Nature, T 



Se^ttnil>ir 20, 



Index 



XXXI 



Neurones, Central, Rate of Discharge of, A. Forbes, 159 



New Guinea : Netherlands, Canoe Prow Ornaments from. 

 Prof. C. G. Seligman, 70 ; Projected Aerial Expedi- 

 tion to. Dr. E. Mjoberg, 92 



New Mexico : A Design-Sequence from, A. V. Kidder, 400 ; 

 A Prehietoric Pueblo Ruin in, N. C. Nelson, 212 



New South Wales, Royal Society of. Dr. J. B. Cleland 

 Elected President of the, 427 



New York Natural History Museum, The, H. J. Choate, 



530 



New Zealand : Earthquake, The, 489 ; The Cretaceous 

 Faunas of, H. Woods, 79 ; The Trias of, C. T. Trech- 

 mann, 59 ; The Triassic Crinoids from. Collected by 

 C. T. Trechmann, 59 ; Time Service, C. E. Adams, 252 



Nicaragua, Expedition to. Return of the, 89 



Nitre, Fused, Talbot's Observations on, Prof. A. W. C. 

 Menzies, 85 



Nicotine as an Insecticide, N. E. Mclndoo, 292 



Nitrogen : Compounds, Sources of, 274 ; of the Air, Fixa- 

 tion of the, K. Scott, 533 ; Solid and Liquid, Measure- 

 ments of the Specific Heat of, Prof. K. Onnes and 

 Dr. W. H. Keesom, 53 



Nitrogenous Compounds, Germany's Effort to Obtain, Prof. 

 C. Matignon, 33 



Nitrous Fumes, Antiseptic Properties of, H. Colin, 519 



Noctiluca, A Physiological Study of, E. B. Harvey, 159 



Nodules of Ultrabasic Character from Jagersfontein, P. A. 

 Wagner, 492 



Non-Euclidean Plane Geometry and Trigonometry, The 

 Elements of. Prof. H. S. Carslaw, 302 



Non-Ferrous Metals, Melting of, Ideals and Limitations in 

 the, Dr. C. Hering, 133 



North-Eastern Arkansas, Geology and Ground Waters of, 

 L. W. Stephenson, A. F. Crider, and R. B. Dole, 

 376 



North Wales, University College of, Pr(^x)sed New Science 

 Buildings for, 158 



Nottinghamshire, Highways and Byways in, J. B. Firth, 4 



Xouria riigosa, a New Foraminifer from the Shetland- 

 Faroe Channel, E. Heron-Allen and A. Earland, 379 



Nucras, The Genus, Dr. G. .A. Boulenger, 430 



Numbers, The Partitions of, 82 



Oaks, Preservation of Our, L. Daniel, 439 



Oblong Arrays, Expansion of the Product of Two, Sir 



T. Muir, 360 

 Observation and Reasoning, Comptes Rendus of, J. Y. 



Buchanan, 142 

 Observatories, Some Seventeenth-Century, in the Provinces, 



G. Bigourdan, 119 

 Oceanic Tidal Friction, H. Jeffreys, 405 

 Octopus, Some Sensorial Reactions of the, Mile. M. 



Goldsmith, 139 

 Oil : Cedarwood, Flatters and Garnett's, 15 ; Sardine, 



Treatment of the Indian, Govindam, 232 ; Shales and 



Torbanites, H. R. J. Conacher, 530 

 Okapi, Some of the Viscera of an, R. H. Burne, 178 

 Ontario Nickel Commission, Report of the, 211 

 Optical : Laboratory of the Ecole de Phvsique et de Chimie 



Industrielles, Paris, The, Prof. C. F^ry, 315; Science, 



British. Sir J. Larmor, 5 ; J. W. French, 103 ; Society 



of London, Transactions of the, 71 ; No. i, New Series, 



5" 



Optics : Applied, .\n Institute of, for France, E. S. Hodg- 

 son, 236; Technical, National Instruction in, 11; The 

 Promotion of, 10; Technical, 317; The Promotion of, 

 448 



d'Oroigny, .\lcide. Career and Observations of, E. Heron- 

 .\llen, 90 



Orbit Deduction, The Historj- of. Prof. .\. O. Leuschner, 

 532 



Orbits About a Magneto-Electric Centre, Numerical Cal- 

 lu'ations of, Proi. C. St0rmer, 4.^3 



Orchids. Hybrid. Structure of the Leaves of, J. Charles- 

 worth and J. Ramsbottom, 19 



Orders. Two New, 528 



Ore Concentration, The Flotation Method of, 66 



Organic : Compounds, Identification of Pure, .\ Method for 

 the. Prof. S. P. Mulliken. vol. ii., 21; to Human: 

 Psychological and Sociol<^ical, Dr. H. Maudsley, 21 



Organisation Scientifique Interalli^e," ** Une, Suggestion for 

 the Formation of. Prof. J. -Massart, 371 



Oriental Studies, The School of, 8 



Ornithok^y, Economic, Plea for the Establishment of a 

 Chair of, W. Berry, 372 



Osier Memorial Fund, The, 318 



Osmotic : Pressure, Prof. A. W. Porter ; \\\ R. Bousfield, 

 215; Pressures Derived frcwn Vapour Pressure Measure- 

 ments, Earl of Berkeley, E. G. J. Hartley, and C. V. 

 Burton, 58 



Ovarian Follicles, Origin, Rupture, and Closure of. Prof. A. 

 Robinson, 459 



Overvoltage, Recent Work on. Dr. E. Newberry, 279 



Oxford University : Report of the Committee for Geography, 

 38; Grant from All Souls' College; Form of Statute 

 Establishing the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy passed 

 by Congregation, 58 ; Forthcoming .Arrangements of 

 the Departments of Ge<^raphy and .Anthropology, 96 ; 

 Prof. .\. Schuster to Deliver the Halley Lecture ; 

 Statutes Reconstituting Boards of Electors, etc. ; 

 •Annual Report of the University Observatory, 257 ; 

 Suspension of the Romanes Lectureship ; Statutes of ; 

 T. R. Glover appointed Wilde Lecturer ; Prof. E. 

 Boutroux appointed Herbert Spencer Lecturer, 299 ; 

 Conferment of the Honorary Degree of D.Sc. on Prof. 

 Schuster, 318; J. J. Manley elected to a Fellowship at 

 Magdalen College; Report of the University Museum; 

 New Decrees for Examinations ; Bequest by Rev. O. 

 Pickard-Cambridge, 338 ; Sir Napier Shaw appointed 

 Halley Lecturer for 1918 ; Arrangements of the School 

 of Geography ; Lectures, etc., in the Department of 

 Anthropology, 357 ; Gifts to the Professorship of 

 Forestry Funds, 478 ; Death of A. C. Madan ; Addition 

 to the University Laboratory in the Department of 

 Human Anatomy, 518 



Oxido-reduction, The Biochemical Phenomena of, .Abeknis 

 and Aloy, 539 



Ozone, Estimation of, M. David, 139 



Pachyamnos, Excavation of the Cemetery of, R. B. Seager, 



529 

 Pacific Coast MoUusca, Some Anomalies in Geographic 



Distribution of, W. H. Dall, 140 

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

 Pagine Geografiche della notra Guerra. 531 

 Pain in Nature, The Problem of, C. F. Newall, 103 

 Palseontographical Society, .Annual Meeting of the, 109 

 Palestine : A War Map of, 373 ; Dr. E. W. G. Mastemian, 



411 

 Panama, Isthmus of, Hydrol<^ of the, Brig.-Gen. H. L. 



Abbot, 160 

 Paper, Moulds Causing .Alteration of, P. See, 79 

 Parabolas, The Fitting of, J. R. Miner, 179 

 Parahopeite, Crystallisation of, .A. Ledoux, T. L. Walker, 



and A. C. Wheatlev, 98 

 Parathyroid Glands and their Relation to Tetany, Functions 



of the. Prof. Noel Paton and others, 151 

 Paris: Faculty of Medicine, Prof. H. Roger elected Dean 



of the, 458; University, Dr. P. Marie appointed Pro- 

 fessor of "Clinical Neurology in, 198 

 Parliamentary Reform, Scientific, W. H. Cowan, 29 

 Parthenc^ene'sis, The Terminology of. Sir E. Ray Lankester, 



504 

 Peanut, The Proteins of the, O. O. Johns and D. B. Jones, 



400 

 Pearl Culture in Indian Seas, J. Hornell, 291 

 Peas, Germination of : Influence of Water and Mineral 



.Matter on the, L. Maquenne and E. Demoussy, 440 ; 



Influence of Mineral Matter on, L. Maquenne and E. 



Demoussy, 479 

 Peat: and its' Uses, .M. Renie ; E. S. Hodgson, 333; Layers, 



The Age of, S. R. Capps, 471 

 Pensions, Civil List, 370 

 Pereira Prize of the Pharmaceutical Society awarded to 



Miss Ivy Roberts, 211 

 Petroleum : (Production) Bill, Introduction of the. 509 ; 



Technologists, Institution of. Election of Officers of 



the. 150 , . . 



Pharmaceutical Latin, Lessons in. and Prescription Writing 

 and Interpretation. H. C. Muldoon, 403 



