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Index 



r Nature, 



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Bronze Weapons found near Scarborough, T. Sheppard, 189 

 Brothers and Sisters in Mental Traits, Similarity of, D. 



Starch, 313 

 Bubbles, The Bursting of. Prof. S. W. J. Sn^ith, 5 

 Building : in Evening Technical Schools, Memorandum on 



the Tca(;hing of, 158; Science, Exiierimental, J. L. 



Man son, 483 

 Bulletin of Entomological Research, The, 191 

 Bunter Pebble-beds of Nottinghamshire, Microscopic 



Material of the. T. H. Burton, 238 

 Burmese Textiles, Miss L. E. Start, 91 



Calcite in the Presence of Dolomite, Test for, Prof. R. B. 

 Young, 430 



Calcium Salts, Influence of, on the .\bsorbcnt Root Hairs, 

 H. Coupin, 219 



Calculating Machines, Prof. K. Pearson, 384 



Calculus, Differential and Integral, Dr. C. E. Love, 102 



Calcutta University, Post-Graduate Teaching in, 118 



Calendar, Simplication of the, A. Philip, 399 



Calf-feeding Experiments, O. F. Hunziker and R. E. Cald- 

 well, 131 



California: Earthquakes in, in 1916, A. H. Palmer, 411; 

 History of the Introduction of Fishes into the Waters 

 of, W.'H. Shebley, 151 



Californian Earthquakes, Two Recent, Prof. J. C. Branner ; 

 A. C. Mattel, 492 



Calorimetric Combustion, Improvement in, and the Heat of 

 Combustion, T. W. Richards and H. S. Davis, 160 



Cambridge University : Subject for the Adams Prize Essay, 

 1917-18; Compulsory Greek in the Previous Examina- 

 tion, 76; D. Keilin appointed Assistant to the Quick 

 Professor of Biology ; Forthcoming Examination for 

 Entrance Scholarships and Exhibitions, 95 ; F. H. Jack- 

 son approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science, 338 



Camelopardalis, Ihe Eclipsing Variable SS, R. J. 

 McDiarmid, •:?32 



Camphor in Water, The Colloidal State of, in Presence of 

 Camphorated Oil, H. Bordier and G. Roy, 219 



Canada : Conservation of W'ild Life in, Dr. C. G. Hewitt, 

 246 ; Industrial Research in, Prof. J. C. McLennan, 207 ; 

 Mineral Production of, 1915, 452 ; Production of Iron 

 and Steel in, 17 ; The Coals of, with reference to their 

 Economic Qualities, Dr. J. B. Porter, 87 



Canadian Observer's Handbook, The, 16 



Cane : -borer Beetle in Hawaii, The, F. Muir and O. H. 

 Swezey, 212 ; -sugar Manufacturers and their Chemists, 

 A Handbook for, Dr. G. L. Spencer. Fifth edition, 162 



Canning of Fruits and Vegetables, The, Based on the 

 Methods in Use in Californiaj with Notes on the 

 Control of the Micro-organisms Effecting Spoilage, J. P. 

 Zavalla, 162 



Canterbury, New Zealand, Philosophical Institute of. Report 

 of the, 30 



Canvas-attacking Fungus, A. J. Ramsbottom, 206 



Carbon : Dioxide, Explosive Potential in, at High Pressures, 

 C. E. Guye and C. Stancescu, 200 ; Steels, Tempering 

 of. Mechanism of the, P. Chevenard, 480 



Carboniferous Limestone bordering the Leicestershire Coal, 

 field, L. M. Parsons, 97 



Carboxylic Acid, Formation of an Unsaturated, H. Rafstrlck, 

 431 



Cargo-Steamer Engines, Standard Specification for, 54 



Carnegie : Institution, The, Scien'tific Research, 395 ; Trust 

 for the Universities of Scotland, Fifteenth Annual 

 Report of the, 264 ; United Kingdom Trust, Third 

 Annual Report of the, 264 



Carpathians, The, Prof, de Martonne, 429 



Cassiopea xamachana. Metabolic Activity in, L. R. Cary, 140 



6 Cassiopeia;, Variable Proper Motion of, L. Courvoisier, 454 



Cassiterite (Tin Ore) in Cornish Mill Products, The Physical 

 Condition of, J. J. Beringer, 112 



Castlepook Cave, Co. Cork, Exploration of, R. F. Scharff, 

 H. J. Seymour, and E. T. Newton, 399 



Catalysis, A New Case of Reversible, P. Sabatier and G. 

 Gaudion, 520 



Caterpillar .Attack on Fruit Trees, The, Prof. F. V. 

 Theobald, 326 



Cattle-Foods, Microscopic Analysis of, T. N. Morris, 423 



"Castration Parasitaire " in Insects, Dr. A. D. Imms, 138 

 Celebes, The Baboons of. Dr. J. Buttikofer, 313 

 Central .America, Tour in by Dr. H. J. Spinder, 212 

 Cephefd Variables, Five, Radial Velocities of, G. F. 



Paddock, 394 

 Ceratonia Siliqua and the Carat Weight, J. H. Coste, 185 

 Cerebro-spinal Fever : among the Forces during 1915-1916, 



Lt.-Col. M. Gordon and others, 147 ; Researches on. 



Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 147 

 Cereals, The Supply of, 253 

 Cetacea Stranded on the British Coasts, Dr. S. F. Harmer, 



192 

 Chaftlnches and Cuckoos, A Note on, H. M. M. Perrycoste, 



345 

 Charts : and Projections, 461 ; their Use and Meaning, Dr. 



G. H. Fowler, 461 

 Chemical : Analysis, Quantitative, A Text-book of, Drs. 



A. C. Gumming and S. A. Kay. Second edition, 223 ; 

 Directory of the United States, Annual, Edited by 



B. F. Lovelace, 362 ; Discovery and Invention in the 

 Twentieth Century, Sir W. A. Tilden, 121; Elements, 

 The Complexity of the. Prof. F. Soddy, 414. 433 ; 

 Engineer, The, 54; Engineering, 54; Industries Bureau 

 in Sweden, A, 509 ; Industry and Research, Organisation 

 and Development of. Prof. J. A. Wilkinson, 34 ; Or- 

 ganic, Rise and Progress of the, Levinstein, Ltd., 376; 

 Society of. Annual General Meeting of the. Present 

 Chief Objects of the. Aid. A. D. Brooks, 532 ; Catalogue 

 of Journals, 509 ; Forthcoming Annual General Meeting 

 of the, 233 ; and the Progress of the Chemical Arts, 307 ; 

 Annual General Meeting of the, 109 ; Prof. W. J. Pope 

 elected President of the, 109 



Chemistry: Analytical, Prof. F. P. Treadwell. Translated 

 and Revised by W. T. Hall. Vol. i.. Qualitative 

 Analysis, 21; and the War, Sir T. E. Thorpe, 463; 

 Applied, in the United States, 362 ; Progress of, F. R. 

 O'Shaughnessy, 532 ; Books for School and Laboratory, 

 223 ; Elementary, Text-book of. Dr. F. M. Perkin and 

 E. M. Jaggers, 223 ; Elementary Practical, Prof. F. 

 Clowes and J. B. Coleman. Part ii.. Eighth edition, 

 223 ; for Beginners and for Use in Primary and Public 

 Schools, C. T. Kingzett, 422 ; for Rural Schools, E. Jones 

 and A. J. Griffith, 223 ; General, For Colleges, Prof. A. 

 Smith. Second edition, 343 ; in .America, The Relation 

 of War to, Prof. J. R. Withrow, 463 ; in Industry, Prof. 

 G. T. Morgan, 412 ; Industrial, Society of, Formed in 

 France, 248 ; in the Service of Man, Prof. A. Findlay. 

 Second edition, 463 ; Manuals of, 422 ; Modern 

 Analytical, Some Main Lines of .Advance in, A. C. 

 Chapman, 271 ; Physical, 62 ; Professor W. C. McC. 

 Lewis, 262 ; Theoretical, from the Standpoint of 

 Avogadro's Rule and Thermodynamics, Prof. W. Nernst. 

 Revised by H. T. Tizard, 62 ; The Tutorial. Part ii., 



, Metals and Physical Chemistry, Dr. G. H. Bailey. 

 Edited by Dr. W. Briggs. Third edition, 244 ; Twen- 

 tieth-century, 121 



Chemists: A Pocket-book for, T. Bayley. Eighth edition, 

 edited by R. Ensoll. 503 ; Handbook, Technical, Dr. G. 

 Lunge. Second edition, 223 ; in War, iii ; Professional, 

 and the W^ar, Sir J. J. Dobbie, 30 ; Position and 

 Prospects of, 8c ; Research, Engineer-Chemists, and 

 Chemical Engineers, Prof. Donnan, 54 ; The General 

 Education of, Sir J. J. Dobbie, 199 ; Year Book, 1917, 

 The, Edited by F. W. Atack, assisted by L. W'hinyates, 

 2 vols., 225 



Chermes : Group of Insects and British Foi'estry, H. M. 

 Steven, 491 ; of Spruce and Larch and their relation 

 to Forestry, The, H. M. Steven, 359 



Chicago University, Endowment of Three Research Fellow- 

 ships in. Dr. F. R. Logan, 198 



Child Mortality, Report of the Local Government Board on, 

 212 



Chilka Lake, Terrestrial Isopoda from the Shore of the. 

 Prof. C. Chilton, 313 



Chine, Quelques considerations sur les jeux en, Capt. 

 G. G. E. Mauger, 392 



Chinese Forest Service, The, 428 



Chlorine : Free, Estimation of, in Solutions of Hypo- 

 chlorites, F. Dienert and F. Wandenbulke, 460 ; in 

 Drinking W^ater, A New Test for, Lieut. M. Wallis, 410 



