Nature, 



March 28, 1918 



Index 



XIX 



Bantu People, The Wisdom and Wit of the, J. McLaren, 109 

 Barcelona, Hydraulic Power Undertakings in Connection 



with, 133 

 Barometer : Oscillation, The Twelve-hourly, Dr. G. C. 



Simpson, 258 ; Pressure at Seven British Observatories, 



1871-82, The Diurnal Variation of, Dr. C. Chree, 518; 



Record at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, The, 



F. A. Bellamy, 518 

 Barometric Pressure and the Water-level in a Well, Relation 



between, E. G. Bilham, 239 

 Barrow, Isaac, 222 

 Bases G^oddsiques, La Mesure Rapide des, J.-R. Benoit 



and C.-Ed. Guillaume, Cinq. Edition, 342 

 Basic Slags, Fertilising Value of, G. S. Robertson, 510 

 Bastian s Work, Experiments in Continuation of, A. and h. 



Mary; B. Burke, 113 

 Bathyrheometer for Anemomptry in Cold Regions, Utilisa- 

 tion of the, Y. Delage, 278 

 Bats of Central Africa, The, J. A. Allen, H. Lang, and 



J. P. Chapin, 329 

 Battersea Polytechnic, Courses at the, 40 

 Beardmore Engine, The, 13 

 Bedfordshire, C. Gore Chambers, 403 

 Bee Plants and their Honey, Grieve, 91 

 Beetles and Dragonflies, Prof. G. H Carpenter, 123 

 Beg's, Ulugh, Catalogue of Stars, E. B. Knobel, 185 

 Belfast, Queen's University, A Medal Founded in Honour of 



Prof. J. G. Adami, 238 

 Bengal, Government Cinchona Plantations and Factory in, 



Annual Report of the, 271 

 Bessel Functions, The Zeros of. Prof. G. N. Watson, 299 

 Betatakin House, Arizona, N. M. Judd, 270 

 Reton I., the Ferro-concrete, Launch of, 154 

 Biologia Marina, R. Issel, 482 

 Biology : Prof. G. N. Calkins, Second edition^ 441 ; from 



America, 441 

 Bio-Physics, Foundations of. Prof. J. A. Thomson, 21 

 Bird : Migration in Central Switzerland in relation to 



Meteorological Conditions, 47 ; Skeleton of a Gigantic 



Extinct, found in Wyoming, Dr. W. D. Matthew, 36 

 Birds : Parasitic, 293 ; some Native, Autumn Displays of. 



Misses Rintoul and Baxter, 271 ; The Fundus Oculi of, 



322 

 Birkbeck College, Instruction at, 99 



Birmingham : Municipal Technical School, W. Brew ap- 

 pointed Head of the Electrical Department of the, 39 ; 



University. An Honorary Degree conferred on Lord 



Morris, 438 ; Reports of the Council and Principal for 



1916-17, 515 

 Bisset-Hawkins Medal, The, presented to Sir A. Newsholme, 



149 

 Bituminous Materials, Laboratory Manual of, P. Hubbard, 24 

 Bleaching Powder, Effect of Light on Solutions of, R. L. 



Taylor, 320 

 Blind, Welfare of the, Composition of the Departmental 



Committee on the, W. Haves Fisher, 287 

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

 Board : of Education, Annual Report of the Chief Medical 



Officer of the, 139 ; General Examinations in Science 



and Technology to be Discontinued, 478 ; of Trade, 



Reorganisation of the, 409 

 Bollworm, The Pink, A. Busck, 172 m 



Bosp Research Institute, .'\ddress at the Opening of the, 



Sir J. C. Bose, 489 

 Botanic Gardens, The Value of. Prof. J. M. Coulter, 12 

 Bournemouth District, Geological Survey Memoir on the, 



C. R<>id, Revised" by H. J. O. White, 250 

 Rrarhyiira. Changeable Coloration in, W. H. I^ngley, 439 

 Hradford Technical College, Courses at the, 40 

 Bradshaw Lecture : of the Royal College of Physicians of 



London, Prof. E. S. Reynolds to deliver the ; of the 



Royal College of Surgeons of England, Sir J. Bland- 

 Sutton to deliver the, 171 

 Bran, The Separation of, and the Food Yield of Wheat, 



L. Lapicque, 120 

 Bread : damaged by Fungus Growths, Dr. R. Perotti, 152 ; 



The Digestibility of, G. Bertrand, 139 

 Brewers' Yeast for Bread-making, Investigations on, J. L. 



Baker, 51 

 Briey Basin, Iron Ore in the. Dr. M. Schlenker, 447 



Briggs Collection of British Hemiptera, etc.. The, presented 

 by E. Heath to the National Museum of Wales, 390 



Brinell Hardness Test of Metals, The, M. Guillery, 159 



Brisbane, The Water Supply of, 451 



Bristol : Grammar School Scientific Societv, First Report 

 of, 277; University, Gift to, by H. H. Wills, 158; 

 Museum and Art Gallery, Report of the, 349 



British : .Agriculture and Fisheries, Development of, 375 ; 

 Association of Cheniists, London Section of the, Decision 

 to form a, 447 ; Committee on Geodesy and other De- 

 partments of Geophysics, 70 ; of Chemists, Proposed, 

 150 ; Birds, A. Thorburn. Vol. iv., 183; Empire, 

 Economic Plants Native or Suitable for Cultivation in 

 the. Dr. A. B. Rendle, 392 ; Order of the. Promotions 

 in and Appointments to the, 369 ; Grasses and their 

 Employment in .Agriculture, S. F. Armstrong, 382 ; 

 Guiana Flour Substitutes Committee, Report of the, 

 230 ; Honduras, A Painted Pot from, A. C. Breton, 329 ; 

 Museum Requisitioned as the Headquarters of the .Ait 

 Board, 348 ; Museum, The, not to be Used bv the .Air 

 Board, 389; Oil Industry, A New, C. Craig; Dr. M. 

 Perkin ; Berry and Dr. Dunstan, 506 ; Ornithology, .A 

 Bibliography of, from the Earliest Times to the End of 

 1912, W. H. Mullens and H. Kirke Swann, 183 ; Rainfall, 

 1916, Dr. H. R. Mill and C. Salter, 483; Resources of 

 Sands and Rocks used in Glass Manufacture, with 

 Notes on certain Refractory Materials, A Supplementary 

 Memoir on. Prof. G. H- Boswell and others, 368 ; School 

 at .Athens, The Annual of the. No. xxi., 161 ; Science, 

 A Retrospect of Modern, 141 ; Science Guild, The, on 

 the Education (No. 2) Bill, 478 ; .Scientific Instrument 

 Makers' Research, C. Beck, 504; Scientific Instrument- 

 making Trade, The. E. S. Hodgson, 444 



Brittle-stars, The Classification of the, 233 



Broadhurst (Tootal). Lee and Co.. Dr. R. S. Willows 

 appointed Head Physicist to, 498 



Bromine Water, A Novel Application of, in Synthetic Or- 

 ganic Chemistry, Prof. J. Read and Miss M. M. 

 Williams, 459 



Bronze Figure, A, said to have been Discovered at Silchester, 

 H. Peak, 249 



Bronzes, Two, acquired from a Parsi in Bombay, Sir C. H. 

 Read, 431 



Bull-baiting, The Religious or Magical Significance of, W. 

 Crooke, 90 



Burma : Earthquake in, F. N. Burn, 265 ; The Wolfram 

 Industry in, 328 



Bushman Rock Paintings at the Zoutpansberg Range, Rev. 

 N. Roberts, 371 



Business, etc.. Organisation of, Lt.-Col. Harrison, 119 



Busycon cretaceum, B. W^ade, 273 



Butter Substitutes, 394 



Butterfly v. Wasp, Ven. .Archdeacon .A. F. Clarke, 84 



Cachalot, The Skull of the Lesser, Dr. H. von Schulte, 250 



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



Calcium in the Blood, Method of Estimating Minute Traces 

 of. Dr. S. Pern, 220 



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



Calcutta : Returns of Fish Imported into, 91 ; University 

 Commission, The Members of the, 80 



Calorimeter, A New, N. S. Osborne, 290 



Cambridge : History of English Literature, The, Edited bv 

 Sir A. W. Ward and A. R. Waller. Vol. xiv., The 

 Nineteenth Century, 141 ; Philosophical Society, Elec- 

 tion of Officers of the, 210; University, Address to the 

 Senate, Rev. T. C. Fitzpatrick, 118; Reports to the 

 Senate, 118; Dr. A. E. Shipley new Vice-Chancellor, 

 119; 299; Dr. J. E. Marr elected Professor of Geology, 

 178 ; F. C. Bartlett and G. M. Bennett elected to Fellow- 

 ships at St. John's College, 198; Dr. W. L. H. Duck- 

 worth re-appointed Senior Demonstrator of Anatomy, 

 238; Gift by Mrs. King, 338; The Historical Register 

 of the, Edited by Dr. J. R. Tanner, 403 ; and Colleges 

 of, The Student's Handbook to the, Sixteenth edition, 

 265 



Canada ; Applied Entomology in, 27 ; Dr. O. Klotz appointed 

 Chief Astronomer and Director of the Dominion Astro- 

 nomical Observatory, 170 ; Geological Survey of, Sum- 



