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Index 



\_Noz>eiithcy 25, 1909 



Theory of and Solving Algebraical Equations of any 



Degree, 119 

 Aiway CProf.), Soil Problems, 536 



Amaftounskv (A.t, Changes of Form in Sun-spots, no 

 Ameghino (Dr. Florentino), Supposed New Genus, Dipro- 



thomo, 353 ; the Antiquity of Man in South America, 



534 

 America : Swine in America, F. D. Coburn, 35 ; Mineral 

 Resources of the United States, Prof. Henry Louis, 174 ; 

 Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American 

 Ethnologv, 230 ; Ethnology in America, 268 ; American 

 Invertebrates, 299; Peat in North America, 490; the 

 Antiquity of Man in South America, Dr. Florentino 

 Ameghino, 534 ; Senor Outes, Dr. Ducloux, and Dr. H. 

 Bucking, 534 

 Amphlett J.), the Botany of Worcestershire, 422 

 Analytical Engine, a New, designed by Percy E. Ludgate, 



Prof. C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 14 

 Anatomv : Death and Obituary Notice of Prof. D. J. 

 Cunningham, F.R.S., 15; Nervus terminalis in the Frog, 

 Mr. Herrick, 107 ; Pair of Nerves in the Carp, R. E. 

 Sheldon, 107; Development of the Auditory Ossicles in 

 the Horse, Rav F. Coyle, 149 ; Death of Prof. A. Fraser, 

 166 : an Introduction to the Study of the Comparative 

 Anatomy of Animals, Prof. Gilbert C. Bourne, 513 

 Anderson (Col.), Deep Water and Railway Communica- 

 tions, 448 

 .\nderson (Dr. Tempest), Volcano Metavanu, 447 

 Andrew (J. H.), Liquidus Curves of the Ternary System, 



Aluminium-Copper-Tin, 26 

 Andrews (Dr. C. W., F.R.S.), Remains of Rhinoceros and 

 Manmioth from the Thames Alluvium, 21 ; the Systematic 

 Position of Moeritherium, 305 

 Anemographic Observations in India, 521 

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

 Angot (Alfred), Magnetic Disturbance and Aurora Borealis 

 of September 25, 1909, 480 ; Earthquake of October 8, 

 1909, 510 

 Animals : the Place of Animals in Human Thought, 

 Countess Evelyn Martinengo Cesaresco, 276 ; an Intro- 

 duction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of 

 Animals, Prof. Gilbert C. Bourne, 513 

 Annandale (Dr. N.), Baskets used in Repelling Demons, 

 38 ; New Species of Japanese Fresh-water Sponges, 225 ; 

 Globular Organisms in the Tide-wash on the Orissa 

 Coast of India, 296; Indian Cirripedia Pedunculata, 373; 

 the Occurrence in India of the Pappataci Fly {Phlebo- 

 toiuus papatasii), 51S 

 Anrep (Mr.). Investigation of the Peat Bogs and Peat 



Industry of Canada during the Season 1908-9, 490 

 Anschutz'(Dr.), V. v. Richter's Chemie der Kohlenstoft- 



verbindungen oder organische Chemie, 215 

 Antarctica : "the South Polar Expedition, E. H. Shackleton, 

 16; Former Extension of the Antarctic Continent, Prof. 

 H. Kolbe, 167: Government Grant in Aid of Shackleton's 

 Expedition in Antarctic Regions, 263; Lieut. Shackleton's 

 Antarctic Expedition, 295 ; Polar E.xpeditions and 

 Observations, 33S ; Projected British Antarctic Expedi- 

 tion, 401 

 Anthropologv : Cult of the Python at Uganda, Rev. J. 

 Rosroe, 18 ; Baskets used in Repelling Demons, Dr. N. 

 Annandale, 38 ; Mediaeval Sinhalese Art, Ananda K. 

 Coomaraswamv, 39 ; Head-hunting among the Hill 

 Tribes of Assam, T. C. Hodson, So ; Recently Discovered 

 Fossil Human Remains and their Bearing upon the 

 Historv of the Human Race, Moritz Alsberg, Dr. A. C. 

 Haddon, F.R.S., 131 ; Origin and Rites of the Gypsies, 

 T42 ; the Home of the Gvpsies, Prof. R. Pischel, 142 , 

 Gvpsv Rites, E. O. Winstedt, 143 ; the Flight of 

 Nigerian Arrows, Dr. C. G. Knott, 149 ; Hair- and Eye- 

 colour of School Children in Surrey, Miss B. Freire- 

 Marreco, 167 ; Different Types of Human Ears, R. B. 

 Bean, 227 ; Filipino Ears, a Classification of Ear Types, 

 R. B. Bean, 43.; ; Somatological Study of the Benguet 

 Indians, R. B. Dean, 266 ; Eoliths Found with Remains 

 of Elephas mcridionnJis at Dewlish, in Dorset, W. G. 

 Smith, 266; Beliefs and Customs of the Australian 

 .\borigines. Prof. J. G. Frazer, 275 ; the Bandar Cult 

 among the Kandyan Sinhalese, Dr. C. G. Seligmann, 

 403 ; "Prehistoric Cemeteries at Koshtamna, in Nubia. 

 Dr. G. A. Reisner, 463 ; Drs. G. Elliot Smith and 



D. E. Derry, 463 ; an Anthropological Survey of the 

 Sudan, Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.b., 491 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Prof. C. Lombroso, 494; Semitic 

 Magic, its Origins and Development, R. Campbell 

 Thompson, 514; Rock Paintings of the Lower Ebro, 

 I'Abbe Breuil and Juan Cabr6, 522 ; the Antiquity of 

 .Man in South America, Dr. Florentino Ameghino, 534 ; 

 Senor Outes, Dr. Ducloux, and Dr. H. Bucking, 534 ; 

 see also British Association 

 .\ntimony, its History, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, 

 Metallurgy, Uses, p'reparations. Analysis, Production and 

 \ aluation, Chung Vu Wang, bS 

 Antoniadi (M.), Observations of Mars, 355, 430, 465 ; 



Mars, 49S 

 Apiculture : Black Wax of Burma, D. Hooper, loS 

 Apsit (Jean), Seeds Killed by Anesthetics, 90 

 .Arber (E. A. NewellJ, Fossil Plants, 304 

 Archieologv : Ancient Modelled Heads of Various Races, 

 Prof. Flinders Petrie, F.R.S., 21; Chalk Figurine Dis- 

 covered in a Stratum containing Instruments and 

 Weapons Characteristic of the Stone Age, 43 ; Polished 

 Stonework in the Haut-Oubanghi, A. Lacroix, 59; 

 Ionia and the East, D. G. Hogarth, 94 ; Roman Antiqui- 

 ties in Wiltshire, E. H. Goddard, 108; Notes on a 

 Stone Circle in County Cork, Captain Boyle T. Somer- 

 ville, 120; Sun and Star Observations at the Stone 

 Circles of Keswick and Long Meg, Dr. John Morrow, 

 128 ; a Guide to Avebury and Neighbourhood, R. H. 

 Cox, 154; Forest Boundary Stones in Essex, 195; Dis- 

 covery at Jaederen of a House of the Middle Iron Age, 

 198 ; Archaeological and Ethnographical Explorations, 

 232; Remarkable Discovery in the Neighbourhood of' 

 Peshawar, Dr. D. B. Spooner, 232 ; Origin and Date. J 

 of the So-called Dene-holes, Rev. J. W. Hayes, 313; 

 Excavation of the So-called Roman Amphitheatre at 

 Charterhouse-on-Mendip, H. St. George Gray, 3 13 ; 

 Bronze-age Interments in Switzerland, F. A. Forel, 371 ; 

 Discoveries along the Colorado River, 372 ; Excavations 

 at the Roman Camps of Chester and Caerleon, 374 ; Sup- 

 posed .\ncient Canoe Discovered near Lochmaben, 

 Thomas Henderson, 435 ; Notable Discoveries at Susa, 

 435 ; Remains of a Lake-dwelling in Sweden, Dr. Otto 

 Froodis, 460 ; Discoveries on the Site of the City of 

 Sparta, 463 ; Prehistoric Cemeteries at Koshtamna, in 

 Nubia, Dr. G. A. Reisner, 463 ; Drs. G. Elliot Smith 

 and D. E. Derrv, 463 

 Archibald (Prof. E. H.), the Atomic Weight of Platinum, 

 29 ; New Determination of the Atomic Weight of 

 Iridium, 474 ; Electrical Conductivity of Solutions of 

 Iodine and Platinum Tetraiodide in Ethyl Alcohol, 474 

 Archibald (R. D.), Electrical Laboratory Course for Junior 



Students, 66 

 Arctica : the Attainment of the North Pole, 300 ; Polar 

 Expeditions and Observations, 33S ; Captain Bernier's 

 Arrival at Point Amour, Labrador, 432 ; Forthcoming 

 .■\ttempt to Reach North Pole, Evelyn Baldwin. 460 ; 

 Proposed Zeppelin Polar Expedition, Prof. Hergesell, 



493 

 Arithmetic: the Invicta Number Scheme, J. W. Ladner, 



Armstrong (Dr. E. F.), Chemical Properties of Flour, 476 ; 



Proteins, the Relation between Composition and Food 



Value, 476; Difference in Composition of Different 



Proteins, 508 ; Strength of Wheat, 536 

 Armstrong (Geo. A.), Drought in South-west Ireland, 487 

 Armstrong (Prof. H. E., LL.D., F.R.S.), Opening Address 



in Section B at the Meeting of the British Association at 



Winnipeg, 279 : on the Three-fold Emission Spectra of 



Solid Organic Compounds, 470 

 Arnsperger (Dr. Hans), die Rontgenuntersuchung der 



Brustorgane und ihre Ergebnisse fCir Physiologie und 



Pathologie, 222 _ 



Arth (Prof. G.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 134 

 Ashbv (Dr.), Prehistoric Antiquities of Malta, 478 

 Ashford (C. E.), the Elementary Theory of Direct Current 



Dvnamo Electric Machinery, 66 

 \sia- Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, 30, 150. 270; 



Bathy-orographical Map of Asia, 187 ; Explorations in 



Central Asia, Dr. Stein, 368 

 Assmann (Dr. R.), Island of Norderney, 143 

 Association of Economic Biologists, 114 



