Sipiciid< 



Nature, ~\ 



er 20, 1917J 



Index 



XXlll 



Chlorophyll in Animals and the Fate of Chlorophyll in the 



Anirnal Organism, Dr. P. P. Podjapolsky, 492 

 Cider-apple, The, as an Addition to the Food Supplies, 49a 

 Cinchona, The Botanical Station at, Leased to the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 373 

 Circle and the Sphere, A Treatise on the, Dr. J. L. 



Coolidge, 201 

 Civil : .\erial Transport Committee, Appointment of a, 

 248 ; The, Sir G. Greenhill, 506 ; Engineers, Institution 

 of, Sir W. E. Garstin and Sir G. K. Scott- Moncriefl 

 elected Honorary Members of the, 51 ; Service Esti- 

 mates for Science and Education, 175 ; Examinations, 

 Science and Modern Languages in. Prof. J. Wertheimer, 

 74; The Revision of the. Prof. J. Wertheimer, 485 

 Classical : Education, i ; A Defence of, R. \V. Livingstone, 

 1 ; and Modern Needs, R. W. Livingstone ; H. G. 

 Wells, 205 ; M. D. Hill, 225 ; System of Education, 

 The, Sir E. -A. Schafer, 361 

 Clays and their Plasticity, Analyses of, Davidson, 393 

 Cliff-ruins in Fewkes Canon, The, Dr. J. W. Fewkes, no 

 Clock-dials, .Adjustable, Dr. P. E. Shaw, 144 

 Cloud and Rain, Distribution of, with reference to the 



Centre of a Cyclonic Depression, Sir \. Shaw, 74 

 Clouds : Experience during Ascents amongst, Lieut. Douglas, 



73 ; The Forms of, Capt. C. J. P. Cave, 15 

 Cloudy Condensation, Some Nuclei of. Dr. J. Aitken, 239 

 Clupeinae, Distribution of the, C. Tate Regan, 398 

 Coal : A Plea for the Fuller Utilisation of. Major A. J. 

 Martin, 484 ; -tar Chart, .A, Dr. T. H. Norton, 54 ; 

 The Spontaneous Firing of. Dr. J. S. Haldane, 374 ; 

 The Weathering of, 87 

 Coals, Petrified, and their Bearing on the Problem of the 



Origin of Coals, E. C. Jeffrey, 219 

 Cohesion (Third Paper), Prof. H. Chatley, 258 

 Coke, The Conditions of Formation of, G. Charpy and 



M. Godchot, 359 

 Coking of Coal, Utilisation of By-products from the, G. E. 



Foxwell, 471 

 Cold Period, December, 1916, to April, 1917, Some Aspects 



of the, R. C. Mossman, 359 

 Collectors, Instructions for. Dr. S. F. Harmer, 170 

 Coloration, Immunity of some Nudibranchs, W. J. Crozier, 



139 

 Colour : and Chemical Constitution, Dr. J. Moir, 412 ; 



Kinematography, .A New Process of, 132 

 Columbia University, Gift to, by G. W. Brackenridge, 518 

 Combinatory Analysis, Major P. A. MacMahon. Vol. ii., 82 

 Comet : A New, Prof. Cooke, 172 ; 1915a (Mellish), Mile. J. 



V'inter-Hansen, 72 ; 19166 (Wolf), Prof. Stromgren, 72 

 Comets, Observations of, made at Lyons Observatory, J. 



Guillaume, 279 

 Compass, The Deviation of the, Prof. J. C. Beattie, 15 

 Compressed Air Practice in Mining, D. Penman, 203 

 Compulsory Continuation Classes, 114 

 Conch Shell and Wooden Trumpets, Use of, for Signalling, 



E. W. P. Chinnery, 269 



Conchological Features of the Lenham Sandstones of Rent, 



etc.. The, R. B. Newton, 353 

 Coniferous Wood, .Anatomical Characters of, and their 



Value in Classification, C. P. Dutt, 98 

 Continentality and Temperature, C. E. P. Brooks, 19 

 Continuation Classes, Compulsory, 114 

 Continuity, .\ New Equation of, F. G. Keyes, 400 

 Contre-^volution, Th^orie de la, ou D^g^n^rescence par 



I'Heredite Pathologique, Dr. R. Larger, 401 

 Coolgardie Water Supply, The, P. V. O'Brien and J. Parr, 



394 

 Cooling of Metals by Water, Garvin and Portevin, 280 

 Cooper, -Astley, Prize, The, 189 

 Co-operative Wholesale Society, Dr. G. Martin appointed 



Director of a Research Diepartment of the, 150 

 Co-ordinates, Generalised, in Mechanics and Physics, An 



Introduction to the Use of. Prof. W. E. Byerly, 182 

 Coot, Some Habits of the, 91 

 Copper-ferrocyanide Membrane, Selective Properties of the, 



F. Tinker, 178 



Coral Reefs, Subsidence Theory of, S. New' Test of the, 



R. A. Daly, 139 

 Cornus controversa. Effect of Ringing the Stem of, 



S. Hibino, 452 



CORRESPONDENCE. 

 Aeroplanes and .Atmospheric Gustiness, Prof. .VIc.Adie, 125; 



G. Dobson ; C. E. Stromeyer, 164 ; S. L. Walkden, 225 

 Agar-agar Jelly, Ten per cent.. Dr. E. H. Hankin, 24 

 .Ants, An Invasion of, E. Armitage, 525 

 Auroras and Magnetic Storms, Lt. L. Cave, 525 

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

 British Optical Science, Sir J. Larmor, 5 ; J. W. French, 103 

 Bubbles, The Bursting of, Prof. S. W. J. Smith, 5 

 Calculating Machines, Prof. Karl Pearson, 384 

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

 Ceratonia siliqua and the Carat Weight, J. H. Coste, 



185 

 Chaffinches- and Cuckoos, A Note on, H. .M. M. Perrycoste, 



345 

 Classical Education and Modern Needs, R. W. Livingstone; 



M. D. Hill, 225; H. G. Wells, 205 

 Clock-dials, .Adjustable, Dr. P. E. Shaw, 144 

 Coal, .A Plea for the Fuller Utilisation of. Major A. J. 



Martin, 484 

 Darwin, .A Letter of Ch., in Argentina, M. Doello-Jurado, 



305 

 Diffraction Phenomena in the Testing of Optical Surfaces, 



S. K. Banerji, 206 

 Electric Discharge from Scythe, J. R. Pannell, 324 ; C. E. 



Benham, 366 

 Flat-foot in Young Women, M.D., F.R.S.E., 204 

 Flint, The Origin of. Sir E. Rav Lankester, 283 ; Dr. R. M. 



Caven, 306; Prof. B. Moore'; Prof. G. A. J. Cole; S. C. 



Bradford, 324; C. Carus-Wilson ; Dr. F. J. .Allen, 345 

 Floating Earths, Dr. W. Leaf, 45 ; Dr. C. H. Desch, 104 ; 



J. Offord ; S. Reinach, 165 

 Food Orders, The New, Prof. W. M. Bayliss, 165 

 Giraffe Paintings, Chinese and Persian, Dr. C. R. East- 

 man, 344 

 Glare, Protection from, L. C. Martin, 365 

 Giating Interference Bands, A Fixed System of, C. K. V. 



Row, 63 

 Gravitation and Thermodvnamics, Dr. P. E. Shaw, 84 ; 



Sir O. Lodge; Dr. G. W. Todd, 104; Dr. P. E. Shaw, 



165 ; J. S. G. Thomas, 405 

 Haloes, .Arcs of, W. W. Bryant, 345 



Hippocampus, The, in Ancient -Art, Dr. C. R. Eastman, 385 

 Jupiter's Satellites and the Velocity of Light, Prof. H. W. 



Warrington, 345 

 Lead Isotopes from Thorium, The Stability of. Prof. F. 



Soddy, 244; Dr. -A. Holmes, 245; Prof. J. Joly, 284 

 Mayor, J. E. B., and Todhunter, E. S. Payne, 264 

 Moon, The First New, in the Year i B.C., Dr. O. Klotz, 405 

 Mountain Sickness, Dr. J. Knott, 64 

 Muscular Inefficiency and Possible Speeds of Walking, 



A. Mallock, 83 

 National Service, C. W. Piper, 25 

 Oceanic Tidal Friction, H. Jeffreys, 405 

 Plated Teeth of Sheep, B. Thompson, 264 ; Sir H. Maxwell, 



284 ; Dr. J. Ritchie, 306 

 Parthogenesis, The Terminology of. Sir E. Ray Lankester, 



504 

 Quartz Glass, Devitrification of, A. C. Michie, 484 



Radiation in the Atmosphere, A Very Penetrating, Dr. 



G. C. Simpson, 124 

 Radiation of the Stars, The, J. H. Jeans ; Prof. .A. S. 



Eddington, 365 ; J. H. Jeans, 444 ; Prof. A. S. Eddington, 



445 



Radiation-Pressure, Astrophysical Retardation, and Rela- 

 tivity, Sir J. Larmor, 404 



Rainbow, An Unusual, .A. J. Low, 525 



Renal Activity, The Nature of. Prof. W. M. Bayliss, 344 ; 

 The Reviewer, 345 



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



Science Teaching and National Character, Prof. Ramsay 

 Muir, 184 



Scientific Literature, The Organisation of, P. E. B. 

 Jourdain, 306 



Snow in London, The Frequency of, L. C. W. Bonacina, 

 185 ; F. J. Brodie, 205 ; E. L. Hawke, 206 



Spectra of X-rays, Relations between the. Dr. J. Ishiwara, 



434 

 Synchronous Signalling, Prof. J. Joly, 384 



