Nature, 

 Stptember 20, 1917. 



Index 



XXI 



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of, R. Granjon and P. Rosemberg. Translated by D. 

 Richardson. Fourth Edition, 143 



Automobile Engineers, Institution of. Foundation of an 

 Annual Premium, 30 



Auvergne, The Phonolitic Rocks of, A. LacrcMX, 119 



Aviation : and .\ir Power, 481 ; Commercial, H. Thomas, 

 294 ; Meteorology and, W. H. Dines, 424 ; Pocket-bocrfc 

 for 1917, The, R. B. Matthews. Fifth edition, 481 



-Aviator, The, and the Weather Bureau, Dr. F. A. Car- 

 penter. Second edition, 263 



Avignon, The Observatory of, G. Bigourdan, 79 



Babylonian Map, An Ancient, 509 



Bacon's New Series of Physical Wall Atlases : British 



Isles, 364 

 Bacteria : Life-h'Stories of, Morphological Studies in the, 



E. C. Hort, 218; Life-history of, E. Hort, 269 

 Bacteriology : Abstracts of, 291 ; Clinical, and Haematology 



for Practitioners, Dr. W. D'Este Emery. Fifth edition, 



443 

 Bagdad Railway, The, and its Tributaries, H. C. Woods, 



411 

 Bagobo, Arts and Crafts of the, R. W. Hall, 250 

 Bajada Belts, Terracing of, C. Keyes, 160 

 Baloma : the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands, 



Dr. B. Malinowski, 151 

 Baly Medal, The, awarded to Prof. W. M. Bayliss, 469 

 Barnard's " Runaway " Star, Parallax of. Prof. Schlesinger, 



293 



Bear Island, Spitzbergen, Coal in, 314 



Bee Disease, The " Isle of Wight," 507 



Behaviour, Problems of, 243 



Beit Fellowship for Scientific Research, L. Hartshorn 

 elected to a, 418 



Belfast : Queen's University, Endowment of a Chair of 

 Russian Language and Literature at, H. Musgrave, 

 158; Resignation of Prof. E. A. Letts, 51 



Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, Sikkim, L.'S. S. O'Malley, 123 



Ben Nevis and Glen Coe : Prof. J. W. Gregory, 173 ; and 

 the Surrounding Country, The Geology of, E. B. Bailey 

 and H. B. Maufle, 173 



Berthelot, Prof. M., Unveiling of a Statue of, A. Gautier, 

 M. Painlev^, 290 



Bessemer and Open-hearth Practice, Measurement of the 

 Temperatures in. Dr. G. K. Burgess, 151 



Bill's School and Mine. A Collection of Essays on Educa- 

 tion, Prof. W. S. Franklin. Second edition, 204 



Biochemical : Journal, Decennial Index of the, 152 ; Syn- 

 thesis, The, of a Second Galactobiose, E. Bourquelot 

 and A. Aubry, 159 



Biological Research and Modern Man, Dr. A. Gallardo, 355 



Bi<3lc^y, Introduction to a, and other Papers, A. D. Darbi- 

 shire, 304 



Birds : Domestic, Gonadectomy in relation to the Secondary 

 Sexual Characters of some, H. D. Goodale, 226 ; 

 Destruction of, by the Snowstorm in Ireland in 

 January, C. B. Moffat, 372 ; Native, Efifect of the 

 Severe Weather on, H. M. Wallis, 170 ; of Humans- 

 dorp, Cape Province, B. A. Masterman, 130 ; Royal 

 Society for the Protection of. Annual Meeting of the, 

 90 ; Services of, to Agriculture, A. Godard, 470 ; Wild, 

 Destructive, Dr. W. E. CoUinge, 6 



Birhors, The, S. C. Roy, 14 



Birmingham University : Resolution respecting the Resigna- 

 tion of Prof. R. Saundby ; Resolution respecting the 

 Work, etc., of Mr. J. Humphreys, 57; Foundation of 

 the Frederic Milward Scholarship ; Rev. P. S. Belton 

 appointed Honorary Assistant Demonstrator ; Miss 

 B. M. Bristol appointed Honorary Assistant Demon- 

 strator in Botanv. 58 : Bequest to, by Sir C. Holcroft, 

 216 ; Gift to, by Rev. J. Howell, 216 ; Gift to, by G. H. 

 Holcroft ; Dr. J. W. Russell elected Joint Professor of 

 Medicine ; A. W. Nuthall and J. T. ■ Hewetson re- 

 appointed Honorary Curators of the Patholc^ical 

 Museum, 318; Prof. P. Thompson appointed Ingleby 

 Lecturer for 1918; Degree of D.Sc. awarded to Prof. 

 J. H. Barnes ; Donation received from F. W. V. 

 Mitchell, 397 ; Bequest to, by Sir C. Holcroft, 458 



Birthday Honours, The King's, 288 



Biscuit Bread, The Alterations of, M. Balland. 519 



Bisset-Hawkins Medal, The, awarded to Sir A. Newsholme, 

 469 



Bistoninae, Hybrid, Studies in the, J. W. H. Harrison, 91 



Blink Microscope, Work with the, R. T. A. Innes, 472 



" Blood Charcoal," The Preparation of, S. W. Cole, 226 



Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, Report of the Horti- 

 culture Branch of the, 352 



Body Armour, 50 



Bolivian Andes, The Age of the, E. W. Berry, 379 



Bologna, R. Accademia delle Scienze of. Prof. C. S. 

 Sherrington elected a Corresponding Member of the, bg 



Bombay, The Tata Electric Power Scheme at, 292 



Bone Cave in the Valley of the AUt nan Uamh, The, Dr. J. 

 Home and Dr. B. N. Peach, 99 



Books, English, Probable Future Issue of, in Paper Covers, 

 172 



Borneo : A Naturalist in, the late R. W. C. Shelford, 64 ; 

 and its Inhabitants, 64 



Bornholm, Attempts to Work Coal on the Island of, 69 



Boron, Oxygen, and Hydrogen, Some Compounds of, Dr. 

 Travers, N. M. Gupta, and R. C. Ray, 393 



Boskop : Ancient Human Remains at, S. H. Haughton, 

 352; Prof. G. Elliot Smith, 353; Skull, The Endo- 

 cranial Cast of the. Prof. G. Elliot Smith, 79 



Botanic Terms, A Glossary of, with their Derivation and 

 Accent, Dr. B. D. Jackson. Third edition, 122 



Botanical Handbooks, New, 261 



Botany : for Colleges, A Text-book of, Prof. W. F. Ganong, 

 261 ; in Malta, Dr. J. C. McWalter, 78 



Brass, Failure of, Merica and Woodward, 431 



Bread : -making. Some experiments in, M. Balland, 259 ; 

 War, 427 



Breathing Apparatus used in Coalmines, Appointment of a 

 Conunittee upon, 451 



Brent : Geese, American, in Scotland, Misses Rintoul and 

 Baxter, 31 ; Goose, The, A. Chapman, 170 



Bresil, Met^orologie du, C. M. Delgado de Carvalho, 364 



Breton Granitic S<m1s, Forms of Phosphorus in, C. Vincent, 

 120 



British: Agriculture: The Nation's Opportunity, Hon. 

 E. G. Strutt, L. Scott, and G. H. Roberts, '3 ; Ant- 

 arctic Expedition, 1907-9. Reports on the Scientific 

 Investigations. Geology : vol. ii., W. N. Benson and 

 others, 441 ; Association Arrangements, 390 ; Committee 

 on Phot<^raphs of Geological Interest, Eighteenth 

 Report of the, 411 ; Conference of Delegates, Address 

 to the, J. Hopkinson, 428; Meeting Cancelled, 88; 

 Meetings of the Council, etc., on July 6, 230; Djes 

 Research Scholarships, Two, at Huddersfield Technical 

 College, 338; Filter-papers, 114; Flora, Illustrations of 

 the, W. H. Fitch, with additions by W. G. Smith. 

 Fourth edition, 122 ; Fresh-water Fishes, Guide to the, 

 C. T. Regan, 130 ; Geological Maps as a Record of the 

 Advance of Geology, T. Sheppard, 279 ; Glass Sands, 

 C. J. Peddle, 16 ; Insects and How to Know Them, 

 H. Bastin, 404 ; Journal Photographic Almanac, 1917, 

 111; Mathematicians, Eleven, 221; Medical Associa- 

 tion, Forthcoming Arrangements of the, 212 ; Optical 

 Science, J. W. French, 103 ; Sir J. Lamior, 5 ; Plants 

 and Botanical Terms, 122 ; Prisoners of War Book 

 Scheme (Educational), Appeal for the, 499 ; Studies of. 

 Dr. Fisher, 76 ; Ragwort, The, and Cattle, 511 ; Russian 

 and, Co-operation in Scientific Undertakings, Prof. B. 

 Menschutkin, 168 ; Sands for Glass-making, C. J. 

 Peddle, 433 ; Their Location and Characteristics, Ehr. 

 P. G. H. Boswdl, 16 ; Science Guild, Annual Meeting, 

 Arrangements for the, 148; Annual Meeting of the, 186; 

 Eleventh Annual Report of the, 371 ; Scientific Instru- 

 ment Trade after the War, The Regeneration of tlie, 

 E. S. Hodgson, 488 ; Svnthetic Colour Industry in War 

 Time, The, C. M. Whi'taker ; Prof. G. T. Morgan, 494; 

 Universities and the War : a Record and its Meaning, 

 257 ; Waders, Moults and Sequences of Plumages of the. 

 Miss A. Jackson, 510; Wild Flowers : their Haunts and 

 Associations, W. Graveson, 501 



Briquetting : -A. Handbook of. Prof. G. Franke. Translated 

 by F. C. A. H. Lantsbern,". Vol. i., The Briquetting 

 of Coals, Brown Coals, and other Fuels, 242 ; of Fuels, 

 The, 242 



Bromine, Atomic Weight of. Revision of the, C. K. Reiman, 



59 



