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Index 



XXXI 



Double Refraction of Nitrobenzene, Variation with the 

 Wave-length, A. Cotton and H. Mouton, 311 ; Magnetic 

 Susceptibility of Solutions, P. Pascal, 336 ; Solar 

 Vortices, Prof. Hale, 308 ; Solar Magnetic Fields and 

 Spectrum Analysis, Prof. P. Zeenian, 309 ; Solar Vortices 

 and Magnetic Fields, E. Percival Lewis, 569 ; Sensitive 

 State induced in Magnetic Substances and Materials by 

 Thermal Treatment, J. G. Gray and A. D. Ross, 383 ; 

 Large Magnetic Storm, Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 508; the 

 Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism, 

 ProL J. H. Jeans, F.R.S., Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 537; 

 Magnetic Storms of September 29-30, 575 ; the Magnetic 

 Disturbances of September 29 and Aurora Borealis, 

 Walter Sidgreaves, 6c>3 



Magnus (Sir Philip), Education in Relation to Rural Life, 

 biS 



Magoffin (R.), the Topography and Municipal History of 

 Praeneste, 578 



Mahaffy (the Rev. Canon), Correlation of Primary, 

 Secondary, and University Education in Ireland, 619 



Mailhe (.A.), Direct Addition of Hydrogen to the Poly- 

 phenols, 167; Action of Metallic O.xidos on the Primary 

 .Alcohols, 240, 2O3, 2S8 



Maire (Frederick), Modern Pigments and their Vehicles, 



Malaria : Baltimore \\ arfare with the Mosquito, 204 ; 

 " Millions " {Girardinns poecilloides) presented to Zoo- 

 logical Gardens by C. Kenrick Gibbons, 303 ; the Prac- 

 tical Study of Malaria and other Blood Parasites, Dr. 

 J. W. \\\ Stephens and S. R. Christophers, 601 



Malcr (Teobcrt), Archieological E.xploration in Guatemala, 

 256 



Mallock [A., F.R.S.), Ascent of Meteorological Balloons 

 and the Temperature of the Upper Air, 141 ; Effect of a 

 Cross Wind on Rifled Projectiles, 214; the Form of a 

 Dirigible Balloon, 367 



Malta Fever, the Extinction of, Colonel David Bruce, 

 C.B., F.R.S., at Royal Institution, 39 



Malta Fever, Extinction of, a Lesson in the Use of Animal 

 Experiment, Colonel David Bruce, 176 



Malting : D^veloppement et Progres de la Fabrication du 

 Malt pendant les quarante dcrniferes Annfes, Ed. Ecken- 

 stein, 5 



Mamlock (Dr. L.), Stereochemie die Lehre von der Raum- 

 lichen .'\nordnung der .Atome im Molekiil, 268 



Mammoth, the Size of the, F. A. Lucas, 443 



Mammoth-hunting in Alaska, 346 



Man and his Future, a Glimpse from the Fields of Science, 

 Lieut. -Colonel William Sedgwick, 5 



Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 119, 262 



Manora Observatory, the, 550 



Mantoux (Ch.), the Intra-dcrmo-reaction with Tuberculin 

 in Animals, 535 



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

 Hamilton, 5S2 



Marine Biology : Spore Formation in the Genus Chseto- 

 ccros, Nellie Snape, 262 ; Rate of Growth of the Reef- 

 building Corals, F. Wood Jones, 433 ; New Fresh-water 

 Bryozoans (StcphaHeUa hiua) from Japan, Dr. A. Oka, 

 515 : a Monograph of the Silurian and Devonian Corals 

 of New South Wales, R. Etheridge, ^6q ; Peculiarity in 

 the Development of Window-pane Oysters (Placuna 

 placenta), A. Wllley, 609 ; Death and Obituary Notice of 

 W. Saville-Kent, 641 ; Marking Experiments with Ice- 

 land Plaice and Cod, Dr. Schmidt, 672 ; Nomenclature 

 of Crinoids, A. H. Clark. 609; Corr.. Dr. F. A. Bather, 

 675 : Variation In an Indian Species of the Marine 

 Crustacean Genus Squllla, Captain R. E. Lloyd, 547 



Marine Engineering (a Text-book), Engineer-Commander 

 A. E. Tompkins, Sir W. H. White, K.C.B., F.R.S., 

 598 



Marins, les D^p6ts, Dr. L^on W. Collet, 409 



Marie (E. R.), Condensation of Epichlorohydrin with 

 Phenols, 22 



Marmol (Prof. Tarrida del), the Origin of the Recently 

 Discovered Jovian Satellites, 401 



Marrett (Mr.), the Definition of Religion, 5£;2 



Mars : Life on Mars. E. H. Hankin, 6 ; the Canals and 

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

 Mars, Prof. Lo\yell, 136 



Martel (E. A.), I'EvoIutlon souterraine, 2 



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



Mascart (E. E.), Death of, 431 ; Obituary Notice of, 446 



Mason (W. R.), the Explosion of the Saratoga Septic 

 Tank, 188 



Mathematics : Graphics, applied to Arithmetic, Mensura- 

 tion, and Statics, G. C. Turner, 4 ; Mathematical 

 Society, 23, 71, ib6; a General Convergence Theorem, 

 Dr. E. W. Hobson, 23 ; the Ordering of the Terms oj 

 Polars and Transvectants, L. Isserlis, 23 ; Relation 

 between the Convergence of Series and Integrals, 

 T. J. I'A. Bromwich, 23; Mersenne's Numbers, Lieut. - 

 Colonel A. Cunningham, 23 ; Algebraic Equations, G, B. 

 Mathews, F.R.S., 28; the Theory of Optical Instru- 

 ments, E. T. Whittaker, 28 ; Logarithmic and other 

 Tables for Schools, Frank Castle, 29 ; the Elements of 

 the Geometry of the Conic, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 

 and R. H. PInkerlon, 52 ; Geometry, Theoretical and 

 Practical, W. P. Workman and A. G. Cracknell, 52 ; 

 Practical Integration for the Use of Engineers, A. S. 

 Percival, 52 ; Integration by Trigonometric and 

 Imaginary Substitution, C. O. Gunther, 52 ; a Course 

 in Mathematics for .Students of Engineering and Applied 

 Science, F. S. Woods and F. H. Bailey, 52 ; Classifica- 

 tion and Mathematics, C. Elliott, 78 ; Tabular Accuracy, 

 C. T. Whitmell, 127 ; some General Principles of the 

 Theory of Dimensions, E. E. Fournier d'Albe, 215; an 

 Introduction to the Theory of Infinite Series, T. J. I'A. 

 Bromwich, 242 ; .Space and Number, Leonard J. Russell, 

 305 : Ottavio Zanotti Blanco, 343 ; Introduction to 

 Higher Algebra, Maxime Bocher and E. P. R. Duval, 

 315; Proceedings of the Royal Society, Obituary Notice 

 of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin, Prof. J. Larmor, 

 323 ; Lord Kelvin, an Account of his Scientific Life and 

 Work, Dr. -Andrew Gray, F.R.S., 323 ; Kelvin in the 

 'Sixties, Prof. W. E. Ayrton, F.R.S., 323 ; the Kelvin 

 Lecture, Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S., 323 ; 

 Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. Charles Taylor, 373 ; 

 an Introduction to the Theory of Groups of Finite Order, 

 H. Hilton, 442 ; a Studv of Mathematical Education, 

 including the Teaching of Arithmetic, B. Branford, 473 ; 

 the Matliematlcal Theorv of Electricitv and Magnetism, 

 Prof. J. H. Jeans, F.R.S., Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 537; 

 the " EquIIong " Transformations of Space, Prof. J. L. 

 CooIIdge, 578 ; Royal Society of London, Catalogue of 

 Scientific Papers, 1800-1900, 597 ; a Method of Solving 

 Algebraic Equations, Prof. Ronald Ross, F.R.S., 663 ; 

 see also British Association 



Mather (T., F.R.S.), Comparison of the Board of Trade 

 Ampere-standard Balance with the Ayrton-Jones Current 

 Weigher and Electromotive Force of Standard Cells, 92 



Mathews (G. B., F.R.S.), Algebraic Equations, 28 



Matisse (George), le Principe de la Conservation de 1 'Assise 

 et ses Applications, 54 



Maubant (E.), Search-ephemerides for Comet Tempelj- 

 Swift, 402, 550; Ephemeris for Comet Tempelj-Swift, 

 i9o8ii, 677 



Maublance (M.), a Disease of the Oak, 440 



Mauricheau-Beaupr^ (M.), New Method of preparing Pure 

 Hydrogen, 359 



May Meteors, W. F. Denning, 43 



Mayer (.Andr^), Realisation of Precipitins for Ovalbumen, 



359 

 Measurements of the Chinese, A. H. Crook, 607 

 Mechanics : Instrument to Indicate the Relative Rate of 

 Turning of Two Bodies, Sir John Thornycroft, F.R.S., 

 .i;9 ; the Cambridge Patent Extensometer, 59 ; the 

 Strength of Chain-links, Prof. G. A. Goodenough and 

 Prof. L. E. Moore, 64 ; an Introduction to the Mechanics 

 of the Inner Ear, Prof. Max Meyer, Prof. John G. 

 McKendrick, F.R.S., 114: Prof. Max Meyer, 342: Prof. 

 John G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 342 ; Some Scientific 

 Centres, XIII. , the Mechanics Laboratory of the 

 Imperial College of Science and Technology, Prof. 

 Perry, 128; Aston and Mander's " Compton " Slide-rule, 



254 

 Medicine ; the History of the Study of Medicine in the 

 British Isles, Dr. Norman Moore, 25 ; Confessio Medici, 

 54 ; Radioscopy in Forensic Medicine, F. Bordas, 143 ; 

 Tropical Medicine, Hvglene. and Parasitologv. Gilbert 

 E. Brooke. Colonel David Bruce, C.B., F.R.S., 170; 

 Study of Constipation by Means of the X-rays, Dr. 



