Nature, "1 



Sep:eiitter 20, 



Index 



XV 



Roberts (Miss I.), awarded the Pereira Prize of the Pharma- 

 ceutical Society, 211 

 Robertson (Prof. J. K.), Visibilit\- of Interference Fringes 



and the Double Slit, 424 

 Robertson (Prof. T. B.), Presentation of his Patents for 



Tethelin to the University of California, 318 

 Robinson (Prof. A.), The Origin, Rupture, and Closure of 



Ovarian Follicles, 459 

 Robinson (G. W.), Russell's Soil Conditions and Plant 



Growth. Third edition, 444 

 Roger (Prof. H.), appointed Dean of the Paris Faculty of 



Medicine, 458 

 Rogers (Sir L.), awarded the Fothergillian Medal, 169 ; 



Researches on Kala-azar, 296 

 Rosa (E. B.), and G. W. Vinal, The Silver Voltameter as 



an International Standard for the Measurement of 



Electric Current, 160 

 Rosenau (Prof. M. J.), to Direct an Investigation of 



Ptomaine Poisoning, 150 

 Rosenbaum (J.), Studies of the Genus Phytophthora, 219 

 Rosenbaum (L.), Orbit of Mellish Comet 1915 a, 353 

 Ross (Prof, and Mrs. \. D.), Peculiarities of the Tides 



Round Western .Australia, 99 

 Ross (Dr. F. E.), New Elements of Mars, 493 

 Rout (E. L.), The Deep-water Paddy of Orissa, 411 

 Routledge (.Mrs. S.), Results of the Expedition to Easter 



Island, 351 ; and Mr., Visit to Pitcairn Island, 490 

 Row (C. K. Venkata), A Fixed System of Grating Inter- 

 ference Bands, 63 

 Rowarth (E.), The Elements of Engineering Drawing, 103 

 Rowland (.Major S. D.) [obituary article], 67 

 Roy (S. C), The Birhors, 14 

 Royds (Dr.), Displacements of Solar Lines, 234 

 Ruflfer (.Sir .Armand) [death], 189 ; Cobituary article], 209 

 Russell (Dr. .A.), Electrotechnical Books, 401 ; Scientific 



Engineering, 2 ; The Electrification of our Railways, 341 

 Russell (Dr. E. J.), Soil Conditions and Plant Growth. 



Third edition, 444 

 Russell (Prof. H. X.), The Minimum Radiation Visually 



Perceptible, 293 ; M. Fowler, and M. C. Borton, 



Eclipsing Variables, 512 

 Russell (Dr. J. W.), elected Joint Professor of Medicine at 



Birmingham University, 318 

 Rutherford (Sir E.), elected a Member of the Athenaeum 



Club, 51 

 Ryan (Dr. H.), and \V. M. O'Riordan, Lichens for Dyeing 



Wool, 92 



T. R. R. S., The Scandinavian Languages, 505 



Sabatier (P.), and G. Gaudion, A New Case of Reversible 



Catalysis, 520 

 Sackur (Prof. O.), A Text-book of Thermochemistry and 



Thermodynamics. Translated and Revised by Dr. G. E. 



Gibson, 262 

 Sahni (B.), The Evolution of Branching in Ferns, 98 

 Salmon (C. E.), Some Plants that Might Occur in Britain, 19 

 Salmon (Prof. E. S.), Potato-spraying E.xperiments, 451 

 Sampson (Prof. R. A.), The Southern Magnitude Distribu- 

 tion, 339 

 Salter (C), Measurement of Rainfall Duration, 15 

 Sargent (H. C), .A Spilitic Facies of Lower Carboniferous 



Lava-flows in Derbyshire, 59 

 Sarton (Dr. G.), Proposal for an .American Institute for the 



History of Science and Civilisation, 268 

 Sauger (M.), Time of the Fall of a Stone to the Centre of 



the Earth, 439 

 Saunders (Miss E. R.), Doubleness in Flowers, 391 

 Saundby (Prof. R.), Resolution Concerning the Resignation 



of, 57 



Schafer (Prof. E. A.), The Classical System of Education, 

 361 



Scharff (R. F.). H. J. Seymour, and E. T. Newton, Ex- 

 ploration of Castlepook Cave, Co. Cork, 399 



Schinz (Prof. H.), elected a Foreign Membei- of the Linnean 

 Society, 211 



Schlesinger (Prof.), Parallax of Barnard's "Runaway" 

 Star, 293 



Schlumberger (Miss B. J.), awarded the Gilchrist Student- 

 ship of the University of London, 318 



Schmidt (J.), The Wild Hop in Denmark, 510 



Schofield (Dr. A. T.), The Borderlands of Science. 261 

 Schonland (S.), Distribution of the Genera of South African 



Flowering Plants, 360 

 Schuchert (Prof. C), Atlantis and the Permanency of the 



North Atlantic Ocean Bottom, 179; Correlatkin of 



Strata on the Basis of Palieogeography, 352 ; The 



Earliest Fresh-water Arthopods, 140 

 Schunck (C. A.), Sources of Ultra-violet Radiation for 



Therapeutic Purposes, 270 

 Schuster (Prof. A.), Conferment of the Honorary- Degree 



of D.Sc. by Oxford University, 318; to Deliver the 



Halley Lecture, 257 , 



Schwarz (Prof.), Diamonds in the Molteno Beds of 



Molteno, 492 

 Sclater (W. L.), Index of Genera and Species referred to, 



and an Index to the Plates in "The Ibis," 1895-1912, 4 

 Scoble (Lieut. W. A.), Design of Pin Joints based on 



Ultimate Strength, 113 

 Scott (Dr. .A.), A Curious Case of DcAitrification, 379 ; 



to give an Address on "The .Atomic Theorv," 69 

 Scott (Dr. D. H.), The Heterangiums of the British Coal 



Measures, 199 

 Scott (K.), Fixation of the Nitrogen of the .Air, 533 

 Scott (Prof. W. R.), to deliver the Jevons Memorial 



Lectures at University College, London, 216 

 Scott-Moncrieflf Sir G. K.), elected an Honorar>- Member 



of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 51 

 Scripture (Prof. E. W.), Reaction Time in Nervous and 



Mental Diseases, 52 

 Seager (R. B.), E.xcavation of the Cemetery of Pachv- 



amnos, 529 

 Scares (F. H.), Colour of the Standard Polar Stars Deter- 

 mined by the Method of Exposure-ratios, 160 ; Deter- 

 mination of Star Colours, 16 : Distribution of Stars 



with Respect to the Galactic Plane, 219 

 Sebelien (Prof. J.), Results of a Comparative Examination 



of Chemical Glass and Porcelain Ware, etc., 453 

 Sebert (Genl.), Can Violent Cannonades Produce Rain?, 



239 ; Possible Influence of Violent Cannonades on the 



Fall of Rain, 259 

 S^e (P-), Moulds Causing .Alteration of Paper, 79 

 Seligman (Prof. C. G.), Canoe Prow Ornaments from 



Netherlands New Guinea, 70 

 Sdous (Capt. F. C), Proposal for a National Memorial to 



the late, 230 

 Sen (J. N.), Assimilation of Nutrient Materials by the Rice 



Plant, 131 

 Seward (Prof. .A. C), .A Group of Fossil Plants, 73 ; 



Science and the Nation, Edited by, 141 

 Shackleton (Sir E.), elected a Corresponding Member of 



the Russian Geographical Society, 51 ; Morrell Land, 



290 

 Shannon (H. J.), F. F. Renwick, and B. V. Storr, Be- 

 haviour of Scattering Media in Fully Diffused Light, 



358 



Shapley (H.), Studies of the Magnitudes of Star Clusters, 

 iv., 160 ; v., vi., 379 



Shaw (Sir Napier), appointed Halley Lecturer for 1918, 

 357 ; Distribution of Cloud and Rain with Reference 

 to the Centre of a Cyclonic Depression, 74 ; Revolving 

 Fluid in the Atmosphere, 378 ; The Lack of Science in 

 Modern Education, with Some Hints of What Might 

 Be, 367 



Shaw (t)r. P. E.), Adustable Clock-dials, 144 ; Gravitation 

 and Thermodynamics, 84, 165 ; The Tribo-Electric 

 Series, 420 ; To Measure the Pressure in a High 

 Vacuum by Observations of Logarithmic Decrement, 

 97 ; and C. Hayes, .A Special Test on the Gravitation 

 Temperature Effect, 77 



Shebley (W. H.), Introduction of Food and Game Fishes 

 into the Waters of California, 151 



Shelford (the late R. W. C), .A Naturalist in Borneo, 64 



Shenstone (J. C), Herb-Growing in the British Empire, 373 



Shepherd (R. J.), awarded the Elgin Scholarship of the 

 Institution of Naval .Architects, 113 



Sheppard (T.), Bronze Weapons Found near Scarborough, 

 189 ; British Geological Maps as a Record of the 

 .Advance of Geology, 279 ; elected an Honorary Life 

 Member of the Selby Scientific Society, 150 ; Money 

 Scales and Weights, 452 ; William Smith : His Maps 

 and Memoirs, 351 



