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 September 



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Index 



XI 



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



405 

 Knoche (Dr. W.), and Dr. J. Laub, Electrical Measure- 

 ments made at Boa Vista, Brazil, during the Total 



Solar Eclipse in 1912, 213 

 Knott (Dr.), \'alue of the Solar Constant and the Associated 



Problems, 73 

 Knott (Dr. ].), Mountain Sickness, 64 

 Knowles (Capt.), and Capt. Cole, The Entanioebic Cysts of 



Intestinal .Amoebae of Man, 250 

 Knudsen (Prof. M.), Condensation of Metallic Vapours in 



Cold Bodies, 132 

 Kobold (Dr.), Comet 1916 h (Wolf), 332, 454 

 Kopaczewski (W.), Researches on the Serum of Murcena 



Helena, 439, 460 

 Krempf (-A.), A New Endoglobular Hematozoa in Man, 439 

 Krohn (Dr. M.), awarded the Gaskell Silver Medal and 



Premium of the Medico-Psychological Association, 489 

 Kropotkin (Prince P.), North-East Siberia, 426 

 Kunz (Dr. G. F.), Rings for the finger, 522 



Laborde (M. and Mme. .A.), Use of the Radium Emanation 

 Condensed in Sealed Tubes, 319 



Lacroix (.A.), The Phonolitic Rocks of Auvergne, 119 



Laer (Prof. H. Van) [death), 370 



Lake (P.), Glacial Phenomena near Bangor, N. Wales, 79 



Lallemand (C), Extension to the Sea of Hourly Time 

 Zones, 499 ; Time on Board Ship, 179 



Lamb (Prof. A. B.), Laboratory Manual of General 

 Chemistry, 281 



Lanchester (F. W.), The Flying-Machine from an Engineer- 

 ing Standpoint, 241 



Landouzy (Prof. L. J.) [death], 230 ; [obituary], 250 



Langevin (Prof. P.), to Deliver the Guthrie Lecture of the 

 Physical Societj, 51 



Langmulr (L), Condensation and Evaporation of C;;s 

 Molecules, 219; Shapes of Group Molecules Forming 

 the Surfaces of Liquids, 379 



Lankester (Sir E. Ray), Science and Education, 183 ; The 

 Origin of Flint, 283 ; The Problem of Heredity-, 181 ; 

 The Terminology of Parthenogenesis, 504 



Larger (Dr. R.), Theorie de la Contre-^vokition ou D6gdn- 

 erescence par TH^r^fte Pathologique, 401 



Larmor (Sir J.). British Optical Science, 5 ; Prof. G. 

 Darboux, 28 ; Radiation-Pressure, Astrophysical Re- 

 tardation, and Relativity, 404 ; and N. Yamaga, Per- 

 manent Periodicity in Sun-spots, 258 



J. L., Thermodynamics and Gravitation, 44 



Latham (Baldwin) [obituary], 70 



Lautier (M.), Treatment of Cases of War-Deafness, 120 



Lawson (Prof. \. A.), Gametophytes of the Psilotaceae, 99 



Layard (.Miss N. F.), Wooden Scratching-tools made by an 

 .African Parrot, 199 



Leach (.A. L.), Nanna's Cave, Isle of Caldey, 93 



Leaf (Dr. W.), Floating Earths, 45 



Leathern (Dr. J. G.), Discontinuous Fluid Motion, 178 



Lebour (Miss), and others, Plankton Research at Plymouth, 



433 



Le Chatelier (H.), Progress of High Temperature Measure- 

 ments, 471 ; Some Scientific Problems to be Solved, 79 ; 

 Synthesis of Ammonia, 190 ; The Tempering of Steel, 

 519; and F. Bogitch, Refractory Properties of Clay, 

 279 ; The Refractory Properties of Silica, 520 



Lecornu (L.), Determination of the Legal Time, 79 



Le Dantec (Dr. F.) [obituary article], 488 



Ledoux (A.j, T. L. Walker", and A. C. Wheatley, Crystal- 

 lisation of Parahopeite. 98 



Leduc (.A.), Expansion of Argon and Neon, 440; Heats of 

 Vaporisation and Maximum A'apour Pressures, 139 



Lee (Dr. O. J.), Solar Prominences in Relation to Sun-spots, 



332 



Leeds (Major A. N.) [death], 528 



Lees (Prof. C. H.), The Aeroplane Bomber's Problem, 449 



Legros (L. .A.), and J. C. Grant, Typographical Printing- 

 surfaces : The Technology and Mechanism of their 

 Production, 42 



Lemoine (G.), Influence of Intense and Prolonged Gunfire 

 on the Fall of Rain, 219 



Letts (Prof. E. A.), Resignation of, 51 



Leuschncr (Prof. A. O.), The Historj- of Orbit Deduction, 

 532 



Levi-.Malvano (M.), Tempera e Cementazione dell* Acciaio, 



.4«3 

 Levinstein, Ltd., Rise and Progress of the Organic Chemical 



Industry, 376 

 Lewis (Prof. E. P.), Recent Progress in Spectroscopy, 115, 



134 

 Lewis (Prof. W. C. McC.), Physical Chemistry, 262 

 Lightfoot (G.), Research Institutions in the United States, 



274 

 Lingen (J. S. v. d.). Radiation of Crystals, 360 

 Lippmann (G.), Some Decisions taken by the Governments 



of Great Britain and the United States, 99 

 Liversidge (Prof. A.), So-called Gold-coated Teeth in Sheep, 



290 

 Livingstone (R. W.), \ Defence of Classical Education, i ; 



Classical Education and Modem Needs, 205 

 Lodge (Sir Oliver), Gravitation and Temperature, 104 

 Loeb (J.), and J. H. Northrop, What Determines the Dura- 

 tion of Life in Metazoa?, 400 

 Logan (Dr. F. R.), Endowment of Three Research Fellow- 

 ships in Chicago University, 198 

 Long (B.), Esperanto and Why We Need It, 518 

 Long {E. T.), Experiments on Growing Crystals, 392 

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

 Long (J.), Food and Fitness : or Diet in Relation to Health, 



323 . . 



Longley (W. H.), Tropical Fishes and their Adaptive Colora- 

 tion, 140 



Longridge (M.), Technical Education for Engineers, 198 



Longstaff (J.), Supplementary Notes on Aclisina, De 

 Koninck, and Aclisoides, Donald, etc., 238 



Lorentz Prof. (H. .A.), awarded the Franklin Medal of the 

 Franklin Institute, 248 



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



Love (Dr. C. E.), Differential and Integral Calculus, 102 



Lovelace (B. F.), Annual Chemical Directory- of the United 

 States, 362 



Loveridge (.A.), Natural History Notes from British East 

 .Africa, 352 



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



Lunge (Dr. (J.), Technical Chemists' Handbook. Second 

 edition, 223 ; The Manufacture of Sulphuric .Acid and 

 Alkali, with the Collateral Branches. Fourth edition. 

 Supplement to vol. i.. Sulphuric and Nitric .\cid, 381 



Maanen (.A. van). Parallax of N.G.C. 7662, 179 ; Parallax 



of a Planetary Nebula, 153 

 Mac.Alister (J.), The Formation of "Ground Ice," 251 

 Macalpine (J. H.), Marine .Applications of Reduction Gears 



of the Floating-frame Type, 1 14 

 Macaulay (F. S.), The .Algebraic Theory- of Modular 



Systems, 302 

 MacBride (Prof.), " Are .\cquired Characters Inherited ?', 354 

 Macdonald (Sir W. C.) [obituary], 311 

 MacDowell (E. C), Selection Experiments with Drosophila, 



380 

 MacEwan (P.) [obituary], 249 

 MacFarlane (.A.), Lectures on Ten British Mathematicians of 



the Nineteenth Century, 221 

 Macfie (Dr. J. W. S.), West African Mosquitoes, 191 

 MacGregor (Sir W.), elected a Member of the .Athenaeum 



Club, 51 

 Mackenzie (Dr. C), The Peritoneum and Intestinal Tract 



in Monotremes and Marsupials, 530 

 Mackichan (Rw. Dr.), Early Indian Contributions to 



Mathematics, 108 

 Maclean (Prof. .M.), Electrical Laboratory- Course for Junior 



Students, 402 

 Maclean (N. J.), Workshop Training of .Apprentices, 357 

 Maclennan (D.) [death], 528 



MacMahon (.Major P. .A.), Combinatory- .Analysis. Vol. u.,83 

 Macmillan (D. B.), and his Companions, Safety of, 268 

 Macphail (Capt. .A.), " A Day's Work," 490 

 MacRobert (T. M.), Functions of a Complex Variable, 61 

 .Madan (A. C. [obituary], 518 



Mahdihassan (S.), Ten per cent. .Agar-agar Jelly, 530 

 Makow-er (Dr. W.), The Photographic .Action of a Rays, 98 

 Malinowski (Dr. B.), Baloma : The Spirits of the Dead in 



the Trobriand Islands, 151 

 Mallock (.A.). .Muscular Inefficiency and Possible Speeds of 



Walking, 83 



