February i6, 1922 



NATURE 



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Official Publications Received. 



OflBce Soientifique et Technique des Peches Maritimes. Notes et 

 Memoircs, No. 12 : La Cooperation de la Navigation Aerienne aux 

 Peches Maritimes. E.xtrait des Rapports sur les sorties en 

 Dirig-cable et en Avion effcctues les 25 Aoiit et ler Septembre, 

 1!)21. Par H. Heldt. Pp. 8. 3 francs. Notes et Memoircs, No. 13 : 

 Urcherches sur la Variation de I'lodc. Chez les principales 

 I.aminaires de la Cote bretonne. Par M. P. Freundler and Mile. 

 ^. Menager. Pp. 24. 4 francs. (Paris: Ed. Blondel la Roueery.) 



Annual Report of the Department 'of Fisheries, Bengal and Bihar 

 iiid Orissa, for the Tear ending Slst March, 1921. Pp. vi+10+2 

 Calcutta: Bengal Fishery Department.) 5 annas. 



Ministry of Interior : Department of Refugees. Publication 

 No. 6 : The League of Nations and the Greeks and Armenians in 

 I'urkey. Pp. 62. (Constantinople.) 



Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies. Sugar- 

 cane Experiments in the Leeward Islands. Report on Experiments 

 conducted in Antigua. St. Kitts-Nevis, and Montserrat in the 

 Season 1919-20. Part 1 : Experiments with Varieties of Sugar- 

 cane. Part 2: Manurial Experiments with Sugar-Cane. Pp. iv 

 -.')7. (Barbados: Department of Agriculture.) \s. 



Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture, Trinidad and Tobago. 

 No. 2 : A Catalogue of the Trinidad Lepidoptera Rhopalocera 

 liutterflies). By W. J. Kaye. Pp. 163. (Trinidad.) 2«. M. 



The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. Twentieth 

 Annual Report (for the Tear 1920-21) submitted bv the Executive 

 Committee to the Trustees on 8th February, 1922. Pp iv-f83. 

 (Edinburgh: The Carnegie Trust, Merchants'" Hall.) 



Comity International des Poids et Mesures. Procfes-Verbaux de 

 Seances. Deuxieme serie, Tome 9, Session de 1921. Pp. viii-f-110. 

 ( Paris : Gauthier-Villars et Cie.) 



Madras Fisheries Department. Bulletin No. 12: Administration 

 Ueport. 1918-19, and The Outriyger Canoes of Indonesia, by James 

 Hornell : A Statistical Analysis of an Inshore Fishing Experiment 

 at Madras. 1919, by M. Ramaswami Navudu ; Reports on the 

 Fisheries of the Nilgiris, by the lat<> H. C. AVilson : Notes on the 

 Cichlid Fishes of Malabar, by N. P. Panikkar. Pp. iv-fl66-|-16 

 plates. (Madras : Government Press.) 4 rupees. 



Diary of Societies. 



THURSDAr. FEBHtTART 16. 



Ror.\L I.vsTiTUTiox OF GKF.iT BfiiTAiN, at 3.— Prof. A. G. Perkin : 

 Dyeing: Ancient and Modern (1). 



RoY.AL SociETT, at 4.30.— Prof. L. Hill, D. H. Ash, and 

 J. A. Campbell : The Heating and Cooling of the Bodv bv 

 Local Application of Heat and Cold.— Prof. J. B. Cohen, 

 C. H. Browning, R. Gaunt, and K. Gulbransen : Relationships 

 between Antiseptic Action and Chemical Constitution, with 

 Special Reference to Compounds of the Pyridine, Quinoline, 

 Acridine, and Phenazene Series.— D. T. Harris : Active Hyperjemia. 

 — B. B. Sarkar : The Depressor Nerve of the Rabbit.— Prof. A. 

 Lipschutz, Dr. B. Ottow, C. Wagner, and F. Bormann : The 

 Hypertrophy of the Interstitial Cells in the Testicle of the 

 Guinea Pig under Different Experimental Conditions. 



Chin-a SociETr (at School of Oriental Studies), at 5.— Miss E. G. 

 Kemp : Some Aboriginal Tribes in China. 



LiN-XEAN- SociETT OF LoxDON, at 5.— Prof. R. R. Gates : The In- 

 heritance of Flower Size in Plants.— W. Dallimore : Exhibition 

 of Dwarf Trees, showing Wind Effect on Rocks at Llandudno.— 

 .1. L. North : Acclimatisation of the Soja Bean, Glycine Soja. 



HoTAL SociETT OF Mf-Dicink (Demiatologv Section), at 5. 



UoT.Ai, AKBOxirTiCAL SOCIETY (at Royal Society of Arts), at 5.30.— 

 Sqdr.-Ldr. C. F. A. Portal : Methods of Instruction in Aeroplane 

 Flying. 



IxsTiTUTioif OF Mijrijro and Metali.vbgt (at Geological Society of 

 London), at 5.30.— J. 51. Bell : The Occurrence of Silver Ores in 

 South Lorrain, Ontario, Canada. 



IvsTiTtTiov OF ELErTUiCAi, Engin-kkrs, at 6.— F, P. Whitaker: 

 Rotary Converters, with Special Reference to Railway Electri- 

 fication. 



iNSTiTiTio.v OF .\iTOMOBiLE ENGINEERS (Loudon Graduates' Meet- 

 ing), at 8.— L. F. Watson: Mechanical Eflflciencv. 



Chemical Societt, at 8.— A. Lapworth : A Theoretical Derivation 

 of the Principle of Induced Alternate Polarities.— AV. O. Kermack 

 and R. Robinson : An Explanation of the Property of Induced 

 Polarity of .\toms and an Interpretation of the Theory of Partial 

 Valencies on an Electronic Basis. 



SociETr FOR Constrictive Bibth Control and Racial Progress 

 (at Essex Hall, Es.sex Street, W.C.2), at 8.— E. B. Turner: Sex 

 Relationships. 



RoiAL Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (at 11 Chandos 

 Street, W.l), at 8.15.— Major t. W. Cragg: Relapsing Fever in 

 India. 



Society of Antiquaries, at 8.30. 



FRIDAY, FEBRi4nr 17. 



Geological Society of London (Anniversary), at 3 —Presidential 

 Address. 



Royal Society of Medicine (Otology Section), at 5. 



Royal College or Svbgeons of England, at 5.— Prof Swale Vincent : 

 A Critical Examination of Current Views on Internal Secretion 

 ^\rris and Gale Lecture). 



I-vstitition of Mechanical Engineers (Annual General Meeting), 

 at 6,— A. T. Wall : Electric Welding applied to Steel Con- 

 struction, with Special Reference to Ships. 



British Electrical Development A.ssociation (at Chartered In- 

 stitute of Patent Agents, Staple Inn Buildings, W.C.2), at 7.30. 

 — H. Harrison : Salesmanship in Relation to Electric Lighting. 



NO. 2729, VOL. 109] 



JiNioR Institution of Engineers (at Caxton Hall), at 8.— W. J. 



Leaton : Water Purification for Boiler Feed Purposes. 

 Societe Internationale de Philolooie, Sciences et Beaux-Arts 

 (Celtic Section) (at 8 Taviton Street, W.C.I), at 8.— Dr. W. J. E. 

 Scott: The Mines of El Dorado: an Historical Account of the 

 Maritime Trade of Spain with Ireland, 2000 to 700 B.C. v2). 

 Royal Society of Medicine (Electro-therapeutics Section), at 8.30. 

 —Dr. G. W. C. Kaye : Radiology and Physics (Mackenzie-David- 

 son Memorial Lecture). 

 Royal Institution of Great Britain, at 9 —Prof. D. S. M. Watson : 

 History of the Mammalian Ear. 



SATURDAY, February 18. 

 Royal Institution of Great Britain, at 3.— Prof. E. A.. Gardner : 

 Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture (1). 



Physiological Society (at School of Medicine for Women, Hunter 

 Street, W.C.I), at 4.— J. S. Haldane : Working Model to Illus- 

 trate a Theory of Muscular Contraction.— C. da Fano : Permanent 

 Golgi-Cox Specimens. — W. W. Waller : The Microscopic Appear- 

 ances of Red Blood Corpuscles in Hypertonic Saline.— \V. Cramer : 

 Slides Demonstrating the Functional Activity of the Suprarenal 

 Medulla.— W. D. Halliburton and D. H. de Souza : Secretin by 

 the Portal Route.— J. W. Pickering and J. A. Hewitt : Some 

 Physico-chemical Aspects of Blood Coagulation. — J. X. Hewitt 

 and Dorothy B. Steabben : Note on the Fermentation of Inositol. 

 — M. Bond: (a) Fat Soluble A Content of Bacon Fat; (6) Food 

 Value of Dried Egg-white. — E. E. Hewer : Some Observations 

 on the Results of Suprarenal Inoculations.— M. O. P. Wiltshire: 

 Oxygen Intake of \Vomen during iluscular Work.— W. C. CuUis 

 and M. Ross-Johuson : Periodic Variations in Temperature in 

 Women. — W. 0. CuUis : Oxygen Consumption as a Test of Fatigue. 

 — G. V. .A.nrep and R. K. Cannan : The Blood Sugar Metabolism 

 of the Submaxillary Gland.— A. N. Drury : The Effect of Vagal 

 Stimulation on Intra-auricular Block produced by Cold (Mam- 

 malian Auricle). — J. Trevan and E. Boock : Note on the Effect 

 of Section of the Vagus on the Respiratory Centre of the Cat.— 

 H. \V. Haggard and T. Henderson : Hsemorrhage as a Form of 

 Asphyxia. 



MONDAY, February 20. 



Institution of Electrical Engineers (Informal Meeting), at 7. — 

 E. F. Hethcrington and others: Discussion on The Emergency 

 Use of Oil Fuel during the Recent Coal Strike. 



Roval Institute of British Architects, at 8.— A. J. Davis : The 

 Internal Decoration of Ocean Liners. 



Aristotelian Society (at University of London Club, 21 Gower 

 Street, W.C.I), at 8.— Prof. H. Wildon Carr, Dr. Dorothy Wriuch, 

 Prof. T. P. Nunn, and Prof. A. N. Whitehead: Discussion on 

 the. Idealistic Interpretation of Einstein's Theory. 



Royal Society of Arts, at 8.— Prof. A. F. C. Pollard : The Mechani- 

 cal Design of Scientific Instruments (1) (Cantor Lecture). 



Royal Geographical Society (at ^Eolian Hall), at 8.30.— .\. F. R. 

 Wollaston : Natural History of South-western Tibet. 

 TUESDAY, February 21. 



Institution of Electrical Engineers, at 3. — Meeting in commcmo- 

 nition of the First Meeting of the Society of Telegraph 

 Engineers on February 28, 1872. 



Royal Institution of Great Britain, at 3. — Sir Arthur Keith : 

 -Anthropological Problems of the British Empire : Racial Problems 

 in .\sia and Australasia (1). 



Royal Society fob the Protection of Birds (at the ^Middlesex 

 Guildhall, Westminster, S.W.I). at 3.— Viscount Grey of 

 Fallodon : Address on the Work of the Society. 



Royal Statistical Society, at 5.15. 



Zoological Society of London, at 5.30.— Dr. R. Broom : The 

 Temporal Arches of the Reptilia.— Dr. H. Blegvad : Animal Com- 

 munities in the Southern North Sea.— Dr. C. F. Sonntag : (1) The 

 Vagus and Sympathetic Nerves of the Edentata. (2) The Vagus 

 and Sympathetic Nerves of Hyrax capensis.—C. Tate Regan : The 

 Ciohlid Fishes of Lake Victoria. 



Institution of Civil Engineers, at 6. — Discussion on paper by Dr. 

 H. F. Parshall on : Hydro-Electric Installations of the Barcelona 

 Traction, Light and Power Company. — A. C. Walsh and W. F. 

 Stanton: The Improvement of the Port of Valparaiso. 



Women's Engineering Society (at 26 George Street, W.l), at 6.15. 

 —Mrs. H. Irving : Model Experiments in Aeronautics. 



Institute of Marine Engineers, at 6.30. — D. R. Hutchinson : 

 Types of Large Marine Engines. 



Royal Photographic Bociety of Great Britain, at 7.— Q. A. Booth : 

 Natural History Photography. 



WEDNESDAY, February 22. 



Institution of Electrical Engineers, at 3.30 and 8.30. — Meeting 

 in Commemoration of the First Meeting of the Society of Tele- 

 graph Engineers on February 28, 1872. 



Geological Society of London, at 5.30.— Dr. C. W. Andrews : 

 Description of a New Plcsiosaur from the Wealden Clay of 

 Sussex.— T. Landell-Mills with Notes on the Petrography by Dr. 

 A. Gilligan, and on the Palaeontology by Dr. A. Smith Wood- 

 ward : The Carboniferous Rocks of the Deer Lake District of 

 Newfoundland. 



Royal Societt of Arts, at 8.— Dr. A. Scott : The Restoration and 

 PreserTation of Objects at the British Museum. 

 THURSDAY, February 23. 



Royal Institution of Great Britain, at 3.— Prof. A. G. Perkin : 

 Dyeing: Ancient and Jlodern (2). 



Institution of Electrical Engineers, at 3.30 and 8.— Sleeting in 

 Commemoration of the First Meeting of the Society of Tele- 

 graph Engineers on February '28, 1872. 



Royal Society, at 4.30— Probahli; Papers.— C. D. Ellis : p-ray 

 Spectra and their Meaning —Prof. A. E. Conrady : A Study of 

 the Balance— Dr. J. S. Owens : Suspended Impurity in the Air.— 

 R. V. Southwell : The Free Transverse Vibrations of a Uniform 



