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Index 



Arrhenius' (Prof.) Theory of Cometary Tails and Auroras, on, 

 Dr. J. Halm, 415 



d'Arsonval (M.), Production and Maintenance of Low Temper- 

 atures, 167 ; on the Action of High-frequency Currents upon 

 Animals, 239 



Artesian Waters of Australia, the, J- P- Thomson, III ; the 

 Climate and Artesian Waters of Australia, J. P. Thomson, 



350 



Ash Constituents of some Lakeland Leaves, the, Dr. P. Q. 

 Keegan, 80 



Ashworth (J. Reginald), Results of some Recent Researches on 

 the Properties of Various Electrical Rays, 180 : Experiments 

 on Drawn Steel, Part i. Magnetism and its Changes with 

 Temperature, Part ii. Resistivity, Elasticity and Density, and 

 the Temperature Coefficients of Resistivity and Elasticity, 526 



Assyrian Language : Easy Lessons in the Cuneiform Inscrip- 

 tions, L. W. King, 170 



Assyrian, on Traces of an Indefinite Article in, R. Campbell 

 Thompson, 412 



Asteroid-orbit of Great Eccentricity, an, 161 



Astronomy : the Tercentenary of Tycho Brahe's Death, Dr. 

 J. L. E. Dreyer, Prof. Bohuslav, 5 ; Tycho Brahe's Observa- 

 tory, Dr. J. L. E. Dreyer, 104 ; Tycho Brahe in Prague, 

 Bericht iiber die astrologischen Studien des Reformators der 

 beobachtenden Astronomie Tycho Brahe, F. J. Studnicka, 

 181 ; Bericht uber die Untersuchungen der Gebeine Tycho 

 Brahe's, Dr. H. Matiegka, iSi ; the Period of Algol, 15; 

 Variable Stars of Algol Type, Dr. A. W. Roberts, 94 ; 

 Early Observations of Algol Stars, 325 ; the Melbourne 

 Observatory, 15; Royal Alfred Observatory, Mauritius, 15; 

 Our Astronomical Column, 15, 38, 62, 89, 112, 137, 161, 

 210, 232, 258, 282, 305, 325, 351, 374, 400, 423, 446, 475, 

 499, 520, 543, 574, 595 ; the Total Solar Eclipse of 

 September 9, 1904, Dr. A. M. W. Downing, F.R.S., 30; 

 the .Annular Eclipse of the Sun, November 10, 1901, 62; 

 the Annular Eclipse of the Sun, November 11, 1901, M. A. 

 de la Baume Pluvinel, 232 ; Observations in Lower Egypt 

 of the Annular Eclipse of the Sun of November 11, 1901, A. 

 de la Baume-Pluvinel, 215 ; the Total Solar Eclipse, May 

 18, 1901,210,283; Magnetic Observations during Total Solar 

 Eclipse, 210 ; Results of International Magnetic Observa- 

 tions made during the Total Solar Eclipse of May 17-18, 

 igoi, Dr. L. \. Bauer, 246 ; Magnetic Observations during 

 Total Solar Eclipse of May iS, 1901, Dr. W. van Bemmelen, 

 305; Planetary Influence on Sun-spot Period, 39; a New 

 Solar Theory, Dr. T. Halm, 351 ; the Effective Temperature 

 of the Sun, Dr. \V. E. Wilson, F.R.S., 428; Distortion of 

 Sun's Disc at Horizon, Prof. VV. Prinz, 520 ; Simultaneous 

 Visibility of Sun and Total Lunar Eclipse, Dr. C. Hillebrand, 

 305 ; Total Eclipse of the Moon on .April 22, 574 ; Lectures 

 on the Lunar Theory, John Couch Adams, F.R.S., 5S3 ; the 

 Leonid Meteors, 38 ; the Leonid Meteors, November 1901, 

 62, 89 ; Observations of Leonid Meteors, E. C. Willis, 54 ; 

 Leonid Observations at Athens, M. D. Eginitis, 143 ; the 

 Leonid Shower of 1901, W. F. Denning, 332 ; Nebulosity 

 surrounding Nova Pcrsei, 38, 475 ; Structure of the Region 

 around Nova Persei, 62 ; Proper Motion of Nova Persei, 

 62 ; the New Star in Perseus, Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., 

 F.R.S., 112 ; the Photographs of Nova Persei, Sir Norman 

 Lockyer, K.C.B., F. R.S., 133 : the Distance of Nova Persei, 

 W. E. Wilson, F. R.S., 19S, 298; Stars near Nova Persei, 

 210: Mean Parallax of Stars, 39; Distribution of Cosmic 

 Velocities, 39 ; an Attempt to Ascertain the Date of the 

 Original Construction of Stonehenge from its Orientation, 

 Sir Norman Lockyer, K. C. B., F. R. S., and F. C. Penrose, 

 F.R.S., 55 ; C T. Whitmell, 128 ; New Variable Stars, 62, 

 137, 574; A. W. Roberts, 62; Variable Star Catalogue, 

 258 ; New Variable Star, 3, 1902 (Monocerotis), Prof. W\ 

 Ceraski, 475 ; Determination of Orbital Elements, Y. C. 

 Moulton, 63 ; Royal Astronomical Society, 71, 286, 405, 

 502, 602 ; Presentation of the Royal Astronomical Society's 

 Gold Medal to Prof. J. C. Kapteyn, 34S ; Award of the 

 Jackson-Gwilt Medal to Rev. Thos. D. Anderson, 34S ; 

 Oeuvres completes de Christiaan Iluygens, 74 ; Astronomical 

 Occurrences in December, 89 ; in January, 210; in February, 

 305 ; in March, 400 ; in April, 499 ; in May, 595 ; Motion 

 of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, 89; the Red Spot on 

 Jupiter, A. Stanley Williams, 596 ; Diameter of Jupiter, 258 ; 

 Observations of Jupiter, W. F. Denning, 446 ; Preliminary 

 Investigation of the Diameter of Mars, 90 ; Definitive Orbit 



Elements of Comet 1899 i, 90 ; the Perseids of 1901, M, 

 Perrotin, 95 ; Observations of Perseids at Athens, D. Eginitis, 

 95; Variation of Latitude, Prof. S. C. Chandler, 113; 

 Determination of the Elevation of Meteors, 1 13 ; Meridian 

 Observations at Harvard College Observatory, A. Searle, 

 113 ; Length of the Terrestrial Day, R. S. Woodward, 113; 

 Bright Meteor of December 4, 137 : Bright Meteor of 

 December 16, 161 ; Companion to the Observatory 1902, 

 137 ; on the Equilibrium of Stellar Atmospheres, Dr. Halm, 

 143 ; Spectra of Bright Southern Stars, Photographed with 

 the 13-inch Boyden Telescope as a Part of the Henry Draper 

 Memorial, Annie J. Cannon, A. Fowler, 155 ; an Asteroid- 

 Orbit of Great Eccentricity, i5i ; Heights of Shooting Stars 

 in August 1901, C. Flammarion, 167 ; on the Compound (so- 

 called Stationary) Radiants of Shooting Stars, Th. Bredikhine, 

 381 ; the (^luadrantid Meteors, John R. Henry, 198 ; the 

 Quadrantid Meteors, 1902, John R. Henry, 272 ; the Quad- 

 rantid Meteors, T. W. Backhouse, 439 ; Natal Observatory 

 Report for 1900, 210 ; Sir G. Airy's Reflex Zenith Tube, 

 Prof S. C. Chandler, 214; the New Planetoid, S. B. Gay- 

 thorpe, 223 ; the Equatorial of the New Calcutta Observa- 

 tory, 229 ; the P'armers' Years, Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C. B. , 

 F. R.S., 24S ; the Heavens at a Glance, 1902, 25S ; Catalogue 

 of 100 New Double Stars, 258 ; Observations of 900 Double 

 and Multiple Stars, Prof. Doolittle, 400 ; Observations of 

 194 Double Stars, R. G. Aitken, 400 ; Death of Commissary- 

 General G. D. Lardner, 27S ; Dimensions of the Planets and 

 Satellites, 2S2 ; Harvard College Observatory Report, 1901, 

 2S2 ; Two TheoreiTis Relating to the Periodic Solutions of 

 the Differential Equations of Dynamics and Astronomy, E. T. 

 Whittaker, 2S6 ; the Earth's Beginning, Sir Robert S. Ball, 

 F.R.S., 294; Nautical Astronomy, J. H. Colvin, 296; 

 Variability of the Satellites of Saturn, L. Rudaux, 305 ; Prof. 

 T. J. J. See, 305 ; United States Naval Observatory Report, 

 326 ; Apparatus for Measuring the Variations of Small 

 Zenithal Distances, G. Lippmann, 335 : Pleasures of the 

 Telescope, Garrett P. Serviss, 343 ; Disturbance of Corona 

 in Neighbourhood of Prominences, Prof. C. D. Perrine, 351 ; 

 the New Bruce Spectrograph for the Verkes Refractor, 374 ; 

 Conditions to be realised in the Execution of Negatives to 

 obtain Homogeneity and the Maximum of Exactitude in the 

 Determination of the Coordinates of Stellar Images, M. 

 Li.ewy, 407 ; on Prof. Arrhenius' Theory of Cometary Tails 

 and Auroras, Dr. J. Halm, 415; the .Spectrum of the Chro- 

 mosphere, S. A. Mitchell, 423 ; Photographic Determination 

 of Longitude, G. Lippmann, 423 ; New Annual Terms in 

 the \'ariation of Latitude, Prof. H. Kimura, 446 ; Explana- 

 tion of some Celestial Phenomena by means of the Hertzian 

 Waves, Charles Nordmann, 455 ; Tafeln zur Theoretischen 

 Astronomie, Julius Bauschinger, 463 ; Origin of Disturbance 

 in Corona May 17-1S, 1901, 499 ; Foucault's Pendulum, 

 499 ; the Felix Meteorite, G. P. Merrill, 543 : the Radiant 

 Point of the April Lyrids, W. F. Denning, 57S ; Comet 

 1902a (Brooks), 595 ; Nebulx and their Velocities in the 

 Line of Sight, Dr. J. Hartmann, 595 ; the Relative Number 

 of Star Images Photographed in different parts of a Plate, 

 Prof. Turner, 602; the Stars: a Study of the Universe, 

 Simon Newcomb, Prof. R. A. Gregory, Supp. March 13, 

 viii. 



Astro- Physics, on the State of Equilibrium of Stellar Atmo- 

 spheres, Dr. Halm, 191-2 



Astruc (A.), Method for the Alkalimetric Estimation of Diso- 

 dium-methylarsenate or Arrhenal, 504 



Astruc (Henri), Encyclopedic Scientifique des Aide-Memoire, 

 Le Vin, 245 



Athens, Leonid Observations at, M. D. Eginitis, 143 



Atkinson (Geo. Francis), First Studies of Plant Life, 75 



Atlas Climatologique de I'Empire de Russie, Dr. Alexander 

 Buchan, F.R.S., 554 



Atlas of the Medulla and Midbrain, an, Florence R. Sabin, 

 172 



Atmosphere : the Exploration of the Atmosphere over the 

 Ocean, Dr. A. Lawrence Rotch, 4 ; the Exploration of the 

 Atmosphere at Sea by means of Kites, A. Lawience Rotch, 

 545 ; the Seasonal Variation of Atmospheric Temperature in 

 the British Isles and its Relation to Wind Direction, W. N. 

 Shaw, F.R.S., and R. Waley Cohen, 68 ; the Inert Con- 

 stituents of the Atmosphere, Prof. W. Ramsay, F.R.S., at the 

 British Association at Glasgow, 161 ; Further Observations 

 and Conclusions in Relation to Atmospheric Transparency, 



