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A. F. Hertz, 206 ; Reciprocal Innervation in Vaso-motor 

 Reflexes and the Action of Strychnine and of Chloro- 

 form thereon, Dr. VV. M. Bayliss, F.R.S., 2bo ; Death 

 of Sir Thomas Stevenson, 302 ; the British Medical 

 Association at ShetBeld, 333 ; the Opening of the Medical 

 Session, 583 ; the Microchemical Reactions of Arsenic 

 applicable in Legal Medicine, G. Deniges, bzi, ; Diseases 

 of Occupation, from the Legislative, Social, and Medical 

 Points of View, Dr. Thomas Oliver, b27 ; Memories of 

 Dr. E. Syme-Thompson, a Follower of St. Luke, 630 

 Meigen CHerr), Researches on Calcium Carbonate, 139 

 Melanesia, the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to. Dr. 



A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 393 

 Meldola (Prof. R., F. R.S.J, Report to the Government of 

 India, containing an Account of the Research Work on 

 Indigo performed in the University of Leeds, 1905-7, 

 W. Popplewell Bloxam, S. H. Wood, I. Q. Orchardson, 

 R. Gaunt, and F. Thomas, 296 ; Research Work on 

 Natural Indigo, 540 

 Meldrum CA. N.j, the Discovery of the Weight of Air, 



294 

 Melick (Prof. C. W.), Dairy Laboratory Guide, 77 

 Melotte (Mr.), the Origin of the Recently Discovered 



Jovian Satellites, 401 

 Meltzer (S. J.), Antagonistic Action of Calcium upon the 



Inhibitory Effect of Magnesium, 4b 

 Memory in the Germ-plasm, Hakluyt Egerton, 570 ; Dr. 



G. Archdall Reid, 605 

 Mendelian Inheritance, Determination of Dominance in, 



Dr. C. B. Davenport, 1S7 

 Mendelism, a Personal Explanation, A. D. Darbishire, 175 

 Menschen, Physiologie des, Dr. L. Luciani, Dr. J. A. 



Milroy, 601 

 Mental Diseases : Death of Sir John Banks, 277 

 Mercadier (E.), New Application of Superposition without 

 Confusion of Small Electric Oscillations in the same 

 Circuit, 3S4 

 Mercanton (P. L.), les Variations p^riodiques des Glaciers 



des Alpes Suisses, 574 

 Merck (E.), Chemical Reagents, their Purity and Tests, 



661 

 Mercury Line, Echelon Spectroscopes and the Green, H. 



Stansfield, 8 

 Meridian Instrument, an Amateur's, E. Souli^, 281 

 Merz (C. H.), EfTect of Power Supply on the Industries of 



the North-east Coast, 581 

 Metallographv : Application of Colour Photography to 

 Metallography, E. F. Law, 67; Introduction to Metallo- 

 graphv, Dr. Paul Goerens, 387 

 Metallurgy: Death of Dr. Hermann Wedding, 34; Pure 

 Electrolytic Iron, S. Cowpcr-Coles, 60; Refining Iron 

 and Steel by Means of Vapours of Metallic Sodium, A. 

 Hiorth, 67 ; Experimental Researches on the Cooling 

 Power of Liquids, on Quenching \'elocities, and on the 

 Constituents Troosite and Austenite, Carl Benedicks, 

 67; Iron and Steel Institute, 67, 580; Physical Qualities 

 of Steel in Relation to its Mechanical Treatment, James 

 E. York, 67 : Small Electric Furnace of Novel Design, 

 Prof. B. Igewsky, 67 ; Difficulty in finding Cast Iron 

 Suitable for Use in Chemical Plant, F. J. R. Carulla, 

 67 ; Electric Iron and Steel Furnaces, 157 ; Low 

 Temperature Galvanising, S. Cowper-Coles, 159 ; the 

 Cohesion of Steel and the Relation between the Yield 

 Points in Tension and in Compression, G. H. Gulliver, 

 167; the Direct Production of Copper Tubes, &c., by 

 Electrolysis, S. O. Cowper-Coles, 330; History of the 

 Knowledge, of Steel, Dr. Carl Benedicks, 485; Death 

 and Obituary Notice of Bennett H. Brough, 575 ; Iron 

 and Steel industries of the Cleveland District, W. 

 Hawdon, 5S0 ; the Mechanical Cleaning of Iron Ores, 

 T. C. Hutchinson, 580 ; Effect of Power Supply on the 

 Industries of the North-east Coast, C. H. Merz, 581 ; 

 Electrolytic Process for making Iron Tubes, Sheets, and 

 Wire, S. Cowper-Coles, 581 ; Test for ascertaining 

 Wearing Properties of Rail Steel. E. H. Saniter, s8i ; 

 Use of Steam in Gas-producer Practice, W. K. Bone 

 and Dr. R. V. Wheeler, 5S1 ; Constitution of C.-irbon 

 Steels, Prof. E. D. Campbell, 581 ; the Freezing Point 

 of Iron, Prof. H. C. H. Carpenter. 581 ; Influence of 

 Silicon on Properties of Iron, A. Jouve, 581 ; Use of 



Dry Air in the Production of Pig-iron in the Blast- 

 furnace, 645 



Metals : the Corrosion of Iron and Steel, Dr. J. Newton 

 Friend, 31 ; W. F". Macfadyen, 55 



Metcalf (Air. J, Morehouse's Comet, 1908c, 677 



Metcalfe (E. Parr), Dispersion of Gaseous Mercury, 

 Sulphur, Phosphorus, and Helium, 45 ; Refractive Indices 

 of Gaseous Nitric Oxide, Sulphur Dioxide, and Sulphur 

 Trioxide, 71 



Metthnil<olif (Elie), Micro-organisms of Intestinal Putre- 

 faction, 626 



Meteorites : Studies of some American Meteorites, ibi ; 

 Examination of Crater and Meteorite near Canyon 

 Diablo, in Arizona, D. M. Barringer and B. C. Tilgh- 

 man, 161 ; Meteorite Studies, Prof. O. C. Farrington, 

 ibi 



Meteorology : the Warm Stratum in the Atmosphere, Prof. 

 .A. Lawrence Rotch, 7 ; Use of Wireless Telegraphy for 

 Weather Forecasting, M. Bigourdan, 14 ; Application of 

 Wireless Telegraphy to the Forecasting of the Weather, 

 Alfred Angot, 34; the Week's Weather, 15, no, 134, 

 43'i 57Si *J42 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Albert 

 Lancaster, 33 ; Percentage Composition of Atmosphere 

 at Different .\ltitudes and Probable Temperatures, Prof. 

 J. Hann, 37; the Daily Variation of Wind-force on the 

 Mountain Peaks of South India in their Relation to 

 the Daily Oscillation of Air-pressure, Prof. J. Hann, 

 37 ; Climate of the British Isles, A. Watt, 37 ; investiga- 

 tion of the Upper Atmosphere, J. E. Petavel, F.R.S., 

 56; Typhoon of September 28, 1902, T. Okada, 86; 

 Meteorology of West Turkestan, Heinz v. Ficker, 86 ; 

 Royal Meteorological Society, 94, 238 ; Upper Air 

 Observations in Egypt, B. F. E. Keeling, 94 ; Observa- 

 tions on the Colour of Lightning made at Epsom, 

 1903-7, S. C. Russell, 95 ; " Barisal Guns " in Western 

 Australia, Dr. J. Burton Cleland, loi ; W. E. Cooke, 

 390 ; Formation of Ground- or Anchor-ice and other 

 Natural Ice, Prof. H. T. Barnes, 102 ; the Daily Varia- 

 tion of the Potential Gradient in the Atmosphere, Dr. 



D. Smirnow, no; Relation between Wind Velocity at 

 1000 Metres Altitude and Surface Pressure Distribution, 



E. Gold, 117; the Chemical Effect of Tropical Sunlight, 

 Dr. G. J. Fowler, 119; the "Sky-coloured Clouds," 

 T. W. Backhouse, 127, 367 ; the Recent Nocturnal 

 Glows, Prof. Bohuslav Brauner, 221; Brilliant Sky- 

 glows, Miss C. O. Stevens, 22S ; the Sky Glows, W. F. 

 Denning, 247 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Carl 

 Koldeway, 132 ; the Frequency of I3ifferent Forms of 

 Clouds during 1903-5, 134; Influence of Days of Bright 

 Sunshine on Meteorological Elements at Bavaria (1889- 

 1906), Dr. W. van Bemmelen, 134 ; Ascent of Meteor- 

 ological Balloons and the Temperature of the Upper 

 Air, A. Mallock, F.R.S., 141 ; Sunset and Twilight 

 Curves and Related Phenomena, D. M. Y. Sommerville, 

 167 ; Meteorological Atlas of the Indian Seas and the 

 North Indian Ocean, W. L. Dallas, 169 ; Meteorology 

 of the Indian Ocean, Wm. AUingham, 632 ; E. Gold, 

 632 ; Oceanographische en Meteorologische Waarne- 

 mingen in den Indischen Oceaan, September, October, 

 November, 1S56-IQ04, 487 ; Determination of Wind 

 Direction and Force at Sea and on the Beaufort Scale, 

 Prof. G. Platania, 181 ; Death of Dr. Luiz Cruls, 202 ; 

 Obituary Notice of, 230 ; Meteorological Observations 

 on Sonnblick for 1907, 205 ; Temperature and Rainfall 

 Observations during the last Three Years in South 

 China, M. Ishida, 205 ; a Long-lived Solar Halo, 

 Catharine O. Stevens, 221; Charles J. P. Cave, 247; 

 Genial June, W. F. Denning, 221 ; Rainfall of Southern 

 Rhodesia, Rev. Father E. Goetz, 231 ; Theory of the 

 Microbarograph, and on some Observations with the 

 Dines-Shaw Instrument, Prof. Chrystal, 239; the 

 Vertical Distribution of Sea Temperature in the Eastern 

 Mediterranean, Dr. J. Hann, 253 ; Variations of Dura- 

 tion of Twilight, Ernest Esclangon, 263 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of H.I.H. Prince Yamashina, 277; 

 Meteorological Observations made by J. H. Field at 

 Belgaum (Bombay Presidency) in 1906, 280 ; Elliptical 

 Halos, E. Gold, 272 ; Report of the Second Norwegian 

 Arctic Expedition in the Fram, 1898-1902, Meteorology, 

 H. Mohn, W. E. Rolston, 285 ; Peruvian Meteorology, 



