Index 



Mellor (Mr.), Adsorption and Dissolution of Gases by Sili- 

 cates, 385 



Melvill (Ur. J. Cosmo), Marine MoUusca of the Sealark 

 Expedition, 269 



Mental Pathology in its Relation to Normal Psychology, a 

 Course of Lectures delivered in the University of Leipzig, 

 Dr. Gustav Stbrring, 216 



Mercalli (Prof. G.), the Calabrian Earthquake of October 

 23. i907> 3'S 



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



Mercury as an Evening Star, 320 



Merrill (E. D.), Philippine Species of Garcinia, 286 



Meslin (Georges), Polarisation by Lateral Diffusion, 299 



Metallurgy : the Story of Iron and Steel, J. Russell Smith, 

 126 ; the Manufacture of Basic Steel, 135 ; Melting Point 

 of Iron, Prof. Carpenter, 140 ; Alloys and their Indus- 

 trial Applications, E. F. Law, 243 ; a Process of Making 

 Ribbon Metals, Messrs. Strange and Graham, Ltd., 348; 

 Cylindrical Specimens Twisted to Destruction, C. E. 

 Larard, 348; the Iron and Steel Institute, 384; the Pre- 

 servation of Iron and Steel, AUerton S. Cushman, 384 ; 

 Physical Tests for Protective Coatings for Iron and Steel, 

 J. Cruickshank Smith, 384 ; Solubility of Steel in Sul- 

 phuric Acid, E. Heyn and O. Bauer, 384 ; Chemical 

 Physics Involved in the Decarburisation of Iron- 

 carbon Alloys, W. H. Hatfield, 365 ; Ageing of 

 Mild Steel and the Influence of Nitrogen, C. E. Stro- 

 meyer, 385 ; Determination of Tungstic Acid in Low- 

 grade Wolfram Ores, H. W. Hutchin and F. J. Tonks, 

 388 ; Cupellation Experiments, the Thermal Properties of 

 Cupels, C. O. Bannister and W. N. Stanley, 388 ; the 

 Bessemerising of Hardhead, D. M. Levy and D. Ewen, 

 388 ; the Scalding and Sweating of Copper Battery Plates, 

 S. F. Goddard, 388; Malleable Cast Iron, S. Jones Par- 

 sons, 454 ; Production of Pure Tellurium from its Ores, 

 Prof. R. Schelle, 470 



Metcalf (Rev. Joel), Photographs of Morehouse's Comet, 

 igoSc, 108 



Meteorology: Barometric Oscillation, W. H. Dines, F.R.S., 

 8 ; Weather for the Week ending February 27, 15 ; Dis- 

 cussion of the Winds at Rome, Dr. I. Massarini, 17 ; 

 Analysis of the Records of the Anemograph at Madras 

 Observatory, R. L. Jones, 18 ; the Dryness of Winter 



, (1908-9), Alex. B. MacDowall, 40; Is there a Vertical 

 Magnetic Force in a Cyclone? J. R. Ashworth, 40; 

 Meteorological Statistics of the Colorado College Observa- 

 tory for 1907, F. H. Loud, 49 ; the Isothermal Layer of 

 the Atmosphere, E. Gold, 68 ; Temperature of the Upper 

 Atmosphere, Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 127, 397; Upper Air 

 Temperatures, E. Gold, 217; the Temperature of the 

 Upper Atmosphere, W. H. Dines, F.R.S., 45:; ; Charles 

 J. P. Cave, 45b; Kite Flights in India and Neighbour- 

 ing Sea Areas during the South-west Monsoon Period of 

 1907, J. H. Field, 77; Correlations of Areas of Matured 

 Crop and the Rainfall and Certain Allied Problems in 

 Agriculture and Meteorology, S. M. Jacob, Sg ; Discussion 

 of the Temperature at Rome, 1855-1904, Dr. F. Eredia, 

 106 ; Mean Annual Rainfall of Wales and Monmouth- 

 shire, G. B. Williams, 106 ; Royal Meteorological Society, 

 119, 298, 387; Wind-waves in Water, Sand, and Snow, 

 Dr. Vaughan Cornish, 119; Lieut. Shackleton's Antarctic 

 Expedition, Meteorological Observations, \V. H. Dines, 

 F.R.S., 130; Meteorology of Mysore for 1907, N. V. 

 Iyengar, 140 ; Minimum Thermometer and Severe Cold, 

 A.E. H. Bott, 140 ; Tidal Wave in the New Hebrides, 1C4; 

 Correlation in Seasonal Variation of Climate, Gilbert 

 Walker, F.R.S., 167; le precipitazioni atmosferiche in 

 Italia dal 1880 al 1905, 192 ; Mirage at Grimsby, 196 ; 

 Rainfall Conditions of the Transvaal, Mr. Macdonald, 

 198 ; Weather for the Week ending April 10, 199 ; Inter- 

 national Balloon Observations made by the ISavarian 

 Meteorological Service, 199 ; the Greenwich Winter of 

 igo8-g, Alex. B. MacDowall, 218; General Results of 

 the Meteorological Cruises of the Otaria on the Atlantic 

 in 1905, igo6, and 1907, L. Teisscrcnc de Bort and Prof. 

 A. Lawrence Rotch, 219; Dew-ponds, Geo. Hubbard. 

 223; Prof. J. B. Cohen, 309; Arthur Marshall, 429; L. 

 Gibbs, 458 ; Suggestion for Reform of Meteorological 

 Methods, Prof. A. G. Mc.^die, 227 ; Weather Bureau of 

 the Philippine Islands, Report for 1906, 227 ; Death and 



Obituary Notice of Captain Henry Toynbee, 25b ; 

 Meteorological Observations made in 1907 at Moscow 

 Observatory, Dr. E. Leyst, 258 ; April Sunshine, 285 ; 

 Distribution of the Polar Ice during 1908, 287 ; 

 Meteorological and Magnetical Report of the Royal Corn- 

 wall Polytechnic Society, 2S7 ; Percolation, Evaporation 

 and Condensation, Baldwin Latham, 298 ; Meteorological 

 Conditions in the Philippine Islands, 1908, Rev. Jose 

 .'\Igue, 29g ; Cloud Photographs from a Balloon, Dr. 

 Williana J. S. Lockyer, 310; Climate Changes in Egypt, 

 B. F. E. Keeling, 319; Prospect of a Short Water Supply 

 during the Coming Summer, Rev. F. C. Clutterbuck, 

 352 ; Method of Ventilating the Instrument during 

 Ascent, Prof. Assmann, 354 ; Theoretical Applications of 

 Upper-air Observations, Prof. Bjerknes, 355 ; Results of 

 Theodolite Observations on BdlLons sondes at Trappes, 

 Teisserenc de Bort, 355 ; Meteorology of the Dutch East 

 Indies, 356 ; Death of Dr. G. von Neumaver, 

 For.Mem.R.S., 375 ; Obituary Notice of, Hy. Harries, 

 402 ; Corr., 439 ; Report of Bombay and Alibag Observa- 

 tories for 1908, 379 ; the Anticyclonic Belt of the Northern 

 Hemisphere, Col. H. E. Rawson, 3S7 ; May Sunshine, 

 407 ; Study of the Upper Air, Dr. W. Koppen, 40S ; 

 Artificial Dew- and Rain-ponds made by Messrs. F. C. 

 Lowe and Son, 437 ; Report of the Sonnblick Society foi 

 190S, 437; Meteorological and Magnetical Observations at 

 Stonyhurst College Observatory for 1908, 43S ; the 

 Hevelian Halo, Prof. C. S. Hastings, 444 



Meteors : the Meteoric Fireball of February 22 and its 

 Streak, W. F. Denning, 13 ; the Meteoric Streak of 

 February 22, W. F. Denning, 42 ; Fireball of Februarv 

 22, W. F. Denning, 69 ; Fall of an Aerolite in Mokoia, 

 New Zealand, on November 26, 1908, W. F. Denning, 

 128 ; April Meteors, John R. Henry, 188 ; Persistent Trail 

 of a Meteor on March 14, Edward J. Steer, 248 ; the 

 Meteoric Shower of Halley's Comet, W. F. Denning, 

 259 ; the Ensuing Return of the Perseid Meteors, 468 



Metrology : Remarks on a Set of Standards of Length, pre- 

 sented by M. Johansson, M. Carpentier, 209 ; British and 

 American Customary and Metric Legal Measures for 

 Commercial and Technical Purposes, N. Foley, 367 ; a 

 Wave-length Comparator for Standards of Length, Dr. 

 A. E. H. Tutton, 477; the Use of Wave-length Rulings 

 as Defining Lines on Standards of Length, Dr. A. E. H. 

 Tutton, 47S 



Meyer (F. N.), Results of Destruction of Forests in 

 Northern China, 17 



Meyer (Prof.), the Two Living Secret Languages Current 

 in Ireland, Shelta and B^arlagar na Saor, 106 



Meynier (J.), Catalytic Action produced by Moisture, 

 470 



Michelson (Prof. A. A.), the Ruling of Diffraction Gratings, 

 444 



Microscopy : Apparatus for Measurements of the Defining 

 Power of Objectives, J. de Graaff Hunter, 28 ; Royal 

 Microscopical Society, 59, 178, 327, 44S ; Simple Method 

 of Illuminating Opaque Objects, J. E. Stead, F.R.S., 

 168; a Stage Goniometer for Use with the Dick Pattern 

 of Microscope, Prof. H. L. Bowman, 178 ; Method of 

 Mounting Rotifers and Protista in Canada Balsam, Rev. 

 Eustace Tozer, 225 ; the Microscope in Engineering, 

 Walter Rosenhain, 250 ; Cycloloculina, a New Genus of 

 Foraminifera, E. Heron-Allen and A. Earland, 285 ; 

 a Metallic Filter with Regular Interstices of Variable 

 Dimensions, Emile Gobbi, 300 ; .Simple Method of Finding 

 Indices of Refraction of Liquids under the Microscope, 

 Dr. Enrico Clerici, 319 ; Microscope Objectives of a New 

 Formula, C. Baker, 320 ; Photographic Registration of 

 Brownian Trajectories in Gases, M. de Broglie, 329 ; 

 Spore-formation in the Disporic Bacteria, C. Clifford 

 Dobell, 43s ; Mikroskopischer und physiologischer Prak- 

 tikum der Botanik fiir Lehrer, G. Miiller, 452 



Miers (Dr. H. A.), Spontaneous Crystallisation of Mono- 

 chloracetic Acid and its Mixtures with Naphthalene, 28 



Mildbraed (J.), das Pflanzenreich, Stylidiaceae, 424 



Mill tDr. H. R.), the Water Supply of Kent, with Records 

 of Sinkings and Boring';, 432 



Millochau (G.), Contribution to the Study of Radiation, 149 



Mimicry : Forms, Markings, and Attitudes in Animals and 

 Plant-life, Dr. Arthur Willey, F.R.S., 247 



