Nature, ~| 



Feln-jiary 2, 1924J 



Title Index 



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tion in the, 1921-1922, 490 ; The Revolt against the 

 Teaching- of Evolution in the, Dr. W. Bateson, 313 



Universe, S. Klyce, 159 



Universities : and National Life, 465 ; election of repre- 

 sentatives to Parliament, 884 ; Labour and the, 85 ; 

 of England : The Older, Oxford and Cambridge, A. 

 Mansbridge, 465 



University : Bulletin, November, 957 ; College : London, 

 The Faculty of Medical Sciences of, 527 ; of South 

 Wales and Monmouthshije, subscriptions to the, 812 ; 

 representatives to Parliament, 920 



Unknowable, The, G. Santayana, 739 



Ur of the Chaldees, C. L. Woolley, 14 



Urea, The Chemistry of : the Theory of its Constitution, 

 and of the Origin and Mode of its Formation in 

 Living Organisms, Prof. E. A. Werner, 930 



Urease : as a Product of Bacterium radicicola, Prof. M. 

 W. Beijerinck, 439 ; in the Nodules on the Roots of 

 Leguminous Plants, The Presence of, Prof. E. A. 

 Werner, 202 ; The Occurrence of. Prof. H. E. Arm- 

 strong, 620 



Urodelae, Transplantation of the Sperm of Full-grown, 

 A. Ehrenpreis, 675 



Utricularia vulgaris, Linn., Function of the Bladders in, 

 C. L. Withycombe, 922 



Uttatur Marine Transgression, The Age of the, L. R. Rau, 

 76 



Vaccination, Small-pox and, Dr. J. C. McVail, 713 

 Valence, and the Structure of Atoms and Molecules, 



Prof. G. N. Lewis, 819 

 Valve Stations, Amateur, How to Build, P. R. Coursey, 757 

 Van der Waals, The Equation of. Dr. J. H. Jeans, 798 

 Variable, A, of Very Short Period, F. C. Jordan, 65 

 Vaso-motor System, The, Sir W. M. Bayliss, 579 

 Vegetation der Erde, Die. XV. : Die Pfianzenwelt der 



bolivischen Anden und ihres ostlichen Vorlandes, 



Prof. T. Herzog, 500 

 Venereal Disease, Prevention of, 153 

 Veterinary Surgeons, Royal College of. Sir Stewart 



Stockman elected president of the, 63 

 Vibration and Noise, The Prevention of, A. B. Eason, 466 

 Victoria Nyanza, Lake, Variations in Level of, C. E. P. 



Brooks, 456 

 Vienna, Rickets in, 139 



Vie sur le globe, Origine de la. Prof. J. Costantin, 278 

 Virus Diseases of Plants, Dr. P. Murphy and others, 955 

 Visual : Observation and Measurement, The Accuracy of. 



Dr. H. Hartridge, 335 ; Science, The Present Status 



of. Dr. L. T. Troland, 532 

 Vitamins, Sir W. M. Bayliss, 576 

 Vocational Education in America, 920 

 Volatile Oils : The, E. Gildemeister and F. Hoffmann. 



Second edition by E. Gildemeister, 581 ; The Composi- 

 tion and Examination of, 581 



Wales, University of, conferment of an honorary degree 

 upon Sir Charles Sherrington, 150 



Wallal, An Annotated List of Lizards from, L. Glauert, 75 



Waltzing Mouse, A, G. W. Harris, 939 



War : History of the Great, Based on Official Documents. 

 Medical Services : Diseases of the War. Vol. 2 : 

 Including the Medical Aspects of Aviation and Gas 

 Warfare, and Gas Poisoning in Tanks and Mines. 

 Edited by Maj.-Gen. Sir W. G. Macpherson, Maj.- 

 Gen. Sir W. B. Herringham, Col. T. R. Elliott, and 

 Lt.-Col. A. Balfour, 355 ; Its Nature, Cause, and 

 Cure, G. Lowes Dickinson, 51 



Warble-flies of Cattle, Prof. G. H. Carpenter, 887 



Wares of the Ming Dynasty, The, R. L. Hobson, 89 



Washington Academy of Sciences, Dr. R. Gautier elected 

 an honorary member of the, 401 



Water : -gas. Manufacture of, 219 ; -levels. Recording, 

 Electrically, The Telechron Electric Transmitter Co., 

 178; -spout with a Sheath or Sleeve, A, Dr. W. L. 

 Fisher, 291 ; Treatment, Brunner, Mond and Co. 

 Ltd., 518 



Wave-length, Change in, by Scattering, P. A. Ross, 228 



Waves and Quanta, L. de Broglie, 540 



Weather: Abnormal, in the British Isles, 112 ; at East- 

 bourne in 1922, 68 ; at Falmouth in 1922, J. B. 

 Phillips, 178 ; Cold, in' November, 737 ; Influences 

 in the British Isles, C. E. P. Brooks, 834 ; The, in 

 July, 107 ; The, in November, 875 ; The Sun and 

 the, C. G. Abbot and colleagues, 596 



Weights and Measures, Resolution respecting, Manchester 

 Chamber of Commerce, 141 



Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research, Dr. C. M. Wenyon 

 appointed director-in-chief of the, 401 



West Indian : Agricultural College, The, 73 ; Earth- 

 quakes, Prof. S. Taber, 145 



Western : Australia : Goldfields of, A. G. Maitland, 249 ; 

 The Embioptera or Web-spinners of. Dr. R. J. 

 Tillyard, 75 ; The Fauna of, L. Glauert, No. 3, 75 ; 

 No. 4, 76; The Flora of. No. 2, C. A. Gardner, 75; 

 the University of, Laying the Foundation Stone of, 

 563 ; Ontario, University of, Laying of Corner Stones 

 of the, 849 



Westinghouse, George, A Life of. Dr. H. G. Prout, 583 



Wheat : Grain, Nitrogen Content of, Olson, 772 ; Grains, 

 Double Embryos in, W. L. Waterhouse, 924 ; -growing 

 in England, The Economic Basis of, R. Hutchinson, 

 734 ; The Helminthosporium Disease of, H. J. 

 Hynes, 564 ; Yield of. Influence of Rainfall on the, 

 R. A. Fisher, 745 



Wheelwright's Shop, The, G. Sturt (" George Bourne "), 

 586 



White Lightning, E. H. Lewis, 320 



Wicken Fen, The Natural History of. Part I., 554 



Widmanstatten Structure in Meteorites and in Terrestria 

 Alloys, The Genesis of, N. T. Belaiew, 779 



Wild Birds Protection Bill, third reading in the House of 

 Lords, 213 



Wimbledon Common, The Proposed By-pass Road near, 

 " Oiolus," 174 



Winnebago American Indians, The, P. Radin, 521 



Wireless : Circuits, The Amateur's Book of, F. H. Haynes, 

 278 ; Laboratory, Studies from a, Prof. W. H. Eccles, 

 II ; Telegraphy, A High-power Lamp for, with 

 removable parts, M. Holweck, 226 ; Very Short 

 Waves in, R. Mesny and P. David, 958 ; The Use of, 

 for University Extension Work in America, 744 ; 

 Weather Messages to Ships, 803 ; Telegraphy, Guide 

 to, 841 



Wisconsin University, conferment of an honorary degree 

 upon Prof. T. Svedberg, 255 



Witch-bound Africa, In : an Account of the Primitive 

 Kaonde Tribe and their Beliefs, F. H. Melland, 824 



Wood, Frances, Memorial Prize, awarded to Miss E. J. M. 

 Haynes, 804 



Wood : Preservation of, 740 ; The Destructive Distilla- 

 tion of, H. M. Bunbury, 157 ; The Thermal Decom- 

 position of, Dr. J. Reilly, 157 



World To-day, The Outline of the, edited by Sir Harry 

 Johnston and Dr. L. H. Guest, Pt. I., 787 



Worms, Tubicolous, 463 



Wrangel Island, Loss of the Canadian Expedition to, 371 



Wiirttemberg nebst HohenzoUern, Geologic von, Prof. 

 E. Hening. Erste Lief., 717 



X, Les Rayons, M. de Broglie, 125 



{Xanthixus flavescens), Blyth's Bulbul, C. B. Kloss, 76 



Xanthvdrol, The Action of, on Semicarbazide, A. Daucet, 



958 

 Xanthyl-allantoin, R. Fosse and A. Hieulle, 227 

 X- and 7-rays, The Scattering of, by Rings of Electrons, 



Prof. G. A. Schott, 26 

 X-ray : Corpuscular Emissioii from Iron in a Magnetised 



and Unmagnetised State, The, G. A. Carse and 



D. Jack, 151 ; Installation for Veterinary Work, 219 ; 



Scattering, The " J " Phenomena and. Prof. C. G. 



Barkla, 723 ; Spectrometer, a Direct Reading, Drs. 



Staunig, March, and Fritz, 603 ; Technic for Diagnosis, 



Principles and Practice of. Dr. J. A. Metzger, 277 ; 



Tubes, Hard, Prof. Knipping, 487 

 X-rays : and /S-rays, Investigations on, by the Cloud 



Method. Pt. I. : X-rays, 26 ; Pt. II. : /3-rays, Dr. 



C. T. R. Wilson, 27 ; and Crystal Symmetry, T. V. 



Barker, 502 ; Sir W. H. Bragg, 618 ; as a Means of 



