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XXXV 



Dr. C. R. Crymble killed in action, 427 ; Chemicals, 

 Glass, Dyestuffs, 431 ; High Explosives in Warfare, 

 W. Macnab, 453 : Science in Warfare, 455 ; London 

 and University Refugees, 461 ; Oil of Vitriol as 

 Agent of " Culture," 472 ; Prof. Otto Sackur 

 blown up in Laboratory, 486 ; Cattle and Alcohol 

 Reports, Paris Academy, 486 ; " Above the Battle- 

 field," R. Rolland, 487 ; Agriculture and the War, 

 491 ; News of Scientists, 513 ; War and the Race, 544; 

 The War, (Editorial), 527; Manufacture of Dyestuffs, 



J Prof. W. M. Gardner, 555, 700 ; Paris .Academy 

 of Sciences, 572 ; Mathematics in Artillery Science, Sir 

 G. Greenhill, 573 ; Chemical Glassware, 580 ; Trinitro- 

 toluene, 620 ; Typhoid, 620, 647 ; Astronomers, 622 ; War 

 and Weather, Prof. R. de C. Ward, 625 ; Metals and 

 War, 647 ; Soldier's Ration, A. Gautier, 663 



Warble-fly Maggots, 181 



Water : Microscopy of Drinking Water, Prof. G. C. 

 Whipple, 33 ; Supph' in Kansas, Oklahoma, and New 

 Mexico, 68 ; Metropolitan Supply, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 

 qq ; Methods of Examination, Prof. O. Emmerling, 225 ; 

 Bacteriological Examination, Dr. W. G. Savage, Prof. 

 Hewlett, 276 ; Australian Wells, 2q2 ; Vocabulary for 

 the Army, 372 ; Water Supply to Armies, F. Bordas 

 and M. Brocq, 441 ; Principles of Irrigation Practice, 

 Dr. J. A. Widtsoe, 560 ; Venturi Water Meter, MM. 

 Camichel^ Eydoux, and Lh^riaud, 581 



'"' rproofing. Military, G. A. Le Roy, 329 

 •'tight Compartments, 542 



>>..ierways. Artificial, of the World, A. B. Hepburn, 697 



Weather : Weather Chart Exercises, Miss L. M. Odell, 

 290 ; Weather Repetitions and Long Forecasts, W^ C. 

 Jenkins, 719 



West Indies and Canada, 37 



Wet Bulb Temperature and Climatology, Prof. L. Hill, M. 

 Flack, O. W. Grifnth, 419 



Whales : Beaked Whale stranded at Rosslare, 181 ; Baleen 

 Whales of S. Atlantic, Sir Wm. Turner, 329 



Whaling in South Seas, T. E. Salvesen, 678 



Wheat and Flour, Chemistri' of. Dr. E. F. Armstrong, 508 



"White Grub," Bacterial Disease of, 514 



Who's Who, 505 



Widmanstatten Structure, Capt. Belaiew, 107 



Wild Life in the Woods and Streams, C. A. Palmer, 305 



Wind, Velocity of Gradient and Observed, J. Fairgrieve, 

 521 



Wine, Deteriorative Changes, H. T. Brown, C. Simmonds, 

 , 336 



Wireless Telegraphy, W. H. Marchant, Prof. D. Robertson, 

 142; Wireless, Prof. Argentieri's "Pocket System," 182, 

 371 ; Wireless Signalling for Shipping in War Time, A. 

 Bowman. 281 ; Function of the Earth in Radio-tele- 

 graphy, Dr. J. A. Fleming, 320 ; Quantitative Experi- 

 ments, L. W. .Austin, 489 ; Text-book, Prof. R. Stanley, 

 500; Handbook, A. B. Rolfe-Martin, 500: Electro- 

 magnetic Theory, O. Heaviside, <^t:,'j 



Wireless Telephony, Capt. Colin and Lieut. Jeance, 452 



Woburn Fruit Farm, Duke of Bedford and S. Pickering. 



628 * 



Wolf-note in Stringed Instruments, G. W. White, 719 

 Wolf-Rayet Stars and Planetary Nebulae, 626 ; Red Region 



in Wolf-Rayet Stars, J. Bosler, 653 

 Wood : Function of Cells in Ascent of Sap, Prof. Dixon 



and Miss E. S. Marshall, 525 

 Wookey Hole, H. E. Balch, Prof. A. Keith, 395 

 Wool, Clothworkers' Company Report for Leeds University, 



524 

 World of Life, Dr. A. Russel Wallace, 182 

 Worms from Chilka Lake, 149 ; Worms of N. India, 458 

 Wounds in Battle, Treatment, Ins. -General Delorme, 219; 



Care of the Wounded, Med. Inspector-General Delorme, 



S. Paget, 257 



X-Rays : Asymmetric " Diffraction " and " Re-Diffraction " 

 of X-Radiation, I. G. Rankin and W. F. D. Chambers, 

 116; X-Ray Spectrometer, 199 ; X-Rays for Localising 

 Foreign Bodies in Tissues, M. Colardeau, 489 ; X-Rays 

 for Examining Wounded, M. M6nard, 663 ; Problems 

 of Radiation, Prof. Barkla, 671 



Year-Book of Scientific Societies of Great Britain, 432 



Zodiacal Light, Kr. Birkeland, 82 ; 685 



Zoogloea, Production of Fungus-germs, Monads, or 

 Amoebae from. Dr. H. Charlton Bastian, 462 ; Dr. 

 Margaret C. W. Young, 569 



Zoological Philosophy, J. B. Lamarck, H. Elliot, 639 



Zoology : 



General : British Association Address, Progressive Evolu- 

 tion and Origin ' of Species, Prof. A. Dendy, 17 ; 

 Lectures by Linnaeus, 34 ; Economic Zoology, 123 ; 

 Experimental Zoolog}', Dr. H. Przibram, 193 ; Scientific 

 Results of the Michael Sars Deep-sea Expedition, Dr 

 E. J. Allen^ 339 ; Phylogeny, Profs. Heider and Boas, 

 360 ; Taxonomy : Classification, Prof. L. Plate, 360 ; 

 Zoology at the British Association, 40^^: -■\spects of 

 Progress in Modern Zoology, Presidential Address to 

 American .Association, Prof. E. B. Wilson, 574 . 

 Tierbau und Tierleben, Profs. Hesse and Doflein, Prof. 

 .A. Thomson, 611 

 Invertebrate: Papers, 66; Sex Determination in the Gall- 

 fly, Dr. L. Doncaster, 115; Senses of Invertebrates, 

 Dr. G. Kafka, 168 ; Fauna of British India : Acridiidae, 

 W. F. Kirby, 419; Regeneration of Legs of Decapods, 

 J. H. Paul, 608 ; Plumularian Hydroid Zoophyte with 

 nearly Yolkless Egg, 707 

 Vertebrate: Comparative Microscopic '.Anatomy, Dr. 

 Oppel, Dr. Franz, Dr. W. Stendell, 252 ; Catalogue of 

 Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum, R. 

 Lydekker, G. Blaine, 363 ; a Distinctive Character of 

 Bufo, G. E. Nicholls, 420 



