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Index 



[Nature, 

 Siptemier zo, 1917 



Pharmacological Equivalents and Therapeutic Units, Y. 



Delage, 139 

 Phenol, IVoduction of, by Micro-organisms, A. Berthelot, 60 

 Phenok^ical Observations for 1916, J. E. Clark and H. B. 



Adames, 259 

 Philosophy and Paradox, 302 



Phonetic Theory, Some Questions of, Dr. W. Perrett, 184 

 Phoronis ovalis, Dr. S. F. Harmer, 191 

 Phosphates for Meadows and Pastures, Use of, 32 

 Phosphorus Metabolism, Influence of Extracts of Genital 



Glands on, M. Jean, 139 

 Photo-electric Emission, Complete, from the Alloy of 



Sodium and Potassium, W. Wilson, 58 

 Photographic : Action of a Rays, Dr. W. Makower, 98 ; 



Images, Possible Attraction between, Prof. H. H. 



Turner, 159 

 Photometry of Sources of Light of Different Colours, 



Crittenden and Richtmyer, 512 

 Phycomycetous Fungi from the Lower Coal Measures, Dr. 



D. Ellis, 340 

 Physarutn carneum, British Gathering of, H. J. Howard, 491 

 Physical Society, Officers of the, 51 

 Physics : A Text-book of, Edited by Prof. A. W. Duff. 



Fourth edition, 41 ; Elementary, for Engineers, J. Paley 



Yorke, 343 ; Theoretical and Practical, 41 ; Training in, 



at the Finsbury College, C. H. Darling, 55 

 Physiological and Pathological Chemistry of Metabolism, 



The Problems of, Dr. O. von Fiirth. Translated by 



Prof. A. J. Smith, loi 

 Physiology : Human, P. G. Stiles, loi ; The Teaching of, 



Prof.'W. M. Bayliss, loi 

 Phytophthora, Studies of the Genus, J. Rosenbaum, 219 

 Pig-iron, Synthetic, Electric Manufacture of, in France, 328 

 Pilcher Research Laboratory of Bedford College for Women, 



Places in the, 499 

 Piltdown : Gravel, Fourth Note on the, with Evidence of a 



Second Skull of Eoanthropus dawsoni. Dr. A. Smith 



Woodward, 78; Sussex, Fragment of the Lower Jaw 



from. Prof. A. F. Dixon, 399 

 Pin Joints, Design of. Based on Ultimate Strength, Lieut. 



W. A. Scoble, 113 

 Pitcairn Island, Examination of Natives of, 490 

 Plague Investigations in India, Gloster, White,^and Brooks, 



530 

 Planet Discovered by M. Sy, Provisional Elements of the, 



L. Fabry and H. Blondel, 80 

 Planetary : Nebula, Parallax of a, A. van Maanen, 153 ; 



Nebulae, Rotation in, Prof. W. W. Campbell and W. H. 



Moore, 375 

 Plankton Research at Plymouth, 433 

 Plant : Genetics, Further Studies in, 34 ; Remains in the 



Hornelen District, Prof. Nathorst, 510; Succession, 



Prof. F. E. Clements, 154 ; Teratology, The Principles 



of, W. C. Worsdell, vol. ii., 501 

 Plants : Enquiry into, and Minor Works on Odours and 



Weather Signs, Theophrastus. With an English Trans- 

 lation by Sir A. Hort, 282 ; for Exhibition, Methods of 



Preparing, C. E. Jones, 97; New Books on, 501 ; 



Poisonous to Live Stock, H. C. Long, 501 ; Some, that 



Might Occur in Britain, C. E. Salmon, 19 

 Plated Teeth of Sheep : B. Thompson, 264 ; Sir H. Max- 

 well, 284; Dr. J. Ritchie, 306 

 Plates Infect^es, Le Traitement des, A. Carrel et G, Dehellv, 



363 

 Platyzoma microphyllum, R. Br., Dr. J. R. Thompson, 



460 

 Plums, Conserving, by Drying, Dr. J. V. Eyre and S. T. 



Parkinson, 451 

 Poincar^, Henri, Discourse on, A. Capus, 390 

 Poisoned Water, Method of Ascertaining, Ricard and Barral, 



351 

 Poisonous Plants in the N.O. Solanaceae, Some, Dr. J. M. 



Petrie, 260 

 Poissons des Eaux douces de la Russie, Les, Prof. L. S. 



Berg, 222 

 Poland as a Geographical Entity, W. Nalkowski, 269 

 Polyhedron, Zones and Faces of a. Numerical Relation 



between, E. S. Federov, 98 

 Polymorphic Forms, Effect of Great Pressures on the Tem- 

 perature and Velocity of Transition of. Dr. P. W. 



Bridgman, 32 



Polyneuritis, Deficiency of Substance in Grains, etc., 



Causing, H. Chick, and E. M. M. Hume, 19 

 Pons-Winnecke's Comet, Meteor System of, C. P. Olivier, 



160 

 Porcelain, Chemical, H. Watkin, 532 

 Port Erin Biological Station, Work at Easter at the, 149 

 Portttnas depurator. Fertilisation and Deposition of Ova in, 



F. M. Duncan, 379 

 Potash : Fertilisers from Felspars, 94 ; from Seaweed in the 



United States, 52 ; Salts, Production of, in the United 



States in 19 16, 411 

 Potsdam Astrophysical Observatorj% Dr. G. Miiller 



appointed Director of the, 469 

 Potato : Causes of the Common Dry Rot of the, in the 



British Isles, G. H. Pethybridge and H. A. Lafferty, 



79 ; -spraying, Experiments in, Prof. E. S. Salmon, 



451 ; Supply, The, 27 

 Poultry Management and Feeding, Appointment of an 



Advisory Committee on, 328 

 Poverty and its Mcious Circles, Dr. J. B. Hurry, 83 

 Prawns, Palaemonid, The Mouth-parts of the, L. A. Borra- 



daile, 19 

 Pressure in a High Vacuum, To Measure the, by Observa- 

 tions of Logarithmic Decrement, Dr. P. E. Shaw, 97 

 Prismatic Compasses, Appeal for Loan of, 490 

 Professional Chemists, Position and Prospects of, 85 

 Protozoa, Intestinal, M. Smith and Matthews ; H. F. 



Carter and Dr. D. Mackinnon, 14 

 Pruning-Manual, The, Prof. L. H. Bailey, 263 

 Psilotacese, The Gametophytes of the, Prof. .A. A. Lawson, 



99 

 Pseudoglobulin into Euglobulin, Transformation of, W. N. 



Berg, 379 

 Psychiatry, Manual of. Dr. J. R. de Fursac and Dr. A. J. 



Rosanoff. Fourth edition, 301 

 Psychological Medicine, Sir R. Armstrong-Jones, 301 

 Pteropoda on the Coasts of Ireland, The Gymnosomatous, 



Miss A. L. Massy, 399 

 Ptolemy, The Maps Attached to the MSS. of, L. O. T. 



Tudeer, 372 

 Ptofemy's Catalogue of Stars, Origin of. Dr. J. L. E. 



Dreyer, 258 

 Ptomaine Poisoning, Prof. M. J. Rosenau to Direct an 



Investigation of, 150 

 Public Schools : and Nature Study, Rev. H. Friend, 235 ; 



The Natural Sciences in, 94 

 Punjab, Western, The Criminal in the, Major A. O'Brien, 



59 . . 



Pyorrhoea alveolans, Parasitology of, Drs. A. H. Drew 



and U. Griffin, 39, 313 

 Pyrometers, Resistance, i6 



Quadruple Scientific Entente, Prof. E. Gley on the Sug- 

 gested, 409 



Qualitative Analysis : Elementary, Prof. B. Dales and 

 Dr. O. L. Barnebey, 281 ; for Students of Inorganic 

 Chemistry, A Short System of. Dr. R. M. Caven, 423 



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



Quinine, Increase of the Curative Properties of, and of 

 Mercury, by the Organometallic Compounds of Arsenic, 

 A. Gautier, 199 



Rabbit, The, not to be Used in Examinations, 58 

 Radiation : in the Atmosphere, A Very Penetrating, Dr. 

 G. C. Simpson, 124 ; of the Stars, The, Prof. A. S. 

 Eddington, 308 ; J. H. Jeans, 444 ; Prof. A. S. Edding- 

 ton, 445 ; -Pressure, Astrophysical Retardation, and 

 Relativity, Sir J. Larmor, 404 ; Visually Perceptible, 

 The Minimum, Prof. H. N. Russell, 293 

 Radio-active : Halos, Prof. J. Joly, 456 ; 476 ; Luminous 

 Compounds, The Theory of Decay in, J. W. T. Walsh,' 

 358 ; -Dynamics : The Wireless Control of Torpedoes and 

 other Mechanisms, B. F. Miessner, 442 ; -Mechanics, 442 

 Radium : Emanation Condensed in Sealed Tubes, Use of 

 the, M. and Mme. A. Laborde, 319; Luminous Com- 

 pound, C. C. Paterson. J. W. T. Walsh, and W. F. 

 Higgins, 319 

 Raffinose, The Isolation of, H. E. Annett, 431 

 Rain : ?, Can Violent Cannonades Produce, Genl. Sebert, 



