Index 



^Ddeinber 13, 1906 



a Rays Emitted by Prof. Marckwald's Radio-tellurium 

 capable of causing Fluorescence in Glass, &c. , H. 

 Greinacher, 40; the Action of "a" Radiation on 

 Diamonds, C. W. R., 271 ; the Positive Charge carried 

 by the a Particle, Frederick Soddy, 316; the Nature 

 of the a Ray, Frederick Soddy, 385 ; Polonium a Homo- 

 geneous Source of a. Ray, M. Levin, 385 ; Velocity of 

 the a Particle Emitted by Radium C at Various Points 

 of its Path Measured by Prof. Rutherford, 547 ; das 

 Radium und die radioactiven Stoffe, Karl Frhr. von 

 Papius, 125 ; Polonium Identical with Radium F, Drs. 

 Meyer and von Schweidler, Madame Curie, 1S5 ; Radio- 

 lead a Mixture of Radium D, Radium E, and Radium F, 

 Drs. Meyer and von .Schweidler, 185 ; Effect of Radium 

 in Facilitating the Visible Electric Discharge in vacuo, 

 .\. A. C. Swinton, 262 ; Effect of the Electric Spark on 

 the Actinity of Metals, T. A. Vaughton, 262 ; Toxic 

 Action and Localisation of the Radium Emanation, Ch. 

 Bouchard and V. Balthazard, 375 ; Method of Estimating 

 the Proportion of Radium or Thorium in a Mineral by 

 Means of the y Rays which it Emits, A. S. Eve, 574 ; 

 Radium and Geologv, Rev. O. Fisher, 585, 635 ; B. J. 

 Palmer. 585; Hon. R. J. Strutt, F.R.S., 610; Prof. J. 

 Joly, F.R.S., 635; T. Mellard Reade, 635; the Recent 

 Controverisy on Radium, F. Soddy, 516; Lord Kelvin, 

 539; Prof. E. Rutherford, F.R.S., 634; the Absorption 

 of'/3 Radiation by Matter, Prof. J. A. McClelland and 

 J. E. Hackett, 142, 311 ; the Chemical Nature of 

 Thorium and the Origin of its Radio-activity, 

 Dr. Bertram Boltwood, 385 ; Method of Isolating 

 Radio-thorium from Thorium Salts, G. A. Blanc and 

 O. Angelucci. 574; the Radio-activity of the Chemical 

 Elements, C. W. Raffety, 444 ; die radioaktiven 

 Substanzen und die Theorie des Atomzerfalles, Prof. 

 Paul Gruner, 538: Velocity of Rontgen Rays, Dr. 

 E. Marx, 547 ; Production of Secondary Rays by 

 a Rays from Polonium, W. H. Logeman, 555 ; Photo- 

 electric Properties of Anthracene, A. Pochettino, 618 ; 

 a New Hypothesis connecting the Fluorescence of 

 Organic Substances with their Chemical Constitution, 

 Prof. Luigi Francesconi and G. Bargellini, 618; Ionic 

 Velocities in Air at Different Temperatures, P. Phillips, 

 (127 ; the Electrical Nature of Matter and Radio-activity, 

 Prof. Harry C. Jones, 632 ; Absorption of the Radio- 

 active Emanation by Charcoal, Prof. E. Rutherford, 

 F.R.S., 6^4; Svnthcsis of Amethvst Quartz, M. Berthelot, 

 651 '' ■ 



Radium : das Radium und die radioactiven Stoffe, Karl 

 Frhr. von Papius, 125 ; the Recent Controversy on 

 Radium, F. Soddy, sib; Lord Kelvin, 539; Prof. E. 

 Rutherford, F.R.S., 634; Radium and Geologv, Rev. O. 

 Fisher, 585, 635 ; B. J. Palmer, 58^; ; Hon. r! J. Strult, 

 F.R.S., 610; Prof. J. Joly, F.R.S., 635; T. Mellard 

 Reade, 635 ; see also Radiographv 



Raffety (C. W.), the Radio-activity of the Chemical 

 Elements. 444 



Raikow (Dr. P. N.), a Simple Method of Boring Glass 

 Tubing, 524 



Railwavs : .Speed and Stabilitv in Railway Travelling, 

 G. R'. Dunell, 637 



Rainbow, a Horizontal, \'. Schaffers, 125 



Rainbow Phenomena, Remarkable, M. Spence, 516; 

 George C. Simpson, ^41 ; Rev. C. S. Tavlor, ^41 ; Prof. 

 J. M. Pernter, 564; C. T. Whitmell, 586' 



Rainfall, .August, Alex. B. MacDowall, 8 



Ralfe (P. G.), the Birds of the Isle of Man, 105 



Rambaut (Prof.), the " Green Ray," iii 



Rambaut (Prof. Arthur A.. F.R.S.), Catalogue of 1772 

 .Stars chiefly comprised within the Zone 85''-90° N.P.D. 

 for the Epoch 1000, deduced from Observations made at 

 the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, during the Years 

 1894-1903, under the Direction of, 341 



Ramsay (Sir William), on Radio-activity and the Internal 

 Structure of the Earth, 454 ; on the Nature and Radi- 

 ation from Gas Mantles, 455 ; Experiments on the 

 Chemical and Electrical Changes induced by Ultra- 

 violet Light. 41:5 



Ramsay (Prof. W. M.), on the Past and Present of Asiatic 

 Turkey, 479 



Ranee (Charles Eugene De), Death and Obituary Notice 

 of, 84 



Norman 



Dr. .'\. Berberich, 



Ranken (C), Viscosity of Solutions, 375 



Rauber (A.), Skull of Immanuel Kant contrasted with 

 that of a Member of the Neanderthal Race, 280 

 j Ray (J. C), Hindu Method of Manufacturing Spirit from 

 I Rice, 96 



Rayet (Prof. G. A. P.), Death of, 228, 367; Obituary 

 I Notice of, 382 



Reade (T. Mellard), Sands and Sediments, 546 ; Radium 

 and Geology, 635 



Reason and the Table-book, Reconnoitres 

 Alliston, 533 

 i Reflectors, the Utilily of Short-focus 

 ' S9S 

 j Refraktionstafeln, Dr. L. de Ball, 465 



Refuse, the Disposal of Municipal, H. de B. Parsons, 630 



Reid (Clement, F.R.S.), on Coast Erosion, 478; on the 

 Origin of the Trias, 550 



Reid (Dr. George), on the Form of Sewage Filters, 480 



Reid (Staff-Surgeon), on Diagnosis of Tubercle by the 

 Examination of the Blood, and on Spontaneous Phago- 

 cytosis, 248 ; on Spontaneous Phagocytosis and on the 

 Phagocytosis which is Obtained with the Heated Serum 

 of Patients who have Responded to Tubercular Infection 

 or to the Inoculation of a Tubercle Vaccine, 248 



Religion, the .Scientific Temper in, and other Addresses, 

 Rev. P. N. Waggett, 217 



Religion of Nature, the, E. Kay Robinson, 513 



Renevier (Prof. Eugine), Death of, 37 



Rengade (E.), Direct Oxidation of Cssium and some 

 Properties of the Peroxide of Csesium, 143 ; Action of 

 Oxygen on Rubidium-ammonia, 263 



Resemblance, Measurement of. Dr. Francis Galton. F.R.S., 

 562 



Resistance, Inductance et Capacity, M. J. Rodet, 633 



Respiration : Lehrbuch der vergleichenden mikroskopischen 

 .Anatomic der Wirbeltiere. Part v.. Parietal Organ. Dr. 

 F. K. Studnicka, part vi., .Atmungsapparat, Dr. Albert 

 Oppel, 145 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf. 



The Origin of -Life, its Physical Basis and Definition, John 

 Butler Burke, i 



La Ceramique industrielle. 

 Granger, William Burton, 3 



Agriculture G^n^rale, le Sol ct les Labours, Paul Diffloth, 4 



Outlines of Inorganic Chemistry, Frank Austin Gooch 

 and Claude Frederic Walker, 5 



Collodion Emulsion, Henry Oscar Klein, 5 



Der Gegensatz zwischen geographischer und nichtgeo- 

 graphischer Variation. Karl Jordan, 6 



Butter-making on the Farm and at the Creamery, C. W. 

 Walker-Tisdale and T. R. Robinson, C. Simmonds, 6 



The Deinhardt-Schlomann Series of Technical Dictionaries 

 in Six Languages, English, German, French, Italian, 

 Spanish, Russian, Kurt Deinhardt and Alfred Schlo- 

 mann, 6 



The Geology of Mid-Argyll, J. B. Hill, B. N. Peach, 

 Clough, and H. Kynaston, J. H. Teall and 

 Flett, 9 



The Egyptian Heaven and Hell, E. A. Wallis Budge, 10 



Races of Domestic Poultry, Edward Brown, W. B. 

 Tegetmeier, 13 



Report for 1905 on the Lancashire Sea Fisheries Labor- 

 atory at the University of Liverpool and the Sea Fish 

 Hatchery at Piel, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., Andrew 

 Scott, and James Johnstone, Frank Balfour Browne, 19 



Algemeine Biologic, Oscar Hertwig, Prof. J. B. Farmer. 

 F.R.S., 25 



Ernst Haeckel, der Mann und sein Werk, Carl \\'. Neu- 

 mann, 26 



Haeckel. his Life and Work, Wilhelm Bolsche, 26 



Last Words on Evolution, a Popular Retrospect and 

 Summary, Ernst Haeckel, 26 



An Introduction to Practical Geography, A. T. Simmons 

 and Hugh Richardson, Geo. G. Chishohn, 27 



Bantu Folklore (Medical and General), Dr. Matthew L. 

 Hewat, Sir H. H. Johnston, K.C.M.G., 28 



Sociological Papers, 29 



The Heart of a Garden, Rosamund Marriott Watson, 29 



Methods in Microscopical Research — Vegetable Histology, 

 Abraham Flatters, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 29 



Chimie-Technologie, A. 



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