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Index 



tion to Franz Josef Land, J. de Payer, 192 ; Stefansson 



Expedition to Beaufort Sea, 197, 431 

 Area of Earth's Surface Visible from any Altitude, W. 



Moss, 583 

 Aristarchus of Samos, Sir Th. Heath, K.C.B., F.R.S., 499 

 Aristotelian Society, Symposium, 378 

 Aristotle as a Naturalist, Prof. D'Arcy W.Thompson, C.B., 



201 

 Arithmetic, a Preparatory, C. Pendlebury, 7 

 Arseno-aromatic, see Salvarsan 

 Arthropods and Disease, Prof. E. A. Goldi, 83 

 Artificial Hiss, Lord Rayleigh, 319, 557; E. R - Marie, 371; 



H. L. Kiek, 371 ; Prof. E. B. Titchener, 451 ; F. J. 



Hillig, 557 

 Artificial Respiration : Schaefer Method, Dr. C. A. Lauffer, 



578 

 Asia, Dr. H. Piggott and R. J. Finch, 371; J. F. and 



A. H. Chamberlain, 372 

 Aspects of the Earth, Prof. G. A. J. Cole, 185 

 Assaying, Text-book of Metallurgy and, A. R. Gower, 475 

 Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions, 305 

 Assyrian Antelope, R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 59 

 Asteroidea, Cretaceous, W. K. Spencer, 51 

 Astronomy : 



Aristarchus : a Historv of Greek Astronomy, Sir Th. 



Heath, K.C.B., F.R.S., 499 

 Chart of the Skv, Franklin Adams, 145 

 Comets: Comet nine (Brooks), 144; Comet 1912a (Gale), 



304; Comet 19121!, 19; Comet 1013a (Schaumasse), 280, 



3 2 9 



Cordoba Catalogue, 434 



Cosmogony : Explosion of Worlds, Hudson Maxim, 67 ; 

 Hypotheses, H. Poincare, 267 ; " Explosion " Hypo- 

 thesis, R. T. A. Innes, 673 



Latitude Variation, Prof. Shinjo, 538 ; Prof. Th. 

 Albrecht, 568 



Meteors: Detonating Fireball, E. G. Fenton, 136; Bril- 

 liant Meteor on April 23, W. E. Rolston, 215 ; Meteorite 

 Seen to Fall and Found, 514; August Meteors, 592 



Observatories : Vienna, 20 ; Detroit, 67 ; Strassburg Uni- 

 versity, cj5 ; New Allegheny, 171; Khedival, Helwan, 

 145 ; U.S. Naval, 225 ; Athens, 280 ; Reports of Indian 

 Observatories, 304 ; Greenwich, 384 : Observatories and 

 Cities. 406: Oxford University, 461; Mount Wilson 

 Solar Observatory, 619 



Occupation of Pleiades, 19 



Planets: Rotation of Uranus, Drs. Lowell and Slipher, 

 387 ; Faint Belts on Neptune, Dr. See, 407 : Third 

 Satellite of Jupiter, J. Guillaume, 460; Origin of 

 Planets, Prof. P. Lowell, 539 ; Energy in Planetary 

 Motions, Prof. A. Gray, 581 ; Are the Planets In- 

 habited? E. W. Maunder, 605 



Planets, Minor: New Method of Search, J. Lagrula, 207; 

 R. T. A. Innes, 434; Photo-visual Comparator for 

 Identification, J. Lagrula, 487 



Reflector, 100-in., at Mt. Wilson, 67 



Schiaparelli Memorial, 222 



Spherical Astronomy, Dr. L. de Ball, 655 



Stereoscopic Tracks of the Sun and Stars, T. E. Heath, 

 3>8 



Theoretic Astronomy, Dr. W. Klinkerfues. Dr. H. Buch- 

 holz, J. Jackson, 555 



Time-installations, 41 



Year-Books, 20 



Zodiacal Light, 41 



See Stars, Sun, Telescope 

 Astrophysics : Plane Grating for Stellar Spectroscopy, 41 ; 

 Spectrum of Nebula in Pleiades, Mr. Slipher, 94, 387 ; 

 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 121: Cheap 

 Form of Grating Spectrograph, A. H. Stuart, 145 ; 

 Genera! Index to Memoirs of Society of Italian Spectro- 

 scopists, 171 ; Physik der Gestirne, Prof. J. B. Messers- 

 schmitt, 212: Spectra of Spiral Nebula?, Dr. Fath, 

 104; Work of Sir William Hoggins, Prof. Hale, 330; 

 Mount Wilson Observatory, 610 

 Athens, National Observatory, 280 



Atlases: Physical and Political School Atlas, J. G. Bar- 

 tholomew, S4 ; Atlas von China, Baron v. Richthofen, 

 Dr. Groll, 293; Photographic Supplement to Stanford's 

 Geological Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland, H. B. 

 Woodward. F.R.S., Miss Hilda D. Sharpe, 346 : Atlas 

 Notes, J. C. Chute, 3Q6 



Atlantic, Hydrographic Investigations in North, Dr. Hel- 

 land-Hansen, Dr. Nansen, 217 



Atmosphere : Atmospheric Humidity and Temperature, 69 ; 

 Antarctic Barometric Pressure, Dr. G. C. Simpson, 135 ; 

 Atmospheric Circulation, Dr. A. Defant. E. Gold, 174; 

 Vertical Temperature Distribution, W H. Dines, 234; 

 Large Ions, H. Kennedy, 234; Upper Air during Fohn, 

 Dr. H. von Ficker, E. Gold, 282 ; Atmospheric Refrac- 

 tion Irregularities, Prof. F. Schlesinger, 306 ; Winds in 

 the Upper Air, C. J. P. Cave, 307; Oxygen Content, 

 F. G. Benedict, 400 



Atmospheric Electricity : Atmospheric Electrification during 

 South African Dust Storms, Prof. W. A. D. Rudge, 

 31, 654; Prof. V. H.Jackson, 213; Luftelektrizitat, Dr. 

 K. Kahler, 2.67 ; Relations between Atmospheric Circu- 

 lation, Electricity, and Terrestrial Magnetism, A. 

 Vialay, 604 



Atoms: Atoms, Prof. J. Perrin, 473: Atomic Theory of 

 Crystal Units, Prof. T. W. Richards, 40,0, note; 

 Atomic Constitution, Prof. Armstrong and Sir O. 

 Lodge, F.R.S., 558; Atomic Weights, New Multiple 

 Relations, Dr. H.' Wilde, 627; 



Auditory Centres, Education of, Prof. Marage, Prof. J. G. 

 McKendrick, F.R.S., 218 



Aurora Photographs, C. Stormer, 584 



Australasian Association, 125 



Australia : Educational Organisation, Prof. H. S. Carslaw, 

 123 ; Belief in Immortality, Prof. Frazer, A. E. 

 Crawley, 316; Northern Territory, 404: Meteorology, 

 435; Papuan Mummification, Dr. R. Hamlyn-Harris, 

 578 : Mollusca, C. Hedlev, 601 : Australian Meeting of 

 the British Association, 664 ; Australian Institute of 

 Tropical Medicine, 670 



Automatic Stabilitv in Aeroplanes, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 

 F.R.S.. 556, 661; Prof. J. B. Dale, 661 



Axolotl, Metamorphosis, E. G. Boulenger, 3S9 



Babylon Excavations, 277 



Bacillus coli and Electric Discharge, Prof. Priestley and 

 R. C. Knight, 180; Bacillus coli and Slime Formation 

 in Soils, C. Revis, 233, 234 



Bacteria : die Zelle der Bakterien, Prof. A. Meyer ; Bau 

 und Leben der Bakterien, Prof. W. Benecke, both 

 Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 55 ; Bacteria in the Cam, J. E. 

 Purvis and A. E. Rayner, 102 ; Bacteriology of Indian 

 Soils, C. M. Hutchinson, 120 ; Bacteria and Sewage, 

 515: Irradiation of Bacteria, M. Renaud, 601; 

 Leguminoss and Root-tubercle Bacteria, Prof. Ewart 

 and Norman Thomson, 644 



Balkhash, Lake, B. F. Meffert, 488 



Bamboo for Paper Pulp, R. S. Pearson, 379 



Banana, Fungoid Diseases of, 405 



Bantu Star Names, Miss A. Werner, 67 



Bardeleben's Handbuch der Anatomie : die Muskeln des 

 Stammes, Prof. Eisler, 317 



Bardsev Island Geology, Dr. Matley. 73 



Barometric Formula for Heights, A. Berget, 407 



Bedford College, 488 



Bee-orchis, British Varieties, E. G. Baker, 250 



Bees : Collecting Pollen, D. B. Casteel, i6q ; Isle of Wight 

 Bee Disease, Drs. Fantham and Annie Porter, 616 



Beetles, British Leaping, Messrs. Tomlin and Sharp, 123 



Belfast Statue of Lord Kelvin, 402, 436 



Beri-Beri : Medical Congress Resolution, 609 



Berlin Observatory moved, 406 



Bermuda Flora, S. Brown, 385 



Beta Rays from Radium A, Drs. Makower and Russ, 364 



Big Game. Stalking with a Camera. A. R. Dugmore, 354 



Biochemistry : Anthocyan Pigments in Plants, Prof. Keeble 

 and others, 23 ; Surface Tension and Distribution of 

 Salts in Living Matter, Prof. A. B. Macallum, 363 



Biography: Scientific Worthies: Sir J. J. Thomson, O.M., 

 F.R.S., Prof. A. Righi, 1 ; Memorial to Sir J. Hooker, 

 ii- the Work of G. von Reichenbach, W. v. Dyck, 

 131; "J.": Memoir of J. Willis Clark, A. E. Shipley, 

 525 



Biology : Induced Cell-reproduction, T. Goodey, 32 ; A. H. 

 Drew, 160 ; Bacteria, Prof. Meyer, Prof. Benecke, 

 Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 55 ; Growth of Groups, Prof. 

 R. E. Llovd, 80; Tumours, C. M. Moullin, 84: Herit- 

 able Results of Changed Nurture, R. Semon, 131 ; 



