Index 



174 ; Stonyhurst College Observatory, 195 ; Inter- 

 national Committee Meeting, 19S ; Upper Air during 

 Fohn, E. liold, 282 ; the Winds in the Free Air, 

 C. J. P. Cave, 307; Cold Weather Storms in N. India, 

 Dr. G. T. Walker, 327 ; Exposure of Thermometers for 

 Determination of Air Temperature, Prof. G. Hellman, 

 36] ; Potsdam Observatory, Profs. Suring and Schmidt, 

 411 [ ; Drought in the Philippines, 409; Australian 

 Meteorology. 435 ; United Stales Meteorological Publi- 

 cations, 596; das Klima, Dr. E. Alt, 604; Aus dem 

 Luftmeer, Max Sassenfeld, 604 ; Relations entre les 

 ( in ulations Atmospheriques, l'Electricite\ &c, A. 

 Vialay, 004; Meteorology, Prof. W. I. Milham, 604 



Meteors: Daylight Detonating Fireball, E. G. Fenton, 136; 

 Meteor on April 23, W. E. Rolston, 215; Meteor Dust 

 as Measure of Geologic Time, 487 ; August Meteors, 

 592 ; Stationary Radiation, 645 



\bi;i svsiem in new British Pharmacopoeia, 250 



Mexico, New Trails in, C. Lumholtz, 158 



Micrometer, Dr. Metz, 59 



Microphotometer, Dr. ti. A. Shakespear, 450 



Microscopy, New Microscope Eyepieces, 59 ; Microscope 

 Stands, 370; Microscope Substage and its Adjustments, 

 433 ; Unpublished Papers of J. J. Lister, A. E. Con- 

 rady, 559 



Migrations of Birds, 138 



Milk : Milk and Ultra-violet Rays, 277 ; the Milk Question, 

 Prof. M. J. Rosenau, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 554 



Milky Way and Peculiar Spectra, T. E. Espin, 435 



Mimicry by Spiders, E. E. Green, 337; Mimicry, Prof. 

 Punnett, 566 



Miml : Is the Mind a Coherer? L. G. Sarjant, 316 



Mineralogy : Pennant Collection, 74 ; Minerals of Mont- 

 gomeryshire, A. Russell, 74 ; Mineralogy, Prof. A. H. 

 Phillips, 291 ; Canada Department of Mines Labora- 

 tory. 333 : Mineral Wealth of North Australia, Prof. 

 Woolnough, 404; Mineral and Aerated Waters, C. A. 

 Mitchell, 422 



Mining : Reduction Works at Douglas, Arizona, G. B. Lee, 

 24: Miners' Nystagmus, Dr. T. L. Llewellyn, 30; 

 Methods of Working the Oil-shales, 115; Coal and 

 the Prevention of Explosions and Fires in Mines, Dr. 

 J. Harger, 183, 319; the Reviewer, 319; Safety in 

 Coal Mines : Text-book for Firemen, Prof. D. Burns, 

 183 ; Law of the Pay-streak in Placer Deposits, J. B. 

 Tyrrell, 282 ; Mine-gas Ignition by Glow Lamps, 539 



Mirrors, Silvered, Lacquered, Dr. L. Bell, 485 



Monaco Congress of Zoology, 162 



Money, Use of Alcyonarians as, Dr. J. Ritchie, 213 



Monsoon Conditions, 391 



Mortality, Child, 670 



Mosquitoes : Mosquito Destroying, 63 ; New Malarial Mos- 

 quito, F. Lahille, 65 ; Mosquitoes of N. and C. 

 America and West Indies, Messrs. Howard, Dyar, and 

 Knab, 420 



Moths : Catalogue of Noctuidre in the British Museum, Sir 

 G. F. Hampson, •jo 



Motor-Gvrostats, Dr." J. G. Grav and G. B. Burnside, 



'75 ' 

 Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, 619; 100-inch Reflector, 



67 

 Mountains and their Roots, Col. S. G. Burrard, F.R.S. ; 



Major H. M. Cowie ; the Reviewer, 242 ; Rev. O. 



Fisher, 270 

 Mule, Case of Fertility in Female, 616 

 Mummies, Royal, Prof. Elliot Smith, L. W. King, 107 

 Muscles of the Trunk, Prof. P. Eisler, 317 

 Museums Association : Hull Meeting, 339 

 Music, see Pianoforte Touch 

 Musk-ox, iS 



Mussels and Sewage, 119 



Mutations of CEnothera. Dr. R. R. Gates. 647 

 Mvcologv : Grundziige der allgemeinen Phytopathologie, 83 

 Myths of the Modocs, J. Curtin, Rev. J. Griffith, 370 



340 



Naid or Tubificid? Rev. H. Friend, 



Napier Tercentenary, 20 



National Aspects of Education, Prof. R. A. Gregory, 171 



National Physical Laboratory : Tank. Research, G. S. 



Baker, 68 j Annual Meeting, 306; Report for 1012. 

 382 ; New Building, 464 



Natural History : Animal Secrets Told, H. C. Brearlev, So: 

 Wild Life in the West Highlands, C. H. Alston, 80; 

 Aristotle as a Naturalist, Prof .D'Any W. Thompson. 

 C.B., 201: Natural History in Ceylon, 219; Birds of 

 \liua, P. E. Shelley, W. L. Sclater, 297; Snakes <>i 

 South Africa, F. W. Fitzsimons, 297 ; Adventures of an 

 Elephant Hunter, J. Sutherland, 297: Baby Birds at 

 Home, R. Kearton, 207; die europaischen Schlangen, 

 Dr. F. Steinheil, 318; Wild Life. 343; Big Game 

 Photography, A. R. Dugmore, 354: P. J. Rainey's 

 Photographic Studies, 547 



Natural Historj Museum: Hume Collection of Indian Big- 

 game I bads. 277: Sikes Shell Collection, 300 



Natural Selection, Dr. Lloyd, 81 



Nature Protection : Bird Protection and the Collector, Miss 

 L. Gardiner, 26S 



Nature Reserve at Blakeney, Norfolk, Prof. F. W. 

 Oliver, [8 



Nature Study : First Book of Rural Science, J. J. Green, 

 37i 



Nautilus Pearls, Prof. S. J. Hickson, F.R.S., 220 



Naval Architects, Institution of, London Meeting : Air 

 Pumps and Warships, D. B. Morison ; Mechanical 

 Gearing between Turbine and Propeller, Sir C. A. 

 Parsons; Compressed Air for working Auxiliaries, W. 

 Reavell ; Airships, Aeroplanes, Baron A. Roenne ; 

 Longitudinal Stability of Skimmers, J. E. Steele: Ex- 

 periments at the National Physical Laboratory, G. S. 

 Baker ; Stress in Plate due to Cracks, C. E. Inglis ; 

 Distribution of Stress due to a Rivet in a Plate, Prof. 

 E. G. Coker and W. A. Scoble, all 67-68; Glasgow 

 Meeting : Suction between Passing Vessels, Prof. 

 Gibson and H. Thompson ; Effect of Internal Water on 

 Rolling, A. Cannon ; Cavitation of Screw Propellers, 

 Prof. L. Gumbel ; Diesel Engines, &c, 463 



Naval Officers, Training, 134 



Navigation : Towing Tests, 303 ; Weather Signs, W. Ailing- 

 ham, 449 



Nebula?, Spectra of: Spiral, Dr. Fath, 304; Pleiades. Dr. 

 V. M. Slipher, 387; Gaseous, Miss Cannon, 413 



Nematodes of Earthworm, G. E. Johnson, 194 



Neon: Spectrum. Prof. A. Fowler, F.R.S., 9; Prof. J. N. 

 Collie, F.R.S. , H. S. Patterson, 32 ; Non-Absorption of 

 Neon by Electrodes, G. Claude. 286 : Helium and Neon, 

 Prof. B. Brauner, 305 



Neptune's Belts, Dr. T. J. J. See, 407 



Nerite, 438 



Neurology: Correlations in Growth of Vertebrate Nervous 

 System', Prof. G. E. Coghill, 386 



New Guinea : Ingkipulu Mts., Dr. A. F. R. Wollaston, 

 429 ; Pygmies, Capt. C. G. Rawling, 615 



New Zealand Vegetation, Dr. L. Cockayne, 146 ; W. B. 

 Alexander, F. C 3qq ; Stratigraphical Problems in 

 New Zealand, Prof. P. Marshall. G. A. J. C, 295 



Nickel Steels in Clock Construction, C. E. Guillaume, Dr. 

 \Y. Rosenhain, F.R.S., 200 



Nigerian Folk-lore, E. Dayrell, 223 ; " In the Shadow of 

 the Bush," P. A. Talbot, 423 ; Hausa Superstitions, 

 Major Tremearne, 629 



Nile Gauge, 643 



Nitrogen : Active Nitrogen : Royal Institution Discourse. 

 Hon. R. J. Strutt, 283 ; Active Modification produced by 

 Electric Discharge, Hon. R. J. Strutt, 470; Absorption 

 by Plants, D. Chouchak, 417: Nitrogen Radiations, M. 

 Hamy, 601 ; Temp of — 211 C. by Liquid Nitrogen, 

 G. Claude, 601 



Noctuida? in the British Museum. Sir G. F. Hampson, 30 



Nomenclature, Zoological, 164 ; Radio-active, Plea for Uni- 

 formity, Dr. W. H. Ross, Dr. H. J. Creighton, 347 



North Sea Observations. 1593 



Northern Methods of Burial in the Iron Age, H. Schetelig. 

 137 



Notation in Theories of Potential and Elasticity, 378 



Nummulosphere, R. Kirkpatrick. 02 



Nystagmus, Miners', Dr. T. L. Llewellyn, 30 



Oats and Frit-fly, 19;; Trials of Oats, 405 

 Observatories and Cities, 406 



