Nature, -| 

 July 22, igogj 



Index 



Hickson, F.R.S., and Gilbert C. Bourne, 229 ; the 

 Natural History Museum, 254; Catalogue of the 

 Lepidoptera Phalaena; in the British Museum, Sir George 

 F. Hampson, Bart., 33S 

 Musiklehre, Physikalische, Dr. Hermann Starke, 33S 

 Muthesius (Karl), Goethe und Pestalozzi, 36S 

 Mycology : Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes : a 

 Descriptive Catalogue of the Drawings and Specimens 

 in the Department of Botany, British Museym, Worth- 

 ington G. Smith, 184 

 Myers (J.), the Gypsy Poison Drab, 77 

 Mythology : the Golden Fleece, Dr. Felix Oswald, 96 



Nagaoka (H.I, the Complex Structure of Some Lines in 

 Spectrum of Mercury, 319 



Nandi, the, their Language and Folklore, A. C. Hollis, 249 



National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4, Album of Photo- 

 graphs and Sketches, 460 



National Physical Laboratory during 1908, the, 109 



Natural History : a Winter Retreat, Prof. John ■;. 

 McKendrick, F.R.S., S; a Winter Retreat for Snails, W. 

 Hoskyns-.Abrahall, 96 ; Moral Superiority among Birds, 

 A. R. Horwood, 40 ; Linnean Society, 87, 148, 26^, 

 359, 44S. 478 ; a Crocodile's Nest, G. W. Grabham, 96 ; 

 Last Hours with Nature, Eliza Brightwen, 129 ; the 

 Adventures of Cock Robin and his Mate, R. Kearton, 

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

 129 ; the Nature-book, 129 ; the Story of the Sea and 

 Seashore, W. Percival Westell, 129; the House in the 

 Water, Charles D. G. Roberts, 129 ; Close to Nature's 

 Heart, William M'Conachie, 129; Death of Dr. W. H. 

 Edwards, 164, 224; Trees Shown to the Children, Janet 

 Harvey Kelman and C. E. Smith, 192 ; Animals at 

 Home,' W. P. Westell, 192 ; Nature Study, J. R. Ains- 

 worth Davis, 192 ; the Natural Historv Museum, Profs. 

 J. C. Ewart, F.R.S., A. Sedgwick, F.R.S., Sydney J. 

 Hickson, F.R.S., and Gilbert C. Bourne, 229; the 

 Natural History Museum, 254 ; Forms, Markings, and 

 .\ttitude5 in Animals and Plant Life, Dr. Arthur Willey, 

 F.R.S., 247 ; Seal-rocks at Westernport, Bass Strait, 

 J. W. Barrett, 257; the " Sense of Direction " in Bees, 

 Gaston Bonnier, 269 ; Do Animals take Advantage of 

 Experience? Dr. T. Zell, 317; the Book of Nature- 

 study, 344: Insect Stories, Vernon L. Kellogg, 344; 

 Alpine and Bog Plants, Reginald Farrer, 344 ; Life- 

 histories of Familiar Plants, John J. Ward, 344; Natural 

 History in India, 370; Brown-bear Hunting in Alaska. 

 G. Mi.xter, 37S ; Eliza Brightwen : the Life and 

 Thoughts of a Naturalist, 426 : the Life of Philibert 

 Commerson, D.M., Naturalist du Roi : an Old-WorM 

 Story of French Travel and Science in the Days of 

 Linnaeus. Captain S. Pasficld Oliver, 430; the Pollina- 

 tion of the Primrose, John J. Ward, 4c;7 ; W. E. Hart, 

 457, 492 ; the Reviewer, 457 ; New South Wales Linnean 

 Society, 479 



Natural Monuments, the Care of, with Special Reference 

 to Great Britain and Germany, Prof. H. Conwentz, 27:; 



Nature, Design in. Dr. J. Bell'Pettigrew, F.R.S., 151 



Naturgeschichte des Menschen. Beitr.iije zur. Dr. Gustav 

 Friedenthal, Prof. G. Elliot Smith, F.R.S., 211 



Naturwissenschaftlich-padagogischer Abhandlungen, Samm- 

 lung. Prof. J. A. Green, 304 



Nnutic-Astronomical and Universal Calculator, the, R. 

 Nelting, 400 



Naval .Architecture : the Institution of Naval Architects, 172 : 

 Types of Warships Omitted in Recent Programmes of 

 Naval Construction, Lord Brassey, 172 ; Sir Wm. White, 



172 ; Elasticity of Ships as Deduced from Experiments on 

 the Vibration of Dynamical Models. Prof. J. B. Hender- 

 son, 173 ; .Applications of the Internal-combustion Engine 

 to Marine Propulsion, H. C. Anstev, 173 ; F. R. S. 

 Bircham, 173 ; Steamer Trials with Various Kinds of 

 Screws, Lieut. -Colonel G. Rota, 173 : Mecharycal Method 

 for Determining the Thrust of Propellers, J. H. Heck, 



173 : the Plant Necessary in Warship Construction, 227 : 

 the Wave-making Resistance of Ships, T. H. H.avelock, 

 298 



Navigation : Hydroplanes or Skimmers, Sir John T. Thorny- 

 croft, F.R.S., 107; a 40-Feet Gas-driven Launch, !\Iac- 



laren Bros., 227; an Explanation of the Adjustment oi 

 Ships' Compasses, Commander L. W. P. Chetwynd, 276;^ 

 New White Star Liner Laiirentic, 320 

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

 Nebulse, the Spectra of Various, Prof. Wolf, 19 

 Nelting (R.), the Nautic-Astronomical and Universal Cal- 

 culator, 490 

 Nerve Fibres, Growth of, Ross Harrison, 325 

 Neumayer (Dr. G. von, For.Mem. R.S.J, Death of, 375 ; 



Obituary Notice of, Hy. Harries, 402 ; Corr., 439 

 Neuroptera : die Termiten oder vi^eissen Ameisen, K.. 



Escherich, 245 

 New South Wales Linnean Society, 479 

 New York Zoological Society, Aquarium of the, 500 

 Newall (Prof.), Cosmical Matter in Space, 142 

 Newton (Prof. A., F.R.S.), Life and Letters of, A. F. R. 



WoUaston, 8 

 Nicholson (Prof. John T.), Lathe Design for High- and. 

 Low-speed Steels, 33 ; Laws of Heat and Transmission 

 Deduced from Experiment, Paper at Junior Institution of 

 Engineers, 144 

 Nicholson (Dr. J. W.), the Simple Equivalent of an Alter- 

 nating Circuit of Parallel Wires, 247 ; Inductance andi 

 Resistance in Telephone and Other Circuits, 509 

 Nicol (J.), Rotation of the Electric Arc in a Radial Mag- 

 netic Field, 27 

 Nijland (Prof.), the Recent Magnitudes of Nova Persei, ig ; 



Observations of Variable Stars, 142 

 Noctuidje of the Lepidoptera of the British Islands, the 



Genitalia of the, F. M. Pierce, 246 

 Noel (Mr.), Parasitic Habit of Quelea, 295 

 Nordmann (Dr. Ch.), Dispersion of Light in Interstellar. 



Space, 409 

 Norway, an Account of the Crustacea of, Prof. G. O. 



Sars, W. A. Cunnington, 184 

 Norwegian Aurora Polaris Expedition, the, 1902-3, Vol. i.„ 

 on the Cause of Magnetic Storms and the Origin ot 

 Terrestrial Magnetism, Kr. Birkeland, 410 

 Nova Persei, the Recent Magnitudes of. Prof. Nijland, 19 

 Nuth (A. J.), Habits of Australian Bower-birds, 113 

 Nutrition : Human Foods and their Nutritive Value, H. 

 Snyder, C. Simmonds, 366 



Oberhummer (Prof. Dr. Eugen), Leonardo da Vinci andl 

 Geography, 351 



Obermaier (Dr. Hugo), Stone Implements of the French. 

 Older Pateolithic Age, 139 



Observatories : the Melbourne Observatory, Mr. Baracchi,. 

 51; the Cape Observatory, 79; the United States Naval 

 Observatory, 170 ; the Vatican Observatory, 200 ; Mount- 

 Wilson Solar Observatory Report, Prof. Hale, 260 ; Har- 

 vard College Observatory, Prof. Pickering, 321 ; the Royal 

 Observatory, Greenwich, 446 



Occultations of Planets, Dr. Downing, 28S 



Oddone (Dr. Emilio), Depth of the Epicentre of Recent 

 Sicilian Earthquake, 16S 



Ogden (Prof. Henry N.), Sewer Construction, 5 



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

 Coulthurst, 67 



Oil Motors, G. Lieckfeld, 246 



Oliver (Captain S. Pasfield), the Life of Philibert Commer- 

 son, D.M., Naturalist du Roi, an Old-World Story of 

 French Travel and Science in the Days of Linnaeus, 430 



Ophthalmology : Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. Simeon 

 Snell, 256 



Optics : Relations of Marine Organisms to Light, Prof. B. 

 Moore, 16 ; Variation in Intensity of Light at Different 

 Altitudes, Dr. M. Samec. 17; .Action of Light upon Milk 

 to which Potassium Bichromate has been Added. A. Gas- 

 card, 60; Attempt to Detect Some Electro-optical Effects, 

 Prof. H. A. Wilson, iiS; Abhandlungen zur Physiologic 

 der Gesichtsempfindungen aus dem physiologischen In- 

 stitut zu Freiburg-i-B., 125: Cours de Physique, con- 

 forme aux Programmes des Certificats et de I'.Agr^gation 

 de Physique, Optiquo. Ktude des Instruments, Prof. H. 

 Bouasse, 153 ; the Photo-electric Fatigue of Zinc. H. 

 Stanley Allen, 17S; Photographic Optics and Colour 

 Photography, including the Camera, Kinematograph, 

 Optical Lantern, and the Theory and Practice of Image 



