Nature. l 

 March 28, I9j8j 



Index 



xxvii 



\[anganese-antimony Alloys, The Magnetic Properties of, 



Honda and Ishiwara, 114 

 Manuals for the Chemical Laboratory, 381 

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



Second edition, 382 

 Maori Pictograph Slabs to be Preserved in New Zealand 



Museums, 349 

 Jap : Designed to Show Economic Distributions, A, G. 



Philip, 330 ; -reading, W. E. Whitehouse, 379 

 \Ia|)s, Spiritual, Plea for, H. Wilson, 379 

 Margarine Technology, Modern, W. Clayton, 394 

 Marine : Algae, Use of Certain, as Food for Horses, M. 

 Adrian, 439 ; Biological Station, Port Erin, Thirty-first 

 .Annual Report of the, 411 ; Biology, Dr. A. G. Mayer; 

 Dr. L. R. Gary ; Prof. E. N. Harvey, and others, 253 ; 

 375 ; and Fish Culture, 482 

 Markham, The Life of Sir Clements R., Admiral Sir A. H. 



Markham, 383 

 Marseilles, Observatory of. Determination of the Latitude 

 of the, Lubrano and Maitre, 459 



Marshall's "Explosives," loi 



Marsh-crabs of the Genus Sesarma and Allied Genera, The, 

 Dr. J. J. Tesch, 151 



Martell Scholarship of the Institution of Naval Architects, 

 The, awarded to H. C. Carey, 10 



Martensite, Troostite, Sorbite, P. Dejean, 139 



Masks and Acting, Dr. F. B. Jevons, ii 



Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Changes at the, 277 



Matau Hokori, A Specimen of, from Greenwich Atoll, 

 H. G. Beasley, 510 



^L^tematiche, Opere, L. Cremona, 23 



Materials, Supplies of. Central Committ€e on. Appointment 

 of the, 131 



Mathematical : Analysis in Science, Prof. Wi, N. Roseveare, 

 107 ; Association, Forthcoming Annual Meeting of the, 

 319 ; Annual Meeting of the. 398 ; Papers for Admission 

 into the Royal Military Academy and the Royal Military 

 College, February-July. 1017, Edited by R. M. Milne, 

 144; Recent* Prof. Levi-Civita, 155: Puzzles, 302 



Mathematics : .Amusements in, H. E. Dudeney, 302 ; Modern, 

 Fundamental Conceptions of. Variables and Quantities, 

 R. P. Richardson and E. H. Landis, 162 ; Practical, for 

 Technical Students, T. S. Usherwood and C. J. A. 

 Trimble, part ii., 41; The Logical Basis of. Forth- 

 coming Lectures on, B. Russell, 209 ; The Relations of, 

 to the Natural Sciences, Prof. E. \V. Brown ; Prof. 

 J. W. Nicholson, 15; Useful, 41; and Individuality, 

 Prof. T. P. Nunn, 398 



Matricaria and Chrysanthemum at the Cape, J. Hutchin- 

 son, 152 



Matrilinear Kinship among the American Indian Tribes, Dr. 

 S. Hartland.' 349 



Maypole Dairy Company, Gift for a Leaving Scholarship 

 at the Royal College of Science, 238 



Maze Learning, The Effect of Length of Blind Alleys on, 

 J. Peterson, 353 



Measles- Epidemics, Periodicity of, in London, Dr. J'. Brown- 

 lee, 479 . 



Mechanics, Statistical. Based on the Law of Newton, and 

 other Papers, Prof. C. V. L. Charlier. 326 



Medical : Men and Professional Chemists, Courses, etc., 

 for the Traininrf of, 90 ; Research Ccwnmittee, Scientific 

 Work of the, Prof. W. M. Bayliss, 387 



Medicinal Plants. Histology of. Prof. W. Mansfield, 402 



Medicine, The New Era in, 1^01 



Melanesia, The Peopling of, S. H. Ray, 314 



Melbourne Star Catalogue. Third, P. Baracchi, 452 



Meldola, Prof. R., Portraits of the lato, 270 



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



Merchant Venturers' Technical College, Calendar of the, 

 138 



Morcury, The Thermoelectric Effect by Contraction in the 

 Case of, C. Benediks. 139 



Mesa Verde Tynes of Pueblos, The. J. W. Fewkes, 279 



Mesopotamlan Exnedition Hospital Ships, 174 



Mesorheometer, The, Y. Delage, 399 



Messier's Catalogue of Clusters and Nebulae, C. Flam- 

 marion, 291 



Metal Industries. Non-ferrous, The Control of the. Prof. 

 H. C. H. Carp-nter, 284 



Metallic Salts, Influence of, on Germination in Presence of 

 Calcium, L. Maquenne and E. I>emoussy, 519 



Metals : Fused, The Thermo-electric Properties of, C. R. 

 Darling and A. W. Grace, 258 ; Institute of, The May 

 Lecture of the, to be delivered by the Hon. Sir C. 

 Parscns, 247 ; The Journal of the Institute of, vol. 

 xvii.. Edited by G. Shaw Scott, 84 ; Work-hardoned, 

 Prof. Jeffries, 115 



Meteor Orbits in the Solar System, The Determination of, 

 G. von Niessl, 155 



Meteoric Shower of October, The, 194 



Meteorite in Perthshire, Fall of a, 291 



Meteorites, The Mesosiderite-Grahamite Group of. Dr. 

 G. T. Prior, 218 



Meteorological : Chart, Monthly, of the Atlantic Ocean, 

 Changes in the, 472 ; Committee, Report of the, 440 ; 

 Observations, On Computation of. Dr. V. H. Ryd, 246 ; 

 Office, Meetings arranged by the Director of the, 150; 

 Periodicities, * Pitfalls of, 246 ; Persistence, 234 ; Re- 

 sources of the Empire, The, Major H. G. Lyons, 416 



Meteorology in the Argentine Republic, 415 



Meteors: November, 212; September, W. F. Denning, 93; 

 Tlie Approaching Shower of January, T. W. Back- 

 house, 313 ; The January, of 1918, W. F. Dennini; 

 W. L. Lockyer, 365 



Methyl Alcohol at High Temperatures, The Pyrogenous D' 

 composition of. Mile. E. Peytral, 278 



Metric : System and the British Electrical Trade, Forth- 

 coming Discussion on the, 229 ; of Measurements, The, 

 to be Used by the American Overseas Forces, 488 ; The 

 Adoption of the, A Case for (and Decimal Coinage), 

 by Great Britain, A. J. Stubbs, 467 ; The " Pros and 

 Cons" of the, L. B. Atkinson, 467 



Mica, The Electrical Conductivity of, E. Branly, 159 



Michigan University, The Department of Chemical En- 

 gineering, 277 



Micrabacia Corals, New Species and Varieties of, L. W. 

 Stephenson, 273 



Microscopic Fossils, Application of X-rays to the Deter- 

 mination of the Interior Structure of, E. Heron-Allerf 

 and J. E. Barnard. 339 



Mieli, A., The Writings of, 12 



Migration, Bird, in Central Switzerland in Relation to 

 Meteorological Conditions, 47 



Militarv Aeronautics, 512 



Milk. "Bacterial Analyses of, R. S. Breed and W. A. 

 Stocking, 312 



Mind and Body, The Interaction of, Dr. H. Wildon Can., 

 217 



Mineral : Industries of the United States, The, J. E. Pogue. 

 406; Nomenclature and Colour. 331;; Oil from Native 

 Sources. -Production of, 408 ; Resources Bureau, Im- 

 perial, Prof. H. Louis, 25 



Mineralogical .Society, Election of Officers of the, 210 



Minnesota, University of. Gift to, by Drs. W. J. and 

 C. Mayo, 238 



Mint, Annual Report of the, 30 



Mira Ceti, Maximum of, 154 



Mitchell, The Maria, Memorial Fellowship at Harvard 

 Observatory, 178 



Molecular Scattering of LitTht. Prof. Ch. Fabry, 473 



Moles in Captivity, Miss F. Pitt, 72 



Mollusca in Utah and Idaho, Hunting, J. Henderson and 

 L. E. Daniels, 152 



Monoclonius, A Skeleton of, B. Brown, 54 



Monovariant Equilibria in the Ternary System, C. 

 Matignon and F. Meyer, 350 



Monsoon, The. B. C. Wallis, 103 



Moon : and Planets. Absorption of Water on the, A. 

 V^ronnet, 240 ; The Autumn, Sir G. Greenhill, 67 r 

 A. Macdonald, 126 ; The Harvest, C. T. Whilmell, 105 : 

 The Hunter's. 154 



Moorhen. Courtshio, etc.. of the. Miss F. Pitt. 411 



Mortalities of Birth. Infancv. and Childhood, The, 22C 



Moschites challengeri, S. Berry, iji 



Mosauitoes. A New Method for the Destruction of. E. and 

 E. Sergent, 130 



Mothercraft Manual. The. M. L. Reed. 3 



Motion of a Hydrodynamical Liquid, The, Dr. J. <",. 

 Leathern, 490 



