Nature. 



September 26, 1918. 



Index 



Engineers, The Education of, H. G. Taylor, 383 

 England and Italy, The Promotion of a Closer Union 



between. Prof. E. Rignano, 323 

 Entropy of a Metal, The, Dr. H. S. Allen, 298 

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

 C. V. Boys, 325; "Tour de Force," The, Prof. C. V. 

 Boys, 103 

 liihelial Sheath of Hertwig in the Teeth of Man, The, 

 Dr. J. H. Mummery, 420 

 riuioid. The Insulating Properties of, R. G. Allen, 199 

 l.iuption of Katmai, The, Prof. R. F. Griggs, 497 

 luuptive Rocks Interstratified in the Coal Measures of 

 I Littry (Calvados), P. Termier, 460 



I Eskdalemuir, Maximum and Minimum Temperatures at, 



■ Dr. C. Mitchell, 138 



r<sence Industry, Manual for the, E. Walter, 62 

 -sences and Varnishes, 62 



her. Action of, on Rabies Virus, P. Remlinger, 240 

 I Licalyptus and Pine, Cultivation of, for Wood-pulp, 273 

 lAiropean Treaties Bearing on the History of the United 



States and its Dependencies to 1648, 330 

 Evolution : Genetic Experiments Concerning, Dr. R. Gold- 

 schmidt, 376 ; Genetics and, 376 ; Rats and, A. C. and 

 A. L. Hagedoorn, 376 

 Examinations Recognised by the Board of Education, 58 

 Exhibition, The British Scientific Products, 428, 468, 495 

 [ Experience, A Survey of. Dr. B. Bosanquet, loi 

 I Eye, Limit of Sensibility of the, M. Buisson, 490 



Falkland Islands, Whaling Industry, etc., of the. Appoint- 

 ment of a Committee upon the, 189 



Farm : and the Farmstead, Equipment for the. Prof. H. C. 

 Ramsower, 223 ; Machinery, A Laboratory Manual in, 

 F. A. Wirt, 61 ; Practice, The Chemistry of, Prof. 



(T. E. Keitt, 61 

 Farmer, Science and the, W. J. Maiden, 450 

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

 E. B. Poulton, 223 

 Faunistic Survey, A, 402 



■ Feeding Effects on Cattle, H. P. Armsby and J. A. 



Fries, 1 1 



Fees in Public Elementary Schools, Abolition of, H. A. L. 

 - Fisher, 357 



I Fel'ichthys felis. Habits of, E. W. Gudger, 434 

 f Ferro-concrete Ship, The Possibilities of the. Major M. 

 * Dennv; J. F. King, 113 



Ferro-silicons not Attacked by Acids, C. Matignon, 280 



Fertiliser Problem in Germany, The, 228 



Fibres from Fused Steatite, Prof. Guthe, 413 



Fibrillation in the Mammalian Heart, Mechanism and Con- 

 trol of, Prof. J. A. MacWilliam, 419 



Finite CoHineation Groups, with an Introduction to the 

 Theorv of Groups of Operators, and Substitution 

 Group's, Prof. H. F. Blichfeldt, 81 



Fish : at Khartoum, Seasonal Occurrence and Edibility of, 

 W. Pekkola, -.72 ; Freezing, Storing, and Preserving, 

 ApiX)intment of a Committee on, 270 ; Unusual Mark- 

 ings on a, C. Tate Regan, 133 ; -freezing. Profs. 

 Gardiner and Nuttall, 30 



Fisheries, Ministry or Board of. Suggested, 411 



Fishes : Age-determination of, D. Ward Cutler. 45; ; Orga- 

 nisms forming the Food of, Miss M. Lebour, 455 ; The 

 Genera of, from Linnaeus to Cuvier, 1758-1833, D. S. 

 Jordan, assisted by B. W. Evermann ; Rr. G. A. 

 Boulenger, 323 : The Scarcer, of the Aberdeen Market, 

 Prof. D'.Arcv Thompson, iii 



Flax Seedlings, A Disease of, G. H. Pethybridge and H. A. 

 LafTerty, 299 



Flint : Implements. Geology of, R. Smith, 31.1; ; The Deposi- 

 tion of, R. S. Dean, 432 ; Implements, Ancient, in 

 Suffolk, J. Reid Moir, ;;o 



Flora of Epsom and its Neighbourhood, A, Rev. T. N. Hart 

 Smith-Pearse, 263 



Fluides, La Statique des, La Liquefaction des Gaz et I'ln- 

 duslrie du Froid, E.-H. Amagat and L. D^combe. 2 

 parts, 162 



Fluids, The Characteristic Equation of, P. Weiss, 520 



Fly and Strickland Rivers, Papua, Vocabulary of the People 

 between the, 01 



Flvinir, Thr. Medirnl Aspect of. Sir W. Cheyne, 9 



Fonction Administrative dans le Gouvemement des Affaires, 



L 'Importance de la, M. Fayol, 266 

 Food: Analysis, A Course in. Dr. ,\. L. Wiriton, 104; Com- 

 mission, Inter-Allied Scientific, 304 ; Consei->ation by 

 Reduction of Rations, 355 ; Economy (Plants) Exhibit 

 in the British Museum (Natural History), A, 171; Pro- 

 teins employed ia a Pure State, The Toxicity and Nutri- 

 tive Power of, F. Maignon, 360 ; Proteins, Influence of 

 the Species of Animal on the Toxic Power and Mode ot 

 Utilisation of the, E. Maignon, 440 ; Rations for Manual 

 Workers and Scientitic Laboratories, 72 ; Requirements 

 of a Normal Working-class Family, Sir H. Thompson, 

 509 ; Supplies, Present and Prospective, Sir R. H. Rew, 

 154 

 Poraminitera Unicellular?, Are the, H. Douvill^, 479 

 Forestry in Corsica, Algeria, and Tunisia, 182 

 Forficuia auricularia, Certain Parasites, Food, and Capture 



by Birds of, H. A. Brindley, 39 

 Forsskdl, Pehr, Naturforskeren, C. Christensen, 365 

 Forthcoming Books of Science, 11, 30, 52, 134, 173, 192, 



212, 232, 413, 433, 491, 511 

 Fossil Invertebrata, Some, R. Etheridge, jun., 250 

 Fossils, Dr. G. J. Hinde's, presented to the British Musium 



(Natural History), 270 

 Fowls, Infections of, P. Hadley and others, 230 

 France : Rainfall Distribution over, A. Angot, 95 ; Recon- 

 struction in, 254 

 Franklin Institute, The Medal of the, awarded to Senator 



G. Marconi and Dr. T. C. Mendenhall; 249 

 Fream Memorial Prize, The, awarded to L. C. Robinson, 



357 

 Free Atmosphere, The Semi-diurnal Horizontal Oscillation 



of the. Dr. W. van Bemmelen and J. Boerema, 253 

 French : Engineer, The Training of the, 94 : Forests and 



Forestry : Tunisia, Algeria, Corsica, T. S. Woolsey, 

 . jun., 182 ; National Fete Day. Message to France 



from British Societies and Institutions, 390; Society of 



Chemical Industry, A, 116 

 Fresh-water Fishes : Coarse, Restrictions on, Lord Des- 



boi'ough, 49 ; Neglect of the Culture of, Lord Buck- 

 master, 50 

 Frogs, Parthenogenetic, Experiments on the Sex of, J. Loeb, 



480 

 Frontiers : A Studv in Political Geography, C. B. Fawcett, 



183 



Frost in the United States, W. G. Reed, 234 



Fuel-oil : and Coal-gas, The Production of, 32 ; for Ad- 

 miralty Use, Offer of an .\ward for, 189 ; from Hom( 

 Sources, Appointment of a Committee on the Production 

 of, no; from Ordinary Gasworks Plant, Productwn of, 

 291 



Fuels, Liquid, for Internal-combustion Engines, H. Moore, 

 124 



Funafuti Boring, The. and the Origin of Barrier Reefs and 

 Atolls, Prof. E. W. Skeats, 153 



Fungi, Specific Value of Morphological Characters in the, 

 W. B. Brierlcv, s8 



Fur Sales, Auction, in the United States, Dr. P. C. Mitchell, 



Galvanometer, Electromagnetic Moving-coil, for Alternating 



Currents, E. Weibel, 471 

 Galvanometrir Records of Emotivity, Dr. A. D. Waller, 214 

 Gardening: Old and New, 241 



Gas : Gangrene, Serotherapy in, E. Leclainche, 470 : Indus- 

 tries, Society of British. Sir R. Hadfield's Presidential 

 Address to' the, 230 ; Poisonous, Use of. by South 

 American Indians, E. Nordenskiold, 469 : Gangrene, A 

 Preventive and Curative Serum for, H. Vincent and G. 

 Stodel, 460 ; Traction Committee, Appointment of a Sub- 

 committee of the, 289 ; Interim Report of the, 188 : 

 Warfare. Methods of. Prof. S. J. M. Auld, 215 

 Gasworks Construction and Practice. \. Meade, 33 

 Gate of Remembrance, The, F. B. Bond, 23 

 Gaudrv Medal of the Geological Society of France, The, 



awarded to Prof. H. F. Osborn. 270 

 Gauss. Application of the Law of. to Syphilis, J. Haag, 219 

 Gel Structure. The Theory of. Prof. W. A. Osborne. 19 

 Gene, The Theory of the, Prof. T. H. Morgan, 376 

 Genetic Experiments concerning Evolutio:i, Dr. R. Gold- 

 Schmidt, 376 



