Nature, "I 

 me II, 1908 J 



Index 



Quaintance (A. L.), Trumpet Leaf-miner of the Apple, 



L isihcna malifoliella, 156 

 Ouetnsland, Report 011 Plague in, (February, 1900-June 30, 



1907), B. Burnett Ham, 5S5 

 Ouenisset (M.), Photographs of Jupiter, 90 



Rating Animals, the Speed of. Prof. John Perry, F.R.S., 



389 



Radial \ elocity of ^ L rsie Majoris, \ ariation in the. Dr. 

 H. LudendorlT, 520 



R.'diograpiiy : the Coloration of Crystallised Alumina, F. 

 Bordas, 17; Lse of the Radiometer in observing Small 

 Gas Pressures, Sir James Dewar, F.R.S., 22 ; the Origin 

 of Radium, Dr. Otto Hahn, 30 ; Action of Radium 

 Bromide on Precious Stone of the Alumina Family, F. 

 Bordas, 95 ; the Fatigue of Secondary I4adiation due to 

 Radium Rays, J. A. Crowther, 167 ; the Condensation of 

 Water Vapour in the Presence of the Radium Emanation, 

 Mme. Curie, iby ; Dr. H. VV. Schmidt's Experiments on 

 the Effect of High Temperatures on the Disintegration 

 of Radium C, 420 {see also Radium) ; Induction Coil for 

 Riintgen-ray Work, Dr. J. Rosenthal, 65 ; Action of 

 Ronigen Ravs upon Crystallised Alumina, F. Bordas, 95 ; 

 the Nature of y and X-rays, Prof. W. H. Bragg, 270, 

 560 ; Charlton D. Cooksey, 509 ; the Nature of Rontgen 

 Rays, Dr. Charles G. Barkla, 319; the Wave-length of 

 Rontgen Rays, Prof. J. Stark, 320; Classification of 

 Secondary X-Radiators, Dr. C. G. Barkla and C. A. 

 Sadler, 343 ; Dr. B. Walter, 462 ; the Anode Rays, Drs. 

 F. Gehicke and O. Reichenheim, 89; Possibility of 

 establishing the Diagnosis of Death by Radiography, 

 Charles Vaillant, 96 ; the Lithium contained in Radio- 

 active Minerals, Mile. Gleditsch, 167, 407 ; Sir W. 

 Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., 412; Lithium in Active 

 Minerals, Sir William Ramsay and Alex. Cameron, 455 ; 

 Problems of Radio-activity, Dr. G. A. Blanc, 280 ; Radio- 

 graphy in Pearl Fishing, John J. Solomon, 331 ; the 

 Scattering of the /3 Rays from Uranium by Matter, J. A. 

 Crowther, 358 ; the Penetrating Radiation, W. W. 

 Strong, 343 ; Prof. .A. S. Eve, 486 ; Theory of the 

 Radiation of the .Auer Incandescent Gas Mantle, M. Foix, 

 420 ; Recent .Advances in Radio-activity, Prof. E. Ruther- 

 ford, F.R.S., at the Royal Institution, 422 ; the a 

 Particles from Radio-active Substances, Dr. R. S. 

 Willows, 439 ; Relative Merits of the Radiomicrometer, 

 the Linear Thermopile, the Radiometer, and the Bolo- 

 meter for the Measurement of Radiation, W. W. 

 Coblentz, 445 ; the Nature of y Rays, Prof. J. J. Thom- 

 son, 454 ; Velocity of Kathodic Secondary Radiation, 

 Prof. J. J. Thomson, 4^4 ; Spectrum of the Discharge 

 from a Glowing Lime Kathode in Mercury Vapour, F. 

 Horton, 454 ; a New Type of Rays, Magnetic Rays, Prof. 

 Augusto Righi, 470 ; a Standard Unit of Radio-activity, 

 543 ; Method of Counting the Number of o Particles from 

 Radio-active Matter, Prof. E. Rutherford and Dr. H. 

 Geiger, 599 ; the Radio-activity of Ordinary Metals, the 

 Penetrating Radiation from the Earth, Prof. J. C. 

 McLennan, 607; .Atmospheric Radio-activitv at New 

 Haven, H. M. D.adourian, 615 



Radiolelephony : Telephoning without Wires, Valdemar 

 Pouisen, 587 



Radium : the Origin of Radium, Dr. Otto Hahn, 30 ; Re- 

 determination of the .Atomic Weight of Radium, Madame 

 Curie, 65 : the Occurrence of Copper and Lithium in 

 Radium-beari.nrt Minerals. Prof. Herbert N. McCoy, 79 ; 

 Production and Origin of Radium, Prof. E. Rutherford, 

 loi ; Ridium and the Earth's Heat, Prof. Harold .A. 

 Wilson, F.R.S., 365; Hon. R. J. Strutt, F.R.S., 365; 

 Radium Content of Deep-sea Sediments. Prof. J. Joly, 

 4tS : Coloration of Glass and Ouartz bv Radium, Charles 

 E. S. Phillips. s-!< 



Raehlmann (Prof. E.), zur vergleichenden Physiologie des 

 Gesichtssinnes, 193 



Ragno (Prof. E.l, la Tecnologia delle Saldature autogene 

 dei Metalli, :;oS 



Rain Water, Filtration of, Enquirer, 272 



Rainbow (W. J.), a Guide to the Study of Australian 

 Butterflies, 411 



Rainfall and Water Supply, Dr. H. R. Mill at Royal 

 Meteorological .Society, 286 



Ramaley ',F.), the Silva of Colorado, 399 



Rambaut (Dr. A. .A.), a Large Solar Prominence, 56 



R<<msay (^.A. A.), the Solution of F'ormaldehyde in Solutions 

 of Cane .Sugar, 263 



R;;msay (Sir \\'., K.C.B., F.R.S.), Lithium in Radio-active 

 Minerals, 412 ; Lithium in Active Minerals, 455 ; Com- 

 memorative Dinner to, 500 



Raper (H. S.), Condensation of Acetaldehyde and its Rela- 

 tion to the Biochemical Synthesis of Fatty Acids, 47 



Ravold (Dr.), Experiments on Typhoid Fever Bacillus, 69 



Rawitz (Dr. Bernhard), Lehrbuch der mikroskopischen 

 Technik, 605 



Rawson (H. E.), Anticyclonic Belt of the Southern Hemi- 

 sphere, 599 



Rawson (Robert), Biographical Sketch of. Rev. Robert 

 Harley, F.R.S., 157 



Rayleigh (Lord), Publication of Scientific Works in Em- 

 bossed Type for the BImd, 204 



Readymoney (Nasarvanji Jivanji), Science of Nature- 

 history, 172 



Reed (F. R. Cowper), Lower Palaeozoic Fossils of the 

 Northern Shan States, Burma, 116 



Reflection of Polarised Light, C. T. Whitmell, 103 



Refrigerator, the AudilTren, MM. Audiffren and Singrun, 

 215 



Regeneration and Transplantation, Prof. E. Korschelt, 99 



Reichenheim (Dr. O.), the Anode Rays, 89 



Reid (Clement, F.R.S.), the Geology of the Land's End 

 District, 90 ; Origin of the Pillow-lava near Port Isaac 

 in Cornwall, 358 



Reid (Dr. G. Archdall), the Interpretation of Mendelian 

 Phenomena, 9, 54; the Inheritance of "Acquired" 

 Characters, 293, 342, 393 ; Mendelism and Sex, Lecture 

 at Linnean Society, 236 



Reinforced Concrete Construction, Principles of, F. E. 

 Turneaure and E. R. Maurer, Supp. to March 5, vi 



Reissner's Fibre in the Frog, George E. Nicholls, 344 



Remington (John Stewart), the Education of To-morrow, 

 292 



Renouf (Miss N.), Nitro-derivatives of o-Xylene, 502 ; Sub- 

 stituted Dihydrobenzenes, Part ii., i : i-Dimethyl-A-=^- 

 dihvdrobenzene and i : i-Dimethyl-A-=''-dihydrobenzene, 



Renshaw (Graham), Final Natural History Essays, 393 

 Repsold (Joh. A.), zur Geschichte der astronomischen Mess- 



werkzeuge von Purbach bis Reichenbach, 1450 bis 1830, 



409 

 Research, Examination v., Dr. F. C. S. Schiller, 322 

 R^seaux, Determination of the Errors of the Paris 



Observatory, Jules Baillaud, 617 

 Retterer (Ed!), Structure of the Fundamental Substance of 



Hvaline Cartilage, 263 

 Revere (G.), I laterizi, 50S 



Reviews .and Olr Bookshelf. 

 .A Description of the Soil-geology of Ireland, based upon 



Geological Survey Maps and Records, with Notes on 



Climate, J. R. Kilroe, 4 

 Dyeing in Germany and -America, Sidney H. Higgins, 



Prof. Walter M. Gardner, 4 

 The Care of the Body, Dr. Francis Cavanagh, 5 

 Practical Mathematics, Prof. John Perry, F.R.S., 6 

 La Th^orie de la Physique chez les Physiciens con- 



temporains, .Abel Rey, 6 

 How to tell the Birds from the Flowers, a Manual of 



Flornithologv for Beginners, Prof. R. W. Wood, 7 

 Zoology of Egypt, the Fishes of the Nile, G. A. Boulenger, 



F.R.S., 10 

 Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, 25 

 Avifauna Italica, Enrico Hillyer Giglioli, 25 

 The Physiology of Alimentation, Prof. Martin H. Fischer, 



26 

 Arithmetic for Schools, Rev. J. B. Lock, 27 

 Arithmetic, chiefly Examples, G. W. Palmer, 27 

 A Modern Arithmetic, with Graphic and Practical Exercises, 



H. Sydney Jones, 27 

 Die typischen Geometrien und das Unendliche, B. 



Petronievics, 28 

 Engineering Workshop Practice, Charles C. Allen, 28 

 Steam and other Engines, J. Duncan, 29 



