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INDEX. 



Abderhalden (Emil), Text-book of Physiological Chemistry 

 in Thirty Lectures, 246 ; Neuere Ergebnisse auf dem 

 Gebiete der speziellen Eiweisschemie, 275 



Abetti (Prof. G.), the Parallax of 61 Cygni, 261 ; Inter- 

 action of Sun-spots, 469 



.•\bney (Sir \V.), Relation between Intensity of Light, 

 Time of Exposure, and Photographic Action, 23 ; New 

 Three-colour Camera, 24 



.Aborigines of Tasmania, the Origin of the, H. Ling Roth, 

 367; J. W. G., 367 



.Abraham (Henri), Monotelephone of Great Sensitiveness, 29 



.Acoustics : a Text-book of Sound, Prof. E. H. Barton, 425 ; 

 Traits de Physique, O. D. Chwolson, 425 



Actinium, on the Radio-active Deposits from, Prof. J. C. 

 McLennan, 487 



Adam (J. C), Field Natural History, 296 



Adamovic (Prof. L.), Vertical Distribution of Plants in the 

 Balkan States, 199 



Adloff (Dr. P.), das Gebiss des Menschen und der Anthro- 

 pomorphen Vergleichend-anatomische Untersuchungen, 

 Zugleich ein Beitrag zur menschlichen Stammgeschichte, 

 27S 



Advent, the Origin of, and other Three Weeks' Celebra- 

 tions, Rev. John Griflith, 36 



Aeronautics : .Aeroplane Flights, 15 ; the Progress of Avia- 

 tion, Herbert Chatley, 67; Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 

 67 ; Balloon Observations made at Birdhill, Captain 

 C. H. Ley, 118; Flying Machines and their Stability, 

 A. Mallock, F.R.S., 220; Remarkable Aeroplane Flight, 

 Wilbur Wright, 227 ; Some Forms of Scientific Kites, 

 Eric S. Bruce, 240 ; the Registering Balloon Ascents 

 in the British Isles, July 27 to .August i, 1908, C. J. P. 

 Cave, 240 ; Balloon Observations at Ditcham Park, 

 C. J. P. Cave, 240; Results of Recent Balloon Ascents, 

 260; Long Flight, Wilbur Wright, 291; Wireless Tele- 

 graphy by Balloons, 291 ; Formula for Velocity applic- 

 able to Propulsion in Air, Alphonse Berget, 359 ; 

 Mechanical Flight, Herbert Chatley at Society of 

 Engineers, 413 ; Participation of Various Countries in 

 the Work of investigating the Upper Air from January 

 to the Beginning of July, 1908, Dr. Hergesell, 468 



iEther, Gravitation Stress of, Prof. F. Purser, 179 



^ther of Space, the, Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., at Royal 

 Institution, 322 



Afforestation : Report on Afforestation in the United 

 Kingdom, 351 ; a National Scheme of Afforestation, 370; 

 the Chopwell Woods, 497 



.Africa : Geodetic Survev of South Africa, Colore! Sir 

 W. G. Morris. K.C.M.G., C.B., Captain H. W. Gordon, 

 and Sir David Gill. K.C.B., F.R.S., 103 ; the Forest 

 Region of Mount Kenia, loS ; Dr. Sandberg on the Anti- 

 clinal Structure of Tygerberg, Dr. .A. W. Rogers, 140 ; 

 Silk-producing Insects of West .Africa, Gerald C. 

 Dudgeon, 160; Underground Waters of Cape Colony, 

 Dr. Juritz, 229 



.Agriculture : the .A. B.C. of Lime Cultivation, Joseph Jones 

 and J. C. Macintyre, 22 ; Citric .Acid, Dr. Watts, 22 ; 

 .Agriculture for Southern Schools, J. F. Duggar, 6.!; ; 

 Potato Black Scab, Prof. T. Johnson, 67; Pr'of. F. E. 



.Weiss, gS ; Chemical Industry in Relation to Agricul- 

 ture, Prof. .A. Frank, 89 ; Canada's Fertile Northland, 

 Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, 95 ; Sugar-cane Experiments 

 in the Leeward Islands, 1906-7, 106 ; Use of Calcium 

 Cyanamide in Agriculture, -A. Miintz and P. Nottin, 

 119; the Soil, A. D. Hall, 127; Cotton and Cacao 

 Culture at St. Vincent, 141 ; Cotton Cultivation in 

 Tobago, T. Thornton, 229 ; Varieties of Wheat Grown 

 in Central India, G. Evans, 141 ; the Organisation of 

 Rural Education, 161 ; Value of Small Dressings of Lime 

 on the Sugar Plantations, H. H. Cousins, 16S ; Increas- 

 ing Use of Artificial Manures in South Australia, 168 ; 

 Southern Agriculture, F. S. Earle, W. G. Freeman, 186 ; 

 Work at Woburn Experimental Station, 197; Report 

 on Economic Mycology for the Year 1907-8, E. S. 

 Salmon, 199 ; Irrigation in Australia, a Suggestion, 199 ; 

 Exercises in Elementary Quantitative Chemical Analysis 

 for Students of Agriculture, Dr. .A. T. Lincoln and Dr. 

 J. H. Walton, jun., 217; Annual Report of the Trans- 

 vaal Department of Agriculture, 1906-7, Dr. E. J. 

 Russell, 235 ; Report of the Imperial Department of 

 .Agriculture for the Years 1905-6 and 1906-7, Dr. E. J. 

 Russell, 235 ; the Agricultural Journal of India, 1908, 

 Dr. E. J. Russell, 235 ; Memoirs of the Department of 

 -Agriculture in India, Dr. E. J. Russell, 235 ; Fungi and 

 Plant Diseases, Pole Evans, 235 ; the Food of some 

 British Birds, Robert Xewstead, 254 ; Fruit Drying in 

 California, 258 ; Hydrocyanic Acid as an Agent for 

 Destruction of Insect Pests, Dr. Morrill, 259 ; Methods 

 recommended for the Eradication of Weeds of North 

 Dakota, 293 ; Progress of Agriculture in Malay States 

 for 1907, 293 ; the Movement of Water in Soils, Dr. J. 

 Walter Leather, 300; Dr. E. J. Russell, 310; Experi- 

 ments with Nitro-bactrine, F. J. Chittenden, 317; 

 Vaccination of Sheep against Blue Tongue, Dr. Theiler, 

 318: Insect Pests affecting Cocoa in West Africa, Mr. 

 Graham, 409 ; Regeneration of Coffee Plantations by the 

 Introduction of a New Species, Jean Dybowski, 419; 

 Encyclop;Edia of Agriculture by the Most Eminent 

 .Authorities, Dr. E. J. Russell, 421; Crops, their 

 Characteristics and their Cultivation, Primrose McConnell, 

 427; Methods and Causes of Evolution, O. F. Cook, 

 435 ; Dr. A. G. Bell, 435 ; Poisonous Properties of the 

 Cape Tulip, 436; Method for checking Parasitic Diseases 

 in Plants, Prof. Potter, 436; the Diffusion of Saline 

 Manures in the Soil, A. Muntz and H. Gaudechon, 440 ; 

 Use of Ferrous Arseniate against the Parasitic Insects 

 of Plants, MM. Vermorel and Dantony, 449 ; Official 

 Estimate of Probable Wheat Harvest for 1908-9 in 

 South Australia, 467 ; Spraying Lime Trees with 

 Emulsion of Kerosene, 467 : Potato-growing in Central 

 India, G. Evans, 467 : Selective Permeability of the 

 Coverings of the Seeds of Hordeum vtilgare. Prof. 

 Adrian J. Brown, 507 

 Ahlers (R. 0.\ a Manganese Deposit in Southern India, 



118 

 Aitken (Dr. R. G.), One Hundred New Double Stars, 201 

 .Albe (E. E. Fournier d'). New Process of Contact Photo- 

 graphy, 479 



