Index 



Alternating Circuit of Parallel Wires, the Simple Equivalent 



of an, Dr. J. W. Nicholson, 247 

 Amaftounslcy (M. A.), the Constitution of the Sun, 51 

 America: Higher Education in the United States, 112; 

 Physiological and Medical Observations among the 

 Indians of South-western United States and Northern 

 Mexico, Ales Hrdlicka, 126; the American Philosophical 

 Society, 443 ; Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and 

 Andes, Richard Spruce, 458 ; American and Canadian 

 Waterways, 461 ; American Philosophy, the Early 

 Schools, Prof. J. W. Riley, 489 

 Amulets, Tibetan and Burmese, Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, 387 

 Anatomy : the Intracranial Vascular System of Sphenodon, 

 Prof. A. Dendy, 268-9 1 Brains of Two White Philo- 

 sophers and of Two Obscure Negroes Compared, Prof. 

 B. G. Wilder, 443 ; Anatomical Results of Excavations 

 in Nubia, Drs. G. Elliot Smith and Douglas E. Derrv, 

 466 

 Ancestry of the Marsupialia, the, Prof. Jas. P. Hill, 159 ; 



the Writer of the Note, 159 

 Andr(§ (Ch.), les Planfetes et leur Origines, 274 

 Andrewes (Dr.), Micro-organisms Present in Sewer Air, 



203 

 Andrewes (Ewart S.), the Theory and Design of Structures, 



64 

 Animal World, the Transformations of the, Charles 



Dep^rct, 452 

 Animals at Home, W. P. Westell, 192 

 Anschutz (Prof. Richard), Life and Chemical Work of 



Archibald Scott Couper, 329 

 Anstey (H. C), Applications of the Internal-combustion 



Engine to Marine Propulsion, 173 

 Antarctica : Return of the British Antarctic Expedition, 

 102; Lieut. Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition: (i) 

 Explorations and Results, (2) the South Magnetic Pole, 

 Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., (3) Meteorological Observations, 

 W. H. Dines, F.R.S., (4) Biological Results, 130; Scien- 

 tific Achievements of British Antarctic Expedition under 

 Lieut. Shackleton, 377 ; Report on the Scientific Results 

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

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

 Vol. iv.. Zoology, Part i.. Zoological Log, David W. 

 Wilton, Dr. J. H. Harvie Pirie, and R. N. Rudmose 

 Brown, vol. v., Zoology, Invertebrates, 161 ; National 

 Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4, Album of Photographs and 

 Sketches, 460 ; the French Antarctic E.xpedidon, Com- 

 munication from Dr. J. B. Charcot, 285 

 .Anthropology : Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological 

 Expedition to Torres Straits, Vol. vi.. Sociology, Magic 

 and Religion of the Eastern Islanders, 9 ; Curious Device 

 for cheating Death, H. C. Brown, 48 ; Proportion of 

 Sexes produced by Whites and Coloured Peoples in Cuba, 

 Walter Heape, 57; an Imperial Bureau of Anthropology, 

 Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 73 ; Canoe Ornamental Carv- 

 ings from South-eastern British New Guinea, Dr. Selig- 

 mann, 106; the \'eddas. Dr. C. G. Seligmann, 119; 

 Photographs of the Veddas of Ceylon and of their Cere- 

 monial Dances, Dr. C. G. Seligmann, 349 : Royal Anthro- 

 pologial Institute, 119, 298, 359, 387; Origin of the 

 Terms of Human Relationship, A. Lang, 139 ; Moun- 

 taineers of the Euphrates, E. Huntingdon, 167 ; German 

 .Anthropological Papers, 204 ; the Nuraghi of Sardinia, 

 Dr. Duncan Mackenzie, 226; Australian Kinship, Dr. 

 .\. Lang, 247 ; Native Man in Southern India, E. 

 Thurston, 257; the Blackfeet Indians of Montana, \V. 

 MacClintock, 298: the Romanichels, Bob Skot, 318- 

 Baskets used in Repelling Demons, Kumagusu Mina- 

 kata, 369 ; Crania and Bones from Ancient Ruins in 

 Rhodesia, Dr. F. C. Shrubsall, 379 ; Tibetan and Bur- 

 mese Amulets, Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, 387; Cranial 

 Capacity of Fossil Men of the Type known as Nean- 

 derthal, Marcellin Boule, 390 ; der Unterkiefer des Homo 

 Heidelbergensis aus den Sanden von Mauer bei Heidel- 

 berg, Otto Schoetensack, Dr. William Wright, 398 • 

 Origin of the People of Egypt, Dr. Elliot Smith, 407 \ 

 Origin of the Turkish Crescent, Prof. RIdgeway, 407; 

 the Burning Bush and the Origin of Judaism, Prof. P.' 

 Haupt, 444 ; Human Skeleton discovered in Cavern of 

 Le Moustier, Dordogne, Dr. Ludwig Reinhardt, 466 ; 

 Skeleton of the Fossil Man of La Chapelle-aux-Saints,' 

 Marcellin Boule, 4S0 ; Pre-animistic Stages in Savage 



Religion, E. Clodd, 501 ; European Population of the 

 United States, Prof. W. Z. Ripley, 501 

 Apiculture, Problems of. Dr. W. Maiden, 356 

 Apnoea, the Production of Prolonged, in Man, W. G. 



Royal-Dawson, S ; Dr. H. M. Vernon, 39 

 April Meteors, John R. Henry, 188 

 Aquarium of the New York Zoological Society, 500 



Arboriculture : Mitteilungen der deutschen dendrologischen 

 Gesellschaft, 325 



Archaeology : Excavation of Celtic Rubbish-heap near Oare, 

 Mrs. M. E. Cunnington, 17 ; Geographical and Archso- 

 logical Explorations in Chinese Turkestan in 1906-8, Dr. 

 M. A. Stein, 47 ; Earthwork of England, Prehistoric, 

 Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Mediaeval, A. 

 Hadrian .Allcroft, Rev. John Griffith, 69 ; the Botaliek 

 Circles, Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 97; Canoe 

 Ornamental Carvings from South-eastern British New 

 Guinea, Dr. Seligmann, 106; Pala;olithic Implements, 

 &c., from Hackpen Hill, Winterbourne Bassett, Rev. 

 H. G. O. Kendall, 118; Stone Implements of the French 

 Older PalzEolithic Age, Dr. Hugo Obermaier, 139 ; Hand- 

 book for Egypt and the Sudan, 155 ; Palaeolithic Vessels 

 of Egypt, or the Earliest Handiwork of Man, Robert de 

 Rustafjaell, 246; the Tomb of Horemheb, Egypt, A. E. P. 

 Weigall, 437 ; Memoirs of the Peabody IVIuseum of 

 American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard Univer- 

 sity, Explorations in the Department of Pet^n, Guatemalo 

 and Adjacent Region, T. Maler, 160 ; Roman Metal- 

 work found at Deep Dale Cave, W. Turner, ig8 ; the 

 Nuraghi of Sardinia, Dr. Duncan Mackenzie, 226 ; Open- 

 ings in Knap Hill Camp, Wiltshire, Mrs. M. E. Cunning- 

 ham, 287 ; the Uses and Dates of Ancient Temples, Sir 

 Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 340; Ancient Sarco- 

 phagi used in Modern Interments, 351 ; Stone Circles in 

 Ireland, A. L. Lewis, 359 ; Steatite Figures (Nomori), 

 T. A. Joyce, 437 ; Eirly Civilisation in Northern Greece, 

 Messrs. Wace, Droop, and Thomson, 437 ; Anatomical 

 Results of Excavations in Nubia, Drs. G. Elliot Smith 

 and Douglas E. Derry, 466 ; the Welsh Gorsedd, Rev. 

 W. Griffith, 468 ; Wall-paintings of Altamira Cavern, 

 Lotus P^ralt^, 501 ; United States National Museum 

 Collection of Rosaries, I. M. Casanowicz, 502 



Architecture : the Planning of Fever Hospitals and Dis- 

 infecting and Cleansing Stations, Albert C. Freeman, 

 185 



Ardern (Edward), Principles of Sewage Treatment, Prof. 

 Dunbar, 5 ; Sewer Construction, Prof. Henry N. Ogden, 

 5 ; Modern Methods of Sewage Disposal, W. H. 

 Trentham and J. Saunders, 5 



Armstrong (Prof. Henry E., F.R.S.), British Association, 

 Winnipeg Meeting, 159 



Ascherson (P.), das Pflanzenreich, Potamogetonaces, 424 



Ascoli (W. S.), the Guatemalan Earthquakes and Eruption 

 of 1902, 359 



Ashworth (J. R.), Is there a Vertical Magnetic Force in a 

 Cyclone? 40 



Asia : the Morphology of Asia, 91 ; Dr. Svcn Hedin on 

 Central Asia, 372 



Asiatic Society of Bengal, 89, 150 



Aspinall (John A. F.), the Electrification of Railways, 

 Address at Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 260 



Assheton (Ric), the Germ-layer Theory, 492 



-Assmann (Prof. R.), the Royal Prussian Aeronautical 

 Observatory's Aerological Expedition to Tropical East 

 Africa, 171 ; Rubber Balloons, 354 ; Method of Ventilat- 

 ing the Instrument during Ascent, 354 



Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions, the, 446 



Association of Technical Institutions, the Functions of 

 Technical Colleges, Dr. George T. Beilby, F.R.S., at, 22 



■Astrographic Conference at Paris, the, 440 



Astronomy : 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 February 

 22, W. F. Denning, 69 ; the Spectra of Various Nebulae, 

 Prof. Wolf, 19 ; the Proposed Programme of Work for 

 the Reynolds Reflector at Helwan, Egypt, Knox Shaw, 

 19; Our Astronomical Column, 19, 50, 79, 108, 141, 169, 

 200, 228, 259, 288, 320, 353, 380, 409, 43q, 46S, 502 ; Ob- 

 servations of Comet Tempel, -Swift, Prof. Barnard, 19 : 

 Comet Temple,-Swift, 1908^, M.M. Ramband and Sy, 

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



