lidy 22. 1909J 



INDEX. 



Abbot (Mr.), the Determination of the Solar Constant, 46S 



Abbot (W. J. Lewis), Mammoth Skeleton, 225 



Abbott (George), the Colours of Leaves, 429 



Abel (O.), Bau und Geschichte der Erde, 367 



Abruzzi (H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of 



the), Ruwenzori : an Account of the Expedition of, F. de 



Filippi, Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 281 

 Absorption of Light, Electrons and the, R. A. Houston, 



338 



Acoustics : Thermal Effects of a Musical Arc, M. La Rosa, 

 2q, 8g ; the Gramophone as a Phonautograph, Prof. John 

 G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 188 



Acquired Character, the Inheritance of. Dr. Wm. Woods 

 Smyth, 277 



Acquired Characters in Plants, the Heredity of, Rev. Prof. 

 George Henslow, 93 



Actinium, the Radio-active Deposits of, S. Russ, 8 



Adams (W. Poynter), Motor-car Mechanism and Manage- 

 ment, 33 



Adams (Prof. W. S.) the Rotation of the Sun, 141 



Adler (E.), New Electrical Hardening Furnace, 209 



Adriatic, the Shores of the, the Austrian Side, F. Hamilton 

 Jackson, 274 



Aerolite, Fall of an, in Mokoia, New Zealand, on Novem- 

 ber 26, igoS, W. F. Denning, 128 



.Aeronautics: the Aero and Motor Boat Exhibition, iii; 

 Count Zeppelin's Airship, 165; Count Zeppelin's Ascent, 

 May 29, 405 ; the Royal Prussian Aeronautical Observa- 

 tory's Aerological Expedition to Tropical East Africa, 

 Profs. R. Assmann and A. Berson, 171 ; International 

 Balloon Observations made by the Bavarian Meteor- 

 ological Service, 199 ; Aerodonetics, F. W. Lanchester, 

 Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 221 ; Artificial and Natural 

 Flight, Sir Hiram S. Maxim, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 

 221 ; Recent Progress in Aeronautics, Major George O. 

 Squier, Prof. G. H., Bryan, F.R.S., 223 ; the Stabilisa- 

 tion of Aeroplanes, Etienne Maigre, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 

 F.R.S., 223; Astronomische Ortsbestimmung im Ballon, 

 Prof. Adolf Marcuse, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 244 ; the 

 Government and Aeronautical Research, Prof. G. H.Bryan, 

 F.R.S., 313; the International Commission for Scien- 

 tific Aeronautics, 354 ; Rubber Balloons, Prof. Assmann, 

 354: Method of Ventilating the Instrument during 

 Ascent, Prof. Assmann, 3i;4 ; Theoretical Applications of 

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

 Theodolite Observations on Ballons sondes at Trappcs, 

 Teisserenc de Bort, 3^.=; ; Experiments to determine the 

 Rate of Ascent of Rubber Balloons in Still Air, Prof. 

 Hergesell, 35^ ; Award of the Osiris Prize to Louis 

 Bl^riot and Gabriel Voisin, 499 



Aflalo (F. G.). .Sunset Plavgrounds : Fishing Days and 

 Others in California and Canada, 431 



Africa : the Royal Prussian .Aeronautical Observatory's 

 Aerological Expedition to Tropical East Africa. Profs. 

 R. Assmann and A. Berson, 171 ; die Blii'tenoflanzpn 

 Afrikas, Franz Thonner. Dr. Otto Stapf, F.R.S., 333 

 the Ore Deposits of South Africa, J. P. Johnson, 30^ 

 Rock-cngravine:s in South Africa, L. P^ringuev, 411 

 Corr., R. Lvdekker, 438 



Agamennone (Dr. G.), Seismological Service established i 



Italy after the Riviera Earthquake of February 23, 1S87, 

 438 



Age, Growth, and Death, the Problem of, a Study of 

 Cytomorphosis, Prof. Charles S. Minot, 335 



Agriculture : Peat Deposits of Connecticut, 48 ; Scientific 

 Aid for the British Tenant Farmer, 51 ; Breeding for 

 Milk, 77 ; Correlations of Areas of Matured Crop and the 

 Rainfall and Certain Allied Problems in Agriculture and 

 Meteorology, S. M. Jacob, 8g ; Elementary Agricultural 

 Chemistry, Herbert Ingle, Dr. E. J. Russell, 93 ; Agri- 

 cultural Education, loi ; Crows and Poultry, 106 ; 

 Analyses of Brewers' and Distillers' Grains, Messrs. 

 Fagan and Allan, 106; American Insect Pests, Dr. Ball, 

 138; Dr. Chittenden, 138; W. D. Hunter, 138; Indian 

 Wheats, 138 ; Manurial Experiments on Wheat in South 

 Australia, 198 ; Lucerne, 198 ; Some Aspects of the Wheat 

 Problem, Dr. E. J. Russell, 282 ; Economic Value of 

 Australian Pasture Grasses, F. Turner, 139 ; the Dry-rot 

 of Potatoes, Sibyl Longman, 148 ; Black Scab or Potato- 

 wart, Prof. T. Johnson, 179 ; the Powdery Scab of the 

 Potato Spongospora subterranea, Prof. T. Johnson, 380 ; 

 the Experimental Breeding of Indian Cottons, Part ii., 

 on Buds and Branching, H. Martin Leake, 150 ; Cotton- 

 growing in the West Indies, West Indian BitUetin, the 

 Journal of the Imperial Agricultural Department for the 

 West Indies, 164 ; Prickly Pear as Cattle Food, 167 ; 

 the Journal of the South-eastern Agricultural College, 

 Wye, Kent, 170; Parasites of the Cotton-worm, Mr. 

 Jemmett, 197 ; Rainfall Conditions of Transvaal, Mr. 

 Macdonald, 19S : Plants Poisonous to Stock, J. Burtt- 

 Davy, 225; Agriculture at Grenada, 286; Importation of 

 Sugar-canes, Regulations for British Guiana, 286 ; Sussex 

 Cattle, H. Rigden, 317; Effects of Nitrogen-fixing Bac- 

 teria on the Growth of Non-Leguminous Plants, Prof. 

 W. B. Bottomley, 327 ; the Fertilisation of Tea, George 

 A. Cowie, 38s ; Two New Parasites of the Black-currant 

 Mite, Miss A. M. Taylor, 447 ; Relations between the 

 Permeability of Soils and their Aptitude for Irrigation. 

 A. Muntz and L. Faure, 449 ; Injurious Insects observed 

 in Ireland during 1908, Prof. G. H. Carpenter, 479 



Aitken (Dr. J.), a Simple Radioscope and a Radiometer fot 

 showing and measuring Radio-activity, 478 



Alaska, ein Beitrag zur Geschichte nordischer Kolonisa- 

 tion. Prof. H. Erdmann, 121 



Aldrich (L. B.), the Determination of the Solar Constant, 

 468 



Alechin (W.), the Streletz Steppe, 500 



Algae, Fresh-water, from Burma, including a few from 

 Bengal and Madras, W. West and G. S. West, 123 



Algebra, School, W. E. Patterson, 426 



.Algu^ (Prof. Jos^), Meteorological Conditions in the Philip- 

 pine Islands, 1908, 299 



Allan (Mr.), Analyses of Brewers' and Distillers' Grains, 

 106 



.Allcroft (A. Hadrian), Earthwork of England, Prehistoric, 

 Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Mediseval, 6q 



Allen (H. Stanley), the Photo-electric Fatigue of Zinc, 

 178 



.Alloys and their Industrial Applications, E. F. Law, 243 



Alpine and Bog Plants, Reginald Farrer, 344 



