INDEX. 



Brio. -General Henry L.), Problems of the Panama 



' 394 



Iden (Emil), Recent Advances in the Chemistry of 

 Tin, 437 

 "iial Diseases, Clinical and Pathological Observations 

 ijte, E. M. Corner, 122 

 ion, the Constant of, Prof. Doolittle, 592 

 nal India, 105 



I lil Methods of determining the Seasons, William 

 ' 1 ston, 176 



(Henri), Electrolytic Production of Very Fine 

 Wires, 143 ; Recueil d 'Experience tM^mentaires de 

 Physique, 172 

 Absence of Vibration in a Turbine Steamship, Prof. David 



Todd, 603 

 Absorption Spectra, Prof. H. Kayser, 627 

 Absorption Spectrum of Benzene in the Ultra-violet 

 Region, on the. Dr. E. C. C. Baly and Prof. J. Norman 

 Collie, F.R.S., 239, 630; Prof. W. N. Hartley, F.R.S., 

 ^^7: Ultra-violet Absorption Spectra, the Phenols, 



E. C. C. Baly and E. K. Ewbank, 239 



Academic Side of Technical Training, Dr. Alex. B. W. 

 Kennedy, F.R.S., 256 



-Academy of the Lincei, Prize Awards, 461 



Acoustics : Propagation of Musical Sounds in a Tube of 

 3 Metres Diameter, J. VioUe and Th. Vautier, 95 ; the 

 Amplitude of the Minimum Audible Impulsive Sound, 

 Dr. P. E. Shaw, 503; Can Fish Hear? Dr. O. Korner, 

 638 



Acquired Characters, the Inheritance of, \V. Woods Smyth, 



152 

 Adams (John), Effect of \'ery Low Temperature on Moist 



Seeds, 143 

 Adams (Prof.), the Orbit of (,' Tauri, 592 

 Aerolite Falls, Periodicity of, W. H. S. Monck, 230 

 Aeronautics : Atmospheric Electricity observed from 

 Balloons, George C. Simpson, 92 ; International Aero- 

 nautical Committee's Ascents in January to April, 229 ; 

 the Exploration of the Atmosphere above the Atlantic, 

 .\. Lawrence Rotch, 244 ; Projects of Artificial Flight, 

 .Arnold Samuelson, 329; Dr. Federico Sacco, 329; 

 " H^licoptere Aeroplane " of H. and A. Dufaux, R^n^ 

 dc Saussure, 329 ; Experiments with the Langley Aero- 

 drome, Dr. S. P. Langley, 645 

 Africa : an Introduction to the Geology of Cape Colony, 

 .\. W. Rogers, Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, 35 ; the 

 Geology of South Africa, F. H. Hatch and 'G. S. 

 Corstorphine, 346 ; Meeting of the British Association in 

 South Africa, 59 (see British Association) ; the Masai, 

 their Language and Folklore, A. C. Hollis, Sir H. H. 

 Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 83; Antelopes, Heuglin's 

 "Giant Eland," A. L. Butler, 133; Ticks Concerned in 

 the Dissemination of Disease in Man, Tick Fever in 

 Congo Free State, R. Newstead, 3^4 ; Guinea Worm and 

 its Hosts, Dr. Graham, 354 ; a Gigantic Gorilla, Prof. 



F. T. Hamy, 434 ; the Magic Origin of Moorish Designs, 



Dr. Westermarck, 435 ; Death and Obituary Notice of 

 M. de Brazza, 515; New Gladiolus from Victoria Falls, 

 539 ; Science in South Africa, a Handbook and Review, 

 628 



Agassiz (Prof. Alexander), Influence of the Humboldt 

 Current on the Marine Life West of Callao, 17 



Agriculture : Calcium Nitrate in Agriculture, E. S. 

 Bellenoux, 47 ; Effect of Plant Growth and of Manures 

 upon the Soil, A. D. Hall and N. H. J. Miller, 04: 

 Agricultural Notes, 138 ; Phosphatic Fertilisers on Limed 

 and on Unlimed Land, Mr. Nagaoka, 138 ; Work Done 

 at the Rothamsted Experimental Station for the year end- 

 ing March 31, A. D. Hall, 138; Sugar Cane Experiments 

 in the Leeward Islands, Dr. F. Watts, 157 ; Determin- 

 ation of Sulphuric Acid in Soils, J. Howard Graham, 

 205 ; Ripening is due to Moulds and Bacteria in 

 Camembert Type of Soft Cheese, 229; "Brusca," a 

 Disease of the Olive, Prof. Cuboni, 276; Diseases of 

 Citrous Plants and Fruits caused by the Fungus Colleto- 

 trichum glocosporioides, P. H. Rolfs, 277 ; the State and 

 Agriculture in Hungary, Dr. Ignatius Daranyi, 291 ; 

 British Fruit Growing, 297 ; Alfred O. Walker, 342 : 

 Spencer Pickering, F.R.S., 396; Recent Publications in 

 Agricultural Science, 324; Concimi, Mangimi, Sementi, 

 &c., Commercie, frodi, e repressione delle frodi, Special- 

 mente in Italia, Italo Giglioli, 324; Field Operations of 

 the Bureau of Soils, 1903, 325 ; Science and Practice of 

 Agriculture, Farmer's Handbook, T. Jamieson, 325 ; the 

 Seeding of Pastures, A. N. M'AIpine, 328; Cultivation 

 of Oranges in Dominica, H. Hesketh Bell, 328 ; the 

 Banana Industry in Costa Rica, 328 ; the Woburn Ex- 

 perimental Fruit Farm, Prof. T. H. Middleton, 461 : 

 Insect Pests of Field and Garden Crops, Prof. Theobald, 

 z,-iQ ; Leaf-hoppers and their Enemies, R. C. L. Perkins, 

 ^39 ; Indigo Planting and Synthetic Indigo, 637 ; Birds 

 in the Field and Garden, 638; Manurial Experiments 

 with Cacao in Dominica, West Indies, 630; Recent 

 Developments in Agricultural Science, A. D. Hall, 642 ; 

 Chemical Survey of the Soils of Cape Colony. 642 



Aitken (John), Evaporation of Musk and other Substances, 



.■591 

 Albrecht (Prof. T.), Variations of Latitudes, 110; Jupiter's 



.Sixth and Seventh Satellites, 352 ; Observations of 



Jupiter's Seventh Satellite, 424 

 Albumin, Recent Advances in the Chemistry of, Emit 



Abderhalden, 437 

 Alchemical Equipment in the Eleventh Century A.D., H. E. 



Staplcton and R. F. Azo, ^^2 

 Alcohol, Duty-free, Dr. F. Mollwo Perkin, 344 

 Aldrich (J. M.), a Catalogue of North American Diptera 



or Two-winged Flies, 317 

 Alessandri (Dr.), the Monte Rosa Observatory, 565 

 Alexander (A. D.), Explosions of Mixtures of Coal-gas and 



Air in a Closed Vessel, 311 

 .Mcebra : Modern Algebra, A. B. liasset, F.R.S., 30; a 



First .Algebra, W. M. Baker and .A. A. Bourne, 39-! ; 



