Nature, 1 

 Aptil 15, 1920 J 



Index 



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to the State and to the Public, Capt. C. J. P. Cave, 



70s 



Meteorology and Aviation, Lt.-Col. E. Gold, 641 ; and 

 Gunners, Dr. E. M. VVedderburn, 641 ; and the State, 

 685 ; in Three Dimensions, Lt.-Col. E. Gold, 505 ; 

 Manual of. Part iv. ; The Relation of the Wind to 

 the Distribution of Barometric Pressure, Sir Napier 

 Shaw, 52s ; On the Use of the Normal Curves of 

 Errors in Classifying Observations in, Capt. E. H. 

 Chapman, 675 ; Professional, 675 ; Progress of, W. H. 

 Dints, 247 



Meteors, Large 179 



Methyl Alcohol, Action of Sulphuric Anhydride and of 

 Oleum on, J. Guyot and J. J. Simon, 347 



Mexico : A remarkable Picture-map from, A. C. Breton, 

 702; A Violent Earthquake in, 474; Strong Earth- 

 quakes in, 541 ; City, Stone and Terra-cotta, Remains 

 Discovered in the Neighbourhood of, Prof. \V. Niven, q 



Mica Miner's and Prospector's Guide, The, A. A. C. Dick- 

 son, 276 



Michell Thrust Bearing, A, 80 



Microbalance, A Cheap and Simple, Capt. J. H. Shaxby, 



32s 



Microscope . Forthcoming Symposium and Discussion on 

 the, 378 ; Symposium on the, 535, 539 ; Sir Robert 

 Hadfield, Introductory Address at the, 545 



Microscopes, Construction and Use of, J. E. Barnard, 546 



*iicroscopical : Invention, The History of. Sir Robert Had- 

 field, 535 ; Optics, Prof. A. E. Conrady, 548 



Military Bridges, Portable, Prof. Inglis, 486 



Milk : Contamination, F. Bordas, 523 ; The Examination 

 of, for Public Health Purposes, J. Race, 467 



Mind and its Disorders, Dr. W. H. B. Stoddard, Third 

 Edition, 624 



Mineral : Oils, Some Laboratory Tests on, A. Philip, 298 ; 

 Resources of Georgia, 171 ; Resources of Great' Britain, 

 Special Reports on the. Vols, viii., ix., x., 429 



Mineralogical Society, Election of Officers and Council of 

 the, 296 



Mineralogy, Blowpipe Analysis, and Geometrical Crystallo- 

 graphy, Handbook of. Prof. G. M. Butler. 434. 



Minerals and Ores, The Analysis of, of the Rarer Elements 

 for Analytical Chemists, Metallurgists, and Advanced 

 Students, Dr. W. R. Schoeller and A. R. Powell, 310 



Mines : Chief Inspector of. Resignation of Sir Richard 

 Redmayne as, 376 ; W. Walker appointed, 397 ; Stray, 

 in the North Atlantic, Albert, Prince of Monaco, 187 



Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of. Awards of the, 573 ; 

 The War Memorial of the, 671 



Minnesota, State Entomologist of, Seventeenth Report of 

 the, 64 



Minoan Palace at Malia, in Crete, Discovery of a, 356 



Minor Planet G. M., 704 



Mirage : at Ingatestone, Appearances of, G. F. Quilter, 

 458 ; Effects, Cicely M. Botley, 565 ; S. Pickering ; 

 L. N. Norris-Rogers ; H. Hillman, 630; R. Ross; A. 

 Tarn, 662 



Modern : Briton, Racial Characters of the. Prof. F. G. 

 Parsons, 487 ; .Science, Aspects of. Prof. F. Soddy, 625 



Molecular Weights, A New Method of Measuring, J. G. 

 Stephens, 555 



Molecules, Atoms and. Prof. F. Soddy, 230 



Molluscs of the Family Turritida;, New Species of, from 

 the West Coast of America and Adjacent Regions, Dr. 

 W. H. Dall, 98 



Monaxonid Sponges, New Genera of. Related to the Genus 

 Clathria, E. F. Hallmann, 555 



Moon : Determination of the Position of the, by Photo- 

 graphy, Dr. C. E. Adams, 518; The Birth of the. 

 Prof. W. H. Pickering, 479 ; The Motion of the, 

 Dr. J. K. Fotheringham, 612 ; The Secular Acceleration 

 of the. Prof. E. W. Brown, 299 



Morocco, Work of the French in, A. de Tarde, 298 



Mosses, Herbarium of. Proposal to Purchase M. J. Car- 

 dot's, 572 



Motion in Elliptic and Hyperbolic Orbits, the Theorems of 

 Lambert and Adams on, L. V. Meadowcroft, 427 



Motor Fuel, Future Supplies of, H. Moore, 554 



Mural Paintings and Inscriptions at Knockmoy Abbey, 

 H. S. Crawford, 475 



Muscular Exercise, The Physiology of, Prof. F. A. Bain- 

 bridge, 590 

 Museums, Education, and the Board, 114 

 Museums, Local, and the Board of Education, E. E. Lowe, 



703 

 Musical Drums with Harmonic Overtones, Prof. C. V. 



Raman and Sivakali Kumar, 500 

 Musk, The Trade in, A. J. Clements, 97 

 Mutational v. Recapitulatory Characters, Dr. Ruggles 



Gates, 521 

 Mutation Theory, The Present Position of the. Prof. H. 



de Vries, 213 

 Mycetozoa, The, A Short History of their Study in Britain ; 



an Account of their Habitats Generally; and a List of 



Species recorded from Essex, G. Lister, 332 

 Mysore, Department of Mines of the State of. Report of 



the, for 1917-18, 641 

 Myxophyceae, The, or Blue-green Algae of Lahore, S. L. 



Ghose, 297 



National : Academy to .Sciences, Washington, Award of a 

 Gold Medal to Prof. A. Fowler, 296 ; ' Physical 

 Laboratory, Prof. J. E. Pefavel Appointed Director 

 of the, in Succession to Sir Richard Glazebrook, 8 ; 

 Retirement of Sir Richard Glazebrook from the 

 Directorship of, 77 ; The, 264 ; N.P.L. Review, Part i. 

 of the, 400 ; Representation upon Intfcrnational 

 Councils, Dr. Norman R. Campbell, 72 ; Research 

 Council of the United States, The, 668 ; Scientific 

 Organisation and Education, Prof. Ross, 578 ; Union 

 of Scientific Workers and Research, The, Dr. H. 

 Jeffreys, 23 ; Inauguration of a London Branch, 267 ; 

 Dr. J. W. Evans Elected President of the. Address of 

 Sir Ronald Ross to the, 297 ; First Annual Report of 

 the, 340 ; Major A. G. Church Appointed Secretary of 

 the, 444 ; Questions, Nomination of Representative 

 Committees to deal with, 8 



Nationalities, The Study of, C. E. Stromeyer, 490 



Nationality and Race from an Anthropologist's Point of 

 View,' Prof. A. Keith, 476 



Natural : History, Open-air, 132 ; Museum, Retirement of 

 F. Jeffrey I?ell from the, 157 ; Capt. P. R. Lowe 

 Appointed Assistant in Charge of the Bird-room at the 

 340 ; Congress of the. Dr. S. F. Harmer, 353 ; The 

 late Sir A. H. Church's Collection of Gems in the, 357 ; 

 A Scientific Reunion at the, 377 ; Expeditions in Con- 

 nection with the, 507 ; History of South Africa, 469 ; 

 Resources, The Development of Our, and the Applica- 

 tion of Science to Industry, Sir H. Trueman Wood, 



339 , 



Naturalist's Sketch-book, A, A. Thorburn, 432 



Nature : A Great Artist of, 432 ; The Uniformities of. 

 Prof. C. E. Fawsitt, 586 



Nature : The Jubilee of. Congratulatory Messages, 281 ; 

 Further Official Messages, 380 



Naval : Architects, The Institution of, The Cammell Laird 

 Scholarship Awarded to H. J. R. Biles ; the Parsons 

 Scholarship to W. G. Simmonds, 186 ; Forthcoming 

 Scholarship of the, 386 ; Forthcoming Annual Meetings 

 of the, 573 ; Scholarships of the, 681 ; Officer, The 

 Inheritance of the, 396; Officers: their Heredity and 

 Development, Dr. C. B. Davenport and M. T. Scudder, 



396 

 Navy, Hydrographer of the. Appointment of Rear-Admiral 



F. C. Learmouth in Succession to Rear-Admiral Sir 



John F. Parry, 77 

 Nearctic Diving Birds of the Order Pygopodes, The, 



A. C. Bent, 320 

 Neolithic Graveyard, Discovery of a Large, at Gestilren, 



Dr. B. Schnittger, 77 

 Neon, F. W. AstQn, 334 



Nervous Disorders : Two Points of View, 22 

 Nervousness, The Mastery of. Based upon Self-re-education, 



Dr. R. S. Carroll. Third revised edition, 687 

 Nettle, The Common, Formic Acid in the Stinging HaV'S 



of. Dr. L. Dobbin, 64 

 Neuroterus. A Gall-fly, Nuclear Phenomena in the Oocytes 



of L. Hogben, 346 



