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Index 



[Natutt, 

 April II, 191J 



Geology {continued^ : 



the Earth and its Inhabitants, with Historical Intro- 

 duction, Prof. J. W. Judd, C.B., F.R.S., 38; Geology 

 for Engineers, Lieut. -Col. R. F. Sorsbie, R.E., 171 ; 

 Secrets of the Hills, and how Ronald Read Them, 

 Sterling Craig, 347 

 British : Field Note-book of Geological Illustrations, 

 Hilda D. Sharpe, 74; Channel Islands : Petrology, Prof. 

 T. G. Bonney, 199 ; Herefordshire : an Inlier of 

 Longmyndian and Cambrian at Pedwardine, Dr. A. H. 

 Cox, 603; Isle of Wight and South of England Inter- 

 glacial Gravel Beds of the, Prof. E. Hull, 164; Lea, 

 a Late Glacial Stage in the Valley of the River, 

 subsequent to the Epoch of River-drift Man, S. H. 

 Warren and others, 470 ; Mayo, Ordovician and 

 Silurian Rocks of the Kilbride Peninsula, C. I. 

 Gardiner and Prof. S. H. Reynolds, 402 ; Somerset, 

 the Faulted Inlier of Carboniferous Limestone at 

 Upper Vobster, Dr. T. F. Sibly, 267 ; Suffolk, Glacial 

 Sections at Sudbury, Rev. E. Hill, 402 

 Foreign : Africa, West, Parabolic Form of the Exposed 

 Acid Crystalline Rocks in, H. Hubert, 67 ; Arizona, 

 the Grand Canon of, D. W. Johnson, 22 ; Brandenburg, 

 Geologische Ausfluge in der Mark, K. Hucke, 140 ; 

 Costa Rica, Geology of a Part of, J. Romanes, 267; 

 Malay States, the Gopeng Beds of Kinta, J, B. 

 Scrivenor, 164 ; New Zealand : Graptolites from Pre- 

 servation Inlet, West Coast of New Zealand, T. S. 

 Hall, 33 ; Geology of New Zealand, Prof. J. Park, 

 309; United States, Geological Work in the, 21 

 Geometry : Non-Euclidean Geometry, H. de Sadow-Pittard, 

 Dr. D. M. Y. Sommerville, 8 ; a First Book of Geometry, 

 J. V. H. Coates, 105 ; Theoretical Geometry for Beginners, 

 C. H. Allcock, 105 ; Solid Geometry, C. Godfrey, 

 M. V. O., and A. W. Siddons, 105 ; Engineering Descrip- 

 tive Geometry, Commander F. W. Bartlett and Prof. 

 T. W. Johnson, 105 ; a New Geometry, W. M. Baker and 

 A. A. Bourne, 207 ; Parametric Coefificients in the Dif- 

 ferential Geometry of Curves, Dr. S. Mukhopadhyaya, 

 207 ; Theory of Complex Cartesian Coordinates, Prof. 

 G. B. Mathews, F.R.S., 279; Sur la Notion de Courbure, 

 et sur quelques Points de Geom^trie infinit^simale non 

 euclidienne, C. Cailler, Prof. Bryan, F.R.S., 580; Some 

 Differential Properties of the Orthogonal Trajectories of 

 a Congruence of Curves, R. A. P. Rogers, 605 

 Geophysical Research : Presidential Address to Washington 



Philosophical Society, Dr. A. L. Day, 331 

 Gifts and Grants to Science and Education : 



Britain : Agricultural Research Institutes, a grant of 

 3o,oooZ. per annum from the Development Fund, 560 ; 

 Rothamsted, 2000^ annually, proposed by the Minister 

 for Agriculture, 591 ; Aviation, Army Aeroplane Bat- 

 talion, 75Z. to Officers towards expenses, the War 

 Office, 15 ; Army and Navy School of Aviation on 

 Salisbury Plain, and other Aviation Services, 322,000!. 

 (an increased provision of 177,000!.), Government, 592 ; 

 Birmingham University, a penny rate to realise 

 i6,oooZ., recommended by the Education Committee, 

 468, 536 ; 250Z. per annum for a Lectureship on Mine 

 Rescue Work, the Coal Owners' Association of the 

 S. Midland District, 570 ; Cambridge University, 

 Research Studentship in Physiologv of looZ. every 

 other year. Dr. J. B. Hurry, 500 ; Edinburgh Univer- 

 sity, Forestry Department, 9000Z., 328; London: 

 Bedford College for Women, loo.oooJ. Endowment 

 Fund, 77,oooI. from the L.C.C., 5000I. from the Gold- 

 smiths' Co., and various subscriptions, 266, 468, 536; 

 London : Horniman Museum Extension, 455 ; London : 

 King's College for Women, io,oooI., from the Gold- 

 smiths' Co., 468; London : King's College for Women, 

 Household Science Department, ioo,oooZ., the Marquis 

 of Anglesea, Mrs. Wharrie, and others, 501 ; London, 

 University College, 7000Z., A. R. T. Momber, 65, 

 loooL, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baily, 233, New School 

 of Architecture, 30,000!., Anon., 266, Chemical Depart- 

 ment, loooZ. from the Goldsmiths' Co., 468; University 

 College Hospital, loooZ., Mrs. C. Kayler, 130; National 

 Physical Laboratory. loooL, from the Goldsmiths' Co., 

 468 ; Southampton, Hartley University College, 20,962!. 

 from various sources towards the 31,000!. required 

 by April i, 603 ; Wales, University College of, at 



Aberystwith, 6020Z. for a Professor's Year of Trav : 

 Fund, from the late Dr. R. D. Roberts, 434 



Africa: South African Research Workers, five grant 

 totalling 250/., from the Joint Committee, 522 



Australia: Sydney University, three new chairs, 25o< . 

 for extension of existing departments, and grants f' 

 apparatus and library, Government Grant, 571 ; Ur. 

 versity of Adelaide, endowment for Lowrie Post- 

 graduate Scholarships, Anon., 593 



Canada: McGill University, Endowment Fund, 300,000/., 

 collected in five days, 163 



India, Education Fund for Europeans and Eurasians in 

 India, 6600I, (a lakh of rupees). Anon., 468 



Jerusalem, for a Jewish College, 80,000/. from a Jewish 

 Native of India, 400 



Nobel Prises, 84 



Paris Academy of Sciences, 10,000/. to facilitate Researcli 

 by Young Scientific Men, Prince Roland Bonaparte, 

 201, 219; Paris University, 20,000/., from Marquise 

 Arconati Visconti, 302, 336 ; 5000/. from G. Leygues, 

 6000/. from D. Weill, 368-369 



United States : Agriculture, National Department of, 

 3,094,1*7/. Government Grant, 565; Allegheny Ob- 

 servatory, 2000/., 336; American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, 1000/., the late Miss J. M. 

 Smith, 336 ; American Museum of Natural History, 

 20,000/., New York Botanical Garden, 10,000/., 

 American Geographical Society, 5000/., all from the 

 late D. O. Mills, 266; Beloit College, 10,000/., Mrs. 

 Rufus H. Sage, 536; Brown University, 80,000/., by 

 subscription, 65 ; Bryn Mawr College for Women, 

 125,000/., the late Miss E. C. WoerishofTer, 96; Cali- 

 fornia University and Huron College, each 100,000/., 

 from the late Mrs. Jan K. Sacher, 336 ; Columbia 

 University, New York, 507,000/. in benefactions during 

 the year, including 195,000/. by the will of J. S. 

 Kennedy, and 4000/. by the will of Miss Phoebe C. 

 Swords, 163, 267 ; 16,260/. in gifts, including 6000/. 

 from Dr. W. H. Nichols, and 5000/. from Mrs. Russell 

 Sage, 603 ; Dartmouth College, the Hitchcock Mansion 

 and Estate, valued at 10.000/., Howe Library of 

 Hanover, 10,000/., the late Mrs. E. H. Hitchcock, 501 ; 

 Michigan University, an extra 41,600/., State Grant, 

 163 ; Minnesota University, 2000/., State Grant, 163 ; 

 Oberlin College, 100,000/. endowment fund, 603 ; Pitts- 

 burg University, 2000/., 336 ; Princeton University, a 

 printing plant costing 25,000/., Ch. Scnbner, 65 ; St. 

 Lawrence University, 40,000/., 336; Seismological 

 Society of America, 1000/., R. W. Sayles, 536; Stan- 

 ford University, 2000/. for library dealing with diseases 

 of the eye, ear, &c., Prof. A. Barkan, 31 ; Transylvania 

 University, 50,000/., subscriptions, 603 ; Washington : 

 National Geographic Society and American Forestry 

 Association, each 1000/., School of Liberal Arts and 

 Sciences, 1000/., 336; Wisconsin University, buildings 

 costing 200,000/., 369; Various Universities and 

 Colleges, 801,000/., the late J. S. Kennedy, 96; Six 

 Colleges and Universities, 127,000/., the General Educa- 

 tion Board, 130 

 Glaciers : Glaciology in the United States, 22 ; Character- 

 istics of Existing Glaciers, Prof. W. H. Hobbs, 71 ; 



Etudes Glaciologiques en Savoie, Prof. T. G. Bonney, 



F.R.S., 415; Glaciers in S. Norway, J. Rekstad, Dr. 



MachaCek, 460 

 Globe, Wilson's Folding, 5 

 Gold Field, Hedley, British Columbia, 296 

 Golden Bough, the : a Study in Magic and Religion, Prof. 



J. G. Frazer, A. E. Crawley, 203 

 Greek Question at Oxford, 156 

 Guiana Forest, In the, J. Rodway, 518 

 Gun Sighting, New System invented bv H. Ommundsen, 



Sir G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 



Health Congress to be held in Berlin in July, 17 



Heat : Senior Heat, Dr. R. W. Stewart and Dr. J. 



Satterly, 107 ; Cubical Expansion of Fused Silica, F. J. 



Harlow, 234 ; Simple Relation between Coefficient of 



Expansion of Liquids and the Temperature, M. Osw-ald, 



436 

 Heredity : Heredity and the Jew, Dr. R. N. Salaman, 



