Index 



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 \_Aprit 1 5, igao 



P. Sabatier, Dr. P. P. E. Roux, Dr. J. Loeb, Dr. 

 R. A. Millikan, Dr. A. G. Webster, and Dr. W. W. 

 Campbell Elected Honorary Members of the, 358 ; 

 Meteorological Society, Election of Officers and Council 1 

 of the, R. II. Hooker Elected President ; The Symons 

 Gold Medal Presented to Prof. H. H. Hildebrandsson, 

 573 ; Phenological Returns, H. B. Adames and J. E. 

 Clark, 437 ; Photographic Society, Annual Exhibition 

 of the, 157 ; The .Scientific and Technical Group of 

 the, 297; Society, Awards of the; Sir J. J. Thomson 

 recommended for Re-election as President of the, 295 ; 

 Anniversary Meeting of the ; Resignation of R. J. 

 Harrison of the Assistant Secretaryship ; Presidential 

 Address by Sir J. J. Thomson, 361 ; Medallists of the, 

 362 ; The Prince of Wales Admitted a Fellow of the, 

 571 ; Dr. E. Deller appointed Assistant Secretary to 

 the, 572 ; of Edinburgh, and the Universities of Edin- 

 burgh and Glasgow, Bequests to, by Dr. J. Aitken, 

 376 ; Election of Officers and Council of the, 177 

 Russia, The Population of, Dr. A. Hrdlicka, 341 



Saccharose, The Diastatic Inversion of, H. Colin and 



Mile. A. Chaudin, 367 

 Sahara, Discoveries in the, Col. J. Tilho, 610 

 Salpidae, The, M. M. Metcalf, 40 

 Salt and the Salt Industry, A. F. Calvert, 497 

 Salters' Institute of Industrial Chemistry, Works of the, 



W. B. M. Bird, 398 

 Saltpetre, the Deposits of, near Prieska and Hay, Cape 



Province, Frood and Hall, 477 

 Sanitation Practically Applied, Dr. H. B. Wood, 311 

 Sapha^osaurus, The Genus, G. A. Boulenger, 271 

 Saturn's Rings, The Albedo of, L. Bell, 138 

 .Savilian Chairs of Geometry and Astronomy, The Founda- 

 tion of the, 398 

 Scab in Horses, Treatment of, by the Vapours of Chloro- 



picrin, G. Bertrand and M. Dassonville, 88 

 Schaumasse Comet, The Return of, G. Fayet and A. 



Schaumasse, 19, 347 

 Science : and Fruit-growing : Being an Account of the 

 Results Obtained at the Woburn Experimental Fruit 

 Farm since its Foundation in 1894, The Duke of Bed- 

 ford and S. Pickering, 558 ; and Philosophy, Problems 

 of, Aristotelian Society. Supplementary Volume ii., 

 559 ; and Sociality. Sir Archibald Geikie, 45 ; and the 

 Church, the Ven. Canon J. M. Wilson, 201 ; and War : 

 The Rede Lecture, 1919, Rt. Hon. Lord Moulton, 352 ; 

 at Universities, Aspects of. Dr. A. Hill, 255 ; Books, a 

 List of. Suitable for Use in Schools, 457 ; Importance of, 

 as Part of a Liberal Education, W. W. Vaughan, 514; 

 in Preparatory Schools, Major V. S. Bryant, 514; 

 Masters' Association, Forthcoming Annual General 

 Meeting of the, 306; Modern, and Materialism, H. 

 Elliot, 625 ; The Realities of, J. .Mills, 625 ; Popular, 

 Victorian, 630; Teaching, Method and Substance of. 

 Prof. H. E. Armstrong, and others, 521 ;' Progress in. 

 Sir William A. Tilden, 253 

 Scientific : and Industrial Research, Department of. Appre- 

 ciation of the work of the. Sir Robert Hadfield, 670 ; 

 Report of the Committee of the Privy Council for, 

 for the year 1918-19, 470; The Control of, Dr. M. W. 

 Travers, 597 ; and Technical Books, a Catalogue of, 

 • 66; Biography, 561 ; Research for Naval Requirements, 

 357 ; Need of the Encouragement of, Sir Oliver Lodge, 

 71; ; The British Association and, 337 ; The National 

 Need for, A. J. Balfour, 399; Signalling and Safety 

 at Sea, Prof. J. Joly. 41 ; Workers and a National 

 Federation, Major A. G. Church, 693 ; Work in India, 

 The Organisation of, 653 ; Organisation of. Prof. F. 

 Soddy ; Dr. A. B. Rendle, bqi ; Worthies, xli.. Sir 

 Nornian Lockyer, Dr. H. Deslandres, 191 

 Sclerometer, The Magnetic, 269 



Scottish: Journal of Agriculture, October, 379; Meteorologi- 

 cal Societv, Forthcoming Lectures in Connection with 

 the; Dr. C. G. Knott elected President of the, 444; 

 Ornithology, Report on, for 1918, Misses Rintoul and 

 Baxter, 10 

 .Sea-fishery Investigations and the Balance of Life, Prof. 

 W. Garstang, 48 ; Prof. W. C. Mcintosh, 49 



Seals, Protection of, by the New Zealand Government, 



47S ' , , 



Seashore, The, Its Inhabitants and how to know them, 

 F. Robson, 132 



Secondary : School Curriculum, The, 669 ; School Examina- 

 tion Council, Reports of the Investigators .Appointed 

 to Inquire into the Methods and Standards of Award 

 in the Seven Approved First Examinations held in 

 July, 1918, 669 



Seedlings, Comparative Culture of, at High Altitudes and 

 in the Plain, G. Bonnier, 523 



Seed-plants, The Relation of the, to the Higher Crypto- 

 grams, Dr. Scott, 521 



Seessel, Theresa, Research Fellowships, Forthcoming .Award 



of. 457 

 Seistan, Aquatic Fauna of. Dr. N. Annandale, and others, 



453 

 Selection Humaine, La, Prof. C. Richet, 351 

 Selenia bilunaria, Effect of Alcohol on, Dr. J. W. H. 



Harrison, 609 

 Selenium, the Elastic Properties of. Prof. O. U. Vonwillcr, 



347 ^ ■ , 



Sera and Vaccines, The Preparation and Conservation of, 

 by Drying in an Absolute Vacuum, F. Bordas, 307 



Sericulture in India, 471 



Sewage : Effluents, The Bacterial Flora of. Purified by 

 boues activees, P. Courmont and A Rochaix, 650 ; 

 Waste Involved in the Discharge of, into the Sea and 

 Rivers, Dr. V. E. Shelford, 78 



Sex : and Soma, Prof. R. C. McLean, 407 ; and Hcredit 

 Lectures on. Delivered in Glasgow, 1917-18, Profi 

 F. O. Bower, J. Graham Kerr, and Dr. W. E. Agai 

 351; of Frogs Developed from Parthenogenetic Egg! 

 Prof. J. Loeb, 81 ; Phenomena in the Common Limpet 

 {Patella vulgata), Dr. J. H. Orton, 373 



Shackleton's .Antartic Expedition of 1914-17, R. W. 

 James, 554, 602 



Shal<espearean Garden, A, 441 



Shan Alphabet, The Origin of the, 378 



Sharply Pointed Bars, Lateral Vibrations of. The, Pn 

 J.'W. Nicholson, 713 



Sheffield : Museums and Mappin Art Gallery, Report of thi _ 

 for the Past Five Years, 702 ; University, Gift to the 

 .Applied Science Department of, by J. D. Brunton, 67 ; 

 Resignation of Prof. J. O. Arnold, 107 ; The Work of 

 Prof. J. O. Arnold in,- 127; Speech by D. Lloyd 

 George at. on the Place of the University in Education, 

 167; .A. Connell appointed Professor of Surgery in, 

 385 ; Prof. C. H. Desch appointed to the Chair of 

 Metallurgy in, 40, 



Shells of the Family Doliidae, E. W. Vredenburg. 78 



Shide Seismological Observatory, Future of the, 8 



Shore Processes and Shoreline Development, Prof. D. 

 Johnson, 70 



Shropshire : The Geography of the County, Prof. W. W. 

 Watts, 331 

 I Shrubs Belonging to the Genus Carissa, H. H. Haini 



' 1.59 



' Siberia, Forthcoming Expedition to, to be Conducted 



Dr. O. Olsen, 158 

 ', Silica Glass, The Doubly Refracting Structure of, Lori 



Rayleigh, 153 ; R. W. Lawson, 335 

 i Silk : Industry in. Report on an Inquiry into the. Prof. 

 ■ H. Maxwell Lefroy and E. C. Ansorge, 3 vols., 471; 



Industry, The, and' Trade, R. C. Rawlley, 591 

 Silks, Kashmir and Indian, 591 

 Silkworm : Linkage in the, A Correction, Prof. W. Bateson, 



315 

 'Silurian Geology and Faunas of Ontario Peninsula, 'I he, 



( 574 

 Silver-leaf Disease, Symplons and Distribution of, J. Bint- 



ncr, 359 

 Single-layer Flat Coils, The Self-inductance of, S. Butter- 

 worth, 366 

 ; Snails, Mortality among, and the Appearance of Blue- 

 bottle Flies, Dr. N. Annandale, 412 

 Snowfalls, Remarks on, Stapfer and Moleski, 618 

 Societe Royale Zoologique et Malacologique de Belgiquo. 



Admission of Ten Honorary Members, 573 

 ; Sociological Society, The, T. J. C. Fraser Davies, 662 



