Index 



t Nature, 



September 26, 191E 



Cerebro-spinal Fluid of Vertebrate Animals, Origin and 



Nature of the, Dr. L. H. Weed, 350 

 Cetacea : Stranded on the British Coasts in 1917, Dr. S. F. 

 Harmer, 372 ; The Reproductive .Organs of the. Prof. 

 Meek, 272 

 Chadwick Lectures on Fisheries, Prof. D'Arcy Thompson, 



390 

 Chalcopyrite, The Crystal Structure of, determined by 



X-rays, C. L. Burdick and J. H. Ellis, 19 

 Chaldean Society, Journal of the, 174 

 Chauffage Domestique et Culinaire, Comment Economiser 



le, R. Legendre and A. Thevenin, 102 

 Cheese Mite, Experiments . and Observations on the. Miss 



N. B. Eales, 70 

 Chemical: Change, O. A. Le Beau, 374; Industry, A 

 French Society of, 116; Condition of the, Prof. H. 

 Louis, 430 ; Society of, The Medal of the, awarded to 

 Sir J. Dewar, 249 ; Manufacturers, Association of 

 British, Report of the ; Lord Moulton President of 

 the, f-\i\ Physiology, Directions for a Practical Course 

 in. Prof. W. Cramer. Third edition, 144; Research 

 in Relation to Industry, Dr. Hargreaves, 28 ; Science, 

 What Industry Owes to, R. B. Pilcher and F. Butler- 

 Jones, 222 ; Society, The Longstaff Medal presented 

 to Lt.-Col. A. W. Crossley, 69 ; Trades, Lord Bal- 

 four's Committee and the, 505 

 Chemistry : for Beginners and School Use, C. T. Kingzett, 

 Third edition, 503 ; Inorganic, A Text-book of. Prof. 

 A. F. Holleman. Issued in English in co-operation 

 witih H. C. Cooper. Fifth English edition, 341 ; 

 Inorganic, A Text-book of, Edited by Dr. J. Newton 

 Friend. Vol. iv., Aluminium and its Congeners, in- 

 cluding the Rare Earth Metals, H. F. V. Little, 281 ; 

 Institute of, Officers and Council of the, 8; Work of 

 the. Sir J. Dobbie, 10 ; Extraoi'dinary General Meeting 

 of the, 171 ; Practical Organic and Bio-. New edition, 

 R. H. A. Plimmer ; Dr. A. Harden, 364 ; Pure and 

 Applied, The Future of. Prof. W. J. Pope, 351, 377; 

 Students of, and Military Service, 329 ; Text-books 

 of, 341 ; the Progress of, for 19 17, Annual Reports 

 on, 83 

 Chicago: Academy of Science, Prof. J. M. Coulter elected 

 President of the, no; University of. Publications of 

 the Members of the, 1902-19 16, 363 

 Children, How to Enlighten our, Dr. M. Scharlieb, 423 

 Chilomastix mesnili, Dr. A. J. Chalmers and W. Pek- 



kola, III 

 Chimneys, Tall, Vibrations of. Prof. Omori, 436 

 China, Outbreak of Pneumonic Plague in, 131 

 Chinese Contributions to Meteorology, Co-Ching Chu, 211 

 Chippewa Indians, Classification of. Dr. A. Hrdlicka, 152 

 Chloralose, General Anaesthesia by, C. Richet, 380 

 Chlorococcum humicola (Naeg.), A Malayan Form of. 



Miss B. M. Bristol, 99 

 Chondriome, The Nature of the, and its Rdle in the Cell, 



P. A. Dangeard, 100 

 Chronometer Dial, A New Form of. Commandant P. 



Vincent, 146 , 

 Chrozophora (Euphorbiaceae), Sir D. Prain, 470 

 Circle, Approximate Quadrature of the, Construction for 



an, R. E. Baynes, 264 ; G. Smeal ; D. Baxandall, 304 

 Civil : Engineering, General Congress of, at Paris, 209 ; 

 Engineers, Institution of. Bequest to, by C. Hawksley, 

 218; Service Estimates for Science and Education, 

 1 16 ; Science and the, 446 ; Time, Substitution of, 

 for Astronomical Time in Nautical Almanacs, Ch. 

 Lallemand and J. Renaud, 80 

 Classification, etc., of Books and Papers, P. Otlet, 358 

 "Clay," A Gritty Plastic, resembling Loss, H. Ries, 175 

 Climatology : and an Abandoned Flying School, 247 ; of 



Paris, C. Flammarion, 316 

 Climograph, The, M'Cullum Fairgrieve, 138 

 Clocks and Timekeeping, Studies in, No. 2, Prof. R. \. 



Sampson, 319 

 Ck)ud : Effect, A Curious, Rev. S. G. Brade-Birks, 271 ; 

 Formations as observed from Aeroplanes, Capt. 

 C. K. M. Douglas. 85 

 Clouds at the Royal Academy, 244 

 Clover Seed, Poor Crops of, in Essex, Probable Causes of 



the. R. Robson, 3'?i 

 Coal : Bituminous, Percentage of Extraction of, 393 ; 



Storage of, Prof. H. H. Stock, 412 ; Constitution of. 

 Biological Aspect of the. Dr. M. Stopes, 219; -gas. 

 Replacing the Statutory Illumination Standards for, 

 by Standards based upon Calorific Value, Lord Moul- 

 ton, 371 ; The Production of Fuel Oil and, 32 ; -saving 

 by the Scientific Control of Steam-boiler Plants, D. 

 Brownlie, 413 ; -tar, The Constituents of, and their 

 Properties, Dr. P. E. Spielmann, 433 

 Cobalt Deposits, Production of, 251 

 Cohesion (fourth paper). Prof. H. Chatley, 219 

 Coinage : {Decimal System) Bill, introduced in the House of 

 Lords, 170 ; opposed in the House of Lords by Lord 

 Leverhulme, 270 ; System, A Proposed Royal Com- 

 mission on our, 348 

 Cold Storage, Refrigeration and. Scientific Problems of, 



154 

 Collision at Sea, Method of Avoiding, Prof. J. Joly, 298 

 Colloid Chemistry and its Industrial Applications, First 

 Report of the British Association Committee on, 66 

 Colloids and Chemical Industry, Prof. W. C. McC. 



Lewis, 66 

 Colour: and Chemical Constitution, Part iv., J. Moir, 320; 

 Vision, A Statistical Survey of, Dr. R. A. Houston, 

 ' 298 

 Comet, Discovery of a, Reid, 333 



Comets : Origin of, Prof. E. Stromgren, 512 ; Periodic, 414 

 Concretionary Growth, W. A. Johnston ; T. T. Quirke, 392 

 Condensation and Smell, Correlation between, A. Durand, 



140 

 Connecticut, The Hymenoptera or Wasp-like Insects of, 



H. L. Viereck and others, 403 

 Continentality and Temperature (second paper), C. E. P. 



Brooks, 239 

 Contraction of Volume, Calculation of the, J. N. Raks- 



hit, II 

 Co-ordination of Scientific Publication, The, 213 

 Copper : Metallurgy of, Progress in the. Prof. H. C. H. 

 Carpenter, 155 ; Zinc, Cadmium, Nickel, and Cobalt, 

 New Method of Estimation of, A. Carnot, 59 

 Coral : Reef Problem, Geological Aspects of the, Prof. 

 W. M. . Davis, 38 ; Reefs, A Gravitational Problem 

 bearing on the Theory of, M. Matsuyama, 510 

 Corals, Reactions to Stimuli in, G. Matthai, 39 

 Cork. A Movement for the Establishment of a University 

 at, 218 , 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Aggregate, A Proof that any, can be Well-ordered, P. E. B. 

 Joiirdain, 304 



Amoebae for Class Purposes, A Successful Method of Obtain- 

 ing, Dr. T. Goodey, 405 



Aquila, The Discovery of the New Star in, W. F. Denning, 



325 

 Aurora of December 16, 19 17, in Christiania, Photographic 

 Determination of the Altitude of the. Prof. C. Stormer, 4 

 Australian Fauna, Does the Indigenous, belong to the Ter- 

 tiary?, Prof. H. F. Cleland, 64 

 Bee Disease, D. Ellis, 103 ; The Writer of the Article, 104 

 " Bread-crust " Volcanic Bombs, Prof. T. G. Bonney ; 



J. S. F., 184 

 British ./Association, The, and the Nation, J. J. Robinson, 45 

 British Oligochjet Worms, Rev. H. Friend, 264 

 Circle. Construction for an Approximate Quadrature of the, 



R. E. Baynes, 264 ; G. Smeal ; D. Baxandall, 304 

 Cotton-growing Statistics, Dr. W. Lawrence Balls ; The 



Writer of the Article, 203 

 Elm, Weeping Forms of, W. H. Shrubsole, 365 

 England and Italy. The Promotion of a Closer Union be- 

 tween. Prof. E. Rignano, 323 

 Eotvos Revolving Balance, The, Prof. J. B. Dale ; Prof. 



C. V. Boys, 325 

 Eotvos "Tour de Force," The, Prof. C. V. Boys, 103 

 " Fascination " of Birds by Snakes, The Supposed, Prof. 



E. B. Poulton, 223 

 Germany, The Mineral Wealth of, " Politicus " ; Prof. H. 



Louis, 385 

 Haloes, Elliptical, Prof. J. B. Dale, 12^ 

 " Harbour Engineering," Dr. B. Cunningham, 326 

 " Hay-box " Principle in Cooking, The, An Inquirer^ 264 

 Hazel, Abnormal Catkin of, W. B. Grove, 126 



