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hley (H. M.), The Hemiptera-Heteroptera of New 

 England, 330 

 Parsons (Hon. Sir C), to Deliver the May Lecture of the 



Institute of Metals, 247 

 Parsons (Dr. C. L.), The Nitrogen Problem, 267 

 Pascal (P.), Distillation of Mixtures of Sulphuric and Nitric 



Acids, 219 

 Paterson (Principal), The Manuring of Oats, 312 

 Paton (Prof. D. Noel), Food in War-time, 171 

 Patterson (A. H.), Gift to the Norwich Public Library, 489 

 Patterson- (Dr. A. M.), A German-English Dictionary for 



Chemists, 144 

 Peak (H.), A Bronze Figure said to have been EMscovered 



at Silc'iester, 249 

 Pealing (H.), The Effect of Vegetation on the Rainfall of 



South Africa, 108 

 Pearl (Dr. R.), Animal Husbandry Investigations, 75 ; 

 Factors Influencing Sex Ratio in Poultry, 37 ; The 

 Experimental Modification of Germ-cells, 53 ; the Selec- 

 tion Problem, 53 

 Pease (F. G.), Photographs of Nebulae; The loo^n. Re- 

 flector at the Mount Wilson Observatory, 33 

 Peglion (Prof. V.), The Peronospora of the Hemp; The 

 Gummy Fungus Threatening the Apricot Trees in 

 Emilia, 192 

 Perkin (Prof. W. H.), Prof. A. von Baeyer, i88 

 Pern (Dr. S.), Estimating Minute Traces of Calcium in 



the Blood, 220 

 Perotti (Dr. R.), Bread Damaged by Fungus Growths, 152 

 Perrot (F. L.), The F'ormation of Falling Drops, 211 

 Petersen (Dr. C. G. J.), Development of the External Char- 

 acters in Gobius, 375 

 Petersen (Hr. J.), Figures of Animals on Rock-surfaces in 



Southern Norway, 72 

 Peterson (J.), Effect of Length of Blind Alleys on Maze 



Learning, 353 

 Pethybridge (Dr. G. H.), and H. A. Lafferty, Cause of the 



Common Dry-rot of the Potato Tuber, 173 

 Petrie (Prof. Flinders), Character and Origin of the Local 

 Gods of Egypt, 270 ; Links between North and South, 



E. B.), "Fascination " of Birds by a Snake, 



Peyronel (Dr. B.), A Potato Disease New to Italy, 192 

 Peytral (Mile. E.), The Pyrogenous Decomposition of Methvl 



Alcohol at High Temperatures, 278 

 Philip (G.), Maps Designed to Show Economic Distribu- 



_ tions, 330 

 Philip (Sir R.), Appointed to the Professorship of Tuber- 

 culosis in Edinburgh University, 79 

 Philiopon (M.), Manufacture of Silica Bricks, 380 

 Philipson (Sir G. H.) [death], 448 

 Phillips (Dr. H. B.), Differential Calculus, 163 

 Phillips (Rev. T. E. R.), awarded the Hannah Jackson 



Gift of the Royal Astronomical Society, 429 

 Pickering (Prof. E. C), New Variable Stars, 511 

 Pickering (Dr. S.), Effect of One Plant on Another Growing 



Near It, 152 ; Flocculation, 4!;7 

 Pickering (Prof. W. H.), A Colour Scale for Stars, 93 

 Pictet (A.), and J. Sarasin, The Distillation of Cellulose and 



Starch in a Vacuum, 439 

 Pilsbury (H. A.), and A. Brown, Oligocene Fossil Mollusca 



from Cartagena, Colombia, 151 

 Pinkerton (Miss E. C), Composition of Expired Alveolar 



Air, 460 

 Pitt (Miss F.), Courtship, etc., of the Moorhen, 411; Moles 



in Captivity, 72 

 Platter (F.), Autobiographical Reminiscences of Youth, 9 

 Plough (H. H.), Effect of Temperature on Linkage in the 



Second Chromosome of Drosophila, 439 

 Plummer (W. E.), Report of the Liverpool Observatory. 173 

 Pogue (J. E.), Sulphur : An Example of Industrial Inde- 

 pendence, 494 ; The Mineral Industries of the United 



States, 406 

 Pope (Prof. W. J.), The Neglect pf Expert Knowledge of 



Scientific Subjects by the British Government, no 

 Porritt (E.), Agricultural' Education in the United States, 198 

 Porritt (G. T.), Charaeas graminis in the North of 



England, 172 

 Porter (Prof. A. W.), Thermal Properties of Sulphuric Acid 



and Oleum, 379 

 Post (Hon. L. F.), War Work of the U.S. Department of 



Labour, 491 

 Potter (Prof. M. C), Economic Mycology, 454 



Poulton (Prof. 



„ . 244. 385 



Pnchard-Jones (Sir J.) [obituary], 149 



Prideaux (Dr. E. B. R.), The Theory and Use of Indicators, 



Priest (W. B.), A Scheme for the Promotion of Scientific 

 Research. Third edition. Observations: an Appendix 

 to the "Scheme," 484 



Pringle-Pattison (Prof. A. S.), The Idea of God in the Light 

 of Recent Philosophy, 462 



Prior (Dr. G. T.). The Mesosiderite-Grahamite Group of 

 Meteorites, 218 



Pritchett (Dr. I.), Preventive an^ Curative Therapy by 

 Serums, 270 



Prothero (R.), British Agriculture and Increased Food Pro- 

 duction, 116; The Productive Power of the Soil of 

 Europe, 208 



Pull (E.), The Munition Workers' Handbook. Second edition, 

 343 



Pullar (R. D.) [death], 70 ; [obituary], 89 



Purves (Dr. W. L.) [death], 370 



Pyman (Dr. F. L.), Relation between Chemical Constitu- 

 tion and Physiological Action, 337 



Rabot (C), The Winter of 1917 in Norway and Sweden, 153 

 Ram (Prof. Atma), Problems in Dynamics (with Full Solu- 

 tions), for the B.A. Students (Pass and Honours) of 

 the Indian Universities, 263 



Raman (C. V.), On the Alterations of Tone produced by a 

 Violin-" Mute," 84 



Ramsay (J. G.)^ One Hundred Points in Food Economy, 3 



Ramsay (Sir W. M.), The Great Goddess Mother Earth 378 



Ramsey (A. J.), and H. C. Weston, Artificial Dye-stuffs: 

 Their Nature, Manufacture, and Uses, 242 



Raper (Dr. H. S.), appointed Professor of Physiology and 

 Biochemistry at Leeds University, 417 



Rawling (Brig.-Gen. C.) [obituary], 209 



Rawson (Co!.), Response of Plants to Selective Screening, 

 293 



Ray (S. H.), A Village Community in Papua, 335 ; The 

 Peopling of Melanesia, 314 



Rayleigh (Lord), Reflection of Light from a Regularly 

 Stratified Medium, 199 ; and others, Ramsay Memorial 

 Fund, 304 



Raymond (H.), The Principal Axes of Stellar Motion, 279 



Read (Clement), Geological Memoir on the Bournemouth 

 District. Second edition, revised by H. J. O. White, 

 250 



Read (Sir C. H.), Bronzes acquired from a Parsi in Bombav, 

 431 



Read (Prof. J.), and Miss M. M. Williams, A Novel Applica- 

 tion of Bromine Water in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 

 459 



Read (M. L.). The Mothercraft Manual, 3 



Redfield (Hon. W. C), Waste in Industry, 491 



Redwood (Sir B.), appointed Director of Technical Investiga- 

 tions in the Petroleum Executive, 149 ; Resignation of 

 the Post of Director of Petroleum Research, 150 



Reed (W. G.), The Coefficient of Correlation, 251 



Reeves (F.), Rail Creep, 393 



Reid (Sir A. S.) [death], 448 



Reid (J. H.), Glossopteris, 273 



Remington (Prof. J. P.) [obituary], 448 



Rendel (Sir A. M.) [obituary], 430 



Rendle (Dr. A. B.), Economic Plants Native or Suitable for 

 Cultivation in the British Empire, 392 



Reynolds (Prof. E. S.), to Deliver the Bradshaw Lecture of 

 the Royal College of Physicians of London, 171 



Reynolds (J. H.), Astronomical Photographs, 112 



Rheinberg (J.), On an Appearance of Colour Spectra to the 

 Aged, 204 



Rhijn (Dr. P. J. van). On the Number of Stars of each 

 Photographic Magnitude in Different Galactic Lati- 

 tudes, 128 



Rhondda (Lord), Gift of the " Rippon " Collection of Insects, 

 Shells, and Minerals to the National Museum of Wales, 

 390 ; and others. The National Food Policy, 445 



Ricco (Prof.), Solar Prominences in iqi?, 134 



Rich (S. G.), Mental Tests applied to Zulu Students, 109 



Richardson (Prof. O. W.), The Photo-electric Action of 

 I X-rays, 498 



i Richar(I<;on (R. P.), and E. H. Landis, Fundamental Con- 



