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Ninth Campaign of the Frincesse Alice, the Prince of 

 Monaco, 191 ; Report of the Second Norwegian Arctic 

 Expedition in the Frani, 189S-1902, Meteorology, H. 

 Mohn, \V. E. Rolston, 2S5 ; Death of Dr. Mylius 

 Erichsen, 347 ; Return of Denmark Greenland Expedition, 

 374 ; the North-West Passage, Roald Amundsen and 

 Lieut. Hansen, 478 

 Argand (E.), les X'ariations p^riodiques des Glaciers des 



Alpes Suisses, 574 

 .■\rislotle and Natural Selection, Dr. F. A. Dixey, 106 

 Arithmetic : the Use of the .-Xbacus in .Ancient India, E. R. 

 ICaye, 264 ; a Study of Mathematical Education, including 

 the' Teaching of Arithmetic, B. Branford, 473 

 .Arlt (Dr. T.), die Entvvicklung der Kontinente und Ihrer 

 Lebewelt ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Erdgcschichte, 

 266 

 .\rmitage (E.), a Red Rainbow at Sunset, 605 

 .Armstrong (Dr. E. F.), Problems of Fermentation, 590 ; 

 Nature of Chemical Change, 590; the Outlook : a Grand 

 Experiment in Educ:ition, 61S 

 Arnold (E. C), a Bird Collector's Medley, 339 

 .Artificial Diamonds, 177 

 Ashby (Dr. T.), I'our Principal Aqueducts of Rome, 682 ; 



Work in Sardinia, 682 

 Ashe (Sydney W.), Electric Railways Theoretically and 



Practically Treated, 27 

 Ashworth (Dr. J. H.), Zoology at the British Association, 

 647 ; Giant Nerve Cells and Fibres of Halla, 648 ; Giant 

 Nerve Cells and Fibres of Halla parthenopeia, 655 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal, 24, 264, 360, 408, 535 

 Assheton (Richard), the Work of John Samuel Budgett, 



Balfour Student of the University of Cambridge, 313 

 Assyriology : Death of Prof. C. Schrader, 228 

 .Asthetik der Tier\*elt, Karl Mobius, ciS 

 Aston (F. W.), New Dark Space in Helium, 60 

 Aston and Mander's " Compton " Slide Rule, 254 

 .Astronomy : the Romance of the Sky, the Story of Star- 

 gazing and Star-tracing, being an Introduction to the 

 Study of Astronomy, C. J. Griffith, 5 ; Life on Mars, 

 E. H. Hankin, 6; the Canals and Oases of Mars, Prof. 

 Lowell, 18; Position of the Axis of Mars, Prof. Lowell, 

 136; the Total Solar Eclipse of January 3, 1908, Dr. 

 VVilliam J. S. Lockyer, 8; the Lick Observatory Eclipse 

 Expedition, January 190S, Dr. Sebastian Albrecht, 281 ; 

 the Solar Eclipse of December 22-23, 1908, Prof. W. 

 Krebs, 330, 377 ; Bouvet Island and the Solar Eclipse of 

 iqo8 December 22-23, Dr. A. M. W. Downing, F.R.S., 

 508 ; the Total Solar Eclipse of May 8, 1910, J. F. Tennant, 

 136; Our Astronomical Column, 18, 38, 65, 88, iii, 136, 

 158, 182, 207, 232, 255, 281, 306, 330, 351, 377, 401, 435, 

 470, 486, 517, 549, 579, 6i2, 644, 677; Daniel's Comet I 

 I907d, Pio Emanuelli, 18; H. H. Kritzinger, 88; the 

 Solar Rotation determined from Hydrogen Phenomena, 

 Prof. W. S. Adams, 18 ; the Colour Sensibility of 

 Selenium Cells, Joel Stebbins, 18; the Astronomical 

 Society of .Antwerp, 18 ; Altitude Tables, Frederick Ball, 

 Count de Miremont, 29 ; Jupiter's Eighth Satellite, Prof. 

 Georg" Forbes, F.R.S., 30; Further Observations of. 

 Sir W. H. M. Christie, 38; the Orbit of, P. H. Cowell 

 and A. C. D. Crommelin, 166; Observations of Jupiter's 

 Eighth Satellite, Prof. Perrine, 158; Elements of the 

 Orbit of, Messrs. Crawford and Meyer, 401 ; Ephemeris 

 for, Messrs. Crawford and Etal, 678 ; Recent Observations 

 of Jupiter, Rev. T. E. R. Phillips, 88 ; Prof. Barnard, 

 4S6 : IVIicrometcr Measures of Jovian Features, Dr. H. E. 

 Lau, 330 ; Observations of Jupiter's Satellites, M. S. 

 Kostinsky, iii; Photographic Determination of the 

 Elements of th? Orbits of Jupiter's Satellites, Bryan 

 Cookson, 190; Occullalion of Jupiter's .Satellite II. by 

 Satellite I., Prof. Hartmann, 207: the Albedoes of Jupi- 

 ter's F'irst and Third Satellites, M. Qu(5nisset, 255 ; the 

 Origin of the Recently Discovered Jovian Satellites, Prof. 

 Tarrida del Marmol, 401 ; Mr. Melotte, 401 : the Sixth 

 .Satellite of Jupiter, Prof. Barnard, 580; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Albert Lancaster, 33 ; the D, (Helium) 

 .Absorption Line in the Normal Solar Spectrum, J. Ever- 

 shed, 38 : the Dark D, Line in the Sun, Mr. Buss, 136 ; 

 I), (Helium) Absorption in (he Solar Spectrum. Captain 

 Daunt, 470; the Light Curve of 5 Cephei, Joel Stebbins, 

 38: the Masses of a Carinfe and a Pavonis, H. C. Plum- 

 nier, 38 ; the New Tower Telescope of the Mount Wilson 



Solar Observatory, Prof. Hale, 38; Observations of 

 Perseids in 1907, W. Milowanov, 38 ; Observations of the 

 Perseid Shower in 1907, Prof. J. Sykora, 183; Early 

 Perseids, W. F. Denning, 306 ; Observations of Perseids, 

 1907, L. Beni§s, 330 ; May .Meteors, W. F. Denning, 43 ; 

 an Artificial Horizon, C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 59; a Brilliant 

 Meteor, T. F. Connolly, 65 ; H. E. Goodson, 65 ; P. W. 

 Copeland, 65 ; Correlation of Stellar Characters, Miss 

 Gibson and Prof. Karl Pearson, 65 ; Variable Star Work 

 at the Laws Observatory, Missouri, 65 ; Photometric 

 Observations of Short-period Variable Stars, H. \. 

 Zeipel, 6b ; the Relative Accuracy of Various Double- 

 star Obser-vers, V. Ehrenfeucht, 66; Double-star 

 Observers, Mr. Lewes, 88 ; Catalogue and Re- 

 measurement of the 648 Double Stars dis- 

 covered bv Prof. G. W. Hough, Prof. Doolittle, 276 : 

 Double Stars, E. D. Roe, jun., 255; Double-star 

 Measures, Prof. Burnham, 306 ; One Hundred New 

 Double Stars, Prof. R. G. Aitken, 377 ; the Hypothetical 

 Parallaxes of Double Stars, Dr. Doberck, 486; Italian 

 Observations of the Sun during 1907, Prof. Ricco, 66 ; 

 the Natal Observatory, 66 ; Solar Phenomena and 

 Terrestrial Temperatures, Dr. J. Loisel, 66; Spectroscopic 

 Binaries, Mr. Harper, 88 ; the Colour Filter and Iso- 

 chromati'c Plate in Astronomical Photography, R. J. 

 Wallace, 88 ; a New Astronomical Journal, 88 ; Meteoric 

 Phenomena in June, W. F. Denning, 90; the Moon, a 

 Popular Treatise, Garrett P. Serviss, loi ; a Field Method 

 of determining Longitudes by Observations of the Moon, 

 E. B. H. Wade, Prof. C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 152 ; the 

 Lunar Bright Ravs, H. G. Tomkins, 166 ; Curious Rmg 

 around the Moon on June 11, Mrs. Andrew Johnson, 205; 

 the History of Lunar Relief, M. Puiseux, 306; the 

 Inequalities in the Motion of the Moon due to the Direct 

 Action of the Planets, Prof. E. W. Brown, F.R.S., 599: 

 Meteors from k Draconis in May, W. F. Denning, 102 ; 

 Welsh Saints and .Astronomy, Rev. John Griffith, 102 ; 

 Astronomical Archaeology in Wales, Rev. John Griffith, 

 295 ; Welsh Astronomical Traditions, Rev. John Griffith, 

 436; Astronomical Occurrences in June, iii ; in July, 

 207 ; in August, 306 ; in September, 435 ; in November, 

 677; the Return of Encke's Comet, Mr. Woodgate, in; 

 Enc'ke's Comet, 1908ft, M. Kamensky, 158; Mr. Wood- 

 gate, 158; Observations of, Mr. Woodgate, 351; the 

 Radial Velocitv of Algol, Prof. Belopolsky, in : the Orbit 

 of Algol, Dr. Schlesinger, 281 ; Dr. Curtiss, 281 ; Radial 

 Velocity of Algol, Prof. Belopolsky, 612 ; the Effect of 

 Star-colours upon the Constant of Astronomical Refrac- 

 tions, Mr. Hiravama, 612 ; the Radial Velocity of e Ursa; 

 Majo'ris, Messrs'. Baker and Schlesinger, in ; the Orbit of 

 a Andromeda;, Mr. Baker, in; Herr Ludendorff, 136; 

 the United States Naval Observatory, in: la Distribu- 

 tion des Ecoiles par rapport a la Voie lact^e d'aprfe la 

 Carte et le Catalogue photographiques du Ciel. Paul 

 Stroobant, 129 ; die Milchstrasse, Prof. Max Wolf, 129 ; 

 the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 136: Bright Meteor, 

 Mr. Denning, 136, 207, 644 ; a Bright Meteor, Rev. John 

 Brown, 207; Dr. J. Kavdn, 255; Bright Meteors on 

 August iq, W. F. Denning, 390; the Eccentricities of 

 Comet Orbits, Prof. Leuschner, 136; Prominences and 

 Coronal Structure, Albert Alfred Buss, 151 ; a Fourth 

 Minor Planet near Jupiter, Dr. Ebell. 158; Dr. William 

 J. S. Lockver, 174; Philip Fox, 318 ; Photographic Deter- 

 mination of Star Colours, Messrs. Parkhurst and Jordan. 

 158 ; the Maximum of Mira in October, 1907, Dr. A. A. 

 Niiland 158; Determination of Longitude Difference, 

 Messrs.' Tucker and Sanford, 15S ; Coronal Streamers, 

 Prof. J. A. Miller, 15S; Royal Astronomical Society, 166; 

 the Rings of Saturn, Prof. Lowell, 182; Saturn's Rings, 

 Prof Wright, 25.^; Herr Schaer, 67S ; ProL Stromgren, 

 678; Prof. Hartwig, 678; J. Comas Sola, 678; Eclipses 

 of Saturn's Satellites, Dr. H. Struve, 377; Observation of 

 Phrebe, Saturn's Ninth Satellite, 43:;: a New Saturnian 

 Ring, 612 ; the Fortv-Inch Objective of the Yerkes 

 Observatory, Philip F'ox, 182 ; the Temperature of the 

 Sun, Dr. Goldhammer, 183 ; the Variation of the Pole, 

 Prof. .Albrecht, 183 ; Rotation and Lustre of Various 

 Atmospheric Layers of the Sun, H. Deslandres, 191 ; a 

 History of Astronomy, ^^'. W. Bryant, 193 ; Recent Work 

 with the Spectroheliograph, Profs. Hale and Ellerman, 

 200; Computed Magnitudes for Halley's Comet before 



