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Index 



July in India, with an Estimate of the Monsoon Rain- 

 fall during August and September, 1906, 498 ; Remark- 

 able Rainbow Phenomena, M. Spence, 516; George C. 

 Simpson, 541 ; Rev. C. S. Taylor, 541 : Prof. J. M. 

 Pernter, 564; C. T. Whitmell, 586; Weather during the 

 Past Week, 521 ; on the " Kew " scale of Temperature 

 and its Relation to the International Hydrogen Scale, 

 Dr. J. k. Harkcr, 531; the China Sea Typhoons of 

 September 18, 545; Effects of Civilisation upon Climate, 

 S. L. Bastin, 547 ; Devastating West India Hurricane, 

 September 26 and 27, 572 ; Meteorological Observations, 



622 ; Report of the U.S. Weather Bureau for the Year 

 1904-5, 622 ; Colorado College Observatory, Annual 

 Meteorological Summary for 1905, 622 ; Observations in 

 Mauritius, 622 ; Rainfall in German South-West Africa 

 in 1904-5, 622 ; Report of the Liverpool Observatory, 

 1905, 623; South .African Meteorology, Dr. H. R. Mill, 



623 ; Report of the Observatory Department of the 

 National Physical Laboratory for the Year 1905, 623 ; 

 the Warm .\ir Current at the Height of 10-12 Kilo- 

 metres, Dr. R. Nimfuhr, 623 ; Rainfall in the Philip- 

 pines, 623; Meteorological Data, Dr. W. N. Shaw, 

 F.R.S., 635; Hurricane in West Indies on October 17, 

 642 ; Weather for the Past \\'eek, 642 ; Aeronautics and 

 Meteorology, 647 



Meteors: Radiant Point of a Bright Meteor, Dr. JiH 

 Kavin, iS ; Earlv Meteors of the Perseid Shower, W. K. 

 Denning, 246; the Radiants of the Perseid Shower, ^L 

 Wwedenski, 253 ; a Large Meteor, W. F. Denning, 351 ; 

 Observation of a Bright Meteor, Ph. Fauth, 371 ; 



Meteorites : a Search for a Buried Meteorite, G. K. Gilbert, 

 L. Fletcher, F.R.S., 490; the Amnna Meteorite, Dr. 

 G. D. Hinrichs, 575 ; the Meteorite of Kodaikanal, F. 

 Berwerth, 644 



Meters, Electricity, a Treatise on the General Principles : 

 Construction, and testing of Continuous Current, and 

 Alternating Current Meters for the Use of Electrical 

 Engineers and Students, Henry G. Solomon, 219 



Method of Science, Lectures on the, 149 



Metric System of Weights and Measures in the Colonies, 

 the, 614 



Metschnikoff (Prof.), Transmission and Prophylaxis of 

 Syphilis, 62 ; Harben Lectures, 107 



Mexican and Central American Antiquities, Calendar 

 Systems and History, E. Seler, E. Forstmann, P. 

 Schellhas, C. Sapper, and E. P. Dieseldorff, Dr. A. C. 

 Haddon, F.R.S., 30 



Meyer (Dr. Stefan), Polonium Identical with Radium F, 

 185 : Radio-lead a Mixture of Radium D, Radium E, and 

 Radium F, 1S5 



Meyerhoffer (Prof. Wilhelm), Death and Obituary Notice 

 of, Prof, van 't Hoff, 63 



Microscopy ; Methods in Microscopical Research — Vegetable 

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

 Ultimate Microscope Resolving Power with Light of 

 Different Wave-lengths, Messrs. R. and J. Beck, 60; Im- 

 proved Metaflurgical Microscope for Examination of 

 Metal Specimens, W. Rosenhain, 60 ; Parasites of 

 Malaria and the Phagocytic .Action of the Polymorpho- 

 nuclear Leucocytes, Dr. Bernstein, 141 ; Royal Micro- 

 scopical Society, 141, 261 ; Lehrbuch der vergleichenden 

 mikroskooischen .Anatomic der Wirbeltiere. Part v., 

 Parietal Organ, Dr. F. K. Studnicka, Part vi., Atmungs- 

 apparat, Dr. .Albert Dppel, 145 ; New Method for the 

 Microscopical .Analysis of Flour, G. Gastine, 167 ; Micro- 

 scopic Changes in the Nervous System in a Case of 

 Chronic Dourine, Dr. F. W. Mott, F.R.S., 238; Gesam- 

 melte .Abhandlungen, E. .Abbe, 582 



"Middleton (Prof. T. H.), the Book of the Rothamsted Ex- 

 periments, .A. D. Hall, 121 



Migrations into Nearer and Further India, 283 



Milan International Exhibition, the, 4(1 



Military Strength, Preventable Disease and. 154 



Mill (Dr. H. R.), South Afrk-a Meteorology, 623 



Milling Machines. Modern, Joseph G. Horner, uo 



Millochau (G.), Method of Study of the Solar Corona at 

 Other Times than during Eclipses, 47 : Photogranhing 

 the Corona without a Total Eclipse, 112, 158; Photo- 

 graphy of the Infra-red Spectrum, 240: Optical Arrange- 

 ment Generalising (he Use of the Telescope of i Meire 



Diameter at the Observatory of Meudon, 2.^7 ; a New 

 Form of Spectroheliograph, 386 

 Millosevich (Prof.), Comet 1906c- (Kopfl), 575 

 Milne (Prof. John. F.R.S.), Recent Advances in Seismo- 

 logy, Bakerian Lecture at Royal Society, 42 ; on Radio- 

 activity and the internal Structure of the Earth, 454 ; 

 Horizontal Pendulums and Earthquake Echoes, 515 

 .Milne (J. R.), the Polarimeter, Two .Appliances, 483 

 Minchin (Prof.), Spicule Formation in Sponges, 551 ; the 



Breeding Habits of the Tsetse-Fly, 636 

 Mineralogy : Phosphorescent Calcile from Joplin, Missouri, 

 • W. P. ileadden, 41; Report of the Geological Survey of 

 Western .Australia for 1905, 86; a New N'esuvian Mineral, 

 Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis, 103; Another New Vesuvian 

 Mineral, Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis, 174; a \"ariety cf 

 Thorianite from Galle, Ceylon, Wyndham R. Dimstan, 

 F.R.S., and B. Mouat Jones, 190; Chemical Composi- 

 tion of Glauconite, Drs. L^on W. Collet and Gabriel 

 W. Lee, 215; Increase in the Exports of Manganese 

 from India, 230 ; Mineralogical Society, 239 ; Petro- 

 genesis. Dr. C.Doelter, Prof. Greville, A. J. Cole, 242; 

 Sartorite from the Binnenthal, Dr. C. O. Trechmann, 

 239 ; Gold and Silver in the Trias of Meurthe-et-Moselle, 

 Francis Laur, 240; Distribution of Radium in the Earth's 

 Crust, Hon. R. J. Strutt, F.R.S., 407; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Robert Philips Greg, 44S ; Death of 

 Prof. S.' L. Penfield, 449 ; Fugitive Coloration of Sodalite, 

 Jas. Currie, 564 ; the Meteorite of Kodaikanal, F. Ber- 

 werth, 644 ; Artificial Metabolites, F. Berwerth, 644 ; 

 Synthesis of Amethyst Quartz, M. Berthelot, 651 

 .Minerals, Lime-Silica Series of, .A. L. Day and E. S. Shep- 

 herd, 644 

 Mines, Method of Exploding, by Means of .Acoustic Waves, 



40 

 Minguin (J.), Products of the Reaction at a High Tempera- 

 ture, of Sodium Isobutylate and Propylate of Camphor, 

 216 

 Mining : New Method of Extracting Poor Sulphur Ores by 

 Means of Bisulphide of Carbon, Prof. N. Rossi, 66; 

 Statistics Relating to Mines and Quarries in the British 

 Colonies and in Foreign Countries in 1904, iii; 1905 

 Statistics of Mines and Quarries in the United Kingdom, 

 158 ; Death of Prof. Honnann, 250 ; Electricity in Mines, 

 309 ; Smelting of Canadian Iron Ores by the Electro- 

 thermic Process, Dr. E. Haanel, 311; Ktiulc iir Etat 

 actuel des Mines du Transvaal, George Moreau, 313; 

 Carbon fossili inglesi. Dr. Guglielmo Gherardi, 514; a 

 Text-book of Mining Geology, James Park, 520; Mining 

 in Cornwall, 523 ; Annual Meeting of the Institution of 

 Mining Engineers, 523 ; the Magnesite Mines of South 

 Africa, 573 ; Menzies Goldfield (North Coolgardie), H. P. 

 Woodward, 593 ; New Method of Mining Kaolin, .A. R. 

 Ledoux, 618; Use of Coal-Cutting Machinery in British 

 Collieries, 644 

 Minor Planet, an Interesting, Dr. Berberich, 210 

 Minor Planets and Comets, Observations of, Prof. E. 



Weiss, 306 

 Mitchell (\V. M.), Sun-spot Spectra Observations, 619 

 Models of Atoms, Prof. Alfred W. Porter, 563 

 Models of Cubic Surfaces, on, W. H. Blylhe, 197 

 Moir (T.), Thiocarbamide as a Solvent for Gold, 191 

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

 Molloy (Monsigiior), Death and Obituary Notice of, 571 

 Mollusca : MoUusca, Dr. Paul Pelseneer, 153 ; the Ameri- 

 can Pond-Snail, H. E. Walter, 497 

 Moncrieff (Sir Alexander, K.C.B., F.R.S.), Death of, 367 

 Monism, the World's Desires or the Results of, Edgar A. 



Ashcroft, 217 

 Monkeys, Colouring of Guereza, Mr. Lydekker, 309 

 Montessus de Ballore (Comte F. de), Les Tremblements de 



Terre, Geographie S^ismologique, 76 

 Moody (Miss .A. M.), the .Addition of Alkyl Ilalides 10 



Alkylated Sugars and Glucosides, 311 

 Moodv (Dr. G. T.), The Rusting of Iron, 116, :;64 

 Moody (S. E.), Hydrolysis of Iron, Chromium, Tin. Cobalt, 

 and Nickel Salts, by Solutions containing .Alkali Iodide 

 and lodate, ';47 

 Moore (Prof. Benjamin), Cours de Chimie physique suivi 

 d 'Applications h la Chimie et i la Biologie, A'ictor Henri, 



