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Index 



the Radio-active Emanation produced by Thorium Com- 

 pounds, Prof. Rutherford, Mr. Soddy, 309 : Radio-con- 

 ductors with a Single Conlact, Edouard Branly, 383 ; 

 Radio-activity and the Electron Theory, Sir William Crookes, 

 F.R.S., at the Royal Society, 400; Induced Radioactiviiy, 

 Prof. J. J- Thomson, 550 ; Experimental Definition of the 

 Different Kinds of X-rays by Radio-chromometry, L. Benoist, 

 335 ; Hertzian Waves Emanating from the Sun, Charles 

 Nordmann, 359 ; Research on a Unit for Measuring X-rays, 

 G. Contremoulins, 504 ; Action of Kathode Rays on a 

 Magnetic Needle, Dr. Josef, von Geiller, 540 ; on the Con- 

 ductivity of the Vapours of the Alkali Metals, Prof. J. J. 

 Thomson, 550 ; Use of Kathode Rays in Alternate Current 

 Woik, J. T. Morris, 579 ; \'arying Degrees of .Actinism of 

 the X-rays, J. O. Heinze, 600 

 R.-idium, Studies on, M. Berthelot, 167 



Railways: Rope Railway in Ireland, 35; Applications of 

 Electricity to Railway Engineering, Mr. Langdon, 86 ; an 

 Italian (Valtellina) Electric Railway, 30S ; Results of Trials 

 of Secondary Batteries for Use on Branch Lines of Railways 

 in Germany, 349; Electrical Traction on Railways, W. M. 

 .Mordey and B. M. Jenkins, 399; Experimental Locomotive 

 with Water-tube Boiler, Dugald Drummond, 473 

 Rain, the Recurrence of, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 24 

 Rain, Red, of March 10, 1901, Prof. N. Passerini, 540 

 Rainbow, an Unusual, Thomas Fuller, 273 

 Rainfall during Long Periods of Time, the Variations of, 



Hofrath J. Hann, 323 

 Rainfall, Prussian, Prof G. Hellmann, 60 

 Raisin (Dr. Catherine A.). Frost Patterns in Mud, 199 

 Raleigh (Sir Walter), and Evolution, Agnes Robertson, 272 

 Ram (Gilbert S.), the Origin of the Scale of Fahrenheit's 



Thermometer, 391 

 Kamage (Hugh), a Comparative Study of the Spectra, Densities 

 and Melting Points of some Groups of Elements and the 

 Relation of Properties to Atomic Mass, 140 

 Rampur Coal Field, India, Report on the, C;. F. Reader, 303 

 Ramsay (Prof. William, F.R.S.), the Inert Constituents of the 

 Atmosphere, Lecture at British Association at Glasgow, 161 ; 

 Molecular Surface Energy of some Mixtures of Liquids, 479 

 Randies (W. B. ), Meristic Variation in Trochiis zizyphiriiis, 



535 

 Range Finder, a New, Prof George Forbes, F. R..S., Paper 



Read at Society of Arts, 261 

 Rao (T. R. ), Fire-making of the Vanadis, 473 

 Raoult Memorial Lecture, the. Prof, van 't Hoff, 516 

 Raverot (Emile), a Manometric Double Log. 95 

 Rawson (Christopher), a Dictionary of Dyes, Mordants and 

 Other Compounds Used in Dyeing and Calico Printing, 148 

 Rayleigh (Lord, F. R.S.), the Interference of Sound, 278 

 Rays, Electrical, Results of Some Recent Researches on the 



Properties of Various, J. Reginald Ashworth, iSo 

 Reade (T. Mellard), Slaty Cleavage, 13 

 Reader (G. F. ), Report on the Rampur Coal Field, India, 



303 

 Reale Istituto Lombardo, Prize .Awards, 472 ; Future Prize 



Subjects, 472 

 Reclamation of the Zuiderzee, the, W. H. Wheeler, 275 

 Red Dust, the Fall of, 348; Clement Reid, F.R.S., 414; 



" Red Rain " of March 10, 1901, Prof. N. Passeiini, 540 

 Red Phosphorus, Nature of. Dr. R. Schenck, 374 

 Red Spot on Jupiter, the, A. Stanley Williams, 596; Motion of 



the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, 89 

 Regeneration in the Egg, Prof T. H. Morgan, 209 

 Reed (F. R. C), Notes on the Genus Lichas, 140 

 Reform in Mathematical Teaching, 258 ; C. J. Forth, 272 ; 

 Prof. John Perry, F.R.S., 457, 4S4 ; C. S. Jackson, 558; 

 Frank L. Ward, 558 

 Refraction of Air, Optical EtTect Produced by, J. Barclay, 497 ; 



E. Edser, 497 

 Refraction of a Crystal, New Method of Determining Indices 



of, by Means of the Critical Angle, M. Cornu, 207 

 Refraction, Displacements of the Horizons due to, on the Lake 



of Geneva, Prof. F. A. Forel, 280 

 Regina Margherita Observatory, the, Sir Michael Foster, 



K.C.B., F.R.S., 568 ; a Correction, 595 

 Registration of Sounds, on the, Prof. McKendrick, 114 

 Rehn (J. A. G), on the Earwig?, Cockroaches, Mantids and 

 Stick-insects Collected by Dr. Donaldson Smith in North- 

 East Africa, 180 



Reid (Clemtnt, F.R.S.). the Recent Fall of Red Dust, 414 



Reid (G. Archdall), Rationale of Vaccination, 257 



Reid (Prof. Waymouth, F.R.S.), Can Solution of Native 



Proteids Exert Osmotic Pressures ? 115 ; on the Study of 



Ionic Effects as Exemplified in the Small Intestine, 115 

 Relative Velocity in Streams, Dr. D. T. Smith, 174 

 Religion : the Study of Religion, Morris Jastrow, Jun. , 



E. Sidney Hartland, 313; Mycena;an Tree and PillarCult 



and its Mediterranean Relations, Arthur J. Evans, Supp. 



November 14, 1901, vi 

 Remsen (Ira), A College Text-book of Chemistry, 314 

 Rendle (Dr. A. B. ), Bulbiform Seeds of Aniaryllidese, 38 ; A'udus 



Australts, Forster, the New Zealand " Lawyer-vine," 141 

 Renfer (Prof. H.), Definitions of the Bernouillan Function, 



255 

 Renou (Emile-Jean), Death of, 540 ; Obituary Notice of, 590 

 Renshaw (G. ), the Extinct Blaauwbok of South Africa, 207 

 Research in University Education, Prof. J. G. MacGregor, 



F.R.S., 69 

 Resultant Tones and the Harmonic Series, Margaret Dickins, 



561 

 Reusch (Dr. Hans), Rock Covered with Frozen Moraine at 



L) ngen, .Arctic Norway, 206 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf. 

 Die Medulla Oblongata und die Vierhiigelgegend von Orni- 



thorhjnchus und Echidna, A. Koelliker, i 

 Le9ons sur les Scries Divergentes, Emile Borel, 2 

 The Chemical Essays of Ctiarles William Scheele, 3 

 Use-Inheritance, Illustrated by the Direction of Hair on the 



Bodies of Animals, W. Kidd, 4 

 Foundations of Botany, Joseph V. Bergen, 4 

 Tychonis Brahe Dani die xxiv. Octobris, a.d. MDCI defuncii 



operum priniitias De Nova Stella summi civis memor denuo 



edidit Regia Societas Scientiarum Danica, Hauniae, die 



xxiv. Octobris, A.D. MDCCCCI, Dr. J. L. E. Dreyer, Prof. 



Bohuslav Brauner, 5 

 North Queensland Ethnography, Dr. Walter E Roth, 9 

 Wild .\nimals I have Known, Ernest Seton-Thompson, T. 



Digby Pigott, C.B., 25 

 The Trail of the Sandhill Stag, Ernest Seton-Thompson, T. 



Digby Pigott, C.B., 25 

 The Biography of a Grizzly, Ernest Seton-Thompson, T. 



Digby Pigott, C.B., 25 

 Elementary Geometry, Plane and Solid, for Use in High 



Schools and Academies, Thomas F. Holgate, 26 

 Les Moustiques : Anatomic et Biologic, A. Daruty de 



Grandpre and D. d'Emmerez de Charmoy, 27 

 Disease in Plants, H. Marshall Ward, F.R.S., 28 

 Shell Life : an Introduction to the British Mollusca, E. Step, 



29 

 .Arithmetic, R. Hargreaves, 29 



Intermediate Practical Physics, J. B. Wilkinson, 29 

 Flowers of the Field, the late Rev. C. A. Johns, G. S. 



Boulger, 29 

 Correlation Tables of British Strata, Bernard Hobson, 29 

 Die Partiellen Differential-gleichungen der Mathematischen 



Physik, Heinrich Weber, 30 

 Annales de I'Observatoire meteorologique physique et glaciaire 



du Mont Blanc, J. Vallot, 31 

 Photography for Naturalists. D. English, 33 

 -Vnimal Behaviour, C. Lloyd .Morgan, F. R.S. , 49 

 Researches on Cellulose Irom 1895-1900, Cross and Bevan, 



Dr. F. .Mollwo Peikin, 52 

 Irish Topographical Botany, R. L. Praeger, 53 

 Practical Text- book of Plant Physiology, D. T. Macdougal, 



53 

 Botany, an Elementary Text for Schools, C. H. Bailey, 53 

 Curso Elemental de Fisica Moderna ; Elementos de Fisica 



Moderna, Dr. R. Pedro Marcolain San Juan, 53 

 The Great Deserts and Forests of North America, Paul 



Fountain, 57 

 Sunshine and Surf : a Vear's Wanderings in the South Seas, 



D. B. Hall and Lord Albert Osborne, 57 

 Municipal Sanitation in the United States, Chas. V. Chapin, 



73 

 CEuvres completes de Christiaan Huygens, 74 

 A Laboratory Course in Plant Physiology, William F. 



Ganong, 75 

 Methods in Plant Histology, Charles J. Chamberlain, 75 



