!o, 1917J 



September 20. 



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239 ; Violent Cannonades on the Fall of, Possible In- 

 fluence of, Genl. Sebert, 259 



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



Rainfall : and Gunfire, M. Angot ; E. L. Hawke, 467 ; 

 Duration, The Measurement of, C. Salter, 15 ; 

 Forests and. Dr. H. R. Mill, 445; Dr. G. Walker, 

 446; in London, Heavy, Dr. H. R. Mill, 328 



Rainier, Mount, Proposal to Re-name, 351 



Ramalinae, Attachment Organs of the Common Corti- 

 cok)urs, Mrs. L. Porter, 399 



Ramsay : Memorial Fund, The, 207, 325 ; Prof. C. Basker- 

 ville appointed Representative of the Committee, in the 

 U.S.A., 391 ; Progress of the, 528 ; Sir W., a Memorial 

 Tablet to, in Glasgow University, 327 



Rankine Trochoidal Wave, The, Sir G. Greenhill, 420 



Ray Society : Annual General Meeting of the, 89 ; Resigna- 

 tion of the Treasurership, by Dr. Du Cane Godman ; 

 election of Dr. S. F. Harmer as Treasurer, 409 



Recalled to Life, Edited by Lord Charnwood ; assisted by 

 E. Cotes, 413 



Reconstruction Committee : Reconstruction of the, 30 ; 

 Members of the, 169 



Reduction Gears, Marine Application of, J. H. Macal- 

 pine, 114 



Refractories used in the Iron and Steel Industry, C. 

 Johns, 413 



Refractory Materials : .Available for Glass Manufacture, Re- 

 sources of, Prof. Fearnsides, 393 ; for use in the Glass 

 Industry, F. S. Spiers, 430 ; Report of a Symposium 

 on, 314; Oxides, The Common, R. B. Sosman, 314; 

 Properties of Clay, H. Le Chatelier and F. B<^itch, 

 279 



Regional Survey, Development of, Third Conference of 

 the Committee for the, 76 



Renal .'\ctivity, The Nature of. Prof. W. M. BayUss, 344 ; 

 The Reviewer, 345 



Research : and Education, Gift for the Promotion of, by 

 the Tootal Broadhurst Lee Company, 518; in Science, 

 The Value of, Sir S.. G. Bourne, 75 ; Institutions in 

 the United States, G. • Lightfoot, 274 ; Work, Causes 

 of the Paucity of. Dr. J. L. Simonsen, 108 



Residual : .Affinity, Problems bearing on, S. Pickering, 118; 

 Magnetism in Relation to Magnetic Shielding, Prof. 

 E. Wilson and Prof. J. W. Nicholson, 119 



Resilience, Tests for, G. Charpy and A. Cornu-Thenard, 139 



Resistance to the Motion of a Lamina, Cylinder, or Sphere 

 in a Rarefied Gas, F. J. W. Whipple, 319 



REVIEWS AND OUR BOOKSHELF. 



Agricalture : 



Bailey (Prof. L. H.), The Pruning-Manual, 263 ; The 



Standard Cyclopaedia of Horticulture, vols, iii., iv., 22 

 Carleton (M. A.), The Small Grains, 22 

 Eckles (Prof. C. H.), and Prof. G. F. W'arren, Dairy 



Farming, 383 

 McCall (Prof. A. G.), Field and Laboratory Studies of 



Crops, 383 

 Morgan (Prof. J. O.), Field Crops for the Cotton Belt, 342 

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

 Petherbridge (F. R.), Fungoid and In^ct Pests of the 



Farm, 144 

 Robinson (G. W.), Russell's Soil Conditions and Plant 



Growth. Third edition, 444 

 Russell (Dr. E. J.), Soil Conditions and Plant Growth. 



Third edition, 444 

 Strutt (Hon. E. G.), L. Scott, and G. H. Roberts, British 



Agriculture : The Nation's Opportunity, 3 

 Turnor (C), The Land and the Empire, 62 

 Wilcox (Dr. E. V.), Tropical Agriculture, 183 



Anthropology and Archaeology: 



Bulleid (A.), and H. St. G. Gray, The Glastonbury Lake 



Village. Vol. ii., 482 

 Frassetto (Prof. F.), Lezioni di .Antropologia. Vol. iii., 



444 

 Grant (M.), The Passing of the Great Race ; or, the Racial 



Basis of European, History, 502 

 Miner fW. H.), The .American Indians North of Mexico, 



283 



Biology : 



Bateson (Prof. W.), Lotsy's Evohition by Means of Hy- 

 bridization, 43 

 Bastin (H.), British Insects and How to Know Them, 404 

 Bastin (S. L.), How to Know the Ferns, 463 

 Berg (Prof. L. S.), Les Poissons des Eaux douces de la 



Russie, 222 

 Butler (S.), Life and Habit. New edition, 203 

 Castle (Prof. W. E.), Genetics and Eugenics, 202 

 Conradi (Prof. A. F.), and W. .A. Thomas, Farm Spies : 



How the Boys Investigated Field Crop Insects, 23 

 Crabtree (J. H.), Fresh- water Wonders and How to 



Identity them, 404 

 Darbishire (.A. D.), .An Introduction to a Biolog>', and 



Other Papers, 304 

 Ellis (Mrs. J. D.), Herbs Used in Medicine, First Series, 



501 

 Fitch (W. H.), and W. G. Smith, Illustrations of the 



British Flora. Fourth edition, 122 

 Ganong (Prof. W. F.), .A Text-book of Botany for 



Colleges, 261 

 Graveson (W^.), British Wild Flowers : Their Haunts and 



Associations, 501 

 Holmes (Dr. S. J.), Studies in .Animal Behavior, 243 

 Jackson (Dr. B. D.), A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with 



their Derivation and Accent. Third edition, 122 

 Keith (Prof. A.), Dr. R. Larger 's Thtorie de la Cootre- 



^volution, 401 

 Lankester (Sir E. Ray), Morgan's A Critique of the 



Theory of Evolution, 181 

 Larger (Dr. R.), Th^rie de la Contre-^volution, ou 



Deg6n6rescence par I'H^^it^ Pathok^ique, 401 

 Long (H. C), Plants Poisonous to Live Stock, 501 

 Lotsv (Dr. J. P.), Evolution by Means of Hybridization, 43 

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

 Morgan (Prof. T. H.), A Critique of the Theory of 



Evolution, i8i 

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

 Newland (C. B.), What is Instinct? Some Thoughts on 



Telepathy and Subconsciousness in Animals, 243 

 Petrunkevitch (Dr. A.), Morphcrfogy of Invertebrate 



Types, 63 

 Philip (J. B.), Nature Study Lessons Seasonally Arranged, 



82 

 Pocock (R.), Horses, 364 

 Sclater (W. L.), Index of Genera and Species Referred to, 



and an Index to the Plates in "The Ibis," 1895-1912, 4 

 Shelford (R. W. C), .A Naturalist in Borneo, 64 

 Shipley (Dr. -A. E.), Studies in Insect Life, and Other 



Essays, 244 , 

 Theophrastus : Enquiry into Plants, and Minor Works oa 



Odours and Weather Signs. With an English Transla- 

 tion bv Sir .A. Hort, 282 

 Toumev'(J. W.), Seeding and Planting, 422 

 West (Prof. G. S.), .Algae, vol. i., 261 

 Wheldale (M.), The .Anthocyanin Pigments of Plants, 261 

 Worsdell (W. C), The Principles of Plant-Teratotogy, 



voL ii., 501 



Chemistry : 



Atack (F. W.), Assisted by L. Whinyates, The Chemists* 



Year Book, 19 17, 2 vols., 225 

 Bailey (Dr. G. H.), The Tutorial Chemistrj-. Part ii., 



Metals and Physical Chemistrj-. Edited by Dr. W. 



Briggs. Third edition, 244 

 Bayley (T.), Edited by R. Ensoll, .A Pocket-botrfc for 



Chemists. Eighth edition, 503 

 Beatty (Dr. J.), The Method of Enzyme .Action, 443 

 British Journal Photographic .Almanac, 1917, m 

 Caven (Dr. R. M.), -A Short System of Qualitative 



Analysis for Students of Inorganic Chemistr\-, 422 

 Clowes (Prof. F.), and J. B. Coleman, Elementar\- Prac- 

 tical Chemistrv. Part ii. Eighth edition, 223 

 Gumming (Dr. .A. C), and Dr. S. A. Kay, A Text-book 



of Quantitative Chemical .Analysis. Second edition, 



223 

 Dales (Prof. B.), and Dr. O. L. Barnebey, Elementary 



Qualitative .Analysis, 281 

 Findlav (Prof. A.), Chemistry in the Service of Man. 



Second edition, 463 



