Index 



[Nature, 

 March 30, 1916 



Consumption, A Campaign against, Dr. A. Ransome, 141 

 Continuous and Alternating Current Machinery Problems, 



Prof. W. T. Ryan, 589 

 Contraction in a Water Main, Effect of a Gradual, 



J. Boussinesq, 81 

 Conus Shells illustrating Variation in Markings, K. H. 



Barnard, 27 

 Convergents, Successive, The Arrangement of, A. Brown, 



249 

 Cook, Captain, Memorials to, 47 

 Co-operation in Scientific Research, 279 

 Copper : A Test for, Dr. C. Powell White, 355 ; and Lead, 



Reciprocal Solubility of, B. Bogitch, 193 

 Coppicing, Influence of. Dr. E. J. Salisbury, 357 

 Coprozoic Flagellates, H. M. Woodcock, 667 

 Coral-Reefs, Studies of, Dr. W. M. Davis, 152 

 Corals, Stony, Analyses of, F. W. Clarke and W. C. 



Wheeler, 362 

 Cordoba, Plea for a Provincial Museum at. Prof. A. 



Gallardo, 602 

 Cornell University : Bequest to, by Mrs. S. M. Sage, 472 ; 



Gift to, by G. T. Baker, 666 

 Corresponding Societies at the British Association, W. M. 



Webb, 158 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Adaptive Characters, New, The Origin of, Prof. H. F. 



Osborn, 284 ; The Reviewer, 285 

 Aeronautical Mathematics, Researches in. Prof. G. H. 



Bryan, 509 

 Albedo, A Question of, J. Evershed, 369 

 Alcohol, Duty-Free, S. Pickering, 370 

 Amplitudes in a Fourier Series, The Probable Error of the, 



obtained from a given set of Observations, H. E. Soper, 32 

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

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



Milligan, 619 ; H. C. Chadwick, 677 

 Atlantic Oceanic Currents, M. C. Grabham, 6 

 Atomic Weights and Radio-active Constants, A Relation 



between, F. G. Carruthers, 565 ; A. van den Broek, 677 

 Aurora : Australis, The, of June 17, 1915, Rev. A. L. 



Cortie, 114; Borealis, The, of November 5, Scriven 



Bolton, 314; J., 342; Rev. A. L. Cortie, 342 

 Australian Photographs, Prof. T. Johnson, 262 

 Belgian Soldiers in Holland, Profs. W. Somerville and F. 



Keeble, 649 

 Board of Education, The, and Laboratory Work : a Correc- 

 tion, G. F. Daniell, 595 

 British Association, Chemistry at the, F. S. ; The Writer 



of the Article, 315 

 Chemistry at the British Association, F. S. ; The Writer of 



the Article, 315 

 China, Modern Universities in. Prof. C. A. M. Smith, 313 

 " Chincough " : The Meaning of, W. E. Hart, 202 ; The 



Etymology of, L. B. ; Dr. D. Williams; M.D., 229; 



A Dutchman, 316 

 Cobbler's Wax, Viscosity of. Prof. J. Perry, 426 

 Commercial Firms and Scientific Inventors, Prof. G. H. 



Bryan, 341 

 Cotton Plant, Studies of the, W. L. Balls ; The Reviewer, 



144 

 Cumberland Earthquake of October 2, The, Prof. F. Soddy, 



229 

 Distances at which Sounds of Heavy Gun-firing are heard. 



Dr. H. de Varigny, 114; Lt.-Col. H. H. Godwin- Austen, 



173 ; Dr. C. Davison, 173 ; M. Christy, 228 

 Earthquakes, The Naming of, Dr. C. Davison, 566 

 Electric Conductivity of the Atmosphere, Prof. A. Schuster, 



42 s 

 Elephant in America, Pre-Columbian Representations of 



the. Prof. G. Elliot Smith, 340, 425, 593 ; Prof. A. M. 



Tozzer, 592 ; Dr. H. J. Spinden, 592 

 Evolution, Multiple-Character, Dr. H. Gadow, 370 

 Explosive Bombs, A. S. E. Ackermann, 262 

 Fluted Weathering, The Cause of, G. Abbott, 426 

 Germany's : Aims and Methods, Rev. Dr. A. Irving, 650 ; 



Supplies of Nitric Acid, W. R., 537 

 Giraffe, An original representation of the, Dr. G. W. 



Grabham, 59 



Grime's Graves Flint Mines, J. Reid Moir ; A. S. W., 

 397 



Haemoglobin, Colourless Crystals of. Prof. D. Eraser 

 Harris, 619 ; Prof. A. E. Boycott, 677 



Heavenly Bodies, The Masses of, and the Newtonian Con- 

 stant, Dr. P. E. Shaw, 143 



High-Frequency Spectra, Relations between the K and L 

 Series of the, M. Siegbahn, 676 



Jupiter, Longitudes of Two Markings on, S. Bolton, 229 



Jupiter's Two Principal Markings, S. Bolton, 172 



Latin as a Universal Language, Sir Lauder Brunton, 649 ; 

 Dr. W. H. D,' Rouse, 705 



Lipoids and Vitamines in Margarine and Butter, J. de 

 Ruiter, 704 



Magnetic Measurements, W. H. F. Murdoch ; The Re- 

 viewer, 87 



Manganese-Ore Requirements of Germany, The, Dr. L. L. 

 Fermor, 170 ; Prof. H. C. H. Carpenter, 256 



Mathematical Printing, Sir J. Larmor, 114 



Migrants, Belated, Dr. H. O. Forbes, 510 



Minchin, The late Prof. E. A., on "The Evolution of the 

 Cell," E. Heron-Allen, 173 



Museums : Educational Work in, Dr. W. M. Tattersall, 676 ; 

 Standards and Functions of. Dr. F. A. Lucas; W. P. P., 



370 

 National Technical Training, W. H. F. Murdoch, 537 

 Nodules on the Intermediate Bladderwort, H. Evans, 88 ; 



E. Armitage, 114 

 Organisation and Development of Scientific and Industrial 



Research, The Government Scheme for the. Prof. W. A. 



Bone, 259 

 Orionid Meteoric Shower, The, W. F. Denning, 172 

 Palaeolithic Man in South Africa, Dr. L. P^ringuey, 114 

 Paramoecia, Controlling the Movements of. Simple Device 



for, R. W. H Row, 286 

 Precessional Movement, Rule for Determining Direction of,. 



Prof. W. Watanabe ; Prof. A. Gray, 202 ; Prof. A. Gray, 



342 

 Quadrantid Meteors, The, T. W. Backhouse, 426 

 Rock Structures, Tubular, G. Abbott, 677 

 Science : for Military Purposes, Instruction in, C. R. 



Darling, 564, 650 ; in National Affairs, Prof. W. M. 



Bayliss, 260; Dr. E. H. Tripp; G. N. P., 315; in the 



Civil Service, T. L. Humberstone, 705 ; Scholarships, 



S. Skinner, 704 ; The Organisation of, F. R. S,, 453 ; 



Sir R. Ross, 536 ; The Place of, in Education, Sir E. A. 



Schafer, 676 ; D. Hill, 705 ; The Popularisation of, F. 



Carrel, 510 

 Scientific and Industrial Research, The Government Scheme 



for the Organisation and Development of, Prof. W. A. 



Bone, 259 

 Scottish "Elephant" Designs, L. M. Mann; Prof. G. 



Elliot Smith, 703 

 Similitude, The Principle of, E. Buckingham, 396 

 Smith's, William, Maps, T. Sheppard, 620 

 Solar Halo, A Remarkable, Prof. D. Robertson, 342 

 Yes\)a norwegica. Remarkable Nest of, and Fertility of 



Workers of this Species, O. H. Latter, 59 

 Visibility of Distant Objects in Warfare, Artillery Observ- 

 ing Officer, 172 

 Warmth, The Remarkable, of January, 19 16, C. Harding, 



703 

 Wasps, Destruction of, A. H. Mitchell, 6 

 Winter Thunderstorms, Capt. C. J. P. Cave, 426 

 X-Ray Technique, A New, C. E. S. Phillips, 261 

 X-Rays, The Spectrum of. Prof. B. Cabrera, 144 

 Zoological Nomenclature, An Application of the Rules of. 



Dr. P. C. Mitchell, 480 



Corrosion : Micro-chemistry of, The, Dr. C. Desch and H. 



Hyman, 156; of Metals, Prof. H. C. H. Carpenter, 



Dr. Rideal, Dr. Bengough, Dr. C. Desch, 439 

 Cotoneaster frigida. The Wood of, for Heads of Golf Clubs, 



Sir H. Maxwell, 487 

 Cotton : Industry, Application of Science to the, W. L. 



Balls, 355 ; Plant, Studies of the, W. L. Balls, 144 ; The 



Reviewer, 145 

 Cottonseed Meal, Toxic properties of, W. A. Withers and 



F. E. Carruth, 487 

 Crinoids of a Tropical Coral Reef, Fauna associated with 



the, F. A. Potts, 320 



