Nature, "1 

 February 2, 1924J 



Title Index 



xxxix 



Maori Carvings, Occurrence of the Lizard in, E. Best, 556 



Maps and Survey, A. R. Hinks. Second edition, 90 



Marine Animals, Researches on. Prof. W. C. Mcintosh, 293 



Marlborough College Natural History Society, Report for 

 1922, 18 



Mars. The Axis of. Prof. W. H. Pickering, 950 



Marsh Orchids, Seeds of the, T. A. Dymes, 118 



Marsupials, The Allantoic Placenta of, Prof. T. T. Flynn, 

 III 



Martyr Roll of Science, The, H. Cooper, 631 



Mass and Weight, The Proportionality of, H. H. Porter, 

 778 



Mathematics : Physical Speculation in Philosophy, The 

 Incidence of, J. W. Scott, 921 



Mathematics for Students of Agriculture, Prof. S. E. 

 Rasor, 128 ; Practical Introduction to, V. S. Bryant, 

 685 ; Real, intended mainly for Practical Engineers, 

 as an Aid to the Study and Comprehension of Mathe- 

 matics, E. G. Beck, 685 



Matter : The Electrical Structure of, Sir Ernest Rutherford, 

 409 ; The Properties of, Prof. B. C. McEwen, 932 



Maud, News of the, 873 



Mean-to-mid Potential or Current at successive Equi- 

 distant Points, etc., The Constant Ratio of, A. E. 

 Kennelly, 228 



Measles, New Facts concerning, C. Nicolle and E. Conseil, 

 226 



Mecanique celeste, Cours de, Prof. H. Andoyer. Tome I., 

 644 



Mechanical : Engineering, Invention and Research in. 

 Sir John Dewrance, 742 ; Testing : a Treatise in 

 two Volumes, R. G. Batson and J. H. Hyde. Vol. 2, 

 467 



Mechanics, The New, Prof. C. G. Darwin, 637 



Medical : Climatology of England and Wales, Dr. E. 

 Hawkins, 932 ; Practitioners, recently qualified. 

 Handbook for, 215 ; Research, The Management of. 

 Sir Ronald Ross, 541 ; Science in the Great War, 355 



Medicine, Preventive, An Introduction to the Practice of. 

 Prof. J. G. Fitzgerald, assisted by Prof. P. Gillespie 

 and H. M. Lancaster, 785 



Medieval Science, Dorothea Waley Singer, 646 



Megalithic Monuments, Distribution of, W. J. Perry, 164 



Melanism in the Lepidoptera and its possible Induction, 

 F. C. Garrett and Dr. J. W. H. Harrison, 241 



Membranes, The Properties of, Prof. H. E. Roaf and 

 others, 671 



Memoirs : With a full Account of the Great Malaria 

 Problem and its Solution, Sir Ronald Ross, 3 



Mendelian Inheritance : and Eugenics, 822 ; in a Fern, 

 Prof. W. H. Lang, 633 



Menkaura, An Egyptian Statue of, in London, Sir W. M. 

 Plinders Petrie, 20 



Mental : Alertness Tests, The Use of. Prof. W. D. Scott, 

 812 ; Athleticism, 535 ; Products, The Distribution 

 of, 429 ; Tests, Methods and Experiments in, C. A. 

 Richardson, 6 



Merchant Venturers' Technical College, Prospectus of the, 



255 



Mercuric : Chloride, The Association of, F. Bourion and 

 E. Rouyer, 152 ; Iodide, The Dynamic Allotropy of, 

 A. Damiens, 779 



Mercury: as an Evening Star, 912 



Mercury : as a Working Substance for Binary Fluid 

 Turbines, W. J. Kearton, 844; Ores, E. Halse, 430; 

 Phototropic Compounds of, M. L. Dey, 240 



Mesozoic : Batholites and Ore-deposits in Japan, Late, 

 Prof. T. Kato, 67 ; Insects of Queensland, B. Dunstan, 

 20 ; Dr. A. B. Walkom, 831 



Messier 33, Internal Motion in the Spiral Nebula, A. van 

 Maanen, 333 



Metal Crystals, Cultivation of, by Separation from the 

 Gaseous State, F. Koref, 251 



Metales (Metallurgy), El Arte de los, A. A. Barba, trans- 

 lated by R. E. Douglass and E. P. Mathewson, 390 



Metallic Oxides and Hydroxides, Constitution and Evolu- 

 tion of the, P. Pascal, 747 



Metallisation of Organisms, The, D. Gelinsky, 888 



Metallurgical : Furnaces, 755 ; Science, The History and 

 Progress of, and its Influence upon Modern Engineer- 

 ing, Sir Robert Hadfield, 705 



Metallurgy, Pioneers of, Sir George Beilby, 561 



Metals : and Alloys : Density and Composition of. Effects 

 of Rate of Cooling on the, R. C. Reader, 490 ; Influence 

 of Cold Hardening on the Resistance of, L. Guillet 

 and M. Ballay, 75 ; and Metallic Compounds, U. R. 

 Evans. In 4 Vols., 716 ; Chemistry of the, 716 ; 

 during Solidification, Measurement of the Change of 

 Volume in, H. Endo, 491 ; subjected to repeated 

 Stresses, The Behaviour of, H. J. Gough and D. 

 Hanson, 813 ; under Compressive Stresses, The 

 Behaviour of, H. I. Coe, 491 



Metaphosphates, Alkaline, Constitution of Insoluble, P. 

 Pascal, 28 



Meteor: A Bright, W. F. Denning, 702; Large, no; 

 Shower : The December, W. F. Denning, 842 ; The 

 Great Perseid, W. F. Denning, 176 



Meteoric : Procession, A Remarkable, Prof. W. H. Picker- 

 ing, 805 ; Stone which fell at Ashdon, near Saffron 

 Walden, on March 9, 1923, The, Dr. G. T. Prior, 118 



Meteorite : at Quetta, The reputed. Dr. E. H. Pascoe, 

 241 ; The reputed Fall of a, at Immingham, T. 

 Sheppard, 371 ; which fell at Saint-Sauveur (Haute- 

 Garonne) in 1914, Composition of the, A. Lacroix, 638 



Meteorological : Committee of the Air Council, Annual 

 Report, 666 ; Conference, The International, at 

 Utrecht, 523 ; Elements for the British Isles, Normals 

 of, 736 ; Ocean Charts, Separate Publication of, 

 discontinued, 767 ; Perturbations of Sea-level, Dr. 

 A. T. Doodson, 765 ; Theory, Towards a Basis of. 

 Sir Napier Shaw and D. Brunt, 709 



Meteors : Photography of, Dr. H. Shapley, 143 ; The 

 Heliocentric Velocity of, J. Hepperger, 675 ; The 

 January Shower of, 950 ; The Shower of August, 

 W. F. Denning, 247 



Methyl Alcohol, Concentration Cells in, J. Grant and 

 Prof. J. R. Partington, 151 



Methylheptenone, Natural, The Constitution of, V. 

 Grignard, J. Doeuvre, and R. Escourrou, 711 



Metric : Campaign : A, 234 ; The, H. Harries, 363 ; 

 Standardisation, World : an Urgent Issue. A Volume 

 of Testimony urging World-wide Adoption of the 

 Metric Units of Weights and Measures — Meter — ■ 

 Liter — Gram, A. Drury, 234 



Mice : a kind of Physiological Mutation observed in, 

 G. Bertrand and B. Benzon, 347 ; Foetal Retro- 

 gression in, A. S. Parkes, 745 



Micelle, The, a Question of Notation, W. B. Hardy, 537 



Micelles and Colloidal Ions, Prof. J. W. McBain, 865 



Microcachrys tetragona (Hook), Life-history of, A. A. 

 Lawson, 348 



Micrococcus nielitensis, Irregular Reactions of the Filtrate 

 from Broth Culture in Goats infected with, E. Burnet, 

 380 



Micrography as a Fine Art, Prof. A. C. Seward, 930 



Micropalmer, A, C. Cheneveau and J. Callame, 814 



Microscope : in Physics, The, F. I. G. Rawlins, 886 ; New 

 Dissecting, R. and J. Beck, Ltd., 877 ; The, A 

 Practical Hand-book, L. Wright. Enlarged and 

 rewritten by Dr. A. H. Drew, 52 



Microscopes, The Resolving Power of, on Test-plates for 

 Microscopic Objectives, A. Mallock, 130 



Midden and Fire-hearth at Chark, near Gosport, Discovery 

 of a, Lt.-Col. J. H. Cooke, 20 



Middle Old Red Sandstone, Plants of the. Dr. R. Kidston 

 and Prof. W. H. Lang, 807 



Milk, Condensed : Dr. Savage and Mr. Hunwicke, 293 ; 

 The Microscope in the Examination of, C. A. Newton, 

 921 



Minds : The Contact between, a Metaphysical Hypothesis, 

 C. D. Burns, 236 



Mineral Valuation, Prof. H. Louis, 891 



Minerals, The Determination of, by the Microscopical 

 Examination of the Streak left on a Hard Body, 

 P. Gaubert, 852 



Mine Examination Questions and Answers, Prof. J. T. 

 Beard. 3 Parts, 932 



Mines, The Valuation of. Sir Richard Redmayne, 891 



Mining : and Mineral Deposits, Prof. H. Louis, 430 ; 

 Science : An Introduction to, a Theoretical and 

 Practical Text-book for Mining Students, J. B. 

 Coppock and G. A. Lodge. Second edition, 825 



