XXIV 



Index 



V Nature, 



King (the), Opens Royal Edward Tuberculosis Institute at 



Montreal by Electric Current, 524 

 King {Dr. A. S.), Zeeman Ettect in the Spectrum of 



Titanium, 354 

 King (Prof.), Soil Moisture, 536 

 Klein (Dr.), Black Spots on Chilled Beef, 354 

 Klein (Dr. Robert), Climatology of Styria, Si 

 Kling (Andre), Influence of the Radium Radiations on the 



Chlorophyll and Respiratory Functions of Plants, 150 

 Klossovsky (Prof. A.), General Treatise of Meteorology, 



303 



Knight (Francis A.), Cambridge County Geographies : 

 Somerset, 188 



Knott (Dr. C. G.), Seismic Radiations, 59 ; the Flight of 

 Nigerian Arrows, 149 



Knott (Dr. John), Spontaneous Combustion, 268 



Knowles (Horace G.), Attempt to Re-introduce the Sturgeon 

 into the Rivers of the Atlantic Coast, 524 



Knowlton (Dr. Frank H.), Birds of the World, 421 



Kobold (Prof.), the Comets of 1907 and 1908, 20 ; Comet 

 igogi) (Perrine's i8g6 VII.), 267 



Koehler (A.), Formation of Lactones from .Acid .Mcohols, 

 60 



Koehler (Prof. Ren^), an Account of the Deep-sea 

 .Asteroidea Collected by the R.I.M.S.S. Investigator, 67 



Kohl (Torvald), the Aurora of September 25, 4g8 ; Sep- 

 tember Meteors, 498 



Kohlrausch's " Physical Measurements," E. W. Nelson, 

 189 ; Dr. G. Rudorf, 220 



Kohn-Abrest (E.), Method for the Rapid Estimation of 

 Metallic Aluminium, 239 



Kolbe (Prof. H.), Former Extension of the .Antarctic Con- 

 tinent, 167 



Komatsu (Mr.), a .Series of Isomeric Phenylphthalimides, 



Konkoly (Herr von). Death and Obituary Notice of Eugen 



von Gothard, 166 

 Kopernikanischen Weltsystems bei den .Mten, Entwickelung 



und L'ntergang des, O. T. Schuiz, 365 

 Kopff (Herr), Re-discovery of Perrine's Comet, 229 

 Kbppen (Prof.), Suggested Reforms in Meteorological 



Methods, 464 

 Korallen und andere gesteinsbildende Tiere, Dr. Walther 



May, 243 

 Koreana, Flora, T. Makai, 422 

 Korschelt (Prof. E.), Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Entwick- 



lungsgeschichte der Wirbellosen Thiere, 511 

 Kovessi (Francois), Development of Plant Hairs, go 

 Kozloff (Captain P. K.), the Mongolia-Sze-Chuan Expedi 



tion, 526 

 Kryptogamen, Dr. M. Mobius, 451 

 Kucera (Dr. B.), Radiation of Radio-tellurium, 138 

 Kuhara (Mr.), a Series of Isomeric Phenylphthalimides, 528 

 Kuntze (Dr. F.), Hermann and Robert Grassmann's Elec- 

 tronic Theory, 45 



La Touche (T. H. D.), Mining .Administration in India, 219 

 Laboratories : Researches at the National Physical Labora- 

 tory, 163 ; the Journal of the Cooper Research Labora- 

 tory, 187 

 Lacroix (.A.), Polished Stonework in the Haut-Oubanghi, 59 

 Ladenburg (Prof. A.), Histoire du D^veloppement de la 



Chimie depuis Lavoisier jusqu'a nos Jours, 96 

 Ladner (J. \V.), the Invicta Number Scheme, 515 

 Lafay (.A.), Measurements of High Pressures Deduced from 

 the Variations of Resistance of Conductors Submitted to 

 the Pressures to be Measured, 480 

 Lallemand (Ch.), Tides and the Crust and the Elasticity 

 of the Terrestrial Globe, 239 ; Theoretical Tides of the 

 Geoid, 360; Movements of the Earth's Surface, 457 

 Lancashire Sea-fisheries' Laboratory at the University of 

 Liverpool and the .Sea-fish Hatchery at Piel, Report for 

 igo8 on the. Prof. Herdman, F.R.S., .Andrew Scott, and 

 J. Johnstone, 142 

 Landolph (F.), the Glucoses of the Urine, 230 

 Lanigan (H. W.), Organisation for the Collection and 



Transport cj Grain in the Wheat Area, 448 

 Lankester (Sir E. Ray, K.C.B., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of 

 Anton Dohrn, 429 



Larmor (Prof.), Early Drawings of Jupiter by Sir W. 

 Huggins, 469 



Larmor (Sir J.), Methods of Separation of Radio-active 

 Products, 470 ; Terminal Velocity of Fall of Small ■ 

 Spheres in Air, 472 ; Earth Tides, 472 ; Effect of Tem- 

 perature Variations on the Luminous Discharge in Gases 

 tor Low Pressures, 473 ; Dynamic Isomerism, 475 



Latham's (M.) .Attempt to Cross the Channel, 105 



Laveran (.A.), Virulence of the Trypanosomes of Mammals 

 .Modified after Passage through Cold-blooded X'ertebrates, 

 210; Trypanolytic Power of the Blood of some Cold- 

 blooded Vertebrates with respect to Trypanosoma evansi, 

 390 ; Aniline Antimonyl Tartrate in the Treatment of 

 'Irypanosomiasis, 450 



Layard (Nina), Flint Implements Discovered at Larne, 18 



Lazarus (Eleonore), Influence of the Reaction of the 

 Medium on the Development and Proteolytic Activity of 

 Davaine's Bacteridium, 269 



Le Chatelier (H.), Ordinary Carbon, 59 



Lea (John), the Romance of Bird Life, 99 



Leake (H. M.), the E.xperimental Breeding of Indian 

 Cottons, 434 



I.fccoche (Jules), New Magnetic Gearing, 82 



Lee (Dr. G. W.), Carboniferous Fauna from Novaia 

 Zemlya, 149 



Lee (Miss R. M.), Records of Catches furnished by the 

 Captains of Lowestoft Sailing-trawlers, 492 



Leeds .Astronomical Society, the, 170 



Leeds, the Health Congress at, 140 



Leick (Erich), die biologischen .Schiileriibungen, 429 



Leighton (H.), History of the Clayworking Industry in the 

 Lnited Slates, 452 



Lemoult (P.), -Apparatus for Determining the Calorific 

 Power of Gaseous Combustibles, 330 ; Estimation of 

 Phosphorus in Combustible Substances by the Calori- 

 metric Bomb, 390 



Lepidoptera : Brassolidse, Dr. H. Stichel, 24^ ; the Scaly- 

 winged, a Book on Butterflies and Moths for Beginners, 

 R. B. Henderson, 304 ; Catalogue of the Lepidoptera 

 Phaltena; in the British Museum, Vol. viii., Catalogue 

 of the Xoctuida;, Sir George F. Hampson, Bart., 4cc ; 

 die geographische Verbreitung der Schmetterlinge, Dr. 

 .Arnold Pagenstecher, 482 



Lupine (R.), Total Sugar of the Plasma and Globules of 

 the Blood, 510 



Leptocephali, on the Occurrence of, (Larval Munnoids) 

 in the .Atlantic W. of Europe, Jobs. Schmidt, igi 



Levy (Dr. H.), Physical Properties of Water from the 

 Thermodynamical Point of View, 464 



Lewis (E. 1.), the Elements of Organic Chemistry, 64 



Lewkowitsch (Dr. J.), Chemical Technology and Analysis 

 of Oils, Fats, and Waxes, 2H 



Lewton-Brain (L.), Bacterial Flora of Hawaiian Sugars. 226 



Lian (Wang Shoh), Inaugural Meeting of the China Philo- 

 sophical Society, 461 



Lie-Pettersen (O. J.), the Icterine Tree-warbler, 87 



Light, the .Absorption of, in Space, J. .A. Parkhurst, 314 



Lighting ; Illuminating Power of Groups of Pin-hole 

 Burners, R. G. Harris, 149; Comparative Merits of 

 Photometers of Various Types, L. W. Wild, i6g ; Modern 

 Methods of Illumination, Leon Gaster at Royal Society 

 of .Arts, 500 



Ling (.Artiiur R.), Obituary Notice of Prof. Emil Christian 

 Hansen, 310 



Linn^'s (Carl von) Bedeutung als Katurforscher und .Arzt, 

 391 



Linnean Society, 8g ; Adaptation in Fossil Plants, Dr. 

 D. H. Scott,' F.R.S., lis 



I.innean Society, New South Wales, 30, 60, 240, 330, 480 



Linolite Company, the, Metallic Filament "Tubolite," 20 



Lipmann (Dr. Jacob G.), Bacteria in Relation to Countiy 

 Life, 63 



Ljungberg (E. J.), Production of Iron and Steel by the 

 Electric Smelting Process, 437 



Lockver (Sir Norman, K.C.B., F.R.S.), Origin of Certain 

 Lines in Spectrum of e Orionis, 26; a Discussion of 

 ■Australian Meteorology, 40 



Lockver (Dr. William J. S.), la Plan^te Mars et ses Condi- 

 tions d'Habitabilit^, C.nniille Flammarion, 33 ; a Dis- 

 cussion of Australian Meteorology, 40 



