Index 



r Nature, 



VSep 



cptemher 26, 1918 



Navicula and Cymbella, A Series of Intermediate Forms of, 

 Sir N. yermoloff, 359 



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

 404 



" Nebulium," The Atomic Weight of, Prof. J. W. Nichol- 

 son, 212 



Nebulosity about Nova Persei (1901), Ritchey, 12 



Nematode : Pests, 94 ; Worm, Periodicity of the Larvae of 

 the, Prof. W. Yorlie and Dr. B. Blacklock', 94 



Nemertines, Pelagic, Prof. Brinkmann, 353 



Neptune's Satellite, Perturbations of, Prof. Armellini, 72 



Nerve : -conduction in Diluted and in Concentrated Sea- 

 water ; Toxic Effects due Ito High Temperature, 

 Dr. A. G. Meyer, 434 ; -tracts connecting the Brain 

 and Body, The Crossing of the, Prof. A. F. Dixon, 312 



Nervous Impulse : The, W. B. Hardy, 163 ; The Conduc- 

 tion of the. Dr. K. Lucas, Revised by E. D. Adrian, 

 163 



Neuro-muscular Network in Cassiopeia, Effect of Stretch- 

 ing on the Rate of Conduction in the, J. F. McClen- 

 don, 20 



New South Wales : Economic Resources of, 395 ; Techno- 

 logical Museums, Report of the, R. T. Baker, 395 



New York State Barge Canal, 471 



New Zealand : Journal of Science and Technology, 193 ; 

 The Earlier Mesozoic Floras of, Dr. E. A. Newell 

 Arber, 455 



Nickel Steels, Measurements of the Thermal and Electrical 

 Conductivities of, Prof. K. Honda, 511 



Nitre-cake, Discussion on, G. C. Grisley and others, 71 



Nitric : Acid Establishments, Bavarian, to be extended, 413 ; 

 Oxide, Formation of, by the Electric Arc, E. Elod, 

 510 



Nitriles, Formation of, A New Catalytic Method 'for the, 

 A. Mailhe and F. de Godon, 39 



Nitrogen : Active, Hon. R. J. Strutt, 332 ; Estimation of, in 

 the Manufacture of Organic Nitro-Compounds, A. P. 

 Sachs, 30 ; Fixation, The Present Position of, 188 ; 

 in Organic Compounds, Estimating, M. Howie, 252 



Nocardia, Revision de(s Chamfiignons appartenant au 

 Genre. Capt. F. de Mello and Dr. J. F. St. A. Fer- 

 nandes, 259 



Nonius, Origin, Theory, and Use of the, A. R. Machado, 

 332 



North : American Amphibians and Reptiles, A Check List 

 of, L. Stejqeger and T. Barbour, 242 ; American 

 Mammals, The Smaller, E. Nelson, 489 ; Polar Ex- 

 pedition, Capt. R. Amundsen's Impending, 229 



Norway, Meteorology in, 26 



Norwegian North Polar Expedition, Capt. R. Anriundsen's, 



349 • , 



Nottinghamshire, The Invertebrate F'auna of. Prof. J. W. 



Carr, 402 

 Nursery and Market Gardens Industries Development 



Society, Third Annual Report of the, 4c ^ 

 Nutrition-, the Basal Principles of. Leaflet on, 348 



Observatory : of the H6tel of Taranne, The, G. 

 Bigourdan, 459 ; of the Luxembourg, The, G. Bigour- 

 dan, 479 



Oenanthe crocata Wholesome Food?, Is, C. B. Moffat, 354 



Officers University and Technical Training Committee, 

 Appointment of an, 439 



Oil : and Colour and Allied Trades. Chemists engaged in the, 

 An Association formed of, 468 ; Intravenous Injections 

 of, E. Le Moignic and J. Gautrelet, 59 



Oils : Fats, and their Commercial Products, Aids in the 

 Commercial Analysis of, G. F. Pickering, 503 ; Lubri- 

 cating, Drs. A. E. Dunstan and F. B. Thole. 214 



Old Red Sandstone Plants. Part ii.. Dr. R. Kidston and 

 Prof. W. F. Lang, 478 



Olive-fly, A New Process of Exterminating the, 373 



Oospora, The Tubercle Bacillus associated with an, A. 

 Sartory, 19 



Optical : Apparatus, Improvements in, Openings for, 273 ; 

 Instrument, The Symmetrical, Prof. H. C. Plummer, 

 2Q9 ; Instruments, Prevention of Filming in Enclosed, 

 H. S. Rvland, -iio • Stores captured from the Enemv, 

 Lt.-Col. A. C. Williams, 112 



Ordnance and Gunnery, Text-book of, Lt.-Col. W. H. 

 Tschappat, 222 



Organ-pipes, Effect of Wind-pressure on the Pitch of, A. 



Mallock, 339 

 Organic : Colloid, Precipitation of an, by Human Serum, A. 



Vernes, 179 ; Materials, New Method for the Rapid 



•Destruction of, P. Duret, 460 

 Originality, T. S. Knowlson, 141 



Orion Nebula, Distance of the, Prof. W. H. Pickering, 233 

 Oscillations produced in a Singing Arc, Amplitude of the, 



393 

 Osiris Prize of the Institute of France, The, to be again 



Awarded, 189 

 Osmium : A New Reaction of, L. Tschugaeff, 520 ; 



Tetroxide, Acid Function of, L. Tschugaeff, 479 

 Ostracoda from the Upper Cambrian Limestone of South 



Australia, F. Chapman, 498 

 Ostrich, Eggs of an Extinct, in North China, H. M. Clark, 



Outrigger-canoe- Attachment in the Torres Straits, An 

 Anomalous Form of, Dr. A. C. Haddon, 508 



Oxford University : Gift towards the Endowment of the 

 Professorship of Forestry ; Honorary Degree of D.Sc. 

 conferred upon Prof. W. C. M'Intosh, 37; Mr. 

 Asquith's Romanes Lecture ; Anniversary of the Burial 

 of Roger Bacon, 297 ; Prof. H. Lamb appointed Halley 

 Lecturer for 1919, 318; Report of the Delegates of the 

 University Museum, 338; The Halley Lecture on "The 

 First Chapter in the Story of the Winds," Sir N. Shaw ; 

 Report of the University Observatory ; Preamble of a 

 Statute establishing a School of Agriculture and 

 Forestry, 258; The School of Geography; The Com- 

 mittee for Anthropology, 57 



Oxide of Iron : The Action of, on Silica, H. Le Chatelier 

 and B. Bogitch, 259; and Lime, Function of the. Em- 

 ployed in the Manufacture of Silica Bricks, M. Bied, 



259 

 a-Oxycinchonine, E. Leger, 339 

 Ozone : as a Hygienic Agent, Prof. F. G. Donnan, 202 ; 



Its Manufacture, Properties, and Uses, Dr. A. Vosmaer, 



202 



Pacific Islands, Nature of Rocks in the. Prof. R. A. Daly, 



175 

 Paint and Varnish, The Industrial and Artistic Technology 



of, A. H. Sabin, 62 

 Palaeobotany of New Zealand, The, 455 

 Palgeontographical Society, Annual Meeting and Election 



of Officers of the, no 

 Palaeontology, Genetics v., Dr. W. K. Gregory, 377 

 Palms of Seychelles and the Mascarenes, The, Dr. W. B. 



Hemsley, 73 

 Pangonia longirostris, The Mouth-parts of, H. Tetley. 311 

 Paper Pulp, The Manufacture of, from Dead Leaves, Mme. 



K. Bramson, 299 

 " Papers for the Present," Two. 330 

 Paralysis Due to Nerve Injury, Treatment of, Lt. N. Burke, 



489 ' . . . • 



Paris Academy of Sciences, Creation of a New Division of 



the, 27 ; Climatology of, C. Flammarion, 316; The 



Observatories at, known as "de la rue des Postes," G. 



Bigourdan, 380 ' 



Patents and Scientific Research, Sir R. Ross, 24 

 Penguin, The Little, Life History of. Dr. B. Nicholls, 112 

 Pensions, Civil" List, for Year ended March 31, 1918. 348 

 Pentatomic Bodies, Saturated Vapour-pressures of, E. 



Arifes, 340 

 Pereira Medal of the Pharmaceutical Society, The, awarded 



to Miss H. C. M. Winch, 208 

 Periodic Irrotational Waves of Finite Height, Prof. T. H. 



Havelock, 419 

 Perneb, the Tomb of. Pigments used on, M. Toch, 350 

 Perseid Meteoric Shower, The, 454 



Peru and the Philipoine Islands. Mineral Production of, p-; 

 Petroleum : Home "Production of. Lord Cowdray, 32 ; The 



Romance of. Sir B. Redwood, ."^le _ 

 Petrology, Mineralogy and. Recent Work in, 174 

 Pharmacy: A Compendium of. 321; The Practice of. Dr. 



J. P. Remington, assisted by Dr. E. F. Cook. Sixth 



edition, 321 

 Phenological Observations in the British Isles during 1917, 



J. E. Clark and H. B. Adames. 239 

 Phenylethvlamine, The Reduction of, A. Weinhagen, 152 



