Index 



22 ; Prof. Lamb, 22 ; the Law of Equipartition of 

 Energy, Dr. S. H. Burbury, 22 ; New Proof of the 

 CoTnpleinentary Theorem, Prof. J. C. Fields, 22 ; New 

 Method of introducing the Elliptic Functions, Robert 

 Russell, 22 ; New Proof of Legendre's Identity, Robert 

 Russell, 22 ; Prof. A. E. H. Love, 22 ; Do the Radio- 

 active Gases (Emanations) belong to the .^rgon 

 Series? Sir VV. Ramsay, 23; Prof. Rutherford, 23; 

 S. Russ, 23 ; on the Number and Absorption of the 

 6-Particles emitted by Radium, W. Makower, 23 ; Prof. 

 Rutherford, 23; Prof. McClelland, 23; Prof. J. J. 

 Thomson, 23 ; Prof. H. A. Wilson, 23 ; Sir O. Lodge, 



23 ; on the Rate of Production of Helium from 

 Radium, Sir J. Dewar, 23 ; Prof. R. J. Strutt, 23 ; Sir 

 O. Lodge, 23; Seismological Investigations, Prof. J. 

 Milne, 23 ; New Form of Divided Object-glass Tele- 

 scope, Sir Howard Grubb, 23 ; the Reflecting Telescope 

 and its Suitability for Physical Research, Sir Howard 

 Grubb, 23 ; Sir D. Gill, 23 ; Father Cortie, 23 ; New 

 Spectroheliograph for the Madrid Observatory, Sir 

 Howard Grubb, 23 ; Relation between Intensity of 

 Light-time of E.vposure and Photographic Action, Prof. 

 H. H. Turner, 23 ; Sir \V. .^bney, 23 ; R. T. A. Innes, 



23 ; Sir D. Gill, 23 ; Systematic Motion of the Stars, 

 Prof. F. W. Dyson, 23 ; A. S. Eddington, 23 ; th( 

 Theory of Wave Motion, Prof. Horace Lamb, 23 ; 

 Wave Motion in the Atmosphere recorded by the 

 Microbarograph, Dr. Shaw, 24 ; Observations of Tem- 

 perature on Loch Ness, Mr. Wedderburn, 24 ; Physical 

 Applications of the Theory of Screws, Sir Robert Ball, 



24 ; the Inductance of Two Parallel Wires, Dr. T. W. 

 Nicholson, 24; the .^ther Stress of Gravitation, Prof. 

 K. Purser, 24 : New Three-colour Camera, Sir W. de 

 W. Abney, K.C.B., 24; Dr. Harker, 24; Prof. W. F. 

 Barrett, 24; New Method for measuring Large Induc- 

 tances containing Iron, Sir Oliver Lodge, 24 ; Benjamin 

 Davies, 24 ; Instantaneous Photographs exhibiting a 

 New Feature in the Splash of a Rough Sphere, Prof. 

 A. M. Worthington, 25 ; the Analogy between Absorp- 

 tion from Solutions and .Aqueous Condensation on 

 Surfaces, Prof. F. T. Trouton, i'^ ; Effect of Pressure 

 on the Boiling Point of Sulphur, Dr. J. A. Harker and 

 F. P. Sexton, 25 ; Photometric Standard of the 

 National Physical Laboratory. Dr. Glazebrook, 25 ; Is 

 our Climate changing? Sir John Moore, 25; Dr. Shaw, 

 2:; ; Changes in the Temperature of the North Atlantic 

 and the Strength of the Trade Winds, Commander 

 Campbell Hepworth, C.B., 25 ; the Constants of the 

 Lunar Libration, F. J. M. Stratton, 25; Results of 

 Observations on the Electrical State of the Upper 

 .Atmosphere, W. Makower, 25 ; Margaret White, 25 ; 

 E. Marsden, 25 ; Application of Quaternions to 

 Problems of Physical Optics, Prof. A. W. Conway, 

 25 ; Distribution of Electricity in a Moving Sphere, 

 Prof. A. W. Conway, 25 ; Mr. Varley, 25 ; " Scrutin de 

 Ballotage," Major P. k. MacMahon, 25; .Analysis of 

 Projection. Prof. R. W. Gencse, 25 : Method of obtain- 

 ing Solutions of Problems in Geometrical Optics by 

 Conformal Transformations in Space of Four Dimen- 

 sions, H. Bateman. 25 ; Extension of Optical Ideas to 

 the General Electromagnetic Field, Prof. E. T. Whit- 

 taker, 26: Meaning of Valency, H. Bateman, 26; 

 Conclusions from Recent Experiments on the Scintilla- 

 tions of 'Zinc .Sulphide fas In the Spinthariscope). Prof. 

 E. Rutherford, 26 ; Determination of the Rate of 

 Evolution of Heat by Pitchblende, H. H. Poole, 26; 

 Measurements of the Grating Spectrum of Radium 

 Emanation. T. Royds, 26; Prof. Dewar, 26; Secondary 

 Effects in the Echelon Spectroscope, H. Stansfield, 26 ; 

 New Methods of obtaining the Spectra in Flames, 

 Dr. G. A. Hemsalech, 26; Dr. W. G. Duffield, 26; 

 Prof. Larmor, 26 ; Dr. James Barnes, 26 : Dr. G. E. 

 Hale's Recent Photographs of the Spectra of Sun- 

 spots taken through Polarising .Apparatus, Prof. J. 

 Larmor, 26 ; .Sun-spots and Solar Temperature, Prof. 

 Whittaknr. 26; Causes of Seiches, E. M. Wedderburn, 

 26 ; Difference of Temperature of the Upper 

 .Atmosphere in Polar and in Equatorial Regions, Teis- 

 serenc de Bort. 26 ; Ballons-aondes Ascents made at 

 Manchester, W. A. Harwood, 26 ; Asymmetry in 

 Cyclones, Paul Durandin, 26 ; Changes of .Atmospheric 



Density in Storms, J. I. Craig, 26-7; Meteorology of 

 the Winter Quarters of the Discovery, Dr. Shaw, 

 27 ; Earthquakes and Waves in Distant Localities, Rev. 

 H. V. Gill, S.J., 27; Mathematics and Physics, Corr., 

 Prof Lamb, 47 

 Section H (Anthropology — continued)— Who Built the 



British Stone Circles? J. Gray, 236 

 Section K (Botany — continued) — Death-rate of Bacteria 

 under the .Action of Disinfectants, Harriette Chick, 84 ; 

 Death-rate of Cells of Higher Plants in Fatal Con- 

 ditions, Nora Darwin and Dr. F. F. Blackman, 84 ; 

 the Influence of Living Cells on the Transpiration 

 Current, Prof. H. H. Dixon, 84 ; the Mechanical and 

 Electrical Responses of Plants, Prof. Bose, 84 ; Increase 

 in Dry Weight as a Measure of Assimilation, Mr. 

 Thoday, 85 ; the Factors influencing Photosynthesis in 

 Water Plants, .A. M. Smith, 85 ; the Carbohydrates of 

 the Snowdrop Leaf and their Bearing on the First 

 Sugar of Photosynthesis, Mr. Parkin, 85 ; the Time 

 Factor in .Assimilation, J. M. F. Drummond, 85 ; 

 the Woodlands of England, Mr. Tansley, 85 ; Dr. 

 Moss, 85 ; the Evaporating Power of the Air 

 in Different Strata of the Marsh Formation of 

 ^^■icken Fen, Prof. R. H. Yapp, 85 ; the Origin of 

 Dicotyledons, W. C. Worsdell, 85 ; on the Morphology 

 of Endosperm, Prof. H. H. W. Pearson, 86 ; the 

 Primary Wood of Lepidodendron and Stigmaria, Prof. 

 Weiss, 86 ; the Structure of SigiUaria sciitellata, Brongn., 

 Newell Arber, 80; H. H. Thomas, 86; some Curious 

 Spindle-shaped Bodies in Burntisland .Material, Mrs. 

 D. H. Scott, 86 ; Colour Changes in Flowers produced 

 by Controlling Insolation, Col. H. E. Rawson, 86 ; on 

 the Contractile Roots of the Aroid Sauromatum 

 guttatum, Mrs. D. H. Scott, 86 ; Life-history of 

 llaewatoccus lacitstris, M. Wilson, 86 ; Optical 

 Behaviour of the Epidermal Cells of Leaves, Harold 

 Wager, 86 

 British Association, the Winnipeg Meeting of the, 413 

 British Birds, the Food of some, Robert Newstead, 254 

 British Isles, Bathy-orographical Map of the, 486 ; Hand- 

 book to accompany the Map of the British Isles, 486 

 British Isles, the Moths of the, Richard South, 427 

 British Journal Photographic Almanac, 1909, the, 18S 

 British Life from the Earliest Times to the Coming of the 



Danes, the Romance of Early, G. F. Scott Elliot, 131 

 British Oak Galls, E. T. Connold, 394 

 British Ornithologists' Union, the, 238 

 British School at Athens, the Annual of the, H. R. Hall, 



303 

 British Science Guild, the, 379 



British Stone Circles? Who Built the, J. Gray, 236 

 Brittany, Captain Devoir's Archsological Researches in, 51 

 Broad Bean Seed, Germination of the, E. Heber Smith, 



400 ; Prof. Franic Cavers, 488 

 Brocq-Rousseu (M.), Presence of Amylase in Old Seeds, 



4S0 

 Broili (F.). Amphibian Sclerocephalus from the "Gaskohle" 



of Niirschan, 171 

 Broniewski (W.), Electrical Resistance of Alkali Metals 



Gallium and Tellurium, 300 

 Brooke (M. W. H. Lombe), the Great Pyramid of Gizeh, 



its Riddle read, its Secret Metrology fully revealed as 



the Origin of British Measures, 32 

 Brooks (Dr. William Keith), Death and Obituary Notice of, 



139 

 Blown (Prof. .Adrian J.), Selective Permeability of the 



Coverings of the Seeds of Hordcum vidgare, 507 

 Brown (William), Geschichte der Philosophic, Karl Vor- 



Ifinder, 157; Grundlinien der Psychologic, Dr. Stephan 



Witasek, '157; die Entstehung der wirtschaftlichen Arbeit, 



Dr. Ed. Hahn, i.:;7 

 Brozek (Dr. A.), Variation of Decapod Crustacean Palae- 



nionetes varians, rr 

 Bruce (Eric S.), Some Forms of Scientific Kites, 240 

 Bruce (Dr. William S.), .Aims and Objects of Modern Polar 



Exoloration, 227 

 Brunhes (Prof. Jean), le Probl^me de I'Erosion et du 



Surcreusi'oient glaciaire, 234 

 Bruni (Dr. Giuseppe), Feste Losungen und Isomorphismus, 



306 

 Brunton (Sir Lauder, Bart., F.R.S.), Therapeutics of the 



