Index 



Alloys, S. Field, 419 ; Handbuch der anorganischen 

 Chemie, 422 ; van Nostrand's Chemical Annual, 426 ; 

 Aniline Emetic, P. Vvon, 450 ; Use of Boron as a Cata- 

 lytic Manure, H. Agulhon, 450; Radio-activity of the 

 Halogen and Oxyhalogen Compounds of Thorium, J. 

 Chaudier and Ed. Chamenet, 449 ; Carbon Subnitride 

 CjNj, Ch. MoureuandJ. Ch. Congraod, 449; Individuality 

 of Cellase, Gabriel Bertrand and M. Holderer, 449 ; the 

 Romance of Modern Chemistry, Dr. J. C. Philip, 45^ ; 

 University College, London, 462 ; Polonium isolated by 

 Madame Pierre Curie, 463 ; Properties of Polonium, Prof. 

 E. Rutherford, F.R.S., 491 ; Polonium, Mme. P. Curie 

 and A. Debierne, 509 ; Contributions to Chemical Science, 

 Prof. Julius Wilhelm Briihl, 463 ; Means of Restoring 

 Phosphorescent Properties to the Sulphides of the Alkaline 

 Earths, D. Gernez, 479 ; Reduction of the Nitroso De- 

 rivatives of .-Acetyl- and Benzoyl-hydrazobenzene, Louis 

 Nomblot, 479 ; Reactions due to the Colloidal State of 

 Milk, F. Bordas and ^L Touplain, 480; .Action of the 

 Ultra-violet Rays on Wine in Course of Fermentation, 

 MM. Maurain an4 WarcoUier, 480; Influence of Culture 

 on the .Amount of .Alkaloids in Some Solanaceze, J. 

 Chevalier, 4S0 ; Introduction to the Preparation of 

 Organic Compounds, Prof. Emil Fischer, 486 ; the Mean- 

 ing of " lonisation," Prof. Henry E. Armstrong, F.R.S., 

 487 ; E.xistence of a Negative Coefficient of Expansion for 

 Silver Iodide, Grinnell Jones, 498 ; Insoluble Salts of 

 Sodium, W. C. Ball, 498; Presentation to Sir Edward 

 Thorpe, F.R.S., 500 ; the Thomsen Memorial Lecture, 

 Sir Edward Thorpat C.B., F.R..S., at Chemical Society, 

 501 ; Atomic Weight of Strontium, Sir Edward Thorpe 

 and A. G. Francis, 507 ; Errors due to the Presence of 

 Potassium Iodide in testing Cyanide Solutions for Pro- 

 tective .Alkalinity, Bede Collingridge, 509 



Chevalier (J.), Influence of Culture on the Amount of Alka- 

 loids in Some Solanacea;, 4S0 



Chevroton (.Mile. L.), Kinematics of the Segmentation of 

 the Egg and the Chrono-photography of the Develop- 

 ment of the Sea-urchin, 90 



China, the Great Wall of. Dr. William Edgar Geil, 220 



Chiriqui, Central .America, a Note on the Gilded Metal- 

 work of, Oswald H. Evans, 457 



Chittenden (Mr.), the Leopard Moth, 108 ; the Rose-chafer, 

 108 



Chofardet (P.), Observations of Daniel's Comet, igoge, 299 ; 

 the New Comet, 1910a, 441 



Chree (Dr. C, F.R.S.), I'.Assorbimento selettivo della 

 Radiazione solare nell' .Atmosfera e la sua variazione coll' 

 altezza, Dr. .A. Bemporad, 78 : .Atmospheric Electricity in 

 Egypt, H. E. Hurst, 379 ; Records of the Earthquake 

 of January 22, 398; Work of the Physical Society, 

 464 ; Phenomena of Magnetic Disturbances at Kew, 

 475 



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



Chronology : the Sexto-decimal Year of British Calendars, 

 Rev. John Griffith, 248 ; Reform of the Calendar, W. T. 

 Lynn, 493 



Chronometry : L'niversal Time System based on the Green- 

 wich Meridian, Prof. David Todd, 197 ; Comparison of 

 Chronometers or Clocks at a Distance by -Means of 

 Radio-telegraphic Signals, M.M. Claude, Ferris and 

 Driencourt, 479 



Church (Colonel George Earl), Death of, 315 



Church (Sir W. S., K.C.B.), the Influence of Heredity on 

 Disease, with Special Reference to Tuberculosis, Cancer, 

 and Diseases of the Nervous System, 6 



Clark (H. Ade), the Association of Teachers in Technical 

 Institutions, 56 



Clarke (Charles Baron, F.R.S.), Illustrations of Cvperacea;, 

 182 



Clarke (H. E.), Composition of a Stone from the Meteoric 

 Shower, Dokichi, Bengal, 477 



Claude (Georges), the Frigorific Recuperation of Volatile 

 Liquids lost in \'arious Industries, 90 ; Desiccation of -Air 

 before Liquefaction, 149 



Claude (M.), Comparison of Chronometers or Clocks at a 

 Distance by Means of Radio-telcgraphic Signals, 479 



Clegg (S.), the " G.B." Tramwav System, 18 



Clerk (Dugald, F.R.S.), the Gas, Petrol, and Oil Engine, 31 



Climatology : Climatological Reports, 294 ; Kliniatographie 

 von Osterreich, Dr. H. v. Ficker, 455 



Clinical Commentaries deduced from the -Morphology of the 

 Human Body, Prof. .Achille De-Giovanni, 214 



Clouds, the Temperature of the Upper Part of. Dr. John 

 Aitken, F.R.S., 67 



Cloudy Condensation, Atmospheric, Dr. John Aitken, 

 F.R.S., 8 



Clutton-Brock (.A.), Alpine Plants in English Gardens, 345 



Coast, Erosion of the, and its Prevention, F. W. S. Stanton, 

 24s 



Cobbold (E. S.), Trilobites from the Cambrian Rocks of 

 Comley (Shropshire), 208 



Cockerell (Prof. T. D. A.), Miocene Trees, 405 ; a Tertiary 

 Leaf-cutting Bee, 429 



Coggia (M.), Observations of Comets made at the Observa- 

 tory of Marseilles, 239 



Cole (Prof. Grenville .A. J.), the " Picture Rock " or 

 " Scribed Rock " near Rathmullen, County Donegal, 

 270 ; the .Autobiography of Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, 

 with a Supplementary Memoir by his Wtfe, 274 ; la 

 G^ologie g^n^rale, Prof. Stanislas Meunier, 302 ; Evolu- 

 tion g^ologique de la Terra et anciennet^ de I'Horame, 

 -Alphonse Cels, 302 



Collin (B.), Hypertrophied Forms of Acinetians, 60 



Collingridge (Bede), Errors due to the Presence of Potas- 

 sium Iodide in testing Cyanide Solutions for Protective 

 Alkalinity, 509 



Collins (F. S.J, Flora of the Green .Algje of North America, 

 226 



Collins (G. N.), Vivipary in Maize Plants, 104 



Colorado, Wild Flowers and Trees of, Dr. F. Ramaley, 

 246 



Coloration of Birds' Eggs, R. L. Leslie, 157 ; A. R. 

 Horwood, 247 



Colour-blindness, 369 ; Dr. William Ettles, 398 ; the Writer 

 of the .Article, 398 ; Dr. F. W. Edridge-Green, 429 ; 

 C. R. Gibson, 497 



Colour Manufacture, a Treatise on, George Zerr and Dr. 

 R. Riibencamp, 3 



Colour Photography : tJber Farbeuphotographie und ver- 

 wandte naturwissenschaftliche Fragen, Prof. Otto 

 Wiener, 185 



Colourless Liquids, .Absorption-bands in, Prof. W. N. 

 Hartley, F.R.S., 157 



Colson (.A.), Reduction of Sodium Sulphate by Carbon, 210 



Comets: Halley's Comet, 1909c, 19, 165, 201; Prof. Wolf, 

 ig ; Knox Shaw, 19, 319; Prof. Barnard, 46, 319; Mr. 

 Cowell, 47; Mr. Crommelin, 47, 140, 292, 320, 378, 4gg ; 

 Mr. HoUis, 140; Rev. T. E. R. Phillips, 140, 348; 

 Dr. Graff, 202; H. Thiele, 202; Prof. Nijland, 227; 

 Herr v. Buttlar, 227 ; MM. Deslandres and Bernard, 25g ; 

 Prof. .A. .A. Iwanow, 259 ; Drs. Nijland and J. v. d. Bilt, 

 292; Mr. Keeling, 319; Pio Emanuelli, 319 ; Messrs. Frost 

 and Parkhurst, 348 ; Earl of Crawford, 349 ; Prof. Searle, 

 378; Herr .Archenhold, 378; Elements of Halley's Comet, 

 P. H. Cowell, F.R.S., and A. C. D. Crommelin, 77; 

 the Spectrum of Halley's Comet, W. H. Wright, 107; 

 Suggested Observations of Halley's Comet, 260; Observa- 

 tions of Halley's Comet, P. M. Ryves, 4211 ; on Halley's 

 Comet as seen from the Earth, P. H. Cowell, F.R.S., 

 400; New Elements for Halley's Comet, C. J. Merfield, 

 440; Transit of Halley's Comet, Rev. C. S. Taylor, 458; 

 Search-ephemeris for Giacobini's Comet 1896 V, 47; 

 Re-discovery of Winnecke's Comet (igogii), Prof. Hille- 

 brand, 46 ; W'innecke's Comet, Dr. Perrine, 378 ; 

 Ephemerides for Winnecke's Comet, igoorf, Prof. Hille- 

 brand, 202 ; Perrine's Comet, igogft. Dr. Kobold, 78 ; Prof. 

 \\*olf, 140; Ephemerides for Perrine's Comet, igogft, Dr. 

 Ebell, 202 ; Discovery of a New Comet, igogc. Prof. 

 Daniel, 165 ; Daniel's Comet, igoge. Prof. Daniel, 201 ; 

 Dr. Ebell, 201, 227; Elements and Ephemeris for 

 Daniel's Comet,, igogc, Dr. Ebell, 292 ; a Possible Identifi- 

 cation of Comet igoge, P. H. Cowell, F.R.S., 427; 

 Elliptic Elements and an Ephemeris for Daniel's Comet, 

 igogc. Dr. Ebell, 468; Ephemeris for Daniel's Comet, 

 igogc, ioo ; Comets due to Return this Year, Mr. Lynn, 

 320 ; other Periodic Comets due to Return this Year, Dr. 

 Hopfer, 378 ; Discovery of a New Comet, 34S, 409 ; the 

 New Comet (1910a), W. E. Rolston, 372 ; Father Cortie, 

 440 : William McKeon, 440 ; Father Sidgreaves, 441 ; 

 Rev. J. Rowland, 441 ; Theodore Kensington, 441 ; 



