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Index 



Mortimer (J. R.), of Driffield, 300 ; Pavy (Dr. Frederick 

 William, F.R.S.), 421 ; Riches (T. Hurry), Locomotive 

 Superintendent, 333 ; Richter (Prof. Paul), of Quedlin- 

 burg, Palaeontologist, 558 ; Sir Herbert Hope Risky, 

 K.C.I. E., Director of the Indian Ethnographical Survey, 

 454; Schweitzer (Dr. J. P.), 253; Spring (Prof. 

 W), Professor of Chemistry in the University of 

 Liege, 252; Stoney (Dr. G. Johnstone, F.R.S.), 50; 

 Swarts (Prof. F.), Long Professor of General Chemistry 

 at Ghent University, 333 ; Troost (Louis Joseph), Comm., 

 Legion of Honour, Thermal Chemist, 1 ; Walcott (Mrs. 

 Helena U.\ Wife of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, 150; Whymper (Edward), 388; Wind (Dr. 

 C. II.), Professor of Theoretical Physics at Utrecht Uni- 

 versity, 423 



Development Commissioners, the Promotion of Scientific 

 Research by the, 11S 



Devon, the Coast Scenery of North, E. A. Newell Arber, 



147 

 Dew-ponds, Condition after the Drought, 559 

 Diamonds : Big Diamond of 255 Carats from Minns 



Geraes, O. A. Derby, 561 ; the Larger Diamonds of S. 



Africa, L. J. Spencer, 33 

 Diseases of Cacao, Bananas, and Plantains in Trinidad, 



J. B. Rorer, 131, 191 

 Diseases and Epidemics, Austrian Society founded for Pre- 

 vention of, 390 

 Dock Improvements at the Port of London, 228 

 Dogs, Habits of: Miss A. Everett, 27S, 516; Dr. Walter 



Kidd, 348; Robert Yenables, R. Hooper Pearson, 382; 



H. C. Chadwick, H. Fergie Woods, 417 

 Drawing, Practical : a Preliminary Course of Work for 



Technical Students, T. S. Usherwood, 482 

 Dreadnought, Launch of Italian, Conte di Cavour, 257 

 Dust: Nuclei of Cloudy Condensation. Dr. J. Aitken, 



F.R.S., 203 ; Dust in the Atmosphere at Melbourne, 



E. T. Quayle, 302 



East African Natural History Society, Sir H. II. Johnston, 



G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 536 

 Ecology of the Bernina Valley, Dr. E. Riibel, 336 

 Education: Rural Education, 260: France and Classical 



Education, A. E. Crawley, 454; Education in Rhodesia, 



F. P. Mennel, 575 

 Egypt : Text-hook of Egyptian Agriculture, 44^ : Analysis 



of a Resin from an Egyptian Sarcophagus, M. Reutter, 



473 

 Electric Cell : Increase in Sensitiveness of the Potassium 



Photoelectric Cell, Drs. Elster and Geitcl, 561 

 Electric Charge : the Properties of Oil Emulsions, Ridsdale 



Ellis, 66; Charge carried by Smoke Particles, Dr. K. 



Przibram, 200 

 Electric Conveyance through Solids, Liquids, and Gases, 



Theory, Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., 156 

 Electric Cranes, Claude W. Hill, Prof. Gisbert Kapp, 411 

 Electric Current, Absolute Measurement of, at Bureau of 



Standards, N. E. Dorsey, 501 

 Electrl Discharge as Possible Cause of Flare Spots in 



Photographs, Arnold Spiller, 44 

 Electric Exhibition at Olympia, 420 

 Electric Insulators : Sulphur as an Insulator, F. W. Bates, 



426: les Substances isolantes et les Methodes d'Isolement 



utilisees dans I'Industrie Electrique, J. Escard, Prof. 



Gisbert Kapp, 470 

 Electric Lighting: Economical Incandescent Lighting, M. 



Dussaud, 34 ; Progress in Electric Lighting, Heating and 



Cooking, 519 

 Electric Locomotion, Adam G. Whyte, 212 

 Electric Potential Distribution in Kathode Dark Space, 



Prof. Wehnelt, 304 

 Electric Power : Trollhattan Hydro-electric Power Station, 



Sweden, 426 

 Electric Resistance of Mercury, Disappearance of, at very 



Low Temperatures, Prof. Camerlingh Onnes, 192 

 Electric Resistivity of Pure Iron from o° to 1000 C, 



Change of, Dr. A. R. Meyer, 528 

 Electricity : die Elektrizitat, Prof. F. Adami, 547 ; Influence 



of Electricity on Respiration of Germinating Seeds, Prof. 



Priestley, Mr. Knight, 535 ; Influence of Electricity on 



Growth of Micro-organisms, Prof. Priestley, Miss Lee, 



535 ; Experimented Elektrizitatslehre, verbunden mit 

 einer Einfiihrung in die Maxwellsche und die Elektronen- 

 theorie der Elektrizitat und des Lichts, Prof. H. Starke, 

 107 ; Beispiele und Uebungen aus Elektrizitat und 

 Magnetismus, Prof. R. Weber, 107 



Electrochemistry : International Commission at Turin and 

 International Symbols, 417, 528 



Electrolyte and a Metal in Contact, Effect of Relative 

 Displacement, J. Pianchon, 68 



Electromagnetic Machinery : les Enroulements industriels 

 des Machines a Courant continu et a Courants alter- 

 natifs : Theorie et Pratique, E. Maree, Prof. Gisbert 

 Kapp, 479 ; Testing of Electromagnetic Machinery and 

 other Apparatus, B. V. Swenson, B. Frankenficld, J. M 

 Bryant, Prof. Gisbert Kapp, 545 



Electromagnetism, Outlines of the Theory of : Lectures at 

 Calcutta University, Dr. G. T. Walker, F.R.S., 311 



Electrometer, Self-recording, with Carbon Filaments, P. 

 Villard, 238 



Electrostatic Machine, a Large, P. Villard, 34 



Electrotechnical Commission, Turin Meeting of the Inter- 

 national, 417 



Electro-therapeutic Apparatus, 90 



Elephants, Different Use of Trunk Tip by Indian and 

 African, 255 



Embryology : Subdivision of the Spinal Canal in the 

 Lumbar Region of Chick Embryos, Helen Kelsey, 272 ; 

 the Development of Embryo in Mysorus minimus, R. 

 Soueges, 576 



Enamelling : How to Enamel : the Practical Enamelling of 

 Jewellery with Hard Enamels, H. M. Chapin, 277 



Encyclopaedia Britannica, nth Edition, vols, xv.-xxix. 

 (Italy — Zymotic Diseases, and Index Volume), 103 



Engineering: Dam, Destruction of Austin, Pennsylvania, 

 528; Exhibition, International, at Baku, April, 1912, 

 388; Exhibition of Model and Experimental Engineering 

 at . 537; Institution of Mechanical Engineers' Swiss 

 Meeting : Electric Traction in Switzerland, E. Huber- 

 Stockar ; Diesel Oil-engine, F. Schubeler ; New Trans- 

 mission Dynamometers, Dr. A. Amsler ; Swiss Rack- 

 railway Locomotives, T. Weber, S. Abt ; Zoelly Steam 

 Turbine, H. Zoelly ; Tests on Francis and Pelton Tur- 

 bines, Prof. Franz Prasil, 161 ; Roads and other Works 

 constructed in Limestone, Danger of, E. A. Martel, 474 



Engineers : Conference on Education and Training of, at 

 the Institute of Civil Engineers, 26, 48, Opening Re- 

 marks : Workshop and College, Dr. W. C. Unwin, 

 F.R.S., 26 



Engines : Breakdowns of various Generating Plants, M. 

 Longridge, 562; Gas Engines, W. J. Marshall, Captain 

 H. R. Sankey, 5 



Entomological and Natural History Society, Proceedings of 

 the South London, 394 



Entomology : British Spring-tails, New (Collembola), 

 J. W. Shoebotham, 465 ; British Coccid, New, E. E. 

 Green, 465; the Cacao Beetle (Steinastoma depressum, 

 L.) in Trinidad, P. L. Guppy, 231 ; Deodar, Pests of the, 

 E. P. Stebbing, 371 ; Electric Light, Potency of, in 

 attracting Beetles, &c, E. G. Bayford, 87 ; Gnats and 

 Midges of the Family Chironomida?, Dr. J. J. Kieffer, 

 465 : Hymenoptera, Parasitic, from New South Wales, 

 the Transvaal, and the Solomon Islands, P. Cameron, 

 204, 465, 507: Ireland, Injurious Insects and other 

 Animals observed in, in 1010, Prof. G. H. Carpenter, 

 101 ; Lepidoptera Phalaena? in the British Museum, Cata- 

 logue of the, vol. x., Sir G. F. Hampson, ; the Mango 

 Weevil, 465 ; the Sugar Cane Leaf-hopper, 465 : see also 

 Bees, Butterflies, and Coleoptera 



Entomology, Economic : Recent Publications of Economic 

 Entomology, 231 ; Control of Insect Pests by Natural 

 Parasites, 231 



Epidemiology : Quantitative Studies, Sir Ronald Ross, 

 K.C.B., F.R.ST, 466 



Ethics : Greek and Modern, a Short History of, R. A. P. 

 Rogers, 247 



Ethnology : the American Indian Languages, Handbook of, 

 Dr. F. Boas, Sidney H. Ray, 338; Assam, the Kacharis 

 of. Rev. Sidney Endle, 270 : Australian Races : Desir- 

 ability of Government Ethnological Investigation, 87 : 

 Bushmen Tribes, Language of. North of the Orange 

 River, Miss D. L. Bleek, 136 ; the Bushongo : an Ethno- 



