Index 



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Nature^ 



ly 22, Il)C 



Shaw (Knox), the Proposed Programme of Work for the 



Reynolds Reflector at Helwan, Egypt, 19 

 Shaxby (John H.), Early References to Fluorescence and 



Light Transmitted by Thin Gold Films, 128; Lignum 



Neplniticum, 248 ; the Graphical Determination of Fres- 



nel's Integrals, 269 

 Shelford (Robert), Biologia Centrali-Americana, Orthoptera, 



Vol. ii., Phasmida;, 241 

 Sheppard (Dr. S. E.), Influence of their State in Solution 



on the Absorption Spectra of Dissolved Dyes, 118 

 Sherrington (Prof. C. S.), Reciprocal Innervation of 



Antagonistic Muscles, Note xiv., Double Reciprocal 



Innervation, 326 

 Shipley (Dr. A. E., F.R.S.), a Student's Text-book of 



Zoology, Vol. iii., the Insecta and Arachnida, 361 

 Ships' Compasses, an Explanation of the Adjustment of, 



Commander L. \V. P. Chetwynd, 276 

 Shrubsall (Dr. F. C), Crania and Bones from Ancient 



Ruins in Rhodesia, 379 

 Shuddemagen (C. L. B.), Method of Making Condensers 



with Pure Paraffin Wax, 502 

 Siemens (Alex.), Tantalum and its Industrial Applications, 



Discourse at Royal Institution, 290 

 Simmonds (C), the Poisons of the Pharmacy Act, 191 ; 



Human Foods and their Nutritive Value, H. Snyder, 366 

 Simpson (J. C), Specimen of Pelagothuria from the Sey- 

 chelles, 88 

 Sindall (R. W.), the Manufacture of Paper, 422 

 Skinner (Frank W.), Foundations of Lofty Buildings in 



.American Practice, 78 

 Skot (Bob), the Romanichcls, 31S 

 Sladen, the Percy, Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean, 



J. Stanley Gardiner, F.R.S., 321 ; J. C. Fryer, 321 

 Sleep for Children, Hours of, 79 

 Sleeping Sickness : Kleine's Observations on the Period 



during which the Tsetse-fly was Capable of Transmitting 



a Trypanosome Infection, Sir David Bruce, 315; Latency 



in Infectivity of Tsetse-flies, Colonel Sir David Bruce, 



436 

 Smalian (K.), Leitfaden der Tierkunde fur hohere Lehran- 



stalten, 367 

 Smell, Sense of, in Flies, Dr. .Alex. Hill, 30S 

 Smell, Vapour-density and, Dr. E. P. Perman, 369; Dr. 



AIe.x. Hill, 427 

 Smith (C. E.), Trees shown to the Children, 192 

 Smith (Dempster), Lathe Design for High- and Low-Speed 



Steels, 33 

 Smith (Eva M.), Surfaces having a Family of Helices as 



One Set of Lines of Curvature, 140 

 Smith (Geoffrey), Anaspidacea, 43^ 

 Smith (Prof. G. Elliot, F.R.S.), the Zoological Position of 



Tarsius, 38; Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte des Menschen, 



Dr. Gustav Friedenthal, 211 ; Origin of the People of 



Egypt, 407 ; Anatomical Results of Excavations in Nubia, 



466 

 Smith (J. Cruickshank), Physical Tests for Protective Coat- 

 ings for Iron and Steel, 3S4 

 Smith (J. Russell), the Story of Iron and Steel, 126 

 Smith (Dr. Letchworth), Death of, 224 

 Smith (Prof. R. H.), Easement Curves, 467 

 Smith (Dr. S. W. J.J, Action between Metals and .Acids and 



the Conditions under which Mercury Causes Evolution of 



Hydrogen, 239 

 Smith (T.), Method of Testing Photographic Shutters, 419 

 Smith (Worthington G.), Synopsis of the British Basidio- 



mycetes, a Descriptive Catalogue of the Drawings and 



Specimens in Department of Botany, British Museum, 



1S4 

 Smithells (Prof. Arthur, F.R.S.), Lecons sur le Carbone, 



la Combustion, les Lois chimiques, H. le Chatelier, 331 

 Smithsonian Institution, Scientific Work of the. Dr. C. D. 



Walcott, 114 

 Smyth (Dr. Wm. Woods), the Inheritance of Acquired 



Character. 277 

 Snails, a Winter Retreat for, W. Hoskyns-.Abrahall, 96 

 Snell (F. C), Nature Studies by Night and Day, 129 

 Snell (Dr. Simeon), Death and Obituary Notice of, 256 

 Snow (.A. E.), Pirani's Method of Measuring the Self- 

 inductance of a Coil, 147-8 

 Snyder (H.), Human Foods and their Nutritive Value, 366 



Society of Chemical Industry, Education and Research in 

 Applied Chemistry, Prof. Raphael Meldola, F.R.S., 413 



Sociology : Vblkerpsychologie, eine Untersuchung der Ent- 

 wicklungsgesetze von Sprache, Mythus und Sitte, Wilhelm 

 Wundt, Rev. A. E. Crawley, 334 



Soddy (Frederick), the 7 Rays of Uranium, 7 ; Radio- 

 thorium, 12 ; the Rays of Uranium X, 37; Production 01 

 Radium from Uranium, 308; the Interpretation of 

 Radium, 368 



Solar Activity, the Recent, W. E. Rolston, 320 



Solar Atmosphere, the Upper Layers of the, M. Deslandres, 



354 



Solar Constant, the Determination of the, Messrs. Abbot 

 and Fowler, jun., 468; L. B. .Aldrich, 468 



Solar Parallax from Observations of Eros, Prof. Perrine. 

 468 



Solar Research, Recent, Prof. Ricco, 288 



.Solar Research, Transactions of the International Union 

 for Cooperation in, 134 



Solar Temperature, Sun-spots and, Mr. Evershed, 169 



Solar Vortices, Hale's, .A. Brester, 79 



SoUas (Prof. W. J., F.R.S.), Anniversary Address, Time 

 in Relation to Geological Events, 118 



Solomon (Maurice), an Elementary Manual of Radio- 

 telegraphy and Radio-telephony for Students and 

 Operators, Dr. J. A. Fleming, F.R.S., 65 ; 4a TeMgraphie 

 sans Fil et les Applications pratiques des Ondes ^lec- 

 triques, Albert Turpain, 65 ; Jahrbuch der drahtlosen 

 Telegraphie und Telephonic, 65 



Songs of Birds : Kunst und Vogelgesang in ihren wechsel- 

 seitigen Beziehungen von naturwissenschaftlich-musik- 

 alischen Standpunkte beleuchtet. Dr. B. Hoffmann, 336 



-South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, the, 476 



Space, the Apparent Dispersion of Light in, Prof. Lebedew, 

 169 



Spectrographs, Camera Objectives for, Mr. Plaskett, 440 



Spectrum Analysis : Variation of Refractive Indices of 

 Mi.xtures of Liquids Vi^ith their Composition, Dr. V. F. 

 Hess, 18 ; the Spectra of Various Nebulae, Prof. Wolf, 19 ; 

 Spectra of Nebulae, Prof. Wolf, 229 ; Dr. Eberhard, 229 ; 

 Anomalous Refraction and Spectroheliograph Results, 

 Prof. Julius, 50 ; Wave-lengths of Lines in the Secondary 

 Spectrum of Hydrogen, H. E. Watson, 86; a Remarkable 

 Prominence, Father Chevalier, loS ; Influence of their 

 State in Solution on the Absorption Spectra of Dissolved 

 Dyes, Dr. S. E. Sheppard, 118: Comparison of the 

 Lines of the Spectrum of the Electric Arc and of the 

 Sun, Pressure of the Reversing Layer in the Solar 

 Atmosphere, Ch. Fabry and H. Buisson, 149 ; Spectrum 

 of the Comet iqoSc (Morehouse), A. de la Baume- 

 Pluvinel and F. Baldet, 149 ; Observations made at Meu- 

 don Observatory on Morehouse's Comet, H. Deslandres, 

 .A. Bernard and J. Bosler, 179; the Spectrum of More- 

 house's Comet, Prof. Hartmann, 380; Resonator Sparks, 

 their Spectroscopic .Analysis, G. A. Hemsalech and .A. 

 Zimmern, 140 ; the Gases of the Ring Nebula in Lyra, 

 Prof. Bohuslav Brauner, 158; Emission Spectrum of 

 Silver Heated in a Carbon-tube Furnace in Air, G. 

 Duftield and R. Rossi, i6S; a Simple Fabry and Perot 

 Interferometer, Prof. James Barnes, 187; New Type of 

 Magnetic Decomposition of the .Absorption Bands of 

 Crystals, Jean Becquerel, 209 ; the Orbits of Spectroscopic 

 Binaries, R. H. Baker, 229; F. C. Jordan, 229; Spectro- 

 scopic Binaries, Prof. Campbell, 321; Dr. Heber D. 

 Curtis, 321 ; Prof. W. H. Wright, 321 ; General Solution 

 of the Soectroheliograph, H. Deslandres, 239 : Chromo- 

 spheric Calcium Lines in Furnace Spectra, Dr. A. S. 

 King, 260 ; Examination of the Upper Layers of Calcium 

 and Hydrogen in the Solar Atmosphere and of the Samp 

 Black Filaments in the Two Layers, H. Deslandres and 

 L. d'Azambuja, 260 ; G. E. Hale, 260 ; the Complex 

 Structure of Some Lines in Spectrum of Mercury, H. 

 Nagaoka, 310; Origin of the Colours of the Spectrum, 

 Prof. P. Zeeman, 319; Examination of Zeeman 

 Effect for Certain Bands in the Emission Spectra 

 of Gases, A. Dufour, 352 ; Spectra of Some 

 Spiral Nebulas and Globular Star Clusters, E. A. Fath. 

 354 ; Spectrum of the Rubv, J. Moir, 360 ; a General 

 Solution of the Spectroheliograph, M. Deslandres, 380 ; 

 Spectroscopic Comparison of o Ceti with Titanium 



