Nature^ "1 



NoT>f?nbtr 25, 1905J 



Index 



XIX 



Fraissinet {J. A.), Death of, 432 



France, the Cyanamide Industry of, M. Pluvinage, 222 

 Franck (Dr. T.), Charge upon Gaseous Ions, 472 

 Franklin (Prof. W. S.), the Elements of Electricity and 



Magnetism, 66 

 Fraser (Prof. A.), Death of, 166 

 F'raser (Col. A. T.), the Volcanic Origin of Coal and 



Modern Geological Theories, 246 

 Fraser (Miss H. C. I.), Nuclear Phenomena of Ascomy- 



cetes in Relation to Heredity, 537 

 F'razer (Prof. J. G.), Beliefs and Customs of the Australian 



Aborigines, 275 

 Fredericq (L.), Notice sur Lto Errera, 333 

 Freire-Marreco (Miss B.), Hair- and Eye-colour of School 



Children in Surrey, 167 

 Fremlin (H. S.), Effect of Physical and Chemical Agencies 



on Butterfly Pupa;, 22 

 Fremont (Ch.), Mechanical Testing of Cast Iron, 45 ; 



Resistance of Rivets, 81 

 Frey (Dr. Hans), Mineralogie und Geologie fiir schweizer- 



ische Mittelschulen, 334 

 Friend (Dr. J. Newton), Corrosion of Iron, 437 ; .Action 



of Air and Steam on Pure Iron, 437 

 Fritsche (Dr. H.), Mean Temperature of the Air at Sea- 

 level exhibited as a Function of Longitude, Latitude, and 



Period of the Year, 81 

 Froodis (Dr. Otto), Remains of a Lake-dwelling in Sweden, 



460 

 Frost (Prof. E. B.), the Yerkes Observatory, iii 

 Fubini (Guide), Propagation of Light Waves, 8i 

 Fuchs (Paul), Artificial Imitation of Lunar Landscape, 



356 

 Fujii (Dr. K.), Structure and Affinities of Cretaceous 



Plants, 26 

 Fj-son (P. F.), Improving the Indian Cottons, 108 



Gain (Edmond), Seeds Killed by Anaesthetics, 90 



Galitzin (Prince), Determination of the Azimuth of the 



Seat of an Earthquake by Combining the Indications 



of Two Seismographs, 370 

 Gallagher (W. J.), Pests of Para Rubber Trees, 462 

 Gams (A.), Synthesis of Papaverine, 150 

 Garbasso (Prof. .Antonio), Propagation of Light Waves, 81 

 Gardner (Prof. Walter M.), the Dyeing and Cleaning of 



Textile Fabrics, F. A. Owen, 5 

 Garrett (H.), Fall of Meteoric Stone on July 13, 134 

 Garrett's (Andrew) Fische der Sudsee, A. C. L. Gunther, 



216 

 Garrod (Dr. A. E.), Inborn Errors of Metabolism, 96 

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

 Gas-engine Theory and Design, A. C. Mehrtens, 245 

 Gases, to Determine the Refractivity of, Available only in 



Minute Quantities, Lord Rayleigh, O.M., F.R.S., jiq 

 Gaster (Leon), Modern Methods of Illumination, Lectures 



at Royal Society of Arts, 500 

 Gates (Dr. R. R.), Effects of Tropical Conditions on the 



Development of Certain English CEnotheras, 538 

 Gaudechon (H.), Reduction of Plant Assimilation during 



Cloudy Weather, 149 ; Thermal Effects of Moistening 



Soils, 239 

 Gautier (Armand), Gases of Volcanic F'umeroles, -jo : 



Nature and Origin of the Gases which Form in Volcanic 



Fumeroles and Craters of Old Volcanoes, 120 

 Gay-Lussac's Law — its Centenary, Dr. A. N. Meldrum, 



519 

 Gehrcke (Prof. E.), die Strahlen der positiven Elektrizitat, 



Geiger (Dr. H.), lonisation Produced by an o Particle, 27; 

 Diffuse Reflection of a Particles, 27 



Genius, How to Diagnose, a Study of Human Energetics, 

 121 



Geodesy : Theoretical Tides of the Geoid, Ch. Lallemand, 

 360 ; the Meeting of the International Geodetic .Asso- 

 ciation in London and Cambridge, 426; Determination 

 of the Lunar Earth-tides, Prof. Hecker, 427 ; Sir George 

 Darwin, 427 ; Progress of the Great African Arc of 

 Meridian, Sir David Gill, 427 : Results of Three Years' 

 Work with Torsion Balance, Prof. Baron Eotvos, 427 ; 

 Movements of the Earth's Surface, Ch. Lallemand, 457; 



La Mesure rapide des Bases g^od^siques, J. Ren^ Benoit 

 and Ch. Ed. Guillaumc, 515 

 Geography : the South Polar Expedition, E. H. Shackle- 

 ton, 16; Plateau of the San Francisco Peaks with Refer- 

 ence to its Effect on Tree Life, Dr. P. Lowell, 18; II 

 Ruwenzori ; parte scientifica ; risultati delle osservazioni 

 di S.A.R. il Principe Luigi .Amedeo di Savoia, Duca 

 degli Abruzzi, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 

 31 ; R^sultats scientifiques des Voyages en Afrique 

 d'Edouard Fo^, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 

 31 ; Scenery of the Greater .Antilles, Sir H. H. Johnston, 

 45 ; an Eg)'ptian Oasis ; an Account of the Oasis of 

 Kharga, in the Libyan Desert, with Special Reference 

 to its History, Physical Geography, and Water Supply, 

 H. J. Llewellen Beadnell, Prof. John W. Judd, C.B., 

 F.R.S., 70; Scottish Expedition to Spitsbergen, Dr. 

 William S. Bruce, 87 ; Bathymetrical Survey of the 

 Fresh-water Lochs of Scotland, Sir John Murray, 

 K.C.B., F.R.S., and Laurence Pullar, 155; Sixteenth 

 Century MS. Map of British Isles, W. Reinhard, 169; 

 Bathy-orographical Map of Africa, 187 ; Bathy-orograph- 

 ical Map of Asia, 1S7 ; Cambridge County Geographies : 

 Somerset, Francis .A. Knight and Louie M. Dutton, 188; 

 Hypsomctrical Model of the District of Ingleborough, J. 

 Foster Stackhouse, 267 ; the Region known as Chang- 

 chenmo, Pousse Caillou, 354 ; Entwickelung und LMter- 

 gang des Kopernikanischen Weltsystems bei den Alten, 

 O. T. Schuiz, 365; Explorations in Central Asia, Dr. 

 Stein, 368 ; New Mouth of the Juba, 401 ; Coast Changes 

 in East Yorkshire, T. Sheppard, 403 ; a Sketch of the 

 Geographv and Geology of the Himalaya Mountains and 

 Tibet, Col. S. G. Burrard, F.R.S., and H. H. Hayden, 

 424 ; Tarim River Connected with the Saichar Glacier, 

 Dr. T. G. Longstaff, 432 ; the Journal of an Expedition 

 Across Venezuela and Colombia, i90t>-7. Dr. Hiram 

 Bingham, 453 ; die geographische Verbreitung der 

 Schmetterlinge, Dr. .Arnold Pagenstecher, 482 ; Biblio- 

 theca Geographica, 515 ; the Mongolia-Sze-Chuan Expedi- 

 tion, Captain P. K. Kozloff, 526; see also British 

 .Association 

 Geology: Volcanic " Neck" at Scawt Hill, 18; Geology 

 and Petrology of the Canoblas, N.S.W., C. A. Sussmilch 

 and Dr. H. I. Jensen, 30; II Ruwenzori; parte scien- 

 tifica : risultati delle osservazioni di S..A.R. il Principe 

 Luigi .Amedeo di Savoia,- Duca degli Abruzzi, Sir H. H. 

 Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 31 ; Gold : its Geological 

 Occurrence and Geographical Distribution, J. Malcolm 

 Maclaren, 34; Death and Obituary Notice of James Par- 

 sons, 78 : Geological Society, 89 ; Carboniferous Lime- 

 stone of County Clare, James A. Douglas, 89 ; the How- 

 gill Fells and their Topography, J. E. Marr, F.R.S., 

 and W. G. Fearnsides, 89 ; die Adamellogruppe, ein 

 alpines Zentralmassiv, und seine Bedeutung fiir die 

 Gebirgsbildung und unsere Kenntniss von dem Mechan- 

 ismus der Intrusionen, Wilhelm Salomon, loi ; Death 

 and Obituary Notice of Dr. V. R. Matteucci, 134; Miocene 

 Beds of Nebraska of Aerial Origin, Dr. F. B. Loomis, 

 135 : Carboniferous Fauna from Novaia Zemlya, Dr. 

 G. W. Lee, 140 ; Radio-activity and Geology, Prof. J. 

 Joly, F.R.S., 152 ; Former Extension of the Antarctic 

 Continent, Prof. H. Kolbe, 167 ; Tides and the Crust 

 and the Elasticity of the Terrestrial Globe, Ch. Lalle- 

 mand, 230 : the Volcanic Origin of Coal and Modern 

 Geological Theories, Col. A. T. Fraser, 246 ; Preliminary 

 Mineralogical and Geological Survey of Northern Nigeria, 

 Dr. J. D. Falconer, 263; Uber das Problem der Schicht- 

 ung und iiber Schichtbildung am Boden der heutigen 

 Meere, E. Philippi. 266; Eoliths found with Remains of 

 Elephas meridionalis at Dewlish, in Dorset, W. G. 

 Smith, 266 ; Mineralogie und Geologie fiir schweizerische 

 Mittelschulen, Dr. Hans Frey, 334 ; the Eskers at Drum- 

 fane, 35^ ; Geologischer Fiihrer durch Dalmaticn, Dr. R. 

 Schubert, 365 ; Causes of the Asymmetrical Form of the 

 North-and-South River Valleys in Galicia, Dr. Georg von 

 Smolensk!, 374 ; Evidence in Favour of an Early Tertiary 

 Land-connection between North and South America, Dr. 

 R. F. Scharff, 402 ; Pitting of Flint Surfaces, C. Carus- 

 Wilson, 403 ; Geology of the City of New York, L. P. 

 Gratacap, 423 ; a Sketch of the Geography and Geology 

 of the Hiinaiava Mountains and Tibet, Col. S. G. Bur- 



