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Index 



Mount of, L. Peringuey, 50S ; Roman Forum,'' Excava- 

 tions at the, and the Niger Lapis, Comm. Boni, 390 ; 

 Roman Portraits found at Hawara in the Fayum, Prof. 

 Flinders Petrie, 560 

 Archaeology at the British Association : 472 ; Caves in 

 Jersey, R. R. -Marett ; American Types of Artefacts, 

 W. k. Sloorehead ; Paintings in the Temple of the 

 Tiger ;it Chichen Ilza, Miss A. C. Breton; British 

 Archaeology, Rev. Dr. Irving, T. D. Pryce, W. Dale ; 

 the Bronze Age in Britain, O. G. S. Crawfurd ; Dolmens 

 or Cromlechs, A. L. Lewis ; Influence of the Egyptians 

 under the Ancient Empire, Prof. Elliot Smith ; Egyptian 

 Discoveries, Prof. W. M. Flinders Petrie, G. A. Wain- 

 wright 

 Argentine Educational Census, A. B. Martinez, Prof. J. A. 



Green, 421 

 Argentine Plains and Andine Glaciers : Life on an Estancia, 



Walter Larden, 383 

 Art of the Goldsmith and Jeweller : a Treatise for Students 



and Practical Men, T. B. Wigley, J. H. Stansbie, 212 

 Artillery : Modern Artillery in the Field, Colonel H. A. 



Bethell, Sir G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 478 

 L'Asia Centrale : Noti di Viaggio e Studi di un Diplo- 



matico giapponese, Tokujiro Nishi, L. Nocentini, 138 

 Assaying : see Metallurgy 

 Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, Charles 



P. Butler, 394 

 Astronomical Fellowship for Women offered by Nantucket 



Maria Mitchell Association, 254 

 Astronomical Society, Leeds, 337 

 Astronomical Survey of Pembrokeshire Stone Circles, Rev. 



\Y. Done Bushell, Rev. John Griffith, 258 

 Astronomy : 



General : Essai de Cosmogonie tourbillonnaire, E. Belot, 

 175 ; Petit Traits dAstronomie pratique, Commandant 

 Ch. Henrionnet, 128 ; Quelques Heures dans le Ciel, 

 Abb6 Th. Moreux, 128 ; Researches on the Evolution 

 of the Stellar Systems, Prof. T. J. J. See, 275 ; les 

 Progres Recents de FAstronomie, Prof. Paul Stroobant, 

 142 ; British Association Opening Address : the 

 Characteristics of the Observational Sciences, Prof. 

 H. H. Turner, F.R.S., 289 



ts : Cometary Phenomena, Dr. K. Bohlin, 393; 

 Scientific Papers, vol. iv. : Periodic Orbits and 

 Miscellaneous Papers, Sir George H. Darwin, 

 K.C.B., F.R.S., 477; Comet-like Object moving 

 quickly, Dr. Franz, 258; Halley's Comet: Ephemeris, 

 Dr. H. D. Curtis, 91 ; Tail, Prof. Eginitis, 56 : 

 Comets 190S III. and 1910a : Brightness, M. Orlow, 

 193 ; Comet 1908c (Morehouse) : Spectrum, Count de la 

 B. Pluvinel, F. Baldet, 427; Comet 1910a: Tails, Prof. 

 K. Pokrowski, 21; Comet 1911a (Wolf): Prof. Max 

 Wolf, 20; Observations, M. Javelle, 102, 127, 238, 

 M. Kamensky, 127; Comet 19116 (Kiess) : Brightness, 

 Sefior Marisonza, A. Kobold, 372 ; Discovery, Dr. 

 Kiess, 55 ; Elements and Ephemerides, Dr. Kobold, 

 90, 127, 154, 304, Messrs. Einarsson and Meyer, 154 ; 

 Identity, Possible, P. H. Ling, 516; Observations, 

 various, 90, 101, 127, 135, 154, 228, 257, 372, 427; 

 Spectrum, Prof. Pickering, 257, J. P. Lagrula, H. 

 Chretien, 271, A. de la B. Pluvinel, F. Baldet, 306, 

 337, Dr. Konkoly, Dr. Mascart, 427; Comet 1911c 

 (Brooks): Discovery, 127; Elements and Ephemerides, 

 Dr. Ebell, 154, 228, 258, 529, Dr. H. Kobold, 373, 

 496; Observations, various, 169, 228, 257, 304, 373, 

 427, 460 ; Occultation of a Star by the Comet, M. 

 Esclangon, 460; Photography, F. Quenisset, F. Baldet, 

 563; Comet 191 id (Encke) : Rediscovery, Dr. Gon- 

 nessiat, 193, 228, 304; Observations, Dr. Backlund, 

 304; Comet 1905 II., I9iie (Borrelly) : Expected Re- 

 turn, M. Fayet, 392 ; Discovery, Knox Shaw, 427 ; 

 Ephemerides, M. Fayet, 427; Comet 1911/ (Quenisset) : 

 Discovery, F. Quenisset, 427, 460, 473, Francis Brown, 

 427; Elements and Ephemerides, Prof. J. B. Dale, 

 450, Dr. Ebell, 460, 496, 563 ; Observations, M. 

 Borrelly, M. Giacobini, 507, P.' Chofardet, 575 ; Comet 

 i9"£ (Beljawsky): Discovery of a Third-magnitude 

 Comet, M. Beljawsky, 460 ; Elements and Ephemeris, 

 Dr. Kobold, 496, 563 ; Observations, Dr. Stromgren, 

 460; M. Giacobini, ;o 7 : Tail, 4c., Dr. Kobold, A. K. 

 Hinks, Prof. Nijland, 496 

 Gegenschein, Observation, F. Baldet, F. Quenisset, 507 



Instruments : Notes on the Use of the Portable Reversible 

 Transit Instrument and the Method of Calculation of 

 the Observations, Captain C. E. Monro, 75 ; Large 

 Open-air Telescope, Prof. Todd, 337 



Janssen Monument, 351 



Medal to Dr. Kimura for his Discovery of the Third 

 Term in Latitude Variation, 224 



Meteors : Mechanical Conditions of a Swarm of 

 Meteorites, Sir G. H. Darwin, K.C.B., F.R.S., 478; 

 Horary Numbers of Meteors Visible, W. F. Denning, 

 154; Meteor Observations, W. F. Denning, Herr 

 Dziewulski, Prof. Konkoly, Mr. Moss, 427 ; Meteor- 

 showers, John R. Henry, 416, 516; Observation of 

 Meteors for Amateurs : Letter from the late Prof. Alex. 

 Herschel to Mr. Denning, 228 ; a Bright Meteor, W. C. 

 Parkinson, 347 ; an Enormous Bolide, Prof. Ricco, 

 529 ; Meteor with J-form Path, S. Stratton, 499 ; 

 Luminous Meteor Trains, Dr. Trowbridge, 337 



Moon : Disappearance of Evening Cloud at Full Moon, 

 W. Ellis, F.R.S., 153 ; Vergleichende Mond- und Erd- 

 kunde, Prof. S. Giinther, 2 ; Differential Quality of the 

 Moon's Reflected Light, Dr. Miethe, Herr Seegert, 

 91 ; Secular Acceleration of the Orbital Motion of the 

 Moon, E. Nevill, 308 ; Tables of the Moon based on 

 Delaunay's Theory, R. Radau. 23S ; Early Visibility of 

 the Full Moon, C. T. Whitmell, 304 



Nebulae : Radial Velocities of Nebulae, Prof. Campbell, 

 21 ; the Interferometer in the Study of Nebulae, MM. 

 Fabry and Buisson, 21 ; Observation and Catalogues of 

 Nebulae, Strassburg, Dr. Wirtz, 393 

 Observatories : New Observatory in Northern Africa, 

 393 ; the Cape Observatory Report, 363 ; Harvard 

 Observatory Annals, Meridian Circle Observations, 

 372 ; Oxford University Observatory, 337 ; the Sydney 

 Observatory, 497 ; Publications of the U.S. Naval 

 Observatory, 4bo 

 Planet Jupiter: Micrometer Measures, Dr. Lau, 91; 

 Jupiter's Faint Satellites, Transvaal Observatory, 193 ; 

 the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, A. Stanley Williams, 



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Planet Mars: Changes of Aspect, Jarrv Desloges, 373, 

 529, 562; C. Solas, 562; New "Canals," Prof. P. 

 Lowell, 258 ; Colour Photography of Mars, G. A. 

 Tikhoff, 529 



Planet Saturn : Are the Rings of Saturn due to an 

 Electric Radiation from the Planet? Prof. Kr. Birke- 

 land, 271 



Planet Venus : Observed Period of Rotation, E. Belot, 

 169 



Planets, Minor : Elements and Numbers for New Minor 

 Planets, Dr. Cohn, 460 ; New Minor Planet possibly 

 of the Eros Type, Prof. Palisa, 497 



Stars: a Star Atlas and Telescopic Handbook for 

 Students and Amateurs, A. P. Norton, W. E. Rolston, 

 42 ; Charts for the Southern Heavens, Dr. Ristenpart, 

 154; Stellar Distribution, British Association Dis- 

 cussion : A. S. Eddington, A. R. Hinks, the Astro- 

 nomer Royal, Prof. Turner, F. Bellamy, Father 

 Cortie, 4c, 499; Star-lore for Teachers, B. Lowerison, 

 142 ; Stellar Parallaxes, Dr. Schlesinger, 193 ; the 

 Star Pocket-book : or How to Find your Way at Night 

 by the Stars, R. Weatherhead, Sir R. Ball, 142 ; Star 

 with Large Proper Motion, Mr. Baldwin, 258; Rota- 

 tion of Stars about their Axes, Prof. G. Forbes, 21 ; 

 Peculiar Stellar Spectra and Selective Absorption in 

 Interstellar Space, Dr. Slipher, 128 



Stars, Double: Definition of the Term " Double Star," 

 Prof. R. G. Aitken, 56; Observations at Sutton, Dr. 

 Doberck, 91 ; Micrometer Measures and Proper 

 Motions of Engelhardt-Stumpe Stars, Dr. Lau. 520 ; 

 Masses of Spectroscopic Binaries, Dr. Ludendorff, 460 



Stars, Variable, and Novae: Algol's Companion, the 

 Light of, Joel Stebbins, 90 : the Algol System RT 

 Persei, R. S. Dugan, 193 ; Cooperation in Observing 

 Variable Stars, Prof. Pickering. 52a ; Eclipsing 

 Variables, Discovery : $ Aurigae a Variable Star, Dr. 

 Joel Stebbins, 392 ; Mira Ceti, Dr. Bemporad, Prof. 

 Nijland, 91 ; Nova Lacertae, Observations. Prof. Frost 

 and others, 55, Prof. Eginitis, M. Luizet, Herr Jost, 

 Prof. Beljawsky, 258 ; Aspect, Herr Kostinsky, 304 ; 

 Observations of Variable Stars, Max Muendler, 304 ; 

 Pleiades, the Variable Star of the, G. A. Tikhoff, 575 ; 



