Nature, 



September 28, 



1911J 



Index 



XXI 



Mauguin (C), Orientation of Liquid Crystals by the 

 Magnetic Field, 609 



Mawley (E.), Report on Phenological Observations for 

 1910, 438 



Mawson (Dr. Douglas), the Australasian Antarctic Expedi- 

 tion, 231 



Maya Astronomy, C. P. Bowditch, 307 



Mayer (Dr. C), Tests for Coal-tar Colours in Aniline 

 Lakes, G. Zerr, 107 



Maz^ (M.), Researches on the Formation of Nitrous Acids 

 in the Living Cell, 542 



Mazou^ (Mile. B.), Action of Ultra-violet Light upon 

 Amylase and Invertine, 609 



Mead (Ellwood), Conservation of Water in Australia, 266 



Meade-Waldo (G.), Wasps of the Seychelles, 608 



Medicine : General and Medical Biology, Prof. J. 

 McFarland, 106 ; Death and Obituary of Major George 

 Lamb, LM.S., 249; School Medical Service, 296; Use 

 of Adrenaline in the Vomiting of Pregnancy, R. Robin- 

 son, 372 ; Treatment of Distomatosis of Sheep with 

 Ethereal Extract of Male Fern, A. Railliet and others, 

 372; Use of Adrenaline in Cases of Troubles in Nutrition, 

 Excessive Vomiting, &c., R. Robinson, 474; Suprerenal 

 Optherapy in the Vomiting of Pregnancy, J. Regnault, 

 474 ; State Medical Service, the Dawn of the Health 

 Age, Dr. B. Moore, 1547 ; Obituary Notice of the late Sir 

 Rubert Boyce, F.R.S., 589 



Medicine : Laboratory Notes on Organic Chemistry for 

 Medical Students, Dr. Paul Haas, 276 



Mediterranean Civilisation, the Dawn of, A. Mosso, M. C. 

 Harrison, Rev. J. Griffith, 385 



Meisenheimer (Prof.), Optically Active Phosphorus-com- 

 pounds, 297 



Melanesians and Polynesians, Dr. George Brown, 146 



Melbourne University, Collected Papers from the Science 

 Laboratories of, 59 



Meldrum (Dr. A. N.), Development of the Atomic Theory, 



303. 473 

 Meltzer (S. J.), Distribution and Action of Soluble Sub- 

 stances in Frogs deprived of their Circulatorv Apparatus, 



438 



Memory, the Evolution of, H. Pi^ron, Dr. W. Brown, 342 



Mendelism,. Dr. F. H. A. Marshall, 173 



Mental Defect and Heredity, see Heredity 



Mercury Vapour Lamp : Progressive Diminution of Output 

 in the Ultra-violet with Quartz Mercury Lamps working 

 at High Temperatures, J. Courmont, C. Nogier, 609 



Mersereau (S. F.), Shop Problems in Mathematics, 39 



Meslin (G.), Circular Double Refraction in Sodium 

 Chlorate, 608 



Mesnil (F.), Papillomatous Neoformations in an Annelid, 

 102 



Metabolism, Influence of Atmospheric Pressure and 

 Humidity on Animal, W. Thomson, 303 



Metallography of the Gold-tellurium System, M. Coste, 201 



Metallurgy : Action of Mercury on Steel at High Pressures, 

 23 ; the Rusting of Iron, B. Lambert, 25, 178 ; Mr. 

 Thomson, 25; T. M. L., 179; Dr. Wyndham R. 

 Dunstan, 381 ; Alterability of Aluminium, H. Le 

 Chatelier, 135 ; an Introduction to the Study of 

 Metallurgy, Sir W. C. Roberts-Austen, K.C.B., F.R.S., 

 F. W. Harbord, 141 ; Annual Meeting of the Institution 

 of Mining and Metallurgy, Address on Modern Methods 

 of Ore-treatment, H. L. Sulman, i£;9 ; Association of 

 Lead with Uranium in Rock Minerals and Application to 

 Measurement of Geological Time, A. Holmes, 233 ; Iron 

 Bacteria, Prof. Hans Molisch, 344 ; Properties of some 

 Alloys of Copper, Aluminium, and Manganese, W. 

 Rosenhain, F. C. A. H. Lantsberry, 400 ; Definite Com- 

 pounds of Arsenic and Tin, P. Jolibois, 439 ; the Gases 

 contained in Steels, G. Charpy, S. Bonnerot, 439 ; the 

 Hard and Soft States in Metals, Dr. G. T. Beilby, 

 F.R.S., 501 ; the Roasting of Complex Ores in Gold 

 Assaying, A. C. Hoare, 505 ; the Metallurgy of Lead, 

 H. F. Collins, Sir W. C. Roberts-Austin, K.C.B., 

 F.R.S., 581 ; the Luders' Lines on Mild Steel, W. Mason, 

 607 



Metoorology : What will the Weather be? the Amateur 

 Forecaster's Vade Mecum, H. G. Busk, 77 ; Southern 

 Hemisphere Surface-air Circulation, Sir N. Lockyer, 

 K.C.B., F.R.S.. Dr. Lockyer. Dr. J. Hann, in; Insur- 

 ance against Rain, 144 ; C. O. Bartrum, 179 ; les 



Ph^nom^nes P^riodiques de la Vegetations dans leur 

 Rapports avec les Variations climatiques, Dr. E. Vander- 

 linden, J. E. Clark, 192 ; Periodogram Method applied 

 to Rainfall Records, Prof. H. H. Turner, 233 ; Meteor- 

 ological Reports and Summaries, 297 ; Value of the Two- 

 theodolite Method for Determining Vertical Air Motion, 

 Capt. C. H. Ley, 303 ; a Zenith Halo, K. C. Kreyer, 

 349 ; E. Gold, 349, 448 ; Dr. E. van Everdingen, 448 ; 

 Solectrics, a Theory explaining the Cause of Tempests, 

 Seismic and Volcanic Disturbances, Capt. A. J. Cooper, 

 481 ; Discussion of the Barograph Records kept by the 

 late Mr. P. Bell at Castle O'er, Dumfriesshire, 1902-8, 

 Dr. C. Chree, 575 ; Experiments at Epsom to obtain a 

 Record of Variations of Size of Raindrops, S. C. Russell, 

 575 ; Dynamic Meteorology and Hydrography, Prof. V. 

 Bjerknes and others, E. Gold, 577 



Meteors : June Meteors, J. R. Henry, 484 



Methuen (Hon. Paul A.), an Amphipod from the Transvaal, 

 607 



Meunier (J.), Spectra produced by Combustion of Hydro- 

 carbons and of various Metals, 609 



Meunier (Prof. S.), 1 'Evolution des Theories g^ologiques, 

 580 



Meyer (A.), Azomethines derived from Phenylisoxazolone, 

 609 



Michaud (F.), Causes which may Produce the Variation at 

 Constant Temperature of the Vapour Pressure of a 

 Liquid, 20i 



Microscopy : a New Dark-ground Illuminator, Lees Curties, 

 33 ; Objective Mount fitted with Iris Diaphragm, E. M. 

 Nelson, 199 ; Grundziige der mikroskopischen Technik 

 fiir Zoologen und Anatomen, A. B. Lee, P. Mayer, 241 ; 

 Paste Eels, J. Phin, 312; Low-power Photomicrography, 

 Colouring Methods, E. J. Spitta, 405 ; Grayson's Rulings, 

 E. J. Spitta, 405 ; Reappearance of the Nucleolus in 

 Mitosis, E. J. Shepherd, 405 ; New Apparatus for Photo- 

 micrography with the Microscope in the Inclined Position, 

 Senor D. de Oureta, 405 



Middlemiss (C. S.), the Kangra Earthquake of April 4, 

 1905, 16 



Milk : Action of Animal Extracts on Milk Secretions, Prof. 

 E. A. Schafer, K. Mackenzie, 100 ; Some Asiatic Milk 

 Products, D. Hooper, 507 



Mill (Dr. H. R.), Frequency and Grouping of Wet Days in 

 London, 438 



Millis (C. T..), the Problem of Industrial Training, 182 



Milne (Prof. J., F.R.S.), the National Physical Laboratory 

 during iqio, 123 ; Velocity of Earth Movements caused 

 by the Messina Earthquake, 125; Daylight Saving? 183, 

 278; the Penny, a Suggestion, 216 



Milne (Dr. J. R.), Measurements on Scattering of Light ty 

 Ground Glass, 438 



Milne (Mrs. L.), Shans at Home, 314 



Milne (Dr. W. P.), a Symmetrical Method of Generating 

 Cubic Curves by Apolar Pencils, 337 ; Homogeneous Co- 

 ordinates for Use in Colleges and Schools, 479 



Milton (J. T.), Diesel Engines, 226 



Mimicry : Mimicry in the Butterflies of Africa, H. Eltring- 

 ham, 70 ; Protective Mimicry, 137 ; Phenomena of 

 Mimicry amongst Butterflies in Bourbon, Mauritius, and 

 Ceylon, Lieut.-Col. N. Manders, 471 ; Palatability of 

 some British Insects, Significance of Mimetic Re- 

 semblances, R. I. Pocock, F.R.S., 471 



Mineralogical Society, 234 



Mineralogy : Two New Minerals from Binnenthal, Switzer- 

 land, R. H. Solly, 234 ; Cassiterite in the Malay 

 Peninsula, J. B. Scrivenor, 234 ; Occurrence of Dundas'te 

 in Derbyshire and County Galway and of Bertrandite in 

 Cornwall, A. Russell, 234 ; the Meteorites in Bloem- 

 fontein Museum, Prof. W. A. D. Rudge, 236 ; Mineral 

 Composition of the Bee, F. Aronssohn, 406 ; Obituary 

 Notice of Prof. M. H. N. Story Maskelyne, 452 



Mining : Canadian Mineral Statistics, 58 ; Relationship of 

 Structure and Petrology to the Occurrence of Petroleum, 

 A. Beeby Thompson, 33 ; Shaft Sinking against Water 

 in Fissured Ground by Cement Injection, A. L. Shrager, 

 33 ; Modern Methods of Ore Treatment, Address at the 

 Annual Meeting of the Institution of Mining and 

 Metallurgy, H. Livingstone Sulman, ii;g; Occurrence of 

 the Barium-felspar Celsian in North Wales, Arthur 

 Russell, 180 ; Experiments with Coal Dust in French 

 Collieries, Prof. W. Galloway, 223 ; the Composition of 



