Index 



r Nature, 

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Abliaiidluiii^un iibcr tlK-oi-L'tischo Physik, Prof. 11. A. 

 l-orentz, 307 ; Apparent Paradox in the Application of 

 the Concept lintropy to Radiation Phenomena, Prof. M. 

 1-aue, 319; Modifications of the Difference of Contact 

 Potential of Two Aqueous Solutions of Electrolytes under 

 the Action of a Continuous Current, M. Chanoz, 329 ; 

 (Gravimetric Method of Constant Sensibility for the 

 Measurement of High .Altitudes, .Mphonse Berget, 330 ; 

 Heat for Engineers, Chas. R. Darling, Prof. C. A. 

 -Smith, 335 ; Gravitational Theories, 369 ; the Specific 

 Heats of Gases, W. P. Boynton, 409 ; a Text-book of 

 Sound, Prof. E. H. Barton, 425 ; Traitd de Physique, 

 O. D. Chwolson, 425 ; Existence of Freely Moving 

 Electrons between Molecules of Metal, Prof. P. Gruner, 

 43S ; the Charges on Ions, Prof. J. S. Townsend, 

 I".R..S., and Mr. Haselfoot, 442 ; Recent Tendencies of 

 Theoretical Physics, Prof. M. Planck, 437 ; Extension of 

 Cracks in an Isotropic Material, A. Slallock, F.R.S., 

 47.S ; the Density of Gases in Relation to the Atomic 

 Weight of Nitrogen, 491 ; Manometer to measure Small 

 Differences of Gas Pressure, Drs. K. Schcel and W. 

 House, 469; Tensile Strength of Water, Prof. H. H. 

 Dixon, 4^0 ; Mass of the Negative Ion of a Flame, 

 Georges Moreau, 479 ; the Elementary Dynamics of 

 Solids and Fluids, Prof. W. Peddie, 4.^(1 ; Memoircs de 

 la Soci^t^ de Physique ct d'Histoire naturelle de 

 Geneve, 491 ; see also British Association 



Physiography : a Sketch of the Geography and Geologv of 

 the HImalavan Mountains and Tibet, Colonel S. G. Bur- 

 rard, F.R.S.. and H. H. Hayden, 132 



Physiology : the National Physique, A. Stayt Dutton, 6 : 

 .'\lbrecht von Haller, 38 ; Standards of the Constituents of 

 the Vrine and the Blood, and the Bearing of the Meta- 

 bolism of Bengalis on the Problems of Nutrition, Captain 

 D. McCay, 42 : Morphology and Development of the 

 Mammalian Liver, Prof. O. C. Bradley, 77 ; Micro- 

 chemical Changes occurring in Appendicitis, Dr. Owen 

 Williams, 7.S : the Functional Inertia of Living Matter, 

 Dr. D. F. Harris, 96; Presence of Anticoagulin in the 

 Salivary Glands of Argas ficrsictis. Prof. Nuttall, 178: 

 Mode of .\ction of Specific Substances, W. E. Dixon and 

 P. Hamill, 178; Examination of Living Leucocytes in 

 vitro, C. Ponder, 17S ; Total Sugar of the Blood, R. 

 Lepine and M. Boulud, 170 ; der Frosch, Dr. F. Hempel- 

 mann, 242 ; Text-book of Physiological Chemistry, in 

 Thirty Lectures. Emil .Abdcrhalden, 246; Phylogenetic 

 Differentiation of the Organs of Smell and Taste, C. J. 

 Herrick, 292 ; Morphological Subdivision of the Brain, 

 C. J. Herrick, 292 ; the Wonderful House that Jack Has, 

 Columbus N. Millard, 307 ; the Natural Mechanism for 

 Evoking the Chemical Secretion of the Stomach, J. S. 

 Edkins and M. Tweedy, 329 ; Gastric Digestion of Casein. 

 Louis Gaucher, 330; Human Speech, a Study in the Pur- 

 posive Action of Living Matter, N. C. Macnamara, "-jS: 

 Reciprocal Innervation of Antagonistic Muscles, XII., Pro- 

 prioceptive Reflexes. Prof. C. S. Sherrington, F.R.S., 358; 

 Reciprocal Innervation of Antagonistic Muscles, XIII. , the 

 Antagonism between Reflex Inhibition and Reflex E.xcita- 

 tion. Prof. C. S. Sherrington, F.R.S., 387 ; Phenomena 

 .Attendant upon Activity of Living Matter, Dr. A. D. 

 Waller, F.R.S., 376; Therapeutics of the Circulation: 

 Eight Lectures delivered in the Spring of 1005 in the 

 Physiological Laboratory of the University of London, 

 Sir Lauder Brunton, Bart., F.R.S., 451 ; the Production 

 of Prolonged Apnoea in Man, Dr. H. M. Vernon, 458; 

 Does the Kidney form an Internal Secretion? Dr. J. Rose 

 Bradford, 466; Messrs. Bainbridge and Beddnrd, 466: 

 Drs. Sampson and Pearce, 466 ; the Gastric Digestion of 

 Human Milk and .Asses' Milk, Louis Gaucher. .J8o : Prin- 

 ciples and Methods of Physical Education and Hygiene, 

 W. P. Welpton, 48; ; Variations in Pressure and Com- 

 position of the Blood in Cholera, and their Bearing on 

 the Success of Hypertonic Saline Transfusion and its 

 Treatment, Prof. L. Rogers, 506-7 ; Plant Physiology and 

 Ecology, Prof. F. E. Clements, 331 



Picart (Luc). Observations of the Comet 1908c, 2ci 



Pickering (Prof. E. C), Morehouse's Comet, 1908c, 142 ; 

 Search for an Ultra-Neptunian Planet, 260 ; Camelopar- 

 dalis, Camelopardalus, or Camclopardus, 351 ; Di.stribu- 

 tion of the .Stars, 469 



Pickering (Prof.), a Sixth Type of Stellar Spectra, 20^ 

 Pickering (Spencer U., F.R.S.), Fruit Trees and their 

 Enemies, with a .Spraying Calendar, 396; the Planting of 

 Fruit Trees, Ninth Report of the Woburn Experimental 

 Fruit I'^arm, 500 

 Piettre (Maurice), Glycocholic Acid, 50 

 Pigmentation Survey of School Children in Scotland, J. F. 



Tocher, 223 

 Pigments : Colour-sense Training and Colour Using, E. J. 



Taylor, 272 

 Pilgrim (G. E.), Geology of the Persian Gulf, 471 

 Pintza (.A.), Volumetric Composition of .Ammonia Gas and 



.Atomic Weight of Nitrogen, 119 

 Pischel (Prof. Richard), Death and Obituary Notice of, 291 

 Pisciculture : .Apparatus for Hatching, Rearing, and Trans- 

 porting Fishes, Prof. A. D. Mead, no; Use of Apparatus 

 in Hatching and Rearing Lobsters, Prof. A. D. Mead, 

 no; Dr. George W. Field, no; Propagation and Pro- 

 tection of ttie Rhine Salmon,, Dr. P. P. C. Hoek, no; 

 Introduction of American Fishes into New 'Zealand 

 Waters, L. G. .Ayson, no 

 Pittman (E. F.), Artesian Water-supply of Australia, 234 

 Plague, Rats and. Dr. Ashburton Thompson, 436 

 Plaice, Report on. Captain W. Masterman, 145 

 Plaice Fisheries, Report on, Messrs. Petersen, Garstang 



and Kyle, 172 

 Planck (Prof. M.), Recent Tendencies of Theoretical 



Physics, 437 

 Planets : the Spectra of the Major Planets, Prof. Percival 

 Lowell, 42 : Prof. Beyerinck, 139 ; the Enumera- 

 tion of Minor Planets, Prof. Bauschinger, 108 ; 

 Ephemeris for Jupiter's Eighth Satellite, 108; 

 Refraction due to Jupiter's Atmosphere, M. Cheva- 

 lier, 143 ; E. Esclangon, 143 ; Observations of the 

 Surfaces of Jupiter's Principal Satellites and of Titan, 

 J. Comas Sold, 232; Jupiter's Eighth Moon, 410; 

 Jupiter's Seventh and Eighth Satellites, .Sir William 

 Christie, 469 ; Water Vapour in the Atmosphere of Mars, 

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

 Lowell, 232; the Spectrum of Mars, Mr. Slipher, 3>i ; 

 Martian Features, Prof. Lowell, 378: .M. Antoniadi, -578; 

 Quantitative Measures of the Water-vapour in the Mar- 

 tian .Atmosphere, Prof. Very, jiq : Corrections of the 

 Position and Diameter of Mercury, Prof. Stroobant, 232 ; 

 Search for an Ultra-Neptunian Planet, Prof. E. C. 

 Pickering, 260; the Minor Planet Patroclus (617), V. Hein- 

 rich, 410; Prof. Wolf, 410 

 Plant Physiology and Ecology, Prof. F. E. Clements, 331 

 Plants, Life-histories of Common, Dr. F. CavefS, 245 

 Plaskett (Mr.), Spectroscopic Binaries, 169, 295 

 Plate (L.), Resultats du Voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-9, 



Zoologie, 460 

 Pleasure and Pain, Psychology of, Prof. Max Meyer, in 

 Plimmer (Dr. R. H. .Aders), the Chemical Constitution of 



the Proteins, 275 

 Plunket (Hon. Emmeline M.), the Judgment of Paris, and 



some Other Legends .Astronomically Considered, 335 

 Pluvinel (M. le Comte A. de la Baume), the Spectrum of 

 Comet Morehouse, i9oSc-, 20; Morehouse's Comet, 231; 

 Zenithal Photographic Telescope, 389 

 Pocock (Mr.), Geology of the Country around Oxford, 170 

 Poincar^ (Lucien), the New Physics and its Evolution, 121 ; 



Electricity Present and Future, 482 

 Pointet (Ren^), E.xception to the General Method of Pre- 

 paration of Aldehydes by Means of the Glycidic .Acids, 



Poizat (L.), Formation of Hydrocyanic Acid m the Action 



of Nitric Acid on Phenols and Quinoncs, jjo 

 Polar North, the People of the, Knud Rasnnisson. 311 

 Pollard (W.), the Coals of South Wales, with Special Re- 

 ference to the Origin and Distribution of Anthracite, 



33 

 Pollock (Prof. J. -A.), Discharge of Electricity from Glowing 



Carbon, 119; Discontinuity of Potential at the Surface of 



Glowing Carbon, 420 

 Polyous Vinegar, Kumagusu Minakata, 8 

 Ponder (C), Examination of Living Leucocvtes in vilro. 



178 

 Poole (H. H.), Determination of the Rate of Evolution of 



Heat bv Pitchblende, 26 



