Nature, 

 July 22, 19c 



Index 



Valdivia Expi-dition, the, 486 



Valency, the Theory of. Dr. J. Newton Friend, 395 



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



.Alex. Hill, 427 

 Variable Stars : Observations of Variable Stars, Prof. 



Nijland, 142; SS Aurigre (31.1907) an Irregular 



Variable, Prof. Hartwig, 2SS ; Variable Star 6.1909, 



Urs;e Majoris, Prof. Wolf, 410 

 Vascular System, Lectures on the Evolution of the Fill- 



cinean, A. G. Tansley, 391 

 Vatican Observatory, the, 200 

 Vegard (L.), lonisation with 7 Rays, 328 

 Ventilation : Report of the Departmental Committee on 



Humidilv and Ventilation in Cotton-weavingf Sheds, loi ; 



Ventilation for Dwellings, Rural Schools and Stables, 



F. H. King, 127 

 Vernon (Dr. H. M.), the Production of Prolonged .Apncea 



in Man, 39 

 Vertebrate Development, 271 

 Vertebrates, the Origin of. Dr. Walter Ilolbrook Gaskell, 



F.R.S., 301 

 " Vertebrates," Gaskcll's " Origin of," Dr. W. H. Gaskell, 



F.R.S., 428 

 Vesuvius, the Eruption of, of April, 1906, Dr. Johnston- 



Lavis, 289 

 Vignon (r.eo), Colouring and Tinctorial Properties of Picric 



Acid, 180; Colouring Properties of Lead Chromate, 390; 



Experiments in Relation to the Theory of Dyeing, 472 

 Vinci (Leonardo da) and Geography, Prof. Dr. Eugen 



Oberhunimer, 351 

 Vivisection Controversy, the, Dr. Albert Leffingwell, 63 

 Voisin (Gabriel), Award of the Osiris Prize to, 409 

 Volcanoes : Ngauruhoe Volcano, New Zealand, in Eruption. 



7-; ; Death and Obituary Notice of Rev. Dr. Sereno E. 



Bishop. 164; Volcanic Island near Bogloslof, Alaska. 



Capt. F. M. Munger, 226 ; the Eruption of Vesuvius of 



.April, 1906, Dr. Johnston-Lavis, 280 ; the Guatemalan 



Earthquakes and Eruption of 1902, W. S. Ascoli, 359 

 •Volkerpsychologie, eine Untersuchung der Entwicklungsge- 



setze von Sprache, Mythus und Sitte, Wilhelm Wundt, 



Rev. A. E. Crawley, 334 

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

 Vulquin (E.), Oxidation of the Polyhydric .Alcohols by a 



Peroxydasic System, 449 



Wace (Mr.), Early Civilisation in Northern Greece, 437 

 Wade (Mr.), a Double-image Coelostat for Determining the 



Moon's Position, 468 

 Wagenen (H. R. Van), Tungsten, 439 

 Wahl (.A.), a New Isomeride of Indigo, 149 

 Waldnrr (W.), Melting Point of Platinum, 329 

 Walcott (Dr. C. D.), Scientific Work of the Smithsonian 



Institution, 114 

 Walker (A. O.), Amphipoda Hyperiidea of the Sealark E.x- 



pedition to the Indian Ocean, 260 

 Walker (Gilbert, F.R..S.), Correlation in Seasonal Variation 



of Climate, 167 

 Waller (Dr. A. D.), Effect of Heat upon the Electrical 



State of Living Tissues, 58 

 Ward (Prof. H. Marshall), Trees : a Handbook of Forest- 

 botany for the Woodlands and the Laboratory, 126 

 Ward (John J.), Life-histories of Familiar Plants, 344 r 



the Pollination of the Primrose, 457 

 Warren (Dr. Ernest), Variability of the Six Castes of 



South African White-ants or Termites, 264 

 Washbourn (Dr. J. W.), a Manual of Infectious Diseases, 



454 

 Washington, the Carnegie Institution of, 142 

 Water .Analysis, Laboratory Notes on Industrial, a Survey 



Course for Engineers, Ellen H. Richards, 215 

 Water Power in the United States, 404 

 Water Supplv of Kent, the, with Records of Sinkjngs ant 



Borings, William Whitaker, F.R.S., Dr. H. Franklir 



Parsons, Dr. H. R. Mill, and Dr. J. C. Thresh, 432 

 Waterways, American and Canadian, 461 

 Waterways, Artificial, and Commercial Development (with 



a History of the Erie Canal), Dr. A. Barton Hepburn. 



307 

 Watson (H. E.), Wave-leneths of Lines in the Secondary 

 Spectrum of Hydrogen, Sb 



Watson (J. B.), Colour-vision in Monkeys, 435 



Wave Motion and Bessel's Functions, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 

 F.R.S., 309 



Wchnelt (Dr. A.), Measurement of the Energy of Negative 

 Electrons given out by Metals heated in a Vacuum, 258 



Weigall (A. E. P.), the 'Tomb of Horemheb, Egypt, 437 



Weights and Measures : British and American Customary 

 and Metric Legal Measures for Commercial and Technical 

 Purposes, N. Foley, 367 



Weiss (Prof. F. E.), Submerged Vegetation of Lake Winder- 

 mere as affecting the Feeding Grounds of the Fish, 

 120 



Wellcome Research Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial 

 College, Khartoum, Third Report of the, Andrew Bal- 

 four, 495 



Wellman (Dr. F. Crcighton), Angolan Oil-beetles 

 (Meloida:), 263 



Wvlls, " Blowing," Sydney H. Long, 7-tq; Dr. A. Strahan, 

 370; Beeby Thompson, 429 



Welsh Gorscdd, the. Rev. W. Griffith, 468 



Werkstatt grosser Forscher, Aus der, Dr. Fricdrich Danne- 

 mann, 182 



West (W. and G. S.), Fresh-water Alga: from Burma, in- 

 cluding a few from Bengal and Madras, 125 



West Indies, Cotton Growing in the. West Indian Bulletin, 

 the Journal of the Imperial Agricultural Department for 

 the West Indies, 164 



Westell (W. Percival), the Story of the Sea and the Sea- 

 shore, 129 ; Animals at Home, 192 



Western Teaching for China, Dr. Henry Dyer, 99 



Westphal (W.), Properties of Doubly-charged Ions, 287 



Whales, Length of Skeletons of Great, F. A. Lucas, 104 



Whaling : Hunting the Hump-backed Whale in Natal 

 Waters, H. W. Bell-Marley, 16 



Wharton (Rear-.Admiral Sir William J. L., K.C.B.), Hydro- 

 graphical Surveying, 307 



Wheat Problem, Some Aspects of the. Dr. E. J. Russell, 

 282 



Whcldale (Miss M.), Anthocyanin, 328 



Whiddington (R.), Fatigue Effects of the Kathode in a 

 Discharge Tube, 420 



Whitaker (William, F.R.S.), the Water Supply of Kent, 

 with Records of Sinkings and Borings, 432 



White (Jean), Ferments and Latent Life of Resting Seeds, 

 118 



White (Sir Wm.), Types of Warships omitted in Recent 

 Programmes of Naval Construction, 172 



VVieland (G. R.), Cycadeoidea ctnisca in Bologna, 261 



Wilde Lecture at Manchester Literary and Philosophical 

 Society, the Influence of Moisture on Chemical Change, 

 Dr. H. Brereton Baker, F.R.S., 175 



Wilde (Dr. H.), Moving Force of Terrestrial and Celestial 

 Bodies in Relation to the Attraction of Gravitation, 

 209 



Wilder (Prof. B. G.), Brains of Two White Philosophers 

 and of Two Obscure Negroes Compared, 443 



Wilkinson (W. Fischer), Valuation of Mining .Ar:as on the 

 Rand, 299 



Willey (Dr. Arthur, F.R.S.), Morphology of the Entero- 

 pne'usta, 218; Forms, Markings, and Attitudes in Animal 

 ,ind Plant Life, 247 



Williams (G. B.), Mean Annual Rainfall of Wales and 

 Monmouthshire, 106 



Wilson (Prof. H. A., F.R.S.), Statistical Theory of the 

 Form of the Curve of Oscillation for the Radiation 

 Emitted by a Black Body, 57; Attempt to Detect Some 

 Electro-optical Effects, 118; the Electrical Properties of 

 Flame, Lecture at Royal Institution, 143 



W'ilson (Prof. James),' the Scandinavian Origin of the 

 Hornless Cattle of the British Isles, 179 



Wilson (J. Gordon), the Nerves of the Atrio-ventricular 

 Bundle, 27 



Wilton (David W.), Report on the Scientific Results of the 

 Voyage of the S.Y. Scotia during the Years 1902, 1903, 

 and 1904, under the Leadership of Dr. William S. Bruce, 

 Vol. iv., Zoology, Part i.. Zoological Log, 161 



Wimperis (H. E.),'the Internal Combustion Engine, 124 



Winkler (Dr. Hans), Parthenogenesis und .Apogamie im 

 Pflanzenreiche, 61 



Winkler (Prof. H.I, Vegetative Cross between Nightshade 

 and Tomato, 436 



