Nature, 1 

 March 25, igogj 



Index 



Brittany, 51 ; Objects of the Bronze Age found in Wilt- 

 shire, E. H. Goddard, 78 ; the Archaological Survey of 

 Nubia, 132 ; Nubian Cemeteries, Anatomical Report by 

 Drs. Elliot Smith and F. Wood Jones, 132 ; Age of 

 Prehistoric Excavations in Search of Flints at Brandon 

 (Grime's Graves), W. A. Sturge, 141 ; University of 

 Philadelphia's Excavations in Crete, R. H. Seager, 16S ; 

 the Dawn of Human Intention, Eoliths, Prof. A. 

 Schwartz and Sir Hugh R. Beevor, 210; Who Built 

 the British Stone Circles? J. Gray, 236; Stone Circles 

 in Ireland, W. E. Hart, 48S ; the Reliquary and Illus- 

 trated Archreologist, 249 ; Excavations in the Maumbury 

 Ring Circle, H. St. John Gray, 256; Fort Ancient, the 

 Great Prehistoric Earthwork of Warren County, Ohio, 

 W. K. Moorhcad, 258 ; Prehistoric Pottery in America, 

 C. B. Moore, 265 ; Surveying for ArchjEologists, Sir 

 Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 283 ; the Annual of 

 the British School at Athens, H. R. Hall, 303 ; Late 

 Celtic and Roman Pottery, A. G. Wright, 31S; Arretine 

 Ware from a' Late Celtic Rubbish-heap at Oare, M. E. 

 Cunnington, 319; Decorative Art of Crete in the Bronze 

 Age, Miss E. H. Hall, 349 ; Site of Meroe Discovered, 

 Prof. Sayce, 406 ; Folk Memory, or the Continuity of 

 British Archaeology, Walter Johnson, 423 ; les Stations 

 lacustres d'Europe aux Ages de la Pierre et du Bronze, 

 Dr. Robert Munro, 427 ; Dowels of Egvptian Coffins of 

 the Twelfth Dynasty, T. G. B. Osborn, 44S ; the Diatom- 

 aceous Deposit of the Lower Bann Valley and Prehistoric 

 Implements found therein, J. W. Jackson, 449 ; Alfarerias 

 del Noroeste Argentinto, F. Outes, 502 ; Sobre el 

 Hallazgo de Alfarerias Mexicanas en la Provincia de 

 Buenos Aires, F. Outes, 502 ; Arqueologia de San Bias, 

 F. Outes, 502 

 Arctica ; Danish North-east Greenland Expedition, Lieut. 

 A. Trolls, 197-8, 355 : Aims and Objects of Modern Polar 

 Exploration, Dr. William S. Bruce, 227 ; a Proposed 

 North Polar Expedition, Captain Roald Amundsen, 412 

 Arctowski (H.), R^sultats du Voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 



1S97-Q, Oceanographie, 460, Geologie, 460 

 Argentina, Prehistoric, 502 



Arithmetic : Arithm^tique graphique, Gabriel .^rnoux, Dr. 

 L. N. G. Filon, 34; a School Arithmetic, H. S. Hall 

 and F. H. Stevens, 156 ; a Modern Arithmetic, with 

 Graphic and Practical Exercises, H. Sydney Jones, 156 ; 

 Advanced Arithmetic and Elementary Algebra and 

 Mensuration, P. Goyen, 156; Elementary Mensuration, 

 W. M. Baker and A. A. Bourne, 156: Practical Arith- 

 metic and Mensuration, Frank Castle, 1,6 

 Armistead (Wilson H.), Trout Waters, Management and 



Angling, 5 

 Armstrong (Prof. H. E.), Origin of Osmotic Effects, ii.. 



Differential Septa, 507 

 Arnoux (Gabriel), Arithm^tique graphique. 34 

 .^sh (F. W.), Evolution of the Cetacean Tail-fin, 22S 

 .^shmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire, a 

 Historical Account of the, 1880-1905, Frank .Arthur 

 Bellamy, 215 

 Ashworth (Dr. J. R.), Meteorological Elements of Roch- 

 dale. 350 

 Askwith (Rev. E. H.), the Analytical Geometry of the 



Conic Sections, 337 

 Assam, the Ethnography of, 100 



Astronomy : the 4-79 Period of Sun-spot Activity, Prof. 

 Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 7; a Large Group of Sun- 

 spots, So; Sun-spots in 1907, Dr. Rudolf Wolf, 261; 

 on the Magnetic Action of Sun-spots, Prof. Arthur 

 Schuster, F.R.S., 279 ; the Magnetic Field in Sun-spots, 

 Prof. Hale, 351 ; Water-vapour Lines in the Sun-spot 

 Spectrum, Father Cortie, 438 ; Mr. Evershed, 439 ; Inter- 

 action of Sun-spots, P. Fox and G. Abetti, 469 ; Some 

 Cromlechs in North Wales, Sir Norman Lockyer, 

 K.C.B., F.R.S., 9; Our Astronomical Column, 20, '48, 

 80, 108, 142, 169, 200, 231, 260, 294, 320, 351, 378, 

 410, 438, 469, 499 ; the Spectrum of Comet Morehouse, 

 19081-. A. de la Baume Pluvinel and F. Baldet, 20 ; 

 H. Deslandres and J. Bosler, 149, 169; M. Bernard, 

 169 ; Observations of the Comet 1908c, Luc Picart, 29 ; 

 Photographs of the Morehouse Comet, L. Rabourdin, 

 29 : Comet Morehouse, 1908c, M. Borrelly, 48 ; L. 

 Rabourdin, 48; M. Gautier, 48; Prof. Ba'rnard, 48; 

 Prof. Kobold, 48; M. Ou^nissct, So; MM. Deslandres 



and Bernard, So ; Dr. Smart, loS, 143 ; Prof. Frost, 

 142 ; Prof. E. C. Pickering, 142 ; Herr Winkler, 142 ; 

 M. Geelmuyden, 143 ; Herr Ebell, 143 ; M. Flammarion, 

 231 ; MM. le Comte de la Baume Pluvinel and Baldet, 

 231; R. C. Johnson, 295; Spectroscopic Researches on 

 the Morehouse Comet, 1908c, H. Deslandres and A. 

 Bernard, 59 ; the Changes in the Tail of Comet More- 

 house, 169; Prof. Max Wolf, 351; Acceleration of 

 Matter in the Tail of Morehouse's Comet, MM. Baldet 

 and Qu^nisset, 200 ; Prof. Barnard, 200 ; Further 

 Observations of Morehouse's Comet, 190SC, J. GuiUaume, 

 260; Further Photographs of Morehouse's Comet, Prof. 

 Barnard, 320 ; the Spectrum and Form of Comet More- 

 house, Prof^ Frost and Mr. Parkhurst, 439 ; Prof. 

 Barnard, 439; Prof. Campbell and Dr. S. Albrecht, 439; 

 Solar Vortices and their Magnetic Effects, Prof. Zeeraan, 

 20 ; the Wave-length of the H5 Line, Mr. Evershed, 20 ; 

 Meteoric Iron and Artificial Steel, Prof. Fredk. Ber- 

 werth, 20 ; November Meteors, W. F. Denning, 37 ; 

 John R. Henry, 38 ; the Spectra of the Major Planets, 

 Prof. Percival Lowell, 42 ; Prof. Beyerinck, 139 ; Death 

 of Dr. Cecil G. Dolmage, 43 ; Death and Obituary 

 Notice of Dr. John M. Thome, 43 ; Death and Obituary 

 Notice of Andrew Graham, 44 ; Donati's Comet and the 

 Comet of 69 B.C., Herr Kritzinger, 4S ; Terrestrial Elec- 

 tricitv and Solar Activitv, Dr. A. Nodon, 48 ; the " Astro- 

 nomi'schen Gesellschaft " at Vienna, 48 ; New Catalogues 

 of Proper Motions, Dr. Ristenpart, 48; K._ Hirayama, 

 48 ; the Spectrum of Scandium and its Relation to Solar 

 Spectra, Prof. A. Fowler, 58; the Lick Observatory 

 Crocker Eclipse Expedition, January, igo8. Prof. Camp- 

 bell and Dr. Albrecht, William E. Rolston, 70; a New 

 Spectroscopic Laboratory at Pasadena, 80; Biographical 

 Memoir of Asaph Hall, G. W. Hill, 80; a Research on 

 the Movement of Comet Wolf, M. Kamensky, 80 ; Leonid 

 Meteors, W. F. Denning, 09 ; Astronomical Occurrences 

 in December, 108 ; in January, 294 : in February, 410 ; in 

 March 499: Halley's Comet, Mr. Wendell. loS ; Search- 

 epheraeris for Hailev's Comet, 320; a Simple Instru- 

 ment for finding the Correct Time, Prof. S. de 

 Glasenapp, 108; Ephemeris for Jupiter's Eighth Satellite, 

 108; Refraction Due to Jupiter's Atmosphere, M. 

 Chevalier, 143 ; E. Esclangon, 143 ; Observations of the 

 Surfaces of Jupiter's Principal Satellites and of Titan. 

 J. Comas Sola, 232; Jupiter's Eighth Moon, 410 ; 

 Jupiter's Seventh and Eighth Satellites, Sir William 

 Christie 469; Designations of Recently Discovered 

 Variable Stars, 108 ; 'the Enumeration of Minor Planets, 

 Prof. Bauschinger, loS ; the Variation of Latitude, Mr. 

 Hiravama, 108 ; the Stars of the Year. W. E. Rolston, 

 127;' Star Calendar for 1909, W. E. Rolston, 127; the 

 Star Almanack, W. E. Rolston, 127; Halley s Grave, 

 i-,o- the Change in the Physical Condition of Nova 

 Persei Prof. Barnard, 143 ; Observations of the Zodiacal 

 Light,' E. A. Fath, 143 : I'Annuaire du Bureau des 

 Lo'ngi'tudes, 143; Roval Astronomical Society, 147, 239; 

 Roval Astronomical Societv's Medal Awards, 434; Deter- 

 mination of Longitude bv Wireless Telegraphy, M. 

 Bouquet de la Grve, i6q ; Spectroscopic Binaries. Mr. 

 Plaskett 160 295: a Recent Observation of Nova Cygni, 

 Dr. Kari Bolilin." 169 ; the Studv of Stellar Evolution, an 

 Account of some Recent Methods of Astrophysical Research, 

 Prof. George Ellerv Hale, William E. Rolston, 191 ; Popu- 

 lare Astrophvsik, Dr. J. Scheiner, William E Rolston 

 191 ■ Water Vapour in the Atmosphere o, Mars. Prot. 

 Lowell 200 • Ouantitative Measures of the Water \ apour 

 in the 'Martian Atmosphere, Prof. Very, 499 ; the South 

 Polar Cap of Mars, Prof. Lowell. 232 ; the Spectrum of 

 Mars, M. Slipher. 351 ; Martian Features, Prof. Lowell. 

 ■278 • AI Antoniadi, 378 : Characteristics of the Superior 

 (K,)' Laver of the Sun's Atmosphere, M. Deslandres 

 200 • Liverpool Astronomical Society, 201 ; One Hundred 

 New Double Stars, Dr. R. G. Aitken, 201 ; Double-star 

 Astronomv, T. Lewis. 247; Double-star Orbits, Prof. 

 Doberck ' 320 ; the Poles of Double-star Orbits, Prof. 

 Doberck! 378: Errors of Double-star Measures, Dr. 

 H. E. Lau, 439 ; Corrections of the Position and 

 Diameter of Mercurv, Prof. Stroobant, 232 ; the Com- 

 panion to the Observatorv, 232 ; the Nizamiah Observa- 

 tory at Haidarabad, 232 ; Comet of 1556, Prof. George 

 Forbes, 239 ; Determination of the Apparent Diameter 



