Kalurt\ n 



Nin'cinbcy 26, 1908 J 



Index 



Wallace (Dr. Alfred RusselJ, the Present Position of 

 Uarwiiiism, 433 , . , ■ n, . 



Wallace (R- J-), the Colour Filter and Isochromatic 1 late 

 in Astronomical Photography, 88 .... 



Waller (Dr. A. D., F.k.S.}, the Contractility ot Animal 

 and Vegetal Nerves, 64 ; Tracings obtained Irom .Muscles 

 immersed in Saline containing Chloroform, Ether, or 

 Alcohol, 593 , ,- ^ 



Wallis (E. J.}, the Royal Gardens, kew, Ji'"' 



Walter tA.), Influence of Forests on Kamlall and the 

 Probable Effect of " Deboiscment " on Agriculture in 

 Mauritius, Oio 



Walter CL. H.), Tantalum Wave-detector lor Wireless 

 Telephony or Telegraphy, 60; New Electrolytic Signal- 

 ling Key, (10 ; a Tantalum Wave-detector, 335 



Warburton (C), Geographical Distribution ol the Acanne 

 Family Oribatidoe, 119 „ , , t 



Warm Stratum in the Atmospliere, the, Prof. A. Lawrence 



Rotch, 7 ,,,... 



Warren (i\Ir.), Wadsworth's " Cumberlandite, 139 

 Washburn (^largaret Floy), the Animal Mind, a '1 exl- 



book of Comparative Psychology, 269 

 Washington, International Congress on 1 uberculosis at, 



Walter ; Chemical Analysis of W'ater from Dew Ponds, 

 Sidney Skinner, 30 ; Ozone in Connection with Water 

 Purification, Dr. F. MoUwo Perkin, 94: the Water 

 Problem in Agriculture, Dr. E. J. Russell, 322; the 

 Water of the Metropolis, Dr. Houston, 377 ; the Crystal- 

 lisation of Over-cooled Water, Prof. Boris Weinberg, 

 390 



Watt (A.), Climate of the British Isles, 37 



Watteville j(C. de). Spark Lines (Enhanced Lines) in Flames 

 at Various Temperatures, 240 



Waves, Models of Plane and Spherical, J. J. D., 570; 

 G. H. B., 570 



Wa.\ Craft ; .Kll about Beeswa.x; T. W . Cowan, 630 



Weber (Prof.), Recent Night-glows, 30b 



Wedding (Dr. Hermann), Death of, 34 



Wedemeyer (Dr. A.), the Path of the Minor Planet (2701 

 Thule, 281 _, , 



Wedgwood (Julia), the Moral Ideal, a Historic Study, 



Wi'idman (S.), Geologv of North Central Wisconsin, 283 

 Weinberg (Prof. Borii), the Crystallisation of Over-cooled 



Water, 390 

 Weisweiller' (G.), Constitution of Vicianine, 336 

 Weizmann (Dr.), Methods suggested for the Preparation of 



Synthetical Camphor On a Commercial Scale, 590 

 Welsh Astronomical Traditions, Rev. John Griffith, 43(1 

 Welsh Monuments, the Royal Commission on, Rev. John 



Griflith, 512 

 Welsh Saints and Astronomy, Rev. John Griflith, 102 

 Weltgebiiude, das, eine gemeinverstiindliche Hinimels- 



kunde, M. Wilhelm Meyer, 538 

 Weston (F. E.), Interaction of Aluminium Powder and 



Carbon, 71 , . u 



Wetter, das, und seine Bedeutung fur das praktische 



Leben, Prof. Carl Kassner, 412' 

 Wheeler (Dr. R. V.), l^Ise of Steam in Gas-producer Prac- 

 tice, 581 

 Wheeler (W. H.), the Physical Characteristics, Tides, 



Currents, and Fisheries of the North Sea, 279 

 White (Sir W. H., K.C.B.. F.R.S.), Resistance of Ships 

 and Screw Propulsion, D. W'. Taylor, 3S5 ; Marine 

 Engineering (a Text-book), Engineer-Commander \. E. 

 Tompkins, 598 

 Whitmell (C. "T.), Tabular Accuracv, 127 

 Whittaker (Dr. E. T., F.R.S.). the Theory of Optical 



Instruments, 28 : the Theory of Capillarity, 359 

 Wickham (H. .A.), on the Plantation, Cultivation, and 

 Curing of Pari India-rubber (Hc-jca hrasilicnsis). with 

 an Account of its Introduction from the West to the 

 Eastern Tropics, 3S8 

 Wild (A.), Studv of Colouring Matters in Solution, 686 

 Wild-life Photography in America, Hon. E. Shiras, 296 

 Wiley (Dr. H.' W.),' Efl'ect of Certain Preservatives upon 



Metabolism, 187 

 Wilkins (Mrs.) (Miss Jebb), Factors which make for the 



Success of Small Holdings, 653 

 Willcocks (Mr.), Egyptian Cotton-bug. 68 



Willey (A.), Peculiarity in the Development of Window- 

 pane Oysters (i'lacuna placcntu), 609 



Williams '(E. H.), the Distributed Capacity of Resistance 

 Boxes, 329 



Williams (Mary E.), Elements ot the Theory and Practice 

 of Cookery, 220 



Willis (Dr. J. C), Ceylon, a Handbook for the Resident 

 and the Traveller, 317 



Wilsing (Prof.), the Paralla.xes of NebuUf, 207 



Wilson (Prof. E.), Effects of Self-induction in an Iron 

 Cylinder when traversed by Alternating Currents, 71 ; 

 the Hysteresis Loss and Other Properties of Iron Alloys 

 under \'ery Small Magnetic F'orces, 213 



Wilson (Prof. H. A., F.R.S.), Effect of Hydrogen on the 

 Discharge of Negative Electricity from Hot Platinum, 45 ; 

 the Perception of the Direction of Sound, iiii 



Wilson (Prof. H. C), the .approaching Return of Halley's 

 Comet, 281 



Wilson (J.), Conference of Teachers in Technical Institu- 

 tions, ib^ 



WiKon (Prof. J.I, Mendelian Characters among Shorthora 

 Cattle, 141; on Breeding and the Light which Science 

 Throws on the Problems of the Stock Raiser, 653 ; 

 Cyclopedia of .\nierican .\griculture, vol. iii., .^nimals^ 



b.S7 

 Wilson (J. S.), India-rubber Models and .Apparatus used 



for the Investigation of the Distribution of Stress in, 



Dams, sS 

 Winchell "(N. ID, the " .Mound-builders " of Minnesota,. 



5-1 S 

 Wind Pressure, Dr. T. E. Stanlon. 711 



Wind Velocity, Report to the Director of the Meteorological 



Office on the Calculation of, from Pressure Distribution 



and on the \'ariation of the Meteorological Elements with 



.Mtitude, Ernest Gold, 357 



Winson (\'. H.), the Hysteresis Loss and Other Properties. 



of Iron .\lloys under '\'erv Small Magnetic Forces, 213 

 W'ireless Telegraphy : I'se of Wireless Telegraphy for 

 Weather Forecasting, M. Bigourdan, 14; .-Xpplication o' 

 Wireless Telegraphy to the F'orecasting of the W'eather, 

 .Alfred .Angot, 34 ; Oscillation Valves or Glow-lamp Elec- 

 tric-wave Detectors used for Receivers in Long-distance 

 Wireless Telegraphy, Dr. J. A. Fleming, F.R.S., bo; 

 Tantalum Wave Detector for Wireless Telephony or Tele- 

 graphy, L. H. Waller, 60; Wireless Telegraphy with 

 Directed Waves, MM. Bellini and Tosi, 71 ; Table of 

 Relative Sensitiveness of Inslruments for Measurement 

 of .Mternating Currents in Wireless Telegraphy, \'on 

 F;spinosa, 135; Experiments on a Directive System of 

 Wireless Telegraph\ , E. Bellini and A. Tosi, 214; Ex- 

 periments in High-speed W'ireless Telegraphy, Mr. 

 Poulsen, 4S4 

 W'ireless Telephony : Tantalum Wave-detector for Wireless 

 Telephony or Telegraphy, L. H. Walter, to; Progress of 

 Experiments in W'ireless Telephony, 373 ; W'ireless lele- 

 phony. Dr. Lee De Forest, 39S 

 Wirtz (Prof.). Comet Morehouse, 1908c, 517 

 Witz (A.), Dynamical Study of Motors, 3-0 

 Wolf (Prof. Max), die Milchstrasse, 129; the Night-glows 

 at the Beginning of July, 377; the Spectrum of the- 

 Nebula HV 13 Cvgni, 471 

 Woltereck (Herman C), Synthesis of .\nimonia and Hydro- 

 cyanic Acid, 4.8; Temperature of Dissociation of 

 .Ammonia and Carbon Monoxide, 472 ; Production of 

 Ammonia from .Atmospheric Nitrogen by Means of Peat, 



^91 



Women and the Fellowship of the Chemical Society, 226 



Women, Proposed .Admission of. to the Fellowsiiip of th.- 

 Chem'ical Society, Sir W^ Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., 

 247 



Wood (R. W.), Photography of Very Faint Spectra, 232 



Wood (S. H.), Report to the Government of India, con- 

 taining an Account of the Research Work on Indigo 

 performed in the University of Leeds, 1905-7, 296 



Wood (Prof. T. B.), Factors which Influence the Baking 

 Value of Wheat Flour, 60 



Wood-working for School and Home, Educational, Joseph 

 C. Park, 630 



Woodford (C. ^f.). Manufacture of the Remarkable Malaita 

 Shell Bead Money Current in the Solomon Group, 181 



VVoodgate (Mr.), the Return of Encke's Comet, 11 1; 



