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Index 



Coblentz, 288; Effect of Temperature on lonisation, J. A. 

 Crowther, 297 ; lonisation of \'arious Gases by Secondary 

 7 Rays, R. D. Kleeman, 298 ; lonisation with 7 Rays, L. 

 Vegard, 32S ; Nature of the lonisation Produced in a Gas 

 by 7 Rays, R. D. Kleeman, 32S ; a Direct Estimate of the 

 Minimum Age of Thorianite, Hon. R. J. Strutt, F.R.S., 

 308 ; a Want of Symmetry Shown by Secondary X-rays, 

 Prof. \V. H. Braggf and J. L. Classen, 327 ; Transform- 

 ations of X-rays, C. \. Sadler, 327 ; Phenomena of X- 

 ray Transmission, C. G. Barkla, 419 ; Fatigue Effects 

 of the Kathode in a Discharge Tube, R. Whid- 

 dington, 420; Origin, History, and Development of the 

 Rontgen-ray Tube, J. H. Gardiner, 43S ; Evolution of 

 Heat by Radio-active Bodies, William Duane, 449 ; 

 Radium and Uranium Contained in Radio-active 

 Minerals, Ellen Gleditsch, 449 ; Small Part taken by 

 Radiation in Heat Transmission through a Metal, Dr. 

 M. Reinganum, 467; a Simple Radioscope and a Radio- 

 meter for Showing and Measuring Radio-activity, Dr. J. 

 Aitken, 47S ; on the Relation of " Recoil " Phenomena to 

 the Final Radio-active Product of Radium, Prof. J. C. 

 McLennan, 490 ; the Treatment of Nsevus by Electrolysis 

 and Radium Combined, Fouveau de Courmelles, 480 



Radio-thorium. Frederick Soddy, 12 



Radium : Radium Institutes, 45 ; on the a Rays from 

 Radium B, Dr. Howard L. Bronson, 159 ; Production of 

 Radium from Uranium, Frederick Soddy, 308 ; Pitch- 

 blende from Trenwith I\.':nc, Francis Fo.\, 349; the Inter- 

 pretation of Radium, Frederick Soddy, 36S ; see alsj 

 Radiography 



Railways, the Electrification of, John A. F. Aspinall at 

 Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 260 



Ramaley (Dr. F.), Vegetation in and around the Red Rock 

 Lake, Colorado, 407 



Rambaud (M.), Comet Tempelj-Swift, igoSd, 79 



Ramsay (Sir William, K.C.B., F.R.S.), the British Science 

 Guild, 52; the Imperial Side of the Fuel Question, 278; 

 Liquid Radium Emanation. 347 



Ranke (Prof. Heinrich von), Death and Obituarv Notice of, 

 350 



Rarer Elements, Introduction to the. Dr. Phillip E. Brown- 

 ing, 182 



Rastall (R. H.V the Boulders of the Cambridge Drift, 359 



Rawson (Col. H. E.), the Anticyclonic Belt of the Northern 

 Hemisphere, 387 



Reade (T. Mellard), Death and Obituary Notice of, 404 



Reale Istituto Lombardo Prize .Awards, 137 



Reroura (A.), Cuprous Sulphate, 299 



Reform at Cambridge, 345 



Reform at Oxford Universitv, 311 



Reid (Clement. F.R.S., and Eleanor M.), Fossil Flora of 

 Tegelen-sur-Meuse, 261 



Reighard (Prof."!. Significance of the Conspicuousness of 

 the Coral-reef Fishes of the Tortugas, 3S2 



Reinganum (Dr. M.), Moving-coil Galv.-inometer, Methods 

 of Making the Instruments Suitable for Measuring Small 

 Currents, iS ; Small Part taken by Radiation in Heat 

 Transmission through a Metal, 467 



Reinhardt rDr. Ludwig). Human Skeleton Discovered in 

 Cavern of Le Moustier, Dordogne. 466 



Relevance of Mathematics, the, Philip E. B. Jourdain, 3S2 



Rengade (E.l, Suboxide of Caesium, 330 



Research: Scientific Research and the Carnegie Trust, 20; 

 the Promotion of Scientific Research, Walter B. Priest, 

 68; Prize Subjects for Scientific Research. So; the En- 

 couragement of Research. Dr. E. H. Griffiths. F.R.S., 

 127: Research and the Colleges. W. P. Dreaoer, 128 



Respiration. Schafer Method of .Artificial, in Case of the 

 .\pparently Drowned, 13S 



RrviEws AND Our Bookshelf. 



Science in Modern Life, i 



Experimental Zoologv, Dr. Hans Przibram. Dr. Francis 



H. A. Marshall, 2 ' 

 Handbuch der Pharmakognosic, Prof. A. Tschirch, Prof. 



Henry G. Greenish, 3 

 The Structure of the Wool Fibre and its Relation to the 



Use of Wool for Technical Purposes, Dr. F. H. Bowman, 



Prof. Walter M. Gardner, 4 



Principles of Sewage Treatment, Prof. Dunbar, Edward 



•Ardern, 5 

 Sewer Construction, Prof. Henry N. Ogden, Edward 



.■\rdern, 5 

 Modern Methods of Sewage Disposal, W. H. Trentham 



and J. Saunders, Edward .Ardern, 5 

 Explication M^chanique des Propri<5t^s de la Mati^re, Cohe- 

 sion, Affinity, Gravitation, &c., A. Despaux, 6 

 Lemons de Physique giin^rale, J. Chappuis and A. Berget, 6 

 Biochemie, ein Lehrbuch fur Mediziner, Zoologen und 



Botaniker, Dr. F. Rohmann, 6 

 Geometry, Theoretical and Practical, W. P. Workman and' 



A. G. Cracknell, 7 

 Geography, Structural, Physical, and Comparative, Prof. 



J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 31 

 A Text-book of Geography, G. Cecil Fry, 31 

 Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, 32 

 Lathe Design for High- and Low-speed Steels, Prof. John T. 



Nicolson and Dempster Smith, 33 

 Mechanics of Engineering, Prof. Irving P. Church, 33 

 Motor-car Mechanism and Management, W. Poynter-Adams, 



33 

 First Course in Biology, L. H. Bailey and W. M. Coleman, 



Schlich's Manual of Forestry, W. R. Fisher, 35 



Parallel Paths: a Study in Biology, Ethics and'Art, T. W. 



RoUeston, 35 

 A Course of Pure Mathematics, G. H. Hardy, 36 

 Clay Modelling in Manual Training from Plan, Elevation, 



and Section, F. W. Farrington, 36 

 Clav Modelling in Manual Training, Scholars' Handbook, 



36 

 Handbook to the Technical and Art Schools and Colleges 



of the United Kingdom, 36 

 La C6te d'.Azur Russe (Riviera du Caucase), E. A. Martel, 



Prof. Grenville .A. J. Cole, 40 

 Einleitung in die Experimentelle Morphologie der Pflanzen, 



Dr. K. Goebel, 61 

 Parthenogenesis und Apogamie :m Pflanzenreiche, Dr. Hans 



Winkler, 61 

 The Vivisection Controversy, Dr. Albert Leffingwell, 63 

 The Theory and Design of Structures, Ewart S. Andrews, 



64 

 The Strength of Materials, Prof. Arthur Morley, 64 

 An Elementary Manual of Radio-telegraphv and Radio- 

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



F.R.S., Maurice Solomon, 65 

 La T^l^graphie sans Fil et les Applications pratiques des 



Ondes Electriques, Albert Turpain, Maurice Solomon, 65 

 Jahrbuch der drahtlosen Telegraphic und Telephonic, 



Maurice Solomon, 6,1^ 

 Handbuch zur Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der 



Technik, 66 

 British Butterflies and Other Insects, 67 

 The Oil and Bromoil Processes, F. J. Mortimer and S. L. 



Coulthurst, 67 

 Earthwork of England: Prehistoric, Roman, Saxon, 



Danish, Norman, and Mediaeval, A. Hadrian Allcroft, 



Rev. John Griffith, 69 

 Manual of Tides, Rollin A. Harris, 91 

 The Face of the Earth, E. Suess, qi 



On Infantilism from Chronic Intestinal Infection, Character- 

 ised by the Overgrowth and Persistence of Flora of the 



Nursling Period, Prof. C. A. Herter, 92 

 The Heredity of .A,cquired Characters in Plants, Rev. Prof. 



George Henslow, 93 

 Elementary Agricultural Chemistry, Herbert Ingle, Dr. 



E. J. Russell, 93 

 Timber, J. R. Baterden, 94 



Biology and its Makers, with Portraits and Other Illustra- 

 tions. Prof. W. A. Locy, 95 

 Psychologic als Grundwissenschaft der Padagogik, 95 

 .■\ Brief Course in Elementarv Dynamics for Students of 



Engineering, Ervin S. Ferry. 95 

 Report of the Departmental Committee on Humidity and 



Ventilation in Cotton-weaving Sheds, toi 

 .\laska, ein Beitrag zur Geschichte nordischer Kolonisation, 



Prof. H. Erdmann, 121 

 General Physics. Dr. Henry Crew, 122 

 A Treatise on Spherical .Astronomy, Sir Robert Ball, F.R.S., 



123 



