March 25, 1909, 



Index 



Justus von Liebig, Jacob Volhard, Dr. T. E. Thorpe, C.B., 



F.R.S., 452 

 The Design and Construction of Ships, Prof. J. H. Biles, 



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

 Education and the Heredity Spectre, Dr. F. H. Hayward, 



455 

 Die Luftelektrizitat, Prof. .Albert Gockel, Dr. C. Chree, 



F.R.S., 455 

 The Ethical .Aspects of Evolution, W. Benett, 456 

 The Poisonous Terrestrial Snakes of our British Indian 



Dominions, and how to Recognise Them, Major F. Wall, 



456 

 Gray's New Manual of Botany, 457 

 The New Word, .Allen Upward, 457 

 Scientific Corroborations of Theosophy, Dr. A. Marques, 



457 

 Resultats du Voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-9. 



Physique du Globe, G. Lecointe ; 'Zoologie, P. P. C. 



Hoek, H. F. E. Jungersen, L. Bbhmig, L. Plate ; Oceano- 



graphie, H. -Arctowski and H. R. .Mill ; Geologie, H. 



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

 Deutsche Sudpolar Expedition, 1901-3. .Aufbau und Gestalt- 



ung von Kerguelen, E. Werth ; Geologische Beobacht- 



ungen auf Kerguelen, E. Philippi ; Petrographische 



Beschreibung der Kerguelen-Gesteine, R. Reinisch, Prof. 



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

 Geographic von Heard-Eiland, E. von Drygalski ; Geologie 



der Heard-Insel, E. Philippi ; Gesteine der Heard-Insel, 



R. Reinisch ; Tiere und Pfianzen der Heard-Insel, E. 



Vanhoffen ; Skizze des Klimas der Heard-Insel, W . Mein- 



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

 Some Electrochemical Centres, J. N. Pring, 463 

 The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas, E. Wester- 



marck. Prof. -A. E. Taylor, 4S1 

 Electricity, Present and Future, Lucien Poincar^, Maurice 



Solomon, 482 

 Mutation et Traumatismes, L. Blaringhem, 483 

 The Scope and Content of the Science of .Anthropology, 



Juul Dieserud, 484 

 The Mechanical Production of Cold, J. A. Ewing, 484 

 Principles and .Methods of Physical Education and Hygiene, 



W. P. Welpton, 485 

 Bathy-orographical Map of the British Isles, Bathy-oro- 



graphical Map of South .America, 486 

 Handbook to Accompany the Map of the British Isles, 4S6 

 Invariants of Quadratic Differential Forms, J. E. W'right, 



486 

 .A Course of Plane Geometry for .Advanced Students, C. V. 



Durell, 486 

 The Contents of the Fifth and Sixth Books of Euclid, 



M. J. M. Hill, 486 

 The Elementary Dynamics of Solids and Fluids, Prof. W. 



Peddle, 486 ' 

 London Milk .Supply from a Farmer's Point of View, 491 

 Ninth Report of the \\'oburn Experimental Fruit Farm, 



Duke of Bedford, Iv.G., F.R.S., and Spencer U. Picker- 

 ing, F.R.S., Dr. E. J. Russell, 500 

 Alfarerias del Noroeste -Argentinto, F. Outes, 502 

 Sobre el Hallazgo de .Alfarerias Mexicanus en la Provincia 



de Buenos .Aires, F. Outes, 502 

 Arqueologia de San Bias, F. Outes, 502 



Reynolds (Prof. Sidney H.), the Igneous and Associated 



Sedimentary Rocks of the Tourmakeady District (County 



-Mayo), 26S 

 Ricco (Prof.), the Sea Wave of December 28 a Result of 



the Recent Earthquake, 347 

 Richardson (S. S.), Magnetism and Electricity and the 



Principles of Electrical Mea.surement, 246 

 Richarz (P. S.), Hills Traversed by Danube between Hain- 



burg and Pozs6ny, 171 

 Ridgeway (Prof.), .Anthropology and Classical Studies, 447 

 Rieffel (Henri), .Anatomy of Human Thymus, 360 

 Riesenfield (E. H.), Constitution of Perchromates, 19 

 Rindfleisch (Prof. E. G. von). Death and Obituary Notice 



of, 165 

 Ripley (Prof.), the European Population of the United 



States, Lecture at Royal Anthropological Institute, 145 

 Rispail (L.), New Determination of the Equivalent of Heat, 



59 



Ristenpart (Dr.), New Catalogues of Proper Motions, 48 

 Ritter (Mr.), the Weights of Developing Eggs, 105 

 Rivet (Dr.), Remains of Primitive Man Discovered in 1843 



near Lagoa Santa, Brazil, 46 

 Roads and Pavements, a Text-book on, F. P. Spalding, 



336 



Robertson (Dr. D. A.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 316 



Rocks, Magnesium in Water and, Prof. Ernest H. L. 

 Schwarz, 309 



Rogers (Dr. .A. W.), Dr. Sandberg on the .Anticlinal Struc- 

 ture of Tygerberg, 149 



Rogers (Prof. L.), Variations in Pressure and Composition 

 of the Blood in Cholera and their Bearing on the Success 

 of Hypertonic Saline Transfusion and its Treatment, 506-7 



Rolston (William E.), the Lick Observatory Crocker Eclipse 

 Expedition, January, 1908 ; Prof. Campbell and Dr. 

 -Albrecht, 70 ; the Stars of the Year, 127 ; Star Calendar 

 for 1909, 127 ; the Star Almanack, 127 ; the Study of 

 Stellar Evolution : an Account of Some Recent Method 

 of -Astrophysical Research, Prof. George EUery Hale, 191 ; 

 Populare Astrophysik, Dr. J. Scheiner, 191 ; les Progrfes 

 r(§cents de I'.Astronomie, Prof. P. Stroobant, 427 



Rbntgen Rays : Emission and Transmission of Rbntgen 

 Rays, G. W. C. Kaye, 28; Influence of Pressure on the 

 lonisation produced in Gases by the X-Rays, the Satura- 

 tion Current, E. Roth^, 59 ; a Remarkable Development 

 in X-Ray Apparatus, 472 ; see also Radiography 



Rose (Dr. T. K.), a Brilliant Meteor and its Train, 499 



Rosenhain (Walter), Eutectics Research, No. i, the .Alloys 

 of Lead and Tin, 57 



Ross (.A. D.), Improved Form of Magnetometer for the 

 testing of Magnetic Materials, 479 



Ross (Prof. Ronald, C.B., F.R.S.), a Method of Solving 

 Algebraic Equations, 39S 



Roth (H. Ling), the Origin of the .Aborigines of Tas- 

 mania, 367 



Rothe (E.), Influence of Pressure on the lonisation pro- 

 duced in Gases by the X-Rays, the Saturation Current, 



5'9 



Rotifers, Colony-formation among, F. M. Surface, 292 



Routledge (W. S.), Primitive Pottery and Iron-working in 

 British East .Africa, 148 



Royal .Anthropological Institute, 14S, 447, 478 ; the Euro- 

 pean Population of the United States, Prof. Ripley at, 

 145 



Royal .Astronomical Society, 147, 239 



Royal Dublin Society, 178, 389, 479 



Royal Institution : Rays of Positive Electricity, Sir J. J. 

 Thomson, F.R.S., at, 52 ; Radio-active Changes in the 

 Earth, Hon. R. J. Strutt, F.R.S., at, 206; the .-Ether of 

 Space, Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., at, 322; the World of 

 Life, as Visualised and Interpreted by Darwinism, Dr. 

 Alfred Russel Wallace, O.M., F.R.S., at, 384 



Royal Irish Academy, 179, 240, 449 



Royal Meteorological Society, 1 18, 240, 388, 508 ; the Dawn 

 of Meteorology, Prof. G. Hellmann at, 173 



Royal Microscopical Society, 89, 177, 329, 447 



Royal Society, 28, 57, 88, 177, 208, 239, 267, 299, 329, 35S, 

 3S7, 447, 478, 506; Royal Society's Medal Awards, 15, 

 136 ; .Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society, 134 



Royal Society, Edinburgh, 58, 209, 329, 479 



Royal Society, New South Wales, 119. 240, 270, 419 



Royal Society of South Africa, Cape Town, 90, 149 



Royds (T.), Measurements of the Grating Spectrum of 

 Radium Emanation, 26; the Nature of the a Particle, 119 



Ruhemann (S.), .Action of Urethane on Esters of Organic 

 .Acids and Mustard Oils, 500 



Rural Education, the Organisation of, 161 



Ruskin Nature Reader, the, 66 



Russ (S.), Do the Radio-active Gases (Emanations) be- 

 long to the .Argon Series? 23; Diffusion of Actinium 

 and Thorium Emanations. 209 ; the Radiation of the 

 .Active Deposit from Radium through a \'acuum, 340 



Russell (.A.), Carminite in Cornwall, 147 



Russell (Dr. A.), Simple Formula for Effective Resistance of 



Inner Conductor of a Concentric Main for High-frequencv 



Currents, 447 



Russell (.A. S.), a Question in Absorption Spectroscopv, 50 



Russell (Dr. E. J.). .Annual Report of the TransvaalDe- 



partment of .Agriculture, 1906-7, 235 ; Report of the 



