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Index 



\_Decembcr 12, 1907 



Emanation, Waller Makowcr and Sidney Russ, 21 ; the 

 Oriuin of Radium, Trof. E. Rutherford, F.R.S., 126; 

 IVederick Soddy, 150; Dr. Bertram Boltwood, 293, 5^4, 

 5.S9 ; Decomposition of Radium Bromide, Prof. .Mfred \V. 

 Fortcr, 151: Alfred C. G. Egerton, 174; Rate of Decay 

 of the Active Deposit from Radium, \V. Wilson and 

 \V. Makower, 190 ; Some Properties of Radium Eman- 

 ation, A. T. Cameron and Sir W. Ramsay, K.C.B., 237 ; 

 Radium Emanation, Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., 

 l-.R.S., 269; Effect of Pressure on the Radiation from 

 Radium, Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 2I19 ; Prof. A. S. 

 Eve and Prof. Frank D. Adams, F.R.S., 269; the 

 Coagulation of Albumins by the Actions of Ultra-violet 

 Light and Radium, Georg-es Dreyer and Olav Hanssen, 

 344; Disengagement of iho Emanation by Radium Salts 

 at Various Temperatures, L. Kolowrat, 464 ; Conversion 

 of Corundum into Precious Stones by Radium, Prof. 

 Bordas, 667 ; Determination of the Atomic Weight of 

 Nickel, Prof. B. Walter, 40; Skiagraphy of the Human 

 Subject, Dr. Robert Knox and G. I'earce, 59 ; Pleochroic 

 Halos, Prof. J. Joly, F.R.S., 71, 589; the -Mass of the 

 a Particle, Norman R. Campbell, 151, 174; Secondary 

 Kathodic Emission of Metals under the Influence of the 

 o-Ravs, Marcel Moulin, 239 ; the |8-Rays from Potassium, 

 N. R. Campbell, 166; the Number of Electrons in an 

 .Vtom, N. R. Campbell, 167 ; Selective .Absorption of 

 Rtintgen Rays, G. W. C. Kaye, 167 : on the Velocity of 

 the Kathode Particles emitted by Various Metals under 

 the Influence of Rontgen Ravs, P. D. Innes, 406; the 

 Nature of X-Rays, Dr. Charles G. Barkla, 661 ; 

 Radioscopv and Radiography applied to the Inspec- 

 tion of Tuberculous ' .Meat,' H. Martel, 192 : the 

 Radioactivity of Lead and Other Metals, Prof. J. C. 

 McLennan. 24S : the Mechanical ElTects of Canal Rays, 

 A. A. Campbell Swinton, 310; Measurements of Zeeman 

 EITect in Known Magnetic Fields, .Miss Stcttenheimer 

 and Prof. F. Paschen. 47^ : les Ravons cathodiques et 

 I'Aurore boriale, M. P. Villard, Dr.' C. Chree, F.R.S., 

 481 ; Action of Gravity on the Deposit of Induced Radio- 

 activitv, Mme. Curie, 511-2: Radio-activity of Lranyl 

 Molvbdate, B. Szildrd, 512 ; Grandeur et Decadence des 

 Rayons-N, Henri Pi^ron, .";79 ; a New Kathode Dark 

 Space in Helium and Hydrogen, F. W. .Xston, 631 ; the 

 Nomenclature of Radio-activitv, Norman R. Campbell, 

 (S3 8 



Radio-Telegraphic Convention, the, Maurice Solomon, 294 



Radium : Radium and Geology, Prof. J. Jcly, F.R.S., 8, 

 55, 102; Rev. O. Fisher, 31, 78: Radium and the Safe 

 Working of Collieries, Profs. Elstcr and Geitel, 450 ; 

 -Atomic Weight of Radium, Mme. Curie, 476 ; Radium 

 Emanation, Sir William Ramsay. K.C.B., F.R.S., 269 ; 

 Effect of Pressure on the Radiation from Radium, Prof. 

 .Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 269 : Prof. A. S. Eve and Prof. 

 Frank D. .Adams, F.R.S., 269; the Origin of Radium, 

 Frederick Soddy, 150; Prof. E. Rutherford, F.R.S., 126, 

 661 : Dr. Bertram B. Boltwood, 293, 544, 589 ; soe also 

 Radiography 



Railways : the British Standard .Specification for Material 

 used in the Construction of Railways Rolling-stock, 279 ; 

 Railways of the Upper Congo, Dr. D. C. Boulger, 299 ; 

 Remarkable Long Non-stop Railway Run, 621 



Rain-gauge Exposure and Protection, L. C. W. Bonacina, 

 672 



Rainbow, the, Charles T. Whitmell. 174 



Rainfall, British, 1906, on the Distribution of Rain in 

 Space and Time over the British Isles during the Year 

 1906, Dr. H. R. Mill, 587 



Raman (C. V.), Newton's RinCs in Polarised Light, 637 



Ramsay (Sir W., K.C.B., F.R.S.), Chemical .Action of the 

 Radium Emanation on Distilled Water, 71 ; some Pro- 

 perties of Radium Emanation, 237 ; Radium Emanation, 

 269, 4.sS ; on the Constitution of the .Atom, 458 



Ramsbottom fj. E.). Chemical Changes Induced in Gases 

 submitted to the Action of Ultra-violet Light, 71 



Rand (H. W.), Functions of the " Spiracles " in Skates, 183 



Ranken (Clerk), Physical Properties of Mixed Solutions of 

 Independent Opilcallv .Active Substances, 238 



Rankine (.A. O.), a Theoretical Method of .Attempting to 

 Detect Relative Motion between the Ether and the 

 Earth, 459 



Rateau (Prof. .A.), Turbo-compressors, 208 



Ravenal (Dr.), Tuberculosis, the Most Usual Mode of In- 

 fection in Man, 571 



Ray (Prof. P. C), Prep.aration of a -Silver Mercuroso- 

 mercuric Nitrate by the -Action of a Solution of Mer- 

 curous Nitrite on Silver Nitrite, 161 ; Pursuit of 

 Chemistry in .Ancient India, 161 ; Decomposition of 

 Hyponilrous Acid in Presence of Mineral Acids, 237 



Ray (Sidney H.), Languages of -Australasia, 502 



Reading, National Poultry Conference at, 283 



Recueil de ITnstitut botanique, 659 



Red Spot on Jupiter, the, Stanley Williams, 625 



Reed (H. D.), the Poison Gland of the North -American 

 Cat-lishes, 646 



Reform in Rural Education, 129 



Regan (C- Tate), Marine Fishes collected by Stanley 

 Gardiner in the Indian Ocean, 23T : -Anatomy, Classifica- 

 tion, and Systematic Position of the Teleostean Fishes of 

 the Suborder Halotriognathi, 286 



Regional Geology, Progress in, 137 



Regnault's Experiments on the Joule-Thomson Effect, 

 Edgar Buckingham, 493 



Reid (Dr- G. -Archdall). Interpretation of Mendelian 

 Phenomena, 566, 616 



Reindeer, When the. Lived at Mentone, W'illiam Wright, 



Reinforced Concrete, C. F. Marsh and W- Dunn, 123 

 Reizleitung,svorgange, die, bci den Pflanzen, Dr. H. 



Fitting, 221 

 Religion, Science and. Rev. J. Gerard, 523 ; Dr. B. C. -A- 



Windle, 523 

 " Renal-portal Svstem," the, and Kidney Secretion, W'. 



Woodland, 86, 151 

 Rendle (-A. B.), Plants collected on Mt. Ruwenzori bv Dr- 



A. F. R. Wollaston (190I1), 287 

 Rengade (E.), the Higher Oxides of Rubidium, 48 

 Renshaiv (Graham), the Callfcrnian Condor, ,:;24 

 Resins : die Harze und Harzbehalter mit Einschluss der 



MilchsSfte, -A. Tschirch, 193 ; the Distillation of Resins, 



A'ictor Schweizer, 193 ' 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf. 



The Evolution of Life, Dr. H. Charlton Bastian. F.R.S., i 



The Nature and Origin of Life in the Light of New Know- 

 ledge, Prof. Felix Le Dantec, i 



The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive 

 -Archipelagoes, J. Stanley Gardiner, 3 



-An Account of the Alcyonarians collected by the Royal 

 Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator in the ilndian 

 Ocean, i., the -Alcyonarians of the Deep Sea, J. Arthur 

 Thomson and W. D. Henderson, 3 



Principia_ Therapeutica, Dr. Harrington Sainsbury, 4 



Leitfaden der praktischen Optik, Dr. -Alexander Gleichen, 5 



Die Eisenindustrie, Oskar Simmersbach, 6 



A Text-book of Fungi, G. Massee, 6 



Douglas English Nature Books, No. i. One Hundred 

 Photographs from Life of the Shrew-mouse, the Dor- 

 mouse, the House-mouse, the Field-mouse, the Meadow- 

 mouse, and the Harvest-mouse, Douglas English ; No. 2, 

 One Hundred Photographs of Biid Life, R. B. Lodge, 7 



Gold Mining Machinery : its Selection, .Arrangement, and 

 Installation, W. H. Tinney, 7 



Memories of the Months, the Right Hon. Sir Herbert 

 Maxwell, Bart., F.R.S., 7 



Climatology of the United States, .A. J. Henry, 11 



(i) On sonie Principles of Seismic Geology. (2) the Geotec- 

 tonic and Geodynamic .Aspects of Calabria and North- 

 eastern Sicilv, a Studv in Orientation, William Herbert 

 Hobbs, Dr. "C. Davison, iS 



Hydrates in -Aqueous Solution, Harry C. Jones, lo 



Electrons, or the Nalure and Properties of Negative Elec- 

 tricitv. Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., Frederick Soddy, 25 



The Generall Historic of Virginia, New- England, and the 

 Summer Isles, together with the True Travels, .Adven- 

 tures and Observations, and a Sea Grammar, Captaine 

 John Smith, 26 



Gesammelte .Abhandlungen aus den Gcbieten der Meteor- 

 ologie und des Erdmagnetisinus, Wilhelm von Bezold, 

 Dr! Charles Chree, F.R.S., 28 



The Chemistry and Physics of Dyeing, W. P. Dreaper, 

 Walter M. Gardner, 20 



Practical W'ildfovvling, W. J. Fallon, O. V. Aplin, 30 



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