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r Nature, 



y^Novciiiber 26, 1908 



Vegetationsbilder, 124; Vcgetationsbilder, Samoa, Karl 

 Rechinger, New Guinea Archipelago, Karl Rechinger, 

 North-eastern Brazil, E. Ule, the Algerian Sahara, H. 

 Brockman Jerosch and A. Heim, Alpine Vegetation, 

 H. Schenck, 603 ; Photographic Determination of Star 

 Colours, Messrs. Parkhurst and Jordan, 158; Photo- 

 graphs of Arrows in French Caves, Prof. E. Cartailhac 

 and I'Abb^ H. Breuil, 178; Photographic Determination 

 of the Elements of the Orbits of Jupiter's Satellites, 

 Bryan Cookson, 190 ; Photography of Speech, m! 

 Devaux-Charbonnel, 192 ; Uniformity in Lantern-slides, 

 Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 198; Photography of very 

 Famt Spectra, R. W. Wood, 232 ; New Photographic 

 Celestial Charts, Prof. Johann Palisa, 255 ; Wild-life 

 Photography in America, Hon. E. Shiras, 296; Warner 

 Powrie Method of Colour Photogranhy, Dr. J. G. van 

 Deventer, 376 ; the Franklin-Adams "Photographic Chart, 

 486; the Royal Photographic Society's Annual Exhibi- 

 tion, 518; Photography and Blood-stains, Dr. H. G. D. 

 Brockman, 518; Photographs of Comet c 1908 at the 

 Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Sir W. H. M. Christie 

 K.C.B., F.R.S., 539 

 Photometry : Photometric Observations of Short-period 

 Variable Stars, H. v. Zeipel, 66 ; the Revised Harvard 

 Photometry, 207 ; Photometric Observations of Eros, 

 Dr. Paul Guthnick, 232 ; a Substitute for the Eye in 

 Photometry, Charles F^rv, 376; the Employment of 

 Selenium Cells in Photometrv, Prof. Pfund, 377; Photo- 

 metric Observations of Variable Stars, A. Tass, 612 

 Physics : Improvements in the Beams and Bearings for 

 Physical Balances, Dr. Moschou, 17; Experiments on 

 Artificial Fulgurites, Miss D. D. Butcher, 23 ; Physical 

 Society, 23, 118, 166, 214; Nephilim, William J. H. 

 Bohannan, 53 ; le Principe de la Conservation de I'Assise 

 et ses Applications, George Matisse, 54; Transparent 

 Films of Silver and Other Metals, Prof. T. Turner 60 • 

 Would a Rock, if thrown into the Ocean at its Greatest 

 Depth, Sink to the Bottom? Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S. 62- 

 Molecular Agitation and the Brownian Movement, 'jean 

 Perrin, 71 ; Scientific Papers, vol. i.. Oceanic Tides and 

 Lunar Disturbance of Gravity, Sir George Howard 

 Darwin, K.C.B., F.R.S. , 74; VVind Pressure, Dr. T. E. 

 btanton, 79; a Material Porous to Gases but Impervious 

 at Pressures less than i Atmosphere, Dr. A. Stock 87- 

 Osmotic Pressure of Compressible Solutions, Prof.' 

 A. \V. Porter, 92 ; on Vapour Pressure and Osmotic 

 Pressure of Strong Solutions, Prof. H. L. Callendar, 

 KK.S., 92 ; Apparatus for determining the Boiling 

 Points of very Small Quantities of Liquids, L. O'Dowd 

 ^t u ' rf • ^°"^™ Perkin, 94 ; Kinematographic Study 

 ot the Brownian Movements, Victor Henri, 95 • the 

 Law of Stokes and the Brownian Motion, Jean Perrin 

 S04 ; ^ Influence of the Surrounding Atmosphere on the 

 Friction between Solid Bodies, F. Charron, 9:; ; Aristotle 

 and Natural Selection, Dr. F. A. Dixey, 106; a Modified 

 Theory of Gravitation, Dr. C. V. Burton, 118; the 

 Work of Lord Kelvin, Sir Oliver Lodge, 142 ; Lord 

 Kelvins Philosophy, Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S. 198- 

 Ur. W. Peddle, 246 ; 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 'Si.xties, Prof. W. E. Avrton F R S ' 

 323 : the Kelvin Lecture, Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson! 

 t-.K.S., 323 ; Certain Aspects of the Work of Lord 

 Kelvm Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., at Faraday Society 

 403 ; the Cavendish Laboratory, 152 ; Report of the 

 Observatory Department of the National Phvsical 

 Laboratory for 1907, 157 ; the Cohesion of Steel and the 

 Relation between the Yield Points in Tension and in 

 Compression, G. H. Gulliver, 167; Death and Obituary 

 Notice of Prof. W. R. Cassie, 179; Raplin Hand Ice 

 Machine, 206 ; the Residual Motion of Water moving in 

 Stationary Waves, Mrs. Hertha Avrton, 208- some 

 General Principles of the Theory of Dimensions, E E 

 Fournier d'Albe. 215; Essais de Jean Rey, 1630, 219: 

 Llectrocapillary Measurements bv the Method of Large 

 Drops, M. Gouy, 239 ; the Kinetic Energy of the Ions 

 emitted by Hot Bodies, Prof. O. W. Richardson, 24= ; 

 Death of Lord Blythswood, F.R.S., 2,.;i ; Obituarv 

 Notice of. Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S., 301 ; Equilibrium in 



the System Water and a Pair of Enantiomorph Solids, 

 Dr. W. W. Taylor and Dr. T. Rettie, 262 ; Effect 

 observed when Palladium Foil is Heated in Air at a 

 Low Pressure, Rev. H. V. Gill, 262 ; Symbols for 

 Physical Quantities, Miles Walker, 271 ; Practical 

 Physics, a Laboratory Manual for Colleges and Technical 

 Schools, W. S. Franklin, C. M. Crawford, and Barry 

 MacNult, 290 ; the Discovery of the Weight of Air, 

 A. N. Meldrum, 294 ; Theorie der Elektrizitat, Dr. A. 

 FoppI, 316; Kleiner Leitfaden der praktischen Physik, 

 Dr. F. Kohlrausch, 316; die Stimmgabel, ihre 

 Schwingungsgesetze und Anwendungen in der Physik, 

 Dr. E. -A. Kielhauser, 316; Luft, Wasser, Licht und 

 Warme, Dr. R. Blochniann, 316; Molekiile, Atome, 

 Weltather, Dr. G. Mie, 316; die Stellung der Physik zu 

 den Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, Aug. Hagen- 

 bach, 316; the Work of the Physikalisch-Technische 

 Reichsanstalt in 1907, 358 ; the Theory of Capillarity, 

 Dr. E. T. Whittaker, F.R.S., 359; the Principles of 

 Physics, A. P. Gage, 365 ; Elementary Science 

 for the Certificate Examination, Physics, John Satterly, 

 365 ; on Ice and its Natural History, J. V. Buchanan, 

 F.R.S., at Royal Institution, 379; the Viscosity of Ice, 

 R. M. Deeley, 566 ; the Crystallisation of Over-cooled 

 Water, Prof. Boris Weinberg, 390 ; Death of Henri 

 Becquerel, 397; Obituary Notice of, 414; the Rotation 

 of a Crystal of Tourmaline by Plane Polarised Light, 

 John A. Anderson, 413 ; Death of E. E. Mascart, 431 ; 

 Obituary Notice of, 446; Supersaturation and Nuclear 

 Condensation of Organic Vapours, T. H. Laby, 439 ; 

 das Problem der Entwicklung unseres Planetensystems, 

 Aufstellung einer neuen Theorie, Dr. Frederick Nolke, 

 474 ; the Electron Theory of Conduction of Heat and 

 Electricity in Metals, Prof. H. A. Lorentz, 548 ; Models 

 of Plane and Spherical Waves, J. J. D., 570; G. H. B., 

 570 ; Phenomenon of Ripples in Vapour above the Critical 

 Temperature suddenly Decreased in Volume, W. P. 

 Bradley, A. W. Browne, and C. F. Hale, 611 ; Death 

 and Obituary Notice of Prof. Adolf Wiillner, 640 ; a 

 Studv of Splashes, Prof. A. M. Worthington, C.B., 

 F.R.S., C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 666; sec also British 

 Association 

 Physiology : Origin and Destiny of Cholesterol in the 

 Animal Organism, C. Dor^e and J. A. Gardner, 46; 

 Antagonistic Action of Calcium upon the Inhibitory 

 Effect of Magnesium, S. J. Meltzer and J. .'\uer, 46; 

 Spirocha;tes in Infective Sarcomata of Dogs, Prof. A. E. 

 Mettam, 47 ; the Contractility of Animal and Vegetal 

 Nerves, Dr. A. D. Waller, F.R.S., 64; Thermal Effects 

 of High-frequency Currents on the Organism, A. 

 Zimmern and S. Turchini, 72 ; Studies in Blood Pressure, 

 Physiological and Clinical, Dr. George Oliver, 77 ; 

 Action of the X-rays on the Evolution of the Mammary 

 Gland during Pregnancy in the Rabbit, MM. Cluzet and 

 Bassal, 96 ; Heredity of Secondary Se.xual Characters in 

 Relation to Hormones, J. T. Cunningham, 118; Lessons 

 in Hygienic Physiology, W. M. Coleman, 150 ; the 

 Nutrition of the Early Embryo, with Special Reference 

 to the Chick, E. Emrys-Roberts, 166; Crystallographic 

 Study of Haemoglobins, a Contribution to the Specificity 

 of Vital Substances in Different Vertebrates, Prof. E. T. 

 Reichert and A. P. Brown, 187 ; Effect of Certain Pre- 

 servatives upon Metabolism, Dr. H. W. Wiley, 1S7 ; 

 Effects of Chloroform on the Metabolism, Prof. Noel 

 Paton, 230 : a Calorimeter for determining the Relation 

 between Heat Production and Muscular Work, 209; 

 Reciprocal Innervation in Vaso-motor Reflexes and the 

 .Action of Strychnine and of Chloroform thereon. Dr. 

 W. M. Bayliss, F.R.S., 260; Examination of Pus for 

 Indol, Ch. Porcher, 312; Total Sugar of the Blood, 

 R. Lupine and M. Boulud, 335 ; Physiological Conse- 

 quences of Inequality of Volume of Mammary Glands 

 in Woman, G. \'ariot and P. Lassablifere, 336; Realisa- 

 tion of Precipitins for Ovalbumen, Andr^ Mayer and 

 Georges Schscffer, 359; Death of Prince Ivan R. 

 Tarkanoff, 513 ; the Intra-dermo-reaction with Tuberculin 

 in Animals. G. Moussu and Ch. Mantoux, 535 ; Physio- 

 logical Differences shown by the Right- and Left-handed 

 Forms of Camphor, G. Bruni, 1:48; Physiologic des 

 Menschcn, Dr. L. Luciani, Dr. J. A. Slilroy, 601 ; 

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