Nature, "I 



September a6, 191 8 J 



Index 



XXI 



...^ectivorous Birds, The Value of, Sir H. Maxwell; Dr. 



W. E. CoUinge, 464 

 International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, Prof. H. E. 



Armstrong, 44 

 Invention, The Encouragement of, S. Pickering, 445 

 Laboratory Apparatus and Materials, Future Supplies of, 



X. Y. Z., 84. 

 Long-range Guns, Sir G. Greenhill, 84 ; A. Mallock, 125 

 Man's Ancestry, W. Woods Smyth; The Reviewer, 386; 



Prof. V. Giuffrida-Ruggeri ; Prof. F. Wood-Jones, 424 

 lusoid Bells, Prof. D'Arcy W. Thompson, 444 

 lusoid Forms from Gels, Production of, E. Hatschek, 



504 

 M<rcury, The Motion of the Perihelion of, Dr. H. Jeffreys, 



103, 145; Sir O. Lodge, 125 

 Mercury's Perihelion Progress, Sir O. Lodge, 44 

 Meteor Trails, The Drift of, Capt. C. J. P. Cave, 284 

 Mollusca, Preparing "Palates" of. Prof. G. H. Bryan, 464 

 Naturalist, A Plea for the, Dr. J. Ritchie, 145 

 Neanderthal Man in Malta, Discovery of. Prof. A. Keith, 



404 

 Patents and Scientific Research, Sir Ronald Ross, 24 

 Plant-growth, The Stimulation of, by Electric Fields, 



J. L., 4; V. H. B. and G. W. O. H., 64 

 Pope Innocent VIII. and Witchcraft, Rev. A. L. Cortie ; 



Dr. E. Withington, 164 

 Post-Graduate Work and Research, The Promotion of. 



Prof. M. J. M. Hill, 243 ; W. A. T., 244 

 Reconstruction Problems and the Duty of Science, Prof. 



T. D. A. Cockerell, 144 

 Relativity and Gravitation, H. H. O'Farrell ; Prof. A. S. 



Eddington, 126 

 Research, The Profits of, Prof. F. Soddy, 343 

 Resonance, The Duration of, in the Internal Ear, Dr. W. 



Perrett, 204 

 Rook, Tho Food of the, Dr. S. H. Long ; The Writer of the 



Note, 304 : Prof. S. J. Hickson, 325 ; H. E. Howard, 326 

 Rotating Discs, Dr. C. Chree, 504 

 Science and the Civil Service, Prof. J. B. Cohen, 484 

 Science Students, Proposed Society of, J. A. Butler and 



P. E. Owens, 244 

 Scientific Apparatus, Prices of, F. J. Brodie, 104 

 Solar Prominences, Eastern and Western Asymmetry of, 



A. A. Buss, 5 

 Sound and Light, Propagation of, in an Irregular Atmo- 

 sphere. Lord Rayleigh, 284 

 Speech, Recovery of, through Excitement, Capt. J. Newton 



Friend, 184 ; G. Archdall Reid, 204 

 Tetrahedron, Formulae for. Prof. G. B. Mathews, 504 

 Transfinite .Aggregate, .A Proof that any, can be Well- 

 ordered, P. E. B. Jourdain, 84 

 Trees, Weeping Forms of, A. H. Church, 385 

 Whale-meat in War-time, W. P. Pycraft, 24 

 Whales and Seals as Food, Dr. J. Ritchie, 45 

 "Wolf-note," The, in Pizzicato Playing, C. V. Raman, 264 



Corresponding Societies of the British Association, Con- 

 ference of, 371; 

 Corrosion Research Committee of the Institute of Metals, 



Work of the. Prof. H. C. H. Carpenter, iqi 

 Cosmic Law in AnCfent Thought, Prof. T. W. Rhys- 

 Davids, -^72 

 Cosmology, Native Ideas of. Rev. S. S. Dorman, 330 

 Cotton : -Growing Statistics, 104 ; Dr. W. Lawrence Balls ; 

 The Writer of the Article, 203 ; Industry, Applied 

 Science in the, 204 : Some Applications of Research to 

 the. Dr. W. L. Balls, 294 

 Creation, The Problem of, Rt. Rev. Dr. J. E. Mercer, 141 

 Crevices, Minute, in Rocks, P. W. Bridgman. 393 

 Crichton Royal Institution. Annual Report of the, 172 

 Crops. Treatment of, by Electric Discharges, Prof. Hend- 



rick, 495 

 Crow. The. and its Relation to Man, E. R. Kalmbach, 152 

 Crystals : obtained from Glass Furnaces, G. V. Wilson, 217; 



The Structure of, 331 

 Culture, The Transvaluation of. Dr. R. R. Marett. 411 

 Culver. Helen. Gold Medal of the Geographic Society of 

 Chicago. The. awarded to Prof. R. D. Salisbury, 28 

 Current Serial Digests, etc., Class List of, 358 

 Currents in the Upper Air. 232 

 Cyclamen, A .Series of Seedlings of, Capt. A. W. Hill. 310 



Dojiy Review of the Foreign Press. A Fortnightly Technical 



Supplement of the, 329 

 Dairy Farming, Effect of the New Agricultural Polity on, 



J. Mackintosh, 490 

 Dalhousie University, Gift to, Senator Dennis, 17 

 Damascene Steel, Col. N. T. Belaiew, 308 



DEATHS 

 Aitken (T.), 288 

 Amalitsky {Prof. V.), 430 

 Anderson (Sir J.), 69 

 Arber (Dr. E. A. Newell), 309, 328 

 Baker (Maior S. H.), 190 

 Batten (Dr. F. E.), 450 

 Beardmore (I.), 390 

 de la Blache (Prof. P. V.), 132 

 Blackwell (R. W.), 13a 

 Blaserna (Prof. P.), 8, 287 

 Brodie (J. S.), 133 

 Carter (Dr. A. H.), 172 

 Carter (Rev. W. Lower), 489 



Clarke (Prof J. Michell), 

 Comment (Prof. V.), 249 

 Cunningham (Dr. R. O.), 390 

 Davis (Prof. E. W.), 28 

 Deniker (Dr. J.). 189 

 Diplock (B. J.), 488 

 Dixon (Prof. S. G.), 69 

 Engler (Prof. E. A.), 69 

 Ettles (Dr. W. J. M.), 411 

 Fox (D. M.), 488 

 de Fraine (Dr. E.). 150 

 Gilbert (Dr. G. K.), 370 

 Hahn (Prof. P. D.), 451 

 Harrington (W. H.), 288 

 Harris (Dr. R. A.), 28 

 Hebb (Dr. R. G.), 208, 311 

 Heck (J. H.), 329 

 Helm <H. L), qo 

 Henrici (Prof. O.), 468 

 Hinde (Dr. G. J.), 67 

 Hodson (Dr. F.), 411 

 Hopkinson (Prof. B.), 508 

 Hornung (Prof. C), no 

 Jacob (Col. G. A.), 149 

 Tones (G.), 49 

 knipe (H. R.), 430 

 Lace (J. H.), 309 

 Lachelier (J.), 289 

 Lai (Sir Sundar), no 

 Lescher (F. H.), 289 

 Letts (Prof. E. A.), 7 

 Lindsay (Miss B.), 50 

 Macalister (D.), 149 

 Mavcock (W. Perren). 348 

 Mcbakin (Capt. S. G.), 28 

 Meslin (Prof. G.), 50 

 Meyer (F. N.), 430 

 Miller (S. H.). 171 

 Moysey (Dr. L.), 28 • 

 Northumberland (Duke oO, 229 

 Norton (Prof. R.), 469 

 Pearson (R. Hooper). 310 

 Peckham (Prof. S. F.), 468 

 Pedler (Sir A.), 208, 227 

 Pizzetti (Prof. P.), ';o7 

 Plimmer (Prof. H. G.), 328 

 Pozzi (Prof. S. J.), 329 

 Prosser (R. B.). 149 

 Prvde (Capt. J. W.). 248 

 Rathbun (Dr. R.). 468 

 Roberts (Dr. F. T.), 430 

 Robinson (T. F.), 411 

 Rothpletz (Prof. F. A.), 109 

 Salamon (A. G.), 190 

 Salter (D.). 190 

 Scott (C. H.). 488 

 Seabroke (G. M.). 91. i3-« 

 Searle (Dr. G. M.). 430 

 Senier (Prof. A.), 371, 389 



