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June 12, 1902

Nature

A WEEKLY

ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

June 12, 1902

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UNIVERSITY
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RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, Limited,

LONDON AND BUNGAY.

June 12, 1902.

ABEGG, Practical Chemistry, 410

INDEX.

Abel (Dr. O.), Curiously Marked Pebbles from the Algerian Sahara, 594

Academy, the Proposed British, 418

Academy, the Royal Society and the Proposed, 393
Acarology: British Tyroglyphidæ, Albert D. Michael, 482
Accumulators for Electric Automobiles, Progress in the Design
of. Sir H. P. Maxim, 572

Acetic Acid, the Molecular Complexity of, in Chloroform
Solution, H. M. Dawson, 527

Acetone, on the Electrolytic Preparation of the Halogen Derivatives of, A. Richard, 119

Acetylene, the Dilution of Acetylene for Heating Purposes, A. E. Munby, 30; Determination of the Heat of Dissociation and Combustion of, W. G. Mixter, 93; Report of the Committee on Acetylene Generators, 472; Synthesis of Acetylenic Acetones and B.Ketonic Ethers, Ch. Moureu and R. Delange, 263

Achariach, New Meteorological Station at, 85

"Acker" Fusion Process for the Electrolytic Production or Caustic Alkali and Chlorine at Niagara Falls, 324

Acheson Graphite Company (Niagara Falls), Electrodes Manu. factured by the, 420

Actions, Automatic, Will. A. Dixon, 102; Dr. W. Benthall, 152

Acoustics, Location of Open-Air Sound Loops and Nodes. Bergen Davis, 22; the Value of the Horns in Bighorn Wild Sheep as Ear-trumpets, George Wherry, 127; Change of Pitch in certain Sounds with Distance, Frederick M. West, 129; Dr. D. van Gulik, 174; Paul R. Heyl, 273; R. Freeman, 317; Air-Pressures in Playing Brass Instruments, Dr. E. H. Barton and S. C. Laws, 166; Experimental Phonetics, Prof. G. McKendrick, F. R.S., 182; the Interference of Sound, Lord Rayleigh, F. R.S., 278; Miniature Anemometer for Stationary Sound Waves, B. Davis, 404; Sounds Associated with Low Temperatures, Sir W. H. Preece, F.R.S., 487; Prof. J. D. Everett, F. R.S., 512; Charles J. P. Cave, 512; Spencer Pickering, F. R.S., 536

Adau.s (John Couch, F.R.S.). Lectures on the Lunar Theory, 583

Advanced Exercises in Practical Physics, Prof. Arthur Schuster and Dr. C. H. Lees, 364

Aeronautics the Meteorological Observations of the International Balloon Ascents of November 8, 1900, Dr. Hergesell, 36; International Balloon Ascents of June 13, 110; Meteorological Results of International Balloon Ascents, 229; International Balloon Ascents, December 5, 302; International Balloon Ascents on January 9, 421; Herr Kress's Machine, 87; Aerial Navigation by Bodies Heavier than Air, William Marriott and Eric Stuart Bruce, 167; Aeronautical Society, 167; Kites and Wireless Telegraphy, Dr. A. Lawrence Rotch, 198: Scientific Ballooning, W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 224; the Determination of the exact Trajectory of Aerostats with Respect to the Soil, H. Deslandres, 383; the Wreck of Santos Dumont No. 6, Dr. J. Y. Buchanan, F.R.S., 397 ; Novel Form of Flying Machine, Henri Villard, 518; Aeronautical Experiments with Gliding Machines, Wilbur Wright, 541

Aeroplane Machine, Herr Kress's, 87

Aether, Drift of the, the FitzGerald Lorentz Effect, Prof. W. M. Hicks, F. R.S., 343

Africa: the Sierra Leone Campaign against Mosquitoes, Major Ronald Ross, 35; Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson's Expedition to Study Leprosy in South Africa, 109; Primary Cause of Leprosy, J. Hutchinson, F. R.S., 496; on the Earwigs,

Cockroaches, Mantids and Stick-Insects Collected by Dr. Donaldson Smith in North-East Africa, J. A. G. Rehn, 180; the Extinct Blaauwbok of South Africa, G. Renshaw, 207; Mosasaurus, &c., Bones from Natal Coast Cretaceous, 229; the Birds of South Africa, A. C. Stark, completed by W. L. Sclater, 244; Peculiar Case of Fever with Parasite resembling that of Tsetse Fly Disease, Dr. J. Everett Dutton, 255; to the Mountains of the Moon, J. E. S. Moore, 273; Marine Organism from South Africa, 287; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. Emil Holub, 396; the Native Question in South Africa, 440; the Obstacles to Development in West Africa, Dr. C. F. Harford-Battersby, 371; Note on the Discovery of a New Trypanosoma, Lieut.Colonel D. Bruce, F. R.S., 454; Composition of an Antique Vase, M. Berthelot, 455; Petrology of British East Africa, G. T. Prior, 549; Prehistoric Graves and Remains at Girga, Egypt, to be Investigated by Dr. Elliott Smith, 571; Curiously Marked Pebbles from the Algerian Sahara, Dr. O. Abel, 594

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Agassiz (Prof. A.), Exploration of the Maldives, 398 Agazzetti (A.), Attempt to Train Flight of Pigeon whose Cerebral Hemisphere has been removed, 65 Agriculture; Sugar Cane Experiments in Antigua and St. Kitts, Francis Watts, 36; Sugar Canes at Barbadoes, Prof. D'Albuquerque and Mr. Bovell, 231; Experimental Cultivution of Hops at Wye, 109; Prevention of "Smut" in Oats, Prof. T. Johnson, 142; Damage done by "Smut to the Irish Oat Crop, and the Use of an American fungicide, Sar," Prof. Johnson, 518; Death and Obituary Notice of Sir J. Henry Gilbert, LL.D., F.R. S., 205; Cultivation of Clover on Soils Deprived of Lime, P. P. Dehérain and E. Demoussy, 215; Cultivation of Lucerne upon Soils without Lime, P. Dehérain and E. Demoussy, 287; the Small Farm and its Management, James Long, 271; Chemical Modifications in Plants submitted to the Influence of Sodium Chloride, E. Charabot and E. Hébert, 312; the West Indian Agricultural Conference, 1902, Prof. J. P. d'Albuquerque, 331; the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 483; Culture of Fodder Beet, P. P. Dehérain, 504; Susceptibility of Different Species of Bromegrasses to the Attacks of the Rust Fungus, Prof. Marshall Ward, F.R. S., 519; Poultry Management on a Farm, Walter Palmer, 583 the Uses of Electricity in Stimulating the Growth of Plants, Dr. Selim Lemström, 593

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Air on the Exploration of the Air at Sea by means of Kites,
A. Lawrence Rotch, 118; the Cooling Power and Conduc-
tivity of Air, P. Compan, 215; Optical Effect produced by
Refraction of Air, J. Barclay, 497; E. Edser, 497; Rotation
of a Lamina Falling in Air, A. Mallock, 510; the Photo-
graphy of Disturbances in Air, H. S. Allen, 574
Air-pressures in Playing Brass Instruments, Dr. E. H. Barton
and S. C. Laws, 166

Airy's (Sir G.) Reflex Zenith Tube, Prof. S. C. Chandler, 214
Aitken (R. G.), Observations of 194 Double Stars, 400
Alaska, Western, Measles in, Dr. Moore, 86

Albertine (Prof.), Absorption of Sugar from Stomach and Intestine, 63

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