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INDEX. 



Abbe, Die Glasiiidustrie in Jena, ein VVerk von Schott und, 



391 

 Abbott (V\. J. Lewis), So-called " Pygmy " Flint Weapons, 



291 

 Abel (Prof. O.), Restoration of the Skeleton of Eurhino- 

 delphis cocheteuxi, 16 



Development of the Autonomic 

 the Alimentary Canal of the 



Abel (Dr. Williamina) 

 Nervous Mechanism 

 Bird, 479 



Abney (Sir W. de \V.), 

 Colours bv Dilution ' 



Prof. 



Prof. W. N. 



487 



A. Bacot, 98 ; 

 H. Charlton 



Change in the Hue of Spectrum 

 ■ith White Light, 175 ; E.xtinction 

 of Colour by Reduction of Luminosity, 418 



" .Absorbing Matter " in Space, the Question of, 

 Barnard, 500 



Absorption of Light in Space, Prof. Kapteyn, 166 



Absorption Spectra, an Atlas of, Dr. C. E. K. Mees, 336 



Absorption-bands in Colourless Liquids, ~ 

 Hartley, F.R.S., 157 



Ackermann (A. S. E.), the Flow of Sand, 



Acquired Characters, the Inheritance of. 

 Prof. Arthur Dendy, F.R.S., 98; Prof. 

 Bastian^ F.R.S., 157 



Adam (J. C), Long Nesting-period of the More Typical 

 Members of the Crow-tribe, 198 



Adami (Prof. J. George, F.R.S.), the Principles of Path- 

 ology, 94 



Adams (L. E.), Breeding Habits of the Common Mole, 89 



Adams (Prof.), Sun-spot Spectra, 19; the "Flash ' 

 Spectrum without an Eclipse, 47 



Adsorption, Alfred Tingle, 279 



Aeronautics : Conditions of Award of loooZ. Prize for 

 British-built Aeronautical Engine, 201 ; International Kite 

 and Balloon .Ascents, Prof. Hergesell, 226 ; New Appa- 

 ratus for Testing Aeroplane Models, C. E. Larard and 

 R. O. Boswall, 227 ; Death of William Abner Eddy, 315 ; 

 Current Autographic Records of Wind Velocity from 

 Anemograph Stations, 404 ; Statistics of Aeronautical 

 Patents, Dr. W. A. Dyes, 466 



Africa : South African Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, 38; Marine Investigations in South Africa, 

 14s ; Report of a Magnetic Survey of South Africa, Prof. 

 J. C. Beattie, 285 ; Third Annual Report, of the Com- 

 mittee of Control of the South African Locust Bureau, 

 314; Recent Work of Geological Surveys, II. South 

 Africa and Australasia, 443 ; an Introduction to the 

 Geology of Cape Colony, Dr. A. W. Rogers and A. L. 

 Du Toit, 454 : In the Grip of the Nyika, Further Adven- 

 tures in British East Africa, Lieut. -Col. J. H. Patterson, 

 D.S.O., Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 283 



Agar (Dr. AV. E.), Nesting Habits of the Tree-frog, Phyllo- 

 medusa saiivagii, 269 



Aged Tadpoles, John Don, 458; Oswald H. Latter., 489 



Agriculture : Reports of the Connecticut Agricultural 

 Station for 1907-8, 17 ; Recent Agricultural Publications 

 from the West Indies, 23 ; Agriculture in Peru, 44 : Cul- 

 ture of Maize, Mr. Burtt-Davy, 44 ; Winter Fumigation 

 for the AVhite Fly infesting Citrus Trees, 76 ; Cattle of 

 Southern India, Lieut. -Col. W. D. Gunn, 96; Journal 

 of the Tokyo College of Agriculture, 105 ; Improvement 



in Paddy Cultivation, 105 ; Notes on Cacao, 10; : Report 

 of the Botanic Station .Agricultural School and E.xperi- 

 mental Plots, St. Lucia, 138 ; the Bird Problem in Rela- 

 tion to Agriculture, 138 ; Manurial Experiments on the 

 Sugar-cane, 163 ; Irish Potato Blight in Australia, 163 ; 

 Black Scab of the Potato, M. Hegyi, 480 ; Investigations 

 on Various Nitrogenous Manures, Messrs. Voorhees and 

 Lipman, 163 ; Irrigation and Methods of Dry-farming in 

 South Africa, 163 ; Cows, Cowhouses, and Milk, G. 

 Mayall, 188 ; Annual Report on the Distribution of Grants 

 for Agricultural Education and Research in the Year 

 1907-8, 193 ; Effects produced by Partial Sterilisation of 

 Soils, Drs. E. J. Russell and H. B. Hutchinson, kiq: 

 Problem of Nitrogen Assimilation by Plants, Drs. H. B. 

 Hutchinson and N. H. J. Miller, 199 ; Nitrogen-fixing 

 Bacteria and Non-leguminous Plants, Prof. W. B. Bot- 

 tomley, 218; A. D. Hall, F.R.S., 218; the Chinch-bug 

 (Blissus leucopterus) and its Ravages, 226; Production 

 and Utilisation of Molasses, 264 ; Relations between 

 Birds and Insects, F. E. L. Beal, 290; Economic Value 

 of Predaceous Birds and Mammals, A. K. Fisher, 291 ; 

 Poisons used for Destroying Noxious Mammals, Dr. E. 

 Lantz, 291 ; Annual Report from the Experimental 

 Station, Tortola Virgin Islands, 317; Lucerne Growing 

 in South Africa and Tylenchus dipsaci (devastatrix), 

 317 ; the Cultivation of Shellac, Mr. Maxwell-Lefroy, 317; 

 Banana Spirit, 317; Spirit from Raisins, Prof. Perkins, 

 318; Electricity agricole, A. Petit, 334; Cotton Growing 

 in British East Africa, 345 ; Manurial Trials on Cotton 

 Soils, Dr. Whitney, 346 ; Cotton and Arrowroot in St. 

 Vincent, 438 ; Cyclopedia of American Agriculture, Dr. 

 E. J. Russell, 361 ; Function of Phosphates in the Nutri- 

 tion of Animals, 375 : Phosphate Contents of Soils, 37^ ; 

 New A'arieties of Ground Nuts introduced into West 

 Indies, 375 ; Uredineae Parasitic on the Japanese 

 Gramineae, S. Ito, 375; West Indian Bulletin, 376; 

 Artificial Manures, their Chemical Selection and Scien- 

 tific Application to Agriculture, M. Georges Ville, Dr. 

 E. J. Russell, 421 ; Prevention of Damage by Frosts in 

 Orchards, Prof. A. G. McAdie, 438; Report of the 

 Botanic and Experiment Stations in Montserrat, 466 ; the 

 Fertilising Influence of Sunlight, A. Howard and G. L. C. 

 Howard, 456 : Influence of Culture on the Amount of 

 Alkaloids in some Solanacese, J. Chevalier, 480; Text- 

 book of Egyptian Agriculture, 482 ; Agriculture in the 

 Tropics, Dr. J. C. Willis, 492 



Agulhon (H.), Use of Boron as a Catalytic Manure, 450 



Air and Health, R. C. Macfie, 397 



Aitken (Dr. John, F.R.S.), Atmospheric Cloudy Condensa- 

 tion, 8 ; the Temperature of the Upper Part of Clouds, 67 



Albe (Fournier D'), Recent Advances in Electrical Theory, 

 376 



Albrecht (Dr.), the New Comet 1910a, 441 



Alcock (Dr. N. H.), a Text-book of Experimental Physi- 

 ology for Students of Medicine, 97 



Algebra : Theorie der algebraischen Zahlen, Dr. Kurt 

 Hensel, 9^ ; Exercise Papers in Elementary Algebra, 

 Rev. E. M. Radford, 275 



Algometer, Temporal, Arthur Macdonald, 316 



