Index 



V Nature, 

 \_DeceiHber 13, 1906 



carcous Nodules found in the Coal Seams of the Lower 



Coal-measures, 576 

 London : the Zoological Society of London, a Sketch of 



its Foundation and Development, and the Story of its 



Farm, Museum, Gardens, Menagerie, and Library, Henry 



Scherren, 129 

 Longitude of Brest, Application of the Telephone and the 



Ciaude-Driencourt Astrolabe to the Determination of the, 



E. Guyou, 240 

 Longitude, Telegraphic Determinations of, made in the 



Years 1888-1902, 90 

 Lorentz (H. A.), Lehrbuch der Physik, 147 

 Lorenzo (Prof. Giuseppe de), Eruption of Vesuvius in 



April, 1906, 141 

 Lotsy (Dr. J. P.), Vorlesungen uber DeszendenzUieorie 



mit besonderer Beriicksichtigung der Botanischen Seite 



der Frage gehalten an der Reichsuniversitat du Leiden, 



146 

 Lotus Blossoms, Maung Nee, 221 



Loudon (Prof. W. J.), a Lunar Tide on Lake Huron, 88 

 Love {.\. E. H.), a Treatise on the Mathematical Theory 



of Elasticity, 74 

 Low (A. P.), Geological Survey of Canada, 175 

 Lowe (E. E.), Aquatic-dwelling Weevils, 541 

 Lowell (Percival), Observations of the Planet Mars during 



the Oppositions of 1894, 1896, 1898, 1901, and 1903, 



made at Flagstaff, Arizona, 587 

 Lubimenko (W.), Influence of the .Absorption of Sugar on 



the Phenomena of Germination of Young Plants, 312 

 Lucas (A.), Blackening of Rocks in Rivers, 280 

 Ludendorff (Dr. H.), the Variable Radial Velocity of 



6 .\urigiE, 41 ; the Radial Motion of Arietis, 135 ; 



Radial Velocity of a Draconis, 185 

 Lull (Prof. R. S.), the Various Structural Modifications 



for Flight occurring in Vertebrates, 415 

 Luminosity of the Brighter Stars, George C. Comstock, 



Luminous Particles in the Chromosphere, Dr. Deslandres, 



18 

 Luna (Dr. M. Roso de). Observations of Shadow Bands, 



13s 

 Lunar Halos, Solar and, Rowland A. Earp, 150 

 Lunar Tide on Lake Huron, a. Prof. W. J. Loudon, 88 

 Lustgarten (J.), German Scientific and Technological 



Reader, 583 

 Lyde (Prof. L. W.), on the Wheat Area in Central Canada, 



479 

 Lydekker (Mr.), Colouring of Guereza Monkeys, 309 

 Lyman (Theodore), Extreme Ultra-violet Spectrum of 



Hydrogen, 87 

 Lvnn (W. T.), the Total Solar Eclipse of January, 1907, 



,';4S 

 Lyons (Captain H. G.), Report on the Rain of the Nile 



Basin in 1905, 30S ; the Physiography of the River Nile 



and its Basin, 461 

 Lyra?, the Period of. Prof. Schaeberle, 65 



McAlpine (D.), Plant Rusts in Victoria, 385 



McClelland (Prof. J. A.), the Absorption of R Radiation 

 by Matter, 142, 311 



MacDonald (Mrs. J. R.), on the Education of Wage- 

 earners of School Age, 502 



MacDonald Physics Bui'lding, the, McGill University 

 Montreal, Prof. E. Rutherford, F.R.S., A. S. Eve, 272 



MacDougall (Dr.), on the Physiological Value of Rest, 

 502 



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



Macfadyen (Dr. Allan), on the Properties of an .Anti- 

 typhoid Serum obtained from the Goat, 118 



Macfarlane (Walter), the Principles and Practice of Iron 

 and Str=l Manufacture, 197 



McGill University, Montreal, some Scientific Centres 

 VIIL, the MacDonald Physics Building, Prof. E. Ruther- 

 ford, F.R.S., A. S. Eve, "272 



McHardy (Elizabeth), " lona," 197 



Machines, Modern Milling, Joseph G. Horner, 140 



Mackenzie (D.), on Waterproof Roads as a Solution of 

 the Dust Problem, 501 



McLeod (Prof. Herbert. F.R.S.l, Inheritance of an 

 Abnormality, 1^0 



Macphail (Monteith), the Kodaikanal Observatory, 525 

 MaddriU (Mr.), Observations of Nova Persei No. 2, 135 

 Magazine of Systematised Notes, the Scientific Roll and, 



174 

 Magnetism : Superposition of Mechanical Vibrations upon 

 Magnetisation and Conversely in Iron, Steel, and Nickel, 

 James Russell, 94 ; the Discovery of Magnetic Declin- 

 ation, Prof. G. Hellmann, 137 ; Magneto-optic Rotation, 

 F. E. Hackett, 142 ; Magnetic Collimator which Trans- 

 forms a Binocular into an Instrument for Taking Bear- 

 ings, A. Berget, 143 ; Influence of a very Strong Magnetic 

 Field on the Spark .Spectra of Palladium, Rhodium, and 

 Ruthenium, J. E. Purvis, igi ; Experiments on the 

 Band Spectrum of Nitrogen in a Magnetic Field of 

 41-000 Units, J. E. Purvis, 191 ; the Magnetic Inertia of 

 a Charged Sphere in a Field of Electric Force, G. F. C. 

 .Searle, F.R.S., 198; Method of obtaining Continous 

 Currents from a Magnetic Detector of the Self-restoring 

 Type, L. H. Walter, 214: Magnetic Properties of the 

 Compounds of Boron and Manganese, Binet du Jassonei.x, 

 216; Lectures on Compass Adjustment, Captain W. R. 

 Martin, 221 ; Theory of Directive Antennie or Unsym- 

 metrical Hertzian Oscillators, Prof. J. A. Fleming, 

 F.R.,S., 238; Effect of Oscillations on Iron in a Mag- 

 netic Field, Dr. W. H. Eccles, 262 ; Report of Depart- 

 ment of Research in Terrestrial Magnetism, Dr. L. A. 

 Bauer, 284 : Stress in Magnetised Iron, Shelford Bidwell, 

 F.R.S., 317; Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 539; Models of 

 Atoms, Prof. Alfred W. Porter, 563 ; Magnetische Kraft- 

 felder, H. Ebert, 583 



Magnitude Observations of Nova Aquilae No. 2, Dr. 

 Guthnick, 253 



Magnus (Sir Philip), on the Course of Experimental, 

 Observational, and Practical Studies most Suitable for 

 Elementary Schools, 502 



Magnusson (E.), Notes on Shipbuilding and Nautical Terms 

 of Old in the North, 77 



Mahoney (Daniel James), Two Modifications of the Quartz 

 Wedge, 317 



Mailey (R. D.), Physical Properties of Fused Magnesium 

 Oxide, 574 



Mailhe (Alphonse), Use of Metallic Oxides as Catalysers in 

 Oxidation, 240 



Maillard (I.ouis), Cours d'Astronomie, 341 



Makower (W.), Indifference of Radio-activity to Tempera- 

 ture Changes, 453 



Malaria : Parasites of Malaria and the Phagocytic .Action 

 of the Polymorphonuclear Leucocytes, Dr. Bernstein, 

 141 ; Sanitation and Malaria in the Roman Campagna, 

 156 ; Measures Taken to Stamp Out Malaria at Port 

 Swettenham, Dr. Hamilton Wright, 367 



Mallock (W. H.), the Reconstruction of Belief, 217 



Man and the Glacial Period, Prof. Sollas, F.R.S., at Royal 

 Institution, 372 



Manchester : Studies in .Anatomy from the Anatomical De- 

 partment of the University of Manchester, 464; Man- 

 chester Literary and Philosophical Society, 604 



Manks Antiquities, Illustrated Notes on, P. M. C. Ker- 

 mode and Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., 152 



Mann (E. .A.), the Poisonous Principle of the Zamia Palm, 

 580 



Mann (Dr. Oustav), Chemistry of the Proleids, 75 



Mann (H. H.), Relative Proportion of the Sexes in Helo- 

 peltis theivora, 143 ; Earth-eating and the Earth-eating 

 Habit in India, 543 



Manson (.Sir Patrick), Lectures on Tropical Diseases, being 

 the Lane Lectures for 190J, delivered at the Cooper 

 Medical College. San Francisco. Supp. to May 3, ix 



Manufacture of Cvanides. the, R. Robine and M. Lenglen, 

 Dr. T. K. Rose, 195 



Manville (O.), Variations in the State of .Amornhous Car- 

 bon under the Influence of Temperature, 1(17 



Manx .Archeology and Natural History, Prof. John Rhys. 

 223 



Marage (M.), .Acoustical Properties of Buildings, jfiS 



Marchi (Luigi de). LTdrografia dei Colli Euganei. 308 



Marine Biology : Report for 1905 on the Lancashire Sea 

 Fisheries Laboratory at the L'niversity of Liverpool and 

 the Sea Fish Hatchery at Piel. Prof. W. .A. Herdman, 

 F.R.S.. .Andrew Scott and James Johnslonp, Frank 

 Balfour Browne, in : Report to the Governinent nf Ceylon 



