Index 



C Nature, 



December 13, 19C6 



Guillaunie. 417 ; M. Quc^nisset, 575 ; Stereoscopic 

 Measurement of Proper Motions, Prof. Max Wolf, 231 ; 

 Early Meteors of the Perseid Shower, W. F. Denning, 

 246 ; the Radiants of the Perseid Shower, M. Wwedenski, 

 253 ; an Objective-prism Comparison Spectrograph, 

 de Lisle Stewart, 253 ; Russian Astronomical Observ- 

 ations, 253 ; a New Observatory for Hamburg, 253 ; 

 Preliminary Experiments on the Photographic Transit, 

 S. Hirayama, 254; the Orbit of Castor, Dr. H. D. 

 Curtis, 282 ; Planets and Planetary Observations, \V. F. 

 Denning, 282 ; Reflecting Telescopes of Short Focus, 

 Prof. Vogel, 306 ; the Astronomical Society of Canada, 

 306; Magnitudes and Places of 251 Pleiades Stars, K. 

 Schiller, 306 ; Observations of Minor Planets and Comets, 

 Prof. E. Weiss, 306 ; a Study of the Sky, Prof. Herbert 

 .\. Howe, 315; an Unexplained Observation, Prof. 

 Barnard, 339 ; the Rio de Janeiro Observatory, 340 : 

 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 

 Prof. Arthur A. Rambaut, F.R.S., 341 ; Publications of 

 the Astronomical Laboratory at Groningen, Components 

 of the Proper Motions and other Quantities for the 

 Stars of Bradley, Prof. J. C. Kapteyn, Tables for 

 Photographic Parallax-observations, Dr. W. de Sitter, 

 some Useful Trigonometrical Formula and a Table of 

 Goniometrical Functions for the Four Quadrants, Prof. 

 J. C. Kapteyn and Prof. W. Kapteyn, 341 ; Cours 

 d'Astronomie, Louis Maillard, 341 ; New Theories in 

 Astronomy, William Stirling, 341 ; Study of an Apparatus 

 designed by M. Lippmann for the Photographic Measure- 

 ment of Right Ascensions, W. Ebert and C. Le Morvan, 

 343-4; die Bahnbeslimmung der Himmelskorper, Julius 

 I5auschinger, 345 ; die Gauss-Gibbssche Methode der 

 Bahnbeslimmung eines Himmelskorpers aus drei Beo- 

 bachtungen, Prof. Johannes Frischauf, 345 \ a Large 

 Meteor, W. F. Denning, 351 ; Observation of a Bright 

 Meteor, Ph. Fauth, 371 ; the .Aims of an Astronomer, 

 Prof. E. C. Pickering, 308 ; a Compendium of Spherical 

 Astronomy, with its Applications to the Determination 

 and Reduction of Positions of the Fixed Stars, Prof. 

 Simon Newcomb, 379 ; Planets and Planetary Observ- 

 ations, Mr. Denning, 386 ; a New Form of Spectrohelio- 

 graph, G. Millochau and M. Stefdnik, 386 ; Astronomy 

 in the Old Testament, Prof. G. Schiaparelli, 410 ; Re- 

 searches into the Origin of the Primitive Constellations 

 of the Greeks, Phcenicians, and Babylonians, Robert 

 Brown, jun., 410; a Memorial to the late Prof. Tacchini, 

 417; Report of the Paris Observatory for 1905, M. 

 Loewy, 417; the Spectra of Sun-spots and Red Stars, 

 Prof. Hale and Prof. Adams, 41S: Sir Norman 

 Lockyer, 418 ; Discovery of a New Comet (19066), 

 Herr Kopff, 452 ; Herr Graff, 453 : Comet i9o6e 

 (Kopff), M. Ebel'l, 474, 499, 575 ; Prof. E. C. Pickering, 

 499 ; Dr. Graff, 499 ; M. F. Sy, 508 : Prof. Millosevich, 

 575 ; Messrs. Crawford and Champreux, 619 ; Greenwich 

 Sun-spot Numbers, 453 ; the Origin of the Zodiacal 

 Light, Maxwell Hall, 453 ; a Modified Form of Solar 

 Eye-piece, Prof. Ceraski, 453 ; a Newly-discovered 

 planetary Nebula, Prof. Barnard, 474 ; Plea for an 

 International Southern Telescope, Prof. E. C. Picker- 

 ing, 474 ; Spectroscopic Observations of the Rotation of 

 the Sun, Dr. J. Halm, 484; the Planet Mercury, Mr. 

 Denning, 499 ; Observations of Satellites, Prof. Barnard, 

 499 ; the Kodaikanal Observatory, Monteith Macphail, 

 525 ; Observations of Solar Phenomena, 1906, Prof. 

 Mascaii, 525 ; Introduction to Astronomv, Prof. Forest 

 Ray Moulton, 538 ; the Colours of Sun-spots, Th. 

 Hansen, 548 ; the Relation between the Spectra of Sun- 

 spots and Stars. W. S. Adams, 595 ; Sun-spot Spectra 

 Observations, W. M. Mitchell, 619 ; a New Form of 

 Wedge Photometer, H. Rosenberg, 575 ; Occultation of 

 ti Star by Venus. Dr. Downing, 575 ; Results of the 

 International Latitude Service, 1902-1906, Prof. M. 

 Albrechl, 575 ; the Aniana Meteorite, Dr. G. D. Hinrichs, 

 575 ; Colour and Spectra of Solar Prominences. M. Ricco, 

 580 ; Observations of the Planet Mars during the Opposi- 

 tions of 1S94, 1896, 1S08, 1901, and IQ03. made at 

 Flagstaff, Arizona, Percival Lowell, Dr. William J. S. 

 Lockyer, 587 ; Observations of Long-period Variables, 



Prof. A. A. Nijland, 595 ; the Mount Wilson Spectro- 

 scopic Laboratory, 595 ; the Utility of Short-focus Re- 

 flectors, Dr. A. Berberich, 595 ; Prof. Barnard's " Un- 

 explained Observation," Charles L. Brook, 595; Observ- 

 ations of \'ariable Stars, E. S. Haynes, 619 ; a New- 

 Form of Photometer, MM. Deslandres and Bernard, 644 ; 

 a Novel Planisphere, G. P. Serviss and L. Barritt, 

 645 ; the Oxford University Observatory, Prof. Turner, 

 645 



Atkinson (G. F.), First Studies of Plant Life, Supp. to 

 October 11, v 



Atlas colori6 des Plantes et des Animaux des C6tes de 

 France, P. Kuckuck, Dr. M. Langeron, 102 



Atmosphere, the Meteorology of the Free, L. Teisserenc 

 de Bort at Royal Society of Edinburgh, 255 



Atmosphere, the Nucieation of the L'ncontaminated, Prof. 

 Carl Barus, C. T. R. Wilson, F.R.S., 619 



.Atmospheric Electricity in Algeria, Ch. Nordmann, Dr. C. 

 Ciiree, F.R.S., 505 " 



Atmospheric Pressure Changes of Long Duration, Dr. 

 William J. S. Lockyer, 352 



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



Auden (Dr. G. A.), a Collection of Crania, 45S 



Auger (.v.). New Method of preparing some Organic Com- 

 pounds of Arsenic, 143 ; Decomposition of Copper 

 Sulphate bv Methvl Alcohol, 192 



August Rainfall, Alex. B. MacDowall, 8 



6 Aurigae, the Variable Radial \"elocity of. Dr. H. Luden- 

 dorff, 41 



Austin (Ernest Edward), Illustrations of British Blood- 

 sucking Flies, 441 



Australia : .Australian Ethnology. 100 ; Destruction of 

 Animals in Australia, T. .Steel at Linnean Society, New 

 South Wales, r88; the Dead Heart of Australia, a 

 Journey round Lake Eyre in the Summer of 1901-2, 

 with some Account of the Lake Eyre Basin and the 

 Flowing Wells of Central Australia, Prof. J. W. Gregory, 

 296 



Auvergne, I'.Age des derniers Volcans de la France, Mar- 

 cellin Boule, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F'.R.S., 607 



.'\valanche destroys Kwareli, 496 



.Avogadro and Dalton, the Standing in Chemistry of their 

 Hypotheses, Dr. Andrew N. Meldrum, 537 



Bacteriology ; New Micro-organism producing Acetone, L. 

 Br^audat, 192 ; Experimental Production of Tubercle 

 Bacillus and of Anti-tuberculous Vaccine, S. Arloing, 

 240 ; Channels of Entrance of the Tubercle Bacillus into 

 the Organism, Dr. A. Calmette, 593 ; Longevity of 

 Bacillus tvphosiis in Natural Waters and in Sewage, 

 H. L. Russell and C. A. Fuller, 280; Bacteria in Rela- 

 tion to Plant Diseases, Erw-in F. Smith, Prof. R. T. 

 Hewlett, 294 : Opening of a New Laboratory at the 

 Rothamsted Experimental Station, 307; Bacillus of 

 Leprosy found in Mosquito and Bed-bug, Dr. W. J. 

 Goodhue, 367 



Baeyer's (Adolf von) Gesammelte Werke, Prof. W. H. 

 Perkin, jun., F.R.S., 73 



Bahnbestimmung der Himmelskorper, die, Julius Bausch- 

 inger, 345 



Bahnbestimmung eines Himmelskorpers aus drei Beo- 

 bachtungen, die Gauss-Gibbssche Methode der. Prof. 

 Johannes Frischauf, 345 



Bailey (L. H.), the Outlook to Nature, 315 



Baird (Dr. J. W.), the Contraction of the Colour Zones in 

 Hysteria and in Neurasthenia, 574 



Baker (R. T.), Two Undescribed Species of Eucalyptus- 

 from Eastern Australia, 484 



Baker (T. Thorne), Colour-correct Photography, Supp. to 

 October 11, vi 



Bakerian Lecture at Royal Society, Recent .Advances in 

 Seismology, Prof. John Milne, F.R.S., 42 



Baldwin-Wiseman (W. R.), Effect of Fire on Building 

 .Stones, Points of Importance for Fire Resistance. 134 : 

 Influence of Pressure and Porosity on the Motion of 

 Subsurface Water, 374 



Ball (Dr. L. de), Refraktionstafein, 465 



Ballistics : Death of Sir Alexander Moncrieff. K.C.B.. 

 F.R.S., 367 



