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Index 



r Nature, 

 \_Ma»-ch 28, 1918 



ceptions of Modern Mathematics. Variables and Quanti- 

 ties, 162 



Richet (C), P. Brodin, and F. Saint-Girons, Some Modi- 

 fications in the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis 

 by Antiseptic Inhalations, 519; and H. Cardot, Regular 

 and Irregular Antiseptics, 179 '^ 



Riddle (Dr. O.), The Control of the Sex Ratio, 468 



Righi (Prof. A.), elected an Honorary Member of the In- 

 stitution of Electrical Engineers, "269 ; Magneto-ionisa- 

 tion, 32 ; On the Theory of Magneto-ion isation, 224 



i\.iicke\x>rsel (Dr. E. Van), Konstant auftretende secundare 

 Maxima und Minima, etc., 234 



Rindl <Prof. M. M.), Phytochemical Research, 107 



Ivintoul and Baxter (Misses), Autumn Displays of some 

 Native Birds, 271 



Riseley (E. E.) [obituary], 29 



Robarts (N. F.), Bronze Implements Found in Addington 

 Park, 293 



Roberts (A.), Habits of the Pin-tailed Widow-bird, 294 



Roberts (Rev. N.), Bushman Rock Paintings, 371 ; The 

 Native Population of South Africa a Great Asset, 108 



Robertson <G. S.), Results of Field Trials with Basic Slags, 

 510; Use of Superphosphate Mixed with Insoluble 

 Phosphate, 52 



Robertson (Prof. T. B.), Gift of Patent Rights in "Tethe- 

 lin " to the University' of California, 171 ; Science as 

 a Vehicle of Education, 495 ; The Utilisation of Patents 

 for the Promotion of Research, 484 



Robinson (W. O.), L. A. Steinkoenig, and C. F. Miller, 

 Analysis of the Ashes of Certain Trees and Plants, 473 



Robson (C. E.), The Convolvulus Hawk-moth, 45 



Rodet (J.), Actions Physiologiques et Dangers des Courants 

 Electriques, 24 ' 



Rodman (Dr.), Photomicrographs, 112 



Rogors (Dr. A. W.), An Old Report on the Copper-fields of 

 Namaqualand, 108 



Rogers (R. S.), Chiloglottis pescotfiana, sp. nov., 440 



Roseiihain (O. W.), The Natural History and Possibilities 

 of the Murra<^ Rixj^r, 311 



Roseveare (Prof. \V. N.), Slathematical Analysis in Science, 

 107 



Rossi (A. J.), awarded the Parkin Medal, 469 



Roth (H. Ling), Stone Implements Found near the John- 

 stone River, Queensland, 489 ; Studies in Primitive 

 Looms, 249 



Roubaud (E.), Can French .\n6phcles Transmit Malaria in 

 Non-marshy Regions?, 100 



Roux (E.), awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society, 

 210 ; Copley Medallist of the Royal Society, 276 



Rowe (W. T.), Use and Manufacture of .Mcohol as a Fuel, 



Rudler (F. W.)', A Medallion of the late. Placed in the 

 University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 378 



Ruggles (Lt.-Col. C. L'H.), Stresses in Wire-wrapped Guns 

 and in Gun-carriages. Second edition, 221 



Russell (Dr. A.), Electrical Engineering, 201, 341 ; The 

 Electrostatic Problem of a Conducting Sphere in a 

 Spherical Cavit}', 299 



Russell (Bertrand), Forthcoming Lectures by, 299 



Russell (Dr. E. J.), Manuring for Higher Crop Production, 

 Second edition, 382 ; The Fertiliser Situation in the 

 United States, 406 



Russell (Prof. H. N.), The Masses of the Stars, 393 



Russell (Sir J. A.) [death], 448 



Ryd (Dr. V. H.), On Computation of Meteorological Ob- 

 servations, 246 



Ryder (Dr. C), The Mean Monthly Temperatures of the 

 Surface Waters of Part of the Atlantic Ocean, 92 



St. John (Dr. C. E.), A Search for an Einstein Relativity- 

 gravitational Effect in the Sun, 279 ; Relativitj' and 

 Shifts of Fraunhofer Lines, 433 ; and H. D. Babcock, 

 Development of a Source for Standard Wave-lengths, 

 279 ; and Babcock, The Iron Arc as a Source of 

 Standard Wave-lengths, 232 

 Sabatier (P.), and G. Gaudion, Modes of Decomposition of 



Amines by Catalysis, 40 

 Sabin (Dr. F,), The Origin of Blood-vessels, 48 

 Sadler (Dr. M.), Importance of Science to Industry, 159 

 Saillard (E.), The Seeds of the Sugar4)eet, 179 

 Salisbury (R. D.), and G. N. Knapp, The Quaternary 



Formations of Southern New Jersev, 490 

 Salmon (C. E.), A Hybrid Stachys, 438 



Salomonscn (Prof. C. J.), The Island of Cos and the Home 



of Hippocrates, 9 

 Salter (Dr. J. H.), Regional Distribution of the Native 



Flora of Tenerifife, 259 

 Sampson (Prof. R. A.), The Coupar Angus Meteorite, 499 ; 



Studies in Clocks and Timekeeping (i), 500 

 Sandwith (Dr. F. M.) [death], 488; [obituary], 508 

 Sanford (Dr. R. F.), Distribution of Spiral Nebulae, 52 

 Sankey (Capt. H. R.), to Deliver the Thomas Hawkslcv 



Lecture of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 22<, 

 Ss^rasin (E.) [obituary article], 28 



Sargant (Miss E.) [death], 409 ; [obituary article], 428 

 Sayce (D.), Determinations of the Heat Conductivity of 



Selenium, 279 

 Sayer (W.), The Position of Sugar Manufacture, 288 

 Scharff (Dr. R. F.), The Irish "Greyhound-pig," 450 

 Schidlof (Dr. A.), The Determination of the Electronic 



Charge of Millikan's Method, 313 

 Schlenkcr (Dr. M.), Germany and the Briey Ore Basin, 447 

 Schlesinger (Dr. F.), appointed Aeronautical Engineer in 



the U.S. Signal Corps, 509 

 Schlich (Sir W.), Forestry in the Dominion of New Zealand, 



490 . 

 Schonland (S.), The Phanerogamic Flora of Uitenhage and 



Port Elizabeth, 160 

 Schorr (Prof,), Encke's Comet, 372 



Schulte (Dr. H. von), The Skull of the Lesser Cachalot, 2^0 

 Schuster (Prof. A.), Some Problems in the Theory of Radia- 

 tion, 499 

 Schwarz (O. L.), General Types of Superior Men, 125 

 Scott (Dr. D. H.), Calamopitys, Unger, 258 

 Scott (G. Shaw), The Journal of the Institute of Metals, 



vol. xvii., 84 

 Scott (W. W.), and othors, Standard Methods of Chemical 



Analvsis, 381 

 Seares (Dr. F. H.), Galactic Condensation of Stars, 194 ; 



The Number and Distribution of the Stars, 12S 

 -Sebright (Sir IL), Bequest to Eton College, 516 

 Seely (F. B.), Effect of Mouthpieces on the Flow of Water 



through a Submerged Short Pipe, 391; 

 Segre (Prof. C), Life and Mathematical Work of G. 



Veronese, 470 

 Scllon (J. S.) [obituary], 409 

 Sen (J. N.), Infertite Patches under Trees, 250 

 Sergent (E. and E.), A New Method for the Destruction of 



Mosquitoes, 139 

 Seward (Prof. A. C), Fossil Plants, vol. iii., 303; Plant- 



anatomv in Relation to Evolution, 502 

 Shand (Prof. S. J.), The'Geologv of Stellenbosch, 108 

 Shapley (Dr. H.), Colours of Stars in Galactic Clouds, 53 ,- 



Magnitude in Star Clusters, vii., 279 

 Shapley (M. B.), Eclipsing Variables, 74 

 Shaw (Sir Xapier), elected a Foreign Honorary Member of 



the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 469 ; 



elected President of the Royal Meteorological Society, 



409; Forthcoming Lectures on the Practical Applica- 

 tions of the Study of the Weather, 378 

 Shaw (Lady Napier), Need for a Register of All Existing 



Schools, 378 

 Shaw (Dr. P. E.), Experiments on Tribo-electricity, 336 

 Sheppard (T.), A New Species of Lima from the English 



Chalk, 172 ; Martin Simpson and his Work, 310 

 Shields (M. C), A Determination of the Ratio of the 



Specific Heats of Hydrogen, 279 

 Shippee (V^. C), Pure Sodium Chloride, 251 

 Shrapnell-Smith (E. S.), appointed Economy Officer to the 



Petroleum Executive, 112 

 Sidebottom (H.), Recent Foraminifera Dredged by H.M.S. 



Dart off the East Coast of Australia, 179 

 Sidney (2nd Lieut. L. P.) [obituary], 230 

 Siegbahn (M.), and W. Stenstrcn^, The X-ray Spectra of the 



Isotopic Elements, 139 

 Silhol (J.), The Use of Kapok for Dressings, 439 

 Sim (T. R.), The Geographical Distribution of the Bryo- 



phyta in South Africa, 108 

 Simon-Carves, Ltd., Institution of a Scholarship at Man- 



' Chester University, i;i6 

 Simpson (Dr. 'G. C), The Twelve-hourly Barometer Oscil- 

 lation, 258. 

 Sinclair (M.), A Defence of Idealism : Some Questions and 



Conclusions, 342 

 Sinclair (W. J.), A Labyrinthodont Jaw from the Newark 

 Beds of Pennsylvania, 273 



