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index 



r Natun, 



\_Stpt ember 20, 1917 



Meals, Advantages of a Change in, J. Bergoni*', 320 



M^canique Aiialytique, Exercires et Lemons de, I'lof. R. dc 

 Montcssus, 201 



Meccanico Moderno, Guida Pratica del, A. Massenz, 483 



Mechanics and Metallurgy, 483 



Medical Education of Women, Facilities for the, Sir G. 

 Foster, 398 



Medicinal: Herbs, The Cultivation of, 208; Plants, Essen- 

 tial Home-grown, 52 



Melanthaceaj, North American, from the Genetic Stand- 

 point, Dr. R. R. Gates, 97 



Meldola, Prof. R., Proposed Memorial Portraits of, 267 



Mellish Comrt : 1915a, Orbit of, L. Rosenbaum, 353 ; 

 i9i7fl, 112; Mrs. J. Braae and J. Fischer-Petcrsen, 133; 

 J. Braae and J. Fischer-Petersen, 152 ; J. Fischer- 

 Petersen, 214, 23^; The Spectrum of. Prof. Frost, 315; 

 Prof. S. S. Hough, 375 



Mcndelian Class-Frequency, The Probable Error of a. Dr. 

 R. Pearl, 530 



Mental Organisation, 21 



Mercury : Jets, Experiments with, Prof. S. W. J. Smith and 

 H. Moss, 96 ; Motion of the Perihelion of. Deduced 

 from the Classical Theory of Relativity, Dr. L. Silber- 

 stein, 159 ; Salts for Toxological Purposes, Detection of 

 Traces of, Prof. K. C. Browning, 292 ; The Planet, 152 



.Mercury's Perihelion, The Relativity Theory iand the 

 Motion of, Dr. L. Silberstein, 412 



Merlin, Breeding Habits of the, E. R. Paton, 410 



Merthyr Technical and Engineering Institute, Offer to 

 Equip, H. S. Berry, 418 



Messines : The Battle of, Sound of the Explosions at, 312, 



350 



-Metal Melting, Heat Economy in, 133 



Metallic : Tin and Oxide of Tin in Staphylococcus Infections, 

 Action of, \. Frouin and R. Gr^goire, 280 ; Vapours, 

 Condensation of, on Cold Bodies, Prof. M. Knudsen, 

 132 



Metals : Institute of, .Annual General Meeting of the, 13 ; 

 Institute of. Autumn Meeting of the, 529 ; Under 

 Pressure, Resistance of, R. W. Bridgman, 159 



Metazoa? What Determines the Duration of Life in, J. 

 H. Northrop, 4(X) 



Meteorite, .An Egyptian, Dr. H. Wilde, 138 



Meteorological : Instruments, Instruction in the Use of. 

 Prof. F. Eredia, 131 ; Observations, Certain, The Arith- 

 metical Mean and the "Middle" \'alue of. Prof. L. 

 Becker, 340; Phenomenon, h. Curious, Dr. F. O'B. 

 Ellison, 312 



Meteorology : and .Aviation, W. H. Dines, 424 ; and the 

 Solar Constant, 73 



Meteors: Bright, in March, W. F. Denning, 112; on 

 July 19. 431; The -August, of 1917, W. F. Denning, 

 493 



Meteorites : Calcium Phosphate in, G. P. Merrill, 392 ; 

 Description of, J. C. H. .Mingaye, 352 ; of Simondium, 

 Eagle Station, and Amana^ The, Dr. G. T. Prior, 379 



Metric System: in .America, The, 129; in France, The, 

 152; The Adoption of the, . 526 ; The Elementary 

 Education Sub-Committee of the London Countv Coun- 

 cil on the, 257 



Mexico, Geographical Conditions in, 52 



Microscopic Stains, New, Derived from Methylene-blue, 

 L. Tribondeau and J. Dubreuil, 179 



Middlesex Hospital Research Fund, Gifts to by Sir J. 

 and Lady Bland-Sutton, and G. Vaughan Morgan, 169 



Migrations of Fish, The, Prof. A. Meek, 81 



Migratory Birds, Reported Scarcitv of, Duchess of 

 Somerset ; Dr. W. Eagle Clarke, 390 



Milk: in its Relation to Health,- Prof. L. Rettger, 509; 

 Supplied to Babies, Hygienic Quality of, 232 



-Milling Offals, Classification of. Prof. "T. B. Wood and 

 R. H. Adie, 171 



Mineral : Intelligence, Proposal to Constitute a Bureau of, 

 at the Imperial Institute. 50; Properties (other than 

 Coal and Iron Ore) in the United Kingdom, Branch 

 of the -Ministry of Munitions on. 109; Resources of 

 Great Britain, vol. iv.. Second Edition, 375 



Minerals: .A Pocket Handbook of. Prof. G. .M. Butler, 

 Second Edition, 523 ; Opaque, Microscopical Deter- 

 mination of the, Dr. J. Murdoch, 523 : Two Books on, 

 523 



Mining, Subsidence Resulting from. Dr. L. E. Young and 



Prof. H. H. Stock, 33 

 -Minnesota, The State of, A Mining Experiment Station to 



be Established in, 58 

 Mira Ceti, Observations of. Prof. Nijland, 512 

 Molecular Weights, Method of Determining, E. Urbain, 



480. 

 Molecules, Group, Shapes of. Forming the Surfaces of 



Liquids, I. Langmuir, 379 

 Mondes, Uber.die Rotation des, A. Jonsson, 494 

 Money Scales and Weights, T. Sheppard, 452 

 Monotremes and Marsupials, The Peritoneum and Intes- 

 tinal Tract in. Dr. C. Mackenzie, 530 

 Moon: Eclipse of the, July 4, 1917 ; Observations 



on the, -A. Nodon, 519 ; L. Picart, 539 ; The First 



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



Rotation of the, 494 

 Morrell Land, .Sir E. Shackleton, 290 

 Moseley's Law for X-Ray Spectra, H. S. Uhler, 179 

 Mosquitos of North and Central -America and the West 



Indies, Howard, Dyar, and Knal, 430 

 Mothers and Children, Report on the Physical W'elfare of, 



p:ngland and Wales. Vol. i., Dr. E. W. Hope; vol. 



ii.. Dr. J. -M. Campbell, 388 

 Mothers' Pension System, The, Judge H. Neil, 490 

 Moulting of Flycatchers and Warblers, H. F. Witherby, 



313 

 Mount W'ilson Observatory: Report of, for 19 16, Prof. 



Hale, 193 ; The Hundred-Inch Reflector of the, 385 

 Mountain : -Ash, Timber Production and Growth Curves in 



the, R. T. Patton, 379 ; Sickness, Dr. J. Knott, 64 

 Movement, The Price of, in Invalids and Persons who have 



Recently Lost the Right Arm, J. Amar, 219 

 Mozambique, The Pre-Cambrian and Associated Rocks of 



the District of, Dr. -A. Holmes, 459 

 Munitions, Ministry of. The Work of the, 369 

 Muraena hclena, The Serum of, W. K<^aczewski, 439 ; 



460 

 Muscle, Electrical Testing of, Dr. Adrian, 351 

 Muscular Inefficiency and Possible Speeds of W^alking, A, 



Mallock, 83 

 Museum Lectures to Children at Liverpool, 217 

 Museums : -Association, Forthcoming Conference of the, 458 ; 



The Proposed Conference of the, not to be held, 489 ; 



Leicester and Norwich, Exhibitions at the, 89 

 Mussel-F"ishery and Foraminifera of Esnandes, etc., The, 



E. Heron-.Allen, 199 

 Mutation Theory, The Status of the, Dr. H. H. Bartlett, 



Myelophilus minor. Structure, etc., of, W. Ritchie, 19 



N.G.C. : 7023, Spectrum of. Dr. M. Wolff, 92 ; 7662, 

 Parallax of, -A. van Maanen, 179 



Nanna's Cave, Isle of Caldey, -A. L. Leach, 94 



Natal, Sea Fishes of. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist and W. W. 

 Thompson, 491 



National : -Administrative Institutions, The Remoulding of, 

 Prof. W. Peddie, 264 ; .Association of Head Teachers, 

 Recommendations of the, 178 ; Physical Laboratory, 

 The, 332 ; Reconstruction, Lord Sydenham, 186 ; iq6 ; 

 Reforms in Education, 167 ; Scientific Laboratories, 

 111; Service, C. W. Piper, 25; War Museum, The 

 Proposed, 268 



Natural : Resources, etc., of H^s Majesty's Dominions, 

 Final Report of the Royal Commission on the, 165 ; 

 Sciences, The, in Public Schools, 94 



Nature Study Lessons Seasonablv Arranged, J. B. Philip, 

 82 



Naval -Architects, Institution of; The Elgin Scholarship 

 -Awarded to R. J. Shepherd ; The .Annual Gold Medal 

 Awarded to Prof. T. B^ -Abell ; A Premium .Awarded 

 to A. T. Wall, 113 



Nebulae : and Stellar Evolution, The, Prof. W. W. Camp- 

 bell, 393 ; Spectra of. Dr. W. H. Wright, 354 



Neopallial Morphology of Fossil Men, Profs. M. Boule 

 and R. Anthony, 52 



Nepheline, Artificial, N. L. Bowen, 269 



Nervous and Mental Diseases, Reaction Time in, Prof. 

 E. W. Scripture, 52 



Nettles, Stinging, Cultivation of, for Textile Purposes, 151 



