Nature, 

 March 28, 19 1 



Index 



XXlll 



}:arth, The Great Goddess Mother, Sir W. M. Ramsay, 378 



Earthquake : at Dharmsala, H. H. Haj'den, 371 ; in Burma, 

 F. N. Burn, 265 ; on April 9 in the Middle Mississippi 

 Valley, R. H. Finch, 312; Waves, Propagation of, 

 through the Earth, and Ck)nnected Problem?, Dr. C. G. 

 Knott, 499 



: nrthquakes in the United States, The Study of, Dr. O. 

 Klotz, 312 



I 1st : African Forests, Ancient, C. F. M. Swynnerton, 108 ; 

 Worcestorshire, Flora of, J. Humphreys, 411 



Eborth Bacillus and the B-paratyphoid Bacillus in Waters, 

 The Search for the, F. Di^nert, A. Guillard, and Mme. 

 A. Leguen, 4159 



Echinaxia, The Genus, and Rhabdosigma (Porifera), E. F. 

 Kallmann , 260 



Echinoderm Larvae, Artificial Production of. Prof. E. W. 

 MacBride, 517 



FcldoHia buccinalis as a Source of Potash, G. F. Britten, 108 



Eclipsing Variables, M. B. Shapley, 74 



Edinburgh : and East of Scotland College of Agriculture, 

 Instruction at the, 100 ; Royal Society of, Appointment 

 of Officers of the, i.t;o ; Uni\'ersity, Sir R. Philip ap- 

 pointed Professor of Tuberculosis in, 79; Sir D. Beatty 

 invited to become Lord Rector, 178 



Edison. Thomas A. : The Life Story of a Great American, 



504 



Education : Address On, Rev. B. P. J. Marchand, 108 ; and 

 Industry, 6; and Organised Thought, 321; Bill, The 

 New, 81, 158, 169, 179, 199, 216, 238, 253, 310; (No. 2) 

 Bill, 399, 418, 516 ; A Memorandum of the British Science 

 Guild on the, 478 ; Board of, Addrosses by the President 

 of the, 59 ; Continuative, and its Objects, 148 ; Continued. 

 Sir P. Magnus, 513 ; Endowment of University and 

 Technical, H. A. L. Fisher, 452 ; Higher, in the United 

 States, 58 ; Reform, 61 ; Council, Report of the, T. LI. 

 Humberstone, i iq ; Science as a Vehicle of. Prof. T. B. 

 Robertson, 495 ; Scientific and Humane, Edited by Sir 

 F. G. Kenyon, 267 ; (Scotland) Bill, The, First Reading 

 of the, 319 ; The Needs of our, at the Present Day, with 

 Special Reference to Science Teaching. Sir H. H. John- 

 ston, 415 



Educational : Principles, Prof. J. Adams, 94 ; Reform, 

 H. A. L. Fisher, 4-^3 



Efficiency, R. .?mith, 4^1 



Egg Production in the Domestic Fowl, Interperiodic Correla- 

 tion in the, J. A. Harris, 439 



Egvpt ; Local Gods of, Character and Origin of the. Prof. 

 ' Flinders Petrie, 270; The Oilfields Region of. Dr. W. F. 

 Hume, 74 



Egyptian Oilfield, The, 74 



Einstein Relntivity-gravitational Effect in the Sun, A Search 

 for an, C. E.' St. John. 279 



Electric : Currents, Equations for Evaluating the Maximum 

 Force between Two Circular, H. Nagaoka, 32 ; Power 

 Supplv, Coal Conservation and, 476 



Electrical ': Currents, The Dangers of. Prof. W. M. Bayliss, 

 24; Engineering, Dr. A. Russell, 201, 341; A Treatise 

 on the Elements of, vol. i.. Prof. W. S. Franklin, 341 ; 

 Engineers, Institution of. Prof. A. Righi elected an 

 Honorary Member of the, 269 ; Machinery, Standardisa- 

 tion Rules for, H. M. Hobart appointed a Representative 

 to a Conference on, m ; Theorv of Matter, Astro- 

 nomical Consequences of the, Sir O. Lodge, 395 ; 

 Treatment in the War, 230 



Electrically Controlled Boats, 190, 211 



Electrification bv Friction, Prof. J. A. McClelland and the 

 Rev. C. J. Power, ;;t9 



Eloctro : -culture, .Appointment of a Committee on, 488 ; 

 -metallic Influences Exercised through Insulating leaves 

 of very small Thickness, E. Branly, 219 



Electron : Relation of the, to the Absorption and Emission 

 of Radiation, Prof. Millikan, 132 ; The Radius of the, 

 and the Nuclear Structure of Atoms, Prof. J. W. 

 Nicholson, 217 ' 



^If'ctronic Charge, Determination of the, by Millikan's 

 Method, Dr. A. Schidlof, 313 

 •-ctrostatic Problem of a Conducting Sphere in a Spherical 

 Cavity, The, Dr. A. Russell, 209 [ 



Elephants', Dwarf, Arrival of Two Skeletons of, in England, | 

 43t I 



Embryology : Contribulions to, 48 ; Experimental, Three- 

 Lectures on. Dr. J. W. Jenkinson, 6a 



Encke's Comet: Ephemeris of, Viljev, 115; 21a; Prof. 

 Schorr, 372 ; Viljev, 412 



Engineering: Factory, An, for Educated Women, 217; 

 Practice, Municipal, A. P. Fohvell, 282 ; Trades, New 

 Industries for the, Appointment of a Committee on, 

 429 ; Training, Improvement in, and better Co-ordina- 

 tion of. Forthcoming Meeting on, 99 ; The Organisa- 

 tion of. Sir M. P'itzmauricc and others, 175 ; Work, 

 Director of, Lt.-Col. J. M. Moncrieff appointed, 49 



Engines, Alcohol Fuel and. Report on, 129 



Englisih Gypsy Folk-tales and other Traditional Stories, 

 T. W. Thompson, 11 



Entomological Research, Bulletin of, 330 



Entomology : Applied, in Canada, 27 ; Review of Applied, 

 330 



Enzymes : in the Fermentation Industries, L. Wallerstein, 

 13 ; The, Concerned in the Decomposition of Glucose 

 and Mannit<^ by Baciiius coli communis, parts ii. and 

 iii., E. C. Grey, 217 



Epidermisation, Abnormal, after Bathing with Hypo- 

 chlorites, P. Masson, 459 



Ethical System, An, Based on the Laws of Nature, M. Des- 

 humbert, Translated by Dr. L. Giles, 343 



Ethnological Work in Queensland, 95 



Ethnology of Scotland, The, Prof. A. Keith, 85 



Eugenia Moderna, Origenes y Tendencias de la, J. Bonilla, 



364 



Europe, Linguistic and Political Boundaries in, 27 



Evolution : Hereditary Characters in Relation to. Prof. 

 H. S. Jennings, 213 ; Organic, Prof. R. S. Lull, 441 ; 

 The R61e of Selection in. Prof. W. E. Castle, 285 



Examinations in Secondary Schools, 45 



Explosives : A. Marshall. Second edition. Vol. ii., Proper- 

 ties and Tests, loi ; A Manual on, 282 ; A Short Account 

 of, A. Marshall, 282 ; and the Uses of Gases in Warfare, 

 Appointment in the U.S. of a Board of Chemists on, 

 311 ; The Most Powerful, Obtainable, M. Stettbacher, 

 5" 



Facetted Pebbles, Association of, with Glacial Deposits, 



J. W. Jackson, 458 

 Fahrenheit Scale, The Passing of the, A. McAdie, 193 

 Falmouth Observatory, Meteorological and other Tables for 



the, 72 

 Faraday Society, Forthcoming Discussion on Pyrometers and 



Pyrometry at the, 1 1 1 

 Farm : Animals, The Nutrition of. Dr. H. P. .\rmsby, 184 : 



Forestry, Prof. J. A. Ferguson, 324 

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



E. B. Poulton, 244, 385 

 Fatigue and Alcohol ; Fatigue Induced by Labour, Prof. 



Stanley Kent, 446 

 Fatty : Acids for Feeding Purposes, Dr. A. Lauder and 



T W. Fagan, ■\ns : Amines into Nitriles, Transformation 



of Secondary and Tertiary, A. Maiihe and F. de 



Godon, 210; Nitriles, New Preparation of the, by 



Catalysis, A. Maiihe, 519 

 Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, The, 



Coleo{>tera. Rhyncophora : Curculionidae, Dr. G. \. K. 



Marshall; Coleoptera. Lamellicornia, part ii., G. J. 



Arrow, 123 

 Fecding-Stuflfs, Composition and Nutritive Value of. Prof. 



T. B. Wood, 113 

 Femur, Comparative Histology of the. Prof. J. S. Foote, 330 

 Fermentation Organisms in Nutrient Media, Preservation of. 



Prof. A. Ktocker, 289 

 Fernley Observatory, Report of the, J. Baxendell, K»3 

 Ferns, Rare and Primitive, Anatomy and Affinity of Certain, 



Dr. J. M. Thompson, 519 

 Ferric Chloride, Preparation of Double Compounds of, A. 



Forster, C. Cooper, and G. Varrow, 331 

 Ferro-concrete : Shipbuilding, 1 14 ; Ships, 205 

 Fertiliser Situation, The, in the United States, Dr. E. J. 



Russell, 406 

 Field : Mouse, Bacterial Parasites of the. Prof. A. SpJendore, 



192 : Telephones used on the Bnttlefield, Prof. Davidge. 



378 



