Index 



Nature, 

 March 23, 191 1 



tion, Prof. C. S. Sherrington and Miss S. C. M. 

 Sowton, 27 ; tjie Conditions Necessary for Tetanus of 

 the Heart, Dr. J. Tait, 27 ; Neurogenic Origin of 

 Normal Heart Stimulus, Dr. J. Tait, 27; Results of 

 Some Experiments on the Combination of Poisons with 

 the Contractile Substance of Cardiac Muscle, Dr. H. M. 

 Vernon, 27 ; the Morphology and Nomenclature of 

 Blood Corpuscles, Prof. C. S. Minot, 27 ; Results of 

 Some Experiments indicating the Existence of Afferent 

 Nerves in the Eye Muscles, Prof. C. S. Sherrington, 

 F.R.S., Dr. E. E. Laslett and Miss F. Tozer, 27; 

 Results of the X-rays in Therapeutic Doses on the 

 Growing Brains of Rabbits, Dr. Dawson Turner and 

 Dr. T. George, 27 ; Origin of the Inorganic Composi- 

 tion of the Blood Plasma, Prof. A. B. Macallum, 

 F.R.S., 27; the Inorganic Composition of the Blood 

 Plasma in the Frog after a Long Period of Inanition, 

 Prof. A. B. Macallum, F.R.S., 27 ; the Microchemistry 

 of the Spermatic Elements in Vertebrates, Prof. A. B. 

 Macallum, 27 ; Nutritive Value of Beef Extract, Prof. 

 W. H. Thompson, 27 

 Section K (Botany), continued— Paths of Translocation 

 of Sugars from Green Leaves, S. Mangham, 58 ; Assi- 

 milation and Translocation under Natural Conditions, 

 D. Thoday, 58 ; New Method of Observing in Living 

 Leaves, while Still Attached to the Plant, the Degree 

 to which the Stomatal Apertures are Open or Closed, 

 Dr. F. Darwin, 58; Germination Conditions and the 

 Vitality of Seeds, Miss N. Darwin and Dr. F. F. 

 Blackman, 58 ; the Cyanophyceae Endophytic in the 

 Apogeotropic Roots of Cycads and in the Cavities of 

 Azolla and Anthoceros are invariably accompanied by 

 Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria, Prof. Bottomley, 58 ; Distri- 

 bution of Halophytes on the Severn Shore, 58 ; the New 

 Force, Mitokinetism, Prof. Marcus Hartog, 58 ; .Arti- 

 ficial Parthenogenesis in the Eggs of a Sea-urchin 

 {Strongylocentrotus purpuratus), Dr. E. Hindle, 58 ; 

 Behaviour of the Chromosomes during Mitosis, Prof. 

 Farmer and Miss Digby, 58 ; Dr. Eraser and Mr. 

 Snell, 58 ; the Vermiform Male Nuclei of Lilium, Prof. 

 V. H. Blackman, 58 ; Some Experiments on the Inherit- 

 ance of Colour in the Pimpernel, Prof. F. E. Weiss, 59 ; 

 the Function and Fate of the Cystidia of Coprinus, 

 Prof. Buller, 59 ; H. Wager, 59 ; the Methods of Asexual 

 Reproduction in a Species of Saprolegnia, A. E. Lech- 

 mere, 59 ; a Form of Nuclear Division Intermediate 

 between Mitosis and Amitosis in Coleosporiuni Tiissi- 

 laginis, Prof. V. H. Blackman, /(q ; Chromosome Re- 

 duction in the Hymenomycetes, Harold Wager, 59 ; 

 Cause of the Silver-leaf Disease of Fruit Trees, F. T. 

 Brooks, 59 ; Note on Ophioglosstim palniaiiim. Prof. 

 F. O. Bower, 59 ; Two Synthetic Genera of Filicales, 

 Prof. F. O. Bower, 59 ; Structure of the " False Stems " 

 of the Fossil Genus Tempskya, Dr. Kidston and Prof. 

 Gwynne-Vaughan, 59 ; Morphology of the Ovule of 

 Gnetum Africanum, Mrs. Thoday, 59 ; the Pollen Cham- 

 bers of Various Fossil' Seeds, Prof. F. W. Oliver, 59 ; 

 Morphology of the Stock of Isoetes, Prof. W. H. Lang, 

 50 ; Sand-dunes and Golf Links, Prof. F. O. Bower, 



59. 

 Section L (Education), continued — ReiX)rt of the Section 

 L Research Committee on Mental and Physical Factors 

 involved in Education, Prof. Schuyten, 89 ; Prof. Green, 

 89 ; Prof. Findlay, 89 ; Methods of Algebra Teaching, 

 Dr. T. P. Nunn, 89 ; Inquiry into Individual Variations 

 of Memory among some 400 Subjects, Dr. Spearman, 

 89 ; Methods of Binet and Simon, Dr. Otto Lipmann, 

 Sq ; Series of Experiments Performed with a Group of 

 Elementary-school Children at Oxford, Cyril Burt, 89 ; 

 Value of Perseveration as an Index of the Quality of 

 Intelligence, J. G. Gray, 89 ; Series of Tests to which 

 the Candidates for Scholarships at a Midland Secondary 

 School were Submitted, H. S. Lawson, 8q ; .Application 

 of Binet's Tests to 200 Schoolgirls in Sheffield, Kath- 

 arine L. Johnson, 90 ; Collection of Masses of Psycho- 

 logical Data by Untrained Observers, Dr. C. S. Myers, 

 90 ; Practical Work in Schools, Sir Philip Magnus, 90 ; 

 J. G. Legge, 90 ; Relations of Science with Commercial 

 Life, Mr. Blair, 90; Principal E. H. Griffiths, 90; Dr. 

 Beilby, 90 ; Sir William White, 90 ; Dr. Stead, 90 ; Dr. 

 H. E. Armstrong, 90 



I British Association, Forthcoming Meeting of the, at Ports- 

 mouth, 481 



British Bird-book, the, 407 



British Empire, Agriculture in the Dry Regions of the, 

 Dr. E. J. Russell, 11 1 



British Empire in Pictures, the, H. Clive Barnard, 39 



British Isles, Geology of the, 386 



British Journal Photographic Almanac, 1911, the, 401 



British Lands, Geological Work in, 553 



British Mammals, Major G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, 6 



British Museum : Guide to the British Vertebrates Exhi- 

 bited in the Department of Zoology, British Museum 

 (Natural History), 234 ; a Descriptive Catalogue of the 

 Marine Reptiles of the Oxford Clay, based on the Leeds 

 Collection in the British Museum (Natural History), 

 London, Dr. C. W. Andrews, F.R.S., 264; a Guide to 

 the Fossil Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fishes in the 

 Department of Geology and Palaeontology in the British 

 Museum (Natural History), 264 ; Guide to the Crustacea, 

 Arachnida, Onychophora, and Myriopoda exhibited in the 

 Department of Zoology, 505 ; Catalogue of the Lepid- 

 optera Phalaenje in the British Museum, 539 



British Navy, the Airship for the, 555 



British Place-names in their Historical Setting, Edmund 

 McClure, Rev. John Griffith, 131 



British School at Athens, the Annual of the, H. R. Hall, 



339 



British School at Rome, Papers of the, 445 



British Science Guild, the, the Present Position of Agricul- 

 tural Research in the United Kingdom, 13 



Brizard (L.), Radiation of Quinine Sulphate, 429 



Broglie (^L de). Radiation of Quinine Sulphate, 429 



Broniewski (VVitold), Electrical Properties of the Alumin- 

 ium Mng^nesium .Alloys, 395 



Brooks (Cecil J.), Occurrence of Matonia sarmentosa in 

 Sarawak, 541 



Brooks (F. T.), Cause of the Silver-leaf Disease of Fruit 

 Trees, 59 



Brooks Patent T-square Lock, the, 5 



Broom (Dr. R.), Systematic Position and Feeding-habits of 

 the African Jurassic Genus Tritylodon and its Northern 

 .Allies Plagiaulax and Ptilodus, 48 



Brown (A. E.), Death of, 82 



Brown (Prof. A. P.), the Differentiation and Specificity of 

 Corresponding Proteins and other Vital Substances in 

 Relation to Biological Classification and Organic Evolu- 

 tion and the Crystallography of Haemoglobins, 57 



Brown (T. A. Harvie), Scottish Natural History, 336 



Brown (Prof. W.), Mechanical Stress and Magnetisation 

 of Nickel, 161, 531 



Browne (Rev. H. C.), Suggested Improvement in Epicyclic 

 Variable Gears, 327 



Brownlee (Dr. John), Relation of the Mono-Molecular 

 Reaction of Life Processes to Immunity, 497 



Bruce (Sir Charles, G.C.M.G.), the Broad Stone of Empire, 

 Problems of Crown Colony .Administration, with Records 

 of Personal Experience, 229 



Bruce (Col. Sir David), Experiments to ascertain if "Ante- 

 lope may act as a Reservoir of the Virus of Sleeping 

 Sickness (Trypanosoma ganihiense), 428 ; Experiments 

 to ascertain if the Domestic Fowl of Uganda may act 

 as a Reservoir of the Virus of Sleeping Sickness (Trypan- 

 osoma gambiense), 428 



Bruce (Dr. William S.), the Oceanographical Institute at 

 Paris, 513 



Briihl (Julius Wilhelm), Obituary Notice of, 517 



Bruntz (L.), Physiological Significance of the Vital Colora- 

 tion of Leucocytes, 361 ; Eliminating role of the Leuco- 

 cytes, 429 



Brussels Exhibition, Astronomy at the. Dr. Stroobant, 282 



Bryan (Prof. G. H.), Loss of Life bv .Aeroplane Accidents, 

 484 



Brvant (Dr. Robert), the Secular .Acceleration of the Moon's 

 Mean Motion, 119 



Bryant (Mrs.), Specialisation in Teaching, 353 



Buchanan (J. Y., F.R.S.), the Oceanographical Museum 

 at Monaco, 7 



Bucking (Mr.), the Tierras Cocidas of the Pampas Beds 

 of Argentina, 178 



Buckland (James), the Birds of our Colonies and their 

 Protection, 315 



