Index 



Trtp:td, 239; Obituary Notice of, 254; tlie Double-drift 

 Tlieory of Star Motions, A. S. Eddington, 248, 293 ; 

 Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, F.R.S., 293; Prof. Ernest H. L. 

 Sclnvarz, 588 ; Variable Stars, 25S ; Solar Prominence 

 Observations in 1906, Prof. Ricc6, 259 ; Death of Prof. 

 Heinrich Kreutz, 270 ; the Orbit of o Centauri, Prof. 

 Doberck, 280 ; Comparison of the Spectra of the Limb 

 and Centre of the Sun, Prof. Hale, 281 ; the Orbit of 

 i Orionis, Mr. PlasUett, 281 ; Meteor and Fireball 

 Observations, Mr. Denning, 281 ; Death and Obituary 

 Notice of Prof. Egon von Oppolzer, 296 ; Anomalous 

 Refraction, Messrs. Schlesinger and Blair, 301 ; Italian 

 Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse of August, 1905, 

 301 ; Orbits of Binary Stars, N. Ichinohe and Herr 

 Ludendorff, 301 : July and August Meteors, Mr. Denning, 

 301 ; August Meteors, 1907, W. F. Denning, 390 ; the 

 August Draconids, W. F. Denning, 413 ; Work at the 

 Solar Observatory, KodaikAnal, S. India, Prof. C. 

 Michie Smith, 311; the Heliomicrometer, Prof. Hale, 

 336; Search-ephemerides for Comet 1894 IV. (E. Swift), 

 Prof. Seares, 337 ; a Quickly Changing Variable Star, 

 Mr. Metcalf, 337 ; the Variation of the Pole, Prof. Th. 

 Albrecht, 337; the Sun's Motion with Respect to the 

 yEther, Dr. C. V. Burton, 349 ; .'\strographic Catalogue 

 Work at the Perth Observatory (W.A.), W. Ernest 

 Cooke, 374 ; Some New Applications of the .Spectro- 

 heliograph, Prof. Hale, 374 ; the " Annuario " of the 

 Rio de Janeiro Observatory, 374 ; Ptolem.-ius oder 

 Kopernikus? eine Studie iiber die Bewegung der Erde 

 und iiber den Bcgriff der Bewegung, Dr. Karl Neisser, 

 381 ; Helium Ab.sorption in the Solar Spectrum, Mr. 

 Nagaraja, 389; Po.ssible Changes in the " Owl " Nebula 

 (M. 97), Prof. Barnard, 389 ; a Quickly Changing 

 Variable Star, Naozo Ichinohe, 389 ; Venus as a 

 Luminous Ring, H. N. Russell and "Z. Daniel, 389 ; 

 the Friendly Stars, Martha Evans Martin, 412 ; Death 

 of Prof. Vogel, 417 ; Obituary Notice of, 446 ; Search- 

 ephetiierides for Comets 1894 IV. and 1900 III., Prof. 

 Seares, 422 ; Herr Scharbe, 422 ; the Total Eclipse of 

 January, 1908, 422 ; the Leeds .'\stronomical Society, 

 422 ; Meteor seen at Bristol on .'\ugust 26, W. F. 

 Denning, 44S ; a Suspected Large Proper Motion, Prof. 

 Barnard, 451 ; the Astrographic Chart, 451 ; Latitude- 

 variation and Longitude Determinations, Father 

 J. W. J. A. Stein, 451 ; the Colours and Spectra of 

 Stars, W. S. Franks, 451 ; Radiation of Meteors, W. F. 

 Denning, 469 ; Solar Observations at Cartuja, Granada, 

 M. J. Mier y Terdn, 476; Discovery of Seventy-one 

 New Variable Stars, Prof. Pickering, 477 ; Miss Leavitt, 

 477: the Electrical Action of the Sun, Dr. Albert Nodon, 

 477; the Electric Action of the Sun and of the Moon, 

 Dr. Nodon, 560, 580 ; Micrometer Measures of Double 

 Stars, Dr. H. E. Lau, 477: a General Catalogue of 

 Double Stars within 121° of the North Pole, S. W. 

 Burnham, 546; Part ii.. Notes to the Catalogue, S. W. 

 Burnhani, 546; September Meteors, 503; H. E. Good- 

 son, 55S ; F. E. Baxandall, 580 ; ~ Comet 1881 V., 

 Mr. Denning. 503 ; Dr. Smart, 503 ; the Paris Observ- 

 atory, Prof. Loewv, 503 ; the late Prof. S. P. Langley, 

 Dr. White, 503 ;' P'rof. E. C. Pickering, 503 ; "Mr. 

 Chanute, 503 : the Distribution and Control of .Standard 

 Time, Jean Mascart, 503 ; on Correlation and Methods 

 of Modern Statistics. Prof. Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 517, 

 613, 662; Arthur R. Hinks, 566, 638; the Lowell Ex- 

 pedition to the And<s, Prof. David Todd, !;27, 555 ; 

 .'Xslrophysical Observations and .Anomalous Dispersion, 

 Prof. Hartmann, 527: Solar .Activity and Terrestrial 

 Phenomena, MM. Cirera and Balcells, ?;.';,=; : the 

 Juvisy Observatory, 556; Meteoric Shower from near 

 R .Aurig.-c, W. F. Denning, 568 ; October Meteors. 

 W. F. Denning, ^74 ; Perth Catalogue of Standard 

 Stars. W. Ernest Cooke, 581 ; the Fluted Spectrum of 

 Titanium Oxide, A. Fowler, 583 ; the Physical Nature 

 of Mntoor Trains, Prof. C. C. Trowbridge, 508 ; the 

 Pulkowa Eclipse Expedition to Turkestan, January, 

 1007, 50S : the Spectroscopic Binary a Draronis, Mr. 

 Harper, .!;nq ; Death of Maurice Loewy, 620 ; Obituarv 

 Notice of. 665; a New Comet, Mr. Melli'^h, 624'; 

 Mellish's Comet. 1007^, Prof. Hartwig, 647, 671 : Miss 

 Lamson. 647: Prof. Becker, 671: J.' Guillaiime. 679; 

 Sun-spot Spectra. Prof. Fowler, 624 : the Proper Motions 



of Stars in the Cluster Messier 92, Dr. K. Bohlin, 625; 

 Prof. Barnard, 625 ; the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, 

 625 ; Showers from near /3 and 7 Piscium, W. F. 

 Denning, 039 ; a Bright Meteor, V\'. F. Denning, 647 ; 

 Irene Warner, 647 ; Recently Discovered Minor Planets, 

 Prof. Bauschinger, 648 ; the Liverpool Astronomical 

 Society, 648; a Modern Sun-dial, N'iromte d'Aurelle 

 Montmorin, O48 ; les Observatoires aslronomiques et les 

 Astronomes, P. Stroobant, J. Delvosal, H. Philippot, 

 E. Delporte, and E. Merlin, 660 ; Transit of Mercury 

 across the Sun's Disc, November 13-14, 190/1 Dr- 

 A. M. W. Downing, F.R.S., 661 ; the Transit of 

 Mercury, W. T. Lynn, 671 ; a Rich Nebula Region, 

 Prof. Max Wolf, 672 ; see also British Association 



Astrophysics : the Sun 's Motion with Respect to the /Ether, 

 Dr. C. V. Burton, 349 



Atkinson (Prof. G. F.), the Development of the Common 

 Mushroom, Agaricus campestris, 183 



Atmospheric Absorption of Wireless Signals, Dr. Reginald 

 A. Fessenden, 444 



Atmospheric Currents in Celestial Bodies, Jos4 Comas 

 SoU, 229 



Atomic Weight of Cobalt, the, F. H. Parker and F. Peake 

 Se.xton, 316 



Atwater (Prof. W. O.), Death of, 595 



Auden (Dr.), Objects referable to the Viking .Age dis- 

 covered at York, 462 



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



Autd (Dr. S. J. M.), Enzymes associated with the Cyano- 

 genetic Glucoside Phaseolunatin in Flax, Cassava, and 

 the Lima Bean, 141 ; Mercury Derivatives of Pseudo- 

 acids containing the Group CO.NH, 143 



Aurigae, Meteoric Shower from near, W. F. Denning, 

 568 



Aurore boriJale, les Rayons cathodiqucs et I', M. P. 

 Villard, Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 481 



.Australia : Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in 

 Australia, Northcote W. Thomas, Rev. A. E. Crawley, 

 221 ; Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel, 

 Australia and New Zealand, Prof. J. W. Gregory, 

 F.R.S., Sir John A. Cockburn, K.C.M.G., 441 ; 

 Australian Insects, Walter W. Froggatt, 515 ; Wild Life 

 in Australia, W. H. D. le Souef, 635 ; the Useful Birds 

 of Southern Australia, Robert Hall, Supp. to October 

 10, vi 



Auwers (Dr. A.), Abbreviations for the Names of Star 

 Catalogues, 11 1 



Avebury (Lord), the Study and Appreciation of Nature, 15 



Ayrton (Mrs.), Experiments on the Production of Sand 

 Ripples on the Sea Shore, 310 



Babylonian Letters, Late, R. Campbell Thompson, 539 

 Bacteriology : Root .Action and Bacteria. Spencei 

 Pickering, F.R.S., 126, 222, 315; Edward J. Russell, 

 173, 222; F. Fletcher, 270, 518; Fermentation 

 of Glucosides by Bacteria of the Typhoid-coli Group 

 and the Acquisition of New Fermenting Powers b» 

 Bacillus dysenieriae and Other Micro-organisms, 

 F. W. Twort, 142 ; Typhoid Fever in Surrey for 

 1906, Dr. Scaton, 1)69 ; the Bacteriological Examin- 

 ation of Water Supplies, Dr. William G. Savage, Prof. 

 R. T. Hewlett, 245 : Inhibitory Action upon Subsequent 

 Phagocytosis, exerted on Active Normal Serum by In- 

 active Normal Serum through which Bacilli have been 

 Passed, J. C. G. Ledingham, 343 ; the Tubercle Bacillus, 

 Prof. .Arloing, 571 ; Tuberculosis, the most Usual Mode 

 of Infection in Man, Dr. Ravenal, 571 ; Prof. Flugge, 

 ^71 ; Studies in the Bacteriology and Etiology of Oriental 

 "Plague, Dr. E. Klein, F.R.S'., Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 

 609 

 Baden-Powell (M.ajor B.). Ballooning as a Sport, 125 

 Bain (H. Foster), the Zinc and Lead Deposits of the 



Upper Mississippi Valley, 559 

 Bainbridge (R. B.), Saorias of the Rajmahal Hills, .■;40 

 Baker (Sir Benjamin, K.C.B., F.R.S. ), Death of, 85 ; 



Obituary Notice of, 106 

 Baker (E. G.), Plants Collected on Mt. Ruwenzori by Dr. 



A. F. R. Wollaston (1906), 287 

 Baker (F.), Relation between Absorption Spectra and 

 Chemical Constitution, part vii.. Pyridine and some of 



