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 June 12, 1902J 



INDEX. 



Abei'.c, Practical Chemistry, 410 



Abel (Dr. O. ), Curiously Marked Pebbles from the Algerian 

 Sahara, 594 



Academy, the Proposed British, 418 



Academy, the Royal Society and the Proposed, 393 



Acarology : British Tyroglyphidre, Albert D. Michael, 4S2 



Accumulators for Electric Automobiles, Progress in the Design 

 of. Sir H. P. Maxim, 572 



Acetic Acid, the Molecular Complexity of, in Chloroform 

 Solution, H. ^I. Dawson, 527 



Acetone, on the Electrolytic Preparation of the Halogen 

 Derivatives of, A. Richard. 119 



Acetylene, the Dilution of Acetylene for Heating Purposes, 

 A. E. Munby, 30 ; Determination of the Heat of Dissociation 

 and Combustion of, W. G. Mixter, 93 ; Report of the Com- 

 mittee on Acetylene Generators, 472 ; Synthesis of Acety- 

 lenic Acetones and 3-Ketonic Ethers, Ch. Moureu and R. 

 Delange, 263 



Achariach, New Meteorological Station at, 85 



"Acker'' Fusion Process for the Electrolytic Production 01 

 Caustic .Alkali and Chlorine at Niagara Falls. 324 



Acheson Graphite Company (Niagara Falls), Electrodes Manu- 

 factured by the, 420 



Actions, Automatic, Will. A Dixon, 102 ; Dr. W. Benthall, 

 152 



Acoustics, Location of Open-Air Sound Loops and Nodes. 

 Bergen Davis, 22 ; the Value of the Horns in Bighorn Wild 

 Sheep as Ear-trumpets, George Wherry, 127 ; Change of 

 Pitch in certain Sounds with Distance, Frederick M, West, 

 129; Dr. D. van Gulik, 174 ; Paul R. Heyl, 273 ; R. Freeman, 

 317 ; Air-Pressures in Playing Brass Instruments, Dr. E. II. 

 Barton and S. C. Laws, 166 ; Experimental Phonetics, Prof. 

 G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 182; the Interference of Sound, 

 Lord Rayleigh, F. R.S., 27S ; Miniature Anemometer for 

 Stationary Sound Waves, B. Davis, 404 ; Sounds Associated 

 with Low Temperatures, Sir W. H. Preece, F.R.S., 487; 

 Prof. J. D. Everett, F.R.S., 512 ; Charles J. P. Cave, 512 ; 

 Spencer Pickering. F. R.S.,536 



Adan.s (John Couch, F.R.S.). Lectures on the Lunar Theory, 



583 



Advanced Exercises in Practical Physics, Prof. Arthur Schuster 

 and Dr. C. H. Lees, 364 



Aeronautics : the Meteorological Observations of the Inter- 

 national Balloon Ascents of Novembers, 1900, Dr. Ilergesell, 

 36 ; International Balloon Ascents of June 13, no ; Meteoro- 

 logical Results of International Balloon Ascents, 229 ; Inter- 

 national Balloon Ascents, December 5, 302 ; International 

 Balloon Ascents on January 9, 421 ; Herr Kress's Machine, 

 87 ; Aerial Navigation by Bodies Heavier than Air, William 

 Marriott and Eric Stuart Bruce, 167 ; Aeronautical Society, 

 167 ; Kites and Wireless Telegraphy, Dr. A. Lawrence 

 Rotch, 19S : Scientific Ballooning, W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 

 224 ; the Determination of the exact Trajectory of Aerostats 

 with Respect to the Soil, H. Deslandres, 383 ; the Wreck 

 o{ Santos Dumont No 6, Dr. J. V. Buchanan, F.R.S., 397 ; 

 Novel Form of Flying Machine, Henri Villard, 51S; 

 Aeronautical Experiments with Gliding Machines, Wilbur 

 Wright, 541 



Aeroplane Machine, Herr Kress's, 87 



Aether, Drift of the. the FitzGerald Lorentz Effect, Prof. 

 W. M. Hick.s, F.R.S.,343 



Africa : the Sierra Leone Campaign against Mosquitoes, ^Iajor 

 Ronald Ross, 35 ; Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson's Expedition 

 to Study Leprosy in South Africa, 109 ; Primary Cause of 

 Leprosy, J. Hutchinson, F. R.S., 496; on the Earwigs, 



Cockroaches, Mantids and Stick- Insects Collected by Dr. 

 Donaldson Smith in North-East Africa, J. A. G. Rehn, 

 180 ; the Extinct Blaauwbok of South Africa, G. Renshaw, 

 207 ; Mosasaurus, &c. , Bones from Natal Coast Cretaceous, 

 229 ; the Birds of South Africa, A. C. Stark, completed by 

 W. L. Sclater, 244 ; Peculiar Case of Fever with Parasite 

 resembling that of Tsetse Fly Disease, Dr. J. Everett Dutton, 

 255 ; to the Mountains of the Moon, J. E. S. Moore, 273 ; 

 Marine Organism from South Africa, 2S7 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Dr. Emil Holub, 396 ; the Native 

 Question in South Africa, 440 ; the Obstacles to Develop- 

 ment in West Africa, Dr. C. F. Harford-Battersby, 371 ; 

 Note on the Discovery of a New Trypanosoma, Lieut. - 

 Colonel D. Bruce, F.R.S., 454; Composition of an .\ntique 

 Vase, M. Berthelot, 455 ; Petrology of British East Africa, 

 G. T. Prior, 549; Prehistoric Graves and Remains at Girga, 

 Egypt, to be Investigated by Dr. Elliott .Smith, 571 ; 

 Curiously Marked Pebbles from the Algerian Sahara, Dr. 

 O. Abel, 594 



Agassiz ( Prof. A. ), Exploration of the Maldives, 398 



Agazzetti (.\.), Attempt to Train Flight of Pigeon whose 

 Cerebral Hemisphere has been removed. 65 



Agriculture ; Sugar Cane Experiments in Antigua and St. 

 Kitts, Francis Watts, 36 ; Sugar Canes at Barbadoes, Prof. 

 D' Albuquerque and Mr. Bovell, 231 ; Experimental Culti- 

 vution of Hops at Wye, 109 ; Prevention of " Smut " in 

 Oat=, Prof. T. Johnson, 142 ; Damage done by "Smut" 

 to the Irish Oat Crop, and the Use of an American 

 fungicide, " Sar," Prof Johnson, 518; Death and Obituary 

 Notice of Sir J. Henry Gilbert, LL.D., F.R.S.,20S; 

 Cultivation of Clover on Soils Deprived of Lime, P. P. 

 Deherain and E. Demoussj', 215 ; Cultivation of Lucerne 

 upon Soils without Lime, P. Deherain and E. Demoussy, 

 287 ; the Small Farm and its Management, James Long, 271 ; 

 Chemical Modifications in Plants submitted to the Inlluence 

 of Sodium Chloride, E. Charabot and E. Hebert, 312 ; the 

 West Indian Agricultural Conference, 1902, Prof. J. P. 

 d' Albuquerque, 331 ; the Journal of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society of England, 4S3 ; Culture of Fodder Beet, P. P. 

 Deherain, 504; Susceptibility of Different Species of Brome- 

 grasses to the Attacks of the Rust Fungus, Prof. Marshall 

 Ward, F.RS.,519; Poultry Management on a Farm, Walter 

 Palmer, 583 : the Uses of Electricity in Stimulating the 

 Growth of Plants, Dr. Selim Lemstrom, 593 



Air : on the Exploration of the Air at Sea by means of Kites, 

 A. Lawrence Rotch, iiS ; the Cooling Power and Conduc- 

 tivity of Air, P. Compan, 215 ; Optical Effect produced by 

 Refraction of Air, J. Barclay, 497 ; E. Edser, 497 ; Rotation 

 of a Lamina Falling in Air, A. Mallock, 510 ; the Photo- 

 graphy of Disturbances in Air, H. S. Allen, 574 



Air-pressures in Playing Brass Instruments, Dr. E. H. Barton 

 and S. C. Laws, i66 



Airy's (Sir G.) Reflex Zenith Tube, Prof. S. C. Chandler, 214 



Aitken (R. G.), Observations of 194 Double Stars, 400 



Alaska, Western, Measles in. Dr. Moore, 86 



Albertine (Prof.), Absorption of Sugar from Stomach and Intes- 

 tine, 63 



Albumins, Chemistry of the, 90 



Algebra; College Algebra, Dr. J. H. Boyd, 338; -Algebraical 

 Examples, H. S. Hall, 343 ; the Theory of Equations, with 

 an Introduction to the Theory of Binary Algebraic Forms, 

 W. S. Burnside and A. W. Panton, 390 



Algol, the Period of, 15 



Algol Stars, Early Observations of, 325 



Alia or Double Canoe, Polynesians', Prof. Thilenius, 256 



