Index 



Question of " Absorbing Matter " in Space, Prof. Bar- 

 nard, 500 ; Photographic Observations of i) Aquilae, A. 

 Kohlschiittcr, 500 ; Brilliant Meteor of February 17, W. F. 

 Denning, 500 



Astrophysics : the Absence of a Lunar Atmosphere, Charles 

 W. Raffety, 38 ; I'Assorbiraento selettivo della Radiazione 

 solare nell' Atmosfera terrestre e la sua variazione coll' 

 altezza. Dr. A. Bemporad, Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 78; 

 Nature of the Diffraction Figures due to the Heliometer, 

 P. F. Everitt, 176; Sun's Motion with Respect to the 

 yEther, Dr. C. V. Burton, 177 ; New Approximation in 

 the Study of the Effective Temperatures of the Stars, CK 

 Nordmann, 209 



Athanasiadis (G.), Influence of Temperature on the Pheno- 

 mena of Polarisation in the Electrolytic Valve, 29 



Atkins (\V. R. G.), Osmotic Pressure in Plants and on a 

 Thermo-electric Method of Determining Freezing Points, 

 148 



Atkinson (Miss M.), Courses in Domestic Science, 352 



Atmosphere, the Absence of a Lunar, Charles W. Raffety, 



38 



Atmosphere, Report on the Present State of our Know- 

 ledge of the Upper, as obtained by the Use of Kites, 

 Balloons, and Pilot Balloons, E. Gold and W. A. Har- 

 wood at British Association, 47 



Atmospheric Cloudy Condensation, Dr. John Aitken, F.R.S., 

 8 



Atmospheric Electricitv in Egvpt, H. E. Hurst, Dr. C. 

 Chree, F.R.S., 379 ' 



Atmospheric Refraction, Rev. W. Hall, 107 



Atomic Weight of the Radium Emanation, the, Frederick 

 Soddy, 188 



Attwood (\V. W.), the Interpretation of Topographic Maps, 



430 



Aubel (Edm. van). Production of Ozone under the Influence 

 of Ultra-violet Light, 178, 359 



Auclair (Jules), Two Cases of Maltese Fever probably Con- 

 tracted at Paris, 300 



Audcn (Dr. George A.), Malaria and Ancient Greece, 278 



Auger (V.), Mixed Halogen Stannic Compounds, 119 



Aurora Spectrum, Luminous Night Clouds and, Charles P. 

 Butler, 157 



Auroral Display of October 18, the, F. C. Jordan, 98 



Austen (E. E.), Illustrations of African Blood-sucking Flies 

 other than Mosquitoes and Tsetse-flies, 241 



Australasia : Recent Work of Geological Surveys, ii.. South 

 Africa and Australasia, 443 



Australia : a Solar Physics Observatory for, 202 ; the Animals 

 of .Australia, .•\. H. S. Lucas and W. H. Dudley le Souef, 

 453 ; the Australian Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, Prof. A. Liversidge, F.R.S., 264 



Austria : Klimatographie von Osterreich, Dr. H. v. Ficker, 



455 



Aviation ; Advantages of the Monoplane, 19 ; Aeroplane 

 Engines, 19 ; Progress of Aviation, Gerald Biss, 45 ; En- 

 couragement of Aviation, 164; Command of the Air and 

 its Effect on Land Warfare, 319; Death of M. Dela- 

 grange, 377 ; Monument to Otto Lilienthal, 495 



Avogadro's Hypothesis (or Law), S. H. Woolhouse, 338 ; 

 Prof. A. Smithells, F.R.S., 366 



Ayrshire, Alkali-syenites in, G. W. Tyrrell, 188 



d'Azambuja (M.), the New Comet, 1910a, 442 ; Observations 

 of Comet 19100 at the Observatory of Meudon, 449 



Bachmetjew (Prof. B.), .Application of Biomctrical Methods 

 to the Solution of the Problem of Parthenogenesis and Sex- 

 determination in Bees, 406 



Backwoodsmen, the, Charles G. D. Roberts, Dr. C. Gordon 

 Hewitt, 395 



Bacot (.A.), the Inheritance of Acquired Characters, 98 



Bacteriology : the Campaign against Microbes, Dr. Etienne 

 Burnet, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 6 ; Viscosity Ferments of 

 Wines, E. Kayser and E. Manceau, 59 ; Action of Putrid 

 Gases on Micro-organisms, MM. Trillat and Sauton, 120 ; 

 Death of Dr. Jean Binot, 161 ; Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria 

 and Non-Leguminous Plants, Prof. W. B. Bottomlcv, 

 218; A. D. Hall, F.R.S., 218; Outlines of Bacteriology 

 (Technical and .Agricultural), Dr. David Ellis, Prof. R. T. 

 Hewlett, 277 ; the Tolerance of Bacteria to .Antiseptics, 

 Louis Masson, 389; Velocity of Reaction in the " .Absorp- 

 tion " of Specific Agglutinins by Bacteria, and in the 



" Adsorption " of Agglutinins, Trypsin, and Sulphuric 

 Acid by Animal Charcoal, Dr. G. Dreyer and J. Sholto C. 

 Douglas, 385 ; the Absorption of Agglutinin by Bacteria, 

 .Application of Physico-chemical Laws Thereto, Dr. G. 

 Dreyer and J. Sholto C. Douglas, 385 ; Black Scab of the 

 Potato, M. Hegyi, 480 

 Bagshaw (Walter), Elementary Photo-micrography, 97 

 Bailey (Dr. Frederick R.), Text-book of Embryology, 272 

 Bailey (T. E. G.), the Geology of Nyasaland, 147 

 Baker (T. Thorne-), Apparatus for Transmitting Photo- 

 graphs Electrically, 234 

 Baker (Thos. Y.). Sextant Errors, 276 



Baldet (F.), Photography of the Planet Mars, 119; Ob- 

 servations of Mars, 140 

 Balfour's (Mr.) Romanes Lecture, 136 

 Ball (Sir Robert S.), Contributions to the Theory of Screws, 



3S9 

 Ball (W. C), Insoluble Salts of Sodium, 498 

 Ballistics : the McClean-Lissack Automatic Rapid-fire Gun, 



408 

 Balloons, Upper-air Temperatures registered Outside and 



Inside, W. A. Harwood, 366 

 Banks (Sir Joseph), the " Father of Australia," J. H. 



Maiden, W. B. Hemsley, F.R.S., 362 

 Banks (Nathan), Directions for collecting and preserving 



Insects, 75 

 Bannister (C. O.), Use of Carbonaceous Filters in the 



Smelting of Zinc, 388 

 Baratta (Dr. Mario), the Messina Earthquake, 203 

 Barbour (T.), Nomenclature of " Callula," 136 

 Barclay (W.), Proposal to Rc-afforest Large -Areas in Scot- 

 land, 437 

 Bark-Beetles, a Study of, Dr. A. D. Hopkins, 378 

 Barnard (Prof.), the Motions of Some Stars in i\Iessier 92 

 (Hercules), 19; Halley's Comet, 46, 319; the Question of 

 " Absorbing iVIatter " in Space, 500 

 Barnard (J. E.), Elementary Photo-micrography, Walter 



Bagshaw, 97 

 Barometer Manual for the Use of Seamen, a, with an 

 Appendix on the Thermometer, Hygrometer, and Hydro- 

 meter, 1S7 

 Baron (Harold), Chemical Industry on the Continent, a 



Report to the Electors of the Gartside Scholarship, 33 

 Barr (J. H.), Elements of Machine Design, 454 

 Bartsch (P.), Monograph of the West American Pvramidellid 



Mollusks, 465 

 Bashford (Dr. E. F.), the Influence of Heredity on Disease, 

 witli Special Reference to Tuberculosis, Cancer, and 

 Diseases of the Nervous System, 6 ; Homogeneity of the 

 Resistance to the Implantation of Malignant New 

 Growths, 447 

 Bastian (Prof. H. Charlton, F.R.S.), the Inheritance of 



Acquired Characters, 157 

 Bateson (Prof. W., F.R.S.), Mendelian Heredity : a Cor- 

 rection, 69 

 Bdthori (Dr. E.), an International Map of the World, 1S9 

 Bathy-orographical Wall Maps of the Pacific, Atlantic, and 



Indian Oceans, 364 

 Battell (Joseph), the New Physics: Sound, 216 

 Baubigny (H.)," .Action of Heat on the Sulphite and Double 



.Alkaline Sulphites of Silver, 59 

 Baudran (M.), .Artificial Media Capable of Attenuating or 

 Strengthening the Virulence of Koch's Bacillus, 120; 

 Tuberculous Endotoxine of Albumose Nature, 149 

 Bauer (Edmond), the Constant in Stefan's Law, 178; Re- 

 determination of the Constant of Stefan's Law, 291 ; the 

 Constant in Stefan's Law and the Radiation of Platinum, 

 389 

 Bauer (Dr. L. A.), Some Problems of Ocean Magnetic 



Work, 49S 

 Bauerman (Prof. Hilary), Death of, 161 ; Obituary Notice 



of, George T. Holloway, 195 

 Bausor (H. W.), First Stage Inorganic Chemistry, 363 

 Bavaria (Duke Karl Theodore of), Obituary Notice of, 287 

 Baynes (R. E.), Saturation Specific Heats, &c., with van der j 

 Waals's and Clausius's Characteristics, 476 ' 



Beagle, the End of the, Toyozi Noda, 156 

 Beal (F. E. L.), Relations between Birds and Insects, 290 

 Bean (R. B.), the Littoral Population of Luzon, 166 

 Bean (W. J.), Garden Notes on Some of the newly intro- 

 duced Trees and Shrubs collected in China, 317' 



