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\_Novevtber 25, 19C9 



Hnatek (A.), Tables for the Reduction of " Standard Co- 

 ordinates " to Right Ascension and DecUnation, 20 

 Hobson (Prof. E. H.), Present State of the Theory of 



Aggregates, 470 

 Hodgson (W. Earl), an Angler's Season, 37 

 Hodson (T. C), Head-hunting among the Hill Tribes of 



Assam, So 

 Hof (Dr. A. C), Action of lodo-eosin as a Test for Free 



Alkalis in Dried Plant Tissues, 312 

 Hoffmann (Mr.), Bovine Tuberculosis in Wisconsin, 266 

 Hogarth (D. G.), Ionia and the East, 94 ; Recent Hittite 



Research, 478 

 Hohnel (Prof. F. von), Certain Fungi Collected in Java, 



ibS 

 Holctschek (Dr.), Halley's Comet, 46 

 Hooker (Sir J. D.), New Species of Impatiens, 353 . 

 Hooper (D.), Black Wax of Burma, 108 ; Tamarisk 



Manna, 526 

 Hoppe (Prof. Dr. Edmond), Freiwillige Schiilerubungen in 



Physik in humanistischen Gymnasien, 429 

 Horbare, Sichtbare, Elektrische und Rontgenstrahlen, 



Dr. Friedrich Neesen, 363 

 Horizon, Position Finding without an. Prof. C. V. Boys, 



F.R.S., iii; Dr. Alfred Brill, 231 

 Horner (D. W.), Observing and Forecasting the Weather, 



45 



Horold (R.), Revision of the American Group of 



Thibaudiea;, 265 

 Horticulture : Control of the San Jos^ Scale, 79 ; Improve- 

 ment of Fruit Trees, 107 ; Fumigation of Fruit Trees 

 under Tents with Hydrocyanic Acid, 169 ; Necessity for 

 " Shade " Crops in Market Gardens, 197 ; Note on 

 Solanum etuherosum, 312; Death of Peter Barr, 372; 

 Obituary Notice of, 400 



Hosmer (G. L.), Azimuth, 126 



Hough (Mr.), Reports of Observatories, 200 



Hougounenq (L.), Hydrolysis of Proteid Materials by 

 Hydrofluoric Acid, 90 



HouUevigue (L.), lonisation of Air by High-tension Electric 

 Mains, 29 



House-bells, Occasional Unexplained Ringing of, Sir Olive'' 

 Lodge, F.R.S., 98; Rev. C. L. Tweedale, 189; Dr. 

 John Aitken, F.R.S., 246 



Houston (Dr.), Purification of Water by Storage, 26) 



Houstoun (Dr. R. A.), Negative Attempt to Detect Fluor- 

 escence Absorption, 149 



Howard [A. G.), Rainfall of South Africa, 30 



Hoxton (L. G.), an Optical Phenomenon, 220 



Hull (Prof.), Pressure of Radiation against the Source, 

 469 



Humphrey (H. A.), Coating for Pipes for Use Under- 

 ground, 436; Gas-driven Water Pump, 527 



Humphreys (Prof. J. W.), European Ballons-sondes 

 Observations, 473 



Humpliries (A. E.), Ideal British Wheat, 78 ; Quality in 

 Wheaten Flour, 475 ; Strength of Wheat, 536 



Huntly (G. N.), Curious Case of Corrosion Occurring in 

 a Stand-by Boiler, 354 



Hunziker (Mr.), Estimation of Fat in Unsweetened 

 Evaporated Milk, 226 



Hupka (Dr. E.), Experiments on the Inertia of the Nega- 

 tively Charged Particles of the /3 Rays from Radium 

 Distinctly in Favour of " Principle of Relativity," 82 



Hutchinson (R. W.), Technical Electricity, 244 



Hydrogen Layers in the Solar Atmosphere, MM. Deslandres 

 and d'.'^zambuja, 498 



Hydrography : Prof. Otto Pettersson on Tide-like Move- 

 ments in Deep Water, Dr. H. R. Mill, 119; Current 

 and Temperature Observations in Loch Ness, E. M. 

 Wedderburn and W. Watson, 148; Pettersson 's Observa- 

 tions on Deep-water Oscillations, E. M. Wedderburn, 

 148 ; Mean Temperature of the Sea Surface on the Nor- 

 wegian Coast, A. S. Steen, 169 ; Movements of the 

 Deeper Waters of the Skagerack, Dr. O. Pettersson, 197 ; 

 Deep-water Oscillations, E. M. Wedderburn, 403 ; Hydro- 

 graphical Investigations in the English Channel for the 

 Years 1904-5, D. J. Matthews, 492 



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

 Wiseman at Royal Statistical Society, Maurice Fitz- 

 maurice, C.M.G., s7 ; Mathematical Solutions of Under- 

 ground Flow of Water, Dr. Philip Forchheimer, 81 ; 



the Lower Severn : \'alley. River, and Estuary from the 

 Warwickshire to the Bristol Avon, T. S. ElUs, 497 



Hygiene : Disinfection and Disinfectants, Prof. R. Tanner 

 Hewlett, 44 ; Some Conditions of Social Efficiency in 

 Relation to Local Public Administration, Dr. Newsholme, 

 141; Child Mortality, Dr. Newman, 141; Relation of 

 Health to Industry, Dr. Whitelegge, 141 ; Veterinary 

 Inspection of Dairy Cattle, H. G. Bowes, 141 ; Purifica- 

 tion of Water by Storage, Dr. Houston, Prof. R. T. 

 Hewlett, 269 



Hypnotism, including a Study of the Chief Points of 

 Psychotherapeutics and Occultism, Dr. Albert Moll, 272 



Ichinohe (Naozo), Maximum of Mira, 1908, 267 



Ichthyology : Ncmatonuriis lecoinlei, Prof. Louis Dollo, 

 29; Determination of the Ages of Eels of Sweden, 135; 

 Remarks on the Metamorphosis and Distribution of the 

 Larvae of the Eel (_AngiiiUa vulgaris, Turt.), Johs. 

 Schmidt, 191 ; Changes of Colour among Tropical Fishes, 

 C. H. Townsend, 174; Contributions to the Biology of 

 the Plaice, with Special Regard to the Danish Plaice 

 Fishery, iv., Is the Plaice Indigenous to the True 

 Baltic? A. C. Johansen, 191; Size and Age of Plaice 

 at Maturity, Dr. W. Wallace, 492 ; on the Occurrence 

 of Leptocephali (Larval Murjenoids) in the Atlantic W. 

 of Europe, Johs. Schmidt, 191; on the Larval and Post- 

 larval Stages of some Pleuronectid,-E (Zeugopterus, Arno- 

 glossus, Solea), C. G. Joh. Petersen, 191 ; Whelks as 

 Cod-food, R. Elmhirst, 204 ; Catalogue of the Fresh- 

 water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural 

 History), G. A. Boulenger, 216; the Fishes of Illinois, 

 S. A. Forbes and R. E. Richardson, 216; Andrew 

 Garrett's Fische der Sudsee, A. C. L. Giinther, 216, 

 Luminous Organ of Anomalops katoptron and Photo- 

 hleplieron palpebratus. Dr. Otto Steche, 526 



Igneous Rocks, the Natural History of, A. Harker, 

 F.R.S., 331 



Iguanodont Dinosaurs, the Upper Cretaceous, 160 



Illinois, the Fishes of, S. A. Forbes and R. E. Richardson, 

 216 



Illumination, Modern Methods of, Leon Gaster, at Royal 

 Society of Arts, 500 



Illusion, a Kinematical, W. B. Croft, 158; C. S. Jackson, 

 220 



Immunisation, Studies on, and their Application to 

 Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacterial Infections, Sir 

 A. E. Wright, F.R.S., 362 



Immunity, Studies on. Prof. Robert Muir, Drs. Carl H. 

 Browning, Alexander R. Ferguson, and William B. M. 

 Martin, 214 



Imperial Cancer Research Fund, the, 86 



Imperial Gazetteer of India, Atlas, the, i 



India : the Imperial Gazetteer of India. Atlas, i ; Scientific 

 Work in India, in; Mining Administration in India, 

 T. H. D. La Touche, H. H. Hayden, P. N. Datta, E. 

 \"redenburg, L. L. Fermor, G. E. Pilgrim, G. H. Tipper, 

 H. Walker, K. A. K. Hallowes, G. de P. Cotter, J. J. A. 

 Page, H. C. Jones, A. M. Heron, M. Stuart, N. D. 

 Darn, W. A. K. Christie, 219; Recent Publications on 

 .Agriculture from India and Ceylon, 231 ; Malaria tn 

 India, 371 ; a Sketch of the Geography and Geology of 

 the Himalaya Mountains and Tibet, Col. S. G. Burrard, 

 F.R..S., and H. H. Hayden, 424; the Occurrence in India 

 of the Pappataci Fly (Plilcbotomus papatasii), Dr. N. 

 Annandale, 518; Anemographic Observations in India, 



52' 



Innes (R. T. A.), the Relative Atmospheric Efficiency of 

 Telescopes, 199 ; Reductions applied to the Transvaal 

 Air-temperatures that will in the Mean for the Whole 

 Country Reproduce the Assumed Temperatures at Sea- 

 level, 463 



Inouye (Michio), Untersuchungen iiber Bau und Entwickel- 

 ung der Niere, 94 



Institute of Metals, the, A. McWilliam, 405 



Institute of Metals, Manchester, 540 



Institution of Civil Engineers' Awards, 524 



Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the, 175 ; Heat Trans- 

 mission, Prof. W. E. Dalby at, 533 



Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 539 



Integral Equations, an Introduction to the Study of, M. 

 Bocher, 304 



