Nature, "1 



April 15, igzoj 



Index 



xxvii 



Whitmell (C. T.), 3<»8 

 Wicksteed (J. H.), 443 

 Wilson (Dr. j.), 539 



Decimalisation of Currency, The, Allum, 579 



" Dengora baiari " Initiation Ctremonv, The, Lieut. 



E. W. P. Chinnery, 386 

 Diabase and Associated Rocks of the Howqua River, 



Victoria, E. O. Teale, 108 

 Dietetic Deficiency, Effect of, on Immunity to Disease, 



Dr. S. S. Zilva, 66 

 Diffraction Patterns in the Presence of Spherical .Aberra- 

 tions, Mrs. C. H. Griffiths, 682 

 Digamma and Trigamma Functions, Tables of the, 



E. Pairman, 341 

 Digitalis, Vigour of Growth, compensating Sterility, in the 



Hybrids of Species of, L. Blaringhem, 88 

 Dimethyl Sulphate, .Action of Hydrates, Oxides, and Car- 

 bonates of the Alkaline Earths on, J. Guyot and L. J. 



Simon, 167 

 Dinosaurian Reptile in the Congo Region, Report of a, 



3qb ; W. D. Gray, 701 

 Discovery, Forthcoming Publication of a New Journal 



entitled, 186; No. i, 554 

 Disturbance Propagated into a Medium, The Problem of 



Finding the Strengths of the Sources of. Sir Joseph 



Larmor, 419 

 Dolium, .Antiquity of, E. .A. Martin, 446 

 Douglas Firs, The, Prof. .A. Henrv and Miss M. G. 



Flood, 682 

 Dragon : The Evolution cf the, Prof. G. Elliot Smith, 350 ; 



of -Mythology, 350 

 Drainage, Sub-surface, An Interesting Form of, M. Aurous- 



seau, ^87 

 Dudley Technical College, Dr. J. H. Grindley appointed 



Principal of the, 306 

 Dundee; University College, Dr. J. F. GemmiU appointed 



Professor of Natural History at, 67; J. S. W. Boyle 



appointed Lecturer and Assistant in Chemistry in, 87 ; 



Capt. J. W. Low appointed Assistant in the Natural 



History Department of, 712 

 Durham L'nivcrsity : Capl. L. L. Burchnall appointed 



Lecturer in Mathematics in, 385 ; Forthcoming 



Definitive Edition of the Roll of Service and Roll of 



Honour, 425 

 Dust-whirls in Sub-arid Western .Australia, J. T. Jutson, 



619 

 Dyer-va-val Initiation Ceremony, The, R. H. Matthews, 40 

 Dynamics. Part ii., R. C. Fawdry, 109 



Earth, The Rigidity of the. Dr. .A. .A. Michelson and 

 H. G. Gale, 114 



Earthquake : in Mexico, .A Violent, 474 ; Shock in the 

 Region of Monte Amiata, near Siena, 63 ; Waves 

 through the Body of the Earth, Propagation of. Prof. 

 C. G. Knott, 477 



Earthquakes, Destructive, in Mexico, 508 



Earth's Interior, The Temperature of the. Prof. C. H. 

 Lees, 713 ; Magnetic Field, Reducing the measure- 

 ment of the Horizontal Component of the. Prof. W. 

 L'ljimin, 510 



East : .Africa and Uganda Natural History Society, Jour- 

 nal of the, 10; Indian Seas, Meteorological Conditions 

 of the, 119 



Echinus Larva?. The .Artificial Production of, with a Double 

 Hydroccele, Prof. E. W. MacBride, 456 



Eclipses, The Cycle of, ^L .Auric, 4:^9 



Economic Position of the Country, The Present, -A. E. 

 Doxford, 268 



Economics at the British .Association, 485 



Edinburgh University : Developments in, 87 ; Bequest to, 

 by -S. Elliott ; Projected additional equipment for the 

 Engineering Laboratory, 425 ; Dr. F. E. Jardine ap- 

 pointed Lecturer on .Applied Anatomy, and Dr. D. Lees 

 Lecturer on Venereal Diseases ; Presentation of Geo- 

 logy volumes to the Geology Department, by Lord 

 Lyell of Kmnordy, J25 ; Dr. G. M. Robertson ap- 

 point.:d Professor of Psychiatry: Dr. J. H. Ashworth 

 Professor of Zoology, and T. P. Laird Professor of 

 Accounting and Business Method, 425 



Educated Men, Need in the country of, for directing Busi- 

 ness .Affairs, Sir H. E. Morgan, and others, 522 



Education : Adult, 452 ; and Life, 169 ; and Science, Large 

 Gift for, J. D. Rockefeller, 457 ; at the British .Asso- 

 ciation, 521 ; Board of, .Appointment of a Departmental 

 Committee of the, on the award of scholarships, and 

 for the provision of free places in secondary schools, 186 ; 

 for the Needs of Life : .A Text-book in the Principles 

 of Education, Dr. I. E. Miller, 169 ; Fundamental 

 Principles in. Prof. A. N. Whitehead, 522 ; in British 

 India, 101 ; in India, Seventh Quinquennial Review of 

 the Progress of, H. Sharp, 156 ; National, Problems of. 

 Twelve Scottish Educationists, Edited by J. Clarke, 89; 

 Technical, V'lity A'ears of, J, H. Reynolds, 257 



Educational : .Associations, Forthcoming Conference of, 365 ; 

 The Eighth .Annual Conference of, 513; Conferences, 

 513 ; Grants for ex-Service Officers and Men, 68 



Egypt : Irrigation in, Appointment of a Commission on, 

 580; Western, Desert Flora of, Capt. H. H. Thomas, 

 520 



Eighteenth-Century Physician, An, i 



Einstein, Prof., Interview with, 541 



Einstein's Theory erf Gravitation, Sir Joseph Larmor, 

 .ind others, 339 ; E. Cunningham, 354 ; 374 : Prof. 

 Eddington ; Sir Oliver Lodge, 377 ; E. Cunningham, 

 394; Prof. A. S. Eddington, and others, 454; 

 Dr. Crommelin, 514; C. Longo, 552; and a Map 

 Analogue, E. Cunningham, 437 ; and its Observational 

 Tests, Prof. R. A. Sampson, 458 ; and Spectral Dis- 

 placement, H. Fletcher .Moulton ; Dr. A. C. D. Crom- 

 melin, 532 



Electric : .Amplifiers, Triode Valves as, Prof. W. H. Eccles, 

 501 ; Charge on Rain, Further Observations of the, 

 j. .A. McClelland and .A. Gilmour, 682 ; Spark Ignition, 

 Principles of, in Internal-combustion Engines, J. D. 

 Morgan, 372 ; Waves, Diffraction of. Prof. G. N. Wat- 

 son, 454 



Electrical • Invention, Progress of, Prof. J. A. Fleming, 

 239; Properties of Gases, The Influence of Investiga- 

 tions on the, on our Conceptions of the Structure of 

 Matter, Sir J. J. Thomson, 224; Resistance of the 

 Hand, Prof. A. D. Waller, 520 



Electrician, Resignation by W. R. Cooper of the Editor- 

 ship ; Appointment of F. H. Masters as Editor, 266 



Electricity : (Supply) Bill. The, 338 ; Read a Second Time 

 in the House of Lords, 376 ; 416 



Electrification of Railways, The, R. T. Smith, 320 



Electro-chemical Treatment of Seeds, A Manual of the. 

 Dr. C. Mercier. 562 



Electrode Valves, Three, Special .Arrangements of. Prof. 

 Eccles, 487 



Electron : Collisions with Platinum and with Hydrogen, 

 Effects of, F. Horton and Ann C. Davies, 618 ; Radium 

 and the. Sir Ernest Rutherford, 226 ; Velocities for the 

 Production of Radiation and lonisation on Collision 

 with Argon Atoms, Experimental Determination of the 

 critical, F. Horton and Ann C, Davies, 406 



Electrostatic : Measurements, Utility of Desiccants in, 

 V. H. Jackson and .A. T. Mukerjee, 459 ; Potentials, 

 High, An Apparatus for the Production of, J. J. 

 Dowling, 428 



Electrotechnical Commission, International, Meeting of the, 



Elementary Children, The Selection of, for Higher Forms 



of Education, G. F. Daniell, 513 

 Elements, The Constitution of the. Dr. F. W. Aston, 393 

 Eleotris Legendrei, The Food of, J. Legendre, 347 

 Embryology, Text-book of, Vol. ii., Vertebrata, with the 



Exception of Mammalia, Prof. J. Graham Kerr, 309 

 Empirical Formulas, Prof. T. R. Running, 109 

 Employers and Employed, The National Alliance of, Rt. 



Hon. F. Huth Jackson, 485 

 Encephalitis Lethargica, an Obscure Disease, Report of an 



inquiry into an, 452 

 Energy : Output of Dock Labourers during Heavy Work. 



Part i.. Dr. A. D. Waller, 427; Sources of, Sir Oliver 



Lodge, 75 

 Engine Performance, Reduc'tion of, at a Great Height, Col. 



Tizara, 486 

 i Engineering : Abstracts, Separate Issue of, by the Institu- 



