Index 



Societies {continued) : 



Linnean So.ciety of New South Wales, 391, 373, 601 

 Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 75, 260, 



627 

 Mathematical Society, 75, 286, 414 

 Mineralogical Society, 74, 441 



Paris Academy of Sciences, 24, 76, 1112, 154, 1S0, 206, 

 234, 286, 312, 339, 364, 41b, 442, 471, 400, 523, 549, 

 601, 627, 653, 680 

 Physical Society, 74, 128, 206, 285, 364, 300, 441 

 Royal Astronomical Society, 75, 180, 286, 415 

 Dublin Society, 76, 206, ^34. 364, 34X 

 Geographical Society, 63, 114, 89, 221, 324, 330 

 Irish Academy, 441, 547 

 Meteorological Society, 74, 234, 390, 441 

 Society, 15, 23, 51, 7?, 180, 205, 233, 250, 273, 



28q, 311, 362, 363, 38c,, 408, 414, 47.., 49s 

 Society of Edinburgh, 76, 154, 415, 548 

 Society of South Africa, 228, 417, 442, 653 

 Sorie4e Helv(5tique des Sciences Naturelles, 325, i.i«i 

 Society of Italian Spectroscopists : Index lo Memoirs, 



171' 

 Zoological Society, 24, 74, 128, 234, 260, 285, 389, 



414 



Sociology : Evolution of Religion : its Social Reaction, F. 

 Harrison, 107; Value and Destiny of the Individual, 

 Dr. B. Bosanquet, 107 



Sodium and Potassium, Stretching and Breaking of, B. B. 

 Baker, 128 



Soils : Plant and Soil, A. D. Hall, 73 : Soils in Relation to 

 Forestry, Prof. Bowman, J. W. Mackay, 70 ; Presence 

 of Protozoa in Soils, C. H. Martin, m; Indian Soils, 

 ('. M. Hutchinson, 120; Soil Fertility, F. Fletcher, 

 Dr. E. J. Russell, 160 ; Geology of Soils and Sub- 

 strata, H. B. Woodward, Prof. G. A. J. Cole, 185; 

 Bacillus coll and Slime Formation, C. Revis, 233 ; 

 Work at Rothamsted, Dr. Russell and others, 400 ; 

 Manganese Salts as Fertilisers, 390 



Solar, sec Sun 



Solutions, Prof. Armstrong and E. E. Walker, 205 ; 

 Influence of Acids on Rotatory Power of Sugar and 

 Glucose, F. P. Worlev, 259 



Somerset, Highways and Byways in, E. Hutton, Nelly 

 Erichsen, 138 



Sound: Artificial Hiss, Lord Rnvleigh, O.M., F.R.S., 310, 

 M7; E. R. Marie, 371; H. L. Kiek, 371; Trof. E. B. 

 Titchener, 431; F. J. Hillig, =537; Gramophone Im- 

 provements, A. A. C. Swinton, 558 ; sec Pianoforte 

 Touch 



South African Dust Storms, 31 ; the Prehistoric Period, 

 J. P. Johnson, 184; South African Institute for 

 Medical Research, 218; South African National 

 Botanic Garden, 611 



Southern Hemisphere Seasonal Correlations, R. C. Moss- 

 man, 98, 252, 313. 591 



Spectacles, Use with Optical Instruments, I. W. Scholes, 

 215 ; H. S. Ryland, 2q7 



Spectra : Spectra of Neon, Hydrogen, and Helium, Prof. A. 

 Fowler, F.R.S., 11; Prof. J. N. Collie, F.R.S., H. 

 Patterson, 32 ; X-Ray Spectra, E. A. Owen and G. G. 

 Blake, 135 ; Krypton Wave-lengths, MM. Buisson and 

 Fabry, 134 ; Variations in Spectrum of Titanium in the 

 Electric Furnace, A. S. King, 200; Band Spectrum 

 attributed to Carbon Monosulphide, L. C. Martin, 

 v 13 : New Series of Lines in Spark Spectrum of 

 Magnesium, Prof. A. Fowler and W. H. Reynolds, 

 40,. 406: Band Spectrum associated with Helium, 

 W. E. Curtis, 496 ; Electric Furnace Spectrum of Iron, 

 A. S. King. 341 



Spectrograph, Cheap New Form of Grating, A. H. Stuart, 

 '45 



Spectroscooy : Distribution of Intensity in a hue Line, 

 Dr. F. Reiche, 40: Spektrochemie, Prof. G. I'rbain, 

 Dr. U. Meyer, 6S ; the Spectroscope in Organic 

 Chemistry, Dr. J. J. Dobbie, F.R.S., 234: Spectro- 

 scopic Resolution of an Arbitrary Function, Dr. C. V. 

 Burton, 28; ; Simplification of Spectrum Lines by 

 Magnetic Field, R. Fortrat, 313 ; Displacement of 

 Spectrum Lines of Metals owing to Impurities, K. 

 Burns, 497, 592 ; Anomalous Zecman Effect, Prof. H. 

 Xagaoka and T. Takamine, 660 



Spherical Astronomy, Dr. L. do Ball, 1.33 



Spiders: Spiders' Webs, 124; Fish-eating Spider, E. C. 

 Chubb, 1 j6 



Sponges, Calcareous, Prof. A Dendy and R. W. Row. 414 



Sport: Adventures oi an Elephant Hunter, J. Sutherland, 

 297 



stamp Perforation, S. S. Buckley, 39 



Standardisation ,.l Hydrometers, 413 



Star Clusters : Spectra of Globular Clusters, Dr. Fath, 

 J04; Star Clusters in Perseus, B. Messow, 411" 



Stars: Bantu Mar Names, Miss A. Werner, 1.7; Twinkling 

 of Stars, J. L. Herrick, 92; Dr. F. W. Edridge-Green, 

 189; Chromospheric Lines in Spectrum of Persei, 

 P. W. Merril, 94 ; What becomes of the Light of 

 Stars? Prof. Very, 03; Stars with Variable Radial 

 Velocities, J. H. Moore, 95; Radial Velocity of 

 a Persei, J. H. Pitman, 121: Radial Velocities with 

 the Prismatic Camera, Prof. Schwarzschild, 253 ; 

 Radial Velocitv of 913 Stars, Prof. Campbell, 617; 

 Franklin Adams Chart of the Sky, 145; Case of Large 

 Parallel Proper Motion, Dr. Furuhjelm, 196; Measures 

 of Proper Motion Stars, F. Burnham, 514; Star with 

 Large Proper Motion, Miss E. F. Bellamy, 645 ; 

 Tracks of the Sun and Stars : Stereoscopic Photo- 

 graphs, T. E. Heath, 318; Effective Temperatures of 

 Stars, Dr. Nordmann, 329: Statistics, 381; Determina- 

 tion of Visual Magnitudes from Photographic, Prof. 



E. C. Pickering, 587 ; Classification of Spectra by Miss 

 Cannon, Prof. E. C. Pickering, 415 ; Stellar Evolution, 

 Dr. H. N. Russell, 413: Cordoba Catalogue of 3791 

 Stars, Dr. Perrine, 454: Milky Way and Stars with 

 Peculiar Spectra, T. E. Espin, 433; Stars with Peculiar 

 Spectra, Miss Cannon, s v, • the Hottest Stars, Dr. A. 

 Pannekoek, 487 ; Intensity Distribution of Lines in 

 Stellar Spectra, K. F. Bottlinger, 568; Parallaxes, 

 Profs. Slocum and Mitchell, 61S ; "Giant" and 

 "Dwarf" Stars, Prof. H. X. Russell, 043 



S:;irs, Double: Distribution of Spectroscopic Doubles, 

 Prof. P. Stroobant, 226; the Spectroscopic Binary 

 Scorpionis, J. C. Duncan, 394; the Spectroscopic 

 Binary BD -1° 94i. 7- Daniel, 122 



Stars, Variable: Charts, Prof, and Mme. Ceraski, 122; 

 Nova Geminorum No. 2, T44 ; F. C. Jordan, 252; Prof. 



F. Kiistner, 3,7; 568 '• L! 6 h1 Changes of a Ononis, 

 C. P. Olivier, 144 : Faint Minimum of 97, iqio Cygni, 

 I-:. E. Barnard, 180: Periodic Spectrum of 12 Canum 

 Ven., Prof. Belopolskv, 356; Origin of New Stars, 

 Prof. A. W. Bickerton, 390: Variable Stars, 407 ; 

 Periodic Spectrum of a Canum Ven., Prof. A. Belo- 

 polskv. 539 



State and Medical Research. 42S 



Statesman's Year-Book, 396 



Stationery Testing, H. A. Bromley, 303 



Steam Tables, New, Prof. C. A. M. Smith and A. G. 

 Warren, 103 



Steel : Recent Advances in Scientific Steel Metallurgy : 

 Roval Institution Discourse, Prof. J. O. Arnold, 

 F.R.S., 43, 70: Manufacture of Steel, H. R. Hearson, 

 186; Nickel Steels in Clock Construction, C. E. 

 Guillaume Dr. W. Rosenhain, 200 ; Reduction of 

 Stress at the Yield Point in Mild Steel, A. Robertson 

 and G Cook, 239: Tenacity, Deformation, and Frac- 

 ture of Soft Steel, Dr. Rosenhain and Mr. Humfrey, 

 407 ; see Iron 



Steppe and North Germany, Dr. J. B. Scholz, 643 



Sterilisation of Soil, Dr. Russell and others, 92, 409 



Stock-breeding, Principles of. Prof. J. Wilson, 393 



Stones, Cavities in, E. W. Swanton, 59; Snail Cavities in, 

 C. Carus-Wilson, 112 



Stonvhurst College Observatory Report, 195 



Strain, Plane, in a Wedjje, S. D. Carothers, 549 



Strassburg University Observatory, 93 



Stratigraphical Problems in New Zealand, Prof. P. 

 Marshall. G. A. J. C, 295 j c . | „ „ _ 



Stresses in a Plate due to Cracks and Sharp Corners, G. fc.. 

 Inglis, 68; due to a Rivet, Prof. E. G. Coker ana 

 W. A. Scoble, 68 _ . 



Submerged Valleys and Barrier Reefs, Prof. W. M. Davi- 

 42-, • C. Crossland, 583 



Subterranean Waters, Flow of, J. Versluys, F. Dassesse, 



134 



