Index 



528 ; Action of Radium Salts on Gelatin, W. A. Douglas 

 Rudge, 631 ; Action of Actinium or Emanium Emanation 

 on a Sensitive Screen, Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., 

 F.R.S., 90; Relation between the Atomic Structure and 

 Secondary Radiating Power of Substances, Prof. J. A. 

 McClelland, 158 ; New Method of Protection against the 

 Rontgen Rays, J. Bergoni^, 168; Apparatus for Measur- 

 ing X-Rays, G. Contremoulins, 264; X-Rays, their 

 Employment in Cancer and Other Diseases, Richard J. 

 Cowen, 395 ; the Radio-active Minerals, Hon. R. J. 

 .Strutt, F.R.S., 190; a Collection of Papers Communi- 

 cated to the Academy of Sciences, with Additional Notes 

 and Instructions for the Construction of Phosphorescent 

 Screens, Prof. R. Blondlot, Prof. John G. McKendrick, 

 F.R.S., 195 ; an Intensely Radio-active Substance, 

 Actinium X, T. Godlewski, 206 ; Method for Establishing 

 Coloured Screens to Isolate Groups of Radiations, F. 

 Monpillard, 264 ; Activity of Radiotellurium, Prof. B. 

 Walter, 277 ; Minimum Potential of a Point Discharge 

 is Increased by the Discharge, Blunting is not Re- 

 sponsible for Rise in Potential, F. R. Gorton, 387 ; a 

 New Ultra-violet Mercury Lamp, Dr. O. Schott, 513 



Radiology and lonisation. International Congress on, 611 



Radium : on the Spontaneous .Action of Radium on Gelatin 

 Media, John Butler Burke, 294 ; the Rate of Formation 

 of Radium, Hon. R. J. Strutt, F.R.S., 365; the Effect 

 of Radium on the Strength of Threads, Hilda P. Martin 

 and Prof. W. B. Morton, 365 ; see also Radiography 



Railways : Superheating for Locomotives, M. Flamme, 212 ; 

 Mr. Robinson, 212 ; Wear of Steel Rails on Bridges, 

 Thomas Andrews, F.R.S., 573 



Rainbow (W. J.), Social Spiders, 385 



Rainfall Changes, the Thames Flow and British Pressure 

 and, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 178 



Raisin (Mixs ( - A.], Mi(roscopic Structure of Minerals 

 forming Sci-ptTii in<-, 215 



Ramsay '(Sir William, K.C.B., F.R.S.), Determination of 

 Necn and Helium in Atmospheric .'\ir, 21 ; Action of 

 .'\ctinium or Emanium Emanation on a Sensitive Screen, 

 90 



Rand (Dr. H. W.), Importance of Selecting Generalised 

 .Species for .'Anatomical Demonstrations, 302 



Random Walk, the Problem of the, Prof. Karl Pearson, 

 F.R.S., 294, 342; the Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, O.M., 

 F.R.S., 318 



Ransome (F. L.), Cripple Creek Gold Deposits in Colorado, 

 493 



Rare Game Bird, a, John Sawbridge, 605 ; Sir Herbert 

 Maxwell, Bart., F.R.S., 630 



Rastall (R. H.), the Blea Wyke Beds and the Dogger in 

 Norlh-east Yorkshire, 46 



Rate of Formation of Radium, the, Hon. R. J. Strutt, 

 F.R.S., 365 



Ratcau (A.), Experimental Researches on the Flow of 

 Steam through Nozzles and Orifices, loi 



Ravenel (Prof.), the Infection of Man by Bovine Tubercle 

 Bacilli, 582 



Raw (Dr. Nathan), Human and Bovine Tuberculosis, 

 Bovine Infection in Children, 354 



Rayleigh (the Right Hon. Lord, O.M., F.R.S.), the 

 Dynamical Theory of Gases and of Radiation, 54 ; the 

 Constant of Radiation as Calculated from Molecular 

 Data, 243; the Problem of the Random Walk, 318; In- 

 fluence of Collisions and of the Motion of Molecules in 

 the Line of Sight, upon the Constitution of a Spectrum 

 Line, 575 



Reality of Supposed Changes on the Moon's Surface, the, 

 M. Puiseux, 230 



Reclus (Elis^e). Death and Obituary Notice of, 252 



Recoura (A.), Hydrolysis of very Concentrated Solutions of 

 Ferric Sulphate, 239 ; Molecular Transformations of 

 Hydrated Ferric Sulphate, 288 



Red Spot, Jupiter's Great, Observations of, Stanley 

 Williams, 330 



Reed (W. Allan), Ethnography of the Philippines, 300 



Reese (Prof. Albert M.), the Alligator in Florida, 349 



Reese's (Dr. H. M.) Observations of " Enhanced " Lines 

 in the Fe, Ti, and Ni Spectra, F. E. Baxandall, 134 



Reeves (E. A.), Tangent-micrometer for Theodolites, End- 

 less-tangent Screw for Se.xtants, 91 



Refraction Tables, New, Prof. Eichelberger, no 



Reich (Dr. Otto), Karl Ernst Adolf von Holif, der Bahn- 



brecher moderner Geologie, 123 

 Reid (Dr. G. Archdail), the Causation of Variations, 318 

 Religiose Weltansicht, Naturalistische und, Rudolf Otto, 77 

 Religious Art, Primitive, 260 

 Renan (H.), Determination of Constant of Aberration by 



Observation of Three Stars Close to the Pole, 239 

 Rendle {A. B.), the Botanical Congress at Vienna, 272 

 Rengade (E.), Cjesium Amide, 47 ; Action of Oxygen upon 



Cjesium-ammonium, 168 ; Action of Ethylamine and Iso- 



butylamine on Caesium, 312 

 Reptiles : the Story of Reptile Life, W. P. Pycraft, 395 

 Respiration : Breathing in Living Beings, Dr. William 



Stirling at Royal Institution of Great Britain, 355 

 Retinal Excitability, the Spinthariscope and. Prof. Francis 



Gotch, F.R.S., 174 

 Reuleaux (Prof. Franz), Death of, 421 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf. 



Contributions to the Study of the Behaviour of Lower 



Organisms, Prof. Herbert S. Jennings, 3 

 Mechanism, Prof. S. Dunkerley, 4 



Practical Methods of Electrochemistry, F. MoUwo Perkin, 5 

 Das .Alter der wirtschaftlichen Kultur der Menschheit, ein 



Riickblick und ein .Ausblick, Ed. Hahn, 6 

 Infantile Mortality and Infants' Milk Depots, G. F. 



McCleary, 6 

 A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus, J. H. 



Maiden, 6 

 Hymenopteren-Studien, W. A. Schulz, 7 

 Natural His'tory in Zoological Gardens, being some Account 



of Vertebrated .Animals, with Special Reference to those 



usually seen in the Zoological Society's Gardens in 



London and Similar Institutions, F'. E. Beddard, 13 

 Coloration in Polistes, Wilhelmine M. Enteman, 19 

 Experiments on Schistosity and Slaty Cleavage, George 



F. Becker, 20 

 Essais d'Hydraulique souterraine et fluviale, Edmond 



-Maillet, 25 

 Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus, William 



.Anthony Granville, Prof. George M. Minchin, F.R.S., 26 

 Manual of Serum Diagnosis, O. Rostoski, 27 

 Geschichte der Pharmazie, Hermann Schelenz, 27 

 Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the British Museum, 28 

 .A Laboratorv Manual of Organic Chemistry for Beginners, 



Dr. A. F. Holleman, 28 

 Metaphysik in der Psychiatric, Dr. P. Kronthal, 29 

 A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry, Charles E. Simon, 



29 

 .Astronomy for Amateurs, Camille Flammarion, 29 

 .An Introduction to the Geology of Cape Colony, A. W. 



Rogers, Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, 35 

 Hydrographical and Biological Investigations in Norwegian 



Fjords, O. Nordgaard, 45 

 The Protist Plankton and the Diatoms in Bottom Samples, 



E. J0rgensen, 45 

 Biologia Centrali-Amerieana, .Aves, Osbert Salvin, F.R.S., 



and Frederick Ducane Godman, F.R.S., 49 

 Die Grundlagen der Bewegungslehre von einem modemen 



Standpunkte aus. Dr. G. Jaumann, 51 

 Geologie der Umgebung von Sarajevo, Ernst Kittl, 51 

 Economic Essays by Charles Franklin Dunbar, 52 

 Beitrage zur Physik der freien .Atmosphare, 53 

 The Inventor's Guide to Patent Law and the New Practice, 



James Roberts, 53 

 A Manual of Mining, M. C. Ihlseng and E. B. Wilson, 53 

 The Practical Photographer, No. 16, Pictorial Composition, 



No. 17, Animal Photography, 54 

 Determination des Esp^ces min^rales, L. M. Granderve, 54 

 Report on the Sanitation and .Anti-malarial Measures in 



Practice in Bathurst, Conakry, and Freetown, Prof. 



Rubert Bovce, F.R.S., .Arthur Evans, and H. Herbert 



Clarke, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 67 

 ,A Monograph of the Anopheles Mosquitoes of India, S. P. 



James and Dr. W. G. Listen, Dr. J. W. W. Stephens, 



73 

 Notes and Questions in Physics, Prof. John S. Shearer, 74 

 Principien der Metaphysik, Dr. Branislav Petronievics, 75 



