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Title Index 



[Nature, 

 I'tliruary 2, 



TITLE INDEX. 



Aberdeen University : conferment of an honorary degree 

 on Prof. J. Eraser ; conferment of a degree on W. 

 Thomas ; award of prizes, 149 ; appointments in, 

 563 ; award of research scholarships ; a mural 

 memorial tablet to Prof. Trail, 883 



Academic Biology, The Dry-rot of our. Prof. W. M. 

 Wheeler, 346 



Accelerated Anode Rays, Further Determinations of the 

 Constitution of the Elements by the Method of Dr. 

 F. W. Aston, 449 



Acetylene Hydrocarbons, True, Preparation of, by Sodium 

 Amide, M. Bourguel, 711 



Acids and Alkalis, The Manufacture of : Sir T. E. Thorpe, 

 385 ; Prof. G. Lunge, completely revised and re- 

 written under the editorship of Dr. A. C. Gumming. 

 Vol. I. : Raw Materials for the Manufacture of 

 Sulphuric Acid and the Manufacture of Sulphur 

 Dioxide, W. Wyld. Vol. V. : The Manufacture of 

 Hydrochloric Acid and Saltcake, Dr. A. C. Gumming, 



385 



Acquired Characters : in Alytes, The Inheritance of. Dr. 

 W. Bateson, 391 ; The Inheritance of. Breeding 

 Experiments on. Dr. P. Kammerer, 237 ; M. Perkins, 

 238 



Adaptation in a South African Isopod Crustacean, K. H. 

 Barnard, 959 



Adhesives Industries, review of the, 518 



Aeronautical Research, Prof. L. Bairstow, 641 



Aeroplane : during Ascent, Calculation of the Weight of 

 Combustible consumed by an, L. Breguet, 814 ; 

 Performances, 706 



Affine Field, The Theory of the. Prof. A. Einstein, 448 



Afforestation, State, in 1921-22, 252 



Africa, The Geological Exploration of. Dr. J. D. Falconer 

 and others, 294 



African Chalicothere, An, Dr. C. W. Andrews, 696 



Agalaxy, Contagious, The Micro-organism of, and its 

 Culture in vitro, J. Bridre and A. Donatien, 780 



Agricultural Bacteriology : Prof. J. E. Greaves, 49 ; 

 Text-book of. Dr. F. Lohnis and Prof. E. B. Fred, 931 ; 

 Crisis, Science and the. Dr. C. Crowther, 510 ; Eco- 

 nomics, Institute for. University of Oxford. An 

 Economic Survey of a Rural Parish, J. P. Howell, 278 



Agriculture, Science in, 881 



Air : Congress, The International, 1923 ; Current of, the 

 Velocity of a. Method for the Absolute Measurement 

 of, M. Huguenard, 746 ; Density, The Distribution 

 of, over the Globe, S. N. Sen, 814; -drying, A Method 

 of, P. Dumanois, 564 ; Resistance on Railway 

 Material, The Measurement of, C. Maurain, A. 

 Toussaint, and R. Pris, 347 ; Survey and Archaeology, 

 O. G. S. Crawford, 217 ; The Vibration of, in Tubes 

 capped at both ends. Prof. C. Barus, 460 ; Tempera- 

 ture, Attempts to Measure, by shooting spheres up- 

 ward, L. F. Richardson, 814 ; -waves, Inaudible, Dr. 

 C. Davison, 602 



Aitken's Scientific Papers, 495 



Albania, Excavating in, 838 



Algae, Freshwater, Notes on, G. I. Playfair, 304 



Algol Variable Stars, Ephemerides of, 485 



Alkaline Granites : very Rich in Soda, The Signification 

 of the, A. Lacroix, 380 ; Sulphates, The Crystalline 

 Structure of the, A. Ogg, 227 



Alpen, Bau und Entstehung der. Prof. L. Kober, 322 



Alpine : Tectonics and other Problems, 717 ; Water- 

 mites, Dr. C. Walter, 373 



Alpinen Tektonik, Die Grundlagen der, Dr. F. Heritsch, 

 717 



Al-Razi (Rhazes) as a Pioneer Chemist, Prof. J. Ruska, 913 



Aluminium : Alloys, Light, of High - tensile Strength 

 not containing Magnesium, obtaining, by Heat 

 Treatment, A. Portevin and F. Le Chatelier, 347 ; 

 Commercial, The Electrical Resistance of, L. Guillet, 

 851 ; Light Alloys of, a Dilatometric Study of the 

 Transformations and Thermal Treatment of, A. M. 

 Portevin and P. Chevenard, 492 



Alytes and Ciona, Experiments on, Dr. W. Bateson ; Dr. 

 H. Przibram, 899 



Amanita muscaria on Hampstead Heath ; Dr. O. Rosen- 

 heim, 622 ; J. Ramsbottom, 791 



America, University Extension Work in, 183 



American : Ascomycetes, Tropical, Dr. R. Thaxter, 843 ; 

 Chemical Monographs, 498 ; Genetical and Botanical 

 Research, 561 ; Higher Education, Philanthropy in 

 tlie History of. Prof. Sears, 226 ; Indian Design, 

 Prehistoric, Dr. J. W. Fewkes, 404 ; Museum of 

 Natural History, Pala;ontology at the, 919 ; Ouill- 

 work. The Origin of, H. Ling Roth, 521 



America's Modern Melting -Pot, Analysis of. Dr. H. H. 

 Laughlin, 344 



Americas, The, J. Bruce, 201 



Amino-cyclohexanols, The Catalytic Preparation of the, 

 J. B. Senderens and J. Aboulenc, 226 



Ammonia : Assimilation of, by the Higher Plants, M. 

 Prianichnikov, 639 ; The Catalytic Oxidation of, by 

 Air in Contact with Pure Palladium, E. Decarriere, 

 227 ; The Decomposition of, by Ultra-violet Light 

 and the Law of Photo-chemical Equivalence, W. 

 Kuhn, 851 



Ammonium : Bicarbonate, Aqueous Solutions of, C. 

 Bonnier, 711 ; Nitrate at 32° C, The Allotropic 

 Transformation of, P. M. Monval, 226 ; The Poly- 

 sulphides of, J. S. Thomas and R. W. Riding, 527 



Amoeba, Mechanics of Locomotion in, S. O. Mast, 228 



Amphibian Colour Response, The Mechanism of, Dr. L. 

 Hogben, 151 



Ampullariidse, The Respiration of the, B. Prashad, 527 



Amycterides (Coleoptera), Revision of the. Part VIII. : 

 The Euomides, E. W. Ferguson, 747 



Anaesthetics on Plants, Effects of. Miss E. Philip Smith, 654 



Analysis, Elementary, A New Volumetric Method of, L. 

 Hackspill and G. de Heeckeren, 152 



Ancient Man in Britain, D. A. Mackenzie, 854 



Anilides, The Catalytic Decomposition of the, A. Mailhe, 

 28 



Animal: Coloration, The Causes of. Dr. H. Przibram, 675 ; 

 Colouring, The Causes of, S. Kunio and L. Brecher, 

 675 ; Diseases Research Institute, Sir John McFad- 

 yean appointed director of the, 599 ; Parasites : and 

 Human Disease, Dr. A. C. Chandler. Second edition, 

 388 ; of Man, The, Lt.-Col. H. J. Walton, 388 



Animals : and Plants, Symbiosis in. Prof. G. H. F. 

 Nuttall, 423 ; of the Past : an Account of some of 

 the Creatures of the Ancient World, Dr. F. A. Lucas. 

 Sixth edition, 6 



Ant's Foot, Pecuharities in the Development of the, W. 

 F. Charles, 709 



Antarctic : Adventure, An Epitome of, F. Debenham, 

 123 ; Geophysics, Dr. C. Chree, 206 ; Meteorite, An, 

 F. L. Stillwell and P. G. W. Bayly, 334 



Anthracites, The Quantity and the Nature of the Gases 

 evolved by Solid Combustibles under the Action of 

 Heat in a Vacuum, P. Lebeau, 408 



Anthropology : Modern, Facts and Fancies in. Sir Arthur 

 Keith, 854 ; Psycho-analysis and. Prof. G. Elliot 

 Smith, 761 ; The New, 611 ; The Unity of. Dr. B. 

 Malinowski, 314 



Antimony : and Bismuth in Biological Liquids, the 

 Detection of Small Quantities of, M. Caille and E. 

 Viel, 28 ; The Electrolytic Estimation of, A. Lussieur, 



304 



a-Particle, The Life History of an. Sir Ernest Rutherford, 

 289, 305 



Apicotermes occultus, The Chemical Composition of the 

 Nests of, R. Stumper, 380 



Apple Trees, Bark Canker of, Grace G. Gilchrist, 144 



Apphed Statistics, Department of (Computing Section), 

 University of London, University College. Tracts for 

 Computers. No. 4 : Tables of the Logarithms of the 

 Complete r-Function to Twelve Figures. Originally 

 computed by A. M. Legendre. No. 8 : Table of the 

 Logarithms of the Complete T-Function (for Argu- 



