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Index 



April \\, igii 



Physics (continued) : 



with special reference to the Question of Reflection, 

 Lord Rayleigh, O.M., F.R.S., 401 ; Elastic Pressure of 

 Saturated Vapours, F. Ollive, 471 ; Properties of Sub- 

 stances under Pressures up to 13,000 Atmospheres, 

 P. W. Bridj^man, 492 



Physiologfical Instrument : Stereotaxic Instrument for 

 directing Needles to any Point in an Animal's Brain, 

 R. H. Clarke, 604 



Physiology : Altitude, Effect of, upon the Dissociation Curve 

 of the Blood, J. Barcroft, 435 ; Atmospheric Pressures, 

 Physiological Effects of Low, Dr, J. S. Haldane and 

 others, 434 ; Casein, Digestion of, L. Gaucher, 99 ; 

 Cholesterol in the Animal Organism, Origin and Destiny 

 of, G. VV. Ellis and J. A. Gardner, 234 ; Corpuscles, 

 Relation between the Lytic Point of Red, in Hypotonic 

 Salt Solutions and Tonicity of the Serum in Terms of 

 NaCl, Major Cornwall, 604 ; Dogs, Elimination of 

 Aminoid Nitrogen in Depancreatised, H. Labb^ and L. 

 Violle, 436 ; Gastric Acidity, J. Winter, 436 ; Intestinal 

 Immunisation against Eberthian Infection in the Rabbit, 

 Duration, J. Courmont and A. Rochaix, 201 ; Pigment, 

 the Tropics and, W. Lowe, 539 ; Progression of the 

 Mammal, Intrinsic Factors in the Art of, Dr. T. Graham 

 Brown, 131 ; Urine, Determination of the Acidity of, 

 L. Grimbert and J. Morel, 573 



Physiology, Comparative : Vergleichende Physiologic, Prof. 

 A. Putter, 277 



Physiology, Experimental : Arbeiten aus dem Gebiet der 

 experimentellen Physiologie, Dr. Hans Friedenthal, 209 



Physiology, Plant : Formation of Hydrocyanic Acid during 

 Germination of Seeds, C. Ravenna and M. Zamorani, 19 ; 

 Effect on Vegetation of Extraordinary Darkness, J. 

 Friedel, 67 ; Action of various Polyureides and of 

 Hippuric Acid on Development and Tuber Formation of 

 Radish, M. Molliard, 133 ; Gases present in the Floats of 

 certain Marine Algae, A. H. S. Lucas, 201 ; Fibro- 

 vascular System of the Apple and Pear (Pome), D. 

 McAlpine, 201, 437; Comparison of Phenomena of Oxida- 

 tion in Galls and in the Homologous Normal Organs, 

 M. Molliard, 436 ; Various Papers, 463 ; Is Humus a 

 Direct Source of Carbon for the Higher Green Plants? 

 M. Molliard, 539 ; Development of Hydrogen Cyanide 

 during Germination of Seeds, MM. Ravenna and Vecchi, 



564 



Pigments : Melanic Pigments of Animal Origfin, M. Piettre, 

 33 ; the Yellow Pigment of Egg-yolk, Drs. Willstatter 

 and Esch, 493 ; Pigments, and their Value in Detecting 

 Forgeries, Dr. A. P. Laurie, 561 



Plague in East Anglia, 56 



Plankton Net, a Self-closing, for Horizontal Towing, Prof. 

 Kofoid, Dr. G. H. Fowler, 597 



Plant Diseases, Legislation against, 127 ; Proposed Card 

 Index of, 489 ; see also Bacteriology 



Plants, Anatomical Modification of, by Dust from Tarred 

 Roads, C. L. Gatin and M. Fluteaux, 166 



Platinum, Earliest Industrial Use of, W. Burton, 605 



Poisons : Influence of Chemical Constitution on Toxicity of 

 Nitriles and Amides, 99 ; Toxic Properties of the Mapou 

 (Agauria pyrifolia), M. Radais and A. Sartory, 133 ; 

 Specific Nature of Anti-toxic Sera: Sera for Use against 

 Snake-poisons. M. Arthus, 403 ; Intoxication by Venoms 

 and by Proteids, M. Arthus, 436 ; Toxicity of Amanita 

 phalloides, MM. Radais and Sartory, 403 ; Novel Means 

 of Defence of the Organism : Skeptophylaxis, M. 

 Lambert and others, 403 ; Toxicity of Compounds of 

 Arsenic employed in Therapeutics, A. Mouneyrat, 539 



Polar Exploration, Dr. W. S. Bruce, 39 ; see also Antarctic 



Political Geography of the Frontier of India and China, 

 A. Rose. CLE., 385 



Potato : Soluble Substances in Plasma of Tubercles of 

 Potato, G. Andr6, 269 ; Effect of certain Chemicals on 

 Vitality of Buds of Potato Tubers and their Disinfective 

 Action on the Potato Blight, F. Stoward, 304 ; Potato- 

 moth : Biology of, and Occurrence in France, F. Picard, 

 436 ; Potato Plant Diseases, R. S. Home, 491 



Precipitin Reaction, 566 



Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, 17 ; Prehistoric Parables, 

 Wilson Bell, Horace Taylor, 546 



Prism-binocular, 589 



Psychology : a First Book in Psychology, Prof. Mary W. 



Calkins, 139 ; Erkentnisstheorie, Prof. E. Durr, 139 ; 

 Psychology of Education, Prof. J. Welton, Prof. J. A. 

 Green, 205 ; the Essentials of Psychology, Prof. W. B. 

 Pillsbury, 273 

 Psychology, Animal : la Nouvelle Psychologic Animale, G. 

 Bohn, Dr. Wm. Brown, 173 ; Clever Hans (the Horse of 

 Mr. Van Osten), Oskar Pfungst, Dr. Wm. Brown, 173 ; 

 .Animal Intelligence, E. L. Thorndike, Dr. W. Brown, 306 



Radiating Power of Air, E. Gold, 448 



Radiation : Conference on the Theory of Radiation, Prof. 

 E. Rutherford, F.R.S., 83; New Method of Determining 

 the Radiation Constant, G. A. Shakespear, 401 



Radiation Constant, Solar, C. G. Abbott, 293, 490 



Radio-activity : Variation with Time of Radio-activity, 

 Madame Curie, 87 ; Radio-activity of the Waters of Vals- 

 les-Bains, C. and J. de Beaujeu, 133 ; the a Particles 

 emitted by the Active Deposits of Thorium and Actinium, 

 E. Marsden and T. Barratt, 234 ; Persistent Radio- 

 activity of the Organism under the Influence of Radium 

 in an Insoluble Form, H. Dominici and others. 403 ; 

 Scattering of o Particles, Dr. H. Geiger, 469 ; Effect of 

 Temperature upon Radio-active Disintegration, A. S. 

 Russell, 469 ; Origin of the Rays from Radio-active 

 Substances, Prof. E. Rutherford, 605 ; see also Physics, 

 General 



Radiography and Intestinal Kinks, Dr. A. C. Jordan, 456 



Radiology : Vital Effects of Radium and other Rays : 

 Royal Institution Discourse, Sir J. Mackenzie Davidson, 

 600 



Radium : Quantity of Radium Emanation disengaged by 

 Spring at Colombiferes-sur-Orb, H^rault, J. Danne and 

 V. Cr^mieu, 98; Action of Radium Salts on Glass, 

 W. A. D. Rudge, 167 ; the Atomic Weight of Radium, 

 R. Whytlaw-Gray and Sir W. Ramsay, K.C.B., 537 



Railway Transition Curve, E. M. Horsburgh, 304 



Rainbows, Multiple, E. Newbery, 42 



Reference Work : Who's Who in Science (International), 

 1912, 546 



Religion : the Golden Bough, Prof. J. G. Frazer, A. E. 

 Crawley, 203 



Reptiles, Horned Lizards of California, &c., H. C. Bryant, 

 491 



Research Defence Society and Anti-Vivisection Shops, 

 Right Hon. Earl Cromer and others, 77 ; Research 

 Defence Society, 45/; 



Research, France and the Endowment of, A. E. Crawley, 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf : 



Aeronautics : Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Tech- 

 nical Reports for 1910-11, 217; Bryan (Prof. G. H., 

 F.R.S.), Stability in Aviation, 406; Hoernes (Lieut.- 

 Colonel H.), J. H. Ledeboer, a Compendium of 

 Aviation and Aerostation : Balloons, Dirigibles, and 

 Flying-machines, 346 ; Johnson (V. E.), Flying and 

 Some of its Mysteries, 140 ; Langley (S. P.), C. M. 

 Maniy, Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Maurice E. J, 

 Gheury, 451 ; Porter (J. Robertson), the Helicopter 

 Flying-machine : an Account of Previous Experiments, 

 including the Author's Turbine Machine, 346 



Agriculture : Bailey (Prof. L. H.), the Country-life Move- 

 ment in the United States, loi ; Farm and Garden 

 Rule-book : a Manual of Ready Rules and Reference, 

 512 ; Bricker (Garland A.), Teaching of Agriculture in 

 the High School, 70 ; Dudgeon (G. C). the Agricul- 

 tural and Forest Products of British West Africa, 443 ; 

 Duggar (Prof. J. F.), Southern Field Crops (exclusive 

 of Forage Plants), Dr. E. J. Russell, 3 ; Fream 

 (Dr. W.), Prof. J. R. Ainsworth-Davis' (Editor). 

 Elements of Agriculture, 479; Hall (A. D., F.R.S.) and 

 Dr. E. J. Russell, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries : 

 a Report on the Agriculture and Soils of Kent, Surrey, 

 and Sussex, 27!; ; Hart (J. H.), Cacao : a Manual on 

 the Cultivation and Curing of Cacao, 375 ; Hopkins 

 (C. G.), the Story of the Soil : from the Basis of 

 Absolute Science and Real Life, Dr. E. J. Russell, 

 541 ; Tod (H. M.). Vine-growing in England, 173 



Archaeology : Bell (Wilson), Horace Taylor, Prehistoric 

 Parables, 546 ; British School of Athens, Annual of the. 



