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Index 



\_Novctittfer 25, 1909 



Sunshine, \V. F. Denning, 456 ; the Ursa-Major System 

 of Stars, Ejnar Hertzsprung, 465 ; Search-ephemens for 

 VVinnecke's Comet, C. Hillebrand, 405 ; Method Per- 

 mitting the Measurement of the Kffective Temperatures 

 of the Stars, Charles Nordmann, 4S0 ; Pubhkationen des 

 Astrophysikalischen Observatoriums zu Potsdam, Doppel- 

 sterne, Prof. O. Lohse, 492 ; Solar Observations : a 

 Novel Spectroscope, W. M. Mitchell, 498 ; Hydrogen 

 Layers in the Solar Atmosphere, MM. Ueslandres and 

 d'Azambuja, 498; New Binary Progression of the 

 Planetary Distances and on the Mutability of the Solar 

 System, Dr. H. Wilde, 509; Stars having Peculiar 

 Spectra, New Variable Stars, 529 ; the Natal Govern- 

 ment Observatory, Mr. NeviU, 529 ; see also British 

 Association 

 Astrophysics : the Tidal and other Problems, Profs. T. C. 

 Chamberlin and F. R. Moulton, F. Stratton, 102 ; Death 

 and Obituary Notice of Eugen von Gothard, Herr von 

 Konkoly, ibb 

 Athanasiu (J.), Suprarenal Capsules and their E.xchanges 



between the Blood and Tissues, 239 

 Atlantic, North, First Magnetic Results obtained on the 

 Carnegie in the, Dr. L. A. Bauer and W. J. Peters, 529 

 Atmosphere, Diurnal Variation of Temperature in the Free, 



E. Gold, 6 

 Atmosphere, Researches on the Action Centres of the. 467 

 Atmosphere, Temperature of the Upper, F. J. W. Whipple, 6 

 Atmospheric Absorption, Molecular Scattering and, Prot. 



Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 97 

 Atmospheric Nitrogen, Processes for the Fixation of, 14J 

 Attention, Prof. W. B. Pillsbury, 483 

 Auerbach (Feli.x), Taschenbuch fiir Mathematiker und 



Physiker, 484 

 August Meteoric Shower, W. F. Denning, 224, 246 

 Aurora Display on October 18, an, W. Harcourt-Bath, 4S7 ; 



Ernest J. Baty, 518; W. Austin Morley, 518 

 Aurora of September 25, the, Torvald Kohl, 498 

 Aurora, the Recent Magnetic Storm and, Basil T. Rows- 

 well, 436 

 Australia : a Discussion of Australian Meteorology, Dr. 

 William J. S. Lockyer, Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., 

 F.R.S., 40; Barisal Guns in .Australia, Dr. J. Burton 

 Cleland, 127 ; Beliefs and Customs of the Australian 

 Aborigines, Prof. J. G. Frazer, 275 

 Avebury and Neighbourhood, a Guide to, R. H. Co.x, 154 

 Aviation : M. Latham's Attempt to Cross the Channel, 105 ; 

 M. Bl^riot's Channel Flight, 134; Mr. Haldane on the 

 Promise of Aviation, 177; Problems of Aviation, 204; 

 Flying Animals and Flying Machines, A. Mallock, 

 F.R.S., 247; Aviation Week at Kheims, 295; M. Santos- 

 Dumont's Aeroplane Flights, 352 ; the Stability of Aero- 

 planes, Prof. Herbert Chatley, 3b6 ; Prof. G. H. Bryan, 

 F.R.S., 366; Record in Altitude Flight, M. Rougier, 371 ; 

 Brescia Aviation Meeting .Awards, 372 ; the Parseval Air- 

 ship, 375 ; Aviation, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 397 ; 

 Death and Obituary Notice of Captain Ferber, 39S ; 

 Aviation Prize, 401 

 Azambuja (L. d'). Multiple Monochromatic Images of the 

 Sun given by the Large Lines of the Spectrum, 420 ; 

 Hydrogen Layers in the Solar Atmosphere, 49S 

 Azimuth, G. L. Hosmer, 126 



Bacteriology : Electrical Reactions of Certain Bacteria 

 Applied to the Detection of Tubercle Bacilli in Urine by 

 Means of an Electric Current, C. Russ, 57 ; Bacteria in 

 Relation to Country Life, Dr. Jacob G. Lipmann, Prof. 

 R. T. Hewlett, 63 ; the Contamination of .Milk, Dr. Orr, 

 74 ; the Fixation of Nitrogen by Soil Bacteria, A. D. 

 Hall, F.R.S., 98; Relations of Certain Cestodes and 

 Nematode Parasites to Bacterial Diseases, Dr. A. E. 

 Shipley, F.R.S., 114; Bacterial Flora of Hawaiian 

 Sugars, L. Lewton-Brain and Noel Deerr, 226 ; Influence 

 of the Reaction of the Medium on the Development and 

 Proteolytic Activity of Davaine's Bacteridium, Eleoncre 

 Lazarus, 269 ; Influence of the Dilution of Serum upon 

 the Phagocytic Index, Dr. R. Greig-Smith, 330 ; Report 

 of the Director of the Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory 

 for 1908, 402 



Badgley (Colonel W. F.), Heat and other Forces, 363 



Bailey (Fredk. H.), a Course of Mathematics for Students 

 of Engineering and Applied Science, 241 



Bailey (t'rof. L. H.), the State and the Farmer, 157 ; Be- 

 ginner's Botany, 451 



BaiUaud (.VI. j, Reports of Observatories, 200 



Baker (R. it.), binary Star Orbits, 83 ; the Orbits of 

 Certain Spectroscopic Binaries, 298 



Balance of Nature, ine, and Modern Conditions of Cultiva- 

 tion, a Practical Manual of Animal Foes and Friends for 

 the Country Gentleman, the Farmer, the Forester, the 

 Gardener, and the Sportsman, George Abbey, 5 



Balducci (Dr. E.), F'orest-Hog from the Upper Congo, 166 



Baldwin (Evelyn), Forthcoming Attempt to Reach the North 

 Pole, 460 



Balfour (Henry), a National Folk-Museum, 115; Need for 

 a National iMuseum of British Ethnology, 265 



Balfour (Robert), Refrigerating Installations on Ships, 198 



Ball (Frederick), .Altitude Tables, computed for Intervals 

 of Four .Minutes between the Parallels of Latitude 24° 

 and 60°, and Parallels of Declination 24° and bo°, 

 Designed for the Determination of the Position Lines at 

 all Hour .Angles without Logarithmic Computation, 4 



Ball (Sir Robert, F'.R.S.j, Geometric der Krafte, H. E. 

 Timerding, 34 ; Obituary Notice of Prof. Simon New- 

 comb, 103 



Ballistics : Improvements in Production and Application of 

 Guncotton and Nitroglycerine, Sir Frederick L. Nathan 

 at Royal Institution, 144, 178 



Balls (W. Lawrence), Diminished Yield of Cotton due to 

 Insuflicient Drainage, 80 



Bamber (M. K.), Analyses of Young and Old Cacao Leaves, 



44 . 

 Bannister (C. O.), Surface Appearance of Solders, 540 

 Bannister (Richard), Death and Obituary Notice of, 460 

 Barclay (J.), Southall's Organic Materia Medica, 184 

 Barisal Guns in .Australia, Dr. J. Burton Cleland, 127 

 Barlow (Guy), Pressure of Radiation against the Source, 



469 

 Barnard (Prof.), Observations of Jupiter's Fifth Satellite, 

 13S ; Observations of Jupiter, 170 ; Observations of 

 Saturn's Rings, 199 : the Faint Companions of Procyon 

 and Sirius, 229 ; Motion of Some of the Small Stars in 

 Messier 92 (Herculis), 469 

 Barnard (J. E.), the Microscope and its Practical Applica- 

 tions, 232 

 Barnes (Prof. H. T.), the Absolute Value of the Mechanical 

 Equivalent of Heat in Terms of the International Elec- 

 trical Units, 21; : Variation of the Specific Heat of Mer- 

 cury at High Temperatures, 472 

 Barnes (Prof. James), New Lines in the Calcium Spectrum, 



Barr (Peter), Death of, 372 ; Obituary Notice of, 400 



Barr (P. H.), Black-headed Gull, 352' 



Barrington (.Amy), a First Study of the Inheritance of 

 Vision and of the Relative Influence of Heredity and 

 Environment on Sight, 49 



Barton (Dr. B. S.), Observations on the Creek and Chero- 

 kee Indians, 268 



Baskets used in Repelling Demons, Dr. N. .Annandalc, 58 



Basset (A. B., F.R.S.), Besscl's Functions, 68 



Bastian (E. S.), the Peat Deposits of Maine, 490 



Bate (Dorothea), Discovery of " Rodent-Goat " in a Cave 

 in Majorca, 310 



Bates (F. W.), Effect of Light on Sulphur Insulation, 472 



Bathy-orographical Map of Africa, 187 



Bathy-orographical Map of .Asia, 187 



Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-water Lochs of Scot- 

 land, Sir John Murray, K.C.B., F.R.S., and Laurence 

 Pullar, 155 



Baty (Ernest J.), the .Auroral Display of October iS, 51S 



Bauer (Ed.), Dimethylcamphor and Dimethylcanipholic 

 Acid, 2q ; Trialkylacetophenones and the Trialkylacetic 

 Acids derived from them, 90 



Bauer (Edmond), Temperature of the Oxyhydrogen Flame, 

 60 



Bauer (Dr. L. A.), Earth Tides, 473 ; Magnetic Work of 

 the Past Ten A'ears of L'.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 and the Carnegie Institute of Washington, 471 ; tfee 

 Carnegie, Magnetic Survey Vessel, 494 ; Progress of the 

 General Magnetic Survey of the Earth in Recent Years, 



