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Archieology (continued) : 
Classification of Prehistoric British Stone Industries, 
W. J. L. Abbott, 248; the Girdle Stanes of Dumfrics- 
shire and Astronomy, G. R. Goldsbrough, 328; Exhibi- 
tion of Prehistoric Implements at Halifax, H. P. 
Kendall and H. Ling Roth, 382; Roman and _ pre- 
Roman Exhibits at Croydon, E. A. Martin, 510; 
Roman Camp at Margidunum, Notts, Dr. F. Oswald, 
538; Transition between Stone and Metal Implements, 
O. Bates, 563; Prehistoric Time Measurement in 
Britain, Dr. McAldowie, 619 ; 
Egyptian Research Account, Prof. Petrie, 196 
France : Rock Carvings in Seine-et-Oise, G. Courty, 586 
See also Copper and Greece 
Arctic : Campagne Arctique de 1907, Duc d’Orléans, Prof. 
Herdman, F.R.S., 107; State of Ice in Arctic Seas in 
1911, 145; German Expedition for the North-east 
Passage, 428; Return of Capt. Mikkelsen and Mr. 
Iversen, 561; see also Canada and Crocker Land 
Aristotle’s Researches in Natural Science, Dr. T. E. Lones, 
Prof. D’Arcy W. Thompson, C.B., F.R.S., 653 
Arithmetic : Examples in Arithmetic, H. S. Hall and F. H. 
Stevens, 602; Macmillan’s Reform Arithmetic, P. Wilkin- 
son and F. W. Cook, 655 
Arsenic in some Plants used as Food, F. Jadin and A. 
Astrug, 157; Arsenic in Parasitic Plants and their Hosts, 
F. Jadin and A. Astruc, 599 
Arterial Elasticity, Measurement of, in Clinical Practice, 
A. Moutier, 25 
Aseptic Life, Experiments with Pure Cultures following on, 
M. Cohendy, 79 
Asia, Central: Western Culture in Ancient Cathay, Dr. M. 
Aurel Stein, Lieut.-Col. L. A. Waddell, 89 
Asiatic Society of Bengal, 322 
Aster, chinensis, Bacterial Disease of, Dr. G. L. Pavarino, 
642 
Ugteas rubens, see Embryology 
Astrology: Manili Astronomicon Liber II, H. W. Garrod, 
Dr. J. K. Fotheringham, 239 
Astronomer of Ireland, Royal, 248 
Astronomy (see also Stars and Sun) : 
Astronomical Societies, 541 
Astronomische Nachrichten, New Supplement, 617 
Comets: Cometary Phenomena, Prof. K. Bohlin, 17; 
Cometary Statistics, M. Borrelly, 199; Spectra, Prof. 
A. Fowler, 227; Orbits, Prof. W. Pickering, 617; a 
Comet-like Object, Mr. Hansen, 277; Halley’s Comet, 
Photographs, MM. Sotome, Hoasi, Toda, 147; Prof. 
Riced, 644; Holmes’s Comet, Dr. Zwiers, 644; Comet 
1911¢ (Brooks), Prof. Millosevich, 42, A. de la B. 
Pluvinel and F. Baldet, 338, Prof. Barnard, 616; 
Comet 1911e (Borrelly), M. Schaumasse, 305; Comet 
1911f (Quénisset), Elements, Dr. Ebell, 42; Comet 
1911h (Schaumasse), Dr. Schaumasse, 42 
Earth Light, Origin, Dr. W. J. Humphreys, 355 
Herschel, Sir W., Sir G. H. Darwin, F.R.S., 620, 645 ; 
William Herschel and his “Desertion,” Dr. J. L. E. 
Dreyer, 660 
Instruments: Photographic Transit, Prof. S. Hirayama, 
176; Temperature Regulator in Use with the Stellar 
Spectrograph of Paris Observatory, M. Hamy, 260; 
Reflecting Meridian Circle for Minor Planets, G. 
Bigourdan, 390 
Laplace’s Hypothesis, Condensation of the Solar Nebula 
in, 2 
Latinas Variation, Prof. Albrecht, 512 
Measurement of Celestial Distances, A. R. Hinks, 329 
Meteors: Meteor-showers, F.R.A.S., 8; J. R. Henry, 
8, 218, 321, 581, 660; Bielids, Prof. Pokrowski, 42; 
Analysis of Stone Meteorites, O. C. Farrington, 94; 
the El Nakhla el Baharia Meteorite, Dr. John Ball, 
Sir N. Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 147; a Daylight 
Meteor, F. J. Gibbons, 147; W. F. Bushell and others, 
175; a Brilliant Meteor, Mr. Rolston, 250; May 
Aquarids and Halley’s Comet, C. Hoffmeister, 320 
Moon: Lunar Craters, J. Escard, 625; Colour Photo- 
graphy of the Moon, Prof. R. W. Wood, 643 
Nebulae: Spiral Nebulz, M. Puiseux, 228; Observations 
of Spiral Nebulz in Polarised Light, J. H. Reynolds, 
312 
Observatories : Father Sid- 
Stonyhurst Observatory, 
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greaves, 147; United States Naval Observatory, 304; 
Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 356; Transvaal re- 
named Union, 380; Cape, S. S. Hough, 512; Oxford, 
Prof. Turner, 512; 5-ft. Reflector for Argentine, at 
Cordoba, 482; Lyons: new Director, 666; Hamburg, 
Prof. Schorr, 670 
Personal Errors in Transit Observations, S. S. Hough, 
56 
Planet Jupiter: Position of Red Spot, Rev. T. E. R. 
Phillips, 487; Prof. Barnard, Herr Archenhold, 589; 
M. Quénisset, 617 - 
Pianet Mars: Mars and a Lunar Atmosphere, C. T. 
Whitmell, 6, “the Writer of the Note,” 62; Brilliant 
Spots on Mars, L. J. Wilson, 17; Axis and Compres- 
sion, Dr. Struve, 121 
Planet Saturn: Observations, Dr. H. E. Lau, 199 
Planet Uranus: Spectroscopic Discovery of Rotation of, 
Prof. P. Lowell, 277, 312 
Planets, Minor: Planet 1911 M.T., Dr. Palisa, 
Messrs. Haynes and Pitman, Prof. Franz, 384 
Astrophysics : Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Mr. 
Abbot’s Report, 42; Physics and Astrophysics, J. E. 
Verschaffelt, 176 
Atmosphere : Weight of a Normal Litre of Air at Geneva, 
P. A. Guye and others, 364; Highest Strata of Earth’s 
Atmosphere, Dr. A. Wegener, 485; Large Ions in the 
Atmosphere, J. A. McClelland and H. Kennedy, 521; 
Diurnal Inequalities of Barometric Pressure in Years of 
Sunspot Maximum and Minimum, Dr. E. Leyst, 564; 
Spectroscopic Determination of Aqueous Vapour in the 
Atmosphere, F. E. Fowle, 566; Types of Atmospheric 
Disturbances, Prof. W. J. Humphreys, 588 
Atomic Weights: Attempt to Determine some Atomic 
Weights, H. Pecheux, 364; Calculation by Hinrichs’s 
Method, H. Le Chatelier, 547; Atomic Weight of 
Chlorine, E. Wourtzel, 625; G. Baume and F. L. Perrot, 
77; of Uranium, P. Lebeau, 547 
Australia: Rainfall Map, 92; University of Western 
Australia, 572; Across Austrailia, Prof. Baldwin Spencer, 
C.M.G., F.R.S., and F. J. Gillen, Dr. A. C. Haddon, 
F.R.S., 608; Mining Operations, 642 
Australia, N.E., Physiography of, Dr. J. V. Danes, 567 
3565 
Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania : 
Series A: Cuneiform Texts: Sumerian Hymns and 
Prayers, H. Radau, 60; Babylonian Section of Museum 
of University of Pennsylvania, 586 
Bacillus coli, Variation in Physiological Activity of, due to 
Malachite-green, C. Revis, 130; Bacillus coli communis, 
Chemical Action on Glucose of a Variety of, Dr. A. 
Harden and W. J. Penfold, 442 
Bacteriology : Disintegrating Bacteria and other Organic 
Cells, J. E. Barnard, 21; Bacterial Production of Acetyl- 
methylcarbinol and 2: 3-butylene Glycol, Dr. A. Harden 
and Dorothy Norris, 51; Results of Drying Non-sporing 
Bacteria in a Charcoal Liquid Air Vacuum, S. G. 
Shattock and L. S. Dudgeon, 76; Electrical Conductivity 
of Bacteria and Rate of Inhibition of Bacteria by Electric 
Currents, Prof. W. M. Thornton, 76; Selective Media, 
C. Revis, 586; Azotobacter chroococcum, Dr. Prazmow- 
ski, 587; Bacterial Disease of Aster, Dr. G. L. Pavarino, 
642 
Bathyrheometer, a Self-recording, Y. Delage, 209 
Batteries, Storage, Prof. H. W. Morse, Prof. G. Kapp, 472 
Battersea Polytechnic, 233 
Bees: Influence of Weather on Bees, Herbert Mace, 62; 
Anatomy of the Bee’s Sting, Dr. Percy E. Spielmann, 
348; Parasitic Hymenoptera from N.S.W., P. Cameron, 
391; Isle of Wight Bee Disease, Drs. Graham Smith, 
Fantham, Annie Porter. and Malden, and G. W. Bulla- 
more, 410 : 
Beyond that is Within, the, FE. Boutroux, 630 
Biography: Savants du Jour: Gabriel Lippmann, E. 
Lebon, 81 
Biology : 
General : Wérterbuch der Biologie, Dr. Heinrich Schmidt, 
189; Applied Biology: an Elementary Text-book, Prof. 
M. A. Bigelow and Anna N. Bigelow, 190; Lehrbuch 
der Biologie fiir Hochschulen, M. Nussbaum, G. 
Karsten, and M. Weber, 264; Outlines of Evolutionary 
