Index 



358 ; the Assay of Industrial Gold Alloys, E. A. Smith, 

 358 ; Analysis of Aluminium and its Alloys, Dr. R. 

 Seligman and F. J. Willott, 35.S ; Contribution to the 

 Study of Phosphor-bronze, O. F. Hudson and E. F. Law, 

 388; Failure in Practice of Non-ferrous Metals and 

 Alloys with Particular Reference to Brass Loco-tubes, T. 

 V'aughan Hughes, 38S ; Use of Carbonaceous Filters in 

 the Smelting of Zinc, C. O. Bannister, 3S8 ; Report to 

 the Alloys Research Committee, Dr. W. Rosenhain and 

 F. C. A. H. Lantsberry, 408 ; .Analysis of Copper Blast- 

 furnace Slags and Determination of their Melting Points, 

 A. T. French, 44S ; Detection of Minute Traces of Gold 

 in Country Rock, k. R. .Andrew, 509 



Metals, the Heat Developed during the .Absorption of Elec- 

 tricity by. Profs. O. W. Richardson and H. L. Cooke, 27S 



Metaphysics : Death of Prof. F. Purser, 404 ; Obituary 

 Notice of, 434 



Meteorites: a Meteoric Stone from Simondium, Cape 

 Colony, Dr. G. T. Prior, 147 



Meteorology : Atmospheric Cloudy Condensation, Dr. John 

 .Aitken, F.R.S., 8; Magnetic Storms, Prof. A. Ricco, 8; 

 Magnetic Storms, Dr. George C. Simpson, 37 ; George 

 W. Walker, 69 ; the Great Magnetic Storm of September 

 25 in China, 259 ; Magnetic Storm of September 25, 1909, 

 H. Deslandres, 358; Excess of Rain in October, 15; 

 Remarkable Rainfall of October 26-2S in the South of 

 England, Dr. H. R. Mill, 164; West Indian Hurricane 

 in .August Last, 18 ; Frequency of Wind-direction in 

 Central Italy, Dr. F. Eredia, 18; Summer Weather 

 during the last Fifty Years, C. Harding, 45 ; Report on 

 the Present State of our Knowledge of the Upper -Atmo- 

 sphere as obtained by the Use of Kites, Balloons, and 

 Pilot Balloons, E. Gold and W. .A. Harwood at British 

 Association, 47 ; Methods for Observing Pilot Balloons 

 used for Investigating the Currents of the Upper .Atmo- 

 sphere, C. J. P. Cave, 147; Research of the Upper 

 Air above the Blue Hill .Area during the Rainy Season of 

 1909, P. A. Curry, 376 ; the Temperature of the Upper 

 Part of Clouds, Dr. John Aitken, F.R.S., 67; the Auroral 

 Display of October 18, F. C. Jordan, 98; Symons Gold 

 Medal awarded to Dr. W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 103, 374; 

 Week's Weather, 103 ; Methods and Apparatus for the 

 Observation and Study of Evaporation, Prof. C. F. 

 Marvin, 105 ; Investigation of the Meteorology of the 

 Tropics, L. Teisserenc de Bort, 105 ; Apparatus for Pro- 

 tection of the Vienne District against Hail and Thunder- 

 storms, M. de Beauchamp, 120; Weather Indicator, 126; 

 Royal Meteorological Society, 147, 239, 388, 508; Regis- 

 tering Balloon Ascents at Gloucester, W. Marriott, 147 ; 

 Wind Temperatures on Mountain Heights, W. P. Brown, 

 147 ; the Semi-diurnal Variation of Rainfall, E. Gold, 

 147 ; Observations of Dew at Kimberley (South Africa), 

 Dr. J. R. Sutton, 148; Luminous Night Clouds and 

 .Aurora Spectrum, Charles P. Butler, 157 ; a Barometer 

 .Manual for the Use of Seamen, with an Appendix on the 

 Thermometer, Hygrometer, and Hydrometer, 187 ; Lunar 

 Rainbow of December i, Richenda Christy, 190; Varia- 

 tions of Currents of .Air Indicated by Simultaneous 

 Records of the Direction and Velocity of the Wind, Dr. 

 W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 239; Study of Phenomenal 

 Climatology, W. G. Reed, jun., 239; Rainfall of the 

 E.\e Valley, Dr. H. R. Mill, 25S; Nouvelle M^thode de 

 Provision du Temps, Gabriel Guilbert, 271 ; an Example 

 of Spurious Correlation, Dr. Gilbert T. Walker, 279 ; 

 Climatological Reports, 294 ; Weather Forecasting by 

 Simple Methods, F. S. Granger, 307 ; Development and 

 Standardisation of Sunshine Recorders, H. R. Curtis, 

 318; Variable Character of the ^'eg'etation on Basalt 

 Soils, Dr. H. I. Jensen, 329 ; Rainfall of the British Isles 

 in 1909, Dr. H. R. Mill, 346 ; Electricity of Rain and 

 Snow, Dr. G. C. Simpson, 357 ; das Reich der Wolken 

 und Niederschlage, Prof. Dr. Carl Kassner, 365 ; Some 

 Relations of Meteorology with Agriculture, H. Mellish, 

 388 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Sir Charles Todd, 

 K.G.M.G., F.R.S., 403 ; Current .Autographic Records of 

 Wind Velocity from Anemograph Stations, 404 ; the Paris 

 Floods, 405 ; Methods and Apparatus for the Study of 

 Evaporation, Prof. C. F. Marvin, 407 ; Recent Weather 

 in the P^injab, 438 ; Klimatographie von Osterreich, Dr. 

 H. v. Ficker, 455 ; Proposed .Meteorological Instruments, 

 Prof. J. T. Morrison, 479 ; Cyclonic Disturbances, 495 ; 



Report on the Phenological Observations for 1909 ; E. 

 .Mawley, 508 ; the North Atlantic Anticyclone, Col. H. E. 

 Rawson, 509 



Meteors : November Meteors, John R. Henry, 38 ; a 

 Brilliant Meteor, 77 ; the Perseid Meteors in 1909, Mr. 

 Oliver, 107 ; a Daylight Meteor, Dr. Palisa, 107 ; a 

 Brilliant Fireball, Air. Denning, 320 ; Composition of a 

 Stone from the Meteoric Shower, Dokiichi, Bengal, 

 H. E. Clarke and Prof. H. L. Bowman, 477; Brilliant 

 Meteor of February 17, W. F. Denning, 500 



Methuen (Hon. P. A.), Collection of Fresh-water Crustacea 

 from the Transvaal, 47S 



Meunier (Jean), Conditions necessary for Platinum to 

 Remain in a State of Incandescence in a Bunsen Burner, 

 149 



Meunier (Prof. Stanislas), la G^ologie g^n^rale, 302 



Meyer (Kirstine), Temperaturbegrebels Udvikling gennem 

 Tiderne og dets Forhold til vekslende Anskuelser om 

 X'armens Natur, 296 



Meyfere (.Andre), Influence of Radium, the X-Rays, and the 

 Kathode Rays on Various Precious Stones, 179 



Micro-Lepidoptera, Lord Walsingham's Collection of, 194 



Microbes, the Campaign against. Dr. ttienne Burnet, Prof. 

 R. T. Hewlett, 6 



Microscopy : Death of Dr. W. H. Dallinger, F.R.S., 41 ; 

 Obituary Notice of, 71 ; Royal Microscopical Society, 148, 

 328, 448 ; .Annual .Address at Royal Microscopical Society, 

 Sir E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S!, 448 ; Practical Micro- 

 scopy, F. Shillington Scales, 245 ; Some Applications of 

 Microscopy to Modern Science and Practical Knowledge, 

 Prof. E. A. Minchin at Quekett Microscopical Club, 353 



Middlesex, Highways and Byways in, W. Jerrold, 125 



Milham (Dr. Willis'l.), How to Identify the Stars, 187 



Milk : Nature of the Cellular Elements present in. Prof. 

 Hewlett, Mr. Villar, and Mr. Revis, 257 



Mill (Dr. H. R.), Remarkable Rainfall of October 26-28 in 

 the South of England, 164 ; Rainfall of the Exe \'alley, 

 258 ; Rainfall of the British Isles in 1909, 346 



Millais (J. G.), the Natural History of British Game Birds, 



392 



Miller (.\dam M.), Text-book of Embryology, 272 



Miller (Dr. J. E.), the Psychology of Thinking, 485 



Miller (Newton), Life-history and Habits of the American 

 Toad, 137 ; Life-history of the American Toad, 257 



Miller (Dr. N. H. J.), Problem of Nitrogen Assimilation by 

 Plants, 199 



Millikan (R. .A.), New Modification of the Cloud Method of 

 Measuring the Elementary Electrical Charge, 291 



Milne (Prof. J., F.R.S.), an Earthquake Phenomenon, 398; 

 .Surface Deformation and the Tides, 427 



Milner (Mr.), Use of Milk as Food, 75 



Minchin (Prof. E. A.), Some Applications of Microscopy to 

 Modern Science and Practical Knowledge, Address at 

 Quekett Microscopical Club, 353 ; Transrriission of 

 Trypanosoma lezvisi by the Rat-flea, 447 



Mineralogy : Second .Appendix to the Sixth Edition of 

 Dana's System of Mineralogy, Edward S. Dana and 

 William E. Ford, 5 ; die diamantfuhrenden Gesteine 

 Siidafrikas, ihr Abbau und ihre Aufbereitung, Dr. Ing. 

 Percy A. Wagner, 32 ; Radio-activity and the Rocks, 

 Hon. R. J. Strutt, 98 ; Mineralogical Society, 147, 477 ; 

 Occurrence of Alstonite and Ullmannite in a Barytes- 

 witherite Vein in the New Brancepeth Colliery, Durham, 

 L. J. Spencer, 147; Occurrence of Native Copper with 

 Tin Ore in the Federated Malay States, J. B. Scrivenor, 

 147; Existence of Rhodizite in Madagascar Pegmatites, 

 A. Lacroix, 149 ; Pleochroic Halos, Prof. J. Joly, F.R.S., 

 428 ; Observations on Pleochroism, T. Crook, 477 ; Group 

 of Minerals formed by the Combustion of Pyritous Shales 

 in Midlothian, Dr. S. J. Shand, 477; Weight of the 

 " Cullinan " Diamond, L. J. Spencer, 477; a Basalt from 

 Rathjordan, co. Limerick, Dr. G. T. Prior, 477 ; a Fluo- 

 arsenate from the Indian Manganese Deposits, Dr. 

 G. F. H. Smith and Dr. G. T. Prior, 477 ; Composition 

 of a Stone from the Meteoric Shower, Dokdchi, Bengal, 

 H. E. Clarke and Prof. H. L. Bowman, 477; la Valli5e 

 de Binn (Valais), L^on Desbuissons, 4S2 ; the Mineral 

 Alstonite, Dr. Stefan Kreutz, 497 



Minerals : a Supposed New Mineral, Richard J. Moss and 

 Henry J. Seymour, 2S0 ; Mineral Production of Canada 

 during 1907 and 190S, 346 



