JVature, 

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Index 



Bernau (K.), Naturwissenschaftliches Unterrichtswerk fiir 



hohi^rp Madrhenschulen, 171 

 Bertelli (Luigi), the Prince and his Ants (CiondoHno), 



138 



Berthelot (Daniel), Mechanism of Photo-Chemical Reactions 

 and the Formation of Plant Principles, 196; Photo- 

 chemical Decomposition of the Alcohols, Aldehydes, Acids, 

 and Ketones, 262 



Berlin (E.), Arrest of Steam Ships either by Reversing the 

 Engine or by Allowing to Slow Down by Friction of 

 the Water, 421 



Bertrand (Gabriel), Researches on the Constitution of 

 Vicianose, 164 



Berwerth (Prof. Friedrich), Meteoric Iron which fell on 

 August I, 1898, near Quesa, 372 



Besani^on (G.), Ballons et Aeroplanes, 229 



Beyschlag (I'rof.), Iron Ores Supplies, 441 



Bickerton (VV.), " Hunting Birds with the Camera," 402 



Bicycle Frame, Static Charge in, Robert S. Ball, jun., 9 



Bierry (Henri), Action of the Ultra-\'iolet Rays upon Certain 

 Carbohydrates, 164 



Bio-Chemistry : Effect of an Increased Percentage of 

 Oxygen on the Vitality and Growth of Bacteria, Prof. 

 Benjamin Moore and Dr. Stenhouse Williams, 181 



Biology : the Laws of Heredity. G. Archdall Reid, Sir W. T. 

 Thiselton-Dyer, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., i ; Alcyonarians Col- 

 lected by Mr. J. Murray of Sir E. Shackleton's Antarctic 

 Expedition, Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, 29 ; Science from 

 an Easy Chair, Sir Ray Lankester, K.C.B., F.R.S., 37; 

 OoEe and Irrigation, Rev. Hilderic Friend, 39, 70; A. R. 

 Horwood, 40 ; the Abiotic .Action of Ultra-Violet Rays, 

 and the Hypothesis of the Cosmic Origin of Life, Paul 

 Hecquerel, 64 ; Observations on the Biology of Roridula, 

 Dr R. Marloth, 98 ; a Theory of Death, 'M. Miihlmann, 

 117; Forms of Endogenous Multiplication of Haenw- 

 gregarina Sebai, A. Laveran and A. Pettit, 131 ; General 

 Biology, Prof. James G. Needham, 137; Anatomy of 

 Ilistriohdella homari, Cresswell Shearer, 150 ; Parasitic 

 Castration in a Cockerel, Geoffrey Smith, 150; Association 

 of Economic Biologists, 156 ; Interdependence of Research 

 in So-called " Pure " and " .■\pplied " Science, Prof. G. H. 

 Carpenter, 156; Place of Economic Zoology in the Modern 

 I'niversity, Prof. S. J. Hickson, 156; Wild-bird Protec- 

 tion W. E. Collinge, 156; Observations on the Garden 

 Tropacolun^ Prof. F. E. Weiss, 157; Animal Pests, Dr. 

 R. Stewart MacDougall, 157; Australian and Argentine 

 Biology, 186; Rinaldo's Polygeneric Theory: a Treatise 

 on the Beginning and End of Life, Joel Rinaldo, 202 ; 

 British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9, under the Command 

 of Sir E. H. Shackleton, C.V.O. ; Reports on Scientific 

 Investigations vol. i.. Biology, 205; Geschichte der biolo- 

 gischen Theorien, Dr. Em. R^dl, 263 ; the Inherent Law 

 of Life : a New Theory of Life and of Disease, Dr. Franz 

 Klcinschrod, 493 ; Cytology of the Flagellata, M. Hart- 

 mann and C. Chagas, 504 ; the Biological Laboratories at 

 Woods Hole, Francis B. Sumner, 527 ; Proisocrimts 

 riiherrimus, a New Genus and Species of Stalked Crinoid 

 from the Philippines, A. H. Clark, S47 ; Collection of 

 .Arenaceous Foraminifera obtained by the Albatross 

 during her Recent Cruise in the Philippines, J. A. Cush- 

 man, 547 ; Marine Biology, Die Ernahrung der Wasscr- 

 tiere und der Stoffbaushnlt der Gewasser, Prof. August 

 Putter, s ; LepiocefthaUis nyoproioides and L. thorianus. 

 Jobs. Schmidt, 9 ; Marine Biological Photography, Francis 

 Ward, 10 ; New Marine Biological Station at Venice, 

 Cal., 81 ; New Species of Feather-Star (Antedon) from the 

 .Adriatic, .A. H. Clark, 150; Polychsetous Annerlids 

 Dredged off the Californian Coast by the Albatross in 

 1904, J. P. Moore. 24(1; a Monograph of the Foraminifera 

 of the North Pacific Ocean, J. A. Cushman, 265 ; Bulletin 

 Trimestrie : Conseil Permanent International pour I'Ex- 

 ploration de la Mer ; R^sum^ des Observations sur le 

 Plankton des Mers Explor^es par le Conseil pendant les 

 .Ann<5es, 1902-8, 394 : the Decapod Natantia of the Coasts 

 of Ireland, Stanley M. Kemp, 394; Report of a Survey 

 of the Trawling Grounds on the Coasts of Counties Down, 

 Louth, Meath' and Dublin, E. W. L. Holt, 394 



Birds : a History of the Birds of Kent, Norman F. Tice- 

 hurst, 241 ; a 'Histery of Birds, W. P. Pycraft, 367 



Birge (E. A.), Lake Temperatures, 83 



Bishop (Prof. A. L.), Physical and Commercial Geography, 



459 

 Blatkman (F. F.), Biochemistry of Respiration, 517 

 Blair (R.), the Relation of Science to Industry and Com- 

 merce, 345 

 Blanc (M.), Synthesis of Camphoric Acid, 51 

 Blood-sucking Conorhinus, the, J. D. H., 172 

 Bloomfield (D.), Do Kittens Kill Mice Instinctively? 436 

 " Blotched " Tabby Cat, the Origin of the Domestic, 



H. M. Vickers, 298, 331 ; R. I. Pocock, 29S 

 Boas (Franii), the Jesup North Pacific E.xpedition, the 



Kwakuitl of Vancouver Island, 250 

 Bogoras (Waldemar), the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 



Chukchee Mythology, 250 

 Bohle (H.), Influence of Uniformity and Contrast on the 



Amount of Light Required, 422 

 Bohlin (Dr. Karl), Observations of Comet 1910a, 272 

 Bolides, Meteors and. Prof. Guido Cora, 317 

 Bolton (Arthur T.), the Leaning Tower of Pisa, 297 

 Bolton (Scriven), an Oblique Belt on Jupiter, 363 

 Boltwood (Dr. Bertram B.), Treatment of Storage Cells, 



174 

 Bombay Presidency and Sind, Forest Flora of the, \\ . A. 



Talbot, 170 

 Bone (Prof.), Production of Methane by the Direct Lmon 

 of Hydrogen with Carbon, 248; Researches upon the 

 Chemical Aspects of Gaseous Combustion during the 

 Past Thirty Years, 517 

 Bonnerot (S.), Reduction of O.xide of Iron by Solid 



Carbon, 555 

 Bonney (the Rev. Prof. T. G., Sc.D., LL.D., F.R.S.), 

 Inaugural Address at the Meeting of .he British .Associa- 

 tion at Sheffield, 274 

 Books of Science, Forthcoming, 475 

 Borel (Emile), L'Aviation, 229 

 Borisov (M.), Quartz in Druses from the Government of 



Olonetz, 375 

 Borrelly (M.), Observations of Metcalf's Comet, igiod, 

 261 , 



Bosler (J.), Phenomena Presented by the Tail of Halley s 



Comet during the Passage oi May ig last, 163 

 Boss (Prof.). Precession and the Solar Motion, 249 

 Botany : the Grasses of Alaska, Prof. F. Lamson-Scribner 

 and E. D. Merrill, 17 ; New Garden Plants of 1909, 

 17; Linnean Society, 29; Male Sterilitv in Potatoes, 

 Dr. R. N Salaman, 29 ; the Plant Cell, its Modifica- 

 tions and Vital Processes, H. A. Haig, 36 ; Alpine 

 Flowers and Gardens, Painted and Described, G. Flem- 

 well, 37; Summer Flowers of the High Alps, Somerville 

 Hastings, 37; Botanical Resources of Yola Province, 

 Northern Nigeria, Dr. J. M. Dalziel, 50; Flowering 

 Trees, H. F. Macmillan, 55 ; Indigenous Trees of 

 Southern Rhodesia, C. F. H. Monro, 55 ; Right- and 

 Left-handedness in Barley, R. H. Compton, 63 ; New 

 .South Wales Linnean Society, 64, 196, 422, 522 ; Hand- 

 book of Flower Pollination, Dr. P. Knuth, 66; 

 " Bulletins of the State Geological and Natural History 

 Survev of Connecticut," Catalogue of Flowering Plants 

 and Ferns, 82; Action of Cold and Anaesthetics upon 

 the Leaves of Angraeciiin fragrans and the Green Husks 

 of Vanilla, Edouard Heckel, 98 ; Observations on the 

 Biologv of Roridula, Dr. R. Marloth, 98 ; a New Italian 

 Orchid. W. Herbtrt Cox, 104; the Ethnology, Botany. 

 Geology, and Meteorology of German East Africa. Sir 

 H. H. Johnston, G.C'.M.G., K.C.B., 106; Lichens, 

 A. N. Danilov, 117; die Vcgetationsverhaltnisse der 

 Balkanliinder (Mbsische Lander), Prof. Lujo Adamovic, 

 135; Botanv of To-day, G. F. Scott Elliot, 146; the 

 Book of Nature Study, 146; a Text-book of Botany for 

 Students. Amv F. M. Johnson, 146; Systematic Position 

 of the Tropical American Genus Phytelephas, O. F. 

 Cook, 151 ; Note on Local Coloration of the Cell Wall 

 in Certain Water Plants induced by Manganese Com- 

 pounds, Prof. H. Molisch, 151: Description of 

 Haworthia triincata, Schonl., Dr. Schonland, 158; 'Ex- 

 periments to Find out whether the Aiirial Parts of 

 Plants absorb Moisture from the Air, Dr. Schonland, 

 158; Dr. Marloth, 158; Plant Distribution, 160; Forma- 

 tions and Flora-elements in the North-west of Cape 

 Colony, Dr. L. Diels. 160; Botanical Expedition through 

 Western Districts of Cape Colony, Dr. H. H. W. Pear- 



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