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vom Standpunktt des Plivsikers, Dr. Gustav Eichhorn, 



361 

 Vernon (Dr. H. M.), Elemcnte dcr exakten Erblichkeits- 



lelire, W. Johannsen, 4J4 

 \Vrrill (Prof. A. E.), Star-fishes of Alaska and British 



Columbia, 402 

 \'ertebrates, the Central Nervous .System of, J. B. John- 

 ston, Prof. John G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 274 

 Verv (Prof.), Quantitative Measures of the O.xygen Bands 



in the Spectrum of Mars, 529 

 Viguer (P. L.), the Ethyl Acetal of Tetrolic Aldehyde, 239 

 ^'inal (G. W.), Phenomena Exhibited by Electric Arcs 



between Metal Electrodes, 297 

 Vinci (Ltenard de), Etudes sur,.ceux qu'il a lus et ceux qui 



I'ont lu, Pierre Duhem, 2 

 Viticulture : Phylloxera vastalrix in the Transvaal, 107 

 Vogelstimmen, Excursionsbuch zum .Studien der, Prof. 



Voigt, 365 

 Voigt (Prof.), E.xcursionsbuch zum Studien der \ ogel- 



stimmen, 365 

 Voigt (Dr. Woldemar), Magneto- und Elektro-optik, 185 

 \'olcanic Origin of Coal and Modern Geological Theories, 



the. Col. A. T. Eraser, 246 

 Volcanoes, Nature and Origin of the Gases which Form 



in Volcanic Fumeroles and Craters of old, Armand 



Gautier, 120 

 Volkmann (P.aul), Materialistisohe Epoche und monistische 



Bewegung, 3(11 

 \'olunietric Analysis, a Manual of. Dr. H. \V. Schimpf, 364 

 \'os (George H.), Birds and their Nests and Eggs, found 



in and near Great Towns, 100 

 Vredenburg (E.), Mining Administration in India, 219 



Wager (Dr. .\.), Water Contents of Clouds, 198 

 Wager (H.-irold), Nucleus of the Yeast Plant, 537; Percep- 

 tion of Light in Plants, 538 

 \\"ales, North, Orthite in, Herbert H. Thomas, 487 

 Walker (Dr.) Meteorological Conditions prevailing before 



the South-west .Monsoon of 1909, 137 

 Walker (H.), Mining Administration in India, 219 

 Walker's (J. F.) Collection of Fossil Brachiopoda presented 



to British Museum, 16^ 

 Walker-Tisdale (C. W.), 'Milk Testing, 187 

 Wallace (Dr. W.), Size and .Age of Plaice at Maturity, 492 

 Waller (Dr.), Report of the Committee on .Anaesthetics, 507; 



Effect of Local Heat on Vegetable and Animal Tissues, 



508 

 Waller (Prof. T. L.), Rare Metals of Canada, 447 

 Walther (P.), a New Mineral from a Gold-washing Locality 



in the Ural Mountains, 335 

 Wang (Chung Yu), Antimony : its History, Chemistry, 



Mineralogv, Geology, Metallurgy, Uses,- Preparations, 



-Analysis, Production, and Valuation, 68 

 Warburton (C), Life-histories of the Human Pediculi, 114 

 Ward (H. Marshall). Trees : a Handbook of Forest-botany 



for the Woodlands and the Laboratory, 63 

 Wasmann (Rev. E.), Slavery and Social Parasitism among 



Ants, 79 

 \\'atch Dial and Military Night Compass, Permanently 



Luminous, C. E. S. Phillips, 20 

 Water : the National Consumption of Water, W. R. B. 



Wiseman at Royal Statistical Society, Maurice Fitz- 



maurice, C.M.G., 47; Purification of Water by Storage, 



Dr. Houston. Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 269 

 Water Finder, the Mansfield .Automatic, A. A. Campbell 



Swinton, 456; Dr. J. Wertheimer, 518 

 Water Vapour in Sun-spots, W. M. Mitchell, 229 

 Watson (E. A.), Electrical Strength of Air, 376 

 Watson (D. M. S.), Reptilian Remains from the Trias of 



Lossiemouth, 89 

 Watson (W.), Current and Temperature Observations in 



Loch Ness, 148 

 Watt (Henry ].). the Economv and Training of Meniorv, 



158 ' 



Webb (H. W.), Lengths of the Waves Emitted by Gene- 

 rators of Short Electric Waves, 435 



Weber (Dr. E.), Liquefaction of Clay by .Alkalis and Use 

 of Fluid Clay Casting in the Ceramic Industry, 375 



Webster (Dr.), L'se of .Atropine in Conjunction with 

 .Anaesthetics, 507 



Wedderburn (E. M.), Current and Temperature Observa- 



tions in Loch Ness, 148; Pettersson's Observations on 

 Deep-water Oscillations, 148; Deep-water Oscillations, 



403 

 Weights and Measures, Report of International Committee 



of, 199 

 Wellisch (E. M.J, Passage of Electricity through Gaseous 



Mi.xtures, 27 

 Welsford (Miss E. ].), Life-historv of TrichodiscKs clegatis, 



538 

 Weltalls, der Bau des. Prof. Dr. J. Scheiner, 36 

 Weltsprache und Wissenschaft. L. Couturat, O. Jespersen, 



R. Lorenz, W. Ostwald, L. Pflaundler, 21S 

 Wertheimer (Dr. J.), the .Mansfield Automatic Water-finder, 



West (George), Dominant Phanerogamic and Higher 

 Cryptogamic Flora of Aquatic Habit in Scottish Lakes; 

 149 



Westphal (Dr. A\ .), Charge upon Gaseous Ions, 472 



Whalley (Lewis), a Question of Percentages, 220 



Wheeler Gift of Books, Pamphlets, and Periodicals in the 

 Librarv of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 

 Catalogue of the. Prof. C. \'. Boys, F.R.S., 512 



Whipple (F. J. W.), Temperature of the Upper Atmosphere, 

 6 



Whiskev Commission, the, 308 



Whitby (G. S.), Species Pilotite and the .Analysis of a 

 Specimen from Chinii, 28 



White (Dr. Charles), Municipal Management of Tuber- 

 culosis, 496 



White (Gilbert) and Selborne, Henry C. Shelley, 334 



White (SirW.H., K.C.B., Sc.D., LL.D., F.R.S.j, Open- 

 ing Address in Section G at the Meeting of the British 

 Association at Winnipeg, 342 



Whitelcgge (Dr.), Relation of Health to Industry, 14? 



Whitson (.Mr.), Importance of Phosphates in Fertility, 2(13 



Wild Beasts of the World, Frank Finn, 332 



Wild (L. W.), Comparative Merits of Photometers of Vari- 

 ous Types, 169 



Wilde (Dr. H.), New Binary Progression of the Planetary 

 Distances and on the Mutability of the Solar System, 509 



Williams (.\. Stanley), Zenographical Fragments, ii., the 

 Motions and Changes of the Markings on Jupiter in 

 i888, 125 



Williams (C. B.), the Pitcairn Islanders, 318 



Williams (R. S.), Growth of the Bacillus Tuberculosis, 142 



Willis (Dr. John), Easy Methods of Constructing the 

 Various Types of Magic Squares and Magic Cubes, with 

 Svmmetric Designs founded Thereon, 182 



Willstiitter (Prof. R.), Chemistry of the Chlorophyll, 53S 



Wilson (Dr. .Andrew), Physiology : a Popular Account of 

 the Functions of the Human Body, 435 



Wilson (E.), Effect of Previous Magnetic History on Mag- 

 netisation, 28 



Wilson (Prof. H. .A.), Electric Induction through Solid 

 Insulators, 26 ; Effect ol a Magnetic Field on the Elec- 

 trical Conductivity of Flame, 56 



Wilson (Prof. J.), the Feeding of Stock, 476; History of 

 the Aberdeen-Angus Breed of Cattle, 536 



Wilson (W.), .Absorption of Homogeneous /3 Rays by Matter 

 and on the Variation of the .Absorption of the Rays with 

 Velocity, 58 



Wimperis (H. E.l, Recent Improvements in the Internal- 

 combustion Engine, 171, 201, 234 



Wind, the Force of the, Prof. Herbert Chatley, 366 



Winnecke"s Comet, Search-ephemeris for, C. Hillebrand, 



465 



Winnipeg, British Association Meeting at, 75, 278 



Winstedt (E. O.), Gypsy Rites, 143 



Wireless Telegraphy : Cable Rates and Press Intercom- 

 munication, Mr. Marconi, 17 ; New Method to Secure an 

 Almost L'ndamped Series of Oscillations in the Secondary 

 Circuit of the Sender, Prof. Fleming, 19 ; M. Petit on a 

 New Wave Detector for Wireless Telegraphy and Tele- 

 phony, E. Tissot, 60 ; Wave-propagation in Wireless 

 Telegraphy, Prof. A. Sommerfeld, 81 ; Transfer of Mar- 

 coni Stations to the Post Office, 431 



Wiseman (W. R. B.), the National Consumption of Water, 

 Paper at Royal Statistical Society, 47 



Wisnom (Engineer-Commander W. McK.), Trials and Per- 

 formances of the S.S. Otaki. 203 



Witt (Prof. Otto N.), Evolution and .Applied Chemistry, 



