March 30, 1916J 



Index 



KKXV 



zamiah Observatory, Report of the, 575 



bel Prizes, The, for Chemistry and Physics for 1914 and 



1915. 3»9 

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



E. Armitage, 114 

 Non-Ferrous Alloys, The Analysis of, F. Ibbotson and 



L. Aitchison, 142 

 Norfolk, Early Man in. Rev. Dr. D. Astley, 300 

 Normellite, A New Explosive, 268 

 North America during the Eighteenth Century, T. Crockett 



and B. C. Wallis, 396 

 North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, Bequest 



to, by G. May, 135 

 North of Scotland College of Agriculture, Calendar of the, 



192 

 North Wales, University College of, Calendar of the, 277 

 ^-^rth-West and North-East Passages, The, 1576-1611, 



Edited by P. F. Alexander, 113 



thampton Polytechnic Institute : Annual Report of the, 



473 ; Educational and Social Arrangements of the, 136 

 Nova Scotia, South-Eastern, Map of, 662 

 Numbers, The Partitions of, 478 

 Numerals for the Scales of Measuring Instruments, A. P. 



Trotter, 714 

 Nyasaland, Department of Agriculture, Report of the, 656 



Oats, The Germination of, Prof. R. Pirotta, 353 



Obeah Cult in the West Indies, Practices of the. Judge 



J. S. Udal, 269 

 Ocean Currents around Australia, 152 

 Odonata of Washington and Oregon, Life-history and 



Ecology of the, C. H. Kennedy, 151 

 Oil-bearing Areas of South Australia, The Supposed, Dr. A. 



Wade, 14 

 Oil : Seeds and Feeding Cakes, with a Preface by Dr. W. R. 

 Dunstan, 304; and their Products, 394;' Shale, The 

 Origin of, E. H. C. Craig, 529 

 Oils and Fats as War Supplies, 401 ; Viscosity of. Dr. R. T. 



Glazebrook, 439 

 Oleagenous Seeds and Fruits. Analysing, E. R. Bolton, 416 

 Old Testament, Geographic Influences and the, 30 

 Oldhamite, G. P. Merrill, 49 



Optical : Instruments and the Ministry of Munitions, 652 ; 

 Investigation of Ether-drift, 430 ; Sights for Rifles, 

 620 

 Optics : Elements of, for the Use of Schools and Colleges, 

 G. W. Parker, 226; Technical, a National School of, 

 486 

 Orbit. The Relative Central, of a Pair of Bodies Attracting, 



Prof. P. Pizzotti, 438 

 Ordovician Sequence in Cader Idris, The, Dr. A. H. Cox 



and A. K. Wells. 157 

 Oregon University, Gift to the, 639 

 Ores. Metals, Fuels, etc., Aids to the Analysis and Assay 



of, J. J. Morgan, Second Edition, 113 

 Organic and Bio-chemistry, Practical, R. H. A. Plimmer, 



532 

 Organisation : and Development of Scientific and Industrial 

 Research. The Government Scheme for the. Prof. 

 W. A. Bone, 259 ; Scientific Research, The, Prof. J. A. 

 Fleming. 692 

 On'onid Mfteoric Shower. The. W. F. Denning, 172 

 5 Orionis, .Silenium Cell Photometry of, 209 

 o Ononis. Variabilitv of. T. W. Backhouse. 296 

 Osmotic Pressures in Plants, Prof. H. H. Dixon and 



W. R. G. Atkins, 528 

 Overcrowding and Defective Housing in the Rural Districts, 



Dr. H. B. Bashore. 6 

 Oxford : Aristotle, E. H. Strange, 699 : University. Annual 

 Report by the Committee for Geo£*raphy. 359 : Be- 

 quest by Sir A. H. Church, 304 ; Gift by" Mrs. Hugo 

 Mijller. loa : Bequest by C. Welch. C27 : Bpouest to the 

 Hope Museum bv Prof!! R. Meldola, 542 ; Effects of the 

 War on. 221; Position of Finances' of. ^86 ; Prof. J. 

 Mark Baldwin to dpliver the Herbert Sn^nrer Lecture, 

 1^6 ; H. O. Beckit apnointed A rtiner-di rector of the 

 School of Geotrranhv. Tro: Prof. R. B. Clifton elected 

 to an Honorary Fellowship at Wadham College. 472 ; 

 Honorary Degree of D.Sr. conferred on G. A. K. 

 Marshall, 248 ; Retirement of Prof. R. B. Clifton, 248 ; 



a Pension Granted to H. Walters, 248 ; Prof. E. B, 

 Poulton appointed Romanes Lecturer, 276 ; Dr. E. W. A. 

 Walker appointed Lecturer in Pathology, 304 ; G. W. 

 Walker appointed Halley Lecturer in place of Prince 

 B. Galitzin, 723 ; Report of the Board of Finance, 723 ; 

 Report of the Committee for Rural Economy, 723 



Oxygen, Effects of, on Iron and Steel, W. Austin, 380 



O.xyhydrogen Flame Spectrum of Iron, Sir N. Lockyer and 

 H. E. Goodson, 697 



Oyster-catcher : The Relation of the, to its Natural Environ- 

 ment, Dr. J. M. Dewar, 120, 177, 269, 404, 573 



Oysters, Recent and Fossil, Prof. Hughes, 445 



Palaeolithic : Implements found at Darmsden, J. Reid Moir, 



682; Man in South Africa, Dr. L. P6ringuey, 114; 



Site in Jersey, Recent Excavations on a, E. N. Fal- 



laize, 238 

 Palaeozoic : Fishes, D. M. S. Watson and H. Day, 332 ; 



Star-fishes and Brittle Stars, Evolution and Morphology 



of, C. Schuchert, 206 ; Strata, Early, in Canada, E. M. 



Kindle and L. D. Burling, 66i 

 Palm : -Kernel Cake, Feeding Value of, Prof. Hendrick and 



W. J. Profeit, 176; -Oil, Bleaching of, S. G. Sastry, 



574 

 Panama : Canal, The, R. E. Bakenhus, Capt. H. S. Knapp, 



and Dr. E. R. Johnson, 168 ; Land-slides, A Committee 



of Investigation upon the, 463 

 Panicum, Tropical North American, A. S. Hitchcock and A. 



Chase, 76 

 Papaveraceae, Anatomy of the Stem of the. Prof. R. J. 



Harvey-Gibson and Miss M. Bradley, 529 

 Papermaker's Raw Materials, Restriction of Imports of, 



711 

 Parabola, Standard, The Use of a, A. Brown, 249 

 Parallaxes of 70 Ophiuchi and 6 Cygni, Prof. S. A. Mitchell, 



323 



Paramoecia, The Movements of. Simple Device for Con- 

 trolling the, R. W. H. Row, 286 



Paris Academy of Sciences : Prize Awards of the, 1915, 549; 

 Proposed Prizes and Grants, 634 



Pastures Green, In, P. McArthur, 534 



Pataliputra, Excavations on the site of, 76 



Patents, Renumbering Specifications of, 520 



Path of a Small Permeable Body, The, P. E. Belas and 

 Prof. M. Hartog, 417 



Pathometry, a priori, Sir R. Ross, 330 



Pattern-blending, Dr. J. C. Mottram, 360 



Pea-aphid, The, in the U.S.A., J. J. Davis, 1545 



Peace, Manifesto of the Central Organisation for a Durable, 



Peas, Culinary, Tare-like Rogues among, W. Bateson and 



Miss Pellew, 77 

 Pelodrilus, South African Species of, E. J. Goddard and 



C. S. Grobbelaar, 389 



Pendlebury's New Concrete Arithmetic, Sixth Year, C. 



Pendlebury and H. Leather, 199 

 Pendulums, Comparison of. A. Perot, 715 

 Penguin : King, Moulting of the. Prof. C. Ewart and Miss 



D. Mackenzie, 417 ; The Gentoo, R. C. Murphy, 152 

 Penguins of South Georgia, The. R. C. Murphy, 152 

 Pennalutacea, Recent Work on. Prof. S. J. Hickson, 326 

 Pennines, Southern, Glaciation of the Western Slopes of 



the. Dr. A. Jowett, 158 

 Pennsylvania : Preventive Medicine in. 273 ; University, 



Endowment of the Dr. Isaac Ott Chair in Physiology, 



666 

 Penrose's Annual, 1916. The Process Year Book, Edited 



by W. Gamble, 591 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, Prospectus of the School of Tropical 



Agriculture at, 4.15 

 Perameles, Skull and Laryngeal Cartilages of, P. C. Esdaile, 



724 

 Perrine's Comet (1896 vii). Dr. G. Stracke, 715 

 Perry, Prof. J., Testimonial to, 268 

 ^ Persei, The Orbital Elements of. J. B. Cannon, 271 

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

 Persia. A History of, Lt.-Col. P. M. Sykes, 287 

 Personal Equation, The, J. H. Harris, 658 

 Petricola pholadiformis on the Dutch Coast, Dr. J. H. 



Vernhout. 234 



