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Index 



Nature, 

 _Noi'eitiL>cy' 26, 



1908 



Mammary Gland during Pregnancy in the Rabbit, MM. 

 Cluzet and Bassal, 96 ; Study of Constipation by Means 

 of the X-rays, Dr. A. F. Hertz, 20O ; Absorption of 

 X-rays, Dr. C. G. Barkla and C. A. Sadler, 245 ; the 

 Nature of the 7 and X-rays, Prof. W. H. Bragg, 271, 

 293 ; the Nature of X-rays, Dr. Charles G. Barkla, 665 ; 

 Prof. \V. H. Bragg, F'.R.S., 665; Rontgen jRays and 

 Electro-lherapeutics, with Chapters on Radium and 

 Phototherapy, Dr. M. K. Kassabian, 388 ; the Atomic 

 Weight of Radium, Bakerian Lecture at Royal Society, 

 Dr. T. E. Thorpe, C.B., F.R.S., 19; Decay of the 

 Radium Emanation when dissolved in Water, R. B. 

 Moore, 190; Comparison of the Rates of Diffusion of 

 the Radium Emanation and of Mercury Vapour through 

 a Porous Plug, P. B. Perkins, 181 ; Spectrum of the 

 Radium Emanation, Prof. E. Rutherford, F.R.S., and 

 T. Royds, 220; Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., 

 and A. T. Cameron, 245 ; Action of the Radium Emana- 

 tion on Solutions of Copper Salts, Mme. Curie and 

 Mile. Gleditsch, 372 ; Formation of Fogs in Presence of 

 the Radium Emanation, Mme. Curie, 408 ; Observations 

 on the Active Deposit of Radium in Mid-Ocean, Prof. 

 k. S. Eve, 604 ; Radiographic Method of deciding 

 whether a Supposed Still-born Child has really lived 

 or not, Charles Vaillant, 47 ; Radiography of the Lungs 

 and Stomach of the Foetus and Still-born Infants, M. 

 Bouchacourt, 91; : on the Radio-activity of Potassium 

 and Other Alkali Metals, Prof. J. C. McLennan, 29; 



Norman R. Campbell, 55 ; 



the Range of the a Rays, 



William Duane, 71 ; Secondary Rays from the a Rays, 

 William Douane, 120; an Emanation from Sodium, 

 Charles E. S. Phillips, 79 ; Secondary ;S Rays, Prof. 

 J. A. McClelland, 1(15 ; the Secondary /3 Radiation 

 excited by 7 Rays, F. E. Hackett, 287 ; Helium and 

 Radio-activity in Rare and Common Minerals, Hon. 

 R. J. Struit, I>'.R.S., 166; the Relation between the Bio- 

 chemical Eifects of Radiations and the Quantity absorbed, 

 H. Guilleminot, 215 ; Radio-activity of Solutions of 

 Potassium Salts, N.'R. Campbell, 262; Radio-activity in 

 Water from Hot Springs, Thomas Ryan, 309 ; Measure- 

 ment of the Current through a Rontgen Ray Tube, W. 

 Duddell, 350 ; Radio-activily of Potassium and its Salts 

 not connected with a Normal Atomic Property of the 

 Metal, Prof. J. C. McLennan, 376; Electrical Method 

 of Counting the Number of a Particles from Radio-active 

 Substances, Prof. E. Rutherford, F.R.S., and Dr. H. 

 Geiger, 383 ; Radio-activitv of Certain Springs producing 

 Goitre, M. Repin, 408, 686 ; Radio-telegraphy, C. C. F. 

 Monckton, 505 ; Cause discovered of Different Results 

 in Experiments to determine the Effect of High Tem- 

 peratures on the Radio-active Properties of Substances, 

 Prof. H. W. Schmidt and Dr. P. Cermak, 611 



Radium ; the Atomic Weight of Radium, Bakerian Lecture 

 at Royal Society, Dr. T. E. Thorpe, C.B., F.R.S., 19; 

 the Action of Radium Salts on Glass, W. A. Douglas 

 Rudge, 151 ; Spectrum of the Radium Emanation, Prof. 

 E. RutheVford, F.R.S., and T. Royds, 220; Sir William 

 Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., and A. T. Cameron, 245; 

 see also Radiography 



Radlaucr (Dr. C), Morphology of the Human Sacrum, 



5'5 



Raehlmann (Prof.), \'ision and Colour-vision, 90 



Raikes (Hugh P.), the Design, Construction, and Main- 

 tenance of Sewage Disposal Works, 473 



Railways : Electric Railways Theoretically and Practically 

 Treated, Sydney W. Ashe, Prof. Gisbert Kapp, 27 ; 

 Demonstration of High-speed Railway System, E. W. C. 

 Kearney, 15^; the New Bernese Alpine Tunnel and the 

 Lotschberg Railway, Dr. C. Koppe, 230 



Rainbow, a Red, at Sunset, E. Armitage, 605 



Rainfall, British, 1907, Dr. H. R. Mill, 604 



Ramaley (F.), Plant Distribution in North-east Latimer 

 Countv, Colorado, 86 



Raman (C. V.), Secondary Waves of Light, 55 



Rambaut (Dr.), on Clock-driving Mechanisms for Tele- 

 scopes, 61^1 



Ramsay (Sir W'., K.C.B., F.R.S.), Chemical Action of 

 Radium Emanation on Water and Certain Gases, 118; 

 Chemical -Action of Radium Emanation on Water, 119; 

 the Spectrum of Radium Emanation, 245 ; Proposed 

 Admission of Women to the Fellowship of the Chemical 



Society, 247 ; the Discovery of the Inactive Gases of the 

 Air, 549 ; Discovery of Gases in the Atmosphere, 589 



Rankin (1. G.), the Sulphides and 0.\ysulphides of Silicon, 

 iiS 



Rankine (A. O.), Electrical Resistance of Moving Matter, 



45 

 Rats, Hereditary Transmission of the Albino Character 



and the Black Piebald Coat in, Geo. P. Mudge, 624 

 Rayleigh (Lord), Cambridge University Appeal Fund, 613 

 Read (J.), Optical Activity of Compounds having Simple 



Molecular Structure, 22 

 Reading, Results of Experiments at the College Farm, 



1907, University College, 188 

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



661 

 Rechinger (Karl), Vegetationsbilder, Samoa, New Guinea 



Archipelago, 603 

 Rccoura (A.), Colloidal Barium Sulphate, 192 

 Recreation Camps and Parks, the Sanitation of, Dr. 



Harvey B. Bashore, 366 

 Reed (F. R. Covvper), the Fossiliferous Rocks of the 

 Southern Half of the Tortworth Inlier, 190 ; Structure 

 of Turrilepas peachi and its Allies, 383 

 Reed (Howard S.), an Alleged Excretion of Toxic Sub- 

 stances by Plant Roots, 541 

 Reflection of Distant Lights on the Clouds, the, Charles 



J. P. Cave, 30 

 Refrigeration : Refrigeration, an Elementary Text-book, 

 J. Wemyss .Anderson, E. Edser, 317; the First Inter- 

 national Congress on Refrigeration, 644 ; Oxygen made 

 from Air by the Claude Processes, 644 ; Measurements 

 of the Coefficients of Conductivity, A. Desvignes, 645 ; 

 G. Voorhees, 645 ; Novel Rotating Machine using 

 Sulphur Dioxide, M. Singriin, 645 ; Application of 

 Refrigeration to Food, 645 ; Effect of Different Degrees 

 of Cold and Humidity on Chickens, E. Pennington, 645 

 Regan (C. Tate), Biologia Centrali-Americana, Pisces, 145 

 Reiche (Dr. Karl), die Vegetation der Erde, die Grund- 



ziige der Pfianzenverbreitung in Chile, 197 

 Rcichert (Prof. E. T.), Crystallographic Study of Hs-mo- 

 globins, a Contribution to the Specificity of Vital Sub- 

 stances in Different Vertebrates, 1S7 

 Reichsanstalt, the Work of the Physikalisch-Technische, in 



IQO-, 358 

 Rcid (Dr. D. J.), the Minute Structure of Calcareous 



Sponge-spicules, 261 

 Reid (Dr. G. Archdall), Heredity, Prof. J. Arthur Thom- 

 son, 361 ; Memory in the Germ-plasm, 605 ; Acquirement 

 in Education, 620 

 Religion : the Value of Life in Buddhism, Mrs. Rhys 

 Davids, 86 ; Third International Congress for the History 

 of Religions, 552 ; Egyptian Religions, Prof. Petrie, 552 ; 

 the Non-Semitic Descent of Christ, Prof. Haupt, 552 ; 

 the Cults of Minoan Crete, Dr. A. J. Evans, s^a ; the 

 Definition of Religion, Mr. Marrett, ■;";2 ; the Veddahs, 

 Dr. Seligmann, 552 ; Funerary Customs of Australia, 

 N. W. Thomas, 552 ; Traces of Totemism in the Malay 

 Peninsula, W. W. Skcat, .i;.i;3 

 Renard (Paul), Turning of Aeroplanes, 95 

 Rennie (E. H.), the Interaction of Copper and Nitric Acid 



in Presence of Metallic Nitrates, 190 

 R(^pin (M.). Radio-activity of Certain Springs producing 



Goitre, 408, 686 

 Reproduction : Ordoverax Copying Process, Messrs. B. J. 



Hall and Co., 61 

 Research : the Research Defence Society, 176 ; Bonaparte 



Fund Awards for 1908, 252 

 Resistance of .Ships and Screw Propulsion, D. W. Tavlor, 



Sir W. H. White, K.C.B., F.R.S., 385 

 Resistances, the Influence of Humidity on, Messrs. Rosa 



and Rabcock, 5S3 

 Rettie (Dr. T.), Equilibrium in the System Water and a 

 Pair of Enantiomorph Solids, 262 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf. 



Service d 'Etudes des grandes Forces hydrauliques (R%ion 

 des Alpes), Annales de la Direction de I'Hydrauliqu', i 



T.'Eolution souterraine, E. A. Martel, 2 



The Chemical Basis of Pharmacology, Francis Francis 

 and J. M. Fortescue-Brickdale, 3 



