

Index 



Pupation, an Instance of Prolonged, Geo. H. W'yld, 9 

 Purser (Prof. F.), Death of, 404 ; Obituary Notice of, 434 

 Pycnogonida, the Cambridge Natural History, Prof. D'Arcy 

 W. Thompson, 211 



Quaintance (A. L.), a New Genus of Aleyrodidae, loS 



(Jueensland, an Ornithologist in, 56 



Quekett Microscopical Club, Some Applications of Micro- 

 scopy to Modern Science and Practical Knowledge, Prof. 

 E. A. Minchin, 353 



Qu^nisset (M.), Seasonal Change on Mars, 107 



Radford (Rev. E. M.), Exercise Papers in Elementary 



Algebra, 275 

 Radiography : the Refractivity of Radium Emanation, Prof. 

 Alfred W. Porter and Clive Cuthbertson, 7 ; Production 

 of Radium from Uranium, F. Soddy, 59 ; Recoil of 

 Radium C from Radium B, Drs. W. Makower and S. 

 Russ, 177 ; Influence of Radium, the X-rays, and the 

 Kathode Rays on Various Precious Stones, Andr(5 

 Meyfere, 179; the Atomic Weight of the Radium Emana- 

 tion, Frederick Soddy. 18S ; Production of Helium by 

 Radium, Dr. ^. B. Boltwood and Prof. Rutherford, 209; 

 Pitchblende as a Remedy, H. Warth, 38; the Rays and 

 Product of Uranium X, F. Soddy, 59 ; the Position of the 

 Radio-active Elements in the Periodic Tables, A. T. 

 Cameron, 67 ; Radio-activity and the Rocks, F. P. 

 Mennell, 68; Hon. R. J. Strutt, F.R.S., 98; Mode of 

 Integral Sterilisation of Liquids by Radiations of Very 

 Short Wave-length, M. Billon-Daguerre, 90 ; Emission of 

 Rontgen Rays from thin Metallic Sheets, G. W. C. Kaye, 

 118; Distribution of the Rontgen Rays from a Focus 

 Bulb, G. W. C. Kaye, 237 ; the X-rays and Cancerous 

 Mice, A. Contamin, 299 ; Discontinuities in Light Emis- 

 sion, N. R. Campbell, 118; Secondary Kathode Rays, 

 Charlton D. Cooksey, 12S; an Apparatus for Radio-active 

 Measurements, B. Szilard, 149; Changes in the Colour 

 of the Diamond under the Action of Various Physical 

 Agents, Paul Sacerdote, 178; Uranium Ore as a Remedy, 

 Chr. Antoonovich, 189 ; Action of the a Rays on Glass, 

 Prof. E. Rutherford, 209 ; Direction of Motion of the 

 Electrons ejected by the a-Particle, R. D. Kleeman, 237 ; 

 Photographic Action of the a-ParticIes emitted from 

 Radio-active Substances, S. Kinoshita, 238 ; Scattering of 

 the a-Particles by Matter, Dr. H. Geiger, 507 ; the 

 lonisation produced by an a-Particle, Dr. H. Geiger, 508; 

 Penetrating Radiation of the Nature of 7 Rays in the 

 Atmosphere, Dr. Karl Kurz, 258 ; Radio-activity of the 

 Thermal Waters of Yellowstone National Park, Profs. 

 Schlundt and Moore, 318; Radio-activity of the Thermal 

 Springs of Plombi^res, .Vndr^ Brochet, 360 ; Note on 

 Radio-active Recoil, Dr. S. Russ, 388 ; Nature of 

 Magneto-Kathodic Rays, H. Thirkill, 419 ; Radio-activity 

 of the Halogen and Oxyhalogen Compounds of Thorium, 

 J. Chaudier and Ed. Chauvenet, 449 ; Properties of 

 Polonium, Prof. E. Rutherford, F.R.S., 491 



Radio-telegraphy, Researches in. Prof. J. A. Fleming, 

 F.R.S., at Roval Institution, 141, 168 



Radium : the Atomic Weight of the Radium Emanation, 

 Frederick Soddy, 188; Radium and Cancer, Dr. Louis 

 Wickham, 219 ; Radium in Disease, 460 {see also Radio- 

 graphy) 



RafT (Miss), Structure of the .Australian Lancelef, 

 Assyuicfron hassantttn, 43 



Rafferty (Charles W.), the Absence of a Lunar Atmosphere, 

 jS 



Railway Engineering : Stoat's Nest Accident, 467 



Rainbow, Lunar, of December i, Richenda Christy, 190 



Ramaley (Dr. F.), Wild Flowers and Trees of Colorado, 246 



Raman (C. V.), the Small Motion at the Nodes of a 

 Vibrating String, 9 ; the Photometric Measurement of the 

 Obliquity Factor of Diffraction, 69; the Maintenance of 

 Forced Oscillations of a New Type, 156, 42S 



Rankine (A. O.), ^'iscosities of the Gases of the Argon 

 Group, 50S 



Rastall (R. H.), the Skiddaw Granite and its Meta- 

 morphism, 328 



Ratnovsky (S.), Variation of the Inertia of the Electron as 

 a Function of the Velocity in the Kathode Rays and on 

 the Principle of Relativity', 479 



Rawson (Col. H. E.), the North Atlantic .Anticyclone, 509 



Reed (F. R. C), Igneous and Associated Sedimentary 

 Rocks of the Glensaul District (County Gahvay), 387 



Reed (H. D.), Homology of the Columella Auris in 

 .Amphibia, 496 



Reed (\V. G., jun.), Study of Phenomenal Climatology, 239 



Reform of the Calendar, W. T. Lynn, 493 



Refraction, .Atmospheric, Rev. W. Hall, 107 



Regan (C. Tate), the -Asiatic Fishes of the Family Ana- 

 bantidje (including the Osphromenidae), 118 



Reich der Wolken und Niederschlage, das, Prof. Dr. Carl 

 Kassner, 365 



Reichenbach (Prof. E. Stromer von), Lehrbuch der Palao- 

 zoologie, 242 



Reinforced Concrete Construction, Principles of, F. E. 

 Turneaure and E. R. Maurer, 5 



Reiss (Godfrey), Unemployed Laboratory Assistants, 399 



Reissner's Fibre, the Functions of, and the Ependymal 

 Groove, Prof. Arthur Dendy, F.R.S., 217; Geo. E. 

 Nicholls, 217 



Religion : Man and the Universe, n Study of the Influence 

 of the Advance in Scientific Knowledge upon our Under- 

 standing of Christianity, Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., 424 



Rendle (Dr. A. B.), Specimen of Heather {Erica citterea) 

 found near Axminster, 117 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf. 



Welding and Cutting Metals by -Aid of Gases or Electricity, 

 Dr. L. A. Groth, i 



Volkserniihrungsfragen, and Kraft und Stoff im Haushalte 

 der Natur, Prof. Max Rubner, 2 



A Treatise on Colour Manufacture, George Zerr and Dr. R. 

 Riibencamp, 3 



University Administration, Charles W. Eliot, 3 

 Unsterblichkeit, eine Kritik der Beziehungen zwischera 

 Naturgeschehen und menschlicher Forstellungswelt, Her- 

 mann Graf Keyserling, 4 



Second .Appendix to the Sixth Edition of Dana's System of 

 Mineralogy, Edward S. Dana and William E. Ford, 5 



Principles of Reinforced Concrete Construction, F. E. 

 Turneaure and E. R. Maurer, 5 



The Influence of Heredity on Disease, with Special Refer- 

 ence to Tuberculosis, Cancer, and Diseases of the Nervous 

 Svstem, Sir W. S. Church, Bt., K.C.B., Sir W. R. 

 Gowers, F.R.S., Dr. A. Latham, and Dr. E. F. Bash- 

 ford, 6 



The Campaign against Microbes, Dr. Etienne Burnet, Prof. 

 R. T. Hewlett, 6 



Brazil in 1909, J. C. Oakenfull, 6 



Mission en Ethiopie (1901-3), Jean Duchesne-Fournet, Sir 

 H. H. Johnston, G.C'..M.G., K.C.B., F.R.S., 9 



The Gas, Petrol, and Oil Engine, Dugald Clerk, F.R.S., 31 



Die diamantfiihrenden Gesteine Siidafrikas, ihr Abbau und 

 ihre Aufbereitung, Dr. Ing. Percy A. Wagner, 32 



The Stone .Ages in North Britain and Ireland, Rev. 

 Frederick Smith, 32 



L'Industria delle Materie Grasse, Dr. S. Facchini, 33 



Gomme, Resine, Gomme-resine e Balsami, Dr. Luigi 

 Settimj, 33 



Analisi Chimiche per gli Ingegneri, Dr. Luigi Medri, 33 



Die Chemische Industrie, Gustav Miiller, 33 



Chemical Industry on the Continent : a Report to the 

 Electors of the Gartside Scholarship, Harold-Baron, 33 



Laboratory Guide of Industrial Chemistry, Dr. Allen 

 Rogers, 33 



Zoologia, .Angel Gallardo, 34 



Einfiihrung in die Biologie, Prof. Karl Kraepelin, 34 



The Freshwater Aquarium and its Inhabitants, Otto 

 Eggeling and Frederick Ehrenberg, 34 



Bilder aus dem Ameisenleben, H. Viehmever, 34 



Die Schwarotzer der Menschen und Tiere, Dr. O. von 

 Linstow, 34 



.An Introduction to Physical Science, Dr. F. H. Getman, 35 



An Elementarv Course in Practical Science, C. Foxcroft, 

 S. J. Bunting, 35 



A Brief Course in the Calculus, W. Cain, 36 



The Life of a Fossil Hunter, Charles H. Sternberg, 36 



The Book of Nature Study, 37 



Elements de la Th^orie des Probabilit^s, Emile Borel, 37 



Cave Vertebrates of .America, Prof. Carl H. Eigenmann, 

 Prof. Arthur Dendy, F.R.S., 40 



