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TITLE INDEX. 



Abantu in the Ujdenburg District,, Medical Folk-lore of 



the, C. Piiper, 426 

 Aberdeen University, The Rowatt Researcli Institute, Ap- 

 pointments at, 264 

 Aberration, Spherical, The Physical Meaning of, L. C. 



Martin, 567 

 Aboriginal Ceremonial Ground, Early Drawings of an, 



R. H. Carabage and H. Selkirk, 231 

 Ahraxas grossuiariata: and lutea. Breeding Experiments 

 with, H. Onslow, 297 ; The Hereditary Transmission 

 of Minute Marking in the Forewing of, Prof. E. B. 

 Poulton, 487 

 Absorption : Spectra with the Electric Furnace, A Study of, 

 A. S. King, 135 ; Spectrum of Hydrogen Chloride, 

 F. W. Loomis, 179 

 Acacia Seedlings, Part vi., R. H. Cambage, 395 

 Acacias, Notes on Two, J. H. Maiden, 683 

 Actonian Prize of the Royal Instutution, The, Awarded to 



Prof. G. E. Hale, 768 

 Adelaide University, Gift for a New Building for the Medical 



School of, 134 

 Adriatic, Tides of the, R. Sterneck, jun., 775 

 Advisory Council to the Committee of the Privy Council 

 for Scientific and Industrial Research, Sir J. F. C. 

 Snell appointed a Member of tiie, 478 

 Aerial Navigation, Principles and Practice of, Lt. J. E. 



Dumbleton, 371 ^ 1 



Aerials, Efficiency of, and the Power Required for Long- 

 distance Radio-telegraphy, Prof. G. W. O. Howe, 423 

 Aerodynamic Models, A New Method of Testing, in Gas 



Currents, W. Margoulis, 521 

 Aerodynamical Researches, Experimental Installations for, 



J. Villey, 851 

 Aerodynamics, Applied, G. P. Thomson, 40 

 Aerographic Notation, Uniformity in. Prof. Mc.^die, 301 

 Aeronautics : A Class Text, Prof. E. B. Wilson, 173 ; at 

 the Science Museum, South Kensington, 229 ; Prin- 

 ciples of, 173 

 Aeroplane : Journey, Notes Taken on an. Prof. A. D. 

 Waller, 121 ; Wing of an, Resultant Pressure on a, 

 M. Pascal, 491 ; ii., 522 

 /Ether and the Quantum Theory, Dr. H. S. Allen, 490 

 African Lakes, Fauna of the, with Special Reference to 



Tanganyika, Dr. W. A. Cunnington, 489 

 Agricultural : Botany, National Institute of, First Report of 

 the ; W. H. Parker appointed Director of the, 576 ; 

 Zoology of North Wales, The, C. L. Walton, 581 

 Agriculture : at the British Association, Dr. A. Lauder, 

 581 ; during Two Great Wars, Lord Ernie, 33 ; in 

 Egypt and Cyprus, 263 ; Ministry of, Changes at the, 

 288 ; Salaries of Scientific Workers in connection with, 

 385 ; The Application of Science to, 429 , The Develop- 

 ment of, 621 

 Air : Conference, 1920, 258 ; Mail Goods and Passenger 

 Services, Growth and Present Position of, Maj.-Gen. 

 Sir Frederick H. Sykes, 259; Navigation, A Primer of, 

 H. E. Wimperis, 240 ; Services, Commercial, Cost of 

 Operating, White Smith, 259 ; The Purification of. 

 Contaminated with certain Toxic Gases, Desgrez, 

 Guillemard, and Sav^s, 586 

 Aircraft : Design, the Foundations of, 40 ; Navigation of. 

 Instruments for the, G. M. B. Dobson, 504; Research, 

 Present Position and Contemplated Developments of. 

 Air Vice-Marshal E. L. Ellington, 259 ; Uses for, A. 

 Mallock, 147 

 Airscrews : in Design and Performance, 592 ; in Theory 



and Experiment, A. Fage, 592 

 Airships : for Slow-speed Heavy Transport and their 

 Application to Civil Engineering, Wing-Comdr. Cave- 

 Brown-Cave, 423 ; The Future of, Sir Trevor Dawson, ■ 

 260 

 Alaska, Pliocene and Pleistocene Fossils from, W. H. Dall, 



122 

 Albuminous Substances and Saline Solutions, " Intertrac- 



tion " between. Sir Almroth Wright 778 

 Alcohol : Effects of, on White Rats, Macdowell, 133 ; In- 



dustrial, Capt Desborough, 3^8; Physiological 



Effects of, A. Chaston Chapman, 408 ; Power, Possible 



New Sources of, C. Simmonds, 244 



.Alcoholic Yeast in Vineyards, Appearance of, F. Grenet, 100 



Alcohols: Primary, The Distillation Constant of certain, 



J. Reilly and W. J. Hickinbottom, 850; The Dehydro- 



genation of, by Catalytic Oxidation under Reduced 



Pressure, C. Mourcu and G. Mignonac. 330 



Alga, An, Cultivated in the Dark for Eight Years, A. P. 



Dangeard, 850 

 Algebra, Elementary : Exercises from. C. Godfrey and A. 

 W. Siddons. Vols. i. and ii.. Complete (with Answers), 

 143 ; Part i., C. V. DurcU and G. W. Palmer, 722 

 Algues Marines, Utilisation des. Prof. C. Sauvageau, 435 

 Alkali Rocks, Origin of the. Dr. J. W. Evans, 425 

 Alkaline .Metals, Action of the, on Ether Oxides, J Durand 



746 

 Alkaloids in Plants, The Biological Signification of, G. 



Ciamician and C. Ravenna, 426 

 Alloys, Non-ferrous, Scientific Studies of, C. T. Heycock 

 (Presidential Address to Section B of the British Asso- 

 ciation). 60 

 Alpine Traveller, The First Great, Prof. T. G. Bonnev, 



7S3 

 Alsace-Lorraine, The Rare Gases in Natural Gases of, 



C. .Moureu and A. Lepape, 490 

 .Amazons, A Naturalist on the, H. W. Bates. Abridged 



and Edited for Schools by Dr. K. A. Bruton, io6 

 American : Astronomical Society, Sir Frank W. Dyson 

 elected an Honorary Member of the, 220; Civil Engi- 

 neers' Handbook. Editor-in-Chief, M. Merriman. 

 Fourth edition, 277 ; Engineering Foundation, Gift to 

 the, for Research in Science and Engineering, 615 ; 

 Etjinolc^y, Report of the Bureau of. 1911-12, 513; 

 Geographical Society, The Elisha Kent Kane Gold 

 Medal of the, awarded to Dr. A. H. Rice, 606 ; Hall 

 of Fame, Elections to the, 354; Museum of Natural 

 History, " The Age of Man " Hall in the, Prof. H. F. 

 Osborn, 222 : Museum of Natural History, The Congo 

 Expedition of the, 221 ; National Research Council. 

 The, 318; Ornithologists' Union, Election of Officers 

 of the, 512; Universities, Doctorates in Science con- 

 ferred by, 616 

 Amines : A New General Method for the Preparation of. 

 Starting with Aldehydes or Ketones, G. Mignonac, 

 818; Secondary, The Catalytic Preparation of, A. 

 Mailhe, 851 ' . ' 



.Ammonia into Urea, The Transformation of, C. Matignon 



and M. Fr^jacques, 521 

 .Ammonites, Type, S. S. Buckman, 608 

 Ammonoidea, Cretaceous, from Angola Collected by Prof. 



J. W. Gregory, L. F. Spath, 554 

 -Amphibian Embryo, The Development of Connected Tissue 



in the, G. .A. Baitsell, 135 

 Amundsen Expedition, The, Return of Captain G. Hansen 



249 

 Ansesthetics : on Living Cells, The Effect of, G. Medes and 

 J. F. McClendon, 587 ; Their Uses and Administration, 

 Dr. D. W. Buxton. Sixth edition, 721 

 Analysis, Modern : A Course of. An Introduction to the 

 General Theory of Infinite Processes and of Analytic 

 Functions ; with an Account of the Principal Trans- 

 cendental Functions, Prof. E. T. Whittaker and Prof. 

 G. N. Watson. Third edition, 531 

 .Anaphylactic Shock, A Simple and Inoffensive Method of 

 Avoiding, A. Lumlire and J. Chevrotier, 363 ; The 

 Nature of the, A. Lumifere and H. Couturier, 851 

 Anatomic des Nervensystems, Vergleichende, Erstcr Teil., 

 Die Leitungsbahnen im Nervensystem der Wirbellosen 

 Tiere, .'E. B. D. Fortuyn. 176 

 Anatomy : Practical, A Manual of. A Guide to the Dissec- 

 tion of the Human Body, Prof. T. Walmsley. In 

 three partg. Part i.. The Upper and Lower Limbs, 

 30S : The Principles of, as seen in the Hand, Prof. F. 

 Wood Jones, 432 



