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Index 



Nature, 

 _Mtirch 30, J 916 



Angular Direction, A new method of determining, Dr. 



J. W. Evans, 612 

 Animal : and Plant Life, Destruction of, in the Gatun region, 



G. Shiras, 14; Symmetry and the Differentiation of 



Species, Prof. S. J. Hickson, 613 

 Animals, The Hundred Best, L. Gask, 225 

 Annelids, Pelagic, in Japanese Waters, A. Izuka, 234 

 Antarctic Fossil Plants, D. H. S., 33 

 Antennaria, Four species of, P. Porsild, 377 

 Anthropological Explorations, A. Hrdlicka, 725 

 Anthropology at the British Association, 299 

 Antilogarithm Table, Bordered, Prof. G. H. Bryan and 



T. G. Creak, 632 

 Anti-Phenol Serum, Mile. J. Wiszniewska, 361 

 Antiseptics: Action of, on Pus, P. Delbet, 585; New, Drs. 



H. D. Dakin, J. B. Cohen, J. Kenyon, 6-^3 ; The 



Methodical Use of, M. Cazin and Mile. S. Krongold, 



613 

 Antiseptic Substances and the Treatment of Infected 



Wounds, Dr. H. D. Dakin, 50 

 Apparatus : for Reproducing and Measuring Short Intervals 



of Time, J. Coulson, 690; Simple, for finding "G," 



etc., S. J. V. d. Lingen, 27 

 Apparitions and Thought-Transference, F. Podmore, New 



and Enlarged Edition, 591 

 Apple Pomace, Pressed, Feeding Value of, Gimingham, 



436 

 Araucaria brasiliensis, L. L. Burlingame, 519 

 Archaeological Discoveries, Method of Recording, R. 



Mond, 300 

 Archaic Sculpturings, L. M. Mann, 601 

 Archives Russies d'Anatomie, d'Histologie et d'Embry- 



ologie, 438 

 Arc Light, 559 



Arginase, The Action of. Dr. A. Clementi, 3 1^3 

 Arginine and the Formation of Creatine, Prof. W. H. 



Thompson, 355 

 Aristotelian Society, Forthcoming Papers at the, 205; Pro- 

 ceedings of the. New Series, Vol. XV., 310 

 Aristotle, The Works of, Translated into English under 



the Editorship of W. D. Ross. Magna Moralia, 



Ethica Eudemia, De Virtutibus et Vitiis, De Mundo, 



De Spiritu, 699 

 Arithn-ietic, A First Book of, S. Lister, 506; Parts I., II., 



III., Complete with Answers, C. Godfrey and E. A. 



Price, 199 

 Armenia and tife Armenians, H. D. Jenkins, 378 

 Armstrong College, Bequest tq, by G. May, 135 ; Calendar, 



166 

 Arsenicals, The Pathological Action of, upon the Adrenals, 



W. H. Brown and L. Pearce, 27 

 Arterial Circulation under War Conditions, A. Mouticr, 137 

 Ascaris lumbricoides, Eggs of, L. D. Wharton, 319 

 Asia, Central, Explorations in, Sir Aurel Stein, 235 

 Asoka, Edicts of the Emperor, 76 

 Asteroids Feeding upon Living Sea-Anemones, H. N. 



Milligan, 619; H. C. Chadwick, 677 

 Astrographic Magnitude Scales, Prof. H. H. Turner, 445 



ASTRONOMICAL NOTES. 



Comets : 



Comet Mellish (1915 a), J. Braae and J. Fischer-Petersen, 

 51 ; Comet Tempel II. (1915 c), J. Braae ; Dr. H. Thiele, 

 51; Winnecke's Comet (1915?)), K. Hillebrand, 51; 

 Comet 1915^ (Mellish), 79; Supposed New Comet, Prof. 

 Frost, 95; A New Comet, J. E. Mellish, 123; Comet 

 1915^ (Mellish), J. Braae and J. Fischer-Petersen, 179; 

 Ccwnet Mellish (1915 d), 353, 379; A New Comet, 408; 

 Comet 1915^ (Taylor), 438, 466; J. Guillaume, P. 

 Bruck, Prof. H. Kobold, 521; Comet 19156 (Taylor), 

 547 ; Comet 1915 a (Mellish), K. Shaw, 547 ; Comet 

 V915 e (Taylor), J. Braae, and Mile. J. Vinter-Hansen, 

 575; Comet 1915^^ (Mellish), 575; Comet 1915^ 

 (Taylor), 603 ; Comet 1915 e (Taylor), Prof. E. Strom- 

 gren, 633, 686 ; F. J. Neubauer and H. M. Jefifers, 686 ; 

 Secondary Nuclei of Comet 1915 a (Mellish), 686 ; 

 Perrine's Comet (i9i6vii.), Dr. G, Stracke, 715 



Eclipses : 

 The Solar Eclipse of February 3, 19 16, 633 



Instruments : 



A lo-inch Diffraction Grating, Prof. A. A. Michelson, 

 154 ; Proper Motions measured by the Blink-Microscope, 

 R. T. A. Innes, J. V6ute, and others, 237; Investiga- 

 tions by the Blink-Microscope, 271 ; Measures of 67 

 Double Stars by the 9-in. Grubb Refractor, 271 ; The 

 Use of the Blink-Microscope, R. T. A. Innes, 438; 

 Determination of Radial Velocities by Objective Prisms, 

 M. Hamy, 521 ; Stereoscopic Measurement of Proper 

 Motions, C. Solk, 603 ; Comparison of Pendulums, 

 A. Perot, 715 



Meteors : 



A Large Fireball, W. F. Denning ; A. Mee, 179 ; The 

 Great Meteor of October 5, W. F. Denning, 237; The 

 December Meteoric Shower, W. F. Denning, 352 ; 

 The Perseid Meteors in 1915, C. P. Olivier, 379 ; 

 Geminid Meteor Shower, 466 



Observatories : 

 The Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge, Annual 

 Report, 155 ; The Victorian Observatory, 179 ; Circulars 

 of the Union Observatory, 271 ; Report of the Nizamiah 

 Observatory, 575 



Planets : 



Saturn, Dr. P. Lowell, 79 ; Approximate Determination of 

 Planetary Longitude, Prof. H. Chatley, 95 ; Rotation 

 Period of Neptune, M. Hall, 123 ; The Internal Con- 

 stition of the Earth, H. Jeffreys, 123 ; Measures of 

 Jupiter, Rev. Father S. Chevalier, 154 ; The Rotation 

 Period of certain Jovian Markings, W. F. Denning, 154; 

 M. Chevalier, 154; The Future of the Planets, P. 

 Puiseux, 297 ; Visibility of Mercury, H. E. Goodson, 

 3153 ; Occupations by the Moon, 379 ; A Martian 

 Calendar, Prof. W. H. Pickering, 408 ; Saturn's Rings, 

 Dr. Lowell, 603 



Stars : 

 Absolute Stellar Motions, K. W. Gyllenberg, 16; A 

 Catalogue of .Star Clusters, P. J. Melotte, 17; Colour 

 Index and Distance of Stars, P. J. van Rhijn, 52 ; 

 Radial Velocity, Magnitude, and Spectral Type, C. D. 

 Perrine, 79 ; Star Colours, Prof. E. Hertzsprung ; 

 F. H. Seares, 95 ; Stellar Proper Motions determined 

 S^ereoscopically, Prof. Max Wolf, 123 ; The Evolution 

 of the Stars and the Formation of the Earth, Dr. 

 W. W. Campbell, 123 ; Photometric Observations of 



5 Cephei, Dr. G. Bemporad, 123 ; R. Coronae Borealis, 

 Prof. E. C. Pickering, 154 ; Recent Observations of 

 Variables, Prof. A. A. Nijland and van der Bilt, 179 ; 

 T. Kohl, 179 ; Kostinsky, 179 ; The Proper Motion of 

 A.G. Wa. 5002, R. J. Pocock, 179 ; Selenium Cell 

 Photometry of 5 Orionis, 209 ; Displacement of Photo- 

 graphic Stellar Images, J. Comas So!^, 209 ; The Light- 

 Curve of XX Cygni, Dr. H. Shapley and M. B. Shapley, 

 237 ; The Andromeda Nebula, 271 ; A Long-Period 

 Spectroscopic Binary, fj. Persei, J. B. Cannon, 271 ; 

 The Orbit of B.A.C. 5890, F. H. Parker, 271 ; Varia- 

 bility of a Orionis, T. W. Backhouse, 296 ; Proper 

 Motions of Stars in the Region of N.G.C. 6705, Prof. 

 E. E. Barnard, 296 ; Parallaxes of 70 Ophiuchi and 



6 Cygni, Prof. S. A. Mitchell, 323 ; The Radial 

 Velocities of Five Hundred Stars, Dr. W. S. Adams, 

 323 ; The Colour Index of S Cephei, 323 ; The Light- 

 Curve of RZ Cassiopeiae, E. Paci, 353 ; Radial Veloci- 

 ties and Distances of the Stars, Dr. W. S. Adams, 380 ; 

 Galactic Co-ordinates, R. T. A. Innes, 408 ; Spectro- 

 scopic Orbit of 12 Lacertae, R. K. Young, 438 ; o Ceti, 

 466 ; Notes on Variable Stars, 466 ; Harmonic Analysis 

 of the Motions of the Helium Stars, Prof, von S. 

 Oppenheim, 490 ; The Spectra of Wolf-Rayet Stars, 

 Dr. Max Wolf, 521 ; Photo-Electric Photometry, P. 

 Guthnick and R. Prager, 521 ; Radial Velocity of R 

 Coronae Borealis, Dr. H. Ludendorff, 521 ; The Spec- 

 trum of the Binary System 41 Eridani, Dr. G. F. 

 Paddock, 547 ; Mira Ceti, 575 ; Second Type Stars of 

 Low Density, Dr. H. Shapley, 575 ; The Distribution 

 of Spectroscopic Binaries of Class M, C. D. Perrine, 

 575 ; The Variable Nebula, N.G.C. 6729, K. Shaw, 

 1:75 ; The Notation of Star Colours, Prof. F. H. Seares, 

 603 ; Colours of Stars in the Clusters N.G.C. 1647 and 

 M. 67, 633 ; On the Mean Distances and Luminosities 

 of Stars of Different Spectral Types, Prof C. V. L. 

 Charlier, 686 



