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Madeley (Rev. W.), the Possibility of Introducing a Com prehensive Syllabus of Scientific Teaching within the Time Limits of a Classical Curriculum, 309 Madreporarian Corals, Catalogue of the, in the British Museum (Natural History), Henry M. Bernard, 412 Magie (Prof. W. F.), the Partition of Energy, 404 Magnetism: Sammlung Schubert, xlii., Theorie der Elec trizität und des Magnetismus, Prof. Dr. J. Classen, 4 Explication méchanique de la Matière de l'Electricité e du Magnétisme, M. Despaux, 51; Magnetic Disturbance during the Recent Auroral Display, Th. Moureaux, 161: Magnetic Storms and Aurora, Dr. Charles Chree, F.R.S.. 101, 173 Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, 197; Prof. H. Gedmuyden, 197; F. C. Dennett, 152; the Recent Aurora and Magnetic Disturbances, 182; Magnetism and Elec tricity for Students, H. E. Hadley, 146; Action of : Magnetic Field on the Goldstein Rays (Canal-strahlen) Henri Pellat, 192; an Acoustical Method for the Demonstration of the Magnetism of Liquids, T. Terada, 197; Effect of Electric Oscillations on the Magnetic Properties of Iron, J. Russell, 216; Survey of India, Experiments made to Determine the Temperature Coefficients of Watson's Magnetographs, Captain H. A. Denholm Fraser, 250; Use of Chilled Cast Iron for Permanent Magnets, A. Campbell, 357; Propagation of Longitudinal Waves of Magnetic Flux along Iron Wires and Rods, Prof. Lyle and Mr. Baldwin, 358; Magnetic Observations dur ing the Total Eclipse of the Sun, Father P. Cisera, 400; Magnetic Susceptibility of Iron in Colloidal Solution, E. F. Burton and P. Phillips, 455; Instrument for Illustrating the Magnetic Properties of Iron, A. H. Peake, 455; the Magnetic Inertia of a Charged Conductor in a Field of Force, Oliver Heaviside, F.R.S., 582; Improved Apparatus for Measuring magnetic Rotations and Obtaining a Powerful Sodium Light, W. H. Perkin, sen., 623 Maiden (J. H.), a New Species of Eucalyptus, 24 Mailhe (A.), Synthesis of Tertiary Alcohols Derived from Paramethylcyclohexane, 431

Maitland (A. Gibb), Geological Features of British New Guinea, 108

Major (Dr. Forsyth), Certain Rodents from the Pleistocene of the Western Mediterranean Countries, 106

Makower (W.), Effect of High Temperatures on Radium Emanation, 407

Malaria: Insects as Carriers of Disease, A. E. Shipley, F.R.S., at the British Association Meeting at Pretoria, 235; the Practical Study of Malaria and other Blood Parasites, Dr. J. W. W. Stephens and S. R. Christophers, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 148

Malay Archipelago, Wild Swine of the, Dr. Jentink, 35 Malfitano (G.), Composition of the Hydrochloroferric Colloid with Respect to the Amount of Hydrochloric Acid present in the Suspending Liquid, 47 Mammalian Types, some, 343

Mammals, the Intestinal Tract of, Dr. Chalmers Mitchell, 618

Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland, the, J. G. Millais, Supp. to November 30, iii.

Man (Dr. J. G. de), Two Decapod Crustacea from Freshwater Pool on Christmas Island, 262

Man: an Introduction to Anthropology, Dr. W. E. Rotzell 293

Man, Nebula to, Henry P. Knipe, 342

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 142, 215,

455

Mangoes, Decay of, Prevented by Immersion in Solution of Formalin, 16

Mann (Charles R.), Physics, 578

Maquenne (L.), Influence of the Reaction of the Medium on the Activity of Amylase and on the Composition of Saccharified Staren, 335

Marage (Dr.), the Reason Why Deaf Mutes can Hear Low Notes better than High Ones, 96; Mesure et Développement de l'Audition, 292

March (F.), Rotatory Powers of Hexahydrobenzylidene and Enanthylidencamphors, 383

Marcolongo (Roberto), Meccanica Razionale, 318 Marek (Prof. R.), Altitude of the Forest-line in the Austrian Alps, 253

Marine Biology: Remarkable Coelenterata from the West Coast of Ireland, Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, F.R.S., 5:

the Percy Sladen Expedition in H.M.S. Sealark, J. Stanley Gardiner, 43, 184; the Percy Sladen Expedition in H.M.S. Sealark to the Indian Ocean, the Seychelles Archipelago, J. Stanley Gardiner, 294; an Account of the Deep-sea Holothurioidea Collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship, Investigator, R. Koehler and C. Vaney, 114; the Formation of Spicules, W. Woodland. 179; Phosphorescent Marine Animals, Prof. McIntosh, 349; Chaetognatha of the Siboga Expedition in the Dutch East Indies, Dr. Fowler, 381; Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History), Henry M. Bernard, 412; Meddelelser fra Kommissionen fra Havundersøgelsen, Serie Hydrografi, Serie Fiskeri, Serie Plankton, Jas. Johnstone, 434; Observations on Gennadas, E. L. Bouvier, 551; Pisciculture at Port Erin, 614

Marloth (Dr.), on the Phyto-geographical Subdivisions of South Africa, 163

Marmu (N.), Estimation of Carbon in Soils, 623 Marquis (R.), Action of the Amino-ethers and Iminochlorides on Organo-magnesium Derivatives, 528

Marr (J. E., F.R.S.), an Introduction to Geology, 247; Influence of the Geological Structure of English Lakeland upon its Present Features, 502

Marsh (J. E.), Condensation of Ketones with Mercury Cyanide, 118

Marshall (C. R.), a Text-book of Materia Medica for Students of Medicine, 339

Marshall (Dr. F. H. A.), the Horse in Norway, 119 Marshall (Dr. Hugh), Cooperation between Scientific Libraries, 513

Marshall (P.), the Geography of New Zealand, 123 Martian Meteorology, Prof. W. H. Pickering, 38 Martin (Geoffrey), Researches on the Affinity of the Elements and on the Causes of the Chemical Similarity or Dissimilarity of Elements and Compounds, 49; Atomic Disintegration and the Distribution of the Elements, 152: "Mathematics" applied to Chemistry, 175; a Definition of Temperature, 390; Sea-sickness and Equilibration of the Eyes, 584

Martin (George H.), a Three Years' Course of Practical Chemistry, 459

Mast and Sail in Europe and Asia, H. Warington Smyth, Sir W. H. White, K.C.B., F.R.S., 536

Materia Medica for Students of Medicine, a Text-book of, C. R. Marshall, 339

Materials, Mechanics of, Mansfield Merriman, 25 Mathematics: Method for the Measurement of Angles, 16; Researches on the Affinity of the Elements and on the Causes of the Chemical Similarity or Dissimilarity of Elements and Compounds, Geoffrey Martin, 49; Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 52; Mathematical Society, 71, 190, 287, 382, 479; Improper Double Integrals and on the Arithmetic Continuum, Dr. Hobson, 71; Arithmetical Nature of the Coefficients in a Group of Linear Substitutions of Finite Order, Prof. W. Burnside, 71; the "Cattle Problem" of Archimedes, 86; Euvres de Laguerre, 97; Auslese aus meiner Unterrichts- und Vorlesungspraxis, Dr. Hermann Schubert, 100, 365; Pangéométrie, ou Précis de Géométrie fondée sur une Théorie générale et rigoureuse des Parallèles, N. J. Lobatschewsky, 100; the Boston Colloquium, Lectures on Mathematics, Edward Burr Van Vleck, Henry Seely White and Frederick Shenstone Woods, 122; Lectures on the Calculus of Variations, Dr. Oskar Bolza, 122 Mathematical Study in Japan, Prof. Harzer, 135; "Mathematics" applied to Chemistry, Geoffrey Martin, 175, The Reviewer, 175; the Hessian Configuration and its Connection with the Group of 360 Plane Collineations, Prof. W. Burnside, 190; the Theory of Integral Equations, H. Bateman, 190; New Vernier Rule and Scale, S. Irwin Crookes, 232; Vorlesungen über mathematische Näherungsmethoden, Dr. Otto Biermann, 245; the Maximum Number of Double Points on a Surface, A. B. Basset, F.R.S., 246; Death of Prof. C. J. Joly, F.R.S.. Book of 251; Obituary Notice of, 273; the First Geometry, Grace Chisholm Young and W. H. Young, 267: Theory of the Motion of the Moon, Ernest W. Brown, F.R.S., 272; Higher Mathematics for Students of Chemistry and Physics with Special Reference to Practical Work, Dr. J. W. Mellor, 290; Elementary

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Index

Algebra, W. G. Borchardt, 293; Meccanica Razionale, Roberto Marcolongo, 318; Science and Hypothesis, Prof. H. Poincaré, Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 313; Wissenschaft und Hypothese, Prof. H. Poincaré, Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 313; Integral Calculus for Beginners, Alfred Lodge, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 337; Theorem in Hyper-complex Numbers, J. H. Maclagen Wedderburn, 358; L'Algèbre de la Logique, Louis Couturat, 386; a Geometrical Political Economy, Collected Mathematical H. Cunynghame, 386; the

Works of George William Hill, 409; A Problem in
Analytic Geometry with a Moral, Prof. Maxime Bôcher,
447; Sommerfeld's Diffraction Problem and Reflection
by a Parabolic Mirror, Prof. H. Lamb, 479; Lectures
on the Theory of Functions of Real Variables, J. Pier-
pont, 483; a Course in Mathematical Analysis, Edouard
Goursat, 511; Formula for Finding the Date of Easter,
Chas. Leigh, 535; the Integration of Functions of a Single
Variable, Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathe-
matical Physics, No. 2, G. H. Hardy, 558; a Property
which Holds Good for all Groupings of a Normal Distri-
bution of Frequency for Two Variables with Applications
to the Study of Contingency-tables for the Inherit-
ance of Unmeasured Qualities, G. Udny Yule, 574;
Death of Prof. Gabriel Oltramare, 613; the Winchester
Arithmetic, C. Godfrey and G. M. Bell, Supp. to Novem-
ber 30, viii; a Text-book of Algebra, A. E. Layng,
Supp. to November 30, viii; an Introduction to Algebra,
R. C. Bridgett, Supp. to November 30, viii; Elementary
Modern Geometry, H. G. Willis, Supp. to November 30,
viii; Tables and Constants to Four Figures, William
Hall, Supp. to November 30, viii

Mathews (R. H.), Manners and Customs of Australian
Tribes, 549

Matignon (C.), New Type of Compound in the Group of
Rare Metals, 287

Matley (Dr. C. A.), the Carboniferous Rocks at Rush
(County Dublin), 312

in
the
Matteucci (Dr. V. F. L.), Eruption of Vesuvius, 614
Researches
Hydrographical
Matthews (D.),
Southern North Sea and in the English Channel, 256
Maurain (Ch.), Kathodic Pulverisations, 263
Mauricheau-Beaupré (Paul), Combustion of Acetylene by
Oxygen, 335

Mawson (D.), Geology of the New Hebrides, 216

Maximum Number of Double Points on a Surface, the,
A. B. Basset, F.R.S., 246

Maxwell (W. H.), British Progress in Municipal Engineer-
ing, 217

Maxwell's Theory of Light, 316

Mayer (Prof. W.), Death of, 346

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Mayet (M.), the Inoculation of Cancer, 263
Meccanica Razionale, Roberto Marcolongo, 318
Mechanics: an Introduction to the Design of Beams,
Girders, and Columns in Machines and Structures, with
Examples in Graphic Statics, W. H. Atherton,
Mechanics for Engineers, a Text-book of Intermediate
Standard, Arthur Morley, 1; Mechanics of Materials,
Mansfield Merriman, 25; Coefficient of Utilisation of
Helices, Edgar Taffoureau, 143; Ascent of Sap in Trees,
of Mechanics
Frank Harris, 246; the Relation
Physics, Prof. Alexander Ziwet, 403; les Origines de
la Statique, P. Duhem, Supp. to November 30, ix
Medicine Radium and Other Radio-active Substances,
their Application especially to Medicine, Dr. Charles
Baskerville, 2; Sir Frederick Treves on the Army Medical
Service, 15; Death of Sir J. S. Burdon-Sanderson, Bart.,
F.R.S., 105; Obituary Notice of, 127; the late Sir
John Burdon-Sanderson, Sir Lauder Brunton, F.R.S.,
150; Handbook of Physiology for Students and Prac-
titioners of Medicine, Dr. Austin Flint, Prof. J. S.
Macdonald, 269; Medical Inspection and Feeding of
Children in Schools, 286; a Text-book of Materia Medica
for Students of Medicine, C. R. Marshall, 339; the
Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London Cen-
tenary, 1805-1905, Dr. Norman Moore and Stephen
Paget, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 388; on Professional Edu-
cation with Special Reference to Medicine, an Address
delivered at King's College, London, on October 3,
1905, Prof. T. Clifford Allbutt, F.R.S., 530; the Phar-
macological Action of Digitalis, Strophanthus, and Squill

on the Heart, G. S. Haynes, 542; Creatinin the Cause
of the Masking of the Sugar Reaction in Urine-testing,
Dr. MacLean, 542

Mediterranean Fever, 550

Mee (A.), the Heavens at a Glance, 425
Meidinger (Dr. Johann), Death of, 58

Meigen (Prof. W.), Atomic Disintegration, 389

Melanistic Form of the Wall-Lizard, G. A. Boulenger,
F.R.S., 189

Melbourne Observatory, the, 569

100;

Meldola (Prof. R., F.R.S.), the Bates-Müller Hypothesis
of Mimicry, a Question of Historical Accuracy,
Chemistry in Rural Schools, 558

Mellor (Dr. J. W.), Higher Mathematics for Students of
Chemistry and Physics, with Special Reference to Prac-
tical Work, 290

Mellor (E. T.), on the Evidences in the Transvaal of
Glacial Conditions in Permo-Carboniferous Times, 92
Memory, Stimulus and, 338

Mennell (F. P.), Geological Problems of Rhodesia, 547
Menschen, Physiologie des, Dr. L. Luciani, Dr. J. A.
Milroy, 606

Menten (Miss M. L.), Chlorides in Nerve Cells and Fibres,
311

Merneld (C. J.), Astronomical Refraction, 240

Merriam (Dr. C. H.), Is Mutation a Factor in Evolution of
Higher Vertebrates? 491

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Merrifield (F.), Influence of Temperature on Insects, 516
Merrill (E. D.), the Manila Elemi Plant, 423
Merriman (Mansfield), Mechanics of Materials, 25
Merriman (R.), the Tetrazoline Group, 119
Merzbecher (Dr. Gottfried), the Central Tian-Shan Moun-
tains, 227

Mesure et Développement de l'Audition, Dr. Marage, Prof.
John G. McKendrick, F.R.S., 292

Metallurgy Death and Obituary Notice of William Henry
Greenwood, 34; Methods for Determination of Man-
ganese in Iron and Steel, A. A. Read, 36; Properties
of a Series of Iron-Nickel-Manganese-Carbon Alloys,
Dr. H. C. H. Carpenter, R. A. Hadfield, and Percy
Longmuir, 108; Handbook of Metallurgy, Prof. Carl
Schnabel, 124; Prehistoric Mass of Metal Found near
Nancy, G. Arth and P. Lejeune, 180; Composition of
a Cast-Iron Cannon Ball Found under Old Moat of the
Bastille, A. Porlier, 181; Physics of Ore Flotation, J.
A. K.
Swinburne and Dr. G. Rudorf, 214; Concentration of
Metalliferous Sulphides by Flotation, Prof.
Huntingdon, 214; the Nickel-Vanadium Steels, Dr. L.
Guillet, 350; the Largest Steel Ingot Ever Made, 371;
Copper and its Alloys in Antiquity, Prof. W. Gowland,
381; the Manufacture of Chilled Rolls, E. de Loisy,
398; the Origin of Bronze, Dr. John W. Evans, 414;
Overstraining of Iron by Tension and Compression, Dr.
James Muir, 501; Elementary Practical Metallurgy, Iron
and Steel, Percy Longmuir, A. McWilliam, 509; Re-
sistance of Iron and Steel to Reversals of Direct Stress,
Dr. T. E. Stanton and L. Bairstow, 617
Metamorphism, a Treatise on, Charles Edward van Hise,
450
Metaphysics: Immanuel Kant's Kleinere Schriften zur
Logik und Metaphysik, 98; the Metaphysics of Nature,
Carveth Read, 290

Astronomical and
Meteorology: Report of Inter-State
Meteorological Conference, Adelaide, May, 1905, 8;
Rainfall in Mysore for 1904, J. Cook, 17; Constantly
Occurring Secondary Maxima and Minima in the Yearly
Range of Meteorological Phenomena, Dr. van Rijckevor-
sel, 36; Martian Metrology, Prof. W. H. Pickering,
the Atmosphere Over the
38; the Exploration of
Tropical Oceans, Dr. A. L. Rotch and L. Teisserenc de
Bort, 54; Cyclone in the Philippine Islands, 61; Aurora
of November 15, Rowland A. Earp, 79; R. Langton
Cole, 80; Magnetic Storms and Aurora, Dr. Charles
173; F. C. Dennett, 152; Dr.
Chree, F.R.S., 101,
Alexander Graham Bell, 197; Prof. H. Gedmuyden, 197:
Auroræ of November 15 and December 12, Dr. Alexander
Graham Bell, 223; Aurora of November 15, Prof. M. P.
Rudzki, 246; Symons Gold Medal Awarded to Lieut.-
General Sir Richard Strachey, F.R.S., 84; the Climate
of the Bonin Islands, T. Okada, 86; Royal Meteor-
ological Society, 95, 262, 357, 455, 527; Rainstorm of

June 14, 1906

August 24 to 26 in Counties Dublin and Wicklow, Sir John W. Moore, 95; the Gales of November 26, 107; Rainfall of China and Corea, T. Okada, 107; Use of Platinum Resistance Thermometers in Determining the Temperature of the Air at Helwan, E. B. H. Wade, 107; Future Problems of Maritime Meteorology, Prof. Hergesell, 135; a Preliminary Investigation of the More Important Features of the Meteorology of Southern Asia, the Indian Ocean, and Neighbouring Countries during the Period 1892-1902, Sir John Eliot, F.R.S., 136; Meteorologie und Klimatologie, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Trabert, 149; Investigation of the Upper Air, 162; the Pulse of the Atmospheric Circulation, Dr. W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 175; Method Employed by the Prince of Monaco for Ascertaining the Conditions of the Upper Air by Means of Unmanned Balloons, Prof. H. Hergesell, 181; Highest Kite Ascent, 207; Kite and Balloon Ascents, Dr. Hergesell, 207; Flying Kites in Barbados, C. J. P. Cave, 202; Observations with Registration Balloons in America, A. L. Rotch, 349; Ascents of Two Unmanned Balloons, 615; Thunder and Lightning, Camille Flammarion, 196; Rainfall of Chemulpo, 207; Periodicity of Rainfall, A. P. Jenkin, 209; the Forms of Cirrus-clouds, Prof. Oslhoff, 209; Recent Studies of Periods in Meteorology, 209; Seasons in the British Isles from 1878, Dr. W. N. Shaw, 210; Correlation of Hydrographic, Biological, and Meteorological Data, Otto Petterson, 210; the Temperature of France, A. Angot, 230; Severe Gale of January 5-6, 254; Lehrbuch der Meteorologie, Prof. Julius Hann, 270; Rainfall of 1905, Dr. H. R. Mill, 304; Rainfall Observations for the Years 1896-1904 at Seoul, Corea, Mr. Li, 324; Results of Observations Made with a Black Bulb Thermometer in Vacuo, J. R. Sutton, 324; the International Meteorological Conference at Innsbruck, 331; Hurricanes in the West India Islands, Hesketh Bell, 348; Climate of St. Moritz, Dr. A. Nolda and C. Bührer, 350; Weather of Canada for 1903, 374; Rainfall of South Australia, Sir Chas. Todd, 399; a 300-Year Climatic and Solar Cycle, Thos. W. Kingsmill, 413; Cloud Studies, Arthur W. Clayden, Prof. H. Hildebrand Hildebrandsson, 416; Death and Obituary Notice of Henry James Chaney, 419; Carbondale, Pennysylvania, Tornado of August 30, 1905, W. M. Dudley, 423; Tornado at Meridian, Mississippi, 447; Hurricane in South Pacific on February 7 and 8, 447; the Vertical Distribution of the Meteorological Elements above the Atlantic, Dr. A. L. Rotch and L. Teisserenc de Bort, 449; Wintry March Weather over the British Islands, 469; Climatology of 1905, MM. Flammarion and Loisel, 471; Meteorological Report of Ceylon for 1904, 471; New Meteorological Instruments, Messrs. Lander and Smith, 472; the Thunderstorm of February 8, Mr. Lander, 472; Interpretation of Meteorological Records, Dr. John Aitken, F.R.S., 485, 534: R. T. Omond, 512; A. Lander, 584; a More Rational Treatment of Climatology, R. de C. Ward, 493; Is London Fog Inevitable? Dr. W. N. Shaw, 493; Weather during Week Ending March 29, 517; the Climate of Beyrout, Dr. S. Kostlivy, 568; Meteorological Office's Annual Summary for 1905, 568; Konstant auftretende secundare Maxima und Minima in dem jährlichen Verlauf der Meteorologischen Erscheinungen, Dr. Rijckevorsel, 594; Studies of Temperature and Pressure Observations, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 594; Study of the Meteorological Observations Made during Nansen's North Polar Expedition in 1893-6, Prof. Mohn, 595: Barometrische Ausgleichsbewegung in der Erdatmosphäre, Dr. Wilhelm Krebs, 595; a Horizontal Rainbow, W. R. M. Church, 608

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Meteors: the Leonid Meteors, 1905, John R. Henry, 28; the Meteors of Biela's Comet, Mr. Denning, 64; Orbital Elements of Two Meteors, Dr. P. Moschick, 161; Observations of the Lyrid Meteors, April, 1904, Dr. Jiří Kaván, 352; Fireball of January 27, 1906, W. F. Denning, 427; a Brilliant Fireball, Mr. Denning, 474; the April Meteors, W. F. Denning, 560; John R. Henry, 560

Methven (C. W.), on South African Harbours, 65 Metropolis, the Control of the Gas Supply of the, 273 Meunier (Prof. Stanislas), Dust Due to Eruption of Vesuvius, 614

Mexican Cotton-Boll Weevil, the, W. D. Hunter and W. E. Hinds, Fred V. Theobald, 257

Meyer (G.), Light Emitted by Radium Bromide due to the Impact of the Becquerel Rays on the Particles of Nitrogen, 325

Meyerhoffer (Dr.), Landolt-Börnstein-Physikalisch-chemische Tabellen, Supp. to November 30, vi

Micrometer Measures of Double Stars, Dr. H. E. Lau,
232
Micrometer Measures of Struve Double Stars, Dr. H. E.
Lau, 495

Microscopy: Royal Microscopical Society, 23, 118, 287, 357, 503, 575; Simple Portable Camera for Use with the Microscope, E. Moffat, 23; Hand Microtome, Mr. Flatters, 23; Nature through Microscope and Camera, Richard Kerr, 104; the Movements of Diatoms Caused by the Evolution of Gas, Daniel D. Jackson, 159; the Formation of Spicules, W. Woodland, 179; Segmentation and Phylogeny of Arthropods, Prof. Carpenter, 252; Photographs of Diatoms taken by the Zeiss Apparatus, Designed by Dr. August Kohler, Photomicrography with Ultra-Violet Light, Mr. Rheinberg, 287; Elements of Applied Microscopy, Charles-Edward Amory Winslow, 365; Microscopes and Accessories: How to Make and Use Them, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 412; Microscopic Aquatic Plants of Our Waters, Dr. F. E. Fritsch at London Institution, 499; Death and Obituary Notice of Prof. Lionel Smith Beale, 540; a Newly Discovered Synangium, D. M. S. Watson, 542

Miers (H. A.), Refractive Indices of Crystallising Solutions, 357; Studies in Crystallisation: Sodium Nitrate, 358

Milk, Action of Bacteria in the Souring of, 85

Milk, Bacteriological Examination of, Dr. A. C. Houston,

492

Milk and Copper, John Golding and Dr. Feilman, 399 Mill (Dr. H. R.), Rainfall of 1905, 304

Millais (J. G.), the Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland,
Supp. to November 30, iii

Miller (Edward Y.), the Bataks of Palawan, 584
Miller (N. H. J.), Estimation of Carbon in Soils, 623
Miller (W. G.), Cobalt-Nickel Arsenides and Silver De-
posits of Temiskaming, Ontario, 231

Milosevich (Prof. E.), Comets 19056 and 1905c, 182
Milne (Prof. John, F.R.S.), the British Association and
Our Colonies, 77; Antarctic Earthquakes, Observations
Made with Horizontal Pendulum in the Antarctic
Regions, Paper at Royal Society, 210

Milroy (Dr. J. A.), Zur Erkenntniss der Kolloide: Ueber
irreversible Hydrosole und Ultramikroskopie, Richard
Zsigmondy, 410; Physiologie des Menschen, Dr. L.
Luciani, 606

Mimicry, the Bates-Müller Hypothesis of, a Question of Historical Accuracy, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 100 Minchin (H. D.), a Simple Arrangement for Purifying Mercury, 494

Minerals Minerals Recently Found in the Binnenthal, R. H. Solly, 167; Mineral Production of India, T. H. Holland, F.R.S., 493; the Mineral Wealth of Alaska, 595 Mineralogy: Mineralogy of Ceylon, A. K. Coomaraswamy and James Parsons, 134; Mineralogical Society, 166, 358; the Production of Gold and Silver in the United States in 1904, W. Lindgren, 306; Copper Production of the United States, W. H. Weed, 306; Fluorspar Deposits of Southern Illinois, H. Foster Bain, 306; Zinc and Lead Deposits of North-Western Illinois, H. Foster Bain, 306; Kleinite, Dr. A. Sachs, 325; Geikielite and the Ferro-Magnesian Titanates, T. Crook and B. M. Jones, 358; the Iron-Ore Deposits of Sydvaranger, G. Henriksen, 398; Technical Methods of Ore Analysis, A. H. Low, 532; Death of Gustave Davalque, 543; the Nature of Carnotite, Messrs. Hillebrand and Ransome, 547 Analysis of Dumortierite, Mr. Schaller, 547; Occurrence of Bauxite in India, Dr. T. H. Holland, 547; Precious Stones Considered in Their Scientific and Artistic Relations, Prof. A. H. Church, F.R.S., Supp. to November 30, x

Miners' Worm, Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, F.R.S., 344 Minet (Adolphe), the Production of Aluminium and its Industrial Use, 579

Mining Various Minerals Raised in the United Kingdom in 1904, 36; Salt Mining at Detroit, Michigan, 206; a Treatise on Ore and Stone Mining, Sir C. Le Neve Foster, 220; Cobalt-Nickel Arsenides and Silver Deposits of Temiskaming, Ontario, W. G. Miller, 231; Fatal Accidents in Coal Mining in the United States in 1904, F. L. Hoffman, 231; Fatal Accidents in Mines and Quarries of the United Kingdom during 1905, 278; Coal Mining in the Philippines, O. H. Reinholt, 324; Coal Consumption of the United Kingdom, G. T. Beilby, 398; Gem Production in Brazil, 398; Prospecting in the Transbaikalian Goldfields, R. Farina, 398; Unprecedented Mining Disaster at Courrières Colliery, 468, 490; a New Gold Field at Manhattan in Nevada, 471; Production of Minerals in Great Britain in 1905, 471; Mining Law of the British Empire, Charles J. Alford, Bennett H. Brough, 482; Mineral Production of India, T. H. Holland, F.R.S., 493; Remarkable Surface Outcrop of an Iron Ore Deposit, R. H. Anderson, 517: Low Cost of Ore Dressing at Osceola Copper Mine, Lake Superior, 543; Mode of Occurrence of the Tin-Ore in Bushveld Area, North-east of Pretoria, A. L. Hall, 546; the Occurrences of Gold in the Pretoria Series (Lydenburg Goldfield), Mr. Thord-Gray, 547; the Mineral Wealth of Alaska, 595

Minnesota Plant Diseases, Dr. E. M. Freeman, 291 Mitchell (Dr.), Plague Epidemics in Cape Colony, 139 Mitchell (Dr. Chalmers), the Intestinal Tract of Mammals, 618

Mneme als erhaltendes im Wechsel des organischen
Geschehens, Die, Richard Semon, 338

Modern Electric Practice, Maurice Solomon, 169
Moffat (E.), Simple Portable Camera for Use with the
Microscope, 23

Mohn (Prof.), Study of the Meteorological Observations Made during Nansen's North Polar Expedition in 1893-6, 595

Moir (J.), Solubility of Zinc Hydroxide in Alkalis, 262;
New Solvent for Gold, 623

Moissan (Prof. Henri), the Distillation of Copper, 143;
Distillation of Gold, the Alloys of Gold, and on a New
Method of Preparation of the Purple of Cassius. 191;
Refractory Metals in the Electric Furnace, 325; Fusion
and Distillation of Metals of the Platinum Group, 424;
Distillation of Titanium and the Temperature of the Sun,
527; the Temperature of the Sun, 569
Molecular Forces and Newtonian Laws, Alex. Clark, 51
Molisch (Prof. H.), Light Emission by Plants, 85
Molliard (M.), Structure of Plants Developed in the Light
without Carbon Dioxide, and in Presence of Organic
Materials, 263

Mollusca Prosobranchiata, No. 4. the Ontogenetic Stages
Represented by the Gastropod Protoconch, H. Leighton
Kesteven, 24; Lamellibranchs with Multiple Mouths,
Paul Pelseneer, 528

Molony (E.), Geology of the Gangetic Plain, 143 Monckman (Dr. James), Death and Obituary Notice of,

106

Monkey from the Cameroons, on an Alleged New, R. I.
Pocock, 297; Dr. H. O. Forbes, 319

Monotremes and Birds, Dr. H. Gadow, F.R.S., 222
Montana, Petrography and Geology of the Igneous Rocks
of the Highwood Mountains, L. V. Pirsson, 376
Moody (G. T.), Rusting of Iron, 623

Moog (R.), Influence of High Altitudes on the General
Nutrition, 120

Moon a Lunar Theory from Observation, Dr. P. H. Cowell, 80: Graphical Methods for Finding the Time of Moonrise, Fr. W. F. J. Rigge, 208; Theory of the Motion of the Moon, Ernest W. Brown, F.R.S., 272; a New Method of Determining the Moon's Position Photographically, Mr. Wade, 352; the Apparent Enlargement of the Moon at the Horizon, Ed. Claparède, 400: the Glow Surrounding the Lunar Crater Linné. Prof. E. E. Barnard, 448; Measurements of Linné during the Total Eclipse of the Moon, Prof. E. C. Pickering, 569; R. H. Frost, 569

Moore (Dr.), Extract of the Duodenal Mucous Membrane Counteracts Diabetes, 474

Moore (Prof. B.), Effects of Alkalies and Acids, and of Alkaline and Acid. Salts upon Fertilised Eggs of

Echinus esculentus, Study in Relationship to the Causation of Malignant Disease, 213; Physical and Chemical Properties of Solutions of Chloroform and Other Anæsthetics, 213; Outlines of Physiological Chemistry, Dr. S. P. Beebe and Prof. B. H. Buxton, 483 Moore (Sir John W.), Rainstorm of August 24 to 26 in Counties Dublin and Wicklow, 95

Moore (Dr. Norman), the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, Centenary, 1805-1905, 388 Morbology: Two Hæmatozoa of the Partridge and Turkey, A. Laveran and M. Lucet, 47; Yellow Fever in Panama, 84; the Wastage in Armies by Disease, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 105; the Practical Study of Malaria and Other Blood Parasites, Dr. J. W. W. Stephens and S. R. Christophers, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 148; Effect of Acid, Alkali, and Certain Indicators in Arresting or Otherwise Influencing the Development of the Eggs of Pleuronectes platessa and Echinus esculentus, E. Whitley, 213; Effects of Alkalies and Acids and of Alkaline and Acid Salts upon Fertilised Eggs of Echinus esculentus, Study in Relationship to the Causation of Malignant Disease, Prof. B. Moore, Dr. Herbert E. Roaf and E. Whitley, 213; the Etiology of Leprosy, Dr. J. Hutchinson, F.R.S., 214; Insects as Carriers of Disease, A. E. Shipley, F.R.S., at the British Association Meeting at Pretoria, 235: Identity of Surra and Mbori, A. Laveran, 263; the Inoculation of Cancer, M. Mayet, 263; the Anatomy of Agchylostoma duodenale, Dub., A. Looss, Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, F.R.S., 344; Plague Epidemic, the Immunity of Europeans, 422; Dangers of the Ingestion of Dead Tubercle Bacilli into Tuberculous and Healthy Animals, A. Calmette and M. Breton, 431: Analysis of Tubercle Bacilli, G. Baudran, 504; Effects of the Absorption of Tuberculin by the Digestive Tube, A. Calmette and M. Breton, 503; the Question of the Transference of Bovine Tuberculosis to Man through Milk, Prof. Adami, 516; Extract of the Duodenal Mucous Membrane Counteracts Diabetes, Drs. Moore, Edie, and Abram, 474: Protective Mechanism against Excess of Alkali, Drs. Edie and Whitley, 474; Mediterranean Fever, 550

Moreau (G.), Recombination of the Ions in Saline Vapours, 408

Morgan (C. Lloyd, F.R.S.), the Interpretation of Nature, 265

Morgan (Mr.), Another New Comet, 1905c, 160; Discovery of a New Comet (1906c), 494

Morgan (Prof. H. R.), Observation of Comet 1905c after Perihelion, 518

Morice (Rev. F. D.). Panurgus moricei, a New Species of Bee, 117; Caleara Observed on the Legs of Some Hymenoptera. 598

Morley (Arthur). Mechanics for Engineers, a Text-book of Intermediate Standard, I

Morosaurus, the Skeleton of Brontosaurus and Skull of, Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, 282

Morphology: the Visual Organs of the Ascidians of the
Salpa Group, W. Redikorzen, 134; Growth of the Oocyte
in Antedon, a Morphological Study in Cell-Metabolism,
Dr. Gilbert Chubb, 574

Morrell (R.S.), Velocity of Transformation of Sugars by
Alkalies, 527
Morse (Harmon
Chemistry, 268

Northrop), Exercises in Quantitative

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Motion of the Moon, Theory of the, Ernest W. Brown, F.R.S., 272

Motor-Car Mechanism and Management, the Petrol Car, W. Poynter Adams, 580

Moulton (F. R.), the Evolution of the Solar System, 87 Mount Vesuvius, Eruption of, 540; see Volcanoes

Mount Wilson Observatory, A Fire Near the, 326; Prof. Hale, 375

Moureaux (Th.), Magnetic Disturbance during the Recent Auroral Display, 161

Moureu (Charles), Determination of the Rare Gases in Natural Gaseous Mixtures, 263; Condensation of the Acetylenic Nitriles with Alcohols, 383; Condensation of the Acetylenic Nitriles with Phenols, 431

Move (Prof.), à la Poursuite d'une Ombre, 606

Mair (Dr. James), Overstraining of Iron by Tension and Compression, 501

Muir (Dr. Thomas), Cooperation between

Libraries, 372

Scientific

Mulhouse, Prize Subjects of the Industrial Society of, 164 Müller (F.), Höhenklima und Bergwanderungen in ihrer Wirkung auf den Menschen, 553

Müller (Prof. Alexandre), Death and Obituary Notice of, 371 Municipal Engineering, British Progress in, W. H. Maxwell, 217

Mann (Philip W.), the Birds of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 465

Muntz (A.), Intensive Nitrification, 143; Function of Organic Matter in Nitrification, 431

Maret (E.), les Variations periodiques des Glaciers, 320 Murray (Donald), Atomic Disintegration and the Distribution of the Elements, 125

Museums Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum (Natural History), E. W. Oates and Captain S. G. Reid, 53: New Museum and Laboratories of Zoology at Liverpool, 88; Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom and Museum of Practical Geology for 1904, 204; Catalogue of the Indian Decapod Crustacea in the Collection of the Indian Museum, part ii.. Anomura, Fasciculus i., Pagurides, Dr. A. Alcock, F.R.S., 317; Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History), Henry M. Bernard, 412 Catalogue of the Fossil Plants of the Glossopteris Flora in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History), being a Monograph of the Permo-Carboniferous Flora of India and the Southern Hemisphere, E. A. Newell Arber. A. C. Seward, F.R.S., 577; Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, 581

Mycology: British Mosses, E. F.. 54

Myres (J. L.), the Alpine Races in Europe, 492
Mythology: Origin of Mankind (according to the Lamaic
Mythology), Rai Sarat Chandra Das Bahadur, 432

Nabaloi Dialect, the, Otto Scheerer, Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 584

Näherungsmethoden, Vorlesungen über mathematische, Dr.
Otto Biermann, 245

Naming of Colours, the, Alfred H. Crook, 246
Nansouty (Max de), Actualités Scientifiques, 76
Naples, Memoirs of the Royal Society of, 327
National Antarctic Expedition, the Work of the, Capt.
R. F. Scott, Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 297
National Engineering and Trade Lectures, 217
National Physical Laboratory, the, 514
Native Tribes, Studies of, 549

Natural Colours, Photography in, 330
Natural History Quiet Hours with Nature, Mrs.
Brightwen, 4; Death of Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S.,
13; Obituary Notice of, 32; New South Wales Linnean
Society, 24, 216, 384: Travels of a Naturalist in
Northern Europe: Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Pet-
chora, 1875, J. A. Harvie-Brown, 50; Catalogue of the
Collection of Birds' Eggs in British Museum (Natural
History), E. W. Oates and Captain S. G. Reid, 53; My
Strange Pets and Other Memories of Country Life,
R. Bell, 76; Nature through Microscope and Camera,
Richard Kerr, 104: the Seat of the Recognition-Sense
among Ants, H. Piéron, 134: My Life: a Record of
Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace, 145; Pic-

tures from Nature, Richard and Cherry Kearton, 148; Sporting Sketches, E. Sandys, 149; Linnean Society, 167, 214, 287, 381, 454, 503, 598; Beasties Courageous: Studies of Animal Life and Characters, D. English, 177; Northern Trails: Some Studies of Animal Life in the Far North, W. J. Long, 177: the Habits of Bees and the Colours of Flowers, Gaston Bonnier, 191; Alleged Sheepkilling Habit of the New Zealand Kea Parrot, 205; Carnivorous Habits of the New Zealand Kea Parrot, Prof. W. B. Benham, 559; Nature in Eastern Norfolk, Arthur H. Patterson, 221; Death and Obituary Notice of Harrison Weir, 251; Frigate-Birds as Letter-Carriers, 322; Habits of Diamond-Tailed Geckos, 322; Nebula to Man, Henry R. Knipe, 342; More Natural History Essays, Graham Renshaw, 343; Death and Obituary Notice of C. J. Cornish, 347; the Falkland Island Fox, R. N. Rudmose-Brown, 365; Natural History and Archæology of the Waterlilies, 379; Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History), Henry M. Bernard, 412; the Bird Watcher in the Shetlands, with Some Notes on Seals-and Digressions, Edmund Selous, O. V. Aplin, 414; Nature-Tones and Undertones, J. Maclair Boraston, O. V. Aplin, 414; the Intelligence of Animals, Prof. W. Galloway, 440; the Birds of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Rev. J. E. Kelsall and Philip W. Munn, O. V. Aplin, 465; Mode in which the American Prongbuck Protects its Young, H. H. Cross, 470; the Natural History of Selborne, Rev. Gilbert White, 581

Natural Science in Hygiene, or the Life-history of the Non-bacterial Parasites Affecting Man, Dr. James Rodger Watson, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 484

Natural Selection: Death and Obituary Notice of Canon Tristram, F.R.S., 469

Nature, La, et la Vie, Henri de Varigny, 462 Nature, the Interpretation of, C. Lloyd Morgan, F.R.S., 265

Nature, the Metaphysics of, Carveth Read, 290

Nature and Origin of Living Matter, the, Dr. H. Charlton
Bastian, F.R.S., 361

Naval Architecture: Mast and Sail in Europe and Asia,
H. Warrington Smyth, Sir W. H. White, K.C.B.,
F.R.S., 536; Institution of Naval Architects, 571
Naval Observatory, the United States,
Chester, 375

Rear-Admiral

Navigation: Yacht Measurement Rules, R. E. Froude, 572; Motor-Boats, Linton Hope, 572; James A. Smith, 572; Gas Engines for Ship Propulsion, J. E. Thornycroft, 572 Nebula to Man, Henry R. Knipe, 342

Nebula in Cygnus (N.G.C. 6894), Annular, G. Tikhoff, 305
Nebula, the Ring, in Lyra, Dr. Newkirk, 448, Prof. E. E.
Barnard, 448

Nebula in Scorpio, a Large Photographic, Prof. Barnard, 618
Nebulæ, Cluster of, in Perseus, Dr. Max Wolf, 448
Nebulæ, Observations of, M. Bigourdan, 617
Nebulæ, Stars and, Prof. R. A. Gregory, 505

Nebular Hypothesis, Some Suggestions on the, Dr. Halm, 38
Nebulosity around Nova Aquila, Prof. Frost, 279; Prof.
E. C. Pickering, 279

Nebulosity around Nova Aquila No. 2, the Supposed, Prof. Frost, 518

Nebulous Matter, the Probable Volcanic Origin of, Prof. J. M. Schaeberle, 296

Negritos of Zamabales, William Allan Reed, Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 584

Nelson (Mabel S.), Difference between Men and Women in the Recognition of Colour and the Perception of Sound, 61

Nelson (R. M.), the Elastic Fluid Turbine, 350
Němec (Prof. B.), Studien über die Regeneration, 170
Neptune's Satellite, Suggested Name for, M. Fouche, 182
Neville (A.), Resolution of 2: 3-Dihydro-3-Methylindene-2-
Carboxylic Acid into its Optically Active Isomerides, 431
New Orleans Meeting of the American Association, the,
402; see also American Association

New South Wales Linnean Society, 24, 216, 384
New South Wales Royal Society, 240, 456
New Zealand: Botany of the Far North of New Zealand,
Dr. L. Cockayne, 16; the Geography of New Zealand,
P. Marshall, 123; Carnivorous Habits of New Zealand
Kea Parrot, 205; Prof. W. B. Benham, 559; the Rocks

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