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Index 



Myers (Ur. C. S.;, the Races of Egypt, io6 



Mythology : Mythenbildung und Erkenntnis, G. F. Lipps, 

 2/9; the judgment of Paris, and some Other Legends 

 Astronomically Considered, Hon. limmoline M. Plunket, 

 11. R. Hall, i35 



Nadson (G. .\.), Physiology of Luminous Bacteria, 467 



Nagaoka (Prof. H.), Zeeman Effect in Weak Magnetic 

 l-"iolds, 221 



National Physique, the, A. Stayt Dutton, 6 



Natural History : Polypus Vinegar — Sea-blubber Arrack, 

 Kumagusu Minakata, 8; the Ruskin Nature Reader, 66; 

 the Preservation of the Native Fauna and Flora in Aus- 

 tralasia, Prof. Arthur Dendy, F.R.S., 73 ; Linnean Society, 

 117, 14S, 209, 268, 419, 478; New South Wales Linnean 

 Society, 120, 179, 390; Animal Life, Dr. F. W. Gamble, 

 F.R.S., 182 ; Linnaeus, Dr. J. Valckenier Suringar, 213 ; 

 a Historical Account of the Ashmolean Natural History 

 Society of Oxfordshire, 1880— 1905, Frank Arthur 

 Bellamy, 215; Nature Rambles in London, Miss K. M. 

 Hall, 245 ; Through Southern Me.\ico, Hans Gadow, 

 F.R.S., 252 ; Construction of the Nests of Javanese Ant, 

 Polyrliacliis bicolor, L. Jacobson, 257 : Natural History of 

 the Athabasca-Mackenzie Region, E. H. Preble, 257; 

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

 274; Moral Superiority? F. C. Constable, 282; Laura 



D. H. Dukes, 429 ; Field Natural History, J. C. Adam, 

 296; R. Service, 296; Driver of Cote d'.Azur E.xpress 

 attacked by an Eagle. 315: "Saint" Gilbert: the Storv 

 of Gilbert White and Selbornc, J. C. Wright, 339 ; Lehr- 

 buch der Muskel- und Gelenkmechanik, Prof. H. 

 Strasser, 397 ; Vestiges of the Natural History of 

 Creation, F. Wyville Thomson, 400 ; the Confessions of 

 a Beach-comber, E. J. Banfield, 403 ; the Size of the 

 Leather Turtle, Dr. F. A. Lucas, 429 ; Deutsche Sudpolar 

 Expedition. 1901-3, Tiere und Pflanzen der Heard-lnsel, 



E. Vanhoffen, Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 460 

 Naturdenkmalpflege, Beitrage zur, 188 



Nature, the .\Ietaphysics of. Prof. Carveth Read, 248 



Nautical Charts, G. R. Putnam, Captain H. C. Lockver, 

 36s 



Naval Architecture : Scientific Education of Naval Archi- 

 tects, Sir W. H. White, K.C.B., F.R.S., at Society of 

 Arts, III; Death of Dr. Francis Elgar, F'.R.S., 346; 

 Obituary Notice of, Sir W. H. White, K.C.B., F.R.S., 

 372 ; the Design and Construction of Ships, Prof. J. H. 

 Biles, Sir W. H. White, K.C.B., F.R.S., 454 



Navigation : Practical Coastal Navigatioji, including Simple 

 Methods of finding Latitude, Longitude, and Deviation 

 of Compass, Comte de Miremont, Commander H. C. 

 Lockver, 340; e.x-Meridian, Altitude, .■\zimuth, and Star- 

 finding Tables, Lieut. -Commander .^rmistead Rust. Cap- 

 tain H. C. Lockyer, 365; Nautical Charts, G. R. Putnam, 

 Captain H. C. Lockyer, 365 ; Collision of the Florida and 

 the Republic, 374 : Buoy for Lighting Humber Channel, 

 409 : Submarine Signalling by Sound, J. B. Millet, 434 



Nelson (E. W.), Conditions of Life in the Sea, a Short 

 .Account of Quantitative Marine Biological Research, J. 

 Johnstone, 332 



Nemertine. Occurrence of a Fresh-water, in Ireland, Row- 

 land Southern, 8 



Neurology : Functional Nerve Diseases, A. T. Schofield, 5 : 

 Death of Dr. C. E. Beevor, 165 ; Obituary Notice of, 

 197 : Die periphere Innervation : Kurze ubersichtliche 

 Darstellung des Ursprungs, Verlaufs und der Ausbreitung 

 der Hirr- und Riickenmarksnerven, Dr. Emil Villiger, 

 188 ; Phylogenetic Differentiation of the Organs of Smell 

 and Taste. C. J. Horrick, 292 : Morphological Subdivi- 

 sion of the Brain. C. J. Herrick, 292 



New South Wales Linnean Society, 120, 179, 390 



New South Wales Royal Society, 119. 240, 270, 410 



New Word, the, Allen Upward, 457 



Newsholme (Dr. Arthur), the Prevention of Tuberculosis, 

 422 



Ncwstead (Robertl. the Food of some British Birds, 2^4 



Newton's "Principia," an .Nnnotated Copv of, Bruce 

 Smith, 130 



Niagara, the Falls of. their Evolution and Varying Rela- 

 tions to the Great Lakes ; Characteristics of the Power 



and the Effects of its Diversion, Dr. J. W. W. Spencer 

 Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 11 

 Niagara, Spoliation of the Falls of. Dr. J. W. Spencer, 18 

 Nichols (Prof. E. F.), New Groups of Residual Rays in 



the Long Wave .Spectrum, 200 

 Nichols, (Prof. E. L.), Science and the Practical Problems 

 of the Future, Address at American Association for Ad- 

 vancement of Science, 325 

 Nicholson (F.), Geographical Distribution of Macrony.x, 148 

 Nicholson (Dr. T. W.), Inductance of two Parallel Wires, 



24 

 Nicolardot (Paul), Separation of Tungstic Acid and Silica, 

 59 ; Action of Sulphur Chloride on Metals and Metalloids, 

 269 

 Nizamiah Observatory at Haidarabad, the, 232 

 Nobel Prize awarded to Prof. Metchnikoff and Dr. P. 



Ehrlich, 104 

 Nobel Prize Awards, 138; Corr., 164 

 Nobel Prizes for 1908, 196 

 Nodon (Dr. A.), Terrestrial Electricity and Solar Activity, 



48 

 Nomenclature, Reform of Zoological, Cyril Crossland, 190 

 Noon (L.), Therapeutic Inoculation for Generalised Bac- 

 terial Infections, 17S 

 Norman (E. P.), Discontinuity of Potential at the Surface 



of Glowing Carbon, 420 

 North Sea, on the Salinity of the. Prof. D'Arcy W. Thomp- 

 son, C.B., 189 

 Norway : Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun, 



Mrs. Aubrey le Blond, 369 

 Nottin (P.), Use of Calcium Cyanamide in .Agriculture, no 

 Nova Cygni, a Recent Observation of. Dr. Karl Bohlin. 



169 

 Nova Persei, the Changes in the Physical Condition of. 



Prof. Barnard, 143 

 November Meteors, W. F. Denning, 37; John R. Henrv, 38 

 Nubia, the Archneological Survey of, 132 

 Nufl (Fr.), the .'\n0malie3 of Refraction, 460 

 Nutrition, Vitality, Fasting and, Hereward Carrington, 66 

 Nuttall (Prof.), Transmission of Trypanosoma leivisi by 

 Fleas and Lice, 178; Presence of Anticoagulin in the 

 Salivary Glands of Argas persicus, 178 



Oak Galls, British, E. T. Connold. 394 

 Observatory, the Nizamiah, at Haidarabad, 232 

 Ocagne (M. d'), Calcul graphique et nomographic, 279 

 Oceanography : R^sultats du Voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 

 1S97-9, Oceanographie, H. Ar'ctowski and H. R. Mill, 

 Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 460 

 Oddone (Dr. E.), Secondary Oscillations of Oceanic Tides, 



46 

 Ogawa (T.), the Climate of Fusan (South-east of Corea), 18 

 Ogiivy (J. D.), Egg-case of Chiloscyllitim punctatum , 420 

 Oils, the Chemistry of Essential, and Artificial Perfumes. 



Ernest J. Parry, 241 

 Oiseaux des Phosphorites du Ouercy, les, C. Gaillard, 91 

 Okajima (G.), Structure of Aphid Antennae, 442 

 Oldham (R. D.), Geological Interpretation of the Earth- 

 movements associated with the Californian Earthquake 

 of .April 18, 1906, 2og 

 Oligocha>ta, New Genus of Fresh-water, .Australia, E. J. 



Goddard, 170 

 Onnes (Prof. Kamerlingh), Breaking Stre.sses of Tubes and 



Filaments, 168 

 Oort (Dr. E. D. van), Remarkable Male Barn-owls killed 



in Holland, 348 

 Ophthalmology : the Pathology of the Eye, J. Herbert 

 Parsons, 123: Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. D. A. 

 Robertson, 316 

 Opsonic Method of Treatment, \'accine Therapy and the. 



Dr. R. W. Allen, 423 

 Optics : Ratios of Gaseous Refractive Indices, C. Cuthbert- 

 son. 47: Transparent Silver and other Metallic Films, 

 Prof. Thomas Turner, 88 ; the Elementary Theory of the 

 .Symmetrical Optical Instrument, J. G. Leathem, 06 : 

 Photoelectric Properties of Potassium-iodium Alloy, Dr. 

 Fleming. 146 : .Absorption of Light in its Passage through 

 Inferslellnr Space. H. H. Turner. 147: Perception of 

 Light bv Plants Dr. K. Gaulhofcr, 16S ; Generation of a 



