Index 



of a KixcJ Star, Major P. A. MacMahon, 239 ; Death 

 and Obituary Notice of E. Stuyvaert, 25b ; Search for 

 a[i I'ltra-Ncptunian Planet, Prof. li. C. Pickering, 260; 

 the Figure of the Sun, Prof. Charles Lane Poor, 260; 

 a Remarkable .Meteor, Prof. Kopff, 2bi ; the Parallax 

 of 61 Cygni, Prof. G. Abetti, 2bi ; Meteoric Shower of 

 January, VV. V. Denning, 26b ; the Total Solar Eclipse 

 of U)ii April 28, Dr. Downing, 295; a Si.xth Type of 

 Stellar Spectra, Prof. Pickering, 295 ; the Astronomical 

 and Astrophysical Society of .America, 295 ; the Variable 

 Star U Geminorum, J. van der Uilt, 295; the Heavens 

 at a Glance, Mr. Mce, 295 ; Use of Coloured Screens 

 and Orthochroniatic Plates for the Photographic Observa- 

 tion of the Ki.xed .Stars, CEsten Hergslrand, 299 ; Death 

 and Obituary Notice of .Major Percy B. .Molesworth, 

 315; the Distribution of Eruptive Prominences on the 

 Solar Disc, Philip Fo.\, 320 ; Errors in Measures of 

 Star Images and Spectra, Prof. Perrino, 320; the Judg- 

 ment of Paris and some other Legends Astronomically 

 Considered, Hon. Emmeline .M. Plunket, IL R. Hall, 

 335 ; Eormeln und Hilfstafein fCir gcographische Orts- 

 bestimmungen. Prof. Th. Albrccht, 338; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Prof. G. W. Hough, 347; Periodical 

 Comets due to Return this Year, Mr. Lynn, 351 ; a 

 Brilliant .Meteor, P. Evans, 351 ; Camelopardalis, 

 Camelopardalus, or Camelopardus? Prof. E. C. Picker- 

 '"o. 35' ; Parallax of 23 H Camelopardalis, Gustaf 

 .Stromberg, 439 ; Ex-meridian, .Mtitude, .Azimuth, and 

 .Star-finding Tables, Lieut. -Commander Armistcad Rust, 

 Captain H. C. Lockyer, 365 ; Recent Brilliant Fireballs, 

 W. F. Denning, 378; H. Chapman, 378; .Atmospheric 

 Polarisation, Chr. Jensen, 378; Making a Forty- 

 centimetre (15-7 inches) Cassegrain Reflector, M. Schaer, 

 378; Remarkably Dark Pcnumbral Eclipse of the Moon, 

 378; I'Annuaire -Astronomique et M(5teorologique, 1909, 

 379 ; Zenithal Photographic Telescope, .A. de la Baumc 

 Pluvinel, 389; Cours d '.Astronomic, H. Andoyer, 395; 

 a February .Aleteoric Shower, W. F. Denning, 399 ; the 

 Problem of Several Bodies, Prof. E. O. Lovett, 410 ; 

 an Eccentric \'ariable Star, Mary W. Whitney, 410; 

 the Minor Planet Patroclus (617)', V. Heinrich, 410 ; 

 Prof. Wolf, 410 : Determination of the .Apex and Vertex 

 from the Stars in the Porter Catalogue, S. Beljawsky, 

 410; Colours of Stars in Galactic and Non-galactic 

 Regions, Mr. Franks, 410; Popular Astronomy, 410; 

 Ips Progres r^cents de r.Astronomie, Prof. P. Stroobant, 

 W. E. Rolston, 427 ; Essai d'une Explication du 

 M^chanisme de la Periodicity dans le Solcil et les Etoiles 

 rouges variables, .A. Brester, 431 ; the Stars of the c 

 and lie Subdivisions in the Maury Spectral Classification, 

 E. Hertzsprung, 439; the Stars surrounding 59 Cygni, 

 Prof. Jacoby, 439 ; Distribution of the Stars, Prof. E. C. 

 Pickering, 469 ; the .Anomalies of Refraction, Fr. Nusl 

 and J. J. Fric, 469 ; the Story of the Telescope, Mr. 

 .\Iee, 469 ; Observations of the Sun at Lyons Observatory 

 during the Fourth Quarter of 1908, J. 'Guillaume, 479; 

 a Brilliant Meteor and its Train, Rev. F. J. Jervis- 

 Smith, F.R.S.. 499; Annie L. Waud, 499; Dr. T. K. 

 Rose, 499 ; .Absorption of Light in Space, Prof. 

 Kapteyn, 409 ; the Orbit of 9 .Aquila;, Mr. Baker, 

 499 

 Astrophysics : the Study of Stellar Evolution, an Account 

 of some Recent Methods of .Astrophysical Research, Prof. 

 George Ellery Hale, William E. Rolston, 191 ; Populare 

 .Astrophysik, Dr. J. Scheiner, William E. Rolston, 191 ; 

 the Zonal-belt Hypothesis, a New Explanation of the 

 Cause of the Ice .Ages, Joseph T. Wheeler, 426 

 Athens, the .Annual of the British School at, H. R. Il.nll, 



.•503 

 Atkins (W. R. G.), Absorption of Water by Seeds, 3S9 

 Atkinson (W. J.), Scientific Societies and the Admission 



of Women Fellows, 488 

 Atlas of Canada, 272 

 Atlas, the Edinburgh School, 366 



Atlas of Physical, Political, Biblical, and Classical Geo- 

 graphy, the Class-room, 249 

 Atmosphere, the Isothermal Layer of the, J. I. Craig, ;!.Si • 

 W. II. Dines, F.R.S., 282, 459; Charles J. P. C.iv., 

 308; R. I". Hughes, 340, 420 

 Atmosphere, the Wonder Book of the. Prof. E. J. Houston, 

 424 



.\tmospheric Electricity : die Luftelektrizitat, Prof. .Albert 

 Gockcl, Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 455 



.Atmospheric Polarisation, Chr. Jensen, 378 



Atmospheric Variations, Diurnal and Semi-diurnal, Henry 

 Helm Clayton, 397 



.Atom, a Model, Harry Batemaa, 159 



.Australasia : the Preservation of the Native Fauna and 

 Flora in Australasia, Prof. Arthur Dendy, F.R.S., 73 ; 

 Geological Notes on Mt. Kosciusko, Prof. T. W. Edge- 

 worth David, 120; Australian Cormorants and Local 

 Fisheries, 167 ; die Fauna Sudwest-.Australicns, Ergeb- 

 nisse der Hamburger siidwest-australischen Forschungs- 

 reise, 1905, 396 



.Autumn and .After, Alex. B. MacDowall, 221 



.Aviation, the Progress of, Herbert Chatley, 67 ; Prof. 

 G. H. Brvan, F.R.S., 67 



Ayrton (Prof. W. E., F.R.S.), Death of, 43; Obituary 

 Notice of. Prof. John Perry, F.R.S., 74 



Ayson (L. G.), Introduction of .American F'ishes into New 

 Zealand, iio 



Bach (Dr. Hugo), Climate of Davos, 230 



Bacteriology : Elements of Water Bacteriology, with 



Special Reference to Sanitary Water .Analysis, Prof. 



S. C. Prescott and Prof. C. E. A. Winslow, Prof. R. T. 



Hewlett, ; Bacteriology and Tuberculosis of .Animals, 



the Tubercle Bacillus and Tuberculin, Prof. Koch, 49 ; 



Prof. Theobald Smith, 50; Prof. Sims Woodhead, 50; 



Opsonisation from a Bacterial Point of View, Dr. R. 



Greig-Smith, 120; a Manual of Bacteriology, Clinical 



and .Applied, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 219; Piroplasma 



mutans, Dr. A. Theiler, 235 ; the R61e of Liquid Crystals 



in Nature, 28(1 ; Properties of the Tubercle Bacillus 



cultivated on Bile, H. Calmette and C. Gu^rin, 299 : 



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



Physiology of Luminous Bacteria, G. A. Nadson, 467 ; 

 Baden-Powell (Major B.), the Knowledge Calculator, 19 

 Baetjer (W. .A.), Mesenteric Sac and Thoracic Duct in 



Pig-embryos, 228 

 Bahr (P. H.), Scaup-duck in Scotland, 257 

 Bailey (Dr. G. H.), the New Matriculation Chemistry, 



specially adapted to the London University Matriculation 



Syllabus, 363 

 Bailey (Mr.), the Weights of Developing Eggs, 105 

 Bainbridge (Mr.), Does the Kidney form an Internal 



Secretion? 466 

 Baker (E. C. Stuart), the Indian Ducks and their .Allies, 



274 

 Baker (Mr.), the Orbit of B .Aquite, 490 

 Baker (W. M.), Elementary Mensuration, 156 

 Baldet (F.), the Spectrum of Comet Morehouse, 19081;, 



20; .Acceleration of Matter in the Tail of Morehouse's 



Comet, 200; Morehouse's Comet, 231 

 Ball (Sir Robert), Physical Applications of the Theory of 



Screws, 24 

 Ball (R. S.), Natural Sources of Power, 4 

 Balthazard (V.), Identification of the Imprint of a Blood- 

 stained Hand on a Sheet, 179 ; Identification of Revolver 



Bullets, 389 

 Baltimore Meeting of the .American .Association, 344 

 Bamford (H.), Moving Loads on Railway Underbridges, 



including Diagrams of Bending Moments and Shearing 



Forces, and Tables of Equivalent Uniform Live Loads, 



128 

 Banfield (E. J.), the Confessions of a Beachcomber, 403 

 Barber (C. A.), the Haustoria of Cansjera Rheedii. 408 

 Bardon (L.), Discovery of Human Skeleton at Chapelle- 



aux-Saints, 270; DcJcouverte d'un Squelette Humain 



mousterien k la Chapelle-aux-Saints (Corr^ze), 312 

 Barium (.A.), the liSle of the Dissociation of the Carbono- 



phosphates in Nature, 479 

 Barnard (Prof. E.), Comet Morehouse, igoSc, 48 ; the 



Changes in the Physical Condition of Nova Pcrsei, 143 ; 



.Acceleration of Matter in the Tail of Morehouse's Comet, 



200; Further Photographs of Morehouse's Comet, 320; 



the Spectrum and Form of Comet Morehouse, 43Q 

 Barnard (J. E.), Ultra-microscopic Vision, 489 

 Barnard (S.), a New Algebra, 64 

 Barnes (Dr. James), New Method of obtaining the Spectra 



in Flames, 26 



