June 18, 1903

ABBOTT (GEORGE), Cellular Magnesian Limestone of Dur-
ham, 214-15

Abercromby (the Hon. John), the Oldest Bronze-age Ceramic
Type in Britain, 118

Aberration, Spherical, of the Eye, Edwin Edser, 559
Aboriginal Remains in North-west Florida, Clarence B.
Moore, 612

Academy, the British, 104

Academy of Sciences, Prizes Proposed by the, for the Year
1903, 259

l'Achiardi (Dr. Antonio), Death of, 155

Aconcagua and Tierra del Fuego, Sir M. Conway, 175
Acoustics: Quasi-waves, P. Duhem, 71; the Paradox of the
Piano Player, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 127; Sound
Waves and Electromagnetics, the Pan-potential, Oliver
Heaviside, F.R.S., 202; on the Vowel " I " (as in Pique),
Louis Bevier, 251; the Archives of Phonographic Re-
cords, 301; the Affective Quality of Auditory Rhythm,
Robert MacDougall, 399; Characteristics of Electric
Earth-current Disturbances and their Origin, J. E.
Taylor, 454; Transmission of Sound through the Atmo-
sphere, C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 502

Across Coveted Lands, A. H. Savage Landor, 489
Activity, the Principle of, and Lagrange's Equations,
Rotation of a Rigid Body, Prof. W. McF. Orr, 368;
Oliver Heaviside, F.R.S., 368

Adams (G. I.), Eastern Choctaw Coalfield, 448; the Oil- and
Gas-fields of the Western Interior and Northern Texas
Coal-measures, and of the Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary
of the Western Gulf Coast, 449

Adams (Lionel), the Mole (Talpa Europaea),_95
Adams (Prof.), Proper Motion of the Sun Compared with
Stellar Velocities, 400; New Spectroscopic Binaries, 472
deney (Dr. W. E.), Ultra-violet Spark Spectrum of
Ruthenium, 406

Adkin (R.), a Hybrid Selenia bilunaria x S. tetralunaria,

214

Ador (E.), Euvres complètes de Jean-Charles Galissard de
Marignac, 146

Adrenalin as a Life Restorer, 326

Aerial Navigation: a Practical Handbook on the Construc-
tion of Dirigible Balloons, Aërostats, Aëroplanes and
Aëromotors, Frederick Walker, 218

érography, Evolution of, Percival Lowell, 114
eronautics: International Balloon Ascents made from April
to June last, Dr. H. Hergesell, 13; in July, August and
September, Dr. Hergesell, 135; of October 2 and
November 6, 1902, Dr. Hergesell, 326; of December 4,
Dr. Hergesell, 398; International Balloon Ascents of
January 9, 444; Lebaudy's Navigable Balloon Ascent, 63;
the Lebaudy Dirigible Balloon, 350; Meteorology at Great
Altitudes, A. Lawrence Rotch, 137; Dr. von Bezold on
the Importance of Aeronautics for Meteorological Re-
searches, 138; Prof. Hergesell on International Aero-
nautical Experiments for the Scientific Exploration of the
Atmosphere, 138; General Rykatchef on the Preliminary

sults attained with Kites, Ballons-sondes, and
anned Balloons during the past Five Years in Russia,
138; M. Teisserenc de Bort on Results of Observations of
the Decrease of Temperature in the High Atmosphere,
139; Observations of the Berlin Aëronautical Observatory,
Prof. Assmann, 139; Registration Balloon of Caoutchouc,
Prof. Assmann, 139; Sensitive Ther!..ometer for Registra-
tion Balloons, M. Teisserenc de Bort, 139; Exploration

of the Atmosphere over the Ocean by Kites and Kite
Stations, A. L. Rotch, 139; Results obtained from Con-
tinuous Soundings of the Atmosphere, M. Teisserenc de
Bort, 140; Atmospheric Carriers of Electricity, Prof.
Ebert, 140; Journeys across the Sea in a Balloon, Henri
Hervé's Balloon, Lieut.-Colonel G. Espitalier, 181;
Aerial Navigation: a Practical Handbook on the Con-
struction of Dirigible Balloons, Aërostats, Aëroplanes and
Aëromotors, Frederick Walker, 218; Variations in the
Activity of Reduction of Oxyhæmoglobin in the Course of
a Balloon Ascent, M. Tripet, 287; Travels in Space, E.
Seton Valentine and F. L. Tomlinson, Prof. G. H. Bryan,
F.R.S., 293; International Aëronautical Ascents of
February 5, 519; Experiments by M. Canovetti on the
Resistance of the Air to Moving Bodies, M. Barbet, 592
Afforestation of the Black Country, Prof. W. Schlich,
F.R.S., 395

Africa the South African Sheep and Goat Disease known
as "Heartwater," C. P. Lounsbury, 38; Agriculture and
Forestry in the Transvaal, 86; Discovery of a New Form-
ation, the "Ibiquas Series," in Cape Colony, 113; the
Enemies of Lepidoptera in Natal, G. F. Leigh, 166;
Traces of Past Glacial Action in the Orange River
Colony, South Africa, G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, 223;
Quartz Crystals of Peculiar Habit from South Africa,
T. V. Barker, 382; the Sedimentary Deposits of Southern
Rhodesia, A. J. C. Molyneux, 383; Uniform Time
Adopted by South African Governments,
519; Die
Wanderheuschrecken und ihre Bekämpfung in unseren
afrikanischen Kolonieen, Dr. L. Sander, 244; Bird Ex-
termination about Cairo, Dr. W. Innes, 328
Aftermath of the Paris Exhibition, the, Dr. F. Mollwo
Perkin, 465

Agassiz (Alexander, For. Mem. R.S.), on the Formation of
Barrier Reefs and of the Different Types of Atolls, Paper
read at the Royal Society, 547

:

L'Age de la Pierre, G. Rivière, 55
Agriculture Meteorological Observatories and Agriculture
in U.S.A., 65; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Field
Operations of the Bureau of Soils, 1901, 485; Field Oper-
ations of the Division of Soils, 1900, Milton Whitney,
Supp. November 6, 1902, vi.; Agriculture and Forestry
in the Transvaal, 86; Agricultural Industry and Educa-
tion in Hungary, 102; Phellomyces sclerotiophorus
Potato Scab, Prof. T. Johnson, 166; Swede-rot from
County Down, Prof. T. Johnson, 263; Bird Extermination
about Cairo, Dr. W. Innes, 328; Agricultural Notes, 354;
Agriculture in West Indies, 355; Cotton Cultivation in
the West Indies, 543; Annali della Regia Scuola Superiore
di Agricoltura di Portici, 582; Chemical Agriculture:
Circuit of Nitrogen, Prof. Meyer, 21; the Problem of
Alkali in the Soil, J. D. Tinsley, 66; Pot Experiments to
Determine the Limits of Endurance for Injurious Sub-
stances, Wheat, F. B. Guthrie and R. Helms, 120; In-
ternal Action of Copper Sulphate in the, Resistance of
the Potato to Phytophthora infestans, Emile Laurent,
167; Chimica Agraria, Campestre e Silvano, Italo
Giglioli, 169; Virgil on Agriculture and the Nitrification
of the Soil, Dr. George Henderson, 191; the Potash
Salts their Production and Application to Agriculture,
Industry and Horticulture, L. A. Groth, 222; Fluctua-
tions in the Level and in the Alkaline Character of the
Ground Water, W. P. Headden, 305; Nitrogen and
Carbon in Clays and Marls, Dr. N. H. J. Miller, 478;

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