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Peculiar Spectra, Sir N'orman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 

 and F. E. Baxandall, 214; an Objective-prism Compari- 

 son Spectrograph, de Lisle Stewart, 253 ; Method for the 

 Study of the Movements of Metallic Vapours in the 

 Oscillating Spark, G. A. Herasalech, 263 ; Sensibility of 

 the Retina for Luminous Radiations, Milan Stefanik, 

 264 : the Fluorescence of Anthracene Vapour, T. S. 

 Elston, 385; Messrs. Wratten and Wainwright's Pan- 

 chromatic Plates, 417 ; the Spectra of Sun-spots and Red 

 Stars, Prof. Hale and Prof, .'idams, 41S ; Sir Norman 

 Lockyer, 418; Relation between the Spectra of Sun- 

 spots and Stars, \V. S. .\dams, 595 ; Sun-spot Spectra 

 Observations, \\". M. Mitchell, 6ig ; Spectroscopic 

 Observations of the Rotation of the Sun, Dr. J. Halm, 

 4iS4 ; New Element Present as an Impurity in Krypton 

 and Xenon, Dr. Baly, 499 ; Dr. Rudolf Schmidt, 499 ; 

 Colour and Spectra of Solar Prominences, M. Ricco, 

 580 ; the Mount Wilson Spectroscopic Laboratory, 595 ; 

 Influence of Electric Fields on Spectral Lines, Prof. 

 G. F. Hull, 603 

 Speed and Stability in Railway Travelling, G. R. Dunell, 

 -.637 



Spence (M.), Remarkable Rainbow Phenomena, 516 

 Spencer (Herbert), Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, 533 

 Spencer (Dr. J. F.), Experiments on the Chemical and 



Electrical Changes induced by Ultra-violet Light, 455 

 Spherical .Astronomy, a Compendium of, with its .Appli- 

 cations to the Determination and Reduction of Positions 

 of the Fixed Stars, Prof. Simon Newcomb, 379 

 Spitsbergen, the Early History of. Sir Martin Conway, 381 

 Spitta (E. J.), Experiments relating to the Compound Eyes 



of Insects, 109 

 Sporadic Publication of Scientific Papers, the, 319 

 Stabilitv of Submarines, the, Sir \V. H. White, K.C.B., 



F.R.S., 128, 270; J. H. Jeans, 270 

 Stahl (Prof. E.), the Green Colour of Plants, 157 

 Stanton (T. W.), Smithsonian Institution, Bulletin of the 



United States Museum, Fossil Vertebrates, 163 

 Stapf (Dr. Otto), Exalbuminous Grass-seeds, 61 ; the 



.Aconites of India, 170 

 Starling (Trof. E. H., F.R.S.), the Factors which deter- 

 mine the Growth and .Activity of the Mammary Glands, 

 22 

 Stars : New Catalogue of Double Stars, Prof. R. G. 

 .Aitken, 18 ; Measures of Double and Multiple Stars, 

 Prof. Doolittle, 88 ; New Double Stars, Rev. T. E. 

 Espin, 211; Double Star Measures, Dr. G. van Bies- 

 broeck, 371 ; Colours and Magnitudes of Double Stars. 

 Mr. Lewis, 549 ; the Luminosity of the Brighter Stars, 

 George Comstock, 41 : the Variable Radial \>locity of 

 € .Aurigfe, Dr. H. Ludendorff, 41 ; Early Observations of 

 Eros, 42 ; New A'ariable Stars in Orion, Prof. Max 

 Wolf, 42 : the Period of ;8 Lyrje, Prof. Schaeberle, 65 ; 

 Stereo-comparator Discoveries of Proper Motions, Prof. 

 Alax Wolf, 87; Spectrum of Nova .Aquilas No. 2, 87; 

 Magnitude Observations of. Dr. Guthnick, 2^3 ; New 

 Reduction of Groombridge's Circumoolar Catalogue for 

 the Epoch 1810-0. F. W. Dyson, F.R.S., and W. G. 

 Thackeray, 90; the Distribution of the Stars, Prof. 

 Kapteyn, T12 : Observations of Nova Persei No. 2, 

 ^lessrs. Townley and Maddrill, 135 ; Stars with Variable 

 Radial Velocities, J. H. Moore, 133; Prof. Frost, 13:;; 

 Observations of Nova Geminorum, Prof. Barnard, 158; 

 Observations of Variable Stars, Miss Leavitt, 1^8; S. D. 

 Townley. 159 ; Radial A'elocity of a Draconis. H. Luden- 

 dorff, 1S5 ; Stars with Peculiar Spectra, Sir Norman 

 Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., and F. E. Ba.xandall. 214: 

 Stereoscopic Measurement of Proper Motions, Prof. Max 

 AVolf, 231 ; Preliminary Experiments on the Photographic 

 Transit, S. Hirayama, 254; the Orbit of Castor, Dr. 

 H. D. Curtis, 282 ; Magnitudes and Places of 251 

 Pleiades Stars, K. Schiller, 306 ; an L"nexplained 

 Observation,' Prof. Barnard, 339 ; Components of the 

 Proper Motions and other Quantities for the Stars of 

 Bradley. Prof. J. C. Kapteyn, 341 ; 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 

 1804-1003, under the Direction of Prof. .Arthur A. Ram- 

 liaut, F.R.S.. 341 ; a Compendium of Spherical .Astro- 

 nomy, with its .Applications to the Determination and Re- 



duction of Positions of the Fixed Stars, Prof. Simon New- 

 comb, 379 ; the Spectra of Sun-spots and Red Stars, 

 Prof. Hale and Prof. .Adams, 418 ; Sir Norman Lockyer, 

 418; Occultation of a Star by Venus, Dr. Downing, 

 575 ; Observations of Long-period Variables, Prof. A. .A. 

 Nijland, 395 ; Relation between the Spectra of Sun-spots 

 and Stars, W. S. .Adams, 595 ; Observations of Variable 

 Stars, E. S. Haynes, 619 



Stassano (Ernesto), Rotating Electric Steel Furnace in the 

 .Artillery Construction Works, Turin, 23 



-State, the Place of the Modern University in the, 389 



Statistics : Relation of Fertility in Man to Social Status, 

 Studies in National Deterioration, David Heron, 451 ; 

 Birth-rate of Blackpool, Sir James Crichton-Browne, 

 545 



Stauffer (D. McNeely), Modern Tunnel Practice, 409 



Stead (J. E.), on the Crystalline Structure of Metals, 500 



Steam Boilers and Manufactures, Treatment of Water for, 

 W. H. Booth, 464 



Stebbing (E. P.), Termes gestroi. Parasite of Para Rubber 

 Trees, 85 ; Departmental Notes on the Insects that affect 

 Forestry, 160 



Steel (T.j, Oceanic Physics, 95 ; Question of Rabbit De- 

 struction, 05 ; Destruction of .Animals in .Australia, 

 .Address at Linnean Society, New South Wales, 188 



Steel Institute, Iron and, 340 



Steel Manufacture, the Principles and Practice of Iron 

 and, \A'alter .Macfarlane, 197 



Steel, Molecular Changes in Nickel, C. E. Stromever, 223 



Stefanelli (Dr. P.), the i;-Rays, 17 



Stefanik (M.), Method of Study of the Solar Corona at 

 other Times than during Eclipses, 47 ; Contribution to 

 the Study of the Infra-red Spectrum, 71 ; Photographing 

 the Corona without a Total Eclipse, :j2, 158; Study 

 of the Infra-red Region of the Spectrum, 1S4; Sensi- 

 bility of the Retina for Luminous Radiations, 264 ; a 

 New Form of Spectroheliograph, 386 



Stephens (Dr. J. W. W.), Report to the Government of 

 British Honduras upon the Outbreak of Yellow Fever in 

 that Colony in 1903, together with an .Account of the 

 Distribution of the Stcgomyia fasciata in Belize, and the 

 Measures Necessary to Stamp Out or Prevent the Recur- 

 rence of Yellow Fever, Dr. Rubert Boyce, F.R.S., 299; 

 Lectures on Tropical Diseases, being the Lane Lectures 

 for 1905, delivered at the Cooper Medical College, San 

 Francisco, Sir Patrick Manson, .Supp. to May 3, ix 



Stereo-comparator Discoveries of Proper Motions, Prof. 

 Max Wolf, 87 



Stereoscopic Measurement of Proper Motions, Prof. Max 

 Wolf, 231 



.Sternberg (Dr. Wilhelm), Geschmack und Geruch, 631 



Stevens (Miss C. O.), Value of a Projected Image of the 

 Sun for Meteorological Study, 23 



Stevenson (Matilda (Toxe), the Zuiii Indians, their Myth- 

 ology, Esoteric Fraternities, and Ceremonies, 30 



Stewart (.A. W.), Relation between .Absorption Spectra and 

 Chemical Constitution, the Jionitroso-compounds, 03 



Stewart (de Lisle), an Objective-prism Comparison Spectro- 

 graph, 233 



Stieltjes, Correspondance d'Hermite et de, 263 



Stirling (William), New Theories in .Astronomy, 341 



Stoneman (Beriha), Plants and their Ways in South 

 .Africa, 221 



Stonham (Charles), the Birds of the British Islands, 607 



Stonv (G.). on Recent .Advances in Steam Turbines, Land 

 and Marine, 301 



Stopes (Miss >i. C), New Fern from the Coal-measures, 

 386 : on the Formation of the well-known Calcareous 

 Nodules found in the Coal Seams of the Lower Coal- 

 measures, 576 



Story-Maskelyne (Thereza), .Ancient Fire Festivals, So 



Strachan (J.), Carnmoney Chalcedony, 336 



Stratton (iProf. G. M.), the Character of Consciousness, 

 416 



Stress in Magnetised Iron, Shelford Bidwell, F.R.S., :;i7 ; 

 Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 539 



Strife, the Unit of, E. K. Garrod, 217 



Stromever (C. E.), Molecular Changes in Nickel Steel, 223 



Stromgren (E.), Comets 1906^ and 1906c, 18 



Structures and Strength of Materials, Theory of. Prof. 

 Henry T. Bovey, 243 



