

Index 



Periods, W. C. Baker, 541 ; Mechanics, a School Course, 

 W. D. Eggar, 601 ; Elements of Mechanics, Prof. Mans- 

 field Merriinan, 601 ; an Intermediate Course of 

 Mechanics, A. W. Porter, 6oi ; Phenomena of Per- 

 manent Deformation in Metals, G. H. Gulliver, (109 ; the 

 Mechanics of the Ascent of Sap in Trees, Prof. J. 

 Larmor, Sec.R.S., at Royal Society, 644; Mdcanisme et 

 Education des Mouvements, Prof. Georges Denienv, 

 Supp. to October 19, v 



Medicine : Medical and Surgical Ability of the Japanese, 

 Sir Frederick Treves, 38 ; New Methods of Treatment, 

 Dr. Laumonier, 122 ; the Surgery of the Diseases of the 

 Appendix Vermiformis and their Complications, W. H. 

 Battle and E. M. Corner, 122 ; Clinical and Pathological 

 Observations on Acute Abdominal Diseases, E. M. 

 Corner, 122 ; a Short Treatise on Anti-typhoid Inocula- 

 tion, Dr. A. E. Wright, 122 ; the Suppression of Tubercu- 

 losis, Prof. E. von Behring, 122 : Death of Prof. 

 Hermann Northnagel, 252 ; Harvey and the Progress of 

 Medical Science, Dr. Frederick T. Roberts, 258 ; Medical 

 Education, Past, Present, and Future, Cooper Franklin, 

 330; the Meeting of the British .Medical .Association, 330, 

 354 ; Hospital Isolation, Dr. George Wilson, 331 ; Medicine, 

 Present and Prospective, Dr. Henry Maudsley, 331: the 

 Treatment of Sleeplessness, Dr. Collier, 331 ; Lycium 

 or Rusot is Berberis Extract, D. Hooper, 435 ; Phar- 

 macology of Indaconitine and Bikhaconitine, Dr. J. 

 Theodore Cash, F.R.S., and Prof. Wyndham R. 

 Dunstan, F.R.S., 551 ; the Opening of the Medical 

 Session in London, 392 ; Scientific Research in Medicine, 

 Dr. George Nuttail, F.R.S., at London School of 

 Tropical Medicine, 643 



Mee (.Arthur), a Solar Outburst? 320 



Meek (A.), .Migrations and Growth of Plaice, 348 



Mees (C. E. K.), the Theory of Photographic Processes, 

 part ii., on the Chemical Dynamics of Development, 

 including the Microscopy of the Image, 141 

 f Mellanby (Mr.), Efficiency of the Steam Jacket, 213 

 ' Mellor (E. T.), the Glacial (Dwyka) Conglomerate in the 

 Transvaal, 263 



Mellor (Dr. J. W.), the Crystallisation of Iron and Steel, 

 an Introduction to the Study of Metallography, 532 



Mendelism, an Hereditary .Abnormality in the Human 

 Hand and its Relation to, Dr. W. C. Farabee, 254 



Menschen, Physiologic des. Dr. Luigi Luciani, Dr. J. A. 

 Milroy, Supp. to October 19, x 



Menschen, Studien ueber Hautelektricitat und Hautmag- 

 netismus des. Dr. Erik Harnack, Dr. George J. Burch, 

 F.R.S., 602 



Menschhfit, das Alter der wirtschaftlichen Kultur der, cin 

 Riickhlick und ein .Ausblick, Ed. Hahn, 6 



.Menshulkin (B. N.), Lomon6soff as a Natural Philosopher, 

 42 



Mental and Physiological Effects of Definite Meteor- 

 ological Conditions, Weather Influences, an Empirical 

 Study of the. Dr. E. G. Dexter, 147 



Mercury, Proposed Observation of, during the Solar Eclipse, 

 Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney, F.R.S., 244 



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



Merlo (G.), Geological Structure of the Mining District of 

 Iglesias, 236 



Merrifield (F.), Influence de 1 '.Alimentation et de I'Humidit^ 

 sur la Variation des Papillons, .Arnold Pictet, 632 



Merrill (George P.), a Large Block of Serpentine traversed 

 by Veins of Asbestos from Canada, 433 



Merriman (Prof. Mansfield), Elements of Mechanics, 601 



Messier 3 and 5, Variable Stars in the Clusters, Prof. 

 Bailey, 183 



Metallography : the Crystallisation of Iron and Steel, an 

 Introduction to the Studv of. Dr. J. W. Mellor, .A. 

 McWilliam, 532 



Metallurgy: the "Lead Voltameter," A. G. Betts and 

 E. F. Kern, 42 ; Effect Produced by Liquid-air Tempera- 

 tures on the Properties of Iron and its Alloys, R. A. 

 Hadfield, 68 ; Recent Developments in the Bertrand- 

 Thiel Process of Steel .Manufacture, J. H. Darby and 

 George Hatton, 68 ; Note on the Failure of an Iron 

 Plate through Fatigue, Sidney A. Houghton, 68 : 

 Behaviour of Sulphur in the Blast Furnace, Prof. F. 

 Wiist and F. W'plff, 69 ; Magnetic and Electric Proper- 

 ties of Sheet Steel and Steel Castings, G. Dillner and 



-A. F. Enstrom, 69 ; Alloys of Iron and Steel Tested at 

 Liquid Air Temperature, R. A. Hadfield, 91 ; Magnetic 

 Qualities of some .Alloys, Prof. J. -A. Fleming, F.R.S., 

 and R. A. Hadfield, 190; the Lif^-ge Mining and .Metal- 

 lurgical Congress, 23b ; Method of Cutting Metals by a 

 Jet of O.KVgen, F. Jottrand, 236 ; Special Steel, L. 

 Guillet, 237 ; Electric Furnace for the Direct Production 

 of Steel from Magnetic Sands of Taranaki, New Zealand, 

 D. R. S. Galbraith, 299; Notes on Assaying and Metal- 

 lurgical Laboratory Experiments, Prof. Richard W. 

 Lodge, 340; Influence of Nitrogen on Iron and Steel, 

 Hjalmar ISraune, 540 ; the Elastic Properties of Steel at 

 High Temperatures, Prof. B. Hopkinson and F. Rogers, 

 4S0 ; Copper, Cobalt, and Nickel in .American Pig- 

 irons, Prof. E. D. Campbell, 573 ; Thermal Transform- 

 ations of Carbon Steels, Prof. 'j. O. Arnold and A. 

 McWilliam, 572 ; Overheated Steel, A. W. Richards and 

 J. E. Stead, F.R.S., 573; Special Steels used fcr Mctor- 

 car Construction in France, L. Guillet, 573 ; Lse of 

 Vanadium in Metallurgy, L. Guillet, 573 ; Segregation 

 in Steel Ingots, B. Talbot, 573 ; Reversible and Irre- 

 versible Transformations of Nickel Steel, L. Dumas, 

 573 ; Investigation of a Series of Steels of Constant 

 Nickel with Varying Carbon Percentages, G. B. Water- 

 house, 573 ; the Presence of Greenish Coloured Markings 

 in the Fractured Surfaces of Test-pieces, Captain H. G. 

 Howorth, 573 ; Wear of Steel Rails on Bridges, Thomas 

 .Andrews, F.R.S., 373 ; Experiments on the Influence of 

 Phase Changes on the Tenacity of Ductile Metals at the 

 Ordinarv Temperature and at the Boiling Point of Liquid 

 Air, G. T. and H. W. Beilby, 642 



Metaphysics : Metaphysik in der Psychiatric, Dr. P. 

 Kronthal, 29 ; Principien der Metaphysik, Dr. Branislav 

 Petronievics, 75 



Meteorology : Flashes of Lightning which leave a Glow 

 in their W'ake, Em. Touchet, 18 ; Meteorological Results 

 obtained at the Magnetical Observatory at Toronto for 

 the A'ear 1904, 41 ; New South Wales Meteorology, 41 ; 

 Beitrage zur Physik der freien Atmosphiire, 53 ; a Rela- 

 tion between Spring and Summer, Alex. B. MatDowall. 

 36: a Feather-like Form of Frost, H. M. Warner, So ; 

 Rainfall of the Nile Basin in 1904, Captain H. G. Lyons, 

 88 ; Continuous Observations of the Rate of Dissipation 

 of Electric Charges in the Open .Air, Dr. C. Coleridge 

 F'arr, 94 ; Rainfall of the Ben Nevis Observatories, 

 .Andrew Watt, 108; Islands for Weather Forecasting 

 Purposes, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, iii ; W. Ernest 

 Cooke, 343 ; Weather Report for the Week Ending 

 June 3, 131 ; Measurement of Evaporation, R. Strachan, 

 141; Royal Meteorological Society, 141, 216; Rainfall of 

 the Drainage Area of the Talla Reservoir, B. H. Blyth 

 and W. A. Tait, 143 ; Solar Changes and Weather, Dr. 

 William J. S. Lockyer, 129, 175; A. B. M., 17,; 

 Weather Influences, an Empirical Study of the Mental 

 and Physiological Effects of Definite Meteorological Con- 

 ditions, Dr. E. G. Dexter, 147; Work of the U.S. 

 Weather Bureau, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, 157; .Aboriginal 

 Methods of Determining the Seasons, William E. 

 Rolston, 176; the Thames Flow and British Pressure and 

 Rainfall Changes, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 178; 

 Frequency of Sunshine at the Summit of the Sonnblick 

 with that at Other Mountain Stations, .A. Edler von 

 Obermavr, 183 ; Relation between Variation of Baro- 

 metric Pressure and Sea Level on the Coast of Japan, 

 Prof. Omori, 22S ; Rainfall of Bombay, 229; the Explor- 

 ation of the Atmosphere above the Atlantic, A. Lawrence 

 Rotch. 244 ; Report on the Currents at the Entrance of 

 the Bay of Fundy and Southern Nova Scotia for the 

 A'ear 1904, Bell Dawson, 205 ; Normal Electrical Pheno- 

 mena of the Atmosphere, G. C. Simpson, 216; L'se of 

 Rockets Against Hail, E. Vidal, 288; Fernley Observ- 

 atory Report, 253 ; Pulse-rate and Atmospheric Pressure, 

 T. Okada, 253 ; "the Norwegian North Polar Expedition, 

 1893-1896, Scientific Results, 265 ; an Omitted Safe- 

 guard, Richard Bentley, 269 ; Report of Mauritius 

 Observatory for 1904, 300 ; Records of Differences of 

 Temperature bet%veen McGill College Observatory and 

 the Top of Mount Royal, Montreal, Prof. C. McLeod, 

 •^28; the Connection of Meteorology with Other Sciences, 

 Captain D. Wilson Barker, 328 ; some .Aspects of Aloderr 

 Weather Forecasting, Dr. W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., at 



