Nature, "] 

 February 2, 1924 J 



Title Index 



xxvii 



Blood-vessel, Contraction and Dilatation of, Kravkoff , 1 1 1 



Bobbin without Iron giving Intense Magnetic Fields, an 

 Attempt to construct a, R. Fortrat and P. Dejean, 

 674 



Bocconi Commercial University, Milan, Annuario of the, 

 527 



Body Build and its Inheritance, C. B. Davenport, 228 



Bohr, La Theorie des quanta et I'atome de, L. Brillouin, 

 232 



Boiler Material, Tests of, C. E. Stromeyer, 953 



Bombay Magnetic Curves, 603 



Bombinator igneus, Laur. : and Bombinator packypus, Br., 

 Variation of the Colour of the Skin of Toads, W. 

 Finkler, 675 ; Influence of External Factors on the 

 Colour of the Iris of Marsh Toads, W. Finkler, 675 ; 

 Reflex Action to Absence of Moisture of the Marsh 

 Toad, W. Finkler, 675 



Bordeaux Observatory, Longitude of, Correction of the, 

 J. Trousset and L. Gramont, 65 



Borers attacking Seasoned and Unseasoned Timbers, 

 Effect of Temperature on, M. B. Welch, 924 



Borg en Nadur, Malta, Excavations at. Miss M. A. Murray, 

 850 



Boron : Atomic Weight of, Baxter and Scott, 772 ; Nitride 

 and Calcium Tungstate, Luminescence of, E. Tiede 

 and Frau H. Tomaschek, 877 



Boskop Remains from the South-east African Coast, Prof. 

 R. A. Dart, 623 



Botanical, American Genetical and. Research, 561 ; Pen- 

 Portraits, Prof. J. W. Moll and Dr. H. H. Janssonius, 

 930 ; Survey Work, A Guide to. Dr. Pole Evans, 221 ; 

 Surveys, 221 



Botany : Aspects of the Study of, A. G. Tansley, 423 ; 

 The Ecological Method in Teaching, Dr. F. E. 

 Clements, 291 



Brachystegia, a Tropical Source of Fibre and Timber, J. 

 Burtt Davy and J. Hutchinson, 68 



Bradford Technical College, The, 708, 884 



Brakes, Front and Back, A Characteristic Difference 

 between the Modes of Action of, A. Petot, 563 



Brass, Sheet, The Cause of Red Stains on, E. A. Bolton, 

 490 



Braxy in Sheep, The Causal Organism of. Dr. J. P. 

 McGowan, 843 



^-rays : Direction of, produced by Polarised X-rays, 

 Prof. F. W. Bubb, 363 ; The Secondary, produced in 

 a Gas by the X-rays, P. Auger, 226 



Brazilian Meteorological Service, 1921-23, Dr. S. Ferraz, 

 406 



Brinel Hardness Numbers, H. W. Brownsdon, 490 



Bristol : Merchant Venturers' Technical College, Calendar 

 of the, 459 ; University, Curriculuna for the New 

 Degree of Bachelor of Agriculture, 708 



Britain, The Geological Description of, 354 



Britain's Meat, Supplying, G. E. Putnam, 617 



British : Animals, Tracks of, edited by H. M. Batten, 

 201 ; Architects, Royal Institute of, award of 

 Dawnay scholarships, 674 ; Association, The Liver- 

 pool Meeting of the. Dr. A. Holt, 113, 301, 336, 377, 398, 

 523 ; Toronto Meeting, Sir David Bruce : nominated 

 president of the, 401 ; elected president of the, 452 ; 

 Liverpool Meeting : Scientific Exhibition at, M. A. 

 Giblett, 457 ; Physical Chemistry and Physiology at 

 the, 671 ; Toronto Meeting, Change of Date, 874 ; 

 Birds, Tracks of, edited by H. M. Batten, 897 ; Broad- 

 casting Committee, Report of the, 558 ; Chemical Plant 

 Manufacturers' Association, the Aims and Activities of 

 the, L. M. G. Eraser, 332 ; Dye-producing Industry, 

 The, 461 ; Dyestuffs Corporation : resignation of Prof. 

 A. G. Green, 331 ; ,The, 597 ; Drug Houses, Ltd., 

 Standard Lactose B.D.H., 291 ; Empire Exhibition : 

 appointment of a committee to organise a Scientific 

 Exhibit at the, 107 ; preparation for the Chemical 

 Section of the, W. J. U. Woolcock, 552 ; The Chemical 

 Hall in the, 665 ; Chemistry at the, 700 ; World Power 

 Conference at the, 701 ; Fellowsliip of the. The 

 Prince of Wales president of the, 910 ; The, 916 ; 

 Conference Halls at the, 947 ; Empire : The, as a 

 Maritime State, Dr. Vaughan Cornish, 421 ; The 

 Geographical Position of the. Dr. Vaughan Cornish, 

 593 ; Federation of University Women, award of I 



scholarships, 607 ; Flour Millers, the Research 

 Association of, approved by the Department of 

 Scientific and Industrial Research, 483 ; Journal of 

 Experimental Biology, The, F. A. E. Crew and others, 

 133 ; Marine Annelids, A Monograph of the. Prof. 

 W. C. Mcintosh. Vol. 4, Pts. i and 2, 463 ; Medical 

 Association : in Australia, institution of a gold medal ; 

 first recipients, Drs. R. H. Todd and W. T. Hayward, 

 18 ; Portsmouth Meeting, 252 ; Museum : Lord 

 Crawford and Balcarres elected a trustee of the, 17 ; 

 (Natural History), Guide to the Exhibition Galleries 

 of Geology and Palaeontology, 52 ; Guide to the 

 Mollusca exhibited in the Zoological Department, 93 ; 

 British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. 

 Natural History Report. Botany, Part 3 : Lichens, 

 Prof. O. V. Darbishire, 468 ; Mycological Society : 

 Annual Meeting, J. Ramsbottom elected president, 

 666; Pharmaceutical Codex, The, 1923. New edition, 

 859 ; Photographic Research Association, The Future 

 of the, 247 ; Research Association for the Woollen 

 and Worsted Industries, awards of the, 291 



Brittle-stars of the Philippines, Prof. R. Koehler, 67 



Broadcast Receiver, Your, and How to Work It : Hints 

 and Tips for the Radio Listener, P. W. Harris, 358 



Broadcasting : Across the Atlantic, 839 ; Committee, 

 Report of the, 517 



^-Bromcumene, The Preparation and Application to 

 Organic Syntheses of the Magnesium Derivative of, 

 L. Bert, 408 



Bromodiphenylomethane and the Grignard Reaction, L. 

 Bert, 347 



Brown University, conferment of a doctorate of Science 

 on Prof. J. W. McBain, 607 



Brownian Movement, Studies in, ii., J. H. Shaxby, 813 



Bruce of the Scolia, Dr. H. E. Mill, 821 



Building : Materials made of Waste Materials, Prof. A. 

 P. Laurie, 956 ; Stone, Decay of. Suggestions for the 

 Prevention of the, J. E. Marsh, 213 



Bunt and Smut, Control of, K. Sampson, 633 



ButyleneglycoUic Fermentation of Calcium Lactate by 

 Bacteria of the B. suhtilis group. The, M. Lemoigne, 

 675 



Cable Communication throughout the Empire, 630 

 Cainozoic Mammalia in American Museums, W. D. 



Matthews ; R. Thorpe, 521 

 Cairo Museum, Proposed Extension of the, 401 

 Calcium : Clouds, Fixed, in Interstellar Space, J. S. 

 Plaskett, 912 ; Thiosulphate Hexahydrate, Symmetry 

 of, W. T. Astbury, 53 

 Calculus, Outhnes of the, for Science and Engineering 



Students, Dr. T. Thomas, 72 

 Calcutta, Earthquake Shock in, 401 

 Calendar Reform, 372 



California, State of. Fault Map of the, 949 

 Californian Polychaetes, Dr. T. P. Moore, 373 

 Callistemon lanceolatus and C. viminalis. The Essential 



Oils of, A. R. Penfold, 408 

 Cambridge : Ancient History, The, edited by Prof. J. B. Bury, 

 Dr. S. A. Cook, and F. E. Adcock. Vol. I. : Egypt and 

 Babylonia to 1580 B.C., 569; Biographies, 753 ; Philo- 

 sophical Society, Biological Series, Proceedings of the. 

 No. I., 735 ; election of officers and council of the, 

 736 ; University : G. C. Steward appointed fellow 

 and lecturer in mathematics at Emmanuel College ; 

 A. H. Davenport appointed fellow and bursar of 

 Sidney Sussex College ; the Jacksonian professorship ; 

 reports of the Chemical Department Syndicate and 

 the Solar Physics Observatory, 72 ; Latin Orations 

 delivered on the conferment of honorary degrees, 116 ; 

 Jubilee of the University Local Lectures ; confer- 

 ment of honorary degrees, 117 ; D. C. Carroll elected 

 to the Michael Foster research studentship and Dr. 

 C. C. Worster-Drought to the E. G. Fearnsides 

 research scholarship, 149 ; T. B. Buxton appointed 

 professor of animal pathology, 255 ; Dr. P. Kapitza 

 elected to the Clerk Maxwell scholarship, 303 ; 

 Additional Annual Government Grant, 526 ; Help 

 for the Women's Colleges, 563 ; H. Godwin appointed 

 junior demonstrator in Botany ; H. E. Green 

 reappointed second assistant at the observatory; 



