Index 



r Nature^ 

 \_Marck 24, igio 



Eclipse, the Total Solar, of May 8, 320 

 Economic Entomology in the United States, 108 



Ecuador, Nel Darien e nell'. Dr. E. Festa, 452 

 Eddy (William Abner), Death of, 315 



Eddy Formation in the Wake of Projecting Obstacles, Prof. 

 G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 408 



Edinburgh, Royal Society, 149, 239, 358, 47S ; the New 

 Rooms of the, 53 



Edridge-Green (Dr. F. W.), Colour-perception Spectro- 

 meter, 147 ; Tests for Colour-blindness, 429, 466 



Education : University Administration, Charles W. Eliot, 3 ; 

 the Quinquecentenary of the University of Leipzig, Prof. 

 Wundt, 24 ; the Association of Teachers in Technical 

 Institutions, H. Ade Clark, 56 ; Interchange of Uni- 

 versity Students, 57 ; the Study of German in Schools, 

 72 ; the Methods of Mathematics, Dr. George A. Gibson 

 «it the University of Glasgow, 109; Industrial Education, 

 J. Wilson, 160; Annual Report on the Distribution of 

 Grants for Agricultural Education and Research in the 

 Year 1907-8, 193 ; the Headmasters' Conference, 262 ; 

 Technical Education in Manchester, 267 ; the American 

 Federation of Teachers of the Mathematical and the 

 Natural Sciences, G. V. Daniell, 284 ; Educational Ten- 

 dencies in the United States, 295; I'Organisation syndi- 

 cale et technique en Allemagne, M. E. Leduc, C. 

 Simmonds, 313; Education in Central Europe, 319; 

 London County Council Conference of Teachers, 323 ; 

 the Relation of Elementary Schools to Technical Schools, 

 Day and Evening, Prof. M. E. Sadler at North of 

 England Education Conference, Leeds, 325 ; the Village 

 Institute and its Educational Possibilities, John B. 

 Coppock, 337 ; Conferences on Science and Mathematics 

 in Schools, 350 ; North of England Education Conference, 

 351 ; Cooperation between Employers and Education 

 Authorities, Max Muspratt, 352 ; Education Abroad and 

 in England, J. C. Medd, 352 ; Elementary Education in 

 Germany, Otto Siepmann, 352 ; Relation of the State to 

 the Training of Teachers of Domestic Subjects and their 

 Relation to the University, Prof. Smithells, 352 ; Courses 

 in Domestic Science, Miss M. Atkinson, 352 ; Education 

 Abroad and in England, John C. Medd at North of 

 England Education Conference, 382 ; University College, 

 London, 462 ; Technical Education in Germany and the 

 United Kingdom, Dr. F. Rose, 471 



Edwards (Prof. C. L.), Swedish Marine Zoological Station 

 at Kristineberg, 496 



Eels, on the Distribution of the Fresh-water, (Anguilla) 

 throughout the World, (i) Atlantic Ocean and Adjacent 

 Regions, Johs. Schmidt, 433 



Eggeling (Otto), the Fresh-water Aquarium and its In- 

 habitants, 34 



Egypt : Measurement of the Volumes discharged by the 

 Nile during 1905 and 1906, E. M. Dowson and J. I. 

 Craig, 161 ; Atmospheric Electricity in Egypt, H. E. 

 Hurst, Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 379; Text-book of Egyptian 

 .Agriculture, 482 



Egyptology : the Identity of certain Large Birds on 

 Egyptian Vases, Dr. Henry O. Forbes, 38 



Ehrenberg (Frederick), the Freshwater Aquarium and its 

 Inhabitants, 34 



Eigenmann (Prof. Carl H.), Cave Vertebrates of America, 40 



Eisenmenger (G.), Glacial Excavation of Lake Garda, 60 



Elderton (W. Palin and Ethel M.), a Primer of Statistics, 

 426 



Electricity : Welding and Cutting of Metals by aid of Gases 

 or Electricity, Dr. L. A. Groth, i ; the " G.B." Tramway 

 System, S. Clcgg, 18 ; Anfangsgriinde der Maxwellschen 

 Theorie, verkniipft mit der Elektronentheorie, Franz 

 Richards, 64 ; the Theory of Electrons, and its Applica- 

 tions to'the Phenomena of Light and Radiant Heat, H. k. 

 Lorentz, 64 ; Developments of Electrical Engineering, 

 Prof. Gisbert Kapp at Institution of Electrical Engineers, 

 112; Electrical Behaviour of Fluorescing Iodine Vapour, 

 R. Whiddington, 118; Contact Electrification, Albert 

 Grumbach, 119; True Causes of Supposed Electrical Par- 

 thenogenesis, Yves Delage, 140 ; Electromagnetic Compass 

 suitable for Use on Board Ironclads, Louis Dunoyer, 

 164 ; Appendix to Report of International Conference on 

 Electrical Units and Standards of 190S, 226; the 

 Alternnting-current Commutator Motor and the Leakage 

 of Induction Motors, Dr. Rudolf Goldschmidt, Prof. 



Gisbert Kapp, 244 ; the Heat Developed during the Ab- 

 sorption of Electricity by Metals, Profs. O. W. Richard- 

 son and H. L. Cooke, 27S ; Electric Valves, 324 ^ 

 Electricity agricole, A. Petit, 334; Electricity of Rain 

 and Snow, Dr. G. C. Simpson, 357 ; Recent Advances in 

 Electrical Theory, Fournier d'Albe, 376; Atmospheric 

 Electricity in Egypt, H. E. Hurst, Dr. C. Chrce, F.R.S., 

 379; Electric Lighting of the White House, Washington, 

 407 ; Initial Accelerated Motion of Electrified Systems of 

 Finite Extent and the Reaction produced by the Resulting 

 Radiation, G. W. Walker, 418 ; Mansbrid'ge Paper Con- 

 densers and Moscicki Glass Condenser, W. M. Mordey, 

 439 ; Researches on the Electrochemical Equivalent of 

 Silver, F. Laporte and P. de la Gorce, 449 ; Use of 

 Mutual Inductometers, A. Campbell, 477 ; some Spark- 

 gap Phenomena, John McWhan, 478 ; Earth-air Electric 

 Current and Atmospheric Potential Gradient near Edin- 

 burgh, Dr. G. A. Carse and D. MacOwan, 478 ; I'Elec- 

 tricit^ consid^rfe comrae Forme de I'Energie, Lieut. - 

 Colonel E. Aries, 4S4 



Electro-deposition of Metals, Dr. F. Mollwo Perkin and 

 W. E. Hughes, 420 



Electroplating, a Simple Method of, A. Rosenberg at 

 Royal Society of Arts, 461 



Eledone, Liverpool Marine Biological Committee's Memoirs,. 

 xviii., Annie Isgrove, 393 



Elford (P.), Practical School Gardening, 243 



Elgie (J. H.), Intermittent Glow of the Tail of the New 

 Comet, 399 



Eliot (Charles W.), University Administration, 3 



Ellis (Dr. David), Outlines of Bacteriology (Technical and 

 Agricultural), 277 



Ellis (E. E.), Occurrence of Water in Crystalline Rocks, 379 



Ellis (G. \V.), Origin and Destiny of Cholesterol in the 

 Animal Organisms, 89 



Ellison (Dr. F. O'B.), a Text-book of Experimental 

 Physiology for Students of Medicine, 97 



Ellsworth (C. E.), Water Supply Investigations in the 

 Yukon-Tanana Region, Alaska, 262 



Emanuelli (Pio), Halley's Comet, 1909c, 319 



Embryology, Text-book of. Dr. Frederick R. Bailey and 

 Adam M. Miller, Dr. Francis H. A. Marshall, 272 



Engineering : Principles of Reinforced Concrete Construc- 

 tion, F. E. Turneaure and E. R. Maurer, 5 ; J. C. 

 Inglis's Presidential Address at the Institution of Civil 

 Engineers, 15; "G.B." Tramway System, S. Clegg, iS; 

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

 31 ; Analisi Chimiche per gli Ingegneri, Dr. Luigi Medri. 

 33 ; the Elastic Breakdown of Non-ferrous Metals, Prof. 

 C. A. Smith, 45 ; Water-hammer in Steam Pipes, C. E. 

 Stromeyer, 46 ; Marine Steam Turbines, Dr. Fottinger, 

 77 ; Results of Trials of the New Transmission Gear for 

 Marine Turbines, 201 ; Steam Turbines, Gerald Stoney at 

 Royal Society of Arts, 204 ; the Brennan Mono-rail 

 System, 79; Exhibition of Motor-cars at Olympia, 103; 

 New York City Bridges, T. Kennard Thomson, 106 ; 

 Developments of Electrical Engineering, Prof. Gisbert 

 Kapp at Institution of Electrical Engineers, 112; an 

 Accelerometer and Gradient Measurer, H. E. Wimperis, 

 139 ; Carburettors, Vaporisers, and Distributing Valves 

 used in Internal Combustion Engines, E. Butler, 155 ; 

 Concrete Pile Foundations, Alex Melville. 164; En- 

 couragement of Aviation, 164; Illuminating Engineering, 

 Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S., at Illuminating 

 Engineering Society, 172 ; the Engineering of Ordnance, 

 Sir A. Trevor Dawson, 213; New Apparatus for Testing 

 Aeroplane Models, C. E. Larard and R. O. Boswall, 227 ; 

 Experiments on Compound Stress, William Mason at 

 Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 234 ; Experiments 

 on Compound Stress, C. A. M. Smith at Institution of 

 Mechanical Engineers, 235 ; Death of M. Bouquet de la 

 Grye, 256 ; Obituary Notice of, 286 ; on a Practical 

 Theory of Elliptic and Pseudo-elliptic Arches, with Special 

 Reference to the Ideal Masonrv Arch, Prof. Karl Pearson, 

 W. D. Reynolds and W. F. Stanton, 268; Death of Sir 

 Edward L. Williams, 288 ; Latter-day Developments of 

 the American Locomotive, H. Keith Trask, 319; Testing 

 of Impulse Water-wheels of the Pelton Wheel Type, 

 William Rankine Eckart, 347 ; Difficulties in Preventing 

 Stoppages from Ice, Dr. Unwin, 347 ; Applied Mechanics, 

 embracing Strength and Elasticity of Materials, Theory 



