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Index 



SUBJECT INDEX. 



Abalones, 5S9 



Abyssinia, Galla Dictionary, E. C. Foot, 658 



Academies, International Association of, at St. Petersburg, 

 Prof. A. Schuster, F.R.S., 322 



Acineta tubcrosa and Surface Tension, Prof. A. B. 

 Macallum, 363 



Actinium, Origin of, F. Soddy, F.R.S., 634 



Adaptation in Nature, 91 



Aerated Waters, C. A. Mitchell, 422 



Aeronautics: Experiments on Fluid Motion, So; St. Cyr, 

 C. Maurain, 279 ; Design and Use of Scientific Instru- 

 ments in Aeronautics, Wilbur Wright Memorial Lec- 

 ture, H. Darwin, F.R.S., 410; Report of Advisory 

 Committee, 513 



Aeroplanes : Automatic Control, H. G. Seager, 93 ; H. 

 Darwin, F.R.S., 410; a Danger of "Automatic 

 Stability," Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 556, 661 ; Auto- 

 matic Stability, Prof. J. B. Dale, 661 ; see Airships 



Africa : das Gesetz der Wiistenbildung, Prof. J. Walther, 

 103 ; the Prehistoric Period in South Africa, J. P. 

 Johnson. 184; Fever Commission for West Africa, 192; 

 South African Institute for Medical Research, 21S; 

 Anthropology of South Nigeria, with Ibo Dictionary, 

 X. W. Thomas, 320; Africa, Dr. H. Piggolt and R. ). 

 Finch, 371 ; Hausa Superstitions, Major Tremearne, 

 629 



Agricultural Chemistry : Prof. S. J. M. Auld and D. R. 

 Edwardes-Ker, 106; H. Ingle, 267; J. W. Dodgson and 

 J A. Murray, 47; 



Agriculture : Development Grant, 50 ; W. Aldridge, 248 ; 

 South African Blue-book, 143 ; Soil Fertility, F. 

 Fletcher, Dr. E. J. Russell, 160 ; Agricultural Educa- 

 tion, Wm. Aldridge, 248; International Institute at 

 Rome and Eradication of Plant Diseases, 299 ; 

 First Book of Rural Science, J. J. Green, 371 ; Rotham- 

 sted, 409 ; Rothamsted, Opening of New Wing, 462 ; 

 Royal Agricultural Show, 487; the Potato, E. H. 

 Grubb, W. S. Guilford; Commercial Gardening, J. 

 Weathers and others, both Dr. E. J. Russell, 500 ; 

 see Soils 



Air : Air Pumps for Warships, D. B. Morison, 67 ; Expo- 

 sure of Thermometers for Air Temperature, Prof. G. 

 Hellmann, 361 ; see Atmosphere 



Airships : Carniola Prize, 30 ; Airships and Aeroplanes, 

 Baron A. Roenne, 68 



Alaskan Boundary Survey, J. A. Flemer, 356 



Albatrosses of Laysan Island, H. B. Dill, 317 



Albumins of Malignant Tumours, Dr. J. Beard, 404 



Alchemical Society, 276 



Alcohol, Properties, E. M. Mumford, 32S 



Alcyonarians as Money, Dr. J. Ritchie, 213 



Algebra : School Algebra, F. O. Lane and J. A. C. Lane, 

 579 : Algebra for Physicists, Dr. A. Macfarlane, 595 



Alkaloids : Methods of Quantitative Determination, Prof. 

 A. R. von Koczynski, 318; Plant Alkaloids, Dr. T. A. 

 Henry. C. Simmonds, 630 



Allegheny Observatory, 171 ; Allegheny Divide and Fresh- 

 watei Fauna, Di. A. E. Ortmann, 386 



Allotropv of Iron, 407 



Alphabet, Formation of the, Dr. W. M. F. Petrie, L. W. 



King, 106 

 Alsatian, Turbine Steamer, 144 



Alundum, 450 



America : Stratigraphy of North America, B. Willis, o^ ; 

 Native Race, 119; Dent's Practical Notebooks of Re- 

 gional Geography, 187 : American Indians, 301 ; Indian 

 Myths, J. Curtin, Rev. J. Griffith, 370 ; American 

 Philosophical Society, 385 : American Universities and 

 Colleges, Prof. J. A. Green, 481 

 Ammonites : Jurassic, from Tunis, L. F. Spath, iot ; York- 

 shire Type, S. S. Buckman, 157 

 Ammonium Ferrous Sulphate, Dr. A. E. H. Tutton, 73 

 Amphidinium, Distribution, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., 



Amphipod Invasion, Dr. J. Ritchie, 398 



Analysis of Colouring Matters, 11C 



Anatomy : Bardeleben's Handbuch : die Muskeln des 

 Stammes, Prof. P. Eisler, 317; Comparative Anatomv, 

 Prof. O. Biitschli, 577 



Ancient Monuments Bill, 220; Ancient Artists of S.E. 

 Europe, Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 560. 



Ancients, Animals of the, O. Keller, 420 



Andaman Islanders, 378 



Animals: "Animal Secrets Told," H. C. Brearley, So; 

 Animals of the Ancients, O. Keller, 420 



Annelids: Intestinal Respiration, Prof. J. Stephenson, 154: 

 Rev. H. Friend, 349 



Anophelinae, Major Christophers, I. M.S., 354 



Antarctic : 63 ; Antarctic Barometric Pressure, Dr. G. C. 

 Simpson, 134; Scottish National Expedition, Report of 

 Voyage of the Scotia, Zoology, Dr. W. S. Bruce and 

 others, 159 ; Scotia's Voyage, 163, 416 ; Scott Expedi- 

 tion Photographs, 300; Scott Expedition, Royal Geo- 

 graphical Society Lecture, Commander Evans, 330 ; 

 Mawson Australasian Expedition, 301, 353 ; Antarctic 

 Lichens, O. V. Darbishire, 541 ; Antarctic Glaciers, Dr. 

 J. H. H. Pirie, 348 ; South Magnetic Pole, E. X. 

 Webb, Dr. T. W. E. David, F.R.S., 648 



Antelope, Unknown Assyrian, R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 58 



Antenna;- for Wireless, A. A. ('. Swinton, 34S, 477; A. G. 

 Hansard, B. S. T. Wallace, 399; A. Lander, 451 



Anthelia, T. W. Backhouse, 399 



Anthocyan Pigments in Plants. Prof. Keeble, Dr. E. F. 

 Armstrong, W. N. Jones, 23 



Anthrax Vaccination, M. Leclainche, 155 



Anthropology : Royal Anthropological Institute, 141 ; 

 Mexico, C. Lumholtz, 15S; Origin of Human 

 Races, G. Sergi, 159 ; Prehistoric Anthropology, W. H. 

 Sutcliffe, 260 ; Sub-Red Crag Flints and the Ipswich 

 Skeleton, J. R. Moir, 296, 400; W. H. Sutcliffe. 

 348; Belief in Immortality, Prof. J. G. Frazer, 

 A. E. Crawley, 316; Anthropology in West Africa, 

 X. W. Thomas, 320 ; Palaeolithic Man and Bronze Age 

 Man, Dr. R. Munro, 368; Antiquity of Man in South 

 Africa, Dr. L. Peringuev, ^70 : Dawn of Western 

 Civilisation, E. Cartail'hac', Dr. W. Wright, 453 ; Pre- 

 historic Man in South Africa, Dr. R. Broom, 512 ; 

 Bones at Cuzco, Peru, 615 ; Piltdown Skull, 640 ; Pilt- 

 down Skull and Horse's Tooth, Rev. Dr. A. Irving, 

 661 ; the Fossil Man of Chapelle-aux-Sainte, Prof. M. 

 Boule, 662 ; Asiatic Race Akin to American Indians, 

 Dr. A. Hrdlicka, 679 



Ants Crossing of Water by. Dr. J. C. Willis, 425 



Aquitania, Cunard Liner, 196 



Archaeology: Indian Relief of Story of King Sivi, 38; Un- 

 known Assyrian Antelope, R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 58; 

 Jersey, 91 ; Catalogue of Royal Mummies in Cairo 

 Museum, Prof. G. "Elliott Smith, L. W. King, 106; 

 Formation of the Alphabet, Dr. W. M. F. Petrie, 

 L. W. King (British School in Egypt), 106 ; Northern 

 Burial in the Iron Age, H. Srhetelig, 137 ; Prehistoric 

 Period in South Africa, J. P. Johnson, 184; Maya 

 Ruins in Guatemala, 302 ; Guatemala and Maya 

 Civilisation, Prof. E. 'Huntington, 386; Caves of 

 Baousse-rousse, E. Cartailhac, Dr. W. Wright, 453 ; 

 Cult of the Thunderstone, Dr. C. Blinkenberg, 47^ : 

 Ancient Artists of South-Western Europe, Dr. A. C. 

 Haddon, F.R.S., 560; Meroe Excavations, Prof. J. 

 Garstang, 651 

 In Britain : Cavities in Stones, E. W. Swanton, 39 ; 

 Snail Cavities in Stones, C. Carus-Wilson, 112; 

 Vase from Isle of Wight, O. G. S. Crawford, 65 ; 

 Obsolete Utensils in England, J. Edge-Partington, 119; 

 Maiden Hill, Dorchester, 24Q : Glastonbury Abbey, 324; 

 Roman Remains at Holt, T. A. Acton and W. Burton, 

 325; Suffolk Red-Crag Excavation. 536; Wroxeter, 

 564: Short Stone Cists in N.E. Scotland, 615 



Archiannelid Protodrilus, J. H. Orton, 85 



Architecture : Building Stones, Prof. H. Ries, 394 

 Arctic; "Lost in the Arctic," E. Mikkelsen, 112; Expedi- 



