XXIl 



Index 



r Xatiire, 



\_Xo7'fiul'fr ib, 1908 



Dr. T. Arlt, Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 266; Vorles- 

 ungen iiber Deszendenztheorie mit besonderer Beruck- 

 sichtigung der botanischen Seite der Frage, Prof. J. P. 

 Lxjtsv, Prof. W. Bateson, F.R.S., 386; the Evolution 

 of Decorative Design, Dr. Franz Boaz, 487 



Ewart (Prof. J. C), the Wild Ancestors of Domestic 

 Horses, 649 



Exploration : the North-West Passage, Roald Amundsen 

 and Lieut. Hansen, 478; Dr. Sven Hedin's Latest Ex- 

 plorations, 512 



Extensometer, the Cambridge Patent, 59 



Extermination, Ruthless, Ralph de Tunstall Sneyd, 508 



Extinguishers, Fire Tests with Fire, 279 



Eye, the, its Elementary Anatomy, Physiology, and 

 Optical Constants, Lionel Laurence, 366 



Fabry (Ch.), Two Different States of the Iron Arc, 143 

 Falconer (.J. D.), the Magnetic Separation of Heavy 



Minerals in the Field, 247 

 Faradav Society, 71, 94, 142; Certain Aspects of the Work 



of Lord Kelvin, Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., at, 403 

 Farm shown to the Children by F. M. B. and A. H. 



Blaikie, the, 270 

 Farman (Henry), the Armengaud Prize for Aeroplanes won 



by, 228; New .Aeroplane of, 432 

 Farrington (O. C), Meteorite Studies, 161 

 Fassig (Dr. O. L.), Maryland Weather Service, 568 

 Fault Lines in the Atlantic, Dr. Wm. S. Bruce, 31 

 Feeble-minded, the Report of the Royal Commission on 



the Care and Control of the, 480 

 Fellowship of the Royal Society, Enquirer, 78 

 Ff-nton (H. J. H.), Titani-dihydroxymaleic Acid and the 



Detection of Titanium, 119 

 Fenyi (Father), Prominences at the Sun's Poles, 435 

 Fermor (L. L.), Rhyolites and Basalts from Pdvdgad Hill, 



Bombay Presidency, 139 

 F6ry (C), a Pendulum Electrically Driven, 329 

 F<5rv (Charles), a Substitute for the Eye in Photometry, 



376 



Fibres for Paper-making, 639 



Ficker (Heinz v.), Meteorology of West Turkestan, 86 



Field (J. H.), Meteorological Observations made by, at 

 Belgaum (Bombay Presidency) in 1906, 280 



Fierz (H. E.), Allylazoimide, 190 



Filgalt (T. R.), Research Work on Natural Indigo, 540 



Filters : Death and Obituary Notice of M. C. E. Chamber- 

 land, 15 



Findlay (Dr. A.), Investigation of the Influence of Colloids 

 on the .'\bsorption of Gases by Water, 590 



Finnemore (H.), Constituents of Canadian Hemp, 238 



Fire Tests with Fire Extinguishers, 279 



Fireball, a Brilliant, Mr. Denning, 351 ; Rev. W. F. A. 

 Ellison, 351 



Fisher (C. A.), the Bighorn Basin, 282 



Fisher (Katharine R.), Elements of the Theory and Prac- 

 tice of Cookery, 220 



Fisher (Rev. O.), " Earthquakes " and " Earthshakes," 



157 



Fisheries : Some Results of the Norwegian Herring In- 

 vestigations, Hjalmar Broch, 378 



Fishes, Guide to the Gallery of, in the Department of 

 Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History), 

 Cromwell Road, London, S.W., 659 



Fishing : Elements of Angling, H. T. Sheringham, 220 ; 

 Fishing and Sea-food Supplies of the Ancient Maori, .\. 

 Hamilton, 5S2 



Fitzgerald (Prof. Maurice), a Series of Experiments on 

 Rotating Discs, 652 



Fleming (Dr. J. A., F.R.S.), Apparatus for Exhibiting 

 Photoelectric Effects with Potassium-sodium .Alloy, 60 ; 

 Oscillation \'alyes or Glow-lamp Electric-wave Detectors 

 used for Receivers in Long-distance Wireless Telegraphy, 

 60; Transmission of Signals by Electromagnetic Induc- 

 tion between Oscillatory Circuits and their Reception 

 by Means of a Glow-lamp Detector, 208 



Fletcher (F.), Notes on a Toxic Substance Excreted by the 

 Roots of Plants, 402 ; Crop Rotation and Soil Exhaustion, 

 402 



Fletcher (L.), a Nickel-iron ,Mloy (Fe^Ni,) Common to the 



Meteoric Voundegin and the Meteoric Stone of Zomba, 



2S7 

 Fletcher (.Mr.), Rural Education, 619 ; Note-takmg and 



Reports of Work, b20 

 Flight. .Aerodynamics, Constituting the First Volume of a 



Complete Work on .Aerial, F. W. Lanchester, 337 

 Flocculi, Solar Rotation as determined from the Motion 



of Dark Calcium, Philip Fox, 580 

 Flower Pollination, Handbook of, based upon Herman 



Miiller's Work " The Fertilisation of Flowers by 



Insects," Dr. P. Knuth, 244 

 Flowers, Familiar Swiss, F. E. Hulme, 389 

 Fluorescein, Two Causes of Error in Experiments on, F. 



Dienert, 120 

 Fly Fever in Africa, Sir David Bruce, F.R.S., 413 

 Folklore : Folklore as a Historical Science, G. L. Gomme, 



97 ; Welsh Astronomical Traditions, Rev. John Gritlith, 



436 

 Fonvielle (Wilfrid de), Notre Flotte aerienne, 661 

 I-'ood : Detection of the Common Food Adulterants, E. M. 



Bruce, 28 ; Lebensfragen, die Vorgange des Stoffwechsel, 



Dr. F. B. Ahrens, C. Simmonds, 76 ; Effect of Certain 



Preservatives upon Metabolism, Dr. H. W. Wiley, 187; 



Elements of the Theory and Practice of Cookery, Mary 



E. Williams and Katharine R. Fisher, 220; Sausages 



and their Hygienic Preparation, Dr. W. G. Savage, 



2S4 ; Rapid Method for estimating Casein in Milk, E. B. 



Hart, 328 

 Foppi (Dr. .A.), Theorie der Elektrizitat, 316 

 Forbes (Prof. George, F.R.S.), Jupiter's Eighth Satellite, 



30 

 Forbes (Major W. L.), School Geography as a Mental 



Discipline, 617 

 Forcrand (M. de), Hydrates of Strontia and Baryta, 311 

 Fordham (H. G.), Notes on the Cartography of the 



Counties of England and Wales, 617 

 Forel (.Auguste), the .Senses of Insects, 506 

 Forel (F. A.), les Variations p^riodiques des Glaciers, 574 ; 



les Variations p^riodiques des Glaciers des Alpes Suisses, 



."4 

 Forest (Dr. Lee De), Wireless Telephony, 398 

 Forest Entomology, -A. T. Gillanders, Fred. V. Theobald, 



44' 



Forestry : Private and Communal Forests in Japan, Sir 

 Frederick Nicholson, 63 ; the Sources of West African 

 Mahogany, H. N. Thompson, 133 ; Indian Trees which 

 will Flourish under Shade, R. S. Pearson, 133 ; 

 .Alternation of Forest Crops, B. O. Coventry, 253 ; 

 Forestry in the Schwarzwald, J. F. Annand, 328 ; Scots 

 Pine and the Fungus Polvporus annosits, B. Rippentrop. 

 400; a Disease of the Oak, M.M. Griffon and .Maiiblanrc, 

 440: Technical Terms for Use in Indian Forestry, 

 A. M. F. Caccia, 515; the " Sal " Tree, Shorea robusta, 

 A. M. F. Caccia, 547 ; the Recent Forest Fires in the 

 United States, 608 ; Influence of Forests on Rainfall 

 and the Probable Effect of " Deboisement " on Agri- 

 culture in Mauritius, A. Walter, 610 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Lieut. -Colonel Charles Thomas 

 Bingham, 641 



Forrest (H. E.), the Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales, 

 321 



Forrest (Mr.), New Primulas from Western China, 204 



Forster (M. O.), Allylazoimide, 190 



Fortescue-Brickdale (J. M.), the Chemical Basis of 

 Pharmacology, 3 



Fossil Aphididae from Florissant, Colorado, Prof. T. D. A. 

 Cockerell, 319 



Fossil Fishes of the Hawkesbury Series at St. Peter's, A. 

 Smith Woodward, 476 



Fournier (E. E.), British Association Meeting at Dublin, 

 298, 416, 449 



Fowler (Prof. A.), the Spectrum of Scandium and its 

 Relation to the Solar .Spectra, 504 



Fowler (Dr. G. J.), the Chemical Effect of Tropical Sun- 

 light, 119 



Fox, Vestiges of Scales in the, K. Toldt, 250 



Fox (Douglas), a General Urban and Intorurban Trans- 

 portation and Rail-less Electric Traction, 652 



Fox (Philip), the Forty-inch Objective of the Yerkes 

 Observatory, 182 : Prominence and Coronal Structure, 



