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Index 



Dastre (M-). Finger-prints as a Method of Identification, 



264 

 Daufresne (M.), a Vinyl Alcohol, Methylanisylethenol, 656 

 David (Rev. A. A.), the Scholarship System, 506 

 Davidge (H. T.), Technical Electricity, 172 

 Davies (E. H.), an Introduction to Practical Botany, 124 

 Davies (J. H.), Molecular Weight of ;3-Naphthol in Solu- 

 tion in Solid Naphthalene, 214 

 Davis (B. M.), Principles of Botany', 124 

 Davis {J. K. Ainsworth), Thomas H. Huxley, 75 

 Davis (W. A.), Nature of the Changes involved in the 

 Production and Setting of Plaster of Paris, 191 ; Analysis 

 of White Lead, 191 

 Davison (Dr. C), on some Principles of Seismic Geology, 

 William Herbert Hobbs, 18 ; Geotectonic and Geo- 

 dynamic .Aspects of Calabria and North-eastern Sicily, 

 a Study in Orientation, William Herbert Hobbs, 18 ; the 

 Swansea Earthquake of June 27, 1906, 286 ; the Ochil 

 Earthquake of September, 1900, to April, 1907, 286 

 Davy (Dr. Henry), Science in its Application to National 



Health, 375 

 Dawkins (R. M.), Greek Archaeology. 462 

 Dawson (W.), a System of Audible Signalling, 208 

 Deakin (Rupert), New Geometry Papers, 54 

 Dean (Prof. Bashford), Chima;roid Fishes and their 



Development, 67 

 Dean (George), Inquiry into the Nature of the Substances 



in Serum which Influence Phagocytosis, 213 

 Decomposition of Radium Bromide, Prof. Alfred W. 



Porter, 151 ; Alfred C. G. Egerton, 174 

 Deeley (R. Mountford), Lubrication and Lubricants, a 

 Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Lubrication and 

 on the Nature, Properties, and Testing of Lubricants, 



541 



Defacqz (Ed.), New Silicide of Tungsten, Si,W, 23 



Dejust (Henri Louis), Some O.xidising and Decolorising 

 Properties of Graphite, 191 



Delage (Yves), Effect of Oxygen, Osmotic Pressure, Acids, 

 and Alkalis in Experiments on Parthenogenesis, 344 ; 

 Parthenogenetic Developments in Solutions Isotonic with 

 Sea Water, 488 ; Parthenogenesis without Oxygen, 584 



Delporte (E.), les Observatoires astronomiques et les 

 Astronomes, 660 



Delvosal (J.), les Observatoires astronomiques et les 

 Astronomes, 660 



Demography, the Fourteenth International Congress of 

 Hygiene and, 570 



Denatured or Industrial Alcohol, Rufus Frost Herrick, 

 Supp. to October 10, iii 



Denmark, Diptera Danica, Genera and Species of Flies 

 hitherto found in, William Lundbeck, 469 



Denning (W. F.), May Meteors, 14; Early and Late 

 Perseids, 89 ; the Planet Saturn, 187 ; Obituary Notice 

 of Prof. .\. S. Herschel, F.R.S., 202 ; Meteor and Fire- 

 ball Observations, 281 ; July and August Meteors, 301 ; 

 Perseids, 375 ; Comet Daniel, 375 ; Daniel's Comet 

 (1907^), 527; August Meteors, 1907, 390; the August 

 Draconids, Perseid Fireballs, 413 ; Meteor seen at Bristol 

 on August 26, 448 ; Radiation of Meteors, 469 ; Comet 

 1881 v., 503 ; Meteoric Shower from near 5 Aurigse, 

 568 ; October Meteors, 574 ; Showers from near |8 and 

 7 Piscium, (139 ; a Bright Meteor, 647 



Dental Formula of Orycteropus, the. Dr. R. Groom, 294 



Deprat (M.), the Neo-volcanic Formations Anterior to the 

 Miocene in the North-west of Sardaigne, 312 



Descartes' (Ren^) Philosophische Werke, 195 



Desert and the Sown, the, Gertrude Lowthian Bell, H. R. 

 Hall, 272 



Deshumbert (M.), Morale de la Nature, 77 



Designers and Schools, Flowers and Plants for, Henry 

 Irving and E. F. Strange, Walter Crane, 194 



Deslandres (H.), Spectrum of the Comet igoyd, 488 ; 

 Daniel's Comet, 1907^, 503 



Desmoulieres (A.), Action of Waters containing Sulphur 

 Compounds in the Mercurial Treatment, 144 



Devau.x-Charbonnel (M.), Apparatus for the Study of Tele- 

 plionic Currents, 167 



Dewar (Sir J.), Use of Radiometry for the Observation 

 of Low Pressures in Gases, 288 ; on Iron Carbonyls, 

 482 



Diamond, the CuUinan, 549 



Dietetics : the Necessary Minimum of Proteins for 

 Alimentation, Prof. Forster, 571 



Diffusion, Thermodynamics of. Prof. G. H. Bryan, 

 F.R.S., 637; S. H. Burbury, 63S 



DiUenian Herbaria, the, an Account of the Dillenian Col- 

 lections in the Herbarium of the University of Oxford, 

 together with a Biographical Sketch of Dillenius, Selec- 

 tions from his Correspondence, Notes, &c., G. Claridge 

 Druce, 289 



Diprotodon from the Callabonna Deposits, South 

 Australia, Reconstruction of. Prof. E. C. Stirling, 

 F.R.S., 543 



Diptera Danica, Genera and Species of Flies hitherto 

 found in Denmark, William Lundbeck, 469 



Distillation of Resins, the, Victor Schweizer, 193 



Dixey (Dr. F. A.), Seasonal Dimorphism in Butterflies, 

 60 ; Experiments on Seasonally Dimorphic Forms of 

 African Lepidoptera, 532 ; Recent Developments in the 

 Theory of Mimicry, 673 



Dixon (Prof.), the Ignition Point of Various Gases and 

 -Mixtures, 482 ; Gaseous Explosions, 486 ; Physiological 

 and Therapeutical Value of Alcohol, 534 



Doberck (Dr.), the Orbits of Four Double Stars, 65 ; the 

 Orbit of a Centauri, 280 



Dog's Sense of Direction of Sound, the, F. C. Constable, 



349 

 Dombrowski (S.), Chemical Nature of the Fundamental 



Colouring Material of the Urine, 608 

 Dominica, Notes upon the Island of, (British West Indies), 



Symington Grieve, 219 

 Dominion of Man, the, Ernest Protheroe, 219 

 Doncaster (L.), Inheritance and Sex in Abraxas grossu- 



lariata, 248; the Physical Basis of Inheritance, 531 

 Donitz (Dr.), Insects as Carriers of Disease, 571 

 Dorsey (George .\.), the Pawnee Mythology, 230 

 Dorsey (H. G.), the Coefficients of Expansion of Solids, 



SOI 

 " Double-drift " Theory of Star Motions, the, A. S. 



Eddington, 248, 203 ; Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, F.R.S., 



293 ; Prof. Ernest H. L. Schvifarz, 588 

 Double Stars, the Orbits of Four, Dr. Doberck, 65 ; a 



General Catalogue of Double Stars within 121° of the 



North Pole, S. W. Burnham, 546; part ii.. Notes to 



the Catalogue, S. W. Burnham, 546 

 Douglas (Miss E.), Causes of Intumescences on Leaves of 



Potato Plants, 205 

 Downing (Dr. A. M. W., F.R.S.), Transit of Mercury 



across the Sun's Disc, November 13-14, 1907, 66 1 

 Draconids. the August, W. F. Denning, 413 

 a Draconis, the Orbit of, J. S. Plaskett, 41 

 a Draconis, the Spectroscopic Binary, Mr. Harper, 599 

 Drawing : Blackie's Nature-drawing Ch.irts, 100 

 Drayet (M.), Method of M. Loewy for the Study of 



Divided Circles, 312 

 Dreaper (W. P.), the Chemistry and Physics of Dyeing, 



29 ; Influence of Temperature of Dyeing on Resolution, 



191 

 Dresden, Botanical Congress at, 625 

 Dresden, Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the 



Public Library of, Dr. Ernst Forstemann, 45 

 Dreyer (George's), the Coagulation of Albumins by the 



Actions of Ultra-violet and Radium, 344 ; Laws of Action 



of Light on Glucosides, Enzymes, Toxins, and Anti- 

 bodies, 608 

 Drink Problem in its Medico-sociological Aspects, the, 97 

 Druce (G. Claridge), the Dillenian Herbaria, an Account 



of the Dillenian Collections in the Herbarium of the 



University of Oxford, together with a Biographical 



Sketch of Dillenius, Selections from his Correspondence, 



Notes, &c., 289 

 Drummond (James), Foreign Birds Acclimatised into New 



Zealand, 108; New Zealand Birds, 638 

 Drysdale (Dr. Charles V.). Luminous Efficiency and the 



Mechanical Equivalent of Light, 606 

 du Jassonneix (Binet), a New Variety of Chromium, 48 ; 



Combination of Nickel and Cobalt with Boron, 344 

 Dubard (M.), a Caoutchouc Tree at Tonkin, 656 

 Diibi (H.). the Bernese Oberland, 246 

 Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 71, 263, 312; the Irish 



Peat Industries. Dr. Hugh Ryan. .S28 

 Ducelliez (F.), Allovs of Cobalt and Tin, 464, 536 



