Index 



^March 25, 1909 



and A. U. Koss, 479 ; Magnetic Properties of some Easily 

 LiquL'fiable Gases, P. Pascal, 509 

 Maitlaml (A. Gibb), Geology of Western Australia, 472 

 Makower (VV.), on the number and Absorption of the /3 

 Particles emitted by Radium, 23 ; Results of Observations 

 on the Electrical Stale of the Upper Atmosphere, 25 ; 

 Investigation of the Electrical State of the Upper Atmo- 

 sphere, 118; the Radio-active Substances, 157; the Radia- 

 tion of the Active Deposit from Radium throufjh a 

 Vacuum, 340; Volatility of Radium A and Radium C, 



359 



Mallitano (G.), Hydrolysis of Perchloride of Iron : the In- 

 lluencc of Neutral Salts, 59 



Mallock (A., E.R.S.), Elying Machines and their Stability, 

 220; Instability of Tubes subjected to End Pressure and 

 l'"olds in Elexible Material, 2O7 ; Extension of Cracks in 

 an Isotropic Material, 478 



Malting, Practical Floor, Hugh Lancaster, 128 



Man, the Childhood of, a Popular Account of the Lives, 

 Customs and Thoughts of the Primitive Races, Dr. L(5o 

 Erobenius, Dr. .\. C. lladdon, F.R.S., 162 



Man, the Production of Prolonged Apnoea in. Dr. II. M. 

 Wrnon, 458 



Manchester, Chemical Research at the University of, 233 



M.incliestcr Literary and Philosophical Society, 118, 14S, 

 2 1". 359,- 448 



Mandalay, From Pekin 10, a Journey from North China to 

 Burma, through Tibetan Ssuch'uan and Vunnan, R. V . 

 Johnston, 103 



Mansbridge iG". F.}, Manufacture of Electrical Condensers, 

 79 



Marais (11.), a Case of Isodimorphism, 330 



Marchant (F. P.), the Slavonic Languages, 407 



Marine Biology : the Keeping of Young Herring Alive in 

 Captivity, Richard Elmhirst, 38 ; Ostracoda of the Bay of 

 Biscay captured during the 1900 Cruise of H.M.S. Re- 

 search, Dr. G. H. Fowler, 116; Biscayan Plankton, 

 Ostracoda captured during the 1900 Cruise of H.M.S. 

 Research, Dr. G. Herbert Fowler, 209 ; the Spawning of 

 Eledone, F. H. Gravely, 149 ; Report for 1907 on the 

 Lancashire Sea-fisheries Laboratory at the University of 

 Liverpool and the Sea-fish Hatchery at Piel, Prof. W. A. 

 Murdin.an, F.R.S.. Andrew Scott, and James Johnstone, 

 151 ; Habits of Crinoids, A. H. Clark, 199; the Percy 

 Sladen Trust I^^xpedition to the Indian Ocean, J. Stanley 

 Gardiner, F.R.S., and J. C. F. Fryer, 204; Svenska 

 Hydrografisk Biologiska Kommissionens Skrifter III, 225 ; 

 Conditions of Life in the Sea, a Short Account of Quan- 

 titative Marme Biological Research, J. Johnstone, E. W. 

 Nelson, 332; Influence of Light on Coloration of Marine 

 Animals, Dr. F. W. Gamble, 359 ; Egg-case of Chilo- 

 scylliiiin t>unctaUtm, J. D. Ogiivy and A. R. McCulloch, 

 420; South African Blenniida;, Src, Messrs. Gilchrist 

 and Wardlaw Thompson, 472 ; New Forms of Hemichor- 

 data from South .\frica, Dr. Gilchrist, 473 ; New Species 

 of Ptychodera, Dr. Gilchrist, 473 ; Larva and Spat of the 

 Canadian Oyster, Dr. J. Staflord, 473; Breeding Habits 

 and Development of I.ittorina Uttorca, W. M. Tattersall, 

 47S; British Oithon.-E, G. P. Farran, 478 



Marine Engineering : Efficiency of Marine Engines and Pro- 

 pellers, J. Hamilton Gibson, 437 



Marloth (Dr.), Pollination of Bclmontia cordata, 90 



Marques (Dr. A.), Scientific Corroborations of Theosophv, a 

 \'indication of the Secret Doctrine by the Latest Dis- 

 coveries, 457 



Mars : Water \'apour in the Atmosphere of Mars, Prof. 

 Lowell, 200 ; the South Polar Cap of. Prof. Lowell, 

 232; the Spectrum of Mars, Mr. Slipher, 351; Martian 

 Features, Prof. Lowell, 378; M. Antoniadi, '378 ; Quan- 

 titative Measures of the Water Vapour in the Martian 

 Atmosphere, Prof. Very, 499 



Marsden (E.), Observations on the Electrical State of the 

 Upper .Atmosphere, 25 ; Investigation of the Electrical 

 State of the LIpper Atmosphere, 118 



Marshall (Dr. P.), the so-called Gabbro of Dun Mountain, 



Martin (Mr.), the Hubbard Glacier of Alaska, 234 

 Martin (E. A.), Brighton Cliff Formation, 508 

 Martindale (Dr. W. Harrison), the Extra Pharmacopceia of 

 Martindale and Westcott, 187 



Marvin (Prof. C. F.), New Form of Compensated Siphon 



Barograph, 377 

 Mary (Albert and Alexandre), Movement of Water iji Chalk, 



234 



Mascre (M.), L rea in Fungi, 300 



Mason (Dr. Otis Tufts), Death of, 138; Obituary Notice 

 of, 197 



Maspero (G.), New Light on Ancient Egypt, 222 



Massart (Prof. J.), Phytogeographical Account of the Lit- 

 toral and Alluvial Districts of Belgium, 435 



Massee (Geo.), an Alga growing on Fish, 90 



Massol (G.), Radio-activity of the Gases from the Thermal 

 Water of Uriage (Isere), 89 



Masterman (Captain VV.), Report on Plaice, 145 



Mathematics : the Knowledge Calculator, Major B. Baden- 

 Powell, 19; Arithmitique graphique, Gabriel Arnoux, 

 Dr. L. N. G. Filon, 34; Graphic Algebra, Dr. Arthur 

 .Schultze, 35 ; Elementary Algebra, W. D. Eggar, 64 ; 

 a New Algebra, S. Barnard and J. M. Child, 64; Algebra 

 for Secondary Schools, Dr. Charles Davison, 6a ; the 

 Eton Algebra, P. Scoones and L. Todd, 64 ; Foundations 

 of Trigonometry, Dr. Arthur C. Lunn, 79 ; the Elemen- 

 tary Theory of the Symmetrical Optical Instrument, J. G. 

 Leatham, 96; Mathematical Society, 117, 209, 359, 479: 

 an Annotated Copy of Newton's " Principia," Bruce 

 Smith, 130 ; the Correlation of the Teaching of Mathe- 

 matics and Science, Prof. Perry, 143; a School Arithmetic, 

 H. S. Hall and F. H. Stevens, 156 ; a Modern Arithmetic, 

 with Graphic and Practical Exercises, H. Sydney Jones, 

 i.s6; .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, 156; Theory of 

 W'aves Propagated Vertically in the Atmosphere, Prof. 

 H. Lamb, 209 ; Representation of a Function by Series of 

 Bessel's Functions, Dr. E. W. Hobson, 200: Differentials. 

 Dr. W. H. Young, 209; Solution of the Homogeneous 

 Linear Difference Equation of the Second Order, G. N. 

 Watson, 209 ; Experimental Elasticitv, G. F. C. Searle. 

 F.R.S., Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 21S; Extensions of 

 Fourier's and the Bessel-Fourier Integral Theorems, Prof. 

 AV. McF. Orr, 240 ; Elementary Solid Geometry, including 

 the -Mensuration of the Simpler Solids, AV. H. Jackson", 

 277 ; Euclid Simplified in Accordance with the New Uni- 

 versity Regulations, with Additional Propositions and 

 Numerous Examples, Saradaranjan Ray, 277 ; a Pre- 

 liminary Geometry, Noel S. Lydon, 277 ; Examples in 

 Elementary Mechanics, Practical, Graphical, and Theoreti- 

 cal, W. J. Dobbs, 277 ; Calcul graphique et nomographic. 

 M. d'Ocagne, 279; the Collected Mathematical Papers of 

 James Joseph Sylvester, 303 ; Modern Geometry, C. God- 

 frey and A. "W. Siddons, 337 ; the Analytical Geometry of 

 the Conic Sections, Rev. E. H. Askwith, 337 ; a Method 

 of Solving .Algebraic Equations, Georg Sattler, 308 ; Prof. 

 Ronald Ross. C.B., F.R.S., 398; Invariants of Quadratic 

 Differential Forms, J. E. Wright, 486; a Course of Plane 

 Geometrv for .Advanced Students, C. \'. Durell, 486; the 

 Contents' of the Fifth and Sixth Books of Euclid, M. J. M. 

 Hill, 486; see also British Association 



Mathews (H. R.), Methods of Navigation among the 

 Aborigines of Australia, 467 



Matignon (Camille), the Preparation of Thorium Chloride, 

 269 ; Rapid Preparation of Calcium Phosphide for Making 

 Hydrogen Phosphide, 389 



Mauguin (Ch.), Action of Bromine on Ether Monobromalde- 

 hyde, 29 



Maury Spectral Classification, the Stars of the c and ac 

 Subdivisions in the, E. Hertzsprung, 439 



Mawley (E.), Report on the Phenological Observations for 

 1908, 508 



Maxwell (Sir Herbert), Need for Scientific Management and 

 Extension of the Forests of the United Kingdom, 376 



Mazelle (E.), Climatology of Austria, 498 



Mead (Prof. A. D.), Apparatus for Hatching, Rearing and 

 Transporting Fishes, no; Use of Apparatus in Hatching 

 and Rearing Lobsters, no 



Mechanical Flight, Herbert Chatley at Society of Engineers, 

 413 



Mechanics : an Accurate Method of Measuring Moments 

 of Inertia, Prof. W. Cassic, 208-9; Vorlesungen iiber 



