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INDEX. 



AiiHE (E.), GesammcUe Abhaiidlungen, 5SJ 



Abbot (C. G.), Terrestrial Temperatures and tli' Sular 



Radiation, 112 

 Abel (O.), a Cetacean, Palaeophocaena aiidriissovi, from 



the Middle Miocene of the Taman Peninsula, jjo ; Flying 



Fish in the Triassic, 53° 

 Aberdeen University Quatercentenar\- Celebrations, iSS, 



565 

 Abetti (Prof.), Comets 1906a and igobc, iS 

 Abnormalitv, Inheritance of an. Prof. Herbert McLeod, 



F.R.S., 150 

 Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales and N'icloria, Notes 



on the, R. H. Mathews, 100 

 Abi>rigines of Unexplored New Guinea, Dr. C. G. Selig- 



niann, 5S 

 Abraham (Henri), a Galvanometer with a Movable Needle 



for .Alternating Currents, 72 

 Abruzzi (Duke of the), the Ascent of Ruwenzori. 52S 

 Abyssinia, the Source of the Blue Nile, a Record of a 



Journey through the Sudan to Tsana in Western 



Abyssinia, and of the Return to Egypt by the Valley of 



the .\tbara, with a Note on the Religion, Customs, ii:c., 



of, .\rthur J. Haves, Entomological .Appendix bv Prof. 



E. B. Poulton, F.'R.S., Sir H. H. Johnston. K.C.M.G., 



Interrelation of the. Dr. Shadworth 



247 



Academical Science? 

 H. Hodgson, 337 



Acland (Dr. Theodore Dyke), on the Physiological Value of 

 Rest, 480, 502 



Aconites of India, the. Dr. Otto Stapf, 170 



.Acoustics : Method of Exploding Mines by Means of 

 .Acoustic Waves, 40 ; Mechanical and Electrical Pheno- 

 mena occurring in the Telephonic Transmission of 

 Speech, W. Duddell, 60 ; Resonant Properties of 

 Fossilised Wood, E. M. Buchanan, 84; Acoustical Proper- 

 ties of Buildings, Wallace C. Sabine, 368 ; M. Marage, 

 308 : Amplification of Sounds, M. Dussaud, 580 



Adami (Prof.), Pathology and Physiology of the Cell 

 Nucleus, 520 



Adams (Prof.), the Spectra of Sun-spots and Red Stars. 

 41S; Relation between the Spectra of Sun-spots and 

 Stars, 59^ 



Adanison (E.), Influence of Silicon, Phosphorus, Manganese, 

 and .Aluminium on Chill in Cast-iron. 68 



Adenev (Dr. W. E.), Composition of a Nitrogen Mineral 

 Water at St. Edmundsbury, Lucan, 374 



Adjustment of Observations by the Method of Least 

 Squares, with .Applications to Geodetic Work, the, T. W. 

 Wright and J. F. Hayford, 148 



.\eronautics : Balloons and Kites in the Service of Meteor- 

 ology, W. H. Dines. F.R.S., 35 : the Wellman Balloon 

 Expedition, W. de Fonvielle, 181 ; the Meteorology of 

 thi- Free .Atmosphere, L. Toisserenc de Bort at Royal 

 Society of Edinburgh, 255 ; Balloon Journey by the 

 Brothers Wegener, 302 ; the International Balloon 

 Ascents of .April 1; and May 3, 3S4 ; Meteorological Kites 

 in India. 44S : the Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race. 570 : 

 Milan Balloon Competition, 570 ; .Aeronautics and 

 Meteorology, 6J7; Methods of making Balloon .Ascents. 

 Prof. Hergesell, 64S ; Expedition to the Equatorial 

 Regions of the .Atlantic, Teisserenc de Bort, 64S 



Africa : Defects In Ostrich Feathers in South Africa, Prof. 

 J. F. Duerden, 55 ; .Ascents in the Ruwenzori Range, 



R. B. Woosnam, D. Carruthers, and .A. F. R. Wollas- 

 ton, 132; Cotton Growing at Golbanti and Malindi, 157; 

 Plants and their Ways in South .Africa, Bertha Stone- 

 man, 22 r ; the South .African Medal of the British 

 -Association, Sir G. H. Darwin, K.C.B., F'.R.S.. 225; 

 Round Perforated Stones (Tikoe) alleged to have been 

 made by Bushmen for the Purpose of giving Weight to 

 the " Kibi " or Digging Stick, L. Peringuey, 288; the 

 Magnesite Mines of South Africa, 573 ; Geological Studies 

 in South .Africa, Prof. Grenville .A. J. Cole, 646: Country 

 between Pretoria and Pietersburg, Mr. Kynaston, 646 ; 

 the Gneisses of the Limpopo Flats, Dr. F. W. Voit, 



647 



Agriculture : .Agriculture gen(^rale, le Sol et les Labours, 

 Paul Diflloth, 4 ; Process for the Direct Utilisation of 

 the Nitrogen of the .Atmosphere for the Production of 

 -Artificial .Manure and other Chemical Products, Dr. 

 -Adolf Frank, 65 ; Experiments on Well Irrigation at 

 Metrosapuram in 1902-5, Prof. .A. Chatterton, 8b; Ques- 

 tion of Rabbit Destruction, T. Steel, 95 ; the Book of 

 the Rothamsted Experiments, A. D. Hall, Prof. T. H. 

 Middleton, 121 ; Opening of a New Laboratory at the 

 Rothamsted Experimental Station, 307 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Dr. W'illiam Fream. 132 : Cotton 

 Growing at Golbanti and Malindi, 157 ; a Monograph 

 of the Insect Injuries to Indian Corn, S. A. Forbes, 

 Fred. V. Theobald, 160 ; the Transition in -Agriculture. 

 Edwin -A. Pratt, 193 ; an Introduction to the Study or 

 .Agricultural Economics, Henry C. Taylor, 193 ; the De- 

 velopment of Agriculture in Denmark, R. J. Thompson, 

 193 ; Cassava Trials at the Hope Experiment Station, 

 Jamaica, H. H. Cousins, 208; Cultures du Midi de 

 I'Alg^rie et de la Tunisie, C. Riviere and H. Lecq, 269: 

 United States "Dry-farming," J. L. Cowan, 304; the 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak and the Potato-beetle, 304 ; Com- 

 position of Indian Rain and Dew, Dr. J. W. Leather, 

 337; Spread of St. John's Wort in -Australia, 337: Be- 

 haviour of Manures in Soils, Oswald Schreiner and George 

 H. Failyer. 339." the Progress of .Agricultural Science, 

 474; Mendel's Laws of Inheritance, R. H. Bififen, 474: 

 W. Bateson. F.R.S., 473; R. C. Punnett, 475; Assimil- 

 ation of Nitrogen by Leguminous Plants, Dr. Hiltner, 

 475 ; John Golding, 475 : X'itality of Farm Seeds, William 

 Carruthers, F.R..S., 475: Improvement of Pastures, 475; 

 British Forestr\", 475 ; Nature-study in Rural Schools, 

 476; Memoirs of the Department of .Agriculture in India, 

 H. Maxwell-Lefroy, Fred. \'. Theobald, 481 ; a Larch 

 Sawfly in Cumberland, 529 ; -Agriculture in St. Kitts. 

 F. R. .Shepherd, 393: Ravages of Loxostega (Eurycreon) 

 siicticalis in the Cultivation of Beet-root of the Central. 

 Plateau, -Alfred Giard, 628 ; Damage done to Crops by 

 the Mexican Cotton-boll Weevil, Dr. W. E. Hinds, 642 ; 

 the Cotton Worm. Prodenia litloralis, F. C. Willcocks, 

 649 ; the Cotton Boll Worm, Farias insulana, F. C. 

 Willcocks, 649 : .Agricultural Notes, 649 ; Condensed 

 Vegetable Milk, T. Katayama, 649 ; Cherry Leaf Scorch, 

 E. S. Salmon. 649: Prussic -Acid in Fodder Plants. Dr. 

 J. W. Leather, 649; .Artificial Manures for India, F. G. 

 Sly, 649 ; .Agriculture in Egypt, 649 : " Sore-shin " 

 Fungus, W. L. Balls, 650 



.Air-currents, the Life-history of Surface, a Study of the 

 Surface Trajectories of Moving .Air, Dr. W. N. Shaw, 

 F.R.S.. and R. G. K. Lempfert, 162 



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