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Index 



t Nature, 



Nvzn'ni/'tr 23, igo9 



" Stnndard Coordinates," Tables for the Reduction of, 10 

 Kight Ascension and Declination, A. Hnatek, 20 



Slanlord (W. K.). Life among the Bushmen, 270 



Stanlej" (William ¥.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 225 



Stapf (Dr. O.), Identification and Properties of Lignum 

 Scphriticiim, 3-^-4; History of the Wheats, J75, ^38 



Starling {Prof. E. H., M.D., F.R.S.), the Physiological 

 Basis of Success, Opening .Address in Section I at the 

 Meeting of the British Association at Winnipeg, 3S4 ; 

 the .Mercers' Company Lectures on the Fluids of the 

 Bod\", Tfi-ii ; Proteins, the Relation between Composition 

 and Food X'alue, 47(1 



Stars: Binary Star Orbits, Father Stein, 83; R. H. Baker, 

 f<3 ; Micrometric Measures of Double -Stars, Phillip Fox, 

 S3 : Double-star Measures, Prof. R. G. .\itken, 138 ; 

 Prof. Burnham, 37b : Double-star Observations, Prof. 

 Dob.-rck, 436 ; Parall.ax of the Double Star 2 231)8, Dr. 

 Karl Bohlin, 356; l^ublikationen des Astrophysikalischen 

 Observatoriums zu Potsdam, Doppelsterne, Prof. O. 

 Lohse, 492 ; Ma.ximum of Mira in 1908, M. Luizet, 

 138 ; .N'iiozo Ichinohe, 267 ; the Maximum of Mira in 

 October, jgoS, Dr. Nijland, 376; the Orbit of X Sagit- 

 tarii, a Cepheid \'ariable, .[. H. Moore, 170; the Number 

 of the Stars, (iavin Burns, iiq ; the Faint Companions 

 of ProcNon and Sirius, Prof. Barnard, 229 ; the Spectro- 

 scopic ISinarv J3 Orionis, J. Plaskett, 267 ; the Orbits of 

 Cert.'iin .Spectroscopic Binaries, R. H. Baker, 298 ; F. C. 

 Jordan, 2nS ; New Spectroscopic Binaries, 315; Observa- 

 tions of S'ariable Stars, W. Miinch, 436; Stars having 

 Peculiar .Spectra, New \*ariable Stars, 529 ; a Newly u\s- 

 covered Nebula Cluster in Cetus, Prof. Wolf, 43b ; the 

 Lrsa-Major System of Stars, Ejnar Hertzsprung, 4O5 



State -Aid tor University Education, 133 



State, Chemistry in the Service of the. Sir Edward Thorpe, 



34" ^ 



Stjite and the Farnu-r, the. Prof. I^. H. BailoN', 1^7 

 Stearns (Dr. R. E. C), Death of, 263 

 Stebbing (E. P.), the l.oranthus Parasite of the Moru and 



Ban Oaks, 150 

 Steche (Dr. Otto), Luminous Organ of Anonuttops Kntop- 



iron and Photoblephcron palpebraliis, 526 

 Steen (.\. S.), Mean Temperature of the Sea .Surfac; on 



the Norwegian Coast, 169 

 Stein (Dr.), Explorations in Central .\sia, 368 

 Stein (Father), Binary Star Orbits, 83 

 Steinmann (Dr. G.), Polyphyletic Origin of Mammals, lob 

 Stephens (Major George), Deep Water and Railway Com- 

 munications, 44S 

 Stewart (Captain F. H.), New Tvpe of Gephvrean Worm, 



296 

 Stewart (Dr. R. \\.), an Elementarv Text-book of Phvsics, 



363 

 Stichel (Dr. H.), Brassolid;f, 245 

 Stoddard (J. T. ), Rapid Electro-analysis with Stationary 



Electrodes, 404 

 Stoddart (Mr.), Importance of Phosphates in Fertility, 265 

 Stone Circle in County Cork, Notes on a. Captain Bovle T. 



Somerville, 126 

 Stone Circles of Keswick and I-ong Meg, Sun and Star 



Observations at the. Dr. John .Morrow, 12S 

 Stone (C. H.), Practical Testing of (ias and Gas-meters, 97 

 Stopes (Dr. .Marie C), Microscopic Structure of Fossil 



Plants from Japan, 21 ; Structure and .Aflinities of 



Cretaceous Plants, 2() 

 Stratton (F.l, the Tidal .ind other Problems, Profs. T. C. 



Chamberlin and F*. R. Moulton, 102 

 Strawson (G. F.), Removal of Ch.arlock froiu Corn Crops, 



108 

 Stringhani (Dr. Irving), Death of, 403 

 Strutt (Hon. R. J., F.R.S.), Rate of" Helium Production 



from the Complete Series of Uranium Products, 158 

 Stuart (M.), Mining .Administration in India, 219 

 Stupart (R. F'.l, Source of "Cold Waves" in North 



America, 19 ; Distribution of Pressure over Canada, 471 

 Styles of the Calendar, W. T. Lynn, 277 

 Sudan, an .Anthropological Survey of the. Dr. .\. C. 



Haddon, F.R.S., 491 

 Sudborough (Dr. J. J.), Practical Organic Chemistry. 114 

 Siidsee, .Andrew Garrett's Fische der, .A. C. L. Gunther, 216 

 Summer Season of IQ09, the, .Alex. B. .MacDowall, 335 

 Sun: ihi- Polarisation of the Sol.ar Corona, M. S:ilel, 46; 



ihi- Solar Constant and the -Apparent Temperature of the 

 Sun, Dr. Fery, 47 ; Compar:son of the Spectra of the 

 Centre and Edge of the Sun's Disc, .MM. Buisson and 

 h'abry, no; Sun and St;ir Observations at the Stone 

 Circles of Keswick and Long -Meg, Dr. John Morrow, 

 128; .Movements in the Sun's Upper .Atmosphere, M. 

 Deslandres, 170; the Solar Eclipse of June 17, 1909, 

 Father Rigge, 171 ; Temperature and Pressure Conditions 

 in the Solar -Atmosphere, .Mr. Buss, 350 ; .Mr. Evershed, 



.Sun-spots: Observations of, 1008, E. Guerrieri, 20; Radial 

 .Motion in Sun-spot A^apours, .Air. Evershed, 82 ; Changes 

 ol Form in Sun-spots, .A. .Amaftounsky, no; a Large 

 Group of Sun-spots, 138, 356 ; Water Vapour in Sun- 

 spots, W. M. Mitchell, 229 ; .Another Large .Sun-spot, 405 



Surface (F'rank .M.), Inheritance of Fecundity in Poultry, 

 70 : " Selection Index Numbers " for Breeding, 196 



Surveying : Dustless Roads, Tar Macadam, a Practical 

 Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors, and Others, T. Walker 

 Smith, 92; .Azimuth, G. L. Hosmer, 126; the Cadastral 

 Survey of Egypt, 1892-1907, Capt. H. G. Lyons, 194; 

 Report of the Survey Department of British East Africa, 

 Major G. E. Smith, 313 



-Surveys, Botanical, W. .VUmn Rankin, 127 



Sussmilch (C. .A.), Geologv ;ind Petrologv of the Canoblas, 

 N.S.W., 30 ■ 



Sutton (Dr. J. R.), Possible Existence at Kimberley of 

 Oscillations of Level ha\'ing a Limar Period, 30 ; 

 Evaporation in a Current of Air, Part i., 270; the 

 Diurnal A'arialion of Level at Kimberley, 527 



Suworow (E. K.), .Anatomy of Ixodes rcditvitis, 22 



Swanton (JohnR.), Social Condition, Beliefs, and Linguistic 

 Relationship of the Tlingil Indians, 230 



Sweet (Dr. (ieorgina), Endoparasites of .Australian Stock, 7^ 



Swinden (T.), Magnetic Oualities of Steels and their Com- 

 position, 137 ; Constitution of Carbon-tungsten Steels, 43S 



Swine in .America, F. D. Coburn, 35 



Swinton (.A. .A. Campbell), the Mansfield .\utoniatic Water 

 Finder, 45b 



Switzerland, Bronze-age Interments in, F. .A. Forel, 371 



Symbiosis? Is the .Association of .Ants with Trees a True, 



23 



.Symington (Dr. J. 1-.R..S.). an .Atlas of Skiagrams, Illus- 

 trating the Development oi the Teeth, with Explanatorv 

 Text, 3U 



Symons (B.), Genesis of Metallic Ores and of the Rocks 

 whicli Enclose Them, 242 



Szilard (B.j, New Method of Separating Uranium X, 120 ; 

 .Method of Registering the Length of the Path of the 

 a Rays and on a Peculiarity of this Path, 209 



Tabor (H. J.), Surface .Appearance of Solders, 540 



Taboury (F.), .\ction of Some Organo-magnesium Com- 

 pounds on MethyI-2-pentanone-4, 29 ; Synthesis of Un- 

 saturated Fatty Ketones, 269 



Takeda (T.), .Analysis of the Underground Temperature at 

 Osaka, 527 



Tanret (C), New Base Extracted from Rye containing. 

 Ergot, Ergothioneine, 150 



Tarbouriech (P. J.). Derivatives of Hexahy<lru-o.xybenzoic 

 Acid, 510 



Tasmania, a. Naturalist in, G. Smith, 61 



Technology, Chemical, and .Analysis of Oils, Fats, and 

 Waxes, Dr. J. Lewkowitsch, C. Simmonds, 211 



Teeth, an .Atlas of Skiagrams, Illustrating the Develop- 

 ment of the, with Explanator\' Text, Dr. J. Svmington,. 

 F.R.S., and Dr. J. C. Rankin, 334 



Telegrapliy, Wireless, Cable Rates and Press Intercom- 

 munication, Mr. -Alarconi, 17; New Method to Secure 

 an -Almost Undamped Series of Oscillations in the 

 Secondary Circuit of the Sender, Prof. F'leming, 19 ; M. 

 Petit on a New Wave Detector for Wireless Telegraphy 1 

 and Telephony, E. Tissot, 60 ; Wave-propagation in Wire- ; 

 less Telegraphv, Prof. .A. Sommerfeld, 81 ; Transfer of 

 Marconi Stations to the Post Office, 431 ; Fracture of 

 Cables by the Earthquake of January 14, 1907, Maxwell 

 Hall, 19S ; How Telegraphs and Telephones Work, C. R. 

 Gibson, 244 



Telephony: the Bell Telephone, 244: How Telegraphs andl 

 Telephones Work, C. K. (lilison, 244 



