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Index 



r Nature, 

 \.A^ril II, 191a 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf {continued) : 



Leather (J. W.) and Jatindra Nath Mukerji, the Indian 

 Saltpetre Industry, 330; Mulliken (Prof. S. P.), Identi- 

 fication of the Commercial DyestufTs, Prof. Arthur G. 

 Green, 339 ; Mosler (L. P.), die moderne graphische 

 Reproduktion : ein Fiihrer und Ratgeber durch das 

 Gebiet dee Illustrationswesens, 243 ; Trotman (S. R.), 

 and E. L. Thorp, the Principles of Bleaching and 

 Finishing of Cotton, 138 ; Worden (Dr. Edward C), 

 Nitrocellulose Industry, 69 

 Veterinary Science: " Rangln," Lieut. -Colonel D. C. 

 Phillott, the Faras-Nama-e Rangin ; or, the Book of 

 the Horse, 172 

 Vulcanology : Daly (Reg. A.), the Nature of Volcanic 



Action, 70 

 Zoology, Invertebrate : Annandale (Dr. N.), Dr. A. E. 

 Shipley, F.R.S., Editor, the Fauna of British India : 

 Fresh-water Sponges, Hydroids, and Polyzoa, 511 ; 

 Austen (E. E.), a Handbook of the Tsetse-flies [Genus 

 Glossina], 204; Caiman (Dr. W. T.), the Life of 

 Crustacea, 180; Fabre (J. H.), A. T. de Mattos, the 

 Life and Love of the Insect, 106 ; Nuttall (G. H. F.), 

 C. Warburton, W. F. Copper, and L. E. Robinson, 

 Ticks, 123 ; Sars (Prof. G. O.), an Account of the 

 Crustacea of Norway, vol. v. : Copepoda Harpacti- 

 coida, W. A. Cunnington, 276 

 Zoology, Vertebrate : British Ornithological Club, 

 Bulletin, edited by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant : Report on 

 the Immigration of Summer Residents, &c., 318; 

 Osborn (Prof. Henry Fairfield), the Age of Mammals 

 in Europe, Asia, and North America, 135 ; Regan 

 (C. Tate), the Fresh-water Fishes of the British Isles, 

 373 ; Someren (Dr. R. A. L. van) and V. G. L. van 

 Someren, Studies of Bird-life in Uganda, Sir H. H. 

 Johnston, 374 ; Westell (W. P.), the Young Ornitholo- 

 gist : a Guide to the Haunts, Homes, and Habits of 

 British Birds, 352 

 Roads : Road-metal for Motor Traffic in Maryland, 22 ; 



Road Board Report, 88 

 Robin, Confessions of a, Lieut. -Col. A. F. Mockler- 



Ferryman, 209 

 Rock Crystal : Cantor Lectures, Dr. A. E. H. Tutton, 



F.R.S., 261 ; Correction, 291 

 Rocky Mountain Explorations North of Yellow Head Pass, 



Prof. J. Norman Collie, F.R.S., 4i;5 

 Rontgen Radiations. Characteristic, R. Whiddington, 143 

 Rontgen Society, Presidential Address, A. A. Campbell 



Swinton, 191 

 Roses, H. R. Darlington, 444 

 Royal Geographical Society : Geography of British Central 



Africa, Sir A. Sharpe, K.C.M.G., C.B., 195 

 Royal Society : Medal Awards, 49 ; Anniversary Meeting, 



181 : see Society 

 Rubber : Guayule : a Rubber-plant of the Chihuahuan 

 Desert, 215; the Rubber-planter's Notebook, F. Braham, 

 242 ; the Passage of Hydrogen through the Rubber Tissue 

 of Aerostats, G. Austerwell, 471 



St. Andrew's University, New Bell-Pettigrew Museum of 

 Natural History. 177 



Sand-dunes of New Zealand, Dr. L. Cockayne, Dr. V. 

 Cornish, 390 



Schools : Conference of Association of Science Masters in 

 Public Schools : Young Biologists and Physics, M. D. 

 Hill ; Plant Biology for Secondary Schools, E. I. Lewis ; 

 Place of Electrostatics in a School Course, C. E. Ashford ; 

 " Formal Training," A. Vassall, Prof. Armstrong, Dr. 

 T. P. Nunn : Risumi, G. F. Daniell, 393-394 ; Memories 

 of a School Inspector, A. J. Swinburne, 412 



Science : Marvels of the Universe, Various Authors, 41 ; 

 Introduction to Science, Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, 139 ; 

 Science Examinations and Grouped Course Certificates : 

 Address, Barker North, 229 ; Science and Literary Form, 

 J. L.. 279; Jahrbuch der Naturwissenschaften, 1910-11, 

 Dr. J. Plassmann and others, 370 ; Science among the 

 Chinese, Dr. C. K. Edmunds, 385 ; Science Teaching, 

 Functions of Lectures and Text-books in Science Teach- 

 ing -. Presidential Address, Sir J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., 

 399 ; Modf M Science Reader, with Special Reference to 



Chemistry, Prof. Robert M. Bird, 444; Who's Who in 

 Science (International), 1912, 546 



Scientific: Scientific Misappropriation of Popular Terms. 

 Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 7; Scientific .Misappropri;i- 

 tion of Scientific Terms, Dr. F. A. Bather, F.R.S., 41 : 

 Scientific Progress and Prospects : Address to Ront^en 

 Society, A. A. Campbell Swinton, 191 ; Scientific 

 Worthies: Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., Prof. 

 Wilhelm Ostwald, 339 ; University of St. Andrews Scien- 

 tific Memorial Volume, 566 



Seismology : Irregular Long-period Changes in Level, Prof. 

 J. Milne, F.R.S., 6; Geological Study of Sarthquakes, Dr. 

 E. Scheu, 18 ; Propagation of Earthquake Waves, Dr. G. 

 Negri, A. Torcelli, Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., 47; the Latium 

 Earthquake of April 10, Dr. G. Agamennone, 90 ; 

 Seismology at the British Association, Prof. J. Milne, 

 F.R.S., 124; the Solar Cycle and Earthquake Cycles, 

 Maxwell Hall, 125 ; the Periodigram of Earthquake Fre- 

 quency, Prof. H. H. Turner, F.R.S., 125; Earthquake 

 of November 16, 1911, A. Angot, 166; Earthquake of 

 November 16, 191 1 : Seismographic Observation at Lille, 

 H. Douxami, 291 ; the Central Europe Earthquake, 

 November 16, 1911, Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., 146; A. 

 Angot, 166; H. Douxami, 201; Recent Earthquakes, 459 



Seismometry, Prince B. Galitzin, 89 



Sewage Purification, Modern Methods of, G. Bertram 

 Kershaw, E. Ardern, 544 



Sewers and Drains, Bacteria in the Air of. Dr. Andrewes, 

 296 



Sex Determination, Arguments in favour of Action of 

 Suprarenal Capsules in, R. Robinson, 166 



Sheep : Wild Sheep, N. V. Nasonov, 385 ; Vaccination of 

 Sheep against Scab by a specially prepared Virus, J. 

 Bridrd and A. Boquet, 437 



Shells, Collection of Terrestrial and Fluviatile, made by 

 Mr. R. Kemp in East Africa, H. B. Preston, 199 



Ships, Interaction between Passing, 145, Dr. A. H. Gibson, 

 17c ; Effect of Depth of Water on Speed of Ships, 458 



Shrew, Duration of Life and Habits of the Common and 

 Lesser, L. E. Adams, 303 



Sight Tests in the Mercantile Marine, 217 



Silver Oxybromide, Preparation and Properties of a, A. 

 Seyewetz, 573 



Sleeping Sickness : Tsetse-flies and Sleeping Sickness, 149 ; 

 Sleeping Sickness, Sir A. Sharpe, K.C.M.G., C.B., 195; 

 Relation of Big Game to Sleeping Sickness, Prof. E. A. 

 Minchin, F.R.S., 210; Anon., 247; Reports of the Sleep- 

 ing Sickness Commission of the Royal Society, 529 ; 

 see also Trypanosomes 



Smells of Paris, O. Boudouard, 471 



Smokeless Powder, Stability towards the Ultra-violet Rays, 

 D. Berthelot and H. Gaudechon, 269 



Society and Academy Meetings : 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal, 337 

 British Psychological Society, 98 

 Cambridge Philosophical Society, 98, 200, 268, 604 

 Challenger Society, 98 



Geological Society, 164, 199, 267, 402, 470, 503, 603 

 Gottingen Royal Society of Sciences, 505 

 Institute of Metals. 427 

 Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 470 

 Linnean Society, 132, 165, 267, 369, 538, 604 

 Linnean Society of New South Wales, 167, 201, 437, 502 

 Malacological Society, 538 

 Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 32, 132, 



235, 303, 504, 605 

 Mathematical Society, 98, 268, 402, 538 

 Mineralogical Society, 165, 502 

 Paris Academy of Sciences, 32, 67, 98, 133, 166, 201, 268, 



402, 436, 471, 538, 572 

 Physical Society, 66, 164, 234, 503 



Royal Anthropological Institute, 164, 268, 428, 504, 604 

 Royal Astronomical Society, 267, 402, 522 

 Royal Dublin Society, 235, 337 

 Royal Irish Academy, 165, 369, 504, 605 

 Royal Meteorological Society, 199, 303, 470 

 Royal Microscopical Society, 32, 165, 369 

 Roval Society, 66, 97, 131, 197, 233, 401, 434, 469, 502, 



537 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh, 200, 303, 505, 604 

 Roval Society of South Africa, 166 



