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Nature, 

 March 23, 191 1 



Mendelism, a Lecture on, Dr. H. Drinkwater, 436 



Mennell (F. P.), Composite Gneisses, 555 



Mensclien, Der Stand unserer Kenntnisse vom fossilen, Prof. 

 W. Branca, Prof. G. Elliot Smith, 402 



Mentally Deficient Children, their Treatment and Training, 

 Dr. G. E. Shuttlevvorth and Dr. W. A. Potts, 507 



Menzies (A. W. C), Dynamic Method for Measuring Vapour 

 Pressures with its Application to Benzene and Ammonium 

 Chloride, 103 ; Quantitative Study of the Constitution of 

 Calomel Vapour, 193 ; Method for Determining the 

 Molecular Weights of Dissolved Substances by Measure- 

 ment of Lowering Vapour Pressure, 497 



Mercer (J. W.), the Calculus for Beginners, 136 



Mercier (Mr.), Salmon-disease on the Continent, 416 



Merlin (A. A. C. E.), Measurement of Grayson's New Ten- 

 band Plate, 361 



Merlin (M.), the Total Eclipse of the Moon on November 

 16, 180 



Merrill (E. D.), New Philippine Plants, 20 ; Flora of Mt. 

 Pulog, 217 



Merritt (M. L.), Flora of Mt. Pulog, 217 



Messerschmitt (Prof. J. D.), Der Sternenhimmel, 102 



Messina, the Observatory at. Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., 515 



Metabolism and Energy Transformations of Healthy Man 

 during Rest, the, F. G. Benedict and T. M. Carpenter, 

 Prof. J. S. Macdonald, 276 



Metabolism in Diabetes Mellitus, F. G. Benedict and E. P. 

 Joslin, Prof. J. S. Macdonald, 455 



Metal Work, Exercises in, A. T. J. Kersey, 436 



Metallography Applied to Siderugic Products, Humbert 

 Savoia, 202 ; Metallography, Dr. Cecil H. Desch, Prof. 

 A. McWilliam, 301 ; La M6tallographie appliqu6e aux 

 produits Siderurgiques, U. Savoia, 405 ; Introduction k la 

 M^tallographie INIicroscopique, Prof. P. Goerens, 470 



Metallurgy : on Hydrogen in Iron, John Parry, 6 ; Notes 

 on Passagem Mine and Works, A. J. Bensusan, 33 ; 

 Treatment of Refractory Low-grade Gold Ores at the 

 Ouro Preto Gold Mine, Brazil, R. H. Kendall, 33 ; Varia- 

 tion of Resistance of Steels to Crushing as a Function 

 of the Temperature, F. Robin, 33 ; Secondary Enrichment 

 in the Copper Deposits of Huelva, Spain, A. Moncrieff 

 Finlayson, 128 ; the Mount Morgan Ore Deposits, Queens- 

 land, J. Bowie Wilson, 128; Successive Stages in the 

 Bessemerising of Copper Mattes as indicated by the Con- 

 verter Flame, D. M. Lew, 128 ; a Fourth Recalescence 

 in Steel. Prof. J. O. Arnold, 157; Prof. W. F. Barrett, 

 F.R.S., 235 ; Magnetic Properties of Iron and its Alloys, 

 Sir Robert Hadfield and Prof. B. Hopkinson, 217; Die 

 Untersuchungs-Methoden des Eisens und Stahls, Dr. A. 

 Riidisule, Prof. H. C. H. Carpenter, 233 ; Iron and Steel 

 Analysis, A. Campion, 268 ; Malaga Magnetites, F. 

 Gillman, 295 ; Report to the Corrosion Committee on 

 the Present State of our Knowledge of the Corrosion of 

 Non-ferrous Metals and Alloys, with Suggestions for a 

 Research into the Causes " of the Corrosion of Brass 

 Condenser Tubes by Sea Water, G. D. Bengough, 428 ; 

 Some Practical Experience with Corrosion of Metals, 

 Engineer Rear-Admiral J. T. Corner, 428 ; New Critical 

 Point in Copper-zinc Alloys, Prof. H. C. H. Carpenter 

 and C. A. Edwards, 428 ; Adhesion of Electro-deposited 

 Silver in Relation to the Nature of the German Silver 

 Basis Metal, Prof. A. McWilliam and W. R. Barclay, 

 428 ; a Treatise on Electro-metallurgy, W. G. McMillan, 

 A. McWilliam, 506 ; Constitution of the Alloys of Alumin- 

 ium and Zinc, W. Rosenhain and S. L. Archbutt, 564 



Metcalf's Comet (1910b), Dr. Ebell, 87, 319 



Meteorology : Autumn Weather .'\ggregate Rainfall Defi- 

 cient, 20; Report upon the Investigations of the Upper 

 Air, Dr. W. van Bemmelem and Dr. C. Braak, 20 ; Study 

 of the North-east and South-east Trade Winds of the 

 Atlantic- Ocean, 40 : Misure Magnetiche fatte in Sar- 

 degna nel 1892, Prof. L. Palazzo, 50 ; Meteorological Rela- 

 tionships, Prof. H. Hildebrand Hildebrandsson, 55 ; E. T. 

 Quayle, 55 ; Descriptive Meteorology, Prof. Willis L. 

 Moore, 68 ; Two Notes from India, Capt. J. H. Barbour, 

 73 ; on the Electricity of Rain and its Origin in Thunder- 

 storms, Dr. George C. Simpson, Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 

 81 ; Meteorological Charts of the North Atlantic and 

 North Pacific Oceans for December, and of the South 

 Atlantic and South Pacific for the Season December, 1910, 

 to February, 191 1, 86; Meteorological Chart of the North 



Atlantic for December, 179 ; Meteorological Chart of North 

 Atlantic Ocean for January, 346, 382 ; the Third Dimen- 

 sion in Meteorology, Dr. E. van Everdingen, 117; Results 

 of the Hourly Balloon .^scents made from the Meteoro- 

 logical Department of the Manchester University, March 

 18-19, J910, Miss M. White, 128; Results obtained from 

 the Registering Balloon Ascents carried out during the 

 Two International Weeks, December 6-1 1, 1909, and 

 August 8-13, 1910, W. H. Dines, 128; Pilot Balloon 

 Observations made in Barbados during the International 

 Week, December 6-1 1, 1909, C. J. P. Cave, 128; Royal 

 Meteorological Society, 128, 295, 565 ; Annual General 

 Meeting of the, 415; Results of the Magnetic Observa- 

 tions at Central Meteorological Observatory of Japan, 

 148 ; Libyan Oasis of Kharga, Ellsworth Huntington, 

 148 ; Introduction to the Meteorology of the Future : the 

 Sun and the Prediction of Weather, Abb^ T. More.ux, 179 ; 

 the Meteorologv of the Future, Prof. C. .Abbe, 5^0; the 

 New Meteorological Office, Dr. W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 

 181 ; Observations of the Lower Strata of Air by Kites and 

 Captive Balloons, 217; Aurora Borealis Witnessed at 

 Hampstead, 243 ; the Rainy Season in Japan, T. Okada, 

 247; Anales de ia Oficina Meteorol6gica Argentina, 250; 

 Climate of the Argentine Republic, W. G. Davis, 250 ; 

 Temperature Observations in the Madiisee (Pomerania), 

 with Mathematical Discussion of Temperature Oscilla- 

 tions, E. M. Wedderburn, 261 ; Report of the Council of 

 the Scottish Meteorological Society, 214; Atmospheric 

 Electricity, Dr. G. A. Carse and D. MacOwan, 281 ; the 

 Cold Period of June in Italy, Dr. Eredia, 281 ; on Actino- 

 metry and on Meteorology at Teneriffe, Dr. J. Mascart, 

 281 ; Atmospheric Conditions under which Explosions 

 Generally Occur, 277 ; Colliery Warnings, Prof. Henry 

 Louis, 336, 43S ; the Author of the \A'arnings, 437 ; 

 R. M. Deeley, 512 ; Balloon Experiments Carried Out at 

 Blackpool, Capt. C. H. Ley, 293 ; Meteorological Signi- 

 ficance of Small .Wind and Pressure Variations, Capt. 

 C. H. Ley, 293 ; Meteorological Office Daily Weather 

 Report, 314; Summary of the Weather for the Year, 314; 

 Decrease in Frequency and Intensity of London Fog, 318; 

 Present Position of Antarctic Meteorology, R. C. Moss- 

 man, 318; Aviators and Squalls, M. Durand-Gr^ville, 322; 

 Temperature of the Upper -Air, M. Rykachef, 323 ; Scien- 

 tific Memoirs of the Korean Meteorological Observatory, 

 341 ; Temperature Changes and Solar Activity, Prof. 

 F. H. Bigelow, 332 ; Weather Instruments and How to 

 Use Them, D. W. Horner, 403; "Black" Snow in the 

 Lower Emmen Valley, 431 ; General Character of the 

 Rainfall of 1910, Dr. H. R. Mill, 451 ; Subterranean 

 Noises, Rev. M. Saderra Mas6, 431 ; Atmospheric Elec- 

 tricity over the Ocean, Dr. G. C. Simpson and C. S. 

 Wright, 462 ; Report upon the Rains of the Nile Basin 

 and the Nile Flood of 1909, J. I. Craig, 485 ; Micro- 

 structure of Hailstones, MM. Dudetzky and Weinberg, 

 485 ; Meteorological Observations in Africa, 321 ; Meteoro- 

 logical Observations Recorded by Various Expeditions to 

 Novaia Zemlia, N. A. Koroste'ef, 321 ; Reports of 

 Meteorological Observatories, 325 ; Madrid Observatory, 

 1902-3, 323 ; Royal Magnetical and Meteorological Ob- 

 servatory, Batavia, 1907, 523 ; Odessa Observatory, 1908, 

 Prof. B. V. Stankevitsch, 323 ; Mysore, Rainfall Regis- 

 tration (1909), 323 ; Variation of the Depth of Water in 

 a Well at Detling, near Maidstone, compared with the 

 Rainfall, 1883-1909, R. Cooke and S. C. Russell, 565 



Meteors : November Meteors, John R. Henry, 40 ; Recent 

 Fireballs, 87; Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, 150; C. B. Pen- 

 nington, 130; J. Hicks, 130; the Orbits of the Perseids, 

 Henry Dierckx, 218; the Ouadrantid Meteor Shower, 

 T. W. Backhouse, 236 ; January Meteors, John R. Henry, 

 271 ; W. F. Denning, 348 ; Fireball of January q, W. F. 

 Denning, 372 ; Meteors in February, W. F. Denning, 

 417; Splendid Meteor on January 23, W. F. Denning, 

 433 ; a Morning Meteor, Joseph H. Elgie, 475 ; a Slowly 

 Moving Meteor, F. E. Baxandall, 532 



Metrology : the Invicta Table Book, j. W. Ladner, 103 ; 

 the Volume of the Kilogramme of Water, Sir T. Edward 

 Thorpe, C.B., F.R.S. , 242 ; Travaux et M6moires du 

 Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Sir T. 

 Edward Thorpe, C.B., F.R.S., 242; Measurement of End- 

 standards of Length, Dr. P. E. Shaw, 394 



Mewes (Herr), Nova Lacertae, 453 



