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July 22, 



Index 



Oxidu, A. l'"owlur, 387; Critical Examin;itlun of Ihc Mono- 

 chromatic Images of the Sun with the Hydrogen Lines, 

 H. Deslandres and L. d'Azambuja, 389 ; Unsym- 

 niPtrical Enlargement of the Lines of the Arc Spectrum 

 and their Comparison with Those of the Solar Spectrum, 

 Ch. I-'abry and H. Buisson, 389; Spectrum of Mag- 

 nesium in Hydrogen, E. E. Brooks, 410; Influence of 

 Dilution on the Colour and the Absorption Spectra of 

 Various Permanganates, J. E. Purvis, 420 ; Camera 

 Objectives for Spectrographs, Mr. Plaskett, 440 ; the 

 Ruling of Diffraction Gratings, Prof. k. A. Michelson, 

 444 ; Effect of Temperature on the .Absorption of Cer- 

 tain Solutions, Prof. H. C. Jones, 444; Spectroscopic 

 Researches, E. J. Evans, 508; Prof. R. W. Wood, 508; 

 the Echelon .Spectroscope, H. Stansfield, 500 



Spencer (Prof. Baldwin), a Problematical Organism 

 Thrown up during a Storm in Bass Strait, 350 



Sphenodon, Unusual Condition of Nasal Bones in, H. \V. 

 Unthank, 6g 



Spherical Astronomy, a Treatise on, Sir Robert Ball, 

 F.R.S., 123 



Spiral Nebulae, Spectra of Some, and Globular Star 

 Clusters, E. A. Path, 354 



.Spruce (Richard), Notes of a Botanist on the .\mazon 

 and .Andes, 458 



Squier (Major George O.), Recent Progress in .Aero- 

 nautics, 223 



.Stahl (Ernst), zur Biologic des Chlorophylls, Laubfarbe 

 und Himmelslicht, Vergilbung und Etiolement, 303 



Standard Scale of Photographic Magnitudes, Prof. Picker- 

 ing, 380 



Stanley (\V. N.), Cupellation Experiments, the Thermal 

 Properties of Cupels, 388 



.Stansfield (H.), the Echelon .Spectroscope, 500 



Stapf (Dr. Otto, F.R.S.), Fluorescence of Ligiiiiin ,V,/)/ifi- 

 tiium, 218; die Bliitenpflanzen .Afrikas, Franz Thonner, 



333 



Starke (Dr. Hermann), Physikalische Musiklehre, 338 



Stars : the Recent Magnitudes of Nova Persei, Prof. 

 Nijland, iq ; Radial \"elocity of a Persei, F. Goes, 51; 

 Double-star Measures, Prof. Burnham, iq ; Measures for 

 Double .Stars, Dr. Lau and Herr Luplau-Janssen, 200 ; a 

 New " Cave-nebula " in Cepheus, Prof. Wolf, iq ; a Cata- 

 logue of 1623 Southern Stars, Ernest Cooke, 51 ; Stellar 

 Evolution, Prof. Moulton, 79 ; Relation between the 

 Magnitudes and Colours of Stars, Herren Miiller and 

 Kempf, 108; Colours and Magnitudes of Stars, Mr. 

 Franks, 288 ; Miss Bell, 28S ; Common Motions of the 

 Principal UrsjE Majoris Stars, Dr. Ludcndorff, 141 ; Ob- 

 servations of Variable .Stars, Prof. Nijland, 142 ; Coloured 

 Stars in the Globular Cluster M13, Prof. Barnard, 169; 

 a Group of Red Stars in Sagittarius, Mrs. Fleming, 288 ; 

 S.S .Aurig;u (31.1907) an Irregular Variable, Prof. 

 Hartwig, 288; Mercury as an Evening Star, 320; 

 Spectra of Some Spiral Nebulfe and Globular Star 

 Clusters, E. A. Fath, 334; the Birth of Worlds, Prof. 

 .A. W. Bickerton, 380; the Variable Star ((i.1009) I'rs.e 

 Majoris, Prof. Wolf, 410 



Stead (J. E., F.R.S.), Siinple Method of Illuminating 

 Opaque Objects, 168 



Steam Boilers, Heat Transmission in, 144 



Steel : the Manufacture of Basic Steel, 133 : Rapid Methods 

 for the Chemical .Analysis of Special Steels, Steel-making 

 Alloys and Graphite, C. ^L Johnson, 272 



Stec; (Edward J.), Persistent Trail of a Meteor on March 

 14 248 



Stein (Dr. M. A.), Geographical and Archaeological E.x- 

 plorations in Chinese Turkestan in 1906-8, 47 



Stephenson (J.), Osmotic Pressures of Weak Solutions of 

 Calcium Ferrocyanide, 28 



Stern (J. G. L.), .Application of the Platinum Resistance 

 Thermometer to the Determination of Molecular Weights 

 in Fused Potassium Nitrate as a Solvent, 168, 



Stodel (G.), Sterilisation of Milk by the Ultra-violet Ravs, 

 60 



Stcecklin (E. de), O.xidation of the Polyhydric Alcohols by 

 a Peroxvdasic System, 449 



Stoney (Dr. Bindon Blood, F.R.S.), Death and Obituary 

 Notice of, 315 



Slopes (Marie C.), Plant-containing Nodules from Japan, 

 119 



Slopes (Dr. Marie), the Tent-building Habils of the .Ant 

 Lasius iiiger, Linn., 3S8 



Slorie (G. B.), Steam Plant Trials at the Greenvale Mill, 

 Littleborough, 50 



Stcirring (Dr. Gustav), Mental Pathology in its Relation 

 to Normal Psychology, a Course of Lectures delivered in 

 the University of Leipzig, 216 



Strahan (Dr. A., F.R.S.), " Blowing " Wells, 370 



Strange and Graham, Ltd. (Messrs.), a Process of Making 

 Ribbon Metals, 348 



Stromeyer (C. E.), Ageing of Mild Steel and the Influence 

 of Nitrogen, 385 



Stroobant (Prof.), Diameter and Position of Mercury, 200 



Structural Geography, Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 1^7: 

 the Reviewer, 157 



Structures, the Theorv and Design of, Ewart S. .Andrews, 

 64 



Strutt (Hon. R. J., F.R.S.), Leak.ige of Helium from 

 Radio-active Minerals, 147 ; a Direct Estimate of the 

 Minimum Age of Thorianite, 308 



Slubbs (F.), Use of Wind by Migrating Birds, 120 



.Sudan, Handbook for Egypt and the, 151; 



.Sudan, Third Report of the Wellcome Research Labora- 

 tories at the Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, 

 .Andrew Balfour, 49^ 



Suess (E.), the Face of the Earth, 91 



Sugar-canes, Importation of, Regulations ior British 

 Guiana, 286 



Summer Season Time Bill, the, .•; 



Sun : the Constitution of the Sun, J. F. Hermann Schulz, 

 e,j ; M. .A. .Amaftounsky, 51 ; the Rotation of Ihr Sun, 

 Prof. W. S. Adams, 141 ; Pressure in the Sun's Atmo- 

 sphere, MM. Fabry and Buisson, 229 ; Partial Eclipse 

 of the Sun in Canada, Dr. Downing, 320 ; Changes 'n 

 the Figure and Dimensions of the Sun, Prof. Moulton, 



439 



.Sun-spots, the Levels of, .A. W. Dobbie, 19 



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



Sunset Playgrounds : Fishing Days and Others in Cali- 

 fornia and Canada, F. G. .Aflalo, 431 



Surveying : Conference on Roads, 292 ; Hydrographical 

 Surveying, Rear-Admiral Sir William J. L. Wharton, 

 K.C.B., 307 



Swann (W. F. G.), Specific Heat of Air and Carbon 

 Dioxide at Atmospheric Pressure, by the Continuous 

 Electrical Method, at 20° C. and 100° C, 23S 



Swiss Flowers, F'amiliar, F. E. Hulme, 452 



Sv (.M.), Comet Tempel,-Swift, iqoSd, 79 



Szyszkowski (Prof. B. de). Radio-activity in Relation to 

 iVIorozoff's Theory of the Constitution of .Atoms, 276 



Tabouriech (P. J.), Variety of Organic Iron in Plants, 30 

 Tansley (A. G.), Lectures "on the Evolution of the Filicinean 



\'ascular System, 391 

 Tantalum and its Industrial Applications, .Alex. Siemens at 



the Roval Institution, 290 

 I'arsius, the Zoological Position of, Prof. G. Elliot Smith, 



F.R.S., 38 

 Tavlor (Miss A. M.), Two New Parasites of the Black- 

 currant Mite, 447 

 Tavlor (Rev. J.), Botanical Discoveries near Dover, 2^8 

 Tavlor (R. L.), Colour Demonstrations of the Dissociating 



.Action of Water, 328 

 Tea, the Fertilisation of, George .A. Cowie, 383 

 Teaching of Geometry, the. Prof. George M. Minchin, 



F.R.S., 373 , r^ r- -r D -IK 



Technical Colleges, the Inmctions of. Dr. George F. Beilby, 



F.K.S., at Association of Technical Institutions, 22 

 Technical Education, the Defects of English, and the 

 Remedy, Dr. Robert Pohl at the Association of Teachers 

 in Technical Institutions in Huddersfield, 205 

 Technical Institutions, the Association of, -146 

 Technologv : the Manufacture of Paper, R. W. Smdall, 422 

 Telegraphy: Wireless, Long-distance Messages, 14; an 

 Elementary Manual of Radio-telegraphy and Radio-tele- 

 phonv for Students and Operators, Dr. J. A. Fleming, 

 F.R.S., Maurice Solomon, 65: la Telegraphic sans Fil et 

 les Applications pratiques des Ondes ^lectriques, Albert 

 Turpain, Maurice Solomon, 65 ; Jahrbuch der drahtlosen 

 Telegraphic und Telephonie, Maurice Solomon, 65 ; 



