologv : the Winding of Rivers in Plains, Sir Oliver 



Lodge, F.R.S., 7, 79; R. D. Oldham, 55; R. C. Slater, 



79; J. Y. Buchanan, F.R.S., 100; J. Lomas, 102; Dr. 



John .^itken, F.R.S., 127; the Shaping of Lindsey by 



the Trent, F. M. Burton, 371 

 Putter (Prof. M. C), the Barley Disease" Deaf Ears," 256 

 Poulsen (V'aldemar), Telephoning without Wires, 587 

 Poultry, Influence of Heredity on the Diseases of, H. B. 



Greene, 15 

 Power (F. B.), the Constituents of Essential Oil of Nut- 



n-'.eg, 166 

 Poynting (Prof. J. H., F.'R.S.), Musical Sands, 24S 

 Pozzi-Escot (Emm.), the Detection and Estimation of 



Nickel, 216 

 Prain (Lieut.-Col. D., CLE., F.R.S.), the Cotton Plant, 



318. 485 

 Prall (Fr.), the Preservation of Eggs, 84, 137 

 Pratt (L.), Reduction of Metallic O.xides with Calcium 



Hydride and Calcium, 47; Action of Metallic Calcium 



on Alcohols, 239 

 Preservation of Eggs, the, Fr. Prall, 84, 137 

 Prest (J. J.), the Shaft Sinking at the Horden Colliery, 



South-east Durham, 420 

 Price (T. Slater), a Course of Practical Organic Chemistry, 



74 



Prideaux (W. R. B.), an .Annotated Copy of Newton's 

 " Principia," 534 



Prillieux (M.), Disease of the Pine in the Jura, 23 



Pring (T. v.), Meteorological Observations at the British 

 Kite Stations, Session 1906-7, 188 



Prior (Dr.), National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4, Petro- 

 graphy, 561 



Prior (Dr. G. T.). Slriiverite and its Relation to Ilmeno- 

 rutile, 358 



Prizes proposed by the Paris Academy of Sciences for 1909, 

 '83 



Prolongation of Life, the, Elie Metchnikoff, 289 



Prominence, a Large Eruptive, Mr. Fox, 90 



Piominence, the Large Solar, of May 21, 1907, Father 

 F(;nyi, 446 



Prominence and Coronal Structure, Dr. William J. S. 

 Lockyer at Royal .Society, 514 



Protozoa : die Tierwelt des Mikroskops (die Urtiere), Dr. 

 Richard Goldschmidt, 556 



Przibram (Dr. Hans), Experimental-Zoologie, 529 



Psychology : Elements of Psychology, Dr. S. H. Mellone 

 and Margaret Drummond, 267 ; an Introduction to Child- 

 study, W. B. Drummond, 410; the Child's Mind, its 

 Growth and Training, W. E. Urwick, 410; the Modern 

 Analysis of Psychical Phenomena, Prof. \. Hoche, 469 ; 

 the Dancing Mouse, a Study in Animal Behaviour, Robert 

 M. Yerkes, 533 ; die Meclianik des Geisteslebens, Prof. 

 Max Verworn, 556 ; New Explanation of Hallucinations, 

 Dr. Boris Sidis, 5S0 . 



Pukiue, the Manufacture of, 467 



Puringruppe, Untersuchungen in der, (1882-1906), Emil 

 Fischer, 579 



Purpurbakterien, die. Prof. Hans Molisch, Prof. R. T. 

 Hewlett, S3 



Purvis (J. E.), .Absorption Spectra of Collidine and 9-Chlor. 

 collidine, 190; Decomposition and Nitrification of Sewage 

 d) in ."Mkaline Solution, (2) in Distilled Water, 190-1 ; 

 Influence of Light and of Copper on Fermentation, 191 



Puzzles, the Canterbury, and other Curious Problems, H. E. 

 Dudency, 341 



