Index. 



techiiische Mechanik, Dr. August Foppl, 247 ; Instability 

 of Tubes subjected to End Pressure and Folds in Flexible 

 Material, A. Mallock, F.R.S., 267: Examples in Elemen- 

 tary Mechanics, Practical, Graphical, and Theoretical, 

 W.'j. Dobbs, 277; Friction at the Extremities of a Short 

 Bar subjected to a Crushing Load, and its Influence upon 

 the Apparent Compressive Strength of the Material, G. H. 

 Gulliver, 329 ; Lehrbuch der Muskel- und Gelenk- 

 mechani'k, Prof. H. Strasser, 397 

 Medicine : the Prevention of Compressed-air Illness, A. E. 

 Boycott, G. G. C. Damant, and J. S. Haldane, 40; 

 Thomas Linacre, Dr. William Osier, F.R.S., 97; Nobel 

 Prize awarded to Prof. Metchnikoff and Dr. P. Ehrlich, 

 104; Opsonisation from a Bacterial Point of View, Dr. 

 R. Greig-Smith, 120 ; Action of Specific Substances in 

 Toxaemia, W. E. Dixon and W. H. Harvey, 17S; the 

 Extra Pharmacopceia of Martindale and Westcott, Dr. 

 W. Harrison Martindale and W. Wynn Westcott, 187 ; 

 die pcriphere Innervation, Kurze iibersichtliche Darstell- 

 Ling des Ursprungs, \'erlaufs und der Ausbreitung der 

 Hirr- und Riickenmarksnerven, Dr. Emil Villiger, 188 ; 

 Prize Awards of Paris Academy of Medicine for 1908, 256 : 

 Treatment of Deep-seated Tumours by the Action of 

 Radiant Matter, E. de Bourgade la Dardyc, 260 : Death 

 of Dr. C. Denison, 374 ; the Drug Cascaya Sagrada, 435 ; 

 Special Method of Electro-diagnosis of Feigned Paralysis, 

 M. Guyenot, 510 

 Medusa, the Gonadial Grooves of a, Aurelia atirita, T. 



Goodey, 41S 

 Mec (.Mr.), the Heavens at a Glance, 295; the Story of the 



Telescope, 469 

 Meinardus (W.), Deutsche Sudpolar Expedition, 1901-3, 



Skizze des Klimas der Heard-Insel, 460 

 Memorv in the Germ Plasm, Dr. H. Charlton Bastian, 



F.R.S., 7; G. .Vchdall Reid, 8 

 Mensuration, .Advanced Arithmetic and Elementary Algebra 



and, P. Goyen, 156 

 Mensuration,' Elementary, W. M. Baker and A. A. Bourne, 



156 

 Mensuration, Practical Arithmetic and, Frank Castle, 156 

 Mercury, Corrections of the Position and Diameter of. Prof. 



Stroobant, 232 

 Mercury Bubbles, J. G. Ernest Wright, S; Sir William 

 Crookes, F.R.S., 37; A. T. Hare, 09; Prof. Henry H. 

 Dixon, 99; Philip Blackman, 160; C. E. Stromeyer, 160 

 Mercury Bubbles and the Formation of Oxide Films by 

 Water containing Oxygen in Solution, G. T. Beilbv, 

 F.R.S., 190 

 Merriam (Dr. J. C), the Ichthj'osaurs of the Trias, 22S 

 Metallic Alloys, their Structure and Constitution, G. H. 



Gulliver, 365 

 Metallurgy : Use of Aluminium in Place of Tin, 47 ; Method 

 of Thermal Analysis in Metallurgical Research, G. K. 

 Burgess, 319; Metallic Alloys, their Structure and Con- 

 stitution, G. H. Gulliver, 365 ; the Ageing of Steel, C. E. 

 Stromever, 40^ ; Efficiency of Various Kinds of Furnaces, 

 J. W. Hall, 468 

 Metaphysics of Nature, the, Prof. Carveth Read, 248 

 Metchnikoff (Prof.), Nobel Prize awarded to, 104 

 Meteoric Iron and Artificial Steel, Prof. Fredk. Berwerth, 



20 

 Meteoritic Stones in Spain, Fall of, 255 



Meteorology : Weather of October, 17 ; the Weather in 

 November, 79; Weather for the Week ending January 2, 

 291 ; W'eather for the Week ending January 30, 

 406; Week's Weather, 498; the Climate of Fusan 

 (South-east of Corea), T. Ogawa, 18 ; Rainfall 

 in Mysore for 1907, N. V. Iyengar, 46 ; Bulletins 

 of the Philippine Weather Bureau for .September and 

 October, 1907; Meteorology of the North Pacific, Rev. 

 Father Algu^, 46 ; Temperature Observations on Loch 

 Garry, E. M. Wedderburn, 58 ; Temperature of AW and 

 Soil Surrounding Stem and Root of Desert Plants, Dr. 



D. T. Macdougal, 78 ; Connection between Forests and 

 Rainfall, 105 ; Investigation of the Electrical State of the 

 Upper Atmosphere, W. Makower, Miss M. White, and 



E. -Marsden, 118; Balloon Observations made at Bird- 

 hill, Captain C. H. Ley, 118; Some Forms of Scientific 

 Kites, Eric S. Bruce, 240 ; the Registering Balloon 

 Ascents in the British Isles, July 27 to August i, 190S, 



C. J. P. Cave, 240; Balloon Observations at Ditcham 

 Park, C. J. P. Cave, 240; Royal Meteorological Society, 

 118, 240, 388, 508; the Semi-diurnal Barometric Oscilla- 

 tion, W. H. bines, F.R.S., 130; Weather Summaries 

 for .\utumn Season, 140; Climate, Considered especially 

 in Relation to Man, Prof. Robert de Courcy Ward, 1:5; 

 Measurements of Solar Radiation at Vienna from March, 

 1904, to September, 1906, Dr. R. Schneider, 168 ; the 

 Dawn of Meteorology,' Prof. G. Hellmann at Royal 

 Meteorological Society, 173 ; National Antarctic Expedi- 

 tion 1901-4, 202 ; Investigation of the Seiches of Loch 

 Earn bv the Scottish Lake Survey, Prof. Chrystal, 209, 

 210; A'utumn and After, Alex. B. MacDowall, 221; 

 Meteorological Report of Egypt for 1906, 230 ; the Nile 

 Flood of 190S, Captain H. G. Lyons, 408; Climate of 

 Davos, Dr Hugo Bach, 230 ; Death of Dr. J. M. Pernter, 

 255 ; Obituary Notice of, 290 ; Meteorological Office Ob- 

 servations for the Past Year, 255 ; Severe Weather, 255 ; 

 Climate of Orkney, M. Spence, 259; Results of Recent 

 Balloon Ascents, 260 ; Action of Lines of Electric Energy 

 on Hailstorms, J. VioUe, 269 ; the Isothermal Layer of 

 the Atmosphere, J. I. Craig, '281 ; W. H. Dines, F.R.S., 

 282, 341, 4.S9 : Charles J. P. Cave, 30S ; R. F. Hughes, 

 340, 429 ; Meteorological Reports by Wireless Telegraphy, 

 287 ; Wireless Weather Reports during 1907 from \'essels 

 at Sea, 317; Weather Statistics during 1908, 291: Tidal 

 Observations, Sir G. H. Darwin, 321 ; Messrs. Selby and 

 Hunter, 321 ; Pendulum Observations, Dr. Chree, 321 ; 

 the Aurora, Mr. Bernacchi, 321 ; Rainfall of the British 

 Isles in 1908, Dr. H. R. Mill, 146; Meteorological Ele- 

 ments of Rochdale, Dr. J. R. Ashworth, 350; Handbuch 

 der Klimatologie, Dr. Julius Hann, 363 ; Warm Months 

 in relation to Sun-spot Numbers, Alex. B. MacDowall, 

 367 : New Form of Compensated Siphon Barograph, Prof. 

 C. F. Marvin, 37^; I'Annuaire astronomique et mit^or- 

 ologique, 379 ; Aims and Efforts of the Society in Rela- 

 tion to the Public and to Meteorological Science, Dr. 

 Mill, 388 ; Diurnal and Semi-diurnal Atmospheric Varia- 

 tions, Henrv Helm Clayton, 397 ; Fog and Rime on 

 January 27-28, L. C. W. Bonacina, 399 : the Wonder 

 Book of the .Atmosphere, Prof. E. J. Houston, 424; 

 Deutsche Seewarte, Monatskarten fiir den indischen 

 Ozean, 443 ; Barometric Oscillation, C. Braak, 459 ; 

 Deutsche Sudpolar Expedition, 1901-3, Skizze des Klimas 

 der Heard-Insel, W. Meinardus, Prof. J. W. Gregory, 

 F.R.S., 460; Participation of Various Countries in the 

 Work of Investigating the Upper Air from January to 

 the Beginning 'of July, iqoS, Dr. Hergesell, 468 ; 

 Climatology of Austria, E. Mazelle, 498 ; Electricity of 

 Rain and its Origin in Thunderstorms, Dr. G. C. Simp- 

 son, 507 ; Report on the Phenological Observations 'or 

 1908, E. Mawley, 508 

 Meteors : November Meteors, W. F. Denning, 37 ; John R. 

 Henry, 38 : Leonid Meteors, W. F. Denning, 09 ; a Re- 

 markable Meteor, Prof. Kopff, 261 ; Meteoric Shower of 

 January, W. F. Denning, 266 ; a Brilliant Meteor, P. 

 Evans, 351 : Recent Brilliant Fireballs, W. F. Denning, 

 378; H. Chapman, 378; a February Meteoric Shower, 

 W. F. Denning, -joo': a Brilliant Meteor and its Train, 

 Rev. F. J. Jervis-Smith, F.R.S., 499 ; Annie L. Waud, 

 409 : Dr. T. K. Rose, 400 

 Metrology : Position of the Metric System, 501 

 Mexico, Through Southern, Hans Gadow, F.R.S., 252 

 Mever (Fernand), Combinations of Gold with Bromine, 



480 

 Meyer (Prof. Maxl. Psychology of Pleasure and Pain, iii 

 Michaelson (Dr. W.), Ergebn'isse der Hamburger Magal- 



haensischen Sammelreise, 1892-93, 82 

 Michel (L.), Hydrolysis of Perchloride of Iron, the Influence 



of Neutral Salts, 50 

 Microscopy : Dubern's Method of Illumination in Micro- 

 scopy, C. V. Raman, 17 ; Royal Microscopical Society, 

 89, 177, 329, 447 ; Streaming Movements of Plasmodia of 

 the Mycetozoa, A. E. Hilton, 349 ; Ultra-microscopic 

 Vision,' J. E. Barnard, 489 

 Milk : New Process for Sterilising Milk, Dr. Budde, 435 ; 

 London Milk Supply from a Farmer's Point of View, 

 Primrose McConncIl, 491 

 Mill (Dr. H. R.), Rainfall of the British Isles in 1908, 346; 

 Aims and Efforts of the Society in Relation to the Public 



