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Index. 



r Nature, 

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Venturi Tube, The Use of a, J. Dejust, 248 



Vermiform Appendix, The, Dr. W. C. Mackenzie, 327 



Venus Inhabited?, Is, C. E. Housden, 340 



Vertebrate Fauna of the Permo-Carboniferous Red Beds 



of North America, Prof. E. C. Case, 93 ; Heart, Spread 



of the Excitatory Process in the, T. Lewis, 330 

 "Vespa Norwegica," Remarltable Nest Of, and Fertility of 



Workers of this Species, O. H. Latter, 50 

 Vibrations, Irregular, Decomposition of, Sir J. Larmor, 



241 ■ 



Vicious Circles in Sociology and their Treatment, Dr. J. B. 



Hurry, 564 

 Victoria, Australia, The Forests of, A. W. Hardy, 350 

 Victorian Observatory, Resignation of P. Baracchi, 179 

 "Vigour": and "Instinct," 561; and Heredity, J. L. 



Bonhote, 561 

 Vinylacetic Nitrile, Prof. Henry, 273 

 Viscometer, A New Form of, W. R. Bousfield, 546 

 Viscosity of Oils, Dr. R. T. Glazebrook, 439 

 Visibility: of Distant Objects in Warfare; The, 117; 



Artillery Observing Officer, 172 

 Vision and Colour Vision, Dr. Edridge-Green, 354 

 Vital Processes, The Energy Changes in, 646 

 Volcanic Dust Veils and Climatic Variations, H. Arctowski, 



80 

 Volumetric Analysis, A. J. Berry, 338 



Wabana Iron-ore of Newfoundland, The, A. O. Hayes, 406 



Wales : Anthropological Analysis of the People of. Prof. 

 H. J. Fleure, 388 ; Relief Model of. Descriptive Hand- 

 book to the, W. E. Whitehouse, 235 



Walking-sticks and Crutches, TuflFier and Amar, 136 



Walnut Mutant Investigations, E. B. Babcock, 249 



War: and Education, 584; Dysentery and. Prof. R. T. 

 Hewlett, 400 ; Economy and Agricultural Education, 

 5:38 ; The Universities and, 223 ; Science and. Sir W. 

 Osier, 431 ; in the, and after the War, Prof. J. A. 

 Fleming, 180 ; Scientific Men and the, 386 ; Supplies, 

 Oils and Fats as, 401 ; The, and After, Sir O. Lodge, 

 41; I ; The, and New British Industries : Oil Seeds and 

 Feeding Cakes, 394; The, and the Future, 4.';t ; The, 

 and the Overseas Trade of the United Kingdom, S. 

 Rosenbaum, 50; The Causes of, Prof. A. Forel, 176; 

 The Difference it has Made, Sir Oliver Lodge, t;47 ; 

 The Scientific and Engineering Aspects of the, J. B. C. 

 Kershaw, 206 ; University Students and Graduates and 

 the, 387 ; Utilisation of Scientific Ability for the, 516 



Warblers, British, W. Warde Fowler, 616 



Warfare, The Visibility of Distant Objects in, 117 



Warmth of January, 19 16, The Remarkable, C. Harding, 703 



Washington Bureau of Standards, Recent Work of the, 685 



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



Water : Analyses from the Laboratory of the U.S. Geological 

 Survey, Tabulated by J. W. Clarke, 297 ; Hammer, 

 Demonstration of, C. E. Stromeyer, 298 ; Resources of 

 Butte, Montana, The, O. E. Meinzer, 297 



Waterproofing Military Cloths and Fabrics, G. A. Le Roy, 

 361 



Watersberg, South Africa, The Drought in, E. N. Marais, 

 406 



Wave : -Lengths, vShifts of, 6.!^q ; -Motion, The Mathematical 

 Analysis of Electrical and Ontical, on the Basis of 

 Maxwell's Equations, Dr. H. Bateman, 85 



Weather of the Summer of iqi'?. The, 78 



Weber's Law and Antagonistic Salt Action, J. Loeb, 27 



Weights and Measures, Necessity (if Reform in Present 

 British System of, 233 



"Wellcome" Photographic Exposure Record and Diary, 

 iqi6, .t;o8 



Welleslev College, Gift to, 723 



Welsh Vegetation, Dr. E. T. Salisbury, 388 



West : African Cereals, Two, Dr. Stapf, 350 ; Australia, 

 Fauna of. Prof. W. J. Dakin. 361 



Western Australia. University of, P. H. Fraenkel appointed 

 Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the, 54 



Western Shore-line in ■ England and Wales, Shift of the. 

 Dr. A. Vaughan, 158 



Westralia, The Central Lakes of. Prof. J. W. Gregory, 275 



Wheat : Bearding and Felting in, Mr. and Mrs. Howard, 

 545 ; Cultivation of, D. Milne, 5f9; Problem, The, and 

 Synthetic Nitrates, 447 



Wheldon and Co. 's Agricultural Catalogue, 295 



Whitby Wild Flowers, B. Reynolds, 140 



Willard, Emma, School, Troy, Gift to, by Mrs. R. Sage, 666 



Willing's Press Guide and Advertiser's Directory and Hand- 

 book, 19 16, 564 



Wilson, Dr. E. A., Memorial to, 91 



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



Winter : Climate of the Eastern Mediterranean, Major 

 H. G. Lyons, 641 ; Thunderstorms, Cnpt. C. J. P. Cave, 

 426 



Wireless: Communication, 550; Telegraphists, Handbook of 

 Technical Instruction for, J. C. Hawkhead, Second 

 Edition by H. M. Dowsett, 647 ; Telegraphist's Pocket- 

 Book of Notes, Formulae, and Calculations, Prof. J. A. 

 Fleming, 420 ; Telegraphy and Time Signals, 420 ; Time 

 Signals, 420 



Wolframite Mining in the Tavoy District, Lower Burma, 

 E. Maxwell-Lefroy, 474 



Wolf-Rayet Stars, The Spectra of. Dr. Max Wolf, 521 



Women : as Machinists, Sir W. Beardmore, 51 ; for Farm 

 Work, Training of, P. H. Foulkes, 436 



Wonder-Workers of the Soil, Lectures on the. Prof. W. B. 

 Bottomley, 109 



Wood Pulps, Threatened Prohibition of the Exportation of, 

 598 



Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, Report of the Com- 

 missioners of, 405 



Woolwich Regulations for Inspection and Gauging of War 

 Material, 296 ' ' 



Work and Worth, 363 



Workers' Educational Association, The, and the L.C.C. 

 Education Committee, 611 



World's Advance, changed to the Popular Science Monthly 

 and World's Advance, 323 



Worm-Gear, F. W. Lanchester, 94 



Worms, Nemertine, H. A. Baylis, 152 



Wound Infection, Dr. A. May to undertake Research Work 

 on, 571 



Wounds : Old, The Treatment of, arising from the War, 

 M. Bassuet, 669 ; Received in Battle, Biological Re- 

 searches on, A. Policard, B. Desplas, and A. Ph61ip, 

 698 ; The Rapid Cicatrisation of, J. Tissot, 137 



X-ray : Operators, Protection of, 685 ; Technique, A New, 

 C. E. S. Phillips, 261 ; Tubes, Manufacture of, in 

 France, J. Boyer, 632 



X-rays : The Spectrum of. Prof. B. Cabrera, 144 ; and 

 Crystal Structure, Prof. W. H. Bragg, 241 ; In- 

 terim Report on the Standardisation of, 270 ; The 

 Form of the, G. Gouy, 529 



Yale University, Bequest to, by J. S. Hotchkiss, J/14 

 Yams, Sprouting of the Tubers of, 295 

 Yearbook of the Universities of the Empire, 1915, 317 

 Yorkshire Geology, Bibliography of, T. Sheppard, 675 

 Yunnan, Flora of North-western, G. Forrest, ^184 



Zeppelin Airships, C. Grahame-White and H. Harper, 90 

 Zinc-bronze, Mechanical Properties of, H. S. Rawdon, 465 

 Zoological : Nomenclature, An Application of the Rules of. 

 Dr. P. C. Mitchell, 480 ; Society, Additions to the 

 Menagerie of the, 13, 601, 712; Visitors to the 

 Menagerie of the, 601 ; New Corresponding and Foreign 

 Members of the, 601 ; Report for August, September, 

 October, 376 

 Zoology: at the British Association, Dr. J. H. Ashworth, 

 324; Invertebrate, A Course in. Prof. H. S. Pratt, 

 Revised Edition, 563 

 Zoning of Carboniferous Strata, L. B. Smyth, 49 

 Zuni Culture Sequences, A. L. Kroeber, 725 



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