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Vasculum, The, 293 



Vegetable : Drugs, Histology of, 402 ; Forcing, R. L. Watts, 



362 ; Garden, The, E. J. S. Lay, 463 ; Pathology and 



the Vicious Circle, Dr. J. B. Hurry, 165 

 Venizelos, M., Anathematised, Sir J. Frazer, 71 

 Vesuvius, Pecent Researches at, Prof. A. Malladra, 135 

 Victoria, Marine Shells of. Additions to, and Alterations in 



the Catalogue oT the, J. H. Gatliff and C. J. Gabriel, 140 

 Victorian Fossils in the National- Museum, New or Little- 



knoTvn, F. Chapman, 140 

 Violin-" Mute," On the Alterations of Tone Produced by a, 



C. V. Raman, 84 

 Viscometers and Centrifugal Machines, A. Gallenkamp and 



Co.'s. 491 

 Viscosity of Slag at High Temperatures, The, 373 

 Vocational Education, Federal Aid for, Dr. I. L. Kandel, 308 

 Vogelzug im schweizerischen Mittelland, etc., Der, Dr. K. 



Bret';cher, 47 

 Voice, The Use of the. Rev. T. Grigg-Smith, 203 



Wales : the National Museum of. The Insect Collections of, 

 328; University of, Representation of, in Parliament, 



457 

 War : Bread, Improvement of, Lapicque and Legendre, 40 ; 

 The Alterations in, M. Balland, 379 ; Commotions, 

 M. Marage, 520 ; Iron-ore Deposits in Relation to the. 

 Prof. H. Louis, 244 ; Loss of Population Caused by the. 

 Sir B. Mallet, 247; The Psychology of. Dr. J. T. 

 MacCurdy, 423 ; Wounds, Anaerobic Bacteria of. Dr. J. 

 Mcintosh, 471 ; X-rays and the, Capt. G. W. C. Kaye, 



434 



Wasahba Wood, Colouring-matter from, G. B. Baker, 133 



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



Water : -conductivity of the Wood in Trees and Shrubs, 

 Quantitative Differences in the, Prof. J. B. Farmer, 

 1517; Flow of. Effect of Mouthpieces on the, through 

 a Submerged Short Pipe, 395 ; Supplies, Biology of, 

 264 ; -vapour Band X 3064, Presence in the Solar 

 Spectrum of the, Prof. A. Fowler, 458 ; -works. The 

 Biology of, R. Kirkpatrick, 264 



Wave-lengths : of Helium Lines, P. W. Merrill, 474 ; 

 Standard, Development of a Source for, C. E. St. John 

 and H. D. Babcock, 279 



Weather : Conditions for September, The, 173 ; of August, 

 10; of 1917, The, 410 ; the Practical Applications of 

 the Study of. Forthcoming Lectures on, Sir N. Shaw, 

 378 



Welding, Modern Methods of, 432 



"Wellcome" Phot<^raphic Exposure Record and Diary, 

 The, 444 



West : Africa, -Secret Societies in, N. W. Thomas, 240 ; 

 African Colonies, British, Suggested Union for the 

 Study of the, R. E. Dennett, 431 ; Highland Deer 

 Forest, Wild Life in a. Dr. Eagle Clarke, 271, 329 ; 

 Indies, Plant Diseases in the, 335 ; of Scotland Agricul- 

 tural College, Annual Report of the, 311 



Western Asylums* Research Institute, Glasgow, A Research 

 ■ Scholarship in Mental Affections Instituted, 478 



Whale-meat a Substitute for Beef, 329 



Wheat Problem, The, Sir W. Crookes. Third edition, 422 



Widovvnbird, The Pin-tailed, A. Roberts, 294 



Wiltshire, Highways and Byways in, E. Hutton, 463 



Winchester College : About, A. K. Cook. To which is 

 prefixed " De Collegio Wintoniensi," by R. Mathew, 

 442 ; Natural History Society, Report of, 1915-17, 292 



Wind : in Altitude, Diurnal Variations of the, L. Dunoyer, 

 439 ; Velocity from Pilot Balloon Observations, Compu- 

 tation of, P. Bolton, 340 



Winter of 1916-17, Effect of, on Native Plants of Co. 

 Wexford, C. B. Moffat, 192 



Wireless Telegraphy, Recent Improvements in, H. Volta, 73 



Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Index-Cards of the Publica- 

 tions of the, 289 



Witches : in Great Britain, Organisations of, Miss M. A. 

 Murray, 494; The God of the. Miss M. A. Murray, 371 



Witwatersrand Gold Field, Geological Map of the, E. T. 

 Mellor, 156 



Wolf's Comet 1916b, Crawford and Alter, 93 ; Photograph 

 of the Spectrum of. Prof. V. M. Slipher, 332 



Wolframs Containing Tin, A New Separation of Tin and 

 Tungsten in, M. Travers, 120 



Wood from the Cromer Forest Bed Believed to Show Traces 

 of Human Workmanship, J. Reid Moir, 270 



Woodlice, Folk-lore, and Local Nannes of. Dr. W. E. 

 Collinge, lot; 



Woody Plants, The Anatomy of, Prof. E. C. Jeffrey, 502 



World in Order?, Can we Set the, C. R. Enock, 242 



World's Wheat Supply, The, 422 



Worm Nodule Disease in Cattle, Report on, 392 ; C. G. 

 Dickinson and G. F. Hill, 454 



X-ray : Outfit of the U.S. Army, The Field, Dr. W. D. 

 CooHdge and C. N. Moore, 399 ; Spectra of the Isotopic 

 Elements, The, M. Siegbahn and W. Stenstrom, 139 ; 

 Tube, A " Radiator " Type of, Dr. W. D. Coolidge, 399 



X-rays : and the War, Capt. G. W. C. Kaye, 43d : Estima- 

 tion of the, A New Fluorometric Apparatus for the, 

 H. Guiileminot, 278; Scattering of, A. H. Compton, 

 510; The Photo-electric Action of, Prof. O. W. Richard- 

 son, 498 



Yorkshire, West Riding of. Scholarships and Exhibitions 

 Offered by the Higher Education Committee, 239 



Zanycteris, An Imperfect Skull of. Dr. W. D. Matthew, 329 



Zinc, Production of, in the Empire, 409 



Zirconium, Deposits of Oxide of, and Coal Formations, in 



Brazil to be Investigated, 391 

 Zonal Distribution in the Mountains of Latium, C. J. 



. .Alexander, 72 

 Zoological : Results of a Tour in the Far East, Sir C. Eliot : 



S. Kemp, 340 ; Society of London, Report of the, for 



August, September, and October, 247 

 Zulu : Cult of the Dead, The, Rev. A. T. Bryant, 90 ; 



Students, Mental Tests Applied to. S. G. Rich ; Dr. 



C. T. Loram, 109 



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